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friend in

the Ayres Tea Room and turns his full attention to “zooup.” Med-

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= MONDAY, MARCH 7, 1049

Storm on Hop Over Pacific

Passes Half-Way Mark on Honolulu To U. S. Flight

SAN FRANCISCO; Mar. 7 OP) ier William P. Odom, lout to fly a light plane non-stop from Honolulu to New York, burst through & storm front half-| way across the Pacific today and picked up a 25-45 mile an hour (tallwind. The Civil Aeronautics Admin-| Jistration monitor station here picked up a message from the 29-year-old flier at 9:33 a. m. (In-| rH Arai time) in which Mr, Odom said he was ‘through the, worst part of the storm.” The CAA said Mr. Odom should) have clear sailing the rest of the | way across the Pacific. on. his] |projected 5300 mile fight in his isingle engine monoplane. | First Attempt Fails i This flight -eontrasted. with Me.

HOdom's -try--at--the record last!

January. Storm fronts and icing conditions forced him down at] Oakland, Cal., after he set a new! international distance record for light planes at 2400 miles. He too, off from Hickam Field fin his Beechcraft "Waikiki] Beech” at 1:04 a. m. (Indianapolis time). Shortly before reaching the half-way point over the ocean, Mr. Odom’'s escort, a U. 8. Air Force B-17, turned back for Honolulu.

Blind Mother Gives Birth

To Triplets; Two Survive

Salesman Father Also Sightless;

Girl and Boy Given

A blind couple, Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Stamper, 241 W. Morris last night in General Hospital became the parents of triplets, patches of clouds and brilliant

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* a boy and two girls, one of whom The mother was in fair condition today, according to Dr. John] Jr. resident physician in attendance. The two remaining| children, both in” Incubators, were described as “critical” “because good shape”

H. Perry

Launch Battle Over Natural Gas

Supplying Firms Hint],

City Acted

By DAN KIDNEY Times Staff Writer

SHINGTON, Mar. 7 — In-! ; its battle tol

before the Federal Power Com-| mission today in an atmosphere,

late.” The companies upon which the] city would have to depend to sup-| ply the gas are all on hand with| batteries of attorneys and witnesses to show that their present

supply is “too little” ‘to add In-|

“dianapolis to the customer Hist.

Chance to Live

died at birth.

| both have normal sight.

gine.’ { Mrs. Stamper arrived at il Although he earlier reported

hospital at 11:45 p. m. and 14 [mines later gave birth to

first child, a girl nl 4

pounds 4 ounces. One Born Dead At 12:20 a. m. another girl,

‘Too Late’ {weighing 3 pounds 5 ounces was

[Perr dead, and at 12:29 a. m. Dr.!

Perry delivered the third child, a|S§880line, 19 more than on his last|

|boy weighing 5 pounds 7 ounces. Mr. Stam door salesmah

His wife, Mona, iblind. from eyestrain .was ill. They have twa other chil-| dren, Mabel, 8 and Larry, 5, both {with normal sight.

35, became

Cloudy, Showers ‘Due Tomorrow

One of them, Panhandle East-

ern Pipe Line Co. pointed out that the city's. proposal is ‘too

late” and will have to wait until increased . supplies. are. available. Seiter First Witness

Tomorrow will be considerably | cloudy, with scattered showers in| ithe “afternoon; according to the {Weather Bureau. A-high of 60 degrees will-give|

“Representing: the city and thei Way. to. a. cold. snap. tomorrow.

Citizens Gas and Coke Utility!

2% _ which is seeking to build the pipe- |

evening.

| Increasing cloudiness

tonight |

line into Indianapolis and carry {will support the mercury at 37,

r, 37. is a door- to. land at Oakland airport.

for a New York}! {dress firm. He has been blind | Ri8 first landfall near San Fran-

'since he was stricken with polio

which might be described in the At the age of seven.

old phrase of “too little and too! when she!

He was slightly ahead of schedule, cruising at 150 miles an hour. Light showers were falling as! he struck out alone across the| Pacific. When he was 693 miles] (from Oahu, he rode through a! small storm. Throughout the |night, Mr. Odom and his B-17| escort rode through alternating)

| moonlight. ‘Feeling Great’ “I'm {feeling great and I'm in he

his position as slightly off course, {he said his new compass “was paying o “I'm nowhere near ag tired as ithe last time I tried this,” he |said. Mr. Odom carried 288 gallons of attempt when he was forced to! He estimated he would make

{cisco about 4:30 p. m. (Indianapo{iis time) today and with good [luck would set down at Teter-| boro (N. J.) airport about 9 a. m. | (Indianapolis time) - tomorrow, ‘making a total of u- hours for! ithe trip. {

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The Life of Riley lsn’ t Anything To Dream About

Fp TIF A QUIZ jand Mrs. Charles Riley; Cruft 8t., some time this week, | {there'll probably ‘be. a pretty cool! .

fill of telephone calls.

its present business, are Attor-|grees ahove last night's low of wanted several willow trees re-

neys Patrick Smith and Perry E. O'Neal. They started with Victor C. Seiter, Citizens Gas Co. controller,

as first witness. He described the

.trusteeship. setup of Citizens Gas). and developed the case for introduction of natural gas now. This would have to be supplied by Panhandle, Texas Gas Trans-

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British Steel Output Up| LONDON, Mar. 7 (UP) — ain’s steel output for February, estimated at an annual rate, set an all time high of 16,176,000 tons per.year, it was announced today. STOCK EXCHANGE MERGER PHILADELPHIA, Mar. 7 (UP) ~The stock exchanges of Phila: delphia and Baltimore merged today and began operations on. the trading floor here as the Philadelphia - Baltimore Stock Exchange.

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Philadelphia Quiz Fan Stops Music, Wins $35,250 Pot

PHILADELPHIA, Mar. 7.(UP) —Mrs. Julie Hubert, 58, wife of a retired Philadelphia Navy Yard iworker, figured , she was “just plain lucky” to win $35250 in prizes on the “Stop the Music” radio show last night. The housewife hit fame and fortune by identifying the song, “The Navy and ‘tHe Army, the Army and the Navy,” when called by telephone by. the New York studios of the American Broadcasting Co. Mrs. Hubert was particularly thrilled about winning a 1949 sedan. Her husband, Benjamin, .75, got a kick out of a radio-televi-sion set. Both were anxious to find “a good home in. the country” for two Great Dane puppies included in the windfall,

» > # DAZED by the avalanche of jewelry, furniture, clothing and other valuables, the Huberts were “not prepared to say” whether they would take advantage of two choice prizes, a trip to Paris and a. two-weeks vacation at Monte Carlo. They agreed, however, on a “long, long vacation, the first chance we get.”

Gas Stove Flareup

Burns Girl, 15

The “try, try again” adage didn't work for Audrey Jean | Thompson, 15, of 325 N. Jefferson IAve., as she tried to light a gas stove yesterday. When the first match didn’t Sirk 4 Audrey left the gas on and

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moved from the yard to the rear al Mr. Riley finally'an convinced the man there had been his side. ..

lof his home.

an error. Men: of ' the North American | Transfer Co. knocked at the door] this ‘morning and told Mrs. Riley, “We've come to rhove your furniture.” They even produced an adidress which a prankster had given

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when he requested their services;

Police were investigating, but neither Mr. Riley nor Mrs. Riley! could think of any person who might ‘have made the calls.

Times and WISH

Sponsor Broadcast By ART WRIGHT The Times and radio station WISH have made it possible for

a coast -to-coast radio broadcast of Ted Mack and the Original Amateur- Hour Apr. 6. The hour-long broadcast plus a one-and-one-half hour show will be presented in the Fairgrounds Coliseum. ’ The public will have an opportunity to see the show as it is sent out over the air to 173 radio stations and 12 million listeners from coast to coast. Proceeds from the popular admission prices will go to a worthy local charity which will be named within a few days. A tribute to the historical and cultural significance of Indianapolis will be paid by Ted Mack, successor to the late Major Bowes, founder of the 15-year-old show, Local amateur entertainers will appear on the broadcast. Auditions will be conducted by radio station WISH and applications will be accepted by .the station until noon Mar. 18. If you are a harmonica-playing corpera president or a 12-year-old mandolinist you don’t have to be shy. Your kind of act already has. over Er with Jone whe who

€ messaged. jof théir size, but the doctor said «phere is nothing to do but listen

{ he believed they would live. They so the quiver of this little en-

|day and all night he lies in bed, (on his back, his legs held high|

victim i. thousands. "Whether the accident ooo. __|was Ernie's or the driver's fault x calls Mr. doesn't ‘get the youngster- nome have cheated death in. "murder |

1331|a bit sooner.

(reaction. The Rileys have had their made a mistake . . so often repeated in indianapolis A tree surgeon calied yesterday that the city has one of the worst|terrified youngster on its operation there as part of the Weather Bureau said, 13 de-iand insisted that Mr. Riley had traffic records in the nation:

wo : hr PRICE FIVE CENTS Entered as Second-Class Matter at PostoMos * . - an indianapolis, Ind. Issued

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Deadlocks Bo

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ales Tax us Bill

Republicans Instructed To Tie Up Committee As Session Nears End

Democrats ‘Shocked,’ May Call

On Schricker for Special Session By ROBERT BLOEM aa “Demands for a sales tax broke out anew today and #

{threatened to throw the bonus into a hopeless deadlock with only hours remaining of the 86th General Assembly. Rep. Byron Somer; (R. Ft.- Wayne) issued a statement

Little Ernie Misses His Dog Poochie

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this morning that he had been instructed to deadlock a con ference Committee trying to iron out the bonus financing . {unless a sales tax could be eT reement ITER Democrats only a few miny bs earlier had affirmed what {was believed to be a settlement n rimary on a combination of a tobacco tax with an increase in the gross income tax. . | : Compromise Action “I_have been. Instiioted BY & ET ' majority of the Republican mem- | _Would End Deadlock ot ot ne to follow the Another Assembly Story, y Story, Page 2 2 mandate of the people to stand . "By LOUIS ARMSTRONG A a sales tax,” Rep. Somers Legislators were reported hd Stalled on Budget have agreed today on a direct pri-) Meanwhile, House and Senate * |mary bill which had been thrown conferees still were hung ‘up on ; linto a deadlock hy conflict of the state’s record $207 million § [Democrat and Republican theo- | biennial general fund budget. ® Lries.- | Rep. Walter Maehling. OD. . .. A conterance committee “ape Terre Haute), House member- of pointed to attempt a compromise the conference group, said only on the bill was expected to re-|'details” remained to be ironed {port within a few hours. ° out before conferees take an Meanwhile, a deadlock over dis-| agreement to - their respective tribution of state aid to schools|Party caucuses this afternoon or was yet to be ironed out. Con-|*onight. ferees, appointed to study the) He added that no substantial measure, did not meet this morn-|reduction or increase in the total t{budget was expected to be recommended the conferénce 's com= The deadlock over the primary mittee.

bill resulted from party a Commenting on the Republican ences over registering party affi-\ revival of the siles tax, which liations. Senate Republicans had had - been dead for amended the Democrat primary weeks, a Joseph Klein (D, bill to require voters to register Gary) said [their party amliation 35 days be-| “T sm shocked I still think, Tore election. however Oppose Amendment "Democrats were against this| [A mentment

Narcotics TIOYRS Th mimi nar a ae is =

{istration prior to primary Slet- the House committee on Veterans tions unless the voter wished to/Affairs and a member of the change his party ticket from the bonus conference committee, said previous primary. that so far Democratic agree-. If the voters did desire to vote ment on the combination tix was la different ticket they would be)’ ‘not necessarily binding.”

Ernest Durrett is an Indianapolis iraffc victim, Fis legs have been suspended like this since Feb. 13.

4-Yeor-Old Traffic Victim Faces Long Stay ir General Hospital Bed

By VICTOR PETERSON FOUR-YEAR-OLD Ernest Durrett misses Poochie, his mongrel ipe 0CK

He mumbles a lot about the black and white dog to the nurses D rug S ders g Store Rai required to register their desire to; He declined to comment, how-

|at General Hogpital. The two were great companions. Poochie js_just_ohe reason Ernie -wants to go home 10 145.5. —Pass Up Other Items change 30-days before the eiec- #ver, on the that DemA complete stock of narcotics: tion. 9crats would yield to the House

Kenwood Ave. But Ernie isn’t going home for a long time. His thin little legs are bandaged from his feet to his hips. All The primary bill calls for state- | | Republican minority now insist{was stolen from Haag Drug ie vote to nominate U. 8. Sen-| {Ing on the sales tax. So far this {Store, 1201 Madison Ave. in a ator and Governor. Winning| Session Democrats have consist. {break-in during the night, store candidates would be required to! on W Deen ‘unalterably opposed” officials re t ” [obtain 35 per. cent of the. votes tax. ._just -another among, and sorrow in every case. There Sealy on Sia Frankcas 4 o Well Give a Little’ also is expense. For of who | .| Over in the Senate Republi pe hers {Schuster discovered the narcotic - ark Springer. GOP commit {conferee William Bates R. oan {case broker open and the entireirrom the Noor of the Senate this Alhany) went along with the |contents missing when he opened fmorning at the request of a Re- toe Winarity only to the exthe store. at 9 a.m. |publican lawmaker, Mr, Springer ing - ping ‘Well, we are goSem Ne value could be placed on | VES Teported-to-have-been-on thers, Lyi LIE give a little and... hand slip from her fingers as the the loot, floor attempting to defeat rh o ki a are going to have broke. for] o oot, pending a check, he told|compromise on the primary bill. aty- ] Jtlas 5 declined to a ce. © ment to . Ros was a happy ttle kid, {48200 Chord as a A else was missing on) The reas Me "the po ays Whether or ne Re. ys playing. around the house|!iftle body lay crumpled unnatur-|the- store, police said. would 1 tue-oal}: with their House poi So Blog sipging. Poochie never left ally on the pavement. Thieves gained entry by forcing! After being asked to leave the) "'o .. turn by Hones. the- window of a dentist's office floor, Mr. Springer took up head-| ooo 0 : epubliThen came that tragic aight. ERNIE was brought into Gen-in the same building, police sald, quartérs in the Senate lounge as preted as a case of

pup.

Ernest. Durrett is not one Inabove head lével in traction. dianapolis traffic victim. He is Krnie is an Indianapolis trafic. all of them... There is suffering |

on the streets,” please turn to

» . the first page of the second secEITHER Frote or: the driver fion . a mistake

Amateurs Here to Get National Network Chance

Indianapolis to be spotlighted on ®

mae CER THR |

| Feb, 13. |eral Hospital, his right leg broken then broke a {above the knee. Doctors haven't join the Offices to the st It was dusk when Mrs. Durrett/® 4 0 store. tasked her 13-year-old daughter, Door ble to set the break: That's) «=

{why Ernie 1ies in traction, ten-| [Ruby Lee, to go to the drug store. Sidewalk Stolen Ernie wanted to go along. sion on the mangled leg.

| Just two blocks from home, at There is tension on the other {Morris and Meridian Sts. Ernie]

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$ Lraction the doctors someday hope/day that someone stole a large, YASS SUNY LEE Were irri The el 0 let Ernie get around like any section of the sidewalk in front the bill were not extensive, an

JHornval youngster , . , without a! 1° some lots he owns. Hmp. x It's a more quiet house at 114s] 8. Kenwood Ave. without Ernie. It's lonesome quietness for Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Durrett even though there are four other children about the house. They are worried about Ernie. They also are worried about the expense. They don’t know how they can meet the bills. A coal A boy who © 'hauler, Mr. Durrett makes about the house where his mother “I

light changed.

_| Ruby Lee felt Ernie's little

For New Life i

in washing. She adds about nine!

& |come. rofmicials announced today. And Poochis docunt play any. “I think everyone who has been, more. He lies all day by the .,nnected with this boy will be stove. : gb / {glad to learn he's being given the) 13 ESKIMOS ~RESCUBD le hance he wanted,” Charles Bos-| : WINNIPEG, Mar. 7 {From frozen Chesterfield inlet in ithe Far North a rescue plane brought ‘13 Eskimos today = ‘% latest victims in an epidemic which has forced the government for theft of a car and a grocery ¢

: 40.000 square miles Store break-in after his escape. e He yantuntine 40.00: 9 It was then that Charles poured

out the reason for his béhavior. Times Cameraman Parent Drank ‘With Indians

His mother, he told the court, {drank and lived with a series lof * ‘boy friends.” He sald he ran) ® Times Photographer away and stole to eat once be-| TH John Spicklemire is in [fore “pecause I didn't want to New Orleans with the In- [stay where mother lived in sin” dianapolis Indians as they" land that he had run away from open their spring train- [the Center because he feared he ing. y voul4 be sent home. ® The first of daily EX- His mother and a man living CLUSIVE times photo- |in the home were arrested on graphs of the Indians ap- charges of adultery. They were pear in today’s Times . Ireleased without bond ty on Page 6. [trial and fled the ty, The pair ® Look. for The Times photos taken ‘on the 'scene” at New Orleans

Another TIMES EXCLUSIVE FEATURE,

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The boy became a Juvenile Court case oh.Jan. 3 when his own mother turned him in as an

- Ted Mack

. Persons wishing to audition for| the. program which will be broad-! cast here with Ted Mack in per-| son as master of ceremonies should write a letter to Radio Station WISH, Board of Trade Bidg., stating. name, -address, | telephone number, type of enter-| tainment and experience. Appl-| cants will be notified when to report for auditions. : Tickets. for the benefit show will £0 on sale within a few days

$35 a week. Mrs. Durrett takes chance for the Christian home he desired. Fourteen-year-old Charles M. dollars a week to the family in-| gianagan's famous Boys Town near Omaha, Neb’,

chain on the door|guest of Sen. Van Ness, Republi-|

can floor leader.

f= The. state school.aid .bill.calls. for an expenditure of $53 million

a year to support teachers’ mini-

Since

lagreement was expected,

Boy Leaves Sinful Home'

in Boys Town

Mother's Conduct Forces Boy to Steal, But Juvenile Court Gives Him Chance

ived in sin” today was given a)

has. been accgpted in Father Juvenile Court

illness in the family caused him {to be sent to his mother here.

Gibault Home because, Mr,

(UP) well, chief probation officer, said. well said, she did not want the|

{responsibility of caring for him. He was later sent home when] she failed to keep up payments.

escapee from Juvenile Center and Back here he ran away and stole!

from a grocery, was sent to the Center and escaped, then turned in by his mother.

| Court officials said {teachers at the Center described the boy as bright, anxious to help| and ‘badly in need of affection.” rough recommendations from personnel at the Center and a Catholic priest who became interested in the Protestant boy, his acceptance at Boys Town was ar-

ranged. | : ‘Here's a boy who néeds only a good home and the right environment and who wants to do

lop Senate amendments to!

"getting their dander up” over {other ‘‘concessions” made -to the {Democratic administration, pars {ticularly on the budget. :

| Several House Republicans were

| CHICAGO, Mar, 7 (UP)—John mum pay and school operating|iroe sio0d to take the attitude leg, too. By placing both legs iniPanotopulos reported to police to- costs.

{that they had given Gov. Schrick“just what he wanted” in the “budget ands that now" they“ were going to insist that the ad- -| ministration yield on the sales tax {to pay the bonus. | Whether or not the House mie nority was operating merely on 4 matter of principle, the action was almost certain to have the {effect of blocking a conference | committee report. | Unless a conference committees {reports unanimously, a new com-

“went bad” because he was ashamed to stay in mittee must be appointed to start

all over in resolving differences

| between the Senate and the | House. :

_ | Britain Producing Explosive of A-Bomb

The mother placed him in ihe

LONDON, Mar. 7 (UP) —A “government announcement dis | closed today that Britain now is producing plutonium, the explo.

{sive of the atomic bomb, at its

(atomic energy research station (at Harwell,

t- Production is small, the ane W823 nouncement ‘said, but “sucient |for investigating chemical engi. 001] neering problems which will

{met later in large scale Toy

of pluton.” [777 TT A P I uC lad NEWBUR nani. 8 SR aes