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Traffic Snarled as Wind Piles 5-Inch Fall. Into Driffs : BULLETIN Times State Service : NOBLESVILLE, Mar: 10 Archie W. Wann, 33, of Nobles ville was killed today when his truck skidded In the snow on’ state road 37 near here and was struck by a truck driven by Enos W. Cobb, 25, of 2000 | Meredith Ave, Indianapolis, | Mr. Cobb was uninjured.” —

| Fair and colder weather . (was forecast for tonight, fol.

lleft four persons dead in Indianapolis, snarled triffic across the state and closed schools in many areas. Three of the Indianapolis storm

after shoveling snow. : The fourth victim, a. 4-year-old girl, was oN REE on “od burned to death in a blaze blamed : - , ; ; dl Photos by Henry E. Glesing Jr., Times Staff Photographer. oan Sverhentad stove. Ronald Messord, 1622. Pr t St. (lef) didn't bargain for his job when The nude branches of trees assumed a new beauty today as winter put Snow shovels had been gathering rust all winter until toda . However, , PE. eatner, Butea a said no he went to bed last night. Assisting in ing off the five-inch snow is Don what probably is a final touch te Indianapolis landscape for the year. This this became a very familiar picture as more and more h

; " a but that the temperature probGardner, 1624 Woodlawn Ave. The late snowfall made for a great day for scene, with the meandering stream, is in Ellenberger Park. This was the first from warm beds. Some early bi, such as this gentleman in the 800 block of ably. will aw to 20 or 25 degrees youngsters, : : measurable snow of 1949, : N. Drexel Ave., got sta y 6 a.m, he ; riy Friday 3 Fbeted io egrees.

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Bai Ri EW YORK, Mar. 10 (UP)— . | |deeper drifts by high winds. One Shot by Police in Washington Pawn Deadlock Unbroken [capt Bill Odom, who few un-| Judith Coplon Named Defendant Weeps in Court as Counsel Buras to Death in Bedroom Shop; Only $289 of $1500 Loot Found . In 10%-Hour Session Sringly from Hawail to New| with Rugs Attache Presses Plea He Killed in Self-Defense was Mary. To emi acti WASHINGTON, Mar, 10. (UP)—Two zoot-suited train robbers BULLEN: {Tork a on prrthy Ps s, confessed] NEW YORK, Mar. 10 (UP)—A/| The jury which will decide the ¢ate of Charles V. Butler, charged of Mr. and Mrs, Nesby Dale, 1401 who held up a Baltimére & Ohio streamliner in wild west style : fl Juul today: that hatwar unable to chart [federal grand jury today indicted | With first degree murder in the “triangle slaying” emer din |W. Vermont , Who died in her Jast Aight were captured here today after a gun battle in which WASHINGTON, Mar, 10 y yh ; \Judith Coplon, Department of found in his wife's arms, today listened 10 closing arguments of the | hegroom.- th nterior of one of them was ritically, weunded..4 dtr a 3 gn (UP)—A federal pourt ijory; |& Sourse | £1 aS tm or ay Justice employee, and Valentine! and defense. ng NES OR ie » * Washington police said they recovered only $289 of the $1500) sul deadlocked sfter 13 hours .

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a k 3 morning | enve r which the men took At EURCPOIE Iron con wy Singers on the| JF Jendios 7 ~~ published reports that he would|A- Gubitchev, Russian attache to The defense rested its case in Criminal Court 1 this ng loped in flames,

— ng | the United Nations secretariat, - - after recalling Butler to the stand.| The little girl was eth Mone streamliner near Martinsburg, — : | whether Mildred (Axis Sally) is [of Would not marry Evelyn IMiGY Ph | Re : it i er peta a wr a (back the train to a: closing, _ ji. of treason, interrupted Thompson, Long Island Thomp-| oF © Zoo Denies Bid completion before the noon re-|Two vider children, Bertha, 16, They identified the gunmen as Where they jumped off and fled) ag! the

their deliberations for lunch to- '%0n sub-machinegun heiress. | The two face maximum penal- cess and the case was expected and Charles, 11, wers in school Luman Ramsdell, 23, and George nto a tavern. | day without reaching » verdict. | At a press ‘conference Capt.|. .. = years imprisonment ana $ 1800 for H vge to go to the jury of 11 men and and the parents had gone next Liswellyn Ashton, 21, both of| Apparently unsatisfied with {Odom Dblushingly said he was

fim 30, fines each if they are con- one woman some time this aft- door to the home of Mrs. Dale's Youngstown, OQ. their train loot, they held up the! WASHINGTON, Mar. 10 (UP) “rather caught off guard” in the|Victed on the Tourcontt maict- Hoosier Tur tle + |ernoon. father, Jordan Watson. : ’ Say Pair Confessed {patrons of the tavern before __, deadlocked federal court jury hectic hours following his flight |. : Reiterates Claim Seeing the flames through a Ramsdell was shot and critical- Vanishing into the night in a'regumed deliberating today in answering questions about his| The first count charges that for| CINCINNATI, Mar. 10 (UP)-~ In closing arguments Defense | Vindow of the Watson residence, ly wounded by police when he Stolen automokile. whether Mildred (Axis Sally) Gil- relationship with Miss Thompson. an unidentified length ‘of time The Cincinnati Zoo togay denied = “7 Cr nce Shaw reiter- MT- and Mrs. Dale rushed out and drew a 38-caliber pistol as the ar-| West Virginia, Maryland and lars is guilty or innocent of SHE an han ublished Prior to last Jan. 1, Miss Coplon's, 4.4 oered $1800 for a giant|gted the defendant's elafm that attempted to rescue their daughresting officers closed in on him Virginia police threw a cordon! treason. | SHE W quo’ P | !

and Gubitchev conspired to obstruct the functions of the De-|

and his companion in a Pennsyl- around the entire area and closed | rhe seven men and five women T°POrts today as saying, “We'll;

~——he shot Robert Popp on New| °" but the interior of the homes ‘vania Ave. pawnshop only five/off all roads. but the two “Jesse nr the jury returned to federal be married within the next few

(Another Story, Page 3) {Year's Day, 1948, in self-defense. | "5 Can: Sames, Mr. Duis

; partment of Justice and the FBI, | ____ RPE ——| Butler, who -yesterday told his | Suffered burns on both hands and the White House. He James” bandits slipped through! : t 8:40 a. m. (Indianapolis Weeks.” {impairing the Justice Department turtle reported swimming in Fulks! ' openly] rrr rer ete aor Sapte to live, ithe blockade and coolly boarded gym"! to onion weighing the evic| The ; same . published - reports ios ‘the right “to the honest, cOn-/1.axe near Churubusco, Ind. om ho sald. wept ue y oJ O0AL TEMPERATURES Police said the pair readily con-|2 bus at nearby Kearneysville, ance. ; (quoted him, however, as having gcientious and faithful services” “We wouldn't give $1800 for “'g IE i Fol Filid that he| o a. m.., 2 10 a. m.., 30 fessed the daring train robbery, W. Va. - | In 10% hours of study yester- said, “All her father's tommy- of Miss Coplon. ie turtle—not even a perform-| oo 08 home early Jan. 1 and| gs a. ms hn 11 a. m.., 33 which took place on the B. & 0's, Ramsdell and Ashton switched yay tne jury was unible. to ‘de- guns wouldn't frighten me—I'm a| Other Charges Cited inggene,” said James A. RelllY.\ip ouch a window saw Popp and| g © Tc 23 12 (Noon) 33 main line 8 miles west of Wash- busses at Leesburg Va. and gide whether the American-born bachelor at heart and I'm going|, The first count also charges, "president. g Ints wife. Mra. Geneva Butler, 34, al m.., 28 1pm, 38 ington poarded a Washington-bound bus gefendant was guilty of being a to stay that way.” |that Miss Coplon, with the pur- ee

{ . . Butler said Popp ran| : ; . The two youths, wearing long there this morning. Washington traitor to her country by broad-| |pose of obtaining national = de-| SOME 30 to 40 men had Dein re Re Mrs, Butler arms, ‘while Mrs. Dale received Zoot coats and pinch-leg trousers, Police, acting on a series of tips, | A |

| : y : : ts about the hands d over the Nazis radio dur: |fense information and the. in-| tis out} : : cuts a ! and face, boarded the Detroit-bound train Were waiting for them at the bus tng the war. 000 Fund tent that the information would 1s 0 fEh% the bE Jurlis ht barred dim from uu sting. Both were treated at General Hosat Washington late yesterday. 'erminal here. The gunmen fooled! Migs Gillars was brought to ¥ be used to the injury of -the , uo. o report from Churubusco Lad Agreed te i by ; : a They pulled the emergency cordthem and dropped off thé bus sev-| court from district jail in a bus! United States “and to the ad-|iyot the 500 was offering the Te-11 mer and one woman, ne and] Tne CMs of Exertion and stopped the streamliner a eral blocks before it got to the jgaded with other prisoners. t vantage of a foreign power,” To, LTE capture. a 1 : Ten an etd. to. ZO to. JAD p's € Snow - shoveling victims few minutes after it left Martins- terminal. { Greets Sister or 00 S copied: or took documents and i —————————— hig - grea og thing hn Dewitt Traylor, 49, of 321 burg at 6:30 p. m. (Indianapolis! The bus driver, suspicious, ad-| Waiting at the archway into . notes relating to national de- Ww k Sto e Ends ; df 1 " Po wis’ nol at! Foust 8t.; Leroy Ramsey, 65, time). ‘vised the officers at the terminal:|tne federal court building was } fense. ork ppag us " a oF Fore ae lo 1413 8, Reisner St. and Ralph While the 147 passengers and Police soon located the men in a her halfsister and brother-in-law, | Mayor Approves She was charged also with tak-| Af Studebaker Plant ine, 8 Sa ar aDDrolched Trom IE Newton, 62; of 517 N. Sherman a handful of trainmen looked on/PAWn shop, where they were try- Mr. and Mrs. Edward Herrick of away 'opp's car app Dr.

in terrified astonishment, the/ing to buy a suitcase, |Conneaut, O.

young raiders went through the| Ordered to throw up their, “Good morning, dear,” Miss! The city flood control board to-| cars with drawn guns = and hands, Ashton obeyed, but Rams-

methodically rifled wallet s deii drew his gun. Police office

Board's Program J a ptaining intel SOUTH BEND, March 10 (UP) |the opposite direction. | Mr. Traylor and Mr. Ramsey |espionage and counter-espionage —Truck production was resumed| The poly Laird Qetendant did In their homes after they |Gillars said to her sister. It was|day had Mayor Feeney's approval|y, ‘yn. {rniteq States. at the Studebaker Corp. on &| CoC oy Phony hut that as he tnauveled snow from the walks Tiher first meeting “with her broth-|to raise $300,000 to finance the| {of their homes, Mr. Newton col-

Gubitchev was accused, In the!siow schedule today after -z one- a. | d pocketbooks and the train cash Elmer G. Lomax shot him through |er-in-law. city’s part ‘in the Federal flood gn..." cont of obtaining from day stoppage by 1300 United Auto| Walked a rin ppjassed and died while he was box. : the chest. | If convicted by the jury, the control project on Fall Creek. Miss Coplon national defense se- Workérs ended. ldown" Then ho aud two shots]s a ng the snow in front of his Beat Passengers | Police found four exploded and sultry-voiced siren of the Nazi The board today began prepar- | . ' , esidence,

|crets, knowing that they had been, The walkout occurred yester-] {obtained «by her in violation “of (day and’ closed aowh” productivn | years imprisonment to a bond issue to meet the obliga-| 5-caliber death. But the United States has tion, © " |never executed a traitor in peace-| Cost to the Federal govern-

They shot a dining car helper two unexpiqded shells in Rams- radio. faces &- sentence ranging ation. of..a. resolution calling .for

-whizzed by. and he saw a gun iy “MELSUFH law, (lines, but 1300 night shift work-| FOPP's hand. It was then, But-|the deepest snow blanket covered

: b 4 The first count also generally ers were on duty last night and ler testified, that he grabbed his a belt of Indiana communities

pistol-butts a number of passen-'in' Ashton’s Weapon, a4 shotgun from. the car: and fr

gers who balked at handing over army automatic.

ay , ac tretchin from Pri to CUS $ a in- the day shift came back as usual, s g rinceton to their. money. : | ‘Ashton, smiling nervously |time. 'ment is estimated at $2 million Rosused a oI Swain er r——— - at Popp. Winchester, Franklin, ShelhyThen they turned their guns ie | The members of the jury spent|in the work calling for the .com-{ 08 L1¢ 22 them “to persons not! Appeals for Doctors ‘Fair Seen Together ville, "Knightstown, New Castle ‘on’ the engineer and made him (Continued on Page $—Col. 1), night at a hotel. i {pletion of the Michigan Street ’ PP Another witness testified that a " »" . ' - ¥ - Tr — ER ——————

0 |and Winchester ‘were among thé " ————| Bridge, already under construc-|®ntitied to Tecelve them.” WASHINGTON, Mar. 10 (UP) [Popp and Mrs. Butlér had been [Points hardest hit,

FETet) FFE YA EE | tion; extension of the 10th ~8t:} ~~ 2 |= Defense Secretary James FOr- seen together prior to the shoot-| City schools of New Castle and RAVES IVI Bl bridge and rebuilding of the In- Princesses Visit Court {restal appealed personally today ing. {Franklin were closed and many ; Tome, diana. Ave. bridge. | LONDON,” Mar. 10 (UP)—|to 8000 young doctors and dentists| The case was Interrupted once |0f the rural schools.in Johnson, | City engineers sald most of the princess Elizabeth and Princess|educated at government expense when Defense Counsel Shaw Henry and Shelby Counties were cost will/be used to acquire right|y\gergaret Rose listened to pro-|to volunteer for active duty with sald that James Popp, the|unable to open for classes. {of way and alter street aP-iceedings in a murder case today the Armed Forces, He asked victim's brother, had: threatened Highway 40 Blocked | proaches: and drainage setup on|,¢ ()q Bailey, London's famed each to telegraph an immediate Butler's life. Special Judge Edwin] Xnightstown had a 9Ingw the Indiaha Ave. bridge. [reply “collect.” -~ {McClure called the brother into measurement, the deepest in ‘the : “ wv ——— et: | Bis chambers and allowed him to|state, and busy U, 8S. Highway 40 -

AAS $ 1 TT * ¥ ¥ |stay in thé courtroom after a was blocked there for a time, The Michigan : Lets ‘Millionaire Alumnus Want search revealed he had no/fallin the Shelbyville area ranged N Y H Kill | © weapons, (from 6 to 8 inches, Fraklin's offile To ave iiers T M k R S bs | Fil Butler testified he had been ar-|cial measurement was 7.6 inches, LANSING, Mich., Mar. 10 (vp)| § © ake oys cnoo HM [rested ana convicted twice on as- while Winchester had 7 inches. —Gov, G. Mennen Williams ylenea) sault and battery charges, once| U. 8: Highway 31 was tempos

an agreement today to send the Muncie Man, Who Made Fortune Selling for petit. larceny and once for rarily blocked near New Bethel.

“ : ” | Incest. The extreme southeast and ex« lonely hearts” killers back to . ‘ ’ | a e New York for triaj on frst degree| Whett to Brazil, Grateful to ‘Alma Mater’ | treme HOTthwent. Lortary ng SX

murder charges, Ronnie Alcorn, 29, a Muncie boy who says he parlayed $1000. |state escaped the white blanket. The agreement provides that/in borrowed capital into several millions In the sale of wheat :BU LLE | INS: points closer to the deep

criminal court.

Raymond Fernand#:, 34, “mail{the Brazilian government, was in town today with a plan to make {snow belt reported an inch or order” . Romeo who confessed a movie of the Indiana Boys School at Plainfreld. vw gw, Terre Haute had only an swindling and killing widows, and| Mr. Alcorn has a special interest in the Boys School. It's his| MOSCOW, Mar. 10 Pee . Mrs. Martha Beck, 29, ‘his fat/alma mater. He did some time there at the age of 15 for truancy | A det th @ By The State Highway Department lover and helper, be returned to/because he never liked to go to, : ense appropriation o reported all state routes open by Michigan if they are not convicted school. : (Mrs. Lessie Alcorn of Muncie, billion rubles ($9,875,000,000 at |mid-morning, although driving of first degree murder. | Instead, ‘he. ran away to sea. confirmed it, too. : the. diplomatic rate of ex- oust ions were hazardous. - . nay {He went into the flour business! ‘He was a Boy whe wouldn't go change) was proposed. today at Many secondary routes were Obi “ : : ed {in Kansas. He went to Brazil, [to school,” she said, “but he was y impassable. jection Restrain sold upwards of g million tons of one of the smartest boys you ever| A lceting of the Supreme | Many communities wh ic h NEW BRITAIN, Conn., Mar, 10, ———-- - T=|looked at in all your life. He| Soviet to discuss Russia's new (escaped heavy snowfall ‘were (UP)—George T. Morris was held| Photo, Page 3 _. [might have made all that money. pygget, lashed by high winds. Henry today on a charge of threatening U. 8. wheat, he says, early in|buf I haven't heard from him — |Jaliantine, teacher of Hammond |

his wife with a shotgun because 1947 and is now a multi-million- since he was 15.” \ WASHINGTON, Mar. 10 [Technical High School, suffered she wanted to go to church, aire, .

. Al id Ronnie was TP) ——— Now he wants to film the story om Avorn said | (UP) — A top-ranking House | (Continued on Page 3--Col. 4) | —————————————————

y : of seven children whose i Times Index of the Boys School to show hOW rather left the family to shift] Democrat today fitroduced : A reper | 1 TI@de him what he is today, ror itself and disappeared. -She/ legislation . which = would de- Knocked Cold? . 4 Amusements 24/In pla. sun 3(wih thanks lo os. E. M. toil: [said she had to stay in bed under, prive American Communists: of : Bridge ......23 Inside ndpls.19 | former ys Sc I superintend- plankets today because she ran! gneir eltd Al - Van Osdol, 58, of: |* Business -....30|Mrd, Manners.14 (ent. Mr, Alcorn says he wants their citizenship even though Fred y }

jout of coal in the little home bon} : 6137 Rosslyn Ave. became Childs ......20 Marriage ....14 Hollywood stars in the picture where she lives. | they were born In this country oS ab: ”

Classified .31-34 Movies ......24/and he 1k willing to foot the bill In Indianapolis, Mr. Alcorn sald! 8 . ) Comics '....+.35 National Aff. 20/out of the Brazilian whest profits. he went to Hollywood in: 1839, WASHINGTON, Mar, 10 when he was struck by Crossword ...12|0tbman .....19 The young Muncie man saw| married a girl he met in a| (UP)~Gov, Chester Bowles of falling icicle as he

AR ort KEditorials ,..20 Pattern .....23 Gov. Schricker today for permis- ‘Lonely Hearts Club on $50 they Connecticut told a Congression- . 5 gan Acme Food ....:..283/Radio .......10 sion to use the school in a movie. borrowed from ‘her brother. He : : thin

: Bow 0 [Forum ......20(8oclety ......22 would be all right. ode det) He speculated in lum.| Would be “riots all over the | White Houte teday at ‘Washing: |Gardening. ..23|Sports;,..26, 27) Records at the Boys Schoolber in Ohle. 401 United States” If rent controls | - : 2 a Wilson. 21 con m that Mr, Alcorn was| - Then late in 1946, He'said he Are removed. (Earlier ‘story, | Womans «oe «33,4bara The young man's mother, made his wh deal in Brazil, | Page 30.) tL Op : ‘

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