Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 15 March 1949 — Page 3

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Lucas Seeks Further Talk With Russell To Break Deadlock |

Democrats in Drive for Votes

WASHINGTON, Mar. 15 (UP)—House administration leaders were using every device at their command today in

a last minute bid for votes for

the rent control extension bill,

They sent urgent telegrams to all absent Democrats,

‘warning them that controls are

in jeopardy and pleading

with them to hustle back to the capital to vote. Ji kg

The vote was set for later today. - The administration bill would extend federal rent controls for 15 months beyond thé present Mar. 31 expiration date, In the Senate, a subcommittee is working on a similar bill but its fate will depend on

~how long the filibuster fight lasts,

See Passage of Bill in the

Hoyse thought their efforts would be successful and that the bill would be passed without what they consider “crippling” amendments. ? They conceded privately, though, that close votes are in prospect on several important

amendments as well as on a Re-/ publican proposal for sending the |

bill back to the banking committee with instructions to continue federak rent control for only 90 days. Other congressional ments:

Reds

Chairman Francis E. Walter (D. Pa.) said today he will summon two Communist leaders before his House Judiciary Subcommittee to state publicly whether they would try to sabotage the United States in any war with Russia. : He said he wants Communist Party Chairman William Z. Foster and Secretary Eugene Dennis to elaborate on their recent statement that they would try to defeat U. 8. aims if this country

develap-

should engage in an “unjust, ag-

" gressive, imperialist war.”

Mr. Walter said it is “about time that they be pinned down to specific words.” “We have had enough of weasel-worded statements on this question,” he said. “It is time that we brought thém before the bar of public opinion for a direct

first Sunday In May by act of Col But poor pop has had to depend solely on a 39-year-old custom for the tie he's slipped on the third Sunday in June. So Mr. Horan introduced a bill which would direct the Président to “proclaim” the third Sunday in June as Father's Day, to be observed with appropriate ceremonies, i . >

Charges ‘Abuse Of Police Powers

WASHINGTON, Mar. 15 (UP)! | Southern Senators. today held 2 out against a renewed compro-

mise proposal to end the filibustef over proposals to curb Senate debate. Administration Democrats and Republicans had accepted the compromise.

W. Lucas sought a further con-|: ference with Sen. Richard B, Russell (D. Ga.) in hope of persuading the southern bloc to accept the compromise formula. v "Sen. Russell told reporters that the southerners were holding out for a requirement under which at least 64 Senators would have to vote for cloture on everything except a rules change. In the case lof a rules change, he said, the southerners want the right of unlimited debate, Need Two-Thirds Vote Under present Senate debate rules, a simple two-thirds ma-| jority of Sénators present is! needed to curb debate on a pending measure:

fore the Senate to consider a

Dailey Urges More Evidence of Crime

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will be denied police unless they present evidence of criminal action, Prosecutor Dalley said today. Yesterday, he said, two officers were refused criminal affidavits after they failed to show that a crime had been committed. He charged “gross abuse of police po ” charges. . The prosecutor said he was Patticularly concerned after a eputy lost 84 out of 110 police co! cases in one day last week due to lack of “concrete evidence.” “I have instructed my aids” Mr. Dailey said, “to stop rubber stamping charges slated against citizens by police.” - . Cites Raid | Citing a, mass raid conducted {by police last week in which ‘19 jmen were lined up against a wall and searched, Mr. Dailey said only one baseball ticket was

in filing criminal!

measure, jored by administration Demo-|

[tend the simple two-thirds vote

[to cover all matters before the IY before returning Messaznop {that he made away with the skiff

mam iNpiaNAPOLIS TovES

Senate Democratic Leader Scott oi

William D. Messamore . . . “We got him. Come get him." ” # ~ ~ . = . » limit to a re + Kentucky Deputy Seizes re promise propos ov. MIE SSAMOre at Restaurant

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Senate Group Bars Wallgren Nomination

I WASHINGTON, Mar. 15 (UP) |The ‘Senate A Services |Commiftee voted 7 to 6 today to block the nomination of former Sen. Mon C, Wallgren to be chairman of the National Security Resources Board. | Sen. Harry F, Byrd (D. Va.) joined six Republicans in voting to “table” the nomination. Six Democrats voted for Mr. Wallgren, former Senate colleague of President Truman and later governor of Washington. This action will make it impossible for the Senate as a whole . {to pass on the nomination, unless a Senate majority should vote to take the matter out of the committee’'s hands, The committee's vote was a more severe defeat for Mr. Truman than a single adverse report on Mr, Wallgren wquld have been, An adverse committee report automatically would have

decision, Need More Experience The committee

‘| Hideout as Crane Fails to'|

By VI { CHUR §CD, Mar. 15--Gdle Sarin rtie-k ler, theoretically lowered day. > i ; " Mors E : H Id Unlike the; song hero- Casey, who lowered the boom, nothing: ore experience Meld happened. 3 ; pa Ph he elusive monster of Fulk's Lake still is happy in his mudttom home and prospects of his being evicted are fading. y

Security Board

gone before the Senate for final|

: ’ (Continued From Page One) io. lcrats publicans would ex. a bea dy : the rAd tidavits-for-criminal-charges and_Republl | vestigation into the missing Tam- fugitive was hidden; watching the e to Movements of his pursuers and

{Senate except any future pro-Beatucky,

{posals to amend the rules. In the case of future

rules |

to be approved by at least 64 Sen-|

y lnoon yesterday. The posse ators—a constitutional two-thirds! tracked him. 10. the Fiver

early today. .

of the entire Senate. Senate Republican Leader Kenneth 8. Wherry said he still be-|

blocking a compromise. Ready for. Agreement

ocrats, informed Sen. Wherry that ready to accept a compromise. that some agreement could

—hamstrung by the

answer on their loyalty to this found in the. pocket of one of be able to turn to other pressing

country.”

Atomic a Chairman Brien McMahon (D.

s.onal tee said the government soon will embark upon an atomic energy power program costing “hundreds of millions” of dollars.

Cio : The CIO News assailed the Democratic 81st Congress in an editorial ‘on the ground that it “hasn't passed a single piece of major legislation.” It called upon all rank and file members to prod

the lawmakers with “letters, postcards, telegrams, petitions and telephone calls.” Father's Day

Rep. 'Walt Horan (R. Wash.) took time off today from consideration of more complicated legislative problems to ask Congress to legalize Father's Day. Father, Mr. Horan points out, has lagged drastically behind mother in getting his “day” on the statute ‘books. Thirty-five years behind, to be exact, he said. Since May 8, 1914, mother has gotten” special attention on the

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{the men. | Because the other 18 were pres: ent at the time of the raid, Mr. Dailey continued, they wete taken

tice,” he said. in mass raids by the police. It

innocent,” he declared. By Apr. 1, Mr. Dailey said, he expects to have in force an

the plan, he declared, is to screen

Robert Price Heads ‘Cub Handicraft Show

Robert Price of Cub Pack T1 has been apointed general chairman of the Annual Cub Handilcraft Show to be held in Roberts Park Methodist Church basement Apr. 1-2. : Other members, also appointed by W, Oliver Cass, the Central Indiana Committee, include: John Vance, cubmaster, Pack! 178; Mrs. Florence Kempf, den|

Council Cub

Sen. Russell said the Southern-

(to reached today and that the Senaté filibuster 2PPeared.

fight since Feb. 28—then would “ NN 8 ms | {legislation. Suit Filed Here as

News of the capture ended a 88 soon .as the posse left the

22-hour search by a wear: gse Scene, ; 3 0 more] The Ohio, still high from win-PY & 7 to 8 vote on the sugges -quarters; tion of Sen. Chan Gurney (R.

{of a mile. wide where ft bounds|S- D.)

_iwhich had | lmied debate would he retained "10ce he locked a sheriff and (er foods, is about three

land any rules charge would have 9¢

puty in his cell and jum f rom a second-story window at|the woods.

trailed Massamore

Admits Robbery

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Mr. Wallgren has. {Chairman Millard E. Tydings [{D. Md.) announced that the fol{lowing motion had been adopted

ONE. The committee found no evidence reflecting on the loyalty

Authorities have been question-|t Dis country..of..the..nominee. ling Messamore about the myste-|Sen- Mon C. Waligren, to be chair-

MeSsamore apparently eluded|rious disappearance of Mr. and Man of the National Security Re-

stitutional two-thirds re juirement| The. posse to adopt any future rules changes. |2Creé grove about 15 miles from Earlier, he had accused Lucas of | Corydon.

{ i rd. We believe hin : \his pursuers by doubling back Mrs. Thomas Vandiver and Van-|S0urces Board Heves | 2 pe Oe cont land following in their footsteps. diver's stepdaughter, Wand a/|l® Pe 2 loyal patriotic citizen. alled him to a 60-|Jofinson. = The family disappeared

TWO-—The committee found no

{from Messamore’s English, Ind., evidence to support any allegahome Jan. 7, having in rn tion. that he was lacking in In-

They found footprints near a his home when fire destroyed 8Tity.

tempt. administration Senators now are; The posse continued to search ifarther down the beach. Within! Sen. Lucas expressed the hope | + few minutes they returned, only T° : find that the skiff had dis. Vandiver in the hold-up.

{skiff beached on thie shore of the their own home nearby. But Sen. Lucas, after a meet- Fiver and concluded thats Messa-| ing of northern and western Dem- |More had taken to t

len | ily’s whereabouts,

STRAUSS SAYS:

Messamore has repeatedly destream in a desperate escape at-| co 80y knowledge of the fam-

In the course he chairman of the of his confession he confessed

robbing a Kevil, Ky., bank of

THREE. The majority of the

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MEN COME TO

chairman of low

lers are “the only people who have . given up anything.” He said the 0 Voi Laws Conn.) of the Joint Congres-¢, police headquarters and booked Administration has not yielded i charges ranging from . va-/°P 30¥ point and that he saw no grancy to disorderly conduct. |chance for a compromise “as long

“ _|as the majority keeps its attitude top state officials were summoned | This 11 & moet Suite a of unconditional surrender.”

Gov, Schricker and three other {today to appear in Superior Court |

Sen. Lucas said earlier that if 1 on Mar. 28 as defendants in a

mM . “around the clock program” at Daile Considers police headquarters. Purpose of evidence presented by police offi- » cers to see if the facts warrant in 0 issuance of criminal affidavits.

is the duty of a prosecutor to the compromise effort failed, he suit to invalidate laws passed punish the guilty and free the|".. Move to adjourn the Senate P and abandon the drive to curb|line, ; filibusters. .

after the Mar. 1 legislative dead-

The suit was filed yesterday by {Claude Cline, Hun _attor[ney. Mr. Cline seeks an injunc-| tion against enforcement of acts| passed in the unprecedented over-| (time. legislative session on |grounds that all were passed in| (violation of the constitution.

The constitution sets a 61-day |

Appqintment of 17 new staff|limit on a regular session of the!

members was being studied today |General Assembly. Although the by Marion County Prosecutorideadline'this year was midnight] George 8. Dailey, made possible Mar. 7, the Assembly went right. by a $70,000 budget increase au-on legislating until 5:15 p. m.| thorized by the Indiana General Wednesday, Mar. 9. To keep the Assembly.

[record straight the clocks were

The prosecutor's present annual Stopped and official journals show

p. m. Mar. 7, Asks Enjoinmeént Among the major pieces of legfinally during

/budget for assistants and clerical the session adjourned at 11:59 help is set at $80,000- { Under the increased payroll alances, Mr. Dailey said, he will be able to give pay raises to islation : enacted |deputies now on his: §taff. In the overtime session were the sol-1’ addition, he said, the new. budget diers’ bonus law, the biennial budg-|

mother, Pack 77: Gerald Dreyer, |" create a $12,000 prisoner ex-|et, bills to liberalize the state's!

{cubmaster, Pack 55; Mrs. Mildred [halen den mother, Pack %;|

Theodore Randall, cubmaster,

tradition fund. But, Mr. Dailey truck weight and length restric-| declared, this fund will be used|tions and others. Mr. Cline asked | only in cases where he finds it{the court to enjoin the state offi-|

y { |Pack 1386. |nesessary 10 use extradition pro-icials from putting any of them |

Mrs. Mandelene Hampton, den mother, Pack 195; Harold Keltch, cubmaster, Pack 48; Mrs. Walter

\Latz, den mother, Pack 8: O. F. 50. Eight deputy prosecutors, six |

ceedings involving felons.

{into effect.

Proposed addition of 17 persons| Others summoned to defend!

will raise his staff to a total of (themselves in the injunction suit!

were Secretary of ‘State Charles!

|Armentrout, cubmaster, Pack 8 omestic rela two clerks and a Fleming, Treasurer -F. Shirley

|and Mrs. Margaret Langhammer,

PTA to Hear Talk (On Property Assessment { ‘Roy T.. Combs, Center Town. ship assessor will speak on “What {the New Reassessment of Prop{erty Will Mean to You,” when:he |appears before the Parent-Teach-{ers Association of School 46, 1701 | Miller St. at 3:15 p. m. tomorrow. | Elmer H. Warren, chief deputy {in ‘charge of improvements for /the reassessment, will assist Mr. / {Combs In a short question and! answer period following the lec-| ture, . . vy U0

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» Horse on Him WELLINGTON, New Zealand, Mar. 15 (UP) —A New Plymouth clergyman ad‘vised his congregation to back a horse named Earldale and “give your win'nings to the church fund.” The horse won and paid more than ten to one. The clergyman said he himself switched his bet to another horse at the last minute.

IN INDIANAPOLIS

domestic relations conciliator will Wileox and Auditor James Propst. | » EE ————— |den mother, Pack 11. on added to.the staff, Mr. Dailey | |

|Steamfitter Jugged

| LOS ANGELES, Mar. 15 (UP) |—Steamfitter James Ings, 60, was |in ‘county jail today, charged with smuggling contrabrand whisky |into ‘jail. ’ Officers sald Ings, a county emplayee would hide- two-ounce bottles of whisky in the jail for pris{oners. {the milkman and picked up the {empties, each of which contained '$2 for his trouble, they said.

MARRIAGE LICENSES Earl D. Tans

Jalen N. Jones, 23, #4 Kolumbia; Evelyn

Thomas K. Lindse 4 36, Cincinnati; Georg

lanna Henry, 33, Cincinnati

Irwin A. Ward Jr. ‘26, 337 Layman Ave.; 1, 35, Marion, Ind. . i; Ethel I. |John E. Lewis, 67, at General, arterio- |

Margaret KX. Goebel Horace Pruitt, 45, Harmon, 47,

Irvin L. Fisher, 21, Greenwood, Ind.: Betty | Margaret

Joseph E. Adams, 21, 210 W Norman Eddington, 31.

BIRTHS

Twins

At Si. Vineent's—Charles, Nelma well, boy and girl

At Home—John, Maudiee apolis, At Coleman—Robert, se Cronin; Raym 4 MS Vincent's—Ray, Jane © Harold, y Dodson; Prancls, Tak ardt

i‘ t-Bennie, June Coffey; ree. acl Iain w Willlam

Cris At Heme--Jesse, Louvenia Mallory

829 eneva Taylor, 919 Mar-

BAUNDIY

EW, og” dO = Dess , 1441 i § femal a 4 E "AL Mel Patricia Paris;

fw /. 22, 2743 N. Denny; Betty - 1 33 Park. (AL St. Franecis— Wesley,

. 18th BSt.;iJohn M. Jerpe, 58, Constance Owens, 19, 1750 Boulevard Pl.

. New Jer«|Ralph James Newton, 63, at 517 N. Sher. sey; Stella Phelps, 33, 414 E 17th St, y

Cant-

Mary Grace Battin, phine Parks; William, Susan ond, Dorothea vidson. |

Catherine

Vernon, Jane Clifton: Orville, Elizabeth’ awter: Ivan, Ruth Esarey

«call Sterling Stahl, 19, 2 W y. Cora Bell; wil : Marion I. Miller, 35. 809 N. Pennsylvania ph. Pos Roller; Foscoe, Wave! 4 ty Lou ttingly, 19, 517 Bell St (A: St. V 0 : Paul 'E. Cabel, 27, 805 E. St. Clair St: Che aver anciz. Lucille Moran; Roberta McPherson, 25, 805 E. St. Slair| DEATHS ’ | Sylvan L. Phillips, 23, 1803 Lockwood St ;| Farleigh Bradshaw, 50, at General, hyperMartha Joan Stevens, 19, 1134 Villa Ave | tensive cardiovascular,

& Meyers, 61, at 208 W. Morris, ny

. Rice, 22, 2254 N, Arsenal Ave. tensive heart Gilbert C.. Westerfield, 25, 1544 N. Ver.|John , 79, at 56 W. Southern, | ; Ruthodell Parnell, 22, 908 River| 0Oronary thrombosis Ia

sclerotic heart. i Martin, 42. at ,2048 Brouse, | carcinoma * | at 350 N, Meridian, coronary occlusion,

man, coronary artery. Harry Preston, 67, at 238° N. Walcott, coronary occlusion. " | Mary PF. Price. 44, at General, tumor Harvey M. on, 83, at 4346 B. 21st, |

nephritis, | Charles William Turner, 31, at Methodist, diabetes mellitus.

Owsley, 2432piifan Lucille Walker, 21, at Long, dila- |

el M. Anthony, 49, at 205 N. Lynn, | coronary sclerosis, Donald Douglas, 41, at Methodist, cere: bral edema,

tation of heart Eth

nis; : ; Mar¥|pichard B. Hoover. 41.,at Veterans, sub-| Allan, |, Sfachnold hemorr

Rage. ) hence Lefforge, 73, at General. leu! Fa ; i fren A. Lloyd, 71, at Methodist, cardiac! decompensation

Robert L. Renshaw, 80, at 3025 Washing. | ton Blvd. coronary

Demorrhage, | 140

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Wiliam H. Rodgers, 73. at 1738 Ludlow,| Albert Earl ; Long, brain

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- ‘Old Mossback’ Basks

CTOR PETERSON, Times Staff Writer

vo “Operation turtle” was to run 'a crane to the watet’s edge, swing the boom over the spot the moss‘back supposedly is partially trapped, drop a hook and haul him up: : The boom was a bust. Early today Mr. Harris and a multitude of helpful hunters carefully meas-. qq ured the distance from the shore Right ‘now i She ripples above the turtle's the Beast of C "15 Feet Short

boom is a mere 40 feet long. “Now I don't know what to! sriven into ‘the

of running the crane out into the water, but T'm afraid we'd lose it. That's mighty soft mud out there. “We'll just have to figure out

lose that critter. After all this fussing around, I'm going to see lto it that I make a bit of money {off him.” LE La May Use Raft

nounced

| Now under profound considera-|n., oi; chief of the divieion of =

is the construction 3 j parks of the State Conservation rejected . the large raft lashed to empty o Department,

nomination on grounds that the drums. head of this important National Defense Board should have great- him up this way if enough of us r “economic and industrial ex- can crowd on the raft and really perience. and competency” than tug.” Mr. Harris said.

tion

Mr. Harris also tore a leaf from tengively; — She PREPARED.

responsibility about Old back.

Moss-| J.

such events,” “We just-can’t-haul him up and not be ready for him.” Community Club Confers

ris closeted himself all afternoon with members of the Community| A be trackless Club, business leaders of this|{southwest on town of 1100.

{| “Then we have to fix a {for him to live. I guess we'll have said.

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New Manager

another angle. I'm not about to Named for Inn

Appointment of Mrs. Grace Smartt of Indianapolis as mane ager of Canyon Inn, McCormick's Creek State Park,

“It might be possible to haul|genertment for 18 years, beginng in 1929 at Canyon Inn. Since”

leaving the conservation depart {ment in 1946 she has traveled ex~ * the Boy Scout handbook. . . « BE(home here in the Lincoln Hotel. : Mrs. Smartt will replace Riche Mr. Harris suddenly has awak-'ard Zeigler, former ened like a father with his first|the Indianapolis Country Club, as born to the realization he has a manager of Canyon Inn. E. McDonald will continue as manager of Clifty Inn, Clifty. “We have to be prepared for Falls State Park, sald Mr. Harris. nounced by Mr, Cougill.

Trolley Hits Automatic Yesterday, therefore, Mr. Har- Traffic Light Here

knocked over an automatic traf First of all there was the ques-|fic light as it pulled away from tion of sponsoring the Beast if it|the curb at Pennsylvania St. this. committee felt that a man ofis saptuind, Jr} ims : 10 Jay m wider economic and industrial ex-| plans for perience and competency should!Besides, there is the financial end |S. Senate Ave, said as he started National to consider. If the turtle is the(up the back end of the trolley Security Resources Board and for|reputed 500 years old, it's old|skidded on ice and swung around, that reason motion was made to/enough to work. for a living. $9000 Fast August and implicated table the nomination of Mr, Wall-|

orning. Operator Thomas Stafford, 1034

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it was an-

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