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60th YEAR—NUMBER 21

Four Hogsiors Killed In Traffic Wrecks

Youth Dies, Brother Injured Near Lebanon; Winois Crash Fatal to Local ap

James C. Blankenship, 22, of 410 Hanson Ave Robert Ray King, 18, of Green: town,

State police said Mr. Blankenship was killed instantly when

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{Grant Retrial Of ‘Triangle’

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PRICE FIVE CENTS |

To Gambling

Def ger to , ie Court Is Told

~ Charles V. Buble, at ouyigted of “triangle!

slaying” of the na i found in| Bis home with his wite, today won| a new trial as his wife agreed to testify in his behalf. ay Special Judge Edwin McClure granted a motion for § new trial presented by Butler's attorney, Lawrence A. Shaw. The judge ‘then ordered bond set at $3000 for Butler, now lodged in Marion County jail. | Butler's wife, Geneva, who!

the automobile he was: driving collided head-on with a tractor-

north ol Lebanon on Rd. 52 at 2:30 a. m.

serious John W. Lewis,

of the fruck,

Robert J. Blankenship — an and a companion,

cent British shipments of the jet engines. He said Congress rightfully had a “vital interest” in the matter in connection with the . BCA program. But Sen. Bourke B. Hickenlooper (R. Iowa); a member of the Foreign Relations Committee, took issue with Sen. McCarran's| =. statement that he considered the 4

cloaed. “Tm unable. to. agres that It ls

4 complete refutation,” Sen. Hickenlooper said. ation a proper time I will attitude and

advisory com- (had no , why the two youths 15,000 New Numbers, Taft ‘R. 0.) and Richard B. Rus-/mittees in DeKalb County except! Indiahapolls Sn ror "wvere| - Added by Cutover sell (D. Ga.) to reduce recovery for Keyser and Union Townships; Both Robert a were iit noéiie by million or about Huntington Coun *except for|in the armed forces. 0 just an10 per cent. Huntington ip Wabash, Fores corporal, Robart served al- other day in Indianapolis. Indeed, County. except for Chester and James was an ro hifi rent Rm wd you a. throw Crowds Too Big, |e Te on mime, man fn, Sous Facies, 587 ha’ ngesrs. sr ok : sud Monroe County exer! for at "Robert 16 survived by a/and use the new green ofie. And tn President Bloomington and Perry Town- brother, Pyt, Lawrence Blanke- you'd better. Rides to Work Ships. ship, Ft. Sheridan, TL, and five ¥ The -reason is: that tomorrow

Other states affected were Alabams, New Jersey and Texas. Mr. Woods said today’s action was the first in a series of five such decontrol moves he plans to announce within the next week.

Seek to Quash ‘Lottery Charges

Five men indicted in a grand jury investigation in a reported $0 million a year lottery syndicate today opened fight to have the charges dropped. Arguments on motions to quash the indictment against the men began this morning before’ Judge Bain in Criminal Court 1. The hearing. was recessed at noon. Of Slay five men

WASHINGTON, Apr. 2 (UP)— President Truman has stopped ‘walking to and from the White House because sight-seeing caowds are just getting too big. He now rides from Blair House,

car driven by

WHILE tr White House fidn't say so, it was presumed the ‘Was made at request of Service, which is response for protecting the Pre

HE wis reported, but nol. onfirmed, that sightseeing guides were selling tickets at a dollar a head to visitors who wanted a glimpse of the President strolling back and forth across the avenue,

Miss Queen Reigns As Blossom Queen

Judy Queen of Montana queen in name and in fact today.

pushing 11 ‘cars.

Blind’ Men Accused Wife, 62

against them. Since the p!

specific points in the motions, 62, hearings were expected to con- another man. tinue several days. i Indicted by the Grand Jury in| connection with offering baseball pool ticket lotteries were Thomas) |fived two wild

The slender, blue-eyed beauty McNulty and. William Miller, | | with a 32-caliber Iver, then MIT's mid-twentiethe for vears was chosen last night from a!jawyefs; Ed McNulty, tavern op-| stabbed her in neck and! convocation. century [OF y bevy of 51 princesses to reign|erator; Hugh Fiynn, accountant, above the collarbone as she tried

Removal of Hoosier Ex-Gl

and 8. Defense Secretary Louis A. Johnson will crown Miss Queen The coronation!

Schricker Awaits Letter From French Bride

Strike Smoke Gold Mine * Of Bird Before Acting; Jenner Opens Probe

At local Restaurant

His brother, James, was taken to a hospital in Lebanon with

injuries. ; of oe Massachusetts Ave, ‘escaped in- mandatory 2:to-21-year sentence

26, of 1421 £. Market St., collided with an eastbound switch engine

Rush suffered 4 slight lacerations (Continued ‘on . Page 2--Col. 4)

" {the change as slick as a. whistle hich won't Wake you up) at| their pay raised before that time, One of them, who

cution only today learned of the| fatally stabbed his wife, Beatrice,

Bibbs was held in fall 22 {while charges were being drawn. According to police, Bibbs first shots at his wife

To Reich Legal, Army Says

- An Army spokesman contended today that Russell G. Bird was

isteadfastly refused to testify dur. |ing the trial last month, declared {in the motion she would testify. The motion ‘stated that: new evi-| {dence which could not be present-| {ed before is now available,

Butler was sentenced to a

on Mar. 1 in the New Year's Day, 1948, slaying of Robert Popp, Releases on Basis Judge MéClure set. July 11 11-a8 the date of the new in {Criminal

pan eled. A Criminal Court ¥ Jy ot 11 men and one woman found Butler guilty of the slaying of Robert {Po

PP tion on Mar. 12. the trial Butler ad-

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after an hour of delibera-| . .

oe "Bout This? 8 Seek Track Diadem| Accusation

po Made i in court

(An Editorial) HREE thousand that a new labor contract had been signed covering their

wages, hours, working conditions and job security. They. found out, mostly, from the newspapers, after it

There was not even « pretense that these three unions it is pretty generally understood that few, if any, of these

_iworkers are or have been members of these unions.

- Nobody had bothered to tell the workers a contract

“ iwas being made for them. Nobody had bothered to ask

them who they wanted as a bargaining agent, or what union they would choose to join. There-was, of course, no such thing » . plant election of any nd.

morning there will be 15,000 brand new telephone numbers in

- usp after the $4 million

cutov of the new Belmont and Cherry Sxehatiges which . will make In-| anapolis one of the six largest cities ‘with all dial service. ‘Painless Cutover’

A. B. Nail, division manager, said more than 25.000 manual

telephone instruments had to be

replaced with dial phones d| about 10,000 telephones in the near downtown area had to be transferred to the Athantic” and Imperial units, e. cutover will be painless. The telephone company will make

41:30 a, m. tomorrow when nearly the whole town will be, of should be, asleep.

Takes Over MIT Helm

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. Apr (UP)—Dr. James R. Killian was inaugurated today as he em 10th president of Massachusetts

nified ceremony - that concluded

Struck Pedestrian ‘Fair’ John Harrison, 918 Harlan Bt. | was in fair condition in General! Hospital after he was struck today by an automobile driven by India Myers, 1808 N. Alabama Bt, | {at Holland and Prospect Bis.

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THE CONTRACT, as signed, orders avery one of them to join one of these three unions their employers have picked |for them—or be fired. They must stay in ‘as members for \seven years—the life of the contractor Jose their jobs. Their wages are raised by exactly the price of the di these unions charge their members. Altogether tha {amounts to about $2000 a week for the 3000. workers. By lits wording the contract obviously contemplates that this $2000 a week will be paid by the employers directly to the {union bosses—and not to the workers. It is to be administered by three. gentlemen from St. Louis, all unknown here, and by its terms they will decide all questions that arise in Indianapolis laundries from now luntil 1956, including, presumably, whether the workers get

described himself as an “industrial relations counsel” was active in negotiating the contract. ». ” | SUCH 2 “eontract” of course isn't any labor contract 2/at all, It has all the earmarks of a cynical deal between employers and union -bosses to herd a lot of workers into| easy control and steady ($2000-a-week) dues-paying. Able lawyers who have specialized in, labor contracts!

It clearly deprives these workers of the basic rights guaranteed by law to all American workers, and, in our opinion, is in open violation of both state and federal statutes. -

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'eering up to now. By management and union co-operation

this ¢ity has built: the brightest record in labor relations

\of any major industrial community in America. A record that is paying off, today, in steady jobs, and good working (conditions and thriving industries. -

iis men and ho work/h 3 ot tte gn se :

Indianapolis has been proudly free from labor racket-

It won't take many deals like this one to ruin that

Unveiling final

‘building or Tae Bn ea Se

Jurors. on Putnam ; Sheri

or Pair

Owner Accused

largest grouping of! ¥ individual tals in the U g actually represented these 3000 workers. On the contrary, a) houpt nited

ue ty: Bucun asastait: Dinar Gulf area dnd the {Suds Rly, Goleman, Long. snd

In addition to the Veterahs'ly cloudy

Hospital, the state Is planning to construct the LaRue Cater Meoo fiw, Hospital on the White ver site. Plan Seven Buildings Plans for the VA hospital plant were submitted by a local contractor, J. L. Simmons.

nine-story administration build: ing-hospital, plant manager's quarters, a small apartment building, nurses’ home, attend. ants’ home, garage and water softener plant.

tensive underground tunnel, connecting all seven bul The actual dullding cost of the

lon, Mr. Bacon sald. He explained, however, that landsecaping and other expenses would bring the figure closer to $8 mil: on, y

struction expenditures in Indian«

: Mternations! Association of Cleaning and Dye House balang VA Hosp pt “Workers. ! conten

The seven oulldings includes &

Present plans eall for an ex- :

hospital plant was set at $7.7 mil-|

The VA hospital brought con-|

Atlantic Nations Reject Russ Charge

WASHINGTON, Apr. 2 (UP)

formally rejected the Soviet Une {lon’s charge that the North Ate

{apolis up to §13 million for the:lantic Pact is aggressive in nature

rat three months of the year, jeity.

100 Students Flee Fire

BOSTON, Apr. 2 (UP) =

ithird Harvard dormitory fire! {within a month drove 100 Harvard described the Soviet charges as |business school students out of complete. misrepresentations.

of the United

The ministers at a twolhour meeting approved ‘without a change the at of the pact which

and a violation! of

jan all-time building high for the Nations charter,

They issued a statement which 5%,

‘Hamilton Hall in Brighton early|said-“the text of the treaty itself

was quickly quelled,

Accuse Army, Of U.S. Nurse "Baby ir

Affidavit Charges Plon Had Dy “Of Officials; Corset Saleswoman Was Head

NEW YORK, Apr. 2 (UP)—An afidavit on Sle in General Sessions Court today accused the Army and the American Red Cross of approving a nation-wide haby mill to disposs- of the illegitimate children. of Army nurses.

frankly say it is the worst they have ever seen. today. No one was hurt. The fire/is the best answer te such miss

representations’ and d_allegations.”

Red Cross

dertermined amoun “legally” returned from Mishawaka, Ind., to stand trial in Frankfurt, picture. The affidavit petitioned for dismissal of baby adoption racket at and change from um Germany, for alleged black market pride: gs takin of twa wriall You can get cholof re. | = rem 2h. ENE. charges against Mrs. Alice P. Satterwaite. Th Dall mach nes ware ken chine DDG of 8 Dre awaka Mar. 11, Whiskad 10 Camp| 7 Shed seals tor OM Police Probe Fire Brothers Die ra as Jad Jenterday in Sen tof. the Army and Red Lil a fay from Gold Mine Rest-| Sheridan, iL. and then transported rted to Germany by air Thursday. Sos Original mate |At N. Side House 8. Brothers Li Fire Prank. counsel for the be-year.|tDlist her good offices in niibing Charles Firestone, 815 N. Dela- The sensational case in whichi So ogo pederal court could Block Co, store and thus A pre-dawn fire today wind iold corset saleswoman and social | these girls Place thatt ware Bt reparied someone provi Bes. of Sasi police tactics™ |, ve Bird returned here to rule help St. Margaret's Hos- damaged the attic and second CHICAGO, Apr. 2 (UP) == = TWO worker. Mr. Frank said he had | ption.” the vit ing inside the restaurant. Police Ave been leveled at the Army|,.., the possibility of the civil .. pital Guild. floor of a vacant North a small brothers burned 16 deathiheen retained by 40 couples who Mr. Frank said the found a back window brok the| Dad these developments today: rights violation. 'The gala 2% hour Show™ house was being investigated by and five other persoms Were are fighting to keep the babies YSSUSSton had machines jimmied open: ry the ONE. Gov, Schricker was awalt:| ©, Lo oor man sald Bird and ABC network broad- [police as a possible arson case. burned "or, overcome 'by Smoke they obtained through Mrs. Sat- number of natural change and cigarets taken. Wik.| 5 & Jotir from Bird's 285700, oke “military restrictions,” Sant will De presented | Police said the two-story frame when fire éwept their South Side terthwaite's “free” adoption serv- | (28750 = PUBIC liain Well, 5910 E. 18th Bt, ia/ mig who said last hl corresponded to civil ar- next Wednesday night in dwelling at 2309 N. Illinois St.|tenement early today. oy vidual cases which : the owner. uid him. Ifi and returned tothe United the Fairgrounds Coliseum |was being remodeled on the in| sy, dead were William Harris The statement said Mrs. Sat. Waite handled. He said " requests kis Belp, fhe co 0 by “unknown means with- with Ted Mack, successor | side. They were unable to deter-i;, 0 and his brother Hender-iferthwaite had scted a8 & © " Times Index plans to appeal 0 he) Co sion.” | | to the late Major Bowes, . Bint Jrmsdiatey the ownership. = 's’ ‘Samaritan” for Army nurses who Amusemis. .1, b Hollywood = 8 Sen Jenmer was| Bird, an ex-soldier discharged. ricket prioss are: 8 hase Their father, Wintiam_ Harris : Books axases { 0 tion into| overseas, last summer took a job Arena Floor chairs, $2.40; Austerity Measore? ” ”, Blaatioe, Bowling «sss dee ote said he 48 POSt SxEhANSS MARA 18 She - Box and Parquet chairs, |. 0 2 (UP)—Brit. and arms to reach puschen +. 4 Movies” .3 ne gs a] Tn Ta ain goes on daylight saving time frott bedroom where the b cusses20 Nations] Aff ; > ’ ‘$1.20; East End ‘mez | tomorrow. Clocks will ad-|were trapped in the fourth-ficor Putters .c.. 3) _ zanine,. 80 cents. pak vanced ase hou a 7 4. m. (10/spertment. we iy au “include tax. ‘All seats are {P. m. today, Indianapolis Time)! Mr. Harris’ mother-in-law, Se reserved. Daten. saving time 1s known !Allean Richard, 51, was burned on aE ef 5 1 ls " i ey i » en

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