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Sy TUESDAY, APRIL 12, 1949 Truman Sends Pact Firemen Save On Atlantic fo Senate Watchman at As Curb on ‘Terror President Asks Early Approval;

Denies Russ Charge of UN Violation :

WASHINGTON, Apr. 12 (UP)—President Truman to- Unconscious fo day sent the North Atlantic Defense Treaty to the Senate General Hospital for ratification with a declaration that its 12 signatories are. city. firemen saved the life of

determined that they shall not be enslaved by “terror and a 55-year-old night watchman, ET ’ {early today as a two-alarm blaze, oppression. {swept over the Ermet Products| Mr. Truman said in a special message—on his fourth Co. 2100 Cdroline Ave. i . . rere The victim, Willie Ephrain, of: § : > ent that] “The security and welfare of 2618 Rural St. was taken unconthe pact 18 a great advance... member of this community | cious to General Hospital where toward fulfillment of the un-|depend upon the security and wel-| itaches reported his condition as! : {fare of ail. None of us alone can! Serious. conquerable will of the People| reve economic prosperity or a, Joseph Erpelding. co-owner of of the United States to athieve 2 hilitary security. None of us the furniture company, estimated just and enduring peace.” It 18 alone can assure the continuance the damage at $30,000. a “long step on the road 10, foeqom.” +. Firemen were also credited with " he said. — ! . saving huge quantities of field’ g _| Then Mr. Truman asserted that ie h€ tarued aside the Kt (the ~ioint strength of the Al.(CSPInG tables, ordered by the violates the United Nations Char- |lantic Pact nations is of “tremen-| for Fels oop ter. |dous significance to the. future of Fire Chief McKinney said that He sald it I§ “in accordance free men in every part of the night watchman probably! turned in the first alarm. | tions Charter and subject to such] Eventual Senate approval of A second alarm went out for, measures as the Security Council the Atlantic Pact appeared likely. oxtra equipment as dense clouds may take to maintain and re- But Chairman Tom Connally (D. of smoke poured out of the one-| store international peace and se- Tex.) of the Foreign Relations story building. ; } curity.” 7 {Committee made it clear that /there would be no rush action.

30000 Be [Jn Wound

Victim Taken

i Cause Unknown [Cause of the blaze was un(known, although fire officials said it apparently had started in the ‘iplant lacquer room. i { Firemen found the watchman, lying unconscious jn the base-| ment. Hospital attaches said he! was apparenily overcome by smoke.

The blaze was confined to the irear of brick structure. { Mr. Erpelding said the sprinkler

12 system functioned improperly.

Shooting Scene . .~. Town ‘Marshal Otto Stouchton demon. strates the probable position of the gunman who shot down banker Fassett Hinshaw. :

‘Only One Step’ sia. by name, Mr. Truman none- F}3 . theless made it plain that the 12| | a2g10 gare suffer the fate of the Soviet satel- : lites. f to send the pact to the Senate, f transm of . with a mere letter of tra Heel Kicks Up; draft a. major message emphasiz-| (Goes to Baltimore ing his desire for early Senate “This treaty is only one step— (UP) — Joltin’ Joe DiMaggio of — although a long one—on the road {ne New York Yankees announced Sleepy Humans his m {today he was leaving the club to “No single action, no matter undergo further treatments far Over Dog Kennel peace. We must continue to work | There is some feeling In the y patiently and carefully, advanc- Yankee camp that DiMaggio's in-' ! ; nocturnal howling was expected in the light of circumstances and forced to retire from baseball, at ) ! rents ay occur, building the least for this season. to continue in Superior Court. In a gloomy press conference, ; solidly.” lcalled hastily before today’s exhi-| It began yesterday when 150 “ - unding a dog kennel step. “based on the re- Cats, DiMaggio revealed that area surroun or the situation we face “my heel hurts like hell and I'm near Nora on Ind. 431, crowded terms of the United Nations kins in Baltimore to find ‘out courtroom to protest the nightly] Charter and the Constitution of what's wrong.” canine chorus. ‘a “The thing kickéd up on me dogs boarded at ihe kennels op-| # He a iy , “too, et Saturday at Beaumont erated by Miss Hazel George, of! -

Without once mentioning RusNorth Atlantic countries shall not : Originally, Mr. Truman planned Out for Season Over the week end he decided to) approval. FT. WORTH, Tex. Apr. to peace,” the President said in| Continue Howls how significant, will achieve his injured heel. ing with practical, realistic steps jury is so serious that he may be HUMAN “howls” ovér canine structure of peace soundly and) | Room 4, today. Mr. Truman said the pact 18 bition game With the Ft. Worth “Sleepless” residents, living in an today and framed within the leaving by plane for Johns Hop- inte Judge Walter Pritchard's the United States.” - | Kicks Up Again ! The irate residents said the { ran hard from first to 8300 Westfield Blvd. are a source

small’ for this nation to bj AL . : { ; : ~ watthitd and Alig {nth the base After of constant nul , peace independently, Then he’ an | I nireance. | THEY "SAID .the continued!

hail ‘as * g- & hit” he said. | Hallet she yenty ad ap ye Arthur (Red) Patterson, public i ¢ the United Stafes for peace relations director for the New howling of the dogs at night con- 4 e securi h ntinuing| York Yankees, said that whether stituted a breach of community : ne ak and ty, = the 3 rk in DiMaggio would return this sea- peace and quiet. " Spportun iy 1a. Jive. and. v9 son depended upon how the in-| in Wi the rsidents through Shirley Bank . . . Was a plot to rob this bank responsible for . responded to treatment. itheir attorneys, John Tinder and . . He made no mention whatever ey . to ‘report that the O. P. Kensinger, are asking $50, the Hinshaw shooting? will have to play if the pact is heel isn't doing any good,” Pat- 000 damages for alleged deprecia-|

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undertakes to implement it with| .., \ "5ojos yesterday with | . , {ing an Injunction to prevent! I armed aid to the nations ofl, p yu Girard, who had recom- building of an addition that otograp oon's Ec ipse Western Buiope, details of — the trip to Johns Hopkins. would serve as a dog and cat assistance are being studied bye ne li Cobal 2 High Speed Panchromatic Film and Yavious goveruinent agenties and SPaIsit LOUNSYY In : Dias Wide Lens Opening Give Best Results ill be mbmitted to Congress Hold on Theft Charge | Naz] Bigwigs pening ve | “The people of the North At-. HAVANA, Apr. 12 (UP) - : ; WASHINGTON, Ap, 32 = You oan Sake pletores SL the stiipae lantic community,” the President Spanish Consul Eduardo Danis \ : ? Og oe ne ict can be foc sed for infinity sa'd today, “have seen solemn Naranje was lodged in Tiscornia Declared Gui 0 f us j y, i y ’ | and you must have a stable support for it. -A chair or a fencepost, agreements, designed to assure (Cuba's Ellis Island) today and . nc) : St clea : . yr and the rights of small na-| “placed at the disposal” of the with a Plese of wood ora solid hook to give the correct angle, will fon: broken ove by one an Lhe Spanien vvrnment Hiller. Pave Chal [Te Beamon people of those nations deprived] Mr. Danis was arrested yester- we 0 obtain Lhe. SUlLS, Use of exposures on the same film of freedom by terror and oppres- day -on charges of — Spanish Among Convicted a high speed panchromatic film. This is because the clouds, which sion. : {Charge D'Affaires Manuel Galan NUERNBERG. Apr. 12 (UP) Set the lens opening as wide as make the earth dark, make the “They are resolved that their Pacheco that he attempted to! Hitlars press ch tto possible and adjust the distance SKY brighter. You ean, however, tions shall not, one by one, suf- abscond Mar. 24 with thousands Adolf Hitler's press chief. Otto make single exposures on difnations sha , ) . 3 Soars in comsulate funds Lietrich, and six other Nazi big- setting for infinity. Better results ferent films of the various phases rer th ne hie. - ee Wig® were found guilty today of will be obtained by keeping the eclipse taking part in the slaughter. of lens open all the time and cover- : FE ns Crimes Tri- oe a ar anaTe when Time) adjust your camera so that 3 4 4 iii “the moon is in the extreme lower ? th H bunal, continued for the second (Correct exposure time Will VATY just corner of the finder - Take e S e S - ver e um {day the reading of an 800-page wiiy the kind of film and. the , . t 9:30. ‘and - verdict in the case of 21 German ing. For F3 ne sec. CUT Art, picture about ; : : { : - ens opening. For F3.5, a one sec- 4 picture every 10 minutes after Brought Up on Steady Diet of Crises, oifelals in the souytien wh ond exposure is sufficient; fOF (nat until the eclipse is total at a . : . " elmstrasse” group of diplomats pgs ¢ seconds. are Téguired: in President Still Quietly Confident gnd other policy makers, It was hry or. 63. four Te aré en emerges from totality MERRIMAN SMITH, United Press White House Reporter {the 13th and final war crimes jeeded. An exposure longer than a4 10:54 p, m. Begin again to take ASHINGTON, Apr. 12—Four years ago today, Harry 8. Tru- rial eres dToadant. ad beta one second will show a very slight piitures every 10 minutes for the became Pres : nly on aa ‘motion of the moon, , , hich. 1 gigs 4» ed his onde huis Bruen de knew something of Cléared of all counts so far. He y, 0 niche js cloudy, the sky hour gr ion nie moh the trials that lay ahead of him, and he promised to ‘meet them to a one Voi Keancadort, 60 er ve Vs Bele son WE Appin BE b . h id, 1d ormer Germ - i tie best of his ability. If he had to go down e sa he wou go he oar HI} 08 OIIY ORE Odd bot What Do You Think? : Orodas Ey Truman was still ®ead Rohert C. Ruark; Page 13; charge that of crimes against ’ a 3 : ! Editorial, Page 14. sivilians of invaded countries. T # T tH i jn eels the civilia i an is Test. ay Le i that Die RD go The other 20 defendants faced ur es, ur es veryw ere, HB is nt that the hardest! Ihe death of President Frank- g-variety of charges embracing . . he 2 So official White House lin D. Roosevelt lifted Mr. Tru- war crimes against humanity. - Turtles Even in the Air ite is over. He believes that man from the placidity of the others found guilty of crimes : " {Vice Presidency into the Presi- rere: . i within the next two vears, west- *'C® C) Ww against the Jews were: z J Phony Churcbusco Coup Thickens ern Europe will have recovered dency during the Second World Richard Walther Darre. Nazi - substantially. He. thinks that War. agriculture minister; Wilhelm — Wheat Might Be Called the Soup me the turning point of the cold war: Since-that April afternoon, the gennier, Hitler's economic adviacame when this country extended President has lived on a steady o;. Jans Kehr), chief of arma-|

Too many turties were spoiling the Churubusco soup today. Turtle No. 1, the beast of Churubusco, still was definitely in his lair at Fulk’s Lake in northeastern Indiana. = Turtle No. 2, an-imposter. of the first watpr, was said to have been found by two. Indianapolis vouths a half mile from Fulk's Lake,

"Russia. Today he *seemed pio... Tammers, chief of the e the worse for wear.

Though he will be 65 years old next month, he doesn’t look his age. His hair is noticeably whiter

j Reichschancellery; Gustav. Adoif Steengracht Von Moyland, -state tw to ‘have. be . . icin secretary personally responsible It was supposed 0 Aave = scheduled in the Indianapolis brought to Indianapolis last to Foreign Minister Joachim Von night. It was supposed to weigh ATea. A Times reporter attempted Ribbentrop, and Lt. Gen. Gottlob 208 pounds ard had ail the char- [© question the men as to details Berger of the Elite Guard, last istics of a sea turtle. but they would not talk.acteristic ; u . 5 > chief of prisoner of War Affairs. Tyrtle No. 3, the mystery, ar.. dd. don’t you think’ Se——— 5 - rived by air express last night s The two vouths, Kedrick Fisher, pert in the country said it was} 5 : Ryan Heir Dies at Weir Cook Municipal Airport 22, of 919 Eastern Ave. and Dale - Mr. Pruman himself FDR Death Anniversary NEW YORK, Apr. 12 (UP)— and was hurriedly smuggled onto Demian, =: of 1312 N, Dea ‘HYDE PARK. N. Y. Apr. 12 George Francis Ryan, 42-year-old a truck and whisked away. This ' . t.. : Sliver bo t aeje turtle, (UP) — Mrs. Eleanor "Roosevelt grandson of the late transitiglant and its crate, according to Jats ast msn gt oehlers Murbe supported by the people. and other members of the family tycoon Thomas Fortune Ryan, agents of Eastern Airlines, was A tvs St. In of the late Franklin D. Roose- dled yesterday at Doctors Hos- of the sea turtle variety and came ¢ flying turtle has not turned tion victory, there were numerous vy

: f iami, Fla. up yet. ce reports of a “New Truman.” Ac-|Velt gathered today for simple Pital of a pancreas infection. from Miami, Fla

1 'He was a brother of Clendenin It and its crate weighed a total Or has it? 8 tually, ‘there isn't any “New Tru- ceremonies to mark the fourth van, municipal reform leader Of 225 pounds. Expressmen esti-

man” He's the same as always, (anniversary of his death. | who was recently involved in the mated the erate would weigh ap ] i] § om little stouter, perhaps, and al Wredths will be placed on the{ She Hall wiretapping scandal, |Proximately 17 pounds: : Shopping Aids : grayer, but essentially the late President's grave by officials, : . { The air division of Railway Exsame man who regretted leaving Of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Meé-| press, the agency which Eastern the Senate where he'd been for 10 morial Foundation, of which Her- Time. Index [Airlines agents sald shipped the ; : .-]ry. Morgenthau Jr. is president, : turtle by- air from Miami: to InDiet of Crises the Roosevelt Home: Club and by Amusements 10 Marriage ... 5 dianapolis. - say they have no for you by Louise Fletch- " MP. Truman was to be honored commentator Drew Pearson, rep- Childs ...... 14! Mrs. Mann'rs 5 record of the transaction. er. Times Woman's Editoday by some of his former Sen- resenting’ the French Gratitude Comics ...., 21.0thman .... 13 Odd, don't you think? tor. ate colleagues at & buffet lunch- Train. : © Crossword .. 17'Radio ...... 4 ~The two men who loaded. the She fells you where to: eon at the Capitol. All the Ben-. The Rev. Gordon L. Kidd sched- Editorials .. 14 Society ..... 6 sea turtle and its crate on a truck =. get them . ., in her pops ators were invited, as well as the uled memorial services in 8t. Forum ..... 14 Spertz .. 18,17 at the airport last night said it = ular column, COUNTERRepublican and Democratic lead- Ja ~ Protestant Episcopa’ Hollywood .. 10 Women's ... 8 was for a marine banguet for BPY. i ers of the House, ~~ i “ : {Inside Indpls. 15" Weather Map 15 1500 persons. No s air ls’ | Turn to Page §,

Quiet Confidence i The confidence Mr. Truman has in eventual world peace iz the same kind of quiet confidence, ; ; ane! tB20 When he left the Senate. But The srotper ome { vitality seems to have inPO won the November election Ceased, rather than suffered.

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Describes Flight ~~ During Which Nobody Talked ; One of two Indianapolis men held as suspects in the critical wounding of a Shire Jey, Ind, banker admitted un= der questioning today, state police said, that he drove to Shirley last night with two come panions and was standing in # %. yard when a shot was fired. © The suspect, Franch War! Heads - rick. 19, who rooms in 2220 N, | STEREO Ave Will {listed by police (as saying he drove 10 Shirley with ‘the other suspect, Lawrence Als - bert Anderson, 30, who rooms in 2400 N. Pennsylvania St, and a third man, whom police did: not identify, ‘Hedrick said he stood In the

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4 2 Poowcrent while the other two men walked Photos hy John Bpickiemire, Times Bin notosraphier up on the porch. ps?

Saw Gunmen Flee . . . The shot attracted Mr. and Mrs. Gene | Ran After Shots ~~ Addison, neighbors of the Hinshaws, who saw three men run from | He sald he heard a gunshot and the house. “~~ hat he ran, with the other two {men 10 where hiz car was parked, |& half-block away. They returned {to Indianapolis, | Meanwhile; Fassett W. Hine [shaw, the di-year-old president. of [Citizens State Bank of Shirley, | remained in “very critical” condi 2 [tion in Henpy” County Hospital, in attaches said they had { "poured blood” into the shooting victim, but that he had talled to {rally after transfusions. He fine

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derwent surgery, but doctors failed to locate the bullet which abdomen, ; : The two suspects, Hedrick and their near North Side reoming ii shooting. wARRITIR. Le ge : 2 fo his statement to state and eity police [today, as saying that he met An« : {last night near 22d and Meridian Hinshaw Home . .. Fassett Hinshaw opened the front door Si: and that they got into Hed. drove around several hours, in - . {the city und country, Rain Expected Later they drove to Shirley, For Leopold | where he old of hearing the shot . i ; I oil Ecli Se SPRINGFIELD, Til, Apr. 12 gupanions did not talk on the HUPI-A criminologist said to- drive back to Indianapolis. i « prisoned . in 1924 for one of the ; hp most bizarre murders in the na- hE fe car near where Hedrick D 1 ’ rovims, he said. The car was res ve omorrow ‘ " . safe risk” for parole. ! on J A being examined for further clues, 1 " 1 / te ’ : Rain and more rain through Leopold and chard Lo#b, State and city detectives, aes spring-like temperatures was fore- victed of the “thrill” murder of s cast by the Weather Bureau. Bobbie Franka in Chicago. They went to his room. The officers . ” ‘box containing a 32-caliber res was expected to be “rained. out” ©rime 5 : by the Eo clouds. : Prof. W. ¥. Byron, North Yolver, along with extra bullets, na sald “society would have a great holster, tomorrow were forecast. The mer- deal to gain by utilization of Hedrick told officers thers had tomorrow from tonights low of Prof. Byron testified at a parole the box, and expressed surprise 50. hoard hearing considering pos- that.it was missing. cast issued by the Weather Bu-'jaq0500d for his volunteering as a aroused suspicions of Shirley law reau, temperatures throughout ‘guinea pig” in the wartime officials by “cruising” the bank grees above normal. Normal max-'giate Prison. ™ Immediately after the shootin ; Hy KE imum j= 60 north, 68 south. Nor Town Marshal Ofito Stouchton south. a black car with Nevada license 29-810 “cruising” the bank last

- wan believed to have lodged in his Anderson, both were arrested in Hedrick wah 4 |derson and a third man at 8 p, m, of this home to violence and possibly death. : tg jriei’s 1040 Pontiac. coach and Parole Urged | They Dow't Talk fired, He declared that he and his {day that Nathan Leopold, 0-1 mp three separated after parks, Cooler Weather tion's history, was “definitely =a covered today by police: and is & tomorrow with continued mild, both rich men's sons, were con- companied by Hedrick, today Tonight's eclipse of the moon had tried to commit “a perfect sald they found a cardboard shoe Occasional showers tonight and | Wertern. University Criminologist, four shotgun shells and a leather eury was expected to cmb to 70 Leopold's brilliant mind.” also been a 38-caliber revolver in According to the five-day fore 110 commutation of-sentence for! A big black car which had 2 the week will average five de- ,,5j5ris ‘experinients at. Joliet fast week led to the arrests. mal ihn i= 38 north, 44 told police he remembered seeing At 12 noon, today, the English week, He said he recognized one

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7 The first test Of the little speed: stolen {rom las Vegas Mar. 29 Wins Conference. Post ster was haitéd Sunday night and an alert was sent out. A . 5 Fk Wi , alter it had traveled more than short time later Indianapolis Dawn Snyder, 1235 N. Alabang 2000 miles at an unofficial aver- jjce spotted it parked in pole

Bt, has been elected sed retary of oy ‘ ’ t , age speed of { miles per hour . the National Cartage Conference ge sf : } 4 rooming house in the 2400 block N. Pennsylvania St, y r

Loa Trouble deveivped in the cooling of to be held next year in_Cincin- SE City and state police entered

system of the engine, and me{natl. O. Mr, Snyder, who Is presi- chanics felt ft best to half the dent of the Central Union Truck test and replace the engine. the house and arresfed ‘Anderson [Terminal, 202 8. West St. was Work on ihe replacement was 2842 Woman said to be his wife, ihamed to the office during the completed last last night, and The woman was not held. annual conference recently held the ¢ar was driven 200. miles to The same teams then went to in Miami, Fla : break in the new engine 2 rooming house in the 2200 hiock : - on N. Talbot Ave. where they are

Things Returning fo Normal: Bon. me aber denied the

: . shooting, questioners said, but : Anderso d lce Cream Trade Cuts Price and meron vargas : : rola. ~ .. Stripped-Down Wartime Sundae About to believed to he. burglary loot mak

Leave in Favor of Old Fashioned Dairy Delight und in the car, police said.

Hedrick’'s fami} Things are getting back to hormal. You can believe it this time. ley. ¥ lives in Shire

The stripped-down wartime sundae is about to step out with a Police = — dab of whipped cream and a cherry. Aud you may gel a splash of shooting a pes plievsd. ia | whipped cream on your soda, too. - a~plot to kidnap Mr, Hinshaw to * Yesterday the ice cream trade cut prices. The Borden Coliking- force him 10 open the ~ bani ° pin of the dairy business, dropped wholesale prices 10 cents a gallon. vaults, They said they bel n Lady Borden dropped 20 cents a . ! minnie af feved gallon. cent sundae and “soda price will (Continued on Page 3—Col. 4) In the dairy business prices remain the same with a step-up tn mire en ap ‘have 8 way of leveling off. If in quality (whipped cream and Indianapolis Realtors {one dairy changes, others go along cherry), : - . | quickly to prevent a shift in cus-: In recent yeafs some ice cream To Hear Lacy Official tomers. Other dairies making ice retailers put sad faces on the = William (Bill) Crean. a partner cream are cutting their wholesale very young set when they refused in the Lacy Sales Institute, wil} prices 10 cents a gallon. to dip Ice cream cones for a tell Indianapolis - realtors what | One dairyman said the drop nickel. And they wouldn't hand- makes a star salesman click, at ‘wat due to lower milk and cream ‘pack either. : their luncheon Thursday noon in {prices and should boost the take- But now the nickel cone shouid.Hotel Washington. - ; a home. package trade. be available almost everywhere, ! : Crean. brought -to Indian. { One big retailer said the prices and if you want your ice cream apolis by the Jack Lacy Sales of hi= sundaes with three big dips packed with a paddle in a pint Clinic,” Apr, 25-20, will be pre - | (overbanging) would remain at or quart Bucket.' your dealer 4 sented by the Baise. Bygoutives {15 cents, but generally the. 20- he.glad to oblige you, Counefl, ~:~ oc .

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