Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 11 August 1949 — Page 1

Stubborn Fish

were. disclosed when the commit-| tee made public letters found in Mr, Hunt's files. Mf. Ohler wrote| them in 1947. His purpose, Mr, Oehler said,| was to Mr. Hunt and get| a job with him. He didn’t get! the job, he testified. At the time of his correspon-| dence Mr. Oehler was in charge

“as though now ‘isthe time to ‘strike a big future operation in and care and|

He suggested that Mr. Hunt, who was a wartime lieutenant colonel in the quartermaster's

tacts” ers-by who: attempted to capture . ‘Lime Up Bids’ the “s ” after both as“I will line up bids and oper-|saults. :Both women were struck gteckler was at least one of the|

ing plossdures aa you. dient;

“I was trying to confact peo-| ple,” Mr. Oehler added, explaining that he was seeking something in| the machine tool packaging in-| dustry, “I was very careful to nice to him. At certain times he, did certain favors for me.” ~-Then, breaking his. soliloqy, he sald that Mr. Hunt “never had anything "to do with my job at War Assets.”

Mayor Feeney Lashes Out

MAYOR FEENEY returned from a three-day fishing trip today. “Fish apparently didn't like my sucker bait,” the Mayor reported.| Slightly tanned and in a jo-| vial mood, Mayor Feeney turned his attention to the Board of! Works early this morning, demanding that immediate attention be given to the large number of unauthorized Street cuts.

THE. MAYOR'S Sh vacation complaint was that a radio announcer broadcast that he was going to have a birthday next week. "Mayor Feeney denied this. He sald he had reached the age when one doesn’t have birthdays.

UN Lifts Arms Ban on Near East

LAKE SUCCESS, N. Y., Aug. 11 (UP) — The United Nations Security Council today voted to lift its embargo on arms shipments to the Near East. By a 9 to 0 vote, with Russia| and the Ukraine abstaining, the 11-nation council rescinded as ob-

__solete the resolution under which

headquarters at |

Let ublic im His overtures to Mr. Hunt, selfcounselor,”

These. brothers were loft Jn_a St. Louis hotel) last t Fide by their

return in a few days. isn't back yet. The bo pear fo regard the situation as an adventure, were faken to City Hospital there. They are on to right), Reger, 7; Joha, 10, and Dan- [rer of new American Army jel Vermette, 12, shown with Pafrolman James Wrigley {recoilless 75 millimeter artillery

Acme Telephoto

Greek Troops

PR can Navy dive-bombers, a

Receives Wi

Open Drive on

Hawaii Airlift Idea

_ California Congressman Pushes Plan ‘Designed to Break Ship Blockade ~

McCrea B Coroner Move,

de Support

ie.

12.000 Rebels

Government Forces Supported by “U. S.-Made Planes . KASTORIA, Greece, Aug. 11 (UP)—Greek government, § troops have launched a twoagainst 12,000 guerrillas along the Yugoslav and Al-| banian borders, it was announced today. :

The government forces are sip-| rted by 50 newly supplied;

Wage- Hike Bill

75-Cent Hourly

Another Story, Page 2 WASHINGTON, Aug. 11—Rep. Jack Z. Anderson (R. Cal.) reported today considerable favorable feaction to his House speech proposing “an airlift to Hawaii.” The California Representative said his suggestion should be carried through “ne matter what the result of

|docks.” Hany Bridges, head lot- the C10-Longshoremen’s.Greyhound bus disaster which. —. {Union has threatened to car-

Closed Hearing Follows Survivor Report ; Driver Was ‘Dozing’ Monroe County officials hoe day locked the” public out of the official inquest into the

action seizing the Honolulu

killed 16 persons, but allowed company representatives to sit in the meeting. When newsmen protested the . lockout of a publicvhearing, Mons roe County Prosecutor McCrea told them:

ry the strike to the mainland, he pointed out, “and it is up to the federal government to back the Hawaiian officials to the limit.” But there was no indication in circles of a

mother, who said she would

Werld Report, Page 88s

Steckler Getti

“ipleces and American-made tanks,

ng Most ; The seuthern arm of the offen-

sive sent three Greek army di-

~The House today passed and!

ing the minimum vage to 75 Coast Congressmen, is

after

Two Women |

—Assailants Elude Police, Passersby

"lin the face.

Two men who slugged women of-lon Indianapolis Streets early to-;

Miss Leota Rodden, 22, of 554

as 5 ft. 4 inches tall, build, dressed in khaki trousers

purse, the victim said. Hearing the screams, three men

bei PASSING near the ichased the would-be purse grabber] to Pogue’s Run, where he escaped splashing through“ the

stream.

Race for the capture was lost ngress Winby Harry Hauk, 61, of 513 Dor- Laban 08 and fon Bight Dist. William Arnold, 21, ofl; myvansville. 1756 Brookside Ave. and Norman Johnson, 19, of 956 Massachusetts A

man St.;

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of his job. It was this threat of| “nd & White shirt. the selection of a successor promptes him e -udded, that! penne GeLPeRe - . Vi : Hunt. to start writing toi pot St, was slugged when she/have led the pack so far in volThose personal-letters | fused to surrender her purse tolume of letters to National ComIokesp in contact with him,” > Tan she ‘had met 4 few hours/mitteeman Frank McHalé - and sant an earlier in the 500 block JE. Wash- other party "heads, he had sevmuch, me... several NEON St. Fear WON SUpSttors It=aiso nes vy EN ora EATERS: when ha was Too for employ "json and Michigan Sts. after visit-|Judge Baltzell lays “hl cards on ' ing several taverns when her the “table, there will be sudden

companion attempted to grab the/and intensive drives from other

intersection

Crashes in Kansas

KANSAS CITY, Kas., Aug. 11/All the others are In their early (UP)—Attendants Bethany|or mid-forties. Hospital said today they had ad-|

mitted four persons for injuries unofficially listed the top five

upport for U. S. Judge

Four Others Are Strong 3: Sued Campaign Awaits Baltzell's Announcement | By ROBERT BLOEM Public Counselor Willlam E. Steckler, the young lawyer who

makes us YRIY bosses toss in their sleep, today appeared to have the most support no the Demotiatic race for appointment as fed-

Indianapolis attorney; U. 8. Dis-

“top five.” trict Attorney B. Howard Caughs|

They continued, however, to

{TBR who is retiring from that were . ake the attitade Hho Aan in Detober, and Circuit Judgeltrating ‘on. the Albanian Geol incumbent Judge ener pr Balt-| Dale Eby of Princeton. Like theitrontier as a gical boostzell announces his retirement. district Song hopefuls, all -areer” for the Judge Baltzell Will be 70 years © oe Bs (An official report Conspicuous by his absence broadcast 28 old, the retirement age, ReXt om the list-of top- renders: by radio. Tirana. yis-I¥

Monday.

“Brass to Get Busy for the federal cireut court post

was former U. 8. Sen. Sam Jackone on of Ft. Wayne. This fact was {seen as an indication that top party leaders had abandoned the

son to the court in order to elimi-

party's Senate nomination in the - Sats Democratic convention next ay.

Jacksor fit: 0f Court Contest

Campbell May Get

Senate Green Light By DAN KIDNEY.

Times Stafl Writer : WASHINGTON, Aug. 11—For- ) mer U. S. Sen. Samuel D, Jackson, Ft. Wayne, will not be the Democratic organization choice for -judge of the U. 8. Circuit Court of Appeals, and the green light for the U. 8. Senatorship fmay-go--to--his-fellow-townsman; Alex Campbell, U. 8, assistant Attorney General In charge of the criminal divigion of the Justice Department, The judgeship ‘recommendation | +0f the state Democratic organiza-

candidates. Breathing down Mr. Steckler's | neck in the race was Clarence iJ. Donovan, former -mayor of |{Bedford. Others of the “top five” [listed by party leaders were Circuit Judge Ralph Seal of Vincennes, attorney William Parr of

Youngest of Field Mr. Steckler, who is 36, is the |youngest of the field of major

{contenders. He is the only one to.

set uae A Truman as the maximum age he will consider.

The same party leaders who

“| Vitsi area. Its aim was to cut the ay: ring -an-100s -Sped it on its way to the lothér 7000 guerrillas ‘and trap

recent idea of naming Mr. Jack-| the {recommend for appointment. | A acm Although Mr. Steckler's friends |NBte “htm asa candidate for thet 0

visions against an estimated 5000

guerrillas: entrenched “in theimany workers from coverageias a Feat} af the Bhuses and a dG mountains along _the|under the _ wage-hour act—‘at halt months tie-up of shipping. on. Southwest” ‘of least” 1 her re

Kastoria.

—Seek-to- Cut Highway The northern arm, launched with a crack mountain division, was driving north from Kastoria along the Albanian border in the

them against the closed Yugoslav border. : > Reliable reports said Albaian

Albania along a 30mile front but ‘had been repulsed.) Heavy | Reported Heavy fighting was reported in Grammos Mountains and other heavy fighting was expected, the Vitsi aréa.

administration leaders who unsuceessfutly

tration victory and an adminis‘tration defeat.

Truman’

administration Plan Goes to Senate in the ofical policy of I regarding ding = as a _ (Congress, “Page 2 25) Tiocal matter to be handled by the “WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 (UP)- territorial officials. Coast Interested Anderson, like most West much in|terested in the near-paralysis re“The bill —also— wold fomave; Paried from the Hawaiian Islands

sent to the Senate a bill increas-! Mr.

cents hourly.

FE rEedEg the great record the Berlin airlift and the aid now being flown by U. 8. military planes to victims of the Ecuadorian earthquake. “Why not,” he asked, “institute/up an airlift to Hawaii and demon-

—-opposed--thet —provision.

Passage of the bill represented at the same time an adminis-

hold a private Thguest.™

“The coroner has a right ¢ to :

When one reporter pointed oak that the presence of the Greyhound attorney who was not &

Photos, Page 2

county official broke the secrecy - provision, . McCrea

“He's an attorney. Go get yourself an attorney if you want - to question our methods.” The veil of secrecy was thrown shortly after it was » Coroner R. E. Lyons that one

Democratic lead- strate to the world that we can

as readily as we flew over blockade of Berlin?” : “Almost every American eitizen hangs his head in shame bement cannot or

Senate with the hope that. the upper house will retain the victory and eliminate the defeat. Backed by Coalition Much of the measures written|cause our ‘backed bY a coalition of {Will not. Southern Democrats and Repub-| necessary to bring an end to licans was substituted for the Hawaiian shipping tie-up,” administration's . wage-hour bill| California Congressman said. after a bitter floor fight. The administration measure al-| mini fully 15) of

workers under the wage-hour act.| “shoul It was intended to be the legis-|it is—the first step in Communist lative pay-off for one of President domination of the shipping in-

'S CAMPAIgD. ledges... AusEy of -the United States.” The coalition bill which was a

A Greek general staff communique said troops in the Vitsi| area had captured peak 1685, al strategic height southwest of |

“several a “important peaks. ett a ; Reba oast’ Uiihad fallen: to mountain “troops g ‘Bouthern Demodtats whe!” ad

north of Kastoria. Fighting was increasing in the Vitsi area, the communique said. It reported 23 Greek army troops killed and 15 wounded in the capture of peak 1685. Twenty-two guerrillas were captured. Tito Faces Test The Visti salient, where the!

“| main battle wad expected to be

fought, is an area of 300 square miles hinging on Lake Prespa. The salient is bounded. on the north by Yugoslavia, on the west| by Albania and to the south and| east by a line running near Kastoria and Florina. “Phe offensive -was- expected to De test Marshal Tith's sincerity in closing the Greek-Yugosiav bor-| der. ’ The attack was opened with an air strike along the Yugoslav and Albanian borders by 50 for-|

“Communist-inspired and Soviet adopted was sponsored by Rep.|directed” blockade should be {Wingate H, Lucas (D. Ten), he _The|broken now, he said, “bDéfors it vote on final passage

brought reaches the Paste. Sos; “and

um for the measure yesterday! |reversed themselves and vot(e |against it today. They had de-| cided overnight that they could; not swallow a T75-cent minimum wage. | Some administration Demo-, {crats who voted against the Lucas bill yesterday voted for it today. “They “decided that - they] would rather sepd it to the Sen-|

Conus Heat, "Humidity Forecast

Report Record Highs In Seacoast Cities

ate in its present form than have| LOCAL TEMPERATURES no bill at all. v 6a m..7 10 a m.. 88 Many House members were¢ be-| 7 a. m... 78 11 a. m... 88 wildered over the answer to the | 8 a.m... 7 12 (Noon) 89 |questionn of who won the wage-| ® am... 82 1p m.. 9 thour debate — administration, ee — mocrats,.. Southern... Democrats) The. weatherman could see ne

or Republicans.

Escaped County Prisoner Caught -|

{relief in sight from the heat and [rumidity that has weared Indian: |apolis for four straight days. A

(high of 93 degrees was predicted for today.

fly over the blockade in Honolulu/

such steps as are the

t/tered after they saw P

Soviet

Fr oy a " sults of the inquest when the

survivor was quoted as alleging t Driver Wayne Cranmer was . “dosing’ *... of es ing the drive ‘that ended in Y Jt was reported that the core

McCrea slip in a rear door, - They saw Driver Cranmer taken into a room and knocked lon the door for admittance. It . was then the Bloémington prosecutor told them the official inquest a re

coroner files it as a public reeord. This frequently is not done until several weeks following the inquest.

16th Victim Dies

The 16th victim died in Blooms ington Hospital today and two more - families identified charred - bodies as relatives who were on the ill-fated bus, : Latest victim was Sgt. Dale Aikman, Kokomo man stationed at Camp Campbell, Ky. a BE Alike man, whose wife and two children burned to th when the big bus crashed into a bridge and explod-. ed into flames, died this morning in: Bloom! n Hospital. Plasma« flown from Camp Campbell last A [night failed to save him. AHEwo more names were added to th¥ list of identified dead today,

reportedly suffered in an-airplane|district court contenders * also {crash three miles west of Bonner|named three who are considered Springs, Kas. {to be the only major contenders James. E. Godsey, chief of the for the new seat on the. Circuit Air Route Traffic Control Center| Court of Appeals in Chicago. of the CAA in Kansas City., Mo. i The three leaders, in order of sald his office had received a re- their. chances, were listed as port of a crash and was trying former State Supreme - Court to identify the aircraft. # -{Judge. Nathan Swaim, now. an

Shirley, Now. 17, Sorry She

She Couldn't Swim Channel at 16

Cheered by Father's Faith, Young Mermaid Pledges She'll Never Let Family Down

By SHIRLEY MAY FRANCE

Written fof The Indiana : DOVER, England, Aug. 11-1 am 17 today and my only regret is that I didn't swim the Channel while T was still 16. Believe me, I would have made the try if at all possible, but everybody here including my father and coach—convinced me it was foolish to do go while the weather was so bad, My father said, “If you do it. at 17 you'll still be the youngest

person ever to swim the Channel. And whether you do it or don't, Shit Ronni Bgured Por Bows of hter.” swimm JOull Still bo my dang 10 miles worth in better weather. H

That's the kind of dad Tye got! And that's why I'll never

Were Con-! cluded between Israel and the Arab states with whom she fought the Holy Land war.

The coun ¢ 11; however, reaf-|’ “ firmed its order to the Palestine

belligerents to observe an unconditional cease fire,

‘Plain Useless’

NEW YORK, Aug. 11 (UP)—A new rolling pin that’s just plain useless for throwing at husbands is available today,

my family down: “When I finally start my swim I'll never leave the water until I've crossed, un-

E on my birthday eve. It made a real pleasure out of the drudgery of training. As a special present, dad swam along with me yester-|! day as he used to do when I was a kid, and it was wonderful to

from the beach with field glasses. The coach figures I'm ready to any time the weather improves, t's anybody's guess when

but it will be. I've given up trying ate, but I sure hope

very on sdlisd about my of course. The newspapermen went to Canterbury and

that to. fix the it will be I'm

in four years and 1 kidded him] about : being out of breath. But/'" I'm glad dad didn’t swim all the

to the famous Crypt Restaurant Dover, which is said to be the 900-year-old crypt. of what used to be an ancient

id Circuit.—Of

tion goes to Judge H. Nathan Swaim, Indianapolis. It was made upon the expressed request of Gov. Henry F, Schricker. That was made clear to..the

mer U. 8. Navy helldiver planes, Charles Preston Hagan, 26, of |

flown by Greek pilots. 2708 Martindale Ave, who, [escaped from deputies last week] Times Index while being taken from the|

seven Indiana Democratic Cqngressmen at a- breakfast this morning at the Mayflower Hotel

Frank. .M. McHale was host.

Mr. Campbell and his young son, Tommy. Have Sharp Discussion

in the "big deals. Mr,

at the White House. There he

zation,

and throughout

prominent Illinois attorneys. Wisjconsin, Illinois and Indianans all

cult. Mr, certain Indiana

Albany is a“ Democratic appoint

see him grinning at me. It was , Chic urned|Dought me a present. I've had’ in | Just Hg S14: hnen-a- wee hy any number of telegrams, letters| Mr. McHale sald that he That was dad's first real swim and cables. And I'm being takem stressed the Chicago judgeship in,

of the organization-indorsed can didacy of John Hurt, Blooming: Saxon ton, for U, 8. attorney at Indian-

licontamed on Page col. 8 hain

i 4

a. BT oR

The supposition that Governdt|Classified - 28-30] Radio Schricker isn't: - supporting Mr.|Comics «....31/Ruark ......17|the health center where he had|CUry to soar again to the record| Wayne Cranmer, were released Jackson for Senator, either, was| Crossword .. 6 Scherrer given by implication. For the| {Editorials ..18 {Side Glances only outside guests present were Food

ny a Sed Fiat Some Mrs, Manners 14|Joe Williams 88 n €| Marriage ....14/ Wom oa Congressmen not being included r a's McHale had an 11 o'clock appointment

presented President | Truman with a volume containing the biography of Mr. Swaim and indorsements of%the organiBar Association and prominent attorneys in Indiana the rr one - from the president-elect othe the Wisconsin Bar and several

are Included in the Seventh Cir-| McHale said he felt would get the newly created seat. Former U. 8. Senator Sherman Minton of New

tee. now on the court which sits

his confergnce, but also talked)

¢| Avenue,” his seventh novel, Mr.

—newliit —best-celler A o founded out 20 years of writing he Mache Anothat Tim

Amusements 12, Movies Eddie Ash ..26|My Day ... Bridge suis diary Novel ....:++25]

.12 (ter, wad recaptured early today] + 9tin the rear of 1030 E. 19th St. Hagan was in jail in default of |

at which ‘National Committeeman | Business . . 23 Othman .++..17ia $9500 bond on. charges of kid-|

Childs .:....18/ Pattern .....10/naping and assault and battery vassss16] {when he fled from a rear door at

.+».18/ been taken for an examination. 18 . He was held to the grand jury 9 jon complaint of ‘Alice Jackson, 25, 27 of 2426 Winthrop Ave., who. ac..10 | cused him of snatching 1-year- -old 23 Roland Mills from his buggy at 26 2t4h St. and Winthrop Ave. He .10 [threatening her,

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and only three bodies remained . unidentified. Newest victims idens {fifth day over the eastern half of tified were Barbara Jean Robs th” paton oday with tempera: 1% 8, 0 Rediord and vr

“Pollen count: + Three per cu. ya. 12 Still in Hospital Five of 12 JuEyivon of the Bloomington

Meanwhile, the record- -breaking heat wave burned through its

tures in some seacoast citles| higher than .in towns on - the crash were sill in western desert. {Hospital in fair condition today. Forecasters expected the mer-{The others, including bus driver

{readings hit yesterday at Boston, yesterday, { Philadelphia. and New York, } Meanwhile, three othér probes Boston reported 101, six degrees were underway today, State pos over the day’s record set 51 years|lice, the Interstate Commerce ago; New York had 98, a new Commission and the Great Lake§ high for the year, and Philadel- Greyhound firm all said they Pata had 97, tying the record set would check the wreckage of the in 1900. It was expected to reach|bus today to learn if “mechanical 98 in Philadelphia today. .Hart-/or human” failure caused the bus ford, Conn., had 00 Agri yes-/to crash into the bridge five terday. . miles north of Bloomington early

+ |yesterday. 4 100 Degrees in Desert The big midnight Indianapolise y comparison, the town ofito-Evansville bus crashed into Biythe, Cal, on the American the concrete bridge and u desert reported a high of 100, one|into flames, killing or trapping gages ines Boston's maximum|15 inside the blazing coach. It yesterday uma, Ariz, another ours traditional hotspot, had 101. ¥ga ax h Jaton Detore ng

| Widely scattered eer a ors may--bring temporary relief to a few lucky areas of the city, the weatherman said, but no real relief is foreseen within the next!; two or-three days. Scattered showers brought mo-| whentary relief-to scattered areas last night, but no rainfall was measured in the city. The merciless weatherman fore. cast a low of 72 tonight, and a high of 93 again tomorrow, - wpnsemmpieri————

INGRID BACK ON JOB Vicki, 4, iden ; | band, Dale, who : ROME, Aug. 11 (UP)— Actress! tious. lo escaped with

Ingrid Bergman goes back before the camera tonight .fn a refuges camp. Roberto Rosselini, the Italian Roo with whom her name _ TO= ‘mantica

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