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Notre Dame, Butler Win; IU, Purdue Lose

Irish Trim Huskies, OSU Burias Hoosiers, lowa Tops Riveters It was a black day for Indiana and Purdue football

fortunes yesterday, while Notre Dame extended its undefeated skein to 30 straight

Butler University tripped Wabash College, 14 to 7, in the ancient Iron Key rivalry before 4500 fans at Crawfordsville. Here, at home, Franklin College spoiled Indiana Central's homecoming by a slim 14-to-13 margin. Iowa's Hawkeyes dashed Purdue’s hopes of moving back in the win column by a 21-to-7 de-

cision at West Lafayette. Iowa tallied twice in the second period after both teams ‘traded touchdowns in the opening quarter.

Rolls Over Hoosiers Ohio State rolled over Indiana's Fightin’ Hoosiers, 46 to 6, before a crowd of 70,568 at Columbus, O. It was the second loss of the sea-

son for Coach Clyde = Smith's young team. Notre Dame traveled all the

way to Seattle, Wash., to gain a 27-to-7 victory over Washington's Huskies. The Fighting Irish defeated Indiana last week, 49 to 6. Northwestern's Rose Bowl champions were upset by Pittsburgh, 16 to 7, at Evanston, IIL Pitt picked up two touchdowns and a field goal to outclass the Wildcats. In other clashes involving Big Ten teams, mighty Michigan soundly trounced Stanford, 27 to 7. Minnesota overwhelmed Nebraska, 28 to 6. State whipped Marquette, 48 to 7. And Illinois and Wisconsin battled to a 13-13 tle.’ Other Major Results In the nation’s major gridiron clashes, Army bested Penn State, 42 to 7; Pennsylvania blanked Dartmouth, 21 to 0; Colgate downed Harvard, 12 to 7; Cornell outscored Colgate, 39 to 27, and Tulane whitewashed Georgia Tech, 18 to 0. Hoosier college football games found Ball State trounting DePauw, 33 to 13; Valparaiso blanking Indiana State, 32 to 0; St. Joseph drubbing Eastern Illinois, 12 to 6; Anderson mauling Manchester, 14 to 7, and Canterbury downing Rose Poly,~13 to 0. FOOTBALL SCORES Butler 14, Wabash 7. Franklin 14, Indiana Central 18. Ohio State 46, Indiana 7. Towa 21, Purdue 7. Notre Dame 27, Washington 7. Michigan 27, Stanford 7. Pitt 16, Northwestern 7. Illinois 18, Wisconsin 13. Minnesota 28, Nebraska 6. Michigan State 48, Marquette 7. Army 42, Penn State 7. Penn 21, Dartmouth 0. Cornell 89, Colgate 27. North Carolina 21, Georgia 14. Ball State 33, DePauw 13. Canterbury 18, Rose Poly 0. Valparaiso 82, Indiana State 0. St. Joseph’s 12, Eastern Illinois 6. Anderson 14, Manchester 7.

Details, scores of all football games, Pages 20-32.

CPO Holds Up Bank But Fails to Get Away

COVINGTON, Tenn, -Oct. 1 (UP)—A Navy chief petty officer robbed the First State Bank of Covington of $5000 late today, and was captured minutes later on the outskirts of this west Tennessee town, Sheriff C. P. Forbess said. Forbess identified the robber as John Franklin Grenade, 26, of Cotlierville, Tenn. a CPO, stationed at the nearby Millington| Naval Air Base. Mrs. Mildred Blankenship, a bank teller, said that Mr. Grenade brandished a .32 and told her to hand him $5000. She did. He fled —in--a-.1946 Plymouth, which bore a Georgia license. The sheriff and his deputies gave

chase. They found Grenade's uni-|

form in his car.

German Reds Crash Soviet Border Guard

FRANKFURT, Germany, Oct. 1 (UP)—Thousands of German Communists from the Soviet zone forced their way past border guards and poured into the British zone today for tomorrows “Peace Day” celebrations. Although the Russians were reported planning to throw open the border tomorrow, the Germans beat the gun, breaking past Soviet guards who tried to stop the rush. British police said.

Proper Spanking Saves Drowning Child's Life LA SALLE, Colo, Oct. 1 (UR ~—When the 2-year-old son of Walter Channell fell” into a pool of water, crude but effective artifisial respiration saved the lad’s fe The father, a caretaker at a fish hatchery, pulled the child vit of the water, held ki

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How Much Must They Forget in Order That They Be Remembered?

Donald Travers Thinks Answer to That Is Also Answer to Long Wait for Trial : By ROBERT BLOEM ow much must the “forgotten men” in Marion County jail forget in order to be remembered? Is it possible that a man can stay in jail longer for what he might know than for what he might have done? " One of the men who has waited months for trials that never seem to come believes the answer to that question might be the answer to his own long wait.

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Murray Won't Call Halt to Steel Strike

Industry Will Stand

Donald Travers was a key figure although an absent one in the parole scandal that stirred Indiana politics about a year ago. The case involved the firing of two prison guards, threats by one of them to tell all, state police investigation into charges of parole bribery, a traffic within state prison walls in forbidden money, the mysterious travels of three or perhaps four $1000 bills. That in turn was merely a new outcropping of rumblings of parole scandal which had threatened to break into the open ever since the

tain—yet Travers was believed to! be one of the few men who knew| the inside story.

| Firm, White House In jail for 11 months before. Keeps Hands Off

winning a change of venue and] PITTSBURGH, Oct.1 (UP)

new hope for a trial, Don Travers. CI resi i - had plenty of time to wonder if OP dent Philip Mur

what he couldn't forget was mak-|ray said today that only ining him one of the “forgotten dustry capitulation on com-

men.” 3 + “I stil don't know,” he said|Pany - paid pensions, or the last week, “I just think that's all.” granting of a 30-cent-an-hour

Because much of his story is the word of a man with py Wd ge increase, can end the econ record of crime against that of/OMy-shaking strike which has men who have never even beenjcut off the nation’s steel producaccused before, it adds little in the|tion.

infamous Ott Workman case in|way of “evidence’ to the still 1945. The scandal never quite got|pending case.

Travers’ Version of the Payoff Scandal

FOR ANY who might be curious about details which until now have remained mysteries, here is Travers’ version of the ‘“‘payoff” scandal of late 1948. In March, 1948, Travers was returned to Indiana from New NMexico for parole violation. In Marion County Jail, en route back to the state prison at Michigan City, he produced a $1000 bill, left

what he thought was to be a legal friend, Dick Sweet, a lifer, a fight. He charged he was re-parole. Sweet, rated then as the A hon! CSmagwion, in ef-| son's No. 1 problem convict, That legal action never came|Was caught trying to smuggle one off. He and his $1000 bill were|of the $1000 bills to his mother. sent up to state prison where he] Because the money had already was sentenced to serve out the|reached the mother’s hands in a balance of his one to five-year|prison interview, authorities had Sertanve=untl ie Tollowing aug no legal power to seize it. The 6. He charged his mother placed it in Sweet's ac-

; maximum tim was up July 3, but that didn’t|count but for purposes of buying

work, either. He served it out.|influence, The $1000, after some “investiga-/‘‘gone.” tion’ into its source, was placed] Later, the bulk of this money in his prison account. was sferred out of prison Back -in prison, with an unre-jth legal channels, then by a ‘vealed number of $1000 bills stilljprison guard to an Indian hidden on his person, he under-/lawyer, to finance the parole of took to furnish funds to help|another friend, Carl Todd of “buy” enough influence to get his| Terre Haute.

Tells of ‘Change’ for Another $1000

MEANWHILE, Travers says, he had obtained the services of another guard to “change” another $1000 bill. The changing cost him, he says, a fee of $25 plus an agreement to buy from the guard a quantity of benzedrine. Still primarily interested in Sweet, Travers says he “contacted” a certain former state official in the prison. After a soothing convérsation, during which|™ Travers says he had to overcome|Sweet, intercepted by prison offithe official's anger at the sugges-|cials as planned, it failed to tion that he could be bribed, the|« ” official set a price of $3000 ‘on smoke out” the parole for Sweet. Sweet's release. Travers says he, Finally Sweet became impaid the official a $1000 bill and|patient. according to Travers’ a $500 bill on the spot, with the story. He prepared a “writ” for| agreement that the balance of the/the Indiana Supreme Court tellfee would be forthcoming after, {ing how his parole-buying techhis release. nique had worked for Todd but When Travers . became im-not for himself. Todd was rearpatient with results, he says, he|rested, returned to the state re“kited” a fake letter out of prison formatory where he still is. The with the help of a guard. Thelguard who carried the attorney's letter was signed by a fictitious fee for Todd to Indianapolis “friend” of Sweet named Jerry|threatened to “tell all” {including West. West was for months one how he paid some to the same of the mystery men in the parole (state official. But he failed to investigation. Travers says helkeep his appointment, never told wrote the letter, himself. But al-|“all” or any part of the tale to though it was mailed back tolinterested state authomties.

Describes Preparation for Release

TRAVERS also told a story of how he prepared for his own release from prison. He says he knew he was wanted by Ft. Wayne authorities on a burglary charge. He asked a prison staffer how to “beat that rap.” Travers says.for $100 the prison staffer provided’ him with the name of a lawyer in Michigan City. For $100

the Michigan City lawyer somehow got the Fit. Wayne charges dropped. Travers was released)

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won a change of venue in Crimijon Aug. 6, on schedule. nal Court 1. Now that the story] On Nov. 16 he was arrested onlis told, he believes his chances for a new charge. Last Monday he'speedy trial have improved. |

‘I Want the Police’—

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“Calls for Help Come in of Rafe of One |

A Minute at Headquarters—60 Every Hour By CLIFF THURMAN SATURDAY night in Indianapolis. ~

people. Hot tempers, hot rods on automobiles and subsequent results. “I want the police. I want them bad” a voice comes over the police telephone. “Don’t send them police out here we don’t fieed ’em,” another voice echoes. x = = calls for a wagon and the radio THE TIME is 9 p. m. to 11 p. m./dispatcher makes a check on his and the place is Indianapolis Po-pad. The case is over. lice Headquarters. The calls are . = over the police telephones and| AND— a5 we watch a typical Saturday| “A baby is ill at... street, see night in Indianapolis. if they need a doctor.” The police are busy. Calls come| “A man is down at the corner in at the rate of one a minute,jof . . . street, see what's the 60 every hour, and a busy radio matter.” dispatcher sends out the cars, “Boys are throwing ropes over yn trolley wires at . . . street, better THIS is how it goes: stop ’em.” “Police headquarters,” the pleas-| “A woman at... street says her ant voice says in answer to al/purse wat snatched ... get over Lying. there.” : “There's a drunk out here try-| “Investigate a car at... street, ing to kick in my door,” the com-|it’s acting suspicious.” plainant says. “Round up those drunks at . And the voice is heard all over|street, they're making too much police headquarters. noise.” . Action. The dispatcher calls a; The complaints—as telephoned patrol car, the lieutenant gives ain to headquarters—are more innod and the police are after the|teresting, however. They go: drunk. “There's a strange man walk-

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Everybody Comes to Town Saturday Night And Something Happens to Them All

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The police radio crackles out with the troubles of Indianapolis|’

Mr. Murray told a press confer ence that he would be willing to resume negotiations with the industry, if the government requests, but that his demands would remain the same.

The seriousness of the deadlock over pensions was pointed up by U. 8S. Steel Corporation Chairman Irving 8. Olds in a letter to stockholders. He asserted that United States Steel declines to bow” to Murray's ultimatum. However, the White House made it clear that President Truman does not plan to intervene for a fourth time. He obtained three postponements holding off the strike 77 days until last midhad Might.

Charles G. Ross said today that as far as the White House is concerned the situation was considered a complete blank,

514,000 Walk Out Mr. Murray's strike call brought

out of the mills* and ci production to less than five per cent of normal. Mr. Murray indicated that sottie 500,000 fabricating plant employees will join the walkout by November if their companies do not meet CIO demands. The steel walkout, coming on top of the 13-day strike of John L. Lewis’ United Mine Workers, pushed the nation’s strike-idled toward the million mark. The miners have pension troubles, too. They walked off the job two weeks ago when welfare fund benefits were suspended because the fund was going broke. But unlike steel, there was one

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514,000 steeiworkers in 24 states

hearth furnace as the U. S

Indians Defeat Montreal 5 to

Lefty Joe Muir Hurls 3-Hitter

{bright spot in the coal picture.

in the Pennsylvania anthracite) fields and in the soft coal fields| west of the Mississippi back to! work Monday to protect themselves from loss of their markets. The 13-day coal gtrike has been marked by violence in Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Kentucky, Alabama and gqther states as Lewis’ United Mine Workers sought to shut down all the small nonunion mines employing an estimated 15,000 men.

73,000 Hoosier Steelworkers Out

Seventy thousand steel workers in the Calumet area and some 3000 in other sections of Indiana were on strike yesterday. There were some 35,000 Hoosier members of the CIO United Steeloutside Lake County, but less than a 10th of them were involved in the nationwide strike against basic steel {producers which began last night.

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Please “send “the police. “I need the police, quickly,” a

frightened voice says, “at m apartment in the . . . hotel. “There's a wreck at . . . street

. . please send the police. “Someone has just driven my car away,” an excited voice says. . = ~ THE RADIO dispatcher at headquarters goes about his work on Saturday night with methodical care. The lieutenant in the next office watches the clock and hopes Saturday night will soon end. There is no end to the crackling of the radio or the tinkling of the telephone. Someone, apparently, is always in trouble on There's a fight in a tavern, a Saturday night. prowler in a back yard, a man cut, a man unconscious and another man lost. One man wanted an ambulance, his little girl was sick. Another wanted to tell ‘police his wife had. left him and still another had “Everybody come to town on lost his hat. Saturday night,” the lieutenant said, “and something happen to them all. There is never a dull

Hearth Fires Soon Will Be Cold

Workers at the Carnegie-lllinois Steel Corp

Biggest sports week-end of the| Mr. Lewis ordered 100,000 miners, year greeted baseball fans today. ! Indianapolis fans were jubilant las Lefty Joe Muir turned in a

5 Others Hurt As Ship Falls

In Los Angeles

Hollywood Notables Among P.

In lll-Fated Plane HOLLYWOOD, Oct. I (UP) — A private airplane carrying a party of Holly. wood notables home from a football game crashed near downtown Los Angeles tonight, killing Crooner Buddy

Clark and injuring five other pers sons. The plane, owned by Radio Ane nouncer Sam Hayes, who also was in the party and was injured in

prt io Gory ar host Hopping 200ien

S. Steel nS} Cap begins shutdown operations.

On the Inside Pages.

{Death of a great editor—Oswald Garrison Villard. Homecoming at Fleming Garden Christian Church. Times Puppy Contest winners. ARP {News of the boys in service. ............. avi | Financial crisis confronts Indiana colleges as enrolments Tise, «casi ain cons iiiinaas Cagles Mills farmers prepare to move as reservoir plans get underway. -.......

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three-hitter to enable the Indian-| Anton Scherrer’s always popular column of yester-

apolis Indians to get a jump on the

Montreal Royals in the game of the Little World Series, 5 to 1.

Second game of the series was

to be played in the International League city today.

Fans Are Agog

All over the nation baseball fans: were agog with excitement. Pennant races in both the Amer-

ican and National Leagues willl Erskine Johnson's in Hollywood. . .

not be settled until the dusk falls deep in New York, Philadelphia and Chicago.

The American League winner will be determined at New York where the Yankees play the Boston Red Sox. As a result of the Yankee victory over the Sox yesterday, 5 to 4, the two teams were deadlocked on the final day of the season.

fladelphia the Brooklyn Dodgers" will” battle the Phillies and if they win, the Dodgers will be in by a game. But if the Dodgers lose while the St. Louis Cardinals are winning their game with the Cubs at Chicago, the National League race will be

be necessary.

Lindell a Hero In the American, it was Johnny Lindell’s eighth-inning homer that sent the Yankees to victory. The Yanks had spotted the Sox a fourrun lead, came back to tie it up before nearly 70,000 fans. Then Lindell became the idol of Yankee fans with his wallop into the stands.

In the National, both the Cardinals and the Brooklyn boys lost their games. St. Louis bowed 3 to 1 before the Cubs and the Phillies’ sent Brooklyn reeling 6 to 4. By winning, the Dodgers could have sewed up the pennant.

BASEBALL SCORES (American) New York 5, Boston 4. * Philadelphia 7, Washington 4. Cleveland 4, Detroit 0. St. Louis 8, Chicago 6. (National) Chicago 3, St. Louis 1. Philadelphia 6, Brooklyn 4. Boston 8, New Yori York 0.

Details, scores ey of all baseball!

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Mother Discovers Brisbane's Son Weds Baby Dead in Crib Fifth Avenue Model

RICHMOND, Va., Oct. 1 (UP) The terrified screams of a|—Seward Brisbane, son of the young mother shattered thé qujet{late New York editor, Arthur of the 500 block Leon St. last|Brisbane, married a blond Fifth night. Avenue shop model here today. H by was dead. A clerk at Henrico County a bay w Larry, son of Mr. courthouse stayed over closing 30 and Mrs. Paul Paulson, 532 Leon minutes to issue Virginia blood |St., was discovered lying still in|Certificates to Mr. Brisbane, 35, his crib by Mrs. Paulson, 24, a and Doris Fauser, 24, of Brookfew minutes after she had given lyn, after it turned out their New him his feeding. York certificates were not valid “He's 80 quiet and the bottle 1s here. . still in his mouth” Mrs. Paulson] It was the first ‘marriage for sobbed hysterically to neighbors both. They plan to honeymoon in who ran to investigate the New Orleans,

Mrs. Taken Too Literally

Mrs. Mary Campbell, 524 Leon, attempted to revive the child by] ARKANSAS CITY, Kas. Oct. 1 breathing into-its mouth, artifi- (UP)—~When the city fathers pu cial respiration and other tech-up new “welcome” flags for a niques, all to no avail, before state-wide letter carriers convenpolice arrived. tion, someone misinterpreted the A coroner's preliminary report word. Two were taken. “Those indicated the child had. suffo-/flags cost $6 each” said Harry Central Cated after twisting its head into{Gibson, in charge of them. “We'd a its pillows and blankets, welcome them back.”

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the crash, ran out of gas, police said. | It plummeted through a mass {of telephone and power lines to {Beverly Blvd. { The hospital identified the in jured as:

Mr. Hayes, 45, of Hollywood, owner of the plane, head injuries.

Mrs. Sally T. Hayes, 28, his wife, possible fractures and cuts,

Jennings Pierce, 52, western division head of station relations for the National Broad Co., whose home is in North Hollywood, Cal. '

Frank Berend, Beverly Hills, Cal, western division sales mane {ager for the National Broadcasts ing Co.

James Hayter, 27, Los Angeles. was

from Palo Alto, Cal, where they had attended ™ otball gal :

None of ‘the dozens of business houses ‘ard ‘ homes in the area were damaged. Mr. Clark just last week come pleted a series of programs over the National Broadcasting Co. {network. He had appeared with 6/Margaret Whiting on a program broadcast Monday nights. This | week's was the last of the series.

Asks Prosecution Of Dr. Weinberg

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 (UP) The House Un-American Activie ties Committee today asked the Justice Department to prosecute perqury charges against Dr. Jose eph W. Weinberg, the mystery man of the “Scientist X” atomie spy case. The committee in a formal let ter asked the department to cone vene a special grand jury here to investigate the charges. The legis lators promised complete co-op eration. Dr. Weinberg, University of Minnesota physics professor, was identified by the committee yesterday as the "Scientist X” who is {alleged to have fed atomic secrets to a Communist agent in March, 11943. The slim, youthful scientist {promptly denied the charge. ! The committee said the Prof, | Weinberg lied, when, testifying under oath, he denied knowing two Communist functionaries, dis|claimed Communist party mem- | bership, and said he never at. {tended Young Communist League | meetings.

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By Truman. on Farmers CHICAGO, Oct. 1 (UP) — Sen, Homer E. Capehart (R. Ind.) charged today that President True man sneaked into office last No- — {vember with “no mention that one year later he would favor come slete regimentation of the farmers Jnder the Brannan plan.” “Behind his smokescreen- of false accusations against the Republican 80th Congress,” ‘Sen, Capehart said in an address, “has been found the carefully laid plans of the President to invoke upon this nation the British Socialist scheme.”

Thomas Rescue Party Due Next Wednesday

CALCUTTA, India, Oct. 1 fur) —A rescue party is expected to reach Radio Commentator Lowell Thomas on Wednesday and fly him back to India from Tibet tor treatment of his injured . was Jeported $50a%.

Calentia re yesterday ‘in a hi S. jn bassy plane was repo today to have arrived in Siliguri in North India. The party is ex. pected to meet Mr. Wednesday and return to Csleutta on Oct. 11.

Capehart Scores ‘Sneak’

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