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15,000 State Teachers Here for Convention; General Session Set Gov. Schricker to Greet Assembly As Group Opens 2-Day Gathering |

Hoosier teachers here for their 96th state conven will gather tonight for their first general session in Cadle Tabernacle.

ee THURSDAY, OCTOBER

Gov. Schricker today proposed statewide rationing of coal for the duration of the United Mine Workers strike.

FORECAST: Fair and warmer through tomorrow. Low tonight, 42; high tomorrow, 72-74.

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27, 1949

chricker Calls For Statewide ationing Of Coal Supplies

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boards before the week-end.

strictly a local problem. He said he hoped that cities and towns in the state would take immediate steps to set up

27, of 620% Holme Place, was|ggoption of resolutions will high-

onal cla “Divorces ‘Writer [Gary sad Evansville.

R. E. Hood of Oxford, association will deliver the president's message. A past will be presented and Gov. Schricker will greet the assembly.)

The Governor urged cities and towns to organize ration

t president's award boards immediately “to avert a catastrophe.”

He said the situation is so “critical” in Indiana that

will include Dr./the state is contemplating an emergency measure if Presi-

3 ® Worle Gamin Andrew D. Holt, president of | 3ont Truman does not intervene before the week-end. He ; the National Education AS-|. in.q to reveal details of any further emergency step

sociation and Edgar A. Mowrer

Affairs?” Ex-Prosecutor Defends

Ex-Police Chief | oficials, will be held at 20

f A former county prosecutor de-|P. Mm. in the Riley Room © fended an ex-Indianapolis police Eraypool Hotel. chief on a gambling count in Municipal ourt 4 today. Former chief Claude Worley,

Election

year’s ptimary. Scheduled. Election of 1950 officers and

Worley, with Alfred McCreary,

charged with keeping a room for|ljght tomorrow's general business pool selling at his Stop 16 tovern, session, beginning at 9 a. m. in 1546-50 N. Illinois St. Cadle Tabernacle. : Decision The afternoon p

Judge Delays rogram Judge Alex Clark took the case row, will include a concert ofling hands off” the coal and steel

More than 15000 elementary aside their books to attend the :

59, of 5649 N. Illinois, was repre-|{ two-day session. For the state’s - sented by Judson L. Stark, prose-|165,000 school children it meant cutor who was defeated in last|an extended week-end holiday. li 0

: Se : ghe {Mr. Mowrer's Two hard pressed cities—South Bend and Mishawaka el "Where Are We Going in World —already have set up tentative rationing programs, Other

A general reception and. ball, cities are expected to follow their lead.

Gov. Schricker emphasized that rationing of coal is

Press Aid Bares President's Stand

ar music’ by Mary Hender- House said to- . under advisement, after both de-|popul y strikes, the White counted diminishing stocks.

fendants testified they were not|son, Metropolitan Opera soprano. gay.

owners of the room, He gaveland a speech by Frances Bruce

But it did not rule out the pos- Relief agencies scanned

them a week to present evidence, train of the Los Angeles PUbliciypniey that he would take “8P-|cationg and retailers noted an

schools. Leland Stowe, author, foreign correspondent and commentator, will 8 tomorrow night in

to support their testimony that the property is owned by Stop 16 corporation. ©

testified that he raided the ‘ Time to Win premises last Saturday with a Be We 5H Have search warrant. He said a loud- Departmental Meetings. speaker was blaring race results. Departmental meetings today . ae officer said ott of the four|. "sor teachers of art, audioelephones rang that when |_} education, biology, business, he answered a man sald: ors general science, “This is Joe at the track.” \ , mathe-

propriate action” at any time.

peak Charles G. Ross, who gave out Arresting officer Sgt. Bd Clark|~. uo Tabernacle. His subject will|the news, also said the President

Presidential * Press Secretary authorized him to say that he had not discussed the strikes member, yesterday the President has de-|sharp exception.

cided to act unless the strikes ended this week-end.

When the sergeant spoke, matics, studies, “Joe” hung up. seach Worley was police chief for} * al one-half years, from|elé

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officers were to be ist meetings of the assoon’ 10 districts at 1:30 p. m.

"of ‘ EA ra of the asson Qeld simultan-| nd, Ft. Wayne, ® = 8 Rooms were at a premium to- : day in Ir hotels pected Pelix : 000 Hoosiers tea : Be et Hvis Son amonY into the city for thelr 96th state York than in Hollywood with her, (convention, In the Claypool Hotel, Six months after their marriage | teachers waited in a long line for in Las Vegas, Nev., June 13, rv. room accomodations late into Mr. Jackson became moody and|tP® oralng. a told her he preferred to be single i she testifi *|. The Claypool’s bell capthin re- & Sarpaned. They saparated Jan. teq he. had already found Under a property settlement, | three lost coats and three misMr. Jackson will i back Jeet: placed hats. “Of course,” he said, he borrowed from her and assume| It isn't the teachers who. lose payments of a $60,770 bank loan. SveIVthng” Miss in also gran $20,000 bonus on of i 4 Sales in Indianapolis stores pictures Mr. Jackson made at SPurted as the meeting got under-Universal-International in which! Way. Between sessions, visiting she starred. schoolmarms went shopping. And Miss Durbin also was granted | children were taking advantage custody of their child, Jessica, 3%.|°f the two-day vacation to be beeen. outfitted in winter clothing.

HOLLYWOOD, Oct. 27 (UP)—

REDS OPEN FORMOSA PUSH HONG KONG, China, Oct. 27 (UP) — Chinese Communist Welcome, Teachers troops have launched a new campaign to occupy a number of key islands of Formosa, Chinese press reports said today,

U. 8. FILES CZECH PROTEST PRAGUE, Czechoslovakia, Oct. 27 (UP)--The United States protested formally to Czechoslovakia today against the expulsion of two members of the U. 8. embassy here and the arrest of one. All were accused of spying.

TYPHOON PERILS JAPAN

TOKYO, Oct. 27 (UP)—A typhoon with winds up to 140 miles

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immediate reports of casualties.

ENGINEER DIES IN WRECK CRESSY, Mich., Oct. 27 (UP)— A train engineer was killed and two crew members injured today } when seven cars and the engine| | of a New York Central freight| jumped the tracks near here.

KILGORE’S SON FACES TRIAL NEW YORK, Oct. 27 (UP)— Robert M. Kilgore, 25-year-old, : son of Sen. Harley M. Kilgore (D. W. Va.) will stand trial within 10 days on charges of simple assault growing out of an altercation at his apartment here Oct. 11.

BRITISH FACE MORE CUTS LONDON, Oct. 27 (UP)-—The Labor government served notice today that it will follow up the $784 million-a-year economies already announced with further cuts,

The President himself may

But, in view of the Ross state- i ment, he may stand on that and lief age not zefuse Somme. .' |with enough coal for anothér steel strike threatened to Younigstown got permission spread today to five Ohio plants gency relief 1 of the Timken ‘Roller. Bearing In other

midnight, Nov. 4, over the “non-/age of good fuel. contributory” pension issue. At Cleveland, meanwhile, an

decided to break with the parent organization if national officers

union issues. [eigen balance the economy.

Son of Novelist Held

In Tucson Burglary

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 27 (UP) —Erskine Caldwell Jr., 27-year-

of transporting a stolen shotgunistrike. from Tucson, Ariz.

tary school instructor, is wanted only about 50 applicants so far, for & Tucson burglary where the

aced to a local pawnshop. The felony charge carries a|was negligible. five-year prison sentence.

Curfew Shall Ring PITTSBURG, Kas, Oct. 27 (UP)—It's going to be a quiet| 22.000 steel workers, Halloween Monday night in Pitts-

favorable.

Hansen said today. He invoked|8reatly affected. an old city ordinance requiring

to be off the streets by dark.

Sales Off, Relief Up As Walkouts Continue Tg Be ‘Ideal

Prudent Stockpiles Save Indianapolis; Corn Harvest and Pig Crop Also Help

By Seripps-Howard Newspapers : WASHINGTON, Oct. 27 (UP) WASHINGTON, Oct. 27—Storm signals were flying tomor- | President Truman is still “keep-|over the coal and steel strikes. No serious turbulence was yet reported. But industries

Reports from the ScrippsHoward newspapers all overienough fuel on hand to meet/of the season over most of

the country showed only sym-|present needs. But a cold snap ‘toms—both great and small— could deplete supplies rapidly. “personally” with any Cabinetirather than painful upsets so far. Only Pittsburgh—heart of the|gown an average of 50 to 75 per|cloudless skies and “ideal” playOne Cabinet member said late|steel and mining industry—was in|. ( mine and mill towns. ing weather Saturday.

Mr. Ross’ attention to the re-{out of work. In Pennsylvania as|ing curtaile ports seemed to indicate that Mr.'a whole some 9000 persons were Truman was disturbed by them./thrown on relief. In non-struckladding to the lay-off rolls. industries, employees of railroads d steel fabricators were hardest|tion projects are beginning to feel

up the confusion at his news con-|{hit by lay-offs. the steel pinch.

ference at 3 p. m. Inalanepolls|);. ocsocl Helps Balance Conditions Here

3pday siege. (Will: be 5 mild 074, pe to borvow Si00.000 to meet emer<| 4m oa overnight : iness was off sharply. y Furnaces were stoked up full Ohio towns—notably Cadiz, Canton, Massillon, Lorain blast over night as the state was He said the time all was expected to be a serious blow|wrapped in the chilliest weather |the filing of the petition’ this week out that this can change the) season; Cambridge City and the hearing Tuesday is not that a real blow of winter would a low of "23, probably : enough to prepare the city’s op- accent the fuel shortages and

Co. The union called a strike|gnd Warren—the relief loads were of Timken's 10,000 employees forirising fast, plus a growing short-

The Ford Motor Co. there said it would have to idle 1300 men a old son of the novelist, was held| around Nov. 15 if the steel strike continued. But most Memphis SURVIVES 4-STORY FALL |here today on federal charges industries had converted to gas and were unaffected by the coal

Coal for homes, however, was short. The State Employment FBI agents who arrested him Service expects much heavier| day after falling four floors from yesterday said Caldwell, 8 mili-|loads before long but has had|little effect on Houston's econ: 2

Retail trade was off 20 per cent n was stolen. The gun was|in Birmingham, but unemployment—aside from the strikes—

Fuel supplies were “alarmingly”

In Ft. Worth, minor delays|of steel appliances.

burg whether youngsters like it|Were noted on building-steel ship- eres or not, City Manager William S.|ments but construction was not|POLITICAL RIOTS KILL 400 ~

everyone under 16 years of agefother industries going normally, more than 400 : The steel strike was having weeks it was disclosed today. day.

mittee already set up to locate stockpiles will assist cities in their rationing problem.

"Gov. Schricker that the situation is serious enough for the state to consider closing schools if the strike continues. Three coal mines in the state are producing coal for state institutions on an emergency basis. The mines are located near St. Mary's, Attica and in Pike County. Mr. Hutson said the committee is negotiating with the

Grid Weather

Mercury on Rise After Falling to 30°

LOCAL TEMPERATURES 6am, ... 35 10am. ... 50 7a. Mm... 837 11am... 54 8am. ... 40 12 Noon .. 56 9a.m. ... 45 lpm... 58

the growing number of appli-| weatherman Paul Miller gave his nod of approval to the week-

easing off of business. end Hoosier pigskin parade Pittsburgh's coal yards have day following the coldest nigi

state. i He said fair and warmer] weather tonight and tomorrow The volume of retail sales was would probably be followed by

UMW union to open another mine to alleviate the crisis faced ¥y institutions. He indicated these negotiations, even if successful, will not help home consumers of coal of

The Governor said the state coal co-ordinating com- utilities.

The co-ordinating committee reported it has received

: appeals from orphan homes, a county jail and other public State Labor Commissioner Thomas R. Hutson, who institutions below the state level early this morning. All heads the Governor's coal co-ordinating committee, told|asked immediate help to obtain coal. :

In Indianapolis, the General Hospital still faces a “gerious” coal problem although the co-ordinating commits tee has supplied the institution with some coal. Y Mayors E. Spencer Walton of Mishawaka and George A. Schocke of South Bend appealéd to the state for emer gency aid late yesterday.

Apathy to Strikes Held Truman's Big Barrier

Even Coal and Steel Districts Fail To Press Washington for Settlement :

Johnstown, Pa., store slashes prices while strike lasts . . . Page & Glassmakers renew tin war . . . Harold Hartley's “Today In Business” . . , Page 30. oy By CHARLES, LUCEY, Scripps-Howard Staff Writer WASHINGTON, Oct. 27—The growing steel-coal paral« ysis today presented President Truman with the year's gravest domestic crisis. SO It found his closest advisers uncertain how to meet the dilemma. AHA Slowness of the country to get really steamed up about

tor in the delay in direc

While most of the northern

Service reported nearly 140,000/ing operations gradually were be- heavy frosts, the first below

There, the State Employment Steel fabricating and manufactur rngiana communities reported Hearing Delay d.

freezing temperature of the seaSuspension of rail service was son were reported this morning In New York, major construc- Airport thermomdipped: to 30 degrees shortly

to six per cent. Re-/ lowest reading of the fall general were prepared

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since hundreds of Indiana plantsiof are feeders to Detroit. Retailersirepo

Though 10,000 are already ald were glum at the prospects, butithe coldest in Indiana. informed source reported that a or Cintnati did = expect the the relief load still had not shown ¥ « 10.imuch increase. : 3 dozen: left-wing CIO unions have |“ "ICH a er mich increase a wah Two New Oil Pools Indianapolis’ situation and indus-ihelping Evansville, try to force them to follow CIO|trial activity was still near noristeady in retail sales. But the policies on domestic, foreign, and/mal. Big corn and hog CropsiSeeger Refrigerator Co. with

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mda. hold/Found in Indiana

Department of Conservation,

Memphis reported 600 workers already laid off.

omy. Denver reported no appreciable effects of the strike. In nearby bioke her fall. | Pueblo, however, where the Colo- EUROPE’'S GALES SLACKEN rado Fuel & Iron Co. is the one

slowed up by a growing shortage sons were reported dead. PARIS BANDITS GET $8500

mo

Old Classmates Renew Friendships As Pedagogs Start An

re dawn, In downtown Indigoapolis, the mercury slipped to "185 degrees at 6 a. m, for the

Highest temperature in Indian

and Gas Division of the Indiana - - partment of Conservation, . Bette Davis’ Husband ca n and Vander- . * : burgh counties, the wells on each To Visit Psychiatrist pool produced an average of 100 and 171 barrels daily respectively. Artist William Grant Sherry said

Eight-year-old Marie Camereria!temper by visiting 'a psychiatrist was reported in fair condition to- before the case comes to trial

E x LONDON, Oct. 27 (UP)—The ig industry, the pinch was on. 'worst October gales in years The Veterans Administration to- apparently has been along the line low but the weather was still El Pasofand Albuquerque, using slackened today along the Eu-|day told veterans who owe the of throwing the Taft-Hartley law Al alto- natural gas, were unaffected by ropean coast but high winds still government money .on certain|at John L. Lewis. J ther 18.000 Sabana had a the coal strike, but both cities re- battered Normandy and Brittany |penefits that all or part will be gether 18, ners on strike and| ted construction projects being|in France, where at least 10 per-|deducted from next year’s big in-|Mr. Lewis and the

PARIS, Oct. 27 (UP)—Four . BOGOTA, Colombia, Oct. 27|bandits armed with submachine Sir Lionel Halsey, who served on|strategy has been to try to get Stockpiled steel supplies kept|(UP)—Political riots have killed [guns robbed an armored car of|the flagship Iron Duke as captainithe steel strike settled first, but persons in recent|about 3 million francs ($8500) to- of the fleet at the Battle of Jut-{some administration people bee

PSC Rejects [i= ite yi

action by President Truman. But that cannot go on much longer. ) The coal’ strike is in its 39th

More Time Asked in its 2TH

In Railways Case

! day by Corporation Counsel 'Knigh y Detvnen to hTeas men for Action.

position. In its denial of the.motion, the|Waken the public. P80 said the hearing is “in te nature of an emergency and j should be held without thé|larly vulnerable is the

Upper Discovery of two new Hoosier necessity of a detailed review of|Great Lakes region which gets its oll pools today was announced by |:0¢ A returning from 2400 workers, already was on a|Elmer L. Hoehn, director of Oji|2reéady presented. Rail freight was off about 30|three-day week because sheet per cent. The motor shutdown'steel is short.

Conversion to Gas Aids Memphis Plants

evidence and testimony{coal in vessels

violently—as it often does—the HOLLYWOOD, Oct. 27 (UP)— result could be explosive. 1 be some argue today actress Bette Davis has aahere shpear an agreed to drop her suit to divorce| zy means of White House inter

NEW YORK, Oct. 27 (UP)— him if he can learn to control his! . tion chosen—a direct face-tos and

: Be cross the Presie “ jon lead a e She has approved my sugges- Union desk in the White House

the fire escape of a Brooklyn ition of going to a psychiatrist,” seizure coal mines apartment house. Two clotheslines said: he ey ll of the 3 sigel

“She wants a solution to Hart] * mills, or use of the Taft- ey our life together. Act to get the men beck to work HOT TIP FOR EX-GI'S y for an 80-day breather, WASHINGTON, Oct. 27 (UP)—, Most administration thinking

There is no love lost between White surance dividend.

JUTLAND ADMIRAL DIES LONDON, Oct. 27 (UP)—Adm.

And when that pinch comes, a8: {ministration people believe Truman will act quickly. { Most recent administration

land, died yesterday at 77.

nual Meet

lieve the pinch will come first in coal.

Egg Prices Take Sharp Nosedive

Egg prices are doing a Hump-ty-Dumpty. Grade A mediums, quite large, today were selling at 49 cents a dozen, down from 75 cents a month ago. ' i Grade A large eggs have dropped from 77 cents to 63 cents, but grocers confide that the mediums are the best buy, ounce for ounce. Big grocers say the reason is simply that there are “too many eggs on the market.” If the pub-

powder, of which Uncle Sam already has a nine-year supply.

REDS STAGE PURGE | OSLO, Norway, Oct. 27 (UP)— Communist party,

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