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who appeared here last night with Janie for world premiere of p SHA EER TT rT . » ”

Ward Abandons . Stars Put HM ollyw o od T ouch | littered with debris. grounded ail B-2¥s, except those)

The first house struck bythe taking part in the |plane was not severely damaged. those which have undergone The second was in ruins, its front engine modification or been given half broken to bits and dumped stress tests.

"Johnny

gs Eternal—For Bob

Hope of Release On Movie Premiere Here

Bob Hope, Jane Russell and Entourage Thrill

Request for Food Hints | long Imprisonment |

By JAMES E. ROPER | Hollywood came to Indianapolis for a United Press Staff Correspondent | dazzling moment that will linger for years

Read Henry Butler's Review, Page 5

WASHINGTON, Nov. 19—An- more than 5000 movie fans.

Ward's appeal for food,

doned hope for an early release;

from his prison cell in Communist 111inois St. as limousines drove | China. {up to the Lyric Theater and de- |

William N. Stokes, U. 8. vice posited Jane Russell and Bob Hope

| From America’s motion picture capital, clothing and reading material in-| Alcorn last night trotted out a handful of movie s dicated today that he has aban-|worid premiere here of his picture, “Johnny Holiday.”

Thousands of Hoosiers lined

consul in Mukden, told the State before a screaming mob of autoDepartment that Mr. Ward, the!graph .

consul general who was arrested

by the Reds Oct. 24, has requested jowed in other cars in the ing. books and mage Hollywood. iradition. : .

zines for himself and the four

Starlets and their escorts fol-

One younj starlet, Anpe Sterl

best

moment—but one Witzky, 36, who was asleep in the| in the ss » of room lying directly In the path erbo-rd by the 20 American Producer R. W. (Ronnie) | The mother, Mrs. Bertha wits. Siren Oe eh ming B-29 tars to attend the ky a deaf mute, was. in the nexti “yi q ditened sdnesdey ,

rou. |yesterday 260 miles northeast of

consulate aides jatled with bim. |. oP SE Loi ang "pushed uy | For Special Concert

Mr. Stokes said the five men rans admiring her plunging neck-| slso sent their clothes out to be ine dress. She managed to gel laundered. : inside the theater after losing

The department told newsmen a belt, corsage and pin.

that the Mpukden consulate promptly complied with Mr.

supplies were handed over to a|

Downtown streets took on a!first children's concert of the! gay, festive air as brilliant gpot-| season. Ward's request. It said that the lights played over city landmarks.

‘Extremely Serious’ {get a look at the celebrities.

Diplomatic observers said, how-| ever, that the mere fact that

The Newest Tarzan

does . not. think his release isa virtually unknown film person

imminent, : ality, Lex Barker, to draw the

The State Department described ohs and ahs of the women.

the detention of the men as

“ " extremely serious. zan and he came to the premiere

from male

1 aia Out-of-town visitors A cordon of city and state poCommunist policeman, Who Prom- ice’ was unable to cope with the > ised to deliver them to thel.. wd at times. Twice their ranks prisoners. |broke as fans pushed closer to!since dawn. Hampered by jure of the amplifying system, Miss Russell got most uf the Fabi {tzk d th hesWard asked for these essentials admiring a [Falien Sevitshy Mn . Grghes leads them. to believe that bemovie fans but it remained for

struments, = Wagner's {Overture and the Scherzo from

contingent of 100 from veteran pilots. { Bluffton, who had ridden in busses 9 Hurt as Plane |

sl : last-minute fail- Falls Into Street MALDEN, Mass., Nov. 19 (UP) |i* the survivors.”

{tra presented a’ program that|} ore

2 Die as Plane:

to be Bob Hope, ment stores,

le included giants into the field and were)

Rams 2 |" DETROIT, Nov. 10 (UP)

/into a home near city airport

toy, linge tvs crow OCOD Planes Faces Jigsaw Puzzle P

men and injuring five occu-

pants of the house. . 1 meme oem Sot Debris

a landing when jt hit the roof of

J [one house and smashed into the : | front of the second, in a cloud of -- {white smoke. -

Rescue workers found the {bodies of the pilot and co-pilot | {in the nose of the plane. It had buried itself in the flooded basement under tons of bricks and splintered wood. i Victims Identified i | An official of Meteor Air Trans-|

pilot, and Gus Morrow, co-pilot.|

Both were about 26. Guard cutters and a score of | They had left Dunkirk, N. X. planes converged today on this morning with four tons ofl, , ,.0gn area where debris

{clothing and other Christmas

Stafr Hood felt when [gifts consigned to Detroit depart- and radio signals indicate sur(vivors of a B-29 Superfortress

The plane plowed halfway | crash—one of six In 15 days— {through the two-story brick and may be alive

wood structure. The area was

into the basement over the noseé|

: : of the plane. All of the injured py B.29's ha taken a toll of Thousands at ‘Johnny Holiday' Opening |were in the second home. 133 crewmen dead or missing in ha All Taken to Hospital la little over two weeks.

Most critically hurt was Harold

of the crippled plane.

Downstairs, R. R. Perry, 44; his

wife, Edna, about 40, and a 14S year-old daughter, Judy, had just |

arisen.

i . | All five were taken to a nearby For 5000 Children nospital. Mr. Dede, the pilot, had : {received permission to land. He,

{was half a mile from the runway.

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faltered. : : | J. E. Scott, research and devel-|

ie Yiga So ele opment chief for the nonschedron, nio Ie |uled airline, said a power failure greatest cetime search, was order 'this morning for the Symphony’sjapparently killed the engines as! jubilant Ph the sighting of the he %-4he pap : hae fa gat he

the plane cruised in to land; Mr.| Scott said both members of the rew had made “dozens” of

—A light plane crashed and

The yellow-painted Aeronca, which had taken off less than 30

He is Hollywood's newest Tar- Tchaikovsky's Fourth Symphony. .....tss earlier from the nearby

Soloist was Elaine Donenberg, Revere Airport, was piloted by

It said it had failed to make in Jon . ] ] g hair and pancake makeup. young Chicago violinist, who was contact with Communist authori- But the women loved it. One heard in San frst movement. of William Mullen, 20, of East Bosties about Mr. Ward. The depart- womah screamed: “What a man! Mendelssohn's violin concerto. A Sn pasion Was Herbert

ment, however, declined to discuss What a man!”

what it proposed to do.

self as a hostage for Mr. Ward. | Lucius D. Battle, a special as-

sistant to Secretary of State Dean|the Indiana Kiwanis Clubs for| ..e {the = benefit. of underprivileged (qq.

that such a move would be “unproductive.” Mr. Battle pointed out that the United States has not been able even to start negotiations with the Communists about Mr. Ward. Seeks to Ald Ward The main responsibility for trying to help Mr. Ward fell on the shoulders of the 26-year-old!

foreign service officer now on his first overseas assignment for the State Department. AS vice consul, Mr, Stokes has ” been the ranking official in Mukden since Mr. Ward's arrest. He must ‘look after the eight other Americans who are out of jail, besides trying to help imprisoned consulate members—Mr. Ward, Ralph C. Rehberg, Rochester, N. Y.; ‘a Japanese-American, Shiro Tatsumi; and two European employees of the consulate.

Also assisting Dr. Sevitzky and i ————————— boy ‘BOJANGLES’ STILL WEAK

{ In the theater, fans who paid the - orchestra were the But it rejected as “impractical” up to $10 for tickets, saw Bob - f EW EI A RD Ta Er ai a Itong te | LOE StErS from Christ Episcopal] N YORK, Nov. 19 (UP) Fulton (R. Pa.), that he offer him-|promptu review with the celeb weidon directing.

rities before the movie began.

i The premiere was sponsored by wright, director of public school um

children.

Producer Alcorn, who led thes band of stars through their paces,

Mayor Feeney and Ralph wealened condition at the Col-| Lt. Mullins and, his crew, Stein came over the public ad- | -Presbyterfan Medical Cen-|gpotted the debris northeast of! dress system. ° organization take over all reje in Indianapolis, gave brief ter foday where he is being treat- Bermuda during brief breaks in| Introdiites Death Act {eruiting for the armed forces. | ssi ed. for a critical heart ailment... the weather, | “And mow ... .* Mr, Stein an: Such a move, he said, would| : | : {0 i and eliminate duplication. and waste

the Rev. William E. Bill “Bojangles” Robinson, 71-|JUarter mile to three miles. | The band did a fade-out, and year-old dancer, remained in| deputy director of Selective Serv- ng he

Five A

—A DC-3 cargo plane loaded ‘with Christmas gifts plunged; _

port Co., Teterboro, N. J. identi: Nov. 19 (UP) —Three Navy {filed the crewmen as Arthur Dede, i nesweepers, two Coast

and lother objects apparently dumped

debris. | Mes. Pike ved-the pisces ft vai btsomes thy prance boy “This is what I ted to hear,” ' . i he sald at nis Kindley Field head-| _She doesn’t enjoy the prospects. and po they quarters, “Our prime interest is A and when they h . “One Naeem oo Crowd Sees Trapeze Artist om i

{close to the debris area, to at-|

* |Guard cutter Barataria, believed | ill 4 R B x 2 Killed as Rope Breaks

[tempt to recover the debris and|

burned in the middie of a street|s,) steam are the Coast Guard Death in Konsas City Auditorium

: today. The two occupants) { i tn cided. demonstrations..of. in ers. eamwad. 10. Dospial in utter Bibbs. several lisdrad) KANSAS CITY. Me. Nov. 13.(UP)--The Shrine circus bard “Rienzi” critical condition. 8. blared a fanfare-and blue spotlights played.on. “The Great Stanelly”

| spots, the ceiling ranged from sero. cin iio hack 4nd forth from WASHINGTON, Nov. 19° (UP){Monday"

Deputies In Row

All Superforts Not in Search Grounded by U. S. H A MILTON, Bermuda,

By IRVING LEIBOWITZ Sheriff James F. Curming= ham suspended two deputy sheriffs today in the wake of, reports Marion County police

The U. 8. Air Force yesterday

Six crashes or forced landings

Floating boxes, luggage

Bermuda. First Lt. Richard Mullins, pilot of the search aircraft, said he also in two more international distress signals from the same area yesterday.

Some 12 hours earlier, ARGS LY, § : plane red flame in the same Some Hoosier Gl is Enea aren. Ee ran is. Donald Pike. Ordered Into Ares 1 Tot of i

Capt. George C. Weich, com-| be out manding the U. 8. Air Force's| H

‘The Great Stanelly’ Plunges 95 Feet lo ~

Also heading for the area at

Navy mintswespess; Bowe Shas as the Dutch high trapeze artist-raced up a rope ladder to his plat-Twenty-two lanes ostl form 95 feet above Municipal Auditorium here. pas B:20s. A oft " dawn bi The aerial performer--Jan Vogel, 30, Amsterdam, Holland—| trespassing. 0 poor visibility and another 33 were| danced hack 42 4 Jap or perch, flexed his muscles, and] Meanwhile, 5 one ning

scheduled to join them at mid-day. : ! ec 5 eri and hin simon wege(choered. Le china Urges Selective Service nie complete reports of the imei prayin gfor clearing skies. In| ,\\. preakaway” trapeze ng Take Over Recruiting Sant and asked the,

to 1000 feet and visibility from & |... 1 0"or the arena. —Bol- oe pb

15-Mile Radius |the voice of Ri ter L. Frad ; {the voice of Ringmas ice, proposed today that the draft

‘Nobody Home’

poved 3010s mont merecd Baljeve Barkley and Bride

the audience, outside the fheater and at a press cocktail party

within an hour's time.

He admitted he was nervpus, Mr. Alcorn, who began his rags Stokes, a Staten Island, N. Y. [to riches career in. the Indiana Boys’ School, told members of the press that with the completion of

the picture he had fulfilled lifetime. pledge to show how boys’ school really operates.

When the curtain fell on Bob Hope's stage show, Mr. Alcorn Angles, plunked into his seat and sighed:

“This is 1."

U. S. Ammunition Dump Raided by 9 Teen-Agers

Si Bakes has WHEE Tettors of) (1a a ben Cat bos bac]

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eo ge ,. ® 3 ® Hiding in Paducah Mansion i. i. iim * img: se sade oy mas to comic 22 Neighbors Say Wedding Gift Car Turned |

info ‘The Angles’ Driveway Last Night PADUCAH, Ky... Nov.

a ley brought his bride home to Paducah last night.

A car which neighbors said was the one the “Veep” gave Mrs. | Bermuda. Barkley as a wedding present turned into the driveway at “The : » Mr. Barkley's suburban home,

tps —— a sed to—and “The Great Stanel- ington | reporter went| The Snow May Be r eWorld Report, by UP anal" Dinever. I

and police chief in Mukden, but/Guard - ammunition dump here]

has receiyed no reply. These Com-|unish petted them enough ex-|-munist officials will not grant plosives to blow this eity off the!

The “ . garage doors were locked tight. The raid was “just a joke": It. was obvious that somebody E 0. Hunter,

was living in the big house, how-,

Mr. Stokes an interview. Mr. Stokes, the State Department said, is allowed to travel

severely restricted. The State Department referred to this state of affairs when it turned down Mr, Fulton's offer to _trade places with Mr. Ward.

{ map, police said today.

according to the high school comonly between his office and his! mandos who related their exploits; home. The activities of other ;, wid.eved officers yesterday. Americans in Mukden also are ony one of the three dozen

packages of TNT could have ¢ ploded if dropped, police said.

mobile

Grandma's

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Amusenr'ts 5, 9Labor ......10 Books ...... 83/Mrs. Manners 11

age wan OE oo Churches Af. 10

‘Comics ......14 Needlework + 3| Crossword “+ 8 Novel ....... Ti.

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Don't miss the . sensawl EW color comic

This morning a |to thé Barkley home and found| , all the doors and windows locked. But a knock brought a houseboy. | The couple left from t Nobody home,” was the serv-| yur, “pi Sayman, millionaire] 6 a. m.,. 35 10 a.m... 40 [Vogel had tied to his ankles and cg A 7 RES : State Offices to was wearing 4 spic and span owner of a local soap firm. A few, 7a m... 35 11am... K c |friends threw rice as they stepped]! 8 a. m... 36 12 (Noon). 50 {into the car and roared away Sa m... 37 1pm... 52

protest to the Communist MAYOr confessed a raid on the Coast Dec" Serving breakfast to somé: under police escort which lef

ant’s’ bland statement.

{white jacket, and apparently had

Aute Not in Sight

The shiny new convertible auto-| wag not In sight.

But

rs. Barkley was at the whee

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{them when they | Mississippt- into Illinois.

|ever, and newsmen knew that . . { Mr. Barkley's son, David, and ml Dies x. family moved out some days ago. | 4 A maid answered all telephone! w»

calls with the same statement |architect, whose firm of Rubush SEEKS RE-ELECTION eral Hospital,

when they left St. Louis yester-| i | Black Ropes Breaks |day after their aarriage. A Snowing Tomorrow, But a little-noticed black rope eCity... State . ... National tators.” K¥ home {

crossed “the! The weathérman today said| The Dutchman crashed to the Katy Atkins . ., Mrs. Manners

Edgar Otis Hunter, Indianapolis sduced to a low of 40 tonight. |Vogel died an hour later in Gen. corner of the world .. . and to them : | Sa |

died VERA. Ct songs, (D. Ga, Novelist John Erskine rus By

He said he saw. three wooden nounced dramatically, yA X Ele andi some yellow debris, DOW Wwe present the dangerous and ims “ae She TAXPayarS | 3 ) | aerial act by ‘The Great Stanel- . rview| two yellow boxes, a red object, 8er act by that Selective could do: the

{two or three more yellow boxes, 1y'.” a4 piece of yellow aluminum, "It is, without doubt.” he con-;Fecruiting job “for the price the

| cluded, “the most desperate at- armed forces pay for advertising”

Lt. Mullins said the debris was » ) i le Mr. Vogel poised on the plat ; (arsed out In a circle 18 mies in|, Mr. Voge! poised on the si: Read the Bigger

radius. breathlessly. Then he leaped for 2 The missing plang ditched the bar, which was designed to Sunday Times

19 (UP)—Nobody could say definitely, Wednesday when it lost its way but it seemed probable today that Vice President Alben W. Bark- and ran out of fuel on a 4100- Break Irom ita 0 are SUppora NEWS on mile flight from California to plunge—in a seeming death dive| The WHOLE week-en aed 5 i

{1y" fell as the crowd gasped. nel acting . up,

CDN leased wires" serdants of

LOCAL TEMPERATURES with elastic’ sections—which Mr. + «+» World News

45 which had snapped him bac y from the floor of the circus ring - ® Ed Sovola... Anton Scherrer, hundreds of times before—broke : - . Louise Fletcher . . . Bob t! last night. Ruark . . . Marquis Childs. . .| floor with no safety net to break ... Blackwood on Bridge . . J in

atmospher. tomorrow afternoon. his fall, i \ Fashions .. . Society “a Home Temperatures will hover be- Only a few persons in the audi-| Helps “ee Jobs A Teen Talk

tween 45 and 50 de es durin ence knew that it was not “part AN. Capital Capers LR the| " \ og ore : ists and| Gov. Schricker, in’

light rain or snow may mar the |

of the act.” Few knew that Mr. nation’s top colum

38-degree high yesterday, will be

| it a. Cl and wind are he gay dy Thy {Vogel was fatally injured as ~~ writers : | observance | Today's high of 50-35 degrees, other circus hands carried him PICT ' “It has long - improvement over the chilly, | from the ring and shouted for 1€ URES historic custom | [first ald. | -® Hot off the leased wires of the closing of the | 3

Few knew, until today, that Mr,| Acme Telephoto from every the

the picture story of what happened in Indiandpolis, too

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