Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 30 November 1949 — Page 3

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Two Americans Held - : by the State

OLAND D. RUSSELL, Scripps-Howard Staff WASHINGTON, Nov. 30—This is the case history of Department to do business with the one instance of Communist detention of Americans,

13 Months

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our citizens. Our ts ha gent and sven cautiously Indig.| 1b early July, our consul gen. nant, but thelr whole endeavor|®ral at Tsingtao aga ‘has been nothing more than an Then, for’ the éxercise in futility, This is the months after the “gase~not a new one—but a step- was hy-step review of an old one: [tO RY Seemingly, FespEILS On Oct. 18, 1948, two Americans Bender disappeared into Red China. * One| mEime that Sgt. seen dr nS arine ier, Master Sgt loMicials and were safe and well and the other a Navy enlisted = DO response ‘ man, William C. Smith of Long| “y, 1444 July, another local ComBeach, Cal. They never came back| . official in T from a training flight out of ROMNcial in Tainglac Dep Tsingliac whee oup naval TOrCES| tne two men were safe and well in Five Months—No Result sentative see them? There was Working with our consular au-/no response.

until the time of the Navy's defrom the Tsingtao base Apr. 13, 1949. Thereafter the matter was in State Department hands. Soon after the Marines left, our consul general in Peking approached the Communist authorities in Peking, seeking information about Sgt. Bender and his companion. There Was no response. ; H In early June the effort was renewed-—the embassy in Nanking and our consul general at Tsingtao both making representations. There was no response.

the Reds for 13 months.

Injured in Falls

Falls on stairways sent a 61-year-old Indianapolis man to the

; (hospital with serious injuries and

a 7T-year-old boy to bed with

2 minor bruises yeaterday.

GRIFFIN

WAX INES ,

LIQUID

was first reported seriously in-

Dewey tt, 61, of 42 N. East St, fell the stairs at 121%

ing his head on a radiator. He

jured but was listed as improved at General Hospital today. Jessie Gross received minor Instairway at 925 Virginia Ave.

Mrs. Lillie Edwards, told police. He was given first ald. Burglars Open Office Safe, Grab $500

Burglars ripped open a small office safe and took more than $500 last night at the Pile Boat

| |Co., 1518 E. Washington St.

Police said the small safe was moved into a rear room where yeggs cut open the bottom with hammers and chisels. Office records were scattered throughout the room. Mrs. George Pile, wife of the company’s owner, said the loss would total more than $500.

N. Alabama St. last night, strik- to force their release.

juries when he fell down a rear. .. ong the State Departmen yesterday afternoon, his mother,

She's Going t

is going to Washington to fight out of the hands of Chinese

| Shirley Bender, 24. Her husband, Master Sgt. Elmer C. Bender, made a forced

landing in Communist territory in October, 1948. He and a companion, Navy Chief Electrician William C. Smith of Long Beach, Jal, have been prisoners since. Brown-haired Mrs, Bender has devoted all of time since then to trying to can officials

Writes to Them All “I've written hundreds of letters,” she said. “I wrote the President and the two Senators and Representatives and the Ma-

the Red Cross and missionaries. “I even wrote the Communists. Two weeks ago I sent a letter to Mme. Sun Yat-sen in Peiping. I appealed to her as one woman to another. 1 said if only Y could get one letter it would help.” Mrs. Bender and her daughter, Kathy, 4, are living with har parents, Mr. and Mrs. Edward A. Sinden, here. The only word she has had about her husband was from Marine buddies, who said he was not {injured in the landing, and from

By JACK MABLEY, Times Special Writer CHICAGO, Nov. 30—A pretty

ied Reaches

1,865,000 Tons Produced in 3 Weeks

picks were flying furiously power shovels were rooting " {up hard fuel at top speed. knew, not even the un-

Since John L. Lewis lifted the strike Nov. 10 Indiana's 8500 miners have surfaced 1,865,000 tons of coal, enough to hold off a 2 | fuel until the middle {of January with mild weather, one trade spokesman said. Most miners have been working six days a week rolling up minimum pay checks of $91.25. Many ave. been overshooting the $100 mar

[Child Faces.

gge 3 . {will be spoiled : doesn't ‘tome home.. : from Marilyn Bates several days jmeant a lot to the 11-year-old

Indiana's coal fields Tipp terrier

Gloomy Yule

ONE LITTLE

's "Christmas| one lost dog _Tippy wandered am ago. His mistress has been sick from worry. She's missed classes at James E. Roberts School. He

moved into the 720 Lawrence S Apparently the little dog wasn't

bors of the Bates family keep constant check on the old address, 1212 8. Richland St. Tippy Tail hasn't been seen.

the dog she took when he was a pup. He was her constant companion. He loved to ride with her in her nts” car. There's a

Week before last production hit 670,000 tons, the highest week in four years. An average week runs about 425,000 tons, the Coal Trade Association reported. Through the coal producing area it was confidently believed that the present contract would be extended another days. “But we can’t » spokesman said. “No one knows

John L. Lewis himself,

o Washington = = In Drive to Free Sgt. Bender And Rubi agee

Says She'll Stay There Until U.S. Acts The Sefely. Board iatay ab [ihe record, To Get His Release hy Chinese Reds wy ar, Don

young Chicago mother says she|of Chief i to get her Marine flier husband Row

anything,” she says. “Why don't as they get him out?” Dec.

Will Go Together

30 0 be “sure” a

at this point, probably including! - State Suspects

department, on recommendation] | Acting Sgt. Cecil London was lem. “I'm just going to sit there until they do something.” said Mrs... the

Joseph Klein was transferred from double jeopardy established, court all very nice, but they don’t say detectivesto the uniform division observers said, it would amount acting sergeant, effectiveito an acquittal for Mrs. Conrad.

She keeps in touch with Mrs. Smith by phone and letters. They

Samuel Ritter was promoted, from first grade patrolman to first ‘grade patrolman-identifica-|

that strong protests from our government would bring about the release of the two

men. During interview, Kathy romped

an |

announced, “I'm gomy daddy out of] China.”

Bender's home is Cincin-|

in the Marines nearly eight years. “We've never had a home,” Mrs. Bender said wistfully. “I don't! think you can know how much it| would mean to us to have a home,

Nationalist undercover agents who told the State nt | the two men are alive and well! cared for. Mrs. Bender receives from most of her letters. “They're

replies]

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Hoosier "Held On Fraud Charge

John Dewey Kilburn, 28, ident!-

who we'll see, but ma.

around the living room, parts of Indiana met today in the picture of her father, T1aypool Hotel for their annual

tion officer, beginning Dec. 1. 1 from

State School Board Members Convene Here

School board members from all

gathering. } Gov. Bchricker was scheduled to during a noon luncheon following an 11:15 a. m. discussion tals” by Mrs.

and Teachers. Afternoon activities will include a panel or “The Importance of a Good Public Relations, Program to a School Board.” The one-day meeting was scheduled to adjourn at 3:45 p. m., according to O. H. Roberts Jr., Evansville, president.

What's Doing In Social Circles

® What's doing In the social

|question the jurors at the open ‘of this afternoon's session.

pare place for him still, if he will just {come home.

Mistrial Looms In Conrad Case

. Jury Tampering (Continued From Page One) ja new trial, would place Mrs. Conirad in double jeopardy, since a jury had been chosen, witnesses sworn, and testimony read into

While the trial proceeded, MarCounty Prosecutor George 8. Dailey and his chief deputy, Robert L. Carrico, searched law books for an answer to the prob-

Could Mean Aoquittal If a mistrial were called and

Although Mr. Dailey refused to be quoted, he indicated that a motion for a mistrial by the state might well establish double jeopardy for the defendant. He said, ‘however, that a mistrial called by

double jeopardy. Before the noon recess, it was learned that Judge Bain would ing The judge was expected to question each juror individually in an attempt to learn if any member of the panel has been approached by anyone and csked to give a verdict in favor of Mrs. Conrad. While the identity of the person alleged to have attempted to inv fluence ‘a Was not imimediately it was believed that he was a court attache. The shooting which led to Mr, Conrad's death in General Hospital climaxed a bitter 1 in the Conrad home af 635 N. Noble St.

Butler Professors Group to Meet The Butler University Chapter

of the American Association of University Professors will discuss

fied as an Indianapolis resident

frauding service stations, was held for FBI authorities today In Wheeling, W. Va. Indianapolis police said Kilburn is wanted here on a forgery

ities there said, after he atte ed to buy four whitewall tires on a fake credit card. An oil company whose name appeared on the card was notified by a service

tacted police. Kilburn was arrested in his automobile in downtown Wheel-

said he is wanted in connection with similar transactions in Ohio, | Georgia and Texas. {

Ohio Escapees Held In County Jail Here

Two escapees from Ohio State Reformatory, arrested in Frank-| {lin yesterday on federal stolen] {car charges, today awaited trial here under $10,000 bond. Kenneth E. Richmond, 22, and Charles E. Reece, 23, both of] Cincinnati, were sent to Marion County jail after appearing yes-| terday before U, 8. Commissioner | Asa J. Smith, | They were arrested in Frank-| lin after driving a stolen car from Cincinnati to Indianapolis following their @éscape from. the Ohio reformatory. Richmond was | serving a one-to-seven-year sen-| tence for. grand larceny and | Reece was under a one-to-11-year | sentence for burglary at the time of the escape.

wanted in several states for de-|

charge. The dapper Kilburn was arrested in Wheeling Ta

station operator and the firm con-|

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tion on the sidewalk in front of 1304 N. Oakland Ave. late Nov. 13. They said they were required) to use force when he resisted asrest. 3

white tail and white paws account se oteph Hotard sila he

for bis mame. ferred to the Board of Safety. He Stansbury ves MARILYN and her parents, (0d the officers: photographér 19 Mr. and Mrs. (eorge Bates,| “It seems to me you used too

thought Tippy Tail would be as much force. Testimony has shown dithrilled as they were when they that

‘happy, so he left. Former neigh-,,., pA A ts a pound man.” Charles Steeger, torney, said his client was taken| testify that Stansbury did not While other children thrill over (to General Hospital where he re-|sist arrest whenthe was Christmas Marilyn thinks about mained four days. Then he was placed in the patrol car,

“Too Much Force”

new home at close seven wounds in this man's! . head.

, Stansbury’s at- duce two witnesses who

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