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’ £, | FORECAST: ' Light snow, warmer tonight. Tomorrow light snow or freezing rain. Low tonight, 25; high tomorrow, 32. SCRIPPS = HOWARD] 60th YEAR--NUMBER 272 .e FRIDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1949 Entered as Second-Class Matter 3 Foutofice, seen
Indianapolis, Indiana. Jlssued ly
3 Grade Crossing Crashes In 24 Hours
jand fined $10,000 for payroll
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Says Trustee Asked for Deed
Relief Applicant
, Accuses’ Edwards By DONNA -MIKELS A Mars Hill woman today al[leged that Decatur - Township
Probie Death of Teacher Is Injured, 14 Cities Face First Real Snow Likely iExai: Truck Driver Killed gas Shortage «og tr pc
Photos by John Spicklemire, Times Staff Photographer.
The twisted wreckage of Mrs. Phyllis Pearson's 1949 automobile is pictured above. Mrs. Pearson | was taken from the wreckage after her car was struck by a B&O freight engine this morning.
The demolished mechanism of a railway crossing safety signal at the Arlington Ave. crossing of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad gives mute evidence of a safety signal that failed to prevent an accident.
Prosecutor George Daliléy, already investigating the Decatur
Army Officer To Hit Here Tonight
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InFraud Case Gets 6-Month Term, Assessed $10,000 for Payroll Padding
By RUTH GMEINER, United Press Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON, Dec. 9—J. Parnell Thomas, his cons gessional rank gone, was sentenced today to 6 to 18 months
eo frauds against the government.
| As the 54-year-old New Jersey Republican—barred forever from federal office—was led away by a U. S. mare
moor relief situation, sala he be
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padding and salary kickback
{shal, his attractive wife, Amelia S. Thomas, said she {would seek his office. . | “Thomas spared himself the extra indignity of being drummed {out of Congress just before heheard Federal Judge Alexander {Holtzofl's sentence by announes |Ing his resignation. - Served 7 Terms t Thus Thomas gave up his $15» 1000 a year post to which he had 'been elected for seven successive = terms by voters in his home dls= trict around Allendale, N. J.
Found - Third Motorist Escapes Unhurt; mo 7 | More of It Tomorrow or Freezing © iijevea the Imtest complaint “merBody Found | Auto Demolished in Arlington Ave. Smash ~ | = Panhandle Blast -- i. Rain; Temperature Reaches Low of 17 ~~ "3 SICH, TENERC Hao ~In_Hotel Room Indianapolis rail crossing accidents in the last 24 hours mounted| Curbs State Supply | Indianapolis may be facing its first “real” snow of the season. tion when it was called he waved Indianapolis detectives tbday to three this morning when a Carmel musie and art teacher was! A “serious” gas shortage Weatherman said today. TT er ep nin mts OTA NON et win i Sm on srr ao a ge probed unexplained circumstances. seriously injured at the Arlington Ave. crossing of the Baltimore & threatened to shut down key in-|, us forecast af light snow tonight and more snow or freezing Mrs. Elizabeth Pruitt, 3234 Mars ®* surrounding the death ‘of an'Ohio Railroad. {dustries-in 14 Indiana cities today MEht rain tomorrow came a few hours after températiifés throughout [Hill St; made her altegation after!
the state dipped to new lows for the season...
Army warrant officer whose body Mrs. Phyllis Pearson, 24-year-old mother of a 1-year-old son, jp
the wake of an explosion}
was found late yesterday in an of 5136 English Ave. was in General Hospital with muitiple injuries which destroyed a Panhandle] Ine mercury plunged to 17 at 7 a. m. downtown. relief _complainfs in Decatur] Earle Hotel room. after her 1949 automobile was de-| ~~ ror Ber prmton ~ | Bastern ae, section. The olden Sver ReGutded here | LOCAL EMEA RES Township. The body was identified as molished by an eastbound feeges 0 nt The explosiop ‘oceurred early] sire e date was low zero in i TUR Both Mrs. Pruitt and a friend W/O Donald A. Harry, 26, of 2227 locomotive. e ence asse , ; | » d | a.m... 18 10 a. m.., 28 who corroborated her story said ’ : arty, «0 i { yesterday in Centralia, Mo., and! A: weir Cook Airport, te ek : Norden, Sout, ound, Aravind VSS Socata Be ae PEER eee BOERS SPURS RAE SEE across a in room of the 71, re : Ft. . Wayne, Muncie, Kokomo, reading of 15 degrees at 6:30 and ves . ‘alleg P! hotel late yesterday. A 22-caliber crushed to death when his truck Anderson, . Elwood, Huntington, rn. 8 gree : fam. 2 1 p.m... 20 [the grand jury. rifle was lying across the stom- Was struck by a Pennsylvania | Nn [S.. onr Marion, New Castle, Noblesville, 7:30 p. m. was five degrees be- | inn L Mr. Dalley sald the present ach of the nude body. There was Ratlivaq A Jossenger A, rr |Latayette, Richmond, ‘Lebanon, low the reading there last Fri- : and jury was busy with a baek-|¢.. a bullet wound in the right| “OnCAY Xpress. at the B. Crawfordsville and Frankfort: |o' : : {log of cases and mont Ave, crossing. Husband Slayer « | y i Center Moves East i We, take the = | Lawreéhce Cannon, member of ,
temple, | Detective Sgt. Leeman Hind i man, who investigated after the body was found by a hotel maia at 3 p. m., said “There is no doubt ‘when his car was struck by a in my mind about the wound be- New York Central switch engine ing self-inflicted.” He added that at the S. Keystoné Ave. railroad.
Driver Escapes Injury Given 2-21 Years [the Public Service Commission, Southeasterly breezes were to Eugene Baker, 18, of 3133 St.| sald that a “grave emergency’ | Warm the city as the center of In Paul St., escaped injury last night| Mrs. Myrtle Conrad, Indianap- i/o." "He ordered all utilities the cold wave omved eastwird JI J
ie houscwise, — in Judge Wi. afiected to curtail their supply tothe wave moved eastward {liam D. Bain's court for the slay) spoken Rr OF 35 tonight was to. bel A note, the contents of which were! of the Big Four Ing bf her husband, Claude, 83. , aapokesiio for fhe Indiana followed. by a Jonight wa tomer %, fot revealed, was found on the, The car was demolished. Sentence was pronounced after ater Co., the o row of dresser in the room. | “In this morning's accident, Mrs. Judge Bain overruled a motion|indlana Gas Co. of Muncie, the The coroners office said cir- Pearson's car was carried about for arrested judgment filed by|Northern Indiana Public Service cumstances were still being in-/50 feet along the tracks and the Miss Jessie Levy, defense coun- CO. of Ft. Wayne and the vestigated. Officials said, how-|injured woman was removed from sel. Miss Levy argued that the| Kokomo Gas and Fuel Co. said ever, that the bullet wound in the wreckage. indictment on which Mrs. Conrad | they hoped the . glant $100,000 the head was “unquestionably! General Hospital attaches de was tried was void inasmuch as{plant would be under control "» scr er con on as “serious it had been quashed. | sometime ay. the cause of death, {but not critical.” She was said to| Mrs. Conrad was convicted of “If the emergency continues,” Re lo orm ic ded doiph County died first, side by t Tells of ‘Party’ |be suffering from multiple bruises| manslaughter. She w “ wil! ng lempe naed gide in the two chaizs in the small ghter. She was accused|Mr. Cannon said, “the PSC williaq ar south as upper Mississipp! yp, An occupant of an adjoining and lacerations and possible in-iof shooting her husband during order a complete curtailment of gn4 Alabama and up to five! rightly-lit execution room. room jin the hotel, Clarence|ternal injuries but there were no a domestic quarrel at their home. gas to industries to jSnsure an! Fritts, 32, told police a “party” broken bones. {635 Noble St., last Mar. 15. Mr. adequate supply for
, forecasters said. Y
yesterday State from a reading shortly after midnight of 30 degrées. Yesterday's daytime temperatures peaked at/“"j01L I" [0000 thay twe 28 degrees and averaged nine de- and Audie Lee Brown, 27, of Ran-
Sought Relief Order “I remember that day we needed some help and I went to ask ; | Monroe Medlin, 23, Charlotte tor a relief Boy We ran around i: tic) ches of snow covered more ipytier, died alone a few minutes until that night and we finally OmMeSLIC northerly states in the wake of jater for.the murder of his former
had been in progress in the sol-| On Way to Work {Conrad died two days later im use.” [the cold { {found Mr. Edwards out at the , ; ; ’ { . employer, a w - : dier’s room on the previous night Mrs. Pearson was reported to Peneral Hospital. | Other States Affected The coldest temperatures in the ron. ya ealiny society mat jachonl, him for an order and and during the day. He #ald N® have been en route to work when roughout her trial Mrs. Con-| = oie breakdown also Slate were at Marion and Cam-| Brown died in 12 minutes, Reid ps asked me some ey Then
heard several voices in the room ipa acciaent occurred. She had rad contended she had been sub-| ected the supply of gas to! bridge City where the mercury in 13, ‘| he asked me if I'd all Both filed into the death cham-| bt maiing my own Hving. I said
as late as 3 a. m. yesterday. been ill yesterday, a neighbor jected to frequent beatings bY! Ohio. Michigan and Ilinois. | skidded to a “teeth-chattering” | near dawn. Ft. Wayne fol- per quietly, Reid first. As Brown He said I hadn't. He said
“They seemed to be having gaiq ‘and did not feel well today her husband. The state insisted 11 quite a party,” Mr. Fritts sald. ju decided to go to her classes as'the shooting was an outgrowth’ 0. W. Morton, vice president o! lowed closely with 13 degrees. was strapped ifito the chair, a1 hadn't tried to borrow mon Snow in North {witness close to the glass looking| « A friend of mine who ny ad
“They woke me up several times.” | quay lof Mrs. Conrad's use of alcohol. the Panhandle Eastern Co., said A room clerk told investigators! ars Walter Henning of 5144) The verdict will be appealed, a temporary hookup has been con-| into the death.r . > . ’ oom said: : Terre Haute weather observers «fe's the one I've been wanting gone with me Soke up hua naked
the warrant officer called at 210 English Ave. was keeping Mrs. Miss Levy said. nected to serve- Eastern con-| p. m. to ask the correct time. peareon's son, Joseph, for her.! seStbetogreon {sumers. - “reported a tow of 15. South Bend to see get it.” Nothing else was heard from him'gpe gajd Mrs. Pearson taught at | : : | The new flow of gas, however, , .. 16 2nq Evansville, 20. ' |with no income or anything. He until a maid discovered the body poti the Carmel and Fischer earing Postponed in still left Indiana without an ade- "gui. 0 gow in the northern Present at Confession isaid: ‘Why anyone would loan
. , i uate supply. A new loop was be- + He identified himself as O. 8. her money on hér house. at 3 P. m. investigating a schools, dividing her time between Russell Bird Case ng NPD to supply Hoosier portion of the state was to blind | perio) radio operator and desk loan her $50 for the deed to her|a perjury indictment against olice were. ravestia 8 vas the art classes, Her husband is| wASHINGTON, Dec. 9 (UP)— cities and towns : motorists tonight and tomorrow.' em... or the Asheboro police de- house.’ Hiss, a former high State Dee report that arry oJ. H. Pearson, employed by the Federal Judge Henry A. Schwein- Mr Cannon estimated $hat the In a further outlook of HOO-'n, tment. He said he was present] “I said, yes, and then you'd be partment officer. JE
absent without leave. His name Beveridge Paper Co. was turned over to state police pS ——— as AWOL yesterday.
Delay Informing Family Canadian . Trains The coroner's office expressed In Head-On Cras
regret that W/O Harry's family
{haut today postponed until Jan. 10 pipeline wouldn’t be in working a hearing on a habeas corpus writ order for ‘about 10 days.” Comfor Russell ‘G. Bird, Mishawaka, pany officials, however, said they |Ind., former Army post éxchange hoped to fix the pumping station employes convicted ’ f selling yn a “matter of a few days.” Army cigarets on the German, Mr Morton said the flow of gas jand-run driving. was not notified of his death until TORONTO, Dec. 9 (UP) Sev- black market. would be up 90 per cent “in a day degrees i southern Indiana After the chamber was cleared] seven hours after the body was/eral persons were injured today| The postponement, latest of or two” and at 100 per cent “in Rising temperature trends were|°f E35: Medlin ‘entered, walking| found. when a transcontinental pas- several, was requested by Bird's several days.” . nd T Pea and WednesPolice said W/O Harry had no Senger rant ent miles north Hameseon attorney. Dayton M., Indiana distributors. ay ix and mixed ’ . n. e takin ances. J po poli oe ree Pala of here on the Canadian Na- Bird was fined $5000 and sen-" Edward Eo manner of the oT - ia wanting neatly pressed uniform was hang- tional Railway. tenced to five years at hard labor gokomo Gas and Fuel Co., said pe 0 accompany a 8 \ Twenty police cars and all by an Army court in Germany fof ne giready had curtailed the sup- trend.
ing over a chair. A small amount ,yajahle ambulances and nurses micanoropriating Army cigarets. ply of gas to the Continental ere
said temperatures would average
through Wednesday. The mercury should range from 32-13 north and from 41-23
night. His only previous convic- anyone. I
place for my family to live. Offered Job Mrs.
however, ing his head bowed until a strap manager, at 45 cents a hour. ‘across his chest forced him to (raise his chin. The and Medlin was pronounced dead that and I wouldn't need 11° minutes later.
MEXICO EYES URANIUM
of change was lying on a bed- were rushed to the scene. Police help : CY : He fled Germany and was arrested gy d the Haynes Seelite side table, said no one was Killed but sev- "vpn holy agents Steel Corp. an y
Officials at Ft. Harrison said era) persons, including passengers last March. He to come
find someone
W/O Harry was a regular Army on the fast express, were in-| "0, contends the| Mr Hahn said, however, that| eo i ltake care of officer assigned to the 38th In- jured. They were brought to him bec ad no jurisdiction over . caw MEXICO CITY, Dec. 9 (UP)— my husband until he was well.” fantry Division, Indiana National Toronto hospitals. m because he was a civilian. (Continued on Page 14—Col. 2) Patient oll Development of Mexico's uranium Guard, as an instructor. He had The passenger train, running resources will begin next year, the
Clothe-A-Child— Bereaved Young Mother Has ‘One Child Left to Cherish
been in indianapolis several eastward from Vancouver and government disclosed today. (Continued on Page 14—Col..
months and when registering at! Winnipeg, was trying to make up the hotel gave the address of the time when it collided with the National Guard Armory, 711 N, freight which had left Toronto a
Pennsylvania St. few minutes before. “Unless something unusual -
turns up I am satisfied with the' Miners Ask 100 Pct.
investigation,” Inspector John J. O'Neal, éhief of Indianapolis de- Welfare Fund Boost NEW YORK, Dec. 9 (UP)—The
| Shoots Passerby
On Jasonville Street A Straphanger Speaks— Times State Service
oti, o Steckler Pledges Backing Two Others Adopted by Well-to-do Family For IR Efficiency Moves
started shooting in the town’s | After Tragic Death of Her Husband Public Counselor Says He Suggested
tectives, said main street today and injured | ~ lu ited Mine Workers have asked |one passerby slightly. | ite coal operators. for a A toot 13 By ART WRIGHT | = inst all odds Police Chief Oscar Buthard sald . Study of Situation Six Months Ago 100 per cent increase in welfare , young nother is making a heroic struggle against a Carl Passen, 46, opened fire with —— tt an 0 keep her 5-year-old daughter with her. la shotgun without apparent fund payments and a basic wage Elsie is the last refinant of her once happy family of a husband... """p coon’ Null 35. was increase of 95 cents to $1 a day, ang three children. At the height of their happiness— which included ok b lets the es al it was announced today. |joyful. Christmas seasons and gifts to others—the husband fell |} us y pe on 1's ea? aa - ee me victim to a fatal illness. Hardly had the young mother “got over” ’ ‘ GRANT SOVEREIGNTY the loss of her husband when she ~ ung — Den HAGUE, The Netherlands, found R Beceasary to give up two ec, 9 (UP)--The lower house to- of her daughters. { day approved by a 71-10-29 vote, It was a difficult decision ithe pact transferring sovereignty this courageous mother. She was to the republic of Indonesia next torn between her desire to keep Jan. 1. . ther children with her and the sac-|
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Hours later Passen still had than never.” not bi caught. t
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mother, Mrs; George Passen, en and he waid he will be consistent. — ¢ lroute to Evansville, They be-! “If an {lleved Mrs, Passen was taking study had been started when our have been. |him back to a mental institution office suggested. it |where he had been a patient on Mr. Steckler said, foyr occasions. J Service Chief Oscar Suthard said Pas. some results to work with already ers, he said. .
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reading The Times series on poor
HissT'd | Chambers battle that ended with
sier weather prospects, forecasters when Brown confessed to murder, out there in a week and set me!
Warden Joseph Crawford said and my family out. I told him I three to six degrees below normal pn. o " ciinl Tp his guilt last Wouldn't give up my home for said tf wasn't much
tion was a two-year term for hit- but it was all.I had and It was &1,,, semmed from his fervid
Pruitt said the trustee of persecuting him and rg head down behind the chaplain. then offered her a job in a that his left-wing enemies in/and {He seated himself calmly, keep- poultry house of which he Was out of office hounded him to jail
“I told him that if I could who helped send him to prison work I would go back to my jobiMiss Helen Campbell, his Cone cyanide pellets dropped at Greyhound anfl earn more than gressional office secretary who
I sald I'd go to work if he could him when the law closed in. She in and was not in court when her exe the children and boss was sentenced.
Mrs.. Pruitt said the discussion 000 fine would not be paid
4) cation whether Thomas intends
~————— for his House seat. }
| Steckler's attitude toward the! | Indianapolis Railways’ economy-efficlency program 'is “better late
| He told me the company doesn't haveto worry about his office was in throwing any monkey wrenches in the gears of a bona fide effort an automobile. driven by his to economize. He's taken the view that the operation is inefficient]
independent efficiency situation as it is, not as it should He agreed that was months ago,” the only practical approach. The “the Public/sooner the program can be started Commission might have the better it will be for the rid-
“Every dollar the company can
formally announced today that'gojency, the more there will be line, for example, might not put Premier Otto Grotewohl is illito work on when the time comes him on the spot. Suppose, I sug-
explosive Alger
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Blames Communists
‘Thomas again and again swore that his troubles with the
campaign against Communism. He accused the administratign
| But it was a woman he ./turned state's evidence against
Mr. Collins sald Thomas’ $10 mediately. But he gave no indi
|to pay it or has the funds to‘do 80. | ‘The entire sentencing took only 10 minutes. Thomas, dfessed in |a gray chalked-stripe suit had nothing to say. He kept his {emotions under a tight grip. | As soon as the convicted man [left, Mrs. ‘Thomas handed res |porters copies of her .statement {announcing her intention to rua