Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 12 December 1949 — Page 1
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Contempt for -| Red Tactics
Consul Refuses To Comment on U. S. Recognition
VICTORY OFF TAKU BAR, Dec. 12 (UP)—Consul General Angus Ward and his party of 19 boarded this
American freighter today] after 13 months of, what, he de-| “BOER RE Yhetifan :
as captives of the Chinese Communists. The consul, his beard turned white and his clothes hanging loosely, refused to comment directly on the question of U. 8. recognition of the Communist government in China.
their concepts of law, justice and “brutal disregard” of his Mukden consulate’s status as a de facto United States diplomatic agency. Without Warning “PH not express fay opinion,” Mr. Ward said, as he sat sipping coffee in the wardroom of the Lakeland Victory, “but I will cite this fact, which you can interpret for yourself. “De facto-retations actually ex-
the Mukden city government up to Nov. 20, 1948. Then, without warning, we received a message’ addressed by the Communists
ppened the British the day before.” Mr-Clophe. A-Child—
= Two Little Girls = es Ward rors By Father, to Get Help
= valining ‘de facto relations with the the municipal Communist re-
Trip Cost $7000
charged him and his party $7000 U. 8. money . for the 500-mile | train ride from Mukden to Tien! tsin and to move their baggage.| He said he and the 19 others in| the group had to travel in ancient third clags coaches, equipped only| with wooden benches and without, water. The Communist charges for the trip provided for transportation of 10 carloads of freight only to the halfway point of Shanhaikwan.
train after dark even. to see wh other cars,” he —_ “Nobody was permitted to stick his nose out of the car during the 40 hours of the trip.” Mr, Ward's four cats were among the menagerie of animals, including two > _ terriers and a
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New Cold Wave Due Here Tonight :
LOCAL TEMPERATURES
6am... 48 10a m... 40 Tam... 43 11 a m... 40 8a. m... 43 12 (Noon). 40 9am... 42 1pm... 3
Temperatures will dip to 15 degrees in Indianapolis tonight as) a new “cold wave” shatters low, temperature records for the season, throughout the state, the Weather Bureau said today. Weather experts said only slight relief from the cold was in store for Indiana Wednesday. Here in Indianapolis temperatures were expected to hover near 25 tomorrow afternoon and skid to near 15 again tomorrow night.
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60th YEAR—NUMBER 275
covered 70 leave save Casualty Hospital | in Wa
FORECAST: Partly Sloudy, much eclder tonight,
MONDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1949
“Fair and colder tomorrow.
Four- youll Mike Rector, who has amazed doctors in his year per cent of his body, , thoughtfully composes his letter to ington to spend a few hours ot s af home on n Christmas day.
Deserted | |
Jean and Jane, Whose Mother Is Il,
Will Receive Warm By ART
“Daddy” didn’t die in the war .
{the life of little Jean and Jane.
This soldier daddy of whom they were so proud when he! in uniform has deserted them and their sick mother. | happy Christmas Hey looked Yopwiird to several months ago is
was
Santa to Arrive
io In Refrigerator
Circle Yule Party Set Saturday Night
The world’s largest refrigerator is going to bring Santa Claus and |
Monument Circle Saturday night. ! The community Christmas par{ty is being staged to raise funds | {for The Times Clothe-A-Child to|
provide warm clothing for Indian-|
apolis’ needy children. Money raised at the Monument | he!
Circle party will be added to t dollars the public is contributing to the Clothe-A-Child fund and| The Times Mile-O-Dimes.
“Announce Winners Santa Claus and his helpers will step irito the party from the one and one-half ton Crosley refrigerator model which recently was featured in Life magazine. When the model wds shown in Life, it contained 2 million dollars in $1 bills. That was the value of Crosley’s nationwide giveaway. Saturday night the 20 winners of Crosley refrigerators presented by Crosley Dealers . of
Marion County in the national]
giveaway contest will be an-|
The low of 15 forecast for to-|"ounced.
night would shatter by 2 degrees the previous cold of autumn in Indianapolis. Yesterday the mercury climbed
to within two degrees. of the all- ¢lectric
time record warm temperature in Indianapolis. The mercury reached 64 by 8 p. m. Heavy rains lashed parts of! the state last night. The heav-| fest single shower brought 1.25 inches of rainfall to Vincennes. A downpour here brought .80inch to the downtown section and 82-inch to Weir Cook Airport. Temperatures throughout the state were “balmy” and peaked in the middle and upper 60's. Indianapolis daytime temperatures averaged 23 degrees above normal. They were to range several degrees above normal today and plunge to.13 degrees below normal tomorrow, weather experts said.
Christmas in Your
Own Home
® If you are tired of being a “renter” and have a reasonable down payment, why not give your family the greatest thrill of their lives ', . . their first Christmas in their OWN HOME!
“®Turn now to the REAL ESTATE ADS in the classified columns. of The Times today. You'll find outstand- } ing home values from every section of the city and suburban areas, in every price range. ® More REAL ESTATE ADS are appearing in The Times, ‘daily and Sunday, than ever before! Yes, The Times is the newspaper with the REAL ESTATE ADS.
The public will have an oppr-|
tunity to add to The Clothe-A the late/ 11d Fund as ownership of a Crosley deluxe mail and the coins placed on The
they bid for
range, a Crosley 92 cubic-foot custom refrigerator]
with shelvador and 10 six-tube to take care of all the thousands/Comics ......21 Othman
Crosley kitchen radios. Offer Television Set
Some listener to the pfogram on Radio Station WFBM will receive a 1950 model Crosley-Fi-delity Ult =a - Fidelity television set. The set will go to the person making the biggest contribution to Clothe-A- -Child through WFBM. Pledges for contributions will be accepted by telephone during the broadcast of the Christmas Auction on the Circle and during the special - Clothe-A-Child
program from 11 until 1 a. m.
The singing Santa Claus who will “pop” out of the giant re-
frigerator model will highlight an pe. a all-star show in conjunction with |W. Washington . St. the auction.
Schricker to Attend
Christmas Outfits
WRIGHT . but he his gone out of
The
| going to be one of hardships. | The mother isn't able to pro-| ‘(vide amply for the two little] | girls. She recently was dis{charged from the hospital where {she underwent a major operation. {Since can't earn a living, the “trustees and ‘the
A Letter to St. Nicholas
fight against burns which anta Claus, He hopes: to
In Coed’s Death
~ Faces Arraignment On Strangling Charge
IOWA CITY, Iowa, Dec. 12 (UP) — A University of Iowa
on charges that he strangled his campus sweetheart while playing a dangerous “blackout” game,
She was found dead after an intimate candlelight party in his rooming house.
student of abnormal
yehology from Cedar Rapids
Red held after I re oan
[Cr ss have come to her ald with
fingermarks on her throat.
{the little they can provide. | The Times Clothe-A-Child also iis going to help. - The two little {girls are going to get warm cloth-
|ing—and they're going to have it| 'his Brownie attendants to the gala, | before Christmas morning. Crosley Christmas duction on
- If some kindhearted person | doesn't request these girls as their guests on a shopping tour of | {the stores, Clothe-A-Child shop-
+have”
He - has admitted he “must strangled "her, Coroner George D, Callahan said. “I must have done it; I was the only one there,” Mr. Callahan quoted him as saying. The coroner said “that’s all we've been! {able to get him to say.” Miss Jackson's body was clad in
pers will take them. The ClotheThe Times 1949
MILE-O-DIMES
10-Day Estimate |18 Full Lines. ........... $2692.80
To complete the mile, 42 lines are needed. A mile of | dimes would provide $8976 to help clothe Indianapolis’| needy children through the Times Clothe-A-Child.
{ing the stump end of a taper and
{the remains of a lobster-and-| Commissioner Fred Nordsiek Burgundy dinner the couple had {complaints against Mr. Baker. The victim was the daughter of|
enjoyed in the room.
|W. E. Jackson, one of Iowa's most| /prominent attorneys and a mem-
[ber of the State Parole Spl added that any
The family lives at Burlington, | (Iowa, where Mr. Jackson was a {prosecutor and judge. The case broke about 2 a. m.! {Sunday when Bednasek burst out| {of the room, dressed in an under-! shirt, evening trousers and top-|
[senior faced arraignment today!®PPear
Robert Bednasek, a 24-year-old|
a strapless white evening gowmy It was again ascertained that) It lay on a bed near a table bear- Mr. Baker had given out the in-
High Rent
'That
hod BY Of
Aid Again Accused Of Lax Information
| An attache in the Marion gency operation for an abdominal ailment of which he was
[County Commissioners’ office to-|
{day was accused for the second time in a week of “brushing oft” {persons complaining about township trustees’ poor relief methods.
The attache is Clarence Baker,
{superintendent of buildings and
|grounds who also answers tele-
{phones in the commissioners’ of-|§
‘fice in the Courthouse. Last week a woman who wished to testify against Herbert Ed-
complained. to. The Times:
a] someone in the ty hak oflowa Student Hel =>=:5% =r pear unless -subpenaed.- -
on Thursday to inquire about testifying the man also told her
day, had been postponed. Deny Hearing Delayed
The hearing was not postponed and Commissioners said they denied no one the right to in the Commissioners’ Court. A check showed that it was Mr. Baker who had given the woman the information. Today Mrs. Marie Crouse, 2516 8. Pennsylvania St. called The Times to learn how she could appeal the Center Township Trustee’'s rejection of her plea for fuel for herself and’ her 12-year-Wasi old daughter. She was referred to the com-
Jackson, 20, was found dead with!missioners’ office. But later she
called back and said the missioners’ office had Informed her- she was not entitled to an appeal hearing unless she pre-/
ther situation to the [said her informant refused to jive her his name.
Plans Investigation
i
|formhation. said he would investigate the
He said Mr. Baker was not authorized to state Commission-| er's policy on poor relief hearings any person refused help by any township trustee {has the right to come into the |Commissioners’ Court for an ap- { peal hearing. He scheduled the appeal hearing {for Mrs. Crouse for Thursday, Mr. Baker denied giving the
With only 11 shopping coat, and ran two blocks to a information ir either case. He
days remaining until] Christmas, YOUR - dimes | are needed NOW. The! Times Mile-O-Dimes is on] W. Washington St. in front| of the L. Strauss Store, Lerner’'s and the Clothe- A-| Child headquarters,
|A- Child shoppers will’ use money -|provided by the generous public {in contributions sent through the
Times Mile-O-Dimes. | There isn’t enough money in yet,
of needy youngsters who are cold] these days. But there is every indication that. folks ‘will continue| to support the Clothe-A-Child| service and provide more and| more money as Christmas ap-| proaches. Ald Is on the Way | You can be sure many of the unfortunate youngsters will get| warm clothing before Christmas by lending your help in these three ways: ONE: By sending checks or| money orders—for any amount—| to Clothe-A-Child, Indianapolis | Times, 214 W, Maryland 8t. Con-| |tributions also may be delivered (in person to The Times or to!
Contribu-| tions are listed in The Times. | TWO: By volunteering as a
| police station for help. He told incoherently of how the {girl “stopped breathing” while [they were “playing sort of a game of blackout.” He did not elaborate but other! students told of a fad in which) |one person pressed on another's | jugular vein, shutting off the flow
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. . and hauled it away to , , ./five-minute argument by Mr.! e The advertising oolumns Detectt ¢ Times Index {police héadquarters. |Jacobs, followed by an equal] of The Times EVERY day inside and Sed he atch the | Amuse. ...... 6/My Day ..... 7, Somebody's Christmas idea length statement by Sen. Cape-| has ideal suggestions for t building. The pounding . Bridge ...... 9 Needlework.. 8 went haywire Sunday afternoon hart. There will be alternating| “your man” and every mem- |g A .13/ when police found a 15-foot pine one and one-half-minute rebuttals, ber of the family. - a Sm Crossword ...15 Pattern ..... 8 |Editorials ...14/Radio ....... 10| Fashions .... 8 Ruark ...... 15 Food. «....... 8 8Bociety ...... Forum «sv se.14 8ports
Gardening ... 8 Earl Wilson. Inside Indplis. 13; (Weather Map 22 Mrs. Manners 11 Women’ 8 een
(Christmas Tree Salesman Turns On the Old Pressure
said the persons “misunderstood” him, Mr. Baker, a Republican, leaves thé Commissioner's office next month. ~~
Police A Acquire The Old Pine Tree
They cut down the old pine tree
“Low tonight, 15;
Entered as Becond-Class Mattar at Postoffice
™ Poor ele
Commissioners’ Office’
wards, Decatur Township trustee, |. {in contempt of court Brostedings
the hearing, scheduled the same
|Jetica he, of
Andrew Jacobs and Indiana Sen. court. 8he/,y 7.30 p.m. in the first of a
high tomorrow, 25, 4 2 .
nh Ma PRICE FIVE CENTS
Indianapolis, Indians, Issued Dally or 3 : aL
Court Upholds Control Law Expires i in June
Edward T. Leech Dies;
Author of Times Series on British Socialism Was President of Pittsburgh Press
By Seripps-Howntd Newspapers PITTSBURGH, Dec. 12—Edward T. Leech, one of the nation’s greatest and most influential newspaper editors, died here-yesterday. His death came at Mercy Hospital, following an emer-
loca or Overrules Lawyers Who Argued Act
(unaware until only a few w days ago. Mr. Leech was 57, and reaching the peak of a long and brilliasit career. He had been an editor since he was 23. his At his death, he was editor and, president of the Pitts writing
keep score as
oe
stonigh | Marion ~ County Congrestiian
series of seven debates on the question: “Is the New Deal Party Trying to Force British Type Socialism on the American People?” Republican Capehart will take
the affirmative, while Mr, Jacobs,| When he was a Democrat, will defend the/came pio oi
He negative. No winner will be declared.|stopped being That both sides have agreed, will be left up to the individual, (Continued
Charles R. Brownson, 11th Discommand- GUNS BOOM FOR GEORGE
trict American Legion er, will be moderator,
Just before the debate both protagonists, together with Democratic State’ Chairman Ira L.
Club, Doors to Butler Pieldhouss wil be open’at 6 p. m. Admission
Haymaker, GOP State Chairman the coronation of Cale J. Holder and other political VI. The guns will fire leaders, will be guests at a din-| Wednesday, on the King's ner at the Indianapolis Press birthday.
Men's Fashions
is free. The 13,000 seats will go| po. i. augmented by sed detecon u “frst come-nrst. wrvea FOF Christmas tives, rushed to g American Nas basis. There will be no reservedi, s Youll want that Christ- (BEF SRC SE Sf Uo (OCW iseats, except for the radio and] mas gift for “your man” to ported a “mysteriou s " press #cctions. be something speci&l . . Silently and with Zomang. Jacobs to Open Debate and The Times is giving you the police surrounded the ng The debate will open with a every assistance In finding it. [at 45 N. Pennsylvania St.
tree cut down in Washingtonuntil the debaters have had their Park. |say, { Police couldn't trace the culprit | Then the issue will be given to
for suitable decorations . . . and|
Rain Fails to Dompen Spieler's Eloquence
As He Points Out Beauty of His Wares By CLIFF THURMAN
She's a dollar a foot mister, “Look at her, mister, ain't she
-Child Headquarters, 33|'way up in Nova Scotia, she is, and the finest in the land. She's « « why, she's got everything, mister.” : Stacked among hundreds Some of this “lightly freezing ral rain”
got grace and poise .
It was a Christmas tree, of course,
on a lot on N. Meridian St.
Arlene Francis, popular nation- donor to take one or more chil-| the Weather Bureau talks about
Gov. Henry F. Schricker and
The Crosley Christmas Auction |i
Monument Circle will be roped
ptitspisiopusmimeis—— FLAMES ENVELOP BLOCK FLORENCE, Colo, (UP)~-Flames de ‘en-| tire block in the downtown busi-| ness district of this south-central) Colorado town df 4500 population, | today. No one had been reported) injured. Firemen fought the blaze in near-zero weather.
\ : !
Donors spend their own|
children,
THREE: By placing one or
Mayor Al Feeney will participate. more dimes on The. Times Mile-O-| beamed.
{Dimes on W. Washington St.'in
is being ctaged by Crosley Deal- front of L: Strauss Store, Lerner 4 ers of Marion County, ‘WFBM and {Shops and Clothe-A-Child head-| ‘The Tires.
tquarters:—Unirorméd members of | Firémen’s Post No. 42 are on duty
off for the event on the south there 24 hours a day to accept Canadian doll. steps and admission will be free, the dimes and make change.
| KILLS SELF WITH DYNAMITE 12) KLAMATH FALLS, Ore, Dec. {12. (UP)—The frozen body of a | Seattle man was found in a ditch {yesterday after he apparently {blew off his head with a charge of dynamite. Authorties said Ernest Smith had been dead about
al network radio star, will come dren to the stores and shop for|was falling softly.’ It was mushy here from New York to take part. them. Other stars also are being sought money to outfit Clothe-A-Child tree salesman had red muffs on for the gala Christmas party.
under foot and the Christmas
{his ears.
“Ain't she a beauty” he “Prettiest one I've seen! in 11 years of experience, You! don’t see such symmetric lines, such... fascinating ~beauty every {day in the week. Bhe's a doll. that's what she is ... a beautiful Gosh, mister, look |
|
lat the’ beauty.” I looked. T was looking all the time.
from behind the tree and make a bower I could even hear the
the ‘hundreds of imported Scotch|
[two days, 3 I,
Pines. 1 could see Banfa Claus| =
every tall, beautiful foot of her, the beautiful one? Straight from
himself darting around between the stacks of cedar. “This year they are hand ichosen, hand selected” the Christmas tree salesman was chanting. “Last year they had {to take the culls because of the War . ... they hadn't gotten over ithe war up..there.. This year,
leverything is different, we got money, Look how she buiges in , bulges. I didn’t have It sprayed, + + the very best Inithe cemter and tapers down to what: point. Perfect, mister, just per-|
{the best . Canada. “Why, mister, look here at this| baby. Ain't she a beauty? She's [just as tall, just so wide and she
While the man was wiggles just right in the breeze. her . talking I expected some sort of In the house with electric lighting adian aroma. Don't she smell enchanted fairy to dance outiand a couple of stars she'd be a sweet, mister? Mister, I'm tellin’| socks will look just as good under
[beauty queen. “She ain't worth $6, mister?
Christmas music rippling through What do you mean, sir? Why, buying.”
mister, here's. a beauty who's] worth ten bucks of anybody's|
7/but department officials ordered the public in a question and an .16, 17/the tree brought.to headquarters. swer period. .12 Police today were looking around
Most Indianapolis radio sta-| {tions will rebroadcast the debate
7 presents to place berieath the tree. proper from 8 to 8:30 p. m.
® Also... PARADE Magazine with next Sunday's Times will present new haberdashery items that would give “your man” a thrill. PARADE MAGAZINE With - .THE BIGGER SUNDAY TIMES.
Reporter Settles
powder room,
For Four-Footer
had the proper bulges in the proper places. It was a graceful, beautiful Christmas tree.
MEDAL FOR HOFFMAN oa eAD IRLPHIA, Dec. 12 ) — nomic Administrator Paul G, Hoffrian “Well, what do you say, Win Eective R Jt Toi) Gott Maan mister?’ the salesman asked. pod b at the club's annual dinner “Shall we spray her up for you? ae a . 8
We can make her silver, pink, red ‘ Golden Gloves
or smoky blue. The .spraying| Tickets Ready
won't change her figure or the contour of her body. eo you're going to see the annual Times-Legion Golden
“8hall we spray her up, mister? It'll only be two bucks more.” I bought a Christmas tree. It was a sort of conservative type tree about four feet tall and I} ~-gouldn’t recommend 1t {oF excess
Me, I'm the old fashioned type. fect and as green a tree as you'd |T like my Christmas. trees to be want to find anywhere on earth. (8 green and I «in’t particular about “And, mister, just breathe in on|’em lookin’ like a beautiful . get a load of that Can- woman, . "Christmas morning that box of| re
you, this is a Canadian beauty/my little old four-foot tree and I |you can't possibly go wrong in| won't be worrying about some ultra-super-dooper Canadian gal She was pretty, this Scotch standing there in my living room Pine. Six feet tal, "i and | with silver spray all-over her,
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