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EAR-—-NUMBER 203

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1949

Entered as Second-Class Matter at Postoffice Indianapol

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Truman Looks To 1330 With Confidence

Foreign Affairs Makes For Cheerful Outlook

By CHARLES LUCRY Seripps-Howard Staff Writer

WASHINGTON, Dec. 30— Harry Truman ends the old year and begins 1950 a chipper, cocky and confident President, and sure that he has the country with him. Today he's ears-deep in three| important messages he will de-| liver to Congress in the next few

days—the State of the Union|

message and those on the budget and the nation’s economic health. |

Any one of them would be al

whopping job. But the President is in top form after his best vacation in years and is taking them in stride. There has been talk that with Clark Clifford, a chief presidential, adyjser, leaving the White House to go into private law practice here, Mr. Truman's conservative side will be more dominant and there may be a pull to the right. That's a lot of porridge,| say other Truman intimates—| he'll press as hard as ever for the parts of his program still unachieved. Advisory Circle Small The Truman circle of advisers remains small. A North Carolinian, Charles Murphy, is taking Mr. Clifford's place, and there's some debate whether he truly can fill the Clifford shoes. Those who say yes he isn’t as colorful as Mr. Clifford, but they insist he has done excellent work as one of the unknown young men around the White House. Mr. Clifford also was sold fairly short at various earlier stages of his| career as President's counsel and! speech-writer. ‘ |

Mr. Truman, 65 now, tanned ings from Egypt—a command performance of love. King Farouk’s and trim at about 177 pounds, | ¢vident intention of acquiring a young bride by command jolts

hasn't been sloughing the import-| ant work in this last month when he has been at Key West and at his home in Independence, Mo., but he’s been managing it the easy way. His associates say the President in some ways can run his job better when he's out of

One important ‘factor in Truman finds himself these days

is the decreased tension fw world] affairs. Though international re-

ne importa acorn le ® westers, mods. The iMohammedan world has been

sure of himself]

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U. S. Indicates New Armed Aid for China

Proposals Include Board to Help Chiang | Defend Formosa

WASHINGTON, Dec. 30| (UP)—New plans to extend]

and technical aid to the faltering Chinese Nationalists appeared to be gaining strength today within the administration. The National Security Council,

Meanwhile, Mr. Hope's “Paleface” and “Sorrowful Jones” attracted enough customers to boost the comedian from fifth to first place.

Bob Hope Puts Skids on Crosby In Film Hits

Ski-nosed. Bob Hope today dis-

(School Bus rem re cr DIIVTS to ASK

placed his pal, Bing Crosby, as| ; the nation’s numiber one movie aw di ) box office attraction. | "\ '

Mr? Hope took over the box office throne Lat the crooner held for five secutive years, | according to the annual moneymaker poll conducted by the Mo-| tion Picture Herald, a trade paper. & | The old groaner’'s “A Connecti-| cut Yankee” and “Top O' the Morning” weren't the usual Crosby hits and he dropped to second place in the poll this year.

~ » ® BETTY GRABLE, who held the

Want Right to Appeal |

To Other Than Safety Committee

Indiana school bus drivers convening in the Hotel Claypool today were expected to ask the General Assembly for changes in the 1941 law which placed them under the

rule of a State School Bus Safety Committee. Under present regulations, driv-

set up shop outside the Canary Cottage and and all that he'll keep any and all resolutions tendered to him there. ‘He makes only one exception . . . if anyone asks him to resolve to

Here's your chance to think up all those high-principled New Year's resolutions . . . and let someoné else keep them. Columnist Ed Sovola, Whe frequently doesn't know when to stay silent, has

oclaimed to one

stop breathing in 1950 he'll renege. Here waitress Mickey Bisesi of the Canary Cottage gives him the first resolution. This and others left at "Mr. Inside's" Circle office will be published Monday.

Back to Scheherazade—

Arabian Nights Come to Life As King Farouk Seeks Wife

Plight of Young Lovers, Parted by Royal

.|formal”

Decree, Arouses Sympathy of Western World

By ROBERT FAHERTY, Times Special Writer

CHICAGO, Dec. 30—The western, world eyes, with surprise, tid-

| reportedly considered the plans at

| India recognizes Red China;

with. President Truman presiding;

other nations ready to act « + « World Report . . . Page 3.

a White House meeting yesterday. Informed quarters said the joint chiefs of staff recommended: . ONE: A new U. 8. military mission to advise Chiang Kaishek on defense of the island of Formosa against expected Communist attack. Earlier it was learned Gen. Chiang had requested such a mission in “incontacts with Wash-

comer ‘to the list,

ington. Reinforces Task Fleet TWO: “Limited” U. 8. arms

$1000

No. 2 spot on the list for 1947 and 1948, toppled to seventh place; Abbott and Costello, despite a cut in the number of their pictures because of Lou Costello's illness, retained third place, John Wayne, in the fourth spot, was a new-

Middle-aged Gary Cooper, among the ten top money-makers 11 times, took fifth place, a slip from last year's fourth. Grant finished sixth, The othérs were Esther Williams, a newcomer to the list; Humphrey Bogart and Clark Gable.

rust Fund

ers and township trustees can appeal safety committee decisions only to the committee chairman, State Police Buperintendent Arthur M. Thurston. The drivers want the right to appeal elsewhére. They are opposed to a ruling by the committee which will férce overhauling or replacement of 501 condemned

Inspection by state police this all, : Ernest Ervin, Columbus, association president, refused to reveal exactly what the drivers will be asked to vote on when reso-

New Year's Tip: Drug Chases ‘Alcohol Jitters

NEW YORK, Dec. 30 (UP) With New Year's Eve only 24 hours away, some 8000 scientists heard today that a British-devel-oped drug is good for chasing away the alcohol jitters, The drug, known as myanesin, already has been used in the treatment of some cerebral palsy cases and also to relax muscles in polio victims.

=» . ” THIS YEAR, according. to a group of investigators at Hahne-

buy it across the counter of a drug store. A doctor's prescrip.

tion is necessary. Aid

Gah

mann Hospital, Philadelphia, the limbered a long legal lash tos has been of value in abolish- 4 i rue the Ca ho anxiety of|day and were prepared to let ] slcolol patients in an Ilinols/it fly at John L. Lewis “" me.” a 5 a “The only trouble with their re. through the National port was the fact that you can't| Relations Board. -

modern ideas.

This version of royal romance is not likely to stir yearnings of |tjon It would not make a suitable ending in a Holly-

modern maidens. wood film. Acceptable under eastern tradition, it appears alien to most nations. There is no proof that chosen 16-year-old Narriman Sadek wants to be

ov! has

erywhere learned to be prudent in exercisits

lations continue critical in many ing

respects, there is scarcely anything today that holds the terror of momentary explosion. as did the Berlin airlift a year ago. Press Conferepces As good a spot as any other to size up Harry. Truman at the end of 1949 is at his press confer ences. He's an altogether different man from the faltering, un-| certain President who worried his way through those give-and-take sessions in the days after Franklin Roosevelt died. { Mr, Truman appreciates the tmportant function of the press conference in getting information

out to the people and most of]

his meetings with the newspapermen are fairly productive. But today when Harry Truman isn’t giving he isn’t giving, that's all The rise of the press conference in the Washington scheme of things is credited to Franklin Roosevelt, but in the late years of, his presidency these conferences,

perhaps partly as a result of Mr.|

Roosevelt's pique at the press, often produced little. Mr. Tru-] man’s conferences have remained newsworthy, and he handles them with poise and is stimulated by them, The odds are against his dishing up anything drastically new in the State of the Union message he will make personally before a joint session of the Senate and

what he wants—and he'll be on the stump politically next fall to

Broad Ripple Pupils Good Workers, Survey Indicates

In Cairo, and In other capitals, the king's design brings a question: The effect upon his standing among his subjects. Farouk has been a popular monarch since he took the throne July 29, 1937. He was then 18. His first marriage, Jan. 20, 1938, pleased the nation of 16 million. His Queen Farida was popular. He rejected her because she did not bear him a son. Egypt May Disapprove There is speculation that Egyptjans may not look with favor on King Farouk's plan. In the West, sympathy lies with pretty young Narriman and her |ex-flance. She was to marry Zaki Hachian, 27, economist for Egypt's United Nations delegation. But four days before the marriage date, Dec. 8, the king claimed her. The king will be 30 on Feb. 11. It is presumed he intends to

time to change his mind. But Narriman is already being tought a queen's duties.

discounted the honor. A king fell in love with her at romanticists would say. But she told him she loved her own young man.

marry on that day. He still has|y,s expected to ip to 33 tonight, |

{but warm to 50 tomorrow, despite, Cal.), who recently returned from

| News dispatches say Narriman

Rain Starting Sunday To Last Till Tuesday LOCAL TEMPERATURES 6am...38 10a m... 41

7am... 38 1lam.. 45 8am... 38 12 Noon ..48 fam... 37 Ipm..5

It'll be a wet New Year's Day in the Hoosier State, the Weather {Bureau said today. | Occasional rain beginning Sun-

the $75 million made available to| the President for use in the Far| East under military aid legisla

Soon after the council meeting, the Navy announced it is sending the aircraft carrier Boxer and! two destroyer;

Predicted in State =

and to serve as a stabil.

Hcy Hing influence in the western Pacific.” The Navy didn’t mention Formosa but observers pointed out that a Communist attack on the island would be “definitely unstabilizing.” Sail Jan. 11 The 27,000-ton Boxer and the

destroyers Buck and Thomason will sail from San Diego Jan. 11.|

day probably will continue through Tuesday according to the fore|casters, Total rainfall should vary from three-fourths inch. to 11; inches in portions of the state. Meanwhile, Indianapolis continued to enjoy mild almost {springlike weather covering the

entire nation, with the exception

of the frozen Northern Plain] states where the mercury skidded to 14 in Bismarck, 8. D., at dawn. Warm Tomorrow The weatherman said sunny skies and southerly breezes would (bring a high this afternoon of

|incréasingly cloudy skies. | The mercury climbed to 53 at {3 p. m. here yesterday and dipped {to 33 at 6 a. m. today to average |period. -

temperature reading at

A decision to give Gen. Chiang imew aid would be a reverse for Secretary of State Dean Acheson| who has taken the position that the Nationalists cannot survive. Mr. Acheson, who participated

tite American white paper on; China last August. 4 The State Department steadfastly refused to comment on the

|reportéd recommendation .of the!sioners demanded all the liquid

|joint chiefs of staff. But plans] {for “limited” aid were enthu-| | siastica)ly received by some bitter, congressional critics of Mr. Ache-

{53 in Indianapolis. The mercury{son’s stand. Sen. William F. Knowland (R. however, the money was turned

{a Far Eastern. survey, declared that Gen. Chiang can hold Formosa if he gets supervised Amerfcan military aid and moral sup-

rst sight, 15 degrees above normal for the port.

: | But the early morning low, WAA SET TO FOLD UP Weir | WASHINGTON, Dec. 30 (UP) (through their attorney, Donald

aid to bolster Formosa's defenses, | Ordered Returned This presumably could come from WI

to the Friend]

History Goes Back To of Slavery

A $10,000 trust fund Indianapol

friendless Negro children.

Required to Build By agreement ! County Board of Commisisoners consented to take over the admin-! istrative job.

to build at the “earliest possible time” a shelter for Negro c¢hil-| dren. At the same time the commisassets of the organization. But| since the commissioners ’ailed to refused to surrender the funds. | After a lengthy court battle,

lutions are introduced at the 1. Pp i

ie Maron Mrs. FDR Voted: There was, now- Smartest Woman

in yesterday's meeting, has held ever, a clause in the contract] pw that view ever since issuance of Which required the cominissioners: qm, .

announced today list of the world's 12 smartest women-—topped by Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, : ‘ The women were selected, the j encyclopedia editors said, for

provide a shelter the church group| "" Inspiring examples of inMrs. Roosevelt's column, My

Day, is on Page 6.

YORK, Dec. 30 (UP) editors of the Book of

week may arrange for time by telephoning the . Tce-O-Rama director, Mary A

over to the commissioners in 1929. Since that time the $10, 000 fund has remained inactive with the exception of interest In the Rallroadmen's Federal Savings and Loan Association. About a month ago the administrators for the asylum,

the growing fcans.” A Right aftéFf Mrs. Roosevelt, they listed Mme. V. L. Pandit, India’s ambassador to the United motion picture actress Dorothy Shaver,

States; Bette Davis;

telligence and accomplishment to generation of Amer-

than

did affairs of state. {

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more attention to King Farouk degrees lower than in the city. Hoosier weather prospects, the solution of the War Assets Ad- commissioners. House of Representatives Wednes-| ging Farouk at 30 is a plump|weatherman said, call for genmer- ministration, efféctive at the close in Probate Court was characterday. He'll just keep pressing for man with large mustachios. But(ally mild and above normal/of business tomorrow. {in earlier years he had less bulk weather over the week-end with) TT Tc

‘moderately colder weather

T— ginning Tuesday or Wednesday. | * * * o. rempraare enouis noes Qhjo Liar Climbs Fish Pole degrees in the southern portion of|

To Stab Big Trout to Death

‘Honest John’ Goerlich Spins Whopper to Win

be-

the state for the flext five days. |

The royal love command brings Cook Airport was-28 degrees, five —General Services Administrator |R. Hurst, brought proceedings for

[Jess Larson today ordered dis- recovery of the money from the

Today's

action

jized as “a friendly suit.”

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president of Lord & Taylor, New York department store;. Clare Boothe Luce, playwright and former Congresswoman; Lise Meitner, physicist; Helen Gahagan Douglas, Congresswoman from California; Anne O'Hare McCormick, foreign correspondent of the New York Times; Margaret Mead, author, anthropologist and educator; Mrs. Ogden Reid, publisher of the New York Herald Tribune; Dorothy Thompson, columnist: and author; and Mar|garet Webster, Shakesperian pro-

Times, RI-5551.

Senate GOP Calls Unity Parley.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 30 (UP)— The Senate's 42. Republicans today were called to a party -meeting to seek unity on policies they hope will elect a Republican Congress next fall. 5 The call was issued by Chairman Eugene D. Millikin, Colo., of

for Tuesday, only a few hours after the second session of the 81st Congress gets underway.

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WA-2208, or Art Wright, at

the GOP Conference Committee)

Many Hold Part-Time Jobs as Clerks,

} : Amusements’ 8 | Pattern 7 Factory Worker$; Musicians, Baby Sitters | Briage 7| Radio i0| Broad Ripple High School pupils working part-time please their Comics 23 | Serial

employers by doing steady, responsible work, Albert R. Mahin,

mathematics teacher and co-ordinator of student employment, "~

sald today.

“Our students make very good records,” Mr. Mahin said as he | Forum Fo

announced the results of an employment survey of the Broad Ripple

High student body. “The same employers call us repeatedly when they need help.” The survey revealed almost 20 per cent of the student body engaged In regular - part-time work this fall. Another 30 per cent indicated a desire for employment of some kind. Mr. Mahin sald he was surprised to find that so many puplis worked outside school hburs. ~'“They come from a-mneighbor-hood with a high income level” Mr, Mahin said: “Most: of them do not need to work, but they want to supplement their income or savé money to help pay for & college education.” ~ Prefer Outside Work When a pupil requests employment the co-ordinator tries to him or her in a job outside the school.

jobs elsewhere than work In the school at tasks which they feel to be “made work." Mr.

of prospective employers.

‘and factory workers, Varied, Occupations

for a dance studio,

making

* ~

Mahin sald calls for student help come In from all kinds The youngsters are asked to be store

clerks, counter attendants, com-| panions, baby-sitters, newsboys Ar e Lower

The survey showed one youth working regularly in a taxidermy shop, several girls assisting instructors in dancing and music lessons and one girl who plays the piano 15 or 20 hours a week

“We are glad to find our pupils good,” Mr. Mahin con“We place on them the responsibility of showing that they represent Broad Ripple High wherever they go.” 9,

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Home Prices

® If you put off buying your own home in 1946 because of high prices; you owe it to yourself to see what your money will buy TODAY. Home prices have leveled off far below the 1046 peak. ® Turn to the Tlassified columns of today’s Times and see for yourself! HUNDREDS OF HOMES FOR SALE... today and EVERY DAY in The Times + + «» the newspaper with the REAL ESTATE ADS,

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| the Burlington Liars’ Club.

lars, and its judges know a real lie when they hear one.

Honest John wrote the’ judges about his first fishing trip—in Colorado. He was loaded with equipment, but knew nothing about fishing. When a fish hit the fly, he asked his guide what to do. ‘Reel Him’ “ ‘Reel him,’ ” the guide snorted. “I did" Goerlich wrote. “1 reeled the trout right up to the tip of the pole. There I was alone. The guide had wandered into the woods, The pols was so long I couldn't reach the fish. How was I to get that fish? “Well, I solved the problem. I stuck the butt of that long, limber cane pole into the ground, drew my trusty hunting knife, up the pole and stabbed to death.” ! 4

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Burlington Tall Story Honors BURLINGTON, Wis.,"Dec. 30 (UP)—"“Honest John" Goerlich of 4 Toledo, O., upreeled a whopper of a fish story today and won a 6, medal for being the biggest amateur lar in the world. Honest John won a unanimous victory in the annual contest of |

It was a big honor. In 20 years, Otis Hulett has built the club from, a few cronies to 100,000 eg

| ducer and director,

George Johnsori, Delavan, Wis, wrote that his feet got 86 tough from his “going barefooted all summer he had to put ground glass and steel shavings in his socks in the winter to wear off the ‘calluses. “I know that guy and he's telling the truth,” one judge said. “It sure is tough when honest} men try to muscle in,” President Hulett sald and dropped the entry into a waste basket, Leroy Griffin, Brunswick, Me., won honorable mention with a story about a wind storm. r “We lost about everything,” he wrote. “An aunt of mine lost her |voice, We found it again, 20 miles |away, bedded in a stone wall.” .E, 'Stanley Evanston, Eagle Bend, Minn., won honorable mention, too. He sald he caught a}

fish northern pike so big its shadow}

Get Your Golden Gloves Tickets

. A week from tonight the Times-Legion Golden Gloyes Boxing Tournament opens at the N. Pennsylvania St. Armory. Assure yourself the best seats by getting them NOW -, . at: ® Bush. Callahan Sporting Goods Co,, 136 E. Washington St. East and Bouth ringside and reserved. ® Em - Roe Sporting Goods Co., 200 W. Washington St. Balcony reserved. ; ®Sportsman’s Store, 126 N,

Pennsylvania 8t.-—North and °

West ringside and reserved. ® Prices are: Ringside and

first row balcony, $2; down-

stairs reserved, $1.50, Prices include tax. The tournament will be held Jan. 6, 13, 20, 27 and Feb, 3. '

¢ Read about the Golden.

Gloves, page 16.

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payroll,

Cal.—~had three daughters oh the list.

There were two Hoosiers listed. They were Rep. James Noland

wh wife, Helen, drew $631.81 in vember and Rep. John Walsh whose wife, Helen, drew $464.48 for the month. Rep. Sam Rayburn’s nephew, Robert T. Bartley, drew the largest salary with $903.83. Senate payroll records are not now open for public ins but Senate Secretary Leslie LI Biffi¢ has announced soon -will be. Lik y Employment of telatives by members of Congress is y legal. Wives or other members

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of the family in many notable instances have been key

Have Kin on Payrolls Survey Shows at Least 90 of 435 Members

WASHINGTON, Dec, 30 (UP)—At least 90 of the 435 members of the House of Representatives have relatives on the congressional Nine congressmen had two relatives each. on their November na

payroll, the latest avatlable for inspection, Nhich was ined by United Press reporters. One congressman-—Rep. h R. p

that they|

Unfair Labor ~~

Practices fo Be Charged

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