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[Sires —howasp] 60th YEAR—NUMBER 314 °° FRIDAY, JANUARY 20, 1950

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County Held Urgent ~

Commissioners Don't ~~

Extend Draft to p rove Hi Intent to Keep Strong, B it

Defense Chief Pleads |

Asks Congress for Standby Law to H Machinery in Readiness for Emergen

Break With Sofia Near After U.S. Warning Nc

WASHINGTON, Jan. 20 (UP)—Defense Secretary “.Joouis Johnson hinted today that he might settle for a ‘Standby draft law with inductions banned except. in case of emergency. Mr Johnson begged the House Armed Services Com“mittee ad an unqualified three-year draft law extension as proof to Russia =" = a ma

. - that we intend to™‘keep oo Truman Outlines selves strong.” Me But Committee Chairman Carl] Vinson (D. Ga.) pointed out that! Pr sals side Hospital. the Armed Services for a year But they frankly don't know

have not been inducting ahybody| | where to begin. under the present law, which ex-| Cut. in Excise | Pred N. Nordseik, president of

pires June 24. | § { , | Mr. Vinson said that what Mr.| Levies Hinted {the Board of Commissioners, said! WASHINGTON, Jan. 20 (UP) |

Know Where to Start on Program By IRVING LEIBOWITZ Marion .County has grown too big for its britches. The commissioners agheéd today that the county must construct a courthouse, jail, hospital and a wing on Sunny-

Johnson apparently wants is [the answer must be found soon,

preservation of the draft ma-| a buildin lain developed and 3 chinery. He suggested that the| President Truman outlined to|a bu gE Pp

{House leaders today“a proposed work begun. 5 fi - defense secretary accept a stand tax program calling for higher, The rapid post-war growth of

by law as a compromise. ~Regis-| SON i tration would be kept up to date| SOrPoration axes and ‘a ww in the county heightened the probs but there would be i t i ‘ NG, ot eT Would De 0 inductions Members of the Cohgressionat lem. But the four expansion pro Mr. Johnson said he would STOUP Who conferred with Mr. posals have plagued succeeding] think it over for a day or two | TTuman about his forthcoming tax administrations since 1937. | and report back later. He wanted Message to Congress refused to| “People want to know where) to know whether in event of a SAY Specifically what he will pro-| their tax dollar goes” Mr. Nordnational emergency the President Pose.

|selk sald. “We want to know @F could order inductions if Congress! was in recess,

It was understood, however, where they want it"to go.” {that the present draft of the Blueprints “Ready Mr. Vinson said he didn't know. President's message, which was| ... tv the administration is He said it looks as though there read to the group, contains these pledged to construct &“wing on always {8 an emergency of some récommendations: Sunnyside Hospital, the county's kind. | ONE. Reduce some excise taxes. tuberculosis home. The blueprints Avolds Universal Training | The government now levies a 20 _..". qv plans made. : Secretary Johnson promised Per Cent excise tax on cosmetics, gp 4 tye commissioners are hesithat if Congress does extend the furs, admissions and, ting now because a concerted draft, he will not ask for uni-| Many other items. There is a 15] versal military training. He said per cent tax on_ transportation

camera of Times Photographer John Spicklemire records

the emotions of two Franklin Younip

|drive is underway to force the

{county to erect a boiler plant at basketball rooters during

tickets. | the "sudden death" overtime period of play in last night's Marion the draft would not b | hospital first. | % 4 e a “back hy to OMY a %, TWO. Increase corporation Br Noraselk labeled the coun-- County tournament. Joan Showalter (white sweater] registers

In asking that the selective sq xii Me Truman Proposed 3 service law be renewed, Mr. John- 1 AX MCISANS OI SUTDa { son sald the present act haga | tons and high-income individuals | given Russia “clearly understand-| last year, wt Songer tay Jgnoked able” evidence that this country 3: projosa’, 3 : intends to keep strong. that at the moment the President Mr. Johnson said the draft act does not plan to renew his pro. is “like a machine with motor POSa) Jor higher tages on indi >» i | vicuais. . r. Nordselk said, the: re the Pri i THREE. Juurenne estate and hee to either renew its fegistering and classifying man- EH oth CD Te 5 lease on the annex, build a Jager . | r bu . POs sald If the law permits tne| FOUR. Close some of the s0- CO inted out that the addition of machinery to stop it would take| called logpheles_ in Joe resent tne annex has not solved the seven months to bring it back to law, Poe He Ur T sr P |shortage of office space for coun-|

ty's efforts to expand “penny suspense as the ball is tossed to start play. wise but dollar foolish.” 4 : He cited the Courthouse annex, id leased for 10 years at an amount greater than it would have cost to purchase the building, as the “most glaring example of eco{nomic foolishness.”

life, capable of drafting at the to Cone ty departments. . rate of 300,000 men a month. would send his message He estimated that it would cost|STess on Monday. The President Jail Inadequate

One grand jury after another has taken the county to task for not building a new Joi. he present jail, difficult to keep clean and ig small to handle the county’s wayward brood, has been termed “antiquated, medieval and a health hazard.” The commissioners won’t make

has sald his tax increase pro-

less than $11 million a year to posals will be’ “moderate.”

keep machinery in operation. Ending the draft, Mr. Johnson

said, might “seriously undermine” Warmer Week-end

the North Atlantic Pact. He said A congressional passage of the se- Llere Predicted LOCAL TEMPERATURES

lective service act in 1948 had

“significant repercussions]

abroad.” | 6a. m...2 10a m.. 27 ail ‘Shock to Politburo’ | Ta m..21 lam .. 29 a, » a Dew Jail _ He’sald that Walter Bedell] 8 a.m...22 12 (Noon) 20 |, . i solved. If the county Smith, U. 8. ambassador to| 9 a.m... 24 1pm. ..30 |. ides to construct a new court- * Russia, reported it “came as al oo. orewrat warmer house, the commissioners want to

put the jail inside. Pressure for a county hospital seems to pop up sometime during each administration.

thunderous shock to the men of | veek-en d was the Weatherman's

the politburo.” And, Mr. Johnoutlook for Indianapolis and most son added, it bolstered France| of the state today.

and Italy when they were Waver-| co, qerable cloudiness and ing before communism. | warmer weather was predicted to| Believe Plan Unfeasible The present draft law requires|, .. tne mercury to 42 tomor-| The commissioners, while exal 18-year-old males to re tos | TOW, after it drops to between 23 tremely sympathetic to the need and subjects those roug 2 ./for a county hospital, privately ! ay, to possible induction for 21/904 25 tonight, Outlook ror Sans feel that the plan is unworkable, doubles up her fist fo fala care of the veers s Dar gh months service. However, nobody | =.» 0 ; They say the $8 million needed the ball and drives down the court toward the goal. (Postscrip

has been drafted in the past Year.| “mn. no atures in the state will to erect the building alone] Decatur didn't score.) not it is used. fact it would put the county's | —Rescue vessels awaited the lift- and other operational expenses Mars Hill School was in flames, Maritime Commission's training mated. Bridgeport Brass works was go-| — photographers and the curious * smoke were pouring up. Big Mo } Off Mudbank of oil from the pond at the south

"No, no, don't let them score,” yells Joan, while Donna

President Tfuman contends the, ), "4," 9) jn northern counties would not be the toughest draft law is needed whether Or ,.4 29 tg 25 in the south. . (finahcial obligation, despite the —————_—— [SEEK TO FREE SHIP bonded indebtedness above the Pond Fire Causes | NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 20 (UP) legal limit. Upkeep of the staff 1 {ing of a heavy fog today before would be more than the county Consternation | starting attempts to pull the U. 8.!could afford, Mr. Nordseik - estione false report said. ship, American Mariner, from a4| The Republican county council Another excited caller said Mississippi River mudbank. |agrees. ing up in smoke. " ‘We'd Love to Help'— Fire engines, sheriff's cars, ° F Off 4 Fi rushed to the plant on S. Holt Air orce ers (o) Y Rd., where great gusts of black There they found calm work- fab i men burning off the accumulation The Marines Also Chip in With Some ‘Brilliant’ Plans to Free Battlewagon

end of the brass works. “Everything under control,” was their re- By Scrinms-Moward New<napers port to excited firemen. WASHINGTON, Jan. 20—The Air Force and the Marines are Bridgeport Brass officials said | willing to try their own methods to get the battleship Missouri off a certain amount of oil seeps a mudbank in Hampton Roads, Va. The Army and Navy have tried into the pond. Three or four times | and failed. a year, when the wind is right, “For instance,” said an Air Force colonel who said he wished to workmen burn off the accumula- remain anonymous for “security reasons:

tion. Firm officials said the “We could collect a few hun- NORFOLK, Va. Jan. 20 | 3 smoke usually attracts some at-/dred glider tow ropes and.braid, yp)_The Navy called off totention but that today’s had and splice them together and then’ 4, ..0 attempt to free the

drawn the biggest crowd since |string them from davits on the wartime years when Stout Field port and starboard beams of the rushed over its fire and -emer- Missouri. We'd make a glider gency vehicles, pickup, using a fleet of B-36's. The pickup lines, of course, must

i la be the old elastic type we used Hiss Case Nears Jury during the war, Ropes might bust.

NEW YORK, Jan. 20 (UP)— = «Or we could remove about 20 Assistant U. 8. Attorney Thomas on oines from our B-50's and bolt! F. Murphy linked Alger Hiss| thom to the tops of the gun tutwith Benedict Arnold, Brutus, and pate Then just warm ‘em up

the devil today in summing up and fly the muddy Mo off its mud-

stranded battleship Missouri | after 21 vessels heaved and hauled for two hours without budging her. The Navy gave up until Feb. 2 when the next high | tide peak is expected.

back to 1776—show that it's never failed to work yet.” Another Marine suggestion was considered more practical in some quarters. It involved painting

Victory is ours. Good old Don drops that second toss right through the center of the hoop and the ball game goes to Franklin Township. First team to score two points wins when a game goes to the “sudden death" playoff.

Man of His Word Times Index

Happy Ending for Franklin Fans

The score is Franklin Township 43, Decatur Central 43, as the overtime period opens, and the first team to score two points wins. Franklin drives under the basket—and misses the shot. "It's awful," wail Joan and Donna Mohr, also a Franklin student.

“\ The game is over and it's won. Joan is so happy that she's

“He made it," exults Donna, as Don Shimer sinks the first of two free tosses awarded after Franklin got the ball back, breaking the tie and putting Franklin ahead. All Don has to do now to put the game on ice is sink the next toss. ~

crying on the shoulder of Elsie Meyer, Franklin yell leader. Donna is just as happy. The victory sent Franklin into today's semifinals

against Speedway.

Just a Namesake Golden Gloves

so em on a perjury charge. | Dank: It's just a matter of gel- yipanese flags and symbols all SOUTH BEND, Jan. 20 Amusements Cheers u FITCHBURG. Mass., Jan. The case was to go to the fed. UNS Navy clearance. over the Big Mo and turning the, (UP)—Jerry Toner believes Comics «ovinecenrannennes » 20 (UP) Margaret Tru- | eral court jury of eight women | Guided Missiles May Aid Leathernecks loose. Incurable| Crossword ..eeeeveeeeees 5 man has filed marriage in | and four men late today | «And there are guided missiles.|o;,yenir hunters, they'd take the . the best thing to rout a BAILOTIALS «vee vreeennnens 18 : = . Te mp WO 5 rant ise Ran ship apart. prowler is a load of bird- Fashions ...ovevevevaseass 20 tentions at the city clerk's | ' Bi « M. We could strap a few 0 qpe; the Big Mo could be re-| shot. office here. There s a Big g +the bow and back her off. Take assembled In 8 cep water. The He put his belief nto Food reset mIes eset “ Miss Truman, a 24-year-Swing-to-The-Times Joo Jp ol 15 minutes. only hitch in this, one Marine| practice early this morning Forum reaver Sespenesoane | old secretary from Yonks ® There's a big SWING-TO| ,' at oe bo help. by the Officer pointed out, ig that no when he heard someone Gardening ...oooeveenn $20 rs N. Y. will be'maFried - | THE-TIMES for REAL| Air Force: “Put uggs mothballs inspection yet has beeh devised approach his house. | Needlework ....eveevensne 21 | to George W. Whitney, a ESTATE ADVERTISING! pio where she is. That's what to locate all the loot Leather Ernest Deardorff, 56, Mr. | Hollywood ....eeveeuenss 14 Fitchburg contractor. Just turn to the classified|syovy a0 with her anyway some- Neck’s can latch on to. At best,| Toner's father-in-law, was | 1.44. Indianapolis ...... 17 — columns of today's Times 4. » . ihe warned, the Navy probably taken to Memorial Hospital | Dr. JOPAAN +evvvennsensns 20 Id . f J d and see for yourself the in, aarines wete no less eager, Would recover only about half| to have the birdshot re- | Mrs. Manners ....... vers 16% Upho s Trial for Judy HUNDREDS OF REAL a1though unhappy that the Navy the Big Mo's parts. | moved from his legs and | Needlework ......oecoees 21 NEW YORK. Jan. 20 (UP) ESTATE ADS that are _,¢ which they technically are a| Another Marine, however, said) feet. He was reported in | Othman Wigensranergans AT | pederal Judge Sylvester J. Ryan NOW appearing in The part js in trouble. One Marine, it was only fair to let the Navy| = good gion. | Pattern woalisiesessasns 21 od todtiv tut Okt UVEIR EU's Times EVERY DAY! {anonymous of course, said he'd solve its own problems, and sug- open PT or ge Radio .sevesnncoes cesses 11 (TU baa) 8 ’ ® You'll find a wide selection feel much better if it were the gested it turn to Undersecretary BARKLEYS H ig ; RUATK ..evvesinverasasss 17 espionage case against govern"of homes, building lots, Army or Air Force. |Dan Kimball. Mr, Kimball for- WASHINGTON, Jak 20 (UP), Society ..ivcceveseenesess 19 iment girl Judith Coplon and her farms and investment prop-| The Marines suggest: | merly was vice president of Aero-| Vice President and Mrs. Alben Sports ..... vensensnss 12,13 | Russian boy friend, Valentin Guerty advertised today . . | “Send a squad of Marines with jet, Inc, which makes Jato (Jet- |W, Barkley were honored last| Teen Talk ......c...cus.. 20 bitchev, was not based on llleand every day ... In The fixed bayonets. That certainly assisted-takeoff) bottles. night at a dinner given by Presi-| Been wiohiems seeessees 21 ga) wiretapping and ordered the REAL BETA aon 4 ® her into back-track-| “Why not | . Kimball take Sent ane Mrs.) Tad Bias) op laos ey 21 them to stand trial, He set their 'y ¥ . WM, rt—— £3 \ -

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ifs Times-Legion Golden Gloves Tournament day. The third sesgion of the amatéur fights start at 8 p. ‘'m. in the N. Pennsylvania St. Armory.

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opens at 6:30 p. m. Downtown ticket centers were to remain open until 4:30 p. m, at BushCallahan's, Em-Roe's and The Sportsman's Store. Prices are: Ringside and first row balcony, $2; downstairs reserved, $1.50; general admission, adults, $1, children 12 years and under, B50 cents. General admission tickets will be available

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Formal Reply

Given in Row

Over Heath

Charges ‘Basis of Bulgaria Demands Wholly Unfounded’

By EDWARD V. ROBERTS United Press Staff Correspondent

WASHINGTON, Jan. 20

| The United States today in (formed Bulgaria that unless tit withdraws its demand for |recall of U. S. Minister Don-

ald R. Heath, this nation will sever diplomatic relations with

ithe Red Balkan satellite. | The U. 8. position was stated

in a note handed to Bulgarian Charge D’Affaires Peter Voutov at the State Department at noon. A similar note was delivered to {the Bulgarian foreign office In | Sofia. BY |. The note said that unless Bul|garia withdraws its demand for | Mr, Heath's recall, “The United States government must conclude that the Bulgarian government {does not desire to maintain {normal diplomatic relations.”

Delivers Formal Reply

“In these circumstances the { United States government will be [obliged to withdraw the United { States “diplomatic mission from | Bulgaria “and ask for the recall {of the Bulgarian diplomatic mis{sion from the United States.”

withdrawal made here by Mr. Voutov yesterday. The U. 8. note said “the charges on which the Bulgarian government based this : are wholly unfounded, as the Bulgarian government itself is fully | aware.” The United States charged Bulwith pursuing a “campaign of persecution against the legation's Bulgarian émployees whose only crime has béen their assoeiation with the legation.” Cites Executions “This campaign has resulted in the execution of two such emPloyees, the death of a third after maltreatment by the police, and the arrest and torture of others, All of these employees were engaged only in such routine duties as is accepted as normal practice in diplomatic missions throughout the civilized world,” the note said. The note said that since the | U. 8. renewed diplomatic relations { with Bulgaria in 1947 the Balkan {country has not conducted those ‘relations on a friendly basis. The note recalled previous U. 8. (warnings that the U. 8. took a | ‘very serjous view” of the “reck(less accusations” voiced by the feontrolled Bulgarian press against Mp». Heath. “\_Kostov

Executed

| S gE | During. the trial in Sofia of i |former Deputy Premier Traicho Kostov, Mr. Heath was accused .

{of receiving secret information from Kostov. Later. Kostov was |executed. Mr. Heath denied the | accusations. AN | The State Department's foreign list indicates that 18 the U. 8S. legation in Sofia. Seven are military officers. Only three persons are assigned to the Bulgarian legation here, Mr. Voutov who is consular and charge d’affaires Mrs. Voutov and Constantin .Grigorov, an attache. v Bulgaria demanded Mr. Health's recall as “persona non grata” in | a note received at the State De- | partment early yesterday. | State Department experts saw

| little—if any-—chance that the | Bulgarian government would | back down.

| the recall of a diplomatic official |who is declared “persona non |graa” is practically automtic. If the United States does break off relations, such action since war's end.

Congress Leaders Laud New Policy

WASHINGTON, Jan. 20 (UP) | —~Congressional leaders today | praised Secretary of State Dean | Acheson for agreeing to removal | ot the United Nations’ ban on {full diplomatic - relations with Spain. Sen. Arthur H. Vandenberg (R. Mich.), chief GOP foreign policy spokesman, sald he be lieves Mr. Acheson followed the “correct course.” While not indicating any U. 8, approval of the Franco regime, he said, Mr, Acheson's change of attitude is a step “to our own advantage.” Senate Democratic leader Scott W. Lucas, Illinois, predicted “gen eral public approval” of the te Department's new policy. a Mr. Acheson outlined his new

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