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With Stalin They Say
Move Planned for Months, Hoosier Union Chief Says
By HAROLD DH. HARTLRY
posed tonight “another talk” with the atom bomb.
IChurchill Urce: Talk Hatreds of Cold War
Wants Conference on Highest Levels With Dictator to Discusss the A-Bomb EDINBURGH, Scotland, Feb. 14 (UP)—Winston Churchill pro- reported.
to Ease
Soviet Premier Josef Stalin about
Speaking on foreign affairs at his last scheduled big political] rally before the Feb. 23 general election, Mr. Churchill recalled was indicated in the report, but
Coal mir miners rs $tood. ‘today in open rebellion against their own leadership. They are refusing to work
--until they, the diggers, make
their union bosses and the operators sign a contract. An Indiana mine union leader today said the diggers have been
his earlier relations as prime minister*with Stalin and his war-time “Still, I cannot help coming back to this idea of another talk with Soviet Russia upon the high-| “The idea appeals to me of |p a Battle On supreme effort to bridge the git between the two worlds, so each can live their life, if 2 ~
colleagues and said: P I R ot tk est level friendship, at least without the
Attorneys Counter
--ghut ‘the country down. They say ~-a-head,-in-a-hurry.
+ talking over their plans on the
munist gets kicked out. i Refuse to
“make it tough enough to drive
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ARE budding... OVer. . ihe. State © morning, packing bags for “their
_ Lewis meets the operators. for a conference tomorrow.
planning their move for months, cursing the three-day week and the injunction procedure. They did receive the order to go to work. It was hed to all UMW district presidents who relayed it by telephone to presidents of all locals. Notified by Wire It was a long telegram. It not only told them to return to the pits but also told them what the court procedure would mean, It was too much for the miners to swallow. The union leader, deep in Hoosier mine térritory, said the boys this time would engulf the country in a quick crisis, get it over, get their contract and go back to work on a full week. They don’t figure it is cruel to
hatred of the cold war.” Mr. Churchill bitterly criticized the Labor government for having failed to make the atom bomb, itself. He said it was “one of the most extraordinary administrative! lapses that have ever taken! place.” The Soviet world has by far the; greatest military force in the world, he said, but the United States has the atom bomb. - “And now, we are told, they have a thousandfold more terrible manifestation of this awful] pow \ Although he did not elaborate, it was presumed Mr. Churchill was referring to the hydrogen bomb. However, the United| States has not claimed it has produced an H-bomb yet. Presi-| dent- Truman merely -has-author-.
it will bring the contract issue to
“We won't get anywhere ‘with injunctions,” the mine leader said. “We have 10 days work on the first one, then 80 days more when the Taft-Hartley injunction is issued. Then we will be right back where we started. Rebel Agains TH Act “We don’t think we are rebelling against the government, But we are rebelling against the TaftHartley law, and this time we shall see ad through, come what may. “It will take about a week to close the country down tight. And that’s what's coming. The miners, he said, have been
weapon.
Secretary Sent Home Under Guard
U.S. Deports Employee. From Berlin Zone BERLIN, Feb. 14 (UP)—Joan|q Cecile Von Goetz, 268, of Washington, D. C., former secretary on the three-power Military Security| Board here, has been sent under guard to the United States,
job for months. And when they got the telegram from John L. Lewis on Sunday, they said “This is the same old bunk.” Then they a. said, “This is it,” and went home. Informed sources said she was “Tired of It deported after she illegally entered “We've been’ kicked around like the Russian zone of Germany. a political football, We're tired She was reported to have told of it. Our families are tired of it.| oy¢porities that she had lived for We want to work, every week a two months at Weimar and Sonfull week. We need the money. sorghausen, in’ Soviet - occupied “But we won't: dig a lump of Thuringia. . coal until we get a contract and gn, told American authorities get our pensions back,” he said. she fled to the Soviet zone beThe miners don't lke the... ..o her military entry permit NLRB. to stay in Germany had expired, “The board will listen to the|., 4 would not be renewed. operators but will have no part Often Questioned
of us. What kind of justice is that? During her stay in the Russian zone she was questioned several
“We haven't signed the nonCommunist affidavit and we don’t|times by Russian officers and German criminal police, she said on
have to.- It’s right in our constitution that anyone who is a Com- her return here. Because of her connection with
ween {RG military. security -board.- Miss When the local president|Von Goetz was given even more phoned the Lewis message on complete interrogations than usuSunday, boys said “All right.” |al, it was said. But they didn’t budge. Her case took on ‘added imporSo that’s what the minérs are tance to: American authorities doing and what they expect to when ‘she returned to West Berdo, stock the industrial clock,|lin Feb. 1. U. 8. Consul Frank Lane said the girl voluntarily reported to his office that she had gone into the Soviet zone, and had given| her American passport and Army identification card in exchange f for an East rman residence permit. !
their bosses and the operators corner and make them Meanwhile the operators were | this.
trip to Washington. They ‘want to be on hand when and if Mr,
during her two-month stay in the; - But they weren't hopeful. They east zone by her German fiance, never are. {Kurt Tockenberg.
2 Mine Pickets Ambushed
And Shot in Pennsylvania
One Wounded in Side and Face; Pellet Removed From Other's Neck
PITTSBURGH, Feb. 14 (UP)—Violence hit the soft coal fields today when United Mine Workers pickets sought to enforce their outlaw strike. Two pickets were ambushed and shot at a mine in Pennsylvania. Pickets roved the West Virginia fields. The shootings occurred at the Toman Mine, near Derry, P Jrank Loar. 25 aud Ray Hans. Mr. Kozar, the more a said som them at a 50-foot range in the wounded, said he was unable to
re-dawn darkness. see his attacker, 2
went to the isolated mine site. For the second day the miners U. S. Abides Time
American authorities disclosed to-|
Miss Von Goetz told American authorities she was accompanied
State police
With Habeas Corpus
William Dudley Pelley, onetime leader of the Silver Shirts, was released from the Federal Penitentiary at Terre Haute today and immediately became the center of a new legal battle, First he was arrested at the prison gates by Sheriff John Trierweiler of Vigo County, at the request of North Carolina authorities. Pelley’'s attorneys countered im- ' mediately with a habeas corpus ‘action in ‘Superior Court in Terre Haute, to obtain his release. In the meantime a hearing was scheduled for 3 p.m. today in the office of Gov. Schricker to {determine if the wartime sediitionist can - be - taken back to
ized the development of such a North Carolina to serve an old The
sentence of two to three years
.ifor illegal sale of securities, {
Convicted in 1942 Convicted in Federal Court!
here in 1942 of aiding the Nazis, lin
lin speeches and writings, Pelley| received a 15-year sentence. At the time he was free on bond in
e North Carolina case. |
he parole brought the Silver Shirt leader's release from the| | Federal Penitentiary today. His attorneys, George A. Henry Indianapolis, and T. Emmet{ Kenzie of Washington, D. C,, {In their habeas corpus action | brought before Judge Clay Phillips in Terre Haute, contend that |Pelley’s North Carolina - prison [term was running concurrently with his federal sentence and that it has, therefore, been served. Claim Jurisdiction
They also insist that as a fed-
‘ject to. the jurisdiction of the U. S.| attorney general -and cannot be forced to return to North Carolina. Warden J. E. Overlade of the penitentiary said Pelley has been a satisfactory prisoner. “He always did what we told him,” the warden said. “A good
prison library.” “Attorney Henry declared that| Pelley is “a sick man,” and said that recently he has spent considerable time in the “rison hospital.
Indiana Flood
Threats Increase LOCAL TEMPERATURES
6a. m ..41 10a m., 41 7a. m .. 40° 11 a. m... 41 8a. m .. 41 12 (Noon) 41 9a m..41 1p m.. 41
Overnight rains will bring flood crests on Indiana rivers near those reached in the early Janvary flood, the Weather Bureau. warned today. Rain during the past 48-hour
period ending at 7:30 a. m, today already has boosted crests on the upper west fork of the White
stage as residents along other Hoosier rivers reported steadily swelling waters. Most rainfall in the past two days was reported at Vincennes, where 3.91 inches fell. But Muncie already has 15 homeless families after the upper White River rose early today to 3.55 feet above flood stage, equaling last month's mark.
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“TUESDAY, "FEBRUARY 14,1950
itl B-36 In Pacific as Engine Bums
17 Believed
an Second=Class Indianapolis, Indiana. lesued
Matter at Postattics = Dally
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Steckler Nominated "or F ederal Jue dge
Aboard Plane
On Alaskan Hop SEATTLE, Wash., Feb. 14 (UP)—The pilot ‘of an Air Force B-36, with 17 aboard, “ditched” the ship somewhere in the Pacific off the northwest coast today because of a fire in an engine, the Air Force
The plane carried a crew of 18 and one civilian passenger. The Air Force said no position
a message from the pilot indicated that the ship made its emergency landing in Queen Charlotte Sound off - the British Columbia coast. ~The six-enginé bomber was on a training flight to Alaska from Carswell ‘Air Force Base at Ft. Worth, Tex. Carswell authorities released the following messages it said it-had received: “Experiencing engine trouble at 30,000 feet. Will come down to lower altitude and attempt to clear up engine trouble.” Coming Down Then, later, from 17,000 feet, “severe icing conditions, instrument trouble, engine on fire, severe emergency. Will let down through overcast and try to lose ice and put out fire.” And, the last one, which said “continuing to let down, Alerting crew to bail out, but may ditch.” The Air Force at Washington said it had “definite” information that the bomber, which had taken | = off from Eilson Air Force Base, Alaska, had “ditched.” It said the pilot prought down the plane in the water rather than have the crew ball out. ] Coast Guard, MacKay Listening Post and “ham” operators reported picking up mes{sages from the pilot of the ship. An Air Force spokesman said the bomber carried plenty of gaso-| °. ¥ plenty neighborhood pu The Cutter Winona from Port
Angeles, Wash., the patrol vessel S. State Ave.?
Damp Pup Finds a Pal
For PSC as Of Baltzell,
Truman Picks Counsel.
Successor Retiring
Lawyer Pledges Devotion to Bench; Appointment Subject to Senate OK
By DAN KIDNEY, Times Staff Writer WASHINGTON, Feb. 14—William E, Steckler, 36, to.
day was nominated by President Truman to succeed Robert C. Baltzell as Federal Judge for the Southern District of Indiana.
Committeeman Frank M. McHale and Democratic National Chairman William M. Boyle : Jr.
Photo by Bill Oates, Times Staff Photographer, Misery loves ¢ company . . . otherwise why would a shivering
p choose to accompany Wilbur ©. Holle as the postman ado solidly through high water in the 4000 block of
It is a defeat for Associate
Justice Sherman Minton of the Supreme Court, who had opposed any McHale nominee. He is the justice in-charge of the Indiana district. Justice Minton had been assured by the President that the McHale selection would not be named; He is opposed -by many members” of the bar, who may take their fight against confirmation to the Senate Judiciary Committee of which Sen. Willlam E. Jenner (R. Ind.) is a member, McHale Top Man The Steckler nomination makes Mr. McHale, Indiana's most prominent . corporation lawyer, top-dog in the Democratic politieal serap-heap and is ized here as a slap-in-the-face for Gov. Henry F, Schricker. —While neither Justice nor Gov. Schricker had a personal candidate, Rep. Winfred K. Denton, Evansville Democrat, felt assured of their support for the bench. His weakening faith was shown, however, when he announced officially for renomination for a second term for Eighth District Con man,
Cahoone from Sitka, Alaska, and|— the tender citrus from Ketchikan were dispatched to the area where {the plane was believed to have set down, “Rugged Time” Seven. Canadian Royal Air Force planes took off to search. The Weather Bureau here said the area where the ship was believed to have ditched was swept bx 40-mile-per-hour winds and that the men aboard wouid have “a pretty rugged time” if they took to life rafts. One message from the pilot sald: “One engine “afire. Contemplating ditching in Queen Charlotte Sound between Queen Charlotte Island and Vancouver Island. Keep a careful lookout for flares or wreckage.” The area is about 350 miles northwest of here.
colony in 3102 Madison Ave. campers.
children went to school. The trailer campers were ordered to move by the owner, Walter Brydon. He has been cited to appear in Superior Court on a contempt citation Feb. 21 along with Floyd Jones, the. former
camp earlier as ordered.
“From all indications it's ; down,” & Coast Guard spokes- Won't Force ‘sm. Out |man said. But Mr. Brydon said he would
not force the trailer campers out. | “I can’t use force to evict the! people,” he said. “It is out of my hands now.”
—————————————————————— ce. | DIES OF HEART ATTACK MANILA, Feb. 14 (UP)-—Mrs.|PeoO Rosario Acuna Picazo, 80, mother of the late President Manuel
Roxas, died yesterday of a heart| Campers have one more chance to!
keep their trailer colony. -PThey must --appear-before the dren. Marion County Planning Com-| RAF PILOT KILLED HONG KONG, Feb. 14 (UP)—
stand. The commission will then determine whether the campers; can stay or will have to move. today when his Spitfire plane] The County Planning Commis-| crashed on Lantau Island, a large sion first approved the site for a but lightly populated island 10 trailer camp in 1941 as “an emer-| miles from Hong Kong. ' |gency war measure.”
90 Trailer Camp Families Spurn Order to Get Out
Refuse to Leave on Owner's Order and He
Says He Won't Force Them to Vacate By IRVING LEIBOWITZ Ninety trailer camp famiiies, ordered to move out of the South Side Traller Haven today, refused to leave the mobile
The day was no different than any other day for the trailer
Men went to work. The women washed and ironed and
———— - a ———— In. succeeding years, the commission granted one-year tensions.
owner, for failure to- close the Deighborhood, alarmed. over | plunging real estate values, want the trailer camp cleared out.
{private homes. If the commission (decides to allow the trailer camp{ers to remain, it must rezone the
But Mr, Brydon and the tratter]180
{of the home owners in the vicinity lof the trailer camp, sald:
YC their|LFaller, people. It js just not the »—=Other home owners complgined that while the trailer campers isent their children to school and took dther advantages of living in Perry Township, none pald taxes.”
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gress Matthew Welsh, newly inducted U. 8. attorney and a McHale compromise when he failed to put over John Hurt as successor to B, Howard Canghean, is here ati alUS8
they all ——— buy a $100 J Jefter-son-Jackson Day party on Thursday and Mr. Naish reported that he has kicked Among those om Indiana will be Alex Campbell, the McHale candidate for the Democratic nomination for the U. 8. Senate. their
we tr Vows Devotion Photo, Page 8 To Life as Judge
“If the Senate sees fit to confirm my nomination I shall devote the rest of my life to being a good judge,” William E, Steckler said when he was notified of the nomi-|in; nation here, Meanwhile, party leaders who Zoned for Homes ~|have fought factions seeking to The property is zoned only for stop Mr, Steckler's appointment, took a “sit tight” attitude toward the announcement, Apparently their view was that the court fight had been too long and too hard to make any comments before the judgeship nomiination receives final con: by the Senate. Gov. Schricker declined to comment “until I receive the official information.” _ Other party officials, known to have supported the Steckler appointment, said they Kh were not seriously concerned over the prospects of a Senate block. Sens.
ex-
But the home owners in the
nd. Henry Denk, 3225 Brill Rd., one
“We don’t "waht to criticize the |
, attorneys confer#0 that
firmation:
William E. Jenner and Homer H. Capehart, both Republicans, have no personal animosity toward Mr. Steckler, these party leaders
Mr. Steckler is a native of Mt. Vernon, Ind. ” He attended Indiana Law School in Indianapolis and res ceived his LL.B. degree in 1936: He was admitted to re practice the same year and took an honors ary post-graduate course from high] he received a J.D. degree in His early political connections were with the Indiana Young: Pemntraiie organization whi served
Chairman at different times, ‘ He was appointed by former
cratic member of the state elec. tion commission. He had served’ before that time as a member of the Marion County Election - Board.
At the outset of the present state administration, Mr. Steckler was appointed Public Counselor by Gov, Schricker. He has served in that posta year. The new judge is married and has two sons. The family lives at 5843 N. Keystone Ave, ns
Club Objects’ To Ingrid Film
The Indianapolis Woman's Dee partment Club has adopted &
ing of the controversial film
“Stromboli” in theaters here.
in the resolution that the cone duct of the film's director, Roberto Rossellini, and star, Ingrid Bergman, have “violated the accepted moral code and rules of decency.”
Valentine for Home.Folks—
Jerry’s Eyes Sparkle as
Appetite Picks Up but He Crosses Fingers About Leaving N.Y. Saturday
By DONNA MIKELS, Times Staff Writer NEW YORK, Feb. 14—Dear Boss: Have, Times Artist Hugh O'Donnell trace a heart around this story if you can. “ It's little Jerry Dunaway’'s valentine greeting to his wellwishers back home in Indianapolis. © Jerry's valeritine to the folks .back home is the reading on’ the scales in the Children’s Medical Service of New York University-Bellevue Medical Center—56 pounds, That's seven pounds gained since The Indianapolis Times flew the critically ill 7-year-old leukemia victim here for treatment with the newly discovered drug ACTH. And no scales could measure the new color in his face. The sparkle in his eyes. His new weight was Jerry's valentine surprige for his parents,
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- ignored President Truman's Taft-
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Hartley law injunction ordering thém back to work. At Richwood, W. Va. where three men were beaten yesterday, sheriff’s depu-
a caravan of 200 pickets ap‘peared. - i Close Pit
At Scottdale, Pa, gr hele] traveling in more than a mobiles, surrounded & loading ramp at a non-union strippingin
reed it to close, ; mine and force ! in
‘with shotgun pellets fmbedded in The other was
{to-work movement would develop) {in the belief that yesterday's
Government officials “planned no immediate action against the strikers. Some had hoped a back-
shutdown merely was the miners’ i way of celebrating Mr, Lewis’ 70th birthday. § 1t. did not ¥ sevelop. The miners stayed home again. Mr. Lewis Heets with the coal apersiors, jn: Washington tomorrow to reo: egotiations under court pit a “good - faith” bargaining. | Contempt of court action the 400,000 strikers for
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1 Mr. and Mrs. Earl Dunaway, 835 Eastern Ave. He gave it to them a day early, because Mr. Dunaway had to: leave New York yesterday to return to his Job at Allison Division, General Motors in Indianapolis. s Jerry had it made up with the .nurses. When his mom and Jad ame in he ran over to the scales, telling them to “come - » HE HOPPED and the scales that read ® pounds “the day he came in went right on up to 56 Jerry's folks told him it was de nicest valentine present he could have given them. They were so pleased that Jerry asked if he could send the news back home to his grandparents and little brother, Jimmy, and to all:the nice folks in Indianapolis who have beenfiliing his mall with get-well cards, presents and prayers for his recovery. ‘It's not surprising that Jerry's gained weight. He eats drinks his fruit juices every hour during job of emptying the sacks of #00kies
how “this 1s, until you hear his mother tell of weeks of watching Jerry waste away, eating
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Doctors haven't told his parents yet when he'll be released. Because ACTH is still in experimental stages they can’t chart an absolute course of treatment. There's still a danger of relapse, and there's always the warning that any improvements the drug brings about may be only temporary. While Jerry was having his early Valentine's Da es terday; there was a birthday pa progress at Day BY esity Hospital for the second Indianapolis leukemia victim flown here for treatment, Tyrone (Tony) Diggin,
The best present for Tony as he turned 11 yesterday was the surprise sent to him by the Variety Club of Indianapolis—his’ Dad, Thomas Diggin, 1064 Oliver Ave. It was just as big a surprise to Mr. Diggin. As he tells the story: He was sitting home the other ‘day when B. N. Peterson of the Variety Club, the group of theatrical men who paid for flying Tony and his mother to New York, came in to see if anything else was needed, J ” ” td : » » » “HE ASKED me if there was anything else they could do,” Mr. Diggin said. holding something back, “He sald he thought I was holding back. That there wassomething. And that he was there to help me. I finally told him the only thing I wanted was to be with Tony on his birthday. But that I might as well forget about it.
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Prometion of the film is in opposition to the department's objectives involving the “spirit«
tional growth of Indianapolis,” according to the resolution. In urging boycott of the movie, the club charged that conduct of the actress and director is “detri= mental to the moral and ethical concepts that we desire in our children . ., who are influenced by motion pictures.” The department said It was not ~ sitting in judgment of the film, the actress or director, but was “sitting in judgement of studios which have allowed this sort of thing to continue over the years.” Although the club said the lives
lot stars and directors are their
own, it contended that loss of pris vate life is the price of fame.
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“He said I might be surprised and that I might hear from him. Well, T went downtown to pay some utility bills and when I got back he'd called and left a message. He sald my tickets were all taken care of, to fly here and see Tony.” In addition to the presence of his dad, Tony had a real Hoosier birthday party. When he flew cross-country Mr. Diggin brought with him a gallon of ice cream from Schlosser Ice.Cream Co., 705 E. Market St. He used to work there and the dairy sent the ice cream MOVIES sevevsssnccnsinne
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always get birthday cakes for their 10 children, fixed up a cake : and sent it along. Side GIANCES sesanevsnnes 12: Mr. Diggin got in late Sunday night. But University Hos- Society BER Fae pita] attaches arranged to keep the ice cream cold overnight so | Sports «..esscccsceses 4-15 | that yesterday Tony and all the children around him had an ! Earl WIHISON cavevesvanan Tio “imported from Indiana” birthday party. 4 Alin al, yesterday was & big dey for the Hooders in New York City.
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