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At Hearing on McCarthy Accusations WASHINGTON, Mar. 20 (UP)—Gens. George C. Mar-| shall and Dwight D. Eisenhower today defended U. S. Am-|
bassador-at-Large Philip C. Jessup against charges that he|
President Denies Secretary of State Is on Way Out By MERRIMAN SMITH . ‘4+ United Press Staff a Ne, Their defense of Dr. Jessup against charges made by| KEY WEST, Fla, Mar. 20 Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy (R. Wis.) were contained in state-|— ne White House today de-| ments read into the record of! nounced as “a complete fab-|
. rE Te fines - - ” i a Senate F . Relati G hit h S | rication” recent broadcast Sbnsittes over] U | C gy dl S and published reports that,
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the accusations. Chief Justice of the United!
{ - - Cen Marshall, former secretary (J Polish Shi of State, and Gen. Eisenhower, | Voices Wish
war-time supreme _Allled com-| of State. Of Luck for Judy
mander in Europe, stated their| views in personal letters to Dr.| Jessup.
Sub-Committee Chairman Mil-| iidea of taking him out of his
lard E. Tydings (D. Md.), read Valentin A. Gubitchev, a Rus- post.
the letters after Dr. Jessup him-| Pa . »| self told the sub-committee that | 5130 diplomat given a 15-year sus-} - “There'ls no truth to this story,”
Sen. McCarthy's pro - Communist [Pended sentence for spying against aid Secretary Charles G. Ross.
{President Truman, through his|
charges are “utterly irresponsible’ the United States, sailed for home! gence in the Secretary of State
¥ in a ——— Whe
States Fred M. Vinson might re- ° place Dean Acheson as Secretary =
‘In an unusually strong denial,| ,
|press secretary, gave Mr. Acheson * NEW YORK, Mar. 20 (UP)— 2 big boost and said he had ‘no!
|“The President has complete con-|
strength in those critical days.”
McMahon (D. Conn.).
and damage “the interests of our today with a word of “good luck” and. belives he is running the| ;
country” and its foreign policy. Mr. Tydings interrupted a cross-
examination of Dr. Jessup by Sen. |
Bourke B. Hickenlooper (R. Ia.), to read the letters. The first was from Gen. Marshall, now president of the American Red Cross. Gen. Marshall said he is “shocked and distressed” by Mr. McCarthy's attack on Dr. Jessup. He recalled the days of the Berlin blockade by the Russians and described Dr. Jessup as a ‘great source of
Never a Question Gen, Eisenhower, now president of Columbia University, noted that Dr. Jessup is a member of “the faculty of that school. “I am writing to teil you how much your university deplores the association of your mames with the current loyalty investigation in the United States Senate,” Gen. Eisenhower wrote. .“No one who has known you
(for Judith Coplon, his co-defend- department admirably.”
ant in the espionage case. The President was considering
The Rocky, 33-year-old Russian, limited access to some loyalty (sailed at 1:11 a. m. (Indianapolisifiles after specific ‘charges have
time), aboard the Polish liner heen made against named indi|Batory, the ship used by Com- viduals. -
|munist Gerhart Eisler when he, But he was represented as
{fled the United States, {hoping that this woyld not be nec-! Handcuffed and in custody of essary. 3 »
U. 8." Attorney Irving H. Saypol, | “His principal interest,” one of Gubitchev was hustled aboard the his staff members, “is to see Batory at 10:59 a. m. {that innocent people are not He was taken to a first class besmirched and to prevent the
{lounge where he was greeted with!fopmation.”~ “ . a kiss on the cheek by his wife, Mr. Ross volunteered the denial (Ly dia. : {of reports about Acheson and Vin-| He Chose Russia ison, saying it had become necesTwo hours before, Federal sary to take cognizance of reJudge Sylvester J. Ryan had sus- ports that Mr. Acheson might] pended Gubitchev's sentence on duit and be Teplaced By 3 io condition that he go back behind jo WO 19 VISIng the | the Iron Curtain “never to re- 1 hate to dignify a rumor turn to the shores of-the United with a denial,” Mr. Ross said,
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Scores Key Point As Judge Rules New. [Evidence Permissible
| Former Librarian Here Tells of Beating Off Brutal Attack, Names Defendant
By-DONNA MIKELS, Times Staff Writer | COLUMBUS, Ind., Mar. 20—A long string of victims
‘who, it is charged, Robert Austin Watts either raped or attempted to rape will testify against him in his second trial
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part of the regular detour, it still is one of
States of ‘America.”. ~~ (“but there just is no truth what- | : : 2 «can for -a-moment question the One of Gubitchev's last state: ¢Ver-In these stories. ~~ 7 ear a or ee I Vi depth or sincerity.of your devo- + President Truman uséd the téele- LA.
tion to the principles of Americanism,” Gen. Eisenhower continued. : After reading the Jletters, Mr. Tydings said that Mr. looper could continue his investi-
gation. “I think we can stop; right there,” commented:
Sen. Brien
The reading of the two letters interrupted a series of questions put to Dr. Jessup by Mr. Hickenlooper, Mr, Hickenlooper had called attention to a letter on atomic energy which appeared in the New York Times on Feb. 16, 1946. It was signed by a numbér of mem-
7} Ee ae 1. imes Easter mail
ments “to newsmen concerned ny,.o this morning to hold his| Miss Coplon, a former govern- ysyal “Big Four” legislative con-| ‘ment worker who was sentenced! ference with Vice President Alban! {to 15 years in prison on a charge W. Barkley, Senate Majority
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Hicken= o¢ conspiring with him to steai Leader Scott Lucas of Illinois and
House Majority Leader Jolin W,
Patient Likely to Leave
Hospital Wednesday
By MRS. RUBY DUNAWAY the Indianapolis-New York “leulfemia shuttle” late today at In-
(Jerry’s Mother)
This ancient bridge at W. Vormont St. and Eagle Creek is geting a severe yest of its durability while W. Washington St. is blocked to traffic. Despite the warning flign of a three-ton load limit, heavy vehicles rumble across-the- span continually. Motorists say 7
North Vernon Leukemia Victim Off for N. Y. Today "Small City Raises Nearly $1000 Within A Few Hours to Send Youth to’Hospital
Times State
NORTH VERNON, Mar. 20
dianapolis Weir Cook Airport.
| take him to Lénox 7 ''l Hospital, New York City, where doctors will! gaid-
|U. 8. secrets A : McCormac of Massachusetts. v Accompanied by his mother, | Asked by a reporter If he Otherwise*his day was spent in NEW JORE- ar. 2 ory flo {wished Miss Coplon luck, he 're<\the sun and resting. {may Set ou on ue 8 ca. : lied: “Yes, luck—I wish her antag on sooner han © €X‘ltreat him with ACCH for the;
uck.” |
‘tree Police ‘Cowboys’ | Miss Coplon at present is tree F OIICE (COWDOYS on $40,000 bail pending an appeal. . Gubitchev was given a choice Stage Big Roun of serving his time in a U. 8. prison or of returning to Russia. In Coal Yard Here He chose Russia. > ; | . YIPPEE! YIPPEE!
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iE: faculty, including Dr. Jessup. -
, never have been a Communjst. I
Dr. Jessup told Mr. Hicken- Featur e: for : YOU
looper that the letter concerned “ atomic. energy. and was written ® “Mr. Meet the
a farm truck dumped. five steers
Jones, and three heifers into the street
four months before: the so-called Master” is a story espe- in "the 5300 block in Brook-| “Baruch” atomic energy control| cially for YOU . . . 'Iyjlle Rd. y plan was published. The latter is and for every “Mr, The policemen, however, were the official position of this.goun-.’ Jones” who bows in rev- | infantrymen and were handi-
try on atomic energy. Reads Two Letters “It was _-an' attempt to make what we helieved at the time was| a useful suggestion,” Dr. Jessup said. | At that point, Mr. Tydfhgs interjected to ‘read the letters. In! reading the Marshall letter, Mr.| Tydings spoke with heavy emphasis on this line: ~} “Throughout your intimate service with me while I was Secretary of State you were clearly outstanding as a representative of the government both as to your masterful presentations and the firmness of your opposition to all Soviet or Communist’ attacks or pressures.” The hearing shortly before noon. Mr. Tydings
erence to the Easter season.
@ "Mr. Jones, Meet the Master” is a collection of - the vigorous sermons by the late Peter Marshall, beloved chaplain of the
|capped “somewhat in cHasing the eight frightened animals through hill and dale until they _ surrounded them in a coal yard.
” ” ” ED PECKENPAUGH, 66, RR 2,
® “Mr. Jones, Master” contains the fundamental teachings of the Bible applied to problems of today ... moneymaking, law-making, homemaking, sex, schools, politics. “MR. JONES, MEET THE MASTER” STARTS SUNDAY IN THE TIMES
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TRUMAN DELAYS STRIKE KEY WEST, Fla., Mar. 20 (UP)
morrow by the
then recessed
12 western railroads. = i
pected.
Yesterday, the nurse told : | Jerry's doctors will finish with] im tomorrow, so he may be able |
{to leave that night. If he does, he|1ors in ‘the Nofth Vernon-Vernon|
can stay with me in the hotel, and possibly leave here Wednesday.
Some
of them leave, They want to compare
boys. because -both reacted the | Lane and the kindly truck drivers|Backs, who had been despondent same although Jerry was treated who stop at his place was with ACTH and Billy with corti- nounced in yesterday's. Sunday battle with the disease.
sone.
I want to shop for Jerry today,
and get his shoes fixed. wonderful to know
them out again.
ways has been fatal.)
'n" everything — went! (another young leukemia patient, into action at dawn today when|from Laurel, Miss.) before both | © Announcement that the cam-| the two paign had been started by Mr. Mr. Lane, a° close friend of the
that
important doctors are A squad of Indianapolis Police| coming tomorrow to take a look V8 rc @ fe BL
Te three years. : :
|stop outside of North Vernon, the
[leukemia he has been battling!
Dale’s trip was made possibile, through contributions of neigh-| | community who responded to the| (financial campaign inaugurated | {by V. E. Lane, owner of a truck
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4 Cheering Champs
School Dismissed; Big Parade Tonight
Times State Service MADISON, Mar. 20 -— Classrooms couldn't hold the bubbling enthusiasm of Madison High School pupils today. non - - Books and pencils were forss . | gotten as the festive spiritagain {spouted -in celebration of . the {Cubs’ victory over Lafayette Jeff < 4C lin the state basketball finals in; rocks; rattles and sways Indianapolis Saturday. e fastest shoots into town |. School was dismissed following |a general assembly, and the first | parade of the day got under way at 10 a. m. A huge torchlight {parade is scheduled for tonight. Thunderous applause drowned! the words of Coach Ray Eddy ‘when he rose to speak during as+ ~&. sembly. As he presented each vie~ torious team member, the pupil
| Principal K. Salm Connor and ervice Superintendent E. O. Muncie also ale Roger Back, 18. will board gpoke. to Credits Team Work eam co-captain Spence
« | T Mrs. Ruth Back, the lad will be gchnaitter summarized the atti-| wn by TWA to LaGuardia Field and there an ambulance will tude of his teammates when he the young woman the defendant
“It's not the coach or captain
versity-Bellevue Hospital doctors, arranged plane travel, ambulance
{service at LaGuardia. In New
York, doctors contacted the Lenox Hill Hospital where leukemia patients as old as Dale are ated. N A bed was reserved for the lad and doctors said they hoped they could arrest the disease that. has kept Dale bedfast
or stars that make the goals, but the everlastin’ teamwork of every bloomin’ soul.” Tears springing from the joy of victory were reflected in the eyes of some pupils as team members; the coach and school officials mounted the stage. The victorious team rolled into "this™ Ohio” "River “ety. “on “tire
Lois Burney. point today as the trial went
|into its third week in Bartholomew Circuit Court.
Judge George W. Long
Madison Stl [remiss svn
objections in holding the prosecution would be allowed to
introduce - testimony of other alleged victims of the former Ine
idianapolis city truck driver.
First to point an accusing finger at the defendant was an attrace tive former Indianapolis librarian, now a teacher in an exclusive out of-state girls’ school. Identifies Watts The young, perfectly poised teacher identified Watts as he sat
at the defense table. She res
counted his brutal attempt to criminally attack her. > She said he climbed through a window at an Indianapolis library before it was open in July, 1948, asked for a drink of water and then tried to attack her. : “He grabbed me, threw me to the floor and bit my shoulder with:-his teeth.” the pretty teacher testified. i ne SE She told how the former truck
-laudience repeated the welcome, driver battled with her and tore
her clothing. 8he said she escaped lafter dashing a pitcher of water {in his face and running from a side door. .
Defendant Calm During the direct testimony of
[sat with chin resting on his chest, | seerningly uninterested. He made no effort to repeat his sensational outbursts against state wi as he did on two occasions last week. S g Judge Long's ruling admitting the testimony of other victims clears the way for a line of wom= en to testify against the man who
on a sentence reversal by the
JETTY, and... Billy... a patient, SVE I RTA
Drivers Aid Campaign
Times.
telephone. calls
New Castle, told- police the cattle Yorkvby The Indianapolis Times drove into the truck drivers’ cof- © Nave Dale taken there, too. \broke out of his truck when he/almost two months ago for treat- fee spot amd by nightfall some-|
jmone, ACTH. The drug is not a had been collected. A crew of professional cattle cure, but has succeeded in arrest-
|nandlers from the stock yards|ing the course of Jerry's disease, by Dr. A. C. Baker, an evangelist, 1h" [recovered the cattle from the coal|leukemia, which heretofore al- who broadcasts over the nao (I) Wet Win S [station that he owns, WICD of|
. . = U. 8. Senate, [swerved to avoid hitting another ment with the new wonder hor- where between $500 and so Soring Arrives
(At University Hospital, doc-!'Seymour. '
tors said Tyrone (Tony) Diggin, | second Indianapolis leukemia vic-| North Vernon —President Truman delayed for| time to be flown to New York Dale, son of Mr. and Mrs. ‘Frank at least 60 days today by execu-|for treatment, was “about the |H. Back, and said h tive order a strike called for. to- same.” He is still receiving daily ‘able to-make the trip Switchmen’s| injections of cortisone and hopes Union of North America against|to be allowed to come home in
about three weeks.)
In the meantime, had
n-|/because the boy was losing his
Within a few hours after the It's so Sunday morning newspaper had A Jerry been delivered.in the community, . > even needs shoes, and can wear My, Lane began to get dozens of in New York for leukemia. defrom persons
(Jerry, 7, was flown to NeW wanting to pledge-money. Others if-arfangemants -coul) tie made! hamps the key to the city when|py the defendant.
-Calls were going out on the air
doctors at examined e would be, CAL TEMPERATURES
{ "In Indianapolis, Times repre-| (sentatives, who already had sent|
said he has no immediaté plans
Denies Being .a Red. Before the Marshall and Eisenhower letters were read, Dr.|._ Jessup told.-the..committee: “I am not a Communist and
EALEERS South Side Business Area Sill in Knee Pants:
have never been and am not now a Communist sympathizer.” When he declared that if Mr. McCarthy's charges were true it meant that he (Jessup) was “deceitful and fraudulent,” he looked squarely into Mr, McCarthy's face. -
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@ How do the Indians look? What spots are weakest? Strongest? Who's doing what? Why? What are the possibilities’ for the coming season? Who's . hitting? Who isn't? . @ Times Sports Writer Bill _ Eggert has become a part - of the Indianapolis In- . dians’ wigwam in New Orleans to learn and pass ° on to The Times’ readers answers to and many other. questions. - @ Bill will be sending back the latest, up-to-the-min-
.~ Troy and Shelby Shopkeepers Confident Of Future Expansion of 20-Year-Old District By MARION CRANEY : - a Hines oputer spreading from Troy Ave. and Shelby St. ute developments on the at ¢ ve pan sat pe : _ But every year; when an individual gets an urge to build his own Tribe as spring training business and become his boss, the district takes on another tenant, and another inch or two. 3
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friendly air.
operators in the five-block span]
: st 5 so Within the last 20 years the site has developed from a sprawling @ Read about the Indians | Gs : 4 {field of weeds and corn, bisected) 5,1 4 stone's throw from the
] business
Many of the small business
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Shelby St. and Troy Ave... . business there still is in knee pants. , 2 ey [the foudfth corner. The. stations, not as deeply planted in the fi-| all less than 20 years old, give nancially-rich soil, will- spread —The government | the corner a competitive, but/roots and become firmly settled. {U. 8. Court of Appeals today to Their office windows look out hold John L. Lewis’ United Mine, on large, hilly lots carpeted with Workers Union in civil contempt corn, weeds and plowed earth. for its failure to call off the re-|. ong Shelby south of Troy 160k ‘When Indianapolis develops and cent coal strike. with a speculative eye into “the spreads farther, these will be future. They admit they have to sites for 80 some to come up with their stations, knitting. together .the Tne ‘ leaders in business on the north community into a thriving, he-| Fay, it argued that the union ofand south—Fountain Square and/m i
, intoleity limits, intersection is set 1ctic Ho are ung ! \
an business center.
~y Mostly cloudy skies tomorrow
* Contempt Conviction
One of the \post-war J Dysinessitc comply with a_back-to-work
hag his fam engines yesterday and got a rous-
ing welcome from some 20,000 cheering: fans. ; ; | There were the usual traffic jams as folks from miles around {rode to town to help cheer the
home. The campaign was started by
Then Mr. Lane who had been! téam. The motor caravan began reading the stories of Jerry Dun- 2! Scipio, many miles. north of away and Tony Diggin. Indianap- Madison, where the police escort
< icaravan was four miles long. cided to call The Times and see Mayor. Bill Eckert offered the {they reached their gymnasium. | [Jubilation started here the min-| {ute the Cubs had won their first crown in beating Lafayette Jef-| |ferson. A bonfire was touched off, »_!sirens screamed. and crowds gathered at every corner. The bonfire was still going |strong at 4:30. .a. m. Sunday when {firemen extinguished the flames | {and told the crowd “to go home.” | But many persons stood there {just the same, talking up their |
34 Degree Low Forecast Tonight
6a.m...37 10a. m... 38 |beloved Cubs. = Ta.m ..36 11am... 39 | ee 3am... 38 12 (Noon) ww U.S. to Block a.m... 3 1 p.m... 41 ‘z L impale for. a. mistrial VGpring wi receive a wei, Red Youth March Kiomey Lew sna
i chilly reception. from Indianapolis | tonight. Due to arrive at 10:36 p. m., the
‘new season wiil be ushered in by!is determined to“block any Com- Made prejudicial remarks. to march into|Move came when Capt. Robert [and-showers, an appropriate end West Berlin during a youth con= Reilly, Indianapolis Police Départ-
[temperatures in the mid-thirties, munist attempt
vention in East Berlin 27 to 30. . Communist leaders have said that 500,000 youths her~ fos the will follow rain today and to- convention would “storm” {night. The mercury was expected western sectors of Berlin unless [to reach 40 tomorrow, after dip- they were permitted to demon-| {ping to 32 tonight.
‘ For three months—December|
[to the wettest winter in Indian- May ~##Polis and the state in the history
|of the Weather Bureau.
through February-—rainfall to‘taled 21.11 inches, breaking the
| 1889-1890 record of 18.24 inches. oe a | “adequate steps’ are being taken!
| Crickels Maks Debut to insure the safety nf West Ber- { The mercury will slide to 30 in 4. northern Indiana tonight. Oc-| He " said” the government {in |casional rain there today will end, - Washington has assured him of (tonight. Temperatures in Indian- | its whole-hearted. “ support for |apolis reached 42 yesterday, but plans to halt the Communist {fell to 36 early today. march if it is undertaken. : | Spring will receive a warm wel-! : - |come in the West, but the East Times "Index {also has chilly weather ready to
lor, U. 8. commandant here Aft-| jerward. he told newsmen that,
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.. High Commissioner John J, Me-| Cloy said today the United States Motion on the grounds Judge Long
U. 8. Supreme Court. The defense fought the admission of such evidence, insisting the state had failed to prove the . second count of the indictment which charges Watts killed Mrs, | Burney while in the commission {of a rape. |__ The prosecution
insisted ‘the
olis boys who are being treated 00k over. By the time it reached testimony of the former victims the outskirts of town, the auto | would establish “a pattern of |erime ‘against a certain class of
people” which had been practiced
Other Witnesses Other ‘witnesses this morning included two more Indianapolis women who testified as others already have done, Watts appeared at their door with a ruse of having a load of gravel and asking to use the telephone. : Harry Foxworthy, former deputy sheriff, testified as to ex. amining Watts when he was committed to the jail after Mrs. Burney's death. He said Watts had tooth marks on his hand and was scratched about the face. Er Judge Long overruled a motion
made: by:
harpnack just bee
BERLIN, Mar. 20 (UP)--U. 8, fore the noon recess. 3 The * defense .lawyer made the
The
ment, started testifying as to | Watts’ statements after his arrest, When .Judge Long asked prose. cutior attorneys if they -were
the “getting into the confession” the
move for .a mistrial was entered. Watts’ first trial was reversed
strate in all parts of the city.. by the high court on the grounds “Mr.. McCloy conferred all -day he
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was deprived of his rights and
with Maj. Gen. Maxwell D. Tay-/that his alleged confession of the
slaying of Mrs. Burney was illege
jally obtained. »’
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