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61st YEAR—NUMBER 34

A "new look” for motorists who thinks accidents can be

Building Here-Hit-By 2-AMlarm Fire

Damage $20,000 at Metal Industries, Inc.

A two-alarm fire flashed through the second floor of Metal Industries, Tnc., 1420 E. 20th St., at noon today, causing damage estimated at more than $20,000. Flames already had eatén through the roof of the two-story brick building when firemen arrived, but it was soon extinguished before it could spread. The blaze started in a paint room and spread quickly to another rooin where cardboard boxes, thermos bottle parts and pulverized cork were stored. One of the group of buildings

in the. the

WASHINGTON, Apr. 15 the envy—of Washington official

samba.

Princess Fatimo Royal Privileges

make motor scooter gas tanks, because she married a California

sleds and other accessories.

president, and R. Ferrday Jr. the Shah of Iran. plant treasurer, said damage The 21-year-old Fatima

injured.

Leopold Offers

[Medical School, were { Thursday by Mayor | Tranchida of Rome suburb. ¢ -. Ed

TEHRAN, Iran, Apr. 15 (UP ~The imperial court announced

today that Princess Fatima has bitter end were redbeen <aented "RI TOVRI pHVIlOgIs Mason SEE SEed It seemed that this dance-to-|Czech government's {student in Rome this week with- 4aWn routine after three days of appear to be designed to end con- ment is studded with Commu-| “The American R. D. Robinson, corporation|out the permission of her brother, Official sight-seeing had taken a tact between Czechs and Ameri- hists. can officials through widespread of Tom Paine, Revolutionary War in my zone know that,” says Mr.| Before leaving for New York, intimidation. I . Mr. Gonzalez plans to hold a re- : 1d exceed $20,000 No one was Vincent Lee Hillyer, 25, of Los we Banos, Cal., a student at Harvard CéPtion for the Chilean colony married "ere. Salvatore! Civitavecchia, a

and

El Presidente’s Too Fast—

Chile's President Gonzal | Outdances U. S. Diplomats On Cold War

Leads Merry Pace in Sambas at Washington Party das Red-Eyed Officials Greet Dawn

(UP)—President Gabriel 0 Videla of Chile leaves for New York today with good wishes—and —7The United States today -ap-

is a bit too fast.

danced

them

is being planned by Secretary of State Charles Fleming (center), reduced by more careful examination of motorists’ eyesight. Mahlon Leach (left), director of the state Bureau of Motor Vehicles, and Dr. up devices for testing drivers depth perception and side vision yest

Gonzales

into

M. N. Scamahorn, Kokomo, set ont even feel sick.” erday in the Statehouse. -

He impressed them deeply with his statesmanship and ‘his

former, but they admitted wearily that ————— El Presidente’s pace at the latter Moscow has been consoldidating, demanded his autograph. His

SATURDAY, APRIL 15, 1950

Judge Howard a Definitely Says He Is Not Dead

‘Barkley Blasts a La OP on Reds InU. $. Jobs

inice when they lay me out.” Warns Against Those

Municipal Judge Joseph Howard Who ‘Sow Rumors

{was a little indignant this mornling about rumors. The judge; very And Suspicion’ By JOHN L. STEELE

{active and feeling fine, didn't apUnited Press Staff Correspondent

|preciate being. dead. He wasn't |dead. A veteran named Joseph HowTHIS MORNING . WASHINGTON, Apr, 15— Ny NING rumors circu- yr. : {lated that “Joe Howard is dead.” Vice President ‘Alben Ww. Telephones at City Hall, Police Barkley, in an obvious refer-

jard died last night in Veterans: {Administration Hospital on Cold Headquarters and newspaper off- y : v Be huapters & ence to Republican charges

[Spring Rd.

Judge himself. ment, “I'm over here at the barber th shop. I'm feeling pretty good. No, sir, IT don't think I am dead. I

warned today ‘against

suspicion among us." : “The sharpest threats to the freedoms which we enjoy here in America’ have come, up to now,

- in not from , outside sources, but . 3 in g fed Ce ITO WIERIN MY. Barkley “said. He spoke from the steps of the U.-8.-Capitol-in-an-address-mark< ing the opening of this city’s 150th anniversary celebration. As the Senate's presiding ofricer he made no direct reference to the current Senate investigation of Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy's

| Russ Consolidating Gains, Officials Say

WASHINGTON, Apr. 15 (UP) peared in full retreat along the Eastern European front of cold war, - Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy (R. U. 8. officials conceded that Wis.) in the Senate elevator and

its position. from Finland to the name, he told the Senator, is

the Balkans by steadily eliminating Peter. ground early this morning at a American influence, hamstringing

Sen. McCarthy ‘obliged. He

gala reception at the Pan Ameri- WeStern propaganda activities and wrote in the lad's notebook

can Union. at 3:30

wide-awake.

When he finally left (Indianapolis time)—he was gay, perky and! The U.. S. officials who managed to hang on to the

a. m.

terrific toll on them.

operate an almond ranch in Cali- Mrs. Truman.

- fornia’'s San Joaquin valley. Temporary Measure |

[cess bride were expected to fly to

Might End : dlock New York for their honeymoon. BRUSSELS, Belgium, Apr. 15 gijjlyer was reported to have (UP)—King Leopold III offered met the beautiful Fatima when from exile tonight to transter his he crashed a New Year's Eve

. . party given by the Shah and his royal prerogatives to his 19-year- three sisters at the swanky Exold son, Prince Baudouin. celsior Hotel in Rome. The Shah

If parliament recals him to the at the time was on his way back

throne, King Leopold said, he to Tehran after visiting the U.S. would agree to turn over his royal - —- duties temporarily to his son and : 2 heir EE “the—title of Tony Diggin e king himself until a final decision To Get Blood has been made. The King proposed the com- : ; promise in an attempt to end the In Fight for Life deadlock that has paralyzed Bel-' nv RPONE (Tonv) Diggin will gian political life since the Bel- got 5 hlood transfusion at the St. gian people voted by a majority Vincent's Hospital today, as of 57 per cent Feb. 23 in favor doctors continue to fight the leuJe. ne. ....kemia which, is. sapping the local The King made the offer in a 11-year-old's strength. speech recorded in-exile in Cwitz-

Fetes Truman

He said

Mr. Gonzales arrived here last government. Wednesday for a three-week visit. often “|He visited Arlington, Mt. Vernon, charges, have forced the

2 1 | MR. HILLYER is the son of | Congress, and last night gave a States ot plan substantial reduc0 Ive on ein Dr. and Mrs. Leroy Hillygr, who dinner in honor of President and tions of embassy staffs in other

They exchanged amenities, and Vincent Hillyer and his prin- Mr. Truman praised Mr. Gonzales

he. hoped to be able to accept Mr. Gonzales’ invitation to visit Chile

before his term expires.

“Nothing

sured him.

House.” “Then

came

in the world would please me more,” Mr. Truman as“Of course, I cannot make a firm appointment on that because I never know what is

~ going to take place in the White

the reception "at

which 50-year-old Gonzalez proved he could out-last many an Amer-

ican 20 years his junior. | 2000 Guests

There were about 2000 invited

guests, rhumbas,

and sambas,

the

American dances. — Shortly after midnight, “Mr.

band . played tangoes and

While his mother stood by, Tony Gonzalez left with his Wife, and

erland and broadcast over the spent a restful night at the hos- most of the guests thought rue-

n National Radio. It was pital

where he has been placed fully that it was a shame such a of the U: 8.-embassy’s informa-

his first speech to the Belgian under an oxygen tent. At times good diplomatic party had Ba seldom

Germany invaded when he was awake, he asked so early—although people. since Ge , : about the bicycle his parents have that any Washington function promised him upon his recovery. lasts much after 12 o'clock any- the Iron Curtain that Moscow's day he should be invited to turn

Belgium in 1940.

Steckler to Take

HE ALSO talked about the |baseball presented to him Thurs-

way.

I Mr. Gonzales returned about 15 is bringing the Voice of Amer-

it's

day by Ted Sullivan, business/ minutes later. After three days of

Judge Oath Today manager of the Indianapolis In- official receptions, Senora Gon-

dians. The ball has been auto-

attorney, will sworn in today as Federal Judge for the southern Indiana district. sor Tony, to be presented at midSteckler, ‘a native of Mt. Ver- night tonight in the Indiana Theanon, will succeed Judge Robert tor ‘will go ahead as scheduled in C. ‘Baltzell, years on the federal bench here last Jan. 19. Baltzell reached the retirement age of 70 last August.| Lovely Home

Steckler resigned as public counNear Two Good

selor for the Indiana Public Servjce Commission earlier this month,

the local baseball team.

when his nomination was con- Schools firmed by the U. 8. Senate. He served as Democratic member of ? = NEW LISTING the state election board during Beaut. DIK. Colonial. ‘With. 4 the administration of Gov. Ralph tmiy. bdrms. 13 bios. maid's rm. F. Gates, and was named to the Javatory ‘off entry hall posust reak-

PSC post by Gov. Schricker in January, 1949.

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Ends at Dawn

|zalez was fatigued and wanted to|people” of “the area.” William E. Steckler, 36-year-old graphed..by. -all the members..of|get-a- good night’s- rs

sleep. ‘As for] Indianapolis

the president, he was in the mood ‘Our House Burned Down’'— . The Variety Club’s benefit show for some more sambas.

The party went on—and on—

who completed 25/gpite of Tony's turn for the worse. and on. One-by-one, the less hardy

Americans fell by the wayside and slipped out furtively for home. A

few pleaded hoarsely with the) for “Home, Sweet,

band

leader

Home,” but Mr. Gonzalez showed

ino signs of weakening.

| He finally decided to call it a | day just as dawn was tinting the

eastern sky. He waved gayly t0 left me in the car.” his guests and set out briskly for [aura Lynch, she said. Spell it. {his official limousine. He was obviously in the mood|

[for more parties as good as this

one,

Look out, New York !!

St. Louis Weather Lottery Smashed

{ ST. LOUIS, Apr. 15 (UP)—A friendly policemen asked her.

{multi-million dollar weather lot-

/tery was smashed today with the answered.”

tures

forcing reduction of diplomatic staffs. These recent developments show the picture:

American “To Peter, with best wishes. Joe McCarthy.”

Peter stared first at the sig-

nature and then at Sen. MecCzechoslovakia — Czech em- Carthy. ployees of the U. 8. embassy have “So you're the guy that's been OE orAcals sald the! rere said. =

actions

Then came a call from. the about Communists in govern-|

ose who would “sow rumors and’

WASHINGTON, Apr. 15 (UP) charges that the State Depart.

—_ FORECAST: Clear, frosty tonight. Partly cloudy, warmer tomorrow. Low tonight, 30. High tomorrow, 60.

Mr. and

If Russ Won't Behave We Should Make ’Em For Unarme

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Entered as Second-Class Matter at Postoffice

ndianapolis. Indians. Issued Daily

Angry U.S. Fliers To En Hunt For Missing

Man in Street Hasn't

With Soviets, Wants No War but No Sass

. By CLIFF Fight Russia. The man on the street has

shooting down American planes.

Mr. and Mrs. Indianapolis are Americans. They do NOT want

war. Neither do they want to Union. Cold War? The man on the street isn't concerned with

the definition of a cold war. He .thinks in a straightforward right -from -theshoulder way. Let's take nothing from Russia. “We should do more than mildly protest,” “says Basil Georgeff, 3111 Central Ave.

i ¥ _

Mr. Georgeff

can't let another war happen. I

was over there -in combat.

The

Russians can be both stupid and

mean. start another war by

We can't allow, them .to shooting

down our planes.”

-Gmund, many,

doesn’t the Russians really want to § fight America but “America should teach them another

tactics.”

pamphleteer. Poland — Ten members have

| American embassy in accordance be called “subversive.” with a ‘request” from the Polish| Mr. Barkley said that the United accompanied by. ‘'spy’|Russian-dominated world. But-he of our freedoms, no less insidious, no less dangerous. And this lies {Iron Curtain countries. within ourselves.”

Finland — Sturdy Finland is

on maintaining friendly social and freedom herz at home in order to economic relations with the west. Protect ourselves from this outside Moscow radio has criticized threat. Finland sharply for “aping” the And these same forces which United States. The broadcast Would abridge our freedoms, sow

took to task a barber in Helsinki Fumors and suspicion among us,”

e said. Seek Budenz's List “Those who seek to restrict ideas are among those who have no real confidence in America, its people and its institutions” ~T Meanwhile, Sen. Homer Fergun (R. Mich.) said that “Senate

who advertised “shaving and massage in the American style.” The broadcast also complained that Finns prefer American films and that they censor Russian movies, particularly one that “shows that the Marshall Plan g, leads to enslavement of Europe.” investigators should ask former The official nature of the broad- Communist Louis F. Budenz for cast gave it the character of a pig ist of 400 “concealed” Comthreat which, diplomats said, will munists not be lost on the hard-pressed ;

Finnish government. the Communist “Daily Worker,” Elsewhere, Communist stric- said in a speech at Midland, i against. American. informa- Mich:;- Tuesday that he had such’ tion and cultural activities have a listing of persons in “various intensified. In Bucharest, . Ro- organizations that control public mania, for instance, the activities opinion and policy.” Sen, Ferguson told reporters tion office have been halted by that when Mr. Budenz testifies government order. before a Senate Foreign RelaThis trend, so universal along tions Subcommittee next Thurs-!

Mr.- Budenz one-time editor. of

control direction appears obvious, over his list in secret. Subcommittee" Chairman Millica to the fore as this country’s ard E. Tydings, (D. Md.), quick{principal means of reaching the ly vetoed Sen. Ferguson's sug- _ gestion. *

Tres

Wandering Moppet Insists On Ice Cream at 5:20 A. M.

“I DON'T want any hot chocolate, I want some ice cream.” Eugene Sumter, clerk in Haag's Drug Store at .38th and Keystone, eyed the moppet that wandered into his store at :5:2 a. m. today and figured she had a mind of her own. She told Mr. Sumter she was 5 years old, that she had

walked a long way and that “Mom and Dad got on a bus and

Her name The speaker identified himself

|“Luernch.” , | By this time Mr. Sumter de- Mich. He |cided to ring in the police. Patrol- stepfather. {men Paul Pearcey Jr. and Elmer ® xn [Huber answered the call, HE TOLD police that he had | Cross - examination over ) chocolate sundae continued. come here in search of work, ar- # = = riving here at midnight last night “WHERE do you live?” The with his wife, Lillian, an infant

] lice |baby and Laura. Mr. Oakley said “Our house burned down,” she'that when he arrived here he

drove to the home of his grand-

was Laura Lynch's

the

larrest of nine men, a deputy . ‘Where was it before it burned parents, Mr. and-Mrs. John Moore.

|sheriff and a printing shop pro- down?”

|prietor.

{ _ All except Harold B. Blumen-| |thal, the printing shop operator,| tioning was getting them no place. seat—so he decided not to diswere arrested at a north St. Louis Patrolman Pedrcey and Huber turb her.

|filling station where they went hustled their little charge off to. Ito pick up their batches of tickets. Juvenile Aid. ‘| The ring netted $2.6 million a +year, Capt. Joseph A, Wren said. of a lost child found in a drug, {Lottery ticket buyers bet on future store brought a breathless call to “was a long time ago up in

\weather con

difions, t .

¥ |3335 N. Tacoma Ave. When he “Way, way up that way.” {parked the car in the drive, Laura Realizing that this line of ques- was sleeping soundly in the back

Parents and child were being reunited this morning. The house that burned down? “That,” Mr. Oakley explained,

An announcement on the radio

ipolice headquarters, « Michigan.”

United said the nation has “another foe ;

The Vice President cautioned coming under increasing Soviet 88ainst “voices among us demand- |} as a president “who understands pressure because of its insistence ing that we cede away some of our, democracy as we do.”

as John Oakley, 24, of Honor...

A German, in Indiana on a

business trip, doesn’t believe the warn them, cauRussians want war. —The sweet-faced boy of about believe they have the “guts” to the, 8 tender years dashed up to fight.

He doesn’t

R. W. Sinn, of GerUnited Zone,

think

tates

he believes

lesson if

rot Mr. Sinn

inn. “Germans don't want war

If Palne were allve today, Mr. and they aren't worried about it.| been cut from the staff of the Baikley said, he probably would We don’t believe the Russians will

fight.” -

Mr. Sinn, a former engineer (UP)—Cpl. Gustav A. Mueller, Similar “requests,” States faced a challenge from the with the Graf

Zeppelin plants,

to confer with officials of the Ross Gear &

fayette. “I think they should stop this foolishness” says H. R. Murphy of 1021 N. Ninth 8t., Lafayette. “We can't tolerate Russians shooting down

Mr. Murphy or even shooting at our planes.

e won't have it.” John Pike, of

Waynestown, ._

th sh be

ge th wi

away with some-

th sa

going to have to’ lick anyhow, why not

be should be done about it.

"Winners Tomorrow

inks an early owdown would better. “If we let them t by with anying now they 11 try to get

he are.

ing else,” id. “We

them soon

Mr. Pike now and get it over with.”

“Hell, no, the Russians should not be allowed to shoot at our planes,” H. H. Lammey of 5615

Winthrop Ave. declared. : “I. don’t like oo 00 HB sO things!” Mr Lammey said. ] “If they. are Mr. Lammey shooting at our

planes it should investigated and 6 something We

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Mrs. Indianapolis Speak—

“We just,

“was in “Indtanat

Tool Co. of La-|

tires tomorrcw will reach 53 under

7 mr PRICE FIVE CENTS

swe

cl ss. § Craft Attack

| Baltic Hunt for 10

no patience for Russian fighters ; ' Ends Tomorrow; All

Clues Prove False

By ROBERT MUSEL United Press Staff Correspondent

COPENHAGEN, Apr. 15— Mrs. Harolda phe 1, 8. Air Force decided

Hendrickson, . 1937 S. Emerson today to-end its search for Ave. thinksga missing U. S. Navy Pris present difficul- pao ties—with Russia vateer at sundown tomorrow, are “pretty bad.” It apparently is convinced “They should the plane and its crew of 10 diss have finished the 3500areq in the Baltic without tussians while 3 race after being fired at by they were at i§.” goyiet fighters. : - The decision was announced by.

Plane

Much Patience

THURMAN

take any “sass” from the Soviet

shouldn't allow and get too big."

‘em’ to act uj

she said. “We

_. thouldn t beri gen—Jomm K-Canmom th: Gru

Mrs.Hendrickson bothered with them now.” Wailter-Schumaker,-Greenwood,; is against another war ‘but he believes something should be done to curb the Russian aggression 'in the cold war. “We should

Air Force commander in ‘Europe, at - Air Force headquarters in Wiesbaden, Germany. The search went on today for: the seventh consecutive day since the Privateer disappeared last Saturday on a routine, round-trip training flight between Wiesbaden and Copenhagen. Sight Several Object Search headquarters at Kastrup Airfield here said planes skimeming over the Baltic had radioed back several reports of objects floating on the water. .

tion them first,” he said, “and if they don't take warning wef should de. some-

thing else.” | One report said an object res - On down the {sembling a raft was sighted 70 street, in the Mr- Schumaker miles west of the Soviet naval

hotel lobbies and in the corner Dase at Liepaja, Latvia, But Air |drug stores, Hoosiers voiced the Force officials, stung too often same opinion. by false alarms, said they needed If Russians don't behave further Information goon eons | few centrating on the spot. We Shobld make them, | ‘It was over Liepaja that Moss ' cow reported a flight of “Soviet fighters intercepted a four

then

newspaper Pravda as the missing

. y wd Po ol — hn RTT TTT | In Russ Spy [ase | Privateer—last Saturday. But he recalled the career people mean well, the Germans, : Moscow reported that the

I A | American plane opened fire on the : ped |fighters and that the lead fighter Corpora Trap |returned the fire. Then the AmerBy Counter Agents ican plane “disappeared” out over = the Baltic, Moscow said. How= GARMISCH. Germany, Apt, 15} ver, the U. 8. Air Force said the | 19, privateer was unarmed. of St. Paul, Minn., was convicted | Search Reduced

|tenced to five years in prison by |a court-martial today.

| Mueller admitted on thé witness

police said a canister had been washed ashore 10 miles north of Bornholm Island, off the south{stand that he offered to act as a[S'5 1p °% Sweden, on a reduced spy for Russia and even gave|scale today. Ten planes went some secret documents to two |back to their home bases yesterAmerican counter - intelligence day, but 16 B-17’s and C-5¢ Skyagents, who were pretending to masters continued criss-crossing be Russian spies. |the Baltic. But he did so, Mueller said, only] News that the Soviet Union had because he wanted to trap the awarded the Order of the Red “Russian spies” and turn them Banner to four airmen, presums over to his commanding officer. |ably those who fired on a plane He said he wired an offer to/over Latvia identified by Moscw. 1 the Soviet légation in Bern, Swit-|as the missing Privateer, was dliszerland, to act as a Russian spy,|cussed angrily .among search but insisted he “did” 86 only “out Crews: } . of a curiosity.” f That's Fine The two counter-intellegence| “That's fine,” snapped an officer agents in whom he confided, had who said he was a roommate of testified that Mueller told them one of the 10 missing crew memshe made the offer, because he be-/bers. “It must take a lot of lieved in communism. He asked courage to shoot down an une

‘no money for his services, they armed plane.”

said. Briefing officers, concerned by Under the articles of war under/the attitude of the fliers, reiter-

swhich:-he was charged; Mueller ‘ated warnings that “they must

could have been sentenced to stay at least five miles from any death. The Air Force court-mar- Russian ship and at least 20 miles tial which fried him directed that from the coast of Latvia. he serve his five years at hard| Stress was placed on this bee labor. icause, in the foggy weather of Mueller was an Air Force cor-'the past few days, one B-17 flying poral studying at an intelligence fortress suddenly’ found itself school here when he wired his passing directly over a lar: offer to Bern. After he discovered Russian ship at an altitude of the agents sent to contact him only a few hundred feet. actually were Americans, ‘Mueller

said he twice tried to kill him- Co-Pilots’. Father

self eral Bree] Joes eeesesnjured in Fall Spring Weather "NEW YORK, Apr. 15 (UP)—

. The father of the co-pilot of the Creeps in Slowly us Navy Privateer. which has LOCAL TEMPERATURES

been missing over the Baltic Sea since last Saturday, plunged five

6a. m...30 104 m.. 43" stories down a dumbwaiter shaft 7a m... 31 11 a m... 43 {today. 8a.m...34 12 (Noon) 46 William Seeschaf, 62, father of 9a m.. 39 1p m.. 47 [Navy pilot airman, Lt. Howard

Spring weather slowly is creeping back to Indianapolis. Warmer south winds today were to push the mercury to 48,

William Seeschaf, suffered a pos sible fracture of the spine and left leg in the plunge. Police said Mr. Seeschaf, a iplumber, either jumped or fell - {down the two-foot uare highest in four days, and hold it from his apartment oy at to a low of 30 tonight. Tempera- floor of a Bronx apartment house, He crawled out of the bottom partly cloudy skies. Tonight will of the shaft and into the back be clear and frosty. The mercury gard, Where he was Jou by he eached 38 yesterday and fell to 2Partment house superintenden yepeled 3% Yesueraa: " "Felix Herbst. Mr. Herbst said Mr. Sandbags were thrown on Seeschaf mumbled over and over weakened dikes along the Kanka- 88310: I want to die . . . I want kee River in southern Lake Coun- . ; ty, where some 60 farms already wire, Sesschal said her husband were partly under water. The — ot - Espen ent ves sins river was reported subsiding to- D ot e- etter from the ar ye epartment saying our son was y. |missing. He has refused to work.”

DELAY SHIPPING STRIKE NEW YORK, Apr. 15 (UP)—A two-coast shipping strike which tire Portage business district and had been scheduled for midnight chased 25 families from their tonight was postponed for on# apartments was brought under week today by an AFL control by firemen from four Union in the hope of reaching aft

spr ——— 25 FAMILIES FLEE FIRE PORTAGE, Wis, Apr. 15 (UP) —A fire that threatened the en-

cities today. Damage was gesti- agreement with 38 major shipping ? E

companies, ¥

of “attempted espionage and sen-| Another report from D ish gi