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wes -nowarny 61st YEAR—NUMBER 293 aa SATURDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1950

Entered as Second-Class Matter at Postoffice Indianapolis, Indiana. Issued Daily.

FORECAST: Considerable cloudiness tonight and tomorrow; somewhat warmer tomorrow. Low tonight 20, high tomorrow 36.

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PRICE FIVE CENTS =

30 (UP)—Franklin Click, 31-year-| old father of five, was executed| early today for the: sex slaying| of a pretty high school girl, Phyl-!| {lis Conine, more than five years ago. | | Less than an hour before he) was taken to the death house |Click told Warden Alfred oe

he was innocent of the rape anu murder of Miss Conine.

house a few minutes after mid-| night and was pronounced dead

Grunenberg, chaplain of the prison, adminis-| tered last rites. The prisoner

lost. his

before the eXeécution. His at-|

Times State Service burned to death in their Edward Beavers is in the LawBubher. Ft.

Father Held { | Flash Blaze | Kills Tots in | BEDFORD, Dec. 30—The 32-year-old father of four modest home here is being held for investigation in con-| rence County Jail, pending furig ther questioning by police, the The door of the four room £ © house was locked while the chil-

In Fiery Death Bedford Home ‘small children who were nection with the fire. coroner and Fire Chief Ernest dren perished.

Wayne court asking for writ of error. They wanted to let the court hear a wire recording of state-|

of A flash fire, caused by whatiments Click made while under! fire officials said was an over-ithe influence of “truth serum.”! m— . heated stove, destroyed the small The attorneys claimed the .reBie cosine ——— ds mish os § home and killed Irene, 6; Helen, cording would prove Click inno- . Cs ra . vo \ 14; Charlotte, 3, and Linda Kay, cent, i As cool as if he were strolling in his own backyard, this tiny Korean orphan spurns aid from 19 months. The baby was found! The hearing on the appeal was grown-ups and, hands in pockets, nonchalantly walks up the ramp to board an American C.54 evac- [in its crib, two other girls were|continued to today, but the judge uation plane. The little boy was one of more than 1000 war waifs rescued from Red-menaced Seoul | an Hie floor, and a fourth on a day .

Dulles Rekindes | ‘There's No Place {] ggg lives

: . Like Home!” Find Alien Policy Row |

Warns Against U. S. | Abandoning Allies |

By JOHN L. STEELE United Press Staff Correspondent i WASHINGTON, Dec. 30—John! Foster Dulles, appointed Repub-| lican adviser to the State Depart-. ment to regain bipartisan har-! mony, today rekindled the congressional fight over American foreign policy. Mr. Dulles warned last night in a New York speech that the United States would be imperiled § if she abandoned her European Allies to Russian aggression. 3 s “Solitary defense is never imli pregnable,” he said. # .-'The speech partially contra-| dicted former President Herbert Hoover's recent demand that no more American troops or dollars be sent to Europe until the Western democracies build up a “foolproof dam against the Red flood.” | Speech Not Mentioned | morning! Mr. Dulles did not mention Mr. Hoover's controversial speech, but

he specifically attacked some of Teen Burglar S Ashe former President's conclu-| fg Loot 58000 The United States, Mr. Dulles : : :

said, “cannot be an “inactive Spe tator” in the defense of Western | 2 Men Arrest i After

Europe. ; The nation must not retreat Youths Confess

“Gi-|

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| ¥ Another story on Page 11 A small can of gasoline in the] house was still intact after the|t00k no action to stay the exe-|

blaze, Chief Buher reported.

Mother-at Work Gov. Schricker earlier this week! The fire chief said Mr. Beavers was refused. i

held on an open charge. The children’s mother,

{Elizabeth Beavers, 26, was work- beat her with a rock, and then

often hear the phrase— Child Lone Survivor

“There’s no place like home!” Find NOW the home you need and celebrate the 1951 holidays in the comfort and security of the home that will suit your family for years to come!

® This is the season we |

Co. at the time of the fire. |ing. EO oy ES, Argentina, | Mr. Beavers said he had goae| Click was arrested in August, ee: hed n gent ne alito visit a neighbor, Campbeli{1949, for the kidnap and rape o er a De a ty at ar Dlevins, shortly before the fire another girl. While being queskilling IT persons, » broke out. He said he had beenitioned, he confessed the sex mur- : | ‘An official report from the away, only a few minutes before slayings of Anna Kuzeff, and Wil- ® Smart home shoppers scene said the crew of five and he heard a woman screams aa. Later; he look Where they- know 2 passengers. were killed. The, Mrs. Elizabeth Brown, another ated his statement. they will-find"the LARG- [sole survivor was Susana Cas- neighbor, said she saw the flames ‘Most Unusual Case’ EST NUMBER of home |tilla, 7, who was injured critically. and attempted to get into the confession threw Ft. values, that is why the |Her parents were killed. | Sunday Times has be- The plane left Mar Del Plata|open the front door. come. The Real Estale |for Buenos Aires and crashed 19 Shopping Guide of Indi- |mjles from the summer resort. . annapolis! = {Rescue work was hindered by| ® The Times has a special - heavy rains. 3 { service . . . to order your | Identification of the charred the door, kicked it in. However, Howard. Sunday Armes ven | bodies‘ was still proceeding. ‘the flames were too intense to, ently m vered, _ipermit him to enter. just PHONE RILEY 5551 | The plane caught fire after hit-|P before midnight tonight and. your Times will be delivered to your doorstep first thing Sunday

The

The father then rushed on the

were not immediately identified. (the: first persons to reach the Mar Del Plata is 240 miles |Scene, said that the small home

{southeast of Buenos Aires. and children were doomed by the|

| . . time he arrived : i retrial. 4 Killed, 14 Injured | |

Acting Coroner Harrison C. ~Lobaugh is still being In Australia Crash

|Ragsdale ordered a complete in{vestigation of the tragedy today. |! BRISBANE, Australia, Dec. 30| This was the second disastrous that he ever v | (UP)—Four persons were killed residence fire in two days for his case is still to be settled. ‘|and 14 injured today when an|southern Indiana. Three children] Australian Air Force training|{were killed in a flash fire at Edinplane patrolling for sharks burg Thursday: crashed on a beach crowded wtih |

ence of death, but it is

case as “the most unusual in history of Indiana,” legal authorities said they could

beaches 60 miles north of Bris-|

bane. Circling the main beach| as the

“calm and undismayed”

In Chai | For Slaying As Rohbery

MICHIGAN CITY, Ind, Dec.|&

‘submitted to questioning by!

exonerated the 23-year-old womast an of any connection with the chance for life only a few hours North Salem bank holdup.

of Argentina Tragedy ing at the Stone Machine Tool raped her again as she lay dy-| at the neighbor's house, 200 yards der of Miss Conine and the rape-|

|Beavers’ home, but was unable to! Wayne officials into consternation {because they already had con-! Kicks Door In |victed Ralph Lobaugh, a former {gravedigger who confessed xill- | .ing Miss Haaga, Miss Kuzeff, and {scene and, when unable to open another woman, Mrs. Dorothea

Subsequently another man, Robert Christen, was given a life

he state freed him for lack of covidence after the State Supreme Court ordered a

Patrolman Paul Jackson, one of Sentence for the slaying of Mrs. ting the ground. The passengers | sentence fof |

held in Belgian

|the stafe prison here, under senunlikely was or will be executed and the chamber.

Wife of Student Appears Voluntarily | For Bank Raid Quiz

A young college student's |

Click was taken into the death/to rob a bank, voluntarily | i

Lure’ Cleared

Milk Takes Sudden Jump Of Cent Per Quart Here

Click Dies Woman NamedBlamed on Rising Cost From Farmers Due to erious Shortage

Lack Called Most Acute in Five Years;

Price Boost Comes Without Warning Milk prices have jumped another penny in the Indian-

|apolis area. ; Local dairies disclosed the boost today. They blamed of the Indiana State Prison that| wife for whose love an In-|it on the rising cost of bulk milk from farmers, due to the - \dianapolis man said he tried | most acute milk shortage in five years. :

Some dairymen said another penny boost may come in

at 12:07.5. The Rev. Fr. Richard| Hendrick County Sheriff| oman Catholiciyeon Bayliss last night. |

Authorities who quizzed her

Sheriff Bayliss said he would

torneys -entered an appeal In aifile no charges against her. He

said he was “firmly convinced”| she was involved in no way in| the holdup Thursday. Said Elopement Planned Paul D. Verderosa, 22, of 347 E. Westfield Blvd. to rob the bank so he could get money to “elope” with the year-old wife. i Verderosa, held under $40,000

bond on four state charges, was| accused of slugging a bank employee and slashing him and an-|

other employee with a knife in a|

lcution and Click went .to his! one-man robbery attempt. A feddeath on schedule. An appeal t0 apa) detainer warrent also has

been issued against him. He told authorities he needed

woman, wife of an Indiana Uni-

» . | wi! | |would be questioned today. He is] He was found guilty last De-| Your Home NO in Airliner Crash {cember of killing Miss Conine. | $2000 lo TUR SWay WHA the |

[Prosecutors charged that he raped | Mrs. : versity freshman. Verderosa said S: her in a field near Ft. Wayne, agreed to flee with him if he

{had money. | The woman, accompanied by {her husband and father-in-law, |voluntarily appeared at Indiana istate police headquarters post last {night for questioning. | ‘She talked for an hour with |Sheriff Bayliss, state police detec{tives and J. Gordon Gibbs, Henarieks ‘County v SATE

nty prosecutor. Denied by Weman

Verderosa.

ia long time ago,” she said.

tember).

with this,” she said.

automatic which

loaded and had a shell in

| Russell Owens, 35, assistant

Mr. Owens and Fred Smith, 58,

remained in Witham Hos-

received when they grappled with {the youth.

! into a Western hemisphere | More than $8000 in loot taken ly| x lhour of his death approached. A i bralter,” he 2d, but Sie dust vy a movie-inspired juvenile bur- or ow aaa ite “wingis it POG In Ul i {guard said he told him that elec-| | not waste her SUFPAET! |% %iglary gang from homes on the|the saind in front of a life fruitless “series o ors clearly ROTth side of Indianapolis was re-|savers’ clubhouse. | = better than dying in bed after a i Party lines were no ly covered by police today. Police| Hundreds who had been waving| ‘Closes Book’ on long illness. 3 cut but mos said Mr Jles | Said loot still to be recovered willito the plane threw themselves| : Click’s” wife, Marie, and his i agreed. ROME Hoover's pro-|D00St the total to nearly $15,000./on the sand to escape burning] Freeman Charges : Fe i Bim Toe ho last 1 posal that this country should cy Joot Was Fetoyered by Te oll’ and flying wreckage. The| Gov. Schricker plans no further ,. +" coompany his body back |

concentrate on her own defenses. © [6 SU oon Johnson, 35. Sead melden 3 Byars Pia investigation of the charges made to Ft. Wayne today for burial. Meets Main Points lof 577 Lynn St, who is under of the plane. Some Republicans denied that| arrest for receiving stolen goods ie Mr. Dulles squarely met Mr. land contributing to the deMn-| SAN MATEO, Cal, Dec. 30 Hoover's “main point”—that Eu- quency of minors. {(UP)—A missing airplane from

rope should not expect U. 8. help| Johnson’s arrest followed the San Gabriel, Cal, was found in

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Cold Blast Headed Here Choked Off

LOCAL TEMPERATURES

‘by Roscoe P. Freeman against 'the ‘other two members of the Public Service Commission of Indiapa. = Fk 3 Arthur Campbell, the Gover-

| UN. Patrols Continue By EARNEST HOBERECHT,

sald he tried QUARTERS, Korea,

Previously, the woman had. told] a Times reporter she knéw noth-| ing of the robbery attempt and jets geen over Korea at one time had not planned to run away with a¢ore today was 15 to 25 Dec.

Sheriff Bayliss, after absolving| the woman of any knowledge of| ere sketchy, the Air Force said. Verderosas’ intentions, said the mw. pattle started at 3:15 p.m, . thei nd ranged in altitude from 25.lyouth® was charged with using g00 down to 3000. feet.

All U. S. Craft Safe After Dual Clashes |

By WILLIAM BURSON United Press Staff Correspondent

5TH AIR FORCE

Outnumbered American Sabre jet

Red Jets Routed In ‘Biggest Battle

Sal Asoci . Be fighters defeated the largest Com- pa. aoc Asosiation, Ine aE

anuary. The price hike was made

(without warning yesterday !morning, when cost of regular ¥ milk rose from 20 cents to 21 cents a quart.

Homogenized milk went from

{21 to 22 cents a quart, chocolate milk the same, and cream

(half-pint) the same. Whipping

{cream was boosted from 37 cents {to 39 cents a half-pint,

Decision -to raise prices was

HEADmade after a meeting Thursday Dec. . 30— afternoon of

the Indianapolis Inc., which

munist air fleet ever seen OVer coming into Indianapolis.

Korea — 35. to. 40 Russian-built

fights was one enemy jet shot down in flames, another probably destroyed and two damaged. All American planes returned safely. The biggest air battle of the day and probably of the war was fought between 35 to 40 MIG-15s and 15 F-86 Sabres near the Manchurian border this afterinoon. The Sabres damaged two of | {the enemy planes and the rest escaped across the border. Four American Sabres tangled with six MIG-15s in a morning engagement in the same area and shot down one and perhaps two of them. Four more Sabres got to the scene just in time to speed the

way. is Reds Lose 6 Jets The largest number of enemy

{22. In that fight, six were shot

“I went with him, but that was 3,un by American fighters. “It was befére my marriage (in Sep- nist air strength indicated that

The sudden increase in Com-

the Chinese may be planning to

“I talked to him Saturday, but g,,nort their coming offensive |{it didn’t have anything to do against Seoul with large-scale air

‘action. Details of the afternoon fight

Pilots claiming the damage to enemy planes were Lt. Col. Bruce {H. Hinton of Stockton, Cal., and

. Schricker once termed the cashier at the North Salem bank. jst Lt. Richard 8. Becker of FleetGov, Hehricke : the [was slugged with the gun wielded » and other by the would-be bandit.

| wood, Pa. Navy Lt. Comdr. Paul Pugh, of Whittier, ('al., was leading his flight of four Sabres on a patrol in the Sinuiju area when he spotted the six MIGs. Lt. Pugh

(Continued on Page 2—Col. 3) |

Brace for Red Push on Seoul 250,000 Foes Massing for ‘Biggest Battle’;

to Probe Enemy Lines

Unitéd Press Staff Correspondent

TOKYO, Sunday, Dec. 31—The main body of the United Nations

Army has pulled back south of

(poised for what may |assault on 1

the 38th Parallel where it stands

be the biggest battle of the Korean War—an Seoul by 250,000 Communists. ig United Nations patrols continue to probe Red lines in North

eoul, the South Korean capital. and Korean {Communist forces already were {of the frontier in the west and 13

| TU. 8. 5th Air Force pilots sent

the Chinese

3 ~qinless willing to fight against! recent capture of four 17-year-old shallow water in San Francisco, A t ¢ | Communist aggression. youths who admitted breakingBay and the Coast Guard said nor’s secretary, sald Mr. Free § a. m..3% 18 & M+ 20 |yirey and on the extreme eastern end of the battle line there 1s an : However, Mr.. Dulles, had an-|into 15 homes in the past few/four persons aboard were dead. Mans charges against Hugh Ab-| 7 a. m... 24 11 a. m... LL Allied position jutting north of nounced in advance that hisimonths. Names of the three passengers bett and Lawrence W. Cannon, 8a m.. 2 12 (Noon) 28 the 38th Parallel. ‘all-out assault on half-abandoned iE speech was not a “reply” to the| Jonnson was being held on killed in the wreck were not Democratic membe: ‘of PSC, had| 9 a. m... 24 But as the result of recent S 8 former President. $5000 bond for trial Jan. 9 fol- known. been. investigated thoroughly in 4 ne oi a m.. 80% |maneuvering, it is certain that| Strong Civmess if Mr. Dulles spoke over a nation- jowing his arraignment this morn-| | the past. ree the preliminary phases of the bat- 1 th g wide radio hookup. The Repub- ing pefore Judge Alex Clark in'44’ | = Relieved of Post |" Old ‘Man Winter's icy clutch on {jo for Seoul will be fought in/Teported two or more miles sou Ig lican National Committee stressed Municipal Court 4. 1 000 ; ons | “We found no evidence to sup- Hoosierland is weakening as New gouth Korea. | 1 he did not necessarily reflect GOP Man, 60, Arrested | Bly pont these charges,” Mr. Camp- year's Day nears. Showers are in Step Up Alr Attacks {miles south in the east. ! inking. ., } { said. | ™ ig Er Bis speech generally sup-| Also under arrest is Henry HP The former PSC member, who store Jor Motidey Aeording Both sides stepped up their air 5u¢ to rake the swelling Commuported President Truman's for. Salzman, 60, of 2934 Broadway,’ f | was relieved of his post yester- Rain is to begin early New operations in preparation for he nist concentrations reported many eign policy, although he took/charged with failure to keep . |day by the Governor, earlier had year's and continue intermit- Show-down. U. 8. and Soviet hig guns pointed at United Na£8! © several digs at the administra- Proper records in his pawn shop . : made verbal charges. He re-' yl” ynrouchout the day. A high Dullt jet planes waged the big-iyjons’ lines, particularly on the ii tion's policies at home and 2nd buying from minors. Truck Hits Tanks peated ‘them in a confidential! s 40 is forecast gest dogfight of the War near:ront before Sebul. The 17-year-old leader of the memorandum submitted to the mn. fey edge of an air mass/the Manchurian border. In past offensives,

B abroad. Mr. Truman called the 51 Hoover speech isolationism. . |8ang told police he got his crimi-

which he saw Aug. 1. Fourteen men were arrested on

At New Castle

NEW CASTLE, Ind. Dec. 30 (UP)—A gasoline transport truck plowed into a bulk plant storage drum today and spilled thousands of gallons of the inflammable fluid over the frozen earth. Fire Chief Vaughn Reid called all firemen and volunteers to patrol the area in an effort to pre-

Governor yesterday. No action has been taken to fill the PSC vacancy. The Governor’s secretary said “it is still too early” for such action.

From this film, the youth said, he developed his technique for looting the North Side homes. He kept close tab on the society pages to see when prominent families were léaving town on vacations or when they would be attending important social func-

hear-| ting, ¢ the evening. ne established a likely

[Expected to Warn Japs They May Have to Arm

TOKYO, Dec. 30 (UP)~Gen, Douglas MacArthur will tell the Japanese in a New Year's message

wintry blast.

a low of 13 last night. '

Frederick C. Othman..... 10 Profile Msssvssssnsansasny 8

. saan “3

headed toward Indianapolis from the northwest loaded with snow and zero temperatures, was dulled today, according to the weather bureau. Warmer air from the west moved in and choked off the

The cold weather had already reached Ft. Wayne, which had

Cloudy weather is forecast for the week-end over most of the state, with no great change injsummer.

heaviest concentration of troops, heavy artillery,

equipment entire front.

which the

The vastly outnumbered United have relied almost entirely upon Nations ground forces faced the superior numbers, backed by morenemy tars and very little artillery. But tanks, Communist plans for this offenhalftracks and other ‘motorized sive had even included a huge of the war along the underground garage

38 miles northeast of Seoul, and United

The battle lines now are only Nations’ planes heavily damaged 10 miles longer than the old it. Taegu-Pusan beachhead from United Nations launched its big offensive last

Ridgway Rallies Forces Lt. Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway, Inew commander of the 8th Army, called on his forces in a New

ing sounds of gaming while P that they may have to take : : standing in an alley at rear of on ice as it rolled up to a line of jarms in self-defense, it ve temperature. The mercury is ex- y forces are more ‘than Year's message to Show Ndogsed A ) (Continued on Page 2-—Col. 7) four gasoline tanks at the D-X|learned today. pected to reach 32 today in Indi-/twice as great on each side as determination Rois anc nl: : Pascal King, 51, of that ad:j——- ~~ = = —se————— hylk plant at the west edge of the, Although the new Japanese con-| anapolis. A low of 20 is predicted they were last summer, But for utmost tenacity is ar pra i charged wi Times Index city. 7" istitution bars any national armed|for tonight. the first time, the enemy was said he has "complete of De | m. ( : It struck one of the tanks and forces, Gen. MacArthur was ex- massing much uipment with!in our ul ATH ad csssssssssnsses 4-5 |broke off a valve, spilling about pe p which to strike at the United Na- Gen. Doug las EAL titra and A aaaes ssi anes 10 11,000 The truck ‘con- % x . heagquastess | 4 Miss Teen ssssssssnanvens 2: Firemen feared an open _ Movies ES

Tray

Dai : {MIG-15s—in one of two all-jet &ir instructed Fay ey battles today. |customers of the higher prices The day's toll in the two dog- yesterday. No other announce-

ment was made, Gay Many customers today said

they had not yet been notified of

the new milk prices. Yesterday's penny rise — the second in two months-—was caused by the zooming cost of their milk supply, dairy managers said. Another Rise Expected Milk per hundredweight today is $5.20. In the first half of December it was $5.10, in the last half of November it was $4.90, and in the first half of November —the time of the last retail jump here—it was $4.78.

first half o

the dairies without another retail price rise is uncertain. Some |dairymen said they expected an- | The dairies average 44 quar {from 100 pounds of bulk milk. | A 25 per cent shortage has been caused in this area by a ldrop in local production—due to {bad weather—and by increased consumption. oo F The shortage forces dairies here {to secure their bulk milk from jother sources, mostly in northjern Indiana and Ohio, where the {bidding has shot up aleng with |demand. Shipping c osts also {must be added. to retail prices here. > y Milk consumption in this area is up 6 to 8 per cent over last year. Production in the Indianapolis milk shed was up approximately the same amount until the Thanksgiving week-end blizzard

They caused a drop to last year's

0 An. B.D y fume ne nt Allies Pull Back From 38th, “dc i

less milk in‘ severe cold spells, dairymen explained.

shipped into Indianapolis in the first -half- of December, 1,900,000 pounds—nearly 25 per cent——came from outside the Indianapolis milk shed.

Indiana and from out of state.

38 Hospitalized In Bus Crash

NEW HAVEN, Conn., Dec, 30

|(UP) — Thirty-eight persons — Boston

most of them from the {area — were hospitalized today when a Greyhound bus bound for {New York skidded into a trailers {tractor on Route 5, The accident occurred as the truck slowed down suddenly to that had jacknifed and hit a the opposite Pp

|senger car going in direction.

The bus. couldnt .sto)

Clark, of Milford, was unin] ul The injured were taken

Haven Hospital and St. Rapha i ———————————————

Truman Takes Cruise, :

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Another 10 to 15-cent rise per

cost to perhaps as high as $5.35. — Whether it can be absorbed by

|other retail increase. =

and ensuing cold waves and snow. Of 7,775,000 pounds of milk

In one week, 70 tanks of bulk milk arrived here from northern .

avoid another truck in front of it

ng SS IA at

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