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Senate Votes Bus Safety

Code Study

Violations, Hazards

Found by. Committee “° By CARL HENN

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Marines Drive On, Heading for Big Chinese Base 21 Miles South of 38th

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Nations forces rammed 215

miles deeper into Communist defensgs in-central, Koreas to-|

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SATURDAY, MARCH 3, 1951 3

Lottery Bill To Get: Final Vote Today

Sponsors Confident

In Showdown By JOHN V. WILSON A final showdown vote on

the amti-lottery bill—virtually wrecked by a flood of diverting amendments — was the big issue before -the State

swim Victory Nearer Just Pray, Folks—.

hours. Sponsors of the measure were

. Entered as Second-Class Matter at Postoffice Indianapolis, Indians, Issued Datly.

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Rebellious Senate Jolts Truck Lobby, Restores Penalties

awmakers

split down the middle over con-|

The State Senate by voice, : vote today ordered the Indi-/try plunged more than two miles up ana Traffic Safety Commis-

Pangnim to within 11% miles

A “power patrol” of U. S. 7th Division tanks and infanthe highway from

» sion to establish a formulalof the road junction Draft Bill Faces for a Bus Safety Code for In- /Changpyong, only ‘28 miles] i | lis diana. [south of the 38th Parallél. One A A resolution sponsored by thie] enemy road block was destroyed. : E Senate Safety Committee said x-| Five hundred North Koreans tensive investigation has estab-|counterattacked the western flank| lished existence of safety viola- of the advance under a heavy) ° Joh . INN tions and hazards in operation of artillery bombardment, but broke ohnson Predicts . “certain common carrier bus lines and fled in disorder when GIs Democratic Victor in Indiana.” |charged them with fixed bay- y a, Information on safety violations onets. By United Press

occurring daily on at least four| At least 250 of the Reds were ASHINGTON, Mar. 3—Sen. suburban bus lines operating out/cut down by the flashing steel, Lyndon B. Johnson (D. -Tex.), of Indianapolis was first dis-fartillery and small drms fire; [predicted today that the adminisclosed by The Times which re-| Some 25 miles to the west, U. 8. tration will win the first Senate Gm ionamin to committee members Marines pushed 2%; miles up the ,.., , 18-year-old draft bill : SCE EC SE pT <a iramber ef highway northeast: of Hoeagsong 8t.0n thy 1 > yearn d ora, an bus drivers.” .. » . |into_the. center. of the Red. de-| DY SUDStantiaz z/aapisiy wre : Lives Endangefed {fense line across Korea. { Sen. Johnson, floor . manager

The drivers said lives of thou-| ~~: Halted by Mortars for the measure, said he believes sands of bus passengers were be-| ,’ ~hinece Thortar barrage fi. the Senate will reject én effort to ing endangered through lax op- ~ set the lower draft age at 181%. eration of the lines and lax su-/Nally halted the advance late 10- Tne, test vote is set for Tuesday. pervision of the bus operators. [day after the tank-led Leather-| “The amendment for 18%-year-Testimony before the commit- necks had knifed quickly through oldé will be defeated by a subtee revealed the existence of faul-|earlier. sporadi¢ small arms op- stantial ‘'margin}” Sen. Johnson ty maintenance practices, exces- position [told reportérs., . . ‘sive §peeds due to schedule de-| 5 » The amendment is sponsored by mands, excessive driving tin.) The Marines were heading to- Sen. Wayne Morse (R. Ore), and

‘drivers and a lack of suf driver-traming ana sareeys pr grams. Yh : The resolutipn was

which all draftees would be

in General Hospital

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City's Tourney Hopes Rest

sr. Tionies south tion forces Geltevy they can bead) 'of the 38th Va x off all ether major changes if Sen.! ‘introduced The, 3-day Marine attack al-.Morse® amendment is defeated. | on i ; y Meta tready ‘has-driven the Communists Pr Li 1 mote’ pepuilican ey. Roy. M42" noazly four meu dyer Giff Eel af, PH, So hr Lo AAC Te i JT Sade “Fhe committee, according ' to that the enemy was throwing in the Senate would lower the draft Sen. Anness, chairman, found that reinforcements on the western age to 18 and increase the period the Public Service Commission ex-| flank. : |of service to 26 months. ercises no control over inspection] Chinese entrenched in well-; De measure also would estabof busses. cies built, well-concealed dugouts sh a permanent system of uni: ? “FU Disclose -Need | + wa [gmong peaks’ rising to 1500 feet Only law enforcement agencies poured heavy fire into Marines on have assumed responsibility for|the left flank in an attempt to enforcement of traffic safety regu- [save an important road junction |Ponent for six years after comlations affecting busses, the reso-|and possible escape route three Pleting their active tour of duty: : lution stated. {miles northwest of Hoensong. A . Tr : re To Salis wes, 1. 3 Bias uo Ralice Find Wounded - | sier safety code similar to the na- {South Korean for oon Teper a4 Man in Hallway | yards west tional code preseribed, by the ool and east of the no-man’s land terstate Commerce Commission, |i,wy of Yongdu, 31 miles south condition Sen, Annes sald. of the 38th Parallel The resolution directs the State : Trafic Safety Commission to Allied forces were on the march 3nq incoherent in a hallway at make a two-year study of bus along a 60-mile front in the 8thi,.. © court St early today safety conditions in Indiana. Army's renewed “killer offensive,” | ” pas Recommendations of the Com- NOW in its third day. | Mr. Collins, who gave his mission will be made to the 1953 On the western front, massed ‘address as 207 E. Pearl St., had Legislature. United Nations artillery hurled Suffered a broken right arm’ and No. Debate tons of . shells across the Han deep temple laceration. He was In addition, two Senate mem- ; . . unable to tell officers what had bers will pe named by Lt. Gov. 2—Col. 4). happened. John A. Watkins as a committee to collaborate with the Commission in forming the code. “There was no debate on the resolution, and no opposition on the floor. It will be sent to the house for adoption there. Action Today Will Trim Field to ‘Sweet 16’ | In addition to hearing the . drivers in executive session, the Who Meet in Semifinals Next Week Senate Public Safety Committee By JIMMIE ANGELOPQLOUS | so devoted a three-hour hearing ~ ; . : to testimony by operators of all] BUTLER FIELDHOUSE—Indianapolis wanted Crispus | bus lines running into and out of Attucks’ Tigers to keep coming back like a song—that| I tots “Crazy Song”—here today.

claimed their

{measure’s provisions...

og al spl + op Ward ‘the big Chinese base of tt: is. th 5 benevolent purposes from ‘cursory physical examination 3 : hese 0 of admittedly is. the most serious len BE i ! ficient Hongehon, +15. 'miles'™ north ofi challenge to the bill: Admin ninistra-| ;

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versal military training under

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stitutionality of the revised version. : Another temporary setback came last night when it was

not be reprinted in time for today's session. .

Anness,

floor. Amendments were ordered mimeographed to halt delay on {the final vote.

« Bitter Debate

day toughed off a bitter fight between B rourats and Republicans. Three amendments ripped

the bill, resulting | votes before their adoption.

ivicted of _the possession or man- amendment putting operation of ass vs sn ia Yn tp that | 0 * restoration of the purged ufacture of materials that can be Julietta under a combined city-| TO ey eoearioy. St. the d

‘used. in lotteries. The new provislions. are: “s ie | ONE: Prohibits newspapers from printing race results or other matter ‘pertaining to gaming prizes. TWO: . Exempts clubs, chureh groups and unions which use lottery proceeds exclusively i e

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tences for persons,

lic officials and police, Who CON- ,andment to include Julietta ads.

to violate gaming laws.

After, La AMER : IT lk ah : Sk iin . Anness a EY apes aie tion” and attempting to kill ‘he bill. Fairchild Assailed

The hot debate also p

Action on the measure yester-|

| pa » ¥ K still confident of its passage. But | , oe A the majority of the Senate was »~ ah Bix i?

learned the amended bill could

But the sponsor, Sen. Milford, Metamora Republican, won a fight to bring it to the

| lature here | the Governors

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in “three tiein the State Senate last night. |

n 3 the bill. authorized a pom AE Ge SA voi oer sodd dom mtrEe: CSTD, rend Er ;

» Introduced and passed in the |

nchading’ pub’,

who TRA : PAINE So. SR CATE ol Apna ea:

|ister all health laws and hospital roduced a facilities in both Indianapolis and tirade against Marion County|

: Fe" Prosecutor Frank Fairchild and quired to join a reserve cOm-|gheriff Smith by a member of

their own Republican Party.

Sen. Samuel Johnson, Anderson attorney, assailed the two officials for failure to enforce gampling laws. “We don’t need a new law to

son shouted. “If any official al-

law himself. “I say to Mr. Fa'rchild and Sheriff, Smith to go to work to perform the duties for which they are paid.” Sen. Johnson’s amendment to provide prison terms for conspiring to violate gaming laws brought three tie votes over its passage. For the first time in the session, Lt. Gov. John A. Watkins was called on to break the deadlock. But he ducked the issue;

tors in to vote.

vote of 19 to 19. stood red-faced as both howled. A second vote brought a tally of 22 to 22.

lines were in good shape me- Reassured and cloaked in renewed confidence, Attucks’ again. It was 19 to 19. After the

chanically. © They said they emphasized safety “above everything else” and were able to. police themselves.

Indianapolis section tournament sensations were poised to

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in the regional eliminations]

ike Conf this afternoon. Sherman, lke Confer The talented Tigers were to . d PARIS, Mar. 3 (UP)—Admiral|pa¢tle formidable Franklin Town- IN Action To ay Forrest P. Sherman, chief of U. 8. ship, the team with the best 1951 Madison's defending state Naval operations, conferred With ;e.6rq in Marion champions today- led 64 sectional Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower on|goynty, in the titlists, including three unbeaten Atlantic Pact naval problems to-/ge0ond game. quintets, into regional competiday. Opening the tion of Indiana’s 41st annual high

. : | daylight session school basketball tourney. Week-ends Fine

UES

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were Anderson’s & It was the “Hoosier Hoopla” all touted, fast- lover again at 16 tourney sites

models For Shopping |stepping Indians |trom Hammond to Evansville as the United Auto Workers (CIO) that was the intent of it or not. > ; a-n d Browns- |640 hoop-happy youngsters bat- at the Chevrolet Body Plant here, “To say the least the article f Th T two top offictals of the local and ing to save a bill that has merit. F Better Home | burg’s Bulldogs, Itled for tipcffs, rebounds and a denied today that they were mem- has caused irreparable harm and e imes three other union members to the The people of Indiana. are on : vomen. or {the Danville rep- T |chance to pump in enough points bers of the Communist Party or embarassment to us, our families Page hospital on the eve of a scheduled E hy resentative rid- {to keep their teams alive in the have any connection with any and our friends. We are grateful “Lucky” ‘Luciano is the lonli- € election. (Continued on Page 2—Col. 4) 4 HERE IT IS ing a nine-game - {famed Hoosier hardwood sweep- Communist group. to The Times for this opportunity ~ 4 Yo the ' world aaa Nh “nn Jusive An exceptionally good S5-rm. bung. wave of victo- Angie /stakes. | The men, Clarerice Lyons and to state our position on the jssues . : irdens -ins. i Earl Wilson recalls an inter- . never, Tih, Jots. 9 screened porch. radiant | Ties. St ‘Le Roy L. Roberts, admitted, it contained. It is regretful, how- i Con Po oe oq a oke. Overlooked Anything, Gentlemen? heat, ouik poss. _ Bee inside to = | Winnerg of the afternoon ses-| D . Chill T however, that they were accused ever, that our internal differ- teor in 1949 : 3 A Joachim, TASS or Mr Tek 5-104" sion tangle in the regional cham-| am HS ry * [orf being ‘sympathetic” to com- ences are sometimes aired in the Mrs. Loretta "Neff. sup Srin- | ; (An Editorial) : : i . ie ai x BRARRRR "7 Virtus plonship game at S13 p.m. Te Ear Record High |i mm eu a pant ele in local union meetings. indent of the Indiana Congress shall make no law . . . abridging the freedom / i * y » § - A world. With Spring just around the |will meet the Clinton regional vic- LOCAL TEMPERATURES tion campaign. “We thought the election was , Women Pg Bed 0 { gE | of speech or of the press... § . They corner, the week-ends are going [tor in the second game here next ' . 30 X o | They issued a joint statement over, We were candidates, we Hoosier Profile ... by Tom | (Constitution of the United States) 83. fo see lots of families oud shop- Saturday. In thle Brine next: 3 Moen 59 1 a toss, WHICE suit; \ [Were defeated and we took defeat, picks ...i....eeeesias ses 3) 4.4 # 2.2 2 ’ Saturday, the ushville © and w, Wau a, 4 v APs 4 , iin th s - , ini oe 1 ping g Tor ore suitable Tomes A any endl Bam... 51 13 (Noon) 68 -| Refer to Times Story A i 8 best JORNE sportsman: Ruth Jairiett Tomine She Jadies | No law shall be passed restraining the free interchange best! clash at 1 p. m. ‘a m..6 1pm. 60 Lie, He es of were said and done in the cam-| Jett unsaid . . Blackwood | Of thought and opinion or restricting the right to speak or *If your Present home is not | The original field of 759 teams| ,¢oq¢ humidity ...... 89% |righted article written by Irving palgn which we deeply resented. on Bridge ........oeeseees 3 ‘write or print freely on any subject whatever . .. going to be entirely suitable for | Will be pared to the “Sweet Six- re Lebowitz, on Communist activ However, the article in The pmma Rivers Milner's weekly (Constitution of the State of Indiana) your family for several years een nest eek win, othe semy The weatherman was disap- jyioc in the State of Indiana. Fumes pits he Subject matted church news ¢olumn ...... 4 Phas dah og to come then plan now to in- |finals unfolding a oomington,| pointed. i n an entirely erent light; it Threats revealed as another : ina -spect several pan week-end, |Lafayette and Kokomo's shiny,| It looked for a while as if te) oe, lice 8130 peingeq 3 ceases to be just election cam-| a od hp “fixer” . con- Indiana state Senate yesterday voted to prohibit newswhile there are still many of- [new fieldhouse. dianapolis would have a new giaction and the preceding cam: P318n propaganda. That article fesses. . . . Kentucky meets | papers” from printing race results or other matter perferings from which to choose. : . record high in temperature today, | pajen at the Chevrolet plant. Iijiends to Jefieet Duuliely on our| Georgia Tech tonight in key | taining to gaming prizes. at 1 |Americanism and loya 0 our| college GAME .....eivsinnss | / Pag Mh ogc Cut Food Bil Is; or pry ie he eas jEtnicd that the IWC iop Jeade 1. | country, as ppd on y rr oi oNege gamle 7 (Yesterday's news. report from the State House) 3 to] . | : ' | ows 8.8 8 . TION and The Indianapolis 1946. i _ Therefore, we felt that it must| . | ; ; : - Times Has The Majority of The Par ade Tel ! s How But along came a cooling rain.| i i of lead ne answered by making our po-| . Anusements a * 8 > The anti-lottery bill which passed the House by a large Beal Bsiate Ads! "Wie gvovs | Wau to seve money witn The SSICiEY supped le SPvartiof vem Communist sympstiiuers U0, (FoR Rg C02 °0 6 ptortale’s.s. oo. 11710 46 | margin is, we believe, a good and needed piece of legislation. ad is t one of the thrifty fo out sidcrificing |progress somewhere in the hig a following the party line. ssues WEA ee ena e i : ; 4 ; a UNDRADS. of home values | taste? | 80s and reversed its trend. jane Jol owing Be Jar Sime 5 "Not Members of Party” FORM vo cined ose rans sues 1 / It has hit mysterious and powerful opposition in the you will find listed in The | Try the thrift dinner in The drop ought to resemble a of Mr. Leibowitz’ story, nor the “We are not members of the| Movies ................ "Gio Bs Senate. TD WING ie Te Fron SITET, ope poe Lok MATL STORER ary of SEI Sloe ety vy er Be Tig do KI good lpia ty sig Spr | | we were acc u e elec-| ; . . i Som 10 ta ial - ee . r SUNDAY Times, just PHONE | for stretching the food budget. grees, followed by a cloudy high tion campaign at our plant. (dence to EE Re [+13 | constitutional or unworkable clauses to it is a time-honored Au Riley 5551 by midnight tonight PARADE MAGAZINE of 39 degrees moron: | “But this article left the Im-|aprication. BPONtEL cece snanirrerirss FA and transparent legislative trick. and order the convenient door- mes Wit! omorrow n will be even pression on the minds of many “Likewise, any evidence that we . Earl Wilson ............. 3... Is this what a majority of the Senators want to step delivery! - THE SUNDAY TIMES | chillier, according to the weather-/who read it that the individuals By EE irre 8 ine pa LEER JOY do to meni - : man. .: named were part of a Communist| (Continued on Page 2—Col. 2) ne lottery A s 3 ‘ : - & 5 = we eb . . oni} . “ ho i & rg 0 : 5 . . . : T ai 1 « : ; . : ; i . te

perpetuate the IHSAA tournament hopes of Indianapolis proval of the amendment, 23 to 21.

Two other amendments were

3 Unbeaten Teams xinea.

Sen. Judson West, Indianapolis |

(Continued on Page 2—Col. 1)

Ex-Union Leaders Deny Communist Connections

Two former union leaders of movement in Indiana,

James Collins, 52, is in serious enforce the old one,” Sen. John- worked with excellent results.

\after police found him wounded 10Ws gambling, he’s violating the the bill were Louis F.

Democrat.

{member bipartisan boards to op-| i : h t re wets sna ver con's Senators Blast Newspaper two weeks ago in the Senate. -

the action was criticized that they had already planned to nut the Julietta amendment in the health merger bill. |

With Talented Ti | it “ en e gers Ireeatly, ordering absentee Sena-|take operation of Julietta out of]

{the hands of County Commission-| The first roll call produced a ers who have operated it under Mr. Watkins the political spoils system for 100! sides years.

i of politics was widely supported] Then with the Lieutenant Gov- after a series of articles in The| i: ow i ernor watching the voting ma- Times exposed deplorable condi. Said. “If any.of you gentlemen in bling. chine intently, Senators balloted tions at the institution.

x Pri -lanapolis Star has been inconsis-| Committee that pulled out the lawmakers were rounded up once B L | ET N ap besides the Star to sup anapo. A or oi 5 | penalty teeth at a hearing last more, a fourth vote brought ap-| U "Senator Edmund Makowski, the legislature. Tuesday, took the floor and said:

“Told Saving i Roads 2 Duty

Weakness Ironed Out In" Floor Debate

By NOBLE REED In a spirited revolt against lobby pressure, the State Senate last night put back into the truck overweight penalty bill the enforcement “teeth”

8 (that-had been jerked out re- ; ‘cently by the Roads Committee, An editorial in The Indianapolis i | Times yesterday, deploring the “eaaknagn. al bill, was A)

Julietta Rule |=

Amendment Urge. Bipartisan Rein BULLETIN { The bill to take the Julietta County Home here out of pol-

itics was pygssed by the Legisoday and sent to

A victory in the long fight| - to take Julietta County Home| here out of politics was won|

The House-passed health

county, bipartisan board to ad-|-ministeg all health facilities, was passed by the Senate, 43 to 2.

A concurrent resolution man- | dating the state police to keep | an active file of Communists available to the Governor and the civilian defense office was

In a surprise move, when the emasculated truck bill was called for second reading, Sen. Roscoe . Hollingsworth, Lebanon Republi~ can, submitted an amendment to {put the penalty provisions back into the bill. 3 “The Senate Roads Committee took the enforcement teeth out of the bill,” he announced. “We

ate today.

1owas se 7 hed concurrence in

to the House, the Senate!

for

rales . «Te HEL ARRAS The Fouds Coniffiities 100K" out the penalty provisions after only a short hearing when every

one was under pressure,” Sen, H rth )

efnor, will creake a bip “tisan| board of five trustees to admin-|-

Marion County, merging both operations into a single, streamlined) unit. ) No opposition . was expressed’ 5 after Sen. Walter Kelly, Indianap-. § olis Democrat and part - time] physician at .Julietta, explained the legislation was patterned after similar laws in five other cities where the plan, -he said, has

Then, Sen: John A. Kendall, . . Danville Republican, waving a ! 3 men SveE hn Se _. —Times Photos by Bill Oates |=: » Peas an o "Green IN CASE OF FIRE—This fireplug, located in the 400 block ght for Road Hoga.” S. Webster Ave., makes a convenient footrest for Lawrence Wil- ia ® etal - Joints Talted Woo liams, 441 S. Webster. But it is good for little else in its present lbate Read 2 the editorial: condition. Firemen would have a difficult time of attempting to | wepg aging on . . connect a line to it since utility crews installing lines threw excess | 3t stands now this bill 18 dirt and gravel aside and nearly buried it. Residents find the [22 open Invitation to truck opstreet impassable. They park their cars two blocks away and walk [Fratore 40 Pt | Joais on their : : . [truc ond the ultra-generous home over wooden walkways which they have installed themselves. |, LSC FF, hey can hardly

be caught at best. And if caught, {they can hardly be punished.

a ‘So, let-er roll, boys . . .pile jon the load and tramp down the (gas pedal. ..and thumb your

In Lottery Bill Squabble ~ :.;.ui i.

Charge Scheming, Persecution, | “If it busts up the roads the

Inconsistency in Floor Debate suckers who pay the taxes will build some more.”

Two state Senators today delivered blistering tirades against) | the Indianapolis Star in connection with the anti-lottery bill. | Put Penalty Back Debating on the floor of the Senate, Sen. Samuel Johnson, | With these words, Sen. KenAnderson Republican, accused the Star of perpetrating a scheme aj) urged the lawmakers to to protect Marion County Prosecutor Frank Fairchild in the latter's aqopt Sen. Hollingsworth's “failure to enforce the gaming laws.” .|amendment to put the enforce-

“The Star has been persecuting| ment penalty teeth back into members of the State Senate,” he/printing matter that aids gam-| pil penay the

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Two Senators voting against Baldoni, South Bend Democrat and Ed-| mund F. Makowski, East Chicago

An earlier bill to create seven-

Senators explained later aftr

Passage of the health bill will

Legislation to take Julietta out|

Louis Baldoni, South Bend| Sen. Charles Maddox, Otter-

{public office you had better get Democrat charged that the Indi-

“I feel the amendment (by Sen. Hollingsworth) is somewhat of an improvement.”

East Chicago Democrat, blasted! ~ . . newspapers for “aiding and abet- 5 Union Officials ting syndicate gambling by printing race results.” Wounded by Grenade Sen. D. Russell Bontrager, Elk“How much money are news-| JERSEY CITY, N. J, Mar. 3 hart Republican, called the papers receiving from certain (UP)—Police cracked down to- amendment to restore the penalsources for printing race entries day on a waterfront war for con- ties a “grand job.” and results?” he asked. trol of the city’s docks after five| “This bill' was batted around “If newspapers are sincere in longshoremen union officials were for several weeks in the House ltheir anti-gaming drive they wounded in a hand grenade at- with conflicting interests ap'should voluntarily relinquish tack. |parently trying to cut each othe ———— The grenade was hurled into er's throats,” he said. “It is unthe office of Local 1247 of the

~~ Bl s fortunate that this bill came to whether On the Inside International Longshoremen’s ys at the midnight hour for ] Union, AFL, yesterday, sending proper consideration. We are try-

LOUISVILLE, Ky. Mar. 3 (UP)—Kentucky eased into the finals of the Southeastern Conference basketball tournament ‘today with an 82-56 victory over Georgia Tech.

an men