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62d YEAR—NUMBER 109
TUESDAY, JUNE 19, 1951
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Entered as Second-Class Matter at Postoffce Indianapolis, Indians, Issued Dally.
Acme Telephoto.
WENDING THEIR WAY TO THE FRONT—A long line of U. S. infantry winds th-ough the | rice paddies of Korea during their advance against positions of the Chinese Communists.
900 Pilots Tie Up 4 United Airlines, Coast to Coast
| By United Press
dred pilots and co-pilots went on| strike against the United Air] Lines today, halting all flights on| the company’s 13,250 miles of | routes extending from the East Coast westward to Honolulu. David L, Behncke, president of the AFL Air Lines Pilots Association, announced shortly before) dawn that pilots had culminated their long-pay dispute with the airline by a walkout. The line promptly canceled schedules on its flights which cover an estimated 175,000 miles | a day, over an area extending from Boston and Washington in the East, westward to Los Angeles and San Francisco, overseas to Honolulu, and northward to Vancouver. ; Ordinarily, United has about 600 flights daily, and carries an average of 7200 passengers daily. This month, with air travel heavy, the air line reported that it had hit a peak of an average of 9670 passengers in its flights touching 83 cities.
It has flown 49,144 mail ton miles, 25,292 express “ton miles, and 61,135 freight ton mileg on a| daily average. Passengers were transferred to other air lines or to other forms
of transport. Pickets appeared at. some terminals and lines of wait-| ing passengers were reported, but | dispersed quickly.
In many cases, prospective | passengers were notified by tele-|
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AP Writer Accused—
Czechsto Try Hoosier Soon; Spy Charges Indicated
By United Press
jthe government announced later,
FRANKFURT, Germany, June, that he was charged with spying.
19 —The ment plans
Czechoslovak govern-|
A United States Embassy
to put Associated spokesman in Prague reported by
{Press Correspondent William N.|telephone today that the embassy, CHICAGO, June 19—Nine hun- ati on trial in the next few had been informed by the Czech
idays, { charges, it was disclosed today.
Mr. Oatis, 37, native of Marion, |
{Ind., was arrested by Czech secret sador Ellis O. Briggs was given scramble toward further local {police the night of Apr. 23 and| fhe information last Friday by appropriations to meet welfare
President Signs 18% Draft Bill That Sets Up UMT
By United Press WASHINGTON, June 19—President Truman today signed a tougher law which lowers the draft age to 18% and allows the induction of 385,000 registrants,
versal military training program. Congress would have to pass another law to get it started. Under the new law the draft age limits are 1815 through 25, as opposed to 19 through 25 under present law.
However, each local board must first all available men 19 and over. Congressional experts said it will be months or even
years before any younger than 19 is inducted. The present 21-month draft] term is stretched to two years.
onal Guardsmen, who have been | or may be called to active duty, also must serve 24 tvonths, but veterans of ‘World "War 1I who, since Korea, have heen called back to duty from the inastive reserve can get out after 17 months service. 4-Fs Reclassified First men to feel the effect of the tightened-up draft law probably will be married men without children and with no dependents except wives. they have been deferred ‘n Class!
types of dependents. The new law says no registrant shall be deferred for dependency of wife alone, except in case of extreme hardship. Congressional experts estimated that 235,000 men will be reclassified 1-A under this provision. An estimated 150.000 4-Fs also are due for reclassifieation under a provision lowering the passing score on the Army's induction test. from 70 to 65.
The law also fixes physical
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registrant|peated requests by embassy of|ficlals to see Mr. Oatis. Cigarets
|
3-A, along with men with other|
presumably on espionage government that Mr. Oatis would [be tried “within a few days." |that, welfare officials said, it may
The spokesman said Ambas-
{Czech Foreign Minister Viliam |8iroky when Mr. Briggs went to discuss the fate of two missing U. 8. Air Force jet pilots. Before Mr. Oatis was seized,! three members of the AP Prague bureau either were arrested or! had disappgared. About the same| time Mr. Oatis was picked up!
State Loses Bid. To Retain U.S. Welfare Aid |
A8en. William Jenner, Indiana Re-
Jenner Amendment Only Hope Now
Indiana lost another round today in its fight to retain $18 million a year in federal welfare aid. Attorneys for the Federal
Security Agency, disbursing] group for fedéral welfare grants to states, returned an opinion in Washington that Indiana no longer will be eligible. Their decision was based on the 1951 Indiana statute which jerked | secrecy provisions out of welfare. |
And FSA Administrator Oscar R. Ewing, on whom final decision rests, indicated he will concur with his attorneys In cutting off federal funds to Inc¢iana. The native Hoosier said Indiana’s chief remaining hope for retaining federal aid rests on a recent amendment introduced by
publican. If Sen. Jenner's amendment stays in the FSA appropriation bill to be passed by Congress, Indiana will hang on to its share of federal funds, Mr. Ewing said.
Give States Power
The Jenner amendment allows | states to revoke secrecy clauses| | without losing U. 8. aid. Indiana’s share remains safe, {for at least another three months, | | possibly six. That's because fed-| eral welfare funds are distributed | quarterly, and the next one is due! about July 1. The Indiana secrecy statute {will not become law until it is/ | declared so by Gov. Schricker | {when publication and promulga- | Ition of the latest State Legisla-| ture’'s statutes are made. The] Indiana attorney general's office said this is not expected until late! {summer or early fall. If the statue becomes law after |Oct. 1, the next pay period for | federal welfare, Indiana will be, included in that quarter. After
ibe necessary for Indiana to
{ costs. { The FSA brief today advised Mr. Ewing that approval of federal funds “cannot lawfully be made” to Indiana when the antl secrecy law takes effect. Main reasons Yer recommendations were: ONE—Placing the lists of wel) fare recipients in county auditors’)
the FSA,
after a Czech employee failed offices, open for public inspection,
to show up for work and did not! return to his home. Shortly after the Oatis arrest] the Czech government announced that he had been charged with| the following:
ONE—Activities hostile to the
19 through 25, now deferred. |CZech state.
The law also sets up the frame-| work for a post-emergency uni-|
TWO—Gathering and disseminating information considered secret by the Czech government.
THREE <-'Spreading malicious information regarding Czechoslovakia through illegal news organs for which purpose he used Czechoslovak citizens.
Held in Isolation
The U. 8. embassy was informed later that Mr. Oatis also was accused of espionage. Czech officials turned down re-
sent to him were returned by {prison authorities, who said he did
Organized Reservists and Na- not need them.
Mr. Oatis was accused in a Czech note to the U. 8. embassy of having used Czech employees of the AP Bureau to obtain “secret reports” for anti-government activities.
Niblack Likens
i: School-Fund Laws
é 187 0 ‘Crazy-Qui Judge John IL. Niblack today
took under advisement the $58
million state school fund-distri-bution case after observing that Indiana’s laws on the matter ‘“remind me of an old-fashioned crazy quilt.” Brought by the Gary School Board, the case began in Superior Court 1 today after two unsuccessful attempts at change of venue by State Superintendent of Public Instruction Wilbur Young. ‘Mr. Young was not present in
major opponent in the matter, Robert Wyatt, executive secretary of the Indiana State Teachers
court this morning, However, his,
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Js nothing to do with welfare! administration. | TWO—The Indiana statute does not provide “adequate safeguards” to prevent misuse of welfare rolls. {Mere declaration that misuse is {a crime is “not an effective safeguard.” THREE—The Indiana statute
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Admiral Believes | West Can Foment
"Revolt in China
BULLETIN
WASHINGTON, June 19 (UP) —Vice Adm. Oscar C. Badger sald today that “we can lick them in Korea” and should not “for the time being” attempt to bomb out Chinese Red bases in Manchuria.
By United Press WASHINGTON, June 19—Vice | Adm. Oscar C. Badger, one of the Navy's top authorities on the Far East, told Senators today there|
{China will revolt against “Communist tyranny and imperialism.”
Adm. Badger said this chance can be fostered by American steps in the political, economic, military and humanitarian fiells —steps he said should be taken as the, basis of any “war plan” prepared for possible use in the Far East. He was called before the Senate Committee investigating the discharge of Gen. Douglas MacArthur. The committee is awaiting word from Gen. MacArthur as to whether he wishes to give rebuttal testimony before the hearings close. \
‘Still a Chance’
In China areas outside of Manchuria, Mongolia and possibly INorth China, Adm. Badger said, “there is still a chance of revolutionary repercussion against
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| Guess They Got Mad'—
A = year ald Indianapolis rpenter today told how , infuriated robbers tossed him over the railing of the W. Washington St. bridge into White
| River 30 feet below last night.
“Guess they got mad when I kicked one of them in the stomach,” said Kenneth Prewitt, 4170 W. Washington St. The slender, blue-eyed Army veteran of the Battle of the | Bulge said he came sputtering to the surface—a few feet from some rocks in the stream. : “It all happened sp fast that it is difficult for me to remember just what did happen. “I was walking across the bridge and met four men midway between two street lights. Fought Them “They split and started around me and then grabbed
me. : “I fought with them as they searched my pockets, taking my billfold. There wasn’t any money in it. “Then I kicked one of them. They got mad and tossed me right over the railing. “I went into the water feet first. Don't know how deep the water was because I didn't hit bottom. “I swam over to the east bank and climbed up the ladder on the flood wall.”
Helped Him Out
At the top of the ladder were seven employees of the Beveridge Paper Co. who helped him over the top of the wall. Mr. Prewitt said his only damage was three cuts on his hand,’ suffered when he was clambering out of the water. “It certainly was a queer feeling sailing through the air” that way,” he said.
Thugs Toss Man Off River Bridge
KENNETH PREWITT—Did * from W. Washington St. bridge. “Nothing dike that had ever happened: to me before.
“1 hope it never does again.” The “Steve Btodle holdup”
a in hs from work to be Ro his and {wo children. : e paper company employees told police that the four men
‘involuntary Steve Brodie dive”
jumped into a car and sped away after tossing their victim
Car Buyers Get a Break In One Ballot
Price, Wage, Rent Controls Extended
By United Press : WASHINGTON, June 19 —Congressional committees today all but killed any chance of cheaper beef by
government order. The Senate Bankiig Com-
mittee, approving an eight-month extension of wage-price-rent con- , scuttled, as did its twin House committee, two future beef price rollbacks which were :de~ signed to cut the price of beef
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into the river. Mr. Prewitt was unable to give
een.
He said one was a ‘brawny 6.footer who had scars om his forehead.
SNE n of
BRIDGE RAILING—Over which four hold-up hoodlums toned £ thoie kicking victim. into While River last night.
‘Hint Capt. Hynes ‘Leads Race for Police Chief Job
POLICE headquarters’ rumors today had uniform Capt. Michael Hynes leading the race of possi-| ble candidates for appointment as chief of police. Rumors began to fly yesterday following Mayor Bayt's confirma-|
tion of the resignation of Chief! Rouls June 30.
Possible appointment of Capt.
the only officer of those most frequently mentioned for the chief’s| job who meets requirements of the| 1935 Police and Fire Merit Act.
MAYOR BAYT has refused to| indicate who he will name to the
top police job. Safety Board President Leroy J. Keach has refused any discussion of the resignation pending official notice at the Board meeting scheduled tomorrow, It is possible no chief will be named, other than as acting, until the recently reinstated merit classes are completed. : Officers other than Capt. Hynes receiving frequent mention for the chief’s job are Night Inspector Ralph Bader, Deputy Inspector J. Richard Jacob and Capt. Michael
Kavanagh: all of whom hold act-|three 8 stages. The first took. place gst week himself,
ing titles,
Hey, the War's Over—
. U. S. to Pull Off 'Invasion'
Where 18 Japs Hold Out
By United Press SAIPAN, The Marianas, June,
19—United States military -
{eivilian officials planned today an |“4nvaston” of tiny bat and lizard-
|{infested Anathan Island 'to oat {18 Japanesé shipwreck survivors {into believing the Pacific war really is over. >
{three Japanese cargo ships in!
{Anathan harbor nearly seven |years ago.
They are ruled by a self- pro-| BO
claimed “lord,” Nakagawa Ichirt, | a former seaman in the Japanese navy, said to havé threatened to kill anyone deserting to the Americans, ‘Anathan is a volcanic ‘island five miles long and two miles wide lying about 64 miles north of Saipan. Its highest point is 2600 feet above sea level.
Japs Are Armed
The Japanese are known to be armed with a machine gun, two rifles, a brace of pistols and an assortment of knives fashioned from the parts of a B-29 which crashed on the island late in 1944, The U. 8.
“invasion” will be in :
when American officials put ashore a waterproof box on Anathan beach which contained a letter to each man from the governor of Kanagawa, Japan. The letter assured the men that the Japanese government knew of their plight and that their fam(ilies wanted them home. Also enclosed were cherry blossoms and photographs of loved ones.
still is “a chance” that much of [Hynes was given more weight by| The Japanese are the last of 33] The second stage is now being
- examination of Board of Safety men who survived the sinking of | planned, It will be an Air Force): records. These records show he is|
“assault” with showers of leaflets telling the Japanese, “the war is |over. Surrender and be taken ome." In the third stage, an undisclosed number of ships will appear off Anathan, fire salutes and then head at full speed for the east coast anchorage for a mass landing. ! American officials do not know what to expect. A Japanese who surrendered last week when the box was put ashore had 13 knife wounds and a broken back.
Kills Wife, Two Daughters, Self
jaugnie Wash, June 19 (UP)—Glenn = Taft, 46-year-old
in effect. =. ir The object of the 41; per cent rollbacks was to reduce beef prices to consumers by 8 to 10 cents a pound by next fall. The price rollback provision as voted ww the Senate committee
applies to all prices as well £4 best and fatri Braducts on effect it would furl the ge government to ro any prices Jan. 25-Feb. 24, 1951, levels x ow ar the zéw Jaw iAto effect July
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is in effect would all but cancel two remaining beef price rollback orders. It would permit only a 2 per cent further reduction:in beef prices. 5 Rejected Yesterday Loa |. The proposal was made by Chairman Burnet R. Maybank (D. 8. C.) and Sen. Andrew F. Schoeppel (R. Kas.). The coms mittee had rejected it tentatively yesterday. Rent control was a part of the
Ipill as it was finally worked out
by the committee. The group wiil meet Thursday
morning to put a formal okay on
‘the measure. Mr, Maybank said he hoped the Senate could begin debate Monday, six days pefore the June 30 deadline on present economic controls, The bill worked out by the Sen ate committee falls far short of the tougher authority and a two. year extension asked by Presi= dent Truman. a And the price rollback order in effect sets an entire new base for
period instead of the present
‘| May-June, 1950. -
Tut-Tut fd WITH THE 25TH Dh VISION, Korca, June (UP)--First Sgt. Wile Nestor of New York was checki his com hivouncs PAY. “Who sleeps in this tent?” he demanded. wry. 3 {Esther Williams and ry George Washington answered a soldier. The tent cup antan ‘proved to be Pvt, Aster Williams of Blue Diamond, Ky, and Cpl. George .. Nashilngton Reilly of New 55
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