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REMEMBER WHEN?—OlId friends |

ather for 81st birthday of retired + . H Left 12 rh err et: Old Ji gather for 81st birthday of retired teacher J. Harvey Parr

Parr, Willard E. Weller and Albert R. Russell.

Hub Was Missing— Outside Indianapolis—

3 0id and Good [Freedom Needs Heart Friends Meet, but As Well as Muscles

By ED SOVOLA

Miss d Fourth | PARIS, June 29 Ask eh questions and listen

Three good friends met ati370UDG the Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers of Europe 2142 N. Delaware St. to cele-| (SHAPE) in the Astoria Hotel and you come away with

hrate J . Habvey Darts hirtivay, something akin to a Declaration of Independence. come. 9 A P. 8. naval officer boiled the work of the North has Atlantic powers this way: “Nobody ever took a swing at What's behind!

Octogenarian Mr. Parr been retired these past 15 years. But he taught more than 30 Jack Dempsey unless he was years in southern Indiana schools Ruts. Grand Jury Gives In about an hour,| . after visiting a llietta ome couple more of-|

A graduate of the old Central All right, fices, I had my

Normal (now Canterbury Col- building muscle. { . answer — free-| son enon lea Health Bill

lege), Danville, he continued the work? , liberty, the right!

with his scholastic duties while earning a master’s degree in! education at Indiana University.| Melvin Plowman, a local pho-| tographer, was one of his early pupils. to work, own a, The Marion County Home at home, shoot your|julietta, where deplorable condimouth off, vote.itions were found in an investigaThis freedomition by The. Times eight months is as important ago, was given a “clean bill of to an American health” by the Grand Jury in its

Now park superintendent at Kokomo, Willard E. Weller taught | as ‘it is to" anisemiannual report on institutions English m a n .jpere today.

alongside Mr. Parr in Franklin Twp. schools. Frenchman, Ital-| Two wars left] The report stated that the

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Albert R. Russell, one of Mr. Parr’'s first pupils, is now with’ the local post office. But the man they missed at the party was Rev. Benjamin Taylor, pastor in the Muncie Church of ian, Norwegian Christ and a former colleague in| 180, 13. {jurors found Julietta “well-admin-the teaching profession, who the European powers shaky, mor-ii i. eq and clean despite outmoded could not get here in time. ally and seonoumically, Spokes-|,,yinment.” “He is the hub around which men make no nes about: the| “mo jury reported it our small society revolves,” said situation, Europe can’t defend it-hast Jury reported 18 inspection

Mr. Parr. iself. Neither can the United! ; | States defend Europe. Together, °F IY of the 465 inmates ai the C ; T Aid [they ean institution were satisfied with the oun X i Fy : . {care given them” and that the y 1a All ree ve ons are interde-|«giet was sufficient and well balpendent. it ut imports of anced.” 3

To City Trimmed

County Auditor Roy iy whipped out a large knife this . F morning and cut up the county China Reds May Have tax pie. But the city cut was a! little smaller this year. A total of $17,274,414 was dis- : tributed to various taxing groups Foprest P. Sherman, chief of U. 8. the recent in the county. operations, sald today the passed a law taking control of'the : Chinese Communists may have : Thinner by $338,000 was the cut e {institution out of politics and to the City of Indianapolis. For|P¢ OF more Russian submarines. ino it under the administrathe first six months this year Adm. Sherman told a press con- — the city got $6.6 millions. But the ference following his return from| Continued on Page 6 —Col. 3 city nibbled earlier with an ad- Korea that the majority of enemy Pp —— vance, so only $3.8 million willjmines floating off the Korean be turned over todav. coast also had been furnished i The Indianapolis Public School PY the Russians, | WASHINGTON, June 28 (UP), Adm. Sherman said there was —RFC Administrator W. Stuart the three R's, getting nearly $4.9 much speculation but little evi-| Symington announced today that million today. The state slice(dence that these mines had been stockpile requirements of tin have was for a mere $734,350. To the County General Fund sian submarine strength in the, Munitions Board. He said this will go more than $1.1 million. Far East at approximately 80,/should reduce world demand This money came from you in the|and said minor increases in thelenough to allow the Reconstrucform of personal, real estate, bank force had been made during the tion Finance Corp to buy tin at 'past year. {lower prices.

| Continued on Page 21, Col. 1 Urges Boost In Pay

The report recommended that! |the wage levels of employees be! Russ Subs, Sherman Says increased for better efficiency. |

> | Following investigation of conTOKYO, June 29 (UP)—Adm. gong at Julietta by The Times,

Combs

Indiana Legislature

It ‘Beats the Hell Outta’ Him—

know whether the have been dispatched but said that in any case Gen. Ridgway!

through as rapidly as possible. In general, he said, the military /in the past. manpower situation is good. The| armed services, he said, have in-| . {creased their strength from 1,-| Tin Needs Reduced {460,000 to 3,250,000 men since outbreak of the Korean War. {

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The Judge's Bell Is Ringing—

Jurist Got Wrong Number In Figuring Phone Rates

Truman Sends Truce Orders To Ridgway

It Looks Like Reds Must Move First

By United Press

Instructions on possible field!

negotiation of a cease fire in Korea have been approved by/| President Truman. and are

being sent to Gen: Matthew B. Ridgway, Far East mander. Deputy Defense Secretary Robert A. Lovett disclosed this at| the Pentagon news conference today. Mr. Lovett refused to give any

details. of the instructions but Lausman, said any settlement reached by seemed relieved when Judge Rabb

WASHINGTON, June 29 (UP) |imposed the sentence on the grand

‘Man Sentenced For Stealing $75

From His Father {| A 22-year-old man who ad{mitted stealing $75 from his

{father today was sentenced to

. Escape Foiled fone to 10 years in the Indiana

Reformatory by Judge Saul I Rabb in Criminal Court 2. Carl William Lausman

the Marion County jail where he had served a 60-day term on an earlier theft charge. He said that he went to his

to. have drink.”

“something to eat and He admitted consuming

com-|two fifths of whisky before going| out and breaking in the back door!

of his father’s home and taking $75 from a cedar chest in his dad's room. ” » »

FATHER, Simon 1412 E. Market St,

THE

~The Army today said that |larceny charge rather than the

Communist forces

ing June 22.

Gen. Ridgway and the commanders of North Korean and Chinese Communists forces would be subject to approval here.

He said the “general” instruc-|

tions were prepared by Defense and State Department officials,

after consultation with ‘the ~ Uncle Sam Pulls ;

tional Security Council.

He added that he does not instructions!

would get them soon and may

have received them already,

Mr. Lovett expressed fear that an end of the eorean War would result in a letdown of public support for the rearmament program.

palling. The nation, he said, most assuredly will be courting dis-

litburo write U. 8. defense program. Mr. Lovett also warned that he; believes the world situation is very dark because of tension be-| tween the Communists and the democratic world. |

steal particularly since you just finished serving an earlier theft “sentence,” the judge told the man in passing sentence.

aster if it lets the Russian Po-|

a wisecrack.

in Korea [stiffer penalty of 10-20 years on suffered an estimated 22,964 !the alternate first-degree burglary casualties during the week end- count. |

“I am amazed that you could |

from your own father—

A Lemon Trying To Get Slot Tax

By DAVE WATSON

A | The gamblers’ crystal ball to- , he said, would be ap-l4.. revealed a bleak and barren

year for slot machines in Indiana -—1951. To date not a single “onearmed bandit” operator has paid the required $150 federal excise tax for the 1951 fiscal year | But returns have brought many!

Officials of the Internal Rev- |

told | ithe court he broke into his fath-| |ler’s home on the night of March]

WASHINGTON, June 29—|3—the day he was released from |

Girls Beat Up Juvenile Aid;

Victim's Screams Thwart Plot

thwarted the plot of a quintet of “desperate” teen-age girls who overpowered and brutal-

hotel room after being released|ly beat their supervisor in an

attempt to break out of Juve(nile Center last night. “I'm sorry we didn't kill you,” {screamed a 15-year-old girl after {Center personnel rushed to the |assistance of the attacked supervisor; Miss Lorraine Hester, 23,

W. of 2511 Boulevard Pl,

{ The petite 105-pound super|visr was stunned and bruised {after the attack. She was found crumpled on the floor by Center Supervisor Warren Woodell and David LaRoche, night watchman. Miss Hester had just locked the door of the North dormitory and was starting into the south dorm to close it for the night when the attack occurred, about 9:30 p. m.

Girls Grabbed Her As she reached the door, the girls jumped out and grabbed her. One 15-year-old girl held her while two others rained blows on her with weapons improvised from their leather heels. Two other girls, years old,

“hit her again, hit her again.”

Miss Hester screamed and at-

Hae. raced isaw the attack Pv ithe girls. As he did so

Their victim's screams

tracted the attention of Mw. La-

: As soon as she was wacker, Plana Crash A a Shapes

they| {dropped their wictim and ran

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By TED KNAP

JUDGE CLAYCOMBE — "It

| was very difficult . . ."

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14 and 15) 1 2 ; formed a “cheering ie n avy

section,” urging the attackers to|

[pack into the dormitory. . The BF United Press

watchman called Mr.

The girls sa they planned to grab Miss Hester's keys and escape from the center.

An end to the Korean War, he enue Bureau here said most op-|mum security” cases.

Communists to put on pressure in| some other part of the world. |

Goals Low | Mr. Lovett said present U. s.!

government goals are low in view } of the world tension and Ameri- bureau mailed some cans should “dig in” and carry it| blanks to operators who had reg-

| 1 {ularly paid the ‘tax on the slots), x 50 cepts.

As for rearmament, he said

some phases of plane and tank production are behind schedule

\laid by submarines. He put Rus-|been “greatly reduced” by the and should be improved.

His announcement came as the

U. 8. and its allies moved cautiously toward a conference with the enemy on possible cease-fire terms.

It seemed likely, however, the

enemy would have to make the first move. The Reds started the Will deprive the bureau of approx-| powers [imately $900,000 in excise income]

the western

There Just Ain't No Foolin’ a GI By ANDREW TULLY 3 JIS “Listen,” he said, and his 3 Seripps-Howard Staff Writer 5 finger was wagging now to WASHINGTON, June 29 — 1 make sure my ‘attention didn’t bought a beer for a private first waver, class and asked him what he thought of the latest Army directive, which says don’t call them GIs, call 'em soldiers. Naturally he hadn’t heard about it and there was contempt mixed with his disbelief until I pulled out the current “Army informa tion” bulletin and, showed it to

kinda guys in the Army and there's always gonna be. There's guys that been drafted and all | they're waitin’ for is the day | they get out — nobody's ever | gonna make the Army look |

good to them. They don’t want | it even if they get called General. | “Then there’s guys like me, that figure the Army’s the softest touch they can find in the

him. way of earnin’ a livin’, Nobody's al “Ah, thy're gotta dignify the Army for me. Mr. y crazy, as I knew what it was when I

came in and nobody's gonna fool me by callipg anythin’ by a different name. I don’t need no swimmin’ pools or no education Just so long as they keep payday coming once a month and don’t monkey with them pensions.” The private first class stopped to catch his breath and take another slug of beer and another drag of his cigaret. Then he broke into a sly grin. “I see it says here we should be called soldiers because soldiet means a skilled warrior. Okay, I wish one of you guys that’s always shooting the breeze with ‘Gen, Marshall—I wish you'd tel him one a his skilled warriors ain't shot off a gun for’ six months”

usual,” he said. He took a sip of his beer and the thought he had seemed to be groping for struck him because he put down the glass and hit the bar hard with the edge of his hand. “In the first place, it won't work. Why, they're tellin’ people in the Army to think before they speak.” It- was the kind of a crack that would have made one of the morning radio spots, anyway, but the private first class didn’t seem aware of it. He was serious.

ai » " “THEY GOT nothin’ else to do, 1 suppose,” he continued

oomily, tracing a design in ae gn bar with his think «= we're

fightin’ a war over in Korea they'd have more to do, but no. Get out a directive about everythin’ but how to change a baby’s pants—that’s the Army. “Now this is the kind a thing that beats the hell outta me— this all the time tryin’ to dignify the Army. Call ever’thin’ by a different name, tell ’em Join the Army and get educated and maybe marry the - boss’ daughter and they think they're gonna make guys in the Army think different than they ‘do. That's a laugh.” He crooked his finger at the bartender and made sure he paid for the second’ round and he lit a cigaret and ‘took big dreg. ng

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Other Features:

said, might well be the signal for erators in the past would have,

paid the tax by this time. Dead-| line for the payments is July 1, but a “grace” period extending to July 31 is allowed by the federal government. |

‘Some Joke’ |

Little more than 25 have been/and a 14-year-old girl labeled “in-| returried to the bureau.

None have paid. On the application

about number of slots owned and|Stood by were not transferred to

operated jocular comments: {

were returned these! “Some joke.” i “Schricker won't let me.” “None.” | If the current trend continues,

there may not be a single licensed! slot machine in the Hoosier state] after July 31. !

Rough estimates indicated this|

normally received from the slot!

Continued on Page 6-—Col. 5 |operators. {

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when you take that well earned vacation advises Ruth Millett . . . in “We, the

Women 10

will return to the airways with their popular radio program in the fall . , . a complete guide to all programs on local stations ........ .s

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Had Beaten Others

One was a 16-year-old girl held for robbery. Juvenile Court Chief

{Probation Officer Charles Bos(well said she and another girl At the first of this month the/Peéat a woman and grabbed her|

| | purse. 3400 tax, ang of boys brutally beat a night

Another time she and a watchman for his wallet, contain-

The other two were a 15-year-old girl held as a sex delinquen

|corrigible” after she repeatedly] {ran away from home and stayed 9° question|out all night. The two girls who Water.

jail. Center personnel year-old supervisor was popular with the girls and that it was not a “revenge” attack. Just that day she had taken the girls to an ice cream parlor after they finished chores ard that evening she took them out for supervised ‘ecreation.

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Woodall | and the two rushed to the super. | visor’s assistance.

conductors” are Mrs.’ Ruth: L superintendent

{in the crash of a two-engine {Navy . patrol bomber in 12 feet water about one mile from

The three who took active part President Truman's winter white {in the attack were transferred house to Marion County Jail as “max-! :

k KEY WEST, Fla. June 20—|viously squelched requ Eight persons were killéd today|PI& rate boost.

| The ‘Navy reported that only lone of the three officers and six |enlisted men aboard survived the crash that occurred on takeoff

[from the naval seaplane base.

Plane Cartwheels

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Navy and Coast Guard

boats were on the scene within a

{from the water,

the wreckage.

Six Left in Plane

{was still upside down.

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ALL ABOARD—Summer school pupils in the Sth, éth, 7th and 8th grades at School 27 leash’

Witnesses 18 the accident, which occurred a short distance from the scene 'of the collision two months ago between a Cuban air-

'liner and a Navy plane that killed 43 persons Apr. 25, said the plane cartwheeled and turned upside down as it slammed into the

rescue

few minutes and pulled two men said the 23- However. one of the two died within a few minutes. A short time later the body of another victim was pulled from

The Navy reported that the six persons still left in the plane were presumed dead, since the plane

The lone survivor suffered a {broken leg and “minor” shock, the Navy said. Names/ of the victims will be released after] notification of next of kin.

Judge Lloyd D. Claycombe today admitted he made a wide miss on how much his approval of a huge rate increase would cost customers of Indiana Bell Telephone Co. ~The Marion County Circuit Judge said he had not figured all the angles when he let Bell boost its rates to nearly 600,000 telephone owners in the state.

“It was very difficult for

me to determine how much,”

he said. Kora The estimate Judge Claycombe made yesterday has soared about 30 per cent. He said he figured it would bring $4.1 million to the utility. But Bell. officials to-

day said it would total $54 mil- :

lion, and the Public Service Com-

Claycombe Admits He Missed on Computing Customer's Bill Hike

mission figured it at more than

$6 million. wa: 1% “Because of the addition thousands of new crease undoubtedly bring. more than $5419,000 estimated Commissioner

earlier,” said Law-

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the rate fo-.

counting department will check Bell's books next week to determine how much the rate hike Court. However, "i there is little hope of action by the court until fall because it has adjour until then except for -a brief

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"Mr. Cannon, who: presided Bell hearings before the P

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combe’s quick decision. °

was voluminous,” the Commis sioner said. “I wish I could re-

Judge did.”

“Our order was fair to the public as well as the telephone com~ pany,” Mr, Cannon added. , Judge Claycombe originally scheduled his order to come out Monday. Its filing yesterday brought surprise to many officials and a sizable profit to the telephone company.

four days ahead of “schedule,” the utility is able to put it in effect on its July 1 billing. Otherwise, the first higher rate billing would have been July 4. Unofficial esti~ mates placed the few difference at more than $50, The utility said it would be closer to $40,000.

“There was nothing said about an earlier announcement bringing more money for the company,” the Judge said today. Judge Claycombe explained that his lack of detailed. knowl edge about the order he signed was due partly to the fact that it.

was drawn up by Bell a )

Objected Strenuously “They brought in sever or eight proposed orders, and I took the one nearest to what I wanted to give,” he said. The Judge explained it is normal procedure to allow utility attorneys to draw up a rate boost order. 3 Attorneys for the state said’

Would You Be Interested—

in “home? then

took exception to Judge Clay-

view a case as quickly as the

Because the order was issued

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