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PRICE FIVE CENTS
red as Second-Class Matter at Postoffiee
see Indianapoiis, Indiana. Issued Dally.
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More Shutdowns Threatened
Truck Driver Strike
Acme Telephoto
SCENE OF TRAGEDY—Spectators look on as rescue operations are carried out amid the wreckage of a Wabash Railroad ps senger frain which was rammed last night by a Nickel Plate freight + train at New Haven, Ind. Four persons were kilied and 12 in-
jured in the crash. (Story; Page 3).
Cyanide Poison Promises Some Real News—
Caused Death
Truce Conferees Draw Closer in Fifth Talk
nited Pres
1ji Tripp Child UNITED NATIONS "BASE BELOW KAESONG, Korea, Wedn
esday, July 18— United Nations and" Communist tea ms Cyanide poisoning caused drew steadily closer to agreement on a program for ceaseBut an armistice and the end quarter distribution of high-
the sudden death of 3-year- fire negotiations Tuesday. old Diana Tripp, 939 Gray St., lot the ‘fighting in Korea seemed June 28, according to Coroner |? Ios way on talked tor 30 Rov B. 5 : e negotiators talked for y ASO, al verdict.. Dr.| {minutes yesterday in their fifth} : {and friendliest meeting in the Storms said accidental death! {cease-fire city of Kaesong. was due to cyanide poison which, It was indicated there was al-| was self-administered. The coro- MOSt no conflict or argument as|
er ‘BeHeves- she swallowed the!
poison either by having it on/for actual cease-fire negotiations. her hands and transfering it to| But after the meeting, an offia popsicle or by dropping the! cial Rpokesman said that no pro-|
be put on the program or agenda’
popsicle on ground contaminated ? 9 with cyanide. aes Jim . Lucas, Page — Dr. Storms sad cyanide some- gram had yet been agreed on, times is used on lawns as a and so far as could be learned
pest-killer. He also warned parents in the area along Gray St. between 10th St. and Parker Ave. to be on the lookout for evidence! of such poison in the neighbor-| Discussed Several Times hood. This was the area in which| But as Rear Adm. Arleigh A.| Diana had been before her death. Burke, one of the United Nations | Conducted Search Inegotiators, said on his return| Dr. Storms said that his office, |trom Kaesong yesterday in com-| Detective Sgt. Fred Whisler and ‘menting on the brief session: | city health officials have been| ‘Well, don't forget it only takes] conducting a two-week search for five minutes to get married.” the source of the poison without| Various points on the program results. have now been discussed several He issued this public statement: times. The Communists brought “I request co-operation of any- Up One new point at yesterday's one having knowledge which meeting, a spokesman said. He would lead authoritles to secure declined to disclose it, but said it information on the possible source Came as no Surprise. of the poison. Anyone having At Tuesday's briefing a corresuch knowledge call the coroner's Spondent pointed out that no real office or Detective Whisler. news has come out of the talks EE {yet... The briefing officer said he,
Seek Ex- Convict would try to get some real news
by tonight. In Prison Break Try showboat ‘Closed for
CANON CITY, Colo. July 17 f $ NON SHY: ou Luly 31/Geod,’ Sheriff Say | Sheriff Dan Smith today said
off an attempted prison break ‘ when he hurled a revolver over that the Showboat. late night spot the walls of the Colorado State on Allisonville Rd twill. be Prison was sought today in a closed for good. statewide police search. He said that the club did not
open last week-end after a Times Warden Roy Best refused to itopy .by Tom Hicks revealed identify the ex-convict. > v
But he jfter-hours drinking ‘was persaid that questioning of five mitted. trusties who took part in the at-| The sheriff said that he did tempted break indicated the gun not order the place closed but he was thrown over the prison walls understood that the owners did to a convict waiting inside. not intend to reopen.
{none was expected at the sixth meeting set for 7 p. m. Tuesday, Indianapolis time.
They'll Have First Hollywood Date Tonight—
leach side discussed the items to,
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GOING UP—President Tru-
man today nominated Lt. Gen.
Walter Bedell Smith, director of the Central Intelligence Agency and former Ambassador to Moscow, for promotion to four-star general Gen. Smith is a native of Indianapolis.
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Highway Fund
(et Record Lift From Taxes +
A record-smashing second-
way funds—$167814,474—today was announced by State
{Auditor Frank T. Millis.
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The April-through-June collec-
{tion of state gasoline taxes and
{license fees is 9 per cent higher {than the July, 1950, distribution
|distribution
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of $14,963,000 when the previous record was set.
$8 Million Gain in Kitty The Indianapolis share of amounts - top $427 300.10. Marion County received
the
[$277,824.52
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| {
vehicle registration fees
Largest chunk of the distribu|tion—53 per cent—went to the [State Highway Cominvission. The
{state road-building kitty was njorganed by $8,646,671. {not as quarter of this year, {auto and truck licenses are pur|chased in the first three months
The record-breaking total was high as for the (first since most
of the year. Gas Tax Payments Up The $17 million paid in motor during the first quarter dropped to $4 million for the April-June period.
However, gasoline tax payments jumped from §10,400,000 in the first three months to
1£12,999,000 for the second quarter.
Included in the distribution was £5.220,631 that went to the 92 counties and $2,447,171 to cities and towns.
Oo, Lookit
LLONDON, July 17 (UP) Thames River boatmen on the flag bedecked Festival of Britain launches went on strike today over an issue involving feminine modesty. The 250 strikers protested that women passengers often had to step from the boats to very high piers and. said the management ought to correct the situation. They described it as. “embarrassing for the girls— and for us.”
Frankie, Ava Will Step Out i in Home Town
By VIRGINIA MacPHERSON
United Press Hollywood Correspondent HOLLYWOOD, July 17 — Ava Gardnera and Frank Sinatra, who've stepped out in public everywhere but Hollywood, make it official tonight when they appear arm-in-arm at the lavish premier of Ava's latest movie 4 They'll sparkle up the “Show ° 5 Boat” doings-like a Fourth of July fireworks display—and they both BE know it But they don’t care. This will be their first out-in-the-open date in the old home town. Photographers have caught 'em together in London and New = York and points in between, but any dates they've had in ‘Holly wood up to now have been on the discreet side. » But now Nancy has agreed to \ give Frankie the divorce he's wanted ever since he and Ava discovered each other and they figure it's safe to step out among friends. “I'm very much in love with her “It gives me great pleasure and. . . and it's wonderful to know pride to be able to escort Ava to we can be seen together without a public premiere,” Mr. Sinatra hurting anyone. There's no ill said “T've cared for her a long, feeling about it anywhere . . long time—almost a year and a with anyone.” half now, ; | N
AVA GARDNER—Makes it off cial tonight.
a mv 5 :
"I'm
FRANK SINATRA—
. " very much in love . . .
NANCY SINATRA—No laughing face now.
giving her husband a divorce be-| pal said. “But they both tried to
cause she wants
happy.” And Frank has told his’
friends the ‘‘spark is gone”
“him to. be make a success of their marriage.
“Now Nancy is dating other
be- people and Frank is happy with
tween him and his dark-eyed Ava and it looks like everything
wife,
Nancy, already has 2 she’ o “He feels terrible about it,” ajof them.”
is going to work out OK for both
Inc.,
By CARL HENN Walkout of Sprout & Davis, Inc. \drivers today shut off deliver Atterbury Air Force Base, American and Lake Central airlines and at least 450 other customers. Local | Brotherhood of Teamsters, spread to &
The strike, called by beginning Sunday night at Fo Richard Kavner, to avoid further strikes here “If the employers don’t
~ contracts .with us, there will be more shutdowns and more| Pi
turmoit in Indianapolis than lyears.” Sprout & Davis officials office at
Cheer Up, Perl Heat Relief Near
The- ~Weather——Burean today forecast relief from the heat and humidity that have plagued Indiana for a week. Scattered thundershowers wilt cool the air today, the bureau said, and temperatures for the rest of the week will average close to normal. The long-range outlook said it will be a little warmer tomorrow, cooler Thursday and Friday and a bit warmer again for the weekend. 1.LOCAL TEMPERATURES
6a. mm... 1 10 a. m... 81 T 8. Mm.. A 11 a. m... 83 8a. m.. 2 12 (Noon) 85 9a m.. 18 1 P m... 86
Tenants Housing Leaves 2 More
Wiser but Poorer
Two more home hunters today reported tHey had been ‘“‘taken” for $5 fees by Tenants Housing Service without providing houses for rent. One North Side mother of two children said she “enrolled” with the “service” in the Morris Plan building last February, paying $5 as a fee to check her references and her credit. “1 waited a month for them to call me about one of the 30 or 40 houses they had advertised as available, but I had to call them. They said they
reply from the references I gave them,” she said. I checked my references and they said they hadn't been contacted. Then I called the service back and some girl said my bank credit hadn't. cleared By that time I gave up.” Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Henrix, formerly of Bloomington, said they had enrolled with Tenants
Housing for two months at the $5 fee. but had never obtained a house from the service. Had One for $80 “We listed the limit of rent we could pay at $50 a month,” Mrs. Henrix said. “The service called
us. about a house they had for rent at $80." She said she finally found a
place to live by running an advertisement inh a newspaper. “We're through with Tenants Housing, wiser, but $5 loser,” she
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! It the size of your home will not accommodate itself to the | needs of your growing family, now fis the time to buy one that will. ight now there are many homes offered For Sale in the Classified Pages of The Indianapolis Times . . . nearly
80% of the better home values. The above ad is a
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are sure to find several that seem to fit the needs of your family. Choose several and arrange to look them over right away.
Local 135 trustee, said he would try!
Whiting this morning for a conference with
had received no.
Cuts Oil to Railways, Atterbury, Airlines
Walkout Shuts Off All Deliveries Here By Sprout & Davis |
petroleum truck | ies to Indianapolis Railways,
135, AFL International] Sprout & Davis after ster Freight Lines, Inc. |
if possible. But, he warned: | get back to honoring their|
this town has seen in 50,
hurried here from the home
Mr. Kavner over grievances arising: from reported contract violations by the. company.
Will Force
Unless immediate back-to-work terms can be arranged. Sprout & Davis customers: in the Indian-| apolis area will -be forced to find| #8 other supply sources Or shut off\ operations. James Long, superintendent of | purchasing for Indianapolis Rail-| ways, said the firm has a four-day! supply of Diesel ail and an eight-| day supply of gas on hand. Although no arrangements have been made for supplies elsewhere| at this time, Mr. Long said, he| § believed Indianapolis Railways; was “important enough” that it would not.be difficult. Le His opionion was backed up by, =i¥ W. W. Harris. vice president and] general manager, who promised his company “won't let the people down.”
Action
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Matilda Aikins, is taller than Mary Ann McMannis, 10-year-old
hp ail TALL FLOWER—Gladiolus grown by Mrs. Can Pull Up to Station 1547 Shelby St.
“We can Srvays pl up to 2 neighbor who helps Mrs. Aikins show off a 61-inch beauty. gas station, S y SHR e———— —
Atterbury Air Force Base offi- po factrinns at Crossrocds—
Jail Sentences Loom
amount of aviation gas on hand,
saying it was “classified information.” However, they stated their supply agency already has made = ( ih Jay wo ers “other arrangements” which will or i \f allow - the 434th Troop Carrier 4 ; Blow io ORERe Si supplies Pedestrians will face ly and jail sentences for jayto flooded Kansas teritory in walking and failure to observe traffic signals if an ordinance “Operation Sandbag.” : introduce d in City Council last night is approved. Philp Roettger, superintendent ot : a at es rani Airport The measure makes it illegal to cross the street except at said the petroleum supply strike marked crosswalks and with the —— eT would not affect airline service be- light in the downtown congested amended last night limits the cause other gas is available. area, weight of trucks on certain As work stoppage continued Mayor Bayt said last night he streets in the city following the
charges and counter-charges were would ask that the ordinance be recemmendation of City Engineer hurled by AFL and CIO officials amended to make it effective William R. Hunt. The present battling over control of the mem- throughout the city as originally ordinance banning heavy trucks
bership. proposed by the police traffic de- from 19 key arteries has a faulty Mr. Kavner accused Joseph partment description of weight limits and Romer, state director of ClO Re- ean n 7 yp . 5% tail, Wholesale and Department Toughening Up’ Proposed Continued on Page 9—Col. 4 Store Workers, of “helping the He also said he Would] From CR companies cheat their workers mend changes which would per- . out py thousands of dollars.” mit use of cafeteria court for pay- Truman Flies : . . “ ing pedestrian fines, Calls it “Smoke Screen Councilmen heard a report on To Flood Zone Mr. Romer termed- this state- , proposal for “toughening up” ment a ‘smoke zcreen” intends ihe existing zoning laws to include WASHINGTON, July 17 (UP) ed to halt a “revolt” of AFL 3 penalty clause — President Truman departed by drivers, warehousemen and dock- J. Porter Seidensticker reported air today to see for himself the workers and keep them in the that both the special council com- dood ravages in his Missourie Local 135 ranks. mittee and the City Plan and! _. = . He retaliated by advising the Zone Commission recommended Kansas home area in .a quick workers to stay on the job as that action be taken to make one-day inspection trip. long as possible, especially those!contractors responsible for work As he left, Congress took up who have signed cards indicating done without obtaining legal ap- the final steps to provide an their desire to become CIO mem- proval from the plan commission. emergency relief fund for the ber. At which Mr. Kavner said:| This action grew out of a re- fond sufferers. “It never occurred to me that port last month that fruit and] The Senate Appropriations the CIO would attempt, publicly, vegetable stand operators were committee turned down, however, to be strikebreakers.” |violating the city's zoning laws. the $25 million voted by the
Meanwhile, Kenneth Foster, Under the proposal, ordered prepresident of Foster Freight Lines, pared by the legal department, said he will not confer with Local|yisiators of zoning laws would 135 until the union certifies a rep- pe subject to arrest and fines. | The second new ordinance
House and stuck to a figure of $15 million ‘which Mr. Truman had requested. The President was accompanied by Mrs. Truman and Margaret,
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ESCORT—Squad Car 2 follows a Foster Fala Line truck loaded with government meat. Police kept alert 5 a striking driver made the delivery, required re law.