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Not a Hand Lifted to Halt Ther Red Writers Enjoy a Free Hand in U.S.

(Other Stories, O'Donnell Editorial Cartoon, Page 8)

By KERMIT McFARLAND Scripps-Howard Staff Writer

WASHINGTON, July 21—While Communist-run Czechoslovakia boots American writers out of that®subjected country, Czech propagandists freely scatter their stuff over the United States. This flood of Red reading has slack-

ened off in recent months, but] not because anyone in this country tried to stop it. “The pt ouse apparently just ran out of wind. Even now—three weeks after the fpf {el K + fake trial and “conviction” of 0 S ey : o | William N. Oatis, the American » ° newsman in Prague—the Commu- 0 ¥ - A + nists are still circularizing this, w mw c ion country with publications, news|

Group price for peace in- Korea. : The

UN Gives Its Final ‘No’ to Reds in Korea

Firm on Refusal To Pull Out Troops

By EARNEST HOBERECHT United Press Staff Correspondent

UNITED NATIONS BASE BELOW KAESONG, Korea, July 21—The United Nations gave a final “no” today to Communist demands for withdrawal of foreign troops as a

Reds were gtfanted a four-day recess to study the ultimatum. It seemed obvious the Reds would seek advice from Peiping and possibly Moscow Lefore giv-

ing the answer that may break!

SATURDAY, JULY 21, 1951

Truman Supporters Blast

PRICE FIVE CENTS

Entered as Second-Class Matter at.Postoffice

cee en Indianapolis, Indiana. Issued Dally. .

‘Weak’ Price Control Bills

Gales Kill Four, Heavily Damage Midwest

House Votes Tougher’ Plan, But Draws Fire

Administration Warns Of Black Markets

By United Press

WASHINGTON; July 21-—

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handouts and magazines. This propaganda has two obvious aims: To dress up in brilliant colors the picture of life in the ‘“‘republic of Czechoslovakia under the “five - year” plan copied from Moscow. And to Smear

And to smear everything American.

Every week or so they get out|interrupt current hearings on the that the conference can get on a printed, flimsy-sheet publica-|

tion of several pages called

Prague news letter. It is printed in Prague and sings of :the glories of life in Czechoslovakia, w hen it isn't editorializing against “war-mongering American imperialism.” Then there is the Czechoslovakian economic bulletin, published by the Czech embassy here. It is a more sedate publication, put out every two weeks. This magazine purports to publish official figures on Czech trade, the state budget, the progress of the five-year plan (now in its third year) and the expansion of industry, agriculture, transport and construction.

Misses No Opportunities

Tt doesn’t indulge in the slander found in the Prague news letter, but it misses no opportunities to draw odious comparisons between the “capitalist” way of doing business and the Russian ‘system. Until early this year, American newspapers printed in foreign languages (éspecially the Slavic papers) received a stream of “handouts” (called news Treleases) which were mailed out of Washington by the Czech embassy. These mimeographed sheets stopped last winter when their principal author, Dr. Zdenek Hrusa, returned to Prague. Dr. Hrusa was officially ac-

credited to the Czech embassy,

but he also ran the Czechoslovakia News Agency in a down-

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It Gives You a Chill—

Being a U. S. Newsman

Means Spy

By JAMES DANIEL. Scripps-Howard Staff Writer

| WASHINGTON July 21—

‘Hope for quick action to free |Associated Press Reporter William Oatis from a Czecho-

{slovak prison rested today with | Rep. James P. Richards (D.S.C.), {who heads the House Foreign | Affairs Committee. Rep. Richards has promised to

{foreign aid bill long enough to take up resolutions urging a trade and diplomatic break with Red Czechoslovakia—provided enough members of his committee ask for such interruption. But today Rep. Richards said he was not yet convinced that enough members of his committee want to interrupt the hearings. Unless Mr. Richards changes his mind, comgittee members see little chance of quick action. Target date for ending the foreign aid bill hearings is next Saturday, after which the committee must write the legislation. Reporter Oatis, whom Czechoslovak Reds arrested,

imprisonment on trumped-up charges of spying, has already been in prison since last Apri; except for a few hours in court. In all that time he has not talked with a fellow American or seen any of his compatriots except the U. 8. Embassy observers who were permitted to take back seats ‘during his “trial” > Meanwhile, the top Republican

Jersey, joined with the House members who are pressing Chairman Richards for quick action. Reporter Oatis’ home district Congressman, John Beamer (R. Ind.), also is organizing a campaign to get the Foregin Affairs Committee to act. { Meanwhile, Mr. Beamer has {written all House members asking

{their aid for his resolution call{ing for a trade break with Czechoslovakia unless Mr. Oatis is (freed.

to Czechs

United Press

B WASHINGTON, July 21—Reading the transcript of the trial of William N. Oatis gives any newspaperman a chill. | on charges of violating the ruling, “2d that damage here may ex-|{off roofs and flooded streets. Mr. Oatis was the Associated Press correspondent in|

Czechoslovakia Communists arrested him on Apr.

Prague.

23 and eventually sentenced him

to 10 years in prison for being judge, prosecutor and even de-|basis for his defense.

a spy.

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The story of a German fmmigrant who rose to fame in the meat packing industry. The story of Erwin Wetzel told by Bill Folger in Hoosier Profile ..cooceceanceane Kenyon Nicholson's comedy «The Barker” whis is based on carnival life has more power than anticipated as reviewed by Henry Butler. . Books get the going over on the book page as Henry _Butler reviews THE EMI"GRANTS on page.......:- 6 Jim Heyrock gives a blow by blow description of the IWGA. on page . One little, two little Indians is “the warhoop of Indianapolis and Cleveland as the Cleveland Indians bought a controlling interest of the local ball club. Bill Eggert tells all about it on page. «seve. 0

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| fense attorney said Mr, Oatig was

|at the trial indicates that the {American correspondent merely {was carrying out the duties of a correspondent—as the free press | understands them. Under Communist ground rules, however, any good foreign correspondent might be tagged a spy. | The first transcript of the Oatis {trial has just reached the State ! Department. The transcript was

stenographer, Mary Horvak, Loag {Island City, N. Y.

” n ” | AS NO AMERICAN correspon{dent would be safe in Prague covering the trial, none attended. The State Department transcript thus is the only complete story {to reach this side of the Iron | Curtain. It shows that the Czechs regard only one type of news as | legitimate. This is the “official” news—published in the govern-ment-controlled press or contained in government press re- | leases. Everything else is “unnfficial” {—and gathering “unofficial” news, in the Communist book, is spy{ing. At the trial, the court prose[cutor even jumped on Mr. Oatis for speaking privately to a government press officer. 2 The prosecutor-—Josef Urvalek, a veteran Red hatchet man—accused Mr. Oatis of operating a spy network because he employed Czech tipsters to supply news items. The prosecutor seemed especially sensitive about Mr. Oatis’ efforts to learn about various Czech officials who had been

{purged and arrested. One of these

was former foreign minister Vladimir Clementis. ? - . = MR. OATIS cited the United Press and Reuters news agency for espionage because they, h Clementis. :

; eersesisasavegaendl N _ The Communist court -— the

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“tried” and sentenced to 10 years |

Quarantine Law iar

off cease-fire talks and plunge {the Korean War into the bloedy | combat of new offensives. The United Nations agreed to | the recess until Wednesday after) { Allief Chief Delegate Vice Ad{miral C, Turner Joy put the is-|

{sue squarely to the Reds and told! {them “with an air of finality” {that the agenda items already approved should be accepted so

{with the job of ending the war. United Press Vicer President Frank H. Bartholomew reported {from Kaesong: { “The correspondents were wa|gering even money that there | would be no more cease-fire ses- | siong in Kaesong.” | Mr. Bartholomew said the feel{ing there was that the high comymands of both sides might handle matters directly “unless the! [Communists decided to recede {from their stated positions.” But, {he reported, a Communist Chiinese news agency representative, [said the Chinese negotiators were

withdrawal of foreign troops. Informed sources in Washing{ton predicted that the Korean talks will get “back on the track” after the Reds consult the "mas-ter-minds in the Kremlin.” Of-| . : . . ar. ¥ Ls ficials said they were not alarmed | lis last night during the worst storm in the Twin Cities’ history. by the Red move for a postpone-| { ment and one said he was con-| fident the deadlock over the for- gvees [ed eign troops issue would be.broken. | BY vw The showdown meeting ended :

after 1 hour and.1l minutes of| al Be oo pci * * sick . . on the Foreign Affairs Commit-|o.u” nicn gr As River-Roars” Building | : ew so loud the dele- 4 9g I i tee, Rep. Charles A. Eaton of New f f Ul! in S in Wi n i es of the key provisions in the Sen-

gates could be heard by newsmen |

25 feet away. i By United Press

showed strain and nervousness while Chinese delegates took a| By United Press leading role in the talks for the, ST. LOUIS, July 21—The/ ore eg Préparey 19 Jee for Mississippi River flood crest St. Paul, in the worst thunder-] leno B, 19s Mor orean pattered through levees in storm in the history of the Twin through.’ The lights went out and north St. Louis C Cities. ithe whole roof caved in. Winnorthern St. Louis County, But the fate of Watertown, dows collapsed. I climbed out of

| ltoday and swept down on this'S. D., a cty of 13,000, was in one of them.”

Do Owners 0 p metropolitan area of 1,700,000 doubt. All cemmunications lines| An excursion boat with 200 | persons. to the area were snapped by the crippled children on a Mississippi

injured and property damage in the millions.

Swollen by the flood waters of wind and it was expected to be River outing, was missing for {the Missouri, the crest was ex-/several hours before service was three hours after the storm and | pected to reach 40.5 feet here restored. for a time it was feared the {late today—the highest since 1844. Reports from the area indi- vessel had sunk. Sewage covered streets in the cated that it suffered severe] However, about 3 a. m., the {waterfront section 8 inches deep property damage, although there vessel was found tied up to a Joseph M. Darstiwas no mention of casualties. [railroad bridge where it had ridwarned of possible contamination den out the storm. None of the

An attack on the state dog|t® drinking water. {children was injured. quarantine was launched yester-| Damage Over $2 Million But at the Twin Cities, the day in Speedway Court when 31| yo g¢ Louis Flood Association|*torm toppled buildings, ripped Kid R hh " Two persons were killed when nap 0 ery Samuel B. Huffman, attorney! , {for the 31 defendants indigated ood Of 1001. Damage readYlive winds caved in the roof of . “ {i00ay he Will use the legality. offeyicn said. a super market in inneagonis [L90p Figure Killed 1 » e possible] mye flood has covered 2 million|While 40 persons were in the

Buildings Toppled

{dog owners asked for jury trials] |ceed the $9 -million mark in the|

f land and driven 518,000 store | Mr. Huffman said there is a|hcres © F904 ig \ A spy? Well, the Communist a spy. But the evidence presented possibility that the quarantine] eons from the homes in Kansas/ An unidentified woman was y ot mM Back

| . {and Missouri, according to tne d beneath a beam of the BO yaate resorved op chief of Army Engineers, Maj [Tope Tere Killed, Michadl| : : [Gen. Lewis A. Pick. |Brinda, 38, Minneapolis; was |

| dogs be Kept penned up or on a | ; {investigation today was launched leash at all a It a set opi. Misslesipl Rivers Just BOND, At least five patrons of the phy state police after a 31-year-old by state law with the state veter-| “It loooks BD : aS ar store were hospitalized with In- |, i pogen tavern owner died in inarian given powers to determine 3 i \When it should be effective. a Rel Cross 500 per: {Duna Memorial Hospital, a bullet { The request for a jury trial fol-|

Times State Service

juries. The wind struck as 1 sons were gathered for a revival in his back. meeting in a huge tent. The| Richard Lane, the dead man;

flowing along,” worker said.

lowed action in Speedway and! Water (rom the worst flood in

g taken down by a U. 8. Embassy Beech Grove magistrates’ courts|® “€Ntury poured over the Brad- ... canvag covering—80 by" 50 was one of five men arrested only

lin which dog owners received | Shaw levee despite the efforts of! {fines and jail sentences for vio- | Men, women and children to bol-

[lation of the quarantine. [ster it, and swept 10 feet deep | The jury trials will be heard into West Alton, Mo. {in Circuit Court after Sept. 1| Refuse to Leave Homes

{when the court reopens after) 4 P Tl More than 200 residents of the telon, grabbed a tent pole Ww

| summer vacation. | —— community, however, stubbornly|the storm hit. in the victim's back

Car Overturns, Kills etuted hi JeaYe their homes and| «The whipping canvas carried yn, wag shot in his secondLouisville Woman joe nto the upper floors toy, pole through the air—and hei floor room at the Harrison Hotel { Times State Service Army engineers appealed for The Rev. Cante- in West Baden. State police say

went with it.” BOONBVILLE, July 21 — Lu-|volunteers to join soldiers sah. [108 suftered 5 Proken Solar bone. be crawled SUL of is room aa er Co soles. Toit, oe eughe Shey wis, 01, to | P g acres| orshipers as they picked theiri He was taken to the hospital here last night when the car in/of farmland on the Illinois side = ided by the flash of light (where he died early this morning. which she was riding overturned |of the Mississippi. I debris. The gun, containing only one on a sharp turn on Ind. 62. | All personnel at Scott Air Force | a aE told Terrence Malm, empty shell, was found in Lane's Injured in -the accident were Base in Illinois were restricted to|q4 paul, was killed by bricks room. It was the same weapon Morris Leroy Newton, Louisville, [the station and alerted for imme- go the chimney of his home/that had been used in the kidnapdriver of the car, and Leon diate movement to imperiled sec-| hich broke through the roof robbery of the hitch-hiker. Crumptof, also of Louisville. tions of the area. |when the’ chimney collapsed and| Lane’s four cohorts in the rob|struck him as he lay in his crib. /bery still are in the Martin | Lyman H. Kizer, 60, St. Paul |County Jail at Shoals. was found dead in his automobile| Preliminary investigation re-

jed away. llast Wednesday at Loogootee for armed robbery and Kidnaping of a hitch-hiker from West Virginia. A witness said one of theiy.ne was out on.$1000 bond. speakers, the Rev. Willard Can-| State police first believed it was hen a suicide case, but this was ruled lout by the position of the bullet

feet—was Worshipers Periled

“Smart guys” are making a “fast buck’ on gam- | bling and other vices in In- | dianapolis . . . and they boast about it, too. -

Irving Leibowitz, the Times reporter who has revealed’

Indianapolis Plunderworld— 4 e . by police who said he apparently|vealed no immediate motive for eries in imes Lo) e [died of shock. [te fatal shooting. | Several persons were injured i { VE 'Fast Buck’ Rackets when the winds picked up a Train Kills Trucker | streetcar and turned it over. CLINTON, July 21 (UP)—| WORLD in a revealing series Cars Turned Over (James F. Marshall, 17, Newman, | of cles. Police said that several auto- HL es led a ee y i A ! -H1C ste s Bives Letbawiiz Bames names. : ‘mobiles were flipped over by the: rajiroad locomotive hit his grain racketeers operate tells winds. {truck at a crossing on ind. 63 you the amazing details of | Betty Ostendorf, .Minneapoljs, about two miles north of here. “rackets” in our city. lone of those in the super market = Watch for the first article when the roof collapsed, described

| LOCAL TEMPERATURES

more “inside” stories about —and pictures—on INDIAN- [the scene: 6a. m... 65 10a. m.. 7 Indianapolis “underworld” APOLIS PLUNDERWORLD “A huge wind started coming; 1 #& Mm... 67 1la m.. 7 than any other newspaper- = by Irving Leibowitz . . . EX- [yp. Someone started to close the|. 8 a.m... 69 12 (Noon) 83 man, tells you all about the CLUSIVELY in the Sunday |doors. A mah screamed, ‘Don’t| 9 a m... 71 : .

INDIANAPOLIS PLUNDER- close the door. Let the wind go Latest humidity ...... 65%

RESCUED—A mother and father with the aid of a fireman carry their children from a revival tent which collapsed at Minneapo-

| . 1 , |other things, for controls to be in S opp Oo ven es dy g continued through February, : ; ; { {1952; the House would continue

| . * . | The Communist team, led » Toward St Louis Winds of hurricane force ripped across the rortaem | Crime S [ee i | . . 3 ’ North Korean Gen Nam II who s ‘Midwest, leaving at least four persons dead today, scores n f |stration’s present authority to set

Galeg up to 100 miles an hour lashed Minneapolis and to more than 40 crimes in Indian- er rollbacks in beef prices, as

‘The ' House - passed a price . land ‘wage control bill today ‘that was tougher than admin-

listration leaders had expected, but which fell short of President {Truman's demands.

| Administration spokesman J \charged that the controls legishe=""" tion passed by both the House and Senate will invite black marketing and cost consumers hundreds of millibns of dollars. They hoped that when the two bills are worked over in conference committee a stronger measure may |result.

The House passed its price and wage control measure at 12:10 a. m. (Indianapolis Time) after {a marathon session lasting more {than 14 hours. The roll call yote {on passage was 323 to 92. Could Raise Rents Economic Stabilizer Eric: A. Johnston said he hoped a SenateLo -u-s-e- conference committee would ‘repair the damage and provide the economic weapons to battle inflation.” With the present controls law scheduled to expire on July 31, the conference committee will go to work next week in an effort to reach speedy agreement on the many differences in the Senate and House bills.

The Senate bill provides, among

| tem through June, 1952. Here is a thumbnail summary

jate and House bills: Prices—In general, the admini-

{price ceilings was continued. | Three of four juveniles linked however, there could be no furth-

apolis and Marion County “prob- Price Stabilizer Michael V. Diably” will face terms in prison, Salle had planned, and farm Juvenile Court officers said to- commodities could not be brought av. under control if they still are The three are expected to be/below parity. released from Juvenile Court Wants “Damage” Repaired jurisdiction to face Criminal] Rents—Rent controls would be Court trials “because of the continued, but landlords would be seriousness of their crimes,” Chief permitted to raise rents 20 per Probation Officer Charles Boswell nent above levels of June 30, 1947. said today. Rent controls could be extended The fourth boy, 16, has a pre-to some areas not now controlled. vious record with juvenile authori-| wages Neither the House nor ties and is expected to be cOm-'genate bill would ‘make any mitted to Boys School. {change in the present policy of The three due to go before anig,oe stabilization by the wage {adult court all are 17. Boys school|g¢ahilization board. {officers declare that the school’s Credit—Credit controls would {program “is not geared” to help, ;ojaxed on automobiles by the boys at that age, Mr. Boswelligohate and on automobiles, tele sald. - |vision sets, radios, other appli Two of the 17-year-olds were ,,..s and furniture by the House. involved with the younger boy Init, general, smaller down paya car theft in 1950 and all were ents would be required and

on probation from Juvenile Court. more time would be given to 3 pay The third 17-year-old has a long the balance.

record and has been before juve-|

nile authorities ‘several times. aL. | . Je Court records show that the boy Convertible-Riding

once was arrested for beating up| Purse Grabber Hunted his mother’s “boy friend.” i Poli tod eki Eight car thefts, 10 burglaries, |,, Soe onay ale oe ng a four holdups and 17 thefts from| Bo y purse TL D his cars were cleared up by capture a late moce con of the gang. getaway car last night. Three men are held in Marion |, 0% Medora S=uip, © o 530 County jail in the case. : abama “+. 10 Police ‘3 Ravmond Sanford Rutherford teen-aged youth grabbed her purse Roa (tn ~~ “last night at 9th and Alabama 25, of 1117 Goodlet Ave., and Don-| 3 fied i rertibl ald Gene Spellman, 20, of 1711 i one oe n a convertible Ingram Ave. have signed state- river LY a companion. Mrs. Smith said the purse cone

ments a tti > imes - |enid pam ing the crimes, po tained $25 and personal papers.

Also held is John Edward Ti- aa tara, 22, of 1606 Spann Ave. im-

. plicated in the statements. Take A Tip

————————————————————— | : . And Not A Trip Man Is Charged In Rape-Murder | CHAMPAIGN, IIL, July 21 (UP) | —State’s Attorney John J. Bresee today charged - Andrew ‘“Pete”| Parmer, 37-year-old father of) two, with the rape-slaying of 17-| year-old Janet Clark. { The ravished body of the prettyq Champaign high school senior | was found in her home yesterday morning. The body was nude and bore 45 stab woiqds from a leather awl. A man’s blue necktie was wound tightly about her throat. The murder warrant followed four hours of state lie detector tests made by Parmer at Springfield early today. Assistant State's Attorney Frank Middleton said] many hundreds of homes the tests showed ‘“deceptions.” you will find advertised in reser The Indianapolis Times this week-end. Choose several that seem to fit your needs and arrange to inspect them right away. Be sure and see tomor-

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