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SAD SACK—Radical.
Looking for Work? Post Office Drains
By DAVID WATSON Labor shortage hit the Indianapolis Postoffice today. ’ Mail started piling up on_the
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Last week Sen. Homer E. Capehart (R. Ind.) charged that the “Sad Sack” strip, drawn by Cartoonist George Baker, “looks to me like socialistic propaganda, aimed at discrediting American industry.” The Department of Army ordered the books
withdrawn from 'worldwid
after confirming Sen. Capehart’s statement the 500,000 had been printed at a cost of $17,500. The strip showed the well-known cartoon character as a discontented soldier who returns to civilian life
to find it the worst.
Sad Sack goes back into the Army when his first civilian paycheck amounts to only 5 cents after
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deductions—and the nickel turns out to be counterfeit.
‘Operation Cleaver —
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8. Illinois St. loading docks while
postal officials beat the bushes] for help. i
_ Postmaster George J. Ress said, service deliveries to some 563! Indiana cities is being delayed! because of the obstacle. Labor] reserve lists were exhausted yes-| terday. i Affected are postal .stations! serviced by the 24 “star routes” operating out of Indianapolis to major cities across state borders with stops between. ~Mafl is hauled over them by truck. “We need muscle men,” said Mr. Ress. “The situation has become s0 critical that if 50 men walked into this office right now 1 would swear them fin -on’ the spot.” : Need 30 Men Now Mr. Ress said the S. Illinois St. station has filed a request for 30 additional men “immediately.” Efforts to meet hausted the list of applicants for positions. For the first time the department here finds itself without a reserve. Recently the station lost nearly 100 full-time employees when students hired for the summer months quit to return to college classes, Mr. Ress said. Regular employee turnover aggravated the problem.
'Round-Clock Prospects
Although some parttime appliecants remain on post office lists, Mr. Ress said increasing mail volume in the fall demands fulltime workers be employed on ‘round-the-clock shifts to keep
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In State Traffic
Two Hoosier way tragedies yesterday claim six victims, three of them members of one
Biggest Armored Drive Punctures Enemy Line
By ROBERT VERMILLION United Press Staff Correspondent |
{ One tank force drove through
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UARTERS, Korea, Sept. 21—|
United Nations forces smashed three holes in the Commu-| nist defense line on the central front today in the biggest!
armored drive of the Korean War. |
Seven Russian-made T-34 Com-|
munist tanks, moving to the front| to meet the Allied drive, were de-| stroyed by United Nations jet! planes. Two were damaged. |
Three Allied divisions and the
. : 3 Others In ed {largest force of tanks ever com-| mitted to one action in the Ko-!
rean War jumped off at dawn on, the central front in “Operation. Cleaver.” It was designed to test the real strength of an ominous Commujist buildup and to kill Communists.
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FL ORD, Cal., Sept. 21—A $17,500 shipment of comic books—specially designed to spur Army re-enlistments — has been burned on n following a charge that the strip was ‘“‘social-
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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1951 >
Millis Denies He'll Resign In GOP Split
Dan Kidney, Page 24 State Auditor Frank Millis
(face of what he called “threats| and pressufe” from the Indian-|
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said he would not reSign as : $ - chairman of the Republican - Party's all-powerful policy- or i : making committee today in the J
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apolis Star. : Mr. Millis’ statement came as {top GOP leaders made a frenzied effort to patch up a widening split in the Republican Party over the welfare issue. : Along with other top elected state officials, Mr. Millis said he would tell a specially called Republican meeting at state, headquarters he opposes an all-out “stand pat” program as advecated by State Sen. John Van Ness, Senate President pro tem, lan ep. W. O. Hughes, House SEN. CAPEHART—Republican. | Speaker og
| Mr, Millis proposed. the special
. ‘session of the state legislature, Rockies Get Snow called by Gov. Schricker, postpone the effective date of the “anti-
secrecy” law which cost Indiana
: . » $20 million in federal welfare S 0 ir ns aid. This led to the financial crisis deemed serious enough to call lawmakers into extraordin-| ary session. : i The state’s welfare funds were cut off by Federal Security Ad- ; By United Press ministrator Oscar Ewing, who Heavy snow fell in the Rocky 52id Indiana's new law opening Mountains and flurries were ex-|the rolls to the public was conpected in the northern Midwest! trary to the federal law. today as a cold front crept east- Others Speak Up
ward, ringing down the curtain! Me Millis was joined by other on summer . to bli The greatest snowfall was at eu Sah Jawmiskers 1 jo Dade yo but {he Wyoming state GOP headquarters, Sen Wilasper, amie and jam E, Jenner and the top legis-| Cheyenne also reported flurries. {lative leaders i Weathermen said measurement, giate Sen. Roy Conrad, Repub-| of the snow was impossible be-|jjcan hotel operator, Monticello, Seuss it melted as soon as itiy,g the latest GOP leader to bevatune ‘war ve Lamar ‘sn WINE Of the welfare bandwagon yo po ing the height of fhe storm. {pushed by Sen. Van Ness and Rep.! rior iv
Balmy Weather in East
The cold front was pocketed in Leland Smith said the “only logi-!
fective date, thus enabling fed-|
ON DECK—Sen. Joseph McCarthy.
nea, Secretary of 2 '"MeCarthyism' Will Get
Indianapolis Tagged Critica Defense Area
By DON TEVERBAUGH Times Real Estate Editor
More sweeping rent cone trols and relaxed credit regulations for new housing will be placed on Marion County soon. S
Population-swelled and housingshort, metropolitan Indianapolis
“lyesterday was classified a “critical
defense area” by the Federal Critical Defense Area Committee of the Housing and
This was learned by Dan Kidney, Times Washington Bureau, and needs only. signatures of top defense and mobilization brass to be official. This is expected momentarily.
Picture Is Confused
The picture in HHFA offices in Washington and Chicago is confused. Indianapolis is the first area to be termed “critical” under the new Defense Housing Law and policies have not yet been deThis much is known: Private builders will have least 90 days in which to led for re
that,
Finance Agency, Washington, D. C. 2
family. Two other men died in the
ward about
demand ex- to
William Horton, 26, Madison. Charles F. Eaglin, 84, of Hol-
n. Frank W. Forman, Chicago. John Koenig, 44, Hobart. Mrs. Ruth Koenig, Hobart. Donald Koenig, 20, Hobart. The injured were: Clifford Lecutour, 48, St. Louis. Robert Lecutour, 4, St. Louis.
Pyonggang, apex of the old Communist Iron Triangle. All its ob-| jectives for thé day won, it radioed back: ‘Mission accomplished.” A second tank force was stopped by fanatical Red resistance northwest of Kumhwa. On the eastern front, U. S. Marines and other Allied troops were brought almost to a halt, in the rugged mountains, by reinforced Red troops in their “killer” offensive.
“Valley of Death” almost to|miles an Bows
AD “were ral welfare grants to continue. i os aE Toit glo She ay viva mmo
predicted for d pat. His faction favors a
South Dakota today.
gountry, meanwhile, enjoyed "avorable court or Congressional Democrat Phillip Bayt will serve balmy weather with temperatures action. | 0 for “Mein the 80's at New York. | Both Sen. VanNess and Rep. = ° nx ne a 1 The Chicago Weather Bureau Hughes said his proposal was, in/Carthyism” in “Indianapolis, said it ‘was impossible yet to pre-| effect, a Republican retreat or whether the politicians like it or diet whether the cold front would| Surrender on Weifar e and the is- pot, make its way to the Atlantic sea-|SU¢ Of Whether a state has the Joseph McCarthy (R. Wis.) board. But the forecasters said Tight to rule itself. Pa he Mar tuyism” a Sool sir *Probabiy* would chill Will Keep Post 'household word over the nation Po 0 e country, too. | Mr. Millis predicted after to- With his repeated accusations of
Front dispatches said the en-
An unidentified woman beKoenig, of Hobart.
killed near Holton on U. 8. 50 when the car in which Mf. Harrell and Mr. Horton were skidded out of control on a curve and was hit broadside by the Lecutour car, .
the mails moving. “The acute shortage has already brought congestion to the (loading) docks,” Mr, Ress said. A contributing factor to the labor shortage is private industry competition, he said. Mail handler pay rates range from $1.26 to $1.38 an hour.
Jailed in Sex Case
PLYMOUTH, Sept. 30 (UP)— A six-month jail term was given today to Ray Freed, 30, former night watchman at a dairy products plant, for photographing
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Mr. Eaglin was killed when he walked into the side of a car driven by James H. Davis, Roffmoyne, Ill. Killed in a ecar-truck collision was Mr. Forman. The car he was driving rammed into the rear of a candy truck on a bridge near Knox on Ind. 30. Three members of the Koenig family were killed and a fourth injured critically when their automobile skidded into a truck at the intersection of U. 8. 35 and Ind. 28 near Muncie. Curtis Camp, 20, of Noblesville, died yesterday of injuries suffered Aug. 31 in a traffic accident on Ind. 32, east of Nobles-
teen-agers in the nude during sex orgies.
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lieved to be the wife of Donald | >1a%ng confusion of attack and!
| Skids Out of Control |
State police said three men were/the Allied troops had
counterattack. |
Gain Some Ground | But late dispatches said that] lost no und, and had gained some, during the day. t On the Marines’ end of the; {front the North Koreans pulled) their old “white flag” trick. A' {group of them, waving white flags, came into the Allied line to| lsay that a battalion of Reds wanted to surrender. Reaching a bend in the road] while the United Nations troops) held their fire, the Reds ducked}
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them out and killed about half] of them. Another “white flag” group met the same fate.
Chinese Reds Claim Big. Toll of Chiang's Men
TOKYO, Sept. 21 (UP)—The Chinese Communists said today| they have killed 1,180,000 Nation-| {alist troops and guerrillas during] ithe last two years. :
; First Real Storm /day’s Republican meeting every-|Communisis in the State DepartThe weathermen said the Rocky one would come out shaking/ment, has jumped into the city's Mountain snowfall qualified as hands. However, he said he political fight in behalf of Mr.
because it struck at lower alti- of the policy committee. {a whirlwind one-day palitical tudes than those spots which.nor-| Yesterday, Mr, Millis’ confided stump here Oct. 20. 53 mally have snow the year around. to newsmen he might resign be-| GOP state headquarters, It snowed in Yellowstone Park in cause his views differed sharply | anxious to find out if IndianapoJuly. with plans of top GOP lawmakers.|lis voters like or dislike the The cool air was expected to| The Indianapolis Star reported brand of Republicanism preached invade Chicago about noon today Mr. Millis actually had resigned by the Senator from Wisconsin, on the heels of wind-driven rain “in the face of rising resentment.” were “helpful” in and much lower temperatures. ‘Mr. Millis denied this and said More of the same was forecast the newspaper article's insinua- Jenner Angle for much of the Midwest. Ati tion that he was being pressured mhere are some top GOP spots in Wyoming where the cold to resign convinced him that he |..4ers who want to find out if front had already established it-/will not resign. l«McCarthyism” can be a help or self, the thermometer sagged to, “I have not been pressured by 30 degrees. Iowa and Minnesota anyone,” he said. were expected to chatter in tem-/think the legislature should act
services for the local campaign.
The mayoralty fight between The eastern portion of the delay while the state waits for Republican Alex Clark and cepted the speaking engagement
“But 1 d {hindrance in the 1952 campaign Oto aid Sen. William E. Jenner's Continued® on Page 7—Col. 4
the o ,ical solution” to th 1f rob- i ; : f nn ha et, Co on 220% soe ms: One-Day Test Here Oet. 20 marchi we
| bid for either Governor or Senator. | Mr. Clark's political strategists
[of Sen. McCarthy because he is 'of the same religious faith of Mayor Bayt, according to two |Republicans high in the county organization. The Republicans | were hopeful this move would par{tially offset any political advantage religion might play in the | campaign. | The result was not what the {Republican strategists hoped would happen. : ONE: Many leading Republi-
ithe first real storm of the year would not resign his post as head Clark. He has agreed to make! .ang thought the move was “po-
litical suicide” since it meant Mr. |Clark would have to shoulder the {criticism many Democrats and {Republicans felt for “McCarthy{ism.” Some Republicans were ‘afraid Mr. Clark, extremely popfular with labor and liberal in-
securing his terest would lose this advan-| ‘tage. Some Republicans thought “patriotic mes-
{Sen. Mearthy’'s isage”’ would help Mr, Clark. TWO: Democrats were happy about the whole thing. They said
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Pollen Count [the people.”
into the hills. Artillery blasted peratures ranging from 42 to 48.50 we will not lose all this money Ll. Barbara Flipped Back to Neal?—
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Cold Air Headed Here Sidetracked |
‘With the Sizzling of Eggs
|clared angrily that the reports and that she ‘as soon
6a m...64 10 a. m. ..78 | By United Press 7a m..65 11 a. m...78 The cold wave scheduled toi HOLLYWOOD, Sept. 21 — were “ridiculous” 8a m...66 12 noon ..80 |reach Indiana tonight has had a Blond Barbara Payton’s tearful would marry Mr. Tone 9a m...70 1p m, ..82 [delay en route. |declarations of love for Franchot as he gets well.” TE | With its strength sapped by the Tone, who took a beating in & pM, Neal, she said, “is a beast.” Latest Humidity ....... 66% [long trip from up North, it was battle for her affections, palled
Like Billiards—
A '85-year-old pedestrain, a woman driver, a parked car, two $5500 house trailers and a building today were victims of a single traffic accident.
Mrs. Florence Karnatz, 54, of 4
3420 8. East St, eastbound on
U. 8. 40, told deputy sheriffs this °
story: ; An oncoming car forced her to cut to the right. : Her car nicked a parked car, then struck A. C. Howard, 616 Laclede St., who was waiting for a bus, The car then swerved to the left, skidding 300 feet and crashed into one of the house trailers on display at 5422 W, Washington St. The impact jammed the trailer into another trailer and then squashed it against the stone building. Mrs. Karnatz was taken to St.
Vincent’s Hospital with minor in-
juries. Mr, Howard refused hospitalization and was taken home,
Nothing’s Safe When Auto Goes
Times Index Siusstnents savannas 18 : BRANNAN ARN ERIN 11 : Comics sans sannanEnEn, 31 Editorials Aas ansnsan 24 FOrum ..ococcannvsess
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24 hours late. Tom Neal. Instead of a temperature drop
the “cold” wave
Tone's features
5 degrees. Fall will have a warm welcome {when she arrives at 3:38 p. m |Sunday afternoon.
‘lactress out Wednesday night.
evening, the witness said.
Go Into Effect Monday
olis Railways, Inc. announced to-'a late snack In the kitchen
day.
leys will operate on Washington ness reported.
St, from Elizabeth St. to Dela-
to Illinois St. and then east oni/ton at the wheel. Washington.
\will operate from the Emerson Witness reported. Ave. terminal west past the
then return east to Emerson. appeared to be doing a flip-flop
Good Mixer
LONDON, Sept. 21—The British Medical Journal extracted from a series of recent medical studies today this portrait of the average alcoholic: He has a soft, smooth face, no hair on his chest -but plenty on his head—he is 10 times less likely to be bald than a non-drinker; he usually is single or separa- nl ted. from his wife, and if 3A - a 7
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Neal were together last night’ he said yesterday. . One-time child star
while Mr. California
Tone Iditheran
concussion.
if Mr. Neal and
[expected to be warmed and weak- today as rumors spread she was {ened before arriving in Indiana back dating his conqueror, actor
Mr. Neal called at Miss Pay.ton's home, and they left in an 2 Trolley Route Changes automobile, returning later in the
| When Miss Payton and. Neal Two trolley route changes will returned to her home late go into effect Monday, Indianap-| Wednesday night, they prepared
Some time after the meal was ware St. and on a downtown loop| completed, the couple drove away on Delaware St. to Maryland St.| early Thursday with Miss PayPorch lights were blazing and no attempt was The Washington-Emerson line made to conceal their actions, the
|- Mr. Tone’s attorney, Kenneth! downtown area to Tibbs Ave. Chantry, also said the triangle ,
We know Miss Payton and) .4.01g in the East” met secretly at a hotel in an unidentified Massachusetts community last night to deJackie * Coogan started the rumors rolling when he reported that Miss Payton and Mr. Neal attended a party at his’ Jome together ay injured at Hospital with a smashed face and brain
"|" And Mr. Neal's attorney, Milton Golden, said he ‘wouldn't be sur-
who has been keeping a more
An eye-witness said the mus- ,. .4q regular vigil at Mr. Tone's Neal, ' who pummeled .4qide. i 8
on Miss Payton's front lawn in a predawn brawl last Friday, took the
“The main thing,” she said fervently, “is for him (Tone) to get well. Then we'll have our wedding.” | Mr. Tone, meanwhile, still was undecided about whether to sign a criminal complaint against Mr. Neal.
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righted story said today. will cease publication of
“I haven't even seen the man. |
I haven't even talked to him on| the telephone,” said Miss Payton,| tise in a small, low-cost Want
the ‘option
get relaxed credit, private builds ers won’t be able to meet the de Fermor Cannon, president of the Railroadmen’s Federal Savings & Loan, indicated almost all local banks have been operating at their maximum on home loans —set by law at 15 per cent of their borrowing capacity.
What It'll Mean
He said he will petition the Federal Home Loan for relaxed credit regulations for home mortgages. . Classification as “critical” definitely will mean: ] 5 ONE—Rent controls on all new programmed housing. 5 TWO — Relaxation of credit, {down payments, and {building materials controls to
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By United Press
BOSTON, Sept. 21—The Boston Post in a copy-
the Treasury Department Treasury balance figures,
effective Oct. 1, in an effort to end the lottery racket based on the daily figures.
| The Post said more than 30 of “the biggest rack--
vise a new lottery system.
Treasury balance figures.
WASHINGTON, Sept. asury Pe partment said today there is “absolutely nothing to” a report that it will stop publishing its daily balance fig:
The Post said the racketeers adopted a plan : i under which horse race mutuel totals will replace the
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