Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 18 November 1951 — Page 1
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62d YEAR—NUMBER 261
Reaction of Reds To Latest UN Plan Boosts Truce Hopes
By United Press TOKYO, Sunday, Nov. 18—The Communists asked for further clarification today of a new United Nations proposal that could halt'ground fighting immediately and bring peace to Korea by Christmas if the Reds agree to it.
In a comparatively short one hour and 20 minute session, Com- " " " munist negotiators neither ac- Britain Wins i ® i Heat In Atom I
cepted nor rejected the completely | By United Press
new plan presented yesterday by | Maj, Gen. Henry 1. Hodes, senior! United Nations delegate on the! LONDON — Great Britain announced tonight that the world's first atomic central
Joint Truce Subcommittee. But they asked a series of questions on the Allied proposal. heating plant will go into operation Monday to heat an 80office building at its Harwell
Lt. Col. Howard 8. Levie, official United Nations. spokesman, atomic energy installations. { The announcement from the
said the Reds “appeared satisfied with the answers they received.” He added that since “all they did was ask questions I would judge that we are closer than ever” to an agreement, Ministry of Supply was Britain's claim of victory in the transAtlantic race with the United States for the first practical industrial application atomic power.
Asked For Recess But the Reds did not commit In Washington, one official who| declined to be quoted by name|
themselves, They asked for a resaid, “they've beat us—they have
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cess until Monday at 11 a. m. (8 p. m. Sunday, Indianapelis time), to study the proposal in the light of the answers they received. Today's 31st session of the Joint Truce Subcommittee adjourned 1220 a. m. (10:20 p. m. Saturday, EST). Communist negotiators had indicated yesterday they were favorable to the new United Nations proposal which, in effect, offers the Reds a 30-day “free trial” of achieved the first practical use Daisy Mae has married Li'l Aba truce along the present battle atomic power.” re Bs a) $ line while the armistice Sone | The plant is no larger than a| It ed hore fast might ence tries o agree ON Iie roman" |regular. tnaustrial *rurmace, but'when Irene Wolford and Merle tug points of the agenda, weighs eight tons. It was de- Horton exchanged vows In the 30-Day Truce veloped under the direction of pirst Friends Church. : It at the end of the 30-day Sir John Cockcroft. director of Toone oad Serie represented trial period. no agreement has tha Harwell station-and co-winner Daisy Mae and Li'l Abner for the been reached on exchange of War ,r 4pna 1951 Nobel Prize for Daley 86 80 143 Avner for She prisoners and inspections bebind physics. oe S adr Ai Re qty the lines to insure that cease-fire de Bacie Bawh] S 4 ie terms are being observed; a new Siata Roos a Ti) ge
Giant Strides
line of demarcation between Dr. Cockcroft was able to make y ; north and south Korea will be giant strides towards a practical sundown Yeadline aft year at set. atomic furnace for his country She Wasn't taking an ances * this time. Comic page readers
The new United Nations pro- because, until recently, Britain
Local Daisy Mae, Li'l Abner Jump Gun on Sadie Hawkins
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Indiana, Issued Dally,
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1951
Indianapolis, 1 |
Indict 3 Trustees In Spencer County On Bribe Charges
Volunteers GOP Officials to Face
Hoosierland elem: Collegians ar tian are Teachers’ Accusations
° : | WASHINGTON, Nov. 17 (UP) ‘ The Defense Department dis- At January Trials | closed today that it will not avor recommend any change in the Times State Services oo draft law as long as. voluntary ROCKPORT, Nov, 17—Three township trustees were : istments cont » at a high a :.3 : By JOSEPH ALLISON salismen 3 roptive 0 8% under arrest here last night on charges they solicited polite
“| College students in Indiana “_ |are nearly three-to-one Re-
The statement was made by jcal bribes from Spencer County school teachers. Maj. Gen. E. C. Lynch, director Their arrest climaxed a scandal which rocked Indiana
. of manpower requirements, in : publican. the office of Assistant Defense Several months ago, when More than half of them teachers revealed they were
Secretary Anna Rosenberg. 3 # =» threatened with being fired unless DURING September, the month they kicked in to the Republican for which the latest figures are campaign fund. Five teachers said available, 88,000 men entered the they were ousted because they reservice. This was 44,000 for the fused to knuckle down to the poliArmy, 15,000 for the Navy, 10,000 ticians. for the Marine Corps, and 23,000 Arrested yesterday and last for the Air Forte. : night were Trustees Frank Ayer, Of those who went to the Army, Hammond Twp.; Charles R, 27,000 were drafted men and the Fuller, Carter Twp, and F. M. remainder volunteers. The Marine Yearby, Grass Twp. Corps had about 6000 drafted, All are Republicans.
want Gen. Eisenhower or Sen. {Taft for president, with the General showing a slight lead. {| This was revealed in a survey of more than 600 students conducted for {The Times by seven {Indiana colleges and universities.
: The voting for party preference know, of course, that today is was: ’
Sadie Hawkins day. So Daisy] Mae jumped the gun.and had the Jebublicans knot tied the night before the! No Prefereis ita
FORD—Better than in Dogpatch.
eee 3L1% +00 17.7% + +4.30.27%,
big race. | Other Parties v...1.00, men and 4000 volunteers. All of 2 4 As any fool can plainly see, you, "he GOP strenpth. § lw those going to the Navy and Air Hear 54 Witnesses can't take chances with an eligible; * Sirens RCO B® Force Were voRinDiesrs. A Grand Jury, after hearing
ranks marks a reversal of student thinking from the days of the St. w t f Tech- 1929-1938 depression-recession era. Se won| Professional politicians at that jetters in football and wrestling. time wrote off the majority of ssh, for their jobs. | Irene, 18, of 2130 N. Jefferson COllege students ‘as confirmed . Sheriff Albert Schessele per|St. is a grauate of Shortridge Democrats. That was the time * Modern Minute Women-— sonally arrested all three at the
Gen. Lynch indicated no change 74 Witnesses this week. vesterday in the law will be requested if the indicted the trio on charges they present size of the armed forces S0licited bribes from schoolis maintained at about 3.5 million, teachers who depended on them
young bachelor, she said. Merle, 20, of 2134 N. Jefferson
tion and other federal agencies to report there.
posal makes it clear that “hostilities will continue until the armistice is signed”-—in other words the construction of atom bombs. there is no agreement to end the! The plant was tested today the shooting until all truce arrange- official announcement said. ments have been completed. { The plant has proved so sucBut spokesmen for the United cessful in tests that twé and Nations command pointed out at perhaps three other buildings at Panmunjom that once a demar- Harwell may also be equipped cation line is drawn on the map. with atomic radiators at a saving published in the world press and of 1000 tons of coal a year, made known to the fighting men, Atomic experts in Washington at the front, it would be all butisaid the British achievement “ex- family didn't even know he ha impossible to order and launch a citing as it may be” ison a “fairly 3 oo successful offensive on either side. small scale” compared with some- re-enlisted un Want Time to Study And so, if the Communists say “yes” at today's meeting it actually will‘'mean an end to ground
has concentrated on peacetime uses for the atom rather than on
By EMERSON TORREY
project now United States.
in the at last to stay. Sgt. John William Bauer probably wouldn't have liked it that
under way
Arms Come First
warfare. nd : ae That they may accept was But it is small and simple only: W2Y: But for once his family’s hinted strongly “at Saturday's in a relative sense,” one official wishes, and not his, are going to
in Washington said. “Actually be followed. to get the pile’s heat into water. He loved the Marine Corps, to without making it dangerously Which he gave nearly six of his radioactive, took a lot of doing, 32 years of life, more than anyand the British deserve a lot of thing else, And perhaps that's credit for accomplishing it. Mavbe the only way to explain Sgt. John this accomplishment will put a William Bauer. burr under our tails.” You'd think he'd have had Other officials pointed out, how- roots here in Indianapolis, where
subcommittee meeting when North Korean Gen. Lee Song Cho, the senior Communist delegate, told Maj. Hodes: “We have heard your proposal but we have vet to make a full BStudy of it. I can tell you this much; your proposal seems in the main in accordance with our prin-
ciples.” : ever that what the British have Lio Hs : They asked to be given time to done at Harwell is something the o ® study it tn detail over-night. 8. atomic project never has Frigid Air Naa dl tried to do So far /these officials said, thev
Mass Rolls Into State
A mass of cold air which chilled the continent from the Canadian {wilderness to the Gulf Coast [rolled through Hoosierland last
{have never tried to use heat from lan atomic reactor for heating pur- | poses, “The world being what it is. we {have felt we had to give first priority to ‘atoms for defense,” § 2" official said.
U. S. Interested
Lost Hunter In Long Hop After Bunnie
(Picture, Page 3)
While more than 100 officers . | night and volunteers combed 60 acres IN A-Engineers fed, z northeast of the city three Hours The U. 8. Weather Bureau here last night for a missing Indianap- Br United Press said the worst was apparently
. NEW YORK, Nov. 17—Scienti- yer in the central amd southern fic circles pointed out today that parts of the state,
this rountry stil has an abun- But slick highways made drivdance of ‘coal, and other ing hazardous through most of sources of heat and wer which! northern Indiana and in a few aré cheaper to use than atomic/ Spots elsewhere, companions. 9 energy. According to the forecast, InHe told sheriff's deputies he dianapolis won't get anv more “got lost in the Lost 40." a 40- snow today or tonight, and none acre wooded tract east of the Hill- and today is actually importing ig jikely-tomorrow. Snow fluttered crest Country Club. He walked, some coal. Scientists, knowing'down on the Evansville area Mr. Huskey explained, because he this, have long predicted that around suppertime. In the north-
olis hunter, he walked the 10 miles home. “Bby, weré ‘my ‘legs throbbing.’ exclaimed Earl Huskey, 40, of 923 N. Alabama St. He had gone rabbit huntihg early vesterday,
and became separated from twd
oil
England imports most of its oill
didn’ want to take a trolley or England would probably be the western wedge of the state, snow hitch a ride carrying his shotgun.!first country to develop atomic squalls moved in off ‘Lake MichPlenty of Hunters energy for peace-tima power or igan.
Meanwhile, it had been a case of the hunter hunted. Beating the woods for Mr. Huskey were Five carloads of sheriff's deputies. : Two carloads of state troopers. One carload of Indianapolis city
heat. La Porte had the heaviest snow In England, where the cost of -8 to 10 inches. In Indianapolis, coal and oil is high, it is almost {he Weatherman expected conas cheap or cheaper to install tinued cold and mostly cloudy atomic heating plants as it is to/would be 32 degrees: Tomorrow, install the more conventional he said. will be mostly fair and types of heating plants. [not quite go cold
policemen, —————————————————— — m—— The Castleton volunteer fire de- ® partment. O t ; Scores of volunteers, including n eo nsi &
10 boys from Cathedral High| School. On th Mr. Huskey was safe were:
e way when it was learned Hoosiers turn up every place, it seems. Mrs. Willeroy Wells, former local resident and now of Washington, D. C., is in a
The Lawrenceburg volunteer family group used on the official United Nations poster .... fire department. Clyde Hardin, local wood carver, is a master craftsman , . . he The Ft. Harrison fire depart- takes a knife and makes a block come to life .......ovuun.... 5 Ment and 3 eovtingen! of soldiers Bootlegging is fast becoming a lost art. . . . The tax is too high oe Samp how many vol and it's too much trouble |. Cereriiiiiiiiieeiin, Sriritiiees 6 unteers responded to an appeal Harold Stassen writes an article that will give you coubage and over WIBC. The radio station) quicken your faith in America . . , it's an inspiration .........20 failed to ‘cancel its call until an hour after Mr. Huskey naa, Other Features: reached home. Amusements ..... . 28, 29 Potomac Patter ......... 27 Pals Got 3 Bunnies. Eddie Ash .cciivvveeeee M4 Radio, Television ...... 26 The alarm had been sounded! Books ........vovvvveee. 10 “Real Estate ..veeinse.. 43-45 by his hunting companions, Henry Butler ......vsees 28 Robert RUATK svenvess... 28 George Cheek, 26, of 315 E, Bt] Bditorials ......cv0veveeee 24 Records ....vevueeess 2, 28 Joseph St, and Paul Cannon, 43,| Crossword .........seee. 20 SchoolB ....vinvennenee. 13 of 311 E. St. Joseph. The three| Your Federal Job ........ 8 Sérmon of Week +.vuu0u.. 21 had split up at 1 p. m., agreed to| Pix-It-Yourself ......... 18 Society vuvreicncariesn T1440 meet at their car at 4:30: Mr.! Gardening .............. 40 BQ S0ovola .ovainvinarne.. 28 “ Huskey failed to show. Harold Hartley ....,.... 43 Bports ....ciensesvesse 13-17 . 8 In the meantime, Messrs. Can-| "In Hollywood ....svveses 29 Washington Calling ...... 25 x non and Cheek had bagged three Kegler's Korner ......... 16 Earl WHson +.vvaennes;.. 23 : rabbits. ; Dan Kidney ......:.,.., 24 Women's Jisvdvveseses 31-43 All Mr. Huskey got was a pair| Movies :............. 28, 20 What Goes On Here ...... 11 of sore dogs. Our Fair City seeeeenee 2 :
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He Loved the Marines—
Sgt.Bauer Comes Home After Falling In Korea
‘|he was born and went to school pressures. dianapolis Marine, whose —St. Patrick's, them, Cathedral] An Indiasap d and Technical High.
after he Was genry Bauer, live. So do his chilthing like the submarine engine Killed fighting in Korea, is home' dren, Robert, 5, and Nancy Lou,
4 plained of piece work rates and
{which subsidized college-age The trustees were released
\youth. under $800 bond each, fixed hy Frank Ayer
High School. {the National Youth Administra- 6 D hl county jail after ordering them
Followed ‘Great White Light’ Situtd udge Urdix Ewing. They | wi stand trial before Judge | Many college students followed - 8 lthe “great white light” of = Blood tota Ewing: probably in the January {early-Rooseveltian “brain trust- y
Conviction calls for a term of 2 to 14 years in prison and fine up to $10,000. Teachers reported bribery-brow-beating has been inflicted on them reaching its
ers” and saw in the Democrats’ [New Deal the salvation of a) {country writhing under economic, Times Club Editor . . { ‘Two hundred per cent was Today's student on Hoosier scored by the Wayne Township Sam Puses Bot guy Is a Republican Volunteer Fire Department Auxmember, He has a firm Jiea ot| lliary, No. 9, this week In The who are the party leaders and Times’ Modern Minute Women's whom he wants to see in top blood donor drive. government positions. The group is in the 1st BatThe same is not true of the i, 14 also is the only group average Democratic-minded stu- : Co : dent today over 100 per cent. writings 7a secre 2 Ni a : “We are very excited about it,” et, it was learn survey indicated o prctorenes toc declared Mrs. Walter Eidson, the testimony ~ paralleled that candidates most Democrats sim- drive chairman for the group gathered by The Times and later ply ipdicated party preference and, When a double check on the per- by the Indiana State Teachers showed no interest In possible Cthtage was made from The Association at a public hearing = : S Times’ office. Her own two sons here in May. They bared a scan- |
nomsineRs. surveved ‘were asked Ar® in service. Auxiliary presi- dal that shocked parents, civic
By AGNES H. OSTROM
Here his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Backed Times Charges Jurors heard testimony of bold demands for political contribu- | tions from teachers, many of them already underpaid. Although Grand Jury proceed-
4 and his former wife, Joy. All five make their home at 828 Sanders St. Sgt. Bauer's three sisters and a brother also live in Indianapolis. Another brother, Edward, is in| Korea-—with John's old outfit, the 1st Marine Division. Between wars, John William Bauer was a locomotive fireman for a while with the Big Four and Belt Railroads.
But he was, first and last, a . dent is Mrs. Harold H. Shepherd. leaders and officials, Marine. Continued on Page 4—Col. 1 Organizations leading in the Teachers told of being assessed Charles P. Fuller ——e—————————— ———————— other battalions are Hebrew $12 to $100 a year for the GOP Wife Divorces Him . Ladies Aid Society, 2d; School 33, Slush find to keep their jobs. A His first hitch—54 months Make Christmas 3d: School 82 PTA, 4th; Indianap- school superintendent said he was began in 1940. It included 47 oli Junior League, 5th: Beth El shaken down for $400 last year
to assure reappointment. And five teachers said they were fired -— not because they couldn't teach children—but only because they reared up and said “No” to political plunder. Finally Refused
Mrs. Margaret Thomas, Grandview teacher, said she lost her job because she didn’t bow to Mr, Ayer’s demands for a salary kickback. She signed an affidavit that he solicited a bribe from her
Zedick Sisterhood, 6th, and Indianapolis Deanery, National Counicil of Catholic Women, Tth. This area's November goal for gift pints of lifesaving blood is | still 6000. v The U. 8, Defense Department reports to date in the Korean {police action more than 96,000 U. 8. battle casualties. charm- | Of these more than 68600 are {wounded men. To recover, mi#ny {of these men need more than one
Last All Year
Give Your Family The Security of A Home of Their Own. Regardless of how wonderfully your Christmas shapes itself and how generously Santa treats you, your holiday is a merrier, happier one in a home of your own.
months of Pacific fighting as a "member of the 1st Marine Division. John William Bauer brought | a Silver Star and 3 Purple Heart | with cluster when he returned home in 1945. But the roots didn't hold. John| William Bauer disappeared. His wife divorced him. His family had no word from him for 21 months. Until June 14, when the tele-| gram came, Sgt. John William| Bauer, who couldn't find happi-| ness in civilian life, had died the
WILLIAMS CREEK AREA
Lovely 2-bedrm. and den, ing California stone and frame. Large front porch and patio combination with outside grill and firepl. Large liv. rm. with firepl, full dining rm
2 twin-size bedrms.. oil heat, attached pint of blood. Even 6000 pints will Oct. 8, 1850. way he would have wanted. | Sarase sat ait pisonubly priced go only so far. But with blood] Mrs. Thomas was one of the ~ N > a . t 5 May Db our?! on con- , He was killed June 8, in action] tract Low, dann FAY oaRpt Sh Son- land plasma American boys €an many teachers and school offi- | with Co. E, 1st Regiment, 1st] go BRUMR co. Realters, BR-2431 recuperate and go back into the cjajs who testified before the Marine Division. | errs ————— | fight for freedom. Grand Jury. Start shopping for your Modern history already has re-! At the school association hear- § *
Body Brought Home
Only: then did his family learn! he had been in.Korea since last
more suitable home right away! Start with the Real Estate Section of this news-’
corded the fate of one European scountry whose citizens were too busy with everyday affairs to
ing in May, she said she reluctantly contributed small sums to Mr. Aver during her first two
F. M. Yearby
Noyeniben after re-enlisting in paper. Below is just one from safeguard their freedom. They years. When he raised the ante -_ Aususs. the wide variety of home val- wakened one day a satellite na- to $50 shid. N : . . Sgt. Bauer probably would have tn to $50, she said. Mrs. Thomas Soldier, ¥7, Knifed
ues you will find advertised today. Many hundreds of
tion chained to slavery.
twice refused to pay. Take time while you can to call
preferred to stay in bis Korean “I told him I didn't feel right
While Riding Trolley
grave, alongside his fallen bud-, these homes are offered Red Cross Blood Center. 18 W. about a school teacher putting in dies. But his family finally is] ONLY In The Indianapolis Georgia St. Lincoln 1441, and yn nev which would go to buy A 17-year-old Camp Atterbury having its way. Times, make an appointment to help ypickev at election time for votes Soldier, knifed on a trackless trolThere'll be services at 8 a. m The Times Is Indiana's those wounded men overseas aid then stand oh and try to ley here last night, was taken to tomorrow in St. Patrick's Church. = largest Real Estate News- Only your donation of lifesaving ,.. 1 children.” she said. General Hospital in critical condiThen Leatherneck Bauer will, paper. blood can help them save you gq quoted Mr Aver as. re.j HOB: :
get a civilian reburial
Cross Cemetery,
in. Holv Turn Now To Section 4
_ from slavery. The victim was Roy Pendleton, Detroit. He was stabbed in the stomach and gashed on the leg, apparently when the trolley's lights went out briefly at 15th 8t. and Columbia Ave: A knife was found on the floor near him. Police believed his assailant got off the bus while the lights were out,
A Word On the Bird
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Continued on Page 4—Col. 1
Times 1st to Tell Shakedown Story
The Indianapolis Times was the {first newspaper to tell the story of the southern Indiana teacher shakedown scan-
1-Man ‘Slowdown Strike’ Lays Off 1300 Workers
EAST MOLINE, Ill, Nov. 17 (UP)—Officials at the International Harvester plant said today that a one-mdn “slowdown strike" | was responsible for the layoff of
$
1300 workers and had caused a dal. Its expose {shortage of sheet metal. nearly six The worker, said, com- months ago led §
they toyesterday's
{three indicts
was suspended. | { ments,
Other members of the farm 5 equipment union in the same de- Acting on a tip, That Thanksgiving Day partment began to slow down, the ' The Times sent dinner won't be such a prob-
"8 Reporter Ed «¢ Kennedy to Spen- ' cer County in May. Accompanied by a no{tary public, he : [took statements from five teach£2 lers who said they were fired be- ' lcause they refused to kick back {part of their salaries to Repub- ! [ican campaign coffers,
company said, and 100 workers were given two week disciplinary suspensions.
lem If you follow suggestions | offered on the Food Page of tomorrow's Times,
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Mr. Kenned
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So Long Kris
| BERLIN, Nov. 17 (UP) Stalin will take the place of §
Santa Claus in the Commu- |
nist-run East German i .| the thres main dishes will b state, informed sources said | The Times bannered Mr, Ken- be fentured i today. oh Dedys ory ihe next morning. ed. All public and private in- 3 Na Suncay, Vay -0. | Read the Food Vage In the stitutions have _ canceled To 3 Prosecutor Franz asked for— Womin's 3 ox of r-
- ”n “" - } { he : plans to hold public Christ- I LIKE IKE"—Sen. Henty Cabot Lodge Jr., (R. Mass.) is shown Jang Zot carnon Somes St i hod sun's Tin
mas observances. They will at the right as he opened the Washington office of the Eisenhower |The Times. They served as a 9 Seebate Sialiye birthday, for-President forces. With him is Sen. James H. Duff (R. Pa.) who is |springboard hi 7
for lke, too, in a great big way. investigation.
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