Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 1 December 1951 — Page 2

West ( Recommend . | ~ Doubling of | ‘Baby Airlift’ |

. © BERLIN, Germany, Dec. 1 (UP) =West Germany imposed a comlete economic blockade of ,the Eoviet Zone today and recommended doubling a “baby airlift” "to meet possible Soviet retaliation, The blockade was ordered, ef“lective at midnight (6 p.m. Frilay, Indianapolis Time), in an eflort to force the Communists to, 2ift restrictions since last May on aovement of West Berlin goods) " teross the. 100-mile. long Soviet | ,orridor to West Germany. {

_ A commercial airlift has been carrying 100 tons of such goods + ~pompared. with -12,000 tons daily at the height of the historic Berlin blockade two years ago. Recommendation for . doubling the “baby airlift” was made by West German authorities to the occupying powers. Allied officials said such action was not .necessary as yet.. The lift carries only .. about 1 per cent of the total ton- * ‘nage of Berlin exports.

Surprise Move °

The West German government ordered” the halting of all legal trade with Communist East Germany in a ‘surprise move last night, The move suspended all FastWest trade under $100 million agreement signed Sept. 20 until] as P N the Communists lift the .restric-| trip since his lung operation.

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UP AND ABOUT—Well enough to frayel, King George VI is accompanied by Queen Elizabeth: he leaves Buckingham Palace by car en route to Windsor Castle. It marks the monarch's first

tions. The Communists promised | -

orally at that time to end their : : ° creeping “little blockade.” C $ G TV * In face of continued restrictions 0 m 2) e rl the West refused to implement the| . Bie : September agreement. Waestern| authorities realized the withheld ac out re icte : goods are vitally needed for ful- : ' .

fillment of East Germany's five- . year plan. =

By LEO PETERSEN - lon that this “experimental pro-

- United Press Sports Editor

Today's action will. cost th Soviet Zone an estimated $5 million worth of goods monthly. West officials hoped the Com.munists would bow before. this economic club but’ there was a

"possibility the Russians might

strike back with a crackdown on ~ West Beflin’s road, rail and canal life-lines.- 2 The West German action was taken ‘with full approval -of the three Western occupation powers.

100,000 Spotters Take Part in Air Defense Exercise

By Uniied Press NEWBURGH, N. Y., Dec. 1— Nearly 100,000 civilian spotters scanned the skies over 13 northeastern states today -for 1200 civilian patrol and military airplanes taking part in one of the biggest post-war defense exercises. Purpose of the all-day drill was fe train a scattered army of spot-

ers. in hundreds of cities and . Villages in quick observation and . reporting of any enemy planes that might penetrate the Atlantic coast, “from Virginia to Maine.”

—is to demonstrate the importance of the .ground observer corps, * which serves as an adjunct to our radar net,” explained Maj. Harry P. Kelliher, an Eastern Air De-

fense Force Command spokesman. chester Ww.

~““Thiz will be the first time since —.such- training began-a—-year-age

planes,” he said. :

Jenner, Watkins Seen

In Governogship Race

HUNTINGTON, Dec. 1 (UP)— Sen. William E. Jenner and Dem-

“One of the essential purposes

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 1— There will be a complete ‘‘blackout” of college football television

rector of athletics at Yale University and member of the NCAA committee on television, predicted today. ’

on the forecast: “That is, Department does not rule it illegal.” ; During the 1951 season, the NCAA (National Collegiate Athletic Association) limited the telecasting of college gridiron games

“|{to a certain few in order to test

the effect of this medium on the attendance of football stadiums across the nation. Last week, officials of the Justice Department in Washington expressed the opin-

Of Girl, 6, Gets: Light Sentence

ccused of attacking a 6-year-old (girl, got ' off with a. six-month

{sentence and a $100 fine today]

on a lesser charge. | Special Judge William D. Bain, Criminal Court -2, committed

1719 W. Morris St. to the State Farm Ter

lace was guilty of assault and {battery in the long-delayed case. (He had been indicted for at-

next season, Robert A. Hall, di-|

.. But Mr. Hall put-one big “if”

in case the Justice]

gram” violated antitrust laws and was illegal.

“Convinced It's Legal

Mr, Halls8id he was convinced “In my own mind” that the pro{gram “is legal.” 2 The Yale official said he was basing his predittion of no football in 1952 on a “personal canvass of the colleges connected {with the NCAA and its experi{mental program this year” rather {than on any committee study of the results of the program. Mr. Hall said he, found -“98 per| cent” of the colleges “against the) continuance of television -of college football even on an experimental basis.”

Prudential _

Strike to Hit

‘Here Tonight

agents of Prudential Insurance Co. in 35 states was expected to hit Indianapolis at midnight tonight. - The contract of 137 agents here and approximately 1500 in the state will expire at that time. The -strike, for higher wages and other benefits, was called today in New York City by headquarters of the Insurance Agents International Union, AFL.

he expected picket lines at Indi-

janapolis” three district offices, but

predicted most of his would remain on the job. ! Meeting at Antlers

agents

“I think with this kind of support,” he said, “we will be able] to overcome all the pressure groups, and let. me say this] definitely, that, includes all the television networks as well as!

Accused Attacker political, \alumni, and “all other . selfish interests.” |

Mr. Hall pictured football TV {as hurting . game attendance! [throughout the nation, with folks {staying at home to watch even | strange teams on

local team in action. . ,

‘A 55-year-old West Side man, Customers ‘Take’. to | Coal Firm for $300°

An order for three tons of coal

{$300 yesterddy afternoon when, two “customers” walked. out of)

(Speedy) Wallace, the office with the. fash box. ru Was 18 cents a-quart,

Alfred Darrah, 31,

: : ~~ Lyndhurst Dr; manager of thei ~~~ ° that we've used Civil Air Patrol. Judge Bain today. ruled Wal- Office -at 2301 Winthrop Ave., told Services Arrange

police two men came there yes-| terday to order three tons. They told him they wanfed to

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{cost the ' Indianapolis, -Coal Co.!

[tempted rape, which carries a Wait for the wife of one. of the

{1 to 10-year term. . men: because she had the money. | | THe indictment accusgd Wal-|

Mr. Darrah left the office to, llace of attacking the child in his 88sist another customer. When

ocratic Lt. Gov. John A. Watkins 8arage Oct. 21, 1950. were™listed in an. Indiana farm! _ publication today as opposing “candidates for the nomination

He returned, cash box and two! {men were gone.

for Governor.” Their pictures appeared in the Dec." 1 issue of the Indiana Farmers: Guide. But it did not flatly indorse either. The Guide said it was “significant that both of -these candidates are agricultural-ly-minded.” - The photos appeared above bio_graphical sketches under the heading “will. one of these’ citi-

zens be Indiana's néxt Governor?” |

The Guide said they “seem likely to oppose each other next November.” nounced his’ candidacy.

Purdue Gridiron Club Founder Dead at 77

Times State Service

LAFAYETTE, Dec. 1—Services au =n i

Neither man has an-

Almost Saws Way Out of Jail With ‘Razor Blades |

By United ‘Press 1 TERRE HAUTE, Ind, Dec. 1 —A convict who onee faced death on a California prison gallows! ‘wag transferred—to the Indiana’ State Prison today when authot-! {ities discovered he nearly sawed! his way out of Vigo County Jail with razor blades. | The prisoner, William __Henry| Norris, 49, was awaiting transfer| {to the Michigan City prison to! serve a 10-to-20-year term : for |burglary, ” His jailers lsarned of the escape attempt when they en-| tered Norris’ cell yesterday.

EX-PROFESSOR HELD—Wil

for Herman R. Beemer, 77. foun-| 1WO BARS on the cell window Te lege professor, sits in the Atlanta

der of the Purdue Universityhad been severed by razor blade Gridiron Club, wil be at 2 p. m. slashes, they said, and Norris had Monday in the Roger-Myers Fu- (started working on a third bar neral Home, {which would have allowed him to

Mr. Beemer, a sports enthusiast, ®5¢ape.

and talked for awhile, then she ki

were reported meeting at Antlers Hotel today to“ decide strike policies. 7 The agents collect premiums from -policyholders, and - solicit new business... Those who hold Prudential policies in . Indianapolis, and whose agents strike, presumably will have to mail their premiums and claims to the

1 office, or present them in person. P

The union demands an increase

television of $20 a week base pay, which the rathet than go out to see the company has refused to grant.

Hike' Milk Prices FT. WAYNE, Dec. 1 (UP) — This city’s eight milk compantes announced. today they will boost milk prices one cent to 22 cents a-quart during the week-end. It was the fourth ‘such since April, 1950, when the price

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BLOOMINGTON, Dec. 1—gerv

ices and burial for Mrs. Fullen Heighway,; mother of George Huajghway, former Indi‘ ana University. alumni secretary,

will be Lagoda tomorrow. Mrs.|

Heighway died here yesterday. She was 83,, .

liam Edwin Clark left). former col-

police station after his arrest for

questisning in the death yesterday of 19-year-old. Martha Nell Dinsmore (right). Miss Dinsmore -was found shét to death in the street near Clark's parked auto. Clark said he and the girl sat in the car

led herself.

was a passenger on the Purdue NOrris had a 30-year police and|

football special involved ‘in a|Prison record, authorities said. He wreck in 1908. He escaped with- Was a recognized “escape artist,” out injury. . (with three escapes to his record.

« - He was a m#mber of the Beemer | & Sherlock outdoor advertising[>¢ banged at San Quentin .in|

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Haute ast July. *

Police said he was sentenced to

1921, but escaped and was recap-| tured and his sentence commuted | to life imprisonment. In 1941, he! was paroled from. Folsam, Cal. |Prisan, but was arrested the next| year at Tampa, Fla, .for rape and kidnaping. ls He escaped, was rearrested in goes to give that .|returned to Florida. Norris es-| caped from Fiorida again this| beautiful tribute {year and was arrested in Terre]

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|officials at Indiana. State Prison

“| rounded the leave-taking

.| President Leo Mulva, Whiting,

2 State Prison|

"Under Fire"

"MICHIGAN CITY, Dec. 1—Two

resigned last night while under investigation’ on. a charge of accepting money from a wealthy’ convict in exchange for favors, An atmosphere of secrecy surCapt. |’ Terry Parks and Lt. Felix Jankowskl, both of this city. They appeared before a meeting of the prison board of trus{tees last night only long enough {to offer their resignations. Board

said they were not questioned on the bribe charges. : Both Mr. Mulva and Warden Alfred Dowd ‘refused to cite the specific sums the two officers were reported to have received, or the {specific “privileges” they were said Yo have accorded to Clar-| {ence (Billy) Briggs,- 60-year-old lifer. = Warden Dowd said: “As far as I'm concerned, the incident is closed.”

II ‘Both Questioned

The warden admitted an n-| 1 : ; vestigation was taking place after Ig our aree : he sent Capt. Parks and Lt. Jan-| .. me kowski off duty last Monday. He. said he had questioned both last

a tOn Procedure

Mr. Mulva claimed the officials

resigned before the investigation , : {could prove or disprove the prison | or ms i S jrumor that money from Briggs’? - $6000 fund: was moving into the pockets of those who were grant-|

ing him gpecial privileges ; . ~ {gates began a 10-day. effort to Mr. Mulva said the two claimed 557 Went Ai race

they could not afford to.remain! : i today with a 65-minute meetin suspended indefinitely, since they | whien the chairman said Be have families to support, and did

{not want suspicion hanging over {them .

| Briggs, the convict, is serving!

LITTLE MUSHROOM—A toadstool cloud formation held several minutes before the smoke column

By United Press PARIS, Dec. 1—Big Four dele-

{on procedure.

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NEW CASTLE — William Shields, 19, Economy, was injured fatally last night when thro {from an auto as it hit a pole and |tree- at the edge of Hagerstown. {He died en route to a New Castle hospital. : :

| MT. VERNON — Mrs. Grace

la quick and cordial agreement Brinkman, .62, Mt. Vernon, was|

{killed yesterday when two auto-

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Overseas Veteran Begin to. Arrive At Atterbury

’ Times State Service | CAMP ATTERBURY; Dec. 1—~ (The vanguard of thousands of {Midwest overseas veterans “has

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larrived at the Replacement Depot.

jactivated here today: | The. first group, all of them {from Indiana, ‘were granted 30-

U. 8. British, French and mobiles collided in Ind. 62 east/day furloughs within four hours

A strike of 15,000 door-to-door the 23d year of a life sentence

|Soviet repreresentatives emerged of here. Drivers of the cars were after arriving at the center.

One Prudential official here Said

Indiana and Kentucky agents] the |

increase

lotte!

{ | [for the murder of an. uncle, Victor| [TO thelr conference around a

\Briggs, in Benton County. |felt-covered poker table with de-

| Since being “sentenced, Briggs Ugnied smiles: Soviet Toreltn {has been receiving money regu-| Minister ror hr ly j2ny oom an estate, and had “United Nations General As n his nam : , | e in the prison, | sembly President Luis Padilla . z % : : icy Nervo of Mexico said the delePair Indicted in. {gates agreed completely on pro-

oa : cedural matters. Mr. Nervo is School Supply Case serving as chairman.

Atmosphere Cordial EVANSVILLE, Tnd., Dec. 1} “Ihave the definite feeling that

Ship trustee and a former sales-| committee with the sincere desire man were .under indictment to-{to get some place on this probday on charges growing out-of a|lem,” Nervo fold newsmen after {grand jury investigation of school|the session.- bo |supply- purchases. . “The atmosphere was so cor-

was accused of making “a con-| will be a‘good omen if we follow tract with a company in which this spirit during the course of he had an interest, and Robert the very difficult task entrusted

(UP)—A~ former Center Town-lall four have come to the sub-| {delibérated four hours recom-

Kurt Karger, the ex-trustee, dial" he sald, “that it certainly,

injured.

‘ae 6 . y Miller ‘Guilty’ - . In Fry Slaying GREENFIELD, Ind. Dec. —George P. Miller, 24, Greenfield, was convicted on a charge of first-degree murder last night in the beating death of a weaithy

|farmer. . . A Hancock County jury which

mended life imprisonment. _. Miller was accused with three companions in the robbery-slaying of Noah Fry, 71, a Hancock County farmer who died after being robbed of $32 and two watches last June. The' others under indictment are Nick Csire, 22, and Richard

{Rundell; the ex-salesman, of con-|to the Big Four subcommittee.” spiring ‘to commit .a felony. "| It was the first conference of | The indictment against Karger|U. 8. British, French and Ruscharged he had an interest in! sian delegates under United Na(the Harwood Novelty Co., withitions auspices since the Berlin (Which ‘he contracted to buy sup- plockade issue was settled in New ies, [York two years ago. : Rundell was Charged with -en-|" Western powers insisted on the gineering an allegéd overpayment 10-day limit in order to make {deal in Knight Township for| sure the talks will not be used {school supplies from the Hooster| for propaganda purposes School Supply Co., Vincennes. |inus block adoption of the WestTwo other persons were indicted! ern disarmament formula.

{in. connection with the case, but| Vishinsky argued yesterday be»

neither was arrested immediately. fore the committee that the U. S. 4 idea of world arms reduction is Where to Go |that only Russia should disarm.

. Luttieran Playhouse Produc- | “That's for the birds,” he said. on “The Passing of the Third * io timism’ | Floor Back.” Indiana Univer. | Cautious Optimism - sity Auditorium at State Fair-.. Reported in Moscow grounds. 8:30 p. m.

: | MOSCOW, Dec. 1 (UP)—DiploSquare Ddncing. Keystone | matic circles greeted the start of Gardens, 4517 N. Keystone. 8 |Big Four disarmament talks in | pom. | Paris today with cautious opti- : Special Concert by Ethel |mism. > . Smith. $2.50, $2, $1.50 and $1. | ‘Some Western observers saw Murat Theater. 8 p. m. | hopeful possibilities in Soviet Holywood Ice Revue featur- | Foreign Minister Andrei Y. Vis{hinsky’'s decision at the United { Nations yesterday .to participate lin the closed talks.

ing Barbara Ann Scott. $3, $2.40 and $1.80. State Fairgrounds Coliseum. 8:30 p. m, * Concert by - Howe (Concert

Boschen, 23, both of Indianapolis, and Jack- Randolph, 20, Greenfield: Csire testified during the trial that Miller hit Fry, but Miller said he didn’t inflict the injury which caused death. The other three are scheduled to be tried later.

apd State Guard Exempt

From Poll Taxes Men in the Armed Forces—including those fighting in Korea— must pay their Indiana poll tax but Hoosiers in the National ‘Guard are exempt, Attornéy General J. Emmett McManamon ruled

|today. ~

He clarified the state's poll tax

“Istatutes in an official opinion re-

quested by State Auditor Frank \T. Millis. Mr. Millis said American {Legion and numerous county officials questioned him about the rule. Two Allen County officials recently protested the poll tax law and said they would not try to collect it from servicemen. Mr,

Sixty-eight more men were expected today and tomorrow. The center is set up to handle 300 to 1000 returning veterans a (month. Following furloughs the |men will be interviewed at the {center and re-assigned. The first group included Cpls.

{McKee and Pfcs. Thomas L. Law[son and William F. Nye, all of In/dianapolis; Sfc. Billy G. Lucas, [Terre Haute; Sfc. George W. Bell, {Oakland City; Sgt. Robert C. Slatton, Folsomville; Sgt. Lewis E. Page, -South Bend; Sgt. Thomas [Byers; “Evansville; Cpl. James Merritt, Evansville; Pfc. Weller E, Pope, Lafayette; Pfc. Stanley G. Peck, Terre Taute; Pfc. Donald E, Redington, Lafayette, James E. Ross, Gary.

S. H. Boyd Rites Set

Times State Service GREENFIELD, Dec. 1—Serve.

ices for Samuel a Boyd, prominent local man, will be at 2:15 p. m. Monday in the Pasco

Funeral Home." Mr, Boyd, who

was 64, had operated Boyd Cleaners here for 25 years.

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Millis said he could not force them| to do so—it would be under the

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| sions ‘about the ease of ironing out the: conflicting East-West { views on disarmament, particu{larly the problems of controls and inspection.

um. 8 p. m. Dancing with Phil Bauer and his Orchestra. $1.50. Arthur Murray Ballroom, 22! N. Pennsyivania. 8 p. m. High School Basketball: Crispus Attucks vs. Washington at Tech; Manual at Deaf School; Shortridge at Kokomo and Southport at Seymour. —70c. 8 po m. ’ |U. 8. planes are dropping intelliDancing with Ray Robbins [gence agénts into Communist and his Orchestra. Indiana |Chiry, a Communist .press disRoof. 8:30 p. m. | patch claimed today. ——ee eee | It said Gen. Su Yu, deputy miliMOTHERS & FATHERS: To tary commander of the East China

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