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; | FORECAST—Fair and cold today. Tomorrow, cloudy and warmer. Sn ow late tomorrow. High today 25. Low tonight 10. High tomorrow 30. | 62d YEAR—NUMBER 297 “en > MONDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1951 Enter®f’ as Second-Class Matter at Postofice “xe

He Might Even Wear a Badge—

OLD BUDDIES—Pil “Allio Edward Griffin.

By JOE ALLISON GANTA CLAUS appears to the world’s kids from surprising places, but 3-year-old Phil Allio Jr. got the surprise of his short life the other day when St. Nick came riding in a police squad car, wearing the police blue and carrying a gun and shining badge. “Santa in Blue” was police Sgt. Edward Griffin, a veteran of 21 years on the Indianapelis force, Young Phil has two reasons to be grateful to the sergeant. It was the officer's advice last | Monday night that helped his mother save the toddler from the effects of 32 aspirin tablets he had taken with childish curiosity. Wednesday night the sergeant took time out from his patrol duties to stop at the Allio home, 1737 E. 30th St. With him he brought a soft, fuzzy toy dog and a Christmas card signed “Santa in Blue,” addressed to “Master Phil Jr.”

” n ” «JUST FOLLOWING up,” Sgt. Griffin said about his “jolly old gentleman” role. “1 was interested, wanted to know how the little feller was making out.” Sgt. Griffin was on dispatcher duty the night Phil took the aspirins. When his frantic mother called for help, the sergeant called dn his first aid training, advised a dose of soapy water. The aspirin came up—fast. When Phil Sr., an employee of The Times, arrived home everything was all right. : “I was sure surprised when Sgt. Grifin showed up,” Mr.

Allio said. “Especially when he |

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played ‘Santa in Blue’. The St. Nick role is not so unusual for Sgt. Griffin, however,

» ~ " ON A CHRISTMAS EVE In the middle 1940's, Sgt. Griffin worked on his own time for nine hours to deliver an injured man’s chicken and egg route so he would not lose money at Christmas time. The man, a farmer from near Lebanon, had suffered a fractured skull while crossing the’ street at 34th and Meridian Sts. After the sergeant, then a patrolman, had seen that the man Was taken to the hospital, he checked up on the load he had in kis car for delivery. _ With the aid of a route book which gave only last names, Sgt. Grifin found each home and delivered five turkeys,

No Garbage Collections

In City Tomorrow Trash and garbage will not be collected tomorrow as city sanitation worMers enjoy their only holiday of the year, James H.

, Superintendent, warned| He received a tr

today, i Christmas is the only holiday on which collections are not

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Happy on Christmas

‘List of Donors, Page 9

Indianapolis, Indiana, Issued Daily,

PRICE FIVE CENTS ¢ -

Will U.S. Fork Over

By ART WRIGHT $ h When you wake up to your| J :

happy Christmas tomorrow morning remember this:

Many poor, needy children will be crying because they couldn't be among those outfitted through The Times Clothe-A-Child. There just wasn't énough money to go around. . Remember too . . , hundreds of other little children will be

To Ransom 4 Fliers?

merrily showing off their new clothes. Warm clothes purchased

and other kind neighbors of Indianapolis.

A Job Worth While

The people of Indianapolis can be proud again of the job they have done for the needy children through The Times Clothe-A-Child, ; So... If you get a little extra cash for Christmas, or you can see your way to add just a little

The Times Mile-O-Dimes was scheduled to close this afternoon. The thousands of dimes laid on the sidewalk in frent of L. S. Ayres & Co. and S. S. Kresge Co. will be washed then counted at the Merchants National Bank. The staff of the Merchants Bank will give up their Christmas Eve once again to do.the big job of counting. .. Eight more lines were needed ‘early today to make a full mile. A mile would provide $8976 for The Times Clothe-A-Child. There are 60 lines in a mile. Uniformed City firemen recruited by Firemen’s Post No. 42 of the American Legion have been on duty at the Mile-O-Dimes day and night since it opened Nov. 30.

send it to Clothe-A-Child, Indianapolis Times, 214 W. Maryland St. Or if you would like to take a needy child to the stores and buy warm clothes for him, you can stil make a donor appointment to do it any day this week. Telephane PLaza 5551 and an appointment will be made. No ‘Deadline’ Set Even though Christmas will be over tomorrow midnight, misery knows no “deadline.” Poor children still will be cold in the winter ahead unless they get warm

him get out into the cold. Instead, the men took turns hauling the coal and listening to thé police radio. When they

three chickens and a crate and a half of eggs. He finished that Christmas “good deed” at 1 a.m. Chrisimas morning. #® ” »

IN THE LATE 1930s, a few days before Christmas, Officer Griffin and his partner, Clarence Miller, nearly drove: into an unlighted pile of coal near 27th and Northwestern Sts. The owner offered to move the coal in immediately. Sgt. Griffin said the man appeared to be ill with pneumonia and the officers refused to let

the man’s basement. ” n »

OF HIS Christmas spirit, Sgt. Griffin says, “It's nothing out of the ordinary. I consider it just ‘part of my duty as a policeman.” When he was asked about his

to reveal them only if they were described with the credit “where

lice’ department.”

‘The Saddening Shadow'— Pope Castigates West And East for Arms Race

Editorial, Page 10 He said the church is faced on

Ry United Press one hand by those who demand VATICAN CITY, Dec. 24— |p ndonment of her “supposed

Pope Pius XII bluntly told the| neutrality” and on the other hand Western world today it musti,, (hose who demand her neushare with communism the blame 41.q)ity, “for the saddening shadow. of a clouds which still hover men-| Neither group “has a correct acingly over the world” on the| ’ eve of another Christmas. the it of ope world’s great Simultaneously the Pope re- VN: e sa. newed his appeal for world dis-| Cannot Come Down armament in his annual Christ-| “The Church cannot come down mas message. It was broadcast from the lofty supernatural to the world in 24 languages. {sphere where political neutrality The Pontiff offered both the has no meaning ... cannot con-

of the Holy See to help bringclusively political norms.” about a lasting peace. But he| warned that disarmament alone Church, he said, would not insure peace if the would have to refuse. world continued to ignore the, In an apparent reference to the basic principles of Chris-{the atomic bomb, the Pope said tianity. , |he deplored “the monstrous Strong Terms |eruelty” of modern arms. 2 In unusually strong terms, the| “We never cease to pray that Pope castigated both the East|they will never be used,” he said. and West for their incessant talk| The Pope spoke in the great of peace while ignoring “skepti-|Consistorial Hall of the Vatican cally and disdainfully” what he|pefore 12 cardinals and 1000 described as the basic cause of prelates. The languages broadworld dissension—a lack of Chris-|cast included Russian, Czech, Poltian principles. ish, Albanian and Hungarian.

‘You Might've Left a Taste'—

‘Botel’ Tossed in Sea Yields. Christmas Tree

“the Church

Dec. 24—Arthur H. Tles had theiemis tallest and cheapest Christmas

tree in town today because he

Atlantic Ocean less than fourigeax and pulled months ago. [fouled fn me net,” the note said. Mr. Iles was aboard an in-«qje get Joe Canouthers to see bound passenger-cargo ship off|j pecan find you a pretty tree the coast of Nova Scotia, land of for you and the young ones.” Christmas trees, last Sept. 12. To| kill ti Mr. Saunders (kil me he wrote a humorous iy, delay by explaining he “was note requesting a tree and curled qt fur off Plesure Beech on New-

some days getting to home.” ~Thére was a Wry postscrip

containing a nine-foot tree on|the note. § Dec. 15. He was. amazed that the] “you might have left a feller express bill was only §1. a taste in the botél agin the chill

made, Mr, Bookedis said.

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finished, the ton of fuel was in funds to buy the clothes come in.

‘Don’t Count on It

Yuletide experiences, he agreed , it naturallly belongs, to the po- |

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idea of the place of the church in|

East and West the good ‘offices|sent, to judge according to ex-

By United * od Jim Saunders said he was ROCKVILLE CENTRE, N. y, jam much at penning, but it is I take me pen in hand to write you about your »

tossed a whisky bottle into the| «yr was out codding Wensday in your botel

apologized for’

the message into an empty bottle|sundland shore so I have been! |

clothing through The ‘Times

through money supplied by youl.

Clothe-A-Child. 2 The Cilothe-A-Child staff fis

ready and willing to ‘continue|

{shopping this week as long as

In the meantime . ., . MERRY CHRISTMAS.

White Christmas?

A white (late and light) Christmas. That's what the weather{man says. But don't despair yet. He's been a bit on‘the pessimistic side the past few days. He said the

‘overcast. The sun shone brightly most of the time. Now he says there will be light snow late Christmas day; so maybe we'll have a blizzard. L. Strauss & Co., was counting on having snow today. They advertised they would have Santa Claus delivering gifts in a sleigh drawn by a tiny tractor instead of the eight tiny reindeer. No snow—they had to call it off. The rest of the state has no better prospects for a white Christmas. Their only hope is! the crust of ice and snow still remaining from the last snowfall.”

LOCAL TEMPERATURES 9a m.. 135

10 a. mi... 19 11 a. m... 28

6 a m.. 12 7a m.. 12 8 a. m.. 12

Latest humidity ....... 71%

If that were asked of the

| Double-Take |

By BOB BARNES

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buy “ 't be a sucker! You can Doge same thing at home for ten .-

OUR FATHER WHO ART IN HEAVEN—It's the night before prays. Not just for himself, but for all the other little boys in the world. (Tomorrow: The climax

of a little boy's year—Christmas

morning under the tree.)

Times photo by John R. Spicklemire

Christmas, and Mike Caskey

Reds Convict Gls as Spying |On Hungary

| By United Press | WASHINGTON; Dec. 24— The State Department? can|celed holiday leaves today and |called high officials into conference to decide whether the United States should pay Communist Hungary the $120,000 “ransom” demanded for the . four fliers. The news was received here with cold anger. But diplomatic officials were closemouthed about possible United States moves. One highly-placed informant said: “We feel it is more important to get Americans free than to get stories in the newspapers and on the radio. “The question is whether we are going to be tough behind the scenes or make propaganda. We {have decided we would not get any place trying to make propaganda at a time like this.” One thing appeared certain from the tenor of the few remarks which officials would make on the subject: the United States will not lJamely pay over -$120,000 under circumstances which would imply that the fliers were guilty of an international crime and were justiy fined. One possibility is that payment of the fines will be accompanied by a blistering denunciation of the Hungarian Communist government for engaging in “International blackmail” and reverting to the uncivilized tactics of the Barbary pirates in holding foreign nationals for “ransom.” It is.in just this light that many diplomats here view the Hungarian action.

Truman Unable to Do Anything About It Today

WASHINGTON, Dec. 24 (UP) —President Truman said he does not plan to do anything today about the four American fliers convicted in Communist Hungary. Asked by a reporter if he planned to do anything today, he replied: co” “No. He paused

What can you do?”

and added: “You

f |still are trying to get Oatis out,

aren't you?” He referred to William N. Oatis, Associated Press correspondent imprisoned in Czechoslovakia after conviction on trumped-up spy charges. Mr. Truman made the statements before boarding the plane, the Independence, to go to his home at Independence, Mo., for the Christmas holiday.

U. S. Queries

Gl's Prayer for Peace—

‘You Get Pretty Weary Waiting, Fighting for It

; By KEYES BEECH SEOUL, Korea, Dec. 24 (CDN)—"0. God, Father. of t'.ese hills which | patrol tonight, this is my Christmas prayer to

you.”

That's the way ,the GI's

i prayer began. He wrote it be- | cause I asked him to.

But he wouldn't let me use his name because “it would embarsass me with the fellows. I'm not particularly religious,” he added You can read the prayer and judge for yourself whether he's religious: ’ “The words I want to say to You won't be easy because I'm jumbled and twisted a little, but deep down inside me is something You'll understand better than words. “It was probably in some place like this—a hilly country — that the shepherds first heard the angels singing about, Jesus and Mary. I was thinking how much it would mean to all of us over here if we could hear in these hills that special word that was in the angels’ song— peace. Peace on earth. “You get pretty weary, - God, waiting for it and fighting for it. Sometimes you wonder, God, if it isn't all o joke. You ask yourself if peace can ever come to this beat-up old world. After about 2000 years we have never had much of what Jesus was born and died for. : “I'm not griping, God. Honest, I'm not. It's just that as I

Charley's Restaurant, 144 E. Ohio. BusiGood Food.

said-before I'm a little tyisted

trying to tell you what's going on in my mind. But in my heart, God, You.can see what I'm

A note signed by a fighierman wind these days,” it said.

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really trying to say to You.”

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“I've never been all You expected me to be. There have been lots of times when I've failed You. I am sorry. I ask You to forgive me and help me. “Tonight I know I can never really hate anybody-—not even the fellow who's on that hill over there. There were times when I thought I hated people.

But that never added up right.

“Do good to those who hate you « + + are pretty hord words, God, but when you get to see some of the things a soldier sees, those words make sense. If | could share a cup of coffee and some rations « with the other fellow on that hill over there moybe we could do better than oll the talk that goes on in the government places.

“And maybe that’s the impor-

‘Murray Calls Strike Advisers

PITTSBURGH, Dec. 24 (UP)—|pott con y CIO President Philip Murray to- ja) officials today about the

® ¥ ® Fliers® Fines Ry United Press | BUDAPEST, Dec. 24—U.S, Charge d’Affaires George Abred with Hungar-

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day recalled the United Steelwork-(¢; 29,000 demanded by Hungary ers’ top policy makers to a meet-ifor the release of four imprisoned {ing here Thursday apparently tojAmerican airmen.

{consider President Truman’s-plea|

Mr. Abbott declined to disclose

for calling off a New Year's Day whether the U. 8. will pay the

{strike of 650,000 steel workers. The meeting of the wage polic

/fines of $30,000 each imposed by y'a Hungarian military court on

‘group, which authorized the strike, the four Americans yesterday for

will be preceded by a conferenc of the unien’s executive board. Mr. Truman's plea for continue production pendnig Wage Stabil

zation Board review of Mr. Mur-| ray’s demand for a ceiling-break- report to Washington.

ing 18!4-cent wage boost was d

rected to both the union and the

basic steel companies.

Spivey Quits ‘Cats

LEXINGTON, Ky. Dec.

-e flying over Hungary or let them [serve the alternative three-month d jail sentence, : ; i= Envoy Surprised He said he would telephone his He de-i-/clined to discuss it with newsmen, Mr. Abbott said the U. 8. legation had not received the official {text of the Hungarian court pro{ceedings, but he understood it was substantially the same as the

24 oficial announcement carried in

| (UP)-— Seven - foot Bill Spivey,|the Hungarian press.

|Kentucky’'s All-America basket- |

{ball

| player,

The four airmen are Capt. John

| resigned from the J Swift, Glens Falls, N. Y.; Capt. Wildcat squad today because of David H. Henderson,

Shawnee,

| “false ‘and malicious rumors link- | Okla.; Sgt. James A. Elam, Kings-

|scandals.”

{ing my name to the basketball land, Ark. and T. Sgt. Jess A.

Duff, Spokane, Wash.

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Inside The

tant thing about Christmas— |

it’s not only peace will, “0, God, give me a good will. Give me a good and ready heart for You and all the peo-

ple around me. And please God, [Shall we lose everything we've been

bless all men, my family,

friends and enemies. God bless || oc Angeles Rams finally grab pro grid" che

ing 24-17 victory over "invincible" Cleveland Br

all Chinese, Russians, Koreans. Give thent good will too. “Then, God, all of us tonight could drop our carbines and walk like the shepherds to a

cave. And we could kneel to-

_and find once.

mas,

—gether Virgin Mother Mary and Joseph, the Infant Jesus. God, | that would be a Merry Christ- ”»

but good Count 42 dead in Tijuana, Mexico, Christmas party fire

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Did you know Drama Editor Henry Butler is a culinary artist of

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