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62d YEAR—NUMBER 299 .

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FORECAST: Partly cloudy, colder tonight and tomorrow. Low tonight 5 above zero. High tomorrow 209.

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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1951

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‘She Did Smith's C

rocheting’—

Charges Sheriff

Gave Escaped

Woman

Favors

By JOHN V. WILSON * : % A woman who used a matron’s key to escape last night had “full sway” of the Marion Couhty, Jail under orders of Sheriff Dan Smith, a former matron -charged

today. The matron, who quit Dec, 3 over conflicting orders on safekeeping of the escaped prisoner, Mrs. Lissa P. Hanson, 35, told The Times: “We had orders to treat Lissa good because she did crocheting for the sheriff and Mrs, Eve Wooley (another matron). '

Expected ‘Trouble’

“I had kept her locked up because I knew she was going to §

cause trouble, But they showed her all kinds of considerations and gave her full sway.”

Mrs. Hanson, a comely brunet }

accused as a bad-check artist, and a 17-year-old girl walked

out of the jail after taking the ¥

door keys from a kitchen table.

The keys were left on the table by a matron, Mrs. Bertha

As "Missing PANMUNJOM, Korea, Dec. 26 ~The Communists claimed today | that 571 missing American war prisoners have been killed by Allied planes and guns or have died of disease. Another 152 American prisoners /have “escaped” and three have been “released,” the Red

truce negotiators informed the United Nations command.

Names of another 332 Americans missing from a Communist list of prisoners are being investigated, the Reds said. Thus the Reds claimed to account for 1058 missing GIs. In addition, it was disclosed, the United Nations command has asked the Communists to account for 25 more Americans and 20 Britons listed as prisoners.

‘Shocking’ Errors

United Nations spokesman Brig. Gen. William P. Nuckols called the Communist report on the 1058 missing men “shocking” and full of glaring discrepancies.” He said none of those listed as escaped or| released ever reached the United Nations lines. . The names in question had been recorded by the United Nations

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Expect Reds To Free ry Soon

Mother Badly Burned While Saving Child

Six persons were burned, two critically, when fire started by a stove explosion de-

stroyed a home at 701 Martin

St. today. > Mrs. Vivian Burge, 26, was| burned over most of her body| when she rushed into the flam- | ing house, after once escaping, to| rescue her 15-month-old .baby, Harry Burge Jr. She and the baby, ically burned, were taken to General Hospital with three other victims. Mrs. 27, was burned on both hands.

Burge’s husband, Harry,

also crit-| §

Budapest Hears They Are Released

| "By United Press WASHINGTON, Dec. 26-— \Infermed sources said today lit is possible that four American fliers seized by Hungary {last month may be released very (soon, These sources indicated that extensive American - Hungarian negotiations over the fate of the fliers has progressed farther than the State Department or Budapest

|is willing to admit openly at this “time.

It was determined here, how-

Wernicke, while she went to a h ; A Hen IAL ours) #%|Clarence McCollum, 67, owner of a Et 2eEt COT: MRS Ussh b. HANSON There was just one favorable the house and boarder there, suf- Bo informgtion that the filers Sie. Hapson and the girl : ; " H : fered a cut arm and breathed ve been released. B development in Wednesday's truce But indications are that sur-

transferred from the Juvenile Center for safekeeping, were working as trusties, clearing dinner tables. Objected to Orders

The former matron, who asked that her name be withheld, said she resigned after objecting to orders of Mrs. Wooley to let Mrs. » Hanson out of her cell. She said she took the matter directly to Sheriff Smith in the belief she was working under him. But she said she was informed Mrs. Wooley was head matron. Matron Wencke also allowed Mrs. Hanson to keep lights burn-

Sought for escape from Marion

County Jail.

as “negligence” "on the part of the matron. He said he was undecided on whether to take disciplinary action against her. “I have a standing order that all prisoners must be. in. their cells by 5:30 p. m.” he said, “and I want to find out why this was disregarded.” ‘ Chief Jailer Morris Settles said the escape of the two women brought to at least seven the number of prisoners’ who have fled this year. The other five were recaptured within hours, he said. Mrs. Hanson was awaiting trial

negotiations: The Reds handed the United Nations team a foot-high parcel containing the first mail from Allied prisoners in Communist camps to their families. Urgent preparations .were made to forward mail to the United States.

No Armistice

The “shocking” Red report on the prisoners came a little more than 24 hours before the deadline fixed for conclusion of an armistice in 30 days from Nov. 27. The deadline comes at midnight (9 a. m., Indianapolis Time) Thursday. . Negotiators say there is not the slightest possible

ing after 9 p. m. to do her crochet-/in Criminal Court 1 on a charge chance of agreement by then.

ing, the former matron said. ~ | Once, she said, Mrs. Hanson| tried to set the jail on fire by! throwing a lighted cigaret on a| desk,

of issuing a fradulent $75 check to the Wm. H. Block Co. Nov. 1 for clothing. <= Police records showed the fugitive also is on parole from the

Alternatively, there must be an agreement to extend the temporary truce line or another line must be set later. :

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flames. Jack Price, 6, and his sisKaren Sue, ‘7, children of Mrs. Burge by a previous marriage, were burned. Mistaken About Gas The fire began at 7:30 a. my] when Mrs. Burge tried to burn what she thought was kerosene borrowed from a neighbor. Contents of the can proved to be gasoline, according to firemen. The resulting explosion plunged the five-room, one-story house into flames and broke several windows. Mrs. Leslie Neely, 645 Martin St., said she saw Mrs. Burge lying | “all afire” outside the house. { Put Clothing Around Her | “My husband threw his jacket around her,” Mrs. Neely said, “then ran to phone for help. I! took off my sweater and wrapped | it around her, but it wasn’t] enough, So I took off my skirt|

prise developments are in the making, including the possibility

The American Legion offered today to pay the $120,000 ransom demanded by Hungary for release of four U. 8. fliers imprisoned there. The announcement by National Commander Donald R. Wilson, released simultaneously at Legion national headquarters here and in Washington, also blasted “the muddleheadedness and bankruptcy of the foreign . policy of our government.”

that the American airmen may be turned over to American authorities in nearby Austria. The State Department, continuing its policy of silence on the

Woman's Prison. She has a rec-|[JN F and smothered the flames.” 2 A: Denies Issuing Driers ord of 16 arrests, including two U ® avors The older boy and girl ran out : : tase. declined io reveal the stale 4.95 i ' Sheptst Smith denied he had convictions on theft charges. Longer Truce HN Sen : Tn SE RR GEN he dha im re iad Lo | Regul INA Tor Wease ent : hs ssued orders allowing Mys. Han-| The sheriff’s office said - Mrs. ba R Mr. B Jtirned while ; Bk + y aH Ak ar . departme ; i son freedom within the jail. He|Hanson was wearing a black] WASHINGTON, Dec. 26 (UP)|boosting Mr. McCollum through| , FIRESIDE. DRAMA=—Atrows point to two. Chicago. fireman. falling 40 feet fram an extension |promised some comment on the hades of Vv said: » \ coat, black skirt and white blouse.|_The United Nations will agres|a Window to safety. : ladder that, broke while they were fighting an apartmfént house blaze. Ten firemen were hurt in the Sas about 2. pa. anhporis ia She may have done some The 17-year-old, who had light/to a brief extension of the Ko-| Karen Sue was treated’by the fire, others by a falling roof and tumbles from fire escapes. Sixty tenants were made homeless. late on thé nature of the eom- + grey crocheting, but she never did any brown hair, was wearing a black rean truce deadline if an armis-|d@mbulance doctor and remained | : DUP OF for me.” dress with a print of red and|tice appears within sight when at the home of a neighbor while | Ck | . = (ment. 2 y The sheriff labeled the escape|white circles. the 30-day agreement expires to-|the others went to General Chi f M Ki : * Reliable sources reported SUITS > morrow, diplomatic officials said/ Hospital. 1e C inney State S en S { ri stm qs earlier, however, that the United nd lusty today. 'Dozen Persons Esca T R ti J 1 : : States government was willing to 3 Newspapers’ Yule ma mimes dia Houw Fre | pete sok Ni; : Ba SA United Nation negotiators will riment House Fire . WwW thy i T H a not approve a lengthy extension pa dozen persons, including i ou r a IC ea government as the price for the because of the danger of a COm-|¢y;e0 small children and a city .. |fiiers’ freedom, munist doublecross. Observers No fatal traffic accidents were injuries suffered in a Friday] The four fliers were seized when policeman, escaped a blazing con y MARX / here believe he Eension would verted apartment building at 119- reported in Indiana on Christmas crash. their C47 {ransport plans was . 1 Indianapolis’ three newspapers|ing today. will make the final Hot De longer than a week or PLW. lo St this Horhing. ot Day. : Other Fatalities hades Ds Savie. Sguie S sa raised $124,952.26 in Christmas] totals still higher. : . bis Whe a Re Bar a ied Rain, sleet and snow pelted! He was Morris Voight, 30, Ar- Hungary Nov. 19 when they a funds for the city’s needy, they| The Times fund, raised and Snow Stalls Fighting .\their first floor apartment, esti- the state and. cast a pall of | Pin, Wis. His death in Method-| wandered off course while flying alities reported yesterday. ‘used solely to clothe needy chil- (3, Ground and in Air mated damage at $6000. His gloom over many Yule celébra. 18 Hospital was the 44 0 In from Germany to Yugoslavia. Contributions reported by each dren, this year had provided com- |mother, Mrs, Pearl Coleman, who tions. But they also cut both! They were tried and convicted : ror P y plete new outfits for 2520 by, 8TH ARMY HEADQUARTERS, jives on the second floor, owns the volime and speed of Arafie. [PC 1. Sunday on charges of violating were: e : | Korea, Dec. 26 (UP)—Up ‘to eight tne pyilding. She got out without N # | Killed in the same crash was the Hungarian border and were 50 The Star ...........$21,778.60 Christmas Day, with shoppingiinches of snow stalled combat gimculty, as did the other oc-| However, fhe State > 14th high-ip, ve (Uncle Dave) Gudgel, 86, ordered to pay a $30,000 fine each , The News ......e... 16,314.98 |still scheduled for the rest of this|operations in Korea today. cupants. | vay Figtim o She, hol ay week of 2624 College Ave., whose car|or spend three months in’ a Red The Times .......... 86,858.68 |week. It was provided by direct| United Nations planes flew only| The roof and second floor were Pog oo. 8 Day Oligkidded into that in which Mr. jail. {seven sorties in 24 hours to match|nearly destroyed. Firemen blamed : {Voight was riding on icy U. 8. 31| The fliers have been held incomAll three funds reached new cash donations by mail and velour and ee through the Mile:O-Dimes, and by|the record low of last Feb. 9.\a defective flue. , {near Southport. municado since they were seized. ur an record high marks this year, andj oq 1" O00 conally took [Almost 33 hours of snow piled up erm ear- ero | Off the highways, death took no gp nt selection belated contributions still arriv-|., co. "eT othe- A-Chilaelght inches on the eastern front|13 More Hoosiers holiday and six Hoosiers died in| Budapest Hears | J head t v : land lesser amounts elsewhere. . = |fires, three of gunshot wounds fed models Court Bans EE i. i andl emperatures were down to 10 Buy Gambling Stamps 0 ue tand two from other causes for a Release Is Due Soon: Ss « w waco degrees in the east. Thirteen more Hoosiers, two {total of 25. BUDAPEST, Hungary, Dec. 26 Pi k t Li The News "Cheer Fund" was {from Indianapolis, were listed by| ; LOCAL TEMPERATURES Deaths previously unreported|(UP) An unconfirmed report : : iICKe ine raised by direct donations and INDIANAPOLIS the Internal Revenue Bureau to-| © 64 m..28 10 a m.. 25 (by The Times were those of: ‘|said this evening that the HunR RIE / Picketing of Graybar FElectric|through sales of a special “Cheer TRAFFIC TOLL |day as the latest buyers of gam-| * Fire Chief McKinney a.m. 24: 11am. 28 Delbert Cheek, 16. New Castle, |garian Communist government fhe Co., 1300 W. 16th St., by Local 716{Fund” edition- of The News on (359 Days) {bling tax stamps. | Tire Chief Rosc | 8a m..24 12 (Noon) 30 shot through the heart when a/would release shortly, or may althe streets by men who once] - 1950 1951 The Indianapolis buyers were! re ef Roscoe McKinner g 5, m... 24 1 p. m.. 30 !rifile accidentally discharged as|ready have released the four of the Teamsters Union (AFL) ¢ | y g y Barrie Derned 1 sy at were carriers. The Star fund| Accidents ..... 9044 8306 [Lonnie McIntire, 526 Minerva St. |Will close a colorful, 38-year ma ,, |his twin brother, Delmer, handed|fliers. : was banned today by a temporary|came from. direct cash contribu-| Hurt ..c....... 3443 ‘3888 |and Thomas L. Mascari, 948 S. career with the Indianapolis Fire latest humidity ...... 86% lit to him Christmas Day, A United States legation spokeske Suits court order. tions. Dead ...ceee.. 62 67 I|East St. Department Jan. 1. | ‘Indianapolis and Indiana are Two-year-old Ann Cox, Muncie,/man said: “The matter rests with 89.50 Circuit Court Judge Lloyd D. J -—_— : - The 69-year-old “Big Chief” an-lq to shi int abiires ‘of who died yesterday in a Conners- the Hungarian government. +07. ; Claycombe issued a restraining or- ; ne i RT < jaue- to shiver In tempera ires of yjlle hospital after she was re-| According to the unconfirmed ....99.50 . der against the union, halting . ne : fo nounced his retirement today at alaround zero tonight. ported to have swallowed some report, the release of the fliers fs ...119.50 week-long picketing of the firm. {meeting of the Board of Safety. | The mercury will plummet to 5 Pills. . set for later today if they have A suit filed by the firm said the | He will be replaced by Batallion ahove here tonight, the weather-| Mis. Nellie Walsh, 56, Terre not been freed already. DE ed arom Serie | Chief Joseph F. Hancock, chosen man said. [Haute W 39 a ne a Jean . . ...42.95 Graybar warehouse employees {last week by Mayor-elect Alex M.| Northern Indiana may get while she was fixing a stove «t Premier Yoshida into the union. {Clark to head the departmentitemperatures as cold as 5 degrees her home Christmas eve. { . As a result, the suit charged, junder the new Republican admini- below zero tonight. For the south- Reshuffles Cabinet some truck drivers had refused stration. ern part of the state, low of zero | - to deliver or remove supplies. . . : [to 10 above were forecast. | TOKYO, Dec. 26 (UP)—Premier Judge Claycombe set next Mon- ly Chief McKiney has held execu- For tomorrow, Hoosiers were Double-Take Shigeru Yoshida reshuffled his day as the date for a hearing on {tive posts in the department since promised continued cold. By BOB BARNES ‘cabinet yesterday, demoting or )OL a temporary injunction. _ 11922. He was appointed Chief] Meanwhile, Mark Purcell, Rush- dismissing five. ministers and TeA y 1901, The Jan. 1. 108, by late Mayor Alle who io Hoosiers astray tor [TERS 2, || pacing them win saint ie A Home and Fowles. Ite" was Bp rel years of weather predicting when | from the lower ranks of his govY - ported “killed i he forecast a mild fall and winter, | ernment. our Happiness Bre "Alarm today envisioned a “normal” Yoshida retained his own dual - : ’ spring for Hoosierland. post as premier and foreign minA suitable home of your The site! sala he Is “undecided A 79-year-old man who slipped ister. own, in which your famil jon future plans. He is the fatherion ‘an icy pavement near his " . { a you int y of Frank McKinney, Democratic home here yesterday was in fair, rete vag ny monger can ve a united Inferes national chairman, and two other condition in Methodist Hospital | Political observers said the preand take roots in a community sons, James and Philip. 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Lewis may call a nation-wide 10.day mine work stoppagé house: her they belong?” tation Minister Takeshi Yamazaki pages of - The Indianapolis | in commemoration of West Frankfort disaster ............ wisere {and State Minister (without port- — Times. : Florida chief of the National Association for the Advancement | [tolla) Hideo Masutani, | . |. of Colored People. killed when home w mbed ...... .s : le 10 Lo at To bean dove Ho op ® was, hembed 3 31 Christmas Babies i ng dor A AIRY ed. 3 i White sauce is perfect for black moods . . . according to The | R He : ..$89.50 ORT Seine 57500" Fereas. "GA-3205. | Times' culinary expert Henry Butler .....0....... 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