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THURSDAY, JAN. 3,1052

x-Chicago Pitcher

Policeman Tells Victim's

Last Words |

EL MANTE, Mexico, Jan 3

(UP)—The Mexican police: cor-| poral who killed Hirman Bithorn! sald yesterday that the former,

big league pitcher gasped ” am

a member of a Communist cell. on| §

an important mission” as he lay| dying with the policeman’s bullet in ‘his stomach. |

The policeman, Ambrusio Cas-| tillo Cano, said he was forced to|

kill Bithorn to “prevent my own]

death at the hands of an apparent]

lunatic.” Witnesses.to ‘the shoot-|

ing vouched for the policeman’s{

story.

District . Attorney Jesus Govea| said police arrested Bithorn here| when they found him trying tol sell a 1947 Buick "for $350 (U. 8.)

without proper documents. * The former Chicago pitcher carried no- identification card, not even the usual tourist card required for entry into the country, Mr. ‘Govea said. He had no papers for the car and there

-were-no license plates on it.

Relatives of the big righthanded hurler said he was -driving from Chicago to Mexico City to see his mother and sister. They could not explain why he should attempt to sell the car at El Mante, a small cotton center. of 5000 population on the Pan American highway nearly 300 miles north of the capital.

“It is very mysterious,” Com-

En Route to See Mother Draft Calls Mother, 50; Ilinois St.

mandant_ of Police, Fidel Garza,

Garza said. “He had $2000 in

cauge he was out of money. Why was the car without license plates? Why did he have no papers? And what was the Communist connection?”

* Police said Bithorn was shot last Saturday afternoon when he attacked the policeman®who was escorting him to Mexico City

"where the former National League -star had promised he would pro-

duce papers for the car. ‘Hit Me in Face’ “I was afraid he was going to

: kill me,” said Cpl. Castillo. “With-

out warning or provocation, he suddenly struck me in the face with his suitcase and started to leap upon me as I lay: in the street. I pulled my automatic but he ignored it and I was forced to shoot just before he hurled himself at me.”

The shooting took place on the street in front of the El Mante

the main‘ plaza. A number of register for the draft.

people saw the incident. “I didn’t intend to kill him,” Mr. Castillo said. “I fired low in

Cubs.

¥ 3

| Le : | ARMY BOUND?—Mrs. Joe Willie Riley assumes a military |

"pose as she displays her. draft notice.

‘Notice Blamed on Culprit—

This A. M.? over most of “Indiana today.

vered the state from Lake Michigan almost to the Ohio River.

jroads north of it

How'd Your [T= Sowmm mteme = 7 Sculptor Jo Davidson Is Dead

Skates. Work

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You could have

A. sheet of ice left by

freezing rain and. sleet’ cov- the world’s famous spanned four decades, returned recently to France from Isreal where he had This afternoon the ice began to completed sculptures of President wear off some main highways, in- Chaim Weizmann, Prime Minister

cludingfi U. S.' 40.

In southern Indiana, the State ment leaders and new immigrants.

Highway Commission reported)

roads’ generally clear south: of a|birth of the young Jewish nation. line through Spencer, Blooming-{He had planned In the north-/Israel to complete the series.

ton and Columbus. ern part o fthe state, U. 8. 6 and were In

the commission reported. -

were blamed on the And six persons were hurt in a

{head-on crash ofi U.S. 40 west the Art Students’ League and sup-'medical schooling, he. returned to ported himself by doing burnt- sculpture because as he explained {wood drawings. He left art work he could not help himself, but had Sgt. John R. Vrabic, 27, Atter- for a while to attend Yale with the to try his hand at modeling fig-/ FDR has been described by Mrs. | bury Air Force Base, whose par- idea of making a career in medi- ures. |ents live in Clinton and whose cine.

of Indianapolis. The dead:

{ Indianapolis address was 1138 N.

Eagerto Serve, She Says

| 1

| Willie Riley, who received a draft/and prosecution if the culprit is | induction notice; said yesterday|caught, he said. |she’d be glad to serve if she She said her unusual name was | wasn't a Gold Star mother. {derived from her Aunt Willie and But Selective Service officials|her grandmother, |said they had no intention of in-/was Joanna. ducting her and that she could .

ETRLS MB ee. Seek Pay Hike

{ It seems that someone regis-

tered under Mrs. Riley's name and . For Preacher as

the government is trying to catch Biggest Liar

the culprit. | Mrs. Riley reported that she.received a notice two days before Christmas ordering her to report! "BIGGS, Cal, Jan. 3 (UP)—A | for induction Jan. 9. move is under way to give Rev. Ns Jou be sind lo go. #he|,rthur R. Kirk, pastor of the whether I'm strong enough to be| Community Church here, a pay a soldier.” raise for being the biggest liar She lost a son, S/Sgt. William jn the world. D. Riley, in"'World War II and has, : ; » : 18%) The title of world's champion another Son; Bobex; a Riley, Who liar was awarded the Rev. Kirk 2 > ree ghant in the Civ Tirecently by the Burlington, Wis. RIO ai ; |Liars Club. The Rev. Kirk told a i PY a agen 1s fale about watermelon vines which spondence a year ago and quickly 55% at at ey ore a notified her draft board that she) the ound. One youth was was a mother and a “slight mis- - gro > d a | take” had been made caught in he vine and dragge : |half a mile before getting loose,

| A draft spokesman said Mrs.| . | Riley told them that once her the Rev. Kirk told the Burling

mailbox had been rifled and a! check stolen and cashed. From!

| |

_ Leon Brink, ‘church president,

whose name|thres times.

Mrs. Bernice Rex, 52, West | Ligonier. She died in a Wolflake hospital after her car skiddéd across icy

U. S. 33 and smashed into a truck

€HICAGO, Jan. 3 (UP)—Joe|for an investigation by the FBI|late yesterday. |

Sgt. Vrabic was Killed early. today when his car skidded into! ithe Blue River bridge on U. 8. 31‘near Edinburg and turned over -Slides on Ice West of Indianapolis early to-| day, a car slid on the ice across| U. 8. 40 in the 3900 block" of] W. Washington St. It crashed]

head-on into another car. James Crittenden, 43, Cleveland, drove the car which

Percy Willlams;, 25, Atlanta; Roger Gaines, 33, Cleveland, and Julius Holtzclaw, 25,. Cleveland. All were in fair condition in General Hospital. The other car was driven by Earl Cook, 23,"of 1238 Glen Arm Rd. He and Arno Jellison, 6148 Mecca St., were released after treatment at Methodist Hospital. Most drivers were careful. State police and deputy sheriffs here said they had no reports of cars ditched or stalled by icy pavements. ‘But state police early today were getting 300 to 400 calls an

tions. A Greyhound bus dispatcher {said gentle winds dried the rain

‘this draft officials deducted that Said he feels the Rev. Kirk de-| , bus station, half a block from|the thief then used her name to Serves a pay raise. on many main roads, but. buses

| ranged to continue sending notices

leg wound. But he crouched to|send them back with the notation no lie,” Mr. Brink said.

spring at me just as 1 fired and| that she was the only one of that| the bullet struck higher than I/name at her address.

expectad—Iin the ‘stomach.”

| for the purpose of preparing a file, watermelon whopper.

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keeps you fit

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keeps you young. Every person young

and old — needs at least four glasses a day.

Drink‘a glass for breakfast,

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yougotobed.

TT budget, too!

for dinner and just before

Fortunately, milk prices have stayed far below most prices— actually, every dollar spent for milk is worth $1.36. Yes, according to government Vv figures, milk gives you a 36¢ To stretch food money; simply me

“We have a minister with altowns.

| The spokesman said it was ar- broader than usual viewpoint,”| caused by the ice was half an Mr. Brink said. “Anything You pour,

vn : can say about northern California| an effort to disable him with a|to Mrs. Riley so that she could soi] is the simple truth, and that's|

Mr. Brink-grows rice on the| This was land that inspired the Rev. Kirk's

- | press,

".|Johnson County prosecutor.

{were delayed by icy streets in the He said the longest delay

Work Through Night Indianapolis street and transit company crews worked through the night to sand the streets. Indianapolis Railways said rush{hour service was close to normal. Some delays were caused by autos having trouble starting after stopping for traffic lights. Ice was not thick enough on telephone or electric wires to give trouble, the utility companies reported. : The Indianapolis area was the only place in the.state where new snow fell. It stopped at 1 a. m. The low here was 19. No more freezing rain was expected by the weatherman, but he said it would stay cold tonight and would be no warmer than 32 degrees tomorrow, > . - Editor Named » . Ridgway Aide TOKYO, Jan. 3 (UP)—An American newspaper editor will replace an army officer as chief public infommation adviser to Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway, it was announced today. Burrows Matthews, editor of the Buffalo (N. Y.) Courier-Ex-is expected to arrive in Tokyo this week-end to take over the advisory job formerly held by Brig. Gen. Frank A. Allen, but without the latter's additional administrative duties. . : Gen. Allen became involved in several disputes with the press last summer and since has remained mostly in the background. He closed his office here last Monday. oii Mr, Burrows will function as a personal civilian adviser to the supréme United Nations commander, He was on the public relations staff at Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower's headquarters in Europe during World War II.

Bullet in Brain Finally Is Fatal

A 65-YEAR-OLD man who clung to life for 60 hours with a bullet through his brain died last night at St. Vincent's Hospital. Fred Johannes, 24 Orange St. was taken to the hospital Mon-

wound in the head and another 32-caliber slug lodged in his body, | just below the chest, He was found in his home with a revolver

‘lat his side.

Hospital officials reported the one bullet entered his right temple, . penetrated the brain and emerged behind his left ear. He remained unconscious until he died at 10:15 p. m. last night. Police said Mr. Johannes, a Public School 22 custodian, had been in ill health.

New Castle Lawyer

Takes Post WithiPSC

James R. Stanley, New Castle attorney, today assumed duties as legal assistant to’ Crawford F. Parker of the Public Service Commission. ; : He. succeeds - Robert Young, Franklin, who resigned to become

. Mr. Stanley, an IU gr

__ THE. INDIANAPOLIS TIMES ==: -

Davidson,

skated terday of a heart attack in Tours,

the u. S. embassy announced to- to leave school ‘to -contifiue his ¢ Dan 1953 day ” own experiments, Accidents ...... 28 31 Mr. Davidson, whose busts of He suffered hard times whiles = Hurt ...... Sas A 20 ‘he worked alone, but had his first, Bead .......... 0 = 1

{David Ben-Gurion, other gover= his work became legendary as hettWo: cars crashed in the” downs carved portraits in bronze of OVD section. The statuary was to record the James ‘Barrie, Anatole France 4.8 a :

fair York's® Lower shape. In between roads were icy 130, 1883, and with tremendous energy At least two highway deaths poverty weather. historian” of his generation.

skiddéd. Riding with him were].

hour asking about road condj-|.

day, morning with one bullet|-

>. > rw tug : ; . ' ca ; ok : a

.— PAGE 8.

Mexico Linked To Red Cell

MURDER

in 1905 fo do a bust of “David,” On the Highways

and two years later left for Paris "for further study, The robust INDIANAPOLIS sculptor rejecifd formal. training TRAFFIC TOLL

tet p——— negra

Biographer in Bronze'— <i ’ 1

By United Press PARIS, Jan. 3 — Sculptor. Jo 68, often called the biographer in b¥onze,” died yes-

real financial success when Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney bought his bust ofa Swiss girl in 1908. During tHe next two decades

ANDERSON Mrs. Lizzie Bevan, 79, Fortville, died today of injuries suffered New’ Year's night when

George Bernard Shaw, Mahatma NEW-ALBANY--Patricia White Gandhi, Marshal Foch and Rud-tinghill, 19sdied yesterday soon yard Kipling. > after being hurt in a two-car In 1909, Mr. Davidson married trash at a street corner. Yvonne Kerstrat. They had two a UE sons, Jacques and Jean. He again GARY--Mrx. Richard Rine, 55, was Married in 1941 to Florence was killed yesterday when =a G. Lucius after his first wife's freight train hit an auto. Her death in 1934. His wifé, sons and husband was seriously hurt,’ two sisters survive. Mr. Davidson became an ardent admirer ‘of President Franklin D. Roosevelt and his bronze head of

to return to

Mr: Dayidson was born on New East Side Mar.

-JO DAVIDSON . , . 'Plastic

Historian.’

boosted himself to become the

out of “plastic

Murder Retrial Sef at Brazil

Times State Service BRAZIL, Jan. 3—Arthur RB. Parker, convicted of murdering a woman whose body he claims wa# {never found, gets a new chance {for freedom soon.

At 16 he won a scholarship té| But before he had completed his

loosevelt as “the best thing that He received his first commission has been done” of her husband. : - St x

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Hoosier Cities Fluoridate Water 8 Hoosiers Injured

Five Indiana cities with 643,500/program, Dr. Smiley said, are As Busses Collide Judge Robert B. St ; inhabitants now treat their pub-|Columbus and Zionsville. DYERSBURG, Tenn, Jan. 3 Ca Circuit awh Sy lic water supplies with fluorines| Dr. Smiley said when the four (UP) — Eight Indiana persons/Jan. 14 for a retrial of charges to help control tooth decay in cities’ awaiting installation of were listed today as among 1g (Dat Parker killed and cut up the

children, the State Board of equipment begin their programs injured when a Memphis-bound Body of his landlady, Mrs, Lillian

: : ! Marie Johns Health reported today. it will raise the number of per- bus struck another bus as the Parlor re ra In additign, Dr. Roy Smiley of :

sons in patural-artificial treat- sgcond stopped Parker’ servi a I-ar 8 é , serving a -life term in the dental health division said Ment areas to 813,500, about 20, 5 ssenger. state prison, won a new ‘trial on 1 £ foi : a per cent of Indiana's population. : : ; his appeal to the India plans of four other cities with a" yyater supplies in 53 communi-| “Injured in the accident yester-| nara Psa Re : n 253 Ste. total population of 50,000 to fluc-|ties have natural fluorine content day were Mrs. Frank Smith, 36, Johnson was ort th nies ht,

ridate their water supplies have which ‘is considered sufficient. Terre Haute; and seven service-|lis after thé ns : iy ; s s e date in 1947 whe been approved by the board. The Those areas include 120,000 per<'men. The servicemen were Wil-she disappeared. and was - cities, awaiting installation of sons. : liam L, Helfrick, Jack W. Craft, sumed slain.- . . ; edilpment. are. Michigan. City, ang Bugené Zoberss, ML son Pafker accused detectives of Bedford, New Carlisle and Tell| Indiana's most respected | ¢ bola: Ral dp JATLey using coercion to get a confess A h ; —of Dale; Ralph W, Byrd of Jasper; sion from him. And he said parts City. church editor, writes exclusively (Charles, D. Taylor of Tell City,|of a skeleton found in a shallow

to discharge a

Mrs. Emma Rivers Milner,—

Bi Mini of the fluorine! for The Times. and Carl E. Loser of Warsaw. ‘|grave wera not Mrs. Johnson's, = > STRAUSS 5 SAYS: USUAL STORE HOURS DAILY 9:30 TILL § : ; : y ® . : . More Than 2,000 Men's Silk Ties in 3 Sale Groups 1.35 1.95" - 285 E . : »

This is the sale that brings men numbers around the tle cases!

Were 3.50

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$6 and 7.50 ,™

(and women who buy for men) in every-record-setting

The fies are in strict masculine tast—fresh and fine—mild mannered—or assertive (in a gentlemanly way)—A wondrous range of selections as to colorings—textures—types and treatments. ; The Tie Island is just inside the door. The ties are on top of the cases for easy choosing,

Walt SHIRTS- 295

Several Hundred of Them—Mostly 3.95 Shirts

oo These- are our own CustomField Shirts—outstanding at their original prices, 3.6 (These in the Sale were mostly 3.95)}—They are of cio] ride Bradlee Solin the workmanship is clean—The white broadcloth Shirts have non-wilt collars—the plain color’ broadcloths have soft or non-wilt collars. About half of them are WHITE broadcloths, fresh and clean—There are around quite a few plain colored shirts. All in all it adds up and

makes a wonderful opportunity—an invitation to load up! i

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