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Gusts of 65 Mph Here County-State

| ‘Pilot’ 25,000-Ib. Plane Democratic rae eon meen neo SIE WidERS

held fast. Then came the high gusts. { By IRVING LEIBOWITZ

“The hardest winds seemed to hit only in this section of the field,” said a Weir Cook tower oRelal : | Marion County Democratic ‘headquarters today refused to sell tickets to the Democratic

IND piloted a plane at Weir Cook Municipal Airport today. In a gust of power at 65 mph, it lifted a big passenger plane at least two feet in the air and blew it . 50 yards across the ramp, crashing it into another airliner. It also huffed and puffed agaipst two other big planes, flapping their controls like storm doors. The big blow, reaching its peak about 2 a. m, caused “extensive damage” to three DC-3 planes and lesser damage to a Constellation superliner. SH» o LIKE A TOP, it lifted and tossed a DC-3

* 4 ONE GUST lifted the DC-3 over its chocks and sent it racing 50 yards down the concrete ramp. Spinning around, its tail section rammed. into the rear of the 88-pas-senger Constellation. The DC-3's rudder was damaged, and it was grounded for inspection and repair. Damage to the Constellation was minor, and

Jackson Day dinner here Apr. 19 {in a widening split with State Democratic leaders.

| “We need funds for the primary

: ight. lelection . we can't’ let them weighing 25,000 pounds. The two-engine It took off on-ifs 10:30 fight ; Fk hon all the money out of the ship carries 21 passengers. Two other DC-3s, although they were not county.” said David M.. Lewis,

Three flights were canceled this morning moved off their chocks, suffered heavier Marion County Democratic chair-

because of damaged planes. damage. The wind overpowered some of man Louis Witthoft, chief agent for Eastern s==their controls, and set elevators, rudders, | : Airlines, said damage to their four planes ailerons and//air locks flapping. || There also were Indications op would be “more than $5000.” And a bigger Mechanics were being flown in today - jcounty Democrats mig Dycot

the dinner meeting because they regard it as a “power move’ to return to political favor Demoleratic National Committeeman Frank McHale, recently under fire < for his profitable political and business deals. The local Democratic high command spearheaded a drive to ‘eliminate the influence of Mr. McHale However, county leaders now fear Mr. McHale has been able to usé ithe coming elections and the de-

loss, he said, would be in manpower and cancellation of flights until three of the planes are ready to fly. . ” The four ships were .clustered on the ramp off the northeast corner of the terminal building. They were secured by chocks (blocks) at the wheels.

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from Miami, Flg., and Chicago to restore the DC-3, to flight shape. Mr. Witthoft said wind damage forced Eastern to cancel the 7:10 flight to Chicago, the 9:45 to Miami and the 10:40 to Chicago this morning. He said other cancellations were being made along the line,

Weather story, Page 13

Bayt Says ‘Alibi Alex’ Should Quit Griping

Former Mayor Phillip L. Bayt/service programs must be halted \today lashed out at his suc-/because of lack of money. ! Licting sowiad Page cessor’'s money complaints. / Toe Jyorks Board, responsible oting of mail boxes on North “ ' , or the lights and water, said Side solved ..... Sena cas 1 don't know what they | Yesterday its funds would be Two in hospital after savage | talking about when they say they short approximately $50,000 be-

{dates for harmony to get back |in power. ‘Right Up Front’ “They'll have McHale right up there at the front table . . . just like they want everyone ‘in the

world to know he is still the big boss,” one county Democrat said.

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beating here ......... ..... 2don’t have enough money, that/ cause it had to pay a bill for last! 4 ’ : Records scanned after 2 admit |there is a shortage. |year out of the present budgerll MURale’s poutis) comeback. faking loans here ......... 3 “There's more than ample, “Any shortage that exists is| Marion County Democratic

|mooney lft to take care of alla paper shortage,” Judge Bayt P {bills from last year and to take|said. ie age care of present needs,” Municipal] “If they will American, ores Policy sets 1a COU 3 Judge Bayt said today. os ih will 81s In. xurope 12 The former Mayor was referring was a cash balance of $122.000 ! v > friends resent loyalty ito Board of Works statements left last year. All they a aol 731 Wil be Sunday al the Clay: Cleanup man Morris has some ja Street lighting and water do is go to the Oity Council and = Mr. Watkins. contacted at the | (ask for an appropriation. Statehouse, said he did not know

talking to do, by Frederick “Even if they paid the December who was coming. He added the

C. Othman . Avevess 12 | orney p {light and water bill of $81,000, arrangements were being handled

leaders also were miffed at reports Mr. McHale had been invited examine their to the party boosting Lt. Gov. find that there john Watkins for Governor. The

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and water bill. The city has been had been sent to Mr. McHale.

(Party's annual Jefferson-|

in various party posts.|

|sire of many Democratic candi-|

“I'll be damned if I'll be a party

about paying that December light but “assumed” that an invitation!

CIO Says Reds Boss

Biggest Auto Local Key Ford Plant

2 Members Won't Talk

At Inquiry | Ex-Communist Assails ‘600’ By Unitea Press DETROIT, Mar. 11 — An international representative

of the CIO United Auto Workers said today that 2000

Communists and fellow travelers control union . policy at Ford Motor Co.

Lee Romano, ex-boss of‘ Local 600's steel-helmeted riot squad, said the Communist Party was at its “peak of strength” at Ford's Rouge plant, nerve center of the Ford auto empire. He said the Reds and their fel low travelers control the locals executive board, its general coun sel and “Ford Facts,” a weekly labor paper distributed to Ford UAW members.

Foe of Reuther

Testifying before the House Un-American Activities Commite tee, Mr. Romano admitted he is an ex-Communist. Local . 800, the largest local junion in the world with normally {about 75,000 members, is headed by Carl Stellato, a bitter foe of (UAW President Walter P. Reu-

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: a : PATH TO DEATH-—Diagrammed photo shows the route taken by Arnold Se

veg brockiy, | N. Y., salesman, when he was shot down Saturday night by unidentified assailants. Mr. Schuster, who

| was responsible for the capture of Willie Sutton, was returning home after his first time out in more than a week. The shots were heard by Dr. S. M. Fialka in his home nearby. .

National 5 | [they'd still have a cash balance by a group in Princeton. age

lof more than $40,000. In Princeton, Judge R. Eby said Missing teacher reported found 3 “I don’t see why they complain he did not know who was invited King urges OK of Truman plan | A former Vanderburgh County ‘Go to Work’

| to overhaul tax agency.....18 Foreign Reds go easy after Adm. Libby tells them he’s fed up ..... + 3 prosecutor was arrested today on| “If they want to change the Sports la charge of income tax evasion. gystem, then that's their business. Page| Released on $2000 cash bond And if a shortage results, that's Tech’s OUR team............ 14 soon after his arrest was em- their fault,” Judge Bayt declared. Olymps roll out Royal welcome manuel H. Baugh, 45-year-old, “They don't know the differmat .... 14 Evansville attorney. ence between cash and appropriaIron Dukes make tourney bid 14) Assistant U. S. Attorney Mar- tion. Anybody. with any intelliCleveland hangs it on Giants shall Hanley said Baugh in 1945 gence at all should have sense 88ain ....cee0000veunen.... 15had reported an income of enough to ask for an additional ’ [$6147.89 and a tax liability of appropriation. The money already Women's -{of $916.98, when he actually made is there,” he continued. { Page|$13,331.72 and owed a tax of| “I don’t think there is any ex-|

paying that way for a long time.

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ther, Two local union ;, Ree cording Secretary Wi and Vice President Pat Rice, re fused on grounds of self-incrime ination to say whether they were or ever had been Communists,

|Both are members of the execu [tive board.

‘Enemy No. 1

Mr. Romano, who called hime ‘self “Public Enemy No, 1 olin bid the unions from striking/Communist Party in Local 600, her railroad in ing) he quit the Reds in 1046 after four years of membership

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| “How can we hope to clean up| {the party,” one-top county Demo-| jcratic leader said, “when the big | shots want to string along with! McHale.”

| inN.Y. Back on NYC Jobs Boomin N.Y. . Ir Reteive Tiweeis eral Judge Emerich B Freed | the , few New York Oentrsl |and ordered three rafiroad unions| fatally injured a 75-year-old [pleasant Brooklyn neighborhood ggqainst the New York Central] crossing near Schneider. School Lunch Detectives questioned known After’ a morning-long hearing,| son, Ill, to plok up a troop " |phoned “tips” for a clue to the ®eizure of “the railroads was not, driver. for police. “I am compelled to take but/against any ot

" ® | 5 ee Slaying Tips Court Orders Strikers By United Press —Fed-| imes_State Beryl Schuster Kin CLEVELAND, far. 11 Fed| HAMM SRD Ha Tt One of today granted a government re-| 4 ‘quest for a temporary injunction| traths that moved yesterday By United Press { NEW YORK. Mar. 11 — Ai{s end their crippling strike Washburn, Til, man at s grade shut itself up in terror from new gystem and the Terminal Rail-| The train, commandeered by déath threats today. “road of St. Louis. : ' the Army, was en route to Gib{hoodlums and psychopaths and|interruptéd by union attorneys| train. It struck a panel truck, tracked down hundreds of tele- who argued that the government| killing Peter E. Unzicker, the : : ’ murder of Arnold Schuster, who law, Judge Freed issued the order [Ces IS@ found bank robber Willie Sutton shortly before noon. [for : The New York Journal-Ameri-/one course,” he said. “Refusal to nation. A shortage of federal funds for can, which offered a $10,000 re-|issue the restraining order would| The strike of 6000 union men

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Tableware fashions carry a |$3531. cuse at all for an increase in| SPrINE NOB vevveevsncinies | Mr. Hanley said Baugh, a|taxes,” the judge emphasized. {Indiana’s public school lunch proCareer girl show opens tomor- [Republican who served as prose-| “I say, ‘Tell Alibi Alex to quit gram today forced Marion County row at Ayres’ ...... 5 cutor at Evansville in 1944-45 bellyaching and go to work,” schools to raise the price of hot Ladies of Charity announce had reported his income as prose- Judge Bayt said. [lunches 5 cents. Shamrock Sale 6 cutor but not his outside income. | As a result, the prices of some

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Other Features: : | Got Statewide Attention B-36 May Get BF musements ....ie0ivees Baugh came to. state-wide at- cents. Comics ..... Sressenen «es 21 tention in early 1947 when he as- Into Combat Other lunches in 38 county Crossword ....veeeev00ee 3 Igisted in the defense of four teen- FT. WORTH, Mar. 11 (UP)— schools will now cost 27 cents, Editorials ..... ssssssvess 12 agers charged with the death of A super-secret meeting between 30 cents and 35 cents, depending Harold Hartley.......... 13 [Indiana State Trooper Herbert Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. upon the school and the program. In Hollywood ...... sesse>T IW. Smith. Hoyt 8. Vandenburg and builders The milk program ig not expected Priscilla’s POP ..eveeveee 22 | His two 17-year-old male clients of the B-36 superbomber led to to be affected. Radio, Television ........” 8 [in the case were sentenced to life speculation today that the giant] Most of the grade schools in Ed Sovola ....ese0e0000 11 imprisonment. Their female com- jet might be due for its baptism the county now charge about 22, Sports ....sesee00es0...14, 15 |panions, ages 15 and 16, were sen-'in combat. cents for a hot lunch. Lunches| Women's ......... «ieee 4-6 [tenced to 2 to 21 years in the In-| Gen. Vandenburg flew from in the county high schools, howWhat Goes On Here .... 22 diana Women's Prison. Washington and conferred for ever, cost anywhere between 25

| Baugh's dttorney, Isadore Kahn, three hours yesterday with Con-and 35 cents. | Evansville, told The Times he solidated Vultee Aircraft Corp.| County. School Supt. Robert [thought the Justice Department officials, builders of the atomic Gladden said a number of county! had sent the case “out here un- weapons carrying global super. School officials informed him this der pressure.” The statute of limi- bomber. : {morning they would be forced to tations runs out Saturday, he, Maj. Gen. Samuel E. Anderson, '2i8¢ lunches an average of 5 said. commanding general of the Cents. “I think this-is entirely wrong Eighth Air Force, which flies the The shortage of federal funds and is an effort by some agents B-36s, joined the closed door ses- a caused by a miscalculation down there (Evansville) to build sion. fie ! edt Saath program ol something up that isn't true,” Mr.! Gen. Vandenburg came to Ft. ie 2% {pL of Public InKahn said. “It is one of those Worth after President Truman re- eon not We Yous The things the department has been quested a conference the previous c.i4 that 300 ii Ws bie Youn working on in building up for a day in Key West, Fla., where the : re public schools

; would participate in th 1 long, long time. President is resting. jor that the pas Sharif hs i

ut 5208.000 less than last year. | However, Mr. Young explained the state had received more than $1 million in federal funds for the lunch program and anticipates receiving another $143.000 in April. Nevertheless. Mr. Young today authorized state schonls partie} pating In the program te charge more monev for lunches for the months of March. April and Mav He said many schonls do not intend to charge more for the lunches because they have ennugh funds on hand tn tide them over

‘Customer’ Slugs And Robs Grocer

- A 68-year-old Indianapolis grocer was knocked out and robbed of $40 this morning by a man who had ordered 10 cents’ worth of potatoes. = Vasil Arnaudoff was slugged when he turned to get the spuds in his store, 536 W. Washington St. The thug then looted the cash register, Mr. Arnaudoff did not go to a hospital.

German Red Admits Leak in Iron Curtain

oice BERLIN, Mar. 11 (UP) --Gejfmans in the Communist eastern or zone are listening to West Berite lin's American-run radin network

East German Propaganda Chief Gerhard Eisler admitted today Mr. Eisler said in an article in the Comraiunist newspaper Neues Deutschland that the radio was being heard in cafes, homes and |even government-run rest homes {for workers. Fe He described the broadcasts as {“Ameriecan lies,” and said one {resident even opened his windows {wide so everybody in the village {could hear the radio.

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FMPERATURES

| Times phbio hy Willlam: A. Oates Jr. iy m ..40 10 a. m... 38 "SETTING THE PACE—Speedway President Wilbur Shaw readies the checkered flag for two 3m... 58 Nam. 10 executives of Studebaker Corp., which will have the pace car in this Jour "500". Racing with Bs, 1x 3 7 (Fou) 3 small Studebakers are P. O. Petterson (left), vice president of manufacturing, and K. B. Elliot, tM Dem, : he Latest humidity ...... 62%

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“because they wanted to reduce ward for exclusive evidence lead- endanger the national security began at 7 a. m. Sunday. Within|Workers to horses, cows and ing to conviction, reported that'and cause irreparable injury to hours the Army said the strike!jackasses. callers had reported “seeing” a 'the United States.” was “intolerable.” Yesterday it| He told the committees at its known killer sought for question-| In asking for the order, govérn- sent the union leaders a wire di- second week of hearings here that ing in 411 places in 24 hours. ment attorneys sald “irreparable recting them to call off their Red sympathizers and pro-Coms Police searched for Frederick J. damage” to the United States walkout. The leaders sald they munists were more important at (The Angel) Tenuto for question- woifld he caused if the strike con-| were “considering” the request. Ford than actual party members, ing but refused to name him as a tinued. The judge issued orders to the “They can deny membership in principal suspect in the Saturday [In his order, Judge Freed also unions to tell their members tothe party and still advance the night shooting. ~— return to work as “expeditiously” Commie cause,’ he said. “They

Police ran down hundreds of ‘ y {as they went out Sunday. Lead- gare the real strength at the telephoned clues-—many of them, p weeps ers of the strike were not avail- Rouge.” obviously from crackpots and able for comment, | s ranksters — without announcing The union, if it fails to order

p a new lead from any of them. Can't Find Gun They questioned 12 persons in the neighborhood recently re-| leased from county hospital psychopathic wards but held none of

them. Scores of known lawbreakers were questioned and released.

its men to work, could be held

Batista Foe siihject to contempt of Judge

3 N. H. Polls Fred's order, Asks Asylum

Bi United’ Prin | Under terms of the stay, a pre-| PAVANA, Mar, 11 (UP)== CONCORD, N. H.. Mar. 11 liminary “show cause” hearing ousted President Carlos Prie Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower made Would be held In Freed's court gscarras has taken refuge in the a clean sweep in two of the first Mar. 19. Two days later, pro- mexican Embassy with his fam. three tiny settlements reporting Viding defense attorneys do not jy and about 35 offictals, it wag returns today in New Hampshire's request an extension of the order, gigciosed today.

The Brooklyn Department of the unions must file answers to first - in - the - nation presidential § Mexican Ambassador Benite Bapough Works seatched sevars primary. the government charges. [Cocquet officially informed Gen, Ya o.| With rain, sleet or snow threat- — Fulgencio Batista, the Cuban

Police compared a .38 bullet re-

moved from .Schuster’'s body with “president maker” who overthrew

ening to keep many away from the government yesterday, that

the polls, Gen. Fisenhower re-|

BULLETIN

that, fired int the thigh of At eived 13 of the 18 votes cast by {Mr. Prio had asked and had been torney ‘Sol Rosenblatl no Md Republicans in Millfield, Water-| granted asylum as a political terious shooting last week and pe CR rs e ie ate § WASHINGTON, Mar. 11 gral - By us with others in the crime labora- {Yi ANG CEL 8 O00 On £0, (UP)—FBI Director J. Ed- "1p. ambassador aiked a safe ee oe COMPATISONS haq received four votes and for- gar Hoover today an-- conduct for Mr. Prio to leave the were not announced. mer Minnesota Gov, Harold. E. country if he desired, along with

nounced the arrest of Andrew Robert Young, 486, Milwaukee, in connection with the $1.5 million burglary of the home of a multimillionaire at Reno,

FBI agents also studied a new death threat received by an unidertified relative of Mr. Schus ter. An hour before the 24-year-ola pants salesman was buried in a Long Island cemetery yesterday one of his relatives received a note warning that ‘this isn't the

those who accompany him. Gen, Batista granted him safe conduct out of the country. The news cleared up a 24-hour mystery over Mr. Prio's wheree abouts since he left the presie dential palace yesterday 30 mine utes before troops loyal to Gen,

Stassen, one Only three persons voting in these =zame three communities were Democrats. Sen. Estes Kefauver of Tennessee received two votes, President Truman, one. Bekause of the miserable weather promised for most of the day

it ,was possible that only about Nev., on Feb. 29. Batista seized it. end.’ “ 100.0060 votes, rather than the ras: ; “One life is ‘not enough, the 150.000 anticipated. would be note said. “There will be more. oi sMany roads were virtually

FBI agents entered the case because the was sent to the Schuster home through the mails

Life Threatened

A filling station attendant who

impassable and

treacherous,

driving was

Dizzy Pins Black Eye On Anti-Truman Guy

note

Army Tests New Nylon Armor Vest

played only a minor role in the TAMPA. Fla, Mar: 11 (UP) capture of Sutton. on a Brooklyn SEOUL, Korea. Mar. 11.(UP) Tistrating thal Doth the street last Feb. 18, also reported The Army is testing a new nylon n on 3 tial. SeaEnTE that his life had been threatened. zrmor vest which it hopes will aseball and p al » f Jack Peene, who told police the .y4 fata] wounds as much as 30 are at hand, a man was fined direction in which Sutton had t5 40 per cent - $30 in police court after sluggone after renting an automobile A metal vest has heen tested ging pitcher Dizzy Dean at: a battery from his gas station, sald preyjously and in =everal - in- : in grin an Bro his wife received the warning stances has prevented “possibly local night club during an arg from an anonymous. telephone fata] wounds. The new vest, made ment over who should be Presi. caller yesterday. of 12 layers of nylon will be dent.

tested in cofhbat for about four months before the Army decides whether or not it. should be put into mass production. The purpose of the vest, said Lt. Col. Andrew A. Aines, head of a 40-man test team, is more to save life than limb.

“When you get in touch with him,” the caller told Mrs. Peene,! “tell him to take out a bigger insurance policy and not to take long walks.” l Police Commissioner George Monaghan put a‘ 24-hour guard around Mr. Peene and his wife

Charles K. Clark Jr., of Polk County, was for Sen. Richard Russell (D. Ga.). Dean was in there pitching for President Truman Mr. Clark, suffering a black fined on a drink

as well as Mr. Schuster’'s sur-. The test, called ‘“operation’ eye .' Was vivoras . Boar” has among its implications charge. An assault charge Mayor Vincent R. Impellitteri the possibility that the vest will against him was dismissed. said he would ask’the city to put reduce serious. wounds dnd the Dean. who ‘was not charged,

killed in acthrough protection of the

number 6f soldiers tion, torso.

up-a $25.000 reword. Newspapers and a television station already had posted £12000

did not appear when the case came up. ° !

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