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“The Indianapolis Times

FORECAST —Partly cloudy, cooler tonight, tomorrow. Scattered showers tonight. Low tonight 55, high tomorrow 73.

63d YEAR—NUMBER 54

(An Editorial) A Hoosier Hello to the 31st

For the past several wee

ks Indianapolis has seen more

and more smart looking yoting servicemen with deep sun tans and a big red double “D” on their shoulders.

Today, we welcom Division.

will never be called on is no boat ride or, in the case

men of the 31st (Dixie)

of them, we

mission as a Arnestly hope they 3 We hope there of the 31st, no plane ride, to

a future police action or hot spot.

Our earnest desire is that after they havé become fully acquainted with us—and in the years to come— their smart stepping corps band will add an encore to its stirring rendition of “Dixie”—we hope it will be “Back Home Again in Indiana.”

‘Dixie’ Tops Hit Parade

FINAL HOME

MONDAY, MAY 5, 1952

Charge lllegal Circu

Entered as Second-Class Matter at Postoffice Indianapolis, Indiana. Issuéd Daily

lated Here For f° 4% Nunan Balks

A At Telling of Extra Cash

Doubts Right | To Question Him

By United Press WASHINGTON, May 5 Joseph D. Nunan Jr., former! chief tax collector, declined on constitutional grounds today, to say where he got the cash he| {used in several transactions dur-| ing his government gervice, |

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ceived no compensation than his government salary for, services performed as Internal Revenue Commissioner during

PRICE FIVE CENTS

Election Slates Tomorrow

Crackdown Is Ordered: Politicians Are Warned

They'll Be Prosecuted

By IRVING LEIBOWITZ

lllegal “slates” for tomorrow's primary election w= printed without consent of candidates or official approval are being distributed in Marion County. The Election Board warned all unlawful lists will be

[picked up deputy election com{missioners and the persons re-

sponsible held for prosecution, First official complaint of an illegal slate came from the first precinct of the 25th Ward where Republican precinct workers charged the “downtown king makers” had distributed a “phony

slate, However, he swore that he re-' County Clerk H. Dale Brown,

othé¥ Election Board secretary, wmisi (Ver Steel |

the warning. . Must Have Approval

U. S. Eager =

To End Jam

By United Press

the years 1944 to 1947. A slate is a list of candidates

Times photos by Lloyd B. Walton

LOVE THAT MUSIC—This woman just couldn't restrain herself when the 31st Division Ban struck up "Dixie." She hopped out in the street and started to dance when the Southerners pa-

Mr. Nunan appeared before a House Ways and Means Subcommittee investigating tax scandals. {He charged the subcommittee) with trying to do him “irreparlable and unjustifiable harm”; while he is under grand jury in-! vestigation. Mr. Nunan urged the| subcommittee to forego his testi-| mony.

“Up to Now”

In Indianap

olis Today

By ED KENNEDY Hoosiers in downtown Indianapolis gulped their lunch

or skipped it altogether and “Dixie” today. Johnny Reb, clad in Conf invaded Monument Circle at noon! and drew plaudits for one of the most colorful spectacles in Indianapolis history. It was “Dixie Day” here for the 15.000 men of the 31st Division, former National Guard unit of Mississippi and Alabama. | Taking part in the ceremonies, as, representatives of the new Camp Atterbury unit, were the! division’s 110-piece band, clad in Confederate uniforms and Com-

found themselves whistling

ederate gray and 300 strong,

Statehouse at midmorning, where they were greeted by Gov. 3chricker. Maj. Gen. A. G. Paxton division commander, presented the Governor with a Confederate flag. The Gayernor in turn presented

raded by this morning. 2 :

the division with an Indiana flag

which was to be carried on all occasions while the division remains in Indiana. From the statehouse, the Dixie

pany K of the 167th Infantry unit marched to Monument CirRegiment, once commanded by cle where the band played a conCol. Jefferson Davis before he cert.

became president of the Confederate States of America. Also in the massed colors of the division's

march were the! outfit,

In tribute to more than 5600 Hoosiers now serving with the the band added to its Southern marches several rendi-

units—with battle streamers fly-tions of “Back Home Again In

ing. The streamers traced the history of the various units from Shiloh in the war between the] states to battles in New Guinea | and the South Pacific in -World! War IL

First Time North

The new station for the division brings it north of the Mason Dixon Line for the first time in American history. Indianapolis! gave it a royal welcome. | Mayor Clark proclaimed fit Dixie Day in Indianapolis and! named Walter Leckrone, editor of The Indianapolis Times, toact| as host to the division's represen-. tatives, : The

BULL

WASHINGTON, May 5

unite marched to the

lins, Army Chief of Staff, told Senators

Indiana.” ‘Magnolia Ball’ Climax of the day’s activities will be .the “Magnolia Ball” tonight at the Indiana Roof Ballroom ' under sponsorship of the

corps of cadets of the Service

Men's Center. The dance will

start at 8 p. m. and last until

midnight. Every man in the division is in= vited and only requirement for, admission is the red double “D” patch worn by every Dixie division trooper. The division orchestra will play for dancing and the full cadet corps nearly 1000 strong will be on hand to entertain the guests.

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(UP)—Gen. J.;Lawton Coly that im-

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portant types of ammunition “have been rationed in |

Korea” because production

does not yet equal battle |

expenditures. : .

Charges Communists Smuggle Dope to Japan

linformally last week #hat the

By United Press UNITED NATIONS, N.Y, May 5—The United States chargéd to-) day that Commnist! are smuggling dope into Japan and using, proceeds from. its sale to finance party activities and obtain stra-| tegic material for Red China. |

The chgrge was made before

the United Nations Commission

on. Narcotics by Harry J. Anslinger, U. 8. narcotics. commissioner who said large quantities o heroin were being smuggled into Japan from Hong Kong : and

North Korea.

Mr. Anslinger offered docuy-

a |

Chinese Communists were syste-| matically. fostering “drug war-| fare” in the Far, East by provid: ing dope for American and other United Nations troops in the Far

East in hope of undermining their

morale. Apparently Had Effect | Although Mr. Anslinger had no evidence of drug-peddling in Korea, the Communist campaign doubtless had its &ffect there because of the extensive shuttling of United Nations troops from the front to rear bases in Japan.

ments to back up charges he made| Voti ng Facts |

REBEL POOCH—Just like every man in the division, the Dixie mascot carried his own Confeder-

Lea | 4 “Up to now,” Mr. Nunan said,

{“in this country men have never {been subjected to a public inqui-| | sition by responsible officers of {government while a grand jury was considering unspecified | {charges against them,” { Chairman Cecil R. King (D. Cal.) replied he was sympathetic 'with Mr. Nunan’'s troubles but {sald the subcommittee would not call off the inquiry. :

Mr. Nunan answered several

routine questions about his ten- mum penalty of one year in jail

|ure as commissioner and as a {collector of revenue in Brooklyn before becoming ¢ {He said he has practiced

June, 1047. Committee Counsel Adrian W. {Dewind then brought up testimony received earlier to the effect that Mr. Nunan had made various cash transactions, so far

unexplained, including specifical- |

ly, Mr. Dewind said, a $10,650 de|posit in Mr. Nunan's bank at[count in 1945. “Can you tell the committee what that cash deposit relates to?” He asked.

Mr. Nunan declined to reply,/less than 25000 Democrats to)

{citing the guarantees of the 5th {and 6th amendment, including] {the right not to be required to [testify against himself. He also gaid the question was not within the scope of the committee's in- | quiry.

ate flag in the parade as he ambles along ahead of the 31st Division Band. /

Today's News Family Dinner for GI

In The Times |

National Page| Gasoline shortage starts pinch | on airlines .....u00 15 ; L

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ocal lo his base at Ft. Knox after his

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Editorials

For the General Assembly . An Editorial ..... Republican convention may be short . . . By Paul R. Leach 14 Truman contradicts -himself + + ». By Peter Edson........ 14 Important days are just ahead + « + Cartoon By J. Hugh O'Donnell ...iiviivinianiee 14

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| The Answer Is No

“It is my opinion that deposits in my bank account could not | possibly be within the scope of | the inquiry of this committee,” he said. gedy | Rep. Carl T. Curtis (R. Neb.) asked Mr. Nunan if his resort to| #4%% the constitutional guarantees in4 |cluded specifically the plea of A carload of young people who : © |self-incrimination. had driven Pvt. Eugene Holt back a 2 Mr. Nunan replied that he Be didn’t think that language ap-| peated in the Constitution. He] said he was referring, améng| other things, to the constitutional | right not to be called as a wit- | ness against himself, | Mr. Curtis then asked Mr. Nunan: . | “Did you receive any fee or Stonega, Va. girl employed in In- compensation or renumeration of | |dianapolis. . any kind for the services you | | Injured in the same crash were: ; rendered as commissioner of |. Miss Doris Hightshoe, 16, of 235 : revenue Other than your govern\Leota St. in critical condition in ment salary? Methodist Hospital here. Mr. Nunan replied: | | Jack Holt, R. R. 6, Box 930, 18- “The answer to that would] lyear-old driver of the car, in fair . 'be no.”

condition in Seymour Hospital. Safecrackers Get $500;

| Stanley Vandermeulen, |Greenwood, . another passenger, . . + . Second Attempt Fails - | One week-end safe-cracking net-/

‘also in fair condition in Seymour Hospital. Attempted to Pass shoe, who were fellow employees ted thieves about $500 but a secState police said the Indianapo- at Lane-Bryant, Inc.; Jack Holt, 0nd burglary aitempt failed. brothér of the soldier, Mr. Van- Albert 8. Calderon, owner of dermeulen and Miss Fannon, [Calderon Distributing Co., 450 friends of the young people. Massachusetts Ave. last

night En Route Home found his office ransacked. A safe They drove to Ft. Knox and

‘had been forced open, with ap-| : ( h taken. were en route home when the proximately 3500 in cath ta lcrash occurred. |

The attempted safe - cracking Mrs. Holt was the daughter of|

A family dinner for a visiting ! GI turned into tragedy here. ; ;

week-end visit crashed into a semitrailer near Seymour on their return trip last night, killing two and injuring three more.

| Dead are: Mrs. Joan Helen Holt, 20-year-{old wife of the army private. | Miss Virgie J. Fannon, ° 18,

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MRS. JOAN HOLT Dead in crash,

another car ag it neared a nar{row two-lane bridge on U. 8, 31, three miles south of U, 8. 50. Apparently the car attempted to swing in back of the tractortrailer and rammed under the

I God off the rear as discovered by Needham K. . { ' . f N. K. Hurst! axle of the big truck and the Ralph Utterbac's, 5500 8. Hafting JOT, Prosuent of N. St. last] 1 " . bo! - |

heavy trailer smashed down on St. and is survived by her hus-| ht. The safe was badly dam-

indorsed by a regular committee. Legal slates must have the written approval of the candidates indorsed. In addition, they must be filed with the County Clerk's of-

Any 10 registered voters can make up a slate. However, they must file their slate with the county clerk, Prosecutor Fairchild declared: “My office will be open all day tomorrow. Investigators and deputy prosecutors will be on hand to receive all complaints. We intend to investigate all {llegal slates and any other elec-

see that the election laws are enforced.”

Could Get Year Tampering with an official slate

{or composing an illegal one is a {misdemeanor carrying a maxi-

and a $250 fine, [ Local candidates

commissioner. their campaigns today, a big ma- { law jority of them ringing doorbells : [since leaving the top tax post in urging neighbors to support them But Mr. Murray did

iin tomorrow's voting. Taft-Ike Battles

A shortage of contests for many| of the top county offices dulled .

WASHINGTON, May § = The : steel dispute dropped back into President Truman's lap today and a high admin. istration official said “we don’t know what we're going to de | now." | Mr. Truman was reported to be (searching for some basis to res sume the White House-sponsored bargaining talks between the ‘ine {dustry and the CIO Steelworkers, which collapsed late yesterday. | But some officials conceded that the President and Acting De= fense Mobilizer John R. Steelman ‘might have to “let things simmer"

'tion law violations. We aim 10 |;ntil the Supreme Court opens

hearings next Monday on the |legality of government seizure of (the steel mills, | Some of the urgency was res imoved from the situation when |Steelworkers' President Philip {Murray announced that he had “no intention” of calling out his

closed out 550.000 steslworkers on strike

against the government. Hope to Work On lout the possibility of wildcat [walkouts, slowdowns or other |acattered “protests” by the steele He told reporters that we hope our people will continue

workers,

some of the Interest. However, aot work during government opera«

tion June 7 was expected to pull a record 75,000 Republicans out to the polls. and no delegate contests, expect and no delegat contests, expect

turn out.

Times Adds A New Comic

Handy or unhandy around the home, you'll still want to follow the antics of THE HANDY HOMERS and their fix-it, do-it ideas. Here is another fine comic strip—spanking new in treatment—which The Times today adds to its other great laugh of thrill producers. And, men, the lady of the house is going to watch it, too. In it she will find things for you to do—projects that will make your living just that much more fun, Begin today to follow THE HANDY HOMERS. You will find them on page 22. That's the first page of The Times two great pages of comics.

Here Is What's

Closed Tomorrow

What's open and what's closed on election day: CLOSED All banks. All taverns until the polls close. All City offices, with exception

lof Police and Fire Departments. |.

All County offices with exception of Sheriff's office. All state offices with/ exception of State Police. All Marion County schools OPEN All city schools,

All federal offices including post offices. '

Stores and other private busi-

ness, |

Strike Threatens

Chevrolet Plant Here CIO United Auto Workers have

red hot battle between Gen, Eisen-| perties.” hower and Sen. Taft for delegates| °F of he site] pr9 . to the Republican state conven-|

Authoritative sources revealed [that the extraordinary White |House talks, which began Sature day morning and continued through the week end, once seemed on the verge of producing a settlement, That was shortly after Presis . ‘dent Truman had called the nes |gotiators into his office early Sate {urday and threatened to impose |a wage increase on the industry 'unless a settlement was reached by Monday. *¢ This “club” was plucked from} {the President's hands by the Sue preme Court Saturday afternoon, {It agreed unanimously to grant {the steel companies request for \an order forbidding the governs {ment to raise wages in the plants (pending the final decision on the |constitutionality of the seizure. - | From that time on, informants |said, the bargaining talks to lose steam” and finally petersd out in futility. y . Meanwhile steelworkers showed up at the nation’s mills in supe {port of union Mr. Murray's noe |strike promisé, But they were {disappointed and surprised oves {the collapse of White House nes gotiations, :

BULLETIN

Have Summer Fun In Your Own Home

| You'll have a double advantage if you buy NOW » more suitable home for your : family, You'll have a hape pier home life in a more come fortable and convenient home, PLUS the opportunity to enjoy an ecomomy vacation this summer getting ao<-

top of the passenger car, crush- band, her father and nine sisters

aged but intruders failed to gain voted to strike the Chevrolet] quainted with your new home

ing it to the back seat and pin-Tand three brothers. She formerly ning victims inside. : attended Southport High School Griet - stricken families today 37d had been employed at Lane-

| Bryant three years. ‘T3 tH ‘said the tragedy followed a week- Times ers ‘end visit of Pvt. Holt to his. wife] The other victim, Miss Fannon,

pr : Voting Hours—7 a. m. t6 7 p. m. | . \ daylight saving time. | View s on the News— ~ Time Limit to Vote—Three riin-, utes on voting machiné and three minutes for ballot.

Robert Ruark’..isssseese 13 Ed Sovola .svvivienensa. 13 Sports .easissenscenes 16,17 Earl WHSon vssssesnseess 13 WOMEN’S ..essncvnriees 8,9

and surroundings. 5152 ROSSLYN £8

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entry. {commercial body plant . here -if| necessary in protest of an alleged speedup affecting door line em-

» Dan Kidney Candidates—Vo ting machine - . Ilists congressional, ty offices — - Je legislature and nct commitBO FAR, the pteel case has teeman races. Paper ballot lists proved that the Supreme Court delegates to state party convenhas equal powers with Congress tions. : . : to veto President Truman's ac- Who's Eligible to Vote—Only

. hk = = dents who re-registered

. ro a |and have not moved to another ore precinct and those who registered “out [after the 1950 have

this “of spring, those who voted in 1950

Mercury Here Nears An All-Time Record

Temperatures soared to a new high for 1952 today and threatened the all-time May 5 record of

But there is relief in sight. The weatherman said the for tomorrow. will be shout 75,

and he forecast scattered showers

to wet farmers sun-baked soll,

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‘and his family, Mr. and . Mrs. was employed here at the home| \John Holt, R. R. 6. of Mr. and Mrs. Ross Parker, 4405,

| . Prospect St. Mr. and Mrs. Park-/ | Win e Na a vig chicken dinner . “oo oy lived near Stonega, E GL who has been ,,, ,., knewythe teen-ager there. in sevice vo mone. Hi Fe 4 ie Tr recenty 18 work lof ‘the family said, because. he the Parker home, caring for their

registered voters, including resi- 90 set in 1894 and equalled in would not be able to get a pase| two children. nig 1949. It was 89 degrees at 1 p.m./to be home

r Mother's Da Both ; bodies are in TowerI next * week a v oe : 2 Bukenoider Funeral Home in| | Early in the afternoon the car- Seymour, pending funeral arrangeload of teen-agers set out to drive Ments. a

back to Ft. Knox. The group: cnarier’s Bestasrant. 114 8 oni intluded his wife 40 Mish Hight- TEE Ha in ores 100

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ployees. : n About 2300 SE would he involved, Max E. denthal, (Voting places, Page 12) |, oqident of Local 23, UAW-CIO, You can’t vote tomorrow if you said, Company officials could not don't know where. be reached immediately for com-

Aid in Voting

If you're registered but can'timent. find your polling place, call The). Indianapolis Times directory service. : Dial RLAZA; 5551 and ask for, election information. The service will be available until 9 p. m, tomgenme pa ]

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