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63d YEAR—NUMBER 70

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FORECAST: Increasing cloudiness tonight. Showers tomorrow. Little ¢ hange in temperature, Low tonight 50, high tomorrow

WEDNESDAY, MAY 21, 1952

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ing spot for city employees.

A DOUBLE PLAY—City workmen patched up the curb in the alley behind City Hall today. Their reason was to stop a water leak into the basement. But just as a coincidence it makes illegal parking by City Hall workers easier by smoothing out the curb, thus saving wear and tear on tires. A workman has hung his coat over the no parking sign circled. The sidewalk is a favorite park-

Gzechs Resist Stalin's Move To Hold Oatis

Willing to Free Him If Terms Are Met

By ANDREW TULLY Seripps-Howard Staff Writer

WASHINGTON, May 21— Despite pressure from Joseph Stalin, the Czechoslovak gov-

ernment has told the United [States it will release Reporter {William N. Oatis from prison {once its terms are met, a reliable {State Department source sald today. This source, who has access to information on

the Oatis case, sald he had dependable reports that the Soviet foreign office has {sent two notes to the Czech government in the past month, urging, “caution” in negotiating with the U. 8. for Mr. Oatis’ release. { The notes, it was said, declared |

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Local

Rhode Island woman elected

Page U. 8. files claims against warehousemen in connection with shortages ......ve.oen.. Coeds getting fed up with pantie raids

Sports

Hinkle petition continues ....’ Walt Faulkner arrives ...... Senators win sesanannns Hairston picked .......0000es 30 Earlham HCC Champ ....... 81

Women's

Beauty isn't primary gauge for baby models .....coni0v0000 Bloomington woman heads Indiana League of Women VOULErS seuvessscssnivincsns Tudor Hall holds elections .. Fashion Find has “500” theme “The Stork and You’—third of 8 SBrieS. ecvvrveoccirrsnins 13

Other Features:

Henry Butler «ccicceeese BridBe «eoeeetcsrvesscess Crossword «.eececeecsece In Hollywood ..ccvvceese Harold Hartley ....coccneee Radio, Television ..ocese Robert RUATE .c.ovserses Ed Sovola ....

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McGranery Set To Take Oath

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head of PTA .coceercerenss Met's ‘Cosi’ reaches all-time high ........ tessisseiesaes 19 National

Today's News What's Best in Capital? gers—And Money

It's Ti By DAN KIDNEY Ti Staff Writer WASHINGTON, May 21—Two things Richard Mayer, Indianapolis Times spelling champion, has most enjoyed seeing here are— tigers and money. In the latter case it wasn't “so {much the money as the principle of the thing,” that is, making it. {The 12-year-old spelling champ, jin Washington for the national spelldown against 50 other grade school winners from throughout ithe country, explained it this |way— | “We went to the Bureau

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Page Printing and Engraving -and|describing the life of Indiana ?9 watched them turning out paper!

29 money. It really was fascinating! ~ 29 to see all that money being ard said he vaguely “remembers

printed. I wasn't so much interested in the money itself, as in

{the complicated machines that (turn it out. They really are tricky.”

' Liked Circus

| Ringling Brothers - Barnum & {Bailey Circus. The show spread its bigtop here and the spellers were taken to the opén petformance. Richard that he had seen other circuses, but never before “the greatest show on earth.” It was the animal acts that

Rail Pay Truce

By United Press WASHINGTON, May 21 — Informed sources predicted that

three big railroad unions would

Richard saw the tigers at the!

Believed Near |

accept today a

|“spy’'s” freedom were used as the, {basis of bargaining between the {Czechs and a Western power. | Nevertheless, stepped-up nego-| tiations for Mr. Oatis’ release are! continuing. They are being conducted for the U. 8. by Ambassador Ellis/ 0. Briggs, who .was allowed to| see Mr. Oatis for the first time)

most impressed Richard. The

lions roared and leaped through |on Apr. 30. hoops of fire, but it was the tigers |. Squeeze Hurts that won his real appreciation— Mr. Briggs reported at that

particularly the big .Bengal cat who looked like he had swallowed a whole bushel of canaries. This morning Richard and his escort, Mrs. Norma Koster, joined others here for the 25th national spelling bee held under the auspices of Scripps - Howard and other newspapers on a trip through the FBI. Sees Dillinger Exhibit Included was the special exhibit!

time that the Associated Press| correspondent, in prison for more, than a year on phony espionage] charges, seemed in good health. | Talks now being conducted by Mr. Briggs with Czech officials concern the extent to which trade relations would be resumed. The U. 8. virtually banned trade with the Czechs last October in retal-| jation for Mr. Oatis’ imprison-!|

Czechs an estimated $2 million! a month.

It was also understood

bandit John Dillinger, who was! shot by G-men in Chicago. Rich-

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hearing of him,” but knew noth-leign ministers of Great Britain ing of the terror the Dillingeriand France concerning the posgang had spread back in the sible lifting of the ban on Czech 1930s. {airline flights over West GerThis afternoon a trip to An- many. inapolis was on the program, with| the possibility of seeing the mid- | shipmen parade at the U. 8.| Naval Academy ~— weather permitting. ‘Tomorrow is Bée Day. Richard plans on getting up early to attend mass at St. Patrick’s Church, as it will be Ascension Thursday. He is an eighth-grade pupil at, Sacred Heart School.

Olivia Calls It Quits =

U. 8S. Holds Firm

These are part of the Czech terms. Another is the lifting of the ban on travel of private U. 8. citizens in Czechslovakia. The Czéchs also want the $17 million steel mill they bought and paid for in 1947, but which was held up by the export license ban. The steel mill was bought and paid for by the Czech government before the Reds seized power. American officials were said to have held firm to their previous refusals to consider the steel mill as part of the ransom, but they were understood to be considering the other terms. ol Apparently, it was said, Czech Prseident Clement Gottwald’s argument to the Kremlin is that © |his nation’s economy is being

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U. 8. is in contact with the for-/than at any time in the past.”

Big Tom

Is Next,’

Prosecutor Says as ffy Is Convicted

Red Buildup John Garfield Dies Actress’ N.Y. Flat

In Korea Told In By Ridgway

Congress to Hear General Tomorrow

By United Press

NEW YORK, May 21 -—— Screen

The 39-vear-old actor died of a |“cardiac condition,” according to {Dr. Charles W. Nammock, who | pronounced him dead. By United Press Mr. Garfield, a native New

| WASHINGTON, May 21— Yorker who was graduated from Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway * school for problem children,

. was in New York preparing for said today there has been Ajnas In stock roles.

“progressive increase” in! An outstanding performer on

Russian Far East military strength in the past 12 months and that he considers this Soviet! buildup “significant.”

The former United Nations Su-/gt preme Commander in the Far apartment of an actress i East told a news conference that as Miss Iris Whitney, the Russians have been develop-| Mr. Garfield was under fire ing new airfields extensively and about one year ago following his improving old ones. He also said appearance before the House Unthe Russians are converting prac-| American Activities Committee tically all of their fighter planes in Washington where he testified from propeller to jet types. {under oath that he had never Gen. Ridgway, en route to Paris been a Communist, but pleaded to succeed Gen. Dwight D. Eisen-/for a law to outlaw the Commu-/|

to his movie roles, he was frequently cast in the role of a “tough guy.” : Police said Mr. Garfield was

dentified

ment; this squeeze is costing the hower as Supreme Allled Com- nist Party to protect “liberals! i

mander in Europe, also said that like me." the Communist forces in Korea! Mr. Garfield has been separated

the now have a “greater potential from his wife for more than a The Russian army newspaper |

{year and the couple were in the i" Gen. Ridgway, who will address Process of ohtaihing a3 divorce a joint session of Congress to- Mrs. Garfield lives In New York morrow at 11:30 a. m., Indianap- = °° : {olis Time, said the Communists ’ |have used the period of the Ko-| If Wasn't Easy

ream truce talks for a “continuous F B h uildup” of their mili strength | tary strength. FOr Bettenhausen

in North Korea. . It was tough for Tony Betten-

al He expressed confidence that) the Uni ati | hausen, current National Chamted Nations forces can pion and “500” Race pilot, to

“handle any offensive they can get started, | warned that the situation would be changed if the reap Tove 3 Was will Be Sommaista brought in additional Parade Magazine yeh day : Race fans. also will want the a Haris, oy told a closed-door | ¢yjjcolor picture of Tony on n of the Senate Armed| the cover of Parade for framServices Committee that he is ing. not optimistic about the chances PARADE Comes With

for an’ early armistice but favors . continuation of the truce talks. THE: SUNDAY TIMES

' [severely damaged by the U., 8. © leconomic pressure, He is also prepared to argue, it| |was said, that from a propaganda 2] 0 ar ’ fran OR

ETS Editorial, Page 22 “reluctantly” WASHINGTON, May 21 (UP) White House proposal for ending of 1 00 —James P. McGranery, confirmed their three-year wage contract h as Attorney General by a 52-to-18 dispute with the carriers J 7 Benate vote, waited today for a| Leaders of the brotherhoods,

talk with President Truman be-| fore announcing his plans to combat corruption in

old Philadelphia federal judge, who was nom-| inated sevens weeks ago t succeed J. How ard McGrath as head of the Jus- - tice Department, told reporters he q would have “ab TD’ MeGransry solutely nothing to say” about reviving the long-stalled cleanup drive until he checks signals with Mr. Truman.

Scooter Rider Hurt

A 16-year-old youth was injured today when his motor scooter struck a car stopped in traffic in 700 block Massachusetts Ave. The youth, Charles Markle, 1257 Hiatt St., was in fair condition in General Hospital. |

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The State Highway Department today apologized to citizens of Angola for slighting them 110,000 times. It happened on the new Indi-

of which are now being aistributed. State engineers making the map .had “Angola” printed in light-face, 6-point type size. What they forgot was that Angola’s ‘population soared from 2600 to over 5000 in the last census.

(You are reading 8-point type

ow) 110,000 copies of the p were oO spoke up for: its rights. . Red-faced state highway officials the presses. It was especially embarrassing . for them because Harvey Morley, State Highway Depa lie relations chief who of may distribution,

newspaper in Angola.

-~t ok

State Map Slighting Angola Is Corrected

By TED KNA

ana highways map, first copies #

This rated bold face 8-point 13 type on the map, just like the A nearby, rival city of Kendallville.

ff the presses when ji

representing 150,000 conductors, engineers and firemen, planned) final morning meetings to vote on; settlement terms drawn up by. Presidential Assistant John R.! Steeiman. They were expected to issue a joint decision, Sources close to the unions said!

the brotherhood chiefs probably would approve the agreement as

the best terms they could get. Mr. Steelman’s proposal was

quickly approved by the carriers

when he offered it two days ago.

It—called for substantial ‘wage

boosts and immediate lump sum retroactive payments of $600 to $1100 per man. The increases, tied to the cost of living, would amount to 37 cents an hour for workers in rail yards and 221; cents for employees who man the trains.

TEMPERATURES 6am... 49 10a m... 60 Ta. m... 49 11 a mm... 65 8am... 50 12 (noon) 66 9a m.. 58 1pm ... 68

Latest humidity ......50%

Angola's type size is being

rtment pub-|changed, and the remaining 315,-| is in charge|000 maps will give Angola its publishes a due Highway - Commissioners

ting a formal apology,

| ceedings against her

. [McKinney has not been was

5a already has caused great damage . ito U. 8. prestige behind the Iron a {Curtain,

Many Purged

This is the face-saving line the Czech government has used ever

three weeks ago. At that time, this same State source disclosed that President] * (Gottwald was prepared to reduce Mr. Oatis’ 10-year sentence because he had “co-operated” by| “confessing” his role in the al-| leged espionage plot. —————— 1 It further was pointed out hy| this source today that since Mr. Oatis’ imprisonment, many of the| more extremist, Moscow-line par-| ty . functionaries in Czechoslovakia have been purged or de-| moted. |

Of particular significance in the Oatis case is what happened to! the two men who fronted for! Prague’s “get tough” policy here! in Washington shortly after Mr. Oatis’ sentencing. Ambassador Vladimir Prochaz- | ka and First Secretary Jan Vinar| both were called back to Prague several months ago and nothing| has been heard of them since. Embassy officials insist both! will return, but semi-govern-| mental sources here say there! are convincing reports both have| been punished for the way in! which the Oatis case backfired.

PTA Turns Down Poll On Federal Aid

(Earlier Story, Page 3) |

Delegates to the national PTA | convention here today rejected from the floor a resolution which| would have made necessary a poll| of all PTA units in the country! on the federal aid question. The resolution was submitted, by four members of PTA units in| Indianapolis, who did not repre-| sent either the state PTA or the Indianapolis council. Monday they ting {lost a similiar attempt to get a funds. Sounds disloyal io Presi-|recount of national units. dent Truman. The national organization, as . a 8 a result of the two defeats, reCOMMUNIST POW’s on Koje mains on record in. support of fedIsland fly Red flags dyed with eral aid to education. catsup. ‘Never having — had | RR MA — Lilibet to ‘Model’

SWanp at home, they probably Sunt Snow what else to de | ONDON, May 21 (UPJ —Queen| Elizabeth II will have her first! portrait painted as sovereign ati the suggestion of Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, it was reported today. hf E J ” Lo

OLIVIA DE HAVILAND—

She wants peace in the home,

By United Press NEW YORK, May 21—8creen

Star Olivia De Havilland said today as she packed her bags to return to’ Hollywood that her idea of a husband was a man “as placid as a mill pond in July.” She is going back to the film capital to begin divorce authorhusband, Marcus Goodrich. “It. may be that I can never have what I wa in a husband,” she said, “but the most precious quality in a man would be the ability to produce tranquility and peace in the home. A woman like myself must have it or perish.” Miss De Havilland denied reports that she might relinquish custody of their 3-year-old son, Benjamin Briggs Goodrich. “L was confined to my bed for seven months to bring that boy into this world,” she said. “The very idea of being separated from him is terrifying. I'd never stand for it.”

Views on the News—

Dan Kidney

THE EXECUTIVE Committee of the Democratic National Committee found Chairman Frank E.

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since negotiations were stepped up|

Department,

GENERAL FUN—Gen, and Mrs. Matthew B. Rid

an on platform of the President's railroad car at

way enjoy Trum {. { ing the 150th anniversary of

Gl Guard Kills POW a

By United Press KOJE ISLAND, Korea, May 21

~—Communist prisoners defiantly staged a new demonstration against the United Nations at Compound 76 today as authorities disclosed that a guard killed a Red captive last Saturday.

These developments followed by less than 24 hours the death of another prisoner and the injuring of 85 more in rioting at a mainland prison camp near Pusan.

Meanwhile, American guards, backed by two tanks and an armored car, moved Communist agitators from the violencewracked prisoner Compound No. 10 near Pusan, on the South Korean mainland, to Koje Island. More than a score of trucks hauled the prisoners to a dock a few miles away where they were loaded aboard an LST for shipment to Koje. The Army would not reveal the number moved. The slaying of a Chinese war prisoper at a Koje Island coma : v

pound was disclosed by Brig. Gen. Haydon IL. Boatner, new commandant of the Koje camp. Gen. Boatner said the prisoner was killed when he appeared to! make a, threatening gesture toward a United Nations guard at the gate of a Chinese compound. He gave no other details, but said he had permitted 12 Chinese prisoners to put flowers on the dead man’s grave, The compound was in the next valley to Compound 76, where a new anti United Nations demonstration erupted today. About 80 prisoners took part. As the Reds began to yell an American sergeant shouted at! them until he was red in the face: “Shut up. Shut up.” : : They paid no attention. Then the sergeant started singing “Sweet Adeline” at the top of his

voice. 3 ; He was still singing when the

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Actor John Garfield was found @ dead today in a Manhattan apartmen

the Broadway stage in addition w

ricken in the Gramercy’ Park’

Military Academy at ceremonies markWest Point. Gen. Ridgway wears Oak Leaf Cluster signifying a third Distinguished Service Medal which the President awarded him duri

Seeks Speedy) Trial of 2 | Gaming Figure’

Fairchild Jubilant Over Success

By JOHN V. WILSON "Big Tom is next.” ! So said Prosecutor Frank Fairchild today in the flush of victory after winning conviction in the gaming trial of | | Isaac (Tuffy) Mitchell. & | With Tuffy convicted on eight {| counts, Prosecutor Fairchild sald he will stark work immediately to bring to trial Walter F, (Big Tom) Thompson. Big Tom, like Tuffy, was snagged by Prosecutor Fairchild's “raid and indict” method. Three gaming indictments have been pending against him since March, 1851. :

Contests Raid !

After the raid on his “Big Tomy Novelty Co.” at 222 E, Ohio St, Thompson, 6390 Spring Mill Rd. ade and

was indicted on charges of vertising a lottery, making | Red Star, in a 15th anniversary [AraWing a lottery and keeping a article, said today that the i for pool selling, all misdes | landing by a Soviet expedition |Meanors. Thompson, who alleged | at the North Pole May 21, 1937, $3800 disappeared after the raids gave Russia “the priority of the [¢'8 foray, still is contesting the Soviet conquest of the North [legality of the raid in court. : Pole," a Tass Agency broadcast | Meanwhile, however, Tutfy's reported attorneys said his conviction by & Criminal Court 2 “blue ribbon’? Adm, Robert E. Peary 6f the |jury is only the first round. United States discovered the Sam Blum, defense counsel for the swarthy Indiana Ave, gaming chieftain, said he will appeal the search and seizure which was the Rain 14 D ; foundation for the conviction wag ‘Rain ays in Row [lilegal PITTSBURGH, May 21 (UP)—| Sentencing Set Tomorrow Rain fell in Pittsburgh today for|- “As a matter of fact,” he sald, a record 14 straight days. There “IT started making up the papers have been only three days this/two days ago.” Tuffy’s

‘TOUGH GUY'—John Gar. field, film and stage star.

Russ First 28 Years Late

LONDON, May 21 (UP) ~—

and four Eskimos.

month that it did not rain. In case of an appeal sentence would be stayed. ’ Tuffy faces sentencing tomere | row on the conviction which care ried a maximum fine of $1200 and four 90-day jail sentences which would run concurrently. It was the first time In recent years that a Criminal Court jury has recommended a jail sentence for a “big time gambler,” Prose cutor Fairchild said “It proves that if law enforgee ment officers will do ‘their part in bringing gamblers to trial, Juries will convict,” said Prosecu« tor Fairchild. jury of 12 decent citizens is not going to tolerate big time gaming erators in this community.”

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maximum fines only, while otherg wanted to give a jail sentence. So the jury was reported ta have compromised, recommende.-

counts was $1800 in fines and 8 total of six months in jail. He will be sentenced at 2 p. m,

tomorrow by Special Judge Thomas Scanlon. :

Highlight of Campaign y The verdict, reached after @ our-day trial, was a highlight: Prosecutor Fairchild’s camp “ to wipe out organized gambli here. : It started last Dec, 11 when police raided Tuffy’s Mit (Cafe, 248 Indiana Ave, and an office at 245 N. Capitol.Ave. The Grand Jury indictments followed

Dusing the trial, Mitchell's own employees testified he “mastere minded” a huge numbers racket, twice-a-night “pea shakes” and sold lottery tickets to the tune of more than $1800 a day. Echoes of the recent can primary election were in the argument of Tuffy’s a ney, Mr. Blum, who lost to

United Press Telephoto, a laugh with President Harry S.

ng ceremonies.

t Koje

/island public information officer (hustled newsmen away. The prisoners inside sneered and laughed as the newsmen departed.

What's That Strange Light in Sky-—Sun? Fairchild in the prosecutor rage. 9 y Shouting hoarsely and pounds Indianapolis housewives, grate-/ing the table, Mr. Blum branded ful for small favors from the the Mitchell prosecution as a poe weatherman, boarded post-rush litical move by Mr, Fairchild. = Frank, why did you wait two hour busses this morning to enjoy years, just before the the least gloomy shopping day Mr, Blum demanded. “Why since last Thursday. ‘he (Mr. rel Not that it was an exception. | Luffy Mitchell? ally fine day, but “partly cloudy” meant partly sunny, too. “Warm- Among Friends er” meant relief from fempera- May 21

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tures averaging six degrees below normal for the past week. Normal is 85. ; .