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| Watch Out For Reds To Spring Germ-Gas War, Ridgway Warns
Derailment Spi
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FIGHTING BACK—Firemen play hoses on some of the 30 derailed cars which turned Lowell
into a futuristic nightmare of bu
Volunteer Firemen Today's News (City Spelling Champ Radar Arrests |
tout “any mission” that might be
Beat Down
Times Stale Service
LOWELL, May 22— Volunteer firemen who “appeared
from nowhere’ were credited County town of 1800 from fi
derailed and alcohol in six t the heart of the business sec
rning streets. |
Threat
today with saving this Lake aming destruction.
ank cars burst into flame in|
tion.
&t the ‘buildings for several hundred feet each side of the,
railroad’s crossing at Commercial St. in this Lake County, t
town.
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{Tiny finger smudges tell tragic Twenty-eight cars of a 64-car Monon freight train were story of boy's death in ice-
State adopts speed-up plan on
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The depot was smashed to kin- tpreatened a” covered wagon. A!police have their hands full with lost boy, 4, who speaks
dling by three large cars which|qozen spectators dashed in and {pulled the wagon away from the
landed on top of it. Hero of the blaze was Claude
Trump who maintains the night| Alva PletcHer, mémber of the [town board, said despite the|
watch. * Help Summoned
The local volunteer firemen were summoned as soon as. the first flames showed. Mr. Trump called fire companies in seven communities, some as far as 30 miles away. As the local firemen reached the exhaustion point and were ready to surrender the busines section to the flames, reinforcements started to arrive. Firemen from Cedar Lake, Schneider, St. John, Shelby, Crown Point, Gary and Hammond joined the fight. Water was of no use on the
chemical fire and gallons of foamite were poured on the flames.
Intense Heat
Intense heat kept the firefighters 100 feet from the burning liquid. 4 “We thought the whole town was going up,” Harold Heuson, 43, a Lowell fireman, said. “But the other boys got here in time— pitched in and saved us.”
A Monon spokesman said the accident was apparently caused] by a locked wheel, The train was!
No. 71 southbound from Chicago to Louisville. The engineer was Claude Smith of Lafayette. No one was injured.
‘A Miracle’
“It was a miracle,” said Bob Cullen, owner of the Chevrolet agency here. His car agency is only 100 feet from the crossing. “Flames licked right at the walls of my building, but the foamité put them out as fast as they popped up. If it had been during the day a dozen people would have been around the depot.” : The town is celebrating its Centennial this.year and at one point a stream of burning alcohol
Views on the News— ———————————————
Dan Kidney
GEN. EISENHOWER says he doesn’t “aspire” —all he wants is the Republican nomination. ”n » »
BOTH political parties have prepared pamphlets telling candidates. how to campaign on television. TV salesmen will be emphasizing how to switch stations or turn the thing off. on a ” BRITISH businessmen have at last decided that their china eggs will never hatch. ” » .
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{flames, which leaped 100 feet inj the air, there was little damage.
“It just burned in the streets,” Tap on the Wrist for Tuffy... 22
he said. “I even went home and got the kids so they could see it.” State police said the intersection of Ind. 2 and the railroad: was buried 4 feet deep in smashed freight cars and wreckage which was still smoulderirg at daylight | today. Traffic was. blocked on|
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“3 : : 2 | from Burning alcohol flowed in the streets and flames licked Tart-for-President head- 9
quarters in State criticize £8 4 oiye vases suraneinnse ‘ee
[Spelling Bee championship
mounted this afternoon as Rich-
iround of the final spelldown here. | The 12-year-old eighth grader Sacred Heart Catholic {8chool was among 21 contestants still in the running after an in-! termission for lunch. |
[town areas from coast to coast,|
| Receive,
ky Writ, | WASHINGTON, May 22—Hope i eighth round.
Has Rabbit's Feot =
Other words Richard mastered to keep him in the contest were: moccasin, whimsical, falsetto, questionnaire, con-
Method of Catching
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Speeders Challenged
By ED KENNEDY
{wits was in store for Indianapo-|
| assigned to it.
the
(gas and germ warfare against! the United Nations, Mr. tt | e United Nations, Mr. Lovett... "or continuance ‘of hostill{tles in Korea, is now the respon[sibility of the Communist leadGen. Ridgway; too, appearediers,” Gen. Ridgway #aid. to be hinting at prompt retaliation when he said the Eighth his 2500-word speech to the pos{sibility of renewed large-scale
: : u “ STREETS OF FIRE—Wreckage of freight train smolders following derailment which sent rap. id: they will “wish, they had
Army is confident it can carry
the charges,
General Tells Congress = Foes’ Resort to Lies ,° "°% Menaces Free World
By United Press
WASHINGTON, May 22—Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway said today that false Communist charges against the United {Nations add up to “a monumental warning” that the Reds ‘themselves may be plotting germ and gas warfare. But the former Supreme United Nations Commander in the Far East told the House and Senate in joint meeting that the Eighth Army in Korea is ready for whatever happens. Gen. Ridgway said the United Nations army stands proud, defiant and confident of its capability for accomlishing any mission it might be assigned.” His remarks echoed somewhat those made last week |by Defense Secretary Robert 'A. Lovett, Mr. Lovett told which it confronts us and the
newsmen that germ warfare
hurled by against the United Nations may, as Communist propaganda has been in the past, be a tipoff to ithe enemy's own intentions.
Good for Any Job If the Reds ever do launch|the basis for a settlement “on.
free world.”
Gen, Ridgway blamed the stale-
{mated Korean truce talks on the {blind hatred, vituperative venom, the vicious falsehoods of
{the Red negotiators,
He asserted that the United Nations truce proposals provide
equitable terms.” “Acceptance or rejection, cess
This was his only reference in
|warfare in Korea.
He did not mention the recent capture by Communist prisoners
Gen. Ridgway declared that in the Koje Island camp of Brig. the United Nations has given the Gen. Francis T. Dodd, and the Communists a formula for “a quickly repudiated concessions (logical, reasonable, and honorable which were granted for Gen, settlement” in Korea. But theiripDodd's release. Man response has been '‘vicious false- men have demand Concerning germ warfare An “electronic” battle of legal! Ridgway said:
“These allegdtions are false in|
Congressivestiga~
Reds’ tions of the entire Koje affair. Gen. |
‘On Our Side’ Gen. Ridgway had met earlier
somme. He hesitated a moment lis today as an attorney, Milton their entirety. No element of the today with the Senate soreign
on “consomme," but got it, The spellers by the sixth round
had mastered words like pianis-| Fifty-one grammar school pu- simo, saccharine, jocose, contu-! 6 pils, champions of their home macious. : Although Richard said when he|
|started in the finals at'8:30 a. m. left Indianapolis that he didn't,
| ditorium. A ‘Break’
[the finals.
Richard got a break in.theinim by Charles Schneider, {seventh round. He was given the/,ector of the
7/in the Commerce Department au- believe in “good luck” charms, he,
was carrying a rabbit's foot in| It was furnished to
(word “surreptitious.” He started pao who gave one to each finalist. |
to spell it “ser...” The judges stopped the Indian-
{apolis champion, asked the pro- Charles, nouncer, Benson S. Alleman, to medallion to the champion.
Richard's 10-year-old brother, had sent a clover leaf
Craig, announced he was filing an ynited Nations the use of employed
appeal contestmg radar in speeding arrests.
Mr. Crajg said he is appealing time.”
Then he added: who Was black record of false propaganda,
the May 9 \arrest of Sidney Gynn, | 3710 N. Meridian 8t.,
command has Relations Committee either germ or gas his
to discuss new assignment as. Gen.
form at any Dwight D. Eisenhower's successor .
las Atlantic Pact Commander in
“In the whole Europe. :
Gen, Ridgway divided his first
charged with driving 44 mph in|these charges should stand out speech to Congress' into discus-
a 30 mph zone.
the time radar was purchased, filed the appeal. i “I have been talking to some
-+ 22 pronounce the word again. The Richard left it in his room in the forces during the war and they
Move to draft Stevenson pick-
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the main highway for several| Let's get ‘some Polish in that
Irish line, Sen. O'Mahoney
miles. Special Monon ‘wrecking crews| asks sressesiesins heen 3 {were dispatched from Monon, In- $43,000 in life's savings go up
dianapolis and Chicago and expected to have the track open for traffic iater today.
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HST Discusses Seizure Power
Another story, Page 6
By United Press WASHINGTON, May 22 —| President Truman told a news conference today he does not think the courts or the Congress can take away his power to seize fundamental industries in a national emergency. | Under questioning by reporters, he said he does not believe this inherent, constitutional right of | his is at stake in the steel case, currently before the Supreme Court. He promised to abide by the Supreme Court decision on steel] and said his news comments in no way constituted pre-judgment of the court decision. He said that if the court de|cides that he did not have the| power to seize steel, he would! turn the mills back to steel management and see what happens. Mr. Truman, however, said repeatedly and pointedly that nei{ther the courts nor Congress could take away from the President his inherent right under the constitution to seize properties if] such a step is necessary to protect the welfare of the nation. Mr. Truman said he favored a riew law giving the President specific authority to deal with strikes in fundamental industries, He said he thought the law, should .eontain a provision for seizure. :
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Novi threatens ‘500' speed
records
LaMotta eyes Randy Turpin
Indians beat Columbus 7-2 ..
Dodgers set five records 19-1 victory Saecvenss ‘ee Women's
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| After the second pronunciation, contest will receive $500 plus a {Richard spelled the word cor- week-end trip to New York City. |
rectly.
There are $3000 worth of cash!
| Because the National Spelling | prizes.
Bee rules require that a contest-| ant must not change
Richard was given a {word to spell. It was \piquant.”
Tomorrow, Richard has a
letters luncheon date with Rep. Charles once pronounced by the speller,!B, Brownson,
Indianapolis Re-'
second publican.
The Indianapolis champion
He spelled it correctly and also will return home Saturday. |
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| Death today wrote “finished” ito the long career of Indianapolis policeman Edward Tutt, The man whose remarkable
lof forgers and “bouncing” check (artists died last night in General Hospital after a brief illness. Detective Tutt kept Working almost to the last--and almost to the last he was apprehending check artists. Only last February he helped break up an national money order gang. The 67-year-old detective sgergeant had served 26 years with the Indianapolis police department, being named to the. force in March, 1926, and made a detective the same year, ' Since 1937 his assignment had “around the Circle.” He circulated continuously through stores, hotel lobbies and around the streets, looking
forging
{and methods of operation were {etched in his memory. Specialized in Forgers Catching check forgers became his speciality and pride in later years, He worked as hard to track down the $10 “rubber check” artist as in apprehending
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,Detective Tutt, Scourge +Of Check Artists; Dies
inter-
Detective Tutt
vessess 17 for shoplifters, pick pockets or|of Detectives Howard Sanders would be like “going back to! the 101 law-breakers whose faces|said: “The Police Department has the horse and buggy.” |
lost a very efficient officer who
{was well-liked by not only his
[fellow officers but by leading
downtown merchants and bankers. Detective Tutt joined the police force after working as police reporter for the Indianapolis Star. Police, officials tried for some 13
criminals. specializing in big years hefore they persuaded him money forgery. A to stop writing about criminals He could spot thé face of and start catching them.
known ‘“‘con men” or check forg-
‘ers as easily as he could glance
at a “phoney” signature and identify it with its writer. | In later years, age slowed his steps and it took Detective Tutt longer to make his rounds. But up to his last illness he was {still catching check artists,
Lah
| .Bpeaking of his death, Chief Hill
He resided at 2317 ©. Washington St, but for many years lived across the street from the Lockerbie 8t. home of James Whitcomb Riley, a friend of his boyhood: His only survivor is his wife, Bertha. Services will be held at 10 a. m. Saturday in Dorsey Funeral Home, with burial in Crown
tell me that radar is not as ac-
to be,” Mr. Craig said today. His Main Objection
to be the law,” he said.
police are wrong when they have| one officer take the reading of the speed on-radar-and then radio to a second car to make the arrest. “The law says the officer mak-! ing the arrest on a misdemeanor must witness the offense,” Mr.’ Craig asserted. i The police say the officer making the reading is witnessing the, offense and under the law may call in the second officer for aid.) ‘Lazy. Police Work’ | Mr. Craig says he ‘has done considerable research on the sub-| ject and will quote laws as far! back as 1852 to prove his point. “I can see no reason why we can’t stick to the tried and true methods of catching speeders with cars and motorcycles The radar business is lazy police! work,” he said. Prosecutor Fairchild said he feels certain he can prove radar arrests legal in Indiana.
“Radar has slowed down speed- ."
ers here and with our accident rate I'd hate to think what would happen if we had to go back to the old methods,” the prosecutor said. We Need 1V | “It has done a wonderful job and we need it.” Capt. Audry Jacobs, head of the police department's traffic section said to go back to chasing | speeders--a dangerous operation
Trial date for the appeal has not been set. Police department records show | that 1350 persons have been ar-| rested br the use of radar since]
it was put into operation here. All cases have resulted in con-’
viction,
The test case will be heard in™
Criminal Court 1 or 2. 1
—— Oil Strike Dies Hard DENVER, May 22 (UP) Settlements in the 23-day-old oil strike continued at a slow pace today on a plant-by-plant basis. A spokesman for the CIO oil workers union here said it would be a ‘generous estimate” to say that one-third of the original
. 190,000 strikers were back at work.| propagan
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Warning to World
this idea home
But men who served in the armed Gen. Ridgway continued:
these
United Press Telephoto. 'N. Capitol Ave., and an unidentiWARNS WEST — Gen, Tied 3
Matthew B. Ridgway . . . "Red da could be tip-off." linjured.
false!
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. (as a monumental warning to tha gions of military operations in Mr. Gynn pleaded not guilty in| American people and the free Me
{Municipal Court 4, but was fined world—a warning as menacing {$8.25 and costs, for a total of $13,!and as urgent as a forest fire di-'py Judge Scott McDonald. Mr. bearing National Spelling Craig, who was city attorney at village.”
| Korea, the armistice negotiations land American relations with Japan. . fan's continued role “at our side” depends “more on
“ {us in the immediate future” than
fon the Japanese %“ecause “ours
'!is thg role of leadership.”
He said the Allied 8th Army,
“The extent to which Com- «under the conspicuous battlefield .curate.as the police make it- out MUnist leaders have gone in fab- leadership” of Gen. James A. Van {ricating, disseminating and per|sistently pursuing “But my main objection is that charges should impress upon the they do not follow what I believe brains of those, who yet fail to {refuse to see ‘the purpose of comMr. Craig says He thinks the munism, the deadly danger with
Fleet, repulsed repeated enemy | attacks, “passed into the counteroffensive and continued its ad-
| vance until by November last it
{stood approximately where now | it stands—proud, defiant and con- { fident of its capability for accom|plishing any mission it might be assigned.” ; in
Trouble Piling
{Another story, Page 6; editorial, | Page 22.
| Prosecutor Frank Fairchild today ordered Tuffy Mitchell, con'victed gaming chieftain, evicted from his Indiana Ave. headquarters. The prosecutor said he had re“quested the owner of the property at 248 Indiana Ave. to serve eviction papers on Tuffy at once. Mr. Fairchild said he based his action on state laws which allow him to order a landlord to evict persons who use their property for ‘gambling. Prosecutor
Fairchild lowered
_ the boom on Tuffy for a second
time as the pint-sized numbers czar faced sentencing at 2 p. m. today on eight gaming i(ndict-
§ imeuts.
A Criminal Court 2 jury found | him Suilty Tuesday night and [recommended a 90-day jail sentence and a $1200 fine.
1 Killed, 2 Hurt In Head-on Crash
| One man was killed and two ‘others critically injured today in a crunching, head-on collision of ‘a big sand-loaded truck and a car at Kessler Blvd, and Allisonville Rd. Alger Foster, 512 W. 13th St, ‘died shortly after being rushed to ‘General Hospital. | In critical condition at the {hospital were Odell McGee, 1116
man. 23, of 157 Ww.