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THURSDAY, SEPT. 4, 1952

Jilted Man Admits

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“Nothing Else | Gould Do,’ Suspect Says

By United Press LAWRENCEVILLE, IIL, Sept. 4—A jilted suitor admitted today| he shot a pretty high school libra-| rian to death in a classroom be-| cause she refused to rénew. their engagement. He said there was “nothing else .to do.” Charles Petrach, 25-year-old unemployed insurance salesman, confessed. to Sheriff Garrell Bur-i goon following his capture as he attempted to hitch-hike across the Wabash River bridge to. Vincennes, Ind. He admitted firing seven shots at brunet Georgine Lyon, 24, after! unsuccessfully pleading with her, to take back his engagement ring.| She had returned it two weeks ago. 3

“He Was Cool”

“He ‘was cool as a cucumber during the questioning,” Sheriff Burgoon said. : A teacher found Miss Lyon's body in an English classroom where Petrach had confronted his former sweetheart to “talk things|

over” during a school recess. She CLOUDLAND—Presidential had been shot five times. id Hundreds of high school Pupils| terest to former Sen. Frank Car

were _in or near the building but no one witnessed the shooting. |

Son of a Barber

| per right) as he chats with Mr. Carlson. Finally, lke takes a nap (lower right).

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United Press Telephotos. candidate Dwight Eisenhower, en route to New York from Little | Rock, Ark. held a strategy-in-the-clouds conference. He points out (upper left) something of in- | Ison (behind lke); Mrs. Kay Howard, national committeewoman from | Massachusetts and Gov. Sherman Adams, New Hanipshire. lke, handkerchief in hand (lower left), gets | down to serious business with Gov. Adams (center) and Mr. Carlson. The General mops his head (up- |

Petrach said he came to Lawrenceville to “have it out” with] Miss Lyon because, after announc-| ing her engagement to him last, Year, she had changed her mind about marrying him and decided, to continue her work in the school! library,

Petrach was the son of Emil Plan Dropped Petrach, a Gary, Ind. barber.|

He was einployed in Gary until] A Proposal to increase the city's |

Calls Rep. Brownson

‘Dixiecrat Follower’

Pictured as a “Dixiecrat fellow traveler,” Republican Congress-

election by the National Postal

September to laying down basic

{independent voter and will pay

‘phrases of the Republican Party” |

| vation and public power,

Blueprint For Campaign

SPRINGFIELD, Ill, Sept. (UP)—Wilson W. Wyatt, campaign manager for Gov. Adlai Stevenson, today disclosed the “My personal opinions must be Democratic nominee's broad cam-| confined to being four square for paign blueprint. It will devote dogs, cats and motherhood” Lewis Ketcham Gough (sounds like Goff) asserted today, “I am also opposed to sin. My job is to carry out the orders of the convention.” A paper mandate — the resolutions of the American Legion convention in New York -— was in front of him and a sack full of platitudes was handy nearby, The 44-year-old Pasadena, Cal., former Navy man said the New

By ED KENNEDY | A new commander of the American Legion seated himself comfortably for the first time in his 4 N. Pennsylvania St. office chair

today without expressing a personal opinion.

policies, with October reserved for amplification and rebuttal. Mr. Stevenson embarks tomorrow morning on a nine-day, ninestate invasion of the far West where he will make 11 speeches, five of thentmajor statements of policy. Tomorrow night at Denver he; will attempt to woo the so-called

independent vote from Gen. , ? : _ York convention was the best Dwight P+ Eisenhower, GOP can organized and well regulated ever,

z |He credited his resounding victory Other Big Speeches as national commander to his own

Mr. speech would be “directed at the regulated about that.

Only Platitudes his respects to one or more catch

such as the GOP “it's time for a date with metaphors and plied change” campaign motto. ; his Other “major speeches western trip: Sept. 6-—Kasson, Minn. polic. . 3 Sept. 8—Seattle, Wash, Conser-

= once was. Farm

increase in psychological

Sept. 9—S8an Francisco. FOr-itije of communism.” he said. eign policy. | Sept. 11—Los Angelcs. Topic|y;

to be announced later.

Mr. Wyatt, will stump the South,|in favor of military training and the East and the West in Octo-/the Legion would work with ber, re-emphasizing points pre- them. viously made, but with no view, Whom would he vote for for whatever to altering his stand. |President? He wouldn't say.

The commander mixed his man- |

Adlai Bares ‘New Head of Legion Issues

Silent on Big

Wyatt said the Denver campaigning—there was nothing ber. Meanwhile, therefore, Com-

first press conference with view with alarm that their new of the Platitudes with the polished poise national commander takes a di of the public relations expert he view of

“The Legion will fight subver-|group stands for sion and aggressively call for an ment. ) war- is also not in keeping with his fare to stem and turn back the reading of the mandate. Neither]

g guns of publicity to support gion posts. {Universal Military Training, He | Mr. Stevenson, according. to said 47 other organizations were | tq

| | i

1s there so I want to get the facts Alliance, largest Negro group in| While Mr. Wyatt did not say Dean Acheson good or bad for, first hand,” he said.

‘man Charles Brownson today

the Post Office system.

{so, the Stevenson staff conceded the country? The Legion never

Highest Honor Given Hoosier

[. Congressional Medal Won Posthumously

i The mother and sister of a |Terre Haute Marine killed in a {heroic action in Korea received the Congressional Medal of Honor {posthumously today. | In Pentagon ceremonies at 10:30 a. m. Navy Secretary Dan A. Kimball presented Mrs, Berniece {O0. Abrell, and’ Mary Abrell, 11, (with the nation’s highest honor, |. The medal was won by . Cpl. Charles G. Abrell last June 20 for his self-sacrifice in a fierce hand-[to-hand battle Nov, 10, 1951.

Killed by Own Grenade

The 19-year-old Marine was killed by his own grenade when he {pulled the pin and hurled himself {into a rhachine-gun bunker killing {the entire enemy gun crew. | Believe to be the first Hoosier {to win the Medal of Honor in Korea, Cpl. Abrell was born in Terre (Haute. He moved to Nevada, {where he left high school at 17 to join the Marines, His mother then returned to Inm diana. She lives in Farmersburg ambling—because, of With his grandparents, Mr. and course. it E in rig The Mrs. Earl Bowen. A brother, Paul, law enforce- resides in- Chicago. Staying open after hours] Others Honored | Other Marines receiving the is the sponsorship of George Craig Medal of Honor posthumously to-

Lewis K. Gough

mander Gough is without a mandate on the subject,

Law Enforcement Some local Legion posts might

The Legion would also use its|for governor the business of Le- day Were Sgt. James I. Poynter,

{33, Downey, Cal., and Sgt. Frederick W. Mausert 1I, Dresher, Pa. Korea and Southeast Asia. He pleanwhile, the Defenss Depart will not go around the world. toe presented Sunday in Beverly, “I plan to do a lot of talking Mass. to the parents of Marine this year about the situation OVer Cpl, Joseph Vittori, 22, who gave his life to throw back an enemy breakthrough.

Commander Gough plans a trip

felt the

He said the Legion

a few days ago as an agent for the Rockford Life Insurance Co. He met Miss Lyon while they attended Ball State Teachers Col-

lege at Muncie, Ind. She was al

member of a prominent Madison, Ind. family,

weed-cutting fee from $3 to $50 was killed off last night by the | same City Council member who! sponsored it, |

Carter W. Eltzroth moved it be! dropped and legal action substituted later to make failure to cut |

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was accused of “big talk and little vote” on civil rights. The charge was hurled by John Carvey, Democratic candidate for! Mr. Brownson’s seat in Congress. Mr, Carvey challenged his GOP| foe to public debate on the issue

the race this year...

bile, Ala., : rights proposals, always. have strategy to fit or meet GOPiaone by shotgun exposes.

Mr. Brownson added:

that October would provide the engages in personality discussion!

“There’s only one Dixiecrat in{governor with an opportunity for|—it has condemned the leaders

a that's] ‘I am agains

been and always will be.” (Mr,|

weeds a misdemeanor, punish-

Brownson referred, of course, to!

rebuttal to Gen. Eisenhower, but of the State Department.. How

charges. 3

Mr. Wyatt hotly denied that! Federal Aid

i i the group's program, he in-| hn Sparkman, who siid in Mo-|théy said Mr. Stevenson had nojabout Joe McCarthy? No person- With x John Spa a 8 ow Moe of changing his campaign alities, but great harm has been d0rsed a program of all-out for, WASHINGTON — Secretary of

Fills Vacancy On College Board

Mrs. Oscar A. Ahlgren, Whiting, president of the General Federation of Women’s Clubs, today was appointed a member of the Board of Trustees of Indiana State Teachers Colleges. Her duties include supervision of Ball State and Indiana State

able by fine.

by the city for cutting weeds had been opposed as “too high.”

Councilmen also postponed ac- those

tion on ordinances

truck; for creation of a separate, ‘Board of Zoning Appeals and for rezoning to limit residences in certain areas to single-family structures. -

Parking Bans

He said the sug- | before a Negro audience in Ingested fee of $50 to be charged dianapolis. He said:

why a Yankee has to vote with regulating who hamper, hinder and oppose

transportation of explosives by efforts of Negroes to become first class citizens.”

Carvey’s charges “ridiculous” and said:

On federal aid to education, the Legion was in favor of it without! federal control uader the man-! date of the 1950 convention. But| resolution introduced by

the Democratic candidate for Vice Mr. Stevenson had any intention] President.) . jof lowering his campaign fire. Mr. Carvey charged "that he Reporters cited complaints in

some party quarters that the oath of office to represent the 's Labor Dav speeches|a new people had hardly died from Mr. Soc jor ® yy

‘were too erudite for mass con-|an Indi Brownson’s lips “when he cottoned q,mntion, convention frowns on federal aid up fo the white supremacy kings”,

in any form. in Congress. Won't Write Down

} { This resolution will come up The Democratic congressional] «I don't think vou have to write before the Legion's standing comcandidate said Mr. Brownson's i

down to the American people,” Mittee on Americanism in Octofirst vote was to restore power to|

: Mr. Wyatt said. “I think the the Rules Committee of the House {people are understanding it “to choke off legislation and keep!

“At that time you can explain

‘White Supremacy kings’

Mr. Brownson termed Mr.

Favors Debate

New measures introduced et Td be Bled ne i | ebate night include parking bans andl ments for-such 2

Teachers Colleges. Gov. Schricker made the appointment to fill the vacancy

: (Stevenson's speeches).” J it ‘bottled up in committee.” | Of the Eisenhower southern STRAUSS

Korean War was a forgotten war and had become distasteful to| the American people. In keeping!

Watchful Waiting Is Acheson Strategy

victory in Korea. State Dean Acheson may speak up sharply if he thinks Republican charges threaten key admin-

/istration foreign policies, informed

Bird Embarrassed

RACINE, Wis. —. Andrew sources said today. Schultz’ parakeet sulked in a| Otherwise, they said Mr. Achecorner today and wouldn't say a son plans to stay strictly out of

| word. The bird took a wrong turn the presidential campaign to help ana delegate to the past|

on a flight over the neighborhood minimize party differences on for-

| yesterday and flew down Al Clau-|eign policy. Mr. Acheson is said

(sen’s chimney by mistake. Cov- to.believe that Gov. Adlai E. Stejered with soot, the parakeet was venson and Gen. Dwight D. Eisenremoved from the Clausen furn- hower see eye-to-eye on most malace and taken home. tor foreign policy questions.

STORE OPEN TONIGHT (THURSDAY) _ |

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created by Robert M. Critchfield, Anderson, who resigned. Mrs. Ahlgren has served on the Indiana State Planning Commission, State Personnel Board and the Mid-Century White House Conference on Children and Youth, 3 She was recently honored as

an amendment to allow licensing! of ‘taxicab drivers not convicted| of ‘a eflony within five years be-| fore application. | As proposed, motorists would! be barred from parking on grassy| strips between sidewalks and curbs or parking on the left side of any but a one-way street. {

opponent.” Civil Rights |swing, Mr. Wyatt said: SAYS: » : | asn't worrie us. y Son EE ean Di This committee, Mr. Carvey should it> He has had big out he ha > said, is used by the anti-Negro/crowds and they undoubtedly

Dixiecrats to kill civil rights. find it interesting. I hope they

Mr. Carvey added: did. I recalled, however, that in “Northern Republicans want the 1948 when Gov. Dewey came to| Rules Committee to be all power-/1 ouisville, Ky., he had a tremenful in order to stifle any legisla- dous crowd—so big that he said tion aimed at helping the working surely they couldn't all be Repub-

Million Dollar

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1 This ordinance plugs a hole in| jman. + Republicans, like Brown-|

é i ’ : the city traffic code. Police now] Fal in p ison, could thus prattle about be-| hand out tickets for such offerises| {ing in favor of the working man under authority of broader traffic SOUTH BEND, Sept. 4 (UP)— Without the embarrassment of regulations, but the city has never, president of a nationally- Paving to vote against him.

specifically banned such parking. | financing firm re-| The council will consider alter. | Known atte: fin g

the “Indiana Woman of the Year” by Theta Sigma Phi, Hoosier journalistic society. Mrs. Ahlgren also is active in the American Legion Auxiliary, Legion of Women Voters, Indiana

ic Leagu = { litors are check-| . ye i ae or ation of the taxicab laws, which 1815 juny of its Pontiac, Mich. | Child Neglect £ now prohibit drivers with felony; .°. a » Communism. {office uncovering “fraud” losses

convictions at any time in their| past from being licensed to drive| cabs. |

Brings Jail Te which may total $1 million. rings Jai Term I. G. Brady, head of the Nation-| A careless father went to jail al Discount Corp., said the “facst for 180 days today after convicJ . . have not been completely ascer-ition in Juvenile Court of neglectTraps Pickpocket- Sawyer a Publisher /tained.” ling his two children, LOS ANGELES—Pickpocket O.- WAVERLY, O.— Secretary of But he said a “wigorous investi-| Joseph Martin, 41, of 1520 LindD. Carroll, 56, advised his light- Commerce Charles Sawyer and an|gation” is being made by inde-|ley Ave. was fined $500 and costs fingered colleagues today to be- Ohio publisher have purchased pendent auditors wh ohave scan- in addition to the sentence by ware of rear-view mirrors. {the Waverly Republican Herald, ned the Pontiac office records for Referee Lawrence K. Hinds yesCarroll deftly slipped a -wallet'a weekly newspaper here at the more than a week. : terday. from the pocket of a passenger edge of the government's big, The corporation has its natien-| Martin drew a maximdn pen-| aboard a bus here yesterday. The atomic energy, plant site, it was al headquarters in South Bend. lalty because he had been warned bus stopped suddenly and driver announced today. | Mr. Brady said law enforcement .~ . previous arrest for non-

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Xa oD: eldn 5% who had jEatiioHties have not been called support that further violation walche e whole thing in the] P IN 3 Into the case. . would bring stiffer measures, Mr. rear-view* mirror, collared the REEF IN 20UCH.- WITH He sald there appeared to be a pi, 4: aid. Testimony showed

thief. It was a bad job all around, HOMETOWN HAPPENINGS «(14,4" centering about fictitious The wallet was WHILE: ON VACATION. Order automobile

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Martin's son and daughter, aged 5.and 11, were supported and cared for most of the time by their grandmother. i

Carroll sdid. empty.

financing transac-

‘Alibi’ Fails OTTAWA — Deputy Magistrate Joachim Sauve said he just | cauldn’t digest the story told by Ovila Meloche, 41, who was haled into court on charges of striking another man on the head with a bottle of rum. “This .man was bending over and he hit himself on my bottle,” Meloche insisted. He was fined $10 for disorderly conduct.

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