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WEATHER H FAIR THURSDAY Indiana: Clearing and colder tonight. Thursday fair and cold. READ THE LATEST NEWS IN THE DAILY TIMES VOL. 50 No. 258 UNITED PRESS SERVICE SULLIVAN DAILY TIMES WEDNESDAY, Dec. 29, 1948. INTERNATIONAL PICTURE SERVICE ERICS THREE CENTS

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?r UEnan, Democrats Begin Shaping Efav Cofigressional Action By Lyle C. Wilson United Press Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON, Dec. 29. (UP) President Truman re turns today from his Christmas holiday to join Concession al leaders in determining the shape of things for 1949-

Political conferences at Hill will begin at once. His

government is to get it and for what it shall be spent. Part of that problem is deciding who shall be subsi

dized and who shall pay more

shall pay less. Taxes are likely to go up because neither Congress nor the President expects to bring expenses down and

the Treasury may be headed

Federal government in the next fiscal year probably will ex ceed $44,000,000,000 by a good many millions.

The Republican bossed 80th Congress will meet once more on Friday and die. The new Democratic bossed 81st Congress will meet at noon Monday for a first session sure to be troubled and to last six months or longer. Next Wednesday, Jan. 5, Mr. Truman will deliver before a joint session of Congress in the House chamber his message on the state of the union. His annual economic report will follow a couple of days later and his budget message the next week, both to be read by clerks. The Hoover Commission report on reorganization of the executive branch will be submitted by Jan. 13. Those are the main events scheduled for the first fortnight of the new Congress. They will be accompanied by a transfer of control of House and Senate from the Republican to the Dem ocratic party and by more sideshows than a circus. A group of young and discontented Senate Republicans wants to nudge the GOP Old Guard and Sen. Robert A. Taft, of Ohio, from command of party policy. , Sen. Wayne Morse, Oregon, spearheads that effort, which is not given much chance. Taft Vants to remain as chairman of the Senate Republican policy committee and what Taft wants from Senate Republicans he usually gets. House Republican leadership will go to Rep. Joseph W. Martin, Jr., Mass., who will surrender the speakership on Monday to Rep. Sam Rayburn, D., Tex. Both parties are split among rival groups. Democratic division is the angriest, sufficiently so to give Mr. Truman serious difficulty in 1949. Mrs. Iva Plew Funeral Friday Funeral services for Mrs. , Iva Plew who died suddenly at her home on East Washington Street Tuesday morning will be - conducted Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Billman funeral chapel. The Rev. Jack Anderson will officiate. Burial will be in Center Ridge Cemetery. The name of the husband is Warrick instead of Lex which was stated in yesterday's Tmes. A daughter, Miss Dillie Plew, also survives.

Sizable Group of Legislators For End of State Property Tax

By William A. Drake' ' United Press Staff Correspondent mniANAPOLIS. Dec. 29. (U.R) A sizable group of Indiana's 1949 legislators favor eliminating the 15-cent state property tax, a United Press survey showed today. The sentiment toward wiping out the levy completely was not confined to the Democrats, whose state party platform pledged wholesale tax reductions and repeals. Half of the 149 members of next year's General Assembly replied to a U.P. opinion questionnaire, and of the 75 answers, 30 favored removing the 15-cent tax. Of these, 19 were Democrats and 11 Republicans. An equally strong bloc favored keeping the tax as it is. Thirty said they thought it' ought to stand. Twelve of these were Democrats and 17 Republicans and i one did not identify his political affiliation. A third group, much smaller, favored reducing the tax below the 15-cent maximum provided by law. Eight favored reduction and seven others Indicated they

the White House and on Capitol big problem is money, how the

taxes perhaps whether some for another deficit. The cost of Phone( Company Names Rate Increase Asked INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 29(U.R: The Indiana Bell Telephone Co., which a month ago asked the state to allow a "moderate" increase in telephone rates, today set the amount of increase asked at 15 per cent. Public Service Commission officials investigating the request hinded that the investigation may not be completed in time for a hearing on the petition, scheduled to begin Feb. 13. However, John B. Bailey, director of the State Public Utility Tarriff Bureau, said the hearing "will begin on schedule." The company's petition for a rate increase, when filed last month, did not specify rate schedules but said that "present rates are not sufficient to meet the rising costs of doing business and to provide a fair return on pur rapidly increasing piani in vestments The rate increase at that time was termed "moderate," probably less than an average of 15 per cent." Public Service Commissioners said today they would look into the cost of labor and materials and the company's earnings in an effort to determine the validitv of the increase request. Specific schedules announced tndav showed that average individual residence phone rates would go up from $4.50 to $5.17 a month if the request is grant pH Tw.o-nartv chones would rise from $3.80 to $4.37 and fnnr-nartv lines from $3.10 to $3.56. MAN KILLED IN COLLISION NOBLESVILLE, Ind., Dec. 29. (UP) Harry E. Malott, age 41, Kokomo. was killed last night when his car collided with a truck at the junction of U. S. 31 and Ind. 431. State Police said Malott failed to heed a stop sign and a truck driven by Jack West, age 39, Indianapolis, crashed into his car. .were undecided or declined to commit themselves. The present law was enacted in 1937. It holds the annual levy to not more than 15 cents on each $100 of taxable property. The state finance board, which in cludes the governor, has for some years set the tax at maximum strength, borne of the levies in cluded in the tax breakdown for educational and conservation pur poses are mandated by law Thus, the finance board could not eliminate the tax arbitrarily aL though it could reduce it. But a new legislative act could amend the 1937 law. Legislators would have the power to elimin - die me tax completely, sei a. xidi rate or adjust the present maximum to suit themselves. It should be pointed out that there has been no indication that a change in the law will be proposed to the Legislature meeting, next month for a biennial 61-day session. But in the light of highj interest In tax measures of all kinds, the United Press felt the

opinions of the assemblymen on to the landing field through a Felix, said: "I am sure the report, van Circuit Court against John Southwood in the Sullivan Cirthe subject were timely. windy drizzle. ; is not correct." " C. Squires et al. cuit Court.

Strong Winds, Storm Strikes Great Lakes

By United Press Blustering gales and heavy snowfall struck the Great Lakes today as a severe storm swept a cross the Midwest toward - the Atlantic Ocean. Winds up to 50 miles an hour battered across Illinois and Wis consin bringing with them snow storms and freezing rains that made driving hazardous through out the area. The storm, born in the North Pacific, battered the California coastline earlier this week, push ed inland .over the Rocky Moun tains and then gathered intensity as it pounded across the Western plains. Forecasters said the storm cen ter would cross almost directly over Chicago about noon today, heading in an east-northeasterly direction for the St. Lawrence Valley. The weather bureau warned that as much as eight inches of snow could be expected in Central Wisconsin. Early today, heavy snowfall already was fall ing at Wausau and Green Bay. Lighter snow with glazing rains was predicted for Southern Wis consin and Northern Illinois. Storm warnings were posted over the Great Lakes. Forecaster H. S. Kenny said temperatures were falling 10 degrees within an hour's time in the wake of the storm. He warn ed that because of the high winds, 'the air will be filled with drift ing snow m many areas even though the actual snowfall does not amount to much." Behind it, the storm left huge drifts of snow scattered across Colorado, Kansas and Iowa. Utah reported a 12-inch snowfall. The accumulated 15 inches on the ground at Salt Lake City was the deepest in the city's history Army To Leave ew U.S. TrooD! In South Korea WASHINGTON, Dec. 29 (U.R) Military quarters estimated today that only about 30,000 Amer ican troops would be left in Korea as result of the Army's I decision to withdraw its Seventh infantry Division The Army announced last night that it .was pulling the Seventh out of the American zone in Korea in accordance with the SovietAmerican agreement to withdraw forces "as early as practicable." The Russans announced recently that they were evacuating Red troops from their northern zone. But military sources here believe the move is not significant because the Russians are leaving behind a Communistcontrolled North Korean force of some 300,000 men. The Seventh Infantry Division's departure will" leave the American zone with one division, the Sixth, plus some service troops. The Army refused to state the exact number that will remain but it was estimated unofficially at about 30,000. A division normally' numbers about 15,000. j Take Four Bodies From Wrecked Plane DETROIT, Dec. 29.-r(UP)-The Michigan National Guard officials today said that four mangled bodies had been recovered from the wreckage of the B-26 bomber which crashed and exploded five Imiles short of the Wayne County Airport. Guardsmen and State Police searched through the litter to determine whether other persons were aboard the plane. It was returning from a training flight to McDill Field, Tampa, Fla. Two of the dead were identified as Cant. Charles L. Parham. aee 26 Dearborn Mich tne pilot, andl lat Tjt Donal(1 a Rtreeter. the navigator. The others were Cpl. John Cin-' co, Homestead, Pa., and Pfc. Donaid C. RadtKe, Detroit. Both were believed to be aerial hitchhikers who boarded the plane at McDill Field. ' ' ' ' The plane crashed last night shortly after it received permission for an instrument-let-down

Draft Bill For Direct Primary

INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 29. (U.R) The first draft of a direct pri mary bill has been drawn, Rep. Laurence D. Baker, Kendallville, co-author of a similar measure defeated by the Indiana Legislature two' years ago, said today. . Baker said he planned to intro duce the bill in the House and have a copy presented in the Senate when the General As sembly convenes in January. Baker spearheaded a drive to enact direct primary legislation in j the 1947 Legislature, but the measure was beaten and a con vention reform law adopted by the Republican-controlled as sembly. Democrats, pledged by their platform to enact a direct pri mary, will be in control of the House, and it appeared likely thai there would be a Democratic pol icy bill also tossed in the hopper Baker said his measure would include all major state offices and the two Senatorships in the direct primary method. He said il would require the winning candi date to obtain 35 per cent of the total vote. He said the bill would propose retention of the convention sys tern to draft party platforms. .". Thousands Watch Funeral For Egypt Premier By Walter Collins United Press Staff Correspondent Cairo, Dec. 29 (UP) More. man w.uuu Egyptians eathererl n the streets of Cairo today to witness a state funeral for assassinated Premier Mahmoud Fahmy Nokrashy Pasha. Even while the funeral was being held the new Egyptian government headed by Premier Ibrahim Abdel Haflt Pasha launched an, intensive drive .against the underground terrorists responsible for Nokrashy's assassination. Nokrashy's body was carried! to a mausoleum at Abbassia, several miles outside Cairo, in a gun carriage drawn by six horses. The mausoleum was built for the tormer Premier Ahmed Maher" Pasha, who was assassinated on Feb. 24, 1945. The bodies of the two slain premiers will lie side by side. As part of the war on terrorists the government closed Faud University in Cairo for an 'in definite period to help stamp out student agitation. Egyptian politicians asserted that the terrorism and demonstrations which have wracked Egypt for the past three years were caused by Communist agents attempting to overthrow the authority of the Arab States. Premier Hadi announced the new drive against terrorists in his reply to a message from King Farouk granting him a mandate to form a new government. US Concerned Over Arrest of Priest WASHINGTON, Dec. 29. (UP) Reliable informants said today the United States is taking "an extremely serious view" of the arrest of Joseph Cardinal Minds-1 zenty by the Communist Hungar ian government. Diplomatic quarters interpreted the move as part of a general campaign against the Catholic Church in eastern Europe. They said the campaign appeared ap proaching a climax both in Hun gary and Poland. The arrest was the subject of top-level consultations within the State Department yesterday. A Hungarian communique accused the Cardinal of plotting to bring about the return of the Hapsburg monarchy to Hungary and of seeking Western power aid to drive out the Communists Its charges that the Cardinal dismissed the nlnt in the United States last year with Francis Cardinal Spellman and Otto, the Hapsburg pretender, brought fla denials here. The communique claimed the meeting with Otto took place at a monastery near Chicago. Catholic officials here profess. ed no knowledge of such a meet mg, and Otto s brother, Archduke,

Continue Search For Airplane Down At Sea

MIAMI, Fla., Dec. 29. (UP) A swarm of military and civilian aircraft took off at dawn today to begin the second day of searching for a chartered passenger plane missing over the Carribbean with '30 persons aboard. i Three American crew membersi and 27 Puerto Rican men, women and children were known to be aboard the plane which vanished sarly yesterday on a flight from San Juan, Puerto Rico, to New York. Coach Guard officers ' directing '.he hunt added a blimp from Boca Chica Naval Air Station to the searching aircraft and widened 'he search area to include the northern coast of Cuba.

The planes pilot, Robert Lin- the men who were snatched off Ciuisf of Ft. Myers, Fla., sent his the icy plateau yesterday by a ne distress message at 4:13 a.m.'skiequipped transport plane, yesterday, six hours after he took wiU be given at ieast 24 hours off from San Juan. of rest in Greenland before ( He said then that he believed they are returned, nis position was about 50 miles Some have families in Greensouth of Miami. But a search land and may not want to come from dawn to the last minute of to the United States, he said, iaylight by 43 military planes Seven of the airmen had been

and low-flying civilian craft fail- stranded on the 7,700 foot plaed to turn up a trace of the miss- teau since Dec. 9 when their ing plane. . transport went down. Five others

Hunterplanes planned to cover

the north coast of Cuba today on weeks as , various rescue atthe off chance that the pilot had tempts failed, miscalculated his position. Most Yesterday, however, a C-47 searchers believed, however, that tranpsort, equipped with skis in '.he passenger plane was down at Pla? of wheels and rockets to

sea or crashed among the tangled iunfle of Florida's FvertrlaHps

All passengers aboard the plane.r1. mf owned by the Airborne Transport dltlon

were believed to be Puerto Ricans returning to, New York after a Christmas visit xo weir nomeiana. I If the plane went down at sea, chances for survival of those

aboard was good, the Coast Guard southern tip of Greenland. Famsaid, since the plane carried three ilies of some of the men live

life preservers for all hands. Slew Birth, Dealt Forms In Use New forms for the reportinf of births, deaths and still-births to the Indiana State Board oi Health have been forwarded by H. M. Wright, director, Division of Vital Records, Indiana State Board of Health, to locaf health departments where they may be secured by physcians, hospitals and funeral directors. " Revision of these records Is of national scope with each state using the new forms beginning January 1," Mr. Wright pointed out. "The certificate made out on each death which occurs in the state requires the signature of the physician in auenaance and I mere is no physician in attendance, the health officer having jurisdiction must certify to the cause of death." "Physicians, hospitals and fu neral directors who have not as yet received these certificates should contact their local health officer immediately and get a supply of the new forms. It is important that their use be comes standardized with the new year." Search Hotel Ruins For Fire Victims TWISP, Wash., Dec. 29 (UP) Firemen searched the ruins of the 40-year-old Campbell Hotel today for the bodies of at least four persons killed in an explosion and fire that destroyed the building yesterday. Nine hotel guests escaped without injury by jumping from windows into snow banks. The exact number of persons in the hotel could not be determined 'because the hotel owner, Tom Campbell, - was among the missing. Assistant Fire Chief Walter Gorlev said there were at least four bodies in the wreckage. Cause of the fire was believed to be an overheated stove. Eric Roos and Gene Selde, lumber' mill workers who leaped to safety, reported that an explo sion in the basement preceded the fire. FILES COMPLAINT TO FORECLOSE MORTGAGE The Union Central Life Com,pany has filed a complaint to foreclose a mortgage in the Sulli.

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Plan Velcome For Castaways From Greenland WASHINGTON, Dec. 29 (UP) The Air Force today promised a heroes welcome in New York for the 12 fliers rescued from a Greenland ice cap. An Air-TTnrre cnnlfpcman eairl joined them during ensuing assistyts taKeon, maae a naarauud lauunig uuu icmuvcu ien. All were in gooa conhaving been dropped tUk n,a inD ht mo wpr. takpn to a re. mote Air. Force weather observa4. 4; ..n uinio West R null Diawvii v m rfv.w - before being flown to Bluie West 1 a hieeer base on the there. Heavy Rainfall Swells State Rivers INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 29. (U.R) One of the heaviest 24-hour December rainfalls in recent years today caused many Indiana rivers and streams to swell toward flood stages, but the weatherman expected little serious, flooding. Meteorologist Paul Miller said the state had an average of about 1.5 inches of rain between 7 a.m. yesterday and the same time today. Miller ' said this equalled about one-half of Indiana's rainfall so far this month. The last time that much rain fell in Deecmber in Indiana was in 1945, when about 1.5 inches also fell in a 24-hour period, he said. Miller expected the Wabash River to reach flood stages, especially in its headwaters, late today or tonight. He said that at Bluffton the river probably would reach about 11 feet or more one to two feet above minimum flood stage. The river also was expected to hit slightly above flood levels at Lafayette and Wabash, flooding lowlands and possibly some roads. The White River also was ex. pected to go to flood levels in such headwater areas as Noblesville, Anderson and Muncie. Red News Aqency Says Royal! lies LONDON, Dec. 29 (UP) The official Russian news agency Tass said today in a Moscow dispatch that United States Army Secretary Kenneth Royall lied when he reported recently that 13,000,000 persons were confined to Russian concentration camps. "Tass is authorized to deny this absurd fabrication of Mr. Royall as a downright lie and a foul calumny against the Soviet Union," Tass said. The agency added that "this is not the first time American intelligence has misled the government of the United States with "ridiculous" information of this kind. Royall made his statement in Berlin during his tour of American military establishments overseas. FILE DIVORCE SUIT HERE Paul Southwood has filed a suit for divorce against Mary

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PARIS, Dec. 29. (UP) The United Nations Security Council, after healing a British report that Jewish troops had invaded Egypt, today ordered a cease fire in Palestine, a troop withdrawal to old truce lines in the Negev, and immediate armistice negotiations. The Council approved a British resolution embracing a broad directive on Palestine after Harold Beeley electrified it with a report that Israeli troops had penetrated some 25 miles into Egypt along the coastal road. . The sensational report raised the question of invocation of an Anglo-Egyptian treaty, signed in 1936, binding each to come to the "immediate" aid of the other in case either was involved in war.

Local Charges Union Changed Locks On Doors INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 29. (U.R) Local 103 of the International Union of Operating Engineers charged today that the international union changed the lock on the local's Fort Wayne office so that local members could not gain access. The charge was one of several made in a petition filed in Marion Superior Court by Union Local Attorney Julian D. Pace. The petition asked for imprisonment of 19 international union officials for alleged contempt of court. Pace contended that the officials violated a court injunction Issued last October by Judge Ralph Hamill restraining the international union from interfering with Local 103 or its contracts with employers. Hamill was expected to set a date for a hearing on the' contempt citation today. Pace said the hearing probably would be sometime next week. ' Pace said the local sought selfgovernment after being held nine years under trusteeship of the international. He said the local did not have power to elect its own officers, negotiate its own contracts or "exercise any democratic rights whatsoever." Local 103 has offices in Indian, apolis and Fort Wayne. Policeman Strangles Mad Bulldog OAKLAND, Cal., Dec. 29. (U.R) An eleven-year-old boy today owed his life to an Oakland po lice officer who strangled a mad bulldog with his bare hands. Officer George Hazen, age 29

dispatched to East Oakland on a grace," did try the negotiations report that a mad dog had attack- w;th Egypt, ed several children, arrived at The British report of a Jewthe scene to discover a huge , ish invasion of Egypt was the

black and white bulldog mauling a screaming child. A crowd had gathered, but stood helplessly by afraid to aid the child. H Unable to use his pistol for fear he would hit the child, Hazen leaped on the dog, grabbed its throat and strangled it. The boy, Vern Bahr, was treated for severe slashes and puncture wounds. The dog previously had bitten four other children in neighborhood. the

Czech Government Beams Attack On Catholic Priests and Bishops

By Richard S. Clark Uuited Press Staff Correspondent PRAGUE, Dec. 29 (UP) The Czechoslovakian government launched a bitter attack on Catholic priests and bishops today which observers believed may parallel the Cardinal Mindszenty case in neighboring Communist-controlled Hungary. The attack was inaugurated by a dispatch distributed through the official Czech news agency which said that workers were complaining ' that some priests were "traitors to the peoples democratic republic." The dispatch said the workers also demanded that Czech bishops "clarify their attitude toward the present regime" Communist phraseology for declaring allegiance to the Communist- controlled government. This attitude on the part of the workers, the dispatch said, was disclosed in thousands of letters

The Council order called for a cease fire directed the Jewish and Egyptian forces to fall back in the Negev, and told both sides to open at once the long sought negotiations for a lasting armistice. The British resolution was adopted by the Council with eight votes for and three abstentions. The , United States, Russia and the Ukraine abstained. Russia and the Ukraine voted for the section of the resolution calling for a cease fire at once. ' An American spokesman said the United States abstention was for lack of orders from Washington. Before the vote, Beeley told the Council that the Jewish forces had thrust "well within Egyptian territory." The" word just received from the British embassy in Cairo,- he said, was that the push into Egypt had reached within six miles of El Arish, coastal town some 30 miles beyond the . frontier at which fighting had been going on for several days. Seeks Russian Egypt tried unsuccessfully last year to revise the treaty with Britain calling for mutual assistance in vent .of . war... The negotiailons" "Were-t)tk-&H off because the Egyptians failed to get satisfaction on two points immediate and complete evacuation of British troops from Egypt, and unity of Egypt and the Sudan. Egypt tried after the failure to negotiate revisions of the treaty to get the UN Security Council to declare it null and void. The Council did not do so. , During Council debate, Sir Alexander Cadogan of Great Britain made it clear that Britain, considered the treaty in full force. He reminded the Council last year that the Areaty had ' nine more years to run before either party had any right to ' demand a revision. He added i that the British government, nevertheless, as an act of first public word from anywhere. of that sort ELIZABETH MAKES PUBLIC APPEARANCE LONDON, Dec. 29. (UP) Princess Elizabeth made her first public appearance since the birth of her son last night when she joined a studio audience at a British Broadcasting Corporation variety radio show. sent to the powerful central trade union council and the central action committee. Mention of h'ese two powerful organizations indicated to observers that the government definitely intends to take action against priests and bishops opposed to the Communist regime. "Many workers resolutions and letters are being received by the central trade union council, the central action committee and other organizations demanding that Czech bishops declare their stand on questions of priests who by their activity have branded themselves traitors and foes of the republic," the dispatch said. The dispatch quoted one letter which allegedly demanded excommunication of those priests who were "serving the interests of foreign reaction and trying to undermine the peoples democratic regime." '