Sunrise 7:02 a.m. NEA Telephotos Light Snow Today 4:19 A. P. News Photos MARION LEADER-TRIBUNE Associated United Press Press Service Member Sunset p.m. ar (Aditional Weather on Page 11) Leading Fifth District Newspaper VOL.
NO. 200 JERENADE Modern St. Nick -New Castle, Dec. 20 (UP) -Santa Claus goes modern tomorrow. Attaches of New Castle municipal airport said today that St.
-Nick, all- -decked out. in -his red and white beard, would sidetrack his reindeers and arrive here by plane. He planned to hop out of the plane and land at the airport-by parachute. Gentle Reminder Independence, Kas. (AP)-Parking violators found tickets on their automobile windshield today, but their gloom lifted as they read: "We realize that Christmas shopping takes longer than most people realize XXX we are sure you did not intend to deprive your neighbor of his share of our limited parking space by staying too long.
-take this occasion remind you that parking privileges will go farther if each of us shows consideration to the other fellow, wish you 8 Merry S. This in one- ticket you can tear up." Want A Poorhouse? Cheboygan, Mich. (AP) -Want to bug, Cheboygant poorhouse? county has one for sale, but the purchase price must exceed $6,100. The board of supervisors rejected a number of bids today because they were less than that figure. GOP PRIMARY FEUD RENEWED Indianapolis, Dec.
20. (P) -Arch enemies -State Auditor- Burch and Republican State Chairman H. C. Springer renewed today their feud over the direct primary amid charges and counter charges of "coercion" of state employes, Springer, outspoken foe of the primary, charged Burch, with tellmembers of staff Monday they had to "spread gospel" of that form of naming "candidates for state office or lose their jobs, Burch, who was the only Republican candidate for state office to espouse the cause of the direct primary during the last campaign, categorically denied the accusation and attacked Springer for what he described as tactics" in obtaining campaign contributions from state job holders. Late today the state auditor called his employes into a meeting and read a statement in which he assailed -Springer, related.
what he said happened at the -Monday session and added: "At no time have I or any of my. division heads told any of the emthey would have to be Be for the diployes privately or publicly that rect primary. This is coma try and the advocates of the direct primary are fighting to trysto keep it free The state chairman, informed of Burch's assertion that he forced state employes to contribute to the GOP state campaign fund, said: "There never has been an employe fired because he didn't contribute to the party. The state committee by resolution provides that contributions should be COLLEGE FUNDS ARE REQUESTED Indianapolis, Dec. 20.
(AP) Representatives from five state institutions, including Ball State and Indiana Teachers' Colleges, asked the state budget committee today for more than $6,300,000 in appropriations for the next two years. The committee wound up a fourday session devoted to study of stitutional budget requests to be submitted to the 1947 general as- sembly. More than has been requested and the two largest state-supported schools have yet to submit their proposed expenditures. Ball State at Muncie asked 814,672, most of which would be spent on A a building program. Principal building items are a .000 practical arts building, 000-for-the first unit of a building to house the departments of English and music and an auditorium; $350,000 for an addition to the present library; $250,000 for remodeling the administration buildring, and $36,000 for a home-management house.
Proposed acquisition of -the old Schick farm, northeast of the Ball $150,000, and a plot of land from the Kitselman estate would cost 000. Proposed purchase of 10 houses and lots south of the campus would require $100,000. The school reimbursem*nt from the state for $328,672 spent for. emergency housing for veterans of World War IL, MARION, INDIANA, SATURDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 21, 1946, PRICE FIVE CENTS 1 THOUSANDS REPORTED KILLED AS TIDAL WAVE HITS JAPAN Army Division To Be Revised Into World's- Machine Washington, -Dec. 20.
(AP)-The Army disclosed tonight plans for making. its infantry divisions "unparalleled fighting machines" with lightning mobility and more than three times the gunfire of existing units. At the same time, it announced a corresponding strengthening of the other combat component, the armored division. reorganization, which Gen. Jacob L.
Devers, Army ground force chief, said in a statement "takes into account lessons learned in World War II and which looks forward to the atomic age," will do this to the infantry divisions: Provide a wartime strength of between 17,000 and 18,000 men, an increase in manpower of about 20 open split in Republicans ranks Washington, Dec. 20. (UP)--An developed tonight when Rep. Thomas A. Jenkitis of Ohio bitterly attacked.
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey of New York for supporting Rep. Charles A. Halleck of Indiana for the House GOP leadership.
Jenkins is one of four candidates in the leadership race. Besides Halleck, Rep. Clarence J. Brown of Ohio and Rep. Everett M.
Dirksen of Illinois are seeking the important post. "On Nov. 5 the people elected Congress to free themselves from burdensome demination of the executive department and its numerous satraps," Jenkins said in a statement. "I do not believe that they intend merry to change from the domination of New Deal executives to of Republican presidential aspirants, whoever they be. Mr.
Dewey did not. Congress in any conin the United States." Jenkins id that when Dewey disclosed dr his public statement that he had always" favored Halleck for tithe leadership he was serving notice on the country that the Indianan was "his" man. "Why vey so much interested in in this very position?" Jenkins dentande add "He lieve it will help him, esidency. Does it mean will have a voice and the Rations of Cop means nothing else." He' A wey's statement that titled to the post by real! He said that inlleck has served less 12 while he has served years. "Atty its by outsiders to dominate American Congress are now wed to Presidential aspirants Jenkins "Son! the heavy contributors think won the election.
The Philad Inquirer, an outstanding est newspaper, recently dis An alleged promise by one of large contributors! Republican cause to deliver rote of the Republican congre delegation of that state tc Halleck. "I kn the great majority (Pleas Tin to Page Column 5) GOP Division Develops. Over Speakership DAZED BY ACCIDENT Miss Priscilla Robinson, 25, of Norwood, sits dazedly in rear seat of car before being taken to hospital following collision with another vehicle, in COP PREPARES LABOR MEASURE Washington, Dec. 20. (AP)-Sen.
Taft of Ohio said today Republicans hope to have a compact labor bill ready for Senate consideration by Feb. 15. Taft, who is chairman of the G.O.P and is expected to head the labor committee, told reporters he favors lumping proposed changes in the labor laws into one bill in to speed Senate action. "We will work- closely -with House members in an effort to get some action on this pressing question- early in the new. Congress," the Ohio senator said.
He voiced the opinions that Rep. Halleck expected be "the G.O.P. floor leader, will take The in Houser consideration -of a labor disputes bill Taft indicated he hopes the Ret publicans will. deal first with, pressing ing problems on the managementlabor front, with possible expansion later 0n of alterations the party hopes to make in existing law. Taft generally has favored action on a bill somewhat similar to the Case labor disputes measure which was killed by President Tru(Please Turn to Page 2, Column 3) LEMONS' PLEA IS SET TODAY John Burton Lemons, 21, Gas City, named in six aiRdavits, and his brother, James Andrew Lemons, 19, named in one, will be arraigned in Grant circuit court at 9 a.m.
today before' Judge 0. D. Clawson. The brothers were taken into court Friday, but Judge Clawson explained the appearance was conducted under new procedure which requires the court to explain to the defendant his rights and his opportunity to have a counsel before a plea is entered. The court appointed Ralph W.
Pack, pauper attorney. to serve as counsel for! John Lemons while the younger Lemons said he believed his parents would obtain counsel for him. James Lemons is charged with vehicle -taking -in connection with the theft of an automobile Dec. 11 when he, his taken brother into and 8 custody. third suspect were The elder Lemons is charged in six affidavits with vehicle taking, two counts of robbery, two counts of kidnapping, counts of robbery while armed, rape and.
rape while armed. third Meanwhile suspect, it was George announced Thomas the Oliver, 21, Marion, was released from custody because authorities were unable to connect him with any. crime. He is on parole from a federal penitentiary hut federal authorities said the evidence was insuffcient to return him to the in- THREE KILLED, MANY INJURED IN ACCIDENTS (By United Press) Highways and streets throughout much of Indiana were re coated with ice Friday night, causing three traffic fatalities and numberFless accidents. State police reported Hoosier streets as being "in awfully bad -almost everywhere wreck involved an ambulance.
The dead were Mrs. Rosa Eving-. er, 30, Indianapolis; Chella Cotton, 65, Evansville, and Mrs. Perry Mallott, 67, Princeton. Mrs.
Evinger died in the Greencastle hospital of internal injuries suffered when. the car in which she WAs riding. driven by Albert Fleschner, 29, Terre Haute, collided headon. with another auto west of Stilesville. Fleschner; Jack Savant, 23, Terre Haute, driver of the other car, and Joan Greenley, 18, also of Terre Haute, 8 passenger in the Savant car, were injured seriously.
Savant and Miss Greenley are students at Indiana State College. Cottor. was killed when the ambulance he was driving and a truck collided. Two passengers riding with him, Drs. Sterling J.
Perry, 32, and Arthur B. Burkhart, 65, were injured, the latter critically. Burkhart owned the ambulance, which was en route to Terre Haute sister, Mrs. Perry is the wife of the Evansville banker who 'was Co.1victed recently of embezzling 000 from the National City Bank. Perry is serving a 15-year term at the Terre Haute federal penitentiary.
Mrs. Mallott was. killed and her Husband and another woman injured seriously two autos collided. Mrs. Maurice Cassidy, liazelton, was the occupant of the other car.
ACCIDENTS REPORTED The light blanket of snow which covered Marion and Grant county streets and highways Friday added to the Christmas holiday spirit made those streets and highways more dangerous to travel upon as police and sheriff officials received numerous reports of accidents. Hills and- street "intersections were reported 'dangerous from the thin coat of. ice. but crews from (Please Turn to Page 2, Column 1) WAR TRAINING -PLAN IS URGED Washington, Dec. 20 (AP)-President Truman urged his universal training commission today to draft a broad plan which would prevent the United States from going the way of Rome and other great nutions which became "prosperous and fat and lazy." He directed the advisory commission to subordinate the military phase and to give its attention to the physical, mental and moral development of young people.
The advisers were instructed to consult congressional leaders and others. Citing history, the President stressed that "great republics of the past always passed out when their peoples XXX were not willing to assume their responsibilitics." he referred to the training plan as one for "young people," without limiting it to boys alone. This apparently left the way open for the commission to suggest some sort of training for girls. too, should it desire. The plan the War Department had advanced called for military training for young men upon reaching the age' of 18, with no made for girls.
KIDNAPING VICTIM RETURNED UNHARMED Dixon. Dec. 20 (A)-Mrs. Della Stackhouse, 40 year old physician's wife, was mysteriously kidnaped from her home today but six- hours -later -she-was "released unharmed, and her abductor was seized authorities Cat -a farm house five miles from Dixon. Sheriff Gilbert Finch identified the man who forced Mrs.
Stackhouse to leave her home" with him, after he bound her daughters and left them in a closet, as Frank: Sickles, 27, Wyoming, Ill. Sickles was held- without charge for questioning. he had not been able immediately to question either Sickles or Mrs. Stackhouse but that he had learned, that Sickles had forced the to walk with him into the country where he had permitted her late tonight to call her QUAKE CAUSES: DESTRUCTION IN FIVE BIG CITIES percent; produce a 200 percent crease in the number of weapons of various categories with 8 250 percent increase in firepower due to improved automatic and other characteristics. Instead of merely attaching elements such as armor only when needed in the field (as was done in World War II), provide the infantry with an organic tank-battalion and anti-aircraft battalion.
The di-. vision will have six companies of M-26 tanks mounting 90 millimeter guns. Division artillery will include 54 105 howitzers and 18 155 The division's armament will include more of the valuable recoilless guns, 42 .75 millimeters and 81 57 millimeter recoilless rifles. AUTO WORKERS MAP PAY SUITS Detroit, Dec. 20 (UP)-The CIO United Auto Workers said tonight would file suit for "millions" in back portal-to-portal pay against Briggs Manufacturing world's largest auto body builder.
Emil Mazey, director the UAW Briggs division, said the suit would he filed in federal court tomorrow or Monday on behalf of 22,000 Briggs employes. said the had yet determined the amount of back portal pay and damages to be asked, but that it would "run into the millions." BATTLEE PLANS TO FREE BURMA London, Dec. 20 (AP) Prime Minister Attlee announced negotiations today to set Burma free, and from Winston Churchill the eloquent. accusation he WAS speeding destine and fall of the British empire "The- words which have come from: the Prime Minister's lips today," the former Prime Minister declared, "are, fact, irrevocable and he -has -shorn Burma: away from the British crown." Following up last summer's white paper. announcement eventual.
independence for the rich jungle land of which Kipling wrote, Attlee said the white paper plan naw al merits reconsideration" the that grown. of Burmese politicans has been summoned to London for immediate "The government's desire is that the Burmese people "attain their and most convenient they possible self-government by quickest either within or without the commonwealth," he continued. "I niust say," Churchill exclaimed, British empire seems to be ruining off almost as fast as the American SUGAR STAMP RING IS BROKEN South Bend, Dec. 20. (AP)J.
E. Keating, assistant U. S. district attorney, said today six men have been arrested in connection with the operation of an alleged counterfeit sugar stamp ring in northern Indiana and southern Over a period of several months, Keating said, ring is alleged to have flooded the two states with counterfeit stamps representing 500,000 pounds of sugar and to have collected more than $100,000. He identified those held as Joseph J.
Jahelka, John T. Hipskind, Leroy Woolverton Robert Mesch, all of South Bend; James New Carlisle, and Ernest Korbell, Cassopolis, Mich. A warrant, has issued for a seventh man, Keating said, a and investigation is continuing to determine the source of the counterfeit stamps. The stamps alleged. to been circulated in South Bend, Elkhart, Goshen, Nappance, Plymouth, Michigan City and New Carlisle, and Cassopolis, Mich.
Charles O. Bannon, OPA field agent, said an investigation which led to the was begun when large numbers of counterfeit stamps were turned in to the Cleveland OPA regional office a few weeks ago by sugar dealers in the two states. The six men are charged specifically with possession and sale of counterfeit sugar ration stamps," The South Bend men were employed AS salesmen by wholesale grocery firms, Keating said. new armored division will be increased in manpower--about 15,000 men compared with the ten to 14,000 in the war. But the significant feature will be the strength in tanks 325 mediums, with a battalion of heavy tanks when they become available.
Details on the final number of weapons and exact types of armament remain to -be -worked out.World War II experience has resultedwin elimination of two items familiar to GI's-the tank destroyer and the armored car. Henceforth, officials said, enemy tanks will be challenged by tanks instead of the tank-destroyer which had firepower but lacked armor. The place of the armored car for fast reconnaissance will be taken by light tanks. Washington, Dec. 20 (A)-Sen.
Theodore G. Bilbo (D- Miss.) made plans today to spend Christmas in his "dream house" in Mississippi while attorneys for the Senate war investigating committee dug through his personal office files here. The investigation of Bilbo's tranSactions with war contractors others still was held open but Sen. Ferguson (R-Mich.) told 8 reporter it may be necessary to forego additional public hearings before Ferguson, three completion of Republican. a report, of they subcommittee which recessed its public hearings late yesterday, the only one of the trio who will sit in the next Chairman Mead (D-NY) abandoned his Senate seat to make an unsuccessful race for governor of New York while Sen.
Tunnel (D- Del) was defeated in November. If he uncovers any angle upon be taken, said he additional should ask Mead or Tunnel to return for this: Ferguson said he was giving (Please Turn to Page 2, Column 6) Personal Files Of Bilbo Under Investigation SUBMIT DIGEST PLANT PLANS Plans and specifications for the construction of neW. digester plant will be submitted to the Inhealth final approval, David Backmeyer, superintendent of the Marion sewage treatment and garbage disposal plant, announced last night after members of the board of works approved the plans. Backmeyer said if the plans are approved by the state board of health the work will be advertised for bids. The plans call for a construction project valued at approximately $70,000 but Backmeyer pointed out the work will be carried out in a three-year plan and the first will be completed at the approximate cost of $45,000.
In the preliminary building, Backmeyer said, the tank and control equipment. will be installed while date the gas recovery and heating equipment will installed. New York Central railroad against A remonstrance was filed by the the construction of a sanitary sewer in the Twenty. sixth and Meridinn streets area on the grounds that it would not be benefitted by the construction. The sewer tion Was up for a public hearing Friday and the remonstrance was taken under advisem*nt.
DR, DAVIS AWARDED HIGH SURGICAL HONOR Fellowship in the American Col: lege of Surgeons last night conferred upon Merrill S. Davis, widely known Marion physician and surgeon, at the thirtysecond congress. of the association being held in Cleveland, 0.4 Dr. Davis 8 awarded the honor for his outstanding ability AS an orthopedic surgeon which is the science of the surgery of bones, it was reported 'here. The only Marion physician ever honored with the fellowship, Dr.
Davis is a graduate of the Indiana University Medical School. With the exception of when ne- took a post-graduate course at Harvard University during World War he has practiced in Marion since 1015.. both physicians, 'taking addiTwo sons, Josephi Richard, tional training before entering I medical practice, Tokyo, Saturday, Dec. 21 (UP) -A tidal wave stirred up by an earthquake in the Pacific ocean hit southern Japan early today rollinginto at least five cities on two main islands, and leaving thousands: dead, missing, injured or homeless in the worst natural catastrophe in Japan since the quakes and fires of 1923. An earthquake so violent that it.
was recorded of "major intensity" on seismographs in the United States shook the ocean floor some. where. two Japanese home islands of -Honshu and koku and rolled tidal waves ashore on Shikoku for as far as five miles Sketchy reports from Shikoku, where communications were ed by the wave smashed the capital of Kochi, listed 42 dead, 81 injured or missing and 305 buildings and homes wrecked in the capital city. But Kyodo news agency, reported from its Osaka bureau across the straits. from -Shikoku, said "several hundred persons" died or drowned, listed more than 150 fishing vessels lost in the upheaval, and said five cities were inundated on Shikoku island and the southern tip of Honshu in Wakaylama "Several prefecture.
thousand homes" the in two prefectures collapsed when the wall of water raced westward in from the Pacific, Kyodo said. (Please Turn to Page 2, Column 6) Atomic Control Plan Principles Given Approval Lake Success, N. Dec. 20 (AP) -The United States atomic control plan was approved in principle today by. the United Nations atomic strenuous energy Russian commission objections oter which prompted Delegate Andrei A.
Gromyko to withdraw dramatically from the discussion. vote, the first taken on an atomic- plan- since -the commission took up the problem last June 14, represented a partial victory for Baruch, who had persistently American Delegate "Bernard M. manded 8 yes-or-no ballot on his far-reaching proposal. Baruch yielded and agreed to a Canadian compromise which provided principle and upon a ing committee to make the wordconform to the arms general assembly. The final vote was 10 to 0, with Poland abstaining.
refused to be recorded and told the chairman curtly: "I am not taking part in this discussion." The ballot came after the 12-nation commission turned back Russian demands for a week's delay and rejected a Polish move to toss the American plan directly into the hands of 8 committee without comment. Today's commission decision paved the way for the committee to draft a final atomic report for submission to the parent. security council by Dec. 31, There, of course, Gromyko will have the (Please Turn to Page 2. Column 31 Works- But Only Too Well Hypnotism By television London, Dec.
20 (AP)-The Brit'ish Broadcasting Corp. always willing to try anything 1 at least once, especially behind closed doors -experimented with hypnotism by television, counted the victims and decided today never to do it again. The trouble was, it worked, BBC eported. One member of the cheerful dozen of the BBC staff who assembled to see if they could be put to sleep by television--over a private wire--suddenly snoozed and dented his chest Another with yawned his china went into the same sort cf trance. A third looked hard at the television screen, but before anyone could prop him up he sank limply into dreamland.
So did two others. was then that the scary possibilities of- the thing shook the government-established BBC. My goodness said an official. "If you hypnotize people by television, think what would happen if everybody had a television set--as everybody will shortlyaml a Hitler-sort of fellow started working on them He refreshed himself from a decanter, said "brrrrphhh" and made lit clear that he must not be quoted A STRATOSPHERE TRIP PLANNED Washington, Dec. 20 (P) -Using 100 Dr.
Jean Piccard and a Navy pilot will attempt to rise 100,000 feet or nearly 19 miles, far' higher than man has ever flown before, the Navy announced tonight. ascent be made June from the Naval air station at Ottumwa, la. The balloons, each 57 feet in diameter, will support a 400-pound aluminum gondola, its Dr. Piccard -and A Navy pilot still to be selected, in search for data on the physics and chemistry. of atmosphere in the stratosphere.
Dr. Piccard has been experimenting with cluster balloons since 1937. In that year he made his first ascent with them to.a height. af feet -Mina to Since then four using. cluster balloons have been made.
coming attempt expected to. exceed the previous balloon height record set by Capt. Albert W. Stevens and Capt. Orvil A.
Anderson of the Army in 1935. They reached 72,396 feet in a flight sponsored by Army and the National Geographic Society. ASSESSORS FILE SUIT FOR PAY Assessors of Center, Mill and Franklin townships filed a mus action in Grant circuit court Friday against Verlie Mills, ty auditor, shortly after the county council appropriated funds for payment which was refused then by the auditor. The assessors, 0. E.
Miller, Carl Miles and Clarence Spangler charge in the mandamus action that they were allowed additional pay in a 1945 special statute. The council allowed $1,080 for the Center township assessor and $540 each for Mill and Franklin township officials. In refusing the payment shortly after the council session, Mills said he based his refusal on an opinion of the attorney general that the fund would raise the salary of elective officials while in office. However, Judge 0. D.
Clawson ruled in circuit court several days ago in a similar case that the funds should be paid. County commissioners filed the first suits on which. Judge ruling. During the council session additional appropriations were approvled along with fund transfers. The council withheld the approval of only one appropriation, $340 for feed for livestock for the children's home which will not be needed til next year.
The council also went on record as favoring the filing of -itemized requests for all additional appr9priations. Edward F. Warfel, secretary of the Grant County Taxpayers Research Association, called on council to require of all officials the proper budgeting of amounts they will require to carry Jon their offices. and departments. 3 to by nan "I mean," he explained, "that if you cold.
somehow get cortroi of a nations television transmitter, you cou'd put everybody' to walk in and--why, the atom: bomb would be vears behind the time as a secret weapon." Far fr BBC'3 palatial offices, the sligh serious man who had dons the historic hypnotizing -Peter Casson, 24, an ex-Navy enliste! an tonk 8 scornful view Such timidity. was appearing- in a musical hedy at the moment, althougb explained that he disapprox of hypnotism as and prefera. to use his "power." to cure people of nervous disorders such as stammering. "In pt, at invitation of an doctor, uncured a shellshocke! soldier case had been jarded as hopeless that he was- waiting discharge," said the sis funt-one mesmerist. I got before the television cam ras I fixed the attention of my at once by talking to them, and to WAS a closeup of my face.
was mainly. the sound, viewing. my: face, which laid it" 1.
