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WORLD United Press Associated Press THE TERRE HAUTE STAR TODAY'S FAIR Yesterday's hifh, low, VOL. 100. NO. 136 TERRE HAUTE, TUESDAY, JULY 12, 1949. Entered second class matter Jan 3.

Sg in Haute. Indiana, under act of Congress of MarcB 3. PRICE 4C Taft Takes Stand Against Ratifying Atlantic Alliance Will Lead to Another World War, Republican Leader Warns Senate; Sees $1.4 Billion Arms Aid Plan as Dare to Russia and urden on U. S. BY JOHN L.

STEELE WASHINGTON, July Robert A. Taft, Republican, Ohio, announced today he will vote against ratification of the North Atlantic defense pact because he believes it will lead to another world war. The chairman of the Senate G. 0. P.

policy committee attacked the 12-nation anti-aggression treaty in a Senate speech on grounds it would com-' mil jthe United States to supply arms to western Europe and thus raise the spectre of war with Russia. He also said the administration's proposed $1,450,000,000 arms-for-Europe program, together with Marshall plan economic aid, would place too great on the United States economy. SENATOR Arthur V. Watkins, Republican, Utah, arch foe of the treaty, listened closely to Taft's speech and then introduced a first that the pact's mutual assistance pledge does not carry "any legal or moral obligation" that the United States must supply arms to the signatory nations. The Senate appropriations committee meantime approved a.

bill carrying $3,778,000,000 for the European recovery program during the 12 months of fiscal 1950. This compares with $4,198.000,000 asked by President Truman and $3,568,470,000 voted by the House for 10V4 months. WHILE he did not say it in so many words, Taft made clear that he would have no objections to the security pact if he felt it did not carry an-obligation to support the arms program. Any arms sent western Europe, he said, might eventually wind up in Russian hands and be turned against the United Before Taft spoke. Senate G.

O. P. Foreign Policy Spokesman Arthur H. Vandenberg, Michigan, read a State Department statement reiterating its position that the pact and the arms plan are separate program. Vandenberg has asked the department why it could not postpone action on the arms plan until the Defense Council, which would be set up under the pact, draws up its own mutual aid program.

The department explained that the arms program includes military aid for such nonpact nations as Greece and Turkey. Hereafter, it said, arms for the pact nations will be based on recom- mendations of the Defense Council. THE AEMS program may go to the Senate this week, probably after the Senate votes on the pact. Senate Democratic Leader Scott W. Lucas said he expects a vote on the pact by Wednesday night and predicted overwhelming approval.

Other administrationists conceded that Taft's defection may cost some votes. Senator Guy M. Gillette, Democrat, Iowa, also announced he would vote for the pact, but with "the greatest reluctance, deep misgivings, grave doubts, and qualms." He said the Senate has no choice but to ratify it since the United States had taken the lead in drafting it Soviet Slowdown blockade Pinches Berlin Truck Road BY DANIEL DE LUCE BERLIN, July bored Russian soldiers kept a tranglehold tonight on the only ruck supply route still open from western Germany to Berlin. This tiny Soviet guard detachment at Helmstedt, frontier post on the main highway to Berlin, united passage of trucks to four in a day. Before the un- xplained "slow-down blockade" was clamped down daily traffic averaged about 300 Berlin-bound trucks at Helmstedt A STRONG SMELL of rotting fruit and vegetables hung over he checkpoint as more than 100 ood-laden trucks lined up under the hot sun waiting their turns to ass.

Many had been turned back rom other Soviet zone crossing toints rucks lelmstedt was restricted truck raffic permitted by the Russians. A British protest that the truck curb violated the four-power igreement on lifting the blockade went unanswered tonight Some Allied officials regarded the Soviet slowdown as a pressure move or western acceptance of Russian proposals for more interzonal, trade ind a higher value for the lowly east mark. TRUCKS HEADED for points in the Soviet zone outside restern Berlin were wayed on hrough with quick inspections. German busses and private pas- enger cars moved freely at all times: The slowdown did not seriously hreaten the city's supplies. The airlift roared on, bringing about See BERLIN On Page 2, Column 4 Death of Governor Mourned by Texas AUSTIN, July State flags dipped to half staff today as this capital city prepared to receive the body of Beauford Jester, thirty-seventh Governor of Texas, and the first to die in office.

Lieut Governor Allan Shivers, preparing to take over the reins of the state, was en route to Austin from his family farm near Woodville in Tyler County. The 56-year-old Governor, fatigued by the punishing pace of the longest legislative session in history, died of a heart attack some time in the pre-dawn hours today as he slept in a Pullman berth. His body was discovered by a Jimerson the Governor failed to answer his 7:30 call as the train reached Houston. THE WEATHER Jim Bam blades are In ratMrante. Oh.

have they them to root beef? Forecast by the United Weather Bureau for Tuesday and Wednesday: Terre Haute and vl- Generally fair and no decided change in temperature Tuesday and Wednesday. Indiana Generally fair; no decided change in temperature Tuesday and Wednesday. cloudy Tuesday and Wednesday with only a few widely scattered showers. Not much change in temperature. Wabash River stage: 4.2 falling.

WEATBEft CONDITIONS AT TEME HAUTE TESTEBDAT Fnm TemperaUre Beccri for July 11, 1919 6:30 A. 9:30 A. 12:30 Pi M. 3:30 P. 4:30 P.

8:30 P. M. 6:30 7:30 830 9:30 10:30 11:30 Highest temperature for 24 hours, 87 lowest temperature for 24 hours, 60. Sun rises, 433; sun sets. 7:18: preclpi tation in 24 hours ending 6:30 P.

M. yes terday. 0: total amount since Jan. 1 27.91 inches; a ted departure from normal (excess), S38 inches. closed to Berlin-bound since Friday.

Only at BIDDLES IN YACHT Anthony J. Drexel Biddle (left) and his wife stand at the scene of an explosion Sunday of the yacht Halycon in which Maj. Gen. Vernon E. Prichard, Army public relations chief, was killed.

The yacht -exploded at a dock in Washington, D. C. Four other persons were hospitalized. Witnesses credited former Ambassador Biddle with a heroic job of rescue. (A.

P. Wirephoto.) 17-Day Heat Wave Ends in Terre Predicted for Several Days A 17-day heat wave officially ended yesterday as Terre Haute- ans, their brows less perspired and corned with open arms the weather- humid weather for the next few days. The thermometer, which had not failed to climb at least to 88 de- Watches Helpless As Wife Is Slain Paralyzed War Vet Powerless to Act MADISON, July middle aged carpenter oday confessed slaying a Madison woman while her paralyzed World War I veteran husband watched lelplessly, Police Chief Bruce Weatherly announced. George King, 44 years old, made he admission to two Madison detectives around noon today, the chief said. He will be formally arraigned on a charge of first degree murder tomorrow morning Superior Court.

Weatherly said King confessed to killing Mrs. Sadie Jackson, 45, an attractive roadhouse waitress, ''because of jealously." THE MADISON carpenter denied the crime this morning wbsn he was subjected to a lie test Later in the day four witnesses to the crime identified him at a police showup and King confessed shortly afterwards to the police, Weatherly said. King has not yet signed his confession, Weatherly said. The crime occurred last night while the woman's paralyzed veteran husband, Julius, sat in a car, unable to help his wife. Weatherly said King admitted he trailed the pair from a Madison hotel to a delicatessen, where he waited for Mrs.

Jackson and shot her with a revolver. 4 POLICE said an investigation revealed that King and Mrs. Jackson had "been seen together steadily" since June, 1948, when they first met District Attorney Robert Arthur Mrs. Jackson apparently had been trying to "ditch" King and that enraged him. Jackson told police King had accosted him and his wife Saturday night but both told-him to go away.

King was halted by two deputy sheriffs and captured early this morning while' heading out oi town in his son-in-law's car. He hid the gun in the son-in- law's garage and later told officials where it had been cached. They recovered it this afternoon Invoke Emergency Powers in Strike Act to Break British Stevedore Walkout BY CARTER L. DAVIDSON LONDON, July labor government cracked down on striking London dockers oday by proclaiming a state of national emergency. The cabinet moved soldiers, sailors and marines into the strikebound dock area.

Nineteen sweep- ng regulations were issued to break the crippling two-week strike of stevedores that has prevented unloading of 112 ships at he Thames River docks. It was the first time since the big general strike of 1926 that a state of emergency had been proclaimed to quell a labor dispute. CHE DRASTIC action was ordered the Labor cabinet headed by 'rime Minister Attlee, who had charged was fomented Communists. He described it as "Communist wrecking tactics" hinder Britain's fight for economic recovery. The wildcat strike has been hurting dollar-short Britain two ways: Most of the tied-up ships had bad- y-needed food and raw export cargoes to be sold abroad for dollars had been piling up on the The emergency decrees go into effect at midnight tonight and give he government broad powers to get the ships moving.

THEY PERMIT the drafting of but not strikers to unload the ships. Police and troops are authorized to arrest without warrants anyone they suspect of trying to block work in the dock area. Just what specific measures the government would take under the emergency decrees probably wouldn't be clear until they become effective tomorrow. Although only 10,222 of London's 25,000 dockers joined the wildcat strike movement, other workers threatened sympathy strikes as the government moved to crush it. Tally clerks at the Royal Dock See BRITISH STRIKE On Page 2, Column 5 Airlift Plane Crashes FRANKFURT, Germany, July 12.

(Tuesday.) An American C-54. airlift plane crashed in the Rus sian zone near Berlin early today United States Air Force headquar ters said this morning. grees since June 23 and on eight days during the heat wave lingered in the 90's, rose only to 87 degrees yesterday. however, for the humidity as much as the heat was responsible for the uncomfortableness of local citizens for almost the last three weeks. YESTERDAY the humidity also suffered a setback.

Usually soaring to between 50 and 60 per cent in the during the heat wave, yesterday's humidity was only 36 per cent at 3:30 o'clock. The Weather Bureau forecast possible scattered showers beginning tomorrow night and continuing Thursday. However, after that, it is possible that Terre Hauteans will be in for increased humidity and another heat wave. Yesterday's relief from the heat and humidity came from a high pressure area in the northwest, explained O. E.

Moery, chief meteorologist. He said that during the heat wave winds were from a high pressure area in the southeast. Yesterday's high of 87 degrees was set at 2:30 o'clock in the afternoon and continued through 5:30 o'clock. temperatures Yesterday's lower followed a long- awaited night suited for comfortable sleeping. BETWEEN SUNDAY night and early yesterday morning the thermometer hit a low of 60 degrees.

By 6 o'clock yesterday morning the temperature only 65 degrees. Sunday night's and early yesterday morning's low temperatures were accompanied by high See HEAT On Page 2, Column 6 Steel Dispute To Truman as Strike Nears Conciliator Reports Complete Deadlock On Wages, Pensions; Goes to White House BY HAROLD W. WARD WASHINGTON, July I. O. President Philip Murray said tonight after fruitless government-called peace talks that he will recommend that 500,000 C.

I. steelworkers strike this week-end. After a conference with Federal Conciliation Director Cyrus S. Ching, Murray reported a "complete deadlock." He hinted that only presidential intervention will avert a walkout in the basic industry. Murray, who has.

made demands for an unspecified wage increase and pension benefits, said he will recommend a nation-wide strike when his union's policy committee meets in -Pittsburgh tomorrow. THE C. I. O. CHIEF said the first 500,000 workers would walk out at midnight Friday and at midnight Saturday, depending upon contract dates.

They would be followed, by another estimated 500,000 more union workers as their contracts expire between July 16 and next October. The 6-foot 7-inch Ching immediately moved to bring about presidential intervention. He told reporters he was reporting at once to the White House that Murray and the representatives of United States Steel Corporation and five other major steel producers were completely deadlocked and that mediation efforts had been exhausted. MURRAY SAID "If no agreement is arrived at between now and Saturday," he would recommend 1 "that our people should discontinue work until a satisfactory contract is reached." John A. Stephens, vice president See STEEL On Page 2, Column 3 Truman Abandons Tax Hike Drive and Asks Congress Act to Combat Recession C.

I. Economist Nathan Insists Corporations Can Boost Wages WASHINGTON, July C. I. O. today received a report from Economist Robert R.

Nathan asserting that "corporations as a whole can afford substantial wage increases." The report was made public at a big luncheon for newspaper and radio correspondents, with labor and management leaders in the audience. Nathan, former War Production Board adviser, is now a private economist and was retained by the C. I. O. to make the report.

NATHAN made a similar report for the C. I. O. two years ago which became an important factor in the labor organization's bid for fourth round wage increases "are definitely in the interest of both labor and business and especially in the interest of the nation." The economist said that the average wage earner has no more buying power than in the middle of 1946. a postwar wage increase.

This time Nathan said HIGHWAY DEATHS, DRUNKEN DRIVING ARRESTS TOP'48 INDIANAPOLIS, July (UP) Fatalities on Indiana highways and drunken driving arrests were far ahead of last year's figures during the first part of 1949, State Police statistics disclosed today. State Police Superintendent Arthur M. Thurston said 879 highway arrests were made in the first four months of the year, representing nearly a 43 per cent increase over the period last year, when 615 arrests were made. Police records showed an 8 per cent jump in fatal highway mishaps 397 deaths between January and the end of May. "There is no place for the intoxicated driver on the highways," Thurston said.

He added if the arrests for drunken driving continue to increase at the present rate, "final figures will top the 2,209 arrests in 1948 by almost 1,000." China's Chiang, Philippines' Quirino Call for. Asiatic Anti-Red Front BY RODOLFO NAZAKENO BAGUIO, Philippines, July (Tuesday) (UP) Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek left for Formosa early today after discussing with Philippine President Elpidio Quirino ways and means of combatting the Communist menace in the Far East. The two government leaders, after two days of conferences which ended yesterday, called upon Far Eastern countries to unite at once in a Pacific union against Communism. AUTHORITATIVE sources said they agreed that China, the Philippines and Korea would initiate formal establishment of the anti- Red alliance. Eventually they hope the United States, Australia and Japan will join.

Chiang began his homeward journey at 9:27 A. M. He flew to Florida Blanca Airbase in Pam- panga Province aboard Quirino's port'after the two had been closeted for some 20 minutes in the guest house. At the Florida Blanca Airbase The fate of the crew was not private plane. Quirino accom- immediately determined.

Ipanied Chiang to the Baguio Air- b. Chiang transferred to his own four-engined transport for the oversea flight to Formosa. A HIGH official source said that in the final analysis the Pacific Union countries would depend on the United States for moral and material aid if the union is to be successful. It is now based chiefly on economic collaboration. Philippine Under Secretary for Foreign Affairs Felino Neri said that prospective members of the union would be contacted through diplomatic i and that an international conference would be necessary to formally set up the Congress Happily Drops Tax Boost Leaders See.

Truman On His New Program WASHINGTON, July (AP) quickly agreed today with President Truman on one thing a $4,000,000,000 tax increase is not in and gave the rest of his economic message a careful going-over. Administration leaders got then- heads together with Mr. Truman at once on his program designed to help get the country back on the 'upward trend. Emerging from the White House, House Speaker Rayburn, Democrat, Texas, said he expected passage of a minimum wage increase, a new farm bill, and extension of the reciprocal trade agreement RAYBURN said he expected the House to pass expansion of Social Security benefits but Senate Democratic leader Lucas said it was somewhat doubtful there would be time to complete action this session. Rayburn observed that repeal of the freight tax on goods would be popular.

The speaker foresaw complications for the proposed increase of unemployment compensation. He would not attempt to estimate the prospects for raising estate and gift taxes. Rayburn told Mr. Truman the House will try to get a farm bill passed this week. Mr.

Truman asked for "an improved program" of farm income supports. Any bill passed is generally expected to embrace some features of the Brannan farm plan which the administration urges. CAPITOL HILL and the nation had awaited the President's economic diagnosis anxiously because of the uncertainty of business prospects. A number of Congress members hailed the President's change-about on a general tax increase as a stimulant. Chairman Doughton, Democrat, North Carolina, of the House ways and means committee, which writes tax laws, observed that "A lot of people have been saying that the threat of a tax increase has crippled business.

It looks like this message gives business a green light." Chairman George, Democrat, Georgia, of the Senate finance committee said he too thinks the decision to drop plans for major tax increases will reassure business. Republicans indulged in some partisan snickers. Representative Halleck, Republican, Indiana, spoke of Mr. Truman's "belated conversion." He said the President has been behind schedule on "the economic facts of life" ever since the war. "It is not surprising, under the circumstances, that business cannot sell all it can produce," Nathan said.

TODAY'S report for the C. I. O. was very general in character. Tomorrow a special report for the United Steelworkers, which C.

I. O. President Philip Murray also heads, will be made public in Pittsburgh. The steel report will have a direct bearing on the negotiations between the C. I.

O. Steelworkers and the steel industry. Negotiations have broken off and a strike looms Friday midnight unless the government is able through conciliation efforts to head it off. Nathan made it clear that he did not believe all industries could raise wages uniformly. But his report added: "If there was ever a time when wages could be raised without increasing prices and when wage increases would not be likely to result in price increases, this is the time.

Auto Workers'Union Asks C. 1.0. Oust All Red-Dominated Unions BY CHRIS EDMONDS MILWAUKEE, July Spearheading labor's drive against Communists, the United Auto Workers today asked the parent C. I. O.

to oust all its affiliates dominated by party members. President Walter Reuther said the anti-Communist action, taken at his union's twelfth convention, is "the strongest ever adopted by a C. I. O. union." The vote was almost unanimous among the 2,400 delegates.

THE RESOLUTION asked the national C. I. O. convention at Cleveland to revoke the charters of all affiliates dominated by Reds, claiming such unions had failed to organize workers within their jurisdiction. Organizing committees should be set up, too, said the resolution, to bring into the C.

I. O. fold workers it said were betrayed by Communist Party line leadership. The administration gained victory in passage of a resolution to continue efforts to bring about a merger with "all workers in the agricultural implement field." The measure was aimed at the left-wing Farm Equipment Workers' Union. The F.

I. O. has defied the C. I. O.

executive board's order to join forces with the auto workers. Eleven C. I. O. unions have been listed by national officers as under Red domination, three of United Office and Professional Workers, the United Public Workers and the Food and Tobacco singled out by Reuther as the ones which had fallen down most in organizing.

PASSAGE of the measure was a major triumph for Reuther. The red-haired U. A. W. chieftain urged a similar drive at last year's union.

Chiang and Quirino held one meeting Sunday and two today. A JOINT statement issued by them See ASIA On Page 2, Column 8 'Cat Burglar' Gets $209,600 Jewels July "Cat" burglar robbed Sir Bernard and Lady Docker of $209,600 worth of jewelry over the week end, in the largest theft in England in a quarter of a century, it was announced today. The jewelry was stolen from Mayfair House, wartime residence of Gen. Dwight Sir Bernard and his one of Britain's couples, were away at their country for the week end. RICHMOND'S FIRE CHIEF FLUNKS AT MONKEY-CATCHING RICHMOND, July were monkeyshines in Richmond today.

They involved a monkey that escaped last week from a carnival, the Richmond fire chief, Leslie Williams, and the chief's new Panama hat. A housewife reported that the fugitive monkey was on the front porch of her home. The fire chief responded to her entreaties to get the creature away from her house. When Williams arrived the monkey was sitting atop a fence. Williams shied his broad brimmed Panama at it hoping to entrap it but the monkey took off with the hat.

The hat was found an hour later in a nearby field but the monkey had disappeared. C. I. O. convention, but it did no materialize.

Today's action gavi him renewed fuel for use at the Cleveland convention next Oc tober. The U. A. with 1,000,000 members, is the Urges C. I.

O. affiliate. The resolution as adopted wa: a majority report. A one-man minority report asked only con demnation of officers and mem bers "who take their instruction from the Communist Party." Check on Trusties To Stop Banditry Dowd Acts After Two Admit Holdup MICHIGAN CITY, July 11 Dowd, who resumed the wardenship of the In diana State Prison last April, said today that since taking over has put into effect more strict su pervision of the trusted inmates. Dowd told of the clamp-down on trusties as he disclosed how tw of them had been implicated in the $4,000 holdup of a Montgom ery Ward store here last Decem ber.

Police Chief Roscoe Stephenson announced- last Friday that the twi trusties, Walter Gump, 27 year old, of Muncie and Leo F. Stum baugh, 31, of El Paso, 111., had signed statements admitting the DOWD, who served previously a warden, but was -ousted during th administration of former Governo Ralph F. Gates, returned as war den April 16 under an appoint ment made by Governor Schricker Since his return, Dowd said, system had been put into effec whereby trusties are checked every 45 minutes. Other special check are made without warning, he said "As far as the Gump-Stumbaug: case is concerned," Dowd said, "i indicates negligence for which there is no excuse." The warden said the location the prison within the metropoli tan area of Michigan City must be blamed for some difficulties supervision. "BETTER penology calls for loca tion of a state prison in a more remote area where the activities of inmates can be better observed," the warden said.

He also blamed "outsiders" fo some of the difficulties in ban dling inmates. He said person passing the prison either out sympathy or curiosity often stop See TRUSTIES On Page 2, Column 8 New 'Tremendous' Crops Forecast, Second Only to Production of 1948 BY OVID A. MARTIN WASHINGTON, July season of "tremendous" farm production topped by a near record crop of livestock feed well on its way, the Agriculture Department reported today. If today's official estimates are borne out, this year's crop volume would be the second largest in history, exceeded only by last year's. The outlook would have pointed to perhaps a new record except for a sharp reduction in wheat prospects during the past month.

Bad weather and plant diseases cut the official estimate for wheat about 148,000,000 bushels below last month's forecast of 1,335.000,000. THIS REDUCTION just about eliminated the possibility of rigid marketing quotas on next year's wheat crop. Secretary of Agricul ture Brannan had said that if the crop held fairlj close to las month's estimate, he would be re quired under farm law to invoke controls to hold down production in 1950. However, no formal decision on quotas is expected be fore tomorrow. Despite this reduction in th wheat crop, it still would be a big fact the third largest record and 20 per cent above aver age.

It would more than fill prospective domestic and export needs In addition, there is a carryove of about 300,000,000 bushels from last year. However, it is quite likely tha Brannan will' put acreage allot ments in effect for wheat nex year. They are much less restric tive in their effect on production than are quotas. Allotments wouli be designed to get the 1950 whea acreage below 70,000,000 acre See CROPS On Page 2, Column 5 Concedes Now Is No Time to Hike Levies, Lays Down 11-Point Economic Program BY ROGER D. GREENE WASHINGTON, July Truman today abandoned his oft-repeated demand for a $4,000,000,000 tax boost Instead le called for an 11-point program to combat the recession and produce a stable, "abundant" economy.

The President also laid down a temporary policy of deficit financ- ng (operating in the red) by refusing to permit slashes in federal spending on foreign aid, defense or social services. IN A MESSAGE the President sent to Congress along with the midyear report of his Council of Economic Advisers, the two key sentences were these: "No major increases In taxes should be undertaken at this time." "We cannot expect to achieve a budget surplus in a declining national economy." Mr. Truman was cautiously cheerful. He emphasized that while there has been a "moderate downward trend" in business, there are no signs indicating a repetition of the black economic picture of the 1930s. "The United States economy is the strongest and most productive the world has ever known," Mr.

Truman said. "We can achieve within a few years a national output well over $300,000,000,000 (a fifth higher than today's status) THE WHITE HOUSE announced that Mr. Truman will carry his economic ideas to the nation by radio on Wednesday night, July 13. His address will go over all four major networks and on television at 8:30 P. M.

Central Standard Time. Press Secretary Charles G. Ross told newsmen that Mr. Truman made his decision to make a frank talk to the nation a few hours after he sent his report to Congress. Mr.

Truman's legislative prescription included repeal of the tax on the transportation of goods, increases in estate and gift taxes, and a liberalization of some corporation tax laws. Most of his other proposals had a familiar ring. They included public planning for the future, as preparedness for a possible darkening of the economic picture; also, the Brannan farm plan, expansion of social security and jobless pay, and extended GI benefits. SCRAPPED were Mr. Truman's old demands for inflation controls, such as standby powers to curb prices and wages.

But he struck out at Congress for not granting these powers during the recent boom, and for not cutting income taxes. This failure, he said, was now haying its adverse effect. From Capitol Hill and New York's financial district the reaction to Mr. Truman's message was favorable in. large part particularly over his dropping of a tax increase.

But there was some grumbling that the message still smacked too much of a "welfare state." Labor unions found something See TRUMAN On Page 2, Column 5 Danny Polo, Noted Clarinetist Dies Danny Polo, 47 years old, considered one of the greatest clarinet players of all time, died at 11:05 o'clock last night at the Illinois Masonic Hospital, Chicago, of hemorrhages induced by a peptic ulcer. His home was at Clinton. Ind. Polo was playing with Claude ThornhiU's Orchestra at the Edgewater Beach Hotel and appeared in Sunday's performances. He was taken suddenly ill yesterday morning and removed to the hospital, but repeated blood transfusions failed to save his life.

Polo appeared with many the country's name bands and for 14 years played in Europe. He was especially acclaimed in London and Paris and for many years played clarinet with the famed Ambrose Orchestra in London. His clarinet music has been issued by a recording company in an individual album. He has appeared in several of the Thornhill bands and joined the present orchestra at the beginning of this season's tour. His survivors include a widow, a sister in Chicago and other relatives who make their hbme in Clinton.

U. S. Tax Revenue Off INDIANAPOLIS, July 11. Indiana collector of internal revenue reported today a .58 per cent decline federal tax collections in Indiana last year, the first such decline since World War II. Ralph W.

Cripe, Indiana tax chief, said the decrease was the result of tax reductions passed by Congress in 1947 and which became effective in May, 1948. THIRTEEN DAYS WITHOUT A TRAFFIC DEATH TOLL TO DATE: City Co. Ttl. 9-11 29 Vff 8 4 1(1 UIIDT 117 278 128.