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mf TRIBUM EYMOORBA -12Pages Today- Section One pages 1 to 8) Tha Weetheir Nut oo -eokt-io- night. light snow ih ex- -M trwat -portion, in iifcn' inmir il MBeMLaeie rcn rvn ow rii OJ 0 imioju LTD ram fill bj 1 special Pilots Fight Dwindling Fuel, Wind, In 14l2 Hour Hawaii-New York Flight Sadistic Torture Tale A Hoax, Girl Admits Beach, Feb: 28 (A) A pretty high school girl's 45 to 38 Vote Rejects Move Britain Wants U. S. to Assist Greece, Rumor runway of the big airport as the Betty Jo zoomed in, prepared for Work Starts In Rewiring Hospital Here Original Building and Nurses' Home Annex" Is Rewired to Prevent Possibility of Fire ury Is Called for Trial Opening Bartholomew Judge Calls 75 for Monday, 100 for Tuesday in Teen-Age Murder Case Special venires of jurymen have been called for Monday in Bar Four Teams to Play Tonight BULLETIN Browmtown 31; Crothertrille 32 (FinaiU A near capacity crowd is expected tonight at the Shields Memorial Gymnasium for the third session of the annual sectional high school- basketball tournament. Tampico will oppose Vallonia in tonight's first game at 7 o'clock.

Doors will open at 6:30 o'clock, with the northwest door opening 15 minutes earlier for season ticket holders. At 8:15 o'clock tonight, Freetown and Seymour will clash. They were the winners in the first games of the tourney played Thursday night. Complete information on those contests will be found on Page 10 of today's Tribune. Winners of the Brownstown-Crothersville contest and the Clearspring-Medora game this afternoon will play at 1:15 o'clock Saturday afternoon.

tholomew Circuit Court at Colum-J Tlf F) bus, for the opening of the teefrNllOtOriSlS IlllSll age murder trial in which two youths will be tried for the slaying of Officer Herbert Smith, formerly stationed at the Seymour state police post, who was fatally shot near Shelbyville several weeks ago as he was taking four young people to court for a minor traffic violation. Judge George W. Long has ordered 75 prospective jurymen called for the- opening day of the trial, Monday, and at the same limp, he ordered 100 more called for Tuesday. Attorneys Get Ready Attorneys for the two, -William Francis 17, and William Virgil Johnson, 17, both of Evans-vine, arrived in Columbus Thursday. Vincent Kelley, of Anderson, Price's attorney, arrived Thursday morning.

It was announced that William H. Dobbins. Columbus attorney, has been retained as a member of the defense staff. Other defense attorneys are Emmanuel H. Baugh and Charles Eichsl of Evansville In Indianapolis Thursday, Col.

Robert Rossow, state police superintendent, denied charges that third degree methods were used to get confessions from Price and Johnson, and their teen-age girl companions. Vera Hornback of Anderson, nd Mary Ruth-Ward of EvansviUe. No Third Dear Col. Rossow said the four were not subjected to so-called third New York, Feb. 28 iP The Betty Jo, army P-82 fighter, com-, pleted a non-stop flight from Honolulu at 10:06 a.

m. today in approximately 14 hours and 31 minutes. Just two minutes and 44 seconds after the twin-engine fighter roar-' ed out of a Jslue sky over La-Guardia field, it made a perfect landing at 10:08:44 a. m. It took off from Hickman Field, Honolulu, at 7:35 p.

m. night. Emergency equipment lined the To Buy Plates State Police Ordered To Arrest Offenders After Midnight Seymour automobile drivers, faced with arrest after midnight tonight for driving with 1946 license plates, began the last minute rush at the Seymour License Bureau this afternoon. Bruce K. Combs, manager of the license bureau branch here, reported this morning that approximately 3,000 sets of plates have been sold this year, of an expected total of 4,000.

Sales were heavy Thursday afternoon, Mr. Combs said, with between 175 and 200 purchased. He expects to sell at least that many this afternoon. Sales were light this morning, he said, because most people wait until after noon to buy their plates. A lot of congestion has been avoided this year because of the extension of 1946 operator's permits for an extra year, thus eliminating the necessity for selling those.

For that reason, the staff of three has been, able to license plate sales without additional help. The bureau will be open Sat urday for sales to motorists who do not make their purchases by deadline. I Warning to drivers to have meir piaies on oy miamgni was.is sued at Indianapolis by Col. Robert Rossow, state police superintendent, when he issued instructions to state police to begin arrests tonight. In issuing the instructions.

Col. Rossow pointed out that motorists have had two full months in which to make the purchase. Mrs. Lydia Speiker Dies After Illness Mrs. Lydia Speiker, 43, a life long resident of Jackson county, died late Thursday afternoon at the Shady Lawn Sanitarium, near Columbus.

She had been ill for the past two and one-half years Mrs. Speiker, who lived at 707 South Chestnut street, was a na tive of Wegan and was the daughter cf the late John and Louise Stuckwisch Haman. She spent all of her life in this county and was married October 20, 1928, at Wegan, to Elmer B. Speiker. who survives.

She was a member of the Wegan Lutheran Church and enjoyed the acquaintance and es-tesm of a host of friends who mourn her death. Besides the husband, she is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Albert Wischmeier, of Sauers and Miss Clara Haman, of Chicago. Funeral services will- be conducted Monday but, definite arrangements will be announced later. ends may call at the Zabel Funeral Home at Brownstown.

decree methods to obtain For Utilities Senate Refers Liquor Reform to Committee Following Passage in Bitter House Fight Indianapolis, Feb. 28 (P) -The House today rejected a bill calling for compulsory arbitration of labor disputes in public utilities by a vote of 45 to 38. While the House was turning down the measure, oppon- -ents called "anti-labor," the Senate turned to the governor's liquor reform bill, passed in the. House Thursday after the bitterest fight of the Assembly. Rep.

George Edick (R-Plain-fleldt, author of the arbitration bill, said: "It provides machinery to protect the public. The time has come when the public must be protected." Rep. Clyde Hunter "(R-Gary) called the bill Statutes Adequate "Indiana has adequate statutes to cover all labor disputes," he declared. "If we had officials who had anything in their backs but rubber we wouldn't heed more labor, legislation." The bill, which failed to get the majority needed for passage, may be reconsidered by a vote of the House. The Senate today received the liqiibr bHl.

and referred it to the Public Policy committee. There was no indication when it would 1 be brought out fortvote. Although serious opposition to the bill melted away after Gov. Ue demanded its-passage at a majority caucus Thursday, the measure is. expected to be 'the center of a Senate scrap.

The bill was passed by a vote of 69 to 17 in the House, 18 more than a constitutional majority. It had been held up for 24 hours by Republican leaders when its out come looked uncertain. However, when the bill was handed down for final reading only one House member spoke in opposition." The Democratic minority of. 12, voted solidly for the measure as did the "dry" element Gov. Gates made an unprece-.

dented appearance before the majority caucus Thursday and, banging the table, shouted: "This bill must pass." He spent only a short time with the group and then strode from the room while the legislators dis cussed the measure. Henley Leads Fight i Majority leader George Henley of Bloomington led the fight otr the floor in support of the bill. "There is a strange affinity be- (Continued on page 4, column 8) Navy Dock Burns At Pearl Harbor Pearl Harbor, Feb. 28 The navy sought to find the cause today bf a flash fire which swept huge Pearl Harbor dock sent 25 firefighters to the hospital and laid a smoke pall over the giant base. I Damage was expected to run into hundreds of thousands of dollars, and it might have mounted lar higher but for 500 navy and marine fire-fighters who confined Thursday's blaze to a quar-.

ter-mile-long wooden dock. At the height of the roaring fire, civilian workers moved more thari. 5.000 tons of supplies to a place of safety when the flames licked close to" the adjacent warehouse area. Fire broke out without warning In the otl-slick "waters ttetween the dock and the supply ship Oberon at 10:45 a. m.

and within a few minutw had raced the IienglHU-ot Ihft doc, oil tne JSUR- marine side of the yard. Crews of the Oberon and the nearby Ifestroyer tender Sierra got their ships under way quickly and story of being abducted, bound, gagged, partly disrobed and tured was labeled a hoax today by Joseph Kennick, director of the police juvenile bureau. The girl, Jacquelyn Mae Stang, 17, was found Wednesday night by a passing motorist. Juvenile authorities said she told. them, a man accosted her and she lost consciousness.

The officers said she related that when she regained consciousness the man was scratching her, laughing fiendishly and then burned her with a cigarette. Kennick said that during questioning discrepancies were found in her story and she finally admitted she had burnt herself and bound herself with strips of her clothing. The girl, daughter of a Long Beach business Jnan, was ordered held in the detention home pending further investigation. R. R.

Car Wrecked At Fatal Curve Pullman Tears Loose, Porter Where "Red Arrow" Crashed Gallitzin, Feb. 2oV-iP) The last car of the Pennslyvanla Railroad's New York-to-Texas "Sunshine Special" tore loose from the train at the peak of the Alleghenies in pre-dawn darkness today, careened wildly down the mountainside and plowed into an embankment, killing a pullman porter and injuring 11 passengers. The 'car, racing backward for three and a. half remained on the tracks until it reached Ben- ningten, curve exact spot where the PRft's "Red Arrow, wrecked 10 days ago and killed 24 persons. Striking the bend of the treach- erous curve, the sitter's wheels flew off the tracks amid screams of occupants and the car plowed into a dirt embankment, The victim of the crash today (Continued on page 6, column 8) Edward Heacock, '75, -Dies at Soirs Home Edward Heacock.

75, died at the home of his son, Herbert H. Heacock, 605 West Brown street, late Thursday night." He had been ill since last October 16. Mr. Heacock was a native of Scott county, where he was born October 14. 1871.

He had been a resident of Jackson county for the past 64 years. He was married August 11, 1895, in Scott county, to Amanda Mitchell, who died February 29, 1920. In 1926, he was married at Brownstown to Anna Herzog. who died February 10, 1942. Mr.

Heacock was a re-tired lumberman and enjoyed the acquaintance of a wide circle of friends who mourn his death. He is survived by seven children: Mrs. William Prather, Mrs. Marjorie Jacquot. of Cincinnati, Ohio; Stanley Heacock, of Scotts-burg; Francis Heacock, of Indianapolis; Herbert H.

Heacock and Donald Heacock, both of Seymour; and Mrs, John Charlton, of Scottsburg. A daughter, Mrs. Ida Downs, preceded him in death: Seven grandchildren and one great grandchild also survive. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon from the Voss Mortuary with the Rev. Edwin F.

Shake, pastor of the FirM Methodist Church, in charge. Bunal in Riverview Cemetery. Friends may- call at the Voss Mortuary after 7 o'clock tonight. Henry Wichinan, 83, Dies at Indianapolis, nem j' WJjrxwflL many years resident of the Whit! LreeK vicinity, died this morning at the home of a daughter, Mrs. trad operated a farm at White Creek, and in years had lived with a half-sister.

Mrs. Frank-Fill, in Seymour, andl the daughter at Indianapolis Other survivors include two sons, Virgil and Frank W'ichman at Indianapolis, two daughters, Mrs. Pauline Burnlohr and Mrs. Bernie Wood at Indianapolis, and daughter. Miss Phoehe Wichman in New ork Funeral services will be conducted at 10:30 o'clock morning from the Sterling Funeral Home at 1422 Prospect street, Indianapolis, an emergency landing.

The pilot, Lt. Col. Robert E. Thacker of El Centro, and co-pilot, Lt. John M.

Ard of Ingle-wood, won a daring bid a-gainst 65-mile headwinds over Pennsylvania! and dangerously fuel tanks to reach their New York objective. "We're going to take a. shot at New York," they said by radio over western Pennsylvania. An hour later they hit their mark. The Betty Jo is a new type long-range fighter which looks like two P-51 Mustang fuselages built into a single wing.

The plane was named after Col. Thacker's wife. The log of the Betty Jo as she roared eastward read like the flight of a magic carpet. Over the Pacific she traveled (Continued on page 3, column 3) U. S.

Flying Boats Speed to Rescue In Bolivia Flood West Palm Beach, Feb. 28 (P) The army today sent a rescue squadron of four flying boats speeding toward the town of Trinidad, in northern Bolivia, where upward of 3,000 persons were reported clinging to treetops, roofs and debris in imminent danger of drowning in a flood. On direct orders from Washington, the Fifth Emergency Rescue Squadron under command of Capt. Banta M. York took to the air on short notice and sped across the Caribbean sea.

Four Catalina flying boats capable, of in floodwaters make up the squadron. The word, from Washington was that Trinidad, a town of 8,000 at a confluence of two rivers, was completely under water and that a majority of its inhabitants had been trapped. The squadron was to alight at Balboa, Canal Zone, to refuel and for further orders before hopping to Bolivia. (United States army headquarters in Panama, dispatched a p54 transport plane for La Paz Thursday with life rafts and life vests to be dropped in the flood zone.) Late reports said the water was rising and that the only dry land in town was a plot about 30 by 1.050 feet near the main square. The people were reported clinging to treetops and roofs.

Final Arguments in Court Jury Trial Arguments were being given to-day in the trial of Raymond Shirley, of Crothersville, charged with second offense, drunken driving, which started Thursday before a jury in Jackson Circuit Court at Brownstown. The trial was adjourned late Thursday afternoon to reconvene this morning. Hate Bill Signed Indianapolis, Feb. 28 (P) Hate organizations were outlawed In Indiana today by a bill which was signed by Gov. Ralph F.

Gates. Organizations and members guilty of spreading hatred "by reason of race, color or religion against any person" now are subject to a prison term up to two years and a fine up to $10,000. offer is good only for one day. Remittances received after March 8 will not be accepted. Persons who will be out of the city on Saturday may call at the office or their rarriAf urhn will Hliv.

ef-the'; eceipt1 forms will be issued. Bargain Day remittances are accepted with the understanding that, if because of the newsprint shortage or for other reasons over which The Tribune has no control, it is impossible to make delivery of the, paper during any part of the year, subscribers will be rebated for such period on the basis of the $8 rate. Carriers will endeavor to make a thorough canvass of their routes before Saturday, March 8, but if any subscriber should miss the carrler'remittance may be left at the office on or before March 8. Secret Conference at White House Believed To Have Assuming Obligation Washington, Fb. Brit ain, her domestic economy near the breaking point, was reported in congressional and diplomatic quarters today to have proposed that the United States take over her commitments in Greece on a large scale.

Although there was no White House confirmation, this was understood to have been the subject at least in part of a highly secretive White Housc conference Thursday among President Tru man, his diplomatic advisers, and key legislators. One source said that the United States would issue a statement soon on what part, if any, it would assume in helping bolster the shaky Greek government, in London, a foreign office spokesman said British and United States discussions were un derway in Washington on the problem of continuing the economic and military obligations in strife-torn Greece now borne by Britain. (The spokesman implied ons aspect of the talks was the continued provision of foreign currency with which Greece could purchase arms and military equipment. Commitment Ends Soon (The discussions, he addd, a-rose out of the ending March 31, of Britain's commitment to maintain the Greek armed forces. The same spokesman, said he saw no prospects of U.

S. military forces being snt to tha country after Britain's forces get out (Other government sources said Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin was planning to withdraw Britain's remaining 10,000 troops from Greece the next thr.ee months.) It was learned from diplomats irt' Washington that the whole (Continued on page 5, column 3) Senate Group Rejects Clapp Washington, Feb. 28-nyP The Senate Public Works committee voted 7 to 5 today to reject the nomination of Gordon Clapp as a director of the Tennessee Valley Authority. Chairman Revercomb (R-W. Va.) announced the committee's action bul declined to say how individual members voted in the closed meeting.

Revercomb said, however, that he voted for confirmation of Clapp, now general manager of the authority. 4 Clapp was named to succeed David E. Lilienthal, who has been nominated for chairmanship of the Atomic Energy Commission. Th nomniation was opposed in prolonged hearings by Senator McKellar (D-Tenn.) on grounds that Clapp permitted communistic activities among TV A employes. Clapp denied any connection whatever with' the Communist party or any sympathies withs its principles.

Revercomb said the committee's "unfavorable report" on President Truman's nomination of Clapp would go to the Senate "promptly." Communists Penetrate Suburbs Nanking, Feb. 28 (AV The roar Tf battle echoed through Changchun's su.burbs- today as fast- striking Communist forces penetrated to within 10 miles of the Manchunan capital, govern meWsfcKeSl Accounts from the field reach ing Nanking declared government troops defending the capital had slowed the drive bv throwing planes from bases at Mukden into the struggle. Gen. Lin Piao, Communist commander in hurling an estimated 250,000 men, supported by a sprinkling of tanks, into the offensive, aimed at Changchun from three directions." Ta Kang Pao, organ of the ex treme right wing of Chiang Kai-Sheks Kuomintang party, asserted that the Communists were attack' ing Chang Chun's suburbs. The original building of Jackson County Schneck Memorial Hospital and the annex which formerly was used as a nurses' home are being rewired in order to meet the electrical fire code, it was announced today the monthly meeting of the hospital board Thursday night at the hospital, which opened with a dinner.

Rewiring of the annex which formerly was the nurses' home has been completed and work was to be started today on rewiring the original hospital building. The rewiring is being done in order to eliminate any possible danger of fire at the hospital, it was stated by hospital officials. Quarters in Attic The former nurses' home has been used for some time for private rooms for patients, the building providing eight private rooms. Quarters for the hospital superintendent now are being made in the attic of the nurses' home. Dormer windows are being built for the attic on the east, south and north side to make the quarters better for the occupancy of (he superintendent, who must beJ available at all times.

Monthly Report Mad At the board meeting, Mrs. A. E. Hubbard, superintendent, reported that 253 patients were admitted at the hospital during the past month, which ended February 25, and that 88 births were recorded there during the same period. The usual supplies were purchased during the month to maintain and keep the hospital up to standard, Mrs.

Hubbard reported. Inside painting and wall washing was continued at the hospital throughout the month. T3ift notes were sent, it was reported, to the Jackson County Infantile Paralysis Chapter for its presentation of valuable equipment for hospital and polio use and to the WLS Neighbors Club for two new table model radios which will be used wherever needed. A new electric iron also has been given the hospital, it was reported. Admissions Up 20 Per Cent Attention was called to an article in which the Council on Professional Practice reported 60 per cent more patients were admitted in hospitals in the United States in 1945 than during 1940, and that they were taken care of with 65 per cent of the hours per nurse that the hospitals used to have.

Schneck Memorial Hospital admitted 20 per cent more patients (Continued on page 6, column 6' J.RJIitchell Has Broken Back J. R. Mitchell, of West Lafay ette, former principal of Shields High School and now assistant professor of education in charge of teacher placement at Purdue University, is suffering with a broken back at a hospital in La fayette where he was taken after he was injured Monday night in the collapse of bleachers at the Purdue- Wisconsin basketball game. Mr. Mitchell will be in a special jacket for two months and it will probably be a year or more before he will be able to drive automobile, it is reported.

He also sustained a broken nose and facial Injuries but had the pres ence of mind to remove his glasses when' the collapse started, rela tives said. He was seated in the center section of the collapse sec- Uoi dhe-filU row iron the -toft and fell about JO moot. In addi- tlon to his Injuries, someone stole his overcoat during the confusion which followed. His daughter. Miss Betty Mitch TeHV- who was sitting beside him.

suffered a fractured pelvis and is being treated at the hospital. She got -up and walked way and Mr, Mitchell, who was unable to move, gave college youth the keys to his car so she could be taken home. She later was taken to the hospital. Mitchell's sistef, Mrs. Ray R.

Reach, Johnson street, has returned Irom visiting her brother in the hospital. E. Jennings Expires at Home Rites Saturday for Election Commission- Ex-Clerk-Treasurer er. L. E.

Jennings, 86, prominent local resident and a member of the Jackson county board of election commissioners, died Thursday night at his home, 623 North 'Walnut street. He had been ill for- the past three weeks and his condition had been critical during the past few days. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 o'clock- Saturday afternoon from the Voss Mortuary with Dr. A. A.

Cohn, pastor of the First Baptist Church, Mr charge. Burial in Riverview Cemetery, Friends may call at the Voss Mortuary after 7 o'clock tonight Mr. Jennings, who was a former clerk-treasurer of the City of Seymour, was born in Scott coun ty November 4, 1860, the son of Alva and Frances Bliss Jennings, He moved to Seymour 75 years ago and was married in this city February 23, 1888, to Mattie Burns, who survives. Mr. Jennings was a retired timber buyer and highway contrac tor and during his long residence here, became widely known.

He was a former employe of the Baltimore Ohio Railroad and was a member of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen. He had always been active in Democratic politics and was elected clerk-treasurer of Seymour three times, serving faithfully and efficiently during those twelve years in ot- (Continued on, page 6, column 6 Oscar Tobrocke, 73, Expires at Residence Oscar Tobrocke, 73, a resident of Seymour for the past 10 years, died at the home, 344 East street, Thursday night. He had been ill for the past two weeks. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon from the Church of the Nazarene with the Rev. C.

E. Stanley, pastor, in charge. Bur ial in Garland Brook Cemetery, Columbus. Friends may call at the home, 344 East street, after 7 o'clock to night. Mr.

Tobrocke; was a native of Jonesville, where he was born April 28, 1873, the son of the late Henry and Louise Miller To brocke. He was married December 13, 1892, at Houston to Susan Hill, who died September 9, 1937. On September 24, 1938, he was married at Brownstown to Mrs, MoITIe Henderson, who survives. Mr. Tobrocke was a member -of the Church of the Nazarene and was a retired railroad worker.

Many friends mourn his death. Besides the widow, he is survived by seven children: Mrs Carolina; Mrs. Charles Braden, of Columbus; Mrs. Henry Bogie, of Columbus; Mrs. Lorance Sterns, of Hyde Park, New York; Mrs.

Ethel Murray. of New Albany; Mrs. Ralph Klrby, of Columbus and Weldon Tobrocke, of Milan, Ind. Two brothers, Chester, of Indianapolis, and Frank, of Elgin, Oregon; a sister, Mrs. E.

Schewman, of Cincinnati, 14 grandchildren and three step-chil dren also survive Just unpacked smart prints, 93.99 to 18.99. Paris Style. I24eod slons. "I have it from officers in charge that there was no undue influence exerted in taking the statements," he said. "The prisoners talked freely to state policedetectives and to newspapermen present in the de partment's Indianapolis headquar ters." Col.

Rossow made the statement after it became known that defense attorneys for the two boys might charge coercion when their trial opens in court Monday. Lions Name Net Committee Here No program was planned for the regular meeting Thursday night of the Seymour Lions Club, due to the fact that most members wanted to get away early to attend the basketball games. President Sanford L. Beard opened the meeting, and announced that the club had been challenged to a basketball game by the Rotary club to be played at a date to be announced later. Lions E.

S. Cummins and H. Englehardt were appointed to arrange for a team and get them in practice. President Beard also called attention to the' coming on March 6 of Preston, the Magician, who will appear in Seymour under the auspices of the Lions club Preston, who is a world famous magician and hypnotist will appear-Hf the Shields High School auditorium for two performances on March 6. His first show will be at 3 o'clock in the afternoon for high school students, and their admission will be 35c.

The night performance will be at 7:30, and the admission will be 50c for children and $1 for adults. Weather Records Hare tet I MM, IMK vr sewten MNttUtM nd unofficial weather record! for Seymour tor the day. Th a p. m. tampcratura readinf la tram a downtown thermometer, a 4 It unofficial.

All other readings are the of WUlard N. Ever-hart Jr. govern ment weather ob-erver hero, and are Temperature! Official minimum ......................18 Official tnaximum Thursday 38 Reading at 2 p. m. J.7...

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Special Receipt Forms Remittances may be left at The Tribune office in advance of March 8, but all receipts carry that date. It is emphasized the out into the safe channel as we -flames spread along the oily waters, sending black smoke ulouds billowing. 7 Minimum Wage Eatablished Feh- 28 Paul Ramadier's cabinet ordered today that all wages "below 7,000 francs ($58.33 a month be brought up to that level by estsb-. lishing temporary Indemnities..