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THE INDIANAPOLIS STAR PAGE mm ara. jonn numenricnnuiut DeGaulle Pulls Blase Levels Once-Ornate Gaming House SUNDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1946 c. Amnesty For Jap Puppet In Philippines Predicted Daviess Crop Group Names Dove Head Washington, Dec 28 (Spl.) Harold R. Dove was elected president of the Daviess County Crop Improvement Association for 1947 at the annual meeting held here today. Neal Banta was elected vice president, and Roy H.

Smiley, secretary treasurer. Directors named were Earl Fegans, W. Frank Hardy, Thomas Auberry, Verlin Sims, Ralph Thompson, Henry VVichman, Charles Swick- vin Flint, and Lester H11L if Ex-Mayor Succumbs Evansville. Dec. 28 Funeral services for John W.

Boehne 90 years old, former congressman and mayor, wh died at his home here yesterday, will be held in his home Monday afternoon at 1:20 o'clock continued services at the Trinity; Lutheran Church at 2 p.m., th) Rev. Walter Brauer officiating Burial will be in the Lutheran Cemetery. Hat From Ring Don't Want Impotent Office, He Asserts By ROBERT C. WILSON Paris, Dec. 28 LV Charles De Gaulle declared today he did not choose to be a candidate for presidency of the French Fourth Republic because he did not want Manila, Dec.

28 Of) General amnesty for Puppet President Jose P. Laurel, his Japanese-occupation cabinet and 5.000 other Filipinos accused of collaboration will be recommended to President Manuel A. Roxas in the near future by the Philippines justice department. This was learned today on unimpeachable authority. Only yesterday the people's court indefinitely postponed Laurel's treason trial from Jan.

6 and left him free on $25,000 bail. The court, in operation 14 months, has completed only 100 cases. mm. i mMmmmmBmuummtmm, fays i ftwJ mwCf fa Ssry Wi'vL Only one of these was of any importance. ROXAS VIEWS on the amnesty plan, now being studied by Secretary of Justice- Roman Ozaeta, is' rot known, but sources close to the presidential palace said such a major action scarcely would be proposed without the president's prior-approval.

During the election campaign last spring, Roxas was accused by his opponent of having been a collaborator and personal adviser to whose fate he soon must decide. Besides Laurel, the accused collaborators who would be affected include Jorge B. Vargas, former "ambassador" to Tokyo; Benigno S. Aquino, former speaker of the CLOSED MONDAY SAVE 1, OOP Boldwin Cadence I V9 Japanese sponsored assembly; Claro M. Recito and Antonio de las Alas, Laurel's ministers of foreign affairs and finance, and a host of lessee officials.

All are free on "bail. The only onetime big shot con victed by the people's court was Teofilo Sison, justice secretary and Inspector general under the See Me New Japanese regime. He got life im This is all that remains of the once-ornate gambling casino that operated last summer Just north of the Marion County line. If you look closely yon can see how the rhromeplated tubular chairs and tables were destroyed in an uninsured $15,000 loss. (Star Staff Photo.) Baldwin Acrosonic Spinet! prisonment 10 months ago but has appealed to the: Supreme Court and is at liberty under 000 bail with no date set for a Gaming Feud Hinted lit Fire hearing.

i 'Monty' To Visit Moscow, British Reveal Officially Moscow, Dee. 28 (UP) Field to preside impotently over an impotent government. The 56-year-old leader of the wartime Free French thus wrote at least a temporary finish to a career that has made him at once one of the most respected, feared and hated men in France since Napoleon. His to remain in political retirement was announced In a 200-word written statement to the press. The republic's presidency is to be elected Jan.

16 by Parliament at The popular Republican Movement, second strongest party in Parliament, had, promised to support him for the presidency If he became a candidate. Recalling his previous condemnations of the constitution for its power conferred upon the parties and lack of it given into the hands of the executive, De Gaulle said: "I DO NOT believe, then, according to my conscience, that it would be well for me to serve the country by pretending to become the guarantor of a constitution which consecrates that regime and to preside, with impotence, over a state that is impotent." He became duly chosen leader of the Interim French government in 1945 but was unwilling to accommodate himself to endless party quarreling in his coalition cabinet and finally in 'disgust at politics resigned as provisional President last January. A public opinion Institute poll today showed only 34 per cent answered "Yes" to a recent question, "Do you want Gen. De Gaulle to return to power?" Fiftythree per cent answered "No" and 13 per cent gave no opinion. De Gaulle's withdrawal from the picture leaves Socialist.

Vincent Auriol as the only avowed candidate for President. Edouard THE SPECIAL PROSECUTOR, Lorenzo M. Tanada, has complained repeatedly of lack of witnesses, lack of investigators and postponements of trials. Recently ru ne said his problems were multi plied by the Philippines laws re "5t fht Rttt Thtn Buy quiring at least two witnesses to Immediate Delivery prove a case and delivery of wit nesses' nmes to the defense in -M" Value! Marshal Viscount Bernard Montgomery, chief of the imperial general staff and former British commander on the Western Front, will visit Moscow early In the New Year, it was announced oiH-daily today. Moscow papers said his visit was being made at the invitation of Marshal Alexander M.

Vassilev- The Greatest Spinet advance of trial. There have been no proved In stances of influencing such wit by Saving (ONLY $6i-7 a week I for 3 years -at- "A NATIONAL 7 SPECTOGRAPH FOR TESTED THE PERFECT PHOTOGRAPHED TOKES nesses, but Tanada charges that many have As precedents for wiping the sky, chief of staff of the Soviet combined forces. slate clean, Filipinos cite the re cent American amnesty for small- fry Nazis in Germany and the Philippines congressional action in absolving guerrillas of crimes iiiiim -iWKiiiiKX GRMID F1M10S This is the locked gate that led to a (ambling casino in Boone London, Dec. 28 (UP) Diplomatic sources said today that Field Marshal Viscount Montgomery will go to Moscow for one week late in January to Inspect army establishments and discuss general military affairs with officials there. committed in resisting the Japa nese.

County destroyed by fire early yesterday. A smashed padlock indi rated arson to the owner and may indicate the beginning of a struggle Amnesty teams are studying for existence in the gambling world. (Star Staff Photo.) the individual records of guer rillas accused of murder, robbery Pre-ownd--Re-condiiiond GUARANTEED! Known Makes! and other crimes to determine if they in this category. If Roxas approves amnesty for Retired Farmer Dies, Rites Tomorrow Martinsville, Ind.i Dec. 28 (Spl.) MKi.r.on TONOVKR AMI1.TOV KVKHF.TT ADAM SHAAF Bit AM BACH the collaborators, he is expected to ask and get the indorsement of Congress, which convenes next month and which he controls.

BTflNM'AV IIOWAIII) IIM.I.hll HIMRAIX LYON II HALT Baldwin Pltnot for Ton LOW COST VALUES! Funeral services for Kosciusko Harriot, veteran Radical-Socialist; Socialist Leon Blum, present Interim president-premier, and Even Biclnult, are regarded as other possible candidates, (Kos) Baker, 18 years old, retired farmer, who died Friday at his home fcere, will be held at 10:30 A CDEriAl I Small Packard JlCUAL: Upright-rYafnuiFinhh o'clock Monday in Baker Town 230-Mile Cable Laid A 230-mile submarine telephone cable has been laid between Britain and Germany since the war. ship, with burial Jn the cemetery 1O0K FOR THE MULTI-COLORED LABEL AT LEADING STORES EVERYWHERE Coal Bin Family To Have House Fort Wayne, Dec. 28 W) Senor and Senora Antonio Gamez and their eight children will have a better home in 1947 than the coal-bin quarters in which their eighth child was born recently. Humane Officer Wilfred Goss said he had located a vacant house west of the city which would be repaired by the first of the year and would be made available to the Mexican-born laborer and his family. i The family was moved to the Wayne Township emergency housing shelter last week after officials discovered" that Gamez'g wlfei had given tolrth to' the child in' the '7-by-12-foot coal bin: there.

STORE HOURS Kltit'ff. He was born in Kansas and had resided in Martinsville four years, coming here from Baker Township, where he had lived 52 years. Blacksmith Dies NoblesviUe, Dec. 28 (Spl.) Norman Mills, 72 years old, of Sheridan, died In the NoblesviUe hospital Inst night. Burial will be at Sherldnn.

Survivors Include three brothers and three sisters. He was one of the last of the blacksmiths, In central Indiana to operate an, pld-fashloned He was a member of the Union Christian Church in Baker Township. He is survived by the widow, five daughters, four sons, two half T. M. Riddick.

ProorUer j4 South Pannsylvania sisters, two half brothers, ,30 grandchildren and six HEADACHES ARE UNNECESSARY IF CAUSED BY EYESTRAIN WEAR CORRECTIVE GLASSES FOR RELIEF HAVE US PRESCRIBE GLASSES TO FIT YOUR NEEDS No Appointment.Needed Cathedral Hour Service Today The monthly Cathedral Hour service in the auditorium of the Scottish Rrte Cathedral this afternoon will be combined with the order's annual observance of St. John's day. The usual hour's program, beginning at 3:30 o'clock, will be preceded by a half hour of organ and brass ensemble selections. "The Three Great Lights" will be discussed by the Rev. Carle-ton W.

Atwater, pastor of the First Baptist Church. The Rev. A. "Glenn O'Dell, pastor of the Brookslde United Brethren Church, will give the, invocation and prayer. Scripture reading and the, benediction will be given by the Rev.

J. Floyd Seelig, pastor of the Capitol Avenue Methodist Church. The public is Invited to the services, given under auspices of the Indianapolis chapter of Croix. August J. Sieloff, most' wise master, will preside.

George L. Clark, thrice potent master, will pay tribute to Rite brethren who have died during the year. Anthems will be sung by Murat Chanters, with Charles Hamilton, director, and H. D. Williamson, accompanist.

Mrs. John C. English will play the organ preludes and the brass ensembles will represent Howe and Decatur Central High Schools. Clinton Teacher, Ex-Athlete, Dies Clinton, Dec. 29 (Spl.) Funeral services for Edward W.

LaRoche, 25 years old, former high school basketball star who died at his home here Friday night, will be conducted at .2 o'clock Monday afternoon at the Frist Funeral Home. The Rev. B. C. Shea of the Church of the Sacred Heart will officiate.

Burial will be In Roselawn Memorial Park. LaRoche was an outstanding basketball player for Clinton High School before his graduation in 1939. Later he attended Wabash 13 Affidavits Filed In 'Bookie' Drive Evansville, Dec. 28 (Spl.) Prosecutor Milford M. Miller filed 13 "John Doe" gambling affidavits In Circuit Court here today In a continued effort to break up the network of bookie phone wires here.

The 13 places alleged to have been operated for booking horse race bets had phones installed In names of fictitious business firms, affidavits revealed. This will enable the Indiana Bell Telephone Company to proceed in the matter Madison Prosecutor Appoints Assistant Anderson, Dec. 28 (Spl.) Harold Anderson, Republican prosecutor-elect of Madison County, has announced the appointment of Maurice G. Robinson of Anderson as deputy for Ander? son city and township courts and Alexandria city, and Monroe Township courfs. The appointment will be effective when Anderson assumes oiBce Jan.

1. Announcement also has been made that Mrs. Ella Whitton, Democrat, and Mrs. Iva Thompson, Republican, have been named members of the Madison County Registration Board, effective Jan. 1.

Zk.i.. KERNEL OfrUmMA Established 26 Years' TRACTION TERMINAL BLDG. of removing the phones. Telephone company offlclnls said today the new affidavits STREET FLOOR, COR. MARKET ILLINOIS STS.

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Clofd Wednesday would be checked before action is taken. The company already has acted on Prosecutor Miller's re quest in" connection with removal of phones from 27 establishments involved in previous Newsprint Pinch Cuts Paper's Ads South Bend, Dec. 28 (Spl.) The South Bend Tribune an Seen This Vit nounced today that it will not carry any display advertising Monday and Tuesday because of a newsprint shortage. The Tribune has enough newsprint to carry it through Tuesday, it said. It will not publish Wednesday, New Year's day.

Newsprint Is in transit, but should it fail to arrive, the paper says, it will not be able to publish Thursday. College before enlisting in the Wth alW WW industry tW, Vear between 1 output of bet a 000 unitV" Army Air Force in which he served two years. After his discharge he completed his studies at Wabash and was teaching history and mathematics at nearby Hillsdale High School. I 1 nnrt ana 1 400.000 eve3- If doubk the industry' production can'! dent demorttf, obviously industry1 leader, Oil-O-fVioHc-reven with tripled produetioneon't build -a backlog of preferred oil burners! To meet thi thollenge, is steadily increasing even this record produciion rale. Your dream of owning an Oil-O-Matic wiih the "tow Pressure Principled moy I materialize sooner than yow might hove thought.

,7 Hotel Manager, times nree o( port re Wagon Overturns; Former Actor, Dies lnee. of SPRING-FILLED I Guarantee UkJ I rj Elkhart, Dec. 28 (Spl.) Farmer Injured Funeral services for Earl Lincoln Rife, 53 years old, hotel manager here who died after a heart at the o- we ieveu figure best since- ab0ut tack Friday night, will be held Clinton, Dec. 28 (Spl.) Mahlon Chaney, 52 year old, Rosedale, suffered a broken back "IThad a baCKlU6 Tuesday at St. Ignace, Mich cast- Former opera and vaudeville 00i oweVer.

1. ve on u' and possible internal injuriei when actor, he had appeared with Al G. Fields Minstrels and other well- lpd to a wagon load of haled hay on which he was riding overturned on a hill today near hi farm. Chaney leaped on the back of cX the tarn to ev discounu. ver- one of the team of horses pulling the load when the load started irv.Je?s'ren'-.

lo0lynR Woi slipping. Frightened, the horses bolted and Chaney was tnrown to the ground. His condition at Vermillion County Hospital here was de scribed as serious. unown companies and was employed by Paramount Picture for 10 years. Last fall he produced and directed the Police Follies show here.

Survivors include the widow and a son. He was a Mason and member of Murat Shrine, Indianapolis. Wells Circuit Judge To Hear Tax Suit Huntington, Dec. 28 (Spl.) Judge William 11. Eichhorn of Wells Circuit Court at Bluffton has been chosen special judge to hear the suit of the Indiana Farmers Guide against the Indiana Gross Income Tax Division.

The clerk of the Indiana Supreme Court submitted the names of Judge Lowell Pefflc Columbia City; Judge WaltfcTSent, Wabash, and Judge tJtehfiqrn, counsel for the parties striking names. The Guide filed snit in Huntington Circuit Court demanding refund of taxes levied on the part of the money iid tfl -circulation Ex-Senator's Son Draws Traffic Fine Louisville Dee. 28 JPl A traffic fine of $10 on a charge of reckless driving was Imposed in a Louisville police court today on John E. Minton, 21 years old. New Albany, son of former United TTt inns.

States Senator Sherman Minton Indiana. HEATING SYSTEMS Police said young Minton was arrested for driving 50 miles an hour on the Louisville Bridge. The former senator, now a Federal Judge, appeared In court with his son j. Iti agenu by subscribers..

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