Show ?Tbc Mali Jury Acquits Daughter 14 In Gun Death of Father j March 29 (UP) —Mary Catherine Reardon 34 was acquitted Saturday of charges of "delinquency by reason of murder" in the shooting of her wealthy father and was told she had been "given the benefit of the doubt" A circuit court Jury of seven women and five men voted after Ex-Wif- e deliberating only 90 minutes to free the school girl who was charged with shooting her father J Vincent Reardon after he found her in a tourist cabin with 13-yea- old Michael once-beautif- hop Industry Lauds Hoover Study North Dakota Spared Flood - Riots Kill 6 m Nash Grants 10c -- Hourly Pay Hike - Nash-Kelvinat- or ifjr(& l i Hi Jll SjTI JrVW'VKT 2X tey jllli V V LSSVf llli I if ' ll Geld Ladies' S10J7 MVs $1191 Xadlti $854 Ms'i $1444 and Rtata Tax Included reran— One dollar Federal down and fifty cent! a week Rings will be sent n approval out of town QUALITY 71 SO MAIM First NaSxal Eiak JEWELERSfv B y EST 1075Lib Salt Cifj M i t- i HFll lliSlilllllllillllllllll U°" SHOP "OtSUTiON PROHIBITED if inis ? ii fin I ANTKIOMO SHOP MEASURfS PINOINO i i iniii ii i iiiil 1 fi Sii'iii By ASSOCIATED PKESS legislative season that commenced amid the backwash of last November's soft coal strike is drawing to a close with a record numg measures ber of either enacted or pending The lawmaking bodies o£s44 states have been in session during the winter and a large majorjty of them considered bills designed to limit union practices within their borders 12 states found As of themselves with laws banning the That is a contract closed shop provision between a union and an employer which decrees that all employes must join the union Legislation barring the closed union-restrictin- mid-Mar- ch Board To Arbitrate Dairy Dispute 11-Ma- v L liid r "ofo"ociosE°sNEjtcTiDowiTHowN ii NEW ORLEANS March 29 (UP) — The Louisiana state senate Saturday demanded that Gov Jim-mi- e Davis restore law and order In old milk war the state's five-da- y which has been marked by shoot of ings kidnaplngs and trains Simuitaneously Davis announced he nad reason to believe there would be no 'further violence in the strife between striking farm- ers and milk distributors and appointed an Doard to aid in ending the dispute The farmers seek to raise the price of milk from $525 to theor-me- r price of $575 per cwt The arbitration board composed of four state senators six representatives and the governor's executive counsel Georee Wallace began considering the dispute at 11-m- arbitration noon ind The governor's tervention came af tar Sheriff Teddy Martin of West Feliciana parish had threatened to "shoot to kill' a cordon of striking dairymen wno were blocking the highway at Hammond La to halt milk ship ments Into Baton Rouge "I warn them this is no play Martin told reporters thing" "We're not going to make any ar rests We're going to kill them Go ahead and warn them It 11 save those babiea getting killed There's not going to be any mob violence in West Feliciana" However the transfer of milk Into the capital was accomplished without Interference as adjoining East Baton Rouge parish authorities met the convoy at the parish line Another development had been at Bopalusa La where reported it was said strikers stopped a Gulf Mobile and Ohio train bound for New Orleans The milk farm ers withdrew when they were told the train was not hauling milk JUinois Central officials previously had canceled milk shipments tq avoid incidents j long-awaite- East Culture Meet Set at Princeton three-da- y Charge 3 Ex-Office- rs shop was approved this year In Texas Tennessee North Dakota New Mexico Georgia and Virginia Previously it had been adopted in Arizona South Dakota Nebraska Arkansas and Florida Presaged by Swing Other laws reflected the postwar "crackdown" ajgainst labor which was presaged by last autumn's electoral swing away from upholders of the new deal They reflected suspicion that an uneven balance existed between the rights of organized workers and managee ment and a fear of tie-ulike the recent teachers' strike in Buffalo N Y Amid the hundreds of measures proposed there have been numer-ou- t casualties Many others still await action But South Dakota legislators have approved a law making mass picketing illegal and enabling unions to sue or be sued for damages Virginia outlawed sympathy strikes and required unions to file financial reports New York lawmakers before they adjourned March 19 voted to impose penalties on strikes of public employes Nine states however have approved salary increases for school teachers and six more are considbonuses ering Utah decided to make employes as well as employers subject to prosecution for' unfair labor practices Proceeds More Leisurely Meanwhile the national government has been proceeding at a more leisurely pace in the same direction After six weeks of hearings the house of representatives labor committee prepared to draft a bill which was originally sched uled to be finished before the end of March Some of the urgency observers say was removed when John L Lewis United Mine Work ers' chief withdrew his April 1 deadline for soft-copeace after the supreme court ruled against public-servic- ps cost-of-livi- ng iiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiii $ti r I 3Vrr C jtmm rmJy inntT WII FiliTE i Iflf j Observers have pre provisions dicted however that both congress and the White House will go fur- ther toward labor limitation this straight-eigh- and design -- wrap- around bumpers that are integral parts of the car Instead of being bolted to it are among new features Part of the cooling air enters through the front bumper which also serves as a section of the grille The convertible has no rear fenders the hody Itself extending over the wheels Windows and front seat adjustment like the top are n operated A new instrument board has all control keys set in a trip of chrome molding at the bottom of the panel The keys are pushed for both "on" and "off" setting and remain In constant alignment h The new model is on a wheelbase Its price was not d Starry-Eyed- Promise Wonder Drug PROVIDENCE R I March 29 push-butto- (NYT)— Bacitracin a new drug effective against organisms which resist penicillin will be on the market for general use in six to eight months Dr Frank LMele-ne- y associate professor of clinical surgery at Columbia university college of physicians and sygeons said here Saturday 120-inc- al him The house labor bill is expected to be more drastic than one being worked up by the senate Among the provisions urged by some 150 witnesses at the house committee hearings were devices to: 1 Give employers the right to fire any "suoversive union mem ber 2 Withdraw protection of the Wagner act from any union which has any 'subversive officer bar 3 Outlaw industry-wid- e gaining and the closed shop 4 Guarantee "free speech" for employers and in other ways im pose the same restrictions on unions as on management 5 Outlaw jurisdictional strikes mass picketing and secondary boy cotts In 1946 coneress turned down a law banning the closed shop and Industry-wid- e ine bargaining president also rejected the Case bill which had drastic restraining Flood of Bubble Gum Predicted NEWARK N J March 29 WPt —The bubble is about to burst on the nation's $250000000 bubble market it was predicted Saturday presidentCon-of by Louis MendelsonWholesale the New Jersey fectioners' Assn said that relaxed Mendelson sugar restrictions for manufac turers would result In a deluge of new supplies of the gum next month forcing down prices on the 5c and 6c packages which he said are being sold now to "kids who'll pay anything in their des perate desire for something to bubble and pop" US Appoints Aid For Arms Post WASHINGTON March 29 (NYT) — Ralph A Bard former was undersecretary of the navy named by Pres Harry S Truman Friday as deputy United States representative on the United Na tions commission for conventional armaments Bard will assist Warren R Austin chief United States represent ative on the United Nations on the body organized to regulate and conventional arms reduce but excluding atomic weapons dealt with by a separate commis DENVER March 29 (—Informations were filed In Denver district court Saturday charging Vernon W Drain of Denver wartime chief of the Colorado highway patrol and two other former patrol officers with embezzlement of public property The "followed an investigation bycharges PatFol Supervisor Joseph J Marsh who on Nov 15 demanded and received the resignations of Drain Acting Capt Kenneth Adams and Acting SgU Kenneth J Austin sion ' O Your dressmaker coat for longer skirts details sashed waistline braid and f :r jet bead trim for added interest and f m a : delightfully detailed sleeves in sizes 10 r 4 I I to 20 ' 4950 Otner Dressrraker CoaH 2975 o J i 79SO i THE PARIS COATS— Second Floor "? 1 '' iM i swinging so-call- ed 4 7r faster has many qentle i i fft ff hT! DRESS COAT new Interesting - f yh W V 'tfv7 MAKE IT YOUR OWN it I I A mitB- - 1ttiffjJa1 rfSimliiir RECORDS "Moon-Face- r" t - " 63 DETROIT March 20 Cf — The Packard Motor Car Co Saturday announced a 1948 supereight convertible described as "new from the tires up" to be placed in quantity production in June as a supplement to the present Packard Clipper line George T Christopher Packard president and general manager said materials shortages including specially built frames will— prevent earlier volume output styling which does away with all protrusions: a new 145 horsepower engine of "Flush-contou- fcm—-- - POPULAR fjJ Of New Car HOUSTON March 29 CP) — Capt Eddie Rickenbacker once a daredevil auto racer and World War I flying ace used to taking chances said a ride he took here Friday "was the wildest I had since a day in 1918" now Eastern Rickenbacker Air Lines president was met at the airport by oilman Glenn McCarthy and a chauffeur With sirens howling the car drove through town at 85 miles an hour to Rickenbacker's hotel then to Earl North's ranch where a stag party was given for the air lines' directors "That's the wildest ride I had since a day in 1918 when I was riding in a car In Philadelphia Gen Smedley Butler" with Rickenbacker said as he eased out of the car The chauffeur grinned He was Jake Colca chief deputy sheriff here "Don't you remember me?" he asked I was a marine sergeant back In 1918 I was the chauffeur of the car on that other wild ride too" 1 wJiljili f- Packard Tells 'RICK' DRIVER ADDS 'KICK' TO WILD RIDE year than they did last -- 'jK-r- X THU YlAI "a00""0 O Majority of States Congress Acting to Restrict Labor A at P-- MC1NTIT INTRODUCED h 4 "m J J ' versity bicentennial conferences The conference will consider primarily Chinese society art and archeology with forums of economic and political elements in China's social heritage and the potentialities of China as a modern state with respect to industriali zation 14-- ClOSID - ilriiiiiiiiiiiiliiiiiiiiiir 1 discussion of "Far Eastern Culture and Society" the 13th in a series of Princeton uni- VIA W AWAH ll AmrmS 4 ikrffii AifeTn IrSf a flea b ttW J j ' 7 ! - PRINCETON N J: March 29 Cf— More than 50 scholars representing five nations will convene here Tuesday for the openinjrof d s DETROIT March 29 (JTi— Hopes tijA that increased production volume might bring general reductions in car prices in the not too distant future appear to be fading rapidly only a substantial cut In manufacturing costs is likely to bring" an over-a- ll slash In retail prices In the 100000 units a week level the Industry has attained in recent weeks output has been at better than the "break-even- " point most companies have been making money since the heavier production level was achieved at the start of l its i the fourth quarter of 104R I But within the next few weeks -there are certain to be wage in-- 1 creases not only In the automobile industry's assembly plants but In the factories of their suppliers! Demands already have been made upon the "big three" of General Motors Ford and Chrysler fori wage Increases of 23Hc an hour for nearly half a million hourly- rated workers Whether the Industry can avoid an upward revision of current car prices also Is being debated in automotive circles Several Industry leaders have declared any wage C increases will have to be matched with price advances The labor union chiefs challenge this maintaining as they did before the wage increases of a year ago "Tonrlv Moment" Whist ler' Bluei" that the workers' pay can be raised llrnny Ooodman and Orra without advancing car prices The manufacturers know any further) "It Might Have Been a Different Story" price Increase even of minor: "You Can Take My Word for It amount will be reflected in a Baby" Hal Derwin and Oreh tightening of demand -oh But I Do" In the most recent price ad- iullt" vances no changes were made in Marcaret WhULnr low priced models the "Spcakln of Aneels" which represent more than half of "Swim Low Sweet Chariot" I'eggy Let with Uavt Barbour's all new car sales The Ford Jan- Orchestra to cut of from $15 $50 uary price "It Take Time" was not followed by other car " Merrer with Benny manufacturers Johnny Orchestra Goodman Every time the question of high "When 4m I Gonna Kiii You prices as they affect the larger Good Morning?" volume models is brought up "Open the Door Richard" Pled Pipers speculation starts immediately as to what refinements might be "Heartaches" If I Had a Chance With Von" omitted to hold down production Joe Alexander costs Nothing has been omitted "That's How Much I Lore Yon" from the postwar models so far 'r "Why Don't We Say Al?ino Key and it is not likely anything Will Sorry?" be unless buyer resistance takes on major proportions THE PARIS RECORDS Street Moor ul an-ca- la Hindu-Mosle- considers bill to legalize closed Suit In ARIZONA and NEBRASKA N IV AD A 1 CArcy well-know- 5 - r- The shooting which the defense claimed was done by D'Arcy oc8 as Reardon was GLENS FALLS N Y March curred Feb home The the youngsters driving 29 (UP) — A few month before he automobile went out of control 3ir-lajt winter Harry K Thaw and D'Arcy died in the accident which followed remembered the Mary Catherine stood emotionffcr whose love he fhowpirl-wif- e less as the Jury announced its vercommitted murder — and hl will dict She was wearing a bright filed here Saturday revealed a green wool suit white bloue J10000 bequest to Evelyn Nesbitt brow oxfords and a green topcentral figure in one of the most coat Words of Advice famous criminal trials In legal as She remained stone-face- d The erratic millionaire whose Circuit toJudge John A Witthaus her in a fatherly manfantastic Jife waa a succession of talked lawsuits and insaae asylums stated ner for a few minutes after the was announced that his bequest was to go to verdict "I that by reason of this hope or to Montanl her Nesbit "Evelyn on to whom he gave the name trial you won't feel you are an important person or have been Russell Thaw" n test pilot glorified in any way" he said disNow a "Many people will possibly Russell Thaw was born in 1909 agree with this verdict but there s:x years before the Thaws were Is ample evidence to support it" divorced and three years after the Witthaus told her she had been fataf night of June 25 1906 when the "benefit of the doubt" the most profligate playboy of his given and advised her to "rebuild a new time rippd out a pistol at the life" Square opening of the old Madiaon "Thank you your honor" Mary Ciarden and shot and killed the Catherine said "I am sure I will brilliant architect Stanford White heed your valuawarning" was formal a There only Then she thanked the jurors tion of "over $20000" in personal "I knew that Justice would be property and "over $20000" in done I knew that I couldn't posestate on the real property placed sibly be convicted for something which is believed to be In the do" class Although Thaw I couldn't The girl then left to go to the the for least $1000000 spent at home of relatives 40 lawyers and 20 psychiatrists Estate of $100000 who helped make him a free man and squandered hundreds of thousFrank Williams' associate deands of dollars in riotous living fense counsel immediately filed a he inherited a huge fortune from petition in probate court for the a William Pittsburgh hia father of a guardian for the appointment railroad magnate of a girl who is heir to 40 fortune in excess of $100000 left by her father The girl's mother Mrs Leona Reardon has been Judged of unsound mind because of alcoholism The lawyer did not specify any guardian A civil damage suit is also on — 29 (UP) NEW YORK March file against the estate of the A letter of thanks for his services father a paint manufacturer on In making three reports on the behalf of the D'Arcy boy's parents But Saturday's verdict removed European food situation was pre- the possibility that the girl would sented tq former Pres Herbert be committed to a state girls' Hoover Saturday by the chamber reformatory in connection with the of commerce of the state of New case York "At an age when most men are thinking only of rest and freedom from responsibilities you Immediately responded td Pres Truman's call and went overseas in the face of the worst winter weather known in decades to report upon BISMARCK' N D March 29 the German situation and what LP)— Flood dangers to North Damust be done by our government kota diminished rapidly Saturday to make that conquered country night af the crest of the Missouri able to maintain itself" river neared the 'South Dakota ' The letter lauded Hoover for line instressing in his report "the approximately 50 or dutiable fact that if western emu- 60 Although miles of lowlands along the lation is to survive in Europe it river were under water weather must survive in Germany" observers anticipated no major trouble They predicted the rest would hit South Dakota early SunHindu-Mosle- m day The ice broke a few miles below Fort Yates on the Sioux Indian reservation about 19 miles from t the South Dakota line this afternoon — NEW DELHI March 29 A few families at Cannonball clashes killed six were evacuated The area is gen33 more persons and injured erally sparsely settled and agency ethers in Calcutta Saturday as officials Saturday night said the and strife water was running harmlessly communal other harassed five of the six provinces over the bottom lands of India The fiercest outbreaks were in where arrests since Calcutta Wednesday rcaffhed the 300 mark Armed mobs attacked buses and street cars fires were set and stabbings were measured in dozCinCAGO'March 29 (CTPS) — A ens A curfew has- been imposed on rquch of the huge Bengal city wage increase of 10 cents an hour and troops have been called out was granted 15000 members of the CIO United Auto Workers In an to aid police The violence stemmed from civil agreement signed Saturday by ofturmoil that seemed to be taking: ficials of the Corp Keon new life as the weeks rolled plants ' In Milwaukee Wis on - toward the time when the nosha Wis and Grand Rapids British would lift their control Mich from India and turn the govern- Joseph Mattson regional direct of the U A W Bald the agreeto tor over the Indians irtr Trouble also flared in the north- ment Is retroactive to March 10 west' frontier provinces and the He said the raise Is the first the since the runjab in northwestern India and workers have received raise pattern in Assam and Briar in northwas set almost a year ago The eastern India In Shiar a police strike which union and the company have been began in Patna spread to other negotiating since the contract excities pired March 10 P? A Auto Price Cut Hopes Dim As Costs Rise ST LOUIS Thaw Killed for Willed $10000 £akc Cribunc Sunday March 30 1917 |