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senator, whom Hatch is recomSecrétary of Labor Schwellenbach, sid to havé been promised

the. first supreme court vacancy .

if he would step down from the bench to struggle a while with thé labor department. (No one expected a vacanty so soon.) Senator Warren Austin, if Truman decides to appoint a Republican, as some top-flight Démocrats are urging. Judge Sherman Minton, former senate colleague of Truman's, now on the seventh circuit court, and also in line for a cabinet post.

» 5 y VINSON will keep reins of OWM when he goes to the treasury. Functions of that job will

. be trahsferréd to treasury, or |

hel hold both jobs at once, ace cording to precedents set in Roosevelt administration (Jesse Jones; Leo Crowley).

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Cabinet Predictions T -YOU-80 DEPART,-

MENT: April 14, with the Tru-. |

man administration less than 48 hours old, we said Stettinius would go, and als Morgenthau;

Biddlé, Walker, Wickatd. Perkins. | We_ said Byrnes would be secre- |

tary of state. Willace, Forrestal and Ickes we listed as most secure in cabfmef jobs. Stimson would not be requested to leave, we said. » " ” «© Food situation in Japan is getting bad. The Nips eat fish and

rice mostly, and our bombers are | sald to haye déstroyed much of |

their stored rice. Also our reports say they're having trouble providing enough fish.

¥. 4 #8

BORNEO OIL WILL help us in Pacific but even if fields there dre fully restored, they won't provide much moré than 55,000 barrels a day. This compares with United Nations’ production of about 7,000,000 barrels a day. “Some fields there’ may be put into operation quickly—on Tarakan, for instance. Others may not be producing for a year or two. Somé government péople think Borneo fiélds may -néver reach pré-wir capacity again Because of demolitions, Jap drainage of the wells they operated. Our oil experts have plans and materials ready to rebuild thesé fields. They’ré waiting for detailed reports on what's rieeded so a8 not t6 burden Pacific shipping with unnecessary equipment, # a § Oil Resources MORE OTL: When all Nétherlands East Indies fields—Borneo, Javd, Dutch New Guined, Sumatra—are regained, United Nations will be able fo tap sources that produced 170,000 barrels of oil a day in 1941. - Japs are supposed to have restored production in these fields to about 140,000 barrels a day. This may represent 90 per cent of -Japan’s total crude oil production But note: Japs have large synthetic oil industry; probably have large stocks of crude stored.

4 of... DILLION MYERS may become assistant to the secretary of agriculture when he finishes up with war relocation authority. Myers was formerly in agriculture, would like to go back, but says Hie won't leave WRA until last Japanese are relocated, camps closed. Dope 1s that Milton Eisenhower brother of Cen. Ike, will help Se¢retary Anderson for a while, turn the work over to Myers later, # s . Commerce department estimates that industries will spend $£4,500,000,000 in next year for mew factories, equipment and alterations. Highest previous outlay (1929) was $2/150,000,000. Just before the war industry was spending only about $1,500,000,000 a year this way. Public has plenty of idle money to finance this program. About $3,000,000000 a month is being put away in banks, bonds, - socks, ;

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eo 4 - _- . THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES : WIDE AREA OF Hoosier Yagabond Remains JAPAN BURNING

had the effect of showing Holly-/ son, was unveiled. wood that Indiana, would flock to | pay its respects to the memory of its famed fellow-Hoosier, regardless of | whéther movie celebrities were an | added attraction, i y i oe It was like Ernié's Aurit Mary audience was transfixed. The bust | Bales, choking back her sobs, said: Vas that life-like. o “The people have shown. their| Presented to IL U.

"eo (Continuéd From Pagé One)» [Come Aen i bronze bust of Pyle Washington ‘Homeland Seen ‘Softened’ “For Invasion.

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ing air power to beat Jdpan — ‘It will take invasion.” “We must meet them. personally

I their home loyalty to Ernest.” ang sperm Bw he | 8hé and Will Pyle, Ernie's frail the Indliand university alumi soHe stuck to his opinion that the father, were given & standing ova- ciety, presented the likeness to Inwar would go on for a long time, OD: {diana university where it will -ochowever, and indicated that the| ‘Pyles influence confinued on its cupy a. prominent niche on the crack Japanese Kwangtung army in constructive course. Proceeds from campus. : Manchuria might have to be beaten | the premiere will lay the keystone| .prestér Cowan, producer of thé even After ‘the enemy - homeland | Of the Ernie Pyle Memorial fund at/show, complimerited Indifindpolts falls. . [Indiana university.

G. |. Bill of Rights NO SOLDIER BONUS bill at this session of congress, political experts say. If congress passes a bill next yédr, it will be fresh in the minds of veteran-voters on election day.” » Rep. Rankin still favors his plan to give all vets $1040. But vets’ organization prefer bill of Rep Leésinski (D. Mich.) basing the ponus on length of service with, extra credit for overseas duty. Meanwhile veterans adminis. tration will urge congress to revice G. 1. Bill of Rights to increase number of loans for homes, businesses, farms. It says term «reasonable normal value” in law has prevented many loans; wants this changed to “reasonable mar-ket-value.”

y. The fund will for taking the initiative and conMeanwhile, Japan's ordedl by fire | Provide scholarships for journalism gucting the premiere virtually on was continuing, and mounting in | Students. its own hook. He said the “Story fury. At least three army air forces, | President Herman B_ Wells of of G. I. Joe” would go from here backed up by marine and navy I U. Ernie's alma mater, summed tiiroughout the U. 8. and finally fliers, . were hammering at the it up: “These perpetual scholar-|the world. enemy's war centers and two more ships will be Ernie's living monu-| “mn that way, we hope Pyle's —the 8th and 13th—were on the ment erected to serve other love of people and hatred of war | way. ; generations as humanely as Ernie will be felt everywhere,” said the Last night's Superfortress strike Served: his. | producer. He. promised to bring anopened shortly before midnight| The “world's most valuable man-|other world premiere back to the when the giant bombers thundered USCript.” an original of one of|city “ffter the war, When trans-

4 8 : : Pyle's last columns, was presented i y i y Chg: { ss the east coast of Honshu ' p portation will enable us to have S for no [ln Across | . e : ARMY OFFICERS book fon from their Mariands ‘bases. by Times Editor Walter Leckrone plenty of stars’. .. I'll give you Be es Har A despite Splitting into five task forces, the to the American United Life In- a real show then.” in s

{ 5 ; surance Co., for that firni's high bid IaH [raiders. divided their bomb loads May Usé Local Talent Feopit, fies pi Daniagians re- (among the Shimotsu ofl center, 30, 0f FI0S50% Wath of Warf Horids, Mr. Cowan said he was ponderAmerican troops aie Doing Trt [Miles SOUTHwest of Osaka: Awashi| Busene G. Pulliam, state warl lo "Cougs of onder, turned more Ta ménders |an- aircraft manufacturing city 25| finance chairman, certified the fact talent ha roposed -filfn basen oh planned, ad Be J join 7% |milés west of Osaka: Chiba and that $10,525,000 worth of bonds had | J te # Toy At VoL oS IR § Stoment Trips |Kofu. important railWay targets 16 actually been purchased and Ed- | 1¢ so. hd said he'd Shoot tiny of o Ty rh are also build- [miles southeast and 60 miles west | ward pi. 2erices a the scenes in - Indiana in tary Oc oo |of Tokyo, and the seaport of Shim- |'Iéasurer, observed: “It strikes me . ing motdle, Many Canadian troops Do ly 0, Bi on of Tkyo, | that this 600-word story is probably Hippies Meredith and Paulette —unlike ours—have Deen away ’ tai Alp Power Shi |the most valuable existing today, | G94 ard, his wife, ‘were urable to from home four or five years. : Jap Air Fower ps On the basis of tonight's transac- | Mtvend ast night, sald Mr. Cowdn, It was the first five-way Super- tion, its worth $17,500 a word.” The Decause Meredith was summoned to fortress blow of the war and the nanuscript will become a perma- 2PPear on a Hollywood radio pro-B-29's first attack on any of thé nent feature of the Pyle Memorial STM With Senator Taft. Another cities except Shimotsu, which WaS exhibit at I. U. _. |absentee, Senator Homer FE. Cdpehit hard on July 2, 1 : { hart, announced earlier that he was Japanesé - aerial~ opposition, al- | 300 G. I's There ready drdined off by the months-| Only one Hollywood notable, Pro- ters and an appoifitment long battle of Okinawa, was almost ducer Lester Cowan, was able to President Truman.” nen-existent and their nti-afrerdtt 2PPear. But Pyle would have rated| One of Ernie's eloSest colleagues fire was weak and inaccurate. (the 300 G. I'S, whose admissions on the. foxhole circuit, Hal Bayle of Hundreds of gasoline-fed fires Were paid for by $2000 submitted bythe Associated Press, was on hand, leaped through the stricken cities, Anonymous donors, miles above any however. merging into vast - conflagrations |SCTe€N personalities. - “This. generation doesn't know th&t could be seer for 50 miles on| Some on erutches and canes, oth- Ernie's full stature,” said: Boyle. the B-20's homéward flight. jers in Plaster Of Barks tags. pe No ‘30° for Ernie Returning crewmen said the fires MeN Were patients irom BIngs| i it Ee were so “terrific” they 8nd Wakeman General hospitals. | In 2 lighter Zand, the A. r man Scattered the cloud cover thou Many left the theater with. moist admi ted his own mother preferred : - Pyle's stories to his own.

o Credit Restriction NEWEST PLAN fo curb real estate speculation would give federal reserve board power to restrict credit. It's a substitute for | the plan to require 35 per cent down payment on homes, 50 per cent on farm land. Reserve board, which already regulates tnstallment buying. could make flexible rules as needed. The latest plan was drafted by office: of economic stabilization, is before President Truman.

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'Up Front’ With Immertals

sculptured by the famed Jo David.

The stag lights were dimmed, the curtains parted slowly and 4 powerful yellow spotlight beam . outlined the bust features in bold relief. The

| Dr. Mertlll 8. Davis, president of

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lease shipments because they need néw mickinery themselves. All that's going dbroad now is convéyor belts—200,000 feet to France, 145000 to the Netherlands and 200,000 feet to 8. H. A. E. PF. but France needs mining machinery badly, has a mission here ttying to get it. _ : Government officials feél France will have to be helped. U. S. enginéers may be sént over to give technical advice. Coal is western Europe's No. 1 shortage.

MEDICAL LIEUTENANTS. COMPLETE TRAINING

graduated recently from the Army's

school of military neuropsychiatry at Mason general hospital, Brentwood, N. Y.« Thé men are 1st Lt. Robert L. Gammieri, 4453 Guilford ave, and 1st Lt. Bernard :E. Flaherty, 2458 N. Pierson ave. Lt. Gammieri is a graduate of. Butler university and of the Indiana - University school of medicine. He interned at City hospital and is & member of Phi Rho Sigma, medical fraternity. Lt. Flaherty was graduated from Indiana university and the Indiana university school of medicine.

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Two Indianapolis soldiers were, |

sands of feet overhead. hi- | motsu, the big Maruzen oil réfinery |

oil fires. under thé néw U. 8. strategic air! forces of the Pacific commanded

of the air campaign 4gainst Germany.

Superfortresses dropped about 18,500 | tons of bombs on Japan. i

quarters of the 21st bomber com-|

Prior to the premiere, a $50 a mand revealed that 58 B-29 raids other World War II picture like it," late dinner was attended by I. U DENY SUGAR USED last March had commented Pfc. the

burned out 120 square miles “of the show. “Only-a G. I. could really Claypool hotel, built-up area in 20 enemy cities, understand. Everything was there ”|

on Japan since

with. reports still to be tabulated in seven others.

Big Drive in Asia

A big buildup for future operations was underway in the south-| east Asia command, according to| a British radio réport, which’ sid | it looked like England before D- | day. > The broadcast revealed that army were streaming into southeast Asia. { Radio ToKyo reported that a | | British naval task force yesterday {cleared .mines in the watérs southeast of Car Nicobar island, 300

He [miles north of Sumatra and on the | interned at the U. 8, Marine hosS- sea lanes to Singapore. The Japa- | } and 'en- nese broadcast said the fleet intered the army in February, 1945.|cluded 14 warships and two airHe 2 practiced neéuropsychiatry at [craft carriers.

{Oliver general - hospital, Augus- |

Seizé Balikpapin Bay

| Australian troops on Borneo nource formal public hearings soon. Co. and the Northwestern Eleetric

seized - control of Balikpapan - bay | by a shore-to-shoré operation which |

of the bay. They already held the least side with the capture of Balik- |

There was fighting in the Pan-| dansari refinery area at Balikpapan, | and beyond Manggar airdrome 12 miles east of the city. Enemy re-| sistance stiffened.

At Sni- eves

One Billings ‘soldier, * selected by

“Furthermore.” he shook his fin-

COMBINED ARMY T0 8 SUIT 1p

Member of Commission.

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sentative on the allied control commission in Germany and military governof of the American-bccupled Zone. Announcement of the exact daté and time of the 8. H. A. E. F. dissolution will be delayed “in order to permit the readjustment of certain troops” and ufitil the réturn of Gen Eisenhower, who desirés an bdpportunity of saying farewell to thé principal commanders and members of his stafl. Changes Effective . Upon the termination of the combined command, the ‘following changes will be tonie effective: Operational cotitrol of the 12th and 6th #&rmy groups, the 9th air force, communicatioris zone, and U. 8. elements of the allied naval command of the expeditionary force, and supreme headquarters missions to France, Denmark, The Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg and Norway will pass from Eisénhower as supreme command to Eisenhower as commanding general of United {States forces in the European [theater The 21st army group and British |elements of supreme headquarters | missions to France, The Netherlands ‘and Norway will revert to British |war office control. . | British army elements of supreme headquarters «missions to Belgium and Denmérk will pass to the command of the 21st Army. group.

Other Commands

| “Command of the 2d tactical air | force, British forces in Norway, and all Royal air force elements of supreme headquarters missions will be assumed by the British air ministry. . » command of allied land, forces in Norway will pass to the |war office, with the British chief tof staff acting as agent to the com{bined chiefs of staff. | The Norwegian naval and air [forces will continue under the | present command until, at some | date to be announced later, they will revert to control of the Nor-

was, convillséd by explosions and the premiere as the “typical” : |Joe for all Ernie Pyle day activities

It was the eighth major raid py | yesterday, was overwhelmed by the the B-20'¢ in 12 days, and the first OIm'S realism.

Philadelphia. injured in Germany,

by Gén. Carl A. Spaatz, atchitaet’ and a veteran of four major campaigns. {Miss Patricia Peterson, Indidna uni-

In the 12-day period, 2650 to 2850 VETSity Arbutus queen.

Before last night's assault, head- cent drew the biggest hand.

%. - |Scene where they take the small master of ceremonies, refused to

|eloshes in.”

battle-tried veterans of the British | _

{the small investor.

G.1. ger at the audience; “If Ernie were here vou couldn't get him up here| wegian government. to make a speech if you offered him| Command of British elements of that $10,000,000 worth of war the allied naval command of the of bonds® | expeditionary force, and of BritMany other orators eulogized| ish naval forces in Norway and Ernie. including Lt. ‘Gov. Richard {Britisi naval elements of all suthe show with T. James, representing the state of |preme headquarters missions will Indiana. Brig. Geén. Elmer W. be assumed by the admiralty. | Sherwood. state adjutant. and 1. U.| The French high command will pay . | Football Coach Bo McMillin, who assume commend of the French 1st Everything Was There | described Ernie as “oné of God's army and of the army detachment Of all the applause. Pfc, DeVin- pohlemen.” spoke at the sidewalk of the Alps.

| program before the premiere. “I don’t think there'll ever be an-|

He is Pfc. Anthony DeVincent

He attended

Hi = - SATURDAY, YT 1065 O'Flahetty: Defeated People Must Go to Work or Starve’

(Cofitinkiea From Pdgé One)

the pleaders declare that from some source—~the United Nations or the United States—that country must have $100,000,000 worth of food Stuffs and $300,000,000 worth of raw materials a year for several years. Germdny's fnéeds até much greater, Nothing that has been done, it sééms from the rising criticism, i& well planned or Adequate. THe fouray control of Gefmany by Russia, ritain, ‘France and the United States cannot bring good results. The critics already are screaming about the occupation set-up ale though it hds beén in Berlin less thah a week and Has not had time to get settled. ; An answer to the pleas and the criticism of the allies will be given as the weeks pass. The Russians have quietly imposed one order ‘that will* be of immense help to Germany. All Germans regardless of class or creed ~whether rich or poor—have been put td work. Men and womenwho otherwise would be idle, lathenting the glories of the past—now haul bricks and clear the debris. Before the United States diverts a single ship from the vitdl Stpply lines of the Pacific—=or provides Europe with money and food-—some evidence - should be forthcoming that thé erlemies dre at work on their own deliverance. Too many news items tell of night life, theaters, idle prisoners

(Cotitintied From Page One) has been too high. Ugly heads come ott of the sand as the guns cease, 5 The Russians seek trade outlets in the Mediterranean, 8 they have done since Céthetitie the Great. THe British - seemingly want to control, or influence, all of the Mediterranean—ihcluding Italy and Greece, ‘ - The French—not too successful in Syrid from 1019 to 1940—were back there among those tremendously tich ofl flelds & few days after we finally had beatén the Nazis who dominated France for four years. War is no game for the idealist, or hith who listens to reason. One must hot ask why, but just face tHe fact that the énemy guns behind yon hill have the range. This war long dgo became a slaughter of both soldiers dnd civilians, a battle of long-range guts and bombers. Strategy didn't amount to mtich; tt wis a matter of movement of power. ; We won because we had the air

DeVincent, fund

after | \emorial sponsors in 3 ED et As Ernie Pyle day neared an end, “I almost jumped when I saw thal |c -walter McCarty, who served as : The Wholesale Liquor Dealers town. It looked so much like St.| ino down the curtain on Ernie's | association of Indiana has issued a Lo. It shows how a doughfoot can| apeer | statement denying a report that break down . .. and the mud hel «we newspapermen fisually close) gisiillers are causing 4 sugar shord {with the symbol 30°,” said Mr. Mc- : ; i The private met Ernie in France, Carty, general manager of the In- | 28€. The association says that not when he gave the war correspondent dianapolis News. “But we won't tag, a Single pound of sugar is used in a ride in his ammunition truck. any 30 on Ernie's name. . . . He'll the distillation of American whisky. Climax of the pré-show eévents live on and on and on.” | “The statement, issued by George

ay | Fate, executive secretary says, “We

should look at both sides of the picture befors we criticize dn in-

Charges Tax-Evasion Scheme Y ; . o_ JJ. 1 dustry that has used its every By Wall Street Is ‘Swindle’ mes,» grin zo mes io

and has a common stock earning trial dlcohol for the manufacture « value of $20,000,000, but by capi- | of smokeless powder, synthetic ribHe said he and the two other sub-|,. .., tio of federal tax avoidance ber, pencillin and ‘many. other vital

committee members, Reps. John W. |... pay $50,000,000. war materials. “The office of price administra-

Murphy - (D, Pa.) and H. Carroll] “Another deal reported to be on Reece (R. Tenmn.), already had held |, 5.0 patween these two men in-|tion, the war food administration, informal meetings and would an-| 0.0 iu. pacific Power and Light|the alcohol tax unit of the treasury department and othér agencies

have gone on record stating that ‘not “4 pound of sugar has béen allocated to registered distillers for use in manufacturing whisky.” The liquor industry also states that less than one-fifth of 1 per cenit of the total grain supply wotlld - be used to manufdcture whisky during July.

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Claims _Freeze-Out |Co, adjacent companies of the Boren fold the house that “Swin- | American Power System, with head-

cut tax payments while manipula- | tors reap “fortunes,” but freezes out

Says Myers Seeks Property | “Still another Swindle, Inc., deal ey . . .. |involves the Puget Sound Power & It’s a simple scheme,” he said. | Light Co. of Portland — a property “Wall street bankers would con- | Myers has sought to acquire by hook vert the $18,000,000,000 private utility ." ..o0k for years,” ‘Boren said.

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.jof war , camps—and wailing over the plight

in great concentration. of conquered territory. To British and American -taxpayers—who are continuing to labor mightily to wifi ‘a bitter war in the Pacific—the news of political bickerihg and argument over the diversion of spoils cotfies as poor

pended. 1f they knew that the garrison forcés—instead of slobbering about fraternization, were out with their bayonets prodding able-bodied Nazis and Fascists” into helping themselves—perhaps more sympathy and hélp would be given, In sonie Hegree, the Same thing applies to the sections of Europe that were victimized by.the axis. The period of sorrow cannot last indefinitely. : Before the snow flies, the tears should cedse. and the attitutle of helpless grief should Be replaced by one of determination to put things right. Such a spirit. has been manifested in France, Belgium and Holland. From the rest of Europe dll too little has been reported of a willingness to work: And as long as the producing nations hear of social and’ political controversies, the .more they will be inclined to let this coming winter carry home to the enemy countries 8 large measure of suffering from hunger and cold.

Strategy and daring came into

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play ‘down to the little tinits—the then who had to clean out pillboxes before 4 bridge cold be crossed, slash daritigly into ehemy lines and tut communications, slip through the frozen night into an outpost and bring back. prisoners. Patrols, companies, battalions and occasionally 4 regiment — there the great heroes of this war came to the fore—for they were resourceful, and daring as well. They weren't asking why: were just moving ever forward. Because of them you are at peace today—and many of them le btirfed in fields, or beside the bridges they seized and pillboxes they crushed. But the army moved on—and the foe retreated, finally to surrender in thé mountdins overlooking his shattered cities. There were times last winter when it seemed that the end never would come, that always men would wade through snow or mud and feel steel tearing their bodies asunder. What kept them going I do not know, hor do they, : It was. something we call trie Americanism, deep pride of self; something too fine to be crushed by war,

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The Chinese made more progress | in driving out the Japanese troops | who invaded them eight years ago. On the Kwangsi front they- captured Pinsiang, and chased fleeing | enemy forces to the French' IndoChina border. Pinsiang is 11 miles from the frontier town of Dong| Dang. | Dispatches from Manila SOn+! firmed that Japanese spies had plotted to assassinate Gen. Douglas MacArthur, who will direct the final assault on-Papan. The spies were | caught 4nd hanged.

Women's Tavern Champion. Quits

The dispute over whether the state of Indiana has the right to dény women the privilege to drink at bars appedred to be settled to« day, at least for a time. Sherman Stevens, Gary tavern keeper, withdrew an injunction suit against the Indiana Alcoholic Beverage Commission, in which he sought to halt enforcement. of 4 new 1945 Nquor law banning women from drinking unless they were seated at tables. ° Lake Superior Court Judge Ho- . mer E. Sackett first had dissolved a restraining order against the ABC, ruling that he was without jurisdiction dfter- the” | state attorney general's office filed & motion for dissolution. During the ténure of Stevens’ restraining order, women could drink at His bar, but other “Hoosier tavern patrons had to obgervé the law endctéd by the 1945 Indiafia general assembly.

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{tern for Swindle, Inc.”

1 Co. in and around Spokane to one

industry to a form of tax free | He charged that when this com

tion of ‘nonprofit’ corporations | These corporations then issue bonds) against the revenue of the properly. | “The former tax revenue would] not be passed on to the public in|

reduced electric rates, but diverted | to their own pockets in the form of | interest on these revenue bonds.” ‘| Boren named Guy C. Myers, Wall | Street financial agent, as “the most | important figure in the Alleged | manipulations.” He said “his op-| posite number among the holding | gang” was Howard L. Aller, president of the American Power & Light Co. of New York City, Revenue bonds of “Swindle, Inc.” | find a ready market at some of the “blue chip” banking outfits of the] country,” Boren said, listing “Blythe | & Co., Nuveen & Co., First Boston, | Dillon-Reed and others.” He charged that the “scheme” was used in Omahi, where he said the $32,000,000 Nebraska Power Co.|

poration of tour men for the swin- | dle price of $45.000,000.” 4 Lists Other Places

“1t is believed to be in the process of negotiation in Seattle, Portland and Spokane . . ." he sald. “Lows ville, Ky. 4nd Cincinnati, O, are listed in thé bankérs’ books.” Borén charged that it was Aller who “unloaded” the Nebraska Power Co.'s comman stock on “Myers” synthetic ‘nonprofit’ corporation, the Omaha Eléctric Committee, Inc., for $14 400.000—stock that. cost the American Power $815,000 and which had a legitimate earning value that might possibly justify a price of $5.000.000.. A He declared that “Omaha Electric Committee, “Inc., sets the pat-

“There is sound reasonsto helieve that Aller'{s secretly negotiating the sale of Washington Water Power

Inc. type cor-

was sold to a “fake non-profit cor- |’

pany was up fop ‘sale under the ;oNpON uly 7 (U. P).<Prime/

holding ~ company, act, Bonnevile Dam Administrator Paul Rawet set an appraisal price of $90,000,000, but the deal fell throtigh when the Engineers Public Service Co. held out for $95,000,000.

Now, he said, Myers is “reliably reported” to have formed a& syndicate of Wall Street banking hotses to buy up the stock of the Pudget Sound Co. for $130,000,000-—45 pér cent more than Raver fotnd to be its legitimate value,

. Boren said he didn't blame” the |

the federal ‘power commission or securities exchatige commission, or

even the bankers and holding com- -

panies, “This is a situation that devel-

oped in recent years largely due)

to the quadrupled federal taxes on the private utility industry as a wartime burden,” he said. “Bit the same plan could readily be applied to almost any other industry, . “This, is a condition that. must be explored and reported to congress. We passed this law and we must make it work...”

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WOOL FOR CIVILIANS

. WASHINGTON, diily 7 (U, P). —THe war production board H acted to ‘assure civilians of 4h ample supply of blankéts -this winter. 1t revoked dn drder which had kept a 100 per cent freézé on wool blénkets to fill military requirements. ; The army has reduced its third quarter requirements: for wool blankets By 5,000,000 yards. This is

terly demand, WPB- said.

PERSONAL LOANS : Nusssus oot ~~ Persons Loan Department

approximately . the civilian diar-|

Minister Chutchiill has left London | for a short vacation in the Hendaye | area of southwestern France near the Spanish frontier, his official residence at No. 10 Downing st.

National Road East IR. 4577

; Indianapolis, Indiana Earle P. Martin, Sales Director

announced today. |

In Memory of Elmer €. Sot

our beloved Secrétary. Diféctor and Counsel, who = died Thursday, July 5. 1945, after forty -W years

of loyal and faithful service to this company. .

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