Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 25 December 1945 — Page 1

BOND ISSUE FOR Real Pea LOAN PROPOSED

Senator Suggests U. Dodge British Risk.

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Britain. took on a new form toda Senator Edwin C. Johnson (D. Colo.) disclosed that he would demand that funds for any loan to the British be raised by a special bond issue clearly indicating its purpose,

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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 25

1945

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The “home for Christmas” travel bottleneck appeared broken today and bus and| railway officials for the first time since Saturday regarded

trol. Hardest hit of the Christmas holiday travelers were the service men

the situation as under con-

944 CHILDREN ARE GARBED BY TIMES DONORS

More Than $22,000 Raised In Clothe-A-Child Campaign. (Photos, Page 11) Thanksgiving day hundreds

and women being turned out by the

of Indianapolis children faced

¥. [thousands from separation centers.'a drab and dreary winter. > |Here in Indianapolis Governor{ Worst of all they had no 3.0°AZ |Gates continued personaily to su-'winter clothes—and the sea-

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By BARBARA SCHAEFFER Long EE LY EE tia kids. over Tn

‘Long before the hands of the clock pointed to 6 there were many little children running - downstairs fo the Christmas tree to see what

For the city, for the world, it was the first Christmas that the guns

silent since 1941. For

Rains that swept over the state yesterday and ®last night partially washed away hopes for a real white Christmas. Streets were filled with

Under his proposal, the bonds|yyshing. torrents of the ice and would bear the same rate of interest {snow being washed into over-loaded

that would. be paid. by .the British! government-.2 per cent. And if the British defaulted on their payments, the United States government would not be liable for redeeming the; bonds, Johnson said his proposal “would be offered in the form of an amendment to the loan. He conceded that it might have the effect of making it extremely difficult if not impossible to raise the funds. : Increased Risk Americans have been accustomed to the safety and comparatively high ifiterest rate of 29 per cent on war bonds. With those securities still available, the, question

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For some of ‘those tify" children |

thist started their Christmas day so |° |early, it was a doubly wonderful! day. For many of them had their daddies home ' again. Some met them for the first time. , Other families were reunited after many years’ separation. Mothers’ hearts were filled with joy as they hustled to the kitchen to'start the Christmas dinner. But there were others whose hearts were not filled with the joy of peacetime Christmas . , . they had paid part of the tremendous price for that peace. A gold star in the window belied the brave smiles on their faces. For those denied .the bappiness of being with loved ones, today was ". morrow, the ‘hope for others, gives

--Congressional op were the| eos gm proposed $3.750,000,000 loan to Great frst time the world was seeking.

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Transport Comma Command Carries ¢ 101,000 Without Mishap.

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PEACE IS MAIN YULE CHEER IN GERMANY

‘No Santa Claug but People!

Seem Grateful:

FRANKFURT, Dee. 25 (U. P.).— ‘Santa Claus forgot to stop in Germany this year, but it's the merriest Christmas I ever had” § biting his lip to ‘hold back the tears, but he managed a wistful smile and you khew he meant what he said. The Germans of Prankfurt and | the allied occupation troops alike!

welcomed this Christmas as they had never done before. There was peace. No bombs, no

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STORES CLOSED DAY BEFORE NEW YEAR'S

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tion set-up to see that no G. I. is stranded anywhere in Indiana, At 6 a. m. the governor reported | from union station that approxi- | mately 3000 G. 1s had been given| lifts in state guard trucks, state police and conservation department

y cars and even school busses,

Rides to Continue

He estimated it would be sometime this'evening before the shuttle service which covers Camp Atterbury, Cincinnati, Chicago, Evansville, Terre Haute, South Bend, Gary and Ft. Wayne could be suspended. He promised the rides would con-

single ‘service man or woman, Hoosler or otherwise, needs one.” Although the jam-up appeared easing for civilians, too, the Christmas day outlook was dark locally on public transportation and those not already on their way had short prospects of leaving the city.

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{5 PERISH IN HOSPITAL FIRE

‘Flames Started by Wiring On Christmas Tree.

. BULLETIN HARTFORD, Conn, Dec. 25 (U. P.).~A therough investigation was ordered today in a Christ mas eve fire that swept through the . Niles street convalescent home, killing 15 aged patients,

By WILLIAM D. CLARK United Press Staff Correspondent HARTFORD, Conn. ~ Firemen, struggling in zero weather . with hose that froze in the street, extinguished a fire early

today that started from a Christ-:

mas tree in a convalescent home land took 15 lives, . The 22 patients and four attendants in the rambling, four story, wood and brick home when the fire started were either dead or injured, The fire, which started from a 'short circuit in the Christmas tree {wiring, swept up the drafty stair{ways and through halls, turning the

jold building into a holocaust in a

tragedy, in the smoke-filled building, directing the firemen and

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|APPROVAL OF ARMS

MERGER BILL SEEN

WASHINGTON, Dec. 25 (U. P..| —Senatar.. Edwin C. Johnson (D. Colo.) predicted today that the

ger bill Staewiiat slong the lass President Truman requested”: the first week in February, Johnson said there is no need for further hearings on the sub-! ject and the committee can start! work on drafting the bill as soon! as congress reconvenes Jan. 14.

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son of snow and ice and slush nd bitter cold was near. Today—Christmas—944 of those | needy children had warm garments | —lasting gifts made ~ possible |

Clothe-A-Child.

tions of cash and clothing during] the 1945 campaign will run well over $22,000, figuring a low average on the cost: for each child, although prices were higher this year. Cash Passes $10,000

(List of ‘Donors, Pag 2) last winter totaled $10,083.

swell that figure. © The Mile-O-Dimes, despite the | zero wave, a seven-inch snow and sleet, totaled $4536.20—45,362 dimes {that the people of Indianapolis, ald on the Sidewalk Santa line. From the cash donations and the

-{Mile, Times shoppers bought outfits

for 619 children; In addition, employee - - groups In! factories, office and lodge organiza- | tions, service. men, ex-service men, ies, sororities and many in. came to the Clothe-A-Child office and took the children to’ the stores themselves. A low estimate of the money spent on these children would be around $8000. 20,000 In 15 Years Since 1930, when Clothe-A~Child began, more than 20,000 children have been clothed. The dimes on the Mile were scooped up at 5 p. m. Christmas

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STRIKERS DESERT THEIR PICKET LINES

Celebrate Christmas With Families at Home.

By UNITED PRESS Labor troubles took a holiday today as strikers deserted picket lines across the nation to celebrate Christmas with their families, In most cases, annual Christmas parties were abandoned to prevent a drain on local union treasuries. However, fellow members and parent unions came through to play Santa Claus with donations of food and toys to the families of the more needy strikers. A large number of the country’s 401,000 idle workers were tightening their belts for a long seige and could indulge in only limited Christ= mas spending. Many already had | been forced to dig into savings ac- | counts and cash war bonds accu- |

through contributors to The Times)

Altogether, Clothe-A-Child dona-|

Cash donations and the revenue | from the Golden Gloves to ramen

tinue to be available “as long as a|—

A special package came to the rst

First Christmas Baby Here

hristmas baby in Indianapolis. Just 30 seconds after midnight ) urie checked with Western Union—tiny Larry Lee was born at {contributions still in the mail may | the Methodist owpioal, They live at 8100 E. 47th st.

Winferd Ball family today . . . the

WARNS RACKETS

STALK SA SAVINGS

Better Business Bureau, Bares Protective Measures.

By ELIZABETH STRAIN Indianapolis residents already have fallen prey to some of the schemes to gyp the U. 8. public of $170 billion in wartime savings, T. M. Overley of the Better Business bureau, said today. Thriving on the housing shortage, one of the rackets here involves getting down payments on homes never to be built, Other people shave bought stock in. fake. constriiction firms when salesmen assured them that stock holders would get “PHiorities” to build houses. Racketeers also are trying to [profit from the G. I. educational program. Federal-Money Protected However, Mr. Overley points out, gyps are handicapped heré by the requirement of official approval before federal money is paid to. them. In an effort to protect the public, a Conference for Bafeguarding Wartime Savings will be held Jan. 9 at the Waldorf Astoria in New York. The meeting will be under the chairmanship of R. R. Deupree, Procter & Gamble Co. president; and 86 Better Business bureaus will co-operate to educate the public in’ recognizing rackets. Mr, Overley said he expects to attend the one-day assembly. The conference, endorsed by the

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JAP FOOD SHORTAGE

{the wind-driven sleet storm, to fly!”

| mulgted during the lush war years. OVER 3, 000,000 TONS!

Storm Delays Truman’ Ts To aes l

WASHINGTON, Dec, 25 (U. P).—

port weré that the President's C-54 transport, the “Sacred Cow,” would not take off before. noon. - The original schedule called for an 8:30 a. m. takeoff. Newspaper correspondents scheduled to make the flight to Missouri in another C-54 were told their plane would not leave until 11:30 a m. In past trips, the corre. spondents’ plane has always preceded the President's by about 30]. minutes, The. Whila' House indicated Mr. Truman was still hoping, despite

NATION'S TOI NINE IN STA

Eases Local Transit Hazards.

But no one would bet the weather. Temperat

Elsewhere in the state, the weathe | er was blamed for nine deaths in

Betty Lou Dowden, 18, Bloomfield, Mary Ellen Byun, 3 mouthi South Bend, :

Prank Kuhn, 40, Ligonier, Virgil Cook, 39, Warsaw, Lynn G. Bradley, 29, Elkhart. 0. C. Holdren, 40, Elkhart, . Ray Plasschaert, 48, Mishawaka:

home today for Christmas with his family and friends in Independence

Flights Cancelled

canceled night and early morning flights because of unfavorable weather conditions, : The president, ‘however, rejected suggestions by Adm. William D, Leahy and other advisers thay he make the trip by train, White. House Secretary Charles Ross emphasized that the Presi-

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CALIFORNIA JESUIT

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec, 25 (U, P.) —Final rites were arranged today for Father Richard A. Glesson, 84, founder of the University of | Loyold& at Los Angeles, who died {Sunday in the University of San ! Francisco : infirmary, The noted Jesuit educator was {president of the University of San-

Some commercial airlines had*cfib. The attending physician

EDUCATOR IS DEAD

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'2400-MILE YULE JOURNEY IS IN VAIN.

TOKYO, Dee. 28 (U. P).—The(ta Clara from 1905 to 1010 and Japanese ministry ‘of agriculture founded Loyola university in 1911. and forestry today estimated thal He remiained as president until 1914, {Japan will have a. shortage of more when he became provincial of the

LQS ANGELES, Dec. 25 (U. P.). than 3,000,000 tons of staple f00d-|Jjesuts—of California and Rocky

senate military affairs committee | J. C. Robinson of Honolulu today stuffs, will ‘approve an armed forces mer- asked police to assist in a search’ | cereals

about Robinson, 17, { Robinson came - 2400. miles to! | spend the holidays with daugh= {ter only to find she had moved! | without a forwarding address. He said she had planned to enroll in a | business school here,

mustard, And in the case of families whose origin could be traced to Westphalia (like the Schnulls, Hollwegs and Brandts, for instance), a little sugar was added, too. The dish was pronounced fit to eat after it was Eaten before that,

the roast goose which followed 18 hours ates,

THE SUCCESS of a herring |

including rice and other and potatoes, during the

In an effort to ease the salt [ shortage, the finance ministry was planning to convert 25 former mili- | {tary airfields into salt farms. It was | | estimated they would Yield 350,000

. ‘tons annually.

"Our Town: Herring Salad Made Christmas Marvelous

¥ I ‘have no dea where. mother picked up the trick, but when she got done decorating the top of her herring salad with a lot of little geometrical shapes made of sliced beets, pickles and - hardboiled eggs, it was the most festive thing you ever saw,

One year, 1 declare, it was ex- .4

actly like what I've always imagined the Star of Bethlehem must have looked like, ” ”. . ' OF COURSE, we always had a of other things besides the salad, At the end came the Christmas cakes and it was at this stage that father called for a bottle

Mountain province until 1018, In iater years Father Glesson re-

for his daughter, Mary Jo Ann current-year ending in October, turned to St. Ignatius here, where 1946, !

{ he originally served, He was born in (Philadelphia.

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‘SANTA ON FIRE TRUCK STIRS MICKLEYVILLE

A Christmas party, during which Santa rode through the neighborhood behind a shiny, red fire truck, was held Sunday’ by the Mickley-+ ville volunteer fire departmens. Favors and fruit were passed to neighborhood children at the sta. tion house, and a giant Christmas tree was decorated for the chill. dren’s benifit.

the department members and their wives, sald Capt. Crystal Crosby.

the laides auxiliary, he said.

HOLY MASSES IN ROME ROME, Deé. 25 (U. P)—~A mil

of wine. He always made a great |

The party was the product of

Little Carol Ann Dunsmoré (Municie was suffocated when a dee | railed freight ear crashed into hep {mother's home, overturning ' hep

ported that apparently the child had become entangled in the beds clothing and had smothered,

Crashes Into Bridge Carol Ann's mother, Mrs. Prancis Dunsmore, 24, suffered a fractured leg and multiple lacerations, brother, Dickie Dunsmore, 4, ree ceived a fractured arm, and anothep brother, Kenneth Eugene Duns more, 2, was severely cut, Miss Dowden died last night in the Daviess county hospital | two hours after the automobile in which she was a passenger ; on a curve and crashed into a cone crete bridge on state highway 57 two miles north of Plainville. Mr. Killian, 18, and his sisteg

{suffered a broken leg in the aoe | cident, Official Found Dead Mary ‘Ellen Bryan, 3daughter of Mr, and Mrs, C {A Bryan of South {found strangled by bedclothing. § y her crib yesterday at her pares home, Mr. Brown, a Huntington © highway supervisor, was found ¢ in his automobile yestérday, recting . the clearing of | roads, Mr, Brown had got his caught in a drift, and had to a farm house to summon He apparently died -shortly[returning tothe car. Mr. Kuhn, a rural mail ¢ was fatally injured yesterday noon when his automobile struck by a New York Centtal two miles east of Ligonier. The was demolished. Struck by Train - + Also a train-auto victim, ME ©

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