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FOUR INJURED "FIGHTING FIRE ON E. MARKET

Two Firemen, Including Assistant Chief McKinney, Are Overcome.

Four persons were injured as a two-alarm fire swept a two-story briek building at 812-314 E. Market st. this morning. Injured were: ASSISTANT CHIEF ROSCOE McKINNEY, overcome with smoke, treated at the scene and returned to headquarters. Lt. Joseph Syfried, station 15, overcome. with smoke, in City hospital, George Stumpf, station 15, lacerated leg, treated at the. scene. William Foster, building - employee, cut hand, treated at the scene, The building, owned by the Indiana YLumberman’s Mutual Insurance Co., house four businesses.

Fanned by Wind They are the Marion County Mail, Star-Lite Co, O. H. Hershman Engineering Co., and the Niv Loc Bales & Service. The fire was discovered by Mr. Poster about 10:30 a. m. near the building's heating unit. Fanned by a strong east wind, the flames spread rapidly and billowing clouds of smoke poured over downtown Indianapolis like a fog. Fire Chief H. H. Fulmer estimated that his men would be fighting the blaze until 6 p. m. A damage estimate cannot be made as the smoke was so heavy firemen could not stay in the building any length of time, Newsprint Burns Five tons of newsprint used by the Marién County Mail had just been stored in the building and added to the furious blaze. Firemen were handicapped in fighting the flames on the west side because of the heavy smoke and narrow alléy in which to work. They were ordered out when the wall bulged out three ‘to four feet at the top. Chief McKinney was injured

door in the rear of the burning building.

knocking the chief down. He was overcome with smoke. Lt. Syfried was rushed to City hospital when he dropped unconscious from smoke in the burning building. Navy Hero Injured Fireman Stumpf is the muchpublicized navy vetéran who was 80 horribly burned in combat that every inch of his body had to be treated. He stepped in a hole on the roof and fell through up to his hips, lacerating his right leg and tearing open some of the skin grafts. Employees of Purdy, Parsons & Purdy, beer distributors, separated from the blaze by a brick wall only, were loading trucks as fast as posgible in fear the fire might spread. Thousands eof dollars in beer was stored there as well as a number of tractor-trailer hauling units. The

establishment was filled with smoke, Police blocked off downtown

ptreets and rerouted traffic. Trackfess trolleys were in a ‘snarl and many had to be turned around to get out of the danger area. Crowds lined the streets to watch the blaze.

Kimmel Says He Favored Offense

WASHINGTON, Jan. 19 (U.P).

. =Adm. Husband E. Kimmel today admitted he objected to using elements of the Pacific fleet for the defense of Pearl Harbor. The former commander of the Pacific fleet told the Pearl Harbor committee he considered his primary mission in the Pacific was offensive action in the event of war. He felt that the 14th naval district and army forces in Hawaii should have all the means necessary for defense, regardless of whether his fleet was in or out of port, he added. Adm. Kimmel said that, despite his conviction that the Pacific fleet strength should be conserve

use every navy facility that happened to be in Pearl Harbor for the defense of Pearl Harbor.”

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SATURDAY, JANUARY 19, 1946

By SHERLEY UHL JOE EVANS is an ash and garbage collector.

Joe is sore. Feeling that he too has a stake in the civic move to solve the city’s sanitation problem, Joe wrote a letter to The Times. Joe Evans might be your garbage collector. But this particular city ; employee lives at 732% 8. Illinois st. With two hoisters and a driver, he collects on the city’s lone downtown pickup truck. He collects refuse from hotels, restaurants, stores and public institutions, like the hospitals. » » ”n JOE expends lots of energy on that downtown route. He puts out plenty of muscle power. He knows freezing nights when the mercurv flirts with zero. He feels the slashing night wind Jack knifing around the concrete corners. He has felt the sting of heavy steel containers, cold as dry ice, shoot through his woolen gloves. “So I thought maybe I had the right to say something, too, about our streets’ situation,” said Mr. Evans. » H N HERE'S his letter: “In your article which was in the paper on the 17th of this month, you raised the question of garbage in downtown alleys. If the city truck which picks up at night and which is No. 247 and which I am a member of leaves anything in any alleys which we are supposed to pick up, I and the other fwo men with me would like to know when and where. “If you take time and investigate some of these places I am quite sure you will find the fault is not with the collection department. I will give you some of the causes of the alleys being in the shape they are. » » ~ “HERE goes: “1. Hog men don’t pick up every day and then when they stop

An Ash and Garbage Collector Gives His Side of Story on Handling Refuse

City Collector Joe Evans . . . jazz records.

picking up fail to tell the restaurant owner. ‘2. Placing cans out in cold weather early in the day instead of placing them out as late as possible before the 11:30 p. m. deadline. 3. No certain place for garbage to keep it from freezing (example) Marion county jail which leave all garbage out in all kinds of weather in a rickety gtrbage house. (Take a look.) » » » 4. HELP fails to place garbage out regular and when they have an accumulation they place it in pasteboard boxes which fall to pieces when lifted as the bottoms are wet. 5. Cans. My, my, how about taking a look at some of those cans. No handles, no bottoms, 55

at his bachelor apartment he collects

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gallon drums, Pepsi-Cola drums with handles too small to get hands with gloves on into them. I know that there is room for improvement in the collection department. But again there is also reasons and grounds for im--provement in. the public. #® # - SOME people forget to place cans out and then call in and make complaints against the route man. What some people place in a tub and expect the men to get.

We are not supermen we are not the weakest men. w about you and another trying some of those -soaked

tubs all day and see how long you last?

(signed) J JOE EVANS.

2 DEAD, 22 HURT IN TROOP TRAIN WRECK

Cars Derailed While on Way To Camp Shelby.

LEBANON, Pa., Jan. 19 (U.P) .— Two persons were dead and 22 others were recovering today from injuries received when a troop train was derailed at Myerstown, six miles east of here, The victims: were Pfc. James P

Morgan, 22, of Baton Rouge, La, and Charles Hellings, 31, Wis-

Army authorities said 17 cf the injured were sofdiers, 16 of whom were taken to the Indiantown Gap hospital. The other was admitted to the Lebanon sanitorium. The train was carrying 204 army personne] from Camp Kilmer, N.J,, to Camp Shelby, Miss, for discharge when it was derailed last night and ‘thrown into the path of an oncoming freight, Three sleepers of the west-bound nine-car troop train were derailed and thrown into the path of the freight. The collision derailed the

sonoming, Pa., fireman of the train. !

Overflowing Waste Paper Boxes Not City Property—They're Proj

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Rent Paid for Use of Street Space by Contractors

By KENNETH HUFFORD OU’VE probably stopped to drop a candy wrapper in one of the large, iron waste containers standing on downtown street corners. And, like: most persons, you thought the boxes belonged to the city. Well, they* don’t. It's another ‘example of income the city might be getting, but isn't.

It isn’t apything new. It's been with us a long time. The

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boxes are owned by Harold T. JLiebtag, president, and Frank E. Henzie, secretary-treasurer, of Indianapolis Ehinver using: Inc.

THE FIRM ppt thie city $25 a month for use of the sidewalk space under terms of a four-year contract ‘ that expires Dec. 31, 1947, Other provisions of the contract signed with the works board are that 150-200 boxes. be located in, the area bounded by

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‘BELIEVE PILOTLESS " PLANE LOST AT SEA

NEW YORK, Jan. 9 (U, P).— The navy said today that its Red Dog Drone “was presumed to have crashed ‘in the sea.” The Red Dog Drone was a tiny, pilotless Culver Cadet low-winged monoplane that the navy was using for = electronics: experiments, Of special concern to the navy was the

Nature of the was not dip

“confidential gear.” “confidential gear”

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5TH COMMAND

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1S ACCUSED OF BATTLE ERROR

Survivors of Rapido River Disaster Claim Orders Cost Many Lives.

et line today hours before

anapolis Drop Forge Co. joined walked out yesterday noon. Local Unless last minute negotiatio

walkout almost is a certainty.

By Scripps-Howard Newspapers

FT. WORTH, Tex., Jan. 19. —Evidence that the 5th army high command was responsible for* the disastrous Rapido river operation was expected to.be placed before the 36th division reunion today at

Brownwood. A congressional investigation was expected to be asked

The military maneuver was staged in Italy, two years ago. Losses were 136 officers and men killed; 908 missing, and 932 wounded. The 36th division, commanded by Maj. Gen, Pred L. Walker, was ordered to cross the river in the face of murderous fire. The order came from the 5th army high command, according to survivors. Lt. Gen. Mark Clark, commanded the 5th army, with Maj. Gen. Geoffrey Keyes as corps commander. Protested Orders

Gen. Walker protested the orders unsuccessfully. The operation was attempted first on the night of Jan. 19-20, again about 4 p. m. Jan. 21. A third order to try was rescinded. The attacks were unsupported on either flank against a well-en-trenched, well-equipped enemy. The deep, swift Rapido could be reached

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Some People use the iach boxes in downtown Indianapolis, some don't. This one with a profusion of debris about it, is located at Georgia and Illinois sts.

3-GENT HIKE TAGKED

ONTO SUGAR RATIO

Raise to Assure Import of 5 Million Tons.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 19 (U. P). —Housewives were told today that after Feb. 3 they must pay three cents ‘more for each five- pound | ration of sugar.

5,000,000 tons of sugar from Cuba, Puerto Rico and Hawaii. If congress does not approve the| payment of $25,000,000 in sugar subs] sidies this year, another retail price/ hike will be necessary, government officials said. Price Stabilizer John C. Collet approved a one-half cent a pound boost in refiner sugar prices to enable the United States to pay higher prices on sugar produced in “offshore” areas. :

pared with $3.10 in 1945. Meanwhile, (D. Ky)

production.

[through June 30:

MORGAN TO EXPLAIN

explain his charge that a secre exodus of Jews from Europe. United Nations Reet and rehabilita

Heasquariers; .

The price increase is to assure | the importation in 1946 of some |

The U. S. has offered Cuba $3.675 per 100 pounds for 1946 sugar com- |

Rep. Brent Spence] introduced ligeslation to continue subsidies on 1046 sugar

The measure also would boost the present meat. subsidy by $125,000,000 {and the flour subsidy by $25,000,000

CHARGE OF ‘EXODUS’

WASHINGTON, Jan. 19 (U. PJ. —British Lt. Gen. Sir Frederick Morgan is going to get a chance to

Jewish group is planning a mass Morgan's discharge as chief of "tion operations in Germany - has

been suspended so he can come. to Washington to report yl UNRRA

only by crossing mud flats heavily mined and covered by German : oy fire.

on protected by an unfordable river

{an obstacle was ever captured by

the direct fronta] attack, such as| the one attempted by the 36th divi-|

Staff officers report that Gen. |

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IRAN-RUSS DISPUTE T0 COME BEFORE UND 222

Iranian Delegate to Bring! Up Court’s First Case.

| LONDON, Jan. 19: (U. Py—| Iran's delegation to the United Na-| tions assembly announced today {that it had decided to charge Rus-| sia at the next meeting of the | security council with interference in Iranian internal affairs. The dispute between Iran and Russia will be the first one presented to the U.N.O. It probably will come up before the organization is two weeks ‘old. Tamrulah Entezam, Iranian delegate, disclosed that his group had decided to submit the dispute at the next meeting of the security | council through a statement charging Soviet interference in Iran's internal matters. The thorny problem was brought into the open simultaneously with a Moscow broadcast quoting the offi-|

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Manville Parts With Wife No. 8

| NEW YORK, Jan. 19 (U. P.).— | Tommy Manville and Wife No. 8 | parted in a huff today after 28 days of marriage.

win Minese, said he expected divorce proceedings to be instituted soon, “This is the culmination of sev- | eral quarrels of recent date,” he! said,

Hobo News. Dec. 12 in Larchmont, N. Y.

PRICE CEILINGS HOLD

WASHINGTON, Jan. 19 (U. P). —New gas and electric cook stoves have been placed under price ceilings about the-same as those in effect in 1042, the office of price administration announced today. Standard range and apartmentsize cookers mow are beginning to reach retail stores. A typical price. for a standard electric range is $189. apartment-size electric stove $157, Ale

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sion at the Rapido.” { out

The bride is the former Georgina Campbell, who was a writer for the | They were married!

ON COOKING STOVES

| other areas of nprthern and western China.

Tieup Will Call Out 11,000 Here -

More than 3000 local steelworkers are on the pick-

scheduled for midnight tomotrow. Local United Steelworkers of America (C. I. 0) at the Indi-

some 11,000 local workers in 10 plants will go out. James Robb, union district representative, said today that the

Local plants which will be involved, besides those now out, include Insley Manufacturing Co., Chapman Price Steel, Thomas L. Green & Co., J. D. Adams Manufacturing Co. E. C. Atkins Co. Holcomb & Hoke Manufacturing Co. and Schwitzer-Cummins: Co.

the nation-wide strike is

Link-Belt strikers when they issues are at stake. ns avert the impending strike,

HOLLYWOOD NIGHT TRUMAN FAILS Diana Slaps

'‘Dreary Actor'|

In Big Brawl

+ « Slaps

Diana Barrymore

I’ |even his predecessor with the silken . | touch. :

fadlures—he frankly admits they are

i |set for tomorrow midnight.

IN LABOR ROWS:

Congress May Start Soon On New Law.

By FRED W. PERKINS Seripps-Ho rard Staff Writer WASHINGTON, Jan. 19.—~Maybe

nobody gould have done better, not

would force other follow suit.

But President Truman bas piled up an impressive list of |

failures—in ‘the handling of labormanagement rows approaching their climax, with the great siweel strike

This dangerous post-war situation was. predicted by competent authorities a year and more before V-J day. These were people close to the grassroots of the labor situation.

System Wrong They warned that it wouldn't be

cepted Rresident

| steel wage

California.

By UNITED Henty J. Kaiser

‘for his steel 1 He predicted. public

pompy

times as

movie villain eight fists fiy at Hallywepd party.

By. RIGIA GLARY United Correspondent - HOLLYWOOD, Jan. 19.—A free-

artist John Degker was described today as “just a misunderstanding”

by the movie stars who battled it|

at Deckers’ all-night party. As usual in Hollywood's oneprosecute. Movie villain Lawrence Tierney, | | apparently the center of the battle! | yesterday, said he hadn't struck a {blow, But the half-dozen she guests, - who stayéd until the dawn combat began, told oer Slaeles. One described Nerney as all comers while stri to nua 8 ha a la Tarzan.

The baitle [which - woke ub Listed as ‘Having. Served in small firms. He la he |

Decker’s party for some of | biggest stars in Hollywood, includ{ing actor-boxer Errol Flynn, was described in a sheriff's report as| a “scuffle.” La Rue Peacemaker Those who saw it said it more like a brawl and gave blow-by-blow account: Screen heavy Jack La Rue, at-| tempting to ‘arbitrate, was cut on the back of the head, his nose and lower lip when Tierney, the movie Dillinger, hit him and knocked him down. Tierney socked Sammy Colt, son: of Ethel Barrymore. Diana Barrymore, Colt's cousin, slapped Tierney's face eight times—in retaliation. The witnesses had it that at one

Was |

this

time at least six different fist fights |

were in progress “Mona,” a dressmakers’ dummy owned jointly by Decker and Flynn —partners in an art gallery—suffered a chipped face and broken larm. That was when Colt stumbled

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WASHINGTON

The asbestos heir's attorney, | A Weekly Sizeup by the Washington

Staff ofthe Scripps-Howard Newspapers |

deals.

long after the war until both sides got their ballbats from back of the Soor and started SING ai each ot Tee LY. 0 With credit to Mr. Truman for

as |forzall fight before the home of [all the good intentions in the world,

it appears obvious today there is {something wrong with his system. Congress will probably take note of ‘that next week and start toward {enacting a new basic labor law

Walker suggested the attempt to Punch fights, nobody wanted t0|which will be too late for the pres- |

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10 RUSSIANS, SLATED "2 FOR HOME, END LIVES ==

German Army.

FRANKFURT, Jan. 19 (U, P).— Ten Russians, all former conscripts | in the German army or voluntary traitors, committed suicide in the

| American detention camp at Da{chau today to avoid being sent | back to the Soviet Union. The suicides occurred during a pitched battle between American guards and about 300 Russian displaced persons who rioted when camp ; authorities tried to place them aboard a train for the trip back to Russia. American spokesmen said all the deportees had served voluntarily or involuntarily in the German army or worked for the Nazis in some other way, and that no Russian !nationals in the the ordinary 'displaged person category were being sent back to the Soviet Union against their will. Some of the Russians. slashed their throats and others hanged themselves In their barracks.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 19..~Watch for more Big Three

UNO, meeting at London, is a peace-keeper, not a

peacemaker,

States. Here's how it looks tod United States will get Pacific

in Hongkong and British East Ini

World peace has yet to be made and it will be dictated, in the main, by Russia, Britain and the United

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bases it wants. In return, Russia

will get Kuriles and dominant influence in Korea, Manchuria “and

Britain will remain dies.

France and Netherlands will retain their respective positions

in southeast Asia and Pacific.

Nominally everyone will be subject to. UNO rules and regulations,

‘but not enough to hurt.

Russia will gei what she wants in’ Iran, regardless of UNO, and. |

probably in Turkey, also. She will, of course, keep everything she

has staked off in eastern Eure)

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thing appr —autonompis Trieste will be made a free port

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and Balkans, “Rhineland will be aiyen some~ | status, France will get Saar coal. | south-

through which Austria ‘and

Mr. Kaiser said he iad contracted with the C. I O. United Steel Workers to pay the 18%-cent-an~ hour wage increase which. the President had proposed in an ate tempt to settle the U. 8. Steel pay dispute. The union had accepted the proposal but U. 8 Steel Tejected it. ot

tracts were being Hegukisted

13000 ahd 4000 workers and or » capacity of 500,000 B tans | a year. In relation to the wi Nala dn this is not much—only a Mttle ‘more : than one-half of 1 per national capacity of 95

‘Expeets Price Hike The Geneva plant has erated by a U. 8. Steel pet. os but U. 8S. Steel has said it does not want to take over possession. Mr. Kaiser indicated that he expects to get a ste¢l price increase which the government had held

fuse to accept the President's wage settlement will get a price {crease was a question. A price crease of $4 has been | sideration.

“only by integrity and fair play on the part of both labor and