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The Wounded Men Watch VA Row— They re Interested Only In Getting Well
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1946
as Second<«Class Matter at Postoffice
DRAWINGS PUT TECH, HOWE IN SAME BRACKET
Annual Basketball Title Play To Open Here on
' Splints to aid spastic muscles encase the legs of Frank Rode, Chicago. He has been a patient in the -paraplegiac (paralysis of both legs) ward at Wakeman General hospital since August, 1944. A rifle bullet, Aelled him. .as...the allies advanced -across France shortly after the invasion of Normandy.
David ‘Curtis, Waynesville, O., ‘tries to walk. He has been recovering since November, 1944.
STATE LEASES 2 BUILDINGS TO VA
Agency to Have Offices at Fairgrounds.
The Veterans Administration today . signed papers temporarily leasing from the state two buildings on the state fairgrounds for urgently needed office space. Financial terms have not been determined but the property definitely ‘will not be leased, as to the army, on a dollar" a year basis, Acting Governor Richard T, James said. Under law the VA can pay a year's rental up to 15 per cent of the appraised value of the property. The appraisal has not been made, nor has any settlement been reached on the percentage - payment. For months VA officials have been looking for spitable downtown offices where they could co-ordinate activities in speeding up the handling of veteran affairs. Negotiations for the buildings were involved because the army air forces still is using some of the grounds for a storage depot. The army is expected to vacate about March 14. Claims Piling Up
Lack of space and the shortage of employees are advanced as reasons why there is a back-log of more than 17,000 claims by Hoosier veterans. This represents at least 60 days’ work with the limited staff. Currently claims are pouring into the VA at the rate of 300 a’ day with the office falling behind an additional 175 daily. ‘ The VA will occupy the girls’ dormitory in the 4-H group and the educational building beginning Monday. VA officials have assured the state that they will be current with claims by June now that they have
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TIMES INDEX
In Wash'gton 10 Jane Jordan., 14 Ruth Millett, 9 Movies. v..eee 4 Music vo. eee 4 Obituaries ,., 3 9 4
Amusements , 4 Eddie Ash ... 6 J. Bellamy .,, 9 Building .... § Carnival ,.... 10 Churches .... Classified ..12, 13 Comics 14 Crossword ,.. 4 Editorials 10 Forum ...... Gardening .. 9 Don Hoover .
In Indpls, ... Iniipls.
Othman ..... Radio 1 Reflections .. 10 Mrs. Roosevelt 9 Science ;
Hollis McNerlin, Oakhill, O., stopped a bullet in the mid-region of the upper part of his back in June, 1944. - He has been in bed since.
If Discord Slows Machinery, They Will Lose
By VICTOR PETERSON While blows and counter-blows fall in the storm over the Veterans Administration, thousands of wounded men lie in hospitals, silent but interested spectators. If discord or red tape slow down
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VA WILL SPEED BUILDING PLANS
Bradley Report Seen Timed ~ With Legion Session.
As the American Legion national executive committee prepares to
VA machinery, the veterans are the | eet here tomorrow to discuss the losers. They are the men mOSt | veteran administration, Gen, Omar
directly concerned. Some day they may fall under VA care. Typical, perhaps, are the 22 veterans now hospitalized in the paraplegiac ward at Wakeman General hospital. They are paralyzed from the point of injury in the spinal
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VISHINSKY REJECTS
UNO COMPROMISE =x:
Russian Delegate Keeps Up Fight Over Levant.
LONDON, Feb. 16 (U. P)~— Andrei Vishinsky of Russia today rejected an American proposal to leave-the Levant case to negotiations. Instead he backed a resolution whereby ‘the, UNO security council would recommend the withdrawal of Anglo-French troops at once, Mr. Vishinsky charged that the American compromise proposal and a similar Dutch suggestion for settlement of the issue posed by Syria and Lebanon represented in effect an ‘attempt to preserve the status quo of the French and British positions in the Levant. - The council was pressing through debate on the case in hope of concluding its work and adjourning. The Syro-LebaneSe appeal for the withdrawal of Anglo-French troops was the last item on the council agenda. Mr. Vishinsky summarily rejected an appeal by Foreign Secretary Emest Bevin to. finish the meeting in a “comradely spirit” by expressing confidence in France and Britain with regard to the Levant case. He replied sharply that the council could not settle political issues by: “sentimentgl consideration.” He said the of foreign troops in the Levant was a political problem “and we must settle it practically, politically and effectively.”
THIRD PAIR OF TWINS NEW YORK, Feb. 18 (U. P)—
{ Mrs. Mary Calicchio, 26, was report-
ed in good. condition today after giving birth yesterday to her third pair of¥twins in five years at Brookbm Bospltal, i
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IN. Bradley, VA head, announced
further plans for veteran hospitalization. In a press conference in Washington, apparently timed to forestall Legion criticism tomorrow, Gen. Bradley said every step is being taken to bridge the gap between now and the time hospitals are built under the VA $448,000,000
program, Army engineers will take over the bulk of construction as the vast has exceeded the capacity of the VA's staff, Gen. Bradley said. Gen. Bradley said that he had been prepared to attend the Legion meeting tomorrow, but that the original invitation was so worded as to put him in the position of being on trial before the Legion. He said Legion Commander John Stelle assured him of a “most respectful hearing.”
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By J. E. O'BRIEN The city and county’s high power<while nothing to alarm the rest of Indiana—will be grouped in the upper bracket when sectional play begins
next Thursday night at the Butler fieidhouse.
tournament, which were announced today, revealed that Tech's eity
INDIANAPOLIS (Sixteen Teams) ng Officials and Decatur Centra (1-3) . 8:15—8acred Heart and Crispus Attucks (2-3) 9:30—Warren Central and Howe (3-1)
y 8:30—Technical and Ben Davis (1-3) . 9:45—-Manual and Broad Ripple (2-3) , 11:00—Lawrence Central and Beech Grove (3-1)
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Friday Afternmoon— 1:30—Southport and Cathedral 2:45~-8ilent Hoosiers and
4:00~Winners Games 1 and 3
8: 9:30--Winners Games 7 and 8
Afternoon—1:30! Games 9 and 10 2:45—Winners Games 11 and 12 (2-3)
15. 8:00—Winners 13 and 14 3-1) Officials—(1) Evar Orawiey, (2) Ross Dorsett, (3) Allen Klinck.
champions, Howe's strong club, Sa-
George J. 'Marott Is Mourned
Steel Peace Spurs Hopes ~ For G. M. Agreeme
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Here Are Facts | On Steel Strike|
WASHINGTON, Feb. 16 (U, P.)i~ Facts about the steel wage settlement: ;
hour, beginning next Monday, with a retroactive Payment of 9% cents an hour for work performed since Jan. 1.
Workers Directly Affected: 125,000
subsidiaries of the United States Steel Corp. Workers Expected to Be Affected: 325,000 employees of some 80 other
Marott died at 5:30 p. m. yesterday
employees and Butler university,
p. m. next Thursday. Sacred Heart and Crispus Attucks will meet at 8:15 p. m. in an all-city affair, with Howe engaging Warren Central at 9:30 p. m. Tech and Ben Davis are matched in the first after-breakfast game on Friday. Broad Ripple’s sectional champions then take on Manual and Lawrence faces Beech Grove. The Friday afternoon first-round engagements pair Southport with Cathedral and Shortridge with the Silent Hopsiers. Three Marion county teams have been assigned Jo sectionals outside Indianapolis, “At Danville Speed-
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SUSPECT SEIZED IN BROOK BANK HOLDUP
Lloyd Gerald Hershman, 25, Hammond, an ex-serviceman, was held today by the FBI as a suspect in the holdup last Monday of the Community State bank at Brook, Ind. Special Agent J. L. Dalton of the Indianapolis FBI office announced last night that Hershman had been arrested and charged with violation of the federal bank robbery statute. Mr. Dayton said that witnesses identified Hershman as the gunman who raked approximately $1000 into a cigar box and fled in a black sedan after forcing three ‘women bank employees into a back room.
McNutt, in Ind Talk Abo
Times Special : MARTINSVILLE, Feb. 16. « Downtown in John K. McNutt’s law office, Paul V, McNutt wasn't talking, That posed one of the neatest political mysteries in a decade of Hoosier politics. Back in Indiana with his wife and daughter to visit his parents, Philippines High Commissioner Paul V. McNutt said flatly today he wasn’t telling what his plans are when he ceases to be Philippines high commissioner. That will be on or about July 4 this year when the Philippines are handed their independence from the United States. What the former Indiana governor plans to do then
“My business,” he said.. Mr, McNutt has made plang but: he isn't talking. about them. At least not until he sees President Truman, The high commissioner, his wife and daughter, Louise, arrived at Stout field night in a govern
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He was to return to the nation's capital this afternoon. He is not ‘a candidate for any public office, he said. Some Hoosier Democrats sald they knew bet. ter. But here, “mum” was the word for Paul V. The commissioner said he returned to the states to expedite two bills through congress, underwriting Philippine independence. “They've been in a state of animation since I left Washington last Nowember,” he said. “I'm trying to push them along.” Transportation and communications in the Philippines are still down, he said. same things we
“They need the need materials, steel, hardware,” be said, He praised the appointment of Lt. Gen. Walter Bedell Smith as ‘ambassador to the Soviet Union. But he had no comment on the whirlwind resignation of Secretary of Interior Harold L. Ickes.
{CANADA PROBES
‘SECRETS’ LEAK
inister Denies Atom: Bomb Information Involved.
OTTAWA, Feb. 16 (U, P.) ~The Canadian government marshaled its forces today against an ‘espionage ring which has leaked “secret and confidential” information to a foreign government, named by a cabinet ministry as Russia. Reconstruction. Minister C. D, Howe flatly denied to the United Press that atomic bomb knowledge was involved. ; Best available sources suggested that secrets of radar, especially as developed for Arctic flying and for defense against possible air attack from the Arctic, might have been the objective of the espionage ring. Royal Canadian mounted police held an undisclosed number of
ernment employees for investigation by a two-man royal commission named by Prime Minister W. L. MacKenzie King. Identities of those in custody were closely guarded, but the United Press learried that certain former Royal Canadian air force
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HOLLYWOOD LAWYER 1S MURDER VICTIM
Ex-Assembly Candidate Is Bludgeoned With Pipe.
HOLLYWOOD, Feb, 16 (U, P.. — The nude body of William H. Bonsall, 45, one-time Republican candidate for state assemblyman, was found sprawled in the driveway of his luxurious home early today. He had been beaten to death. A six-foot, pipe, smeared with blood, was found about 10 feet from the body. Neither Mr. Bonsall's wife nor his parents, Mr: and Mrs, William N. Bonsall, were at home when the murder was discovered. : Officers were checking the vietim's belongings to determine whether robbery might have been the motive. The attorney’s career had been marked by political activity since he was. graduated from the Uni-
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‘Thousands of Hoosiers who have benefited directly from the philanthropy of George J. Marott mourned his death today. One of the state’s most widely known. civic and business leaders, Mr.
in his Hotel. He was 87.
Just 16 days ago he gave his world’s largest shoe store to his
Only ‘Thursday the appreciative new ownérs thanked him publicly, At 3 a, m. the same day, Mr. Marott, one of the most enthusiastic supporters of clean: athletics, became seriously ill in the Marott
in failing health for some time.
Humble Beginrings | Word of his death was on public lips immediately and government, business and civic leaders paid tribute to the passing of a man who rose from poverty to wealth without losing sight of his humble be{ginrings. The announcement of his death at public meetings last night was followed by ‘a minute of ‘standing, silent respect to the adopted Hoosier who came to Indianapolis from England when he was-a youth. True to the: last to his creed of happiness for others, he urged that his traditional Valentine Ball in the hotel go on without him Thurs day night. Attendance at the party long had been one of the bright spots of his year. Honored on Birthday
Mr. Marott's last public appear ance was at the birthday party for him Dec. 10th, At that time he was honored by scores of leaders over the state, Childless, Mr. Marott always had the warmest of feelings for youth and much of his philanthropy was devoted to their advancement, principally in education. During the war he eased the path for many a Boy Scout selling bonds. Time after time he would buy $25 bonds from as many as 100 scouts in every drive. This he followed with other bond gifts to Scouts with outstanding sales records. | During his long life, Mr. Marott
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Smaller Companies Falling - In Line After Pattern Is Set In U. S. Steel Corp. Pact
The nation-wide steel strike virtually was settled today, breaking one of the worst industrial crises in the country’s
Settlement of the steel walkout on the basis of the
ernment’s new wage-price policy today was expected to pave |the way for the eventual return to work of the vast majority
3 ers The United Steel Workers (C.LO.) Original eg Sol $5 ‘cerita dn Hour. bd Pe Settlements... 184. conte. aD
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PITTSBURGH, Feb. 16 (U. PJ).
of America (C. I. O.) is in prospect
y. Action would follow close on the heels of the major contract closed last night by the union with the United States Steel Corp. James Robb, district head for the union here, said that prospects now are favorable for settlement... “We will enter into negotiations with the companies here immediately, Mr. Robb said. First Parley Opens Tomorrow Negotiations with the Chapman Price Steel Co. will -begin at 10 a. m. tomorrow. The union expects to send its members back to work tomorrow night. Other companies still involved in strikes include J. D. Adams Manufacturing Co., Schwitzer-Cummins Co., Indianapolis Drop Forging Co., Thomas IL. Green & Co, and the Link-Belt Ewart and Dodge plants. On settlement, some 11,000 local steelworkers will be back on the job.
ITHACA, N. Y., Feb. 16 (1, P). —OCornell university students - informed bluntly. today. tha courses in higher educa include the privilege of the art of romance on the sampus lounges of Willard Straight hall, The boys and girls were charged with “promiscuous necking” - in Straight lounges. Dorothy Ann Olson, social director of the hall, appealed to the loyalty and pride of the student body to stop their romancing in public. ,
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 16.—Look for early realignment of Soviet-American relations. Appointment of Lt. Gen. Walter Bedell Smith as ambassador to Moscow, to succeed W. Averell Harriman,
Heréafter you can expect more realistic approach, In view of insiders, this will make for mutual better under-
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