Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 1 March 1946 — Page 1
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FORECAST Cloudy and mild with ‘occasional light Tain tonight, ~Cleaving and slightly cooler tomortih,
IN Bw Operations at Structire. on il
Northwestern Ave. Due ‘After June 30.
The Chrysler Corp. of De-|4
troit has virtually completed negotiations for the purchase of the Fairbanks-Morse Co. plant at 2060 Northwestern ave. for the manufacture of fuel stokers, - The Indianapolis Times learned today. Chrysler will operate the huge tidustrial structure, with its 203,000
square feet of floor space, as its Indianapolis Stokol plant of Chrys-
der Air-Temp division of Dayton, O.
This means the concern probably will move its present Stokol manufacturing opération from space it now leases from Schwitzer-Cummins Co. at 1145 E. 22d st. to a permanent location in" the Northwestern ave. plant. ‘Started Jan. 29 Chrysler purchased Stokol manufacturing, equipment and patents and’ ‘began making the stoker in leased” space at the SchwitzerCummins plant Jan. 29. The Time; learned that consummation of the deal for the Fair-banks-Motse property awaits only completion of the abstract. Neither Chrysler officials in Detroit nor Pairbanks-Morse in Chicago would make any comment, however, for publication. Chrysler Corp. is expected to take possession after June 30, when the VU. 8. army which leased the Northwesiern gve. plant since March,
The Fairbanks-Morse Co. plant at 2060 Nerthwestern ave. « « o Chrysler: is buying it to’ make stokers.
Stephenson’ s Plea for New Trial i in Murder Case Denied
Times Special NOBLESVILLE, March 1.—Failing jn "his 39th bid for freedom,
kept right on going in Indianapolis
ex-Klan Grand Dragon D. C. Stephenson today: was denied a retrial on murder charges that sent him to life imprisonment 21 years ago. Special Judge Cleon Mount ruled that while he believed Stephenson's offense was manslaughter, not murder, he thought he was respon-
His ruling stated: “Although 1 sm disposed to be-| lieve - that the punishment prescribed by law for manslaughter is the one that” should “have been meted to the defendant, yet I do not want to be understood as being sympathetic with the petitioner over his conviction, “I am of the opinion that he was drunk at the time, drunk on the power and influence he was wielding to the extent that he believed himself above the law. , . , Drunk, in fact, by use of the stuff which we called liquor in those prohibition days.” Replying to the court, Stephenson blamed his- plight on “the masterly, political influence of Robert W. Lyons” (former Ku-Klux Klan official) and Republican national committeemen for-a few days in
sible for the death of Miss Madge Oberholtzer of Indignapolis. -
Judge Mount ordered Stephenson ‘back ‘to Michigan City state prison, but stayed the order until March 15, by which time Stephenson said he would: file an appeal. ' The former Klan dragon has been in. the Noblesville jail"for a year while preparing his i ial plea, judge, sitting on_ the HamilRy circuit. bench, held that Stephenson’s affidavits were largely hearsay; that the deathbed statement of Miss Oberholtzer was genuine and that there was no evidence offered to support” Stephenson’s contention that his jurors had circulated Ku-Klux Klan pamphlets against him. Stephenson declares the Klan double~crossed him, Stephenson said he would ask the Hamilton eounty grand jury to “try
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plant to, make motors and generators up to November, 1931, when 1t ceased this operation. The huilding was empty until January, 1936. Then the company resumed opérations there, this time in the home appliance field--radios, refrigerators and washing machines, On Jan. 2, 1939, its home appliance unit was sold to the Conservador refrigerator division of Philco Radio and ‘Television Corp, Philco moved out of the plant a later It was then leased by gov-
‘venment as an army warehouse. thesy
+NESSEE CITY IS. seat ¥R. HEAVY GUARD
pound Ps MBIA, Tenn, March 1 (U.
gies IH an remained under unmartial law today although 10g Jals predicted no troublesome rmath from an attempted jail break in which.two Negroes were killed Yesterday. \ Tennessee safety commissioner Lynn Bomar, said the two men were shot as they seized a gun in a try for freedom, just a few minutes before they were to have been re- . Jeased on bond. Police had been questioning ‘the
.. pair in connection with a flare-up
of trouble here early this week in’ which. 10 persons, “including seven officers, were wounded by gunfire,
ARGENTINA RETURNS SHOW PERON AHEAD
AIRES, March 1 (U.P). Juan D. Peron led Dr. Jose
Tamborini for the 68 crucial Buenos Afres electoral votes today. He maintained a small nation-wide lead in the presidential election returns. . Col. Peron had 57443 popular voi¢s nation-wide, to 53,862 for Dr Tamborini, and was leading in the count for 168 elebtoral college votes. Dr. Tamborinin ¢linched 10 elec-
: toral votes in .San Luis province,
the first province to finish counting, and was leading for 62 in other
The winner must receive at least 189 of the 376 votescin the electoral college,
TIMES INDEX
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By ROBERT. BLOEM It's up to the Republican party fo tell the people what it proposes to do about the nation’s problems not just to criticize, former Gov. Harold Stassen of Minnesqis said here last night. . No. 1 domestic problem is development of harmony between capital and labor, he told Columbia
‘lelub Republicans at the 57th an-
nudl beefsteak dinner. And the solution les in a forthright, progressive approach by the G. O. P. Widely discussed as a potential Republican candidate for the presidency in 1948; the Minnesota party leader said: “Criticism has a vital place in a democracy, But there is a greater need of constructive proposals, frankly presented, than there is of additional criticism.” Asks Clear Cut Program Pleading for a strong, clear cut program on all issues, particularly On: labor, Mr. Stassen pointed out that differences of opinion. within the party as to how the problems should be solved need not-be a handicap. “Existence of wuéh differences are not a weakness,” he declared, “they are a virtue. If there is not room for ‘divergence of view within the party, the alternative is a narrow definition of party position which results in splitting off into multiple small parties. “As a result of such fragmenta-
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RED GROSS ‘ARMY’ TAKES TO FIELD
For $580,000 Quota.
A vast Red Oross solicitation army took the field here today in a campaign to Marién county before March 327. Money contributed will assist men remaining in the armed forces, hospitalized veterans and veterans returning to eivilian life, : “We know,” said Frank J. Hoke, general chairman of the drive, “that people are tired of hearing about the war and want to forget it. , But the war is never over for the Red Cross. There's a big job to be done, and that job cat omly be
'41 FOOD PRICES
Map Policy
Workers: Begin Solicitation|3
raise $580,000 in |B"
accomplished with the oelp of ap
ABOUT DOUBLED.
Rise Maintained Although Incomes Are Cut.
Food prices have rocketed to al- | most double today what they were on March J; 1941.
A survey of newspaper advertise~ ments shows that the average consumer pays nearly twice as much today for the same grade and amount of food as in the months preceding America’s éntry into the war,
A similar comparison with prices | today and May, 1943, when the government’s hold-the-line order was issued, shows that prices on |the| average have not risen. Conse- | quently, the rise in ptices swépt the nation in two years. Meanwhile, however, millions of | workers have taken an involuntary cut in wages through reconversion layoffs and the loss of war-born overtime at time-and-a-half, Bowles’ Statement | A smaller number “have had pay increases, but most of these per-| sons were earlier. caught under the salary freeze. Any rise in grocer and butcher bills since 1943 is due to people eating more and better food, said Chester Bowles, economic stabilizer. Today, however, it depends an what store you trade in whether you pay a few cents more or less than your neighbor for the same item. Chaing.stores generally run lower in price, Statistics in this survey are from advertisements by such stores. They show the pattern of dll grocers and butchers. A breakdown of various articles and their prices in the survey can best illustrate the rise: Commodity
Coffee Sausage Fy Pork loin rosat. .. Lathb roast Grapefruit
Amount 1941 1943
47¢ 29¢ 330, J6e fc 4c 18¢ 43c 22c 28¢ Bc 6c Wc 26¢
1046 47¢ Tie Ie ae
- 17¢ 43¢ 22 29¢ Sle Te
J6c
Eggs Tomato Juice Grapefruit juice. 18.08, Peanut butter Ibs.
13¢
ROBBERY DEFENDANT ASKS SPECIAL JUDGE
Cleo Bdwards, charged with the robbery last October of Miss Helen Brosnan, prominent Indianapolis churchwoman, - today regquested a
+| special criminal court jufige to hear
his case. A orowded makes it. impossible fi be heard before .
burt docket the case to Edwards is
FRIDAY, MARCH i 1046
BUILDERS SAY CITY'S GROWTH BLOCKS HOMES
Materials Go to Business
Wntered an Sacond-Class Matter I: Postoflice ; Todianapaiis 9, Ind. Issued daily except Sunday
; Expansion Despite Priority Rating.
By RICHARD LEWIS Give us the “materials, say the contractors, and well build the homes. Building materials haven't disappeared from the market, Building
Fifth o of a Series 5
during the war at the rate of $6,» 000,000 a year. .It is starting to move faster now, But it is not the kind of building for the-most part which relieves ay housing shortage, ¢ New homes constituted only 15} per cent of total new construction’ valuatign in 1944 and 23 per cent of 1945's total new valuation, ace: cording to city building commission records. . Growing Community The bulk of ‘what building mates} ‘rials could be scraped to # went into commercial and: induss} trial structures, a sure sign of al’ s{busy, growing’ community. But a] community’ nevertheless which now }- jcannot house: all ifs citizens: and more particularly, its veterans. x Non-availability was one factor limiting residence truction. was another. 2 Contractors dn't build that unider-$10, which the community bas because materials they
ey fancy pricks in Indi-|-2. Sold at equally: fancy figures in a whit¢ ‘market where loopholes in price control ‘made it possible for producers to hike prices up to and.
hiss rte U. $. 0 HT IF NECESSARY’
Until last Jan. 15, no system existed for channelling material into Byrnes Says ays UNO Palicies Must Be.Defended.
the under-$10,000 home, Then Pref NEW YORK, March 1 (U. Pl
erence. Rating 33 was clamped on the industry. = Its function was to The United. States will fight’ Hr necessary to delehdsthe principles!
Butler meet have
re-chiannel at least 50 per cent of those - materials which had ‘been guided into war production back into residences, This program is carried out under Civilian. Production. administration nationally. It is administered Jocal- |
Basketball Crowd Limited By Board's Choice of om
By BOB STRANAHAN
“Not half‘ emough tickets.”
That is: ‘the. consensus sehoolmen conoernity. ox pre yr OMOrTow. 3
. ‘regional high school basketball Anderson's gym
—attend. Tech 1s Jisted with 5070
journey septs 4629. Yet Butler's big caring for Th808 Ia. fans will stand empty Tech's énrollment Alone would more than all "the students decided—and could,
lL the Audion omit um [derson nigh “school ‘said “tNEE" BAIY
112 and 15 per cent,
-|anything can happen,
pil. Ai. Under it, a ceiling price
le, and $80 a month on rental homes built under its priorties. Reasonable sale price is determined by area by FHA, on the bai of current costs, These are 1 costs to which percentage in4] = reflecting price rise have | been added, Pegs Rise in Prices ; These increases today include a 100 per cent increase in lumber and 8 20 per cent increase in brick, according to FHA, Last week's overall current cost tactor, as estimated by FHA for Indianapolis; “was 132 based on 1941 costs at 100, This increase of 32 per cent means that a $6000 home built in 1941 would now cost $8000, or about onethird more. OPA pegs the overall rise at 40 per cent. Under PR-33, nothing at all could | be built for under $5000 which {FHA would approve. Most economical home would run between $6000 and $7500. It would have five rooms, Builders’ profit is fixed between but when compensation is de-
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workmen's
DEATH TO BE FATE OF KIDNAP-SLAYER
SANTA CRUZ, Cal, March 1 (U. P.).—~Superior Judge James Atteridge today will sentence Thomas Henry McMonigle, 31, to death in the San Quentin prison gas chamber for the kidnap-murder of bob-by-soxer Thora Chamberlain last Nov. 2. McMonigle was found guilty of first. degree murder without recom‘mendstion of leniency, thereby making the death sentence mandatory.
000 is placed on homes for
State James PF. Byrhes said last night.% “In the interests of our ¢ommon and traditional friendship we must make it plain that the United States intends to defend the charter,” Mr. Byrnes said in an address at the Overseas Press club dinner. “We have covenanted not $0 use force except in the defense of law as embodied in the purposes and principles of the charter. We intend to live up to that covenant,” he said. Mr. Byrnes stated the United States’ interpretation of certain of those principles which have been involved in recent international developments.
ONE: “We_have no right to hold
soyereign states without their approval and consent Ireely given.” TWO: “We must not undulyiprolong the making of peace and continue to impose our troops upon small and impoverished states.” THREE: “No. power has a right to help itself to alleged ‘enemy properties in liberated or exssatellite countries before a. reparation settlefnent has been agreed. upon by the allies. We have not and will not agree to any one power deciding for itself what it will take from these countries.” FOUR: “We must not ‘onduot a
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FASCIST "PREMIER EXECUTED +BUDAPEST, March 1 (U. PJ).—~ Bela Imredy, former Fascist premier of Hungary, was executed by a firing squad in the. Budapest jail yesterday after President Zoltans tildy denied his appeal for clemency.
March Arrives
LOCAL TEMPERATURES 0am... 49 11 a.m, , 56 12: (Noon) .. 57 lpm... 0 58
‘Today is ‘March 1 and the month came in like a kitten with clear skies, a bright sun and rising temperatures. And the lion, symbol of Maren, will continue to purr all day. However, there is a good prospect that the lion's tail will be twisted tonight. Then he is scheduled to roar to life with. thunderstorms and turn. & cold shoulder on Indian~ apolis tomoryow. But this is the windy month and ‘The Non is apt to blow hot and Soi with dis~ concerting frequency.
|The. forecast from the
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of the United Nations charter, “the only road to peace,” Secretary of
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pupils, Anderson with 2350. Danville has an enrollment of 177 and Eden of 42. These are September registration figures. Tech got 1808 tickets for the tourney. Anderson received 1150, Danville 567 and Eden 530. Athletic’ Director Charles P. Dagwell of Tech said, “We could bave disposed of another 2000 without any trouble.” Principal Stanley Porter of Ane
senjors and a part of the junior class would get to see the meel. Anderson has nearly 4000 season | ibookholders, but’ only / 182 ‘of the prized ducts went to adults. i
area’ are out inthe told except for |, a few players, Thirty-one of 50
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Charges Russ Aim to Stamp
VATICAN CITY, March 1:(U. P.). —Prench Cardinal Eugene Tisserant. charged today that Russia was engaged in a deliberate campaign to stamp out Catholicism in eastern Europe. He said that thousands of Cath
olic refugees faced death or 8iberian exile if they were forced to return-$o the Soviet fone. ~The Nrench prelate’s outspoken charge of anti-Catholic terrorism by the Soviets was made in « formal statement issued on his appointment to the Holy Roman curia ss secretary of the sacred congregation for the oriental church. “Alm at Destruction” “East of the Curzon line (roughly representing the new eastern boundary of Poland) Soviet policy aims at the destruction of Catholigism,” Cardinél Tisserant declared, The Cardinal spoke pointedly of the refugee camps in the American and British ocgupation. zones where, he said, the Red army was trying “ofter at the point of a gun” to force unwilling exiles to return to their homes in the east. “If the end of the war means an end of the ‘right of asylum,’ then mankitid has lost evéry ideal of J and charity, " he added in an Siiea) to the Untied. Stay
STELLE RAPS LACK OF VETERANS’ FARM AID
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RUSSIA WILL RETAIN RED TROOPS IN RAN
Sidesteps 3 Pact fo, Withdraw by March 2.
LONDON, March T (U. P.).—Russia today sidestepped the Big Three agreement calling for . complete withdrawal of all allied troops from |; Iran by March 2, and announeed that part of the Soviet occupation’ forces ‘would remain “until the situation has ‘been ‘cleared.” x All American troops already. bad left. the troubled : little country through which United States lend~ lease supplies flowed to Soviet Russin ‘during the European wat, The Iast. 600; British soldiers in southern Iran were scheduled to be : von by the week-end. But Radio - Moscow snnounbed bluntly ‘Shatronly part of the Red} SH
gin withdrawing” on tomorrows deadline and it set no definite date for final evacuation from country, The Soviet broadeast said word of the Kremlin's ‘decision alres~ been communicated to delegation headed by mad Ghavam Sult now negotiating Moco...
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