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BAUER SAYS HE
POSED AS SPY T0 DUPE NAZIS
Ex-Sergeant Haggard and Nervous as ‘Citizenship Hearing Opens.
BULLETIN In his testimony in federal court to fight deportation, exStafr Sgt. Frederick Bauer denied .he had ever taken a formal oath of allegiance to the German army or to Hitler.
By SHERLEY UHL Haggard and extremely nervous, ex-Staff Sgt. Frederick Bauer today on the witness stand said he posed temporarily as a Nazi agent in order to escape Germany. He told Federal Judge Walter Lindley he had been instructed in ‘various spy methods for a fourmonth period from March to June
of 1941, after which he returned to the United States via Madrid, Spain, Bauer testified German counterIntelligence agents had instructed him to “keep my eyes open . and get myself located near an airplane manufacturing. plant or a seaport.” “1 did neither,” Bauer snapped.
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on the bench.
Own First Witness He said the German counter- th- |
production.”
Bauer, former Ft. Harrison post photographer, was his own first witness in a hearing at the federal building to determine whether he forfeited his U, S. citizenship when he served with the German army in 1940-41. The government seeks to deport him as an undesirable alien. Speaking with a heavy accent and hesitating often to grope for the proper word, the gaunt moustached ex-army sergeant for two hours answered questions asked by his own attorneys. Judge Interrupts At noon he still had not finished his frequent backtracking account of how he returned to America in
October, 1941, in the guise of a German agent. : Judge Lindley, occasionally in-
terrupted his testimony with demands for specific details relating to Bauer's former residences in Berlin, his German acquaintances and
man capitol. At one point Judge Lindley asked how much rent he had paid for an| apartment in a Berlin suburb. The| witness massaged his forehead | meditatively and replied: “It was | very high. Something like $60 or $75 a month.” Since the government, led by a| battery of justice department officials, must cross-examine Bauer, it appeared he would be testifying most of the day. Courtroom attaches said the hearing may exfend for several days. Bauer Nervous
Three German witnesses, ims 2 ported to America for the Bauer ‘ 5 eitizenship- hearing, were not in : the courtroom. His strained features twitching nervously, Bauer reviewed the same 5 b story he previously had told to the o army and the FBI. He said he re- ‘ turned to Germany with his German wife in 19390 after a lengthy stay in this country during which
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MAN, 80, YOUTH, 20, ACCIDENT VICTIMS
An 80-year-old man and. a 20-year-old youth - were the latest traffic victims today. George W. Birt of 1456 Union st., died in City hospital yesterday, four hours after he was struck by. a streetcar while cressing Illinois st. at Market st. He was 80. Mr, Birt operated a printing and rubberstamp manufacturing business. ’ Arthur Mitchell, 20,. of Goshen, + ‘was killed at 3 a. m. today when his car overturned on Rd. 20, two miles west of Elkhart. SEVEN KILLED IN CHILEAN EXPLOSION SANTIAGO, Chile, May 15 (U. P.).—Seven persons were killed and another critically injured yesterday when more than a ton of high explosives blasted the National Powder factory at Nos, 13 miles south of Santiago. Raging fires followed the blast and threatened other powder deposits, but were brought under control after more than three hours. Damage was estimated at $20,000.
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TIMES INDEX
Amusements., 6|Ruth Millett. iH
i hig Eddie Ash... 9 Movies ...... a Jack ‘Bell.... 3|Music ....... 2 rs : BOOKS .......» 7| Obituaries ..." 4 oF Ng Business . 10{Dr. O’'Brien.. 11 ‘ < Classified ..18-20(J. E, O'Brien 8 oh Comics ...... 21(F. C. Othman 11 4 Crossword ... 18|Radio ....... 21 WC ) Editorials ... 12|Reflections .. 12 y '. Europe Today 12|Mrs. Roosev’lt 11 Fashions ..15-16 (Science ..... 11 Forum ...... 12|8erial ....... 17 Gardening * .. 11|8ide Glances. 12 G. L Rights... 3|8ports ...... 8-9 . Meta Given.. 16| Washington - . 12 In Indpls..... 2/Joe Williaths. 8 Inside Indpls. 11 Women's ..14-16
telligence corps in 1941 was “par- |. & ticularly interested in U. S. aircraft |
Bis day-to-day activities in the Ger-|
Jane Jordan. 21!World Affairs 13
Mrs. Wilma Bauer (left), wife to deport, appears in court with a
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Bauer's attorneys— (Left) R. M.
SALARY INCREASES ANNOUNCED BY RCA
Affect Most Employees Not _ Represented by Unions.
RCA Victor division of the Radio Corporation of America today amnounced a general salary increase {for the majority of its salaried em- | ployees not represented by certified bargaining agencies. Announcement of the increase, made by Frank M. Folsom, executive vice president in charge of the division, said it would bring total] raises since December to $30 al month for all employees earning | $378 a month or less, The new increases will be effective May 16 and will cover plants here and in Monticello and Bloomington, Plants effected outside Indiana include those in Camden and Harrison, N, J., Lancaster, Pa. and Hollywood. The increased schedule, according to Mr, Folsom, is designed to raise the income of these salaried) employees in consideration of cur-| rent economic conditions. | The pay increase will affect sev- | eral hundred workers at the three Indiana plants, according to Robert Erickson, division manager, The Indianapolis plant is engaged in the manufacture of radiophonograph combinations, phonograph records and radio tubes. Console and table model cabinets are made at the Monticello plant and table model radio and radiocombination sets are manufactured at Bloomingion,
PRICES ARE SLASHED ON SURPLUS PLANES
WASHINGTON, May 15 (U.P.).—|
The war assets administration,
slashing prices on ‘surplus small planes, today offered 5237 Vultee basic trainers for $450 each. Prices for 732 Boeing and Timm primary trainers were reduced by from $200 to $1000. They will sell for from $590 to $2400. Beech advanced trainers, suitable for use as a small transport, now are available at from $7500 to $15,000
The prices were reduced because |
of deterioration resulting from open
Sori of ‘the planes in . winter
Bauer Case Opens in Federal Court | oly AS
Mine Operators Reject Union's Welfare Fund
Photos by Lloyd Walton
The celebrated case of Sgt. Frederick Bauer was started this morning in Federal court with Judge Walter Lindley, Danville, IIL,
of the man the government seeks friend, Mrs, James O. Weber,
Kroger and J. T. Mazelin.
The . defendant, Sgt. Bauer.
6. 0. P. TO CHOOSE STATE OFFIGERS
‘Democrats Also Meet for
District Elections.
A newly elected ,Republican state
| committee gathered here today to
| complete the party's post-primary reorganization while Democratic county chairman met at scattered points for district elections. The Republican state committee, personnel of which was little changed after district reorganization meetings yesterday, was expected to re-elect all state officers, starting with Chairman Clark Springer. Other G. O. P. state officers slated for return to their posts were Mrs. Mabel Fraser, Delphi, vicechairman; Horace Coats of Indian-
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Women Yoters— * e.Another first-hand coverage of important women's conventions now being held in Indiana appears in today's Times. It is the opening session of the League of Women Voters. Times Staff Writer Elizabeth Strain is af Lake Wawasee to bring you the full account,
Turn fo Page 15.
Tomorrow partly cloudy and cooler,
15, 1946
he Indianapolis Times
Entered as Becond-Olass Matter at Postoffce Indianapolis, Ind. Issued daily except Sunday
STUDY WAGE TAX T0 BOOST | CITY REVENUE
Gross Income Levy Like Toledo Plan Offered as Solution Here.
(Last of a Series)
By RICHARD LEWIS One possible solution to the city’s] financial dilemma now being studied | by the chamber of commerce is a 1| per cent payroll withholding tax on| all wages, salaries, fees, commissions |
p It would
and business or corporation profits] earned in the city of Indianapolis. | This is tantamount to a municipal gross income tax, pulling 1 per] cent of the community's earnings out of the pay envelope to finance | municipal operation, redevelopment | and post-war improvements. effect on the taxpayer would ap-|
income tax.
the burden now borne by property onto the shoulders of workers, business and professional men who are not property owners.
See Tax as ‘Gold Mine’
force the suburban dweller who works or has his business or practice in Indianapolis to pay his share of municipal costs. From a theoretical viewpoint, tax experts see the tax as a gold mine. Only two cities in the United States—Philadelphia and Toledo— have put the payroll tax into effect. It was done years ago in Philadel- | phia where property values caved
iin from sheer obsolescence.
Toledo put its payroll tax in effeet last January, after 15 consecutive years of annual deficits and chronic felyriivg of Potts which the city It is the a chamber of commerce ng watching. The chamber is
is not
{finance committee chairman,
| Parsons. sits { meetings. The committee has been made aware of the payroll tax, but {has not yet gone into it as a defi-
| for Indianapolis and is likely to run {into opposition from labor groups. {That's what happened in Toledo
| cities throughout the country have
alone.
Barly in the year, city council
Its | proximate that of the state gross |
Such a tax would shift some of |
Power for Army’ s Fastest Plane President 1 Tr
Jet engines for the Lockheed P-30 “Shooting Star” . ,'. scheduled for immediate mass production at Allison's Maywood plant.
"Allison Division Plans Full Production, to Employ 6000
Plans for a shift into high gear on a post-war production program | Harvey Arnold hy a margin of only] {named a special committee to look | were announced today by E. B. Newill, general manager of the Allison/85 votes.
{for new sources of revenue to head division of the General Motors Corp. Peak of employment in the 1946 and 1947 period, Mr. Newill said, will reach 6000, as compared to 4800 now employed by the division. Highlights of the program include production of Jet and reciprocat-
| off an anticipated deficit of $600,- | 000 this year.
Committee Members Herman E. Bowers (R.), council's) and 1 Otto Worley (D.) plus Prank Mur- | ray, executive director of the In-| dianapolis Reassessment and Tax Research bureau are the members. Deputy City ' Controller Larry in on some of the
nite solution. "It would be a revolutionary step)
where the C. I. O.’s Political Action committee demanded a referendum and got one. The’ referendum was held April 11 and the vote was heavy. Results showed that 53.6 per cent of the voters favored the plan. Defeated, P. A. C. told City Research Director Ronald E. Gregg it would go along with the tax. More Cities Study Plan
No new opposition has become evident so far, according to Mr. Gregg. A friendly suit now is pending to determine whether alterations in the tax, such as a future reduction, should be made by city council or submitted ta referendum. Cleveland, Akron and Dayton officials are studying the application of the tax to their communities. Mr. Gregg said that more than 100
written to him or to the city hall for information, The payroll tax was the latest
in a series of property tax relief measures. Last fall, the voters re-
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ing engines, conventional aircraft] engines, commercial parts, including | | shock absorbers for G. M. automo- | biles arid trucks and bearings. . In addition to ‘the local plants, Allison will operate the AllisonBedford foundry at Bedford in the manufacture of general purpose aluminum castings for commercial consumers, Work Being Rushed “Work on all these projects is being rushed to get into production of the new items as quickly as possible,” Mr, Newill said. “Contracts held by Allison for 1946-1947 production of Allison V-
represent a greater volume than the total production scheduled by the AAF in all the other aircraft engine plants in the country com-
-bined,” he said.
The jet engines power the lLockheed P-80 “Shooting Star,” fastest plane in the air forces and holder of many inter-city speed records. Principal Projects Listed Principal projects in the program listed by Mr, Newill include: ONE: Lease of the 2,000,000 square foot Maywood plant from the Reconstruction Finance Corp. for the manufacture of conventional and jet aircraft engines.
TWO: Installation of Allison and |
RFC owned machinery in Plant 5 | either the producers, the grain trade
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LOCAL TEMPERATURES
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Nerve-Cutting
By Science Service
PHILADELPHIA, May 15—A new nerve-cutting operation that brings relief to long-standing sufferers from stomach . ulcers was reported by Dr, Lester R. Drag-
stedt of the University of Chicago to the American College of Physicians here today, The operation consists in dividing the vagus nerve at a point on the left side of the chest just above the diaphragm or, in some cases, in the abdomen below the diaphragm. ’ The operation has been done on 73 patients with various types of stomach ulcers who had not been helped by other forms of {reatment and were having frequent hemorrhages, pain or other symptoms,
Except for one man with a gastrojejunal ulcer and one, woman | with a duodenal ulcer, th operation |
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has given “immediate, picts and!
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Relieves Stomach Ulcers
permanent” relief of symptoms. The patients have gained weight and in most. cases there is objective evidence of healing of the ulcers, In the three and one-half years since the first patient was operated on, none of the patients has had a recurrence of ulcers, hemorrhage or perforation, The patients are allowed to move around the first day after the aperation and they do not take any medicines nor do they have to follow any special diet, The abnormally large, continuous secretion of stomach juice during the night and an increased activity of the fasting stomach in patients with | duodenal ulcer returns to normal after the vagus nerve to the stomach has been cut. This bears out the opinion of many - medical scientists that stomach ulcers. originate in emotional conflict and nervous tension, .
“torial”
ATTACK U. S. PLAN TO SEIZE WHEAT
Farm State Senators Cry
‘Dictatorship.’
By GEORGE E. REEDY, JR. United Press S(aff Correspondent
WASHINGTON, May 15—Two farm state Republican senators charged angrily today that govern-
1710 and jet propulsion engines | ment plans to requisition 25 per
cent of all 1946 wheat marketed smacked of jdtatorship” and “totalitarianism.” Their charges were neried as the house agriculture committee announced it would open an investigation tomorrow into the entire domestic ' and international food
situation to find out “just: who is
calling the shots on our country’s food policies.” . The government's wheat requisition plan was assailed by Senator Clyde M. Reed (R. Kas.), junior senator from the nation's largest wheat-producing state, as “the way of dictators in totalitarian states.” “This drastic and far-reaching order was made without consulting
or the millers,” he said. Senator Kenneth 8S. Wherry (Neb.), Republican whip, said the} government's actiony was ‘“dicta-
and should “convince us we are in the hands of totalitarianism.” He sald Secretary of Agriculture Clinton P., Anderson had “gone squarely against a promise” not to requisition wheat. * Meanwhile Chairman Chester C. Davis of President Truman's famine emergency committee expressed belief the government should start thinking about the possibility that
{it will have to ratjon meat some
time in the future.
BULLETINS
WASHINGTON, May-15 (U.P). ~The senate banking committee today approved a one-year extension of OPA by a vote of 11 to 5 Democratic Leader Alben W. Barkley, Ky., who left the closed session early, revealed the result of the first vote to be taken by the committee. The committee still has to decide how much power it thinks OPA should continue to have,
CLEVELAND, May 15 (U. P.). ~-Strike plans for the Illinois + Central railroad, scheduled to go out with the rest of the country’s roads on Saturday, have been cancelled, it was announced to-. day, od
PARRY ‘BEATEN
| ber of the council | received 3935 votes against 2790 for
PRE
| checks,
PRICE FIVE
ruman fo Use
‘Every Power' to Prevent
Renewal WASHINGTON, May 15
of Coal Strike
(U. P.) ~~ President Truban
\will use every power at his command to prevent a resump-
[tion of the soft coal strike when the two-week truce expires, 'Reconversion Director John W. Snyder said today as nego'tiations were thrown into another deadlock.
The new impasse in negotiations came when the opers
\ators rejected John L. Lewis’ demand for a 7 per cent pay=
roll assessment to finance a miners’ health and welfare fund,
IN VOTE UPSET
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Hand of Machine Seen as Kincaid Wins. (Oficial vote on all races, Page 5) |
One of the “surprise “upsets” in the primary election results revealed at the completion of the of-| ficial count early today was the] defeat of Addison J. Parry, spear head of county financing reforms| on the city council for the last three |
| years.
He was defeated for the Repub- | lican renomination for county | councilman from the fourth district by George E. Kincaid, former memMr. Kincaid |
Mr. Parry.
The hand of the regular Repub-| lican organization was seen in Mr.|
Parry's defeat since he has waged constant war against the spending | policies of county officials ‘aligned with the party machine. Hollingsworth Also Loses
Also defeated for the
the a members aligned with Mr. financing reforms. The nomination {in his district, the third, went to
Other Republican nominees for the county council are: John Innis, Eugene M. Fife Jr, Paul B. Clark, Charles O. Sutton, and Harold Charles Shulke. Democratic - nominees for county council are: Silas J. Carr, Charles O. Joyce, Raymond Sanders, Harry F. Hohlt, Philip Zoercher, and T. Wendell Jones. There was no candidate for the fourth district seat on the council. "The first announcement of intentions to file a petition for recount of primary election votes was made today by Elmer E. Petty, defeated candidate for justice of! peace of Center township. Mr. Petty was defeated by Ernest T. Lane, incumbent, by a margin of only 169 votes. The petition for a recount of Center township votes will be filed in Circuit court late today or tomorrow, according to William B. Miller, attorney for Mr. Petty, William @, Shaffer, president of the Republican Precinct Committeemen association, won the G. O.
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BAD CHECK PASSER HITS | BATESVILLE
Forger Spoils Record of. ‘Crimeless’ City.
Times Special BATESVILLE, Ind, May 15.—A “slick” check artist who made a beeline * through this .~crimeless Ripley county town (pop. 3300) left the town with five bad checks and something to talk about today, “A friendly sort of a fella—but odd.” That was Police Chief Richard Lightner’s opinion of the bareheaded stranger whose checks bounced within a few minutes after he sped out of the city limits Monday. The
stranger cashed five bad all made out for $1750, Five times he went in small Bates4ville groceries, and five times he bought a dozen oranges and 10 pounds of potatoes. Each time he cashed one of the checks, all of which were made out with a forged signature of John Philkep, prominent Ripley county hatcheryman who's well known in Batesville, Discover Fraud Too Late ~The stranger ‘had no more than pulled. out of the city limits when one of the grocery keepers discovered the fraud. Together the five grocerymen and the police chief marched on the bank and confirmed the forgery via a phone call to Mr. Philken. The hatcheryman told them he knew nothing of the checks and could not identify either . “Earl Thomas” or “Thomas Kyle.” the
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county council Republican nomination was , one of who has been Parry in county
th [the White House N€ | agreement—as requested by Presi-
{dential
Mr. Lewis has served no-
tice that the United Mine Workess (A. F. of L) will not nes tiate a new contract without such a mg Meanwhile, new negotiations boosted administration hopes for averting: the nationwide railroad strike set for Saturday. The fresh discussions, however, had progressed hardly far-enough to dispel completely the strike |threat which hung over them like ' a dark cloud.
Rail Talks Resumed Railroad management and labor
| union leaders resumed the bargains
|ing session last night at the request of President Truman who sarist | conferred with “them separately at {the White House. ‘A 40-minute coal negotiating ses- | sion was recessed until 2 p. m. after {the operators rejected Mr. Lewis’ | welfare fund demand on it | was a “new social I eh osophy.” Operators said the union
WASHINGTON, May 15 (U. P.) ~The senate labor committees today approved a resolution eall. ing for an investigation into the causes of labor unrest. Seme members hoped the proposed inquiry could be used to stall adep-
such an inquiry would take “sev-
eral months.”
{proposal would “usurp” the gov~ |érnment’s taxing powers and would
E {increase the cost of coal.
The new deadlock dashed what« ever small hope remained that the miners and operators could go to today with an
dent Truman. Threat to Food Industry White House Press Secretary Charles G, Ross said union and industry representatives would be called to the White House later today—"probably some time this afte ernoon.” Mr. Snyder's promise of presi-
action to prevent another disastrons strike was made to See-
{retary of Agriculture Clinton P,
Anderson. Mr, Anderson said a renewal of the strike would mean that most of the nation's food ine dustries would grind to a halt with« in a few days. The mine operators said the union had proposed no resirice tions upon the expenditure of the money and that the industry “une equivocally rejects” the proposal for these reasons: “First, the committee would not saareise such authority and make commitment of this character for the industry, and further, this mat ter does not go to the question of wages, hours or working conditions, “Second, that the plan constitutes | double taxation on the industry for | social welfare, for which it is now paying approximately 10 cents per ton. Calls Plan a Tax
“Third, that it is a matter of public concern and is therefore a problem that should be considered not by this wage conference but hy public legislative bodies and then only after a complete and thors ough investigation by such legis« lative bodies of all the problems involved.” + The operators said the union proposal in effect imposes a “large tax” on industry and the public. “It encroaches directly upon the function of government by usurp ing the taxing powers and the problems of social welfare and would result in increased cost of coal and lessen the tax income of the government,” they said.
Northeast Suburban Home With Immediate Possession Property like this is scarce aa the proverbial “hen’s teeth.” The = tract is unusually large for ome of those “city homes in the country” , . . STOP--Look! 3 Acres, bedroom bungalow of Dean lumber;