Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 13 June 1946 — Page 2
f Proposal Wins Approval “After Stormy Talks; © Work Week Cut.
BY EDWIN A. LANEY Timer Special Writer " WASHINGTON, June 13.—The C. 1. O. maritime unions have accepted the terms of the governfor their new wagé contract v sr & series of stormy meetings, it wis learned here today. The government terms are in a directive from the war shipping administration to the private shipping compsmies. This directive will prob_y be made public today. t's terms, which will pda the strike scheduled for midhight tomorrow, include a wage increase of $17.50 # month. The shipping companies’ last offer
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POLICE SAY BOSTON "MURDER IS SOLVED
WESTFIELD, N.”J., June 13 (U. P.)—The murder of Boston Mil~ lionaire William A. Whitcomb was marked solved today by local police “The Case of the Greedy Machinist.” The machinist was 49-year-old George E. Hardy, He committed suicide in- his gas-filled apartment here just 11 hours after the 73-year-
{old president of the Great Northern
Paper Co. was shot to death in his Boston office last Monday by a man posing as a treasury agent, Police said they believed Hardy killed the millionaire in a fit of |
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THURSDAY, JUNE 13, 1946
Understanding Wife Helps
Guide Pilot to Safe Landing
ELGIN, Ill, June 13 (U, P)—A former army pilot zoomed low over | his own home last night and prayed | his wife would understand his signal of distress. She did and saved his life, Robert E. Crane, 26, ferrying a two-seater plane from Dallas to a suburban Chicago air field, ran into a severe storm north of Peoria, Ill His ‘plane had no radio, His visibility cut by rain and hail, he squinted through the darkness and made out the bare outline of the Fox river. He followed it to | Elgin, his home town. But the air fleld here is under
had been a $12.50 increase. The S8-Hour work week, which | was & matter of controversey, has not been shortened, but the govern- | ment is directing that overtime be | paid at sea after 48 hours. : Shorten Work Week The work week in port for seamen is shorténed from 44 hours to 40 hours under the government directive. These provisions apply to unlicensed personnel aboard ship, Issues involving radio operators and engineers in addition to the wage ‘question decided by the government, will be submitted to arbitration. The West coast longshoremen, headed by Harry Bridges, are expecting the 22-cent per hour wage increase recently recommended by a fact finding panel, The terms of the strike settle - ment were accepted by the union chiefs after a bitter meeting with Assistant Secretary of Labor W. Gibson in the hotel apartment of €.1. 0. President Philip Murray.
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RITES TOMORROW FOR MRS. HARTLEY
Services for Mrs. Nora Hartley, wife of Harry C. Hartley, Elkhart, will be held in Conkle funeral home at 10:30 p. m. tomorrow. Burial will * be in Washington Park. Mrs. Hartley, who was 70, died
yesterday in Long hospital. She moved to Elkhart five years ago after having lived here for 20 years, She was a member of the First Presbyterian church and was born in Greensburg.
Survivors besides her hushand are a son, H. A. Hartley, Indianapolis; three daughters, Mrs, D. F. Steele, Indianapolis; Mrs. L. E. Harter,
Smiling broadly, Juan: Peron, vent newly re-elected president of Joseph Cohn of Union county said.
Argentina, waves to crowds in Buenos Aires during inaugural parade. Wearing a brigadiergeneral's uniform, Peron took the oath for & six-year term before a joint session of the Argentine _eongress,
COMPROMISE ON TEEN-AGE DRAFT
Will Call 18-19-Year-0lds As Last Resort.
WASHINGTON, June 13 (U, P) —A proposal to induct 18-year-olds only after all other sources of manpower have been exhausted apparently cleared the way today for | prompt congressional approval of a) compromise draft extension hill. Members of both houses confer-| ring on divergent draft plans pre-| dicted they would wind up their joint meetings this week. They] will place the new draft legislation’ on President Truman's desk well be- | fore July 1—the expiration date of | the present temporary act. The teen-age proposal, offered by! Senator Chan Gurney (R. 8. DD)! would permit drafting of teen agers only after the army failed to meet its requirements from volunteers | dnd older draftees. And 18-year-olds would be called up only after the 19-year-old manpower supply had been thoroughly combed. Rep. John Sparkman (D. Ala) suggested that service of drafted youngsters under 20 year's be limited to continemtal United States. Rep. Sparkman predicted the, two amendments would answer twiceexpressed house objections to draft ing youths under 20. He added that both proposals had the endorsement of army and selective service officers.
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|rooftop, hoping his wife Would un- | derstand, Mrs, Crane, listened, then ran to the window. “I knew it was Bob,” she said. Quickly she called state police. She told them her husband was in a new plane, with neither radio nor lights, and could not land, A.state police car was sent to the air field, Hurriedly, state troopers rounded, up several motorists parked nearby. They turned on their headllights, focusing them on the landing strip. Crane landed safely.
FINED ON BLACK CAT HUNT LINCOLN, Neb, (U. P).—Wil-
liam A, Waldie had a new excuse
for running a stop sign, but he| still was fined $1 by Municipal Judge Edward C. Fisher. ‘We were] {looking for a black cat—on a treasure hunt,” Waldie explained.
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1946’ IS SELECTED
NEW YORK, June 13 (U, P).— George A Chamberlain, of Gloversville, N, Y., chosen “Worker Father of 1946” by the national Father's day committee, looked proudly today at his seven sons. Five of the boys served with distinction in the navy during the war, “I only wish their mother could be here today,” he said softly. The mother died last year. The slight, unassuming veteran glove cutter wore on his chest a medal, awarded him as the beginning of a round of honors for the The honors will be elimaxed Sunday, Father's day, when
| members of the family will be {guests of the American Legion at a picnic at Jones Beach, | The Chamberlain boys range in |age from 21 to 34 years. Five of {them won a total of 14 battle stars and their combined service in the
navy adds up to 31 yedrs,
Model Proposes A 'UN of Beauty’ HOLLYWOOD, June 13 (U, P.), —Patricia Stevens, head of a nation-wide model agency, today said that even if the world could not agreed on a United Nations organization, she could offer a movie-colony “United Nations organization of beauty” on which she was sure all could agree, Her candidates: Peggy Cummins, representing England; Geraldine Fitzgerald, Ireland; June Allyson, U. 8; Annabella, France; Margo, Mexico; Ingrid Bergmann, Sweden; Vero Zorina, Norway; Tamara Toumanova, Russia; Yvonne de Carlo, Canada; Signe Hasso, Denmark; Lisette Verea, Romania; Katina Paxinou, Greece; Ann
Richards, Australia, and Maria Montez, Santo Domingo.
14 AT 1, U, ELECTED TO PHI BETA KAPPA
Times Special BLOOMINGTON, Ind. June 13,
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astio society, today elected to mems bership 14 of this year’s graduates .
at Indiana university, The new members will be initiatéd Thurse day evening preceding a banquet in their honor, The annual Phi Beta Kappa address will follow. Newly elected members and their major subjects are:
Peter Fraenkel, LaPaz, BoMvia, Sica) Hans Walff, Queen Village, N. gr line guistics; Mrs Margaretta Sackville Tangerman, Hammond, sociology; Richard J. MeAlpine, Michigan City, anatomy and physiology; Elizabeth Titsworth, Rushville, government; Virginia Dill McCarty, Plaine field, government; Howard , L. Balsley, Hammond, economics; Frank W. Ray Jr Logansport, history; Stephen G. Savage, Salem, journalism; Sarah Jane Chapman, Toledo, O, speech; Willlam R. McMurte rey, Frankfort, government; Betty Low Todd, Bloomington, Spanish: Muriel M, Thorne, Wdshington, D. C., fine arts, and Joanne Whiteneéck, Warsaw, journalism,
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