Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 12 July 1946 — Page 4

Al Constellations Grounded As U. S. Probes Fatal Crash

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sure equipment was discontinued ‘on CAA orders. The 8 Hane that crashed at Reading, Pa. yesterday was not using it. The CAA Reading crash under these conditions resulted in the CAA ground order until the “whole mechanical trouble” can be determined and corrected. / Although the grounding order specified 30 days, the spokesman sald it will be cancelled as soon as the complete mechanical difficulty can be eliminated. Operated Under Contract

The army grounded all the Con~

in fia air operauons Jol io Collins said in a statement in lowing the crash landing of one New york that daily New York to last Sept. 18. | Paris and four-times-weekly flights One engine burned out and fell to |to Cairo will be continued, however, the ground while the plane was in | with Skymasters.

near Topeka, Kas,

the air. The army Constellation Was op-

erated - under contract by P "| Constellations at present, said every

American. None was injured.

An army air forces spokesman |

sald that some of the army Constellations had been flown since the grounding order but that none were being flown now. The army had ordered safety changes and modifications to gor

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rect the trouble that caused the Topeka crash. Skymasters Are Substituted A T. W. A, spokesman said that {by substituting Skymasters the airline would be able to fly all scheduled flights, except ‘wo. Hardest hit apparently was Pan-| American's Los Angeles-S8an Francisco to Honolulu service which carries 700 passengers a week. J. V. Roscoe, Pagific manager, said in San Francisco nine weekly round trips will have to be canceled until other planes can be substituted. T. W. A canceled Saturday's flight from Chicago to Cairo via Paris and Sunday's from Washington to Cairo via North Africa, Transportation Vice President

| Plane in Flight American, which uses only two

effort would be made to provide uninterrupted service,

OAT ACREAGE

‘Hay, Timothy a Cover) Output Increases; Peaches Ripen. Times Spécial LAFAYETTE, July 12.—Above avérage -yleld for the 1946 Indiana farm crop’ was the outlook’ today ‘by experts at the Purdue university agricultural experiment station here. A probable yield of 21.5 bushels an acre for winter wheat would be

four bushels higher than the 193544 average, they pointed out. An estimated production of more than 30 million bushels, while less than last year, would be 115 per cent of average. Old wheat on farms, however, totals 718,000 bushels, lowest in 20 years.

One of its planes was west-bound |

Corn production is expected to equal 4,675,000 acres, highest since

trom Newfoundland to New York 1937. An expected yield of 49 bushels and one east-bound to Shannon, an acre would be 128 per cent of Ireland, when the government order | average, crop authorities say. Rebecame effective last midnight. | serves on Hoosier farms total more President Robert E. Gross of{than 54 million bushels, largest Lockheed Aircraft Corp, which|in 20 years, with exception of 1943. manufactures the Constellation, explese ‘umusmtnl 8! ye gos: Oats acreage equals ‘1,563,000, an “purely precautionary.” increase over last year. A prospecHe sald Lockheed engineers have tive 38-bushel-an-acre yield would gone to Reading to participate with be seven bushels higher than av|C. A A In the investigation. The grounding order provoke: | turmoil at the airlines terminal in| more than 59 million bushels would Manhattan and marine terminal at nearly equal last year’s figure, Pur{La Guardia field, Switchboards| due university agriculturists added. | were swamped with calls from per-| Stocks on hand are largest in 20 | | sons holdings reservations for trans- | years. | | oceanic flights. Soybean acreage, reduced 13 per First Replacement Scheduled | Cent from 1945, equals 1,483,000. A

total of 838,000 bushels of soybeans The first Pan-American Skymas- |, arms is less than that of recent

ter replacement, presumably from | years, it was disclosed. the Latin American division, was| Yield of hay is believed to be| scheduled to leave Miami at 6 a. m, | 8bove average. Clover and timothy

r : (Indianapolis time) today en route Bay ae sages Ereauer, While mifaits New York for trans-Atlantic y eh Ph y b Io production of 2,665,000 tons is lower

. than last year, but above average. = Canstelintions Pros ed Pasture condition is 93 per cent of trans-Atlantic carriers represent an normal, figures show, investment of roughly $60,000,000. Tobacco Crop Less

PORTLAND FRE LESS Smo esi os FIXED AT $130,000

95 per cent of the 1945 crop.| (Continued From Page One)

Oats Increase Seen

a erase. while expected production of

A 5 per cent smaller tobacco crop

than last year is expected. It will approximate 11,750,000 pounds, experts believe. Popcorn acreage is 19,100, ecom-

Lowered acreage will bring total production to only 72 per cent of the 1935-44 average. tona Beach, Fla, was in fair condition at a local hospital Firemen said the blaze started

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PURDUE F FINDS Courthouse Tree Amputation HOUSING PRICES

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Survey Shows Top Reached In Some Localities. (Continued From Page One)

dent in the high-priced field but prices are holding firm in the middle and low brackets, FIVE: The peak in prices for new homes probably will be reached more speedily if OPA is not revived. Builders believe the top will be about’ the same in any event.

Pittsburgh Listings Fall

In Indianapolis, the C. I. O. picketed ‘real estate row” and consumer groups were reported “very vocal” about high prices. Pittsburgh reported its buying spree dying down, with veterans’ problems less severe and homeowning hopes nipped for, others by the loss of their nest eggs through strikes. Listings of Pittsburgh dealers have “dwindled to. practically nothing.” In Memphis, about two-thirds of the single rental units already have been sold with the result that salesmen in June had their worst month

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with band music, Judging will begin at 7 o'clock.

pari rnolda—Lorraine Metelko, 5, of * 763 N. A st. | Bethel—Norma Cheatam, 2';, of 3115 E, Minnesota st, Brookside—Margaret Louise LaMar, 3, of m

1033 N, As Camp van—8hirley Radcliff, 4, of 532 Dorman st. Onrian- Barbara Mann Hobbs, 3, of Coleman— Jeni Darlene Huffman, 3,

of 23 ugh X ~Susane Leland, 3, of 1837 Nn * Doiswaze st. h-—Barbara Ann Skidmore, 5, of eh "Linden st. Greer—Bonja Lee Keating, 5, of 1005

Berwin st Hawt! wiherne_Karen Bue Bowman, 4'a, of 2035 W. Washingto! ansas and Mer dlan—Gareth Elyse Hendricks, 3, of 2445 V ave, Meikel —Josephine of 914 8S. Senate ave Nerthwestern—Bonnita Watts, 3, of 2523 Boulevard ok . Rader—Bonita Thomas, 12%, of #16 Udell st.

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ments. Response to “for sale” ads still runs high, “but most of the callers hang up now when they hear the price.” Indianapolis prices appeared to

have passed their peak two months ago, but this is normally the off season. Some homes have been on the market for six to 12 months,

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. . only half the wonder was left. | The ninth one, which is the one| { which Steeplejack Winders cut down | | live- wire Chamber of Commerce | yesterday, appeared in 1927. The | decided to tell the world. about it,| oth, which is still there, appeared | instead of letting the world ask. |i; 1939. It is in full leaf and growAfter all, look what a little pub- ling strong. licity did for Niagara Falls. Now | there are postcards and a limited supply of pamphlets advertising the courthouse tower trees. four sides of tower forced big cracks Smiley Fowler, the signpainter, in the masonry. In 1940, Steeple-|, painted signs on all the main roads| | jack Winders reinforced the tower leading into town advising travelers| not to miss the Eighth Wonder of by wrapping steel bands around it. the World. Some folks say those trees appear just before a world wide ecatastro-

Grew Through Brick Besides the divine explanation phe, like & war or a depression.

of those trees there is the scien-| Some recollect that they noticed tific one which you can believe | new trees around 1914 and 1919 as if you want to. Aspens are rare | well as 1927 and 1939. And wasn't in Decatur county, but there's one | there a panic in 1873, just after grove of them outside of town, | the trees started?

In 1870, sand, brick and mortar| Steeplejack Slater, dod about | 45 minutes to trim the live tree an were hauled rom near that grove| cut away the dead one. The big and hoisted into the tower for tree surgeon's saw flashed in the ballast, to hold it down in a high | sunlight.

wind. Botanists figure aspen seeds | Then the dead tree swung away

The tower trees of Greensburg .

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Masonry Cracked Steady growth of the trees on all

|San Francisco reported no reversal

in four years, El Paso reported similarly: “Those who had homes for sale have already sold. Sales are down, the market is leveling off and homes priced at levels of six months ago are not moving.” Coast Prices Going Up =

" Reflecting the West coast boom,

but prices 50 per cent above prewar have slowed buying. Knoxville reported buying still brisk in the middle and lower brackets but less active in the high zones. One observer commented that “There is a lot of looking but much slower Buying.” A five-room house with three] acres of ground, but no plumbing, was offered for $5500. nN found no! takers. |

in the: upward market and predicted it would continue. Buyers

FRIDAY, JULY 12, 1946.

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prin ng and Naltut-_Nancy Jean Shep~ ard 3, or an XN = Davidson 2 ashin, - ' of or Vashing 5 oh Bonnie Nevins, andes Lovetts Gordon, 5, of 401 W,

6 ‘and Indianola—Carole Jean Gels« Te ay, akg 'jhS, Jaatcy lan \ of 5730 Rosslyn way—Pumiels sharp, 1% One of the highlights will be the presentation. of gold charm bracelets, with diving girl charm attached. Each girl will get one in recognition of her title as queen of her neighborhood wading pool, Winner to Get Cup The girl selected for the citywide title will receive a gold loving cup with her name engraved on it, The awards are gifts of The Indianapolis Times. Contestants will be dressed in the bathing suits or sun suits they wore in the neighborhood contests and will wear blue silk ribbons lettered in gold with the name of their pools. The board of five judges includes leaders, a representative of the Parent - Teacher associations, charm school director, state board of health pediatrician and a public school teacher.

The Tiny Tot Beauty Parade, the

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there are bidding up prewar homes in preference to buying the more

flimsy war-built dwellings. The | government's veterans’ housing pro- | gram has had little effect in bring- | ing down prices. New York reported “no caution | whatever” among prospective buy- | ers, with many G.I’'s content to “let the government hold the sack” | on their home loans, Realtors there | saw a slow rise continuing for the | next four years. Cleveland also reported no market slackening or increase of buyer caution. ‘In Birmingham, where prices are up 40 per cent, the only price sag has been in homes selling for $35,000 and up. Availability, rather than price or condition, is the buyer's chief consideration, dealers there say. More Questions Asked In Denver, where 7000 dwelling units have been standing uncompleted for three months, there has | been no reversal in the upward |

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pared to 34,800 for last year. Purdue university experts say the fruit crop will be small, but not a general failure. Peaches Ripen Earlier Peach production is expected ‘to | be about 75 per cent of last year, although growers’ reports to F. C. Gaylord of the university's horticulture department indicate the southern Indiana crop will be | larger.

shortly after 8 p. m. yesterday. The origin was undetermined. Three hours earlier firemen had extinguished a small blaze in another building at the lumber plant. It was the only one still standing this morning. The fire was still smoldering today. A veterinarian's office, two second-hand stores and a garage were damaged by smoke and water. Favorable winds kept the flames

Aspens - will grow jist about | one yelled, “there she goes” and a tanywhere, and the tower lit. The seedlings fought their way | courthouse lawn, via crevasses through 22 inches of | Was 15 feet high and eight inches {brick and 14 inches of limestone | in diameter. {facing from inside the tower to| It was just five minutes after the reach the sun. | men got down from their precariThe trees seemed to live for 10 or | ous perches on the tower that one 12 years. When they died, new | of the heaviest storms of the sumones always appeared. There have mer blew up out of nowhere. been 10 trees growing out of the! Rain came down in torrents. tower since 1870. Lightning flashed near the stump

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from spreading to the Portland business district, firemen said. Xocluded in the lumber company loss were two trucks, large quantities of lumber and supplies of paint and equipment. The Winchester fire department aided the Portland crew in a three-hour struggle to bring the flames under control,

Mead Asks Ma

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when he appeared in secret session | on June 4. Mr. Mead noted that in testimony given by war department officials] “frequent references”. had been!

A A EMEN F | made to * ‘intercession” by Mr. May | s ; I I | {on behalf of some of the paper em-

| pire firms under scrutiny.

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‘No Immunity Claim At the same time, Senators Homer Ferguson (R. Mich) and Hugh B. Mitchell (D. Wash.) said that if May does not respond voluntarily

STOUT’S will “Hold the Line” of OPA profit margins. We can not say to you that shoes will not advance in price, for in one way and another they did that even under OPA regulation. But we can and do say to you, who are, and have been, our customers and also to those of you we hope fo make our customers, that STOUT’S will not take advantage of the present situation by raising prices on present stocks to the point that the current scarcity of shoes would make possible. STOUT’S will raise no price except where factory cost is increased to them. And, if factory increases come along, only the same normal profit will be put on them.

STOUT’S feel safe in saying to you that you may buy in their stores with confidence that you are getting as good or better value as ever and that there is no | unconscionable profit for the store.

STOUT'S say fo you, “If you think they are oo! of line in price—don’t Wy” em!” B»

{to the renewed invitation, congressional “legislative machinery” should be set in motion to bring him before the committee, Senator Ferguson maintained that Mr. May could not claim immunity from appearing before the senate | committee by virtue of his speech of seif-defense on the house floor last Monday. The committee recalled War De- | partment Attorney Albert W. Ja|cobson as a witness today. Irate | senate investigators said he tried | to sidetrack their inquiry with an army report on Dec. 17, 1945, on activities of the 16-firm “paper empire” syndicate whose war profits are under scrutiny. Directed Preparation Mr. Jacobson, portly legal con; sultant to chemical warfare service, directed preparation of a Dec. 17, 1945, army report on the activities of the 16-firm “paper empire” syndicate whose war profits are under scrutiny, The report was made at the specific request of the senate war investigation committee, whose members acidly informed the disbarred Jacobson late yesterday it “almost completely threw them off the track.” Chairman Mead said the report ‘‘read-like a whitewash” and Senator William" E. Knowland (R. Cal), former army major, asserted that it “approdched what, in army language, ‘might be called a false official report.” Non-Existént Firm

As an example of what he meant “whitewash,” Senator Mead read a section which said the army used “sound procurement policies and business-like methods” in awarding contracts to the munitions syndicate, Previous testimony disclosed that [one of the “paper empire” firms— Erie Basin Metal Products, Inc. Elgin, Ill.—didn't even. exist when Dr. Garsson convinced the army it should manufacture $3,000,000

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of the dead tree and the live aspen shimmied in the high wind. Folks said that if the Almighty planted those trees, maybe He didn’t like the idea of one being cut down that way. County Auditor Ted Stout told Mr. Winders that the corporated five days after the army [county would have to install a promised it the contract. lightning rod to protect the reDr. Garsson is expected to ex-|maining tree. plain later today how he worked! That aspen is tough for a tree, this deal. |Mr. Jacobson to the witness chair, the world, like the grand canyon The Suave, well-groomed Dr. OF the Egyptian sphinx, it's tender. | Garsson—asserted “good friend” of | Folks around Decatur county Rep. Andrew J. May (D. Ky)— {would feel pretty bad if they Jost appeared in the ornate senate | their last half of a wonder of the, caucus room yesterday afternoon | World.

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proves | sigh went up from the crowd on the The dead treecan’t get enough used housed to |

He is scheduled to follow Dut compared to other wonders of |

one in the near future.” Brokers |

satisfy the demand. Columbus, however, reports that

ers asking more questions.”

subsiding, with indications that a more sound buyer-seller balance would mature within six months. Brokers are now using illustrated display advertisements to dispose of homes which six weeks ago needed only a two-line “reader.” Forth Worth reported “less enthusiasm” among buyers, with some instances of price cuts. Indianapolis Passes Peak In Cincinnati, certain dealers | have disposed of their own holdings in the belief that the peak has been reached. Sales volumes have tapered, partly because lenders are becoming more careful and buyers lack the | ready cash for large down pay-

price and “there is no indication of |

buyers are “a little less reckless,” and Albuquerque dealers find “buy-

“It looks as if the peak has been | reached here,” Albuquerque reports. | Houston found desperation buying |

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to wait his turn to testify. But| the senators were so engrossed with! Jacobson they didn't get around to) Garsson. Other developments:

Truman Supports Committee

ONE: President Truman told a {press conference he will give the committee permission to examine tax reports if it gives him justifiable reasons why it should conduct such a search. He also said the committee has full support from him in investigating what he termed unconscionable war profits. Mr. Truman was chairman of the investigating committee while he was a senator. TWO: Milton H. Pettit, member of the army award board, told the senators the only reason Batavia Metal Products, Inc, received a coveted army-navy “E” was because Mr. May interceded with the war department. He said it seemed | to have been a question of ‘political expediency.” THREE: Brig. Gen. Roswell Hardy, army ordnance officer, disclosed that he had recommended that award “on the basis of production,” although he never ‘before had had anything to do with passing on “E" awards. Gen. Hardy said he stepped in at the request of Undersecretary of War Robert P. Patterson. Bribe Denied FOUR: Gen. Hardy also testified that Mr. May asked ordnance in May, 1945, to give a chemical bomb contract to Batavia, explaining that Dr. Garsson was “a friend of mine.” (The contract was not awarded.) FIVE: Benjamin Franklin Fields arrived back in the capital and held a press conference to announce that | (1) he did not try to “bribe” Senator Hugh B. Mitchell (D., Wash.) to halt the “profits” injuiry, and (2) the only reason hé saw Committee Investigator Thomas O’'Connell in Chicago was to see if he could get the investigation “expedited.” Mr. O'Connell” has testified Mr. Fields offered him a $10,000 “front man” job managing a mythical New Mexico gubernatorial campaign, plus $500, cash fo cover traveling

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