Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 9 September 1946 — Page 16

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Aeat Shorfage In| History Predicted By Packers

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Nation's Butcher Shops “Already Feel Effects: Unable to Face Demand

CHICAGO, Sept. 9 . P.).~The nation began feeling effects today : of a meat shortage which spokesmen for the meat dustry predict will i. Packers and retailers alike predicted butcher “shops across the 3 country will have ‘almost no fresh meat by the end of the. week. In Times Special Writer some cities, including Chicago and New York, the shortage was felt al-| WASHINGTON, Sept. 9. — The ready. |r lines are competing on a price The department of ‘agriculture qropped to the lowest point in|basis with the railroads to the exreported an estimated saleable to-|years, Many packing plants were|tent that the roads are beginning| ] tal of 44,000 cattle recelved in the operating with skeleton crews as|to bark back in advertisements. : 12 major livestock markets today tens of thousands of workers were| But traveling avroad by air is compared with 23900 last Tuesday laid off. Some independent plants|still in the luxury stage, as regards when OPA ceiling took effect in|closed. prices, the ydrds. ; The American Meat institute, rep-| The round trip by air between N. Y. Wholesalers Out resenting the packers, promised New-York and Los Angeles costs ble totals of .10,000 calves, “the industry will buy every meat $272.09, including tax. The total es hogs, 57,000 sheep and lambs animal offered that it can purchase [mileage is 5536. The. cost per air were received today. within the. legal ceiling prices as|mile is about 4.9 cents, - {set by the government, and it will| The round trip by air between. In New York City, the depart-|..;; ant derived from these ani-|New York and London costs $776.25 ment sald, 90 per cent of thei, 1s ot no more than legal prices.” including tax. wholesalers were without meat. Urge U.S. Ownership The mileage for this trip is 6048, The shortage prompted Rep. The National Association on Re- ‘and the cost per air mile is 11.17 Adolph J. Sabath (D. Ill), to de- tail Meat Dealers predicted “the cents, more than twice the cost per mand a government investigation. worst ment shortage we've ever mile for domestic travel on the Mr; Sabath, aiming his eriticism |, 4" copecman for the retail. |4me air lines, 284 {the meat pecker nny Ws New ers sald the shortage would last for No Steamship Reundtrips 3 big Sk Re nie, who want | S¢Veral months. There are no round-trip fares sold to the country for 30 lousy He added, however, that some |on steamships yet, but the trip from yw silver relief might come late this month [New York to England and back ' if range fed cattle are shipped to|via United States lines would cost Demands Federal Probe market in sufficient quantities. about $402.50, including tax. “The money-hungry interests| Officials of 25 Chicago and Mil-

OCEAN TRAVEL | BY AIR COSTLY.

CAB Has Petition to Cut Transatlantic Fares. By EDWIN A. LAHEY .

hungry plain people,” he said. “I|Packinghouse Workers demanded | high cost of foreign air travel, hav-

and conspiracy.” ; packers were engaging in a “politi- (had planned He said there was no justification cal sit-down strike” to protest re- abroad. of a drop in the number of cattle storation of price ceilings. shipped to the Chicago yards from 40,000 to 300. A single day's cattle receipts totaled 40,000 before the

cut-rate journeys

But a spokesman for American] three,

INDIANS ATE GOURD SEED |He points out that foreign air travel

The shipment of animals to|food; the gourd belongs to the luxury liners. stockyards across the country had squash family. Even now there is a petition

Our British cousins are popularly board for a cut in transatlantic don’t care what happens to meats | waukee locals of the C. I. O. United |supposed to be responsible for the fares, he said. The pay load on a plane flying want the department of justice to government ownership of the pack- ing threatened to withhold jandisig, the ocean is much lighter than on ascertain whether there is collusion |ing industry. They charged meat facilities to one American’ line that|a domestic plane. A plane flying from New York to [the west coast carries a crew of An ocean plane carries a airlines refutes this popular canard.|crew of seven, Twenty-eight passengers are a WASHINGTON — American In-|is still in the shakedown stage, and |big load on a four-motored ocean restoration of price controls on live- |dians in the southwest formerly |prices will eventually come down to plane that. carries 90 with ease stock. - . used seed from the wild gourd as|a more competitive level with the|across the continent, the American airlines spokesman pointed out. Also, taxes, labor costs, landing

Luce's Sealery Wants Boss's Job

Albert P. Morano, executive secretary for Rep. Cla¥® of Connecticut, with whom he's pictured above, has a: candidacy to succeed her in congress. Mrs. Luce has said fghe Will not frun for re-election and is expected to support his bid.

pending before the civil aeronautics fees and other costs of op rating abroad are still unsettled, he sail 4 so that no one knows how much the cost of flying ‘the ocean can be ek shn Loucks, 71, of Wakarusa,

was killed Saturday night he car- he was driving was r a train at South Bend.|

| SPEAKS AT ROTARY MEETING Hit., Run Driver Victim

Stanley J. Dyer, president of the Commercial Export Co. Inc, will |fatally hurt neax, speak on “Rambling Around With day -night when i CL at the Rotary club|swiped by a hit- ~andhe

luncheon at 12:15 p. m. tomorrow at the Claypool hotel.

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Ten persons, three of them from Indianapolis, were killed in weekend traffic accidents in Indiana. Five other ' Indianapolis traffic victims were injured in accidents here Saturday night and yesterday. william Murphy, 419 Park ave, was killed instantly Saturday when his car collided with a truck on Road 39 in Hendricks county. Lowell Franklin of Clayton, driver of the truck, was not hurt seriously, Robert A. Donovan, 27, of 202 N. Richland st., died in Veterans hospital here Saturday night of injuries he received earlier in a-traf-‘fic accident on Morgantown rd. near

In Army 3 Years | Mr. Donovan, an employee of the Hoosier Fence Co!, was in the army for three years. Surviving him are his mother, Mrs. - Mae Donovan, 1605 W. New York st., and his wife, Mrs; Margaret Donovan. Melvin Franklin Rutledge, 41, an employee of the Marion County Tuberculosis hospital at Sunnyside, Boothe Luce, was killed Saturday night when he nounced his was struck by a car driven by David Kemper, 29, of Anderson, on High- |.

Charles A. Gibbs, 69, of Batesville, O.,*was killed last night when the truck he was driving crashed linto a bridge abutment on High-

Vey, 39, of Detroit, was » Vincennes Satur- \ his car was side--run driver,

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night when the car she was driving struck a bridge abutment on Highway 25 near Delphi, hurling her through the windshield.s » Child Is Killed PFive-year-old Judith Baker, of Decatur, was killed in front of her home Saturday when she was struck by an automobile driven by Leo Roe, of Monmouth, Ind. The driver was not held. Robert Kimsey, 20, of St. Joe, Ind., was killed ' Saturday when his car overturned near Auburn, Ind. Kermit Rubright, 35, Terre Haute, was injured fatally Saturday night when he was struck by a truck driven by Norman P. Smith, 19, of Terre Haute, on Highway 40 near that city. Motorcyclist Hurt When his motorcycle skidded on the pavement as he turned into

Ten Die in Week-End Teathic Accidents: | Three Indianapolis Residents Are Victims

motorcycle: was involved in an accie.

dent. near Greenfield yesterday. Mr. Heather was treated by Greenfield .doctor and returned to his home. He was taken to Meth odist. hospital when his condition became worse later in the day, A. motorcycle driven by. Roland Hills, 21, of 2019 Caroline ave., ran into a wire fence in the 2100 block on -Langley ave. yesterday, injuring the rider's leg, which he had previously hurt in the army. Mr. Hills told .police the clutch on the cycle “caught.” He was taken to Veterans hospital. Struck by a car as he walked across Kansas st. yesterday, Jeff Gill, 70, of 1215 8. Dakota st., is in City hospital today with a broken left leg and head lacerations. Driver of the automobile, Danny Stuart, 18, of 43 W. Morris st., told

Kansas st. from Meridian st. and did not see Mr. Gill.

Fall Creek blvd. from Capitol ave. yesterday, Hugh V. Morton, 33, of 3505 Guilford ave, received head and back injuries. Mr. Morton's cycle spun into the side of a car stopped for a traffic signal, ‘The car was operated by William E. Roe, 33, of 409 S. Collier st. Mr. Morton is in St. Vincent hospital in fair condition. Hit by Cycle John Collins, 52, of 1733 W.

hospital with head and internal injuries after being struck by a motorcycle as he crossed Washington st. at Miley ave. Saturday. Harold Maltsberger, 26, of 1615

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PROTEST SHOOTING OF CHINESE STUDENT

PEIPING, China, Sept. 8 (U. P.), —The Students association of Piep |ing, charged today that an Amere {ican military policeman shot a Chinese student who was caught wearing a pair of G. I. pants. ‘Th

ties in the area, In a protest sent to Gen. George C.” Marshall, the association asked precautions. against a repetition of the incident, and adequate indeme nities were demanded. The association said the student ~—who didn't understand English— ran when the MP asked him where

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he had obtained the pants.

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