Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 9 September 1946 — Page 8

STATE

Ok-Line Companies and One Wartime Producer Direct

: : Grain Allocation Charge to Agriculture Department.

By WILLIAM H. NEWTON,

with a good-sized porti is under

Scripps-Howard Staff Writer

. WASHINGTON, Sept. 9.~A battle between old-line distilling comand one of the major wartime producers of industrial alcolwol, on of the post-war whisky market as the prize, way in the District of Columbia federal court.

The court action of the Publicker Industries, Ine, Philadelphia, is

directed against between Publicker and distilleries which, before the war, produced most of the liquor sold in the United States. k : The question is whether the department shall allocate grain among distilleries ‘on the basis of plant capacity, or whether $he “historical . position”; of ‘a- distillery as a pre‘war producer of beverage alcohol also shall be taken ‘into consideration. - Has Huge Capacity The Publicker Co. has an enor: mous plant capacity, since it produced great quantities of industrial alcohol during the war. It wants the “grain which agiiculture makes available for liquor manufacture distributed on the basis of plant capacity. Old-line distillers contend that distribution of the ‘grain solely on "the capacity formula is reshaping their entire industry, “not by the ordinary methods of commerce or by the workings of the competitive system, but rather by government decision.” The big pre-war whisky producers feel that the industrial alcohol capacity of the Publicker firm should not be considered in making allocations of grain for manufacture of beverage alcohol. They contend their own “historical” or ‘pre-war position as major producers of beverage alcohol should be given _somé weight in the ‘allocation of

Deny War Expansion “The distilled spirits institute believes that the historical distiller of beverage alcohol should have had the opportunity to rebuild his inventories before grain was allocated to non-historical distillers for the purpose of establishing inventories,” a spokesman said. Spokesmen for the Publicker Co. deny that the firm's capacity to produce beverage alcohol was in-

the department of agriculture,

But the real issue is

PRODUCTION LAG T0 HOLD AWHILE

Electric Industry Sees Change by March.

NEW YORK, Sept. 9 (U.P)i— The earliest the electrical manufacturing industry can anticipate full-

scale production will be some time {in March or April, 1947, according {to a survey of 100 member companies made by the National Elec trical Manufacturers association. For the most part the companies, which represented every branch of the industry, were unanimous in the belief that the problem of material shortages has not been alleviated to any substantial degree, nor is there prospect of permanent solution in the near future. Reports Called ‘Too Optimistic’

“While the shortages are being felt in all phases of the ‘industry, they are especially marked in the production of materials needed in the housing field, such as electric wiring materials, wire required for extensions of electric service, and small motors, which affect the production of electric appliances,” the survey said. A Some manufacturers complained that many of the articles appearing in the press stating that material supplies have shown improvement were entirely too optimistic, Labor Shortage Noted “Another unfortunate condition,” one manufacturer said, “is that because of ‘newspaper and other comments regarding ‘engrmous back-

creased in any way by war orders | or government grants, | Their position is that distribu-

tion of the grain on any basis |

‘logs, and predicted tremendous requirements during the next five years, labor has the idea that every electrical manufacturer will hawe the business he can handle, with

other than capacity to use It dis-| practically no sales expense, and

criminates against new business | and conflicts with government reg- | cost of labor as a whole, or respecting the differential labor rates far

ulations. In July and

little if any thought regarding the

j Jay Augta, the depart- | competing manufacturers in various ment’ef agriculture released 2,500,000 | districts.”

bushels of grain on the “plant capacity” formula. In September, another 2,500,000 bushels were re-

‘leased on the same basis, with an additional 500,000 bushels to be distributed largely to the “historical” firms,

The Publicker Co. sued the de-|

Most of the companies reporting to the survey reported a shortage of labor especially women workers.

noted as hampering output.

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Al scarcity of small motors also was

partment, challenging the legality

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WEST: Within o few yeors, many established sawmills will run out of logs.. Opportunities for new largescale operations ore limited.

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: © NORTH: Timber depletion hos shrunk industry to.a small fraction

of its former importance.

££ SOUTH: Stond of fast-growing © pines is not sufficient to maintain present production rote. :

0 EAST: Eastern half of country now has only about os much lumber os the 6 per cent of the forest areo in Douglas fir region of Washington ond Oregon. .

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It's difficult enough to get lumber now, but the problem’s going to get tougher, warns the department of agriculture forest service. Reasons: During the war we used more timber than was produced and are still cutting and burning wood faster than trees grow. Newschart above rounds up the situation.

Figuring Indemnity Bills Is a Complicated Procedure

] By EARL RICHERT Gwynne Vanderbilt case. Mr. Van-Seripps-Howard Staff Writer derbilt, who lost his life in the sinkWASHINGTON, Sept. 9.-Figur-'ing left a wife and three sons. His ing an indemnity “Bill, such as Uncle estate of more than $15 million was Sam intends to present Yugoslavia left in trust for them by his will.

for the five American fliers killed | 10 claims commission found {there was no evidence that Mr. there recently, is a complicated yanderbilt had any income other procedure. i than that from his property which There are no fixed values under {passed on to his family. Hence it international law on the worth of ruled that Germany was not a human life. Thus in figuring its OPligaded to pay damages to Mr. bill our government will follow its | Vanderbilt's family. ‘own standards. { A similar ruling was made in the This involves taking into account °45€ of a successful bachelor playthe earning capacity of the dead wright whose relatives claimed he man, his life expectancy, his contri- | ad often give them various amounts | butions to dependents and the life amounts of money. But since there | expectancy of the dependents. {was no record of the payments, no Any money received for damages damages were assessed. for the deaths will be turned over| Many indemnities resulting from |by ‘the state department to the| the Lusitania sinking were for treasury to hold in trust until the |l2rge amounts because of income state department determines which |°f*the individuals lost. A 17-year-relatives shall get the money. old son of a Philadelphia bank vice The state department has the sole President, for example, received discretion in this matter. And there | $25,000. is no appeal from its decision. It} Recalls Panay Incident does not announce how much is| In considering the present Yugoawarded to each individual, to keep |slav incident, state department offihim from being hounded by sales- | cials eannot help but compare it men and promoters. | with the famous Panay incident ‘of 25 Per Cent Commission Dec. 12, 1937.

Only a few days after the Athenis | Two days after Japanese planes was sunk at the beginning of the bombed‘ the gunboat Panay and

(war, relatives of Americans lost| sank or burned five other U.. S.

{were solicited by a Washington law | vessels, the Japanese government |

rm to handle their claims for a |announced its desire to pay indem{25 per cent commission’ nities for all damages. Evidence that the. Athenia was| This government presented its sunk ‘by a German submarine was|bill for $2,214,000 on the March 22 {not discovered until after Germany's| following and a month later the fall and now there is no Germany|Japanese government paid in full.

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MORE GRAIN FOR BEER'IN SIGHT

Crop So Big Restrictions Not Justified Anymore.

By JAMES M. HASWELL Times Special Writer WASHINGTON, Sept. 9.—The

government is going to take the lid off beer next month,” according to current reports from the agriculture department, * The prospective grain crops are so big that restrictions on use of grain for making beer can't be justified any longer, it is said.

ob PUERTO RICO WAITS "STRIKE THREAT NEWS

Times Forgien Service SAN JUAN, rto Rico, Sept. 9. “~Labor circles here evinced a wait-and-see ~attitude toward New Orleans reports of a threat by Harry Bridges, West Coast head of the International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen’s Union (0. I. 0.) to cut off Puerto Rico's sugar ex-

and Juanintron Rivera, head of the C. G. T.-C..1, O. dockworkers, professed to lack any Information with regard to Bridges’ alleged threat. It was ‘pointed out that dockworkers here have just. negotiated a new contract and that three-quarters of

the season’s sugar crop has already been shipped out.

Both Charles L. Goldsmith,| United States labor conciliator here,

DAY, SEPT. 9, 1046 _ LOCAL PRODUCE

. PRICES FOR PLANT DELIVERY Poultry: Hens, 4% Ibs. and over, be; under, 22¢; Leghorn hens, 20c; 1946 springs, friers, broilers and ‘roasters, 29g; Leghorn springs, 26c; roosters, 18¢c; ducks, 10c; geese, 10¢ No. 2 poultry, 4c less than 32c graded eggs, A large, 390 A medium, No. 1. . Eggs: Currend receipts, 54 Ib, to case, 34c. Grade A, large, 4lc; medium, 366; small, 3c; grade B, large, 330 no grade, 25¢.

workers,

There may be a lid kept on use of rice for beer, due to famine relief demands from the Orient, But brewers won't mind this too much.| The big news is that they can go back to using barley, which is the favorite grain for beer, . Restrictions probably will" come off distilleries, too. But this ‘may | not be so immediately. apparent in the market, due to the need for aging whisky, : The ‘reports have it distillers will be allowed to make whisky - and grain spirits 10 days each month, which is more than three times as much as they can make now. It will enable them to replenish stocks of aging whisky. Don't Store Up Beer An agriculture department spokesman sald Thursday that brewers don’t store up beer, so their consumption of grain is automatically limited by day-to-day consumption of beer. Food planners are of the opinion that there will be enough grain to meet this day-to-day demand, he said. Although there are hungry people in other parts of the world who {could use this grain for food, there lis a physical limit on the amount of grain which can be shipped out of the United States in any 12 months. After allowing for capacity shipments, there still is plenty of (grain "in sight. | That's the current story. Whether it works out depénds upon final harvest reports. | - And in this connection it is worth |noting that late August cold weathler has steadily reduced corn har- | vest prospects. »

fcopyry ht. 1946, by The Indianapolis Times and The Chicago Daily News, Inc.

JULY STORE SALES ° HERE UP 31 PER CENT

| WASHINGTON, Sept. 9, (U. PJ. ~The federal reserve board announced today that Indianapolis t department store sales in July were 31 per cent above the same month | of 1945. | Department store sales in Indian(apolis during the first six months {of the year had been only 23 per |cent above the corresponding 1945 | period. In both cases the Indianapolis | figures were lower than the nation-

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ages. {Which the United States promised |the Chicago federal reserve district.

Hearing has been set for Sept. 12, HONOLULU, Sept. 9 (U. P.).—

with distribution of the grain being

held up pending outcome. The Reconstruction Finance Corp. during the war built. two plants at Philadelphia, leased them to the Publicker Co. and installed equipment to salvage cattle feed, a byproduct of alcohol manufacture. After the war, all of these RFC holdings were declared surplus, and in July, the War Assets adminis-

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Original cost to the government was $12,614,159. :

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| Takeoff of the “Pacusan Dream|boat,” a B-29 Superfortress which {will attempt a new world recond for non-stop flight, has been postponed until the middle. of ‘the week because of dangerous Arctic icing conditions, it was®announced today. Col. C. 8. Irvine, who is sched{uled to pilot the “Dreamboat” 10,000 | miles to Cairo, Egypt, over the Polar ice cap, said the plane was {being ‘waxed to prevent excessive icing. { An army air forces spokesman in | Washington said every effort would {be made. to-begin-the- flight -as-soon as possible because of unfavorable long-range weather forecasts for the period after Sept. ‘15.

U. S. STATEMENT

| WASHINGTON | ernment

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State department officials say this to indemnify the Swiss for damages case undoubtedly will be taken into and lives lost when U. S. planes account when reparations are con- accidentally dropped bombs on two sidered. {towns there during the war, The important factor in fixing an| To date, the United States has indemnity for death is the financial | paid more than $4 million in damdependency of the close relatives. | ages and the case is not yet settled. In some cases after the sinking of | — : — the Lusitania, no damages were

Nationally department store sales were 32 per cent above July, 1945 ‘and 27 per cent above the JanuaryJune period of 1945. The Chicago | district showed a 34 per cent July {gain and a 27 per cent gain from | January through June.

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