Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 19 September 1946 — Page 1

" tective room while several nearby

" in which one shot was fired.

YOUNG BANDIT BREAKS FROM POLICE OFFICE

Flees Headquarters, but Is Retaken in Chase Marked by Shot.

An athletic, 17-year-old holdup man was recaptured today after dashing out from under the noses of city detectives at police headquarters. Implicated in a recent holdup wave, Willlam L. Barrick, 17, plunged, handcuffed, from the de-

sleuths were gazing elsewhere. Barrick, of 1639 Ingram st, was retaken later by Detective Spurgeon Davenport at. New Jersey and Court sts, following a downtown pursuit

One of two youths charged with eight holdups, including one at the Marott hotel, Barrick .was being questioned af headquarters by Detectives Charles Burkett and Monroe Betner, Works Lock Release Detective Betner left the interview momentarily to confer with Acting Detective Chief Frank Dailey in another office. At the same time, Detective Burkett turned aside to have a few words with another suspect. Taking ‘advantage of this lapse, Barrick leaped from his chair and buzzed the lock-release on the detec- | tive room door, despite his manacled hands. He sped through the door, dashed through the headquarters lobby before befuddled police knew what was happening and ran out the front door. Dashes Into Pearl St. The fugitive whirled east into Pearl st. where he was headed off by Detective Davenport. The officer had also been in the detective réom when Barrick fled and had bounded to the rear of police headquarters in an effort to intercept him. Barrick raced north -on Ogden st, with Detective Davenport in hot pursuit. Both dodged Washington st. trafic ‘ahd the chase turned east on Court st. There Detective Davenport yelled #halt” but Barrick ignored his warning. Missed by Shot The detective fired and missed. Barrick sprinted on to New Jersey st. where Davenport lost him, temporarily. “Where'd he go?” the officer asked two bystanders. “Over there,” they pointed. Detective Davenport then spotted his quarry kneeling under a banana eart. “Come out of there or I'll shoot,” snapped the detective. Gives Up Calmly Barrick straightenéd’ up and walked calmly toward the sleuth with his manacled hands in the air. “0. XK., 0. K..” he said. “Take it sasy.” Barrick was arrested Aug. 28 following the Maroté hotel stiokup, slong with 2 companion, Thomas 8. Williams, 10, of 1648 Arrow ave. Willams later implicated Barrick in a banditry career that had vietimised a dozen local establishments, Barrick, who has a regord of four previous arrests, allegedly is a fed~ . eral parole violator.

CLOTHING SUPPLY IMPROVES STEADILY

)) WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 (U. P.), «The civilian production administration reported - today that the supply of low and medium priced olothing is “improving steadily.”

Herbert Rose, chief of the CPA |"

textile division, said buyers are becoming more selective and again are looking for good values, But he added that a survey of the apparel industry showed no evidence that any clothing is piling up for lack of demand. Only women's woolens aré abundant, he said.

‘OUT OF SUSPECTS IN NURSE'S MURDER

"Police today admitted they have “run out of suspects” in the brutal bludgeon murder of nurse Alberta Green at Riley hospital Sept. 12. Although they're still scouring the near West side for her husky assailant, the case is stalemated. Two persons who bragged of ‘knowing something about the slaying are held for further questioning, but so far they have revealed nothing startling, it vo understood.

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'Lost' Sisters

Anna Brown

(HUNT IN SEWER

FALSE ALARM:

Girls Safely ‘Explore’ ~ Pogue’s Run Conduit.

Two youthful sisters led police and firemen on a nightmarish chase through city sewers early today. One fireman was overcome and police emergency officers were repulsed by sewer fumes. But the girls scrambled four miles through a giant drainpipe Without “serious injury. With bells clanging, sirens screeching, a whole fleet of fire trucks and police cars roared to both ends of the winding conduit, their red lights stabbing the predawn blackness, Rescuers wearing gas masks descended into yawning sewer openings. By 7 a. m., the rescuers were irritable and fagged out. But at police headquarters the two sisters were pertly unimpressed by the uproar they had provoked. Become Separated Storm centers of the underground expedition were Thelma Brown, 21, and her sister, Anna, 18, both of 339 S. Walcott st. They were held on vagrancy and disorderly conduct charges. The girls told police: their adventure started when three boys, “Willis, Bob and Jerry,” offered at midnight to show them a secret hideout. They said they didnt jknow- their friends’ last names. The “hideous,” the sisters discovered, was part of the old Pogues Run sewer system, with outlets in the 1000 block E. New York st. and south of White river bridge. The quintet entered on E. New York st. Somewhere in the dark cavern (eight feet in diameter), the sigters and their respective escorts became separated. Frightened, Thelma backtracked, went out through the same opening she had entered and ran to a filling station at 1000 E. New York st. to borrow

flashlight. Armed with the flashlight, she (Continued on Page 6—Column 2)

STOCKS DROP AGAIN IN HEAVY VOLUME

Uneasiness * of ‘Economic Future Blamed.

‘NEW YORK, Sept. 19 (U, P).— Selling swept into the stock market a few minutes after noon today and carried prices down 1 to nearly 4 points as trading became so swift that tickers were forced seven minutes behind actual transactions. Losses were widest in such pivotal “blue chips” as Santa Fe, down 3%; Douglas, off 3%; Bethlehem Steel, down 3%; Du Pont, off 3, and U.S. Rubber, off 37%. Allied Chemical, American Can, Chrysler, Johns-Manville, * Kenne-

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cott and Southern Railway were all down-2 points or more. Selling was interpreted in Wall Street as a reflection of juisrensed concern over the future of U, 8. economy, if strikes in industry oonThe break yesterday, fol lowed by today’s sell-off, accentuated the belief of certain quarters that have felt the sharp decline that began on Sept. 3 still has some way to go before it hits its bottom.

U.S; HAS NEW EMBASSY WASHINGTON, Sept, 19 (U. P.).

have raised their respective diplomatic missions in Cairo and Washington to the rank of embassy, the

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DISPUTE AT GI HOUSING SITE

Meeting Called Here After Carpenters Quit at Tacoma Village.

By RICHARD BERRY Orville Wise, chairman of the mayor's emergency housing com-

mittee, today called a special meet-

ing of contractors, union represen-

Housing Corp. officials in an attempt to “iron out the Tacoma Village mixup.” “I'm going to get this thing going,” Mr. Wise declared. “I'm not going to let anything halt veterans’ housing projects in Indianapolis.” The meeting was to be held at city! hall. . The new action followed a walkout of more than 20 carpenters on the project this morning. W. O. Beard, business representative of Carpenters local 60, said the men left their jobs because of a statement made by Robert L. Mason, VEHC secretary. Says Demand Made In a letter to The Times Sept. 3, Mr. Mason said:

“The carpenters union is now

union carpenters at a large in-

crease in cost.” The carpenters’ walkout came 24 hours after . the Indiana department, Veterans of Foreign Wars, demanded an investigation of the project. Ancil Morton, state V. F. W. chief of staff, and Lowell Zufall, assistant state adjutant, charged that “someone was making money on what was supposed to be a nonprofit deal.” Propose Rent Plan

Meanwhile, the V. F. W. this morning restated its aims in the, matter.

get them to rent the housés to vet-

Zufall asserted.

“from $30 to $35 a month.”

dianapolis veterans,” - Mr. said.

was not “gouging” the veteran. “The veterans can rest assured

as cheaply as possible,” he said.

house, Mr. Graves said:

make some kind of profit.” Pumled by $230,000 V.F. W.represe ed yesterday that t

for three bedrooms.

city hall. Mr. Zufall also sald the county assessors office valued the 35-

32d sts, at $14,500. total cost of the about $70,000.

the 75 homes are sold each,” Mr, Zufall said.

Charges Poor Management

Mr, Beard, council . yesterday

homes in the Tacoma project.

ditch their way out.

house,” he declared.

higher. stated.

men.”

of . the army's chemical

would kill a human being.

of this poison you could wipe out al the people you could reach with it.

tatives and Veterans Emergency |"

trying to close down the (Tacoma Village) job unless the builders use

“What we are really after is to

erans at low cost instead of selling them at such high prices,” Mr.

He said the eity of South Bend had built the same type houses a cost of $680 per structure and was renting them to the veterans at

“There is no reason that the same kind of offer can't be made to InZufall

Today, VEHC president A. H. M. Graves, announced he would invite V. F. W. representatives to inspect the books of the corporation to assure themselves the corporation

that they will be offered the homes

Answering yesterday's charges regarding the difference between the purchase price at the Kingsford Heights ordnance plant near La Porté and the price of the finished

“After all, the contractor has to

tives had charge homes were purchased on their original sites for $600.for a one-bedroom house, $673 for two bedrooms, and $790 They said prices of from $3750 to $4250 per house had been quoted them by the veterans homes registry at the

acre plot, bounded by Keystone and Temple aves. between 30th and

Mr. Zufall pointed out that the land and the original cost of the houses was

“What we want to know is what happens to the other $230,000 if at $4000

also secretary of the Marion County Building Trades charged poor management in the construction of

“The construction company built the houses before they dug ditches for the plumbing drains,” he said, “now they have to lie on their stomaches under the houses to

“This adds to the cost of the

Mr, Beard alsq said the contractors concerned were trying to make the public believe that union labor made the cost of the homes

“This is far from the fact,” he “Non-union workers cost the contractors more than union

WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 (U, PJ). —Maj, Gen. Alden W, Waitt, chief warfare service, sald today that the army

has isolated a bacterial poison so powerful that a miscroscopic speck

“ “If you could get all the people in the world huddled in one mass, you could kill them with ah atomic bomb,” Geen, Waitt said, “In the case

ounce of poison, properly

THURSDAY, SEPTEMB

ER 19, 1946

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Taft Is Given Cool Greeting By GOP Here

By ROBERT BLOEM

Ohio Senator Robert A. Taft arrived in Indianapolis today to receive a ‘cool greéting from the Hoosjer G. O. P. He was met at the station by Governot Gates, State Patronage Secretary Lisle Wallace and H, D. Hartman, former Wabash county |chairman. - The governor's presence was regarded by other Republicans as a “necessary matter of form.” Between remarks to members of the greeting committee, the senator commented briefly on the newest developments in the WallaceByrnes tiff over international policy. “The United States cannot expect to impress foreign nations with a policy when they do not know themselves who speaks for the administration on this subject,” Senator Taft said. “The present gag.on Mr. Wallace is not a permanent solution to the President's dilemma—he still must make it clear abroad that we {have only one foreign policy.” | Scheduled to speak at a Wabash {county Republican rally at North

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FIND WRECKAGE OF LOST PLANE

Some of Faeroe Are Reported Alive.

GANDER, Newfoundland, Sept. 19° (U. P).—A missing Belgian trans-Atlantic airliner, which went down with 45 persons aboard, has located near Gander, and

at {there are at least some survivors

of the crash-landing. A coast guard PBY float plane found the missing plane down in rough, wooded country about 22 miles southwest of this station on the trans-Atlantic air route, and at last reports'was seeking to get down on a nearby lake to send a ground rescue party to aid the survivors. There was no indication how many of the 38 passengers and seven crewmen believed to have been aboard the plane had survived, nor whether any were injured. Drop Food, Medicine The message from the coast guard plane. recorded only that the wreck

were survivors. It would be most surprising, considering the extremely rough terrain in the area in which the Belgian four-engined plane went down, if there were not injuries among the passengers and crew. Ground search parties also were being sent out from Gander, but it

for them to reach the scene through rugged country, and it was believed that a party from the PBY, assum-~ ing it could land, would be the first to reach the survivors. It was said that first aid supplies and food already had been parachuted to the survivors, and it was possible that, unless a ground party could reach the scene fairly quickly, a. parachute rescue team, which had been held in readiness since the

about noon yesterday, dropped.

FAROE ISLANDS CUT TIES TO DENMARK

Republic’s Move.

many centuries,

islands’ freedom.

proclamation, There was

of the move.

the United States and Canada, Gen. Waitt, said. of Science

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in Schenectady, N, Y, looking crystalline toxin.”

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would require several hours at best

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Danes Doubt Legality of

COPENHAGEN, Sept. 10 (U. P). ~The Faroe Islands today became a republic, severing the ties which have bound them to Denmark for

The announcement was made by the Faroe Legting (couhty council), which acted on the results of a recent election in proclaiming the

The Danish government has failed to comment thus far, and said it was awaiting detailed news of the some doubt here Soncerning the legality

distributed, could - kill 180,000,000 people, or the entire population of

Dr. Gerald Wendt, editorial dia monthly magazine, said at a forum last night that the poison was an “innocent-

Dr. Wendt described the poison “80 poyerfal that © one-seven millionth of a gram—a quantity $00 small to see—is enough to kill a

RESTAURANTS' FIGHT GROWING

Cafes Closing in Many Parts of U. S.; Some May | Shut Down Here.

Although restaurant shutdowns were reported elsewhere in the country today as restaurant associations fought the roll-back of prices on meals containing meat, the city and state faced no immediate shutdown of eating establishments. However, Eugene E. Keller, Indiana Restaurant association executive secretary, added that some local establishments may have to close because of the June 30 prices. Meanwhile, a Ft. Wayne butchers’ union joined hotel ‘and restaurant spokesmen in demanding the abolition of meat price controls; claiming “fully 50 per cent of our members are laid off.”

Date Not Released No information concerning effective date of the controversial OPA order “rolling back” restaurant and hotel food prices to the June 30 figure has beén received in the Indiana district OPA office yet.

tors of dining halls at Indiana colleges from planning 4 protest to U. S. department of agriculture officials. Rep. Gerald W. Landis (R. Ind.) protested to Price. Administrator Paul Porter that “in the face of increased food costs and short labor supply restaurants could not continue to operate” under the present price order: . Four thousand students at the University of - Notre "faced meatless meals beginning Saturday. D. C. Ford, university dining hall manager, said meat supplies had been exhausted and advised that Notre Dame would be willing to join other schools in a protest to the agriculture department, Many Shops Closed This severe shortage of beef and pork already had forced many meat packers and butcher shops to close. In a telegram to President Truman, Financial Secretary Alfred V, Landes of Local 423, Amalgamated | — Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North-America, A. F'. of L, at Ft. Wayne chargéd “that “in- | competent and irresponsible people | are at the head of OPA.” Some persons, standing in food stores now and “fighting for what the stores have to offer,” were standing in the 1932 breadlines, the union official declared. He recalled that these persons “did something about it then.” Mr, Landes prophesied that the same persons “will do something about it again this November.” Restaurateurs protested the new OPA "price order prohibited their making a profit even if meat were available. . Plan Restaurant ‘Holiday’ All 26 cafes in Oskaloosa Iowa, closed. Sixty others shut their doors at Pt. Dodge, 1a, Shutdowns were scheduled soon in five other Iowa towns. The state restaurant association predicted the situation would spread across the state. In Iowa City, location of the University of Iowa, 35 restaurant owners voted to start a “holiday” next Wednesday. This will force about 4000 university students who ordinarily patronize downtown restaurants to get their meals ‘elsewhere. Members of the Rocky Mountain Hotel association voted to close all of their hotel cafes, totaling about

364, in seven mountain states on Sept. 30 unless OPA rescinds its order,

The National Restaurant association, with 90,000 members, and the American Hotel association sald they .would urge a test of OPA's power to roll back prices before the|P U. 8, court of appeals in New York.

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CLERKS HELP SHOPLIFTER SPRINGFIELD, Mass, Sept. 19 (U. P.)—Department store clerks here, after assisting a young mother in carrying her baby and carriage downstairs, returned and found that they had aided a shoplifter to walk off with the most

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Wallace Cancels All Talks

after leaving the White House

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United Press was informed today. Mr. Wallace silenced himself on man’s proposal 1 that h he address the ————— “|

PROMISE ACTION IN HIT-RUN CASE

Rabb Says Howard Will Face Grand Jury Monday.

The hit-run, drunk driving case of Wilbur Howard, 32, will be presented to the grand jury Monday, Deputy Prosecutor Saul Rabb promised today. Crimindl Judge William D. Bain has ordered Howard to appear before ther, however, to explain complaints that he ‘glared” through the window of witnesses who will testify against ‘him. Mrs. Elnora Phelps, mother of 10-year-old Helen Baker, who was killed by Howard's truck last May 18, charged she saw Howard “peering” through her window last Tuesday ‘night. She said he frightened another daughter, who is slated to testify in his trial. Howard was released on $1000 bond on recommendation of the prosecutors office Sept. 11. He previously had been under $5000 bond | but this was reduced by Judge Bain He is charged with manslaughter, drunk driving and reckless driving WIFE WON'T MOVE, HE GETS DIVORCE PLYMOUTH, Ind. Sept. 19 (U. ).~A former navy man today held a divorce from his St. Louis wife because she insisted they live in St. Louis. Darrold L. Ellinger told a Marshall circuit judge that since he and wande Lee Kirk Ellinger had been married nine months ago they had lived together only 33 days. Mr. Ellinger said, his ex- -wife remained in St. Louis while he was in the navy and refused to leave when he returned,

expensive carriage in the store.

Ounce of World's Newest Deadly Poison Would Kill Millions

“This means that one gram is enough. to kill seven million human beings,” Dr. Wendt said. “An ounce is enough to<kill 180 million. That is the promise of biological | warfare.” = Gen. Waitt sald that up to the present. the poison has been isolated in “very minute quantities and is in the nature of a scientific curiosity.” The toxin was developed in wartime research aimed at finding rotective measures which

could be taken against ‘the use of [national defense. This is our best chemical agents’ w the oun

«1 believe that it is futile and time wasting to attempt to regulate and control weapons,” Gen, Waitt, said. | “Our efforts should be directed toward eliminating war by statesmanship and the application of political philosophy and the “development of understanding and trust between the peoples of the world.” “Until ‘these efforts are achieved it behooves America to continue to lead the world in research and development of means to maintain our

and-one-half hour conference with

Commerce eatary, Refuses To Limit Scope of Speeches

By LYLE C. WILSON United Press Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON, Sept. 19.—Secretary of Commerce Henry A. Wallace has refused to take part in the Democratic congressional campaign unless President Truman permits him to discuss foreign policy, the

| Secretary Wallace's facts or his

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Byrnes Wants Stronger Backing Than Mere ‘Gag’

. Ame Telephoto. Secretary of Commerce Henry A. Wallace winks at photographers

upon completion of his two- |i.

ent Truman, tl Bei

all subjects after rejecting Mr; Truvoters on domestic issues only. His speaking engagements have been { cancelled until the. end of the Paris peace conference. Wain minutes after that temorary adjustment of the cahinet isis had been achieved, the White House made public a joint letter {from the secretaries of war and | navy sharply challenging either

veracity. Deny Desire to Attack

Secretary of War Robert P. Patterson and Secretary of Navy James Forrestal wrote that there was no truth in Mr. Wallace's statement published Wednesday that a school of military thought advocated immediate attack on Russia—before the Soviets can obtain atomic bombs. The fact that the White House made the Patterson-Forrestal letter public was in itself a presidential rebuke to Mr. Wallace. Mr. Truman met Mr. Wallace yesterday in a two and one-half hour White House conference. It was assured then that Secretary Wallace would. remain in the cabinet. But no more than a truce has been obtained in the cabinet crisis which confronts the President. He

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MARGARET'S NOSE STILL THE ORIGINAL

Denies Miss Truman Had Plastic Operation.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 U.P). —Miss Reathel Odum, Mrs. Truman's secretary, emphatically de~ nied today reports that Margaret Truman ‘had undergone an operas tion to remodel her nose, Reports of such an operation on the President's = daughter were printed by New York columnist Walter Winchell. Asked about the report of a confefence with newspaper women, Miss Odum said: “It isn't true. There isn't any truth to the report." Shé added that Margaret Truman had undergone “no operation that I know of” during her extended absence from the White House this summer, The date' on which Mrs. Truman and her daughter will return to the White House from Missouri is indefinite, Miss Odum reported, The First Lady probably will return by Oct. 1.

LOCAL TEMPERATURES

POLICY OF U. . SEEN DAMAGED IRREPARABLY"

French Compare Situation To Wilson's Defeat

In 1919. (Read an Editorial, “Hire a Hall, Henry,” Page 22; also “Is

Russia Forcing a War?” Page 3.)

By R. H. SHACKFORD United Press Staft Correspondent

PARIS, Sept. 19.—Secretary of State James F. Byrnes is. not satisfied with the “moratorium” on foreign policy declarations by Secretary -of Commerce Henry A, Wallace, it was learned today. But he has not decided what to do about it. : Mr, Byrnes, it was learned, is full of confidence that his version of American foreign policy will come out on top in any contest with Sece retiry Wallace. ; However, it was understood, he fears that the moratorium on Wal« . lace declarations reached in the White House discussion between Secretary “Wallace and President Truman will confuse other na. tions,

Cite Damage to Prestige He was said to feel that foreign countries would wonder what American policy might be when the moratorium ends and the

oe LG ent of. he. 2 in a copyrighted Paris Tom ae “The consensus in conference eire cles here is that the damage done to the prestige of American diplomacy by the Wallace affair will become irreparable if nothing more explicit is not forthcoming today.” (The French are comparing Mr, Byrnes’ situation today to the disavowal of Woodrow Wilson by the American congress after .the last war, according to Mr, Gh

Caution Against Speculation Secretary Byrnes made no official comment on the situation. Nor did Senators Arthur H. Vandenberg (R. Mich.) and Tom Connally (D. Tex.). It was understood that the senators, who are advising Mr. Byrnes at every step, counselled him against taking any precipitate agtion. American delegation sources cautioned correspondents against spece ulation that Secretary Byrnes, Sen« ator Vandenberg or Sendtor Cone nally might return to Washington. The reaction to speculation thas one of the trio might go back to the capital to find out what the score is was that the situation here al« ready was bad enough without mak« ing it worse,

Telephone Fails Truman Some quarters here were inclined to cite as a key factor in uncertainty the fact that Mr. Truman had not communicated with Secretary Byrnes, directly or indirectly; since, the Wallace row broke until today. (The White House announced that Mr, Truman and Mr, Byrnes held a 20-minute trans-Atlantie teletype “conversation” today after the President's efforts to get in touch with his secretary of state by telephone were foiled by atmos pherie conditions.) Mr. Byrnes remaified in hig hotel suite where he was described as spending “a lot of time thinking.” ‘Tremendous’ Blow te Byrnes Mr. Byrnes’ associates’ were no$ able to conceal the fact that the crisis has been a tremendous body blow to the secretary. It-was said that he unquestionably feels that no matter what happens it will’ be. most difficult for him to regain his previous stature as a spokesman for American policy,

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