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VOLUME 57—NUMBER 225 THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1946 Bnd 10 Siege: ae Mater at Foswncs “ ~

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NO THANKSGIVING— :

‘Sorry, But We ant Take Care Of Our Babies’

| § Indianapolis Fails to Provide for y 1 Homeless Children—And Officials

Are Powerless. + By EDWIN C. HEINKE

‘Times City Editor ! ; f f AT 4:45 P. M. on Nov. 20 police picked up a young!

woman as she staggered along the sidewalk on E. Washing- | ton st. opposite the courthouse. She was drunk. In her arms she carried her 6-month-old baby. : Sgt. Forest Allison was on duty at the juvenile aid divi-| ‘sion. He called the Children’s Guardian home and asked if | : thé police could bring the baby there. | “Sorry, but we're not taking children,” came the answer, |

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and the phone clicked. gi ool " = = | a PUZZLED, Sgt. Allison gave the baby to two policewomen. They |

: went to the mother's apartment on N. East st. Literally they knocked i on doors until they found somebody who was willing tostake care of a ‘ 8 baby. | i ly / i Today, nobody knows officially whether the neighbor has the baby—| % 8 108 66 ‘8 or whether the mother is carrying it in her arms between taverns. . 2 That—and scores of other similar happenings within the past sev- — 2 eral weeks—illustrates what has happened to child welfare in Indianapolis 1 and Marion county. . | » » » ~ ” ~ | ON THANKSGIVING DAY, as Indianapolis sits down to full dinner, tables. the old red brick building at 5751 University ave, in Irvington | is a forgotten place as far as the community is concerned. i On this Thanksgiving, the fortunes of the institution where neglected | children are sent have sunk to a new low. ' Nobody is doing anything abeut it. Those who are entrusted with

the responsibility are powerléss., » ”

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Ison, 32, manager of Harvey's Regal istore, 349 W. 30th st, at closing {time last night. He took between ’

Auto Firms Curtail Work In Coal Crisis

! At a Glance HOLDUP NETS ton Jol i Ly AGAINST LEWIS | | Court Action-—John L. Lewis’ con- | § ’ tempt of court trial in recess for Thanksgiving. resumes - tomorrow = ' Effect on Industry -—— Unemploy- . :

iment in steel and related industries nears 60,000, Two of the nation's;

Drugagist Fires at Fleeing biggest auto companies shut down Judge Shows Disapproval of

for remainder of week,

: | a : Gunman After RObDErY | (pcrvation Restrictions —miec-| Union's Ignoring Here. {tricity brownout in 21 states and the | : 3 { District of Columbia. Passenger rail | Injunction. A lone bandit who staged a #600 travel cut by 25 per cent. By RAYMOND LAHR grocery holdup and a pair of gun-| Duration of the Strike—Now in| United Press Staff Correspondent men who kidnaped and shot & 21- eighth day. WASHINGTON, Nov. 27 vear-old Indianapolis motorist were ,.. ic .q4 Some 400,000 members| __J . . . / y gh ohn L. te being sought by police today. of the United Mine Workers union |. , Liewis was fight Police also are searching ior a A gp of L.). {Ing an uphill battle today to

bandit who slugged and robbed a Red Cab driver early today, escaping in the stolen cab, A gunman held up Harvev Harri-

i » » The Issues—Mr. Lewis proclaimed | €Scape a contempt conviction {the U. M. W.s contract terminated | for his defiance of a court

when the government refused to! visi ak negotiate a new one. The U. M. W. order to call off the crippling wants a 40-hour work week ‘with the coal strike. same pay, $75.25, the miners now| His trial on the contempt charge,

{begun yesterday, was in recess fir

$500 and $600 from Mr.- Harrison get for a 54-hour Week.

and an undetermined amount from {the Thanksgiving holiday. It will the cash register. | : {be resumed tomorrow morning at § Waits at Rear Door : a. m. (Indianapolis time). Mr. Harrison told police the man | The strike of Lewis 400,000

» i { HERE 18 a sum-up of the con- c5,ld be sent after temporarily be- | Pv ? » i oe ditions at the home today: ing detained at the Childien’s Gr ¢ i. a i oe bq The state board of health has Guardian home,” Mr. Wooden de- SU. ; x i . - ibd, : : Pal RRL | refused to permit new children to clared. : enter the home. Until health, He expressed the hope that some | : 3 . : safety and sanitary requirements organization in Indianapolis would One that got away. . . . This strutting bird doing the turkey trot also escaped the are met, the home will stay closed.’ jaunch a vigorous campaign, backed | raids on poultry flocks during meat rationing. Today he enjoys looking out at YOU stuffed with his The 140 children who are there NOW by the community in general, to tified broth d sist (the institution has facilities for fing these foster homes. | tu log tro ers an hoi ers. 80). are practically permanent in- Not only should there be a list | ee mates, of homes to which children can be i There is a serious epidemic of sent immediately, but a waiting list TRUMAN REBUFF Gobblers or CHIANG HINTS HE ree. children are in ! A : | 3 :

diarrhea. should be established, because new

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CONCERNING internal operation |

fun ox den si Hard to Tell THE ORGANIZATION within the of the home, Mr. Hennessey would ar to e | ;

i 1 jo ° . * ap! . home itself is completely (ISOf8SA" like to see the following program Housing Chief May Quit if’ A STREAK of bad mek of the Ready to Yield Power to pt d established : Friday the 13th caliber dogged In-|

: : a The guardian home was designe 2 : A . ina’ originally as a “screen study” home! CREATION of an efficient house | . Not Supported. dianapolis on Thanksgiving eve. At China's People. i hich children are ana- mother’s division. | _ |least seven persons whose holiday | pope Ib Fu | ini i. WASHINGTON, Nov. 28 (U. P.). attire included splints or bandages Rix Eien. Neu . 1 lyzed, then sent to foster ‘homes. | CREATION of an administrative _Housing Expediter Wilson W. . . : ‘5S Big Four, Foreign News, Page 16 Admittedly. helpless, Supt. Wil- division to work.under the super- ‘/included “thanks that i wast! rie ws ry \nessey 's th intendent Wyatt, apparently rebuffed bY gorse” as they counted their bless-!| NANKING, Nov. 28 (U. P. Ham D.;Hennessey Jr. says t jn endent. President Truman, today planned j,o¢ today. Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek told gram of Bestel uy has disap- FORMATION of a food planning- final moves to win what his aid| mhe freak accident of Thanks- the Chinese national assembly topeared completely. diet program. described as a “real emergency rat- giving eve occurred at the home of day that he was “too old to shoulder

There are no foster homes. NO| popA\ATION of a health pro- ing” for the veterans housing pro-| Garfield Oates, 43, of 2614 North- great political responsibility any

community, civic or governmental 5 5 3 ; am. gram. . . ’ bh a institution has launched a vigorous western ave. The Oates’ 12-year- longer

i to obtain foster homes. | : pe RN A plant operation system. will quit. . lof nail polish sitting on a heating ment would begin immediately to THE EXISTENCE of sufficient] APPOINTMENT of an education In a 45-minute conference with g,ye : surrender its power to the Chinese

Mr. Truman yesterday Mr. Wyatt ® ® = | people. sought a go-ahead on his sweeping | A FEW minutes later the bottle! The generalissimo spoke for 30 ¢ new plans to bolster home-building.| exploded, sending flying glass at Mr.' minutes as he presented a “draft superviser. | He emerged from the session Oates and 3-year-old Sandra Oates constitution” to the assembly.

foster homes would solve Marion and recreation director. county's child welfare problem, ac- APPOINTMENT of a child. study cording to Arthur Wooden, Marion county welfare director.

“If foster homes were established, : " the population would be reduced linen and school display depart- had not reached a decision. {forearm and fragments lodged in|«ign old to shoulder great political

Immediately, the overcrowded con- ment, | Afterwards a national housing the infant's back. They ditions would disappear automati-| x = = agency official put -it this way: “The treated at City hospital. cally, the original function of ‘screen THESE ARE the. things that are question is, is housing an emer-| A housewife, Mrs. Mary Green, | giving up political power and restudy’ would return and an efficient 12cking. But they will have to wait, gency? Mr. Wyatf thinks 50. The 1825 Lockwood st., also was a victim cponsibility to the people operation of the internal affairs of regardless of the wishes of Mr. President wants to think it over.” jot a home accident yesterday. MTrs.| spor the last 20 years 1 have been the homé would also result auto- Wooden and Mr. Hennessey. | Further Talks Likely [Green was hanging curtains when w. kino for the people and the state matically,” he said. | They'll have to wait until Indi-| More talks are expected in the the chair on which she was stand- not my personal ambition,” Gen. x = janapolis opens up its heart and ext few days.. These could produce '"& slipped, sending her through the oy ang said : “THERE IS no need to create ad- provides foster homes for the chil- a . Presidential endorsement that window. Broken glass slashed an! He told the assembly that the ditional facilities if there were dren whose parents have neglected youlq keep Mr. Wyatt on the job, AT CY In her arm. She was treated |q.ar; constitution gave the Presihomes to which these children them. | Otherwise, his friends said, he at St. Vincent's hospital. dent greater powers than the presi-

Were responsibility any longer. Starting today the Kuomintang will begin

CLOTHE-A-CHILD OPENS TOMORROW — | Louisville, Ky. |Shirley Wheeler to the hospital, ‘therefore you must see that these

| The President reportedly will hear nr.s Wheeler, 8i1 Union st. was POWers are properly used to assure

Littl * * 1 Hp a D : not only from Mr, Wyatt, but also cut and scalded when a glass per- | that our system won't develop into | o£ Gir in a ere ress— from Mr. Wyatt's chief antagonist, colator exploded last night. She authoritarianism.”

George Allen, who is a director of The geperalissimo appealed to the

will return to his law practice in| { Sats 2} oT) « dents of other countries and that p { BROKEN GLASS also sent Mrs.

: ; was released from City hospital] Y C "| b K WwW the Reconstruction Finance Corp. after first aid assembly delegates to discuss the ou an e Pp er eep arm RFC has flatly rejected most of Lady Lock frowned on three draft constitution thoroughly in Mr. Wyatt's recommendations for! li v : order to evolve a “perfect constitua : : : a pi police officers. Sgt. Ed Higgins and h a SOMEWHERE in Indianapolis today a little girl in a tattered dress big loans to prospective builders of Patrolmen John Kestler and Orval Hon” to further national reconand rundown shoes will bow her head to offer her own Thanksgiving. assembly-line pre-fabricated houses. Gleck. The three men, riding in Struction.

Her petition will be echoed by hundreds of other unfortunate girls These loans are the key to Mr. oor 46%. besaine. fli rc teakin ¢ and boys . , . all thankful that a kind-hearted Indianapolis for the Wyatt's program. monoxide Patrolman a ind 8 STORES HER WILL 17th year will make possible The Times Clothe-A-Child. {| Mr. Allen, a close friend of the : : . LPT . » NR | President's, has told Mr. Truman taken home and the other two men REOPEN ON MONDAYS

returned to duty after treatment. Eight Indianapolis retail stores

. THESE needy children aren't asking much. Only enough warm the rejected loans are bad business. | . uw h . —————————— FIRE ALSO played its part in the today announced they would aban-

elothing to protect them during the

come can't provide all the things

. ’ them to attend school even on ad But you—and all of Indianapolis s W. Rose, 21068 Southeastern The stores, which have been oper-

ecldest days. nly enough ‘to: provide the} ave, caught fire for the third time ating on a five-day week, will be They don't expect any frills, For! fl this month. open four Mondays before Christ-

» » » < / - - there's nothing gaudy about a wei YOU CAN help Clothe-A-Child in RE (cae Swing was desvoved. this TRE Jw Rew sclieduie wi be ef n Wo ways: ime. Police pronounced the fire as . : i My car of shoes to Keep tender feet warm Ny By sending or bringing Spends Quiet and Friendly arson and % Rose said, confi-| During this period stores will be #~/ and dry; nothing elaborate about| ev 2g ndne or heiksiie Fi a Tb dln Moog Sar Bag ging 7. 4 a dress, or a pair of trousers, or un-| J oolis Times, 214 W. Maryland st.. Thanksgiving. could get his hands on the culprit. Monday through Saturday. They

derwear, or mittens or caps, to keep | will ‘resume the five-day schedule

{Indianapolis 9. (Checks should be —— abe OR, Srowing bodies i? | made 1 Clothe mH, a WASHINGTON, Nov. 28 (U. P).| CRUSHED BY CRANE bi 30, ie ri ORRIS ji : ¥... . ‘ — President Truman discharged his arvin Williams, 33, employee of| The stores are L. 8. Ayres & Co les . n ISN'T their fault they haven a nolumSeeting as » HonGk: et today to spend oy the Citizens Gas & Coke Utility Baldwin Piano Salesroom, Coionial ence a “daddy” any more. That their! al children to local stores and In the typical American way—|Plant’'at Langsdale and Northwest- Furniture. Co, Raymond Cooper, It medi. “daddy” might be too ill to work, purchase clothing for. the from | munching turkev and “offering ern aves, was badly injured early Inc, Ideal Furniture Co. National lage of or doesn’t have a Job. They can't vour owD funds. oN | thanks to God “for the bounties|today when he was crushed between Furniture Co. Peoples Outfitting tn - explain . why mother's meager in- ° TOMOrToW the Clothe-A- | vouchsafed us.” {& moving crane and a .coke oven. Co., and Rogers & Co, Jewelers. EE ———— . ~ | Child headquarters will open at 241 He and Mrs. Truman planned a His condition at Methodist hospital| Other Sores are following their 4 TIMES INDEX W. Maryland st. (across from The quiet day at home. At 2 o'clock, | Was described as fair, {usual schedu es. Times). they will sit down with a group of ’ ET oT — . Today, why not place your con- | friends in the White House family| Amusements ..18 Movies ...0....18 tribution in the mail, and a Happy dining room to a turkey dinner. Eddie Ash .,. 34 | Obituaries 13, 24 Thanksgiving to you. The: turkey-—& huge, 18-pounder- HOLIDAY MENU— : | Boots . ...... 38 Dr. O'Brien .,,10| ; be rv {was donated to the President by a “1 carnival .... 22/Oechsner ..... 9 NORTH SIDE PLANT group. of Boston newsboys. Three Look for these-special articles in your Times today: |] Classified . 36-38 F. C. Othman. 21} other gobblers werd given to the “OUR TOWN"-—Anton Scherrer tells -about Thanksgiving in $ \ Comics ........39/ Radio .........39 IS SWEPT BY FIRE white House but Mr. Truman pre-| gq .4iana Page 21. - ’ 4 Crossword ... 39 Reflections ....22| Fire of undetermined origin this | ferred the newsboys’ turkey for to- WOMEN'S PAGES--An abundance of Christmas suggestions "3 Wallace Deuel 2 Scherrer ......21 morning swept through the offices day. , lar women's features Pages 26, 27, 28, 29, 30 A Editorials .... 22 Science .:.....21 and into the shop of the W. H. Ed-| Mr. Truman has been on a strict| ~PlUs the regular w aX Forum ...°... 22 Serial .........17 wards Engineering Corp, 2353 diet, but today he planned to let .SPORTS-—The ‘all-state football team as selected by Sports, G.I. Rights ... 8 Silly Notions . 21 Winthrop ave. Iimself go on the theory that| Editor Eddie Ash ‘os pictures of the players . . . plus basketball Indiana~News 5 Sports .... 33-35! Piremen fought the blaze for two | Thanksgiving is not Thanksgiving schedules of all city and county high school and «state college \ © 8 Indiana Saga 22 Stranahan ....33 hours as it raged in the two-story unless you have turkey and dress-| teams... on Pages 33, 34, 35. ‘41 In Indianapolis 7 Washington 22 concrete reinforced building which ‘ing and all the other items which EXCLUSIVE-—Another Indmnapolie Times “first”: The drae @| Inside Indpls, 21 Wom, News 26-30 [is half-a-block Jong. and a quarter- | make for a wonderful dinner but a| matic story of how America saved the world from starvation after : : Ruth Millett ..21 World Affairs. 22 block wide. | bad diet. : world war II . ., Page 2.

; i yi - ; ; P CREATION of a maintenance and | If these fail, they said, Mr. Wyatt, 14 daughter, Marlina, left a bottle] He said the Kuomintang govern-

ESTABLISHMENT of a clothing, without it. He said the President! The glass penetrated Mr.. Oates] «1 am now’ 60 vears old.” he said, |

i | . don Monday closings until after winter, Enough clothes to permit the f 1 : bad luck streak. A 30-foot awning ) R e family needs !fronting the grocery operated by Christmas.

{ened the manager with a gun while | Ihe took his billfold and looted the! = ——o {hope it will end until Mr. Lewis {cash register. ; x himself gives the signal. He fled south in the alley. dis- Seeks -Aid From Big Inch

was waiting at a rear door when OF GAS PIPELINE United Mine Workers (A. FP. : ; onl. + W of he locked up. The bandit threat L) was in its’ eighth day with no

Plants Take |carding the empty billfold as he Line in Fuel Crisi ts Long Holidays \ran. Mr. Harrison grabbed a gun| ine in ruel Lrisis. The impact on thé national econfrom the store and fired one shot| (omy was becoming more severe

after the bandit, but told police he In a move to ease Indiana's crit- | daily. Chrysler and Pord auto ldid not believe he ‘hit the man. ical fuel situation, the state public companies suspended operations | Clyde Posey, 21, of 621 Patterson S°'¥ c® commission today appealed until Monday, taking a long Ist. was shot when he struggled with for the emergency use of natural | Thanksgiving holiday to conserve two gunmen who had forced their gas from the big inch and little big critical supplies of steel and coal. way into his car last night. The INCh Pipelines extending from the! The American Iron and Steel In-

Threatonsd” With- Oca coal strike may not reopen until | possible consumers. Telegrams tothe industry had reached a wage

{| Mr. Posey said two youths about the w sses £ 17 years old threatened him With federal power commission and ‘con. | irecT eit With the ©. 1. O. United a gun and forced their way into gressmen place Indiana on the aphis parked car at Blake st. and pea] list. Judge Hints ‘Anarchy’ {Indiana ave. The youths told him| The messages, asking for 50-mil-| At yesterday's opening session of to drive to 1000 S, Capitol ave. lion cubic feet of gas per day to | the trial, Mr. Lewis’ attorneys held then instructed him to drive back service the stat, were sent by Sam | the floor most of the day, with Pedto his original parking spot. Bushby, secretary of the commis- €r&l Judge T. Alan Goldsborough

In the 700 block of W. North st. sion and also on behalf of Gov-|iDterjecting frequent sharp comthe driver jammed on the brakes arnor Gates. | ments, )

the infirmary. Three more are Tun- cases “occur nightly, according to ) : il i + | t' bullet went through a top coat and|1c¢X*s Panhandle. stitute reported that } : mT { 7 T 1 . T : | many blast ning temperatures, Several weeks Mr. Wooden, GIVEN 10 WYA Oo ns i S AN S 0 | it cont : eht shoulder. | Currently the government is eon- | furnaces SMBS children’ w ek. sa | ! . suit coat, grazing his right shou oT. dering states only "us? banked because of the

Std: Xruck the gunman seated next | Carry Peak Load Judge. Goldsborough 5 ome ’ phatic langua The pair fired one shot at Mr.! The appeal was based on the guage ‘in indicating he

disagreed with U, M. W. Arguments {that Mr. Lewis could jgnore the mpel { court order on - a driver for Red Cab, reported to ® the crippling of the manufac-ii.)iq At one rE Sg Bedi

police that he was slugged and ture of goods essential to the na- | oooused the ' robbed by a passenger early today. !ion and the announcement by gas| o.oo op ad Ui MW loader The assailant escaped in his cab. distributors that they already are| te

The taxi driver said he was CAITYINE a peak load which usually |, Judge Goldsborough gave no inagged down at Kentucky ave, and |S not reached until zero weather Sicution o views, however, on Missouri st. and that his passenger ATTives. Toy he © question of whether

osey, then fled. gradual closing of Hoosier indus- | Ralph Walls, 34, Milner hotel, tries, the impending closure of oth-

struck him over the head. The Mr. Busby said that if a go ahead i avis had a right to terminate |assailant took $3 and forced Mr, Should be given, it might be pos- || ® Sage agreement under Which | Walls out of the cab sible to utilize the gas within 30 Miners worked the governmentee : days of sanction. operated soft coal mines from May

; Both pipelines cross Indiana The | 29 to Nov. 20. It was Mr. Lewis’ UKRANIAN’ little big inch runs just south of POlice terminating that contract Indianapolis. | which touched off the walkout. ! Other states seeking aid and those Day Spent in Legal Debate SPURNED BY BYRNES who could benefit in the Midwest | west of vesbet divs seslome wan

include Illinois, Missouri, Ohios and consumed by U. M. W. legalistic ar-~ | Michigan, guments that the contempt citation

{should be dismissed because Judge

Political Motive Denied in NEHRU RECONSIDERS, | Goldsborough's Nov, 18 restraining Shooting. "WILL GO TO LONDO {order was invalid.

| The union contended that the NEW YORK. Nov. 28 (U. p)-.! NEW DELHI, Nov. 28 (U. P.).— order was illegal under the NorrisPandit Jawaharlal Nehru, Congress | La Guardia act limiting the use of party leader, consented today in injunctions in labor disputes. response to a personal appeal from| Once the arguments are comthat there was a political motive in Prime Minister Clement R. Attlee, |pleted, Judge Goldsborough must the shooting of a Ukranian delagate ''0 Join Viceroy Viscount Wavell on rule whether the Norris-La Guardia to the United Nations in New York his trip to London to. discuss the |act applies to the government dissituation ‘in India. {pute with the U. M, W, and whether : Moslem league representatives to dismiss the contempt charge. If | Mr. Byrnes’ statement was made earlier consented to accompany he rules against the union, testi-

in a letter to Ukranian Foreign Lord Wavell. {mony will be heard®on the charge. Minister Dimitri Manuilsky regard- 4

ing the shooting of Gregory Stad- | . : i te denen wore no Christmas Expected to Set the. atempt on the ite of wel RR d Despite Coal : Ukranian delegates and to bring wo) ecor espite oa Strike iA De Lice ohine » | By RICHARD BERRY (pers, of course, are getting their

'Manuilsky had charged that the! Ihis Christmas in Indianapolis pick of these items, men had been attacked for poiitical,'S expected to be the biggest on

record, | Despite the fact thal some of thie Here are some of the things for Junior (if Dad doesn't get to them

j litt y be tak /ay by the | COLD SNAP DETOURS Gant the Christos Ahi first) that highlight toy depart-

inom obo {ments of downtown stores: FOR THANKSGIVING or opprg ogt Amon he) A new toy train—complete with

Secretary of State James F. Byrnes today rejected as unfounded charges

City.

Some Toys for Junior reasons

|aay. Not’ just the pre-Christmas season, | 1° smoke stack. The smoke is | The weatherman -gave Hoosiers put for all time. |créated when a small generator one more thing to be thankful for| The coal strike is making “the |Purns the pellet. A bellows, conas he predicted \ Weather and | Christmas season a drab one down- |

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clouds. A cold snap, en route 0 ribbons try. hard to dress up the] Indiana, is not expected to set in| shops, but show case lights are out {until tomorrow. : 5 (due to government .order). Quality of Goods Better Merchants aren't the only ones

on the faintest sniattering of town. Bright colored wreaths and

LOCAL TEMPERATURES

3 n =n % For the shoppers it will be the

{ ne . a | brightest since the beginning of the | LABOR REVOLTERS CENSURED |. and in some cases. ever. | LONDON, Nov, 28 (U. P.).—A re-| The quality of virtually every- | | volt within the Labor party over the thing is obviously better. And in government's foreign policy ended some cases; that quality doesn’t cost | today in a compromise. Rebe] mem- any more than it has for the past! [hers were censured, but not discip- five years. |

lined for refusing to support the There are many new things, most- | Sh | government in commons, |ly for the children. Early snop- CTIA] y i : 3 4 i A s