Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 4 December 1946 — Page 2
Chicago Layoffs To Begin Shortly
CHICAGO, Dec. 4 (4. P) —Some 10,000 Chicago area industrial plants will begin gradual shutdowns within a few days, as a result of the
Cuts Output © Of Industries
Auto Manufacturers Plan to Shutdown
By J. ROBERT SHUBERT United Press Staff Correspondent PITTSBURGH, Dec. 4 ~The nation headed rapidly toward an industrial crisis today. A freight embargo, resulting from the 14-day soft coal strike, left scores of factories with only a few days to operate. More than 1,000,000 workers, 500,000 of them in the automobile industry, faced layoffs next week as a result of the embargo, effective
Friday.
(General Strike As the full force of the coal strike bit into the nation's economy, there
Tightens Grip on were the following developments:
The Ford Motor Co. of Detroit, Oakland, Cal. announced it would cease all manuat midnight Thursday. Assemblies will shut down a few days after that. An estimated 85,000 production workers will be laid ofl. G. M. to Shut Down
General Motors Corp. announced it could operate “only a few days at the most” after the rail embargo [An A. PF. of L. mass strike locked goes into effect. “G. M. .employs | a strangle-hold for the second day 263,000 hourly-rated workers. lon the lives of one million persons Chrysler Corp, which employs [in the metropolitan Oakland area 75,000 workers, said it was con- today. templating an early shutdown. Mayor Herbert L. Beach asked Automobile parts manufacturers the city council to proclaim a state also were expected to close. of emergency. Scores of other industries planned Thousands of wage earners were to halt operations as soon as pres- unable to travel to work, and ent storage space is filled. thousands more were deprived of fresh foods and newspapers. The NY : ates SHOWN ab The mayor branded the, strike “a
let physical assault on the rights of Som hey Cy gh more than a half million people” o be freight ig REL freight and declared: manage! - t a for the American Association -of FET y oan Ras gad, sa) 44 rg y Hef He asked ‘the city council to pro-
tate of emergency early city and they would be moved in Siaim he v Bevicy While this did not imply martial After that, only ships carrying dle PY
i ; law, the mayor assumed immediate ry sige Sates Wiki be loads command of the police force. h Soups : tin oe Even as the council prepared to sent of the w peraing | act, citizens of Oakland and those
New York. Lot a dozen neighboring communiES, commerve WINSLY aspela {ties awoke to find their plight had ey will idle a “high percent- | worsened considerably in 24 hours, age” of the city's 2,500,000 dn Food supplies were dwindling, with a resultant “tremendous” loss 2nd no replenishment was possible. | in wages. Solid Puels Administra- | Stores and restaurants were closed | tion Director Herbert P. Pfaff said| °F, Cloting as stocks ran oct. at least 80 small industrial firms! Transportation remained frozen,
even though the president of the MY New OE are uiresdy WEI® | Key system lines appealed to tran-
| sit workers to return and ‘perform State Guard Augments Police | essential public service to hundreds Governor Prank J. Lausche of of thousands of people of the Bay Ohio ordered a company of the area wha have no part in the constate's national guard into Hami]- | troversy.” ton where the city's street's lights) C. I. 0. Mostly on Job will be turned out at midnight. The| Construction work stoppe d. guard will augment the regular po- | Trucking was halted except for the lice force in the city of $0,000 pop-| delivery of milk to homes and ulation. Streetcar service will bel emergency supplies to hospitals and
bargo, & Chicago Association of Commerce spokesman predicted today. The embargo goes into effect Friday to conserve dwindling coal supplies. Midwest railroad lines were expected to take smaller financial losses than eastern systems because Midwest freight is mostly food and livestock, exempt from the embargo. But the reduction in movement of manufactured goods was expected to hit many industrial plants, forcing them to layoff employees and perhaps close entirely.
GOLDEN WEDDING — Mr. and Mrs, W. C, Reed (above) marked their golden wedding “anniversary Sunday with a family dinner on their farm near
Paragon. Natives of Ripley county, both are descendants of Civil war veterans. They have sight children and 2! grandchildren.
SHRIMP ‘SEASON WASHINGTON«The peak season for American shrimp fishing is in September and October.
gape
BULLETIN OAKLAND, Cal, Dec. 4 (U. P.). ~The city council declared a state of emergency” in this strikebound city today.
OAKLAND, Cal, 1 Dec. 4 (U. P).
exist in
Light and bright colors. "Topps" lambs wool lining, 5.00
federal government's freight em-|
Lite. GiMt's Candlewick-Robe
brown lambskin moccasin with
WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 (U. P).— Because of the coal strike, Christmas, 1946, promises to be a chill, dimly-lighted holiday season of little travel, fewer gifts, the barest lof Yuletide trimmings and drastic Imailing restrictions. That was the picture today following four new government coal-saving orders intended to [conserve railroad space for the imost essential goods and services. These orders provide: ONE: A ban, beginning Priday, on all freight shipments by rail or express except for specifically exempted commodities such as food, fuel, medicine, newspapers and sanitation supplies. TWO: Beginning Monday, passenger travel on coal-burning railroads will be cut to about half of normal. A 25 per cent reduction already is in effect. THREE: Beginning today, vir tually all rail shipments destined
“THE IN (DIANAPOLIS TIMES
orkers In Nation | ae
for export are halted. Exceptions are bulk grain, livestock and supplies for U, 8. armed forces overseas. Others require a special | permit, FOUR: Beginning Friday, no parcel post packages may be mailed overseas, except to U. 8. armed forces. For domestic shipment, postoffices will accept no packages weighing more than five pounds and measuring more than 18 inches long, or. 60 inches combined length and girth, Exempted are live, day-old ‘poultry; seeds, plants and other nursery stock; eggs, butter and other perishables, and medicine, drugs, surgical instruments and surgical dressing. Defense Transportation Director J. Monroe Johnston thought these restrictions would keep coal-burn-ing railroads going until the end of February,
The freigh®embargo is equal to a| «It applies| rail embargo became effective,
cut-of about 50 per cent.
Sizes 210 6,3.00 Eri
, cardigan style, in red, copen, avy. Sizes 3 to 6, 4.00
e Layoffs
= WEDNESDAY, DEC. 4, 1046
ext
Week
Christmas Decorations, Travel Cut; . Half of Freight Shipments Banned
to all types of locomotives, although exceptions may be granted ‘later to those which don’t burn coal. The cut in passenger travel applies only to coal-burning locomotives. To a nation already headlong in the biggest Christmas buying spree in history, the pinch of the freight embargo was expected to be sharpest, Bebinning Friday, Christmas trees and ornaments, as well as toys and all other potential gifts, will be ruled off the railroads. Here are some of the consumer standbys which the railroads may not move: Clothing, liquor, tobacco, dishes, kitchen utensils, refrigerators, automobiles, washing machines, radios, phonographs, pianos, furniture, building materials and paints. Mr. Johnson said the parcel post restrictions were necessary because shippers of small items naturally would turn to parcel post after the
Miners Angry at
Lewis Verdict
PITTSBURGH, Dec. 4 (U. P.).— Western Pennsylvania miners, angry over the conviction of John L. Lewis, accused the federal government of trying to smash the united mine workers union today. They threatened reprisals if their militant chief is put in jail. In the taprooms and general stores, and on the street corners of the coal towns, they talked loudly and defiantly, They vowed they wouldn't return to work Lewis tells us to.” One miner warned that “an economic revolution will hit the country” if Mr. Lewis is punished. “If they punish Lewis, all labor will come out on strike,” another sald.
NEW TYPE GLUE MADE WASHINGTON «- A new type urea-resin glue has been introduced for the same applications as animal and casein glues.
“until!
Electric Toaster Warms One Home
DENVER, Dec. 4 and Mrs. William Vanderpan, old age pensioners, warmed their hands over a 35-year-old electric toaster today and waited for the coal strike to end. The ‘couple, both in their 60's, had no other heating unit in their
The Vanderpans and 448 other families. at the huge four-block square Lincoln Park housing project
gency measures, ever since the cen tral heating unit ran out of coal | five days ago.
empty just as long and city health officials said influenza was gaining headway because of the fuel shorte age.
TAKE CALCIUM TO CHILE WASHINGTON—Visitors to Chile are advised to take along a supply of calcium pills to counteract the deficiency of this mineral in Chile ean-grown foods.
bracelet, 1.00*
She's Never Too Young for Jewelry
Hand-carved wooden "Bug" pins, 1.00* pr. Sterling barette, 1.00%. Sterling Indian
Young Men
Sizes 3 to 6, shirt, 1.00
Suspender Slacks for Very
Whitman gabardine in navy or brown,
4.00. Long-sleeved polo
&
cut in half to conserve the city's! institutions. | eight-day supply of coal. Water, gas, electricity and teleHealth officials in Denver feared phone services were unaffected. | an epidemic of influenza would re- | theaters were open. sult from the: cpal famine in that | C. I. O. workers stayed on the city where the last lump of fuel Was! job except where it involved cross- | sold Saturday. Many homes were ing A. F. of L. picket lines. without heat and thousands of res-| Offices and factories operated at idents scrounged the nearby coun- reduced efficiency becatise emtryside for wood to keep fires going. | ployees were unable to get to work
All-wool pullover in ai
Boy's Jacquard Sweater
or brown, sizes 4 to 6, 4.00 All-wool plaid scarf, 1.00
rplane pattern, Navy
"Little American" Wagon
Gayly painted hard wood, with white pull cord. Red body, blue and white wheels,
Girl's Chenille Robe
Warm, soft and washable chenille. Aqua, copen, red. Sizes 7 to 14, 7.98
Churchill Weavers Scarfs
All wool, hand-woven by: the Churchill Weavers of Bereo, Ky. Assorted plaids, pastels and white, 2.50
Railroads were expected to fur- Tnose with jobs across the bay % result of the freight embargo and gnarled for hours in traffic jams | further restrictions on passenger along the approaches to the San travel, The embargo was expected | Francisco-Oakland Bay bridge. next week. sign of relenting in their mass | / walkout which paralyzed the normal | . lives of most inhabitants of ities | County Council - ¥-IPrancisco bay.. [is members attended a mass meeting ies gas last night where their leaders em- | phasized that “agreement on our | today took under advisement re- could end. g quests for extra funds totaling $18,-| The mass strike was called after | 4235 for additional operating ex- city police convoyed supplies through | for the rest of this year. downtown department stores. | Largest item in the list of requests : is $9600 asked by the county elec- Duck Hunting in North 5 balloting which ran above budget | estimates. Councilmen indicated] WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 (U. P ).— | they will try fo cut several hundred | The fish and wildlife service con- | The county welfare department! hunters in northern states already | askéd for $3600 additional funds to *know—duck hunting isn't so good | care for dependent children and the | this year. $3000 for food costs. {ers who have turned in scorecards | . The council will vote on the ap-|report there are fewer ducks than | “propriations tomorrow, last year, the service said.
lough thousands of workers as a in San Francisco found themselves to throw 20.000 workers into idleness| The striking unionists gave no along the eastern shore of San Fifteen thousand A. F. of L. The newly-elected county sounci]| terms” was the only way the strike penses of county government units| > F- Of L. picket lines to two tion board for expenses of the Nov. | Found Not So Good dollars out of this request. firmed officially today what most | ’ Childrens Guardian home asked | Seventy-two per cent of the huntIN INDIANAPOLIS
MARRIAGE LICENSES Smith; Reed, Lillian Blair; Willard Lawrence R. Barton, 1085 Ralston; yir- saginia Owens, and Robert, Margaret Arre 25th. t_ St. Franei il, L tters; | Maurice Burch, 1300 Pennsyl- Russell, i ee Shjutters: |
N, vania; Lola Grace Kendall, 710 Kilbourn, | Gladys Sapp, and Earl, Lucille Jones
hart. \At_ Methodist— Herbert, Jean Whitaker; | rd Milton Coulter, 850 W- Kan Paul, Mary Stauber; William, Ouida "ame Gi. Mo. Elizabeth Medliooit, 5870 | Westnald, Lester. Peat| Carney; Wil. . . iam, ores more, and Charl { ries W. French, 01 N. Balan; Vir. | May’ Wier. hig ginia T. Or) As N Tacom | At_Ceoleman— Theodore, Joanna Greeman Joseph M. Gabbard, 1102 N A ibaa Robert, _ Lorraine rpenter; avid, Katherine Louise ‘I wd, 526 . Mary MeCulloeh; William, Esther Livingston, Castle, and Denver, Mildred Harding Joe r, 228 Walnut, Benton Harbor, Al Emhardt Memerial Robert, Jean ClapMich.; Myrtle Helen Steele, 385 John, | odt: Clarence, Margaret Moon, and Benton Harbor, Wilmur, Ruby Hugheft James Philip Smith, 816 N. aJeerson; Julia | At Home—-John, Maude Roska, 1422 Laurel t, 326 and Donald, Esther Pontius, 3056 Prookaide parkway | James Ty Wi Beecher: Bar- DEATHS Reo Bi diay Brotvie | cio Cosgrove, 73, at City, coronary 716 6 MpIdn Charles E. Allen, 76, at 2630 Coll Cine erie uh aL n, or lino; Ruth | ehral Hemorrhage a Anditw Galloway, 67, at City, arterioscle- | BIRTHS sone’ Robinson, B51, at City, earcinoma- |. A Twin Girls Flora Belle Suayer. 77, at 2106 E. 30th st, Se Cc . slaman--Raro) Frances Dunnigan. | coronary occlu ventee Gar Predator W. RKnoer 07. at 1122 N. Parker Indian Bracelets n Cosmetic Case y h Baith Hardman: | BR . tis CRichALT. Sal Edward Mullen. 0, at 526 8. Missours si "The Young Approach T uty.” non; . : + » a 0 hy Burke. 8, and Cecil, [orem ary occlusion ee Sterling and coin silver. Some set with ' f § 7op Bee Con. (George, Nancy Diener, r Yford 8, at City, glomeru. 3 ains face powder ipsti i e | _lonephritis. genuine Nevada turquoise, 3.00* pe » ologrs ond fipsick, Mbrris; | Bessie Cox 89, at Methodist, hypeggen- Z ’ 1.50* seks; Casey. Dou: sive heart : . Clara Ferguson, 74, at 1143 Woodlawn ta son, and | ave, arteriosclerosis, , | Charies arty James, 58 bi 5104 Indianola Ave. nary oeclusio - moh pemice | Jess 'J. “Hinder. AB, at 218 Henson ave. 4 1384 | wf cerebral hemorrhage. Pd kp, ht ar | Wont. J. Russell, 68, at Veterans’, pneu “Plus 20% tax m Jessie Marte’ Buufine. 50, at 333 °N. Dela. » A ware st. carcinom \ Children’: fo Shop, Children Ee —— Fourth oe aris 5 Catherine Eirabetn ‘Henry, 43, at Be, ’ u Jean! Bustern ave., coronary occlusion. A, Gi
Sub-Deb Slips
Teen sizes, 1.85
Tailored rayon satin in white or tearose. Bias cut with adjustable shoulder straps,
sizes, 10.95
Sub-Deb Robe itl
Soft brushed rayon in wine or navy, Junior
ARI Sonam ano saappearony
(U. P)—Mr,
have been keeping warm by emers=.
All Denver coal yards have been |
two-room apartment except the | kitchen stove, fired by natural gas. |
YE M. TA