Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 12 December 1946 — Page 27

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By H. STUART MORRISON Yimes Special Writer

MIAMI, Fla., Dec. 12—The banana

barons are slugging it out on the

price line for business. Haiti's war-

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tral American plantatioh owners. "All because the war is over—and the Standard Fruit Co, is trying to recapture the banana business. Prices have skyrocketed for growBut they are sagging badly. in the United States. They

Today Haitian planters are the have fallen to a third of their peak worlds highest-paid Banana grow-|in Cuba.

They're getting twice as much

Before the war Standard Fruit

Dominion Plan Likely itbree times as much as some Cen-|the French-speaking republic which

By PHILLIPS TALBOT | Times Foreign Correspondent NEW .DELHI, India, Dec. 12.-wAn independent, sovereign republic is} expected to be declared the goal of the newly launched constituent assembly. I Quick action on such a resolution, which duplicates the All-India National Congress party's policy, is being urged by Nationalists, who are eager to reject promptly British suge gestions that India might become ' a dominion like y Canada’ or AusMr. Talbot ia. : The future India envisioned by Congress party-dominated policymakers is free union of the provinces now included in the so-called British India with the princely states and any other willing areas, such as the frontier fringes. All power and authority, according to this declaration, will be derived from the people. The document also promises safeguards for human rights, as well as individual and .class freedoms. Foresee Federal State

Taking a leaf from the historyd of the United States, the planne foresee a federal state in which the basle residuary powers will be kept by Individual units, with delegated and “inherent” powers given to the central union. This plan calls for no immediate declaration of ‘independence, to be compared with that of 1776. It reflects, however, the independent mood noticeable in today’s speeches, which were uniformly defiant of possible future attempts to better the sovereignty of the assembly. While regretting the absence of the Moslem League, several members of the assembly made it cl that they will not accept the la of a “Hindu convention” which has already been pinned on the chamber by the Moslem League press. A precedent was eonfirmed vesterday, when Dr. Rajendra Prasad, the veteran All-India Congress party leader who was unanimously elected chairman of the assembly, gave his inaugural address in Hindustani. That and English will be the common languages of the house.

Former Convict Makes Fortune

NEW YORK, Dec. 12 (U. P.).—A former Sing Sing convict who “knows what it's like to live in cramped spaces” tonight offered a fully-furnished apartment to a deserving veteran, The Sing Sing Santa Claus is a designer, James Mont, 46, who got out. of the New York state prison a year ago with 20 cents in his

pocket. In the intervening year Mr. Mont went into partnership with the man who “sent him up,” hired his parole officer and opened a swank furniture factory which has netted him a sizable fortune, Mr. Mont has offered a one and a | half room apartment complete with | everything—=a wood burning fireplace, $4000 worth of furniture, a completely stocked pantry and refrigerator, even a decorated Christmas tree. The only thing lacking is an ocoupans. For Mr. Mont that's the hard part. He wants to be certain that the veteran is really deserving.

Trail of Slaying Suspects Found

BURTONSVILLE, Md, Dec. 12 (U. P.)—Police in southern states weve asked“today to be on the lookout for two men wanted ‘in the hammer slaying. here of Mrs. Florence McAllister, 29-year-old brunet. Authorities here said the men were driving the victim's blue 1941 Ford coupe and had in their possession jewelry stolen from her at the time of the murder. Mrs, McAllister’s brutally beaten body was found two days ago in an untenanted home, The two men were reported to have been seen in a small southern town which police did not identify.

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shares fhe island of Hispaniola with the Spanish-speaking Dominican republic. Buf with the war and the submarine wolf-packs, the big boats of Standard were witidrawn from the trade. Bananas disppiared from the American market. But not for long. Daring, adventurous skippers of small 100-ton coastal vessels saw the chance to prosper, They defied the subs and

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Banana Barons Slug it Out as PLedi Business Booms

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while some went to ‘the bottom, most of them were successful, They poured an ever-increasing stream of bananas through Miami. They encouraged the planters of the republic. Standard held its concessions, but the entire south shore of Haiti was thrown open to the independent operators. During the first six months of this year 10282556 stems of bananas were shipped into Miami, mak-

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ing this the second largest banana port in the country. And where Standard FPruit had been getting the bulk of Haiti's bananas, the big company dropped to parity with two. independents— the Haiti Fruit. & Steamship Co, a" Miami cornern, and the Haiti Banana Export Co. (Habanex), owned by Jean Elie. But now the trade war is on. Standard is back, and according to the independents, making plenty of trouble for them.

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