Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 8 January 1947 — Page 1

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WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 (U. P.) ~~ President Truman todas set these economic goals for 1947: ' EMPLOYMENT—58,000,000 or “slightly higher.” This would equal. Byrnes Quits Few Days After Baruch sufficient for consumers to buy all goods produced. ” | UNEMPLOYMENT—2,000,000 is “probably close to the minimum | Political significance of Gen. unavoidable in s free economy.” today pointed out to congress certain danger signals for asked ogres, i up. 1947. He said in his economic report that there should | gg ‘specifically urged Toe be no ‘depresion but that these ""Weaknesges need cor-.

last year’s record. Marshall’s appointment, Page 2. ® = =» x = = newal of ‘the rent control Jaw rection”:

57th YEAR—NUMBER 260 WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 8, 1047+

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PRODUCTION~A five per cent increase over 1946. And 1046 The President's

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PURCHASING POWER-An increase in “real” Purchasing power By HARRISON SALISBURY President T WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 (U. P.).—President Truman ident Truman

United Press Foreign News Editor The sudden resignation of Secretary of State James PF. Byrnes and appointment of Gen. George C. 4 Marshall to succeed him shook the world’s foreign offices .and chancellories from London to Nanking today. The question. on the tongue df

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{every diplomat was: What changes

will Gen. Marshall bring American foreign policy? The urgency with which an answer was sought was testimony to the paramount role of the United States in world affairs. Washington’s report that Gen, Marshall would steer the United States on the bearings fixed by Secretary Byrnes was taken at

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LEGISLATIVE START — Preliminary to the opening of the Indiana general assembly ‘tomorrow, the rules committees of the house and senate met today. Final changes in house and senate rules in order to use new equipment, such as votifg, Juackines, were drafted, Senate committee members are (standing, left to right)

pr or © Debt to His Dog

Rescues Animal That Saved Him in Fire

Pred Scheurer today squared a

débt with Cheetah, 2-year-old Gershepherd dog that last year saved him from burning to death

in a tavern fire. The master crawled out of a convalescent bed to direct a daring rescue of Cheetah, trapped on drifting ice on White river, near Happy Landing in Ravenswood. The dog was playing on the frozen river about 50 feet from the east ‘bank this morning when the

fos broke, throwing her into the cold

waters, Clinging to a floe with her front paws, Cheetah began barking for aid, Ice Perils Rescue

The barking attracted passersby. Hopes of saving her was almost abandoned, however, when ice proved too thin to support weight of rescuers. Then word of the dog's plight reached Mr, Scheurer, who was in bed convalescing after being released: from the hospital recently. e remembered another winter morning, back in Decémber of 45, when Cheetah’s barking at 3 a. m. had awakened him to a room filled with flames and smoke. The faithful dog had remained by his side, leading him from the Happy Land-

Ing tavern building + which later

burned down. Mr. Scheurer got out of bed and Cheetah’s barking got more excited as she saw her master start out on the ice toward her. Then he was

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Sorry, No Skating At Lake Sullivan

~ Sorry, kids. : \ No skating at Lake Sullivan tonight, Until lowef temperatures return— and theyre not in sight—the barricades will remain up, park department officials announced,

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Finances to Be Top Issue As Legislature Meets

Lawmakers Convene Here Tomorrow; Gates Submits Program Friday

By ROBERT BLOEM Indiana's first post-war. legislature will convene tomorrow to’grapple

with a whole set. of new problems—the problems of peace. Far out in front of all the other questions before the 85th general assembly will be-the one of how to make a limited income cover the ever mounting expense of government. “Most of the 149 members of the assembly will be on hand for

organization procedings as the 61day session gets under way. The house seat of Rep. Leo Dennis (R, Pekin) who died recently will remain vacant throughout the session, leaving the house balance 87 Republicans to 12 Democrats. Gates’ Message Friday G. O.P, control of the senate will be by a margin of 38 to 13. Real kickoff of the legislature's business will be Governor Gates’ biennial message scheduled for 10 a. m. Friday. Original plans called for delaying the message until sometime next week, but they were revised to get business under way as quickly as possible. Rules committee members held final sessions today to draft rules changes so that the legislators can use voting: machines already installed In both houses and senate chambers. Direct Primary An Issue Once down to business, the legislators face several major. problems, topped’ by the fiscal puzzle. The issue of a direct statewide primary election was expected to become one of the major generators of fireworks, but it probably will not be injected early in the session. Hoosier dry forces have adopted a ‘now or never” attitude in their campaign for local option legislation, Concensus among legislative observers. was - that local option

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Springer Wants All to Carry Identity Card

WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 (U, P.).— Rep. Raymond 8. Springer (R. Ind.) has proposed that everyone over 16 carry at all times an identification card, complete with fingerprints. Mr. Springer introduced a ‘bill in congress yesterday which would require everyone to report to a government registration place within 120 days after reaching the age of 16. They would be photographed, fingerprinted and given an identification card. The card would state whether the bearer was native-born or of foreign-born parents. Persons convicted of not carrying their identification cards would be subject to a

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maximum penalty of $1000 fine and in jal, ! :

Defense Rests In Grid Fix Case

No Witnesses Called

With Guilt Plea Seen|

NEW YORK, Jan. 8 (U. P.).—The defense rested its case without calling. a witness in the Alvin J Paris bribery trial today and Defense Attorney John McKim Minton began his summation to the jury immediately after the opening of court, The summation began amid speculation that the 28-year-old = défendant might plead” guilty to charges that he attempted to bribe two members of the New York Giants professional football team to throw a championship match. Prosecution Rests The prosecution concluded . its case yesterday with Merle Hapes and Frank Filchock, Giants backfield stars Paris allegedly attémpted to bribe, testifying the defendant treated them to a round of nightclubs in New York and "supplied glamor girls for companionship before he asked them to throw the Dec. 15 game with the Chicago Bears. In his summation for the prosecution, Assistant District Attorney George Monaghan told the jury: “If you sat all your life as jurors, you would never hear a case with such conclusive evidence as this.” Hé declared the prosecution did not rely solely on either the testimony of the football players,’ the tapped telephone conversations, or

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Struck by Trolley,

Receives Broken Arm Mrs. Elinor Hobbs, 122 E. 16th st. received a broken arm when. she was knocked to the pavement at West and 10th sts. today by a

trackless trolley. Her 18-month-old son, Clarence, whom she .was* carrying, was un-

injured. Mrs. Hobbs was taken to

City hospital. Driver of the trolley was arrested on charges of failure to obey an automatic traffic signal and failure to give a pedestrian the right-of-way. oN

eas John Van Ness, chairman, Yalgaraisny and Milford seafed ’

Toar rash Kills 2 2 Near Noblesville

Three Others Hurt In Head-on Wreck

A head-on crash-of two cars on a -one-lane highway bridge near Noblesville last night took the lives of two men and injured three others. By 4 quirk of fate, one of thé dead and one of the injured, brothers, were riding in each of the cars. Dead were Pvt. Leslie Henry, 18, on furlough from Ft. Harrison, and Harold Bagley, 23 Injured were Adrian Henry, 21; Ralph Hutson, 16, and Donald Smith, 21. All were from Westfield. Drivers of the cars were Mr. Smith and Mr, Bagley, - Crash, on Bridge Scene - of the accident was a bridge 1% miles west of Noblesville on State road 32, Although it is well marked as a one-lane cross-

«| ing, Hamilton county officials’ de-

scribe it as the worst trafic hazard in the county, scene of a number of accidents. This was the first fatal crash there. 6 Hamilton authorities had. asked the state highway commission to replace the bridge, with a wider one. The smashup occurred about 11 p. m. as Mr, Smith, Adrian Henry and Mr. Hutson were returning from Noblesville where they had taken a friend to work,

Dies in Hospital

Mr. Bagley died shortly after he was en to a Noblesville hospital, Pvt. Henry died about 2 a. m, The injured also were taken there where it was reported Mr. Hutson’s knee cap was nearly torn off, Adrian Henry was suffering severe scalp wounds and leg injuries and Mr. Smith was being treated for cuts and the éffects of shock.

(Read an editorial, “The Secretary of State,” Page 14.)

By R. H, SHACKFORD United Press Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON, Jan. 8-—Gen. George C. Marshall, freshly baptised in the devious diplomacy of the Orient for his new job as secretary of state, today faced the immediate task of negotiating with Soviet Russia, Britain and France a peace treaty for Germany. For this major post-world war II problem, Gen. Marshall Is expected to carry “on James F. Byrnes’ “patient but-firm” policy toward the Soviet union. The new secretary will get his first test on the Soviets’ home ‘ground, On March 10 he is scheduled to begin negotiations on German and;

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tance of personalities in the conduct of U.S. foreign policy. The initial reaction in world capitals was wait-and-see. Immediate issues Tajsed by the’

of the velo. Mr. Byrnes himself was knowh to be less firm than Mr. Baruch on the veto issue. Russia insists on the veto and support for the Baruch line was lukewarm or less from Britain and France. - Reconsideratoin of the U. S. doctrine by Gen. Marshall seemed possible. TWO: Does Gen. Marshall's ap pointment indicate any change toward Russia? There was no indication in Washington of any change. However, Russia in December adopted a more conciliatory line toward the United States. Military men frequently have gotten on better with-the Soviet than diplomats. Gen. Marshall, himself, won the high regard of Generalissimo Stalin for his persistence and firmness on the earliest possible establishment of the second front in Europe. THREE: What effect will Gen. Marshall's appointment have on the vital conference on Germany in Moscow?

Observers who watched Marshall's patient determination in the complex Chinese situation believed that the diplomats of the Big Four in Moscow would meet their equal. FOUR: How will American policy in the Fir East undergo a change?

Far "Eastern policy personally for the past year. Yesterday, he reiterated the basic U. 8. thesis that we believe China's difficulties can be solved only by a mid-day, “liberal” course between the government and Communist extremists. FIVE: What will the effect be on relations with Britain?

pressed “lively regret” at the departure of Mr. Byrnes, whose work in tandem with Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin represented a highwater mark in Anglo-American cooperation. British comment, on Gen, Marshall was cautious, pose

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Marshall Faces Big Test In Moscow Talks March 10

cow at the next Big Four foreign ministers meeting. The surprise selection of a milltary career man for the first time in history to direct American foreign policy startled all and pleased most congressmen, President Truman sent Gen. Marshall's nomination to the senate at noon, On receiving the nomination, Senafor Arthur H. Vandenberg (R. Mich.), Republican. foreign policy spokesman, .today = promised ‘ his party's continugd support of a bipartisan foreign policy under Gen. Marshall. Senator Vandenberg stepped down from the rostrum where he presides as senate president pro tem, to laud retiring Secretary ‘James J. Byrnes’

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ONE: Large price incr in the las Xie power .o! . This méans higher real purchasing power is necessary to take goods oft the market. “If price and wage adjustments are not made—and made soon enough—there is danger that consumer buying will falter, to manufacturers will decline, production will drop, and unemp umers resort to large additional use of past savings to buy the incréased supply of goods; These temporary expedients ‘afe limited in power and even if would merely postpone the day of reckoning.” TWO: Maximum Sinpiovient might be “threatened” this year commercial construction slackens

due to deslining investments, and prices for residential construction remain high compared with incomes of laborers and white collar

Mr. said his third point explained why, in his state of ihe unr esas: Je: *Placed 20, much sess of useful

Decree Hoffmann |Moior Poin

Officially Elected

Retabulation Gives Judge 1868 Majority

Joseph O. Hoffmann, Democrat, has been decreed officially elected

_|judge of juvenile court by Special

Judge Harvey A. Grabill of circuit court. . The decree was entered late yesterday after recount commissioners submitted a formal] report on their retabulation of votes cast for the juvenile court judgeship in the Nov. 6 election. The report gave Judge Hoffmann a majority of 1868 votes over exJudge Mark W: Rhoads, Republican, who brought the suit contesting the election. The recount majority-is only five votes less than the plurality given Judge Hoffmann by the official election board totals. The recount of totals on voting machines gave Judge Hoffmann an increase of 150 votes but a recount of 800 paper ballots resulted in disqualification of 184 ballots because of failure of election clerks to initial

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Fair Weather Due For City, State

LOCAL TEMPERATURES

Fair weather was forecast for Indianapolis and most of the state

Ye ° Meanwhile, state police reported state highways “generally clear.” Spots of ice still cling to some spots but for the most part highway hazards have been removed by rising temperatures which melted ice and snow, City streets also were reported clearing. City and state police reported the night free of serious traffic accidents. # In addition to fair weather, the U. 8. weather bureau predicted constant temperatures throughout the day in Indianapolis, with the mercury hovering in the upper twenties.

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WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 (U. P.).—Major points in President Truman's economic report to congress: OUTLOOK FOR 1947 — America never has beén so strong or so prosperous. Prospects never have been brighter. - There be minor detours and bumps on the road ahead, but there need not and must. not. be another depression. = * GOALS FOR 1947--58,000,000 jobs “or slightly higher”; a 5 per cent

creased purchasing power, ®to be achieved mostly through price Teductions. : RENTS—Congress should act at

next .June 30. ’ TAXES—No tax cuts. It would be “unsound fiscal policy to reduce taxes.” ; a PRICES—Business should reduce prices wherever possible “with discriminating regard for specific circumstances rather than on an overall national basis.” Price reduc

articles of food, textiles, clothing, house furnishings, -housing ' and building materials.’ These prices

WAGES—Labor should . refrain from demanding excessive” wage increases that would require price increases. or prevent price reduc tions. Pay raises are justified in individual instances where wages and salaries have lagged .substantially behind living costs, where

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Truman Rejects Talk of Severe

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————————— ‘WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 (U. P.)i= President Truman, in his economic report to congress today, rejected] talk of another severe depression.’ “As the year 1947 opens America has never been so strong or so prosperous,” he said. , “Nor have our prospects ever been brighter. , | “Yet in the minds of a great many | of us there is a fear of another de-

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