Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 6 February 1947 — Page 3

NwasHiGTON Feb. 6 (U, Py Rep. Albert Gore (D. Tenn) charged Joay: thas the Republican

_ ples. “freedom of choice.” \ His attack was made as the house

Sonn. prepared to vote on a G. O. P. proges would be" pom) for a constitutional amend- » Mayer, an.” t to prevent a President from betrycted and * serving more than two terms, gnal was not | Republican leaders were confident a sow as they would get enough Democratic Pacific * support for the necessary two-thirds atisfiod,” the JEN ONY , “that the Two-Thirds Approval at the cross The amendment would take effect {tnesses lao” only after two-thirds approval by igwag signal the house and senate and ratificahy 9 tion by three-fourths of the states. BREE. Other congressional develophe a ments: ONE: An industry representative 2 urged congress to move cautiously a before outlawing the closed union * shop and industry-wide ‘collective . bargaining. . The spokesman was x Vincent P. Ahearn, executive sec- . retary of the National Sand and|® Gravel association. He said haste may bring only “turmoil.” 4 § TWO* John W. Edelman, an . official of the Textile Workers! if \Unton of America, warned the » Jenate banking subcommittee that 2 “a general rent increase would oro- : voke “industrial strife” in the tex-|

tile industry. A landlord spokes- - man testified that an estimated 500, 000 rental housing units have been » locked up because their owners consider rent ceilings too low.

In Atlee Cabinet

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45. ) the first woman to hold , and the second to win abinet rank. The first was Miss Margaret Bondfield, minister of labor in 1929-31, ‘Miss Wilkinson held her own with’ in the Labor party's counin 1945 was chairman of Jparty’s national executive com-

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Her task in’ the education minis-

was her biggest and most challenging .job. She surprised educational leaders by annoumeing, ‘careful research work has shown that copsiderable numbers of children from elementary schools will equal the best half of university students if they have a. chance.’ "

12 Self-Professed Kin

DEAD AT 56 — Miss Ellen Wilkinson, who died today, was the second woman in Great Britain to win cabinet rank.

Her aim was that flo boy or girl should be prevented by financial difficulties from obtaining an education, She sought to, remove class ‘distinctions from education, calling them the negation of democracy.

In Miss Wilkinson's opinions, her|

greatest achievements was obtaining free milk in schools. Miss Wilkinson -had red hair to h her flery spirit.” She was’ kriown by her. respectful opponents as “The Parliamentary Atom,” “Red | Ellen” and “Miss os Perky,”

Mr, Klein declared he became alarmed over the condition as the deadline for the introduction of bills neared. Tomorrow is the last day that bills can be introduced without a two-thirds agreement of the house for admission under pension of rules, The Gary representative said:

of the bureau to ‘prepare a bill for me they tell me they are covered up with work for the Republican policy committee, “The Democratic party nade broad committments on legislative measures in the last election. I feel} that even though we now represent

still advance our program even if the bills die in committees.” Mr. Klein said he might ask the

Seek $23 Million Estate of ; Shanghai Mystery Woman Demands Smear’

From Baghdad Make

3d Attempt at Fortune Left 6 Years Ago

SHANGHALI Feb. 6 (U. P.).—Twelve self-professed relatives of Liza! gaid today that he would demand a { Hardoon, Shanghai's No. 1 mystery woman, were ready today for another | | public apology from the senate for

THREE: Chairman Harold Knut- '8ssault on the $23 million estate she left six years ago.

son of the house ways and means committee set Feb, 22 as a tentative deadline for getting an income tax reduction bill to the house floor. Some committee members doubted the deadline could be met.

Some Future Crisis

On presidential tenure, Rep. Gore . felt the two-term amendment might some day be injurious to the national welfare. He said there might be some future crisis “even more Fi ~eritical than we have yet experi-

president who had gained their confidence, Elsewhere in congress: Republican leaders in the house and senate promised speedy consideration of President Truman's request for a change in the order of Presidential succession. Mr. Truman wants the speaker of the house, and then the president of the senate, to succeed in that order when there is no vice At

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: enced” when the people would want | to continue the leadership of a

she died in October, 1941, She was | born in 1863 in the walled Chinese | city of Nantao. Her parents called | her Lu Pai-Lin. Some say she began her career as a flower girl. Others say she was | a “sew sew” amah, trudging from door to door doing small sewing jobs. Lu Pai- Lin met Silas Hardoon, a Jewish school teacher, he came to Shanghai fidbm Bombay:

Wed in 1886

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dried before meeting his classes, | The girl and the man were de-/ termined to make money. Their! wedding was in 1886.

He was a cautious man of business. |

They prospered. i Soon rows of buildings in down-

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present, the secretary of state is first in line. . Favor President's ue members Sents Pa tavitea |

vd felt the senate president should get ty over the house speaker. te Republican leaders were having no success in their fight to quell a house revolt against the adEaton's reciprocal trades pro-

ite go-slow signs from the . senate, Mr. Knutson announced that the house ways and means com- : mittee would go ahead with plans . to investigate the tariff cutting pro- + gram. He rejected a compromise that was worked out by Senators Arthur H. Vandenberg (R. Mich.) and Eugene D. Millikin (D. Colo.) ang -state department officials.

DePauw U. Adds Five to Faculfy

Times State Service GREENCASTLE, Ind, Feb. 6— Five additional appointments have been made to the DePauw university faculty for the second semester, which opened this week. New instructors are Harold M. Garriott in the department of English and Carroll Roberts in the department of geology. Mr. Garriotf, a DePauw graduate in 1931,

returns to the university from the,

Roachdale, .Ind., high school, where he has been teaching. Mr. Roberts, resident of Indianapolis, took over the geology classes of Dr. E. R. Smith when the latter suffered a heart attack last December. Miss Barbara Blakemore of Kennett, Mo., DePauw graduate of last year, was appointed assistant in the English department. David K. Bruner, director of research of the Indianapolis Council of Social Agencies, was named new assistant professor in sociology. Don O'Bierne, | Waukesha, Wis, was appointed assistant professor of education, 3 nia ————————————

Does Worry Make You Fat?

y CHICAGO, Feb, 6 .(U. P).— Worry, fear of insecurity may be ' by responsible for overweight of some \ | Yersons, a San Francisco. physician reported last night, Dr. 8. Charles Freed, writing in . the Journal of the American Medical association, reported that over- . weight sometimes is aggravated by emotional tensions which lead to an increased intake of food. * He deplored the fact that “over- - weight 1s discussed only occasionally, and education of the public in this regard is sadly neglected.” While there might be doubt as to the shortening of life by such fac-

and exercise, there is unanimous agreement of all authorities that | overweight has a decided effect on decreasing the span of life,” he said,

x ! R tors as smoking, tobacco, alcohol

fvawn Shanghat belonged to Hardoun

|. Bare fields purchased on Shanghai's outskirts. become’:

‘areas. - The growing EO was no President's plan but some sena- engulfed the Hardoon holdings on! Bulbling Wen A aie wm

Bubbling Well road. The became the AE biggest landlords. Liza clung to the ‘Buddhist teach- | ings of her parents. Her donations | repaired temples throughout China. | She built a temple on her Bub-| bling Well road estate and quartered monks there. When the. Panchen lama visited Shanghai, he was her guest. Adopted 11 Children The Hardoons had no children.

But they adoptéd 11 and named | hem George, Philip, Nora, Made-'

The claimants come from Baghdad. This will be their third attempt. When Liza Hardoon was alive she was more than a match for them all—even though she was blind. Liza Hardoon was a legend When

leine, Maple, Eva, Emily, Leo, Louie, Ruby and Daphne. Somge were Chinese and some were not.

Silas. Hardoon died in 1929, leav- |

ing Liza some $20 million, Steadily she increased her fortune. But her troubles began. Claimants to the estate came! from Iraq, from Baghdad and some from India. But Liza defended her money with the same courage which enabled her to accumulate it. Liza became a recluse. Because

Hardoon had only one shirt when! of her Chinese ‘distrust of Western | being used to promote a direct prihe arrived. In India he used to re- surgery, she refused to have the mary bill. move it, wash it, and wait until it| Cataracts removed from her eyes. |

She became blind—a mystery wom{an living in a “forbidden city.”

Died in 1941 But in September, 1941, the pro-

She was a woman of foresight. fessed relatives from Baghdad »-|

| peared again. They asked for 62.5 per cent of the Hardon shares. . Liza was a blind, 78-year-old

| woman, but Shanghai knew she was |, Shang-| fighting mad. What would she do?

For weeks Shanghai waited, but ‘sign of action from! rd. The Oct. 13, 1941. Liza Hardoon was, | dead. Her relatives could fight among themselves for the $700 million | (Chinese) which she and Silas Hardoon had earned.

But she was a part of Shanghai's history.

NEW PETRIFIED FOREST HANNA, Wyo. (U. P.).—Traces of 'a petrified forest have now been uncovered in strip coal mining operations near here,

10 Cent Road

A bill to help Indiana townships in their road maintenance programs will be introduced in the house today or tomorrow.

to levy a 10-cent road repair tax which would be apportioned to the townships on the bases of their assessed. valuation; It has been generally conceded by state officials that sorhe type of aid should be given the road programs of local governmental units. Increased labor and material costs have forced counties and townships to spread their gas tax allotments very thin. County roadmen at first tried for legislation which would increase the gasoline tax a cent exclusively for their use. They were unsuccessful in this maneuver. Rep. Charles R. Kellum (R. Mooresville) is author of the bill. He poin out that the average township assessment in the state is approximately $2 million and his

measure would raise $2000 in town- is not defensive; it is designed to! Jews in military efforts to Wipe out

i ship of that valuation,

Repair Tax

For Townships Proposed

The money ‘is not. enough to con- | struct extensive black top roads, {he said, but it would go a long way

The measure permits the county | towards hauling gravel and grading.

State Senate Grants U. S. Airport Aid

The sepate aviation committee today recommended passage of an administration bill to channel fed- | eral airport grants through the Indiana Aeronautics commission. Favorable action on the measure!

terday. Several leading aviation men from Indianapolis attended the! hearing, Said . Philip Roettger, superintendent of Weir Cook Municipal airport: “The city is capable of handling | its own affairs, The federal plan is a defensive one.” Col. Clarence Cornish, head of the |commission, amended: “The bill

{support civil aviation.”

came after a public hearing yes- |

~ |speaker for additional time in which to introduce bills,

Senator Leo Stenle (D. Jasper)

Aotigy for Burch

lits investigation of charges that | State Auditor A. V. Burch used his | office tq promote a direct primary. He said ne admired Mr. Burch for his convictions and that the state auditor was an excellent businessman, “The Republican party apparently has made an effort to discredit { Mr. Burch. The committee's report made the party's efforts unsuccessful.”

Earlier today Mr. Burch said a {senate investigation committee re- | port yesterday had “cleared” him of a “smear conspiracy.” He has been faced with charges | that employees of his offices were

Psychiatry, Parole

‘To Be Discussed

_— governor's committee investiting parole and probation probema” will meet Saturday to hear three psychiatrists discuss the relationship between . psychiatry and

Supreme Court Judge James A. chairman of ‘the special committee, said the question had {been put: YWhat aid can psychiatry give to thelp solve the problem of granting lor Jenying paroles?” The doctors who will be heard are Dr. Roger Smith, Dr. E. Vernon Hahn and Dr. Murray DeArmond. So : i The committee also will discuss the question with Frank Tukey, secretary of the state clemency commission.

Higher Age Limit For Police Proposed

Senator Leslie T. Thompson (R. Evansville) said today he was going to introduce a bill which would give world war II veterans in the higher age bracket a chance to become policemen. His bill, he said, proposes to raise {the age limit for eligibility to police {forces in large cities from 35 to 50 for world war II veterans.

World Aid Asked To Free Holy Land

JERUSALEM, Feb. 6 (U. P.).— The Jewish underground defied the threat of British martial law today and appealed for world support in its battle against British rule. A ‘broadcast by Irgun Zvai Leumi, paraphrasing Winston Churchill’s wartime defiance of Germany, said: “We know the road to freedom | and peace leads through tears, | blood, pain and sweat, but you free nations are bound in honor to 'assist this bleeding nation in its unparalleled struggle for freedom. “We will not surrender.” Irgun’s position ‘was strengthened by the Jewish national council’'s unanimous rejection of a | government ultimatum demanding active support from all Palestine

| the underground.

IN INDIANAPOLIS——EVENTS—VITALS

EVENTS TODAY

Indiana Chapter, western section of the nternational Association of Electrical tors convention, Hotel Severin. Mutual Insurance Co. Union of Indiana, meeting, Hotel Claypool,

EVENTS TOMORRO

TinesLeglon Golden Gloves, Pp. m., Armory, 711 N. Pénnsylva i Indiana City & Town in intendents, Sonvehtion Hotel Lincoln.

Hall, fashion lecture, 11 &. m, EngNeh theater. Crusade assembly, all day, Central Ohristian church. Butter universit; Fu Founders day celebra« jon, all Sat. tier; dinner, 6:30 p. m.,

otel liana Join y Toard of Retail, Wholesale nd Dpes tmant Store employees of . 0.) convention, 1 p. m., Hotel Lincoln.

Indiana chapter, Western section, Internations) association of REleetrical Ine Apectors. Mutual Insurance Co., Union of Indiana, meeting, Hotel Claypool.

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