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Entered as Indianapolis, Ind, Issued daily except Sunday

U. S. '‘Blackjacks' Miners » Working, Lewis Sa

Second-Class Matter at Postoffice

Acme Telephotos

TESTIFIES — Mine union president John L. Lewis, who yesterday met defeat in his appeal fo the supreme court from a contempt of court charge, appeared today before the senate labor committee to charge the government with using a "blackjack to beat the miners info submission."

Buchanan Entry Loan Firm Official Beaten: Factions Youth Held in ‘Abduction’

1 Split

New Alignments

Foul of the formal announceof ‘Earl Buchanan, West side

industrialist and civic leader, that |® he will seek the G. 0. P. mayoralty | — nomination. The industrialist has never been i publicly with any faction and: his entrance in the primary will c#lise new splits in both the regular organization and the antimachine groups around city hall, The strategy of the Buchanan-for-Mayor committee, headed 'by Roscoe Conkle, is that it will draw support from both G.O.P. regulars and the anti-machine groups and squeeze out a plurality on a division of votes among the organized machine factions. ~The consolidation of split voting will be increased by the number of _ candidates in the field. Right row it appears that a number of candidates are sparing for position, These include Roy E. Hickman, city controller, a leader in _ the anti-organization forces; Ceril S. Ober, head of Business Furniture Co, and treasurer of the G.O.P. central committee; John A. Schumacher, president of the city coun= cil; Frank P. Huse, county treasurer; Arch N. Bobbitt, city corporation counsel; Robert SS. Smith, president of the Marion county liquor board; Perry Ward, director of the. Small Business Men's association, and Herman Wolfl. - Mr. Hickman 1s expected to re-

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Interesting News -On Inside Pages

Page Senate Votes $30.000 for New Marion County Crimipal Court 3 Bandit Binds Local Supermarket Manager, Flees With $1745... State Senate Passes Bill to Prohibit -8trikes in Public Utilities 4 Radio Union Is Delighted to Let Margaret Truman Sing... Shed a Tear for the Congressman Who Lost His Voice (Othman) 19 Girl Convicted of Acid Attack OMAJRAVET Livni enisiisee Outlawing “Paralysis Strikes” 8till No. 1 on List for Hoosiers in Congress . Hint Rent Control Will Continue 28 Dope on TLocal Basketball Regionals

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Morris Plan Executive Found in Muncie; Tells Story of Forced Ride in Own Car ~*~

william PF. Foley, an employee of the Indianapolis Morris Plan, and driven to Muncie s beaten by a powerfully-built young man.

fold Muncie pelice he WAS | The middle-aged head of the

a Muncie hotel. “He said the young man struck

Cigaret Tax Bill Is Passed

Senate Votes 28-12 For 3-Cent Levy

The senate today passed the bill which will place a tax of 3 cents a pack on cigarets in Indiana. The vote was 28 to 12. The bill must go back to the house - for concurrence “in amendments before going to the governor for signature. But the amendments were described by senators as “minor . matters of phraseology” and were not expected to meet any house opposition. The tax will become effective May 1 if approved. It has been estimated the tax will yield $9 million a year to the state treasury, an amount which is more than wiped out by the state's new obligations. toward its school teachers.

Balanced by Tax

savings and .loan agency was recuperating today from. the . beating in

in his own car

FHA mortgage department of the

him with his fist while riding as a passenger in the car last night on the East side of Indianapolis. He then seized the automobile and drove to Muncie, Mr. Foley said. Held for investigation by Muncie police, the young man was identified as John B. Whited, 22, of 321 S. Ritter ave. He was arrested at 2:30 a. m. in downtown Muncie on the frantic appeal of Mr. Foley. Mr. Foley said he had become acquainted with Whited in the Merry-Go-Round tavern in the 4800 block of E. New York st. early last night. As he prepared to leave the tavern, Mr. Foley said, Whited asked for a ride east. Mr. Foley said that Whited suddenly struck him in the face as he stopped for a traffic signal. The young man, who is six feet | two and weighs 210, told Mr. Foley he would drive them both to Chicago after seizing the wheel of the car, Calls for Help

At Muncie, Mr. Foley, recovered sufficiently to call for help when

LISTENS —Mr, Lewis listened attentively 1 proceedings of the senate labor committee this morning before he took the stand. At his right is Harrison Combs, counsel of the United Mine Workers IA F. of L).

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He Tells Senators

Federal Meddling Delays Coal Peace,

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Furman A. Danner, Dies Here at

Rites Monday 3

Dime Store Official

Furman A. Danner, vice president of Danner Brothers, dime store chain, died early today in the Lilly clinic at City hospital. He was 29. ‘Mr. Danner went into the dime store business immediately after graduating - from Technical high school and attending Purdue university. He managed stores at Tipton and Edinburg before coming here. His uncle; Guy Danner,: is president of the corporation. Mr. Danner, who lived at 3309, Brookside pkwy, south dr., was born in Cambridge City, Ind.,, spent his early years in Greenfield, and“came here in 1935. He had been ill since last May. He was a member of the Indianapolis Athletic club; Junior Chambet of Commerce, Hoosier Park Flyling club, Riviera club and Edingurg| Methodist church. Services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Monday in Flanner & Buchanan| mortuary. Burial will be} in Washington park. Survivors are his wife, Mrs. Virginia Niles Danner; a son Lee| Allen; two daughters, Patricia Anne|

Whited stopped the car at a tax-

“Green Lantern” tavern. A Muncie policeman, who was |

Other things being equal, state's new additional contribution of $10 million a‘ year toward -paynent: of tenchers. salagy Ancyeases whl just be balanced by new taxes. The measure was advocated by Governor Gates’ administration and is one of two new tax. burdens to be placed on, Hoosier taxpayers by{ the 85th general assembly. The other is a 1-cent increase in the tax on a gallon of gasoline. Actually the cigaret tax was conceived by the state health department as originally planned to finance expanded physical and mental health programs. It made little difference, however, since one way or another it would have to bolster increased budget outlays.

" By RICHARD BERRY

Top G. O. P. legislators are expected to dump the amended, riddled, state police-guarded administration liquor reform bill into the governor's lap today for hjs signature, The senate passed the measure yesterday, 33 to 12, and sent it back to the house for concurrence in amendments. The governor ordered a staté po{liceman to guard the kill as a pre|caution against any possible chicanery. . While representatives flailed some senate amendments to the reformer, the consensus - was “it's the best we can get now and we 'd better have that than nothing.” Proximity of the end of the gen-

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Expect Final Action; On Liquor Today

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lin a squad car and took them to! headquarters; where Mr. Foley re- | lated, His experience. Mr. Foley's mouth was battered. and. ent. fron! Whited's blows police said. Miincie . detectives said

Foley's billfold containing $90 and of papers belonging to several other men. Whited, they said, was car- | rying a membership card to the Hamburg, N. Y., South.S8hore coun-: try club made out to a John B. Mager of that city. Admits Slugging Whited was unable to account for the card and other papers in his | possession, Miincie detectives said. -On questioning, they said, Whited admitted beifig one of three men who slugged and robbed another Indianapolis man in a downtown hotel room two weeks ago. e named his two companions in the strong-arming, bofh.of ‘them Indianapolis residents.

Foley's wife, Ethel, was ‘nearly frantic with worry until informed early this morning by The Times |that her husband was safe in Munjcle. The Foleys live at 726 N, Campbell ave, ~~

Ty Cobb Sued by Wife; $7 Million Involved

SAN MATEO, Cal, March 7 (U. P.) —Mrts. Tyrus Cobb, wife of the famous “Georgia Peach” of baseball fame, sued for divorce in superior court here today. She "alleges cruelty and listed community property i more than $7 million. hai Cobb long has veen reputed t0 be ‘one of the wealthiest men in !the athletic world. His earnings were high while he was in the ouifleld for the eri Tei.

In Indianapolis, ‘meanwhile, Mr.|

poo lang Fay

jand Barbara Dianne; the mother, |

icab stand to. ask directions to the | Mrs. Ira I. Danner, Ft. Lauderdale, | represent a net operating income

|Fla., and a sister, Miss Miriam C.| | Danner, a teacher in Kokomo high

the jon duty nearby, placed both men! | school.

rumen Trip Delayed; : Greek Mertnge Expacted

WASHINGTON, March 7 (U: P.).|

f they | —President Truman will send a 1946 which would result from the ound Whited in possession of Mr. | special message to congress next inclusion of impounded funds would

week asking. American financial aid

for ‘Greece, congressional sources| |reported today. | The . President today abruptly |

postponed indefinitely the 15- day | Caribbean trip on which he had planned to -start tomorrow. Congressional sources said that the cancellation was because of the need| (for immediate action on an Amey- | {ican loan to Greece.

| starting Aug. 12.

Value Streetcar Token Receipts at $980,471.50

- Represents Total Worth of Stubs Between Avg. 12, 1946 and March 5; 1947 :

Read Inside Indianapolis, Page 19

By RICHARD LEWIS Those yellow coupon receipts issued by Indianapolis Railways, Inc. with three-for-a-quarter token-tickets are now worth $980,471.50, Charles Pinkerton, trolley treasurer, testified in circuit court today. Mr. Pinkerton appeared as a witness for the company in its plea to make permanent a temporary I under which the 8% cent token

fare is collected. The $980,471.50. represents the fare differential between the 6% | cent token rate and ‘the 8% cen nt |

rate which the temporary injunction enabled the company to charge

Profit and Less Mr. Pinkerton testified that this amount which is impounded represents total collections between Aug. 12, 1946, and March 5, 1947. It represents the.difference between profit and loss both in the years 1946-and 1947, he said. The treasurer testified that $661, 94228 of the impounded ‘amount was deposited in escrow up to Dec. 31, 1046. . Added to the company’s gross revenue in 1946, it would

of $335,696.95. If this money is not made available to the company, he said, the railways would show a deficit for 1946 of approximately $473,000,

* DRCTEHRE od Pissetgers” 7 4 The net operating iricome ~ for

be $117,000 less than the net operating income of railways in 1945, {Mr. Pinkerton. testified, despite an increase in passenger load of 1,800,+000 in 1946 over 1945. L. T. Hixson, former company treasurer and now its financial ad« 'viser in ‘the rate case, festified briefly on the company’s deprecia-

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quished the title of America’s No. 1 in every scene.

to prove I've got something more. “I'm tired of being nothing but a male strip-teaser. They could get a clothes-store dummy to take my place, and nobody'd know the difference.” Mr, Mature indignantly denied that his famous physique might be flabby. , .. “My muscles are bigger now than they used to be” he declared. “All that deck swabbing I did in the

Victor Mature to End ‘Male Strip-Tease' Career

Spurns Bathing Trunks Scene, but Says Muscles Are Bigger Than Ever By PATRICIA CLARY United Press Staff Correspondent HOLLYWOOD; March 7—Victor Mature, his beautiful hunk of torso modestly draped in a dignified suit, announced today he had relinFrom heze on in, he said he was covering up in every picture and

“I can’t help 1t if I've got a good set of muscles, ” he said.

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“I want

He even refused to appear in a swimming pool scene because it would require him to strip down to bathing trunks. The studio wanted him to take the plunge int a picture he is making with Peggy Cummins and Ethel Barrymore. “I'm not trying to build myself up as a great dramatic actor,” he said. “I just don’t want anybody

Snow Is Seen For Regionals

LOCAL TEMPERATURES

6am..... 30 10am.....32 Ta m..... 3 11a m....32 8am . 30 12 (Neon),., 32 9a m..... 31 1pm..... 32

Cloudy skies with temperatures slightly below freezing will prevail tonight and tomorrow, the weather bureau said today. Hoosier basketball fans were warned it may snow in the north and central portion and rain or snow in ‘the south beginning tomorrow night. Temperatures will average 3 tp 5 degrees above normal, somewhat warmer Sunday and Monday. Colder weather was predicted for Wednesday.

German Capital

BERLIN, March-7 (U, P.)—U. 8. Secretary of State George C. Marshall arrived here today. : This was Mr. Marshall's last stop en route to the Big Four foreign ministers conference at Moscow, beginning Monday. Mr. Marshall - will- spend the week-end here in consultation with Gen. Joseph T. McNarney and Lt. Gen. Lucius D. Clay, ranking American occupation authorities in Germany. They met him at the plane today. Drafting of a treaty with Germany is to be an important part of the agenda at Moscow. Mr. Marshall left Paris this morning.

Pauley Resigns WASHINGTON, March 7 (U. PD. —Edwin W. Pauley resigned today as. United States reparations commissioner, ?

‘For Sportsmen

® What's doing , . . and what's predicted , . . in the outdoor sportsman's realm is reported by Times Writ+ er Marc G. Waggener in his Outdoors column,

| _@1It's the sportsman’s up-to-the-minute guide of

becoming |

WASHINGTON, March 7 government today of using a “ profits.

acting as a “muscle man,” the of L.) and jhe operaiors could

Mine Peace Seems (Sure Till June 30

Expect Withdrawal Of April 1 Threat

WASHINGTON, March 7 (U. P.). ~The government today viewed its supreme court victory over John L.

peace in the soft coal flelds until June 30. The historic decision all but wiped out the threat of another strike during government operation of the mines. There 1s believed little possibility that Mr. Lewis will risk another big contempt fine by flouting the highest court. Technically, Mr. Lewis’ signal for a strike on April 1—24 days ‘hence— still stood.

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[How Court Split on Lewis

WASHINGTON, March 1 (U. P). ~The nine supreme court justices split almost every which way in deciding the various issues in the government's case’ against John L. Lewis. Seven of them uphéld the contempt convictions against Mr. Lewis and his United Mine Workers (A. F. of L.) They were Chief Justice Vinson and Justices Reed, Burton, Frankfurter, Jackson, Black and Douglas. Dissenters on this issue were Justices Murphy and Rutledge:

” t J 8 FIVE of the nine justices upheld the view that the Norris-La Guardia anti-injunction act does not apply in a strike where the government has employer status. They were Justices Vinson, Reed, Burton, Black and Douglas. Dissenters were Justices Murphy, Rutledge, Jackson and Prankfurter. Two- of the five who upheld government use of injunctions—Justice Black and Douglas—held that ‘the fines imposed on Mr. Lewis and the U. M. W. were excessive. They said the fines should. be collected only if Mr. Lewis fails to call off the strike threatened for April 1.

ny J » L WHILE Justices Jackson and Prankfurter held that the government could not legally use injunctions, they agreed that Mr. Lewis

it Nas fsSied. “TWO “justices, Mr. ‘Murphy and Mr. Rutledge, dissented from every majority view, stating the. convictions and fines both should be set aside altogether. Only three justices found themselves in agreement on every point —Justices Vinson, Reed and Burton in the majority.

"Head an odilorial, “The Lewis Decision

Left alone, Mr. Lewis said,

But the supreme court, in up-|

Was in contempt for ignoring S0

Marshall Reachies

Lo MECNATS

Page 20 (U. P.).—John L. Lewis, loser

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in the government's contempt of court case, accused the

blackjack to beat the miners™

and without the government United Mine Workers (A, F, settle their fights. : The mine workers’ chief was the central figure in an almost Hollywood setting today, He appeared in the crowded senate caucus rooom to testify before the senate labor committee. Kileig.lights glared and more than 500 persons—the largest turnout im months—crowded into the caucus room to hear the burly labor leads ers. Mr, Lewis did not disappoin$ them. He whispered and he boomed, Mentions Injunction Omee He made one reference to the ine

coal strike last November. $ A committee member said that the strike had been broken through

industry. “It has been an effective sao? he said.

Ready to Negotiate ~

approached the operators since & “brief meeting in September, 1046," called by Adm. Ben Moreel, then

work and to work until midnight, March 31. That statement said the U. M. W. was willing to with either the government or: owners. “And I have had no response to it,” Mr. Lewis said. He said that the U, M. W. stil} stands by that statement. ks

‘Compelled to Work’

didn't “need” to ask “any in the situation, as long as ‘can depend on the government “compel men to worknine hours a day, six at the present wages.” Mr. Lewis said ‘the operators 1

“And in the meantime, they are’ making money,” he said. Lewis said operators are 45 cents a ton “clear” profit; million clear profit a year; “or about:

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John L. Lewis gave agreement, effective Nov. 21. The government contended that Mr. Lewis had no right to end the agreement and start: the strike. This issue has not yet been decided |& by the courts. The government meantime obtained a restraining order om Nov. 18 directing Mr. Lewis and the union to hold everything until the

agreement could be abrogated. This restraining order was issued by Judge T. Alan Goldsborough in

. |the federal district court here. ; Mr. Lewis and the union ignored i

and defied the restraining order. They contended Judge Goldsborough

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ABC's of Lewis Case

WASHINGTON, March 7 (U. P).—Here are the ABC'S of we by complex legal situation in the Lewis case: 1 The United Mine Workers have a The government is in technical possession of the soft notice Nov. ‘15 that he was ending A strike began that day,

contract with the government, coal mines.

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into submission. while coal industry operators reaped the |

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