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: By SANDOR 8. KLEIN 15 United Press Staff Correspondent . Cc WASHINGTON, March 21.

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WASHINGTON, March 21 (U. P.).—The commerce department's’ high command is urging big business to take a vigorous lead in cutting prices, it was learned today. ‘'Secretary W. Averell Harriman and Undersecretary William OC. Foster, who regard the department “as a “general, staff” for American | 4 business; are warming industrialists: - | that the nation’s. price structure is | “distorted” and are calling for “price moderation.” Their appeals have been made at frequent meetings with members of their business advisory council—a! group of 130 top -businessmen and. | economists.

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Dean Acheson said today Cites Cut by Ford | rent controls till Feb, 1 that it is “dangerous to the | Mr. Poster and Mr. Harriman > ; 09 gecurity of the United States! have urged their _business-world —— to have Communist-dominat-| friends. to follow recent price re

ductions by Henry Ford II and the International Harvester Co. Recent sessions of the advisory | council have brought commerce de- | # partment warnings that 1047 will! E [see “considerable adjustment” in| prices, particularly in such lines as| food, clothing and other “soft” | goods. | Heretofore, commerce department | economists pointed out, buyers have | gone ahead and paid high prices for | these “soft” goods because of the acute scarcity of such durable goods as homes, autos and electrical |

cide what agency should admire 3 ister rent controls. It will ;

ed gov ernments anywhere.” Cc Mr. Achescn was asked by af - member of the house foreign affairs |

committee whether it would not be | dangerous to have Communist-|

SRI. dominated governments in the Pa-| Cc cific. © He repiled: —— “It is dangerous to the security| HRT

of the United States to have | Communist-dominated governments

anywhere.” ' i , Mr. Acheson also said that wit | ee we allow Greece to go to pieces,|

then well have a commissar in| charge of the place in short order.” |

TWO: Creation of local rental advisory committees in each rental

lianges. { Such a collapse, Mr. Acheson said | app | ay — But now, with production of dur-| _ l 9c gravely. v a \ables steadily rising, they believe | 8 | the seller's market is on the way out nounce it would not approve the| VICTIM'S WIFE—Mrs, Dorothy Yroverie ord her children, ‘and that business should yay out) | aid proposed by President Truman.| pity [0, and harry, 3 3. She charges her husband was killed in [pared by lowering prices. | 1 Dardanelles Mentioned | cold blood. : Over-Supply Seen Mr. Acheson also told the com- | iis ; ei] . mittee—which is holding hearings ok ; Rha Btwn G. Nourse, chairman of II. ini ion” opose 1 » HP a ype oh 4 Child Can't gt |advisers, warned business thet | 4 le won't make enough money Greece—that Turkey needs Amer-| | peop _ Cc fan aid to resist Soviet demands | jie by eryuuns | for a share in the control of’ the | Slaying 1111 orf nnd Ge Poe or ace RI. Dardanelles, reduction’ on the shoulders of- big

The strategic Dardanelles’ straths Soe Pedese dre the gateway Between: the Med | Keeps Repeating Tooth Paste fterranean and oil-rich lands bor- ‘ ’ 3% dering the Black SOB it rE ‘No, Don’ t Shoot Mr. Acheson said the govern- His name is Larry "and he ‘is 3! ment's new foreign policy was not years old. As he plays around the | aimed at’any “country or any ideol- ‘house, he keeps repeating: ogy.” But then in answer 10 8| .p.¢ that razor down. No, don't question he made his statement on! shoot. Please don’t shoot me, I'll the threat of Communist- Suminsted leave.” government Lo us. He repeats it over and over again Mr. Acheson told Rep. Walter H.! lag: 3- ope olds will do Te zal; Judd (R. Minn.) that “Communist | marks made in emotional stress organizations throughout the world have been graven in their minds

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set prices in large areas of the pr Reta club March 8. are sheriff's deputies and sta “police. “Examining ry Tk a New economy; it is done by “highly| outlet near the club in White river are. Trooper Walter Weyland and Deputy Roy Urges 4 3a dupe 5 personalized administrative deci- Decker. Slee Virgil Quinn aid Robert Regsner Jrafch from the Dank. sions,” by giant corporations and} ay " big financial institutions. : Meanwhile, another wvernmet, 13 D Si Hubb il 3 agency came up with figures to back | ing Xfiec e ays ince e oy up .commerce department predic-

tions of a decli i i or Hons i pris. al] On Teen Evidence Vanished—Still No Clue

{of labor statistics issued a report |

chairman of the house banking 4 committee, is sponsoring legislation {which would discontinue rent con.

‘who have been absored in the teen- ees have ‘been yearning for! age murder trial, said they would the Merchants National bank, died through long. winter months. |are not on trial. check into Mrs. Traverse's charge. last night in his home, 315 E. 33d) snow and a light dtizzling rain?

appear to act with a high degree] as on the . 1 grooves of a phonograph = ' showing th 1 { of Gisipine Std SHRINE. | oj Irecoré. : IE tS holesale lose Riis Judge Long Considers Police Continue Dogged Search as RUmors trois on new homes, 3eyond the probability of ocoin-| | : . d 2 Rep. Judd asked | The mark in Larry’s mind was| KILLED—EIwood Traverse, ./t0o halt a steady six-week upward | Begin 1 S read Over Communit But Mr. Foley told the com= 3 claence p. Ju . made by the killing of his step- | : ‘ limb. § egin 10 Jp y mittee that “complete removal of - Beyond the probability of coln- oo "en 4 Traverse, 31, at Co-| 31, a Columbus barber. The "elim Mystery Detense ow ii cidence,” Mr. Acheson agreed. efy x c Bartholomew county sheriff and State police and ‘sheriff's deputies continued their search of Whiter nL. con on new £ : jlumbus, | Ind, Wednesqay might. | By VICTOR PETERSON river today for missing Peter Hubbell as rumors’ continued to circulate May in many instances result mn : World Leadership at Stake |The stepfather was shot by Donald | his special deputy said he was Spri Ing Trips In, Times Staff Writer through the city that the boy had been found. excessive rents for accommodations ¢ Rep. Chester E. Merrow (R. N.[Wood, a sheriff's special deputy,| shot when he threatened them: P | COLUMBUS, Ind, March 21.— None of the rumors materialized, but each sent police and sheriff's constructed after the passage. of. ji «- HH. sald he was strongly in favor after waving a barber's razor, | wi with a razor. ‘Shi S in S |A ruling is expected today in the ; this bill.” : fai Turkey now : investigators checking. v of aid to Greece and urkey. Check Wife's Charge | teen-age murder trial on whether | Today—13 days after the he 8-year- -old boy vanished the morning of Mr. Poley said there are prot | He askos whether failure to ap- ; ’ . a LOCAL TEMPERATU | certain state's evidence can be ad-| __ __* _ _ — _. _ pb. (pects of declining building costs rove it ‘would not be. interpreted Deputy Wood went to the one ATURES March 8 from the’ Riviera clu this b prove Ee tion of “the Re room. home of Mr. Traverse and his| Ro mith, | 6am....38 10am... 35 ited “g tp. ott Selohgs not a trace of him has been found. | year eoaute | uilding materials © Se gem er wife, Dorothy, 33; with Bartholo- | 7a m. . .." 33 Nam... 38 | For six days Ss h 00 Inel ible Dogged searching of White river ecoming scarce. ent Stas ron its position of world mew. County Sherif Richard . | Sam. .. 33 12 (Noon).. 57 . iidmeys have argued whe admis) near the Riviera club produced no . ‘Eliminate Building Controls 1 A tr Thayer. Larry's 10-year-old sis- Banker Dies | 9am... 1pm... 37 |sability of statements of guilt made | clue, but dragging continued. Sher- Rep: Wolcott's bill would cone . ni ] J ] : cue, \ ; ith “If the United States wii not r Patty, had called them be- y by defendants William : Pricé- and. |iff's investigators Virgil Quinn and [tinue rent control ‘on existing agcede to the requests made upon > : ‘William Johnson ‘following the Dec, | Lg jt» Mr. Acheson said. “there will Cause: “daddy's beating mama.’ L Spring came to Indtanapolis| ith, stat Robert Reasner examined a sewer dwellings to March 31, 1948, It % 3 er un Sy othe! The sheriff said his deputy fired! With Merchants ltoday. : \5 A par iy ee outlet in the river near the club. - |would, however, eliminate a a very strong 2 21 : { police fi» ] Middle East and throughout the ‘his 45 pistol to stop. the step-| F 14 Y Officially the sun moved north- (17-year-old Evansville Pesidents. Must Reaister There was no particular reason building controls exercised \world that a great deal of our pro- father from lunging at them with| or eos ward across the equator at 5:1 o for searching there, they said, ex-|Housing Expediter Frank R. Cree- | i oe the razor. But Mrs. Traverse a. m. Also questioned are statements of il 7 cept that it was one place where don. : fessions are merely words, And we hargéd’ today it st Bn pem——; the youths’ sweethearts, Vera Horn- By Apri they had. not Jooked ; Allen P. Solada executive directs; ‘will not ‘exert-any efforts to main- | Cars ay 1% was “Just plain Picture, Page 8. | Indiana. was one of five states back, 16, Anderson, and Mary Ward, | hey hac . tain institutions which we wish to murder.” rere eo where snow and rain marred the ) { " al By NOBLE REED | Investigator Quinn made another or of the American Veterans pod hy survive he j Bartholomew county authorities, | Robert Smith, troll ¢ day the birds, the buds and the 13, Evansville, The four are Sash imately 75.000 voter in | Search of the Riviera club buildings | World War II, asked the commite x : f : obert C. Smi comptroller o with first degree murder. The girls| Approximately s and grounds, which have been tee to renew Mr. Creedop’s present

on) A ied thal Indianapolis will not be eligible | searched and tramped over re- gonzo) authority. y fe e Snge a Bune ¢ | cast -ballots in the May 6 municipal| peatedly. There was nothing. ‘We are convinced that’ this. bil confessions, ¢ eporoner’s' inques | primary - election unless they get| The tip that the boy might have | Would sweep away in one stroke

He said that: the position of the United States “as the defender of cortath views stated in our con-|

i | They will call the grand jury st. He was §1. railed throughout the night, stitution and stated in the United, *. | revaile : hl land a re-enactment of the crime toi. names registered on the vot been kidnaped and held in # house the only control—existing or pros Nations hartar:, sill. hoe “oreatly. Mr. Smith, associated with the making roads hazardous in Spots) he { . | : ) {Cont ¢ L 4 all -were -made- while the, our: were d—th : ont Red. pe BE — es a Lynd adding to the-remains of P| ing: jist within the next two weeks. nearby which resulted in a dra- | Pose at recognizes the problem eg in the event congress Merchants bank. for 14” yeufs VM d 8 IL. xs ~~ [in Tear: of Violenees = nein Ra “ Adiine for regi®iation be ate: stele 8% ihe ons “Tuesday of. seaveity on ¥ oviaets our wh ; rétuses .to approve the program. 'S Vi h Mi } been a: banker here for ‘the past iterday’'s snowfa | “The jury has been excused daring, vote Re the primary is Monday, afternoon b deputies and stite’ to the materials that alone can % Rep. Merrow said - that “Mr. J€nience vicny inister 40 Vears. | Light rain or snow was forecast iy, arguments. a y depu Po-| uit i : = VERSAILLES, March 21 (U. P.).| for this aft T tures | e | April 7, midnight. lice washed out. uils into homes and to safeguard § Stalin and his associates Will not, ES, Marc - P.).| Mr, Smith died in his sleep. Ur Wis alternoon. — fempergiu > Judge George W. Long, Bartholo-'| "'1¢ vo “have moved out of your, An elderly man had been arrested! the temiporary roofs aver many of POO in stop their aggressive policies of ex-| —Jules Brevi, former Vichy) He was a member of Scottish were expected to fall below freez- 18 a ey. tLe Inst election | a ‘our heads,” Mr. Solada said. Ng pansion unless the United States colonial minister, was sentenced to- ‘Rite, Murat Shrine and a trustee of 108 tonight making all roads haz- | {Continued on Page 8-—Column 3) OS precip aos ee registration | (Continued on Page 8—Column 1! 4 ube y takes a firm stand.” He said he|day to 10 years solitary confine- Central Christian church. |ardous, state police said. TY ot ferred or oul be turned as Pressroom Floor Fa i was “in favor of a showdown now.” ment. He was sentenced for his| A )ifelong resident’ of Tadianap-] Another gttempt 8 spring. like Wallace will Speak de at the ls © 6... . Hs, w Spill Mr. Acheson told the house for-|part in organizing resistance olis, Mr. Smith was a graduate of| Weather will be made Sunday. The| poi's Lay : |7 Hurt, 4 Trapped Y d is. 80 eign affairs committee that Turkey | against the British and Free French manual Training high school. He weather bureau predicted warmer| NEW YORK, March 21 (U. P). Also if you are a war veteran and | our- arm Ire ’ : i a Prell ' |forces, which seized Madagascar in ‘entered the - banking” business in| temperatures with a slight cooling | —Henry A. Wallace, former vice have not registered since you were, eh PHILADELPHIA, March 21 (W, ° (Continued on “Page 8—Column 4) 1942. 1907 with the oid Fletcher Na- loff on Tuesday. | president and cabinet member, will discharged from the armed services P).—A huge section of the fourth 4. 8.9 —— =~" tional bank. He remained with |

n| farther south, there at least was at Madison Square Garden March | Military registrations while you, new printing plant collapsed today, |

| y the bank when it was merged. wit were in the armed services will n plunging 20 workmen to the base '

! Fi bi C mn at H m | the American National bank. | 8 breath of spring. Skies were 31, the Progressive Citizens of / wo ommunis 0 2 postponed clear and temperatures moderate. America said today. be legal this year, i BOSTON, March 21 (U. P).--A|ment 40 feet below.

| Services have been eooeo| ‘The registration board also hasifour-alarm fire swept a combina-| The men were plummeted to the

Elsewhere, to the west, east and deliver a foreign® policy address YOU must sign _up for voting again. ‘Rages | in Boston floor of the Philadelphia Inquirer's

First, Capehart Demands alg Ie val ois gin warned voters that under the new tion business and tenement biloci|[8round amid a debris of fresh. cords | White Plains, N. Y. ‘ Nathan Farb, Well- Known They Slection Jaw "ho. ome wil bein Boston's congestéd marth end ton Es 30d Sent rod 1 " i 0 if lle medy “ : America cannot hope to fight communism all over the world until| - Services will be at Hisey & Titus! | (Continued on Page 6—Column 2) Jay land 8 deputy Tre Shief Jam he cult for Toscaarn to get hy she : F » it first unites to fight communism at home, Senator Homer E. Capehart MOIWATY. aie his ‘wits. Mra Sportsman Here, Dies at 56 [perished ; Alt men Wefe believed omulsion told Hoosler Republicans last night. | Monelle Smith; two daughters,| ‘Wh 8 C hi Ci il! The ‘blaze, in a five-story. Brick Bo . ka f The answer, he said at the 58th annual Columbia: club beefs teak Mrs. Downs and Mrs. Leroy Hines. | rell know df b a na V | building at Hanover and Union sts. ven other workmen were rushe , effec : . d then in ull 8 A rs. Lero) { Nathan Farb, well nown Indianapolis sportsman and former boxer, Ww All’ Ab ? ‘(to Hahnemann _ hospital, of from | dinner, lies firs in a viii united Jron at home an Peoria, Ill; two sisters, Mrs. Mer- | boxing promoter and manager, died today at the home of a sister, ar out in one of the city's~oldest sections, four were Helps : co-operation with free nations a rosa his. o} A - rill. Talbott, Bloomington, and Miss 3602 N¥ Meridian st. He was 56. ~ A . of was believed to have started on the dition, all blood nd expel p—-— J. \ : plan to give mericd | garnjce Smith, Miami, Fla, and contender tor the lightweight title of the A. E.F. during world war'I, @ As: the troops 0 Sengeal top floor. : pe Interestin News Jone and n battling Qasmunamst five grandchildren. | he gave up the ring after the war, He was the first manager and trainer issimo Chiang Kai-shek press Heavy smoke poured from the top! 9 his J Influence SEE Tg WA re of Jack Dillon, the “Hoosier Bearcat.” Dillon later became light heavy- on, past Se: floor 9 the building ag Telled 00~ | TT : - Size On Inside Pa es ; : : “Fi Avenue Hermit’ weight champion of the world. : ! |cupants who were unable to reach ee PO is aes te a a Beller NG Fate, who fad been in poor ~——————————————| ' the Chinese Comminists the stairs. {'y Times Index’ age | hating society.” Dea rother issing health for some time, suffered a iments during their 14 years of hi pe D8 Marine Flying Hero %oe Foss _| “Communism throughout the NEW YORK,-March 21 (U. P).— heart atack a week ago. He had ese here. of Ts Zionist| ® What" are the differences Injured Patrolman Urges Firm Foreign Policy in [world is supported by a single | One of Manhattan's famed “Her- dekic .. ‘made his home af, € Was 3: Met oer : t of! that have led to a war in- In Fair Condition Visit Here . ... tu... v. iin 3 ideology, a single political party, mits of Fifth Avenue"—the Collyer a i the Severin hotel. | organization, (SImersen po : o analy TB dh : House Ways and Means Gomme - In strong -and ‘belligerent Russia,” | brothers—was found dead in their , In recent years| | American. Legion nesses, Joab Te lation? How lan A ‘motorcycle patrolman was {in |Business ... ® nis interest turned congregation and B'nai B'rith. world’s popuiati ONE | fhir eondition at City hospital to-

j § » tee Appraves 20 to 30 Per Cent Senator Capehart said. dilapidated mansion today, and the Tax. Cuff Plan ........:.00 9! The fight to block it, he charged. other was missing ‘from the locked i CIO Asks 23 Cents an Hour is being carried on i the face|house. 8 3 Wage Increase From General lof a domestic situation where even | Police who used a ‘fire depart- ) : | MOOSE . lush vein notin wou 11{the major political parties are ment ladder and broke through a

from the profes- | Services will ‘be at 2 p. m. Sun-| will it last? Does China want day after an accident in ‘which he in Aaron-Ruben funeral home| America’s heip? a sional to the day aro collided with an.automobile at New amateur boxing |with burial in Knesses Israel ceme-| g william H. Newton, Scripps- York st. and Kenling ave. yester- | field. He organ- tery. Rabbi David Shapiro. and Howard staff writer in China, - day. : ; ; ‘ized the Washing- [Cantor Sam Levin will have charge| submitted a list of such ques- The patrolman, ‘William Sullivan, I

Postpone Grand Jury Hearing on vided within themselves. Every- seéond-story window to enter the J Imel Boy Death Charge, :... 15] Kw ey a sharp label for everyone old house, found Homer Collyer, ton Atifletic elub of the services. tions to the heads of the two 30, &f 3019 Meredith ave, Hearing on County Firing Tests |else, he said. who had been a blind and paralyzed which developed | Surviving are five brothers, Louis| political fes which are at [thrown from his machine very Dap Merit Jaw .......... 00 21| “If you are sympathetic to a Rus- [recluse for the last 25 years, dead |“. many youths for|L. Farb, Joseph Farb, Dave Farb, war, The feplies give an in- | knocked une nn {Luciano Expects Return to sian cause, you are a Communist,” |in his bed. "The Times-Logion Max Farb and Albert arb, and two| ' sight into the struggle that |mobile oa a

7.8. Cte dn ined voor 21 he said. “A single kind word about | There was no trace of his aged) Nathan Farb Folden C Glove, sisters, Mrs. A, L. Josh and : has wracked jYAI weary BY

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