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Output Wanes At Gas Plants In Utility Tieup
Schumacher Seeks Meeting With Mayor By RICHARD LEWIS A new attempt at settlement was shaping up at city hall today as gas production waned at the strike-bound Citizens Gas & Coke Utility. City Council President John . A, ‘ Schumacher sought a conference with Mayor Tyndall after the utility management re-| jected his plea for a meeting with | union leaders.
The United Gas, Coke & cht] cal Workers (C. I. O.) struck the Langsdale ave, and Prospect at.| plants of the utility one hour before midnight last night. | At noon today, these were the! developments: ONE: The United Gas & Chemleal Workers said 95 per cent of, the total labor force at Langsdale’ and Prospect plants had walked off their jobs, It predicied a drastic gas shortage. TWO: The Langsdale plant was barely operating, according to union observers outside the gates. Management did not comment. THREE: The larger Prospect st. plant was cut to 50 per cent of its normal coke production. Gas production, while curtailed, was not cut that much, according to both! union and management officers. i FOUR: Picketing at both plants was peaceful. FIVE: Threatened sympathy strikes in the garbage and ash collections departments and at the sanitation plant had not started ji noon, { Newspapermen were denied ad-! mission into both plants by exeeu- | tives of the municipally-owned! utility.
Utility Rejects Plea
The union struck after it was a hied recognition by utility manage- | ment. It is demanding an election | and reinstatement of 17 members whom, it charges, were fired for| union activity. No definite program for settling the strike had emerged from City hall. Mr. Schumacher “asked the
utility to hold an election yester- | velopments today virtually completday, but the utility rejected the re- ed battle lines for the May 6 primary The utility’s answer to the strike nominations.
quest.
situation was its announced de-
termination to continue ‘operating as city controller and announced! and the filing of an ‘Injunction suit! bis candidacy for the Republica < sgainst the union last night. . |
Parked Outside Gates At Prospect st, a single police
gates. Pickets walked back and] forth with signs demanding reinstatement of war charged, and recognition of, the union, It. was charged ihe veterans were fired for ‘unionractiyity. The union said 250 men of, the. labor force ranging up to 300 hourly | wage workers walked off the Job there, A small force inside was op-|-erating the plant's ‘coke ovens with supervisors. ' The length of the time for the eoke production process to be completed was doubled, both union and management officers observed. But this did not at first affect gas production, sihce gas is niade continuously with the reduction of coal into coke. r At Langsdale, the union said 121
Denied Entrance
WASHINGTON, April 3 (U, P.).— The war department, confirmed today that it had denied William Z. Foster, chairman of the Communist party in the United ‘States, 'per-
'and former presideft of the city] council, squad car was parked outside the! from contest,
{Al Feeney and Roscoe Bredell in a’ veterans dis- |}. oq
president,. of the _Indisnapolis.Bar association, filed ‘his declaration of| candidacy for ihe Republican’ may-
Three Oth Other Officials Cited By Grand Jury
Corrupt Practices Charged to Reichert
| EVANSVILLE, Ind, April 3 (U. {P.).—Mayor Manson Reichert was indicted and arrested today on {charges of collecting political funds {under false pretenses, corrupt practices and malconduct in office, HAT IN RING — Roy E. Three other city and Vander-| Hickman, who resigned yester- burgh county officials were indicted day as city controller, today on similar charges. entered the mayoralty race for | Reichert, who is also VanderRepublican nomination, ‘burgh county Republican chairman, : was’ accused of failing to report
money he allegedly received for the political organization and of cooper2ting with gamblers in the col-. lecti’l of funds. He was a:rested and immediately posted bond on one of three warrants and was released on his own recognizance on two others. | The indictments were returned by |
. Milford Miller, a Democrat, ‘was defeated in the November elcctions but whose term in office has | a year to run. Brother-in-Law Indicted , Others indicted and arrested were ity Controller Julius Ritter, the | mayor's brother. % Charles | Keating, courfty election commiissioner, and Clarénce Wolf, county planning commission secretary. Two other persons were also indicted but had not been arrested. Keating {and Wolf are Democrats. Immediately after the secret in-
GETS CITY POST — George L. Denny today was named city controller to succeed Roy E. Hickman, who. resigned yesterday fo enter the mayoralty race.
| warrants which were turned over to! | Sheriff Bert Martin. Deputies went to the mayor's of- | fice and served the warrants. The mayor accompanied them to the!
{office of County Clerk Ed Sachs
Hickman Enters
|and posted $1000 bond on one war-
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Democrat Contest
By NOBLE REED “A series of rapid-fire political de- |
| Wood Quits |
election on mayoralty | |
ONE: Roy E. Hickman resigned)
mayoralty nomination. TWO: Joseph G. Wood, attorney, withdrew . his candidacy | the Democratic mayoralty leaving George S. Dailey,
-way contest. THREE: William H. Wemmer,
INDICTED == Mayor Masses. L.. Reichert of Evansville today | was indicted by a Vedas (Continued on - Page. 5—Colamn nl county grand “jury.
South: Carolina City Solves Army Post for Conversion
County. Foundation Organized; Bid Below Appraised Value Is Accepted
Page | A. V. C. Launches Drive to Obtain Housing for Veterans........ee.... 2| Public Agency Urged to Purchase Ft. Harrison................. terra 3
By T. A. SMITH - > Times Special ‘Writer . SPARTANBURG, 8. C,, April 3.—The Camp Croft infantry replacement training center, which turned out a ‘quarter million combat troops for Uncle Sam during the war years, is now to have a useful life hous-
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a grand jury called by Prosecutor” whog
|dictments were returned, Deputy | County Clerk Ed Sauer made out |
"| the best interests of the community
FORECAST: Increasing cloudiness nd not 86 ‘cool tonight; tomorrow, cloudy and mild.
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THURSDAY, APRIL 3, 1947
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Entered as Second. “Class Matter at Postofice Indianapolis, Ind. Isstied daily except Bunday
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THE. VICTIM Me. Jeannette C. Griffin, 39, of 250 N. Tas
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Drivers. Threaten BoycoM. Unless 500 Purse Is Hiked
Rex Mays Is Spokesman for Racing Stars Demanding More Prize Money. -
1.08 ANGELES, April 3 (U. P.) ~The American Society of Profes- | sional Automobile Racing stood pat today on a threat to boycott the | Indianapolis Speedway. The boycolt was threatened unless, prize money for the Memorial day 500-mile classic is upped from $75,000 to $150,000.
Terming the increase “mere chickenfeed,” Rex Mays, spokesman for!
the group, bluntly stated that $75, 000 was insufficient reward for a driver's risk of life. “Our members have agreed not St. te run unless demands are met,” Mr. Mays said, “If the Speedway |organization both in Indianapolis (agrees, “ we'll accept a percentage and California concerning demands | deal and ask for no guarantee.” [that the purse be increased. | Reach a Deadlock “Shaw has made the Speedway's | Mr. Mays sald 98 per cent of the!Position clear,” said Albert W. country’s leading owners and driv- | Bloéemker of the public relations ers are members of A. S. P. A. R, staff. “He has said that the purse He added they have been negotiat- | Would * be increased as conditions ing for several months with Wilbur | Permit.” : Shaw, manager of the Speedway, | It was pointed out that last year’s in efforts to settle the dispute. My. Purse was increased $13,500 over the Shaw recently conferred with driv-)guarantee and’ at. that’time- Shaw ers and owners here. {announced that he hoped to enlarge “We've reached a deadlock,” Mays the prize list each year if possible. lsaid. “And .I feel the controversy s should be : made public . at this time.” The A. S. P. A. R..is_ headed by Ralph Hepburn, reported meeting with members ine Ohichgo4 “he »
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Louis. Shaw has conferred | with representatives of the drivers’
Interesting ‘News On Inside Pages
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WASHINGTON, April 3 (U., P.).—
1 BOOK Beside the body of a Yomor ¥ wot We dey \ hich. deputy sheriffs. believed might be a clue to her slayer.
‘THE SCENE—Gilbert Mercer (left), manager of ‘Silver Hills 5400 - Southeastern ave., Called ‘authorities after William ‘Simpson fright} found the body. this morning,
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PARIS, April 3 (UU. P.) —Gen.
| Secretary of Interior J. A, Krug ghagjes de Gaulle returnéd - from
| midnight. ~ | 0. K.'s Greek-Turkish "Aid.. 21 today ordered 518 hazardous ‘soft [Tetirement to the, French politieal Speedway¢President Wilbur Shaw Fear of ‘Pro Raids” Grips Big 9 | coal mines closed indefinitely. This | arena today, and the powerful fo en. Toute to Indianapolis from Grid CAMPS .v.vvvvvrnninniens 28 action wifl cut production oy one- | Communist party reacted in sudden
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Problem of Buying to Veteran Housing Setup
{managers certify they are safe.
Like Ifdianapolis, with a ‘nearby millitafy inftallition ‘abandoned |
by the army, citizens of Spartanburg, S. C., organized to secure the (week in a This story tells how they did it. | ordered by President John L. Lewis lof the United Mine Workers (A. F.
propesly J for veterans housing.
{ganized during the war years and 000. The foundation said #0 match chartered to sponsor projects for ing of benefit to veterans could be | developed. The foundation was asked to and
did bid less, $1,049,995, Again the veterans appealed to their senators
and county, Some $400,000 in donations had been gathered In its | treasury. The veterans petitioned the foundation to buy Camp Croft and de-
that bid would mean that no hous- i, order, Mr. Lewis was denouncing
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mission to enter the American zones of Germany and Austria as a correspondent for The New. York Daily Worker, No reason was given,
provide space for quite an extensive This was assured today as the the, $1,049,000 bid of fhe SpartanJ burg county foundation for the 1200 acres of land and 700 odd camp 1bufldings in the highly ' developed cantonment. area,
Amusements ,.24 Wm. McGafin 26] And virtually the entire program Eddie Ash ....28 Ruth Millett. 19/can be credited to a determined Boots .... .34' Movies... .... 24 group of some 9000 returned vet.80 Obituaries erans of this area who organized .31 Dr. O'Brien ..10|!ast November as the veterans com.35 O'Flaherty ...26 mittee on Croft housing and have
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Crossword ....33 FP. O. Othman 19 been beating the drums continuFditorfals . ...20 Radio .....w..35 Ously gince that time for a housing Fashions .. i. '23 Reflections 4 ..20| development on the camp property Forum + vvs.20 Serial ........16 located only four. miles from the Meta Given ..22 Side Glances /.20 of limits. ' Hollywood ....19 Sports ..!..28-29 rst, it was a program of "an
ru acre—a building—a home.” The 2 | veterans, with no money but plenty an of enthusiasm, petitioned war ‘as sets to subdivide the barracks. of
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ing some 500 to 1000 returned veterans and their families.
It also will new industrial development here. war assets administration accepted
which could be salvaged and the lumber re-used in the construction of a standard type home to a vetéran for $5000. War assets was interested. Maj. Gen. Robert N. Littlejohn, administrator, said so himself, terming the proposal “the germ .of an idea which could do much to solve the housing shortage on a national basis.” But. then snags developed. Veterans had no. priority in buying real estate. War assets had no money to subdivide property. The government had no agency to go into the real estate business selling] - off: single lots and buildings to be‘tween 500 and 750 veterans. The Spartanburg Coumty Found
on entered the picture at |
velop. a housing program for them. The chamber of commerce joined in this request and added the suggestion that the foundation could
and congressmen and the heads of the major veterans organizations. Letters and personal appeals in sup- | port of the foundation's offer poured]
sixth and retard the steel inaustygy. | Acting in the wake of the Ceu-| tralia mine disaster in which 111 miners were killed, Mr. Krug also directed that the industry's other 2013 mines remain closed until their
All -soft coal mines are closed this “memorial” shutdown
of L.. As Mr. Krug announced the dras-
him before a house labor subcome | mittee. Mr. Lewis boomed out a thun- | dering demand that Mr, Krug be | removed from office for failure to {enforce safety’ rules prior to the [Centralia disaster.
into the WAA offices. Yesterday, / they bore fruit. The, foundation's bid was accepted. Plans for the veterans housing program are just taking shape, The foundation has already cdlled in federal housing authority experts to lay out, a model residential develop-
develop the industrial (warehaquse). area to attract new industries to this section. The foundation said that before it undertook such a program it wished to be assured that such was the desires of all the people of this section,
lindorsements of the proposal ap-|camp. Engineering and contractural peared from the Spartanburg city services are being secured. council, a joint resolution of the state general assembly, the Rotary, |signing of several basic houses with Lions, Kiwanis, Business. and Pro- [several exterior modifications of fessional women, ‘the pilots, farm ach which will use a maximum- of bureau an the central labor union, |the materials which can be sal. As one(/foundation’ trustee said:|vaged from -the camp structures. || “We ha wanted to or not.” . ~ WAA «moved in and their ap-|and f raisers valued the land, buildings produc
t-bedroom ; ny for i
The veterans took over again and ment in the barracks area of the old |
Tentative plans call for the de-|
to bid then whether we | These plans will be put out for bids. | It is hoped that modern two, three sl
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Fair weather with’ temperatures in the low: “50s Were predicted by the weather ‘bureau for tonight. andl, tomorrow. :
alarm to his emergence: At an Incredible ‘ meeting" with Premier Paul Ramadier Monday night, Mr. De Gaulle left no’ doubt that. he was back in politics and swinging at the shaky coalition cabinet, When his intentions became clear, the Communist party announced a mass demonstration. tonight at the Palais des Sports. to protest “the attempted seizure of power by one man”—De Gaulle. All party members were asked to attend in the interests of “the defense of the republic.” . Mr. Ramadier, alarmed by Mr, De ‘Gaulle's attack on the government in a Bruneval speech last Sunday, asked the wartime leader of the Free French to visit him in Paris, Mr. De Gaulle did not appear. Mr. Ramadier motored to his home 130 miles from Paris for the precedent-shattering discussion which might become a milestone in the history of the infant Fourth Republic. ‘The best commitment Ramadier could get was =a promise by De Gaulle not to use his position as national hero to. promote his opposition to the government. : De Gaulle promised to divorce his
politics: from. &ny appearances hei makes in his role as wartime hero,
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pearing ' 39-year-old
. (husband, Stanley, for questioning.
The body of a youthful a
rapher was found Sa muddy bridle path southeast of the city today, .° She had been shot through. the heart. Nearby, ‘where it ibbarently’ hid
{been hurled by the victim or by her’
slayer, lay a mystery novel—"The
£ . | House of Darkness,” by Allen. Me- ‘| Kinnon.
The slain woman was Mrs. Jean-
nette Griffin, 250 N. Tacoma ave, Sheriff's. deputies launched a search for her estranged.
Preliminary nedical. examination
'|showed powder bums indicating ‘| Mrs. Griffin ‘was shot. at close (range, possibly in an sutomobile. .
Tire tracks and a man's footprint.
Jin the soft mud of the bridle path
led investigators to. believe she had been driven to the spot. Shot After 10 P. M. Gilbert Mercer, manager of the riding stables, said all the establishmient’s horses had ‘been stabled by 5 p. ni. last night and there had
- | been nobody ‘on‘'the: bridle’ path
after dark. . Deputy Coroner C. P. VanMeter
{set the time of the shooting some
time after 10 p. m. The bullet, bélieved to have been fired from a .38 caliber revolver, passed’
he [the victim's body and could’ not be
found for ‘ballistic ‘tests. ‘The dead wonti's-mothier: Mrs, Loretta Crider, drove to the scene of the tragedy to identify ‘the body,
the victim, Identifies Body
Positive identification was lished later at city morgue by a cousin. of the slain Harold Hooton, Greenfield, Mrs. Griffin was, herself, a native. of Greenfield - and lived there with her parents . until ‘she was, 20 when she; family moved to
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tion, said he would check Np on the mystery novel clue later today. The hook; a new copy, Was borrowed from tae public library. When she was found, Mrs. Griffin was dressed in a rose col a short brown fur cos heeled shoes, Amor ! found near the opened purse a hospitalization insurance fication card and a « Sank Doak, | Employed as Typist Relatives of the slain woman told
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out collapsed before she could see :