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Home Appliance

Production Hit By Lack of Steel

Refrigerators, ‘Washing Machines Expected to Be More Difficult to Buy

WASHINGTON, May 10.—Look for refrigerators, washing machines, lawn mowers, farm machinery, railroad cars, construction materials to continue scarce. They

may be even harder to get.

Shortage of steel sheets is reason. Already it has curtailed auto and truck production. Steel ingots are plentiful, almost surplus. But limited finishing facilities prevent steel makers from filling. demands of auto and refrigerator plants for more and more

steel sheets.

Sheet capacity is now between 17 and 18 million tons a year. De-

mand is more than 20 million tons.

Ingot capacity was increased 10 million tons during the war, but nothing was added to sheet capacity. War steel went into plates for

ships.

may prove too small in future. Population growth has expanded steel needs, but company executives hesitate to increase facilities

st present high costs. » H »

Near Split Seen WHITE HOUSE-congress relations are nearing breaking point over Truman administration tactics in fighting budget cuts. Republican leaders are fighting mad over way cabinet members tried. tg. apply , pressure. against congressmen in home districts. ‘They say statements such as those issued by Marshall, Har-

cities which would not get airport construction and air-traffic con-trol-tower funds “to let the people know what the budget cut would

“Voice of America” broadcasts. G. O. P. leaders grant Mr. Truman’s right to stand up for his estimates. but. contend. he’s. stretching this to “smear.” They. .are more determined than ever. .to go through with deep cuts, let. Mr. Truman veto appropriations. .if he chooses... They say they're. willing to go to country next. year on economy issue. ... ... .. *These complaints about budge owls aren't changing one vote down here,” said Majority Leader Halleok. i Note: Some of most agonized protests dgainst cuts come from Republican governors and mayors despite attitude of party leaders

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Own Press Agent HOUSE APPROPRIATIONS eommittee has its own press agent sending out letters praising budget cuts. He's not hired by

GOP Leaters Draft Midwest

‘|gfoup began preparation of policy

V-J day called for 2,500,000-ton expansion of sheet facilities, but only Allis-Chalmers makes mofors for mills. Ten-months strike at

Allis-Chalmers set industry plans back by year. Though sheets cause immediate bottleneck, basic steel capacity

Party Policy

Want Resolutions . Felt Nationwide

By ROBERT BLOEM Seventeen state Republican chairmen prepared today to draft a Midwest party stand on labor legislation, the Greek loan and budget and tax problems now facing congress. Meeting in what its . called the largest Midwest chairmen’s conference in the five-year history of the organization, the

resolutions. for relay to congress.

coming from this morning's closed session on details of the resolutions, iv was expected the key policy group also would have a pat on the back for the G. O. P. congressional delegaton, © xc Primary business of the session was to make the Midwest party's attitude felt in the party's presi. dent-making circles nationwide. The Midwest chairmen’s group was organized primarily to plug “for a presidential candidate who reflects

While no statement was forth-|-

Plans Busses - For E. Michigan

filed a petition with the. public service. commission to replace the E. Michigan streetcar line with diesel powered busses. :

with trackless - trolleys has been withdrawn from the commission:

Petition to Replace Streetcars Filed Indianapolis Railways, Inc. has

A petition to replace the line

The announcement was made last night to the Mid-East Civic Association, Inc., by James TPretton, company vice president, who said the busses were expected not later than October. The civic association has been urging a modernization of the line for many months.. The group also asked that the E. New York st. line be rerouted so that it would stop at Monument circle. Mr, Tretton: asked: that a committee be appointed to help: work-out -a plan for changing the route, : It may be necessary to petition the safety board for the change since the board and police ordered the line off the circle some months ago as a move to eliminate congestion, he said. Mr. Tretton also told the association that a crosstown bus would be added on the eastside as soon as possible, running on’ Sherman dr. between Brightwood and Beech Grove.

Building Unions Reject Pay Hike

PORT HURON, Mich, May 10 (U. P.)—Members of local 10 of the A. F. of L. bricklayers, masons and plasterers union have rejected a 25-cent hourly pay increase to encourage more building. The contractors’ had agreed on a new contract calling for a’ pay hike from $2 to $2.25 an hour, but the union requested the scale be kept at the current rate.

Gold ‘Reserve Up

WASHINGTON, May 10 (U. P.). —The nation’s gold reserves have made 8 net increase of about $563 million in the last year, despite heavy withdrawals to meet its commitment to the internaitonal monetary fund to help stabilize world currencies. The nation’s gold sesets are now valued at $20810,-

(Continsed on Page 2—Column 2)

Rears 22 Chil "World Cham

CHICAGO, May 10 (U. P.)~—Rearing a family of 20 is no more fuss and bother than raising a single child, Mrs. Michael Latoria, the “world’s champion mom,” said today. She ought to know. She gave birth to 22 children, 20 of whom are living, and won a national contest for the “Oh, we had a lot of little problems, but much,” she said after folks here | had showered her with presents at

luncheon in her honor, Mrs, Latoria, whose youngest is 13 and oldest 39, said food and clothing presented the biggest hurdles to a smooth-running household of that size. “When all of the children were at home,” she said, “I used to bake 10 or 15 loaves of bread every day. We would drink gallons

dren, Named pion Mom’

title, they didn’t amount to

the thinking of the Middle West— backbone of thé G. O. P.” Optimistic Keynote At this morning’s breakfast session, Governor Gates sounded an optimistic keynote on the burning Republican problem of President Truman's rising personal popularity. Simultaneously he termed recént criticism of G. O. P. congressional accomplishments as- unfair. “When present controversial legislation is laid on President Truman's desk and it becomes his turn to make these difficult decisions, the President's recent popularity will again give way to an upsurge of Republican sentiment,” the governor told the state chairmen.

to be in disagreement over the first of these bills to reach the President, the portal-to-portal measure.” ; He became almost gay when he concluded that “confusion in the White House will mount again to demonstrate that the Democratic}. party is incapable of leading the}. country.” roe lane

Sideline Talk rel

While officially the assembled} state chairmen will stick fo their]. attitude 6f “no personalities” in thel: coming presdiential ndmin race, ‘there was plenty of sideline talk about individual candidates. . Two names heard most frequently] in early hallway caucuses were] those of Minnesota's former governor Harold Stassen and Ohio's senator John Bricker. ¥- Asked about reports that - Mr. Stassen had indicated a willingness

nation, Minnesota State Chairman Bernhard LeVander commented: “Those press reports were lifted out of their proper context. Actually, reporters asked him if he would take second place in case he was counted out of the presidential nomination, and he replied only that it would depend on who won the top spot and several other factors.” Mr. LeVander added, by way of a personal view, that “Mr, Stassen is not the prima donna type of politican. He'll stay in there and pitch as long as there's anything he can do for the party.” ’ - Nominee Question Privately, a number of the politiclans hovering on the edge of the meeting volunteered the belief there was more sentiment in the Midwest at the moment for Mr. Bricker than for his senior colleague, the longtouted Senator Rdbert Taft. In a brief press: conference yesterday, Iowa's Chairman Willis B. York who heads the Midwest group; laid down the policies and objec~ tives of the state chairmen’s conferences.

“The cabinet already ‘is reported

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to accept the vice presidential nomi-|

11 Ready to Run In Preakness

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Spelling Bee in the Indiana World

lives at 814 Woodlawn ave. and is the daughter’ of Mrs. Coy M. Gray. Last year’s champion, Bill Frazer, then a student of John Stfange

War Memorial auditorium. She

school, ‘Washington ‘ township, was 12 years'old when he won the title. Runner-up last night was Beverly Hendrickson, 13, an eighth grader at School No. 85. ' The championship title came within Emelie’s grasp when Beverly misspelled “diphtheria.” Emelie corrected the word, then spelled “espionage” to close‘ the contest. Holding “back ~ tears “of joy, the champion’s first words were: “Oh + + + I think I'm going to faint.” Although she went through last night's finals with an attitude of confidence, Emelie- said she ‘wasn’t sure of herself at any time, One word that almost stumped her was “jargon.” - She Likes to Spell “I had never heard of it,” she said, “but the way I spelled it seemed to be the reasonable way.” She was. correct. : She says she “likes” spelling and was ‘graded 100 in the subject in the last three report periods. Her lowest grade in school on any sub-

sald much of her joy over

Bubenzer.

On the presidential nominee question, the group has no intention of backing any single candidate, Mr. York said.” He sald the chairmen did not even mean that the leader of the national G. O. P. ticket in 1948 necessarily should be a Midwesterner himself. =. “But the states represented at this conference supplied threefourths of the -electoral votes for Thomas Dewey in the last presidential election,” he sald, “and we feel the next candidate, whoever lhe may be, should af least reflect

See “Flowers for Mother,” in color, Page Nine.

of milk, and it took six or eight chickens for a Sunday dinner. But then we gtew much of the stuff wg ate, since we lived on our farm near Franklin Park, II.” Until the family started to break up, everybody ate at the same table in the recreation room of their eight-room home. “Nobody sat down to eat until

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daddy was there,” she said. “It is an old Italian custom.” ; In order to build up a backlog of

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food, Mrs. Latoria used to be busy canning fruits and vegetables all summer. “Now, the family gets together— mother, father, all the 20 children who are around and 31 grand children—at the family home every holiday. fod : She said there had been no real problem across the years in nosewiping or other chores that go with raising a family. The big ones take care of the little ones. The sign back of the head table at the luncheon read:

our thinking.”

Mt. Vernon Man Named To Flood Commission

water resources commission.

Vernon Milling ' Co,

CO. Hays, Sullivan; Wabash; Ralph Roessler, and Richard C. Heck, Madison.

Report Many Die

“May all your blessings multiply.”

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planes.

(Odds, Post Positions, Page 6)

wide-open battle for horse racing honors shifted to Pimlico today. There, Jet Pilot, Phatanx and Faultless were expected to

Governor Ralph Gates today announced the appointment of Nelson E. Kelley, Mt. Vernon, as a memsber of the state flood control and| Jet Pilot won the nod at the wire.

Mr, Kelley, manager of the Mt.|the Preakness, he was expected to succeeds |he no better than second, and perClarence Leich, Evansville, who re- haps, third choice in the betting. cently became a member of the governor's utility arbitration panel. Governor Gates also announced the reappointment of four other men to new three-year terms on the commission. They were Hinkle

Asher Gray, : Marion’ | Faultless at 4 to 1.

. RIO DE JANEIRO, May 10° (U.| On Trust, Tourth in the-Derby; P.) —Frontier reports said today|Cosmic Bomb, fifth; Bullet Proof, that many soldiers and civilians seventh and Riskolator, 11th, were were killed in Concepsion, capital|taking another crack at the top of the Paraguayan rebel regime, in|three while meeting them for the a raid by Asuncion government|first time were Cornish Knight,

By LEO H. PETERSEN United Press Sports Writer BALTIMORE, Md. May 10.—The 38-year-old

battle it out in the Preakness just like they did in the Kentucky Derby a week ago. The 45,000 or more fans who will jam the old hill top track’ by the scheduled 4:10 p. m. (Indianapolis time) post time came in anticipation of seeing another thrilling and dramatic finish between the: three

horses which raced stride by stride down the Churchill Downs stretch.

But with a fast track forecast for

Probable Betting Choice Phalanx, who nosed out Faultless for second, probably will be the betting choice at 8 to 5, although both he and Jet Pilot were listed at 2 to 1 in the overnight line with

There were eight other horses in the race—including four other Derby mounts—but they weren't getting much of a tumble,

winning was because “mother will be glad.”

Emelie will go to Washington May 26 as the Indianapolis entrant in the national spelling bee. One of the many thrills she looks forward to on the trip to Washington is a visit with an aunt she has never seen. For winning the, title, Emelie received the gold champion’s pin and a gold wrist watch. Her expenses on the Washington trip also will be paid by The Times. : Beverly Hendrickson received the silver champion’s pin and a gold top fountain pen and pencil set. ‘Other runnersup who received fountain pen and pencil sets were: Deloris Kramer, 13, of Holy Cross, third place, a finalist in last year’s contest; Paul Jump,™1, of School 46, fourth place, and Frances Bubenzer, 13, of School 80, fifth place. Twenty grammar school pupils

took part in the finals. They were the survivors of a round of eliminations in which some 4000 pupils pion, took part. wl

PRIZE WINNERS—Runners-u holding their pen and pencil sets for second to fifth places in The Times: Spelling Bee are: (left to right) Beverly Hendrickson, Delores Kramer, Paul Jump and Frances

Father Gone, Mother lil, Children Alone in Trailer

There are three children by the name of Percy, age 10; Judy, 7,

and Larry, 4.

Their father has disappeared.

the children by working at Kingan & 'Co.. That and taking care of the youngsters was too much for her. nT Children Left Alone She was taken to City hospital last Sunday when she fell ill. Her condition was diagnosed as diphtheria. That left the children alone. Mrs. Philpott’s sister, Patricia Groce, 18, came up from Kentucky to take care of the youngsters, but it was a big job. Yesterday, she had to return. Sheriff's deputies Wililam Owens and Charles Hunter went out to see what they could do. They found Percy lying in the dark interior of the unkempt and unheated traller running a temperature of 100 degrees. He had the mumps. : ' All Are Cold Judy was trying to do the washing. Both she and her little brother, Larry, were hungry. All of them were cold. Miss Groce told the deputies the Philpott family had been having

{hard times. since the father left.

When Percy broke out with something that later proved to be mumps, they were evicted from a trailer camp farther west on Washington st. They moved into the camp where the deputies found the children. Miss Groce told deputies Mrs. Phil-

Gray,

one of the

Their last. name is Philpott. They have been living in a rented trailer at a trailer camp in W, Washington st., 4900 block.

Alone, their mother, Mrs. Mildred Philpotf, 26, has been supporting

To Drivers’ Prize

Girl, 11, Crowned Spelling Queen In Times Finals Emelie Gray, Sixth Grader at St. Patrick's, .

To Compete at Capital in National Contest

. By ART WRIGHT . The new Indianapolis spelling champion is 11-year-old Emelie a sixth grader at St. Patrick's Catholic school. “She won the title last night In the grand finals of The Times

SPELLING CHAMPION—Emelie Gray, 11-year-old sixth

grader at St. Patrick's school, the

They think he went to Kentucky.

{Warren ‘Not Candidate’

to recover from the mumps. Deputy Sheriff Al Southard said he would take Judy and Larry home with him for a while until arrangements could be made for them. ; ‘Bacon and Eggs’ When he brought them to the Southard home at. 2110 Clay st. yesterday, Mrs. Southard asked what they would like to eat. “I want bacon and eggs,” piped up Larry, who is 4 and knows what he wants all right. “Can we have some ice cream and cookies, too?” asked Judy. It was a deal. “you should have seen those kids eat” commented Deputy Southard. ” He went to Juvenile court morning to make arrangements for the children at the Guardians home. At City hospital, they told Mrs. Philpott, who will have to remain there for two or three more weeks, that the clildren are all right now. For the first time since Sunday, she smiled.

WASHINGTON, May 10 (U. P).

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flashes her victory:smile for the cameraman. The wrist watch is awards,she: received from The Times. A :

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night as Horace Abbott, county agricultural. agent, revealed that killing frost this week destroyed’ 50 per cent of the strawberry crop. A heavy frost blanketed the state

for the thiri straight night last|way night but agriculture experts said|% it did not appear to be as heavy|Will as the ones earlier in the week. cents,

Little Damage. Evident Mr. Abbott said he and H. D. ii cassia county agerit, survey e county yesterday andijy- ‘unless three found very little damage to peach, Tater dais od cherry and apple blossoms. ' The real ‘extent of the damage will be hard to determine for another day| .«yhis is of two, he said, oh Some local fruit growers prepared smudge pots from metal cans’ and were prepared to burn old tires, green wood and crankcase oil, but the - temperature remained -ghove freezing. A low of 38 was recorded in Indianapolis, while at. the air- AS ; port it was 34. : All-Time High Heavy Loss in East 0 Meanwhile the fruit crop in eastern U. S. was reported heavily damaged. In Winchester, Va., agriculture experts estimated that the frost may have destroyed half the apple crop in the area, normally |awards, the total the largest apple producing section / in the nation, In Maryland, it was reported that half of the apple and peach crop would be lost because: of cold weather, A report from Benton Harbor, Mich., said cherry trees in the area may have suffered some damage.

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fornia . said «today he was candidate for the Republican y

potts was paying $16.50 a week for the place. Percy was sent to Riley hospital

dential nomination and that

—Governor Earl Warren of Cali-

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