Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 6 June 1947 — Page 19

ome Building Slump

Denied By

Of Construction Firm| Head of County Group Quotes Figures

Showing Increase Compared With Last Year

By RICHARD LEWIS An emphatic denial of any decline in the amount of home building in Indianapolis and Marion county this year as compared with last was issued today by Robert L. Mason, Marion County Residential

Builders, Inc, president,

Mr, Mason's denial followed a survey by The Times indicating that a marked decline had takefl place in residential construction im-Indian-

‘apolis, In a statement to The Times, Mr. Mason said the records of the Marion county builders showed that instead of a decline, «home building by private individuals has increased. 568 More Homes Built He sald 56 more homes were built in the Marion county area in the first four months of this year, compared with last. \ With the statement from the residential builders, Elmer E. Meadley, executive secretary, said: “Our members are building new homes as fast as possible. There has been no decline. We think they are doing an outstanding job.” A total of 796 new homes were started in the Marion county area this year, compared with 740 last year, a gain of 7.56 per cent, The area covered by the builders includes Beech Grove and Speedway City in addition to Indianapolis, the builders said. Valuation of the new construcfon showed mn gain of $1,103,803 over last year, the builders’ surVey showed. “While a part of the increase in Value may be ascribed to increased

gost,” Mr. Mason said “a substantial |Good—

proportion of the amount is dué entirely to the increase in the number of homes under construction as well ‘as the increase in the size of homes being constructed.” More Materials Available The dential builders head said there been “a tremendous inerease” in the stock of available materials for home construction. While some items remain short, Mr. Mason said, the bulk of materials needed for home construction are much easier in supply. and of much higher quality, =§ Mr; Mason branded survey as misleading,

struction of homes. The Times survey which covered

enly the Indianapolis area included | Soa public as well as private housing de-1Cu

velopment, indicated increased costs,

Slaying Suspects

Hunted at Garrett ss =

GARRETT, Ind, June 6 (U. P).

Two 16-year-old boys who police| mao se sald were sought in connection with

the knife slaying of a Detroit tavern operator, were believed to be in this area today. : Police said they chased two boys

driving a ome-ton coal truck early| Chole today but Jost them near Ft. Wayne. They believed the two were Edward | commen

Small and William Hungerford, who were suspected of killing Edward's

father, John Small, Wednesday, and |

dumping his body in the Rouge river near Detroit. Late yesterday, ° South = Bend authorities found Mr, Small’s bloodstained car doned near a state highway.” OI g answering the description of clothing worn by the Small boy and blood-matted hair were in the. car, police said;

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NO PLAY BOY—Edgar F. Luckenbach' Jr, insists he's out fo make

grade as

producer, ‘.

Steamship Heir Takes

Theater Career Seriously $2 Million Fortune Doesn't Keep Luckenbach

From Sticking to Cha

By BURTON 8. HEATH,

NEW YORK, June 6.-—Edgar

llenge of Broadway

NEA Staff Correspondent PF. Luckenbach Jr. is just a young

G. I trying to get along in a very. competitive world. He wishes people would stop snooting him just because he has a couple of million dollars.

The young steamship heir and aspiring theatrical producer seems

to mean that, But it isn't edsy to

Aviation 19.00

30,000 Plan Hops Across Atlantic

Crashes Fail to Halt

Boom in Business NEW YORK, June ¢ (U, P).—

[email protected] some 30,000 persons plan to fly the

Atlantic this summer, a survey of seven major airlines revealed today. “Business is = booming” sald Charles Gallo, traffic director of Transcontinental & Western Air, Ine. “If we only had more planes we oould sell more tickets.” The recent series of crashes had absolutely no effect on bookings, airline officials were unanimous in reporting. “Just because you read about persons slipping and killing themselves in a bathtub, you don't stop taking baths,” Mr. Gallo said. “It's the same way with air travelers.” Airlines reported that passenger %) bookings for trans-Atlantic flights were solid throughout the summer, 00 | They said it would be September at the earliest before anyone who has not bought a ticket will be able to make reservations.

Pan American World Airways re-

ported that its planes were carrying

more than 100 passengers a day from America to Europe. This schedule be increased next month, when four new Constellations are delivered. TWA will be flying '1,000,000 pas-senger-miles a month overseas by July, carrying more than 2500 passengers & month on the Atlantic run.

LOWE FUNERAL TOMORROW ANDERSON, Ind. June 8 (U. P.). —Services will be ducted here tomorrow for Mrs. Amanda L. Lowe, 84, mother of Dr. Ephraim Lowe, genera] secretary ofthe Indiana Christian Missionary association. J She died yesterday at the home of a daughter in Montgomery, Mich.

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U. S. Statement

WASHINGTON, June 6 \, P.). ~Gov« ernment expenses and receipts for the current fiscal year through June 4 compared with a year ago: Th Last Y

Year 8,254,215 $58,814,860,737 38,112012,606 38, ne 719,144 58,480 x20,035.936,592

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INDIANAPOLIS CLEA CLEARING,

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disconnect the playboy angle from a

youngster with his background, particularly when he gets to angeling plays and is seen in night clubs

with young ladies from the cast Mr, Luckenbach inherited controlling interest in big steamship company that h and father pyramided from a Hud-

93 years, Easy With Dellars He has a nice penthouse in uptown Manhattan. One of the town’s prettier models, Joan Edgar, helped him spend $20,000 decorating it. He has a maroon sports car. He

he wanted to get back here fast in January, and could get no Pullman or plane space, he bought a Stinson Voyager ($5650) and flew up himself, The steamship heir angeled “If the Shoe Fits” and “Bathsheba,” both of which laid eggs, and a revival of “Burlesque” which ‘is making money. On the other hand, when -he was graduated in 1943 from Brooks Academy, he went to work as a common laborer on his father’s docks. When the war came along

and worked his way up to quartermaster, first class. He was very serious in his office when ‘he told me: “I'm hurt when people take the attitude that I'm young, have too much money, spend recklegsly and don't work very hard at my job.” Feels He Has “Mission”

Mr. Luckenbach feels that he has a mission in the theater—a mission to “bring a certain amount of good taste” to it, combined with “as good a production as I possibly can furnish.” And, besides, he likes it. He enjoys the atmosphere, he loves the people. He doubts that he ever will leave it to go back to running steamships.

but he thinks he is learning from it. He is all through angeling plays for others to run, he says. From now on he is going to be his own producer. “I find the theater a challenge” Mr. Luckenbach declared. “I'm going to beat it. I'm sticking until I put across what I started.” He will also stick to the business of being a -steamghip heir.

Local Attorney

# Quits Murder Case

COLUMBUS, Ind, June 6 (U.P).

“ —David Edman, 40-year-old once-

wealthy war contractor charged

3 : with murder in the shotgun death

of his divorced wife, had attorney

: [trouble today.

Milton Siegel, Indianapolis, one of a battery of lawyers Edman

| hired to defend him in the slaying 3 s|0f Mrs, a, |stenographer and journalism stu-

Ruth Edman, attractive

dent, last winter, withdrew. his ap-

* | pearance yesterday.

Mr, Siegel quit the case after it was reported that Mr, Edman released two Des Moines, Iowa, at-

.|torneys after he paid them a re-

tainer said to be more than $5000. After Mr. Siegel withdrew, Special Judge Chester David of Bedford granted the defendant's request to postpone a hearing on a motion

.|to quash the murder indictment

returned by a Bartholomew county grand jury. The hearing had been scheduled

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WASHINGTON, June 8 (U. P)~—

for, his United Mine’ Workers one of the biggest union health and welfare funds in the cbuntry in the shortest time on record, The U, M. W, fund, financed by a 5 cents a ton levy on soft coal, grew from nothing to $21,781,807 from June 1, 1946 to May 1 of this year:

other union welfare fund had grown so rapidly, They said it surpassed most of the longer-established funds. Fight Brewing Mr. Lewis faces a fight with soft coal operators and with the government over whether he can keep the fund exactly as it is, Most quarters agreed that he would have to bow to provisions of the. Taft-Hartley labor bill if it becomes law, The fund is one of the controversial issues over which all coal wage talks collapsed in the past six days. The Teaft-Hartley bill employers to contribute to union welfare funds provided employers participate in administration. It provides that payments can be made only in accord with terms in a& written agreement for death, sickness, accident, retirement, medical and unemployments benefits,

One New Detour Added This Week

Only one new detour was.added to the highway department's’ defour bulletin this week. Road 26 in Tippecanoe county was elosed

inti July. 1: Tor: repair of @<htiiige floor.

Here are the roads closed on aecount of construction or repair: oe Fv of Pornvinen 2 mi : over 22, 303 and 18. . mila

IND. 1-01 Sour 28 lies okie 38" 7 ond tdi

U. 8. 12 and Bridge out ca ctour 3 niles over Re over Roads” 312 and Sil. rou = Ris 10 Tr toads «44,3 5 From Bast Chicage to’ LakePorter county line; 13 miles over Rosds 20 and county ine road (bituminous resur-

facing). IND. 1 north of Sidney, 8 miles over Sonny oil mat and concrete IND. North of

of Urba ND. 22-Close q 49 traffic over three tons at the edge © { Pennville; dotout a miles over 30, 18 and oouRY ioe U. 8. t east cello: e miles over » south to Hof then north on county road to 34 (bridge construc-

tion). IND. 26—-One mile nit of Ti Warren county line; county gravel. (Bridge Rese out ” Lite

Pine crook.) From 6 to South Bend,

U. 8. 31— miles over 6 and 33 (resurfacing

A 1). . 32—From Yountsville to Crawfordslle, eight miles over nty gravel and (bri constructi

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osed to. Pennsylvania R. R. in Columbu tu tour miles over 31 and county ros . (Road construction.) 47—From Sheridan to U. 8. 31. 8 miles over 38 and 31. (Bridge comstruc-

ND. 49—Three miles north of Jet. 14 (Jasper sounty); detour Dik alles over e © OND. on ee north of Pine Village, south. To miles over 36, county road and 41. IND. 64—From Birdseye to miles aves i 62 and an. n| he "69° South of Mt. ora " Biles over 762 and county grave 75—Just north of Winchester ed miles over sounty Fave 100 From

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IND. 124—Closed west of Ind. 13, detour 17 miles to Peru ver, bt and 24. (Gra de 1 rie on. aD 1% 0 From fhe tessant, ; miles Rou

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Two Officials Resign

From Farnsworth Corp. PT. WAYNE, Ind,, June 6 (U. P.). —Ernest J. Vogel and J. P. Rogers have resigned their vice presidencies with the Farnsworth Television and Radio Corp. Mr. Vogel said yesterday he had resigned as vice president in charge of sales and that after a vacation he would become a consultant in radio and television in the east. Company officials said Mr. Rogers, vice president and treasurer, had resigned, but had announced ™ immediate plans.

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