Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 18 June 1947 — Page 1

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‘WEDNESDAY, JUNE 18, 1047

‘Flood of Letters Urge Rejection

By MERRTMAN SHIT United Press WASHINGTON, Pri a presl-

dent Truman will act on the. labor bill on Friday. He will send congress an explanation of his action- whether he

LIQUOR STORE SITE?—Plans of ex-Police Lt. Preston Hester Yo convert this location at 821 W. Michigan st. into a package liquor store may be thwarted by a state statute banning sale of alcoholia beverages within 200 feet of a church,

Chicago Baby, 3, Strangled in Crib

~ DEFENDANT—Vanderburgh ; County Chairman Charles J. Eichel (center) ap-

Mother Tells Police R. sa Dar peared before the Democratic state committee today ‘to defend himself fn Of Midnight Intruder Te alte HL a % tne| ouster proceedings. He is shown with Ole J. Olsen (left) and Marion J. Rice, his |mission -— y and that an atfomeys. nn 2 Photos, Page 2 legrass are bei : , June 18 (U. P.) —Mrs. Assistant Press ie id tia wa Democrats Oust Insane Woman, 80, Denied a mysterious killer entered her hed-) eceived ON

Care—In Jail Five Months Boone Chiairman - | Terre Haute Victim Rejected for Younger

Wil Mr. Trumian will _ Case Against Eichel Patients—Penniless, Friendless, Incurable ) N xt Sched le - By DONNA MIKELS, Times Staff Writer exr on vu TERRE HAUTE, Ind., June 18.~An 80-year-old Terre Haute woman, The Democratic state committee|gsenile and wandering in mental darkness, starts her sixth month in Vigo tied the Boone county county jail today. “Leading ¢ n in a Warm-up session pre-| Although her papers for commitment to the state mental hospital [the southern halt of 1 Ho Sei Dedize support of his tax SIIDSLY to hearin charges against at Evansville have been ready since s few days after she was locked up [gas company’s petition | Vanderburgh County Chairman, insane om Jan. 20, she has remiss trey irutend of eing Sent to

veto was a surprise and that he was| parle J. Bichel the hospital. A former infirmary in< county in the past six moths, the elderly remained

room early today and strangled heér baby son as she slept several feet away. . Police said there was no apparent

a single issue.

STUMBLING BLOCK?—The All Denominational Tabernacle of God, 443 N. Blake sf., just around the corner from the site of Preston Heater's contemplated liquor store, may be legal reason for not permitting the ex pelicarman to carry out his plans,

The state committee fired Charles said he intended to spend today |g, Swaim of: Zionsville by, & tol Rte, she has no relatives and no Vig

tacks “Dead Bunce + “r"don’t know that there will be Mr. Swalm. was charged ‘with ts have been accepted from take.” a labor veto,” he said quickly, chid-| failure to carry out his fuhetions as|PoUeR 2

ing the newsmen for asking him a leading ‘question. * & ounty chalmen. die cnet. | Young Favored Over Senile Patients Party Leaders Favor Velo man Pleas Greenlee commented: Dr.John H. Hare, hospital super-iwho belongs in an Only a few things were known! <we’ll have no dead timber in our Fintendent, said however that the|equipped old people’s home but that for sure in the speculation over Mr. organization.” Vigo. ty -clerk’s office had been|Indiana has no such facilities. Dazed by the attack, Mrs. Bar-|to operate a package liquor store at 821 W. Michigan st. Truman's final, decision. One is| The committee ‘then moved im-| asked to decide between the elderly pped ; . behind-the- been recommended | media majn which | woman ) wom turned hg oxas wh ted ne ang Yn Se a come | tween the former officer’s allies and ha A Sia. nas 1s .of Labor Lewis|was ely 30 the Ia Show The [cases 2 giv; a oe Sen eae glial, tn mary wed He vi hand grasp, were on the. baby’s|the location of the’ ptoposed store is by polis) Sxegies in the S, 2°; ie B. Schwellenbach ‘and Chairman |Vanderburgh Demooratic leader: is{that the othérs had been sent shead. throat. His head was bruised. less than the legal 200 feet away - " {Paul Hersog of ‘the national labor charged with collaborating with Ré- He that a state law gives| records’ showed. Jail. attaches first Kemp. - When she failed to hear a heart-|from the All Depominational Tab-|in§ officer in the Indiana ave. dis-| 00 voara Another is that|publicaris and it was to [preference to young and curable

Hint Hot of Fight Over or License Becavie Es Of Republican Factions, Proximity of Church

A new cross-fire of Republican party feuding may break out in the next two weeks over the application of a former police officer for a license to'‘operate a liquor store. Battle lines were reported formed agaifist the plans of Preston Heater, retired police lieutenant and titular “king pin” of Indiana ave. politics,

Hand i. “Mouth she rose, a dark form loomed | * er and a hand was crushed T S er mouth. The other tore : at oo pajamas, ripping two buttons from the jacket. Mrs. Barrows said she struggled and the man ran from the room.

beat, Mrs. Barrows screamed. Neighbors summoned police. Back Door Open

around the corner.

trict, he ernacle of God at 443 Blake st..." Lip "ihe city hall factioh of

was aligned most of the

{the G. O. P. and at least one reg-

Mr. Truman will rely heavily on the views of Attorney General

Tom

oust him that the state committee adopted its new rules June 7.

mental cases over cases of senility. Dr. Hare said that the old woman |" is one of many senile, non-curables

frequent attacks of violence.

5, That Poli : This possibility may block ex-Lt.| |ular organization ward chairman is Clark. What Mr. Clark thinks of Lacked Support, Charge . ce said the back door of the the bill is not known. Charges against Mr. Eichel were apartment was open but there was Heater’s business venture before it |out to squelch the former cfficer’s ge tments Eb sign of a forced entr gets to an open political fight be-| plans to get into the liquor business,| Mr. Truman has before him a|filed technically by one of his own Deaths i in Traffic bu SS ion Ry rendt fon d Scheduled Suriey ie by Jie Pamosatie preciney committeemen, ‘Joe May, ; : : i i a owing arty o ansville. ” . fabries her first husband, Louis Drazin, Liquor Boar Hearing . v June 30 \ idly the ia he a| Real leaders in the fight to oust RN : 1D own, Tr uman, Say: dl several years ago. He now lives near| The former officer retired from liquor board, said the Heater ap-|veto by well more than a majority.|him, however, were former Mayor Sta es . "WASHINGTON, Ag 0: ne 3 San Pedro, Cal. the police department several weeks|Plication will be given a public) An signs taken together, some of William H. Dress, now Democratic —President | Truman Sa odes

She has been separated from her second husband, Robert Barrows, 26, for several weeks. Police said that Mr. Barrows would be questioned further but that he apparently was telling the truth when he told them he was in bed at his home some distance from his wife's apartment when the attack occurred.

Senators to Probe 900

Postmaster Nominees WASHINGTON, June 18 (U. PJ).

«A senate civil service subcommit- s today that the United Nations’ 55|se1¢ up as prosecutor, judge, jury|® A ni i Station i ge. | a y s id. advertised tee. mapped plans for & senate-au- Reaches Recor d h gh |member nations, when the time|gngq jord-high-executio 1 . Riftell of the cash —~ on a major victory in|contract to Pped PD 3 ! comes, must contribute forces from 4 Jorg seh De nan, | drawer the bandit pulled a revolver & lave won 4

thorized $35,000 investigation of charges that President Truman handed out some 900 postmaster ap-

ago after he was cleared of charges that he tried to “frame” an Indiana ave, liquor dealer on an {illegal sale If the proximity of the church doesn’t block the liquor license, some party workers are predicting that some sparks will fly at a hearing on the application by the Marion county liquor board. Robert S. Smith, president of the

hearing June 30. “I haven’t heard anything officially about a protest in this case, but if the rumors are true it may be, a,‘hot ane’ if the application is not thrown out on technical grounds concerned with the church location,” Mr. Smith said. ‘ The Rev.’ T. R. Murfl, 649 Locke st., pastor of the All Denominational church, could not be reached immédiatély for comniént,

Average Weekly Paycheck

Labor Statistics Bureau Sees ‘Nothing To Indicate Any Downtrend or Recession’

Mr. Truman's closest associates today expressed the opinion that he would veto the labor bill, But they would not say so flatly.

UN Takes One Step Toward Police Unit

LAKE SUCCESS, N. Y,, June 18 (U. P.).~The United Nations Security Council agreed unanimously

the “best-trained and equipped

units” of their fighting forces to

candidate for mayor in the coming election, and unsuccessful congressional candidate Winfield XK. Denton. Mr. Dress and Mr. Denton charged the county chairman with failing to support the party's congressional candidate last year and with helping to nominate Republican Mayor Manson Reichert for re-election in the coming municipal bout. Commenting on the proceedings,

court action, Mr, Eichel said: “This state committee has set it-

one. That's what I call streamlined injustice Hitler-Greenlee style.”

which he has failed to stop by|82S

A chunky bandit, wearing: hornrimmed glasses, today took $20 from & North side filling station attendant in a daylight holdup. Horace Riffell, attendant at the Phillips 66 service station, 30th st. and Kenwood ave. reported the robbery to police. He said the holdup man and a young Blond woman drove into the station and asked for. $2 worth of

Mr. Riffell said the man paid him with a $10 bill and’ followed

and demanded the money. He alsd

retrieved his $10 bill. He then ran|Mr

dent reduction “is by. no done.” Opening his second ‘annual highway safety conference, the chief executive reported that the 350 vehicle miles traveled in 1046 new record. And despite the fact that was 4 per cent above the 1941 to he said, the death rate was lower. In 1941, 40,000 persons died in| The automobile accidents; in 1946 jhe|however, number was 33,500, the President | utility to

the campaign against carelessness,” .. Truman said. against the black record of 1941,

J ntiman the still-to-be formed global se- _|to the car and drove away, . ta al - ington Pe thoeoman. subcommittee. 1o| WASHINGTON, June 18 ‘(U. P)—Avérage weekly earnings have curity force, + oe 2 el, ant ue ns this eans Bini ub Jest SND lives of Social ol Security y f all | beaded by Senator William Langer|reached an all-time high, the labor department reported today in an| This represented the first concrete round with the state committee but Safe Driving Course Mr. Truman ascribed the record house’ unanin rn "Of a (R.N.D.). Senator Denriis Chavez of | Optimistic summary of the nation’s economic outlook. action by the security council in|promised “this is only the first od to the concerted efforts of motorists, he ; lai New Mexico, lone Democratic mem~| | Housing construction has reached a post-war high. setting up & world police foree. [pound and the courts will have oPONSOred at Purdue a ma Tr plain i ber, predicted the investigation Ewan Clague, director of the bureau of labor statistics, said that| It had no bearing, however, on|something to say before we're] Purdue university is sponsoring al =. public-spirited citizens. “Field ; would show that 99 per cent of the|there $s “nothing in the uuissent economic picture to indicate any We disgrepsment Between : Russia through.” Short Size th Safety sducation toe - “ » eneral downtrend or recession.” e western powers C achers Who Ww nstruc g : : ! Postmaster Homies, deserve” to 8 de added, however, that he|0ut much sooner than expected,|marred 14 months of secret meet-| HEADS ARMY-NAVY BOARD [school stydents in proper automo- Falls Into . Tomb » « Siz@S ; Twenty-seven -of the postmasters|doesn’t know what will happen be [1947 will still be one of the best|ings by the United Nations military| WASHINGTON, June 18 (U. P.). [bile dri g next fall, JERUSALEM, June 18 (U. P.).

Times Index conference. ’ : 6am.....58 10am..... 61 WASHINGTON, June 18.—The artificial mgnufacture of . protein squirted - through . Mr. Clague described the coun- Causes Quite a Stir 78m... 59 11am... 62 |fibers announced at Harvard promises: needle into the Bos m— ? Amiements.. 6 Movies ....,.. 6 uy's position as being| LONDON, June 18 (U, P.).—Mrs.| Sam... 59 12 (Noon).. 63 Synthetic meat better than beef thread, the. a | Pddie Ash.... 16| Obituaries ..’. T|“on ieee Mary Beagleman turned on her| 9a.m.,... 60 1p. m.... 63 Chemical germ fighters better than penicillin and streptomycin, ; Thin : 3 Classified ..18-20|J, E. O'Brien. 17|plenty of strength.” He said ‘that|bathtub tap, then saw a mouse in New factory-made textiles silkier than silk. : have. be "I Comics ....... 21|P. ©. Othman. 11|there were still some “soft spots” in|the tub. She went down to the| Rain' and more rain, followed by And a new approach toward building artificially the chemical | *V! g Crossword ,.. 9 Patterns ..... 14|the employment picture, however. |apartment house lobby seeking help|showers, is on the menu for In- [structures which are the ‘basis of rosie Editorials ,... 12|Radio .....%.. 21| He said the sustained demand for |from the porter. ' dianapolis today and tomorrow. |life. A ficial fibrous protein molecules, a8

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Chicago LaSalle Hotel Will Not Reopen July 1

CHICAGO, June 18 (U. P.).—The fire department announced today that the newly-renovated La Salle hotel, where 61 persons died in a fire June 5, 1046, still is unsafe, It will not be permitted to reopen unless fire code violations are rectified, officials said. The hotel had planned to reopen July 1.

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tween now and December. Mr.’ Clague reported that 69,000 new housing units was started In May, higher than anticipated and above any previous post-war mark. He said" that average weekly earnings in manufacturing touched an all-time peak of $48.86 in May, on the basis of preliminary reports to his bureau. He said that the building boom to meet America’s housing needs and the full effects of the 15 cents an hour wage increases in industry “are still in the future.” “The full benefits of these things are still to be felt,” he told a news

labor kept unemployment at record levels in May. At the same ‘time [unemployment fell to less than two million, eqhaling the low of last fall.

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construction years in our history,” Mr. Clague said. New construction expenditures this year will total about $12 billion and 300,000 more building workers will be needed between now and the peak construction period this autumn. He said that in terms of prewar dollars, this construction amounts to about $7 billion. . He said that on this basis the country is still far below the building boom of the 1920's when for three years the peak construction ran over $10 billion in terms of prewar dollars.

Mouse ,in Bathtub

“The elevator carrying Mrs. Beagleman and the porter upstairs stuck between the 6th and Tth floors. !

staff committee. Russia underlined this disagreement today by calling for a police force of “comparatively limited” size. The small nations complain this would mean a United Nations |board force too weak for action against a major power.

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~President Truman announced today the appointment of Thomas J. Hargrave, president of Eastman Kodak Co. as executive chairman of the army and navy munitions

Sponsoring the course, which will close June 28, are the Purdue public safety institute and the division of education and applied psychology. Thirty-five * Indiana” high school

—The United Nations tour of religious spots was marred today when the Netherlands dele- tax gate, N. 8. Blom, fell into the tomb | oo “on of Nicodemos. He wrenched his| Jan. 1, 1948.

teachers are enrolled.

And New Test-Tube

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Synthetic Meat, Better Than Beefsteak,

May Result From Harvard Research Germ Fighters More Effective Than Penicillin

Textiles Also Promised

By HELEN M. DAVIS, Science Service Staff Writer

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