Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 1 July 1947 — Page 1

FORECAST:

Clear and cooler tonight; mos ly clear and Rightly Warmer SomovEow.

Entered as Second-Olass Matter #4 Postofce Indianapolis, Ind. Issued daily except Sunday

3-for-25c¢ Far No Charge For Tra

TUESDAY, JULY 1, 1947 .

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UP IN THE AIR — Twenty- year. -old Betty “Shoemake, member of Indianapolis “steeplsjack’ Shoemake family, went higher today than ever before in her aerial | career, ‘With her father, Harry, watching confidently, Betty painted the steeple of the First Evangelical United Brethren church, 501 E. New York st.

nl Injured

+a defective switch for the derail{ment of the Baltimore & Ohio's to. General. hospital.

In N. Indiana ~ B: & 0. Wreck

State Police Blame Defective Switch

(Photo, Page 3

WESTVILLE, Ind. July 1 1 (U. P).! —Indiana state police today blamed |

“Columbian” streamliner in which! at least 70 persons were injured.

Thirty-six persons remained in

{hospitals at four nearby towns to-|

day. None of the 36 was a Hoosier. Police said the Chicago~to- Wash. | ington train jarred a broken rod| on the switch at Alida crossing] near here at 7:30 p. m. (Indianap- | olis time). . | The movement threw the track | open as the fourth of the train's nine cars passed over the switch! they said. The blue and gray “Columbian” was speeding across the Indiana | countryside’ at a speed of 78 miles | and hour at the time of the crash.

Ticket Collecting Finished

Harry Niles of Baltimore, Md. |

{was in his compartment in the fifth | Car,

The train had left Chicago two hours before and Mr. Niles was getting ready to go to the din-

ling car for dinner,

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“ithe dirt 200 feet down the track.

"LONELY UP THERE? — Betty was Pprotmalaly” 200 foot above the ground

"|her two small children. I helped

‘passengers,

_{chairs. tumbled together

Conductor J. R. Miller of Gar~| retty- Ind, had just finished collecting the tickets, The train had the green light! and Engineer E. L. Traxler, also of { Garrett, slowed down slightly as he passed the Alida crossing. | Totler, Then Plunge

The engine was about 300 yards! past the switch wheii the passengers felt a sickening lurch. All but the first. two cars tottered crazily pos a Split Second: Wen plunged on" the trafks,

Mr. Niles, one of the Injured passengers sald he was hurled to the floor as the train made the mrt lurch: “I got up immediately and rushed) out of my compartment,” he said. “I was afraid I might be trapped in that little place I ran to the car behind. It had & lot of passengers in it, Some of were screaming and calling to’ other, “There was a young woman and

them off the train, I think all three were hurt. “You can't say enough ‘for that train crew. They réally worked, 1I| saw several injured porters’ who | were working very hard to aid the! not thinking of their own injuries” ‘ : Breaks Inte Sections The train broke into three sections, The dining car and four pas-| senger card crashed a few hundred feet from -the switch tower. Two other passenger cars plunged into

The engines and..a combination | baggage and passeriger cay stopped, | still upright, several feet further on. Most of the seriously injured were in the dining car-which plowed into

was a “shambles 7ith tables and

in one corner.”

Indiana state police arrived at the

moved the injured: Ambulances!

‘when she started to slap paint on the ste eple, Her previous foray into the air was when she assisted her father and brothers, John and Dewey, in painting the statehouse |

dome. The “family lives at 1104 S. 104 >. Pennsylvania Photos by Henry Glesing, * Times Stafr Pictu |

took the more seriously hurt to hos- | pitals at {Michigan City and Gary... The accident occurred a a point where the Monon railroad crosses | | the B. & O. double tracks at Alida. |

Boy Pronounced Dead Recovers In Oxygen Tent

I — HOLLYWOOD, July 1 (U, PJ— A 3-year-old boy was pronounced dead by doctors last night. Today, however, he was chatfering happily in his mother's arms. Little Gerald Greene seized a moment when he was left alone in his parents’ home to gulp down a piece of chalk, The chalk apparently settled in his’ lungs, cutting off his tbreath.

CHOKING

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and turning black

{from asphyxiation, he was rushed

On_the way, | his pulse and breathing stopped. Ambulance doctors pronounced

{him dead,

But at Receiving hospital, N. W. | Albright and Neil Wallace of the fire department rescue squad put

the boy under an oxygen tent and {

applied artificial respiration. After one and a half hours, he | began to breathe ‘again. He was out of danger toda today,

Fort Hous Housing Talk is Revived

VA Reveals It Asks Only 300 Acres

By DANIEL M. KIDNEY Times Staff Writer WASHINGTON; July 1.—Hope of {using “the well-constructed officers’ |and non-com quarters at Ft. Harrison for veterans housing revived today when it was announced that the veterans administration desires not more than 300 acres of the | 2600-acre area, The. fort was formally declared) surplus today, as scheduled, by the war department.

300 acres provided it gets the $500,

000 for {ise’ there imcluded irr the! privi pending appropriation bill and pro-

vided also that the plan is approved by the hospifalization board and | President Truman. The VA seeks only the acreage in the area of Billings hospital, already in use by VA, Senator Homer E. Capehart’s office was Informed. The VA plans to convert Billings into a tuberculosis hospital. Funds for this action still await senate action on the independent agencies’ appropriation bill, Before the army finally turns the {remaining 2300 acres over to the] war assets administration, national | guard and- reserve possibilities also will’ be eonsidered” Since the ‘officers’ and non-coms’ permanent housing will not be used

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4th to Be Cool, | Says Weatherman

LOCAL TEMPERATURES 0am ... 75 Ham. 12 (Noon) . ™ Ip.m. ..»78

A cool 4th of t July with possible! scattered thundershowers was fore-|

8a 1 Hi LI 9a

A slight drop in the mercury was predicted - for this afternoon and! tonight after a record-breaking heat wave descend

to a season high of 91 degrees. The weather bureau today held

Valparaiso, La Porte, hope that July would be off to a dry. cent of |

start. Observers predicted clear skies tonight and mostly clear tomorrow. Yesterday's sweltering tempera[tures claimed at least one heat pros-

[Expect Rush

VA has a “freeze order” on it, -The VA will take its

on Indianapolis | scene shortly after the wreek and re- yesterday sending the temperature | through 1948 to tenants

Of Renters To Sign Leases

Many to Take Hike, ‘Operators Believe

Many Indianapolis renters are expected to “jump at the opportunity” of an 18 months lease 1n return for a 15 per cent rent hike, real estate operators said teday. At the same time pledged no effort ‘would be made to]

In a formal statement, Phillip L Bayt, director of the local rent control office, pointed out that nothing in the law permits rent increases

on the 18-month lease.

apartment owners’ association here, {pointel out, however, that where

operators

unless landlord and tenant agree

David T. Nicoson, president of the |

5¢ School Rate

Ordered; PSC Blasts Service

Equipment Called ‘Overcrowded, - Dirty’

By RICHARD LEWIS Three tokens for 25 cents, or &

£ single fare for 10 cents, will be the

permanent fare for Indianapolis Railways, Ine, trolleys and busses, the Indiana public service commis~ sion ruled today.

cent fare for school children will start not later than. the beginning of the new school term, the coms

HITS TAFT LAW—A_ F. of L. President William Green today. advocated election day as holiday to defeat supporters | of new labor law.

lease agreements are not. made, renters Jose present rent contro protection at the end of next ur ruary under thé law. He estimated

{many would prefer to take the as-|

surance of continued tenancy with only 15 per cent increase in rent rather than ™un the risk of uch greater increases after Febr next year, Pledges ‘No Pressure’ The association, Mr. Nicoson | said, is sending letters to tenants | pointing out the provision in the | new law for .voluntaiy lease and | rent boost agreements. He pledged - owners who are members of the association would not make any effort to, press such jagreements but estimated as many as 60 per cent of the tenants might wish to sign up, Mr. Bayt said leases signed fonder the new law must be submitted to the rent office within {15 days after signing. The lease | {can contain no trick penalty clauses and must not provide for! any eut. in gervices, furniture or privileges to the renter, Although evistion protectidn’ fiow | reverts to state law, Mr. Bayt point. ied out, the new rent act specificaily provides that refusal of a tenant! to accept a lease in return for a 15 per cent rent increase does not | contsitute grounds for eviction. Attorney General Oleon Foust pointed out thta under state law the general rule is that under a month-to-month tenancy the landlord may evict his tenant on 30 days’ notice. If the upsurge of lease agree{ments materializes, real estate op-' erators pointed out, the result will

ibe & complete shift in rental pro- |

{cedures in Marion county, Virtually! ‘all renters currently are on the month-to-month basis and leases; are relatively uncommon,

Boost i in Rents Widely Applied

By Kcripps-Howard Newspapers The first day of the nation's

riew rept-control law found the! “voluntary” boost of 15 per cent

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the earth near the switch, The car| cast today by. the weather bureau, P¢in€ widely: applied.

A comrtrywide survey by the! | Scripps - Howard Newspapers re-| vealed many landlords were losing no time in offering leases running

{agree to pay higher rents. Knoxville, Tenn., reported 90 per | ts landlords ready to seek

increases. From that peak, the |

Say It at Polls, Gren Tell Labor

Calls for Defeat Of Taft Law Backers

mission ordered. The schedule of permanent rates | becomes effective at 12:01 a. m, | July 14—a week from next Monday, As ‘predicted by The Times two | weeks ago, the only change in the [present schedule which the utility has been charging under ‘court injunction since August, 1046, is the elimination of the .2-cent “transfer charge, and a reduced fare for children. In setting the new rate, the public service commission also criticized | the service of Indianapolis Railways and its equipment, describing it as “overcrowded, inadequate and dirty.” The commission warned the com=

By ROBERT BLOEM to improve its service by A. F. of I, President William greater frequency of busses on exists

{Green called today for a united, {ing routes, addition of. crosstown

llabor front to ‘strike a smashing | {blow against the reactionary “enemies of labor” in the next general election, “The labor movement must use the power it has--the power of the! ballot box--to see that the gang {who put over the Taft-Hartley antilabor bill" is gnot returned to com- | gress,” | hefore 500 delegates of the Ameriein Glass - Workers. tinion {Until the workers can their ] | Green p Ti |carry on a continuoin gr to up~/ set. the “vicious and - obnoxious” Talt-Hartley law. Assails Hoosier Senators He singled out Indiana's two Re- | publican senators for special attack and’ promised concentrated efforts To aa ate Vite they come up for re-election, “Senators Homer Capehart anal 2® | William: Jenner voted against you,” | Mr. Green told the glass workers. { “They are reactionaries, they are your ‘enemies.” To the tune of loud applause from | representatives of the 70-year-oid {Glass Workers Association, Mr. Greer sounded the warning: | “We are still free men, The Taft- | Hartley act and the laws of 13 states {outlaw the closed shop but if ‘we | do not want to work with a non! union ‘man we still will not work; with’ him, “Neither the federal government or any .other force can make us do tisat.” Mr. Green described the section of the Taft-Hartley law which outlaws the carrying of voting records by union papers as “outstandingly ob noxious." “Our legal department has In-| ormed us this section of the law isan outright violation of the rights] of free speech and free press. They |

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Official’ Watch Stolen

Secretary of Stale Tom Bath re-

{estimates tapered down ¥&"-efvies pofied to police today his room at!

yet from the new law.

which predicted. little or no effect Harrison hotel had been entered, +} e

last night and $80 and a watch

he said in a fighting speech

!servicé and an express bus system - [to residential areas from downtown, Case Started in 1043 The formal issuance of the coms | mission's rate order this morning {marked the end of the rate case which began” in 1943. : It started then as an attempt by the commission to reduce fares. I$ lended today with am nerease ot

reaction’ of pomp the order ‘was not disclosed morning, ‘Company execfitives | they wanted to take fime to the document, which runs 4 and reviews nearly ot years evidence,

It was. understood, a

red EE A $2.6660%/ depreciation

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The ‘commission ‘also ordered the | Vy to reduce its capital surplus by ‘an additional amount ‘of $166. + 207.29 and place that amount iy depreciation reserve. | This amount, the “order ‘stated, | resets “amounts erroneously charged to the depreciation Teservy ring the year 1946.” The company was Instructed to file certified copies of its journal entries within 30 days, recording the accounting transfers i is or« dered to make. commission specifically charged the utility to set aside its

commission ssserted this

“Transfers will be free ahd & 5

Jobs and Wages

| Police sald there was a switchman | tration victim in downtown Indian- | Reaction of tenants in various, valued at $125 taken. Two ot

Same aircraft that was reported

a Explodes, Jurns in South

SELEY. La. July 1 w, P.)<An| amy B-17 Plying Fortress crashed with tremendous force and burst into. flames six: miles south of here

Hit All-Time Peak: Prices Climb Joo

Employment and ‘wages were at an {all-thne high as the nation passed {the halfway mark in 1947 today. | | But prices ‘were up, too. There were indications they would stay up| |at least for the rest of this year {- The labor department reported a ko Bariile Field, 1a, 'Irecord employment level of 58,300,-

businessman returned 000. © A slight rise was predicted

the: scene and described it as during the summer as additional |

_| temporary farm jobs open up. Un-| "1 twisted smok- ployment. is below: 2.000000, Weekly Wages now are 3 per cent ¥ iy ooo od y was fund jmbové the ‘wartime peak, even though of the are shorter, the department id

The plene was reported to be the

with a fiom

| THe average factory worker $48.86 in May for .4 404-hour week. He made $1.21, an hour as compared with dhe wartime high. of $1.04. These wage gains, however, were

Undertaker Gets Fine and 9 Days

Br Siate Service COLUMBUS. Ind. July 1.—~John

M. Monroe, 52, New Waushifigton funeral director, today was fined | $80 and costs, sentenced to 90 days at the state penal farm and his driver's license suspended for a year, He was charged with drunken driving after a crash near here {last February in which Mrs. Elea-|

{nor Wagner and her T-year-old|

twin girls were critically hurt.

Monroe had been. hired by the! Clark county welfare department! to return the trio from Indian- | apolis where the girls had been treated for rheumatic fever, It was Monroe's fifth arrest for drunken driving, but his: first conviction,

matched by price increases: The * cost of living index of the bureau pilty. A similar sentence had”

Classi “Music ..,.... Tlof labor statistics for May 15, just fled 20-21-22 Obituaries . 12ireleased, whs 1558, as compared | alkyne 2 P. C. Ophmian 13{ with 133.3 in June, 1946. Meat was Jpeen ordered by Colymbus city Crossword hi 29 1810 up 52:2 ‘per cent over last year, Rourt last. April, but ange ap vous JA Radi0, oui 23 fats, and oils 58 ‘per cent snd bev- | ite, t 345 19 Records ...., |etages 50.8 per cent. All three .of the accident vic- ; ! i have recovered. One of the wins, Pricilla, ‘was “removed from! cast Ame weeks. ago or 1s

Judgment was handed down by freult Judge George, W. Long fter a jury Friday “found Monroe

yet

fa. |

[av the switchtower,

‘Questions Cost Of Water Service

Water service to the west suburbs by the Indianapolis Water Co, may | cost residents of the area. $459,000 in Installation charges, Attorney 'Elmon Williams charged today in| a brief filed with the Indiana pub- | lic service éommission, Mr. Williams is attorney for the Suburban Water Co., which is seek - ing a, permit to serve the suburbs. The “indianapolis Water Co. has | intervened in Suburban's petition | on the grounds that it plans to! serve the area. The attorney asserted that revenue | the Indianapolis Water Co. would receive from ratepayers would not liquidate “its. planned investment within the six-year: period required by law.

Suburban Water will make no assessment ' charge for installatioh, he said. : ’

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AGREE TO TRUCE SHANGHAI ‘July’ 1°

to discuss 4 ¢

| apolis. Myrtle Bain, R. R. 14, was’

| overcome while shopping at a gro-|ported accepting the bookts~some {hotel last night, in the fear of eviction, others lr the | . hope of avoiding a still sharper free

{cery at 225 N. Illinois st.

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President's . Secretary ‘Holds Own’ at’ orital

WABHINGTON, Julg1 (U. PJ)

| William D. Hassett, 66-year-old sec-

“a rather dificult night” at Walter Reed hospital “but is better this morning af and holding his own.”

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| WASHINGTON, July 1 w. foreign

| Orangetown

[Elties was mixed. Many were ve-!

{crease 'w rent

comtrol expires next. Feb 29

Authorities in some cities {dicted a sharp upswing in

|The White House sald today that now that’federal controls haye.

{lifted and tenants can be

Forecasts eli” were made -of wave of commpreial and 1

| building, to the detriment of hauk- :

Ing programs.

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PEARL RIVER, N. ¥. uly 1 (U.|

berries. . Chief a biody nid ‘he voulan'

fom, FAO Ga i Kh {The senate: ‘mittee today

Uaccruals, for depreciation out. of | persons reported burglaries at the ‘earnings in cash, and to carry these [in a separate depreciation fund. “The money in this fund, the

plied first to depreciation:

expenses g for replacement of property, Any

halance may upon petition -be used for new: construction, extensions on addition to the utility property, In issuing its order, the commis«

"| commission ordered, shall be aps

sion denied a motion and a supple«

mentgry petition filed by the come pany last month for a reo; of the rate case, which closed last Dew cember, ‘The company was ordered =n pay |costs of ‘case amounting ‘to’ Wa 002.56. The, order used firm language in

criticizing the service r the uty, which it SEE ally as’ inadequate Ey