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American Aid Senate Votes Transfer Of 28 Liberty Ships
WASHINGTON, July 4 (U. P).— The United States continued its efforts to bolster the non-Communist
government of Italy,
An agreement was signed in Rome providing Italy up to $125 million worth of . post-UNRRA relief supplies.:
Ambassador James Clement Dunn signed for the U. 8, Premier Alcide de Gasperli and Foreign Minister Count Carlo Sforza for Italy.
" “This agreement is another indj-
cation of the desire of the American people to assist Italy toward
#8 point where her economy can
carry on alone with full and unimpeded strength,” the state department said. . Follows Senate Action Officials here hope the supplies will help relieve the domestic short ages on which Italy's strong Communist party is capitalizing in its constant ‘struggle against’ democratic elements. . The agreement was signed just a day after the U. 8. senate passed and sent to the house a bill to authorize the return of $15 million
worth of seized property and trans-|.
fer of 28 Liberty ships to Italy.
The Liberty ships‘ would replace|
Italian tonnage seized during the war by the U. 8. The . relief agreement will provide Italy with food, clothing, medical supplies, fertilizer, fuel i seed worth from $100,000,000 to $125,000,000. Must Label Supplies It provided for: ONE: Labelling of all supplies “in. a conspicuous place” to the effect that they were provided by the United States. TWO: Uncensored and complete reports by American press and radio “correspondents on distribution and utilization of relief supplies as well as the use of any funds accruing to the Italian gov-
_ ernment from sales.
THREE: Distribution to “all classes of the population” irre-! spective of the purchasing power, ! along with a rationing and price | control system. The United States specified that | it could terminate relief assistance to Italy if conditions change for the better, or if the accord is vio-
Missing 3 Days In Tennessee Cave
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. July 4 (U. P.).—A search party led by cavern experts were prepared today to crawl back into Nickajack cave in search of John T. Hurth.
He has been missing for almost |
three days in the mile-long narrow and damp tunnels.
This missing man and his
brother Hollins had recently ac- |
quired the cave property on Look-| out mountain close to the Alabama | state line.
Tuesday to see could be developed for a tourist attraction. Hollins said that he went a slight distance into the cave Tuesday night and penetrated it more deep- | ly Wednesday in an all-day hunt. Then he decided to .notify authorities, A party of Tennessee! highway patrolmen searched the passages yesterday.
‘Rubber Hose' Bandits Flee
Three holdups were reported to police last night. Emil M, Urfer, 69, proprietor of a book store at 345 Massachusetts ave, sald two bandits entered his place late last night and slugged him with a rubber hose. He said they fled after failing to find any money. He was treated at City hospital for head bruises. - Isador Sacks, proprietor of the South Side liquor store, 950 8S. Meridian st, paid two bandits with # gun robbed him of about $40. ‘Herbert Spencer, night clerk at the Palace hotel, 4 N. New Jersey st., reported that an armed bandit held “him up’ at the desk early today and took $4.50.
Predicts End To Gas Shortage
DETROIT, July 4 (U. P.). — The current gasoline shortage dis~ appear within 60 to 90 days, the
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THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES
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Flood Toll Now $500 Million
Remaining Levees Expected to Hold
ST. LOUIS, July 4 (U. P). — A flood crest of near record height and about 70 miles long moved down the Mississippi below St. Louis today. Engineers said they believed the dikes still standing would hold. A federal soil conservationist said a sy showed that June floods on the Mississippi river and its upper tributaries had caused $500 million damage in Illinois, Missouri
‘and Iowa.
Flood waters here. were receding
years, about 70 miles downstream late | yesterday and was expected tol
reach Cape Girardeau, -Mo., late to-|
night. Damage Surveyed
The estimate of total flood damage game from R. H. Musser, re-,
gional conservator for the U. ‘S. Isoil conservation service at Mil- | waukee. Mr. Musser said the report was based on the first comprehensive survey of damage. The survey showed $188,606,000 crop losses, $283,000,000 in soil loss, $17,415,000 urban damage and $9,490,000 damage to highways and railroads.
Carpenters Sue
Under Labor Bill
HOLLYWOOD, July 4 (U. P).— Ten major movie studios were sued for $28 million damages today in what is believed to be the first major action under the mew TaftHartley labor act. The suit filed yesterday by 26 members of the A. F. of L. studio
According to Hollins, | his brother went into the cave if the passages
carpenters union also named the Motion Picture Producers association and the International Alliance of Theatrical and Stage Employees. The carpenters charged the studio
and I. A. T. 8. E. conspired to vio-| late the Taft-Hartley act by hiring
I. A. T. 8 E. carpenters, in viola-
ition of an I. A. T. 8. E. agreement |
with the carpenters uni union.
Crew Haircut
‘Leads to Court
ST. PAUL, Minn, July 4 (U. P). —Walter F. Jensen, 33, came home with a crew haircut. “Unrespectable,” his wife said and threw tomatoes at him in protest. She appeared in municipal court today with a broken nose, two black eyes and seven stitches on her forehead. Judge Arthur A. Stewart learned that the injuries resulted from the quarrel. He gave Jensen a 30-day |
but suspended the sentence. GERMANY PROMISED FOOD tary of Agriculture Clinton P. An-
had promised to send enough food to Germany during the next-12| months to eliminate any possibility | of starvation.
from their highest point in 103} The crest reached Chester,
BERLIN, July 4 (U. P.) —Secre- |
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Beatty, 12, of 1324 E. Toor st.
SUMMERTIME<Too hot for tennis, but, boy, that swimming pool looks good. The relaxed tennis players, taking a 10-minute rest from a hard set of maybe that inish, are Ronnie Mescall, 10, of 1027 Hervey st., and Jimmy Our idea of whiling away a hot'day is the swimming pool at Garfield park (upper photo), which seems to be doing more business than
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Award $1,761,565
In Road Contracts’.
Contracts totaling $1,761,565.96 were awarded by the state highway commission during June, It was the largest monthly contract total since last autumn, Commission Chairman John H. Lauer said. ; The commission awarded the following. contracts in June:
Bridge Construétion—On U. 24 over Tippecanoe river at Monticello, Size 303.66, Smith and Johnson of Indianapolis; on state road 59 over Big Raccoon creek at $116,569.75,
Mansfield, Parke county, road 59 ower Hamilton ditch 4.5 miles north of Sandborn, Greene county, $56, - 340.02, G. H. Allen, Vincennes. Highway Construction—2.135 miles of Broadway in Gary, $480,807.30, PowersThompson Construction Co., Joliet, Ill; 3.631 miles of new U. 8. 0 at Fi. Wayne, $318,455.10, Daoust tan Co. fiance, 0. Maintenance — Surface treating 44.55 miles of roads in Clay, Vigo, Owen, Montgomery, Tippecanoe and Clinton counties $97,456.75, Bituminous Matertals Co., Térr surface stenting
Hauke:
roads in. Spence rey, bois and Crawford coy "$115,961.60, L, P. Cavett Co. Lockland, O.
W, .. surface Jresting 36.17 miles of roads in Hamilton, Jay Blackford counties, $71,322.39, C. A. Studebaker Co. Lopon le, Ind., painting 17 bridges aPorte, Lake, Porter, Jasper, Daviess, Pike and hy ublic Painting Corp., = Cincinnati, (three contracts); painting Sis bridges in Putnam, Clay, Tippecanoe, Boone, Fountain and Benton counties, $23,860, Busch and Latta, St. Louis. The low bidder received the contract in every case, it was stated.
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Uranium Deposits | Discovered in Mexico
| MEXICO CITY, July 4 (U. P).—| term on asault and battery charges, | Discovery of two uranium deposits | gaps proving ground co nding
|in ‘Mexico has resulted in a rec-|
sendations that an atomic en-|
committee, similar to that of " Y onited States, be formed, it was | disclosed today. The uranium -eposits were dis{covered in the state of Chihuahua {late in 1946 by an official gropp working under orders ram the fed-| eral government,
. WASHINGTON, July 4 (U. P.
G. O.P. spokesmen confidently were not inclined to argue the poi The revised Republican bill would make the tax cut effective next Jan. 1 instead of last Tuesday as
The new bill retains the other
- | features of the old. It cuts income {taxes 30 per cent for persons with {a net taxable income of $1000 or
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Support to Override Veto Seen for New Tax Cut Bill
_GOP Confident of Strength, Democrats Not Inclined to Argue the Point
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cut personal income taxes of 48,500,000 taxpayers by $4 billion a year appeared certain today to win more support in the house than is necessary to override a Presidential veto.
predicted as much. Most Demdcrats
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tain Mr, Truman's veto of the original bill—and in effect supplied the two votes by which the house up~ held the veto—switched sides yesterday and voted in favor of the Jan, » tax cut.
Flag-Pole Artist Quits High-Jinks
DES MOINES, Iowa, July 4 (U. P.). — Theodore Franklin, 39, the jealous steeplejack who stQle the show from the regular flag-pole artist at Iowa's 101st anniversary celebration, said today he was through with such high-jinks. “1 wanted publicity and I got it,” Mr, Franklin explained. He was arrested Wednesday night, after he put on an aerobatic performance on top of a 60-foot pole atop the city’s tallest building. He was released without charge yesterday, after promising to con-
sider a pyschiatrist's advice tliat he
L. Schutt Co. of Indianapolis; on tate give up his part-time work as A | failure to pay rent and violation of
|steeple-jack and find a steady, job! |—~—on the ground.Mr, Franklin said he had “nothing against” Dixie Blandy, profesional flag-pole artist whose crowd of admiring spectators deserted his pole to watch Mr, Franklin's act,
8 Are Burned By V-2 Rocket
WHITE SANDS, N. M, July 4 (U. P.).—~Army officers today investigated a V-2 rocket accident in which eight persons were burned yesterday. The accident occurred while the
25th German V-2 rocket was being prepared for experimental firing. Lt. Col. Harold R. Turner, White
| officer, said names of the injured would be withheld pending notification of next of kin. He said two were burned seriously and were treated in an El Paso, Tex., hospital. Six e were treated at the White Sands dispensary. : Col. Turner said a tank broke {open spilling sulphuric acid on the men.
4 Millionth Car On Assembly Line
DETROIT, July 4 (U. P.).~The Automobile Manufacturers association said today that the 4-millionth passenger car since post-war auto production resumed in July, 1945, will be turned out next Monday. A. M. A. sald that in the same period, 2,200,000 motor trucks and coaches were produced. Material shortages, chiefly steel, have kept production below capacity in 1947, A. M. A. said, but factory sales forecast an annual rate for the year of 4,600,000 cars and trucks.
Wilbur Cigar Store Lottery
Charge Faces Pair _ Two men were artested on charges of operating a lottery at a cigar store at 2633 W. Michigan st, fol-
{ed out that protection of state law
Ist Rent Leases Are Made Here
First landlord-tenant lease agreements under the provisions of the new rent law were made here yesterday when 14 persons registered at the local OPA rent control office, All but one of the I18-month leases listed full 15 per cent rent increases, The other was a 2% per cent rent increase. Meanwhile, Judge Louis Welland of municipal court room 1, said that state laws provide for evictions only under such special consideration as
| public nuisance statutes. He point-
differs only slightly from the former OPA restrictions. The only virtual difference between these laws and OPA protection, he said, applies to ownership possession. Under the latter provision tenants must move out on a 30-day notice, The OPA required a six-month ‘waiting period,
'Slave' Testifies
She Was Beaten
SAN DIEGO, Cal, July 4 (U, P)~Mr, and Mrs. Alfred Ingalls and their Negro maid, Dora Jones, all wept as she told a jury that they kept her in slavery. Miss Jones, 57, testified yesterday that Mrs. Ingalls struck her and scratched her face in fits of anger. She sald Mrs. Ingalls told hér she had the mentality of a child. “Mr. Ingalls only hit me once though,” she sobbed. “He would come between me and Mrs. Ingalls.” When she tried to leave the Ingallses, she ‘sald, she was threatened with jail. Mrs. Ingalls called her a murderer because of an abortion following an affair with Mrs, Ingalls first husband, Walter Harmon,
Wins at Wimbledon WIMBLEDON, England, July 4 (U., P.).~Jack Kramer of Los Angeles won the Wimbledon men’s singles championship today when he defeated Tom Brown of San Fran-
Bis: Cool} To Marshall's New Aid Plan
Jauthorized for foreign relief, some
Russia's Rejection : May Be. Slight Help By R. H. SHACKFORD United Press Staff Correspondent
WASHINGTON, July 4.-—Dariger Signals were raised ‘in the U. 8.
tion of the “Marshall plan” would make it easier to get appropriations for. economic aid to western Europe alone. A series of incidents gave several diplomats, who will have to help “sell the program to congress, cause to ponder. Congressional approval of additional billions—even for only west ern Europe—will be very much of a touch-and-go proposition, inthe opinion of responsible officials. They are examining yesterday's developments in congress and taking a less optimistic’ view of the battle which is. forming with the legislators once western Europe decides upon its future neéds. Taber Is Unconvinced The developments they were look- | . ing at were: ONE: The statement by Chalrman John Taber (R. N. Y.), of the house appropriations committee that the state department has failed to Justify the $400 million sought for ald to Greece and Turkey. Although the Greek-Turkish aid program has been authorized, no money has been dppropriated for it yet. TWO: Taber's similar opposition to appropriating the $350 million
of which would go to western Europe. This is the United States postUNRRA program. THREE: Denunciation by Senator Robert A. Taft (R. 0), of the state department's request for a year's extension of certain controls over imports and. exports so that equitable distribution of scarce commodities can be assured. Mr. Taft especially opposed continued controls over fats and oils, the shortage of which is the most critical. ‘The state department, although basically to import-export controls, clafms the ones requested — and finally passed by the senate yesterday -~ are required to assures that limited supplies will reagh countries | which need them most. Danger Cited State department officials made | it plain they were concerned about the reluctance of congress to give anything but grudging financial support to policies they consider fundamental, The major danger, according to these officials, is the effect such congressional reaction will have on European countries who may be timid about joinitig the western European economic self-ald program. They pointed out that if there is doubt about congress coming through with additional funds to help Europe, there will be danger of the “Marshall plan” collapsing — a * development which would play into Soviet Russia's hands.
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DIRECT ACTION—In protest
against high income taxes and
‘reckless government spending, E. B. Tilton, right, president of the Vilter Manufacturing Co., Milwaukee, Wis., says he will give up his $1500 monthly salary the last two months of this year, plus his bonus. That will set him back a probable $6000. But the government will lose, too—several thousand doltars in income taxes he won't have to pay because of lower income.
Fireworks Blast Panics Hundreds
St. Louis Mishap
Injures Six
ST. LOUIS, Mo., July 4 (U. P).— Fireworks stands did a brisk business in suburban Wellston today despite a ‘mysterious explosion which blew Mp one of the stands, injuring six persons and panicking hundreds of customers. The blast late yesterday set off a firéworks display of whizzing skyrockéts, cracked the . windshield safety glass in a taxicab parked pearby and blew the hub caps off the wheels. Windows two blocks away were broken. Ercel Bonney, 33, to-owner of the stand, suffered burns about the face. He was reported in serious condition at St. Louis county hospital. The other five persons injured were among a large crowd of people clustered about the stand when the explosion occurred. The fireworks on sale at the outdoor stand had been exposed for
Police investigators said they did not know what caused the explosion, which witnesses said sounded like a “blast of dynamite.”
Roxas Sends
Thanks to U. S.
MANILA, July 4 (U. P.).—Presldent Manuel Roxas in a speech observing the Philippines republic's first anniversary said today that colonialism is crumbling everywhere, thanks largely to the United States’ action declaring the Philippines free. : The American action, he said, In~ augurated “a new morality in the dealings of nations, particularly between dominant and subject peo-
May Accept Bid PARIS, July 4 foreign
slovakia may accept Anglo-French |
ery conference July 12 despite their close ties to Russia. The French officials were optimistic that some Soviet satelites might join the conference because of their desperate desire for American dollars and industrial goods to rebuild their economy. Of the 22 countries invited, those believed most likely to attend were Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, Norway, Portugal and Turkey.
Suspect Quizzed In Reyman Slaying
ATLANTA, Ga. July 4 (U.P). ~A 43-year-old man just back from a honeymoon in North Carolina was reported held by police today for questioning in the rapeslaying of "Mrs. Jeanette Reyman last week. Atlanta police officials were wary of giving details of the arrest. It was learned that the man defihitely was a suspect and was to be confronted by witnesses sometime tonight. Mrs. Reyman was formerly of Winchester, Ind, Detectives reportedly picked up the man after two of “his. acquaintances told authorities they had seen him driving the light pickup truck in which Mrs. Reyman's bound and 'bludgeoned body
cisco, 6-1, 6-3, 6-2.
was found a day later.
In Indianapolis
MARRIAGE LICENSES
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Of Recession
Eastern Owners Grant
Lewis’ Demands:
WASHINGTON, July 4 (U. P.).— Soft coal producers said today thas their new wage agreement with John L. Lewis had dealt the “grey market” in steel a death blow. They said it also lessened the threat of an economic crash, A spokesman for U, 8. Steel Corp, and the other mine operators who have granted Mr. Lewis’ major de mands said the agreement permits full-scale operation in the steel ine
“dustry,
“The settlement came at a time when steel companies ing operations to husbénd their coal
|supplies in preparation for a strike,
The cutback had. threatened to ag= gravate a steel shortage which had given rise to a “grey market” where steel was being peddled for exorbie tant prices, Indiana Operators Silent The steel industry responded to the agreement yesterday by boost ing eperations back to capacity: The on |settlement covered commercial mines in the Pittsburgh area and the “captive” pits owned by steel interests—in all, about 30”per cent of the nation's production. The Southern Coal Producers ase sociaton was due to meet here today (0 map a program to re-establish negotiations with Mr. Lewis for the purpose of making a contract. Ine diana, Illinois and Far West opera« tors were still silent on their plans, “By averting a complete shute down of ‘coal and steel production and crippling the output of all types of manufacturing, the new roal contract drives the wedge against hazardous inflation,” Pennsylvania< Ohio-West Virginia operators said in a statement. : Now Being Ratified The contract is now being ratified by companies involved. The United Mine Workers’ wage policy commit« tee is due to give its approval toe morrow, : Ratification will mean that ‘Mr, Lewis’ miners will return to work Tuesday .in mines covered by the agreement, They are now on vae cation. . Informed sources said the eone tract will give Mr. Lewis the squive alent of a 35 cents an hour pay boost, an eight-hour day, 10 cents a ton health and welfare fund, fede eral safety code and bargaining rights for some workers now classed a8 supervisors.
John R. Wallace |
Piano Tuner, Dies
John R. Wallace, a plano tuner for many years in Indianapolis, died yesterday at his home at 623 Parkway ave, A resident of the city for 48 years, Mr. Wallace was 81. In recent years he conducted his own plano tuning business and previe ously had been employed by the Baldwin Piano Co. Pearson Musie Co. and the Wilking Music Co. He was born in Sullivan, Ind. His wife, Mrs. Katherine E. Wale
“It shook the foundations of em-
An estimated 200,000 lined the!
invitations to the European recov- capital's streets to see the Inde- | -funeral
pendence day parade,
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office officials predicted pire and brought new hope to be- |E. Houston. survive him. today that Poland and Czecho- nighted millions seeking to be free.’ |
Services will be held at 3 p. m, Sunday at the G. H. Herrmann home, 1505 S. Bast st, Burial will be at Greenwood. :
THE STORE IS CLOSED TOMORROW— ALL DAY—
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