Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 18 July 1947 — Page 3

1a 0 Abo Aooard | Were Headed For Palestine

Tear Gas, Gunfire Used in Fight

By ELIAV SIMON

United Press Staff JERUSALEM, July 18—British

warships intercepted an immigrant ship carrying a record number of about 4500 visaless Jewish refugees toward Palestine today and seized it after a bloody battle with tear gas, steam and fuel oil. A Jewish radio report from the refugee ship said one Jew was killed and 25 were injured. An official British statement said three British sailors were injured, but that neither side sutained fatalities. . The 1814-ton ship, renamed “Exodus 1947” by'the refugees and f

merly the President Warfield, was’

being taken to Haifa, the port from

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h uncertified refugees custom- |

y are trans-shipped to Cyprus. Report Ship Rammed The boarding party of the royal

havy ran into perhaps the most des- |

“pérate resistance yet put up by a

the British blockade. Both sides resorted to tear gas, and the refugees were reported by the British to have turned live steam and fuel oil: on the sallors boarding their craft.

A British naval communiqiie an-|

nouncing the seizure sald “damage was sustained by his majesty’s ships|

owing to evasive action talken by, the refugee ship.” “Strong resistance was met by the boarding party,” the communique said. “Tear smoke was used by both sides.” Use Small Arms The British said the refgees tried to drop lifeboats on the boarding party, and the sailors retaliated with small arms fire in se}f-defense.

The fight, according to the British | | ris, president and executive vice |

version, took place off Rafah, where |

the ship was trying to land the pas- |

“4 sengers. The Jews said they were intercepted while well out at sea. Small arms fire was used by one of the warships against a man who was threatening to decaptitate a boarding sailor with an ax, the + British said. The Exodus’ captain stepped to the radio to invite members of the United Nations Palestine -investigating committee to meet the vessel at Haifa “to see for yourselves what they have done to us.” ‘Piracy,’ Captain Charges Of the 25 injured, he said, five were “agonizingly” wounded. He charged the British seized the vessel while it was on the high seas 17 miles from Palestine, thus violating international law. “This is piracy!” he shouted. In Tel Aviv, a two-hour general strike was called. - As the vessel neared the Palestine coast, a choir aboard deflantly broadcast Jewish songs and the Haganah underground battle song

A male voice said the ship left

Philadelphia March 29.

The vessel was the largest to

challenge the British blockade. 1ts journey had been well publicized and its arrival timed to impress the United Nations investigating committee, which is due to leave! Palestine ne Sunday, .

Warns U.S. Near: War in Greece

" WASHINGTON, July 18 (U. P). —Chairman Charles A. Eaton of the house foreign affairs committee said today the United States is “within sight of a shooting war this minute in Greece.” The New Jersey Republican told the houes rules committee that the Soviet Union, as a result of Secretary of State George C. Marshall’s “plan” for the rehabilitation of Europe, “has taken off its mask.” “Either America will stand and hold the fort in Greece or Russia will take over,” Reép. Eaton said. “If Russia takes over Greece, the destiny of mankind is at stake.” " Mr. Eaton's warning prefaced a request that the rules committee approve a resolution authorizing the foreign affairs committee to travel abroad during the summer congressional recess,

Paul Moffett, watch.

Coliseum Corp. Brings $71,222 to State

COLISEUM RENT CHECK—Lt. Gov. shipload of refugees trying to run| Wirtz (left) a check for use of the Coliseum.

Rent Check

age) A total of $71,222.37 has been paid to the state fair board by the and also by the President Warfield, | Indianapolis Coliseum Corp. for use of the Coliseum during the 1946-

| 47 season.

This brings to $304, 222.57 the amount paid to the board by the cor-

poration during the last eight years.

|, The final payment of $59,222.37 was made Wednesday night in the

Chicago board and corporation members at- | tended the Zale-Graziano fight. ‘When ~»the season opened la October, a $12,000 guarantee was! deposited with the hoard. Present at payment ceremonies were Arthur Wirtz and James Nor-

president, respectively, of the corporation; Paul Moffett, board president, and Lt, Gov. Richard James.

stadium, where several —

‘What's a Noise?" Asks Bloomington City Attorney

Times State Service BLOOMINGTON, Ind, July 18.— What is a noise? Verne Ruble,

attempting to draft an anti-noise ordinance ordered by the city council, says he is confused by tax-payers who are attempting to help him. i What is music to the ears of one resident all but drives another crazy, he poi out. Model ordinance from cities are being studied by zity’s bewildered attorney anu embers of the council.

Hint Russ Boycott 0f Balkans Plan

LAKE SUCCESS, N. Y., July 18 |(U. P.).—A Soviet-inspired boycott of the proposed United Nations Balkan peace-keeping commission a8 hinted today by Russian tacties in the security ‘council: The possibility ‘was raised “by | Soviet Delegate - Andrei Gromyko when he climaxed a full-day of speechmaking by the Soviet bloc last night and stalled any action on the United States proposals for the 11-nation commission. As delegates convened today for another round in the East-West argument, they wondered if Mr. Gromyko® was trying to maneuver |away from a Soviet veto. See Delay They were convinced, at any rate, that the full day of speeches yesterday by Russian, Yugoslav and Polish delegates indicated more jockeying and delay until next week in any council decision about how to quiet the Balkans. While American and British delegates privately grumbled “filiBuster,” Mr. Gromyko in effect asked the council last night what good thé - American-proposed Balkans commission would do if the Balkans governments refused to accept it.

Bloomington city attorney, who is

Housing at Fort

One Step Nearer

Times Washington Bureau WASHINGTON, July 18.—Harrl-

{son Community representatives were one step nearer their goal to acquire the main section of historic Ft.

w= | Harrison for a housing and indus-

trial community. The office of Senator William E. Jenner (R. Ind) announced the veterans administration has abandoned plans for converting Billings General hospital into a tuberculosis recuperation center. .

It also was announced the VA has asked the war department to lift its freeze order on the military post scheduled to be disposed of through war assets administration sale, The VA said it still planned to operate Billings hospital until an $8 million hospital center, one of the two largest to be built in the country, is constructed, W. F. Souder Jr., Harrison Community representative, who .conferred with veterans administrator Omar N. Bradley, said this would not” conflict with the private development company’s aims. Brig. Gen. Aaron Bradshaw of the war department said he would attempt to confine war department demands to areas that would not be needed for housing. Harrison Community organizers still had to convince national guard, army reserve and Indiana state officials they should give the group a clear track for bidding for the choice portion of the post.

CIO Hails_Election At Alis-Chalmers

MILWAUKEE, July 18 (U. P.)~ C.I.0. United Automobile Workers officials today hailed the collective bargaining election results at the Allis-Chalmers Co. as the “answer tothe Taft-Hartley bill.”

The ClO. claimed a victory the election. The results were inconclusive because the U.AW. failed to poll a majority by 92 votes.

The U.AW.-C1.0. won 3640 votes to 1913 for an independent union and 1581 for the"A. F. of L. United Auto Workers. Eighty-one workers voted for no union and 247 votes were challenged. R. J. Thomas, international vice president of the U.AW.-C10,, was confident that enough of the 247 challenged ballots would be allowed his union to give it a victory. He sald at least 91 of them were cast by union officials and members the company fired for al=| legedly illegal tactics in the long strike ended earlier this year,

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Russians Holding Ul. S.-Born Woman

, ‘Refuse to Allow Her,

5 Children to Return

WASHINGTON, July 18 (U, P,) ~~ The state department said today it has tried several times without success to arrange for an Americanborn mother and her five children to‘return to this country from Russia. Department officials said there are “many more important” questions of citizenship still at issue with the Soviet Union, including those which involve Russian wives of American citizens who want to leave Russia. said the case ‘of the mother and her five children apparently is an old one that was taken up some time ago. . Mentioned b, Governer Acting Governor Arthur W. Coolidge of Massachusetts told a state American Legion convention in Boston yesterday that an American woman and her five children are being held prisoner in Siberia by the Russians despite state department efforts ‘to_obtain their release. Mr. Cdolidge said the woman's husband had been sent to. “another goncentration camp.” The state department said that since Mr. Coolidge did not identify the woman it could not be absolutely certain of the case to. which he referred. . . In Massachusetts it was believed Mr. Coolidge referred to Mrs. Valdamares Carneckis, the former Eleanora Schultz of Worcester, Mass. Her husband is a former attache of the Lithuanian legation in Washington, Her five children range in age from 15 to 23. : Similar Case Described But it said in a formdl statement that it “does have a case regarding an American native-born woman last known to have been in ‘Russia in which persons residing in Massachusetts have expressed interest.” “This woman was married in 1923 to a person not of American citizenship,” the state department said. “She is 1p. mother of five children born road. Inasmuch as all of the children were born prior to the nationality act of 1934, they have never attained American citizenship.” The state department said this woman before 1941 resided in one of the Baltic states, later absorbed by Russia. Officials said she apparently married a citizen of the Baltic state many years ago.

Last Passport in 1940 “She has on occasion communicated ‘with the American embassy in Moscow since 1943 but has not appeared at the embassy in Moscow in regard to her application for a passport,” the statement sald. “She last received an American passport on Aug. 21, 1940.” ‘The American embassy on several occasions made representations to the Soviet foreign office requesting its assistance in making arrangements for her and her family to come to Moscow to complete plans for their return to the United States. : Citizenship Disputed

eign office that it- was prepared at any time to issue her an American

passport for return to the United States. “While under American ‘law she is considered’ by the U. 8. government to be an American citizen, the

Soviet authorities presumably con-

‘Little’ Fellows Get $55 a-Day

HOLLYWOOD, July 18 (U, Pi Wages of the little fellows on the screen—the day’ players, stunt men

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g Nobody Knows What Fall Meat

Unpredictable Factors:

Confuse Outlook

WASHINGTON, July 18 (U, P.).— Agriculture department officials said today it is “anybody's guess” where meat prices are going next fall, Normally prices decline 10 to 16 per cent in the fall as meat supplies increase seasonally, But that “normally” is the joker that has the price forecasters tearing their hair: 1947 has not been a normal year, These are the unknown factors that are confusing the outlook: pocketbook and how close a grasp thé housewife is going .to keep on her food dollars. TWO: The size of the corn crop and the price of feed.

record of 60 million the pocketbook will remain fat. With plenty of

paying them. Meat is being consumed as rapidly as it is produced. There is little indication that consumer resistance will be _ stronger next fall.

Exports to Be Large Officials consider the feed picture much more complicated. Continued large exports of grain are assured. These will tend to keep all feed prices high, increasing the cost of livestock production and the price of meat at he grocery store. A short corn crop, which now is indicated, will aggravate feed price worries. : With feed supplies smaller, and prices high, however, farmers may be expected to market more livestock than usual during the next few months. An even larger increase in meat supplies than usual would bring a corresponding larger drop in retail prices. Sufvey Is Published The bureau of agricultural economics’ latest survey of the meat situation outlines this prospect: BEEF—“A decline in consumer spending and in the- demand for beef” would ;accelerate the customary decline in prices during the August?October peak of cattle. PORK —Prices probably will con-

least a seasonal reduction in prices is in prospect for October through December as marketings increase. LAMB—Pricés are likely to decline seasonally through early fall. But since the lamb crop is small the decline “will be moderate if consumer spending continues high.” Statements Differ This BAE report is definitely optimistic for a decided drop im meat prices. But another BAE food report, issued at about the same time, | makes this statement: ® No substantial change in meat prices is expected this summer and early fall.” J. Ro. Bazert -of the American meat institute yesterday to a congressional committee that the nation can look forward to more meat | at “moderately lower” prices this fall, .

Line-Buit Boxcar Saves $300 in Cost

WASHINGTON, July 18 (U, P). —The world’s largest producer of boxcars showed today how it bad borrowed Henry Ford's idea to help break the serious production bottleneck ‘and cut prices despite rising steel costs. Pullman-Standard Car Manufacturing Co, placed its first massproduced boxcar on display at Union station, Officials said they believed it was the first boxcar anywhere that was not “custombuilt.” Standardization will hike the production rate 25 per cent, they estimated, and cut costs as much as $300 per car. The economies are being passed on to the railroads in lower prices, they said. The display model of the new P-8-1 boxcar was the first to roll off the company’s production line at Michigan City, Ind." Buyers for 12 major railroads took a peek at it and ordered 10,400 more.

Pullman-Standard, “guessed” that |

average” could be built “about $300 cheaper” than custom-built cars.

MARRIAGE MCENSES

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sofas bo 0704 EB. 38th; Edith L. Mad oo mond,

y Prancls BE Bpurg 1536 Ringgold; Anelicn Fregosi "007 E. 31st, gar_L. Meischke, 4920 W, 16th; Bmma. lue Ruth Btalcugy Morristown William Edward Burns, 318 N. ‘Harding, Maxine Merritt, 415 B. Holmes. eyer, 3013 Pourth ave Mars axine Best, 1830 Lexin Alva ‘ South,

Michigan, 4 sin ; Bnet 926 N, Cee ames Mac a len ise Sch kel. oh R. 9 n

8: Lewis % Bie Ronan Roxans ) Marie Fre. pve BibT Rn roson Ridge; syne; Anns D, Bloom, Charles ews Sheidon; Leann Ee " Gao A au thle i Mauro, 1134 Udell. + | BIRTHS : Girls

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On Two toutes

Petition Filed; Operation in Fall

Conversion from streetcar to motor coach operation on E. Miche igan and W. Washington sts. ade vanced a step today. The gain fole lowed an Indianapolis Railways pe« tition filed with the ‘public service commission yesterday. Although the changes would not | be effected until early fall, authority 'is sought at this time to make way for the change-over as soon as the new coaches are delivered. Promise of delivery of 50 diesel 40-passenger coaches has been made for September and October, Would Use Old Route

Busses would travel substantially

'the same route now- followed by HE,

Michigan cars on this proposed line:

From Ellenberger park west om

Michigan st.; south on East st. west on Washington st.; south on Delaware st.; west on Georgia st.}

{north on Capitol ave.; east on | Washington st., and return over bal«

CONFER ON YOUTH Miss Sally Butler of Indianapolis,

president of National Federati

ion of Business and Professional

Women's clubs, confers in New York with David W. Armstrong,

director of Boys Clubs of Ameri quency. Miss Butler said busines juvenile delinquency the No. |

ica, on problems of juvenile delins and professional women consider youth problem, The Indianapolis

woman is en route to a Paris conference of | B. and P. W.

Strafing Planes Scatter Guerrillas

New ‘Invading’ Force

Rumored - in Albania

ATHENS, July 18 (U. P.) —Guerrillas in northwestern Greece scattered today under heavy strafing

attacks from Greek airtraft.

However, a fresh guerrilla force

was reported forming in Albania.

Greek War Minister George Stratos said the new guerrilla force was sighted behind Lake Presba, at the juncture of the Albanian, Yugoslav

and Greek frontiers,

Mr, Stratos said measures were being taken to rieet.a possible new

attack. CGireek aircraft,

government said from Albania last Sunday.

The air ministry announced that 800 guerrillas, presumably including those turned back from the gates were spotted near

of Ioannina, Zagoria, ‘Heavy Casualties’

Greek fighter planes, the air ministry. said, raked the wooded area “with machinegun fire. More than a third of the 2000 to

2500 guerrillas involved in the fight-

ing were said to have been “wiped

out.” ‘The Greek army reported that

guerrillas from the Kalpaki area smaller and “fleeing” Grammos, and some “fleeing” southwest-

were splitting into smaller groups, some northeastward toward Mt.

ward toward Metsovo.

The group headed for Metsovo appeared to be “fleeing” deeper into Metsovo is 12 miles from

Greece. the Albanian border.

First Woman Gets

Army Commission WASHINGTON, July 18 (U, P.).

—Col. Florence A. Blanchfield, superintendent of army nurses, tothe . first. American woman to receive a full commission

inathe regular army, en.

tion in gon. Seventy-two other nurse corps officers have been recommended for regular army commissions by President Truman. The recommendations have been confirmed by the senate. Commissioning of Col. Blanchfleld marked the final step in the 86-year rise of army nurses to full

ceremony at the Penta-

recognition in the service.

David J. Deets Hedds

County Young Democrats David J, Deets was elected presi{dent of the Marion County Young Stephen Early, vice president of Democrats at & meeting yesterday.

Other officers elected were Anthe new standardized car “on an|nette Short,

vice president;

treasurer.

In Indianapolis

Wabash, Earl, Sara Leistner, 2239 N. Drexel, and Oscar, Helen Clark, 1006 N. New Jersey, Boys

Francis—Gilbert, Martha Smith, and Harold, Catherine McClain

Vincent’'s—Dread, Rachel Mattox; Donald, Jean ans, Lowel),

omy, Mary Mahone, 1078 W. gi Alberta Norris, 1528 N arvin, Ruth Dennison, i+ Earl, Julia Coleman, Baltimore, Walter, Mary Des 382 : James, Dorothy Barnette, Ralston; Harry, p pk Bmit

DEATHS

Robert Bisginann, 67, at 333 N. Delaware, at 2634 College, leu-

07, at 48 Schiller corona atrold, n,

k Hendy linkuer, 7, at ne N.

meanwhile, shot up the guerrillas which the Greek invaded Greece

ght D. Eisenhower, army

DeMolay Installs Officers Monday

Indianapolis chapter, Order of {DeMolay will install Harold Fryar master councilor at public ceremonies Monday night at 1017 BroadWAY. Other officefs to be installed are: Robert McIntyre, senior councilor; Jack Dickey, junior councilor; Jack Moorhead, treasurer; Leon Miller, scribe; Richard Shepts, senior deacon; Bruce ‘Bailey, junfor deacon; Her-' man uffman, sénlor Richard Hollingsworth, steward. : Charles Reed, chaplain; Donald Shaner, almoner; George Otto, marshal; Farrell Baxter, standard bearer; Walter Ruckersfeldt Jr, orator; Jim Marlatt, sentinel, and Storer, Howard Wald, William Lawson, Herman Walderman, Charles Hall, Edward Lowery and Fred Klimgstein, precéptors.

Businessmen Fly To Attend Dinner

A group of Indianapolis businessmen will fly to Richmond, Ind, tomorrow to attend a dinner sponsored "by FP. L, Cochran, manager of the Indianapolis branch of the Standard Oil Co. of Indiana, The plane will be piloted by Col. Roscoe Turner, president of Roscoe Turner Aeronautical association. The ‘return trip Sunday morning will be made in an Atlas Sky Merchant DC-4, brought here by Standard Oil Co. and open for public inspection at Weir Cook airport Sunday afternoan and night. The group will include Wilbur {8haw, president of the Indianapolis Speedway and, Willlam Book, secretary of the Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce. Representing The Times will be Art Wright, promotion editor.

steward; Junior

iance of the route to Ellenberger park. The transt firm proposes to dise continue the Drexel Gardens, W, Washington st. and Rockville rd, feeder bus lines as spur routes and inclyde them in the régular W, Washington st. service as through lines to the downtown area. Each would loop in the downtown area around Washington, Illinois and Maryland sts. and Senate ave. Loop Downtown

Under the proposal, the E. Washe ington st. line would be operated #8 a separate unit and would loop in the business section around Delaware, Maryland, Tiinols. and Washington sts, Elimination of rail cars on W, Washington st. and abandonmeng of certain safety zones will fa« cilitate improvement of U. 8. 40

‘ |along that artery. Streetcars now

used on W. Washington st. would

“Tbe ‘made ‘available on other rail

lines in the city. The transit firm would: continue to use rails now

{installed from the downtown area

to the W. Washington station, where all streetcars are stored and serviced.

Buried in Coal; Breathes by Hose

TARENTUM, Pa, July 18 (U. P), —An eight-foot section of garden hose and the quick thinking of his boss gave 20-year-old Eugene Ros sey the edge in his life or death battle with 25 tons of pulverized coal yesterday. , Mr. Rossey was shoveling coal from a truck into a bin at the Tae" rentum Products Corp. He lost his footing and plunged 13 feet into the powdery mound. Plant Manager J. V. Mason quickly thrust a length of garden hose into the hand of the helpless lad as the coal began swallowing him up like quicksand. In a few minutes, only the end of the hose marked the tomb as Mr, Rossey sucked in air to keep alive, Eighteen men; all that were on hand, responded to Mr. Mason's call and began scooping out coal through a side door in the bin. Then the hose slipped from Mr, Rossey’s mouth. The rescuers

-| dropped. their shovels and dug at

the pile with their bare hands, A minute and a half later, the, buried man was dragged out—an hour and 45 minutes after he had dropped into the bin. ; ‘Today the Brackenridge youth

was recovering.

chief o an made’ the presentd- *

STRAUSS SAYS:

Mary Dolan, secretary and Patrick Fisher,

Elizabeth DithAt Methodint- Richard Margaret Hasch, Pace; Clarence, Alice

Petty . Barnett, and

Kathleen Reynolay, and George, Rosanna Bpear~

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Nor2910 a8to pd netie, and Charles, Daisy Wilson, 1634 Hiatt,

ke, 55, at St, Vincent's, - at 3308 N.

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