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58th YEAR—NUMBER 115

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WEDNESDAY, JULY 28, 1947

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For Industry If War Comes

Program to Change Once a Year

This is'the first of three articles on America’s stockpiling and industrial preparation for any future war.

By JIM G. LUCAS Serlpps-Howard Staff Writer WASHINGTON, July 23.—How soon after war came could America’s industry start turning out munitions That question can’t be answered with a flat “six weeks” or “six months.” Today, we can feel a little more secure than at any time since the end of world war II. But we can’t relax. There still is much to be done.

We are putting the finishing touches on an industrial mobilizatior plan, the blueprint for shifting from peace to war. It is our first postwar attempt to harness the nation’s industrial power. The army-navy munitions board, which prepared it, will send it to President Truman when if is completed. It will go to congress next year, The plan is not static. Next year, there will be another. The board intends to prepare once a year a complete industrial mobilization program. Secretary of War Kenneth C. Royal] says it will be “modified from year to year, and will grow in stature and strength.” -k Based on- Preparation The plan is geared to a timetable which anticipates: ONE: A period of peacetime ‘ preparation. TWO: A shorter “alert” period from the time trouble is threatened! until it comes. THREE: Actual declaration of WAT. ' R. R. Deupree of Cincinnati, ores- _ ident of Proctor & Gamble, says there will always be an alerted pe- * riod—"if we can recognize the trouble.” He believes “a great deal can. be done while events are gathering momentum.” | The plan includes ONE: Retention of a minimum pool of standby war plants, ; TWO: A stock of essential mae chine tools, THREE: The stockpiles of stra tegic and crucia} war materials. Under such a plan, the government would preserve the production capacity of approximately 250 war plants as industrial insurance. This is about 15 per cent of our peak war totals. They fall in two groups. ‘Those in the first category would .be sold on the condition that the government could take over the plant at any time. They include “ymportant plants which are needed in case war comes and which are either difficult to build or have specialized machinery which would be impossible to procure quickly.” Aircraft, gun tube forgings, armor steel castings, optical lenses and rubber plants are among them. *

{ mother testifying in her “own de-

Says She Feared Slaying, Then Walks to Death

———————— i SAN FRANCISCO, July 23 (U. P.).—Mrs. Laura Flagg, 24, entered ‘s drug store last night near the corner bar where she was employed as

Mr. Kattge watched, horrified, as Mrs. Flagg crossed the street outside and approached a coupe. He saw a man standing by the car raise a rifle and pump three shots at the woman,

» » - SHE WAS ‘dead on arrival at Alemany emergency hospital. One of the rifle bullets had creased her shoulder, another had gone through her neck. severing the arteries. The third went through her purse. { After firing the shots the man | entered the drugstore and. turned! over the rifle to Mr. Kattge. { When police came he told them | he was an unemployed ranch hand and he had killed his divorced wife because he “couldn't live without her.” He said he was 28 years oil and his name was Burton C. Flagg.

Mrs, Eidson Pleads Self-Defense

Unable to Complete Hatchet-Killing Story

(Photo, Page Seven) Mrs. Marian Eidson, 20-year-old

fense before a criminal court jury today, said she hacked her husband to death with a hatchet to “save the lives of my sister and myself.” She is on trial, charged with firstdegree murder in the slaying of her husband, James Eidson; 37, at their| apartment, 341 March 1. “My husband Was drunk and I tried for several hours to get him to bed,” she testified. “He got mad and cursed me and knocked me around. “I finally got him to bed. Then, he demanded that my sister| (Francis Bowman, 15) get him a! butcher knife.” Threatens to Kill. Her Mrs. Eidson testified that he began ng the knife around, into" doors. "She ‘said when she Jprotested he picked up the knife and threatened: “I'll kill you. “I was in bed at the time with my 16-month-old baby,” she testified. “He threw the knife at me, but it missed and went into the wall e then jumped into bed with my sister in the same room and began criminally assaulting her. “I ran into the kitchen and the first thing I saw was a hatchet—I had to do something to help my sister.”

Park ave. last|

“|for only “slightly” warmer weather

Summer Crops Are Periled” By Cold Snap

Farmers Race Against

Sheriff's Office Accused

First Killing Frost

LOCAL TEMPERATURES

6am... 52 0am... 67 7am....54 11am ALJ Sam . 60 12 (Noom). 72 fam . 4 pm...

Indiana farmers today faced a life-and-death race against fall's first killing frost. Continued cfop-paralyzing. /cold has slowed all crops, particularly corn, almost to a standstill, County Agricultural Agent Horace Abbott said. Though no serious damage has resulted from the cold so far, he said, an early frost would spell disaster. Despite the weather bureau's promise of warmer weather for tonight and tomorrow, the race is bound to be close, he added. Wheatfield Reports 41° During the night the cold wave continued throughout the state and the entire’ Great Lakes ares. Low temperatures for the night ranged| in the 40's in many Hoosier cities with Wheatfield reporting ‘the rock bottom temperature of 41. " Here in Indianapolis a low of 52 degrees smashed the record for a July 23. The previous all-time low | for this date was 56, set in 18043 and matched in 1904 and 1925. Based apparently on the assump-|3 tion of a reasonably late frost, how-|§ ever, the U. 8. department of agriculture revised its estimate of the ™§ Indiana corn, yield upward by 13/8 million bushes. ..Mr. Abbott, said ‘other crops, too, looked fair to good |§ if the state gets a correspondingly| late fall to offset the unseasonable summer weather, Corn, which requires sunny days and sweltering nights to do its best growing had reached an average height of only two feet, the weather | ~

bureau's crop bulletin said. . ; ) Forecast Warmer Weather ing S : Opened, Closed

Winter wheat, now being harvestDr. Kempf Calls

ed, has a high moisture content but yields are mostly good, the bulletin Them Health Menace City wading pools, which were

- RCA test process and test fac

The Times fo determine noise in

said. Tomatoes showed fair promise with the total yield again depending on the speed with which winter closes in. The peach crop prospects appeared assured and the crop was scheduled to start to market by

NOISE TESTER—Charles Apker, head of the

sound-level meter before making it available to

Sound Meter ‘So

ilities, checks a noise on the Circle from the Monument. Repeat

General Radio Co., manufacturers of the meter. F ~

unds’ Indianapolis for Noise And Finds Plenty

Times Reporter, and Instrument, Show City Is Well Above a Norm in Downtown Area

+ Indianapolis.

Aug. 15. open for the first time| Most relief fiom the chill was|this year, were closed today. ; forecast for the northern part] The 20 pools Were “filled” with of the The forecast here was) water yesterday on an order of the

park board, according to Paul V, Brown, city parks and recreation director. Dr, Gerald Kempf, city health director, said they must close immediately because they are a menace to health, The opening order resulted from a tour of the park system last week~ end by Paul E. Rathert, park board president, and Mrs, Ralph W, 8howalter, board vice president. Mr. Rathert said he believed the public wanted the pools open.

as the rising temperatures spread southward. : 25 Besides slowing down crop developmgnt, thé weather ‘was cutting deeply into vacationing activities. Sales of beer continued: to drop. Amusement parks reported business only fair for the season. Rain Drenches Erle Torrential rains drenched the eastern Great Lakes region yesterday, flooding Erie, Pa. Eighteen-inch

At this time, Mrs. Eidson broke | drifts of hail stones were reported down and wept on the witness in Cleveland,” O., where children stand, forcing Judge William D. spent the afternoon pelting each Bain to call’a recess when she was other with “hailballs.”

When trouble is threatened, the government offers the plant's civilian owners a war contract. If he! is unwilling or unable to accept it,

unable to resume testimony. At Pittsburgh, lightning hit a

Condemned by Board The wading spots had been condemned this year by the board of health, according to Dr. Kempf, because bacteriological tests made last

Struck Eight Blows

crowded streetcar during a thun-/year proved they were unsafe,

Pini ofa Beles

By VICTOR PETERSON Indianapolis is a noisy city. John: Gunther, in his latest book, “Inside capital the dirtiest city in the land. While here, he should have jaken sound readings. - Mr. Gunther might have labeled Indianapolis one of the noisiest in the country. Spurred by numerous complaints of old-timers and newcomers, The Times surveyed the city for noise. ———rr—rr— Through the co-operation of RCA,| For three days and nights The Times secured a sound-level (soundings were taken throughout meter, a delicate instrument pro-|the city and immediate vicinity, “To duced by the ‘General Radio Co.|be thoroughly accurate, readings and designed to register even the|were made at various time inslighfest fluctuation in sound |tervals at the more important city volume. street intersections,

U.8. A." calls the Hoosler

ON THE SCENE-—Vicior Peterson, Times staff writer. checks the volume of

nights around the city show Indianapolis to be noisier than averages published by

All of East Java

Of ‘Brutality’ By Attorney

ed tests taken for three days and

Claimed by Dutch

2 Columns Drive

BATAVIA, July 23 of Bast Java today.

Jogjakarta,

|afternoon. Indonesian anti-aircraft gunners said they shot down one plane. co : ‘ Pincers Put on Capital A Dutch communique said Dutcn troops, after beating back kn Indonesian counterattack, captured Salatiga, 35 miles north of Jogjakarta, and continued to advance.

-| pany official insensible, an Indian

sheriffs,

|trict Attorney Howard

On Indonesia Capital *" Dutch forces claimed — {of sll

Two Dutch columns were driving toward the Indonesian capital or

American-made, Dutch-piloted {aircraft attacked Jogjakarta this)

Lawyer Says He Was Given ‘Going Over’

Mints Court Action Against Magenheimer The second charge of law enforcement “brutality” in as many days was hurled today, this time against the office of Sheriff Al Magenheimer.

While two city police offie

cers were denying an accusation they had beaten a local trailer come

apolis attorney described what he called a “going over” by deputy Newest charge was made by Arthur J, Iles. He said his difficule ties grew out of what he termed an illegal arrest in his own home ad 7228 N. Pennsylvania st, Junie 13.

and added that he intended to take His statement to The Times fol. lowed closely an accusation by Duite Fisher, partner in the Home Trailer Co., who charged he was beaten by city policemen after being in a parking lot on a charge

His charge was denied ing in written sta

man. They said

who were

Another Dutch force, the communique said. was approaching the | capital from the northeast. | The Dutch communique sald all

Surveys Show Harmful Effects on Work According to average statistics, Cities could well do the same. \provided by General'Radio, Indi- | Noisy machinery, whether for the

In her statement to police at the derstorm, injuring 16 persons, two time of the killing, Mrs. Eidson said | seriously.

| He said’ he believed the lack of

| proper circulating and purifying

anapolis 1s well above a norm in {the downtown areas, neighbor-

the government can seize the prop-|she struck her husband on the head | Temperatures at Chicago dropped [equipment made them insanitary. hoods, and even on nearby country

erty. in 120 days. :

The owners must get out|several times with a hatchet.

Dr, Sidney Stevens, deputy coro-| reading was above the 49.3 record

Charlestown Plant Included | Der, said examination of the body

The ‘war department wants 61!

low for July reported yesterday, but . bho Sh kn :

to 51 degrees early today. The| He sent the closing order to .the roads.

{park board today, ; Mr. Rathert said the. board had never received a report on the bae-

. Noise reduction is an ever-

home or is true of a town. Persons interestéd in making In« dianapolis their home are going to

factory, Is meeting in-| creased sales resistance. The same tip of the island at its narrowest

such plants; the munitions board, 69, the navy, 71. There are other plants to which the government wants to retain title. For the most part, they were built for special purposes,- such as making proximity fuses, ammunition, explosives, ammunition-load-ing devices, “components for explosives. Most of them can’t be adapted to civilian production. But some of them are surrounded by ‘safety areas” of 20,000 to 40,000 acres, That land can be put back into farms. The government plans to operate some plants on a reduced scale. The remainder will be kept in “standby” status. The war department wants 74, the navy 44. The list now includes the Indiana ordnance works and Hoosier ordnance plant at Charlestown, Ind.

Machine Tools Kept

In addition to its standby-plant program, the munitions board wants to keep a pool of machine tools. During world war II, ‘Donald M. Nelson, war production board chairman, said “they were our principal bottleneck.” The army and navy have earmarked 66,000 tools to keep. Mr. Nelson recommends 250,000. Secretary Royall says the tools we want to keep are worth $2 billion. The cost of re-

taining them would be approxi-|

mately $100 million. “If amother war is forced on us, we must get in- production not later than three months after the first surprise attack,” Mr. Nelson

wrote the President. “We will never again have two years to prepare

for an aggressor.” .

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8 Killed, 4 Hurt In Berlin Blast

BERLIN, July 23.(U. P.).—A bomb explosion demolished two stories of Berlin traffic police headquarters in the Russian zone today. An official reported from the scene that eight persons were killed and four were injured. The blast shattered the north wing

ot the yellow brick structure. It was caused by a bomb. The explosion occurred in the

office of Heinrich Kanig, chief of traffic police and No, 2 Berlin 2olice official. Chief Kanig was not in his

(Continued on Page 6—Column 6) teria count from the health depart-

| ment. Probe of Housin

9 times Reps Scheduled Here im pe om

Members of the house labor sub- The Indianapolis’ Times and Ed committee will be in Indianapolis|goyola’s “Inside Indianapolis” colDec. 4-5 for a hearing on ‘“restric-| umn were spotlighted on a native practices, monopoly and reck-|tion.wide radio hookup today. eteering” that have slowed down| fhe commentator oh the CBS housing. World News, which originates in Chairman Ralph W., Gwinn (R. New York city and is heard here N. Y. sald the subcommittee has|through WFBM, told how Sovola asked management and labor|counted 354,563 leaves on a local groups in Indianapolis to prepare maple tree. testimony for the hearings. | The 7 a. m. program is carried “Private industry has béen crip-|On a coast-to-coast hookup. pled by the fantastic Jevels co which | rt mapa the labor monopolies have pushed FRENCH BUDGET OK’D wages and restricted the use of ma-| PARIS, July 23 (U. P.).—The terials by slow downs and Jtrer re-| national assembly, after all-night strictive practices dictated Ly the debate, spproved today a civil budg-

Third Person in Craft

yesterday saved two persons from A third victim, father of four,

{Salon in the Roosevelt bldg. | Robert. Saved” when their boat capsized near Lowe's bridge were Kenneth

Morse, Lafayette. Clifford Schilling, 29, Boswell

ing, drowned before the VanRheenens could reach him. His body was recovered about an hour after the tragedy by a fire department rescue squad from Mon-

After Boat Capsizes on Lake S

Steer 200 Yards to Aid Couple in Wafer; »

Times Si Service » y MONTICELLO, Ind. July 23 @An Indianapolis man and his son

The rescuers were L. C. VanRheenen, operator of Van's Beauty Indianapolis, and his 15-year-old son,

E. Grove, Boswell, and Miss Helen SWerve sharply and capsize.

builing contractor, who was steer-|

union bosses,” he said. |et: equivalent to $3,500,000,000.

present problem in industry. Studies repeatedly have shown that high? noise levéls decrease noticeably the productivity of workers of all classes. Many industries have done extensive work to eliminate noise and have found the production volume mount,

Adopted Citizen Berates Howling Sirens

think twice before settling in an area where the ears constantly are buffeted with jangling sounds. Recently, for example, a newcomer stayed several nights in a downtown hotel before he could find permanent lodging. He thought he was conditioned to traveling and ito large cities.

Street. noises boomed through his|on his way well before police arrive. room. It was the noise of general) . The gsound-level meter used n traffic, streetcars, busses, honking this survey corresponds in sensitivhorns and newsies hawking their jty to the normal ear. As a means

of East Java had fallen to the] Dutch and that Dutch units from the north and south were closing together to pinch off the eastern

point. Dutch fighter plaries slashed the ‘defenders with bombs, rockets and machinegun , bullets. Indonesians were reported trying fo use demolitions and guerrilla tactics to stop the Dutch. Gain 60 Miles on Sumatra The Dutch communique reported Netherlands troops also were’ fanning out over Western Java, advancing 50 miles from Batavia.

In the island of Sumatra, the

toward the rich oil fields which are partly American owned.

| papers. of measuring: sound, the machine Another adopted citizen still finds records noise fluctuations in the {himself jarred awake night after mathematic logarithmic scale of night in his relatively quiet neigh-| decimals. ‘ borhood after living here two years.! gquipped with the meter, we [His greatest complaint is the wall gunded Indianapolis. {of sirens, a wail he feels could be| phdianapolis sounded right back, {eliminated by using red flashers In py, Jud, {tha still of night, |

He also contends that the siren (Tomorrow: City noises.)

Local Man, Son Save 2 From Drowning haffer

Drowns, Body Is Found -

drowning in Lake Shaffer. drowned.

high speed, the handle slipped out of his hand, causing the boat to

Mr. VanRheenen and his son, a {Broad Ripple high school student, were trolling nearby and witnessed {the accident. They steered their {boat 200 yards to rescue Mr. Grove and Miss Morse. Mr. Schilling was taken to the Yuill funeral home in Boswell He is survived by his wife, four children !ranging in age from seven months

Mrs. Henry Schilling: .

RESCUER—L. C. VanRheenen, Indianapolis (above), ~ and

4 arranged. : his $0fr Vi Rober t, yester day saved

at 1100 Kessler blvd. is vaca-

toning at Lakewood on the White two persons from drowning in

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Howard Hughes’ [id boys in Shed Party Described

SAN FRANCISCO, July 23 (U, P.). ~The finding of a “wild boy” whose mother abandoned him in a , (U, P.).— WOOD uy = subpenaed | Shed to live alone for seven years to testify before a senate investi- Was reported by radio today by Salgating committee, sald today that| vation Army headquarters in Melshe saw Secretary of Interior J. A.! bourne. Australia. Krug and other top government . The boy’ y's mind was almost like cials b ob ut a lavish party given by that of a six-months-old child

Howard Hughes, when he was found, the Salvation

At the time of the party, Mr. Krug was war production head. ' | Army reported, and he cried and The party was given In honor of grunted like an animal. Elliott Roosevelt and Faye Emer-| The report said the boy's mother ison Just before thelr marriage In| was convinced that she was given 1944. It was one of several at' the wrong.baby at the hospital {which the senate committee hinted seven years ago, and became so ob- { Mr. Hughes treated alr corps B19- { enstd with . the notion that she |curement officers to equal doses of | finally abaridoned him in & shed in imovie stars and high-pressure war back of the family home. contracting. He was kept alive by food brought ra : him by his brothers and sisters in (Another Hughes Story, Page 5) | qiobedience of their mother's CONCERT T( | orders, the Salvation Army said.

The centennial series second con-|

L. Thomas, bari- MUNICH, July 23 (U. P) —Prits Butler Bow] at 8:45 Kuhn, former leader of the “GerThousands nt 50-cont' man-Americap bund, was . today and jailed 'to await trial | a

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{which had no defenses.

‘Bevin Seeks Peace

| LONDON, July 23 (U. P.).~For~|

eign Secretary Ernest Bevin told { commons today that he would “take advantage of any opportunity to bring about a peaceful settlement” of the fighting in Indonesia.

Firehoses Turned

On 1000 Pickets

| BENTON HARBOR, Mich., July |23.(U. P.)—Police turned firehoses {on more than 1000 pickets here {oday. The violence flared at the strikebound Remington Rand plant. County officials aPpealed for state (ald to quell “riot and insurrection.”

A squad of 50 police drawn from {here and nearby towns subdued {with hoses and billy clubs C. I. O. | workers who sought to stop a back- | to-work movement of 50 to 75 nonstrikers at the plant. A half-dozen pickets were clubbe. but none was {hurt seriously. Three men were arrested, charged {with inciting a riot and resisting officers.

Imel Trial Sept. 22: Times Stale Service | MARTINSVILLE, Ind.

circuit oourt,

{leased on his own recognizance which he contended was customary

on such charges in the case of a local resident who is known. He sald he put the question te Sheriff Magenhelner who was passe

ing by. He said the sheriff ignored

{his question and merely asked the aeputies: “Is this guy trying to get tough?” Assured by the deputies that he fwas not, the sheriff went. on his Way, Mr. Iles said. Later, however, as he was turning in his personal

Dutch were reported to have pushed | He passed the nights tossing, merely warns a night prowler to be|60 miles inland from Palembang

Antara, the Indonesian news agency, said the Dutch pilots were Shepe inmediaiely branded the attacking “wildly” small villages y ous.

'EX-BUND LEADER ARRESTED ‘The trial of Righard Dale Imel, 1" Indianapolis, accused of murdertn| his step-mother with a srotgun,| haé'been set for Sept. 22 in Moran, :

belongings to the turnkey, he charged, he failed to act quickly enough and was “shoved” by one the deputies. ( Brands Story ‘Ridiculous’

Again, Mr, Iles said, Mr. Magens= heimer was near. When Mr. Iles [told a deputy to “keep. your hands off me,” Mr. Magenheimer ordered {him taken downstairs and given a “going over,” Mr, Iles said. Sheriff Magenheimer, told of the

In the basement, Mr. Iles said, he lost two teeth and received a split [lip when he charged deputies struck him. These, he added, were not the same deputies who had arrested him earlier. Mr. Iles said he was kept in jail from that Friday eves ning until the following Monday when his case came up. At no J time was he permitted to telephone A his family or seek legal counsel, he A sald. District Attorney Caughran cone

(Continued on Page 6—~Column 3) ‘Penniless’ Oldsters’ Trunk Reveals $47,160 | ELKHORN, Wis. July 23 (U. P.. —County authorities said today they had found $47,160 in the ancient trunk of an aged brother ° and sister who had been committed to the poor house because they were “penniless.” The couple, Minnie Scheonbeck, 77, and her 70-year-old: brother, Henry, were sent to the Walworth county home July 17 after Judge Russell Luce ruled they were “undernourished and apparently living inh extreme poverty." :

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