Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 30 July 1947 — Page 2
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ill Climb Due To Steel
WEDNESDAY, JULY 30, 1947
Price ntrense
Truman Aids ‘Warn of Wide Effects on. S.
Claim Moral Victory
In Economic Battle By CHARLES H. HERROLD
United Press Kiaff Correspondent
WASHINGTON, July 30 (U. Pi o President Truman's top economic | advisers said today the new steel price increases would be felt “all
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the way through” the nation's t K | economy p S ew They conceded that Mr man had lost his battle to fi
steel and coal price boosts at this time. But they claimed a moral victory. They said the hikes could have been higher--«and would have been . except for Mr. Truman's “moral of Bids Awarded suasion” campaign from April to The state highway commission | his mid-year economic report last today announced acceptance of:low week urging that prices be kept bids on $3,248848 worth of bridge
Bridges, highways
$3 Million Worth
down and highway construction projects . The 85 a ton steel boost an- Bids on two contracts, éalling for egionnaires an’. nounced yesterday by the two giants paving of segments of road 67 be+0f the Industry, U. 8 Steel and! tween Red Kgy and a point near Bethlehem, sealed Mr. Truman's Portland, were rejected by the com- Torchli ht Parade defeat. Most of the other big steel mission hecause they exceeded the g
the State engineers’ estimates Several of the 15 bids approved | by the commission still must be ap-| |proved by the federal public ronds |
producers and almost all of major coal operators had already | ralsed tonnage rates.
Hope for Moderation
Procession Begins At 8:30 P. M. Saturday
|admir istration b { tract rim TOE ESTERS WH FRED bMIORL ) T mn heore contracts are| The 20th annual convention of | every cost of production,” one White et and all"bids are subject to check The Indiana department, American House a “They will go| and verification, | Legion, will include a torchlight| all the way through the economy. Projects Listed parade ‘of the Forty and Eight! We can only walt and see and hope! Following is a list of projects and through downtown streets Satur-| : day at 8:30 p. m.
hat eration will be the rule so low bids: at ighd of the rise will be ab-| Substructure for new bridge onl Gilibert Gelhausen, Evansville, v sorbed.” |U. 8. 36 over Wabash river at Mon. he unopposed candidate for th This informant disclosed that Mr. tezuma, $421823.55 by Robert H Office of grand chef de gare of how Truman had no plans to establish King, Danville, Ind. Bids on this '°'tY and Eight. The election will a new defense line at the manufac- bridge were rejected twice previous- be held at the convention which turing, distributing, retail or con- ly because they were in excess of V'! open Saturday. Joe F. Lutes : Is grand parade marshal and James sumer level to halt price rises, engineers’ estimates, C. Ah d R Grid Government . economists hoped! Two bridges on new U. 8. 30 over ein an ay Grider, co-|
the price wave will spread slowly. |8t. Joseph river and Spy Run | Manhais. Mr. Selsey H They said higher steel prices would creek at rnortli edge of Ft. Wayne, Cedar Lake. Anes aro anes,
.. probably affect construction of big. $316,238.57 hy Rieth-Rilev Canstoucs... commercial buildings first, They tion Co, Goshen, Ind. It also was | thought automobile producers might the first time in three tries that! absorb all or most of the higher satisfactory’ “bids were received on Fred cost with the same holding true these two structures. for producers of hlindreds of other| Bridge on state road consumer _ items using steel in! Deeds creek 16 miles south of train, south. For cheminot, Arnold | lesser quantities. |Pierceton and concrete retaining! Hunt, Greenfield; Harry Barr, | Living Cost to Rise Jali mors Nate road 116 at Markle, Rockville; Harold Tibbals, Garrett; 4 y John R., Gates, Ft George Hayes, Marion; San Pence, ! One economist felt the inflation- Wayne. Soke and Walter Stansbury. ary lift of the steel price rise would | . communicate {itself to non- related | Rebuilding and widening bridge South Bend. ftems. He predicted it would push on state road 144 over Young's, Roy Amos, Goshen, is candidate | the cost of living still higher. creek Just west of Franklin, $49,- for re-election as treasurer, and Chairman BAward G. Nourse of {402.58 by DeBolt Construction Co, Phil E. Clements, Indianapolis, ! President Truman's council of sco. | Richmond, Ind. candidate for re-election as cornomic advisers said that his three. Superstructures for two bridges respondante. Mr. Clements has man bosrd "would have no oom- on state road 256 over Muskatatuck completed his 21st year as corre- | river west of Austin, $154,447.33 by spondante of the Indiana Forty
ment on the steel price boosts. Mr, B Truman told congress last week en Hur Construction Co., Indian- |and Eight.
that “price boosts now in pivetal areas of the ustrial field can only add to ationary forces.” “Another general surge ‘of price inflation would have only one re-| sult—the sharp recession which it is to everyone's interest to prevent,” he added. Mr. Truman's advisers are said Xa feel however, that the rine much less than it could have a. If it spreads slowly and in moderation, the nation may get much needed time to run at top produc-
“Candidates Listed Candidates for other posts are: Patterson, Lafayette, for |
13 over Conners, Vincennes, for chef de
aver ‘Thompson, Dressler and Em- | struction Co. Rochester, Ind.
pies gn in Pulaski county, $90,- Paving and widening slightly 417, hy leth-Riley Construction more than a mile of state road Co. of Goshen. 61 in Pike county from 0.2 mile Additional repairs to rolling lift! south of Southern railroad cross-| bridge on Indianapolis blvd. (U. 8. Ing, northward through Winslow, {20) over Indiana. Harbor canal In| $179,265.00 by R. P, Qunger of | ayant _Ohlcago, $17,004.68, by George Huntingburg. “Construction, Co, Wina- | - Grading and structures fgr about, mac, Ind. {8.5 miles of new State Road 37 from | Local Firm Gets Bids | 8 miles north of Bloomington to Relocating and construction 29 3 miles southwest of Martinsville
tion before another .wage-price miles of U. 8. 50 and state road gj tvo contracts). Ralph Meyers Conround brings another crisis. |trom ‘east fork of White river to|tracting Co., Salem, Ind, was low| Most big labor contracts have|intersection of 16th and M sts. in| bidder on both at $485,504.51 for!
been signed and have six to eight Bedford, Calumet Paving Co., months to run before they can be! dianapolis, $613,196.52. reopened on wages, it was pointed Grading and structures for re- Widening approximately 15 miles out, location of 23 miles of state road of State Road 29, between New Chairman Irving 8, Olds’ of U. 8. 59 from 3 miles north of Carbon! Bethel and Shelbyville (two con-
Ing southern segment and $200,142.86 | for northern segment.
would increase steel production Costs | miles of state Mad 75 from U- 3 964.05 for segment near Shelby *“mhother $1.50 a’ ton. [40°to to one mile northeast of Coates- 1 ville,
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NATIONAL 24-HOUR FORECAST SUMMARY: Residents of the Northeast can look forward to sweltering, sticky weather for the next couple of days. Weather Bureau Forecasters point out a warm, moist southwesterly air stream off the Gulf of Mexico will eause uncomfortable conditions from Texas to Florida and northeastward to Maine, Lowest temperatures will be in the humid uncomfortable 70s from
1s expected to climb to the upper 80s and over 100 degrees in the central and southern Plains States and the Southwest, It will be coolest in the northern Rockies and the Northwest where afternoon readings will be in the 80s. Showers and thunderstorms will develop in the warm, moist air along the Gulf coast, the east slopes of the Rockies and in the Lakes region. (Warm, moist air will build up into tall thunders heads and release storms in the affected areas during the coming 24 hours.) Skies will be partly cloudy in and near the stormy areas. The rest of the U. S. will be clear except for an overcast over south ern Florida. (See inset map.) Tomorrow morning's minimum
July, 30, 147 _ Sunrise vanes | Sunset ...... 8:00
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Three bridges on state road % ville, $257,147.02 by McMahan , Gon- |
Steel's board of directors said tne northward through Mansfield, Tri-| tracts). Middle West Roads Cao.,| new price rise does not allow for State Construction Co., Indianapo-| Noblesville, Ind, was low bidder higher wages to coal miners: - If| lis, $122,860.21. {on both jobs at $108,203.20 for seg- | these .were figured in, .h# said, it| Re- locating and surfacing 56 ment near New Bethel, and $106, |
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Slashes Wife; Slain in Court
| OKLAHOMA CITY, July 30 (U. yesterday.
|P..)—Mrs. Ida Mae Bourbonnais, 39,
when | WAS recovering today from knife (fast clip up and - down
wounds she received yesterday dur«| ing a courtroom brawl. fray, her estranged -husv&ia “waco fatally shot by a constable, The woman was appearing | Justice of the peace court with her |
chef de train, north, and Willlam husband, Jesse James Bourbonnais, | chase.
40, an Indian.
{ately after Justice Otis James or- | |dered Bourbonnais bound over to district court for hearing on a com- | plaint filed by his wife, seeking to have him Placed under $5000 peace | | bond. On the hearing the decision, Bourbonnais whipped out a broken safety ragor blade and slashed his (wife on the abdomen and throat.
~Photo by John Spicklemire, Times Staff | WATCHFUL GUARDIAN—Tom, a 4-year-old collie, relaxes nearby as -his master, Stephen Jacobs (right), 5636 Washington 3509 "N. "Pe Fre nia st. Creek. Two years ago Tom saved his young master’s life by towing him to safety in Lake Freeman.
‘Chase’ Fire 3 Hour BATAVIA, July 30 (U. P).—The
street department truck which was | to
streets so the wind would blow the medical Jn the af-|flames toward the back of the truck.
[ret and called the fire depart-| occupants of the plane in ment,
lan hour to catch up with the truck British woman, wife of The outbreak occurred immedi- ‘and put out the blaze.
Quiz China on Attitude Drunks T T ‘Toward U. S. Business rn 10
‘American fact finding mission headed by Lt. Gen. Albert C. Wede- | P.) —Police meyer has asked the Chinese gov-|linski took action today to discofirernment for a frank statement on its attitude toward American busi-
lowa Court Says Local Man Must Die
DES MOINES, Iowa, July 30 (U.! P,)~An Indianapolis man heid Nt-| tle hope today for reprieve from al death sentence imposed for the 1946 slaying of an Iowa reformatory | guard during an escape attempt. |
The Iowa supreme court upheld | the conviction of Louis Hofer; 35, | Indianapolis, who is scheduled to! be hanged Dec. 10, 1947, for beating: to. death Guard John Hinz, 49, with | a whammer, and using Hinz's auto to escape. A The court denied an appeal. from! the death sentence and ruled tRat| a district judge at Cedar Rapids ‘did not err in submitting to the | {jury the question of whether -cer{taln written confessions were volun- | tary. A jury of eight women and four men convicted Hofer on a charge | of first degree murder. Hofer's! companion, Charles Larson, was, convicted on a charge of second degree murder and sentenced to serve 99. years in prison. { Hofer was serving g 25-year sentence for robbery when he and Larson tried to escape on June 12, 1946. | They were captured two Wo days later
Admit Felling Indo Mercy Plane
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5a 5 Acme Telephoto FACES ROBBERY CHARGE—Sherry Morgan, 24-year-old Hollywood hat check girl is shown in Los Angeles, Cal., whene she is facing charges of robbing a film extra who befriended her. Mrs, Margaret Ferris testified that the hat check gi took more than
Dutch admitted today that Dutch $1000 in clothing from her apartment.
| pilots shot down a DC-3 plane which | was carrying medical supplies to the ndonesian capital of Jogjakarta. Dutch pilots mistook the Ameri- | can-made transport for a Betty or|
8 Shows “Tonight Will Send see “pune oer’ Best Pooches in Semi-Finals
The announcement added that the! -- By ART WRIGHT plane was hedge-hopping in| ‘Thé best peoches from 47 neighborhoods will bid for semi- fina) ease action when it was spotted: [laurels in The Times Mutt Dog. Shaw.tonight.. =. ~_. . Indonesian reports said nine Winners of the six divisions at each playground will be judged in were killed eight district shows at 7 p. m. The best dog of each class will represent when two each district in the city-wide finals to be held Friday at 7 p. m. at down near | University park. Tonight's shows will be held at the following play included a grounds for the parks listed after one of the each: Norwood, Ross Claypool, Yandes. At Brookside—Brookside, George) At Riley—Riley, Eagle, Garfleld, Washington, Morris Square, Oak | Hawthorne, Indianola, Kansas & Hill, Spades. Meridian, Rhodius, At Camp *Sullivan—Camp Sulli-| The public will be admitted free van, Belmont, Cornelius, Lockefleld, to the shows. No new entries of | Northwestern, Rader and Udell. dogs will be accepted. * At Coleman—Coleman, Arnolda, | Judges tonight will be: Henry Wlek-| Lentz, Riverside. Coleman—Mrs. Bert McCammon, Mrs. At Fall Creek—Fall Creek, Broad jose Snyder, Mrs, Martha Scheffe. age drunkeness. | Ripple, 46th & Indianola, 61st a Fahl Pi Bike, Mim Thums
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