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Acts to Win State Aid in Budget

(Continued From Page One) Meyer put out L183_ for a dinner | party at the Monte Carlo club and $78 for dinner at Leon and Eddie's. Another item was $75 for “presents: for two girls.” More dinner parties followed on; Aug. 23. 26 and 27 In New York) and Washington, On the night of | Crisis the 27th Mr. Meyer's vouchers Hated | $76 for dinner at the Statler hotel | Py NOBLE ig [in Wadington and $50 for “girls TERRE HAUTE, Ind, Aug. 2-- At hotel Cate." OfMcials of Indiana's 102 cities to- Present for Faye day organized forces to throw their| Inc ltided in Mr. Meyer's spending | weight into state polities In both |Apree wan-an item of $132 for nylon | the Republican and Democratic hose as & present. to Faye Emérson parties bao fsked whether the! This action was based upon A i resolution passed by the. Indiana New Yo or " Wie a Municipal leagud here yestgrday, in ment wag Yuta natieall which the mayors resolved to sub- Mr arte Tivo ny gor - v mit planks for the state phatforms | wiokeonidh' i) ©f both major parties next year. | Tuy Tul ver wiped al hid face With | ai The resolution. WRK Dased upon |, ‘ypie sik handkerchief as he reports from the mayors of all In- sought to explain how he flew to! diana cities that unless they get co- yoo work to provide that round of operation from the state FOVErn- | cries, ment most cities-will face oda’ Mr. Ferguson showed s photostat ruin in the next few years. [ of An army air force priority oh Adopt Flection Plan [which he traveled, Mr. Méyer said; The Municipal league also pmssed he didn't know that he was travel. a. résolution providing for the in- ing on a priority and assumed Mr, | dorsement of a slate of candidates Hughes had got it for him, for the legislatire next year. The Promoted Hughes' Pleture resolution stated that only the, He sald his sole original purpose candidates favorable lo late aid In going to New York was to pro for eities would be indorsed. mote Mr, Hughes* picture, “The Passage of the fesolution oli- Outlaw,” and he had not Intended maxed the 47th annual convention '0 meet Bilioti Roosevelt. of the Municipal League during | On the same plane en route to which speakere warned thar cities New York with him was Faye will need more state support in or. | Emerson, soon to be Elliott's bride, der to maintain proper local gov-| { BL he sald 3t was “really quite a ernment, | coincidence: aba she was on w lution calling (or XK stRte«wide cam- Mr, Mr. Meyer | pain to o. the pext Tes : Banos. Retaad; 3s. M his. to pass a bill ‘providing for re- | Rin. oNGE nent of "five bedporiionment of répreséntaiives r - gut Waa ‘SYASIve. the general Aasémbly. Fitst he answered that “1 don't 27-Year Lapse Cited Know , , , he might have siept there Mayors polfited out no re- Appor. | a night. » Pressed on the point, he tioment hag beep provided in Answer: “fF would say 80. years and that during that -time ‘Didn't Drink It All population of-eltiés has incrédied| Mr. Mayr defended hus Tiquor exwithout gettiig a bigger share of | pendituré &s “not much,” representatives in the legislature, “1 might have been planning an In a speech at the close of the extended Stay . liquor was quite | convention, Governor - Gated _de- |Xpensive™ he said fended the state's fiscal policies in Mr. Meyer agreed with Senator | regard to redistribution of ‘tax! Pepper that ‘Col. Roosevelt didn't mosey to local communities, drink 16 all. He said that out of $84 million| Just a: few appropriated by the state annually, made his recommendation’ for the #53 million is going back to local | Hughes planes, Gen. H. H. (Hap) communities in the form of state] Arnold, airforce chief, ordered. Mr. aid to schools, payment of Ledéhers' Hughes to build 100 of the Planes. salaries and welfare benédfits. Only a few Weeks earlier Clen.| However the governor agreed Arnold had ofdersd ait force ma-| with the mavors that the cities leriél men to stop materiel shipneed help in solving their financial | Menta to Mr. Hughes for the plane problems,

Cities’ Nett Tragie

progress reports on the ship. Ir. said it was “fair to “The needs of our cities rely, fy tertaliing Col. Roosetragic,” he said. . “Extensive $yuay velt in New York Aug. 21, 23 and will Be needéd to ind ways tosolve | gq» fro the, financial plight of the cities? Vor ORR Me proposed that 4 committee of | «py the parties were %o large,” mayors be appointed to work With! added, the governor's tax fommistion to ay Meyer sald he thoughit Mise find & solution, Emerson was at all the parties. A few minutes after the OOVEr-| Mr Perguson took up the $132

nar spoke, the mayors adopted jam of nylon hose—"present for

résolution calling for the appoint-! aise Emerson.” ment of six mayors to work with| «why were you charging $132 of | three state senators and three rep- | Nylon hose to niroraft production?” resentatives in an effort to. solve 1s asked. = the financial érisis of the cities “Because she “Miss Enersor) had | The League elected Mayor John pean very charming.” R. Britten of Richmond, as new| «well, then” Mr. Ferguson asked president fo succeed Mayor Pred |r another item. “why did you give | Ferick of Garrett. Other officers hor $90 to go home if she was so elected were Mayor Kenneth Demp- | very charming?” sey, Bouth Bend, fret vied presi- | Spectators and committee memdent; Mavor George DeVault, Lafa- | pers burst inte laughter. vette, second vice president; Mayor | Mr. Meyer bellowed: “That's W. Vineent Youkey of Orown | very good —1'll concede that.” Point was re-elected secrefary-| pater he explained that he took treasurer, and Sylvia. A. Sapirif, Miss Emerson to the airport and F8EOIting § Recretary. she discovered she. had no money. “I finally corsented to give her

Aug. 2 to Chick Farmer, preas agen

$20." - plane contracts: | ough exploration of this charge by Mother, n Slain Nee Shot 4 0 pagent nt] ONE: Mr. Hughes announced that! the attorney general.”

for the El Marocco club, My. Meyer |

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ask the photographer not to take EAST CHICAGO, Ind, Aug. 2 (U. 4 picture of Mr, Roosevelt, He ). = A M-year-6ld cab driver qidn't want it tolappear.” wiiked into the police station here! He said he had never seen the erly today and told police that {hicture “it might have been a piehe had just killed his wife during |e of him going to the men's ah argument over “Her boy friends.” Police investigated and Ito Four Party Girls Blaise Lovin, 21, lyihg on the floor | way Mever said be had “no idea” with her head under the kitchen! who the four party girls were who stove. gob the presents at dinner on Aug. |® The couple's three children—'2) or the two girls who got the presMary Anne, 1; Phyllis, 2, and Bon- ens Aug. 22. nie Jean, 3—-and a niece, Sara Jane| «would they be girls eating at Hartman, were asleep In & nearby (he same dinner?” Mr. Ferguson bedroom. aske The cab driver, Clifford lovin, |

d “Positively.” told police that he beat and Mr, Ferguson questioned Mr. strangled his wife,

Meyer closely about an $83 bill which Elliott Roosevelt had signed

California Holds | Hoosier on one occasion for a dinner at New

York's 21 club, On Banditry Charge Mr. Meyer sald he had refunded

"LONG BEACH, Cal, Aug. 2 (U.[the money to Mr; Roosevelt beP.).—Merritt Longhrake, 53, an CAuse he was Ye one doing the | - Indiana parolee, was héld today! entertaining. for arraignment Aug. 8 on a charge| Asked by Senator Pepper if he| of attempted robbery. {always caught the check at the exLongbrake was accused of using |Pensive dinners, luncheons and & toy pistol. to attempt to holdup | cocktail parties, Mr. Meyer replied Robert W. Barkin, 37, at a check! that he “never saw anyone else cashing office July 18. pick up a check in my entire war.” Police said he was an unemployed All -Considered Work carpéntér whose record showed he| One entry in the Hughes comwas involved in 4 Roann, Ind, bank! pany’'s . records relating to Mr. robbery in 1635 and served several Meyer read: Years in prison in Indiana. “Lunch at 21 (New York reéstaurant) alone—thank God, $6."

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driven by Anna E. Warren, Harts. | ville, accordirig to state police. IL Today and EVERYDAY . ..

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and told Mr. Hughes to stop sending !. . . . | Hughes account,” Mr.

Cease Fire’ ty i Order Rushed

[ must have been considered work.

“It certainly was,” Mr. Meyer < Mr. Pepper objected io thé con- 0 1eSia stant references to” the entertainiment of Elliott Roosevelt. He asked UN Yokes Action

Mr. Meyer to read all of the items | To Nip War in Making

listed in the eA. account reeords. {| Mr. Meyer observed thai young| LAKE SUCCESS, N, Y., Aug. 2 Roosevelt “was only one of 4. thou-| (U, P.J=*A United Nations cease sand and one army and havy peo-| fire appeal was rushed to the wars | ple” he entertained during the war. ring Duteh and Republicans of In. | Mr. Ferguson pointed out that donesia today. The United Nations Mr. Meyer had visited the Pentagon security council walched hopefully | building, as shown by an: expense {for proof that it can filp & war in item, and asked ‘whom he saw, the making. { [there, United Nations diplomats were “1 don't remember,” Mr. Meyer elated by the first positive peacesald. keeping action ever (aken by the Bought Railroad Tickets council, They were Sige of an “But you did 40 over thers on an} ®8r1Y Tesponse lo a formal request " for immediate cessation of the In. Slipiare mission?” Mr, Ferguson doeaian confict Mr.| The cease-fire was transmitted ‘| formally to Dutch officials here and in Washington, and rushed oy cable to leaders of the Indonesian forces

os right,” Meyer replied, Mr, Meyer admitted that he had purchased railroad tickets for Elliott Roosevelt and members of his party {lo travel from New York to Wash(ington. But he said he ¢id this only| Prom Batavia—Dutch and Indo{because of a mixup in reservations, | Nesian communiques today reported [He sald Mr. Roosevelt's original| brisk fighting in Java and Sumatra | itiekets had been stolen from the despite the United Nations’ order | Rite<Tower hotel, that firing stop. ; Itemeafter-item, many with «| Commanders on each side appar“champagne ditio” item, were read ®ntly had not had enough time to inte the record by Mr. Meyer, receive and act on the demand. One item covéred lipstick, and a| In an unprecendent display of {taxieab ride for “Katherine Bootn”| What the United Nations can do if on the West const. Mr. Perguson|iheé two big. powers get together, asked - what, this had to do with|the® council voted 8 to 0 last night {plane production. Mr, Meyer re-|to call for an immediate end of the [plied Indonesian fighting. It requested Gay Entertainment both sides to settlé their diffefences “Well Mr. Hughes was with me peacefully and keep the council in«im that all right? 11 hear about | formed of progress. thet 48 lipstiok item for the rest of| Missle and the United States, my life thélf diplomatic hatchet still far He told of gay entertainment al|from buried, nevertheless joined in MF. Hughes leased Doheny Hotde in'leading the cease-fire move. Grea: {California There was an item for| Britain, France and Belgium abI ‘Frank—a butler for all night |stained in a feeble effort to support | WOrk-—may be he made us a few their colonial colleague, the Neétherdrinks.” lands, in averting any United NaA 1044 luncheon for Faye Emet-|tions action. {son was entered. While the result was only al “What did this have to. do with|formal resolution—a combination of | planes?” Mr. Ferguson persisted. |oaretully chosent and bitterly de: | “It's part of what every manu-| bated words—diplomats here apfacturer does” Mr. Meyer replied. peared happy at this first sign that “Was Mr. Roosevelt there?” the! the United Nations can put its foot senator asked {down on a trouble spot in even the “No, that'sfwhat I don't under-| mildest way. stand about the air corps,” Mr.| The council turned aside arguMeyer shot back. ments By the colonial powers that Charged to Account the United Nations had no jurisAnothér luncheon “with ¢ham- diction over the case. After voting pagne'~cost Mr. Meyer-$76.10 of Mr. to issue the cense-fire appeal, ft Hughes’ money at LAos Angeles reaffirmed its intention to speak [ restaurant, and also was atierided up in the Indonesian conflict by ae- | by the beautous Faye. |cepting a Polish request for “It was all part of my discretion | progress report from thé Duteh and I though I'd charge it to the Indonesian Republicans. Meyer ex-| Russia also took a setback before plained. the all-day session ended when it At times Mr. Hughes acodbmpanied | gob. only Pdland to support an ats Elliott and Faye and the checks) tempt to make both sides withdraw Would: be chitged to Mr. Hughes | their fighting forces t6 the positions personal account, Mr. Meyer said. [they occupied when the fighting Mr. Meyer's vouchers for Blliott's| began. account showed a 1045 trip to the| Soviet Delegate Andrel Gromyko Roosevelt ancestral home at Hyde Made no bones about his intentions. Park, N: Y., and at least ane ex- |The Dutch, he said, will have penditure for the late President's Mopped up in Indonesia in & few

the jovial

Report Brisk Fighting

“THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

daughter—Anna - Roosevelt Boet- mote days and will hold a coms | tiger, and daughter-in-law, Mrs. |plefe advantage over Indonesians | James Roosevelt, Mr. Ferguson recessed {committee until Monday after fit { had started to turn its attention to Schel Johnson, the nine other dele- | Mr. Meyer's war-time draft status, | gates of the council abstained while | which the publicity man explained | Only Mr. Gromyko and Polish Delecarried a deferment because of de- | gate Oscar Lange supported the pendents. | move. | Mr, Ferguson sald that Elliott [Roosevelt would testify Monday and ng Meyer would be kept under | TWO: Mr. su na for later testimony next! Mr. week on his draft status. | Other Developmenis

the sub pre-fighting "position. -

| World airline and Pan-American | airways. Brewster challenged Hughes to repeat the charge “under oath.” He offered to waive his congressional immunity and tes- | Meanwhile, these were thé other tify as “a plain citizen” in answer developments in the congressional | 1o the allegations. He said he would inquiry into Mr. Hughes’ wartime | ‘welcome and invite the most ther-

he would leave Hollywood Monday| THREE: Mr. Roosevelt was schedand arrive here in time to testify|uled to appear Monday, and al- | Wednesday—as ‘he liad originally | though he was not under subpena, planned. After a daylong hide-and-| Mr, Ferguson told reportérs he had |seek session with a deputy U. 8.[assurances that Elliott would be on marshal carrying a senate subpena,| hand. Mr. Hughes leveled another blast etme at Senator Owen Brewster, chair- CZECH STAR WEDS man of the full investigating com-| PRAGUE, Aug. 2 (U. P).—Mumittee. He said he had “no re-|nticipal officials disclosed today that |spect” for Mr. Brewster and reiter- Lida Baarova, Crech film star and lated charges that the Maine senator | One-time friend of Joseph Goebbels; wns trying to use the probe to force | Was married last Monday to Jan A merger of Mr. Hughes’ Trans- Kopecky, n actor.

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SATURDAY, AUG. 2, 1047

Washington Calling—

U. S. Ready to Push Plans for Peace Without Waiting for Aid From Soviets

(Continued From Page One) gram which Attlee government is instituting to lessen strain on Britain's ecomomy: - Number - of. | British troops in Germany 46d. Thieste area will be sharply re. duced, and y j British withdrawal fri This ‘may leiVe 1s in Trieste, njay mean demand forAmerican troops in Oreece—and

ece,

may reopen whole Oreek-Turkish |

problem. “Meanwhile, two resolutions ale ready have been presented to senate calling for . revision of United Nations charter, elimina«

"tion of veta, And Amvets' con-

vention next week will propose new United Nations Russia. »

» » 3 Are Threatened TERRORISM growing out of Palestine situation now threatens here. Three leaders of American

League for a.Pree Palestine have |

been warned - they will be as. saulted—ex-Benator Guy M, Gil. lette, ex-Rep. Will Rogers Jr, and Johann Smertenkad. Identical letters, French, were three this signed, they

written In received by the week. Though une« were written on

letterheads of “Defenders of the | and were | All warned-

Arabs of Palestine,” mailed from Paris. defenders - would strike soon agains? “Hebrew assassins” and sald “Your turn is coming” » » ” CORN CROP estimate will be

Up in next agriculiare report. |

Growing weather has beén good. That's about only cheery note in otherwise gloomy Inflation picture. But no amount of good westher will produce three-billion-bushel crop or more, which was expected before floods, Best that good weather and a_ late frost ean do .vow is just under three billion bushels. Next 60 days will tell sory. ”

Profits still Hig h PRESIDENT'S a report played it

profits in second three. months of 1047. First half shows profits, alter taxes, “by all odds the biggest ever,” one Such publication says. It adds “if the second half of the year is equally good, total 1947 earnings will be nearly 50 per c¢ént above last year's record $12,539 000.000." Economi¢ report says quietly

without :

down, but business | journals headline contintied high |

that profits are high enough to ‘permit price reductions or wage increases; points out that aver-

‘age-family ‘has $956 to spend now, | ; | there's.little future for you works

after taxes, compared With $1011 { last year; that average ‘savings | &re only 88 per cemt of income fated with 9.3 per cent last

“PRUPUSKD re AmerAR treaties (6 be presented lo Aug.

| American diplomats at Rip De Janeiro siready Have been drafied. Some think parley will be merely short ratification somion. w Na - Camps Frozen NAVY'S general board has report upcoming on what shall be done about scaling down domes. ti¢ stations of all sorts. May propose sallogation of some Mir sta« | tions to air force, under unifica~ tion, and some transfer of medi | coal facilities to veterans’ administration. It's almost certain to bring how! from congressmen in Whose districts abandonment of gtations is proposed. Meanwhile, under last-minute sénate resolution, army, navy and WAA are freezing camps and similar properties heretofore declared surplus, until after re-ex-amination by congress. They'll

{ March 15. In some cases this has stopped plans of veterans to form | co-operatives and take over offi- | cer and non-com quarters for housing. [J ” » DECISION not ip pass bill upping payments lending schools and colleges was made at a hush-hush ‘meeting of house Republican steering | commitiee presided over by . Speaker Martin. Consefistis was that veterans attending schools were not suffering from high prices any more than others. Senator Taft tried to hold bill in Senate, Was over ridden when Se | pushed it through, > : 8 a

Fuel Shortage FUEL SHORTAGE is responsi- | hie for two drastic steps téken by Adm. Nimite.

average 30 knots while launching their planes. Second step kiiocks | ‘out all special | scheduled this wintéf. Reserves | will get some sea duty, but they'll

15 conference of U. 8, and Latin-

not ‘be- released -for sale before :

to veterans At- |

ator Morse |

rééeive.. criilses | Dev

be put aboard ships making régu- |

lar cruises, . ” IF YOU'RE not

a veteran,

“ing for government, sdys: one personnel officer. He's advising | ambitious non-veterans to go into | private business, Reason is “veteran preference” and the. millions who are en titléd to Mt. In competition for government jobs, all veterans get five-point advantage, disabled ories, 10- points. - Alsd, some jobs

may bé hald Suly by veterans, '

and in others, § 'yYeteran who

ranks amofig firkt “three in ex-,

amination must get the job unless shown to be unfit, » gn

2-Term Presidenc G. 0. P. APPARENTLY must sell southern Democrats if it's to get amendment limiting presie dency to two tems written into constitution. So far, 17 states have ratified, but only one, Colorado, ¢an be considered semi: Democratic. It has Democratid | governor, Republican legislature, Oklahoma, Texas have turned ! down amendment. »

to admit 400,000 displ persons into U. 8. are appréhénsive about senate committee set up to in- | vestigate immigration problem. | They regard chairman, Senator Chapman Revercomb (RW. Va.) as opponent, and think he'll stack evidence against them. Mr. Rev-

self, says ofily that investigation is needed. His committee will visit Europe. s . . ARMY WILL spend $75,000, navy $50,000, training dnd feeding soliders and sailors who compéte | in Olympic games next . year. | Army alréady has talent scouts out in all areas.

Neither service men now Avery

Brundage, president of U. 8. Olympis committee, expect games to be canceled because of reports undernourished Europeans

| Brundage says undernourishment angle has been exaggerated, cites

had high competitive marks.

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| reception of shortwave broadcasts [Will bé only fair today and temorrow, with disturbances predicted for | Monday through Friday néxt week, ‘national bureau of standards fore-

can't | compete with Americans. Mr. |

recent preliminary games in Oslo | whefe several hundred Europeans |

On Trial Dates

8 Defendants Ordered

« To Take Normal: Turns

b The prosecutor's office ‘today dis-

{eontinued its policy of permitting

top {early trials of cases as AR aActommo-

dation to defetidanis who Are un{able to appear at regular, Rjeduled hearings. Eight 'defendents who Soteschied uled to appear in court this morning at their own request instead of taking their normal turn; were notified by the prosecutor's office they would have to go. through [regular channels, Specific Case Cifed = The action came after an Indianapolis businessman spent two and A half hours in jail ‘on ‘a speeding charge dor which he had already paid a fine John T, ‘Wolf, - 2096 Ath et, was arrested at hid homs Thursday

night and was taken fi ‘A police

wagon to the city lockup; “fingerplied and held until he Produced

An investigation yestorday revealed Mr. Wolf had appéased be-

fore Judge Alex Clark in miihicipal jeourt 4 July 34, the day He was * jatresed on the speedifig charge and (paid a fine of $1 ahd $5 costs.

Siys Police Laughed Mr. Wolf said “the police laughed

at me at the time of the arrest,

(even when 1 showed them hy re-

{ceipt for the fine and costs.”

“I was greatly embarrassed when {my neighbors saw me being taken away to jail” he said, “and my {young son doesn't know what to | tink of me.”

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