Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 9 August 1947 — Page 2
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Cuts by British In Imports Won't Ease Food Prices in U. S.
Heat Wave Damage
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in Corn Belt Offsets
Deflationary Effect Program Might Have (Continued From Page One) in other segments of U.-8..economy, too, unless Marshall plan, or some
other, gives Euyopeans additional purchasing power, Washington and New York—both baffled by sudden large British
withdrawals—wonder if they were made to dramatize British economic |
plight, frighten U. 8, into quicker timetable calls for no special ses- | sion of congress, no approval of more European aid before February at earliest, “Pinancial experts here—usually well-informed on British. operations—see no other plausible reason for suddenly tripling withdrawals, from Joan, in latest week | reported, except possibly serious miscalculations by labor governs ment, NOTE: Ome direct result of British . curtailment will be to leave U. 8. government with mil lions of dozens of support-purs chased eggs on hand. British last year bought all these eggs at cost.
» ~ Inquiry Backfires LOOK FOR BENATE'S Brewster commitvee to pull in its horns when Howard Hughes hearings end, This is first time inquiry by this committee has backfired so sensationally., Mr. Brewster and Mr, Ferguson can be counted on to let next hearing wait till they're sure they can control all angles, Still hanging fire is Brewster investigation of navy's purchases of Arabian oll. Ex-Senator Wheeler, hired as special investigator, quit, and now matter is in hands of committee's regular staff, It is still seeking more “inside” information from White House files. Mr. Ferguson flashed confidential White. House correspondence in Hughes inquiry. It caused only a ripple. Democrats who aren't sore at Brewster-Ferguson escapade are chuckling at its failure to make political capital, Some think Brgwster's presidential ambitions which he took seriously, other Republicans say—are hurt. beyond repair. Mr, Brewster insisted on this special committee for war investi= gations and its creation was one of the hottest political fights last January. Democrats proposed in quiry by regular senate commit tee, as reorganisation act provided. Special group won by two votes.
WOMEN SOUVENIR hunters
action on Marshall Plan, _ Present
starts on Taft-Hartley. Procpdmes
| and penalties differ. Probability is
board will decide to administer old penalties for unfair practices proved to have occurred before Aug. 22, on theory that new law can't be retroactive, » . .
Speaks to Hoosiers
REP. FRED A. HARTLEY'S doing a thriving business explaining new labor law to employer groups.
If It Fails,
Two-day seminar on Taft-Hartley |
act Is scheduled by Indiana Cham-
ber of Commerce, and Hartley will |
be paid speaker. Even with their new $15000 salaries, several senate and house members increase Incomes further by speaking for
Ball (R. Minn,), unable to fill Cleveland speaking date, offered it to another G. O, P, colleague and told him fee was. $1000, ~ " » HOUSE SMALL business committee will begin intensive study of tax-exempt co-ops next month. Question ' whether co-ops are growing at expense of small busi ness 1s hot one, sure to be issue next year, Committee will hold hearings in Washington, Seattle, Los An--geles, and other western cities, Chairman Walter Ploeser (R. Mo.), 18 against co-ops; ranking Democrat Wright Patman.is pro. Committee also will study mining subsidies along way.
nn » ” Cool Toward -DP’s ALASKANS are cool to proposals that displaced persons be admitted to U. 8. if they promise to settle in Alaska, Territory wants all settlers it can accommedate and has no objection to suitable Europeans, but right now it's chock-full,
Thousands of veterans and other Americans have gone there | this summer, have created housing shortage worse than any in U. 8. Since construction materials must be imported at high | freight rates, housing costs more there.
doesn’t know how some migrants, now living in trailers and shacks there, can stay, this winter.
Hohe hae fleld day at
‘hearings. After rush to “press tables, scogp up large glass ashtrays, dump contents, and put trays in their handbags. Each day Janitors in senate office building have to supply new ones.
Fight Book Clubs
INDEPENDENT book - sellers may take thelr fight against book clubs to court. If they do, their suit will be against some of major publishers rather than clubs. They claim publishers are gullty of unfair trade practices in making special rates to outfits like Book-of-the-Month club, and will seek to get same prices for retailers. Right now, they're trying to work it out without court fight.” Retallers claim there are 64 book clubs in U, 8, all underselling market. Book - of - the- | Month is biggest, sells between | 700,000 and 750,000 books month ly. Stanton Griffis, newly ‘appointed ambassador to Poland, is principal stockholder in Brentano’s, whose New York manager, Joseph Margolies, is leading fight,
v.58 ONE PROBLEM for national labor relations board: What to do after Aug. 22 with its backlog of 4500 old cases. On that date, board oeases administering Wagner act,
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Town Seeks $2000 To Aid Fire Victim
OSHKOSH, Wis, Aug. 9 (U, P) --Residents of Oshkosh started a campaign today to raise $2000 to | help an eight-year-old girl get new | skin for her burned body. Penny Carvilllon was burned seriously July 19, when her dress caught fire as ‘a playmate lit a
!match. She has been in the hos-
pital since, and doctors said expensive skin grafts must be performed to save her life. "The Centennial Ladies, sonic organization, the fund drive,
a Mais sponsoring
Haywagon Figures
In Accident Toll
A horse-drawn haywagon, a fire department pumper and a police car figured in today's police department accident reports, but no one was Injured in the separate collisions.
Jones, 75, of 2362 Hovey st. collided with an auto driven by
Fair Grounds.
The pumper from fire station 9 JY 500 Belle Vieu pl. a car driven by Mabel Sutton of Brazil at Tibbs ave. and Michigan | st. yesterday afternoon. Patrolman - Robert Miller was alone in-squad car 16 when he looked down for a moment to make a note in his radio code book and the car rolled over the trolley tracks in the 1500 block of College
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Probers Still Hunt Johnny Meyer
(Continued From Page One) the opportunity’ to make himself scarce. The committee ‘wants to ask him some more questions about his expense accounts. The committee
Contrary to pre-probe bulldups, the women probably will not put in an appearance before the com-
also decided to} pass up the New York and Holly wood lovelies whom Mr, Meyer paid $100 a night for entertaining at his parties,
girls were subpenaed and there were hints that even more “cheese~ | cake” would be on display in the |
senate caucus room. l
But a committee ald sald today! there are no plans to call any of the charmers for questioning. When asked about this, Mr, Fer- | | suson sald grumpily: “I never sald any girls would be
[ean We put them under sub{pena just In case we wanted to call |
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fees, Recently Senator Joseph H. { them.”
‘Staked Reputation’ { After Mr. Pulton withdrew, Mr, Hughes was put back on the stand,
‘ibout the contracts, Senator Claude | Pepper (D. Fla.) asked Mr. Hughes for his present opinion of the
200-ton flying boat, which still has|
not flown, “I've staked my reputation on
this flying boat,” Mr. Hughes said. Lakewood, were Frederick Pohle, 37; |last year after a personal appeal his wife, Loraine, 36, and Theodore Marshal Stalin, will
“It it 1s a failure I probably will| leave this country ‘and never _come | back.” Mr. Pepper asked Mr. Hughes if | there were any fraud or corruption involved in the $18 million flying boat contract—one of two contracts under investigation. v “I certainly do mot know of any,” Mr. Hughes said. “Was this project: undertaken with a profit motive?” Mr. Pepper continued, Police in Room ‘The contract specifically sald that no profit could:-be made,” Mr, Hughes replied, Mr. Hughes also testified that army air force procurement officers. displayed “hatred” toward (him: because he didn't entertain
them as much as other aviation
companies did. “They thought me stuck up, too he sald, “because
IT sat out in my Hollywood balli-
| wick Instead of going to Wright
{field to kow tow to them.”
Mayor of Pairbanks says he
Police were scattered around the hearing room today to preyent demonstrations such as have occurred in recent days. Mr, Fergu-
# “Zfson Thstructed them to remove any
spectator who elapped his hands or otherwise disturbed the decorum of the hearing. The audience has been con-
sistently friendly to the witnesses,
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{ particularly to Elliott- Roosevelt and { Mr, Hughes.
Suspect Bagged By Bag of Silver
Detectives today questioned a 38-year-old ex-convict who had 42 pounds of pure silver in his possesfon when he was arrested last ight. The suspect is Noble Sims, resident of the Barton hotel. Police said Sims has “a record a mile long” and is now under bond on a second degree burglary charge. He was arrested on Indiana ave. last night after police received reports he was trying to sell the silver, When captured, police found a bag containing pure silver melted into small balls. Today, Sims refused to make a statement. In municipal court 4 today, a charge of vagrancy was
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| good wishes fo (left to right] Miss cs Shultz and Miss Leora Crumrine, both of Indianapolis, and Miss Annie B. Foust, Anderson. They are three of the 167 candidates for graduate and undergraduate degrees who took part in commencement exercises yesterday,
‘Motorboat Capsizes,
{After some . additional questions 3 Drown in Lake Erie
CLEVELAND, Aug. 9 Three persons were drowned early | yesterday in Lake Erie after their
motorboat capsized In choppy wa-| hi t h |ters only 100 yards offshore. John Strohm, newspaper writer, who |
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NASHVE LS Vila Seities _rvo nd., Aug. 9.~ 2108 Slate Service Brown county boys were given an BLOOMINGTON, Ind. Aug. 8. even chance today of surviving the dreaded Rocky mountain spotted
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The victims, all from suburban Made an extensive tour of Russia fever after blood transfusions from
to Van Buren township neighbors.
Nelson Roberts, 6, has been re-|At
Pair Captured 3
After 2 Gas Station Hol c
(Continued From Page One) filling stations where they were identified as the bandits. A 22-cali-
ber pistol, 20 cartridges, two knives|
and $80. were recovered from the men. ’
At about the same time police
were called to a liquor store. at
2241. W. 10th st. to investigate a
burglary. Jake Cristoft, the owner,,.
sill. The desk lieutenant then put out a broadepst to hold any persons
found cut for investigation.
An hour later
with Guiford Kimball, 21, of 1164 N. Pershing ave.; John Roberts, 21, 942 N. Sheffield ave.; James Johnson, 21, of 1014 N. Miley, and Patricia Shaw, 21, of 1125 N, Pexshing ave. Police recovered the case of whisky.
MARRIAGE LICENSES
Edgar Beeman, North Vernon; Gayle Mosier, : 31 Shelby. 221 Ber Virginia | 4
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Rob ert, °M, ig "Massachussss
t, Esther Ruth | ur h Edward R, Bs I 8a Sot he es May
is, 4 s te iam ey Fra, 438 Mora a3 ‘Pletcher; Roselle
“Reece, 3 L. Xiing, 1934 N. Pennsylvania;
\ itord uflford; a Hin Asse, Meridia willis | Thomas, 4239 "Boulevard era Fox, » 5 6087 Ww Morris; Norma ames, (a) 8. Lyo ns, william D. Kiilion, Pt. Benjamin Harrison; Mary Frances Bearden, Augusta,
Pravele M. Hoagland, 2321 English; Esther
Clinton’ D. Heck, Shelbyville; Dorothy B. Hodges, Shelbyville.
BIRTHS . Twins At City—James, Helen Morgan, Joys: LeRut h Gibson, | poy, and
ris it. is—Keith, Marguerite Herbert, Ab 8. Prac Ethel Mae Taylor; David,
oF Thomas, Vivian Guire; Robert, Thelma Rafferty; Charles, Kather-
‘In Indianapolis
At St, intent’ 's—David, “Rg. Mary Joseph i: Hai Solen enber; Be ary Mas lla an Bowman;
Prank, Ma Smile Edward, UF. none Buskirk, 2138 !H Delaware: arton, Dorothy Terry, fin Sheldon; Paris, Lois , 512 : Boys At_ St. Francis—James, Annabelle Stahl; Robart Geneve Landis; Bugene, Helen
Byard, ini Jones; Virgil, Betty Nutter, nor, Thelma Lamb; Paul,
Mildred Chapple 1 Christine Street,
At City—Claude | At Coleman—Raym Malo ane: At Methodlat—Jean, Be Clark, Susan Russell; James, CN Bard, Sangre Bo i ’ Ervin an nays: erA Lawther; ern Toba Cohen: ohn, Geraldine Deeteg At St. Vincent’ »— Harold, Morris; John, Hanshew; Harriet At. Home—1Isanc, Lina Well | 2534 E. asin Jogk Hel Robertson, 45. 5. Behe he 1a: Tn § fine Rad Tr, ‘530 & 0 eld: uther, Mary Chandle Michigan; Waiter McGee, 1653 Alvor DEATHS
Jenny Burton, 3, at 432 N. Arsenal; cerée
bral hemorrhage Merritt Ware, "at 2320 EB. Raymond, arteriorsclerotic heart Louise Bohn,
sclerosis. Alice Doran, 67, at 520 E. Vermont, chrpnio myocarditis Alda Goar, 81, at 1320 Bugense, cerebral
appear at the Farnham. Two other persons were turned to his home, but his brother,| in, Leighto: hemorrhage. . rescued. The five were on a mid- final convocation of the summer| George, 15, remains in Riley hoop. A MeiBodiet Robert, Marsares yi sans Fenner, o, at 0 Esai hyper {night fishing party when the ac- session at 7:15 p. m. Monday at In-|tal under an oxygen tent. con- Be Fad ett: Robert, Helen Gasper; Maggie arman, 4 ne I on gavel noma, | cident occurred. diana university. dition is still critical, 0g ck Louse, Moulton: Francs, Ein Ve vasoylar’ renal : evs
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eighteen hundred eighty-seven. A group of railroad managers
organized Railroadmen’s Building and Savings Association.
‘Thousands of citizens financed homes during the period of
expansion which halted as the country fought the Spanish-American
.l War,
expansion of the town which was growing into a large city. /
World War Two brought heartaches and problems to all citizens and,
with returning peace, denfands for housing.
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build a greater and happier city of homes in the years ahead.
Railroadmen’s
Federal Savings and Loan Association pledges its services to help
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