Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 18 August 1947 — Page 2
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fi 0 Charges Illegal ‘Fix’ In Steel Price
Alleges Industry Killed Competition
Hope for Envoy To Japan Is Dim
Gen. MacArthur Aide Believed Crash Victim!
HONOLULU, Aug. 18° (U. P).— Hope that George C. Atcheson Jr. Gen. Douglds MacArthur's political
was still alive dwindled to the “ex-
WASHINGTON, Aug 18 (U. P) «~The government today launched its first concrete move against high pricés by charging that the iron and steel industsy, basis of the nation's whole economy, engaged in illegal collusive practices to raise, fix and maintain prices | The government brought its charge against the American Iron and Steel institute and its 100 odd members. - They comprise virtually al! of the industry. The complaint issued by the fed-| eral trade commission charged that the institute, by working to fix identical prices among members, destroyed competition and ‘was unfair) and discriminatory to steel consum-' ers. It also charged that the industry's pricing system prohibited members from cutting prices. Dominates Market | Evidence that the iron and steel producers dominated, controlled and manipulated the market collectively through the mnstitute was shown, the government said, by the steel price rise in July “Producers collectively supported | that increase through the officers of the institute,” the complaint_said “Representative producers have announced. that the increase .aggregated hundreds of millions of dpllars.” { Noncompetitive prices are set, the | FTC said, by a system whieh pro-|
duces “matching” delivered price | quotations to all purchasers “as| though all mills were under one
ownership and control.” The commission charged that these practices violated the federal trade commission act, which forbids unfair methods of competition, The | Justice department, which has begun an investigation to determine whether there is any conspiracy to maintain or raise prices, was not involved in this action
Gets 10-Year Term In $3500 Theft
Jerry Jackson, 47, who escaped from the Marion county Jail: and | was captured three months later in| Tennessee, was sentenced to one to | 10 years on a larceny charge in criminal court 2 today, He pleaded gullty to the theft of a $3500 diamond bracelet ffom the home of Mrs. George Dixon, | 4302 Swanson dr. in January, 1046. | Jackson was alleged to have sold the bracelet to Fruster Jones, | notorious Indiana ave character, | now serving a prison term for man- | slaughter. A charge of receiving
Jones.
Finally
stolen goods is still Rending Against
tremely remote” point today more than 24 _ hours after his‘ B-17 plunged into the Pacific ocean. Apparently . 10 of the 13 men aboard perished when the converted bomber ran out of gasoline en route from Tokyo only a few minutes'| flying time from Hawaii, Three; survivors were brought to Pearl Harbor by naval rescuers, One survivor said. Mr, Atcheson {gripped the sides of his seat a | moment “before thie midnight crash {and said quiétly, “Well, it can't be! | helped. » {| Mr. Atcheson was flying to Wash- | |ington in a plane from Gen. Mac-| Arthur's headquarters to discuss! plans for a Japanese peace treaty. Search units were ordered to watch for highly confidential documents he apparently was carrying. Little Hope Seen Capt. Roy A. Gano, commanding the searching destroyers, said there, was little likelihood that any of the missing men would be found alive. ! Alr transport command officials questioned the survivors in an un{successful..effort to learn why the pilot did not refuel af Johnson {island or allow his passengers to! ‘| bail out over Kauai island. Five shrouded bodies were brought ashore from the destroyer Rowan | last night. A sixth body sank as
CLIMBING 0 FAME—Heeding or the stars is pretty _-
Murray, Harrison, N; Y. -chosen Miss Stardust of 1947" tional beauty contest that drew more than 25000 entries. Along
nan as Hermes tried to recover it.
High army and navy officials said {that Mr. Atcheson's body had not| |beery found. William Bayer, a! Honolulu Advertiser . reporter, insisted that he saw a tag that identifying one of the shrouded bodies taken from the destroyer as ad P id A P 3 d of Mr. Atcheson. At the same tine —— three crewmen of the Hermes asail an romo e serted that the body which they | saw sink was the diplomats. . | One of the recovered bodies was
with the title. she won a $500 prize, a vacation in New York City
and a model ing contract. »
Army Officer Since 1942
Sworn in During Philippine Battle but Never
Had Dog Tag, Later Served on Leyte identified as that of Navy Capt. R. BERKELEY, Cal, Aug. 18 (U. P.).—Lt. Col. Lewis F. Schroeder, 60- 5 ore, len Jeagquarters 1 in : : |' Tokyo confirme a . David year-old former cocoanut plantation operator, was notified today that lore of the headquatters staff also] he stands to receive about $25,000 for his army service in world war II. died in the crash. Col. Schroeder, a lieutenant in the first world war, was commis- m——— sloned during the battle for Malabang airfield
April 29, 1942. Hoosier Bather Killed familiar with the terrain and officers swore him in on the spot without By Speedboat Driver
HAMMOND, Ind. Aug. 18 (U.P.).
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notifying Washington. With the fall of Mindanao, Col.' army corps on Leyte and particle | Schroeder surrendered himself and pated in several assault operations.| —Willilam Witten, 45, Chicago, the 81st Filipino division. He was | Meanwhile, the officer who in- driver of a speedboat which killed taken to Bukidna Mindanao: ducted him on Mindanao three one swimmer and seriously injured A Japanese de ghding finding ng; years before had died and the army | another, told police today he was| army identification on Col could. not decide whether Col. 'unable to see the men in the darkSchroeder, ordered him sent to a Schroeder was really a major. ened water. civilian prison camp. This probably, Last week the army finally de-| The accident occurred about 126 saved his life, since he.was spared cided Col. Schroeder was an officer yards from shore when the men, the rigors of a military camp. | and proceeded to promote him to Benjamin Viskas, 21, and Arthur After being transferred to Santo! Tomas at Manila and then to Losi His back pay will Banos, Col. Scroeder was freed on $25,000. Feb. 23, 1045, by American para- | The army also gave him the same, katellp lost his left leg in the| Aroopers. serial number he carried in world Accident. Both were cut severely)
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adviser and allied council chairman,|.
coast guardsmen aboard the cutter’ A
lieutenant colonel on inactive duty.| Latrello, 22, were swimming early &nd 45 minutes. almost! Sunday morning. Dearborn station at 7:15 p. m. and of Commerce; Mr. Viskas was killed and Mr, |arrive in Indianapolis Union sta- superintendent of the Indianapolis tion of new taverns by a majority | clined by 2,996,911 persons between and a group of | vote of residents living within a ra-| 1940 and 1947 and totaled 37,550,000
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+ . MIRACLE — Burned almost Feysid recognition 22 months ago and given one chance in a million to live, Richard Jackson, 15, Rochester, N. Y., is reunited with his | pets at his home here. Dick underwent:45 skin-grafting operations and was given 210 | pints of blood and plasma after explosion in manhole he and two companions were
exploring. One companion was killed and other i less serious bur burns. Ur UNRRA to En L 0 Ac t New Fast Train [se uneea wo end) goal (Option Ac Ch Ist d i : Re IANGHAY ALE. 18 AB —A Cit di P 1 ene ere je United Nations Relief and Ar ! p in rotest . habilitation agency in China “Tippe- asked UNRRA's central ioe pave Action on an application by Ar-
The hewly christened canoe,’ ments to Nationalist China imme-
ger train,” now plies between Indiately, it was learned today.
dianapolis and Chicago. The Tippecanoe was Christened ,. removed from the “intolerable Neighbors filed notice of a protest
yesterday as the first of a fleet of nogition of supporting one side in|under the new “local option” clause! streamlined Monon passenger trains | the civil war.” the state li 1 which will service Indiana towns. in the 5 quor aw,
The train will operate northbound the ‘New York Stock exchange, | |from Indianapolis daily at 9 a. m. christened the Tippecanoe. | Jaly and arrive at Chicago at 1:15 Who took part in the christening | around the proposed tavern site was tp. | were Mr. Schram; Noble P. Hollis- | > the return trip, the new train ‘ter, executive director of -the In-| will carry the name, “Hoosier,” and dianapolis City Plan commission; signatures from more than a ma-| follow a fast schedule of three hours J. Ralph Fenstermaker, vice presi- jority of residents It will leave the dent of the Indianapolis Chamber against the tavern. WwW. H McKittrick, |
2027 Prospect st. was postponed by|
tion at 11 p. m, {Union railway,
Judges Swamped’ With Week's Entries
By ART WRIGHT Times Photo Contest judges, “snowed under” with entries for the second week's award, promised today that they would annolince the winner in Wednesday's Times. The best photo of the week earns $5 for the amateur picture-snapper.: Even if you doA't win the top prize, your picture might be published in The Times as an honorable mention winner. ' Contest Ends Friday Pictaires now being received will? be judged in the third week contest which closes at midnight Friday. Your entry must be brought to The Times or postmarked by
' streamlined Monon passen- in Washington to halt relief ship- thur Donavan to open a tavern at! { bris.
The UNRRA personnel asked to the county liquor board today when|
{more than 80 per cent residential, and announced they would obtain | the embassy's front lawn.
that time. Entries received after that time will be eligible for the fourth week. : t Your photograph may be of any subject. Why not try some unigue { poses of the children in the fam{ily in some “cute” antics. The un- | usual Has the better chance to win. | The pictures are judged for their i eye-appeal. Ingenuity might even {win out over photographic excel- | lence. | There are no Tees of any kind | for entry. The only restriction is that the photographer must be an amateur An amateur is one whose chief source of income is net derived from photographic work. Rules for Prints. Prints may be of any size, but | they must be black and whité. En|trants must write on the back of {each picture this information: ‘Ad- | dress, telephone number; type cam« |era and type film used, shutter Ee diaphram opening, type lighting. Mail or bring photos to Amateur | Photo Contest, Indianapolis Times, | 214 W. Maryland st., Indianapolis J.
Blame me Pranksters
~ |For Soviet Insult WASHINGTON, Aug. 18 (U. P.. —"“Pranksters” were blamed today for placing a trash-filled pushcart in front of the Soviet embassy here. Police were called yesterday to
remove the pushcart, which was -
{filled with bricks, mortar and deThey said they believed it was put there by “pranksters” the night before. . { It was the second time in recent | weeks that the Soviet embassy has been subjected to indignities.
| The state department announced Five neighbors appeared before|
Others the board declaring that the area |Cution of youthful followers of the | Rev. Gerald L. K. Smith, head of
last week it was seeking the prose-
the so-called Christian Mobilizers, who placed anti-Russian_signs on
in that area, FARM POPULATION DOWN
WASHINGTON, Aug. 18 (U. P).
The state law provides for rejec-| —The nation's farm population de-
.Mrs. Emil Schram, Hoosler-borh Monon officials led by John W. Bar- | | dius of 500 feet of the proposed| last Jan. 1, the census bureau re-
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