Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 1 September 1947 — Page 1

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. FORECAST: Partly cloudy and somewhat warmnier with scattered showers today ending tonight.

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MONDAY,

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SEPT (EMBER 1, 1947

nt Indianapolis, Ind

Fair tonight and tomorrow.

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Second-Clasgs Matter at. PostofMce Issued daily eXcept “Sunday

ered as

RICE FIVE CENTS

58th YEAR—NUMBER 149 =~ °°

160,000

CAFETERIA ‘DELUXE — Mr, McKay moves along the

line in the com

STEADY JOB — Typical Américas “workman William McKay operates an air hammer. on a truck chassis in the Marmion- Heringron Co. plant

pany cafeteria.

AMERICAN. HOBBY — Mr. McKay's | diversion s-his

hobby of ‘ra

ising rabbits.

Mi. Workingman Reflects: Life in'U. S. Best on Earth

Typical Indianapolis Worker Has Steady Job, track,

~ Owns Home, Saves Money, Raises Rabbits

By LOUIS A

! MR. WORKINGMAN of Indianapolis laid

| and took a rest. And as he rested, an American workingman. Nowhere else in the world do Eat so well thiee times a day.

AT DAY'S END — Tired from his day's work, Mr. McKay enters.his home which | : : he owns, : |

work week, | Live in .such well-convenienced homes, { ” { IN lexample, the average man works a month to earn what an Ameri:lcan makes in-a week. A chickén costs 50 rubles 185), a fish, and it takes six months’ pay to buy a suit of clothes. Years of perseverance have won b. Ithe American worker the benefits he enjoys today along with the b. | world’s highest standard of living. Typical of the average Indianapolis working man is William F. McKay, 55. The air hathmer he regularly operates during the week at the Marmon-Harrington plant on W. Washington st. is cooling off today. He and his wife and three children are swimming at Longacre park. :

n » ” THE HEAD of the McKay family looks about him and is well pleased Fi with things. Work is steady. Ten years, ago when he weit to the plant there were numerous lay-offs and he had to supplement his weekly pay check by doing general ‘hauling with a {small truck) gy

FAMILY LIFE— Mr. and Mrs. McKay and" their children enjoy life to its utmost— | Now he works a 40-hour week and

\provides adequately for his wife sithough they would like to see prices come down. IToVides | adeataly Lor in Bie

Truman Aids Bid for Labor Vote; on AE Aftack High Prices, Taft-Hartley Act

The neat little house at 1342 E {Kelly st, in which Mr, McKay ha lived for the past 48 years is his {There is Morey in the bank, WASHINGTON, Sept. 1 U.P) ~The Truman administration to-| bor rally in Municipal stadium, | day unfolded a portion of its 1948 political strategy to win the labor|Chicago. C. I. O. President Philip HIB DAUGHTERS are employed .Aote (by attacking high. prices and pushing welfare legislation favored| MUITay was slated to speak at alat a nearby cleaning establishment. by ions. meeting jn Kansas City. This summer they will have earned! , Mr. Truman tipped his hand on)enough money to buy the clothes Mr. Truman's bid for the lobar vote, which the late President | part of the 1948 legislative progtam they will want when Manual high Roosevelt won regularly, was timed for labor's traditional holiday, | he wil} present to congress in Janu-{5chdgdl opens, It came amid angry battle ‘cries ary. / Mr, McKay admits there in really! of union leadgls: ‘for repeal of the He said in 2] Labor day message, O0Jy one dark spot today, , , tite Taft-Hartley act and a political Hsing Shei 0f ving, tio STM hat: wil Food prices are getting to. be Action program ; at wi ts [something awful But then I'm still unseat those congressmen who {able to make ends meet. Sometimes! voted for this law. tone, praising + labor and saying! |though I wish we were back ir the Lapor's position was strorigly miefely that it 1s better off ‘today. On Page ‘15 {days when 1 was making 35 or 40 batktd by Senator Claude Pepper than it was before tHe war, “Fhe city and unt high {cents an hour and you could buy) {Fla). i In three separate Goverment and, labor leaders school. DI oo y something with it,” he said, A day speeches in Florida, Mr. were scheduled fo develop their ules, dre ‘Presented ‘in an {; Savi gl ay ed on the Americaii peo~ 1048 objectives further in Labor. easy-to-read - manner today EVEN CLOSER to.Mr. McKay is by The Times. You'll want. ‘he price his snowy white New

DE er iedicntn cs al tae] opr ta today. a the 5 AF. of L. President William Zealaihd, rabbits ‘are bringing ion the ae the alarms go adi was due to address what Sop A Sue te market. lisp we AAs Web ———" : i dons undersand 1” be

. to a new dignity and a new level of living.”

On the other side of the fence (Continued on “Page 3—Column 3) the National Association of Manu- ...

facturers took a ‘more restrained Grid Schedules

“lly

he could reflect on the

Get paid as much for a five-day,’ tered.

COMMUNIST RUSSIA, for,

$3.50,

RMSTRONG

down his tools today

heritage that is his as

men-—-

“The price of feed hides has dropped 50 per cent. Its a good thing the price of the meat, dressed, is-75 cents a pound.”

4 A Lifetime Hobby Mr rabbits, -which mately 25. He has been raising them ever since he was a “kid.’ Today they provide the major por) tion of his off-hours entertainmen’, The family doesn't own a apr but] it gets around just the same. me McKay takes a trolley to and f work and doesn't mind, n u HE'S A HAPPY individual and keeps things lively by his dry sense of humor. For instance, during the war the plant tested on of. its amphibious tank gravel pit southwest of the city. the - inspectors the vehicle happened

number

one a Unknown to McKay hid in could what les 1 “They found I was in the thine before I got back und-I thought I would catch the dickens. But Dutch (Ralph Kirn, plant stiperintendent) just “said, ‘Well, Bill, how did jt for"

” ” “I DON'T PAY too much atte:tion to what ‘goes on outside of work and my neighborhood but 1

Mr 50 he

see on th»

do think.it looks like we are going

to have trouble with the Russians.”

is sky-| rocketing and yet the price of their

Are Expected

At Fair Today

‘Hell Driver’

Injured Critically By GEORGE WELDEN A Labor day crowd of 160000 wis jam 91st

persons expected to through

Indiana State fair

turnstiles at the

today.

despite overcast skies and storm warnings throughout the state; A total of 70,000 pald admissions were recorded until 5 p.m.

War veterans made up. an estt- | mated crowd of 115,000. Donald Nation, one of Lucky Lott's Hell Drivers was in. critical condition at St. {Vincent's hospital today as a result lof internal injuries received during, tact yesterday afternoon. Hurled 15 Peel x riding

The motorcycle he was

youth's body hurled\.15 feet the air and spun he thumped to the ground unconscious. Fire department officials

rushed him to the hospital. The master

the first attempt ever tried by| Lott's men to do the head-on crash. Lott sald later, howéver, he had |

b. performed - “the frick many times

ad Sut 1b equsred only that sump. when

motoreycle. Forward momentum was supposed to carry the cyclist

pushed the cycle backward, Hush Over Crowd From the first impact of the two speeding vehicles the 25,000 persons jammed im and near the grand stand realized the youth was hurt

{A hush came over the crowd as the |

{bleeding youth was carried off the|

| Fair patrons today judging of “horses caitle poultry and sheep and will style show in the women's ing A free horse show will be held in the coliseum at noon followed by the nightly show at 8 p. m Grand circuit racing will be featured at 1 p. m. and at 8 p. m. fair patrons will view one of’ the {best shows ever held at the Fairgrounds in the “Fair Follies of 1947." A capacity crowd saw the initial | {performance last night,

swine, See buld-

‘Records. were shattered yesterday

when | countless others were admitted free. |

21, of Pekin; IIL

crashed head-on into an old model | lautomobile as part gf his act. The into |

over twice before |

¢ of ceremonies had | previously announced that this was |

about... one} Pied yard Sain, Adm the car from the test machine

over the car while the heavier car

{ will view the

At Fair

TOD

HORSES = Gold Y Colt clubs and Groom's contest Judged in Coliseum, CATTLE «= Gold Medal Steer classes and Hoosier Gold, Medal | Calf clubs, judged in Coliseum. SWINE == Yorkshire, Hereford | and Fat Barrows, judged in Swine "|

| Arena. POULTRY—Judged in Poultry |"

building. GRANDSTAND, AFTERNOON ~Grand Cirtult racing, vaudeville,” Lions’ All-State Band, 1

fm, . GRANDSTAND, NIGHT—=Fair Follies, Indianapolis Concert | Band, fireworks, 8 p. m. Times “BUB"” bubble gum contest, machinery field, every hour | on the hour exhibits, rides.

TOMORROW

| HORSES — Percherorfs and | Grade Draft, judged in Coliseum. CATTLE - Shorthorns, Polled | {| Shorthorns,

and" Holstein-Friesians, judged in |

Coliseum. SWINE" — Poland Chinas 4nd | | Chester Whites, | iseum. SHEEP—Shropshives “apd Dor: | sets (night), Judged - in Sheep | arena, and National - Shropshire show, - STYLE SHOW — Woman's building, 10:30 a. m. and 2 p. m. COLISEUM, NOON — Horse | Show (free), Lions’ ‘all-state band. COLISEUM, NIGHT -- Horse Show, Lions’ all-state band. GRANDSTAND, AFTERNOON | Grand Circuit racing, vaude- | ville, Lions’ all-state band, 1 p. mi.

GRANDSTAND, NIGHT — Fair |

| MAF).

Reds Face HE In Hungary Vote

Communist Lead Dwindles Steadily

BUDAPEST, Sept. 1 (U, P).=A major upset in the Hungarian parllamentary election appeared pos-

* sible today.

With more than half of the votes counted, a Communist lead was dwindling steadily. The vote of the combined opposition was creeping (Up on that _of the Communist coalition, Istvan Barankovic's opposition Democratic People’s party was roll= |lng.up an unexpectedly large vote} {to lead the oppositionist total. American observers who toured | | Hungary during the balloting yos- |

Milking * Shorthorns |

Judged in Col- |

Truman Passes Equator on Flight to Rio

Family y Flies With President To Brazil

Make First Trip In New Plane RIO DE JANEIRO; Sept. 1 (U. P.).—President Truman crossed the equator for the

first time today as he headed

for Rio de Janeiro aboard his new plane, the Independence. A festive reception and jase

| awaits the President this

in Rio where he was to- Address the closing session of the inteér-Ameri-can conference: tomorrow. take part in Brazilian Independence

day celebrations. -

| The huge DC-8 in which’ Mr, [Truman wis making his first trip also carrigd Mrs, Truman and their |daughter, Margaret, the Brazilian ambassador and his wife and s group of White House aids. 2 Ry Sa feelin 4 Sham Lo

i The plane made a final refueling

[stop at Belem, Brazil at 6:25 a. m. | (Indianapolis time) and took off for |Rio. 45 minutes later. A previous |stop was made at Port of Spain, Trinidad, at rain-lashed Waller field. Mr. Truman was up early te watch the jungle and the broad Amazon slipping past beneath his plane traveling at 300 miles an r

The President's plane was due

flight’, from Washington teventful. Most of it was 20,000 feet. The performed perfectly, Col. + a rs The President. spent most of the

{time reading, napping and visiting about the spacious ship, He showed

keen interest in the operation of ~~

the plane, and was in the cockpit

with Col. Myers and his crew foe

‘some time,

Today’ $ Fashion Advicet Carry an Umbrella

LOCAL T SMIERATURES

6am... Sam... Tam een 10 rem

Pair visitors “today. were advised

| Approximately 8000 persons par- {terday’ had denounced the election by the weatherman to take raine

McKay is very proud of histicipated in the all-Indiana hymn las the “greatest vote fraud approxi-ising held yesterday in the coliseum. perpetrated.”

Perspiring thousands milled |

[Continued ont Page 3—Column 8)

Start Cashing Bonds Tomorrow

WASHINGTON Three-fourths of 8,900,000 world expected to cash thei aftef they

Sept. 1 the

(U. Py

war II veteran

terminal bonds

leave pay shortly

become redeemab’e tomorrow

toca of

the e financ

This government army and navy A "poll conducted by official Army Times cenit of all veterans pl their. bonds as soon a; {The other 28 per. cént to ‘keep them -as inves many doubted they would be able ito do so because of financial needs, Face value of all bonds held j# about $1.830,000.000. Secretary of

was imate

experts and the un« showed 72 per an to cash they can, would like

“But I hope not. I'll be happy if/the Treasury John W. Snyder ‘and

I cari work my 40 hours, 80 swimming now and then, work with my

rabbits and watch my kids grow | | up,”

he said,

Hollywood Goes Colossal—In Reverse

®Hollywood’s lush days dre over.’ High production costs and shrinking markets at home and abroad are forcing the film capital into a new era of The movid-makers talking about fewer-—but betier--pictures,” lower salaries for stars, OKaspar Monahan, writer for The Times, is reporting from . Hollywood on how the film in. | dustry is tightening its belt to meet its new challenge. His Arst story appears. on Page 8. A

economy are

other top government officials have advised veterans to hold onto them if they can.

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Woman, 54, Arrested For . Smoking in Bed

A fire in t Tremont hotel, 406 (E. Washingtof™st., yesterday resulted tn the arrest of a 54-year-old womlan for violation of the-city's anti-smoking-~in-bed ordinance, Mrs. Maud Pierson was arrested after hotel employees smelled smoke {and found the mattress in her room| joa fire. 8he ‘was also arrested on a drunk charge.

Drive-In Is Out $31

Two bandits drove right | Charley's Drive-In Market, ist. and Keystone uve, last night jo: drove back out with $31 taken from the night man, Sylvester Thomas, |

in to 30th

officials /

ever

Results of Balloting The official tabulation this morning,. with ‘2680683 votes counted, gave the following: f Government Coalition—Communists 589.981, Smaliholders 389,227, Social Democrats 395,576, National Peasants 226,488—(otal 1,601,282.

Opposition — Democratic Peoples!

Party 555.848, Hungarian Independ-| ence Party 204,628, Independent Democratic Party 115,637, Radicals’

nauons 50700, Christian Men's Gamp 41.431, public, were in hiding today. are Citizens Democratic (Liberal) Party Dominican

21,157-0tdl 11,079,401, The count showed a marked devi« ation from the -earlier trend which had. appeared to insure the. Communists of being the dominant if not majority party. Fourteen carloads of American observers toured all parts of Hungary during the balloting. They reported that as many as fraudulent voting cards had been used repéatedly by flying squads of

munists, ~~

|coats and umbrellas as soattered showers were scheduled to fall Arise

rive, Moderate temperatures and clear weather were expected tonight and tomorrow,

‘Doris Duke to Wed. PARIS, Sept. 1 (U. P.) .~Doris Duke, the world's richest womany and her fiance, Porfirio Rubirse, (former son-in-law of President Raw fael Trujillo of the Dominican ree The announced to marry

consultate [that planned

week

they

‘RED TIDE’ STRIKES AGAIN FORT MYERS; Fla, Sept. 1 (UT, P.}, ~The mysterious fish killing ‘red tide” struck today in Florida gulf waters. Fishermen ree

agd'n

ported thet tons of carcasses wers 750,000

fouling beaches at Bokeelia, Boes Grande and Captiva. “The plagus

ocean was reported

iments but repeat voters sent out by the Com- moving steadily southward out to

lsea

Six Killed in State Traffic; U. S. Holiday Toll Nears 250

The nation’s death. toll over the day week-end the 250 mark today.

{long Labor neared

But cautious Hoosier motorists, mindful of * ‘drive carefully” warnings, kept Indiana's traffic death toll down to six. One drowning was reported In the state Indiana's traffic toll was cons siderably below two neighboring (states. Michigan led in traffic fajtalities with 15 dead. Tlinois had he greatest Aotal of deaths from dl causes with 21 fatalities. In thé nation 138 persons died in automobile accidents, eight in air-

3 due to miscellaneous accidents, Nevegtheless, the national traffic death total.still was below the 250 fatalities predicted by the national

.-aalety council and the 239 killed: on,

da highways last Labor day weeke ind

lthat. the week-end's {raific hazards 'are not over yet. Tired celebrants

(Continued on Page 3=~Column 3) re at—— 2

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Patterns , anh , Radio 1

olane “cYashes; 38 by drowning andsHollyweod ... 11) Sports |

Indiana News Inside tndpis, 1 Ruth Millett , aN tuaries ... .

this

: o J Motorists were warned, however

: in-—-femperatiutes was pres [dicted until the eoollg showers are