Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 16 February 1948 — Page 1

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58th YEAR—NUMBER 203

Truman Scores og Murder Charge Against

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1048

Fritered as Sevond-Class Matter at PostofMce Indianapolis, Ind Issued daily weep Banday man

Red Activity In Greece

President Warns Congress U. S. Must Step Up Aid to Greece, Turkey,

WASHINGTON, Feb. 16 (UP)—President Truman to-| Burke Edwards, former GI from day denounced “ruthless” Communist activities in Greece Indianapolis, in the alleged slay-

and notified Congress that he

will ask for “additional mili-

tary assistance” for Greece and Turkey.

Mr. Truman sent to the House and Senate his second Missed on quarterly report on the American aid program for the twor

Mediterranean nations. In an accompanying letter he said that continued ecopomic assistance for Greece will be provided through the European Recovery Program if it is approved by Congress. But he added that ERP will not provide “for any additional military assistance fequired for Greece and Turkey, which will, at

the appropriate ume, be sought .

from the Congress . .."” Russia Not Named In connection with Communist activities in Greece Mr. Truman did not mention Soviet “Russia by name. But his meaning was

glear, int “Greece has Deen subjected to ever-increasing pressure by the Communist minority, which. subfervient to the foreign influences from which it “draws support, would impose its will on the Greek people by force of arms,’ the President said. The President's report gave an’

edccounting of the manner IN ponneratures took the upgrade -

the American mission to

Air Fool You

Plenty of Winter Left, Bureau Says

LOCAL TEMPERATU RES Sam... 4 Mam... 7 iam... 48 Ham... 3 Sam... 12 12 (Noon) 54 Sam... MH I'pm... 54

THE “spring” weather walted into Indianapolis over the weekend - on a southerly breeze is scheduled to remain at through tomorrow. But the weather bureau warned, just because it feels like spring and smells like spring, don't go packing your winter duds in mothballs quite yet. “There's still plenty of time "left to winter yet,” the bureau reminded. " To Reach 30's

least

g Bos been spending the $300{t SUnup. rising a degree an hour

million

for that and the forecast for the day was gyer,

West Side Gl

bridge. England, today dismissed

Edwards Cleared In Great Britain

A magistrate’s court in Trow-

a murder charge against Billy

ing of his infant i Brenda. The murder charge was disground of insuffi-; , cient evidence. Charges of neglect and assault also werd dismissed. ‘The . disabled veteran was aided by James! Dawson. Indianapolis attorney who was sent overseas subscription fund Mr. Edwards of $1000 raised oy friends of the youth and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Noble Edwards, 1906 Sugar Grove _Ave.. Indianapolis. Calls Procedure “Fair” Mr. Dawson said’ “I think the procedure has been very fair and that they looked alter Edwards: well.” He said that Mr.. Edwards was i1l and that he hoped to make arrangements to bring him back to America for hospital treatment. He =aid he hoped Mr. Edwards’ wife and family could follow later. ' The news of her son's exoneration reached his crippled mother

daughter,

here through neighbors Who had

“heard a radio flash: “The telephone’s been ringing all morning and everyone's been * ‘she said. “Why, it's almost

country by Congress last year, ‘that the mercury wouldn't stop noon and I haven't even had time irising until it reached the low to get dressed

War Upon People

“If the guerrilla menace should 50's.

jncrease as a result of greater outside assistance,” he stated. “a new situation would be created!

The stiff south breeze will con-

tinue to keep hats flying most of today but will subside ong, the

which would have to be dealt with|weather bureau said.

in the light of circumstances pre-| vailing at that time.” Mr. Truman found it “sigmifios ‘that the Communist guer-, rillas are warring “not aginst | the Greek army but the people of |

i destruction of Greek villages does] not result from military engage-| ments. he said.

Lowest temperatures

were scheduled to be slightly above freezing. probably around

34 to 38 In other parts of the country, too, the rush of warm air from south reminded citizens that spring, real spring.| ‘is only about a month off.

Floods Receding

tonight _

‘All Very apy’ ; “We're all very happy about it,” she said. She said friends and neighbors

who contributed the fund to send

Mr. Dawson to England were “pleased” even though the attorney had not been admitted to the English bar to defend him. She said Mr. Dawson might remain awhile to make arrange‘ments to bring Billy, his wife, Brenda, and son back to Indianapolis with him.

{Inside Story’ Of the ‘New Look’

THOUT ASKING MEN, style-conscious females turned back the clock to the Gay Nineties for their so- ca lled “New Look." Without asking Model Dorothy Pearson, "Mr, Inside Indianapolis’ dipsy-doodled into the past, donned com. parable clothes and escorted her to an Indianapolis Symphony concert for a purely 'scientific’’ report on how a woman reacts when the shoe is on the other foot in public. The reaction was almost disastrous but it proved a point: Men with the new and women, soon are parted.

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"GO AWAY" — As the “New Look" couple head for their box at the Murat, Miss Pearson searches for an exit.

She said the family had =a

“tough” time in England because

The President said that be! Floods. which had driven more the veteran's disability checks did

cause of obstructionist tactics by. the Communists. the economic

recovery of Greece ‘will have to! Residents of the inundated lowwait until internal security is es-| lands began movingsback to their

tablished.

Hint Title Bout For Michigan City

The possibility existed today] that Michigan City might be the site in July for the return world, middleweight title bout between Tony Zale of Gary and Rocky Graziano of New York. A United Press dispatch quoted ers Tex Nunnally and Marshall Kamp of Michigan City as an conditionally” |

Ames Stadium there sometime hear July 4 !

Graziano. Archie Hindman, chairman of: the State Athletic Commission,

ERM theo application for a per-

has been filed and it would op necessary for the promoters have this sanction before the bout could be held. Zale already is licensed in bax fn the state but Graziano has not - appeared ‘here. so it also would be necessary for the comiswon to approve this pe

Seals Available

For Ice-O-Rama Hundreds

of

reserved seats still are avadlable for |

The Times Ice-O-Rama . . . the gala Infantile Paralysis Fund benefit ice show’ Thursday night in the Fair Grounds Coliseum But, ,. them early this week avoid disappointment. The end fnezzanine seats == all reserved — went on

to

thana 10.000 persons from their not

homes, receded swiftly today.

The steady northerly flow of jo

reach him and they were forced to live on $4.50 a week. Unable to Determine The court took only 12 minutes to direct that the murder charge J. M. Webster, Eng-

balmy air raised temperatures inj... 4 Jeading pathologist, testipe J Midwest and Plains states 10 rie he was unable to determine their highest. readings of the year... the child died from an ex!

and r the season. Ow New York and northern,

many degrees above normal, ination of the bones.

which, was all that remained of the body. In reply to a question by a de-

of 1947.

Wolcott

Votes 30-Day Extension Of Rent Control House Group

Wants to Study Price Trends 'f

| 1947 Act Upheld | By Supreme Court | WASHINGTON, Feb. 16 (UP — "The House Banking Committee (today approved legislation to ex‘tend the present rent control law {one month until March Bh » "The i present law expires Feb. Meanwhile the Supreme. Sou unanimously upheld the constitutionality of the rent control act This. is. the same. act {which the House Banking Com- ' mittee. voted to extend. | The committee voted 18 to 5 for the one-month extension. This is designed to give Congress more time to assess the economic situation before deciding on the nature of a longer rent control ex-: tension, }

Wants to Study Committee chairman Jesse P. (R. Mich.) offered the proposal for the one-month extension. He said the committee is disposed to continue federal! (rent control for at least one year {in some form. AT LAST—Those City Doors which were tied + with But. he said the committee wire are being fixed. The doors had been tied to prevent them

Wanted " study —— situation from banging after the latch mechanism broke. Repairs were ashie

{changes in the economic situa-| mated at 360. J | tion that might come about as * ee oo. » Where Did Money Go? (7th of a Seriesl—

$75,000 Sewer Survey Only

| “The action taken today was ‘not with any idea of killing rent : Beginning of Big Program Administeation Trying to Determine. Liabilities

control,” Rep, Wolcott said. “This {action does not prejudice any In Event Plans Are Stopped

| further action with respect to the i form rent control win take,”

; rie committee ‘overwhelmgty + ‘| rejected two motions to extend the present law without change _ for longer than one month.

Court Speeds Up’ TR CE

‘By RICHARD LEWIS In a decision written by Justice ra { | William 0. Douglas, the Supreme, The sewer survey which cost the city $75,000 was only the be-

| ginning of a $32 million sanitary expansion program in Indianapolis. | Gout Sevelatd. 8 ruling ww It was the biggest single municipal improvement project ever { Cleve t last November. started here. Mayor Feeney has halted the program pending an

investigation of contracts with the firm of: Owen, The district court had sald the engineers. Moors. ang

lact was unconstitutional. It «on-| The sewer survey, started jn =r == Fh nit, tended that Congress lost the 1945 was approved as completed The Board awarded contracts authority to regulate rents when by the Board of Works and Sani-|for the three jobs to the drm of President Truman declared an tation March 21, 1947. The Board Moore & Owen. Board cecords’ ! end to hostilities Dec. 31, 1946. immediately set in motion three are vague as to whether any other

(See another story on Sewers, Page »n

New England had some cold weather left over, however.

fe

nse lawyer,

The child's body was found in cardboard box in a woods six

Mr. Webster said In the child's death might have been the northern tip of Maine, at Cari- from natural causes or disease. ibou, the mercury dropped to 14 degrees below zero.

All the rest of the country, with months after <he disappeared. Alleged Statement Given

City, the exception of a narrow. belt falong the Canadian border, was

that the ght would be held in | scheduled to enjoy above-freezing

A

statement

alleged

to have Ed-

Justice Douglas said that since majonmprojects which the survey engineering firm was invited to

the war effort contributed heavily recommended. to the housing shortage. Congress has the power even after the ces- the Broad Ripple storm sewer;

L- sation of hostilities to act “to control the forces” created” by shortage.

Any other view, he said, “would

'be paralyzing.”

the tary

1submit -a bid. The contracts provided payments to the firm of $25,000 for the reconstruction of four .ani- Broad Ripple storm sewer plans, sewer interceptors, and the|$60,000 for the interceptor sewer rehabilitation .of the sewage dis- plans. and. $154,250 for sewage posal and treatment plant plant Improvement plans.

= Contract. Includes Supervisory Dufies

These were the construction of!

|temperatures.

A cold front hovered above the They said Zale's managers had Canadian border, but it was exagreed verbally to the match but pected to be comparatively mild that they had not yet contacted when it dropped into the Midwest

in-an pstimated 48 Hours.

4-Alarm Fire Raging In Store Basement |

PHILADELPHIA. Feb. 16: (UP)

have a wound in my chest,

been given to police by Mr. wards when they arrested him after checking on the child's dia appearance said “I am a bit insane at times I do not know what happens. I and affects my head child) was alwaVvs

sometimes it | Brenda {the jerying. ‘My temper

control her I hit her

wife could

I could not

A four-alarm fire raged 40 feet (Brenda) with my hand and she

below the surface in a basement of a mid-city furniture store today. More

The fourth alarm was sound

city section had been battling the

[blaze for two and a _haif hours

you better get :

sale today. All seats are on |

sale at the Ice-O-Rama booth in L. Strauss & Co. Prices Parquet Chairs. $1.20: side mezzanine, 85 cents; end mezzanine, 60 cents, EVERY seat

are:

Will be reserved. Prices in-

clude tax.

Read about :~ Jee-O-Rima . .

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HAPPY MOTHER We' e al

Edwards today as she read that One—asn. Of a Murder charge in Engl and.

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than 60 firemen were rmit felled by smoke and illuminating

<1 888. ed afid kissed her.

Lin the box and was -going Ao

sub- ied all.the rest of the next day

and njght. I suppose that was when it happened “1 went downstairs and picked up my daughter and I hugged I never touched a dead person before. 1 put her bury her, but 1 could not do so and I left the box in the woods.”

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Greentown won the game, 57-49.

so havov.”’ ad Mrs. Noble hee son Billy Burke has been ireed

On Referee by Cage Fans

itatk later: today to Principal Lal

BOXED IN—Conversation was at’a premium before, during

and after the concert. [Story on Page Nine.)

IHSAA to Probe Assault

Ci omm issioner Has “No Idea” What Board or Will Do About Attack in Windfall Game

By BOB STRANAHAN The Board of Control of the Indiana High School Athletic Association will discuss in its meeting tomorrow night whether punitive action will be taken against Windfall as the result of an assault on a basketball referee. The official: Layall Fisher of Lapel, was in conference with C omV. Phillips of the THSAA this morning describing the Phillips was to

missioner L

incident ahd Mr. ing” the dressing room. ‘but ‘that

He was pushed into the crowd and struck. Ja the jaw. Mr. Phillip said that although | Greentown was - the ‘host school | for the game in Kokomo, the investigation concerned Windfall] since the contest was completed and Windfall fans were involved. Ordinarily, the. home school Is held responsible for: the conduct of the crowd

J. Baker and Coach Hubert Etchison of Windfall *The THSAA commissioner said he had “no idea of what action” the Board of Control might finallv decide to take Sihugged in Jaw Mr. Fisher, a basketball official since 1925, told Mr. Phillips that he was slugged in the jaw last

tA JONg-term. rent control extensor

The Supreme Court acted wit extraordinary speed in the case It heard oral arguments on the {issue only 10 days ago. On the other side of the Capitol, Chairman Charles 'W. Tobey R:.! N. H.) said the Senate Banking Committee probably will approve

But the contracts did pot stupimore the firm would receive in there, fees, up to a stated maximum, They - provided - that - the firm! Payments durmg 1945-47 wers the would also supervise the award! stated maximums, of actual construction. contructs By mid-year, 1047; the contraes supervise the construction itself tual arrangements between the and make thé final Inspection City and the Mootre ‘firm ‘were: ir. the event the Board decided. io.P Anat "

| sion bill late today. He said he ve construction rig wih {did not think & 30-day extension Years aller. he plans

‘ were drawn. . of the present law will be “nec- ie Spam. Juri re " : / f ( - essary yet during constr

tion, the Moore firm was (oo be pald an additional fee of 2 per

cent of actual construction costs orn an Vhe This was in addition to the (pe | or preparing the plans,’ “which Rise at Chicago

{was based on varying percentages CHICAGO, Feb. 186 (UP) --

Lof cost estimates made by “he firm YT Onder these contracts, higher .the construction cost, {Wheat and corn prices rose on {the Chicago Board of Trade to|day for the second trading day iin a row, The Midwest hog markets were generally 50 to 75 cents higuer. At New York, the Stock market was firmer, but quiet. Cotton futures rose at New York On the Chicago Board of Trade,

sanitation plant ....§ 2,356.80 General sewer survey. 75,000.00 Interceptor sewer plans . 60,000.00 Broad Ripple sewer 25,000.00

PIARS ..iiiiaiananes Sewage plant plans... 154,250.00

. $816,606.40 While $179,481.80 of the total) has been paid, the new adminis tration 18 trying to determine ‘Whether. it is. bound: to. pay the the balance in the event it decides lo’ the stop the program.

Sanitation Plant Job Pattern for Others

The installation of two jercola-/ and paid $25,000 out of tax funds, tors for the recovery of garoage The Broad Ripple sewef con grease at the Sanitation Plant tract made Dec. 20, 1538, set the rr firm's fee. at 3 per cent of estiwas made by the Moore firm ia y,ated construction cost, not to 1644. The contract for exceed $25,000. The $25,000 was get the pattern .for the paid out of Federal loan funds. which followed the sewer

this ob others survey

Friday hight following the Wind-tall-Greentown game in the Kokomo Armory His jaw was fractured fn three places and he was treated at St. Joseph's Hospital in Kokomo and X-rayed at St John's Hospital in Anderson,

The referee said he had signed

Watts Transferred To State Prison Heavily Guarded

The sewage plant improvement For the firm's services contract was made March 24, paring detailed plans and uneci- 1947. It superseded a previous fications, notice to bidders, arsist- contract for part of the work ing the city in selecting materia.s made May 3, 1046, and equipment and in awarding . It authorized a fee of 3 per cent construction- contracts, It was to of total construction cost of eicn receive 6 per cent of actual cons of three phases of the improvastruction cost, The firm received

the sharpest price break in his tory ‘appeared to have been checked. Costs of Food Drop Nevertheless. the cost of many foods at the torner grocery store _ !dropped still further

nn pre-

a John Doe affidavit charging his assailant with assault and .battery. He believed the man to be Orval Deever, a father of one of the players on theWindfall team.

SHELBYVILLE, Ind. Two cars of state and city police and Shelby County sheriff's tobert Austin

State Prison

officials today took Watts to Indiana at Michigan City. +The 25-year-old former Indianapolis city truck driver is condemned to die In the electric Threatened Before chair May 10 for the shotgun Mr. Fisher told the commission- slaying of Mrs. Mary Lois Bur-| “was—not—the— first wey In Indianapolis Nov. 12 "He time he had been threatened by has been in Shelby County jail} Mr. Deever. He sald the other.gince his conviction Jan. 22 incident occurred Nov. 21 at Sher- awaiting transfer. . idan and that he ‘was cursed on this occasion. : The official reported to the commissioner's. office that. after the game ended Friday night ‘he

Mr. Deever later surrendered to Tipton County authorities and was taken to Kokomo to await arraignment on the charge.

Watts in his own car, panied by four other men. They were followed by a oar driven by State Police. Detective Elmer

and Hurst Livengood of Converse, Cord, accompanied by other of- munity—in ‘many cases decreas-|

the other referee; were stopped ficers. in a hallway by a group of fans.

Mr. Fisher said that the other file a motion for a: new trial befh breaking fore Feb 27, the deadline for an ever, between various geographi-|

arbiter succeeded

‘away from the group and. enter- appeal.

Le

¢

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Feb. 16 taurants in several representative

Sheriff Fred Gravely drove Was virtually impossible. accom-|

Watts’ attorney. is expected to Prices.

Meanwhile, g spot check of res- meat project, with a $154,000 $2356.80

lait, The sewer survey, contracted It also authorized an additional for in 1945, authorized a straight 2 per cent fee if the firm supers $75,000 fee. The city borrowed vised the actual constructios and $50,000 from the State Loan Fund handled the bidding.

$41,000 Payment Held Up Pending Inquiry

A total of $77,481.80 has been council for authority to borrow paid so far to the firm for the the money from six Indianapolis planning stage of the project. A-banks, Council approved the loan additional Federal loan payment at a spécial meeting June 6. Of $41,000 ——TFhe-loan-was made ug held up at City Hall pending he 11947 balance in the General Fund nvestigation {which became a deficit by the end The contract for the sanitary of the year. 3 Jitterc Aro lata was. made with oT h this became apparent, the e firm last July 29. It autbor-/Controller refused to transfer {ra Cited Pros ry vey oy ized a fee not to exceed $60.00. the $60,000 to the Sanitary Disshowed. Thday ne Foepa i 1 When the contract was being|trict's books unless the Dave tumtiod on ory 4 “8 prepared, the city was sliding|Board would sign a note for it. Om: ire pidly downhill into a deficit, and The board declined to sign the ‘was hard put to fulfill the statu- note. fory requirement of showing it, One'of the last acts of the fore ad funds to pay for the job con- mer administration was Te Price cuts varied widely, hoW- ‘tracted for. Pay ) ©“ payment 'of the loan Dec. 81, 1047, In order to meet this require Cost of borrowing the money ' iment, the controller asked toe: never used was §213.30 Biasw.

cities showed that few have cut prices as a result of the big drop in commodity and wholesale “osts, Many restaurant association spokesmen said that the. lower prices Rave not yet been passed on to restaurant operators. Al few, however, had cut prices. Pre-War Drop Improbable Four outstanding economists - in gon told housewives that) {they can néver expect to see {prices hit pre-war Jevels—at least!’ in foreseeable time. They said it|;,

ing faster than the wholesale

ical locations.