Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 30 March 1948 — Page 1

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TUESDAY, MARCH 30, 1948 a Ind. Issued daily except Sunday

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Miners’ Chief Goes Before Coal Board

WASHINGTON, Mar. 30 UP) —John L. Lewis, bowing tq a Federal - Court order and the threat of another contempt citation, today went before a presidential board investigating the 16-day coal strike, The United Mine Workers chief! appeared before the board at, 12:54 p. m. (Indianapolis Time),| six minutes before the deadline] set in a court order issued -this| morning by Federal Judge Ed-| ward M. Curran. ‘The government got the court | order after Mr. Lewis ignored a! subpena issued by the board ai-| recting him to appear before it|

yesterday. { Ready to Cite Him | Justice Department officials|

had said that if Mr. Lewis had] defied the court order they were) prepared to ask for a contempt citation against him immediately. Fomen’s Bureau of the U., 8. + The board, set up under the Taft-Hartley labor law, has heard] all but Mr. Lewis’ side of the] pension dispute which led to the| coal strike. It must report to President Truman by midnigat Monday.

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nt! . = : Mr. Truman then is expected to NICE KITTY —The first step in finding out for sure whether [instruct the Justice Department I! The BEST cat's whiskers have, any direct bearing on the size of the opening {to get a court injunction comthe animal can go’ through was to mepsure—the whiskers. "Mr, [pelling Mr. Lewis to call off the RAPID PRO- strike.

Judge Curran issued the order 77 |shortly after 11 a. m., although |Mr. Lewis’ lawyers argued that the miners’ boss should not be forced to testify before the presidential board.

| State Storm Loss.

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wo At $710 Milion deaf Ah~)hA—Le- Tornado Called Worst

Acme Telephotos. STRIKE VIOLENCE — A striker covers his face with his hands as a bareheaded policeman swinging a nightstick leaps toward him in. a clash between pickets and police at the New York Sock Exchange. .In the background another striker cowers from club-swinging police.

in 26 Years

By United Press Insurance adjusters estimated: today that the property loss in Indiana's Mar. 19 windstorms and Mar. 26 tornado was between $7 million and $10 million.

One adjuster said the damage was by far the most costly of b iz bs + wind mage in a similar | WE io in Bis. 16 years. : of insurance éxperierice. Another who said he had seen ongress ace the results of 30 hurricanes and tornadoes over a 26-year career : said the town of Coatesville represented the most complete

FOXY JOSIE—Josie stole three pieces of liver before it was established she could

‘ PEEKABOO—Sandy, with a | b-inch spread of histers, coyly | played with the 4-inch opening. | He could make it through the | squeeze through a 3-inch open-W,-inch hole with help." <ing.-(Story on Pg. 9).

Prisoners From State Farm Aid Cleanup in Coatesville 140 Tackle Ruins Caused by Tornado

As Policy Board Takes Over Rebuilding wreckage of property he had ever

By RICHARD LEWIS seen, including the results of sev-| Condemning the “boss system” Reconstruction of Coatesville, the town the tornado blew down, |,..1 miorida hurricanes. of political party management, was under way today. On a community basis, esti-| George L. Denny, former mayor Trucks bearing 140 prisoners from the Indiana State Farm mates of the loss varied some- of Indianapolis, today announced rumbled into the debris-littered streets at dawn. State Highway what in the opinions of different his candidacy for the GOP nomDepartment trucks thundered away with loads of broken tree limbs. adjusters. But a study of the esti-| ination for 11th District ConBulldozers heaved and groaned at the fringe of the wreckage. mates indicated that the great- gressman. \ Telephone linemen were string-| est loss to any community was| Although Mr. Denny insists ing wire to renew phone service. President Truman, acting upon ajat Danville, where the tornado] that he is not the candidate of Grocery trucks edged through the request of Gov. Gates, had or-cut a swath across the west edge|any faction, leaders in the regu-| vehicle-jammed streets. |dered assistance extended to the of the city. ) |lar GOP organization have indi-| The work of reconstruction is|tornado area in the form of sur-| Adjusters agreed the loss at cated they will support him for| now under the direction of the Plus property provided by the Danville was in the neighborhood the nomination. = Coatesville Policy Committee. Federal Works Administration. of $1 million. One Rog Sulned Another faction i the party : The committee Was created late] - The local FWA office will ad- there was valued at 33.000. = |supporting State Sevett; TOF yesterday after a mass meeting |minister the aid under the direc-| The property loss at Coatesville Moore for the 11th District conof citizens with American Red|tion of Ray Pike, engineer. iwas estimated at $500,000 origressional nomination.

Former Mayor Seeks GOP Nomination

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How You Can Help

The Coatesville Policy Committee and the American Red Cross are making the following requests:

ONE—AIl Indianapolis persons who want to offer aid to Coatesville should make their offers through the Red Cross, Riley 8541. TWO—Those wishing to volunteer as workers should contact either Red Cross or state police. They should not attempt to go to the scene directly. Only organized groups under official supervision will be permitted in the town. THREE—The Red Cross has more’ clothing than the citizens need. Don’t send any more clothing for Codtesville.

FOUR—Sightseers stay away. They will .be stopped by state police road blockades and will only add to the traffic jam on county roads leading to the town.

|more. | GOP Sees Victory Crass officials and Gov. Gates| Coatesville’s meeting was a Adjusters said the number of| Republicans are Yeni... of a the CostesviNe grade school Town Hall affair. All-of the insurance claims in Indianapolis/ winning the congressional elecSar . citizens . who could get there at-|ang Marion County alone ranged|tion here for the first time in 20 A United Press dispatch from : somewhere between 5000 and years. Washington today said thati(Continued on Page 4—Col. 2) 6500. Rep. Louis Ludlow, Democrat, who has won every election for 1 the congressional seat hereisince Hint Truman 1928, announced his retirement from Congress several weeks ago . {due to ill health. » | Mr. Denny said he decided to be 0 g 0 ax | . |a candidate after his efforts to induce Marshall Abrams, itor iney, to run for the office failed. AR an, To A0TT He said Mr. Abrams refused due day that President Truman will/to the pressure of private busi- . ness. dp a en Mr. Denny's statement on his tion bill. candidacy follows: At the same time, it was indi- Long Active in Politics cated that Mr. Truman will not| “I should like it clearly un-| act on the measure until Monday. derstood that I am not the candi-| He has until midnight Monday. date of any individual or group If he failed to veto the bill by of individuals within my party. | that time, it would automatically| “I have been active all my life become law. las a Republican in the cause of ./good government and that in my

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troller and Mayor of Indianapolis and I am now a member of the State Tax Study Commission, je State Police Board and chair-| for the sixth consecutive LONDON, Mar. 30 (UP)—Lon-|0an |doners noted a new photograph time of the Republican State ;o,q housekeeping complex is driving their husbands mad,

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Tony Martin, Mischa Elman, Frankie Laine . . . Fashion critics dubbed Eliz-| opi ontitie me to the consid- to overdecorate their homes, Mason Rose said.

Knick-Knacks and Overdecorating Home Hard on Men, Children, Says Psychologist

By ALINE MOSBY, United Press Hollywood Correspondent

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AFTER THE BATTLE—The stunned and injured scatter the walk and a policeman stands ready for another outbreak. In the back are dozens of striking financial workers who piled themselves in a human barrier at the entrance of the New York Stock | Exchange in a vain attempt to prevent brokers from reaching their offices.

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By ROBERT MUSEL, United Press Staff Correspondent NEW YORK, Mar. 30—Club-swinging police fought

{a bloody 15-minute battle today with dozens of striking

The workers piled themselves in a human barrier at ithe entrance of the New York Stock Exchange.

from reaching their offices for the start of trading in the world's largest financial institution.

Forty pickets, several of them bleeding from head wounds, were dragged fighting i2¢o0 patrol wagons. They were taken to the Old Slip police station while emergency squads of police rushed into the area. The police wrestled with one of the worst traffic jams in the history of the Wall Street district. Woman in Fur Coat Women fainted in the crush around the L-shaped Stock Exchange skyscraper. Thousands of workers poured from subway entrances at the peak of the morning rush hour when the first violence in the two-day strike

changes broke out. Fighting started when pickels resented the arrest of a girl picket for disorderly conduct in refusing to move away from. the exchange entrance, As though at a signal some 30 other pickets of -the Financial Employees Union (AFL) rushed to the entrance and lay down before it. Some lay on their stomachs, " nr »

The picketing strikers sought vainly to prevent brokers

some on their backs, their sides. Among them was a woman in a fur coat who screamed that she would not be moved. Trafic Detoured

Police began dragging the demonstrators away but as one was pulled out of position another took his place. Clubs began swinging. Ba 1 One woman was bleeding heave {ly as she was pushed into a patrol wagon. A detective suffered a head injury. Meanwhile, across the street hundreds of non-striking employees clustered, wondering how to get to work. Police cleared a lane for them, using their clubs to beat back pickets who kept pressing forward with screams, threats and epithets. All traffic was detoured. It was not until half an hour before the exchanges opened for busin . that entrances were cleared. “This is strictly a police job,” said Emil Schram, Te” president. “It doesn’t affect our operation at all.” ‘As he predicted, the Ex: did open on schedule. dealings were in modera ume with prices little changed. Market men said all positions on the floor were well manned.

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Union pickets were joined again today by from two AFL maritime unions Tn a oe alle uations] n eo Ballor's the Pacific. Union of Promises Blood

Mr. Schram and David Keefe, president of the United Financial Employees, will meet again late today with federal conciliators. They conferred for several hours last night without any announced result, ' ! r. Keefe pointed out today that the union's contracts with 28 member firms of the Exchange terminate tomorrow and these firms may be struck. i Pickets who, for the most part, had been orderly yesterday gave an Indication that trouble was probable before the Exchangé opened when they rushed up to non-strikers screams ing “money bags” and “Simon Legree.” v J. Lewis Hutchings, secretarytreasurer of the union, ¢

harged : |that “the cops beat hell out of

one of our girls.” “If they want blood,” he said,

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be all ours.”

Vote $150 Million For Atom Study

WASHINGTON, Mar. 30 (UP) ~The House Appropriations Com=~ mittee today approved a $150 million speed-up in atomic research and urged federal officials to throw the program into high gear. The $150 million would represent contract authorizations to enable the commission. to ine crease present research activities, The authority was included in a “catch-all” appropriations bill to help several federal agencies meet current deficits. Congressional enactment of the proposed authorization would bring the total amount for atomie research this year to $659,091,863. The committee action approved a request by the Budget Bureau.

Indianapolis Baby

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spend on homes. “Infidelity {cause of divorce,” | gist said. 8 that are in poor taste.” If junior flunks school, a nervous wreck,

page of discussion. chvnsiasssresava erases sv PEge13 ybett's naw Spring oui a onl leration and I trust support of the house, he warned, can’t take it any longer. a yg ior pind pe ont [Republicans of this district, pro-| Neither can the kids. The jacket, described it as a mater-| i oC me competent to fill this bears and nursery characters and his’ offspring.

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Mr. Rose, head of the National What they want.” Foundation for Psychological Re-|

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Killed in Auto Accident

Four Indianapolis residents were involved in an auto accident

yesterday near Luana, Iowa, in which Carol Jean Cunningham, [18-months-old daughter of Mr.

don't make enough money t0iand Mrs. Wilbert Cunningham of

6689 KE. 38th St. was killed.

Mr. and Mrs. Cunn were if returning to their st thé if Minnesota Bible Col MinEaster

Proper colors in a home, q4. 9 Mr, Rose added, have much to Hint Bogota ‘Sensation do with the occupants’ disposi-

BOGOTA, Colombia, Mar. 30 (UP)—Delegates to the ninth Inter-American Conference were keyed to expect some last-minute

County Commissioners were sensational proposal today, J scheduled to award contracts this|sibly connected with the “cold afternoon for nearly $6000 worth war” Sessions implements for the/will Be inaugurated this after-

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The Curb Exchange #0 fopened, It reported At. jo | bances. but po ums were stre ened. » :

Mr. Cunningham was seriously the psycholo-|injured while his wife and anoth“It's that women want er daughter, Sharon, escaped with to buy things they don’t need minor injuries.

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