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Express and Suburb Rate Proposed
Tentative Schedule
Presented to PSC By RICHARD LEWIS
Express bus service in the City|*
at a premium fare and higher fares for service to the north and
west suburbs was in the making today by Indianapolis Railways, Inc., The Times learned today. The utility has presented informally a tentative schedule calling for a 15-cent express bus fare in the City and a 20-cent Jare for fast service to the suburbs to the Indiana Public Service Commission. The - utility’s proposal will be formalized shortly in a petition to the PSC for a change in the pres-
Reds Barred In New Regime By De Gasperi
Communists Sunk
In Rkalian Vote
ROME, Apr. 20 (UP) —Premier Alcide de Gasperi said flatly today that Communists, beaten two-to-one in national elections, will not be included in the new Italian government. “I exclude the possibility of | Communist participation in the; next Italian government,” Mr. De| Gasperi told the United Press. | His words were reinforced by the huge vote being rolled up by his own Christian Democrat Party, which was polling nearly half the counted vote. |
Reds Poor Second | The Communists were running a poor second, -with little more
ent 10-cent fare structure to per-
press servicé*would consist of spe-
mit the charge of premium fares. 4
Pattern.of Plan : Railways President Harry Reid and Commission members said they have conferred informally on the proposal. In general, the plan which has not yet been tompleted would follow this pattern: ONE — Establishment of express busses: on one or more North Side lines at rush hour with a 15-cent fare. TWO—Desighation of “breaking points” on suburban lines. The present dime fare would obtain up to the “breaking point.” Beyond that, an additional nickel or dime would be charged. Mr. Reid said North Side ex-
cial busses : being operated at morning and evening rush hours,
These run non-stop” x : tween the downtown area and ‘ oe body of Mrs. Alice Wilson, 79, was found in the basement
He indicate oe vas being considered for ti ind of service and said the y believed patrons wanted it.
+ «+ ‘Body of Aurora Victim Found in Cellar;
UNVEILING—Phone complaints “that someone had ‘'decorated" the statue of Abraham Lincoln in University Park sent Patrolman Clem Bennett to the scene. Here he struggles to remove a yellow woven T-shirt which someone had slipped over the Great. Emancipator's head during the night. /
Wife, 79, Killed as Explosion Hits Hoosier Banker's Home
Loss Reaches $20,000; Flood Bars Firemen AURORA, Ind, Apr. 20 (UP)—An explosion shook this flooded city along the Ohio River today, destroying the home of a pros2 er‘and killing his aged wife.
than 30 per cent of the coumted vote. Other anti-Communist parties swelled Mr. De Gasperi's margin, and guaranteed Communist | exclusion from the coalitiod government he is expected to form about May 20. But there still was some question whether the leftists would accept defeat peacefully. Partisans were reported gathering in the strongly Communist Milan area, sand government fighter planes and ground troops were seeking to break them up, The reported paraisan gatherings in northern Italy did not appear to offer a serious threat. Government action was designed to keep the groups broken up, and prevent any concerted action. Troops Are Ready Premier De Gasperi clearly indicated he would bar Communists from the new coalition gov-
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home two hours after fhe bas ripped the house apart a he will form about May in ihe Sia cu 1, pl Sot ron te gan State Bank, was home blocked land traffic between the tion.
The Wilson home was a large
20, and his military authorities
The Senate vote was threefourths counted, and the Cham-
- meet’ Bh) Bins Le Benin. mesh
Suburban service changes ould vary, Mr. Reid said he felt hat service to Ravenswood should be increased to 20 cents, Ravenswood patrons would pay 10 cents between downtown and Broad Ripple and another dime between Broad Ripple and Ravenswood. ; ' A similar extra charge would be made for patrons in Mars Hill, Drexel Gardens, Sunshine Gardens and vicinity, except that this service would be continuous. Losing Money Again Under the tentative plan, residents living at the edges of the city or in the suburbs would be affected by the projected rate in-
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crease, In preliminary conferences with the PSC, Railways executives indicated they preferred to petition for increased fares for longer hauls rather than ask another overall increase such as the one granted a year ago which established ‘ the present 10-cent fare. Utility executives told the Commission that the utility was again on the verge of losing money. They said operating costs have risen and that the number of passengers using the system has dropped.
40 Cents Per Mile
Mr. Reid asserted that it cost the utility 40 cents per mile to operate its suburban lines which were making a return of 17 cents per mile. 2 “The plan isn't concrete yet,” Mr. Reid said, “but it may jell any time—even within the next week or so. We have to do something—that dime is getting awfully thin these days.”: 1 He said that instead of earning a 8.9 per cent return on the utility's $10 million investment, the company would earn less than 2 per cent. Increased Labor Costs He listed also the prospect of increased labor costs and the demands of Mayor Feeney for an increase in payments the utility makes to the City. for uses of City streets as factors necessitating a fare increase “somewhere along the line.” 3
Management is now in nego-
tiation with Local 1070, Amal-
8amated Association of Street
the basement and exploded,
) was valued at $20,000. Flood waters of the Ohio River,
Witnesses told state police the which crested here yesterday, explosion was terrific. They said covered parts of the business sec-|the roof flew 25 feet into the air tion of the town and prevented |and the walls were blown outthe city fire department from ward. answering a call to the scene. The roof fell back into the A fire caused by the explosion wreckage of the sidewalls and was brought under control by furnishings and the debris burst men and equipment dispatched) into flames. from nearby Lawrenceburg. The $12,000 home of Ruell Mr. Wilson was in the city’s! Fugitt, next door to the Wilsons, flooded downtown district’ when|/was damaged badly by the exthe blast occurred. He was taken plosion and fire,
The Times Sewing Contest Entries Valued at $10,000
400 Home-made Garments to Be Displayed
At Central Library Beginning Monday - ‘By ART WRIGHT Some $10,000 worth of home-made garments were submitted yesterday to The Times National Sewing Contest. The cost of making some 400 garments entered, cost less
entrants.
Hoosier home-sewers did not include any charge for the time But local enthusiasm can be they spent. " The' public can look forward] a a | they see the Indianapolis winday, Tuesday and Wednesda$ of | Bers and those from other cities. next week in the Central Library Fashion Leaders to Judge Indianapolis fashion leaders
Auditorium, : Rival Professionals will judge the many enfries with. e
For yesterday when the ama- in the next few 'ddys. teur seamstresses delivered their|/8arment judged best in each of entries to the library, they|the eight classifications will rebrought creations to rival thejceive $50, and second place will best ideas of the professional de- Bet $20. The first place garment signers. Many of them submitted unique, Pet® in the national contest. ideas in the original design group, Every Indiana entrant through that would make any professional! The Times contest—the only one feel proud. {in the state—winning first in New And those that used standard York will get $200 in addition patterns produced garments that{to The Times’ local prize. Also, any “best-dressed” woman or girl/she will be sent to New York would like to own. {for three exciting days, with all There were entries in all di-|expenses paid by The Times. And visions that prompted gasps|she will see her garment modeled from the personnel of the Central by Powers and Conover models Library who saw the steady in the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in parade of contestants all day. | Junie.
On the Inside
Railway and Motor Coach Em-(Senate passage of long-range housing bill expected
Ployees of America, for a 20
Cents per hour wage increase.
Utility executives said the re- A . cent award of $1,300,000 in im- * yellow coupon funds to the utility would not offset the
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revenue decline for any long ® = = ® = = ’ Period of time. Raise funds for pet hospital-shelter . . . a picture ance sheet of Dec. ; : 3, 10a, Railways es tatul Story Endness sits ssselinnnsrtes shes riiinss POS 1 811,840.48. a socfore the return of the The lesson of Bogota ... have we learned any382172 in impounded funds, tHINE? uesoeeeeecerssesaneeeesasssnnssenss. Page 16
Operations $700,062 in the red. Return of the im
the utility said it ended 1947
ed funds, Railway officials said, “are cient to place the company due JeAlthy financial condition Sue the ounting operating costs
A Key fo Other Features on Inside “Pages
Amusements 6 Comics ..... 21 Inside Indpls 11} Side Glances 12 Eddie Ash.. 8 Editorials .. 12| Ruth Millett 14 Society .... 13 Bridge ..... 14 Foreign Aff. 12) Needlework. 14 Sports .., 8, 9
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than the $10,000, according to the “actual cost” reports of the ot 18.9 per cent of the vote in But the market value placed by the contestants would 1946. Since then, they have ab-| go over the $10,000 estimate. For in making the garments the|sorbed about 65 per cent of the
{substantiated only by the na-|the Communist Front.
{tion’s outstanding fashion experts|cialists got 20.7 per cent of the {in New York next month when 1946 vote.
jl be sent to New York to com-|
Carnival ... 11{Forum ...,. 12| Pattern .... 14 Washington. 12|ton Ave. the Paper Arts Co. and
ber of Deputies yote was following the trends indicated jn the upper house balloting. The official Senate count from 31,709 of Italy's 41,648 precincts gave the anti-Communists 11,613, 925 vots to 5,9382,076 for the Red Front. These figures resulted from tabulation of 17,286,139 votes, of 76.1 per cent of the total Senate vote. About 25,000,000 persons were
|believed to have voted in the Indiana miners were idle. Restrictions | 2000 have remajtied-out since the where nearly 1000 miners were
deputies election. are harder for voters for the Senate—the age limit is 25 years instead of 21, for example—and several million fewer voted for senators. Reds Take Heart While Mr. De Gasperi and other anti-Communist leaders rejoiced in their victory, the Communists took’ heart from the fact that] they appeared to have retained about the percentage they scored in the 1946 elections. The Communist Party as such
|then United Socialist Party, and |some other small groups, to form The So-
| One point at which Communist {forces had lost a lot of ground,| |nowever, was Rome itself. Here {1200 of the city's 1473 precincts 'had been counted in the deputies voting. The.Christian Democrats {had 385,025 votes, as against the {Communist Front's 193,980. This |was a gain of 180,000 votes for {the Christian Democrats in the {last six months. Only last Oc|tober, Communists won the Rome |administrative election with 280,000 votes.
Arlington Ave. Bus
Service Planned
Indianapolis Railways, Ine. will begin an experimental crosstown bus line Apr. 26 to serve residents along Arlington Ave. between E. Washington St. and 38th St. The’ service has been ordered by the Public Service Commission for a 90-day period to determine whether revenues from the line will pay for its operation. The busses will start at FE. Washington 8t. and Arlington Ave., go north on Arlington to 38th St. east on 38th St. to the intersection of Massachusetts Ave. southwest on Massachusetts Ave. to Arlington and back At to Washington St. : The PSC ordered the service after a public hearing last December., Petitioners who also sought new service to Lawrence were denied.
The new line will serve the naval ordnance plant and Windsor Village at 21st St. and Arling-
employees of other business
the United Mine Workers of America their failure to: end strikes, A former Democratic representative from Maryland, Judge Goldsborough was appéinted to the court
by the late President Roosevelt.
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More Sente
court
150,000 Miners Strike in Protest
Walkout Swells Idle to 250,000
$1,400,000 Penalty Levied Against Union;
nces Due
UMW Chief Files Notice of Appeal; Court Refuses to Issue Judgment Stay WASHINGTON, Apr. 20 (UP) —Federal Judge T. Alan Goldsborough today fined John L. Lewis $20,000 and the United Mine Workeys $1.4 million for criminal contempt of
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The judge said he would have sent Mr. Lewis to prison if he had followed his own judgment. But the government
did not want to put the powerful mine union leader in jail, so the judge confined the penalty to exactly what the government asked in the way of fines. Even so, the penalty was double that imposed on Mr. Lewis and the union in 1946 for a similar offense. The last public statement of
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PITTSBURGH, Apr. 20 (UP) —~More
the United Mine Workers’ finances
than 150,000 rainers| was issued in October, 1046. It
LEWIS" NEMESIS—For the second time in 17 months;
Lewis on contempt charges. The new walkouts brought the
Fed eral Judge T. Alan Goldsborough today fined John L. Lewis and 0
000 men employed in the bituminous industry. r contempt of court for |. Although the miners were union president, some UMW district leaders urged their men to return to work.
Hoosier Miners Say Fines Were What They Expected
UMW Chief at Terre Haute Uncertain.
As to What Indiana’s Pit Men Will Do TERRE HAUTE, Ind, Apr. 20 (UP)s-A United Mine Warkess righ
Union
Charles predicted that the 8500 tions as soon as pessible, “It is. my personal, viewpoint that they will return: to ;work,” 3aid Mr. Funcannon, ‘but it may take a few days to get everything running again.” Louis’ Austin, president of District 11, which includes all but 350 miners, declined to comment on the heavy penalties. He said he didn’t know how the miners in Indiana would react. Earlier, as Mr. Lewis went into court, it was estimated that 6000 Some!
coal strike ended. 3
Hoosier miners
Industry spokesmen said they believed the protest strikes would be short because Mr, Lewis escaped a jail sentence. , Back-to-work recommendations were made by George J. Titler, president of UMW District 29 at Beckley, W. Va., and Hugh
struck agaid® today in protest/showed that, as of July 1, 1048, against the conviction of John L.[the union's treasury balance was of court $13,436,458.45.
That was before the 1946 fine of $700,000 was paid out. The is
total of soft coal miners idle to|treasury balance f approximately 250,000 of the 400,- Sousiderably higher now. than in
Lewis to Appeal Mr. Lewis and the union still
angry over the treatment of theiriface sentences on a civil contempt
charge. Judge Goldsborough said that punishment--possibly more fines—will be considered After the sentences were passed Nelly X= shed. (hat. the union unsel, asked ment be stayed | hw judge The request was’ judge then asked what Fenta could be made for posting
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White, president of UMW Dis-| Mr. Ho ey : . y pKins stated that bond © 1 areal, Iu Sould be posted this sftetnoon jobn| Dedars or tomorrow, Government Ho aiatrict presidents in. Pennsylciugl agreed that that would Be’ A vania ord a satisfactory » phan Tier urged his 28,000 Signal for Walkonts = on 's, who had struck today to rs :
Mr ; return to work immediately “be“judging from the past, the fine cause it will be at an six
was ho moré than anyone ex- ." . He said he “didn’t expect. any jail ‘sentence for Mr. Lewis.” 5 . ‘He said Hoosier miners might Have resumed a general walkout had Mr. Lewis been put in jail Mr. Funcannon said he could not speak as a district official but was only ‘expressing his own opinion. Latest reports of a walkout came from Warrick County,
idle this morning
The Smalls of
Small Jr.
cony after all the fuss about it. Mr. Small, who is an assistant law professor at Indiana | University Law 8chool in Indianapolis, hastened to add that he didn’t think the President's com-
any political significance. In fact, Mr. Truman explained that his reason for not using it was because it is too public. Reporters Puzzled Veteran White House reporters were puzzied by the visitors. They had. to accept the fact that Mr, Small, when he first graduated from Indiana University Law| School at Bloomington, went to teach at Kansas City Law School. President Truman had attended | that school one year back in 1925. 80, when Mr. Small came to Washington to be admitted to the Supreme Court, he just wrote the President and got this casual appointment on the basis of the old Kansas school tie. When the name “Ben F. Small,” with no further identification, appeared on the President's schedule reporters were curious. They asked Charles Ross, Mr. Truman’s press secretary, who Mr. Small was and were told that he is “an old law professor friend.” They supposed he had taught Mr. Truman. When they saw he was 28 and his wife, also a native of Terre Haute, even younger they began asking questions. Smalls Puzzled, Too The Smalls were as puzzled by the questioning as the reporters were by the answers. They drove away in their car explaining that they didn’t know it is unusual for anyone to call on the President like that. i Rep. Noble Johnson, Terre Haute, Republican, sponsored Mr. Small's admission to the Supreme Court yesterday. He said he is
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They were much taken by the President and felt sorry when he said he didn’t think he would have much time to use the bal-|Local 8295 in the Zanesville, C
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Terre Haute
Drop in on Harry Truman Mr. and Mrs. Ben F., Both Republicans,
Find the President ‘a Swell Fellow’ By DANIEL M. KIDNEY, Times Staff Writer WASHINGTON, Apr. 20—President Truman ‘took 15 minutes from pressing affairs: of state today to show his new balcony to two young Republicans from Terre Haute—Mr, and Mrs. Ben F.
“I'm still a Republican,” Mr.| Small confided, even after the| balcony scene had ‘shifted to a specially guided tour for the two) in the presidential gardens. “But|
ment regarding the balcony had/d sure think Harry Truman is a violence.
swell fellow. I'm going to write my Kansas City associates and] tell: them so. We have mutual friends there.” Mrs. Small’ was also pleased. | She even confessed that before] her marriage she was a Demo-| crat. They have a 1-year-old son| who is being ‘cared for .during| the Washington ' visit * by the grandparents. His politics re-| main doubtful, but by fall he may have a Truman button.
Here's Good News
For Gardeners | LOCAL TEMPERATURES
6a m..7 10a m.. 74 Ta.m.. 7 11 a m.. 76 8a m.. 7 12 (Noon) 76 Sam. 7 1.p.m.. 7
Except for a few scattered showers today, the next few days should bring good weather for gardeners and farmers. The Weather Bureau today forecast a dry cycle to last several days with a return to more iseasonal temperatures. The mercury is expected to rise to between: 75 and 80 degrees today with a drop tonight to the mid 50’s.. Tomorrow’s high will be 65 to 70. ‘
ClO Executive Board OK’s Chrysler Strike
DETROIT, Apr. 20 (UP)—The 22°man ' executive board of the CIO United Automobile Workers union today unanimously au-
Chrysler Corporation employees
Places along the route. ,
the son of one of Terre Haute's “leading Republican lawyers.”
months before they get a decision from the Supreme Court.” Mr. White said ‘no purpose could be served by individual action by miners at this time." He recommended that the international union be permitted ‘to handle the situation through the courts.” However, Frank Wilson, president of UMW, District 13, Albia, Iowa, said. “this (the fines) fis very unfair and unjust, both in regard to Mr. Lewis personally and the miners. “I don’t know what the union will do, but the temper of the
is. It is another case of perse-
men is worked up, just as mine|UMW 2 legal knockout.
Judge Goldsborough found Mr. Lewis and the union guilty of both criminal and evil contempt. The convictions. re sulted. from their failure to obey an Apr, 3 court order directing them to end “forthwith” the strike that began Mar, 15, The convictions were the sige nal for angry miners to start a new walkout in protest against the court action. The new stop page, which started late yesterday, spread rapidly and by mide morning today thousands of diggers were idle, : This was the second time in 17 months that Judge Goldshorough has dealt Mr. Lewis and the
In 1946 he fined Mr, Lewis $10
cution by the government, which {000 and the union $3.5 million for has always taken the part of the contempt for failure to obey a operators.” previous court order to call off a
Coal Shortage May
thorized a strike by 75000{Court ruling that five
No Violence ; John Ozanich, president of the
November, 1048 strike. : Bupreme Court subses 2300-member Local 6321 which|quently cut the union's fine. to works the giant Robena Mine of |$700,000—half of that imposed U. 8. Steel Corp., said, “it's a raw day. — and upheld the full fine
The to
deal. I'm afraid there's going to/88ainst Mr, Lewis.
be hell to pay. The men aren't going to like those fines.” . Leonard Trout, secretary of
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in the local “will vote to go back
to work” when a meeting is held {Judge Goldsborough said he,
later today. Picketing was reported in West Virginia, but there was no The pickets merely turned the men away at the tipples. At other mines throughout the country miners reported for work, talked over the Lewis case, threw the water out of their lunch buckets and went home. The state-by-state strike pic. ture: ; West Virginia, 76,000 on strike; Kentucky, 52,000; Pennsylvania, 31,000; Illinois, 23,000; Alabama, 22,000; Ohio, 13,000; Indiana, 6000; Utah, 4000; Tennessee, 7000: Virginia, 11,000; Colorado, 4800; Wyoming, 2300.
Close City Plant
The City Sanitation plant fky have to close down in about two weeks unless a new supply of coal is made available, Mayor Feeney revealed today. “The A sewage disposal plant has only a week's supply of coal on hand and half a week on order,” the Mayor said. “If the mine strike continues and no more fuel is available by then the plant must close.” Mayor Feeney said the garbage plant will close tomorrow to save coal. The refuse will be dumped into sanitation lagoons and the manufacture of grease - will be stopped.
Judges Get Pay Hike | A State Appellate Court deeision today upheld a Lake Circuit
are entitled to
+. Lawyer ‘Good Boy’ Mr. Lewis: took the new fine without uttering a word-—except to tell his lawyer “good boy”
~~ |area, said he felt that the men after it was over,
In imposing the punishment,
wanted to send Mr. Lewis to prison but that he felt it neces sary to go along with the governs ment's recommendations. “. .’ now, if the court was to use its individual judgment,” he said, “it wquld impose a prison sentence upon the individual defendant (Mr, Lewis). But the court is only one man, one individual, So the court feels it should adopt the recommendation made by the government. Many things are at stake, the judge said—‘the welfare and the health, the safety and orderly way of life of 140 million people are involved as well as our nation al prestige in foreign countries.” Apparently the government feared that a jail sentence would certainly cause a full: work stoppage throughout the coal industry. Coal supplies al. ready are depleted by thei recent strike, A further shutdown of mining would be certain to upset the whole workings of American industry at a crucial time.
Julietta Hikes ‘Weekly Rates From $6 to $7.50
ee . The cost ;of living at Julietta has been hiked. Effective today, inmates will be required to pay, $7.50 ‘wee for room and board at | "Marion County Honde:
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County judges if necessary to win wage Se-jadiaties of $10,000 mseag af $10,
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