Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 22 April 1948 — Page 1
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THURSDAY, APRIL 22, 1948
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Pkwy, 8. Dr., wears the outfit made for her by Mrs. D. M. Hunter, 311 N, Irvington Ave.
(UPPER RIGHT) A brown check wool coat is modeled by Terry, son of Mr. Mrs, W. C. Terry, 6173 ColIt was made by Mrs.
Frank stone Ave. for a nephew.
(LOWER LEFT) Sharyn Ann Stohler takes her doll for a stroll while dressed in the pinafore made by her mother, Mrs. Ralph I. Stohler, 5826 E. Michigan St. It is made of white
(LOWER RIGHT) Thomas M., Edwards Jr., better known as Bucky, is proud of the fancy shirt his mother made for the contest. The son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas M. Ed-
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safe anyway, Was full of paper: Escape With $300 Yeggs ha smashed their yay GD Store, 210 W. Michigan 8t., in a coal escaped with $300 cash from filing cabinets. They. igin coins. An undetermined amount of n by burglars from Grocery, 1121 Prossmashed through a
Burglars last night forced the office window of the Knoxall + 1005 E. Sumner Ave., and pled to open a two-ton safe tools belonging to the com-
The discarded tools and batTed safe were discovered this Morning by ©. P. Epler, pres®t. The safe contained only .In stamp money.
Food Prices Decline
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Yeggs Crack Safe, Bet 51000 Cash
Combination Broken At Moneys, Inc. Burglars got about $1000 from 8 large safe in the office of + Moneys, Inc., a loan firm,\at 533 N. Pennsylvania St., early today. Using a heavy pinch bar and 2 sledge hammer, the yeggs who entered the office through a wigdow, smashed the combination oft the safe and stripped the cash box of all money. C. L. Hunt, assistant manager, said the cash box contained at least $1000 and maybe more. Robbed Last August The same office was robbed of by burglars last August. Burglars who broke: into the Campbell Of Co., 2003 Madison Ave, would have saved .themlot of trouble last night ad they heeded signs put up for mM by the management. Nn burglars entered they 1 2 sign on the safe saying: Records, no money.” -But they Smashed the combination off the The strong box , NO money.
March, the Labor Department re-|locals brought the total to $117. be y. It said the decline 800 bl 12 per cent. The decline ropped the overall cost of liv-
€ for moderate income families
The men were identified as Percy Lewellyn, former UAW regional director who was defeated for the presidency of Ford Local 600 Saturday; Shelton Tappes, former member of Local 6800's bargaining committee, and Nelson Davis, UAW member, Krug ordered a city-wide search for the men as result of a tip to the police department. He would not give any details, but added they “might be difficult to find.” Clue Exploded Police ballistics experts said
clue in the search for the wouldbe assassin who severely wounded the fiery union chief with a shotgun blast through Mr. Reuther’s kitchen window Tuesday night. William Muntford, 16, gave to police a 16-gauge shotgun shell he found late yesterday along the getaway car's route, but the experts said shotgun wadding found outside Mr. Reuther's window would not fit the shell. Authorities theorized Yast as ateur man, move y Bre had. tried to kill Mr. Reuther. Police Commissioner Harry 8. Toy, working with meager clues to the identity of the would-be killer, hoped the $117,800 in re'wards would encourage somebody to come forward with new leads. E to Save Arm Dr. Raymond A. Sokolov, who removed four shotgun pellets from Mr. Reuther’s right arm and operated on a less serious chest wound, sald he was certain the arm would not have to be amputated. 4 The largest single reward of-
3 Lef-Wing Unionists Sought in Reuther Shooting
Three Teams of Detectives Sent fo Make
Arrests; FBI Promises Investigation DETROIT, Apr. 22’ (UP)—Police Inspector Joseph V: Krug dispatched three teams of detectives today to pick up three left-wing unjonists for questioning about the ambusn shooting of Walter P. Reuther, CIO United Auto Workers chief.
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Charles Sawyer Named fo Fill Commerce Post
I ——————————— WASHINGTON, Apr. 22 (UP) —President Truman today named Charles Sawyer, former Ambassador to Belgium, to be Secretary of Commerce. Mr. Sawyer accepted. The appointment followed Mr. Truman's action yesterday in naming the present secretary, W. Averell Harriman to be the roving ambassador to direct the European Recovery Program from the field. Mr. Sawyer, 2 Cincinnati, 0. attorney, conferred wtih Mr. Truman this morning by telephone and agreed to take the job. Mr. Sawyer formerly was Democratic national committeeman from Ohio before his diplomatic service in Belgium. He is
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The White House was to send Mr. Harriman's new nomination to Capitol Hill at noon, the hour when Mr. Harri will transmit to th esident his cabinet resignation. Mr. Harriman rates high with Senate President Arthur H. Vandenberg (R. Mich.), and his new appointment is expected to get a quick Senate okay,
6000 in Indiana Return to Mines
Gas fo. Blamed - For ‘Deep Purple’
But Can't Sue liself
The city ran up against a stone wall today in its investigation of the causes which turned Sbuth Side homes a “deep purple” recently. Robert Wolf, city combustion engineer, reported to Mayor Al Feeney today he had enough evidence tc justify court action against the Citizens Gas & Coke Utility under the present smoke ordinance, ‘ However, possibility of court action against the utility was exploded by Michael Reddington, city attorney, who said the case would not stand since it would be an instance. of the city suing itself. Mayor Plans Meeting The gas company, hé said, is a department of the city operated as a public charitable trust Under existing law the city could not be on both sides of a law suit. Because the smoke provision is a city ordinance, the city
as the defendant. AS the result of these findings the Mayor planned to call a meeting of the utility direciars, ir. Wolf and members 62 the city legal department in order to work out a solution to the air pollution problem. Up to this time the gas company has never assumed responsibility for the “purple homes” near its Prospect St. plant, Residents whose homes were discolored have held protest meciings and have talked of bringing suit against the company. Reports on Tests Mr. Wolf, in his report to the Mayor, declared “there can be no question but that positive proof has been accumulated of con-
fered was $100,000 by the UAW’s International ecu The Detroit City Council voted $10,000. The AFL teamsters
igan Communist Party voted $500 and the Wayne County CIO ‘Council $100. Various other UAW
Director J. Edgar Hoover has promised that the FBI will investigate immediately whether any
union offered $5000. The Mich-|—Coal
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Senate Passes Bill on Homes For 19 Million
Measure fo Run into House Fight
WASHINGTON, Apr. 22 (UP) ~—The Senate today passed the! Taft-Hartley-Wagner bill aimed at building 15 million homes in the next 10 years. Approval was by voice vote. “The measure, including a controversial provision for 500,000 public housing units in the next five years, now goes to the House. It faces an uphill fight there. The final vote came after the Senate wrote back into the bill a rural housing program and a plan to give “wheel chair” veterans up to $10,000 for specially-equipped homes. $268,500,000 Fund The rural housing amendment was sponsored by Sens. Milton R. Yo! (R. N. D.) and Richard B. Russell (D. Ga.).
during the next four years for replacing or improving “sub-stand-ard” farm homes. The aid to wheelchair veterans would enable the veterans administration to pay up to half the cost of specially - constructed homes for ex-servicemen disabled with spinal injuries. The measure also calls for a five-year slum clearance program. And it would provide extensive research designed to cut housing costs and improve mass production methods in home building. Cuts Party Lines An amendment to knock out public housing provoked a heated three-hour debate yesterday. This proposal was introduced by Sen. Harry P. Cain (R. Wash.). The vote cut across party lines, with 25 Republicans and 24 Democrats voting against the proposal. Eighteen GOP Senators and 17 Democrats supported it.
T-E-W Bill two years ago, but it was pigeonholed in the House Banking Committee.
Pope Pius Lauds
Italian Elections ROME, ‘Apr. 22 (UP) -- ‘His
It calls for! $268,500,000 in loans and grants,
On Him in Channel
PORT RICHMOND, N.
Navy divers.
tom of the Kill Van Kull. dramatic race against time.
Edward Christansen, Bay, N. Y., reported shortly after noon in a faint voice: “I am getting very weak.” The first diver to go to the rescue, Sverre: Hague, was brought to the surface after half an hour and reported “very rough going.” . He estimated that 15 tons of mud covered Mr. Christiansen when the sidés of the cable
Navy Rescues Diver From Tons of Muck In 30 Feet of Water
Walls of Cable Trench Collapsed
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Edward Christansen, who was trapped by an underwater cave-in off Staten Island today, was rescued by
PORT RICHMOND, N. Y., Apr. 22 (UP)—A commercial diver was trapped today under tons ¢f muck at the bot-
The Navy rushed seven divers to the scene in a
By telephone to his surface crew the trapped diver, Oyster
of New York Harbor
Y., Apr. 22 (UP)—Diver
taneh in which, he was working A Navy rescue tug, carrying a battery of divers and rescue equipment, went to the scene off Staten Island. Mr, Christiansen was working in 30 feet of water. A Afireboat stood by p to use its pressure hoses to sweep away the muck, If necessary.
Tugs ranged the: channel warn-|p t bla ERE
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Holiness Pope Plus XII said today that the Italian election results “quickened the confidence of all Europe and the whole world.” The Pope's statement was made originally in a special audience given By the prelate to Hugh Baillie, president of the United Press, and Mrs. Baillie, and representatives of other American press associations Tuesday. Myron Taylor, President Truman’s special envoy to the Vatican, released the statement to-
The Pope said that the elections marked a “crucial moment” which caused people all over the world to turn to God “with the prayer
fithat He come to the defense of
His cause against error and injustice.”
Mercury to Rise In 70's Today
LOCAL TEMPERATURES
6 a. m.. 10 a. m.. 58 7a m., 46 11 a m.. 60 8 a. m.. 50 12 (Noon) 62 9am. 54 1p m.. 68.
The weatherian promised higher temperatures today and tonight after Indianapolis residents shivered through a cool day yesterday. The mercury was expected to reach 72 degrees by late afternoon but will drop again to as low as 45 degrees tonight. Partly cloudy weather is expected.
Abcam Boi sini N. Y. Central Shops To Reopen Monday
Work will be resumed next Monday at the New York Central’s Beech Grove shops, which had been closed since Apr. 3 because of curtailed operations due to the coal strike. K. D. Reed, superintendent of the locomotive shops, and B. PF. Orr, superintendent of the car shops, said first shift workers will report at 8 a. m. and that daylight savings time will be observed.
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ing ‘one mile of street six feet. The street was supposed to have been completéd last Dec. 1. But there was trouble of all kinds, ” =» THERE WAS a shortage of cement mixers. There was a shortage of labor. There was a shortage of good weather, It snowed too much. The sun didn’t shine. It rained. It got too cold. People walked in fresh cement. Even buildings got in the way. But all these excuses are pretty pale compared to the real reason for the delay. . The inside story is an idea they had in 1870 that woman's place was in the home. Time—and the shape N. Meridian St. is in today-—have conspired to show how dangerous that doctrine turned out for the State Highway Commission and the City of Indianapolis, » » » MERIDIAN 1S the name of the street, as you might have guessed, particularly if‘ you have been trying to do business along there lately. -
When they decided to widen the street, engineers checked up on the right-of-way. They found that on July 25, 1870, property owners from 16th to 21st 8t, dedicated 70 feet of right-of-way to the City for future expansion of Meridian. Fine. The project got under way with the clattering of pneumatic drills, the rumbling of heavy equipment and the squawks of motorists forced to detour. When the widening reached the 2000 block, the engineers found some apartment houses and other buildings were in the way. Prop-
Between 1800 and 200 mien have been affected by the shutdown.
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People, Buildings, Wives Slow Down Big Plans fo Widen Ma.
Once. upon a. tim nu rg Lh. : : . time was a 8 depending on how you looked at it, oan o south,
streets of the Bt is, in fat. Tass, Deore i election, the decided to widen it from 50 to 56 feet for one mile. to * It is now 275 days since this project started in August, 1047, and
1870 Halt Repairs
U.S. Steel Bars Wage Boosts, Cuts Prices
Raise Called Step to Inflate Cost of Living
Slash Expected To Total $25 Million PITTSBURGH, Apr. 22 (UP)—U. 8. Steel Corp. to.
day refused to grant a cost.
of-living wage increase to its employess and announced a reduction in steel prices, ef fective May 1, 1048. Benjamin ¥. Fairless, president of U. 8, Steel, announced the com= pany could not grant the wage increase demands of the CIO United Bteelworkers without raising the prige. of its products. and steel prices reduced 15° avert further increases in the nation’
The contract between VU. 8. Steel and the
steelworkers has until May 1, 1049 before it ex-
Meridian St.
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ing only 60 feet for the . street and that was not enough. , a =» BACKED UP by what they thought was the law, the engineer just bulldozed on When the owners saw their build~ ings being pushed around, they hired attorneys to find out what was what. The lawyers examined the dedication deeds of 1870. They found out the deeds were invalid—that the City never did acquire the right-of-way legally. The hitch was, according to the lawyers, that the husbands transacted the family business in those days, while the wives were in the kitchen, It seems that the husbands signed the deeds and the wives did not. : It seems that the wives owned the property and the husbands did not. . It seems that this was the case Jor te Tght-of-way all ‘the way rom to the first alle of 21st Bt, y north N. Meridian St. has been
running through private pro rt for years. Property
” » o SOMETHING THE City did in 1897 legalized the situation from 16th to 20th 8t. It laid a sidewalk along that four-block stretch on the basis of the 70-foot right-of-way without being challenged. North of 21st 8t., however, buildings went up and a sidewalk went in on the basis of a 60-foot right-of-way. ? Nobody seemed to worry about this apparent encroachment on what people then thought was the City’s 70-foot ‘right-of-way. No one gave it a thought until the State Highway Commission showed up last fall with its highway. It was then the owners learned they could have built out in the middle of the street if it hadn’t got there first.
gy 2 9 : THE ‘BOTTLENECK in the completion of Meridian St. is that block and one-half from 20th to the first alley north of 21st Bt. where buildings, hedges, steps and porches have to be moved back. For, the last three months Works Board has been bie out damages for property owners who were within
because of the - sho
because 78 years popular impression that woman's
24-25/place was in the home while the| ? husband sauntered out into thes
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«® 8 oo» IT WILL BE quite a little time before the job is finished. That's the
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inets, for furnaces, air
ducts, and heating galvanized sheets for silos, grain bins and other farm structures: spring wire for furniture and other uses; as well as many other steel products, . y : Welcomes Decrease : President Philip Murray of CIO steelworkers union said the steel company proposes to dee crease its prices by “less than $1.24 per ton, or about a half cent 4 pound.” “Any price decrease comed,” he said. “We are forced, however, to label this decrease for what it is, namely a picayune de crease, when viewed in the , of the corporation’s recent record of price increases” Ere Mr. Murray said he and othe union negotiators offered to de< lay final action on the wage issue until the effect of the price dee creases could be measured. He said the company refused to enter into an agreement to extend
1s wel
price decrease.” Cites Steel Profits
Mr. Murray cited U. 8. Steel's. profits for 1947 and the fact that it recently the prices on some of its asl in his demand for a higher wage. ' Mr. Murray said that U.' 8. Steel’s net profit in 1947 increased 73 per cent over 1046 profits. He sald the com made ' $153 million after taxes last year. In closing, Mr. Murray's state ment said the steelworkers union will “live up to” the no-stri ° clause in the current contract, which has until May 1, 1949, be. fore it expires. . :
Wrecked Plane, 2 Dead Found in Wooded Area
POMPTON, 'N. J., Apr. 23 (UP)—A wrecked airplane with the bodies of two men was found "Yesterday by hikers in a wooded aréa near here. State police identified the plane as one miss~ ing since Feb. 17 on a flight from Balismere, Md., to Tetterboro, N. J. The men killed were identified as Warren Webster, Demarest, N, J., pilot, and Herbert Olson, Englewood, N. J. 3
Truman Accepts
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