Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 4 May 1948 — Page 3
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UMT Up for Debate At Spring Meeting
Veterans’ housing was. expect~ ed to be the hottest issue to come before the American Legion to-
meeting. Mean Legionnaires from throughout the nation have become embroiled in national and international problems midway in the three-day session of the National Executive Committee, which will put the finishing touches on its work here at noon
tomorrow, Alessandroni, Philadelphia, chairman of the housing committee, was to present a resolution on veterans’ housing to the National Economic Commission early this afternoon. It is anticipated that the reso-| lution which will recommend that | the Legion drop its long-stand-| ing opposition to the Taft-Ellen-| der-Wagner housing bill will pre-| cipitate heated arguments. oh
Mr. Alegsandront bit his World War IT committeemen are sald to have changed their views on the TEW bill since it was amended to give veterans priority in low“gost
housing. Righ on the Legion docket is child welfare. The problem is of extreme importance, Legion offirials sald; because more than 50] per ¢ent of all the children in the
-On- ‘Family Life’
2 United States are those of veterans. .... .. >
The major project: of the Te-
gion in this respect is to develop a plan to secure more federal aid for local agencies through public assistance programs. Universal military training was to be in for an airing at the meeting today of the National Security Commission. The Legion was expected to reiterate its position for the project which at present is being soft-pedaled in Congress, according to lobbyists for
the organization:
Banquet Tonight Another highlight was fo be a report by Milo J. Warner, Toledo, on plans for enlarging national Legion headquarters here. Climax of the spring meeting will be the banquet for the National Executive Committee at 7 p. m. today in the Indianapolis Athletic Club, It will be given by James F, O'Neil, national commander, John L. Sullivan, Secretary of the Navy, who was scheduled to arrive here by air late this afternoon, will ‘be the principal speaker. In the closing session tomorrow Ralph B. Gregg, national judge advocate, is expected to blast legal maneuvers used by Communists tn this co To gain their “infamous ends.” Recommended Action Legion officials asked the gov-'
ernment yesterday to assure the!
nations of Western Europe that] the U. 8. would co-operate with |
them militarily “in the event of aggression.”
In a series of resolutions on foreign policy, the Legion leaders recommended action to
Ground Broken For Student Union
Butler to Put Up $1 Million Building
térday.
mony on Fairview campus, morial Hall.
a shovelful of ground were Hilton U. Brown, president of the board
man of the board building comdirector of the evening division; of the Butler Alumni Assotiation. and Miss Mary E
sident ‘of the IL
‘Group President
The Rev. Roy B. Connor Jr.
Union building, following official RR 20, Box 739. ground-breaking ceremonies yes- was
Students, faculty, alumni ang Marines : representatives of the board of Mont 5 neo directors participated in the cere-| Which he spent 200 Overseas,
feet south of Arthur Jordan Me- tive Hoosier,
Named Ministerial
will_ serve as president of the!
{Indianapolis Ministerial -Associa-~
to. “thwart tion for 1948-'49, The Rev. Mr.
a plan for world domination and|Connor is the to prevent a third and devas-|pastor
tating world war.”
The executive committee also|Heights Presby-
adopted resolutions Jrging co-/te operation in resisting aggression, | strengthening the United Nations, maintaining the armed forces at “wholly adequate levels,” wide dissemination of information and continued support of the European Recovery Plan.
Experts to Confer
WASHINGTON, May 4 (UP)—| In the whirl. of modern living the ties that bind families together are getting loose. The high rate of divorce and! Juvenile. delinquency and a.dozen,
~ other !'nymptoms”.. are,
the experts who believe the family unit is basic to: American democracy, Experts from 127 major ori ganizations will begin gathering here today for a four-day “Na~| tional Conference on Family | Life.” They will see if they can agree on what's. happening, why| it's happening and what should be done about it. The conference sponsored; but has the best ‘wishes of the government, in-| cluding President Truman. As evidence of “my official and per-| sonal interest,” Mr. Truman of- t-| fered the use of the White House | as a place for the group's openIng news conference late today. S———————————————————————
WCTU Declares
Primary Voth sting—1 u. | St ik N 4 | pe rue o Womens .: mm, homtin. . Siddons, 21, -Bargersville: C R ‘ ll rikers No He P Railway Mail Asociatioh. Women's Auxil. weed n Montgomery. 3. of Bargersviile
SYDNEY Avstratie “May lh
Sydney's brewery workers, on strike for the last two months, aren't helping the temperancé cause much. 80 thinks Mrs. Grave Tossall, | Bei Women's ~ Christian Temperance Union executive. “It seems a very roundabout Way to prevent people from taking alcohol,” she says of the
world-'!C hristian
|tion vice presi-
of the ‘ 4 LER Meridian
n Church. The Rev. R. H. Peoples, pastor of the Second
Church, has been named associa-
dent; ‘the Rev, Herman Rose, pastor of the North Side Assembly es aod.
Revs Connor
{necretary, and ‘the Rev.
Gemmer, associate pastor pies the [First Friends Church, treasurer.
The officers, elected yesterday, | will assume their. new duties |June 1.
Evangelical and Church, is the retiring president.
Liederkranz to Give Final Concert Saturday
The Indianapolis Liederkranz,|
President of the e Student Council, breaks ground for the new Student Union building.
Mediators Gm Fe pe About Rail Truce |
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Stephen A. Douglas, vice presiident in charge al sales promotion or
the Kroger Co. will talk Douglass Fears Friday evening to the IndianStrike on May n apolis Associa-
By United Press . Federal mediators at Chicago walked glumly ‘into a conference room today for what may be their last attempt to head off a nationwide railroad strike set tor; la week from today. Chairman Frank P. Douglass | < "the Kroger Co., ot the National Railway Media- Mr. Douglas Mr. Doulas was! tion Board acknowledged pp ne executive Joe Ihe ov ih “thers mIgNt Do-& strike May 11 [or PORY Mr. Douglas is vice He and board member F. A. |pjresident and director of the Cin-/ O'Neill met with representatives sinnati Rotary Club, and also a of the railroads this morning member of the Sales Executive] and scheduled a later meeting Council of Cincinnati.
ma oe Boy, 3, Critically Injured by Car |
Melvin Bowden Hit
Near His Home Three-year-old Melvin LeRoy|
tion of Manufac-
tional Way i Before nis
Washington, tar | White” House Press Charles G. Ross said Brio prod federal efforts to avert the strike jtould not yet be “labelled conclusivély as a failure.” He added that he did not think] there would be. any railroad development from the White House | todsy.
Kingan Stike
Set for Sunday
Date Announced After Parley Fails
Packinghouse workers at the Kingan & Co.’ plant nere are’ scheduled to go on strike at 12.01
president of the Kingan local of the United Pace linghouse Workers (CIO), said the |strike date was set well ahead so all processed foods would be be yond the spoilage point before ths workers.walk out. The strike will affect about 2300 workers. Negotiations for wage Increases [broke down after the {union proposed a settlement of a 1s cent hourly wage increase or Is agreement to let the dispute |g0 to arbitration. Plant negotia~ tors turned down both proposals, Mr. LaRue said. . Stop Stock Buying Kingan spokesmen acknowl.
jedged the strike notice and sald | livestock buying would be discon!tirued and operations would be
brought to a stop as quickly as | possible.
Photo by John Spickiemire, Times Stafl ote
GROUND-BREAKING- CEREMONY — Butler Universi: officials arid: students watch as Miss Mery Elizabeth Swann,
The brotherhoods, representing! 15C.000 engineers, firemen and! switchmen, said they would leave their jobs on that date unless the railroads granted their demands for changes in the working rules! and a 30 per cent wage increase. Other labor developments: ONE: Officials of the CIO] United Packinghouse Workers) §ald Wilson & Co.'s threat to fire]
.
Elsewhere, too, unions were {Bowden lay in critical condition gloging in on independent packers in General Hospital today with a where workers had Sontibued to 'work pending outcome of negoe probable fractured skull after he tations with the “big four” of the was struck down by an automo-|,..uine industry. After a strike | bile yesterday when he ran into strategy meeting in Chicago Sunthe. street. ...{day, Wayne Thurman, director of Melvin dashed out between] (the Packinghouse Workers Dis- | parked cars near his home, 1102, trict 7, ordered union members. in
| several other Hoosier cities to E. Ohio 8t., and was struck by!
striking workers Had not affected’ : an automobile operated by Homer!
the nation-wide strike,
‘Services Thursday For Pfc. Dillow
Services for Pfc. Robert Wilbert Dillow, who was killed on (Iwo Jima Feb. 22, 1945, will be “I held at 1:30 p. m. Thursday in - ithe J. C. Wilson {Chapel of the {Chimes. Burial
Workmen were busy today | will be in Mt a clearing the site for Butler Uni-| Pleasant Ceme-
versity’s new $1,000,000 “Student | ty:
Pfe. Dillow,
22, He served with the 14
A na-
Ple. Dillow
of his life and Speaking briefly as they turned W2$ graduated from Southport
lived here yy
High School in 1941. [- Surviors are his parents, Mr.
of directors; J. I. Holcomb, Shain land Mrs, Jess W. Dillow, and a
brother, Russell Dillow, all.of In-
mittee; Dr. George F. Leonard, |dianapolis.
J. Russell Townsend Jr., president | ‘Putt-Putt’ Robin the Butler stuaeni PUTS Nest in Plane,
Stays Put in Flight
robin kept diving toward the BO "oh his plane as he
ington NX: National Airport. Mrs. Robin wanted to com- _— ‘suicide; Mr. Foulke was sorry. But he had to take off and she wouldn't scram. Sometime later at Collinsville, Pa., mechanics servicing the attorney’s private plane found a robin’s nest with one egg near the engine firewall over one of the cylinders. Mr. Foulke shuddered. Suppose, he wrote the Civil Aeronautics | Administration that nest had] been in the exhaust. Could navel caused a fire,
Dr. Richard Rettig, pas-| concerning the naval reserve’s or-
tor. of tl I Venue ganized and- volunteer De. LarroRe, Aveny al and ‘to také entistments.
‘Naval Armory Open
bert For Information
The - Naval Armory, 30th - and White River, will be open (Monday, Wednesday and Thursday evenings to give information
nz Capt. F: F. Knachel, commanding officer, U. 8. Naval Reserve, indicated the reserve is particu-| larly interested in enlisting men, lin the V-6 volunteer reserve, On|
|taxpayers’ expense,
Ar i i —— WASHINGTON, May ¢ (UP)— Emerson Foulke, a lawyer from Joplin, Mo., was puzzled when a
House Eyes Staffs Of Retired ‘Brass’
‘May Probe Duties Of Gl Assistants
WASHINGTON, May 4 (UP)— A congressional committeé may]
—}investigate-— the —Armed Forces’)
practice of giving retired five-| star officers GI assistants at the; it was dis-
{
closed today.
Chairman Clare Hoffman (R. Mich.) said his House Executive Expenditures Committee “certainly will investigate if anybody complains about it to me.” .The issue was raised on the House floor yesterday by three Congressmen who pointed out that Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower has had two Army men and a Wac warrant officer assigned to him in New York. The Army promptly explained that the former Chief of Staff still is cleaning up Army business. “That's an old excuse,” scoffed
that for the next 20 years.”
Mr. Hoffman. “They'll be using!
TWO: CIO President Puilip| “Murray accused the steel of making “paltry” cuts -in steel FT. WAYNE, May 4 (UP)-iprices in “mere shadow boxing ho CIO United Packinghouse for public exhibition.” Workers of America today called] THREE: Soft coal operators a strike among workers at the moved to block any new wage deMuncie and Ft. Wayne plants of mands by John L. Lewis and his the Marhoefer division of the United Mines Workers. The opKuhner Packing Co. {erators announced they had spent The two plants were. the first million for supplies, repairs jof 13 independent packing houses. and new equipment during 1947. in district seven to be affected by The statement was seen as paving the threatened walkout. District the way to refuse demands for {seven comprises plants in In- wage Increases whén the miners” diana, Kentucky, Ohio and 4 Michi-| contract comes up for renewal igan {June 30.
Meat Strike Called in Ft. Wayne, Muncie
Only Ike Mentioned Gen. Eisenhower was the only officer Hentioned by-name in the House Army un " disclosed, however, that Gen. H. H. (Hap) Ar-
the engine at Wash-! nold, wartime Air Force com-
mander, has an Army-paid secretary and orderly on his California ranch. He also has access to a GI chauffeur when he needs orie, these sources said. “The Navy said it provides an aide for Adm. William F. Halsey iwhen he travels in uniform to make speeches. Adm. Halsey now is at the University of Vir- | ginia.
The Army said Président Truman authorized such services in 945 on the ground that “military {elder statesmen” need office help. A ——————————————
16 Local Men Get Purdue oC Certificates
Pusan Duprey. bers of 1808. They are. J. W. Burt and L. W. Heagy, members of the older And. W. H, Minter, Thad I. Hall, Judson D. Moschelie and D. hd Buchanan.
‘Law Group to Install Installation ceremonies will be
All are meémof the classes of 1893 and
[each of the three evenings a week held Saturday in the Indiana
|the armory will be open from 6:30
Prof. W. Carl Meyer directing, to 10 o'clock.
will give its final concert of the [season at 8:15 p. m. Saturday in|
St.
MEDICAL ¢ ONV ENTION ¢ SET FT. WAYNE, May 4 (UP)=—|
is privately-|the hall at 1417 E. Washington The Indiana Association of Osteo-
{pathic Physicians and Surgeons |
Soloist will be Consuelo Couch- |today scheduled its annual con-
|man Dunmeyer, cellist, accompa- vention for May 13, 14, and 15 at|Zechiel,
nied by Carolyn Ayres Turner.
{the Van Orman Hotel here.
Supreme Court by the newlychartered Ralph Hamill chapter [of Phi Alpha Delta national legal | fraternity. Leroy K. New has been named justice of the group. | Comprising the initiation team will be Hugh Reynolds, Judge | Joseph O. Hoffmann, - Chester
Robert D. Armstrong. |
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‘strike immediately unless plant managements met demands, Struck Since March The “big four” consisting of
Margaret WIIson, 18, or 531° NH Armour-& 00. Bwift &: Ogee ben Noble St, and Joan Lloyd, 20, Cudahy and Wilson, have been of 3641 Kenwood Ave. were struck since Mar. 16. Armour bruised in a three-car accident officials recently pulled out of at North St. and Park Ave. early negotiations and announced ine today, tention to open their plants in the They were passengers in an/face of the continuing strike, . automobile operated by Frank| Other independents probably to Parsons Jr, 21, of 1916 N. Park. be affected by the closing in It was in collision with another strategy were the Marhoefer Die driven by Luther Russell, 27, of| vision of the Kuhner Packing Co. R. R. 4, Box 664, and was hurled in Muncie and Ft. Wayne; the into a third car driven by Harry) Weil Packing Co. of Evansville, Pittman; 40; of 1034 ~N; Dela+ the Emge—Packing Co. oh ware St. Branch and the Hygrade Pack~ None of the drivers were hurt. he Co. of Mishawaka. EE.
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