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Good Neighbors an South Side Stocks Lose . a Rally to Help Burned Out Family | ear Berlin Blunder :

Contractors Plan

To Build Home By VICTOR PETERSON THERE'S a lot of activity going on in the South Side neigh-

borhood of Harlan St. and Finley }

Ave. Good - hearted residents are

pounding the pavements to help some hard luck friends. - The 3

women are collecting clothes, food and money. . Meanwhile, the men are mak-

ing plans to pitch in and start §

building a home. with gratitude, the family of Ervin Cope looks on. A week ago a fire swept the Cope home at Harlan St. and

Finley Ave. The interior and %

furnishings were destroyed. » = =

MR. AND MRS. COPE and |

Geraldine, five months, moved in

with relatives, Mr. and Mrs. 8 Ralph Cope, 1523 Harlan St. A

son, Michael, 2, is with other relatives in Martinsville. Fortunately, another son, David, 9, is visiting in Washington, D. C.

But the home is gone. It wasn’t |

to have beéeén ‘a’ permanent one,

but the .Cope’s. were not yet =. ready to build. The basement,

however, has been dug.

This . gave the . neighborhood *

men an idea. Most of them are

in the contracting business. They

decided ona ‘house-raising bee. Leaders in tne project. are

George Johnson Sr., Ralph Johnson, William T. Norman, A. M. Trinkle, Chester Henricks, Elmer *

Spieker and Edward Rinderknecht. All but Mr. Trinkle built

their own homes. They know &

what they face.

” 2 » WHILE THE MEN planned their part in aiding the unfortunate family, the wives got together. Already, almost enough clothing has been given to replace that which was lost. Some furniture has been donated and more is promised. They also expect to collect about $50.

Currently the men hope to get ironically is employed as a city really fine neighbors we were go- CHICAGO, July ! 3s (UP) Butthe basement and sub-flooring|/fireman and is stationed at: the'ing to have. {ter and grain prices dropped on done, over the week-end. Then Sanders St. garage. | “We're unlucky to have lost our the Chicago markets today, with

Er="sous] 50th YEAR—NUMBER 111°“ | MONDAY, JULY 19, 1948 BITS roo

the Copes tan move in and build their home over them. |

One more event will take place Cope said: ispirit live around us. | Butter dealers at the Mercan-|

later. A food shower will be given,

. to stock the larder.

neighborhood of good people aireally can express how we feel,” pound for top grade butter. 3 : { A Navy veteran, Mr, Copeiyear ago, but I didn’t realize what he said. . |cents less than Friday, and there] HITLER'S BERLIN BUNKER—Drawn from a sketch made by Frau Traud! Junge, {ferences at this paint are gen-

¢ ps ay

$34 Billion

B® vii bak May Launch a War |

§ Traders Rush to Cash | Accumulated Profits

| Nm say 13 we— [Is Hitler Alive or Dead? | I | hs ris Hifle uaas rowing

me oni it's Fuehrer, Surrounded in Berlin, Shorter for Finding ‘Out’

all listed issues was reduced by $3.5 billion. Next Week or 10 Days May Tell Story

rain: ce 0» Demanded Panicky Armies Fight

of $9 a share in Skelly Oil. Vol-Seripps-Howard Staff Writer

ume ran at a rate of nearly 3 {million shares for a full session.| WASHINGTON, July 19-The catastrophe our military planners

Many adverse items piled up against the market. but the out{fear most—a premature war— may be developing in Berlin,

: | standing one, as Wall Street saw That fear has been in the back

|it. was the tense Berlin situation. : |Some market men felt that prob-| of their minds for a long time—a |{dusturbing factor which can't be

lem was heading for a crisis. Other adverse factors included (given a fixed value because it {lacks form and substance.

the special session of Congress, Seven months ago, on Jan. 13,

the U. S. Steel wage boost and] {the President's Air Policy Com- |

: ‘outlook for an early rise in steel | prices, and talk of reinstitution | mission pointed it up. The Com- | mission set 1852 as the earliest

{of credit controls to fight infla-| | “logical” starting date for an-

tion. London Also Breaks | The London market also broke] as a result of the Berlin situa-! tion. | Selling was particularly heavy! late ir the first hour when the tickers fell behind a minute or {| 80. Thereafter the liquidation be-| { {came more ‘orderly and the mar-| (other war, but it warned: ' {ket met meager support around! | “There is such a thing as { mid-session. blundering into a war.” | Before the selling had run its That may be what is happencourse, the prices in the average {ing in Berlin. Russia has coms were down to new lows since {mitted herself to drive the West{ern Allies out of the German cap+ { ital. We have committed ourselves to stay. Each side has strengthened its hand in hope the other would give way. The confidence freely expressed {by military men & few weeks ago {that an “out” would be found has {given way to growing suspicion

NEIGHBORS GIVE AID—Five-month-old Geraldine | Farge profits had been accumu | “this may be it.”

Cope is somewhat confused these days: about all the |!ated on paper in railroad, oil] Odds Become Shorter | The next week or 10 days could

; aT : |copper, and special issues, and| hustle and bustle of neighbors who are pitching in to [these were hardest hit as traders, be fateful. It's a big gamble. The odds still are on an uneasy peace.

' . {rushed t h i | build a home for the Cope family after they were nese profits —& ome of "burned out" at Harlan St. and Finley Ave. But Mr. and Bytter Goes Down But they are shorter. | The men who would head our forces if war came are in con-

Mrs. Ralph Cope will tell her some day. To New Low for Year | ference daily. But Pentagon cone

Jes

om "

= x = thome, but mighty lucky to have butter registering the biggest deWITH A catch in his voice, Mr. found that'such people with such cline of the year.

“I knew we had moved into a “There just isn't any way we tile Exchange asked 791; cents a|

were few takers, bo ale ot ae . . erally inconclusive. The joint i | Corn prices fell up to 2% cents, |iTler's secretary, was profected by a concrete ceiling 25 feet thick. |—Corridor. | (hiets of staff can only watch :

{a bushel and wheat dropped 1% | 2—Rest room. 3—Wash room, 4, 5 and 6—Lavatories. 7—Eva ‘Braun's bedroom. |developments. try to guess what

decline could be attributed to in-| ference room. |5—Goebbel's bedroom. 16—Staircase to emergency exit. | ‘The nation's accelerated pre. creased supply and the possibility . x w= g arr |Earedness iy De | {that Congress might consider the| . ’ . {Congress a p ; WE repeal of oléomargarine taxes, Survivors Tell of Dramatic Events as War Truman Receives exist only on. paper. So far, 1 ey said it was the biggest drop! i G : i : ‘they haven't produ an addi- ! for a single day this year. P Neared Climax oering Strip P ed of Power - ++ tional man, gun, plane or ship. .

Brisk trading and heavy. re- Is Hitler alive or deal? To get a conclusive answer, Navy 4 ‘ 1.) . | Gen. Omar Bradley hax only i |B influenced the downwara| Capt. and Judge Michael A. Musmanno, of Pittsburgh, a member Fi | Nl on Berlin lone and a. third divisions to des 3

§Ratn prices, but traders °f the International War Crimes T made an extensive in- } inside the United |said the possible threat of gov- ‘estikatfon during his three years In Germany. He tells exactly Moy gave him money and

’

1 [Co |ernment price controls also was a| What happened to Hitler in a series of articles of which this is | Top Uu,:S Advisers songreas 3 Ro anne an factor. | the first. . ’ horizal | iS President Army out of which he intends | By CAPT. MICHAEL A. MUSMANNO, USNR i |to build five home-defense di- | \ Judge International War Crimes Trials, Nuernberg | WASHINGTON, July 19 (UP) visions. But that is at least a ruman 0 [0 (Copyright, 1948, by Pittsburgh Press Co.) Top U. 8. military and diplo- Year away, Today, we have only i i i i An 1500, Army —two- | { World War II was roaring toward its climax in matic leaders today gave Presi- fo, 1000 Jogular A —— -

Europe. Allied armies were closing in on Berlin. Germany |dent Truman “a fill-in on the imum.” » . ongress on was all but beaten. But Adolf Hitler wouldn't admit it. Berlin situation” the White Our '7T0-group Air Force isn’t - Deep within the Reich Chancellery underground House announced. They would ®¥én 'In production. The Ar \

: i : : : i» Force neared the bottom of its | Works om Message bunker in Berlin, he was celebrating his 56th hizthday. 96% discuss their talk With: the narra] when jt sent its B-20's and

hs - . os : . * "| President. iq To Special Session It was Apr. 20, 1945. British and American airmen con-| The conference was called by heavy Lanmorts to Ingan] a By LYLE C. WILSON tributed birthday greetings ~|Mr. Truman after he had talked gaps “10 ‘the air with what we R i United Press Staff Correspendent with whistling bombs Sta- The guests cast anxious eyes up- with Secretary of State George pq ve—5500 active combat planes, ; { WASHINGTON, July 19 (UP) ,. , * ward sach time a direct hit sent C. Marshall. which include “several hundred” | —The White House said today lin's organs, the Russian ar- fakes of cement floaiing into the. Those who attended were De-| B.20's 6000 transport and com- { § that the administration will sub- tillery, played the bass ac- battle-tensed atmosphere. fense Secretary James Forrestal, ninations planes plus 12,000 i

{mit a new omnibus anti-inflation : I have talked to the surviving Army Secretary Kenneth Royall, woumda War IT plan te. [bill to the special session of Con- companiment. : 3 Have of Hitler's personal Undersecretary of State Robert For what it Vanes 1 Narage. | gress. The walls of the bunker, in staff and attendants who were!/A, Lovett and Undersecretary of Q

th rid’ t: Navy: It will be sent ‘shortly after Which the cheerless birthday/present that day. 1 have inter-'Army William H, Draper Jr. [he olay sreatem pei? we 3

R : N : President Truman delivers his Faity va. being held and which viewed hundreds of witnesses| A few minutes after they left wo 4 war 11 carriers. battles i GOOD SAMARITANS—Some of the neighbors pitching in to help the Cope message to the opening of the had become Hitler's headquarters, close to Hitler. I have studied assistant press secretary Eben | opine and cruisers in a few weeks. £ . : it lof : ahi: El Spiek Mrs. Chester Henrick special session Monday, July 26. vibrated like a drumhead, even all the captured documents per-/ Ayers confirmed that the tension pe it is likely that a war with i amily sort clothing ql ts (le t to rg ): Mrs. Elmer Spie er, Ars. ester Henricks White House Secretary Charles though the bunker, with its 25- taining to der fuehrer. In all, in Russian-blockaded Berlin had py esia particularly 11 starts Ee and Mrs. Ralph Johnson. Men of the neighborhood are building a new home for G. Ross would give no details foot thick concrete ceilings, bur- I have amassed 20 volumes of been discussed. in Berlin—would provide few opthe Copes ' of the new price bill. But he said rowed 50 feet into "ve rround. evidence. » They gave him afill-in on Ber- portunities to use ships : ein iit will include some of the 10 an- . lin.” Mr. Ayers said. i . oly : ti-inflation measures which Mr. HAPPY’ Subterranean Birthday Party {State Department Press Officer... "¢ NAVY's new 65.000-ton su i

: * le © : {“ercarrier—off which it hopes to § Mayor Pledges Mayor Calls Care of WY aifs Truman requested last November. FROM THIS direct testimony plexion, stooped and bowed in Lincoln White said that while ;uunch heavy bombers—is five }

JAD Shake-up

A sweeping reorganization of the city’s Juvenile Aid Division

was pledged today by Mayor Al to provide emergency. quarters for juveniles has become an “In-

Feeney, He said the reorganization ha

been planned for several months tar ested in children’s welfare to gather facts, before asking Gov. but was delayed due to the ill Gates and the State Welfare * ' health and recent death of Capt. Board for a probe of the county cident one of a series which has Golden Reynolds, division superin- department. forced police to keep children in the special session yesterday in G€rman public applauded in the

tendant.

“There is going to be more in a series of welfare depart- the jail because the welfare board

y : : Hex : i juvenile aid ‘and less juvenile de- ment inadequacies” was their in: has Yo on provision: lace ¥:). the Democratic vice presi- creaming, gesticulating, pound- “© uw» vo — Clay fe iow oar tay lame: EE 1} tention.” the Mayor- declared as ability to provide Smergency Detter aoa a bowie Bn i npr dential nominee. ing superman had disappeared. FROM ALL SIDES the Allied room at British headquarters, vinced Russia doesn't want to il ¢ denounced sqme of thé prac- quarters for two os : | {Only a grotesque caricature of grmi t | b i tices of the rE natits. {twins who were picked up by po- jail to keep children who have! |that fire-breathing prodigy re-| eg. stormed. forward in 3ithat we 41d not discuss the Ber- nant nat She las the tomo A Reynolds Tdeas mained. Cadaverous in com- (Continued on Page S—Col. 2) n : pliey

He said he would only be carry-| « ! ing out the ideas i d by Capt. |Chasteen were turned over to po- said. “If the welfare department

Re + Lhe Ic i by Mrs. Mary Layton, 532 doesn’t provide such a place we'll 2 Ls oe i atk yok had. _—n E. Michigan sd Mra. Ee said have to.” |U- S. Pays Pershing trib- | for’ Wesierh Getmany, TheiriRetause she dnisealculated-. : Pre Sapte Rynoiag bad sym 1E Migun BY, Mn os a Gets $50 a Month - mts... nn Page 3 D oo 70 MP 1d {findings will be sent te German blundered into it. AF the type of personnel he was babies for “a few minutes” and) He pointed out. that there is an riving ere ; (officials in Frankfurt tomorrow. On the bright side. the ma- / i

1 i - . ~ = forced to aceept from the police did not return. The young moth- appropriation to pay $50 a month Still Higher Incomes Pre-

department, er contended, however, she hadjfor. -standby homes” to take! dicted P Haerle Tosses Case Out, Says Police Lack the ranking western officials this country is ready. ; In outlining t future plans arranged for Mrs. Layton to care € ren on emergency basis. { EERE oF . ‘ HEA | old a protracted session apa for the en he Ware Masorifor them while she hunted a piace! Arthur E. Wooden, director of wa. Evidence of Reckless Driving {without discussing the reported Alice O'Neal Fires said fhere would be a minimum to live: the county department, said ne Beauty in a Trailer Court. | . A Linden, Ind, woman with an MD license was freed on a Scheme for cracking through the

of police department personnel in the divisor pe

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a investigation of the county welfare setup.

He said he. would see to it that

trained social workers are hired Welfare office could not provide Would not have been suitable for Amusements. 16' Mrs. Manners 6 evidence she was drivipg recklessly. The judge said the affidavit PY Americans who believed that records today when she carded to handle the cases of delinquents &n emergency’ home. Several pri- the twins. - \Bridge ..... 19 Movies ...., 16 didn’t mention speeding and that, yoo gop ‘was going “over 707i. show of force was the anly way|a 71 qualitying in the fo |vate individuals offered to care The Mayor said he understood Business ... 8 Obituaries .. 5 therefore, he couldn't try her on Patrolman Badgley sald Mrs |to unmask Russia's true inten-|¥ The division will be run as/for the children and they were the welfare department has Classified. 19-22 F.C. Othman 13 that count. oA re. Woh hearly on a merit system as we, placed ‘temporarily in the home failed to provide a suitable child Comics .... 23 Pattern .... ¢an make it,” he declared. “Capt./of. Mr. and Mrs. James Sullivan, care setup in the city and if his Crossword . 12 Radio

referred to the department.

Reynolds did an exceptional job.

ideas will be followed out.”

ai it ses for places where Jur 2 Remand. ned ies and children'ed to Juvenile Court. The | erties assem | , ’ Jay be housed temporarily, the today also prepared an order giv- LOCAL TEMPERATURES pn. jordan.. 19 Washington. 14 forcing it to the curb in the 2400 didn't accept the bet. iuropean countries today dis- low D of : Yor said he intends to see that'Ing welfare officials the right to 6 a.m... 68 10a. m... 81 puny Bus. 23 Women's ... 19 Dock medal. score he division has contracts with a place the children in a home, 7a. m...70 Ila. m... 383

| “The officer said he clocked motorists were fined for apeed- gecreac: and searched for a formu- Hammond, and also fo good Homes to provide shelter pending outcome of hearings. | 3 a.m... 13 (Noon) 87 | SAOTS Fon STEAK TOR m reaps himself at 80 miles an hour dur- (ng or reckless driving and one ia to avoid 4 dangerous show-| record for the T such cases. Mayor Feeney labeled this in- 9 a.m... 78 51 p.m... 88 Cauriey's Resiasrant, 144 F. Ohjp.—adv. Ing the pursuit, He estimated other defendant discharged. ‘down with the Russians. try Club, '

[lice Friday night. ‘been brought to police custod sr by: = The twin suns of Mrs. Louise parental 'neglect,” - the Mayor n nsi © “4

{said they could not have the in- but that since it became available -.. ._ . ama—— | fants admitted to the Marion Jan. 1 only one such home could Times Index | ~~ Munieipal Judge Pro Tem Edwin Haerle explained he dismissed 18h Allied sources in Frank- Miss Alice O'Neal of Woodgi

Talks to Barkley the story of what finally hap- form, his head oscillating and Mr. Marshall regularly" sees Mr.ivears in the future. Moreover. the

An jndiana olis Problem ! "At that time. the President Pened to Adolf Hitler is crystal hands shaking with a constant | TEAAE On Dloncay mornings “it| pyesians have a large modern i {asked for stand-by powers to im- clear and admits of no doubts. tremor, he dragged his feet with Berlin was not high on the “ubmarine feet. The Navy ad- ; F Critici C f Ww. If B d | pose price and wage controls ang 1D€ Story Shging at thig sub- senile effort. agenda” of their discussion to- mits it hasn't yhipped that prob- ; eeney C(rificizes Counly eifare boar jconsumer rationing. Mr. Ross to,jtirtanean | irtiday party oh He could only remain standing gay. { lem. May Blunda A : ; day would not sav whether these U0¢'Ng. Himmler, Doenitz, + for more than a few minutes by ’ ay Blunder Inte War ol After Police Take Care of Neglected Twins particular proposals will be in the Keitel and the others of the Nazi bracing himself against the fur- Allied Chiefs Meet: Russia, on the other hand, is in i claring that the failure of the Marion County Welfare Board pew bill. hiearchy felicitating their chief. ;i¢\.1e ’ : ) ;

: {better position. Sh : - The cost of living continued to They shook the fuebrer's hand, However, physical wreck that Food Convoys Hinted |iion To in Te or "0

£0 up since Mr. Truman's origina] Self-consciously as they tried to he was, he showed no slacking in V - | divis , proposals. most of which SEE ual conceal their shock in noting the aggressiveness.. Though his hith- ADDREIN, July 19 JOR The Hivisiens vied Hin ner enacted. Hence, he is not expect- 2Ppalling change which had come erto victorious armies were re- Germany conferred here for four satellites. Her air force is an ed to drop his quest for these Over him since his last birthday. treating on all fronts, abandon- hours today . after high sources Unknown quantity, but there are stand-by powers. They looked upon a completely ing not only the lands they had in Frankfurt reported the Allies indications she has a fair to good Mr. Truman discussed plans for different person from the man the conquered but discarding even were considering a plan to send OPe. - lequipment and wounded in their armored convoys through the| Latest reports are that she has

an hour and a half conference {rumpeting newsreels and. oni panicky retreat, Hitler still cried ,, (1000 B-29' A with Sen. Alben W. Barkles (1 the thundering platforms. The tor offensives Russian blockade of this city. 29's and is producing 200 i

dianapolis problem,” Mayor Al Feeney today prepared to ask an

GL LER

The Mayor said he will meet this afternoon with & group in-

The mayor said “the last straw unsuitable quarters or even in

The governor, their deputies COMmission says that will be 1952 8 and advisers met to discuss de- 8t the earliest. If she starts a

| eo Free Waman Reported {tals of the proposed government War in Berlin. it probably will be A

Some quarters had doubted that chinery for quick mobilization in

Juvenile Aid ‘Division efficials Was aware of this appropriation... A photo story. P reckless driving charge today after police testified she exceeded SOViet blockade of Berlin, by P Ty, Tage 13 7 miles an hour on W. 16th St. force if necessary. Record 7 at ICC

County Guardian Home and the be obtained. He said this home - __ the charge against Mrs, Margaret Erk, 25 because there was no 'U't $aid the plan was conceived stock Country Club, broke two

} n . Erk, when stopped, asked: “If a Hous in. Eiurgpe, Eo 8 hffic Patrolman Harvey doctor can't speed, who can?” He West Europe Confers |

Parents Arrested {investigation warranted it would Editorials .. 14 Scherrer ... 14 Drd8ley testified he and Motor- said she then identified herself s : “lup the back nine The mother and father were ask the state welfare department Forum ..... 14 Side Glances i cycle Set. William Cole chased as an attorney and added, “rn On Crisis in Berlin ow der par 32. She {placed under arrest and remand- to step in. Hollywood .. 16 Society ...., 18 "IS Erk's car for a mile on W. het you $10 1 get this case’ THE HAGUE, July 19 (UP)— four of which she

Inside Indpls. 13 Sports. ...10, 11 '6th St. last Tuesday before thrown out” The patrolman The foréign ministers of five west! Her score broke

| In other traffic cases today, 14/cussed the Berlin erisis in utmost Dorothy Gustatson in 1f