Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 4 September 1948 — Page 1

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NO LACK OF FRIENDS—Ronald (Dick) Edwards, Jen Davis High School senior, and varsity football player, guffered ‘a skull fracture in an automobile accident Sun“day. From his General Hospital ‘bed he worried about his six acres of corn. It was ready for picking. Without

PETAL PINK his knowledge, varsity and reserve teammates swarmed Filled! into the field and made short work of picking the corn. ; :

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FOR THAT DRY FEELING—As much water ran down the shirtfront as the throat of. David Henderson, varsity center, when hespaused during his chores.

Ovr Fair City—

Predict More Reductions

In County Tax Requests

Budget Reviewers Expected to Trim Top | -$5 Estimate by More Than 50 Cents

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‘SOME. RELIEF is in.sight for hard-pressed property | taxpayers next year. Local government budgets as originally submitted during the last month would have called for a total rate of more tham $5 per $100 property valuation for’ most In-| dianapolis residents. Experts; reviewing t h e Budgets during the last few days contend the over-all rate-can ‘be cut down to at

least $4.50 and perhaps lower. The éurrent rate for this year was $4.03

To Aged in ‘Homes’

Jenner Bases Forecast On Committee Report

Reductions already made in city, “county and public school bugigets have resulted in trim-

‘MIGHTY ©OOD—With the harvest in, David Marksbary, reserve fullback, lay on a load of corn and contentedly munched an par, keep up his strength,” he said.

Expects OK of Aid

(day attendance record at the In-

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3 18

‘CHECK THE QUALITY—Dick's father, Elmer Edwards (left), took the day off from his work with the:Indianapolis Power & Light Co. to help in the picking bee. | The ‘young athlete rented the ground from Mr. and Mrs. Boris Palachoff, 3400 Guion Rd., who are shown here examinihg part of the yield. Fourteen members of the squad, Hil aching from early season practice, used three tractors and wagons as they swept through the field like a swarm of locusts. D'ck said: "Gee, they're a swell bunch of

guys.’

ONE LESS TO PICK—Kenneth Pes “A man has to eat to it into & wagon.

| Washington Calling— .

Rising Food Price Battle Puts Farmer in Doghouse

First Day's Paid | Attendance 6536 TODAY { Youth: Activities Day (boys’ and girly’ clubs, Boy and Girl | Scouts, Campfire Girls, etc, and children 12 and under admitted free). 8 to 12 P. M.~—Hoosier Radio Roundup, Coliseum. 8 P. M.—Jole Chitwood Auto Daredevils, grandstand. Cetlin & Wilson rides and shows open until midnight.

Farm Leaders Seek jo Make Congress Goat WASHINGTON, Sept. 4—The farmer is in nation’ doghouse. In '30's it was big business, agriculture is public's pet peeve.

Later it was labor.

citizens, Farm leaders sce storm coming, are seeking _shelter.

of letting prcies down gradually,

90 per cent of parity until 1950. Farm leaders would like to make Congress the goat.

Bureau now says openly “Repub-lican-controlled House Agriculture Car Hits Pole; “ Passenger Dies

Possibility of a new second diana State Fair was seen today by Louis J. Demberger, presi: dent, as Hoosiers started stream-: ing through the gates,

Committee” is real culprit. Bets ually, Democrats started it, publicans carried it on. It’s doubtful Congress will do

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varsity ‘half and quarterback, rips an ede of corn from the stalk and prepares to toss.

Angry Citizens Protest U. S. Support Program; i ington conténds the petition is! MgEhoRrds. in p

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There's rising resentment against high food prices. Agriculture Department's’ getting heavy mail from angry ic s

protesting government price supports for farm products. the charges continued to probe dential area with several feet of Farm for lobbyists supported flexible price gupportis in last Congress, a way brought into federal court, Congress voted to continue flat

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Says 14 Names General Finance Co. : On Petition To Appear Before Not Signeq Board Sept. 22

Move Follows Charges Six Sections Dixiecrat Signatures | Of Retail Sales Act Violated Called Just a ‘List’ The State Board of Financial Institutions today ane By ROBERT BLOEM

‘nounced its intention to revoke the license of General no

An Elkhart County man whe Nance Corp, 445 N. Pennsylvania St, to do business in “circulated” a petition to get the Indiana.

Dixiecrats on the Indiana ballet [told The Times today that | After notifying the company of the move-—based on

| actually had signed a sheet he charges of violating six X sections of the Indiana Retail :

i Sak ear caro, pin - Tropical Storm | Rips New Orleans

| ed out to Dixiecrat headquarters -here that the names were simply High Winds Sweep Toward Mississippi

{ “a list” and that the persons Sept. 4 (UP)

appear at 1:30 p. m. Sept.

| Whose names were listed had {never seen the petition. | Just to make sure the names | were Jot represented as “signa. tures” I), B. Ullom of Route 5, Elkhart, wrote a little note on

{the petition explaini the sit Hine, Saal he tore off NEW ORLEANS,

Then, he s General Finance has prin. " (the notary public AMdavit “form =A powerful tropical storm with ina) hat in Ch oF, has at the bottom of the page of gusts of hurricane-forcs windsione other office in

diana at {names so that “they couldn't Y ripped through New Orleans to, | Evansville. : day and headed for the resorts] Among the specitic charges 1

. have some notary public sign nr CORSE vestigation and ‘State t

Note on Petition crowded Mississippi gulf The note, signed by Mr. Thiam Sustained aston #1 80 to TO still appears on the page of the poy an hour shrieked amo among J Dixiecrat petition which was ap- ine ancient buildings of New or- the » [proved . Wednesday by the Re... and many were! publican members of the state flooded with water. But there COntracts {election board. {were mo reported casualties or{RDew had been 1 But to the bottom. Aiothes al Y used-car

s in less than 10 days, have nigh tides and aphed the page for; (rain,

ali amwlle court ssurt: 4#tion on the rip was as ew Orleans proper roller an Tx Ee ns a voter here, added bred in Ne persons ire new charges in his superior snourt atong the coast, named the new suit to Have scrats tropical storm “Messy Bessie," (thrown off the ballot. Damage to New Orleans was a to trees, some

but that the I move a defend itself at the Sept. eT

oe handle all these matters jiesardahos with the

: strict layground . of aw Mr. “Of course alse and fraudulent.” Previ- grand Isle, 75 miles south h of there is always » 4 degre of hue tously the suit had relied only on New Orleans; was cut off from. man error, but we tours, th nk. [the percentage 1s very high

jthe charge Juat the aa he mainland several hours by organ their “States' fyp feet of water, but no one ed Right” Party in violation of In- was reported injured. matters such 4 thom “'diana’s 1947 aoti-organized- A retaining levee on hiige Lake N. J. Tea T msters hreaten

hatieq Jaw 4 ; : !Pontchartrain at New Orleans, ‘hile Jeaders of the Democrat: hroke from the pressure of windTo Join NY Strikers NEW YORK, Sept. 4 (UP) 3500 New |

tate organization who made made waves and flooded a resi .members of

Jersey's Inrgest teamsters’ local threatened today to join a strike [of 10,000 New York trick drivers lunless their demands for a n {contract are met within the next

24 h Weatherman Sees. aa Yatra

Ideal Week-End Bicthehood of Teamsters (

| In a new section of the com-

{plaint - filed by attorney Frank windows and | Beckwith this morning, Mr, Av. Snasiied in

evidence which may be water, at-! At least B5OOD persons were torneys in a circuit court-injunc. evacuated from lowland sections tion suit against the Dixiecrats of the city as waters continued said they would use the evidents, to rise. too.

Seore GOP AM Ralph E. Hanley, as a regis. tered voter, Med suit in circuit court yesterday to get the south-

Ming the rate down to $4.75.) Times Washington. Bureau Mr. Demberger believed today’s g ‘ 10 Afvine Pattarsofi, 20, ‘of 2453 ern Democratic rebels off the bal LOCAL. TEMPERATURES lof the contract demands; That's only about half of the| WASHINGTON, Sept. 4-Sen.iotal might reach 45000 to 21YUNING soon; fears it would =" "0 (lil te to Gen. (Ot: His attorney Henry Richard: 6 a, m... 86 10. a. m... 18 of which were not disclosed im Shi. Pants cutting. William E. Jenner (R. Ind.) pre: 59.000. y violate congressional pledge. Corn Sheldon ed en ro son said this morning he would 7 a mi... 85 11 un mi... 80 mediately. = The ila More, cuis (some of them mayidicted today that his plan to per-| = yesterday's intermittent rain “Will be In ground before Congress eral Hospital last night after the amend the suit early next week to. 8 a. m... 68 12 (Noon) #8 | Wednesday to reject a 15-cent an ite DE be: drastic) -are predicted by the Mit payment of old-age assistance cut the opening day paid attend. ¢an act; farmers would face gyiomobile in which he was rid- include an attack on the validity’ 9 a mo. 74 1 p.m... 84 ‘hour wage, increase, Wats Marion County Tax Adjustment to persons being cared for in pri-ignee to 8536. but the crowd financial losses if rules are ing as a passenger crashed into Of the petition which was ap- es, Pockets af Board when it reviews all budgets| vate and public institutions (nurs. ‘swarmed in after the gate charge Mar8ed In middie of CroP SCASOR- 4 “utility pole in the 2200 block Proved by the State Election Generally fair weather was Laugh Off Drought daring the last two weeks in Sep- ing homes) is sure to be approved went off at 5 p. m. to bring the Fovernmen up of Martindale Ave. Board Thursday. forecast for Indianapolis today, ug 1 | to BLUE, tember. | by the next Congress. extimated total for the day to lion in price muPbopts Inia) Year. ' gilvester F. Simmons. 20. of He indicated he would base his through tomorrow. i LLANO, Tex. {(UP)-Drought, BROWN, tition Fight I. Mr oe iio Sie A500, Lust tars felony pa 11 8: some Duck; ose wil be 2533 Shen 2, Sherrie. was WEY. sitech, ob the ifs te hg erty, was, Skat 16} uncried Run RAAHCRR 4M tical style! Petition Fight Looms asis po attendance was 12,876, an alls , Ce hospitalized with. cuts and ‘rises, y ¢ Dem. climb fo Y {the worst they remember on the IF THE Democrats should suc- Finance Committee from the Ad-'time record for the day. (Continued on n Page 9-Col. 4) His condition was fair. ocratic state committee. to 85 at 7 a.m. The high Yes- po awards platean of Texas, is not ceed in discrediting a Jot of sig- visory Council on Social Security| Admission will be free after ¥ 4 Police said the automobile car-. They also charged many signa- terday; heid down by .13 inches’ causing the cattle ‘and sheepmen natures on the Dixiecfat petition, “Dich recommended such pay-5 p m. again tonight and tomor- Gl Killed in London omed off the pole into the vard tures on the petition were faise, of rain, was 72 degrees, \any financial loss. High price of To Orn fed by oh Smet, gen. prin sli gy wi ig nn ron Girl Repeats Air Maneuvers : of inten Beckwith; 20 of 23 a _ ant voy na A the mer- en ——— possible toa of hres ny It. has long been an Landis (R. Ind.) intreduged bills, Barbara Meal, Waldron, yester- LONDON. Sept, 4 (UP) —— {included and that the notary eury due to falls 60 dang, ted 8t & neat profit, if the range is" ! EIGHT! actepted fact that very few no- i the Senate and House duringig,y received for the second time : “Enemy” bombers made a pre- Set State Funeral \public acknowledgement of more! Warmer weather XPOCter ot sufficient: to teed them i tarles can witness individually the 8oth Congress to make such yng grand champion award for dawn raid “on - London today. For Benes Wednesd than 8000 of the signatures was ho Ci The mercury may soar [rt winter, } , number of signatures Payments legal. her Poland China barrow. In ad- ay unlawful. 88, i De huge Do are. made Fal The Advisory ~Corfimittee if dition to the State Fair award, opening the second day of ¢Om- PRAGUE, Sept. 4 (UP) A ' BLE ally” before them. headed by former Secretary of she also received a special award bined Anglo-American air ma- State funeral will be held in Man of Times 1h t Hiding— In nsi e J A few people who sign these State Edward R. Stetlinius, now from the Indiana Poland China neyvers which already have cost Prague pat Sr quenday for for- i minorit titions also have the chancellor of the University of Breed Association and a gold mer Presiden uard Benes, who i notion that all they are doing is Virginia. - It is making an impar- wrist watch from a packing firm. the life of one American airman. ought most of his 84 years for a. He' S at He Fair or ar ‘Fountain : j ’y o. heping some minority group get tial study of all social security. “Topper,” an exceptionally Wow Sead Ameren eas ident Case hoslovakian Semosracy; but} # Square Bank plan i , ¥ . ified in dispatches fro ster: died yesterday in embittered exile 1 X the ballot. Actually they are/legislation and submitting it$ smooth pure-bred Aberdeen-An ) 3 ; ER hs | taking an oath that they desire findings with recommendations to gus steer entered by Gene Grubbs, dam . Sgt. Walker Dole Ro puder 8 Dommuniat regime, Just Say Those Magic Words, Hand Him nferger . Ena Page 2 te for the minority party. [the Senate. 17, of Covington, was chosen as quet. He was one o men who e Communist cabinet pro- ! Te roetin Co ener William The first report, which was the grand champion in the 4-H parachuted from a dsabled Super- claimed a week 6f mourning, be- Copy of This Paper and the Cash Is Yours Teen Talk: Back to ) Steckler, Democrat, proposed that made public this. week; makes classes yesterday. A pure-bred fortress which later crashed. He ginning from the time of Mr. Nobody at the Indiana State Fair identified the Man of The school « society 8 : this recommendation on the mat- Hereford shéwn by Maurice (Bud) landed in the sea off Holland and Benes’ death yesterday at his Times yesterday’ i 3 i (Continued on n Page 9—Col. 7) {ter covered by the Jenner-Landis Hunt, of Lafayette, was reserve Was picked up but later died in Summer home at Sezimovo Usti, He now has $75 to give away. {7 NEWS uy .aauiiais Page. - Agog { bills: grand champion. a hospital. All others were re- south of Prague, and government Anyone. in the fair crowd-except Times amployses and their: en TY “Ws knitted Big 4 Powers Reach | “Payments in excess of the Steer Sale Friday ported safe. {leaders sought in public. state- families, that is—can have the $75 today for the asking. Tit le-happy "Indians on yarn! in Tentative Berlin Pact regular $50 maximum made 10 The grand champion steer will - ang nn | Bees bo Inake it Appear that Mr. All od have to do is find this mystery. man of The Times. . And back on job tonight old, red with : recipients living in public or pri- he sold next Friday at 2 o'clock -e | Beries had accepted and approved he isn't hiding. : te, royal BERLIN, Sept. 4 (UP)--Agree- vate institutions or made by the when all of the 4-H steers will go Thanks Pol Just ‘the Communist rule. The Man of The Times, ap fer him a or ot The Times. wieils Other Aports dy red ment in principle on terms for public-assistance agency directly ynder the auctioneer’s hammer. Keep the Change re average Hoosier in conventional Otherwise won't revea s! news Jl... Lai (10 to 18) lifting the 77-day Soviet surface to those instiutions for the care! Jfarion Allen. 17. of Middle CROGKSTON. Mi Arrest Home Owner dress, will be at the fairgrounds identity, Oth Insid bows, 1.98 Blockade of Berlin was reported of aged recipients should be in- youn was named winner of a OKSTO inn, Sept. 4 On bli from 2 p. m. to 4 p. m. and 5 Yesterday the Man of The er Insi e to have been reached at today’s cluded as a part of medical-caré pyre.prad Aberdesn-Angis heiler {UP)-—The following want ad ap- Gam ing Charges p. m. to 6 p. 'm. today. [Times took in most of the fair. Amusements 5 fifth conference of the Big Four expenditures under recommenda: award by.the Indiana Aberdeen- Peared in the Crookston Daily Police raided a residence in Spoke to Strangers {He talked to countless pecple; Books ..... 33 | nak KID” military governors of Germany. tion,” Angus Association. Times: ° 1240 N. Senate Ave. last night! To the person who hands him both friends and strangers, ‘Henry Butler 12 Dan LACKS "The governors met for two In addition to the above amend-' A team of boys from Wabash “Gee, thanks to the honest per- ‘and said they found gambling a copy of today's Times, any of there were none who . Childs Pe 4 hours and 50 minutes. Gen. ments, which would permit old: county won the poultr son or persons who returned my going on there, the four editions, and says “You him. $ : Lucinge D. Clay; U. 8. military age assistance to be given in in Judging contest. A ne billprld with everything in it’ They arrested Sarah Russ, 44, are the Man of The Times” he Did you see this man? He wore | Siassited he governor, said more meetings situtions, the Jenner-Landis pros {ion County team, from Decatur but the money. owner, ‘and charged her with will give the $75. a light grey sports coat, brown ( te hy Would be held, but it was uncer- posal was to appropriate $75 mil-| cantral High School. Was sec: BY the good Lord be with keeping a gaming house. Seven That's all there iz to it. You hat, brown: trousers and Bg cog iad the fain : Whether they would meet lion for Federal aid in constructs! ivisitors were charged with dis- must, however, address him in Apsustal ¥ tomorrow. ‘ing sub, ‘nursing homes.” ‘(Continued on Page 2 Col. 5 Harvey Jensrud.” orderly conduct, those words. And you must of- (Continued - Page $—Col. Sizes 4 $0 13. : } J

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