Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 17 December 1948 — Page 13

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Frank J. Hoke, vice president’ __and general manager of Holcomb ~~ & Hoke Manufacturing Co., yes-| terday became the 38th president

of the Indianapolis Chamber of

Commerce.

His term of office runs through

1949. An active member ‘of standing in Chamber of Commerce work, Mr. Hoke seryed. as vice president and director during 1947 and 1948. He also served as chairman of the Chamber's important manufacturers’ committee, ; He succeeds Harry T. Pritchard, president of the Indianapolis Pover & Light Co. : Attended DePauw A native Hoosier, Mr. Hoke was born at Sullivan. He attended Indianapolis public schools and was graduated from Arsenal

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FRIDAY, DEC. 17, 1048

Frank J. Hoke Elected President of Chamber of Commerce

Griffith, The Udell Works; Frank 1, 1049. They are Louis J. Borin-/Hoke, the new president; Henry

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During World War II, the Chamber's newly tected rdent serve

duction Board. At the December meeting of the Chamber's board of directors held yesterday at the Indiapapolis Athletic Club,.threé incumbent vice presidents were reelected, and one. new vice president was chosen, Re-elected were E. B. Newill, general manager, ‘Allison Divi sion, General Motors Corp.; J. Ralph Fenstermaker, president, Hugh J. Baker & Co., and Russel 8. Williams, Gaseteria, Inc., were re-elected by the directors. New Vice President Harry T. Ice, an attorney of the firm of Ross, McCord, Ice &) Miller, was the new vice president | elected. George 8, Olive was reelected treasurer.

At the same time the nominat-

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three-year terms béginning Jan,

stein, A. Borenstein Co.; T. B. Grimith, L. 8, Ayres & Co; Ww. C. Griffith, Indiana Trust Co.; W. A. Hanley, Eli Lilly & Co.; George A.|ways, ulin; n v & Kuhn: B, W. “Har-{ LH ris, Hamilton, Harris & Co.: Wm. J. Mooney, Mooney-Mueller-Ward Box Co & Co; E. B. Newill, Allison Di-

James 8. Rogan, American Na-|D. Alexander, Bemis Bros, tional Bank.

The «board of directors, under|Holliday -& = Co; provisions of the Chimber’s con-|¥iynn,

Co.; Irving M. Fauvre, attorney; dianapolis Water Co;

Elmer R. Krueger, Paper Art Co.;

Co., and Walter E. Wolf, H., P. Wasson & Co., for one-year terms Wallerich, C. H. Wallerich Co. on the board? List Present Members Present members ‘of the Cham- presidents of

Frank J. Hoke

ing committee reported that theber board, with two years yet to Chamber of Commerce, are Ed-

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membership of the Chamber, in|serve, are: Ed 8. an’ election conducted by. mail, |& Co.; J. Ralph Fenstermaker, |

|& Supply Co. and C. E. had named nine directors for! Hugh J. Baker & Co.;

; Howard T. (hin, Banner-Whitehill, Inc.

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Current members with one Your vision, General Motors Corp., and/of their terms remaining are C.| Ba

Co.; C. Harvey Bradley, W. Wiliam P, Indiana National Bank; stitution, elected James H. Car-|Harry T. Ice, attorney; Paul L. nine, Engineering. Metal Products| McCord. realtor; H. 8. Morse, In- | Maxim Litvinov and the Pritchard, Indianapolis Power & Chamberlain are Joseph. B. Wade, druggist; How-|Li8ht Co. the retiring president;

ard R. Meeker, J. D. Adams Mfg. OE vagney, Surtet pin. Department has refused to clear,

Ex-officio members of the board; who serve in that capacity by reason of their former service as/batch of 200 stolen state secrets Indianapolis which reformer Communist WhitDowling, Dilling|win 8. ‘ Pearce, Rallway Service White-|ties Committee.

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WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 (UP) ~-8ecret documents involving for- | {mer Soviet © Foreign . Minister ; late | British Prime . Minister Neville! among four which the State

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for publication, it was disclosed | today. The four papers dre the only ones still unpublished out of a

taker Chambers turned over to|f, the House Un-American Activi-%

They were. taken in 1938, But the State Department said they cannot be made public even at this late date because they might endanger. the individuals con- |; cerned. A department spokesman | t said they contained information| received. by this government from | I confidential non-American sources | who are still alive. The department refused even to discuss their contents. But it was learned from an. authori tative source that the papers contained references to both Chamberlain and Litvinov, who played prominent roles in the tense diplomatic maneuvering that preceded World War TL © Litvinov Vanished | In 1938, Chamberlain was the/ top exponent of appeasement of| Hitler's Nazi “Germany and! : Litvinov was a leading cham-| pi Ni pion of “collective. security” : {against the axis powers. foddiae atll Litvinov subsequently was| ousted by Stalin just before the 5 ¢ signing of the Russo-German | | § pact in 1939, He returned briefly to the limelight after Russia

¥ I but was ror | moved again and finally van- | . {ished into anonymity. Hh BY Ie Chambers swore that he ob-| i tained the documents from agents |! operating inside the Federal gOV-| ernment, including Alger Hiss, who was a high State Depart ment officer in 1938, Mr. Hiss denied the charge before the comimittee and before a New York | Federal grand jury which indicted him on Wednesday for| = perjury. He has pleaded inno-|,. cent to the charge and is free on‘

entered the war,

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Mr. Chambers. The alleged prewar theft of American military secrets by Communist agents. It was disclosed that the Army technician Mr. Chambers accused of giving the secret of the Norden

the technician, [ployee of the Army. Mr. Chambers is expected to be called by the committee for addrafting of tighter! espionage laws. Attorney General Tom Clark sald he will have some definite recommendations to make on that subject when Congress convenes Jan. 3. The committee said it plans 1 “clean up some. loose ends” inves of —-the- Hi] Chambers controversy.

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Frank Badgley and Robert; af Oscar Brown, convicted of the slaying of two Hammond policemen, today appeared to have lost their fight for a new trial. overruled their motion for a new trial here yesterday. Badgley and Brown are scheduled to die in the

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