Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 5 January 1949 — Page 1
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FORECAST: Fair tonight and tomorrow. Colder tonight.
Grips the Hand of Courage «ba
hand . . . Little Vay Dugan clasps one of the bert known hands in \Sisniptlir
A helping hand of a benefactor who wants his
Threat Averted
Bureau Predicts Clearing Skies . LOCAL TEMPERATURES 6a m.. 383- 10 a.m... 83 Ta m.. 38 11 a m... 38 8a m.. 35 12 (Noon) 33 Sam... 1pm.
Averting conditions which were building up to be a major flood threat. Extremely heavy rainfall dur: ing the past 36 hourse sent the Wabash and both forks®of White River out of their banks flooding lowland and highways but Weather Bureau officials said stages only a few feet above flood levels
No more rain was forseen through Saturday, Paul A. Miller, Weather Bureau official said here, and temperatures are expected to drop to the low 20s tonight and
identity apts 2 seetef,
Mary Dugan’ S
by the loss of her left hand.
And it was that same day a picture of the brave little ih The’ Ties won Mary a ‘secret who today gave doctors a blank check to buy her the best artificial hand available. The identity of Mary's admirer, is not. secret to her. She recog-
bouquet of flowers that have filled;
{her room.
Brings Big Smile And when he dropped in for a visit last Sunday he didn’t have to introduce himself. Her face broke into a big smile as she told!
tomorrow. Meanwhile, rains up to more]
than five inches in the south cen-! tral portions of the state brought tion to her and to her nurses that Understand.
flash floods to many sections. The Blue River at Shelbyville,
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Legion Post 153 Urges Defeat Of Bonus Bill
MEMBERS of the Mcllvaine-| Keothe Post 153, American Legion, have voted to snd letters to. the! Indiana Legislature, feat of any bill to pay a bonus to] veterans in Indiana, The letter, approved by a ma-| jority of - the membership last, night, stated that the -post-has gone on record against the bonus on the ground that it would “increase the cost of living for the poor people of Indiana.” - n »
“THE BONUS would put the state in debt $175 million and an increase in the gross income tax to pay it would increase the cost of living by $175 million,” the letter stated. “Payment of the bonus fis nothing more than politics without heart or benefit. We hope you will not pass a bonus bill." The letter is being sent to all members of the legislature.
Pleasant Run Ain’ t So With Water
stricken area were stepped Up.Union Pacific.’ {the right side of the head. a warning that we must not ® You can still get Soles Private planes Sook ut at awa Whiey the young mp Iatiad te vHoat slong ah outs eserve e {return home, I. ucke e m un co Snguas and 3 Times-Le- I ra Times Index ithe store several times this morn- eo asked for vigorous expans \ ‘gion Golden Gloves Tour- led ih snowbound farms, and to] » ing. Upon investigation he found|gion of business, greater Sulputs) - nament which opens Fri- [search western Nebraska for | Amusements. 8 Meta Given.. 16/his son fn the back room of thé|jower prices and svoidance of day. | marooned motorists, Beauty ..... 18] | Hollywood «+ Oistore where he occasionally monopoly and restrictions. @ They're available at 31° at Los Arigeles Bridge ...... 18/Inside Indpls 11 stayed. a His anti-inflation recommenda Bush-Callahan Sporting ‘ in Butlders ..., 17/Dr. Jordan. 16 Mr. Nuckel told police be knew | yon were: Goods Co., 136 E. Wash- |, SUD-ITeexing tempers ures in| Bulness .. 5 Mrs. Manners 22(of no worries or financial!" ONE: Continued _« control of ington St. and at The {California last Big Again Childs + .... 12! Movies ....+ 6|troubles his son may have had. consumer credit’ if 2 Sportsman's Store, 126 {struck at citrus ot Yegetavie Classified. 18-20 Pattern +... 16| Nothing was missing from thei power to control dod credit. N. Pennsylvania St |crops. Los Angelo dow Clubs ..... + 15 Radio ...... 4 store, police said. The gun, which!" mo. Authority to regulate Prices are: Ringside and |TmOTning Frity d sking bi Comics ..... 21/Ruark ...... 11/was kept in the store, was owned [Speculation on a exe : first tow balcony, $2; |LrCYious ded stonC of ar Y Crossword. .’. 17/8ide Glances- 12 by Mr. Nuckel. changes. py a / rin : re downstairs tegerved, £0 Septet mn nak. Onl Editorials. .: 12 Society ...v. 15 The victim had mana the oy iA Bure | : Flood . .'. Pleasant Run goes on a rampage where Colorado St. meets Pleasant Run Phwy. The a Claas {he |cARO fad it was below TEOODR pes re 8 ooh Prob. 10iother. Geotts Rucker wag area is under City Park Department jurisdiction. Flooding conditions occur during rains be. ogi Bedlam Lig Aff, 12 Weather Map 5|a Navy vete nd had attended the under small ' Golden Gloves, turn to Pp Oa Navy ran and | cause culver} the parkway is too to carry the large volume of water. | pho- Page 8. ~The Red Cross’ Midwestern Forum ...... 12/Earl Wiison, 10|Butiér University during the 1048 tox, Page 3). ~ ! i 1 de - | nndtuarars at BL. Lowis sad it Gardening. 18 Women's. 16/summer semester. , " $07 . -
him she recognized him “from ple] tures I've seen.’ But she understood his explana:
(he preferred his visits be kept a |secret—and Mary gets a big thrill from sharing a secret with one of ithe best known men in Indianap-| ~— | olis. hc benefactor made the same ecy request when a Puvtogee, en passing by the ward thifh by Mary's bed this a He had dropped in on his way to; work, to speak to doctors about) obtaining the artificial hand and! 0 say good morning to Mary.! + He explained that he did not want this visits to Mary “interpreted as { publicity.” “I'm - not doing Mary any) Pa he said. “She does me a 'tavor by letting me drop in to see her—she's a very fine little! girl”.
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Extols Courage Today he helped Mary smooth tout. the ribbons she is saving from & deluge of presents which| Have been sent to. her. going to save them fdr hair rib-| bons—she put the biggest blue one in her hair this morning,| tying the bow With her right! hand and her feeth. Mary has received many presents, an umbrella, a beautiful
she has received countless letters, | somie from. persons who told her| how they have been able to con-
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Goes to Secret Admirer
Auto Makers Get Ready for
"Poised for Start ~ In ‘Production Race By HAROLD H HARTLEY
DETROIT, — 5 The motor bigwigs in this hurry-up town, groping through a ceiling zero fog, are eye each other like skittish yearlings before their first race at the county fair. This is the year of the big automobile race—on the production lines.. With most auto makers claiming they have enough. orders stashed away in dealers’ desks to give them a full year at capdcity, the industry apparently is not trusting the backlog too much. Expect Buyers’ Market For some time they have been in rigid training for the buyers’ market expected to break about next October.
Pontiac), Chrysler and Studebak-er-all are raising the curtain on their pre-spring showing within . {the next 10 days.
; WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 5, 1049
Power To Set oi
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General Motors (Chevrolet and| -
Low. tonight, 20; high Sommortow, , 282
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Secona-cluse Matter » Totattios wees Jssued Dal es
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Corporations to Bear Brunt. of New Levies; Nature: Undisclosed
(Text | and a Summary of Message, Pagel) Favors ~. S. Erection of Plants ; Where Private Industry Fails : By LYLE OC. WILSON, United Press Staff Correspondent - WASHINGTON, Jan. 5 ~— President Truman today lasked the new Democratic Congress to hike federal taxes by $4 billion and‘'to authorize limited price and wage ceilings. In his annual message on the State of the Union, he also proposed that the government make loans for any necessary expansion of plant capacity in such industries as steel where production is critically short. If private industry refuses to build the plants, Mr. Truman said the government itself should build them. The plan is bound to raise cries of “Socialism.” The proposed $4 billion in new taxes would lie hedviest on corporations. But the President did not say whether it lwould be by an excess profits levy or otherwise, Some new revenue would come: from higher estate and gift taxes. Mr, Truman said Congress also should consider raising tax rates in the upper and middle personal income brackets.
Pridot Horry 5. Truman . . . “The state of the nation is
GM will show its 1949 Chevrolet ats tomorrow. The model has new styling, drifting toward the public's post-war preference for fantail back, more glass and wider seats. These will be seen in Indianapolis show rooms about Jan. 22. Studebaker on Saturday is an-! nouncing a new car not too dif-|
Best. Grin
State GOP Spars He delivered his “fair deal”
message in person before a
To Control Senate:
Highlights of Message
WASHINGTON, Jan. 5 (UP)-—Highlights of President Tru- Mast of Ror of A Capinet man's state of the union messgge: Court were among the. distin. Seeks Successor (guished and largely friendly au-
- ; “1 AM happy to report . +. that the state of the union is good.
{Our nation is better able than ever before to meet the needs of
To Alexander
Right to Fair Deal
Mysterious Visitor Gives Doctors
ferent from their post model which gave the industry the fright of its life.
|of happiness.
war miracle| the American people, and give them their fair chance
in the pursuit
By ROBERT BLOEM Appointment of a Republican
ited theory that the fortunes of .
illeutenant governor asa “precau-
the nation should be in the hands
“We have rejected the discred-
Blank Check for Artificial Hand
By DONNA MIKELS
IT WAS JUST a week ago today that 10-year-old Mary Helen Dugan awakened in General Hospital to face a- future handicapped
It was that day that Mary won the admiration of the hospital staff and of Indianapolis when she was able to m -“lafter her hand was caught in a meat grinder and later amputated.
nized his name—a name as Irish With her parents, Mr. and Mrs. as her own-—on- cards in the big Lawrence Dugan, 3321 Roosevelt
: The Chrysler Corp., born under the showmanship of Walter Chrysler but now sticking to con- | servative management and engineering, is taking a bold step.
month on actual tnt Ting. DIOre he
oubilie
Pune
tors and Studebaker,
for her piggy bank. It is well known here that As yet Mary doesn't know of! Ford has an automatic transher latest gift—the gift which mission. Reports indicate it may doctors hope will at least partly 80 on new cars as optional equipmake up for loss of her left hand. /ment in the fall. But price is a
Her benefactor talked it over| problem. It may shoot the delivery price
tag: up too high for a fair wrestling match with Chevrolet. Look for it about the time Chevrolet announces its own automatic transmission along the lines of the Hydra-Matic and} hand. | Dynafiow drives. | “We don’t have to worry about Ford is ‘reported putting the} how she'll take it though,” he|200- pounds weight ba#k into his| sald. “She's already shown she car which was removed in the {has more courage than we can|'49 model. It is being added with| | “heavier components” more] [eg in the rear end and other
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Chines: Reds
a big grin
Many of the
quer disabilities. a letters contained coins and bills
Ave, who told him they had hoped to. buy a hand but could not ‘manage the expense. He decided he would leave it up to her mother to tell Mary about her
Inept Handling 0f Traffic Denied Reject Offer
“Police Chief Rouls; the Safety! -NANKING, Jan. 5 (UP)-—~The| Board and Mayor Feeney found Chinese Communist radio tonight| lthemselves tiot “guilty of wishy flatly rejected Generalissimo. washy trafic handling, in a re- Chiang Kal-shek's New Year's jview today of charges they and Eve peace offer and boasted that {past “administrations were re- {the Reds are approaching final. {sponsible for the carnage on the victory. icity's streets. Final victory, the Broadcast The charges were made in a said, means “complete destruc: !speech to the Indianapolis Couneil| tion of the Kuomintang reactioniof Women yesterday by Dr. Rollo aries and the expulsion of the IN. Harger, Indianapolis Safety forces of American imperialist’ {Council trafiie -eommittee Shales ssion from Chind.”
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| tion should bar any American from an education, or from good
It is jumping the gun by a Ll} prices, and avoid the vices of monopoly and restriction. »
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| apply the lessons of our Tennessee Valley axperisnse to our great
“We believe that no unfair prejudice or artificial distine-
ition” to insure GOP control of oe o orivileged few,” the Presi the state Senate organization ap-igent said. health, or from . Job that he is capable of pettorming he red likely ATR ey a he.”
“80 FAR as business is concerned, It shoud pian for steady, lopening of the General Assembly. |qrickie.down’ concept of national rous always to increase ils output, lower its Best guess on who would belprosperity, - inamed to succeed Lt. Gov, Rue “Every segment of our popudo a. Alexander, who died Sunday, jation and every individual has & “ONE oF most important factors. in maintaining pros- was former Lt. Gov. Richard T. th Fight to expect from 8. ih gov! Buea policy. . “be balanced, but Also that there be tial oie to
newt . . This would come principally
bring in an additional $4 billion. . Republican Party lenders & from additional corpurats taxes.” members of the Se a GOP ma- hm pir ” ijority were to m ater today “AL present the working men‘ and women of the nation are \with Gov. Gates to discuss: the jnored and on which he based unfairly discriminated against by a statute that abridges their appointmes* success presiden camrights, curtails their constructive efforts and hampers our system | “rn10s a paign, of free collective bargaining. That statute Is . rvaulicd fin Tutte to-Succeed. Ms
successor is appointed Alexander, Dem-
Hartley act. . locrat State Auditor Jamey M ommendations. ‘ [Propst Id’ preside . It was short on specific “THE HEALTH of our economy and its * maintenance at high wou 3 foreign o um 3 wage fixed by law should be Senate Senate opening at 10 a. WM. -inslicy and national defense
fevels; .-require_that the minim raised io at least 75 cents an hour." marrow Should the governor agree to
“WE MUST aamire small business the freedom and opportunity appoint Mr. James he would [to grow. and prosper. To this purpose, we should strengthen our scrve only the four days remain-anti-trust laws by-elosing those loopholes thaf permit monopolistic ing of Mr. Alexander's unexpired mergers and Soisoldations." {term. Democratic Lt. Gov.-elect
“OUR NATIONAL. farm program should be improved— -not only! [and with 1% the presidency of the in the interest of the farms, but for the lasting prosperity. of 8 uw Mond whole nation. Our goals should be abundant farm production ‘and “*"® res AY school iparity of income for agriculture. Standards of living on the farm, mn SOP leaders feel that should be Just as goed as anywhere else.” 1
16 be sure their majority has the “We mush push forward with the development of our vivers full say about appointment of for power, irrigation, navigation and flood control. We should key Senate committees,
Mr, Truman said he was happy to. report that the state of the union is good. But he called the
a Repub{ican should wield the gavel at the river basins opening. A IN a that action be tak by thie Cori ¢ The law provides that if he en “I AGA recommen at action a en e Corigress £0 mee of liéutenant governor is , : approve the Bs LAWIheS. seaway and power project. vacant. -the auditor shall preside/crimination to displaced. persons, : “until a president pro tem. is “The recent election; he gon “WE NEED—and we must have without: further dotay= a sys-|
tinted, “shows that the American tem of prepaid medical insurance uh will%endble every American’
lected. Ty | 4 _{people are in favor of this to attord good medical care.” Bome Republicans saw the pos ot ety and want to go on “BY PRODUCING too few rental units and 100 \arge a propor;
{sibility that the auditor might exercize ~his prerogative . at’ temtion of high-priced houses, the-building industry Is rapidly pricing porary . to-make flash itself out of the market Building cogts must be lowered. no [committee appointments and foul up carefully laid Republican conoa . FURTHER IMPROVEMENTS in our ‘ational security trol plans. legislation are necessary. Universal training is essential to the Meanwhile,
He laid before Congress some of the most bitterly controversial
new ‘Democratic
doll, candy and many others. And|
{man, and long time critic of the| town’s traffic situation.
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lives lost in the last 10- years un~
{centration camp. -He. rapped . offi |clals roundly for taking a fata-| {listic attitude toward it. The Chief, the Safety Board andthe Mayor consoled emsélves in a meeting this morning that— Dr. Harger's charges| weren't so.
They pointed -» -out to themselves between
described Chiang’s peace of-
5 fer YE as “the blustering ut-|""" | Dr. Harger compared the 664|terances” of China's “No. 1 War| The broadcaster ridi-| {der the traffic juggernaut to the/culed Chiang’s assertion that the|
picture of death in a Nazi con-| Nationalist government still bad the)
Criminal.”
superior __ strength” over
Communists,
‘Council _ Asked to oK Two One-Way Streets
Pennsylvania and. Talbot Sts. |
16th and 224 Sts,
security of the United States.” ~~
{members of the House of Repre-
rn irene | cantatives went this afternoon to
of Blizzard on Wane: ‘Thousands Still Snowboun
Ranchers Fear Heavy Stock Losses, But Hopes Brighten for Winter Wheat
CHICAGO, Jan. 5 (UP)—The great blizzard's fury diminished will. be one-way thoroughfares'today but thousands of travelers still were stranded and hundreds if of communities in western states remained isolated.
a school of .parliamentary proleedure in the Claypool Hotel to prepare for tomorrow's ‘opening: Most of them have never served {In the Jegislature before. before.
Find Grocer Dead Of Gunshot Wound
issues of our timeés. “These included: pre-paid medical insurance, civil rights, repeal of the
amendment of the Wagner Act, as follows: “Jurisdictional strikes and une justifiable secondary boycotts should be prohibited. The use of economic force to decide issues
City Council approves the Safety
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Bg The board okayed recom- after overworked snowplows had pushed through mountainous the -preverited, mendations of Lewis Johnson, drifts to clear the trackss a . r w - " . { Jn Rear of Store “Without endangering our dem- ¢ t 0 in traffic engineer, that Pennsyl- But the three-day siege had received reports of 8 military 21-year-old grocery employee ocratic freedoms, means should
vania be made one-way north{bound and Talbot one-way southbound * for the six block stretch. “They're awfully narrow,” the engineer,
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{arising out of the interpretation of existing wage contracts should
Airlines. reported they were running on almost normal sched ules. and western railroads resumed limited service on some lines.
Discovered by Father.
and civilian travelers stranded in
southern Wyoming, northeastern Was found dead today of Colorado and western Nebraska. Shot wounds in the head in his
22 Trains Stuck father's store, Nuckel's Market, | Which Sinn fue 2303 N. Martindale Ave. wou The Chicago and Northwestern Freeman Nuckel, 7570 Pendie-| He condemned the Taft-Harts the heavy snow }d help the | patiway said 7700 passengers ton Pike, was found by his fa-|ley Act with campaign vigor as ry were marooned on 22 stream-
ther, Melled Nuckel, lying in a uiials, fiserizunatary aa As the howling winds subsided |jiners and fast passenger trains bed in the rear of the store with a ridgement of labor's fand the blinding snow Hjitened. | the C&W a a the & 45-caliber pistol in his right] Mr, Truman proposed an eightrescue attempts throughout the west in conjunction sith the hand.
be provided for settling or preventing strikes in vital industries affect the public Interest.” Eight-Point Program
been the worst in the memory of old-time westerners. Some ranchers feared heavy livestock losses, but there was a bright side of | /{the blizzard. Crop experts said |
gun-
He had been shot through point anti-inflation program with
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