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i Thy * + FORECAST: ‘Rain, possible snow or sleet tonight. Colder tonight, cloydy tomorrow. Low tought, 32 High. tomorrow, 34, Rl ry - : 2 ~ PRICE FIVE CENTS - 50th YEAR NUMBER 2 N° ro : MONDAY, JANUARY 10, 1949 - . pT Suni ois Maes 3 eves ne rrr

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Photo by John Splcidemire, Times Staff Photographer.

Triumphantly carrying his grandd

State House steps in the rain, Henry F. Schricker arrived p the |to outlaw pranks on Halloween. | Assam troo figur had bee Here t 4 capitol this morning to become Indiana's Governor for the ie the inauguration of Gov. + General A sembly.” Boone Among Withdrawn fro National he ar Cesrerassarsesssess.514,268,000,000 (b) time in 8 : Just a bit confused, ov. Schricker at first !Schricker, while the Republican CH Meat Markets were some who held positions two | International affairs and finance carsasnsacsnses 8709000000 i ~a¥ Wis niece. ie the daughter of dominated Senate went nln. ys miles inside Egypt when the! Veterans services and benefits ..vvvrvrvrvrrvrver— anry F, ory, work, the Democratic House wl cease-fire order was given last) Interest on na BeBe rts

' 11 8. m. for the inaugura : Man i in White Hat Takes not before the Bean ‘pad re . Customers’ Squawks Diminish as Average yg Sores ara OTHER BUDGET NEWS Wor lp rt sided

lceived the “anti-prank” bill of . % ; Reins of State Government Sen. Bruce O._Lane (F. Bain “Price Sinks 7c a Pound in'3 Weeks A pared to protect Britaiy. Je. 1 Budget summary } [pce le the eltively sma pur . . obi I vid] Hroula A new shortage has hit the city’s meat counters. chant fleet “going about its to deficits rolled up during Frank Gov. Schricker Faces Indugural Throng of persons convicted pun'sd men It is. the shortage of price complaints. . awful occasions.” Police In tt {im D. Roosevelt's peacetime adInS H for 2d Ti d |property. cted of defacing, . por three weeks meat prices have béen in a steady sinking| Informants reported that Brit- or | ministrations. n tate ouse ror ime in Decade Submits New Bills spell, bringing sighs of relief from hard- -pressed housewives. lain had a well balanced stra- Expect More Monéy ~~ The Little Man in the White Hat toek over the reins of Sen. Joh ® Generally meat prices have slipped about 7 cents a pound. And |tegic force in the ras 0 Mr. Truman reported to Cone Indiana government today with the observation, that he and his o SE John A Kendall, Danville jn, some brackets it's even more. Chuck roasts, for instance, have!It included a cruiser lS Two {gress that the Treasury expected fellow Hoosiers could count themselves weil off -as citizens of a th i he wes JR wo bills| gropped from 59 cents to49-cents.| (x that much more fal in it. two flotillas of destroyers, trig-| {to get more money from the tax. free and prosperous state-in an uneasy, hungry world. land his: eolle pper th morning and sliced bacon (fancy) - has) [Those are the hamburgers which | ates, submarines and several air! {payers in fiscal 1950 than in the From a flag and bunting-draped platform Mr. Schricker took Tater, CR league, Dene, an uel| gropped from 65 cents to 59 cents.! «sry down” to nothing. craft carriers. .- Shirt Theft Complaint previous year despite Republican the oath of office from Judge Oliver Starr, chief justice of the ‘duced T90. Bew ir tro-| Hamburger, oid faithful of the! , poric 1s off most of all. Pan| Peace Talks Periled "Bri Quick Action lax cuts Which Indigna Supreme Court. The Sen. Kendall's bill gions. biish| {American dinner table, has sausgge (fresh)) is bringing 39' An Israeli government spokes- ngs vic over his veto, new Governor was introduced. by |a division for the iS insane| STOPPed a full 10 cents, from 59 cents a pound. It used to bring/man charged that the British 1° Policemen were suspended His list of new legislation keyed former Gov. Gates. 0rec now lat the Dr. Norman Beatty Me-|o nr to 49 cents. But, butchers 49 cents and the fancy breakast|alerting of the Mediterranean by Inspector Ralph Bader today largely to campaign ‘ Hundreds 3 Chale, stranged morial Hospital was assigned to, JOH0 Tr gan be a} links, nicely cartoned, is down to| fleet was aimed ats “torpedoing” jon the complaint of an E. 16th St. rp By long one costing n front o e inaugural stan 1 59 cents. ace in the State House rotunda, were And Freezin Rai jie commitise Al Benevolent and|s 85 to 90 per cent lean eat! Butter with eyes turned TO Slick between the Jews and men’s store owner that they | Congress is not eapectsd to go filled with Democratic Party | “The other measure requested by|® and 15 ‘to 10 per cent fat. “But| washington where President Tru-| The talks were scheduled to be- Jaipped ne the Store's Sevien; all tis way with Mr. Truman | Sen. Kendall was a bill to provide theY point out, there is sone man has asked a repeal on the |8in this week on the Greek island helped A tian hei worth | Privy on taxes or costly Joginias

members. The inauguration crowd! overflowed into the corridors and some spectators leaned over ban-| nisters of the upper floors to catch a glimpse of the ceremonies, Gav. Schricker, facing an inaugural throng in the State House for the second time in a decade, remirided ‘his fellow citizens that while they were Wit-|

pessing a transfer of executive Which sent a chill over half the two resolutions.

authority, they were not seeing nation today will bring lower, any aE Aci change in the temperatures, freezing rain and] Would Extend Terms and one woman in Beech Grove|today. Pic. Robert 5, Keller, 120, of gl} = Sied a Sompiatnt say-|surance coverage, and to provide structure of government, snow to Indiana. He asked through means of Magistrate Court with illegal pos-| The two biggest flour .pro-|Covington, Ind., is one of three yu Rio the Ho . He cemen drive dnability insurance, Mr. Schricker reminded his The storm center itself is ex- oe oum, that county treas-. session and sale of alcoholic bev- ducers, Pillsbury and Gold Medal, [American soldiers who went on Pd them got : t oe Health Insurance Plan sudience, with a twinkle in his pected to bypass Indiana but chill try and Fweecwone terms bel craigen [dropped "10 cefits on ~25-pound|trial before a military court to: the Horch diny from eva dc 3260 million to begin a Bre-pald eyes, that unity of purpose did winds from the southern edge of! m {wo our years.| All six were arrested yester- bags last week. (day in Tokyo on a charge of kill-| window hedlth Insurance program, a

not mean unanimity in methods of | the mass will invade Hoosleriand.!

achieving it—in Indiana. ‘Honest Differences’ “It is quite natural,’ he said, “that we should have our honest differences on main public. ques-| tions. But this in itself contains no threat to the liberties or economic security of our people. “On the contrary, it is on this freedom of thought ghd expres. sion that the very ‘structure of: our liberties finds its surest foundation.” The mew Governor told "the throng which jammed into the main floor of the capitol: “Together we are facing some of the most pressing and diffi-

cult problems in the state's his-

tory. The cost of government, from the smallest unit up to and - . including the state, has risen to

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® Ringside and reserved tickets are avallable at Bush - Callahan Sporting Goods Co., 136 E. Washington St. and at The Sportsman's Store, 126 N. Pennsylvania st. . 9 Pricéy are; Ringside ‘and first row balcony, $2; “downstairs reserved, $1.50. Prices include tax. General admission tickets go on sale fight night at the Armory box office,

The' cold will set in gradually, the November election. eariier- Saturday ih & Dunglary. at y bably { s gers. Hearings were .set in the little rise for which they have to| The soldiers are charged with p and sim burd ural today's drizzling rain into | Slated for fast action when the Beech Grove court. tonight. thank California weather. Abreaking into the post exchange) apt er au ag. been, a would divide vie mn, ut his

later tonight. The rain is ex-|this afternoon is a bill proposed of 503 8. Alabama St.; Charles and until’ {he producers knowioutside Tokyo and causing the could be replaced, Mr, Teumas-also-wistslochtlp. smn

row, with cloudy and colder lican farmer from Allen and No-|Ave., a cab driver for United Cab I {weather after that. ble Counties, which would limit|Co.; John A. Hudson of 405 E. on 2 Ute ghet m_i‘e i Namtbs. © i a — Ea Lil roms the! $150 million. He would raise pars A. chilling wind will sweep In- the amount of money a political Washington St.; Lloyd J. Douglas en the police drove up to] cel : post, second and third class dlangpotts™ and the state tomor- candidate could spend on his cam- fof 430% E. Washington St.; en 0 one Tootsies {the store in a squad car, mail rates to make those services row, as the cold air mass moves Paign. | Robert Dotson ‘of 841 Grove St. J r Gets " self suppatting ; 7 around Indiana. A low of about land John Burns of 2352 N. Capi- Wi th Sh f S enne 1 e White Housé guess is that 25 and a high of 32 is forecast Air Crash Kills 5 ‘tol Ave., a bellhop at the Kirk- t oes oO prig Y ue S ’ Do $ oT |Coagre wi make any new for tomorrow. \ . {wood Hotel. ‘ 3 axes start July 1 when the new Today's rains will be scattered JULIAN, Cal, Jan. 10 (UP)—| gxoise officers seized a total of Footwear Preview Indicates Sterner Sex enate ost [fiscal year begins. If so, the ‘over Indiana, the weatherman Rescuers fought through a bliz-|gg pottles of assorted liquors in will T d Briah h WASHINGTON, Jan. 10 Indi- levies would not be fully effective sald. There may be overflows in| Zard today to carry the bodies of {1a six arrests. I rea rg ter Pat ways Come Summer ana Senator Willlam E. Jenner|in terms of new revenue until |some sections where streams are, he persons from the canyon By LOUISE FLETCHER, Times Woman's Editor today was appointed to the Sen- fiscal 1951. already high, but the cold wave ere their private plane crashed James to Take NEW YORK, Jan. 10—Mr. America is now wise to the fact|8t¢'s judiciary committee. | Mr. Truman would be happy it None of the dead has been iden- that his Mrs. needn't have a monopoly on comfort and color in| He was one of five veteran Re- he got half of his $4 billion (Continued on Page 3—Col. 1) tified. No P for 4-D fashions. He's laying the groundwork for his declaration of Publican Senate members who) rolling into the treasury before ' ay OF 4-DAY | independence with more color and comfort in his shoes [Ware gives Sholes spots on major the 1050 fiscal Al, year ends, plus ‘ ’ . Reporters here to see what's what in women’s fashions for| cnate committees by the GOP On the Inside Term of Office spring and summer found out yesterday, at a National Shoe Insti- jconference. (Cuntinned_on » Page 3~Cul. 4) {tute brunch, that men are get. — === ~| The switch also placed Seps.| —..| "LT. GOV. Richard T. James. ting more faslion conscious, t0o.|0f & custom-made job first “worn William F, Knowland (R. Cal) League of Nations lea belongings of Chiang and wife sent to “va- whose . four-day second term as| They're borrowing style ideas|st Southampton a couple of years OF Armed Services: Bourke B.| 49 ‘yoo Old Toda cation headquarters” . . . Around the World Page |e states number twa executive trom women's . aga by Haury Ford IL. jHiskenicope? (R. 5h} on agro . y ed (officer ends tomorrow, won't re- ture; John J. Willams (R. Del.) | The League of Nations pro\Rep. Carl Vinson predicts prompt action oni’ plan to |cetve a cent for his work. Sususl shoe: wey heels. on (on finance, and Jobn W. Bricker, vided for in the Treaty of | « set up country-wide radar warning system . .. PA t Jit hy services Were soe more of them all types of shoes and many a. 0.) on the commerce commit-| . Versailles came into exist | Congress today ........... deresifrerrane Page 3| He was called back to presiae|'” "Noe" on square-toed lasts. The closed toe in no 10. 200. Wopig " | woven strip and heel pump remains the No. 1! ’ Clardige =. Cripyin, iaseer Indianapolis printer, : (as the Senate convened after the| einer and per- yle choice just mow, but Nel Mitchum, 2 Others mary purpose, the achieve dies yers, OME. + ss nesssssnvess Pages] forated leather, summer rolls around the open) ment of world: peace, Your income tax primer . .. No. 6... How to report [shigible. to Teostve $07.44 for the NOt just for Sos Will be buck In Zavor. Guilty in Dope. Case | usaccomplished. But achiev: | property yet Page 5 four days he. hed Ane title, sports wear, Seventy per—gent of shoes be-| HOLLYWOOD, Jan. 10 (UP) ing personal peace through UNS «.oevvvnns .. Page leither, but ac- {ing ordered for _summer have| Actor Robert Mitchum and two ng needs with “T.men”- nail “Bottles” Capone on mold Ww aimed. at ACTU ALLY. oo erved only companying their |etther open toes, open heels or co-defendants were found guilty Want Ads is quickly re : , brothe Al second in a series on “Tax about 45 minutes while the Senate business suits. lopen shanks. Kid, calf and suede today of conspiracy to possess easily accomplished. Pha r ah P 9 was officially opened. Then he On top of that, wu tcher [21€ the materials for most of | marijuana and were ordered to RI-50651. ‘ " Dodgers” BANARAS SAT RARE RAR RAN RAN EEN + «FARE V turned the gavel over to Republi- they're going in {these although there'll be in- appear for sentence Feb, 9. | SOLD! rogresses r uetion “of can Senate President pro tem for colors heretofore avoided creased emphasis on linens which) The defense. Tested without oLbs Business’ PR po Work P re for Civic Theate prod Pa +John Van Nessa (R. Valparaiso). navy blue or gray suede In day. may be dyed to go with bright) pressing ~ testimony - immediately new moter; 4600. RUSML, .. “All My Sons” . . . other women's news. ; ge 13 ho presides until Lt. Gov.-elect time shoes. summer frocks. {after the prosecution finished This little ad. costing only Oth F sn | sid P |John A. Watkins is sworn into Their new- found ‘love of com- The wedgie still will be popu-|reading a transcript of testimony $1.96 per ‘week, sold the er Fealures on inside Fages dBi office Monday. "fort extends Also to thelr eve- lar in casual shoes and, in dark|given before the grand jury. ‘OMe the fipst ap Amusements 18|Forum ...0020 Sininan vesss 9 Boclety i:....12) State auditor James M. Propst, ning shoes. Newest evening foot-|tones, will be’ used for street! Actress Lila Leeds and real Tae he X° Business .... 7| Hollywood +18 Radio ....... 8 Bpe vesess8T| Terre Haute, ‘sald the pay Mr. gear to replace patent pump or wear. Popularity of the plat-iestate agent Robin’ Ford were Childs ....~.10Inside Indpls. 9 Ruark ...... 9 Weather map 2|James would have received will oxford fs a moccasin type iniform sole is waning as that of found guilty with Mitchum in the (the jmid-wdy, heel riges. | non-jury trial,

Y \sks *5.9 Billi In Record Peacetime Budget

GOP Introduces Best Seller— - IBritish Guard Predicts Treasury Loss Bill to Set Up Israel's Flanks Of $1 Billion Unless. , Direct Primary| With Warships" Levies Are Increase

Warns of Higher Costs After Fiscal Year; Shift in Legislative

Display Force After ~ Message Includes Funds for Cold War Apportionment Urged —Jews- Fell -5 Planes | By LYLE WILSON, United Press Staff Correspondent i By IRVING LEIBOWITZ By United Press WASHINGTON, Jan. 10—President Truman sent our Senate Republicans beat Demo- ’ aut RASA ho a biggest peacetime budget to Congress today. crats to the draw on two major three days after Israeli forces He asked for new taxes on corporations and individuals Democratic campaign promises shot down five British planes initotalin today with measures to revamp the border area of Egypt and taling $5,960,000,000 a year. ; : legislative apportionment and to Palestine. He wants more tax money largely to reduce the set up state-wide primary elec- Units of the British Mediter- national debt, expand’ social welfare and conduct the tions. ; ranean fleet wheeled into position ngld war. { Mrs. Dorothy Gardener, Republican Senator from Ft, Wayne,

along the flanks of Israel. Warships were assembling at The request was made in his annual budget message introduced a join#resolution providing that legislative ,appor-

Hats 26d Yi ware expected at for the fiscal. year 1950, which begins July 1 this year, The tionment be shifted every 10 Cairo reported that i rm. Message outlined big spending fer fiscal 1950. Fears on the basis of the regular paratively ' imposing array” wot| He wained that costs would go even higher for some United States census. Basis of Proposal

warships already was anchored off the Trans-Jordanian port of| [time thereafter. Under her proposed constitutional amendment legislative

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Akyab, near where the borders! In round figures, Mr. Truman estimated fiscal 1050 of Egypt. Palestine and Trans-'spending at $42 billion and revenue at $41 billion. He

Jordan conver , Tepresentation rod De asd Suche _ upon ‘predicted a treasury deficit of just under $1 billion unless of only the male population as Meanwhile, Britain has sought, taxes are raised. at present. ction State Support for ger po-| Open for Change } on in the British-Israell crisi nelle Proposal was lifted aimost Ee Toeign tion To Congress will reject some of Mr. Truman's spending platform and was part of a GOP) cated today. proposals and the President will later propose some new

plan to beat Democrats at their own game, The direct primary bill, part of the same GOP plan, was offered by Sen. Lucius Somers (R. Hoagland). It would provide that all state candidates of the two major parties be nominated in primary but that unless the winning can-

The British Cabinet met fo con- : ow . . sider the turn of ‘events whiznODS2 which are not covered in today's budget. So the

drew Britain into the Palestine DUdget is open for change at both ends. trouble. It was reported consid-| Here are the figures comparing fiscal 1948 which ended

eri Sing He Sousiviny of sending) last June 30, fiscal-1949 which will end this June 30, and lcluding jet’ fighters—and still] fiscal 1950 which will end June 30, 1950: more warships to the eastern) 1048 1049 1850 Mediterranean. © (Actual) (Estimate) (Estimate)

ate TOL eB IDL, I Israel has rejected for the sec- Receipts ....... .$42,210,770,493 $39,580,311,682 $40,984,645,347 Sidnse Tar sowisat On yeceived 35 ond time a. British note of protest| Expenditures .. 33,791,300,649 40,180,017813 41,857,777,860 inations would revert to the old regarding the shooting down of Surplus ....... BAIAGDSHE oi... aeeessieeenn a five British planes, an Israeli gov- Pec #43 ene ahs ORINDA 599.706,231 v 873,132,522 Amn , sGrinds” Ave. ernment spokesman announced. This eye-popping budget message shows that past wars and’ s Halloween Pranks Eight-year-old Robert White, of 1328 E. L ve. I$ (today. | future peace insurance are estimated Lo cost the taxpayers nearly

Earlier, Sen. O. Bruce Lane (R. one of the Senate e boys. Times Photographer John aughter, Christine, up the pag ys. 0g An Israeli government spokes-| $32 billion in fiscal 1850, That is approximatel ree four 9 | Bainbridge) introduced a measure! mire snapped him [perusing a thriller entitled, FAch of the 85th {man reported that all Sewiah| dollars Mr. Truman wants to A ¥ thw off every

Bratt wr gy Shortage—0f Complaints pers | run id

(sald the Mediterranean fleet was| Highlights of message. “age §

-| hamburger on the market as low His new tax program is a t | g {tax for coloring oleomargarine, of Rhodes. wi Predict Low of 25 ° |paymen of attorney fees in|. ox ner cent. which means there slipped 4 cents 8 oko npr, A Tats lof sweatshirts. like this: claims for personal injury and! ee — sh foreign office spokes-| Police Chief Rouls ordered an| $4 billion of new general reve.

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For Tomorrow “| market 1 property damage growing out of | a et last week and thus far man reported that the British {immediate investigation of the nue to be raised largely from LOCAL TEMPERATURES the faulty operation of a moor, SY Are Accused |has recovered only 1 cent of the| and U. 8. governments had ex- complaint and tigation the offi-| creased corporation RT ie A | drop. ‘It 18 now 65 cents In rolls, changed a.seriés of notes on the'cers to headquarters ‘this after. from higher estate and gift taxes,

a.m... 38 1am... 39 VeluiSiy-on-pytitie-strests-or- Highs 7am... 3 11am... 30 [Way [87 cents “in-cartons; shooting down-of the five British noon for interrogation. He- sald {and perhaps some from- higher insa miil3 12 (xeon). 48 | Part of a long range plan to Staple items on the grocery|planes. He declined to go Into charges would be filed after in- dividual 9am... “oo establish all county offices even- iauor S. {counters are drifting downward. | details. vestigation. ey > income taxes, |tually for terms of four even} {The .decline has been gentle but, Owner Reporis thom ing = billion to be Iaied bY hike

|persistent. It ranges between ‘Hoosier Goes on Trial Russell Niehaus, owner of the for increased benefits and to ex~

State Excise Police today|three to four per cent from Dec. | Tri-State Me w 8 {charged five Indianapolis men|1, one large food retaller said in PX Keeper Slaying E. oe st ws Wear Store, 17pand old age and survivors in.

A “tremendous” cold air mass! was proposed by Sen. Isler in his|

The term of sheriff was extended! |day after making sales to excise, Citrus fruit, lemons, oranges, also would be and {tng a t A pay roll x one {to four years by fteferendum at officers on the prowl for bootleg” grapefruit, ete. are aug oe Fi seehange bookkeeper The window had been broken! start at % of one per cent. Em2 freezing rain mixed with snow Senate returns to its chambers | Those charged - were. Rose. Cox. freeze put. the crop.in.jeopardy,iat the Japan air materials area store until the broken, window, hg not Been mettied: ¥

pected to continue through tomor- by Sen. Lucious Somers, Repub- |r. Brooks - of 1120 Carrollton where they stand, prices willldeath of Sgt. Paul Wilburn, He reported he was sitting 10] eon ry by: tedtieing She HED by, 3 ‘ on annual pos cit y

Editorials ++.10(Mrs. Manners 3| Side Glances 30/Earl Wilson. . 8

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