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Allison Gets
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One and One Half Ton Transmission $a Permits Shift and Turn af Same Time
(Photo, Page 48)
‘By HAROLD HARTLEY, Times Business Editor lion order for automatic tank transmissions, one of on record, has been placed with the Allison Division of!eral Motors Corp., in Indianapolis.
Dr. Shuler Dies
manager of the Allison Division, announced yesterday that produc tion of the new 3000-pound transmissions will begin next September
Reds Take Over [==
Tientsin Regime ‘Peiping Begins Clamor for Peace
(World Report, Page 27)
models of the ~|These have been put through th
at the Speedway Plant 3 and will; reach its peak the following Feb-!
The transmission, somewhat on the principle of Buick’s Dyna-| Flo, is known as the mechanical hydraulic torque converter type. It will be used as a conversion unit in the powerful Gen. Patton] tanks.
| 46 Models Made | Allison has turned out 46 test; transmission, |
PEIPING, China, Sunday, Jan. worst conceivable battle condi-|
18 (UP)—The Communists cap- tions on several of the Army's tured Tientsin and set up 8 NeW proving grounds.
Sovernment there today.
Almost immediately the war control, also made by Allison, to scene shifted to Peiping, the an-|permit the tank driver to shift
gears with the same lever which the northwest, “here ‘he leaders controls direction.
cient capital of China »} miles to of seven North China provinces
again called on Chiang Kai-shek Jor a negotiated peace.
tween Nationalist and Commun-
ist troops were reported around post-war development which was Peiping. Reports, ail unconfirmed, begun by General Motors Product built up a picture of greatly in-|Study Group in Detroit at the creasing Red forces on all sides request of the Army Ordnance Dept. I
of Peiping. Clamor for Peace ‘Besides Taiyuan, 250 miles
southwest of Tientsin, Peiping island at peak. production will come the only remaining major north-|off the assembly line at about ern outpost still held by the na-{100 a month.
tionalists.
The Reds took over Tientsin’s driver of the M46 Gen. Patton administration in the afternoon, tank to shift gears without losing to U. 8. Consular re-|/power and will function smoothly ports from She Suny. Fur-capped with the high-powered, air-cooled Communist shock troops engaged | engines which ropel the A S| 4m seattered encounters with er oasines “land By Spel 5 rmy’ cum laude. He was a member of The order boosting the dollar EN Gamma Delta, Phi said. . volume of Allison business will leaders, retired war lords pe added to the already steadily! Kuom {government pig production of jet engines!
lated government units, the con-| sulate i
party) edited newspapers in Peip-
Ing took up the Chanir fof a He ment. escaped the recent govern-|
_encralissimo| 500 men would be used when [production hits its peak, most of (these to be highly skilled are Feverish efforts toward a sép- yet to be hired Employment in arate peace were also underway|the Allison Division is now runaarp but small skirmishes be: {ning well over 7000.
It will be coupled with a dual
Allison officials announced that
The transmission represents a
100 Out a Month
{chairman of the Orthopedic DeIt is designated as the CD-850/ partment of Indiana University School of Medicine until 1933. He served ou the staffs of Methodist, St. Vincent’s and General It 1s designed to permit the Hospitals. He was chairman of the Orthopedic Department at General.
ment cutback in light bombers.
8 ted aettlement. we ! Ad yim Ghemnah Fodis 00a Merchants
PALM BEACH, Fla. Jan. 15 : Itish Rite and the Shrine. . : (UP)—Maj. Gen. Claire cen Tak Smoke Poll | Apolis Athletic ® hein Indian nault in a letter revealed here [Country Club and Paul Coble {Post of American Legion. #
tonight, predicted that the start’ of a third world war depends on whether China goes Communist “If China is Communized, Russia and her satellite Communist|
states will be free to start the are being used to canvass the city third world war’ in Europe whén- with 10,000 smoke ordinance ques-
ever they feel like shooting,” the
University Students Solicit Opinions
World War II chief of the U. 8. apolis coal merchants. {
Afr Forces in China wrote.
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The coal dealers hope to snow EQQ Price Crack
Gen. Chennault's summary 6f/City Council that furnace firers
the Chinese crisis appeared in al; letter he wrote from Shanghai,’ China, Jan. 3, to Capt. William B.|
“White, Palm Beach,. director of! 4e
War Birds International.
$4500 Stolen
From Hotel Radios |prohibitive portions of the pro
. {posed smoke ordinance are too Bell-hops of “downtown hotels| gt riot. They hope to be able to effective Monday, of two to three
stack thousands of questionnaires . jon. City Council desks to support grade of the eggs. An official an
their claim,
were being questioned by police; today in connection with the] theft of more than $4500 from | coin-operated radios in hotel rooms within the past six months. | Some of the bell-hops are believed to be assisting a well-or-ganized pilfering ring. In addition to-the robberies, the thieves) have damaged the sets to the| extent of $5000, according to) Frank E. Scherrer, 44; treasurer of Radio-Matic, Inc. ] , Warren and Spencer
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say, with money also taken from
| limits hand firing to Pocahontas| FLIES ACROSS CANADA radios in the Claypool and Lin- type coal. Do you have. any ob-
|Jection to an ordinance that will| RCAF North Star flew from A N {prohibit hand fired use of West! Vancouver, B. C.. to Halifax,| CAR CAUSES FLOOD ; ~+ Virginia, Kentucky or Indiana|N. S.. today in the first non-stop backs of radios and must’ have] » [flight across Canada. No
coin, Mr. Scherrer said burglars had obtained master keys to open the
been let into the rooms by hotel!
employees. Backs of some radios to
wire torn off, however.
Beck to Revamp Teamsters Union
eamsters Union | How to Fret About Taxes in One Dizzy Lesson
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Beck of Seattle, executive vice president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters) (AFL), today announced plans to| reorganize the powerful union] from the ground up. Mr. Beck said 1000 executives of the teamsters which claim 1.5
million members in the United Interested in federal income taxes, Statés and Canada will hear the but are also not interested in any
{by the business consultant firm, lof N. H. Abrams & Associates. Mr. Abrams said last night he had | no idea what the outcome would! oC 2¢ling grade A large eggs, it, was drilled open today. be since he had not yet tabulated! the results already obtained.
{smoke ordinance? Hotels were the hardest hit, police, TWO:
n the city would object to wre. Widening Here
ng coke or Pocahantas type coal.| They also want to know if resi-|
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Three Questions ! The survey is being conducted |
Three questions. are:
: The proposed ordinance
Deadlines Come, Deadlines Go
By FRANK ADAMS For the information of those irsons who are not only hot
lan in a conference beginning ther taxes, this condensed tax
Monday. " "It would change the union from
| calendar is presented to further
a “horizontal” setup with geo-| tax their presence of mind.
graphical divisions into one of| nation-wide divisions, to the kind of work done.
that stepped-up organizing plans
0 -of the union would be likely to|progress with your report you ly done away with yourself and|vertain days, and others whichis due July 1. . are certain it can ‘no longer might, and do, come on any day bother you, did you remember to(0f the year, depending sometimes NpANWHILE, if. this clarifies pay your special federal tax on/on who and what you cre. But narcotics and marijuana due Jan. 307 Bed Form 678. > It seems that there are taxes
" mow members of other unions.
ALBANY, Tox. Jan 15 (UP)- jou ' an. “bank balance, J. W, Thomas Jr, young ofl com-|, geophysicist, was found dead| . 0 a ox airplane, which had
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according|this can be kept at your left hand, while with your right you
fill out the U. 8. tax forms. [that last—gladly.
CI up divisions covering drivers 28 which is “motor vehicle li-
As a matter of convenience|
Then, after taking notes as you
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Bone Specialist Heart Victim
Dr. Lacey L. S8hujer, prominent Indiana;
suddenly last night of a heart attack in an ambulance en route to a hospital. He was 56 years old.
when seized with an attack the ambulance was called to his home at 5868 Washington Blvd.
known orthopedic surgeons in the country, was a member of the Marion County ‘Medical Association, ‘the American Medical Association, the American College of Surgeons, Indiana Bone and Joint Club, American Academy of Orthopedics, Clinical Orthopedic Society and diplomat of the Orthopedic Board.
with an AB, BS, MA and MD,
Sigma, Alpha Rho Sigma, Alpha
ternities.
{Hume-Mansur Bldg. served in World Wars 1 and II (He spent 18 months in England as a colonel.
ner & Bucharan Mortuary.
| prices appeared to be widenin nts would object to an ordin-|P |ance that would prohibit hana Mis Week here with most grade fired use of West Virginia, Kenjtucky and Indiana coal. : | Coal dealers have contended the, °F .n8INg 55 to 57 cents.
cents a dozen, depending on the
ager of Kroger Co., cited a‘ simi-|_ hands.” cut in effect this week-end| "ich defied for two days the (o)q boy was implicated in alleged | b i | took $700. h a. 8to {efforts of bank officials and lock: “foul play to a fellow airman,” joined the Air Corps to learn and said the company's s Tes smiths to get at the $250,000 In- and that the case was undergoing something. He wanted his school “investigation.” f Ing. " His letter, though vague, was ro {working in. relays, took seven and| pot alarming. Pvt. Keller seemed in for 18 months, and he enlst-|Site Ol Co., 1402 N. West St. if Yous I va ot, dis-/in no serious difficulty, and noled. When we went to Campy, At-| {covered what caus e safe to| {jam. Bank officials said they| {would keep the money chest but | {would have to buy a new door
OTTAWA, Jan. 15 (UP) — An for it.
Mapua Tax
SRR AS F050 MERE ATRL
Dr. Lacey L. Shuler
. {moved into the Midwest.
56, Well Known Orthopedic Surgeon
polis bone specialist, died
He had been {ll recently and
Dr. Shuler, one of the best
Served at Methodist He had been professor and
He was graduated from IU
Rho
Served in World Wars Dr. Shuler had offices in the and had
He was a member of the Scut-|
Services will be held fn Hian-
Due Tonight |” With Rain, Fog
| to snow with much colder temper-
ries to western stockmen. Some
Prosecutor Lat ‘Political Fixing’
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New Cold Wave
Entire Staté to Feel Winter's Icy Blasts
Occasional rain and fog turning
atures were forecast for Indianapolis today as another cold wave
” The snow and much colder] Weather was scheduled to strike northern portions of the state early this afternoon and to move into the central portions tonight, The cold wave here was to be preceded by rain and fog. Unless unforeseen elements change the course of the cold blast it was expected to spread over the entire state tonight. Third Big Blizzard ; | Last night the third big blizzard in. two weeks howled into the| northwestern states bearing added suffering to inhabitants of! the area. As in the two previous storms, hundreds of travelers were ma-
the last storm were halted. | Two transcontinental highways
.| were blocked on the western side!
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of the Rocky Mountains
could keep a third highway clear
highways because of the storm in northwestern and west-central South Dakota where 50-mile-an-! hour winds carried the blizzard and visibility was reduced to zero.
Hundreds Marooned |
ported marooned in Idaho and one Pacific Trailways bus was not ac-|
to search travelers when the weather lets
at Pine Ridge Reservation. Fuel and food were short at the reser, vation since the first big blizzard struck Jan. 2. Some help has ar-| rived since then, however. The storm brought added wor-
{to reach natural fodder. | roads were. blocked in many) places and supplemental feed could not be brought in.
Access |
A battle. was raging between
has scheduléd a cut in prices,
Rodgers Brown, general man-|
for 59 cents and grade A medium for 57 cents. He sald egg prices) {have dropped 15 to 20 cents. in » |the past month, but said the dip NE: Are you interested in 2 due primarily to normal sea- | sonal factors.
¢
all | yourself up at the office of the|30; May 1, 2 and 15; June 1, 6, 15, Intérnal ’ and 1 app
20 (oops par-! ; Aug. 1; Sept.|
property owners and sportsmem: over thousands of deer, also un-| Cracks in the hard shell of egg able to get at their natural winter | Ei feed. They thronged into many
A | Utah towns and ate shrubs. Home ble to Dad tor." {large eggs selling for 59 cents alowners who had their dogs chase Dey thought : might be. able | ad signed tof.
dozen and with grade A medium the deer were warned by game | NeP them.
| wardens that the deer could not Standard Grocery Co. reported be shot—byt the dogs could.
Two Drillers at Last Crack . Stubborn Safe
nounced prices had dfopped 10 to
{12 cents in a month. The Bushwick National
stubborn
one-half hours,
mainly’ they come depending on {whether you're alive or dead.
KEW YORK, Jan. 15 (UP)—|
little seven-ton
The drilling, done by two men|
Family Frantic as Son Faces Gallows in Japan
rooned and relief operations for| ~
Mr. and Mrs. Marion Keller. ”
A curtain of milita
undergoing trial in Japan. They .had received no word his ng from the Air Force on his case, around the farm even when and had not heand from him was sickly. We sort of protected "Ould-be bandit as he raced since the last of November, when him all his life until he went into his final letter arrived. Wrantic with anxiety, the fam-
ily began sending
to determine the charges against ences, [Pvt, Keller and forward the in-!the seventh grade, and wanted to {learn arc welding and stipes metal Finally, a letter camie, an un-|wWork in the Air Co¥ps. Bank’'s| official message from a Col. Mar-
formation.
safe, tenstein.
sent to his family. Last Wednesday, press assocla- None of us could figure out how Wall itlons reported that Pvt. Keller that could happen, but we don't the station atténdant, They locked and two companions had been like to make a fuss, so we let it/the customer, Benjamin Falsom,
27, of Oak City, the attendant, Plastered Plumber
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. ‘Pvt. Robert Keller (loft inset) . . . sentenced to be hanged: [right inset) shown with®his parents, ) the Keller home, 831 Railroad St:, Covington.
snowplow crews doubted «= Parents Await Lifting of Air “anoviows were sees i FOrce Secrecy Curtain
Mother Collapses at Covington;
‘Bobby Couldn't Have Done It,’ Says Sister
By CARL HENN
on the outskirts of
|terest. Seek Information { The
| ington.
parents, always
{the Air Force.
| Wrote to Chaplain {
rheumatism. They received no word: They listed at 17 in- July, 1946, when, | |wrote to the chaplain of the (all the other young men were 88ked him to move into the back] |Fourth Air Squadron, asking him talking about their Army experi- room. Then two of them picked He had fteft school after im up dhd carried him out.
|convicted of the robbery-slaying' go.”
? attempt fire hydrant at Blaine and MilTHREE: Would you be willing was made to sel. a record. The ler Sts. late last night caused a learned, burn coke or Pocahontas type distance of 2785 miles was cov-| flooding of the coal In sizes containin
amount of slack? ithe pipe.
|
(if you do not have a dog read it!
read it),
of a sergeant-bookkeeper A motorist whose car struck a Tokyo post exchange. And Thursday, * the
Mrs. Keller collapsed. Her hus- den, al
But Some Levies Run on Forever.
May 15. . . tax payment. June 15 . . . becomes operative, to killing
ment of (yep) the tax.
of course, in case you are a fur /man was sleeping.
SHOW , THIS to your best; Now those are only specific tax|Or mussel afmiet Tata you hve friend and he'll lend you money|dates, and, if you wish to bel tax coming "| Ds 0. Soll Acenethli rr out of his boy's piggy bank for thoroughly informed, you will like Did you pay yours in 1049" {to know that there are other tax-| Then again, supposin’ you own
Now that you've quite efficient- es which come every month; ona boat.
nothing, yov may call at our. tax bureau to pay the second annual . 8m 4 installment; of the fire marshal your poc on Jan. 1, 10, 15, 20 and 31; Feb. A SKELETON schedule fol-/tax or pay the first semi-quar-the Der ehpty Jour OF any|1, 15 and 28; Mar. 1, 15 (of lows. It is based on the dog tax terly tax on beer gallonage. Of coursé there , ender also, like, do —if you do, be sute and don't|arets, food, clothes and entertain ment dally, weekly or monthly, or March 1 . , . annual dog AX do_You buy? dus; 1 Well, you are taxed,
in a
Kellers |Covington
(cumstances,
{which he was entitled,
last day for dog
The vessel tonnage tax there is no word.
: | day. odds and buy cig-
starts Monday. : sth.
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ry secrecy today separated a grief-stricken| reds mother, father and sister from contact'with a boy sentenced to hang. Hund of Motorists were re- The curtain dropped on Pvt. Robert Eugene Keller, of Covington, in mid-December. It fell in Japan, where he was stationed with the the establishments last night. Omega. Alpha and Sigma Xi -fra- counted for. Authorities consid- Fourth Afr Squadron, at the Afr Material Base, just outside Tokyo.
se smear TY tending the apple trees in acre orchard which he maintains
and in which he owns a company ere
youth's sister, who lives Mr. and Mrs. Marion Keller, with her husband, Albert, and {and their daughter, Mrs. Kathryn her son, George, in a small house Yuochunas, of Covington, have/behind the Keller home at 831 {been assaulting the veils of mili-| Railroad Bt, was herself on the [tary secrecy since Dec. 14, when | point ‘of breaking down. {first they learned, from a news-|
200,000 sheep on Western Utah ller was (she said. “Ask anybody in CovStudents from 1ocal universities a Detide Lia ne Lee, he ia sun [ranges sant get through frozen (TACT I good
vived by his father, John Ww. SNOW, from three to six feet deép,|
{Shuler of Waynetown, Ind. {tionnaires for a group of Indian-|
“Bobby couldn't have done it,”
He was a good boy to
Enlisted in 1948
| robbing. the {McCord with a gun butt when he/a racketeer. “Bobby was stow in #chbol, but | tried He said the 20-year- he could do anything with his Stoop
his ' sister said. “He mand,
“S80 Dad and’ Mom signed him to be the same tr
{Congresswoman Mrs. Cecil Harso from Covington. Ask for Transcript
From the newspaper accounts of Pvt, Keller's trial, the sergeant | {was killed with a knife while he {slept In the post exchange. Rob- Dr Dog tax penalty \bery was apparently the motive Dog subject (for entry of the thrée soldiers, if without state tagiand Pvt. Keller was accused of issued by local official upon pay- having wielded the knife. “Bobby couldn't have done it.”
If there was a fight, or something, we could understand. But why don't they .
Today, the Keller family still| waits, From the shores of Japan,
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Trio Takes $254 |
In Three Holdups
Quick on the Draw, Grocer Foils Gunman
Three men held up three business places in the city and escaped with a total of $254 from two of
A fast thinking grocer thwarted
ered sending a National Guard] When it was lifted momentarily by a press dispatch, the Keller|the men's first attempt in for Rranded|tanily learned that , their boy, a |Bob, wad sentenced to die By a up. {military court-martial. Gov. George Mickelson of South! He and twe companiong had Dakota asked for more Federal been convicted of slaying a postfunds to help nearly 9000 Indians exchange operator in Tokyo.
which, i believe, only one of the trio that even though some statements
-| police operated while the others stayed Dave been made,
with a get-away car. | Later a Mquor store and an ofl held up by three men whose coincided
{in both robberies.
Frank Young, 37, Martinsville, owner of C. & 'G. Market, 1902 Hillside Ave., told police a youth entered his store and drew a .38 caliber revolver demanding he put up his hands. However, the grocer .dropped behind the counter,
came up with a .32 caliber auto-| (matic and the youth fled. Grocer Young fired three shots at the
across a vacant lot in rear of the |store. “He used to write home and tell letters and us how homesick he was. He! " " cables to the commanding officer should have been home a long| three gentle bandits, ahped] of his unit, to the area com- time ago, but the Air Force kept| ith & revolver, took: $86 from mandant, and to everyone else him in twice as long as Mom and the manager of Bloom's Liquor
Liquor Store Robbed Approximately an héur later!
Store; 2031 N. Rural St,
The manager, Herman McCord, Chie She explained that Bob had en- 82. told police he suffers from porter. ’ Reports of the Investigation ere not news to Mayor “I've heard rumors that some attempt might be made to embandits barrass the Chief,” he said. “Eddie is not a politician or He has been try« to explain he could not{ing to do a good job and he is to the floor upon their de-/okay with me and the Safety The bandits that. time) Board, too.
He sdld the men
Three months ago,
store slugged Mr.
A few minutes after the liguor men |store hold-up, what police believe|off color, we will be very grateful io held up the|to them for finding it out” ; Asked directly if Rouls “was | The men robbed a customer, gate in keeping his job” the im were|terbury to see him, he told us he/Who was using the telephone, of|Mayor oficial charges against. bim {had oh ik ih for hy ola Ja he $100 and tore the phone from the|right he is.”
They then took $60 from)
The family received assistance|V. E. Disher, 52 of 203 N. Ta-|
A bandit with an automatic!
On the Inside
within 90 days may bring Grand Jury action ain + AN “people with considerable po- -. litical influence” has beem = launched quietly by County Prosecutor George 8. Dalley, Times learned last night. Course of the investiga also bring into the open a dering fire within the Party aimed at Chief Edward D. Mr. Dailey was silent on reports that swept political police circles. But he that dozens of persons questioned within both in his office {house and at his Room 637, Illinois
g
it i i
fe ihr
investigation will be political interference into
“quickie,” that it
he th that is generally dissatisfied with eration of the department itself, at the same time the rank and file pol less, even to the extent of being sympathetic with the men.
Rouls . Just how certain factions in
| “get” Chief Rouls was unclear {because Mayor Feeney remains Rouls’ staunchest sup-
Britain Reprieves
| LONDON, Jan. 15 (UP)-—Wil-from Rex Keller (no relation), a coma Ave, and the attendant's lam Painter, lawyer who handles Wife in the ofl room. h “another news- service matters for the American y po intersection ‘as paper ory, that Pvt. Weller was Legion and the VFW, and from PANDIT GETS $100 § a larger ered in eight hours and 32 minutes) water spouted unhindered from sentenced to be hanged. at 345 miles per hour.
{plumber who trified with the god of love, got a government reprieve | today. Home Secretary Chater ¥de who told his victims he was an|ordered lifting of the three-month "ex-marine” held up the cus-|/sentence given to Mr. Painter Both are co-operating to obtain/lomer-crowded Oasis Grill at 2402 who, |a transcript of the court-fiiartial x Raymond St, proceedings, to determine the cir- And escaped with and whether Pvt at more than $100, [Keller was given every right to
spurred by whisky-and a bet, late last night|scaled the. Piccadilly. Statue of cash estimated | Eros and plucked the bow until it *~
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