Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 19 January 1949 — Page 1
” burs They were Hesiod ublicized) both Republican Sens. : ®. Ny to ‘New i Who Was Homer E. Capehart and William, | The mercury is expected Zz the freighter when it went to the E. Jenner were near the head of to drop to zero in Indianap- - rescue. the line. First was Maj. Gen.| ° olis tonight and possibly to five 2d : Boek Muro Survivors Judge Robert C, Baltzell hr a ciara below in northern Indiana. The The 8. 8. Junior, operated by| PE : iain Pp y Low Tor sow Tn will be : the United Fruit Co., started for . Top of List 3 above. Ahem. Indiana mm * New. York later with 75 survivors, Recalls Vow With Brother Also near the top of the lst Move. a two of whom were suffering from in Indi was Rep. Char Halleck, who Th : is in for its cold spell of the he New . burns, The Junior carried ‘8 To Hang Up Shingles in Indiana is spearheading the opposition to Rained out . . . Torrential rain sent high w waters into Tyndall Towne last night and oasts showed that the Covent registered nurse. By DAVID WATSON the new Democratic majority in caused many residents fo-evacuate. H Assistant Fire Chief C. V. jos 2- old James |near weather will continue cert. Two Coast Guard planes.circled] . SQFT-SPOKEN, mild-mannered Judge Robert C. Baltzell today the House. Other Republicans in h ro retin far By Jarboe carries 2-year Friday, 8 the area looking for more sur- endéd his 24th- year on the bench of Indianapolis Federal District|{the reception line were Reps. Crodian through a Budd that grow a stream in a hours’ time. vivors. The Coast Guard was short/Court and started his 25th—a term which has already extended|Ralph Harvey and Mrs. Cecil r,s of search planes because of thetwo years beyond the time any previous judge has held the office. Hardin. Rep. Ray Madden and : large number sent to the Carib-| Judge Baltzell succeeded Albert B. Anderson in 1925 at a time|his half-dozen freshmen .repreene bean to hunt for & British South/when the jurisdiction of the court Suiended throug ut the state./sented the congressional Demo-}- il tomorrow American Airways plane Eg Jhrougion the years, |CTAS. - - . . Violent night. with 20 aboard on a flight frém the Jacke Siow that he decided | Feature of the evening’ was the i through winds which n whipped DD a | cape i to take up the study and practice |Turdue Glee Club, which sang for i wr Dut gy Soe Scores of ships hastened to the {of law “through an agreement the Indiana Society, after appear-| : a hour @uring area. Imade with an older brother,|!8 On the program at the Tru- ~ Begins Preparing day.. The Weatherman said, The Eastwind was built at San (Charles. man-Barkley dinner at the May-| § vor, that sl a Pedto, Cal, in. 1044 fz war duty. S es wile Robert Baltzell was ati Romer Hot sod al Unlon State Census Forms |trom the violent storm, will cone Its nose was con d been gree! tinue. crete to break ice up to 15 feet in ey *k. Station on arrival yesterday| By ROBERT BLOEM
| SCRIPPS ~ HOWARD |
Kills 10 Men
. wind, swept by fire after collid-
FORECAST: Cold wave and clearing tonight. Tomorrow, fair and cold. Jow tonight, near zero; high. tomorrow, 18.
Ship Calis
On Icebreaker
8 Missing, 19 Hurt ‘As Coast Guard
Vessel Rams Tanker
NEW YORK, Jan. 19 (UP)— The Coastguard icebreaker East-
ing with an oil tanker in a predawn fog, was. abangoned in the
Atlantic Ocean today with 10 of|
its crewmen dead, 19 injured and at least eight missing.
Ships arriving at the scene 98 | ‘miles southeast of New York off
Cape May, N. J. or hed up 92 survivors from Eastwind, which carried he 110 and 120 crewmen. . No victims were reported from the tanker, the 8..8. Gulfstream, whose bow was stove in when it
aboard the freighter 8. 8. ims anne, which left for New York where it was expected about 3:30 p. m. Two suffered third degree burns and the other 15 lesser|
thickness. If it had hit the Guilfstream head-on, it probably would
- lwhich caused the accident prob-
gq | Prices Bron To Support Level
Egg prices in Indiana have hit bottom. Out on the farms they are bringing- as low as 35 cents a dozen for country run, and that is where the government steps in to support the market. Today retaflers hardly knew what eggs would bring. Reports along the grocery front indicated
ek. Baltzell Begins {25th Year on Bench
[Torins BE in Illinois, Collapsing Foundation JE!
with his brother, who had Breaks Gas Pipes [already taken up the study of Two persons narrowly escaped
law, that they would follow the]
“Woosr GOP Steal State
Society Show
er ‘Supplanted’ | By Republicans
In Receiving Line By DAN KIDNEY _ © Times Staff Writer WASHINGTON, Jan. 18—Gov. Henry F. Schricker arrived here this morning ready to put his White Hat into President Tru-
The state's chief executive was! aboard the inaugural special train filled with Hoosier Democrats which left Indianapotis yesterday. He had been billed as guest of honor at an inaugural ball staged by the Indiana State, Society of| Washington at the Shoreh Ho-
largely congressional and the Republicans stole the show. Although their names did not appear on the list of sponsors of the event (only those of the congressional Democrats having been
senior Senator and Mrs. Capehart
death in their gas-filled East Side
home today after a fo wall caved fh, breaking fi during he vient in. renRo
two. a aan orion a somerdt Wn
Cornett, 65, and his wife, Cora, Robert Baltsell entered the Army | 63, of 1453 English Ave. The highjas a major. winds apparently , carried away| The, judge smiles when he re-| much of the leaking gas, which members the sum of $640 which| otherwise would have filled the represented the income during| house where the couple was sleep-|the first year of the struggling| ing. {law firm's existence. Of the sum Mrs. Cornett awoke ll at about/Robert Baltzell received _ 4 a. m. today. She tried to|third. arouse her husband and, failing! To supplement his -finances| to do so, stumbled to the front|the Judge porch, where she collapsed. Fo lk as a sideline. | Neighbor Calls Police ancial difficulties were noth-|
Ind. They ably saved the lives of En Ty together until 1917 when
ing by President Truman tomorrow. But Indiana will be represented by the White Hat riding
‘man’s “greatest of all” inaugural]
morning by a delegation headed | § by Sen. Capehart. So when the
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Entered as Second-Class Matter at Postoffies Indianapolis, Issued Daily
Zero Due Toni Five Below |
He
Winter S r's Low Enters State On Windstorm
Rivers Churn Higher, Power Lines Down . In Lashing Rains LOCAL TEMPERATURES
: tel last night. More than 600 6am ..28 10am ..27 strudt_ the Bustwind ssadibip wei Hoosiers here and from the state Tam. 238 Iam, 3 ters in the dense fog. turned out to greet him, but the Sam... 28 12 Noon .. 24 Seventeen of the receiving line turned out to be fam B® 1 ipm..2N
Zero weather swept sis. Hoosierland today, on the" heels of a violent wind-rain-storm last night..
{with the First Lédy of Indiana J
{in an open car—weather permitting. Gov. Schricker’'s car has been ned to -the feurth division, | which will be about the middle of the big parade. Sen. J. Howard (McGrath, Democratic national {chairman, is marshal of that sec{tion which includes Ohio, Louisi- | ana, Mississippi, Illinois and ‘Ala-|
way to county auditors late next week.
It then would become the auditors’ duty to have more
State Auditor James Propst
He has started prepar-
would have the forms on their
River at Flood Stage
In northern Indiana, some twe inches of rain which fell
they were selling anywhere jing new to the struggling lawyer.’ on sn " opi pat 43 Y to opin a dozen. A neighbor, Mrs. Nola Bain- While working his wav through . | Re» Me ering P ig i Souity apenas, the winds had reached a peak, Two conditions are given for bridge, 1457 English Ave. saw school as a farm hand, his pay Bans Union Shop | : If the entire procedure is carrh od blowing steadily at about 50 the demoralized market. The soft, |her and called police. Officers/averaged $14 a month for work In Captive Mines / out according to law, the result. mph. with strong gusts “meas. green winter produces more eggs./found Mr, Cornett unconscious in which ranged from milking to -ap . ing enumeration will be used by uring up to 85 mph. and farmers have stepped uplhis bedroom and the house reek- carrying water for threshing ma-| «WASHINGTON, Jan. 19 (UP) l Storm damage « « + A violent gust during last night's wind- [the 1951 le gislature to reds There were citywide of their flocks so they will geting of gas. chines. —Tral Examiner William R." .. ouem sont this utility pole crashing down on the home of [tribute legislative representation. fallen trees and utility poles with earlier spring production. Investigators discovered a 2 by| es" Ringer of the National Labor Re-| Mr. and Mrs. Neal Colburn, 1794 R olf Ave. damaging ‘the Inevitably, large population no serious y
Prices will not go much lower, said one egg buyer. They have hit bottom and there's only one way for prices to go and that is up, he added.
Catholic, Teachers
14-foot section of the rear foun-| dation had crumbled ‘and caved ATmY in 1919 Robert Baltzell into’ the basement. broke two pipelines carrying gas) to the home. Police said the break occurred at about 8 p. m. and that gas
begun at {Charles. In 1914 he had served on the Indiana State Republican Com-
AFTER his discharge from the
lations Board today ruled that John L. Lewis’ union shop in the|
In falling jt] Sontiived the political activity he captive coal mines is illegal un-| d the suggestion of der the Taft-Hartley law.
Mr. Ringer recommended that | the board order Mr. Lewis el the United Mine Workers
roof ‘and porch.
Railways Figure Decline
wn Riders at 10 Per Cent
centers would be given more Representatives and Senators, small rural areas would be given fewer than they have now. Marion County, for example, would be expected to have at least 15 Rep|resentatives in the lower House
crews worked from 7 p. m. to 3 a. m, (Continued on Page 3-Col. 2)
id s ik Sltered ‘into the home for more mittee. From 1920 to 1925 he| cease giving effect to the union i T - Si Bill Decide on Strike . served as judge of the Gibson shop provision of the 1948 con- ‘(Continued on Page 3-Col. 5)|IrUManN ns To than eight hours. The* winds|County Circuit Court and was| tract which was signed last July Dale Blames Change in Habits ae Ee ) g
MONTREAL, Jan. 19 (UP)— Striking Catholic schoolteachers said they would decide today
which. swept through the cave-in
en nted to the Federal carried away much of the gas, B PR
District Court by President Cal-
after a week-long strike.
Of Shoppers and Boost in Fares
Times Business Editor
| Recover Mail Loot
Boosting Owh Sa
WASHINGTON, Jan. 19 (UP)
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By HAROLD HARTLEY, ’ whether to return to work after| cers said. vin Coolidge. Hoffman Deputy y Quits Profit on four increased rate structures was computed on the! AUKESHA, Wis, Jan. 19|—President Truman with a stroke accepting the pledge of Arch- Judge “Baltzell resides at 5837 witness stand by W. Marshall Dale, vice president of Indianapolis or ~~ Postal inspectors an-jof the pen today boosted his bishop Joseph Charbonneau that|Ex-Wife Acquitted Central Ave. His wife, Mrs. Vi WASHINGTON, Jan. 19 (UP)| BP Uem F000 B8 C0 SRE ie Service rs Eh y NApoliSi nounced today that they have re- salary from $75,000 a year to enna Carlton Baltzell, died in|— Howard Bruce, 69-year-old cr mon : today. covered $88,500, and that the $100, 000.
he would obtain ‘“satisfaction”|eyg Whipping Charges
for their demands for a $200 to) $300 yearly wage increase. | LOS ANGELES, Jan, 19 (UP)
Indianapolis Railways is asking immediate financial relief from Deputy. Beste Ba DeEAtion,,,, PSC with an emergency rate boost to 13 cents or two for a a quarter until a zone fare system can be worked out.
1945. They were married in 1904
thief who stole it from a regis-| At the same time, he gave himshortly after his graduation from
tered - majl shipment a 1 If a brand new, tax-free effective Pp! pparently self a brand ne expense
The teachers, members of the Alliancé of French and English speaking ‘Catholic Teachers, accepting the archbishep’'s pledge yesterday on the second day of their walkout. Almost 80,000 pupils were affected. by the strike.
Nip Admits Selling 2500 Child Slaves
TOKYO, Jan. 19 (UP)—An In-
surance agent confessed today that he sold 2500 Japanese chil-
-Sports announcer Jimmy Lennon’s ex-wife, Isabel was clear today of a ‘charge she horse whipped him and ‘his flancee; Actress Doris Link, 24. A. municipal court jury pronounced - her. innocent yesterday after deliberating three hours. She sobbed and thanked them for the decision, Mrs. Lennon,” 34, denied shé horsewhipped Mr. Lennon and his fiancee when they brought the two Lennon children home after
law school in Marion, Ind. He has no children, He is a member of Central Christian Church, American Legion. and is a past master of the Masonic ie Lodge | In Princeton. Ind.
‘Slavery’ Trial Beg Begins
MANKATO, Minn., Jan. 19 (UP) ~-George Stark, 56, Gibson, Minn., goes charges of keeping a hired man in slavery. The government accused
resignation Jan. - 31. Administrator Paul G. Hoffman is trying to keep him on the job until June 30, end of the fiscal year.
Chambers Freed
BALTIMORE, Jan. 19 (UP) Mrs. Whittaker Chambers has
Mr. Dale sald the company expected a normal drop of five per) cent in riders due to a shift in| shopping habits to outlying busi-| ness districts plus another five) per cent drop due to rate increase. Want Recess In computing additional reve-| nues from increased rates he said)
been freed of a reckless driving |
on trial today on three| charge involving the death of a|
70-year-old woman pedestrian. |
Noting a conflict in testimony re-
an 1l-cent fare would add $a. {000 to.the company’s income, 12-cent fare, $1,114,000 and = 13cent fare, $1,870,000. He added
Stark of depriving Francisco Rod-'garding details of the accident; that two for a quarter fare would
said, must produce . an added $1,077,000. James T. Tretton, executive vice president, testified that the [company had to carry an Investment of $410,000 in. materials and [supplies to maintain adequate service. At thé conclusion of the presentation of testimony and ex8 hibits by the Indianapolis Railways, Public Counsel William E. Steckler is expected to ask for) a recess to enable him and the
disposed of it In fear of arrest. Post Office authorities sald the theft “looks now like an inside
job.”
(allowance of $50,000 a year for | which he will have to account to no one. That gives him a total of $90,000 for expenses.
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presented tomorrow .
Second annual Manual High School vaudeville to be . an illustrated preview. ..Page 3
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riguez, 38, an American of Mex-|Traffic Magistrate William D. [bring $1,536,000. ican birth, of his constitutional Hudnut said he could find no evi-| The three zone fare, Mr rights. jdence of reckless driving. } rn it : Two Famous Men on When a Traller-Truck Misses an Underpass Today's Birthday List
an outing. She said Mr. Lennon struck her and Miss Link joined in.
dren during the past several years, violating the new constitution. Manjiro Ino, an insurance soHeitor in the Fukushima prefecture, admitted wholesale dealings
PSC to study the figures and] charts, | The company has brought out | that it will need $1,798,439 In profit to provide the 6.9 per cent
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