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State Budget Likely to Hit $300 Million

Schricker Will Give ‘The Real Picture’

In Special Message

Other legislative stories, pages 3 and 9; calendar, page 4.

3 By ROBERT BLOEM Governor Schricker will give the legislature “the real picture” soon of the state's financial pre|dicament which may call for record outlays of more than $300 million in the next two years—an all-time record. Talk of & $200 million biennial prospect, he said today,

For Phone Mixups; tues promec, bx ia’ oda, He will lay the real situation on

Eviction Proposal Switch Exchanges [Ie Yi. la the rea! situation on

| IF THOSE changed telephone | Defore .the General Assembly,

Meeting Will Ponder numbers are getting under your POpioly bY the end of next week.

skin, here's the reason: Rent Curb Protests | In the last two months, 10,500 Picture the governor is expected Indianapolis landlords were Cherry and Belmont numbers '© draw in his special ‘message

summoned to a mass meeting at have been switched to Imperia the Indiana War Memorial to-{304 Atlantic prefixes, “We Kid Ourselves’ | ; 8. 8 “We kid ourselves on this night to debate the proposal they THE REMAINING 14,000 still hydget business,” Gov. Schricker! follow the lead of Tulsa, Okla. served from the old Belmont and said. “For example, the $78 milproperty owners and evict thelr/Cherry offices will get dial serv-ilion the state must pay out each tenants in protest against con-/ice in April /blennfum to local governmerits| tinuing rent control. | Then there will be no trouble for teachers isn’t even included. A. E. Wrentmore, American at all, phone officials said. That's There are many other figures, too, Home Owners Union president When the new directories come'/that are not taken into account here, called the meeting. He said out. in estimates we've been hearing! he has received “one telephone,

call after another” urging In-| 1 dianapolis landlords to unite and g evict their tenants in an effort

NEW YORK, Jan. 26 (UP)—It was all over

Brooklyn war veteran, Abraham Goldstein, and "his wife, Anita, whose family is haunted by blindness. ; Doctors at the Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center removed one eye from their 21;-year-old daughter, Karen, and both eyes from their 11-month-old son, Michael, both of whom were suffering from cancer. 8a 0» DOCTORS said the operations were a success, and it would take weeks of waiting before it is known whether they stopped the spread of the disease. For Mr, Goldstein; *who lost one eye from a similar condition in childhood, and for his wife, who doctors say can have no more children, it was the most difficult decision of their lives.

Landlords to Mull a a Reason

ligations.

to have the whole story.” After most of the

1 still would not include the bonus. i

so far of the state's financial ob-| “I want the General Assembly.

perty own-

to show Congress pro d ers. “won't stand for more con- Smok Penaltie trol.” p S : ‘Bill Is Abominable’ .

“The rent control bill is abome!' inable, brutal and a tyranny on the nation,” said Mr. Wrentmore, a leader in the fight for more rent. “Holding rents to 1942 lev¢ls against triple increases in taxes and maintenance is confiscation of property” | Resolutions proposing land-! lords here strike against rent,

2 Local Firms Found | Guilty of Violations |

Judgment was withheld by Ed-|

(win K. Steers, judge pro tem in| { Municipal Court 4, today after he | found two local concerns guilty in 10 cases, charging violation of the city smoke ordinance.

night last night in budget conference with Budget Director Roscoe P. Freeman, the Governor took up the job of pinning down the budget problem again today. Parley Unproductive A conference with Democratic! policy leaders of the legislature’ in the Governor's office this morning brought no decision on a new Democrat plan té finance the bonus, The plan, threshed out’

_.Nelis, “7550 Morningside Dr.

Defendant in nine of the cases in a Democrat caucus las i {was Apartment Properties, Inc. |would _ a gross ue cat Sigal 850 N. Pennsylvania St. Tepre- one-quarter of one per cent

cofitrol .will be. proposed at tonight's meeting, he said. | “I don’t know what course we

a . sented in court by T. A. Moynawill take” he said. @ There is), "= + ttorne |across the board, regardless of "” torney John R. Carr. | high feeling. I know that. The complaints, signed by Hoy thd. Bo roa tax rate, tg:100t the ’ Threaten 600 Families Gilluh, a city smoke inspector,

Gov. Schricker, howeve, asked In Tulsa, 600 ‘fatnilies face charged that the anti-smoke ordi-| legislators to form a special

nance was violated on various , smaller Sviction. Tulsa property OWnersloccasions by properties at 240 B.|wieldy as the whole policy com any at /NIith. Bt. And 234 E. Ninth St. mittee; to posttio an arganised effort ta réntiowned by Apartment Properties, further. Th Congress. Inc. consist of three Democtat meme

. Wallace J. Murphy, executive secretary of the Tulsa Poor Coal Blamed Property Owners Association, said| Spokesmen for the defendant '© report back on the bonus fund

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* Tickets Available |... = 10th Air Force Officers Assigned to ‘Haylift' | Officers from the 10th Air {Force base in Indianapolis today {were in Denver, Colo. aiding in {the “haylift” operations to snowthe Infantile Paralysis bound western states, Lt. Col. Joseph K. McNay, of

the owners have withdrawn from concern blamed the violation on T3Ising plan later. the rental business. He said Boor coal, _— reported the situa- Approve Tax Study similar action was urged on land- corrected. lords in 20 other cities, in addi-| The other defendant, the —— ee pnarnings Pi tion to Indianapolis. Schwitzer - Cummins Co. int a. sub-policy committee to = Massachusetts Ave., was accused po A poy tax ies fo . 9 by Inspector Paul Reel of violat-| pending before the General - McNelis Car ing the ordinance last Nov. 8.|,empy Attorney Ed Fillion said old heat-| “,rone the measures this! Hits 2 Others ing equipment was responsible group will study and report on| port on and that new, equipment is being to the Governor will be bills on A car ownea by former Munic-|installed. s on| {pal Court Judge John J. 'Me-| reassessment of real estate and P : { . {a new proposal, not yet intro-| struck two parked cars last night Housing HCL Dent duced, to be substituted for the in the 3400 block College Ave. | 1947 Utilities Assessment Act. Police said the' driver ° left Traced fo 19 Cents The new bill, it was learned, the scene of the accident in an-| would remove the power to assess | other car | Do you know why those little public utilities from the state tax; y | “utility” houses are wearing $10,- board and return the primary war Medlin i soany Ya "the 000 and $12,000 price tags in In- authority on a “home rule” the-| time of the crash. He said he dianapolis? jory to local taxing units. | had loaned the vehicle to a The U. 8. Labor Department, The new bonus tax plan dis-| friend, whose name he declined today provided a clue. {cussed by Democrats last’ night! to disclose. : Last January - the average was believed capable of raising The cars hit were owned by/W2ge of the building trades— more than $25 million for bonus. Carl Taylor, 347 N. Kenyon St. | carpenters, bricklayers, plaster-! { and by Dr. Gabriel Schuchman,| plumbers and electricians— age ® 5044 Central Ave. Mr. McNelis| Was $1.90 an hour. | d or rticizes was not held by police. This year the figure is $2.09— | i up 19 cents an hour, { eh oO I + iN House Bill Boost Gas Utility Ad 4 n insiae Cities’ Tax Powers i : A move to give cities and towns, | Veterans’ bill puts Demo- [more taxing power was made to-|o os, Cor, & Coke Ullity, a| public, charitable trust, urging dethe t day in a bill introduced in the) { crats on Spot; ,. re- H of Re ntatives to {feat of a legislative bill provid-| port from Congress Page 2| municipalities power to levy : j./Ing City Hall representation in| . Ge cense tax on trucks and commer- the utility's management drew Former rma n consular cial vehicles which operated only|, aa from Mayor = Feeney ald pins br within the city. limits, “I nope the public reading these | on Sally .........Page2 a ntasws IL Was Iniroduced bY) eas realizes it is paying for them | Life running out for Rob- |Marion). If the measure becomes| Tiss to: the utility,” the i a law it wi .) ald. ert Watts , . y Schricker tional a a ities Sa nd) “This is the kind of thing rep-| denies reprieve ap- lists would not be affected resentatives from the City Council] peal .............Page$8| A comic book bill, providing tor Would try to stop if we can put . ’ a4 censorship. board within the “Secularish grip 8. Eu-__ industry, op proposed today by Mayor Feeney said. rope” , . . State pastors Rete, Howard Steele (R. Knox) to keep the public's representa . ’ and Jesse Regan (D. Sel . 3 meeting here listen to [7h contorenin board world ne ro. tives but of Gas Utility's ivory talk by Dr. Walter Hor- |quired to make periodic reports to tower is indefensible.” ton ..e.vvervees. Page the Governor. It was aimed at City Hall is seeking fo Reds demand China seize Chiang as “War Criminal” . , . Around the World . . . a digest of today's foreign news Page 9 For Ice-O-Rama Medics hurl “tomatoes” at cabbage ulcer “cure”... gloss taken off report on effect of juice .....Page9 . ”. . . Other Inside Features Amusements, 8 Mrs. Manners 10

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|September,” E. L. Woods sald

Along ‘Road to Ruin’ Jouted as The Best:

Here is one of the Franklin Twp. roads which County Commissioner William T, Ayres says are the best in Indiana. . Jamison, R. R. 1, Box 838, inspects his car sunk in a mud Victory Dr. just east of Emerson Ave. Mr. Jamison paid for own cinders to fill another hole in front of his home.

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| | sibility that the additional rain|(raw Spanish) by the carload at ' {would increase flood threats in|16%; cents in the southern grow-

| The rains came to Indiana Aid Rehabilitation again last night after an unex-| pected .

tin from the Gulf of Mexico, ward-

Letup Seen In Rain for

5 Cent Candy Bars Grow Creamier And Nuttier, Too |

THE NICKEL candy bar is getting its health back, thicker! chocolate, more toasted nuts and| creamier inside. | | ‘Those sickly war-time bars {with the “washed on™ chocolate | {soon will be a thing of the past,| and the 10-cent bar will have to {step up its quality, and size, too. | Candy makers in Indianapolis 'have just been informed that the 6a m.. 37 10a m.. 38 African chocolate producers will Ta m.. 87 11am. 37 yp their production 70,000 tons 8a m.. 38 12 (Noon) 837 this year. 9a m.. 36 !pom.. 37 | Sugar is plentiful, too, although {the government is trying to con+

A brief respite from rain was... ly by al I # promised to drenched Hoosiers! ggg iy % Fy loning only 1204, | .

today. | «= * » The U. 8. Weather Bureau here said rains would let up this after-| THERE ARE lots of tree nuts, noon but would resume tomor-|/almonds and pecans. Uncle Sam row, thas a floor under the peanut

However, there was little pos- mdrket but you can buy ‘em

Breeze From Gulf Nips Cold Spel, Brings Drizzle

AL TEMPERATURES

the southern part of the state. ers and shellers markets. _ Paul Miller, chief meteorolo-| The wholesale prices of choco gist, said that the 24-hour rain- late-covered candy (bulk) alfall probably would average only ready has dropped from three to a little over an inch. four cents since Christmas.

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. “It takes a lot of rain to make streams go higher when they're as far over the bank as they are) now,” he said.

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gust of warm air pushed Lit Auxiliary Approves | $50,000 Contribution

Another Story, Page 14

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been expected tc change rains to!

meeting a ants Shaped is known . P Sn box 037 forasround) i py ios n ( paiets Gop rats homes. Donas Singlefon, visitor, stands knee deep in chuckhole at left.

Holes, Ruts and Mud Tax | Tempers in Franklin Twp. | Road-by-Road Survey Discloses |

Highways as Rough as Corduroys ~ By JOHN WILSON ! Although the year is 1949, mud-rutted roads of Frankia Township in southeastern Marion County are very much like the corduroy paths of two centuries ago. The impassable condition of the county roads-althpugh not startling to the township's residents—was confirmed in a road-by-road survey by The Times yesterday afternoon. And, according to figures pre- erie sented by County Commissioner William T. Ayres, the outlook for relieving the situation is far from bright this year. Frankiin Town: spent in Franklin Township last ship's split of ear-marked road, - |year than in any other township. funds will pave about 2.3 miles of County roads, said Mr. Ayres, are gravel and dirt roads in 1949. the best in the state. * Triple Split Yester

{many have been carelessly placed; {others have been torn down, Commissioner Ayres told the protest. group more money was

i” o y before a Franklin 10 Raised ro counyi ras Co Vo “Hunger Makes Men Beasts |

sioner Ayres said the 1949 alloca- |

almost $18,000, he said. The Times’ on-the-spot survey Sixty-nine Indiana counties have showed that, although unpaved the satisfaction today of knowing roads are in by far the worst that they gave food valued at condition, many concrete and $306,310 in the recent CROP drive

tion is $125000 for the whole i county. One mile of paving costs or mn n |

them on the board of directors” blacktop roads are rutted and for needy Europeans.

{ worn, The announcement of the drive

“The use of the public's money Concrete - faced S5. Emerson results were made by Lee Pat-

|Ave, presents a striking contrast rick, state committee treasurer. to such muck-furrowed paths as President Frederick J. Hovde of | Thompson Rd., Elnora Ave, Vic- Purdue University served as Adelaide St.—which intersect it. Overseas Program in Indiana and Residents in Elnora Ave. re- Dennis Anderson, New Castle, as ported that the mailman had not director. k sto in two weeks. Because Allen County led the 60 with of the condition of the road resi contributions of the three ac{dents often receive no mail serv-| ceptable grains—corn, wheat and |ice. Others reported they have y,,yheans—valued at $15,396. The to walk to Emerson Ave. to re: campaign was conducted by Prot|celve their mall. |estant, Catholic and Lutheran re- | Eugene Jamison, resident of | jer organizations. It required |Victory Drive, shook his head ...re than 200 freight cars to |at bis car which had sunk ini cqrry the Indiana CROP gifts to the gumbo. He sald he had just|,,. Fast Coast. paid out $750 for a load of|

cinders to fill a hole in front of Warren Township Asks out in Radio for Fire Trucks

The Safety Board today indlAdelaide St. ‘has not been yi. probable approval of a retouched since “I moved here In quest by the Warren Township - [fire t for permission to There are no ditches and “It 18 404411" two-way radio In its A mess every time it rains, he oumper trucks, to operate on the sald. It would take a hardy driv. some frequency as the Indianer to negotiate the road. |apolis fire and police department Best in the State radio, As The Times’ survey car care-, The request set forth that the fully - picked its way over and constant communicatioh with muddy trenches in the Indianapolis dispatcher, which the township's roads, another de- would he possible the in the county road system equipment, would eliminate un-

tect : aw. 1 know these things were done." was evident—the lack of, street necessary use of manpower from - I LEARNED its awful power, i — LE signa. Many are weatherbeaten; the Indianapolis department. too. 1 learned that it is stronger|(Continued on Page T—Col. 8) f eg ‘L [ene | tool al DT ge i » # mL

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| Prisoners Even Boil Rodents for Food;

Ore, auxiliary president, that the need for expansion may arise soon. : The board 38) approved a 1949 The Salvation Army today an- budget of 110, an increase nounced that contracts have been of $20,470 above 1048. let for the erection of the neéw| The resolution was introduced state headquarters and Central Dy the resolutions chairman, Mrs. Corps Salvation Army building at SV iiiiam Sorwith, Rockville Cen Michigan and Alabama Sts. jtre, rar] Herbert Pigmiire, state Mrs. -R. V. Arvidson, Kenyon, | commander, sald that ground will {Minn., and Mrs. Olat J. Hanson, be broken in ceremonies Mar, 12 |[Decorah, Iowa, | More than $200,000 of the total : | cost of $266,000 of lot and build- Dye Plant Burglar ing have been subscribed, Col. Pugmire and Frederick E. Scnor- Smashes in Window temire, Salvation Army Advisory| An Indianapolis man trapped Board president, report. The dedication of the newpawned a stolen suit will be bullding will coincide with the charged with burglary of the Kar60th anniversary of the beginning stadt & Reed Cleaning & Dyeing of Salvation Army work in In-|Co., 1449 N. Illinois St., police sald dianapolis. When it is completed. today. i the present corps building will be] Charles F. Cloyd, 20, of 450 N.| used entirely for the housing and Senate Ave., admitted breaking rehabilitation of homeless men. It a window and entering the cleanwill be called the “Salvationing company building on Jan. 19, Army's Harbor Light Corps” and officers said. Clothing valued at conduct a program comparable between $3000 and $4000 was to those in other large cities of {driven away in one of the comthe country, army officials said ipany’s trucks.

Escape From Siberia . . . No. 3

Russ Arctic Slave Camp

| Brother Battles Brother Over Scraps

By DR. FRANK POLAK | as told to WILLIAM H. NEWTON

\ Ser «Howard SIAN Writer Copyright, 1940, by Scripps-Howard Mewspapers

UNITED STATES ZONE OF GERMANY, Jan. 26—-Weak and

N. Y. On her committee are Hevels.

Most {through fingerprints left when he [finding their OPA

Food Prices Near Levels PA in’

Hard-to-Get tems Lead Drop Here

Meat Is OF 23%; Butter Dips Index Shows By HAROLD HARTLEY Food prices in Indianapolis today were nearing OPAceiling levels of October, 1946, Meat is off 23 per cent since

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Indiana Senators Fight Gates Move

ground here at the Republican National Committee meeting making known his opposition to Mr, Gates, and Mr, Jenner was vol his opposition in telegrams 1 ashington. Mr. Jenner's wire said: “Organization Republicans In Indiana protest any possibility of the election of Ralph Gates as national chairman. THe party is

hungry from our 15-day trip up the Yenisel River in Siberia we at low ebb in the state due to

amena/tory Dr, Elmwood Ave. and chairman of the Christian Rural staggered off the prison boat.

With our bodies bent against the freezing Arctic wind, we shuffled through the snow into the prison stockade. Guards {slammed the gate behind us. We were in the great Soviet concen(tration camp in Siberia, more {than 400 miles north of the |Arctic Circle. | | Here there is a big coal mine, {seven gold mines, two copper)

This is the third in a series of exclusive eye-witness stories of life in Soviet concentration

one machinery plant, one iron-' |casting plant and a wood-work-ing factory, all operated by prisoners. The concentration camp itself {is in a valley and the shafts to —_— the mines in the mountain sides. than guards and guns and beats | Everything was hidden in deep|ings, stronger than the fiercest Arctic gloom. Here, it is almost|cold, stronger than misery and | completely dark three months out|pain and fear, stronger even than lof the year. The rest of the/hope or love, time, except for two summer drive a man to work on when it |months, are -a sort of gloomy|/ Would be far better for him to

by the secret police and his trip to Siberia. Today, he describes his life in prison.

(his faulty state administration, which resulted in loss of all state ‘offices, five Republican men, the General Assembly {practically all city administra. tions.

half-light. : | die. | We stamped our feet in thel I saw how thé Soviet Union| {snow and stood shaking with uses this terrible power of hunleold. We were terribly hungry. ger to drive men beyond the {In all my sevén years in Russian/ limits of human decency, to drive {concentration camps, 1 was never them like animals may be driven

to know relief from that térrible, and to drive them even harder)

| aching hunger, than animals. 1

Mr, Gates had ‘hg “undercover” for ae

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