Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 11 April 1949 — Page 4
Traffic Takes
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Pedestrian on U.S. 31.
Near Austin Among ‘Week-End Victims
Trafic mishaps claimed, seven,
more lives in Indiana over the - week-end, state police sald today. = "The dead were: : Bruce Gorbett, 47, Austin.
_ Biaine ‘Davis, 16, Crawfordsville. Mrs. ton.
Richard" Clark, 28, Gary. Mr. Gorbett was killed and his 4-year-old grandson, Tommy, was injured when they were struck by, a car driven by Kenneth France, 48, of 208 EF. Maple Rd., Indian: apolis, on U. 8. 31 near Austin Saturday night. The grandfather and tot were pedestrians, |
injured yesterday near Lebanon, He lost contre! of the motorcvcle! he was riding, falling to the pave-| ment, and died last night in Leba-| non hospital. ? i Mrs. Luck, an expectant mother, “was killed and three other persons were injured when the Luck car in collision with
= | Dorothy Luck, 20, Galves-
George Beach, 24, Evansville. Alvin Lawson, 44, East Chi-
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Cago. Donald B. Ulmer, 33, Muncie,
Four Indianapolis. girls | Palm Sunday Mass. The girls The Davis youth was fatally) Wanita Bowen, are taking a tour of New York. x
Rites Arranged For Ex-Soldier
Hugh F. Shobe Dies In Arizona Home Hugh F, 8hobe, former Indian-
‘inpolis resident and retired Army
bugler, will be buried in Crown Hill following services at 1 p. m. Wednesday in King & King Mor-
''tuary Chapel.
Mr. Shobe, Who had lived in Douglas, Ariz, the past 20 years, died In his home there, Apr. 2. He was 72, Retired in 1029 A dugler in the Army for 21 years, Mr,
igeant. He served with the 9th
Bhobe was retired in 1920 with the rank of 1st ser-
a Pair as they leave St. Patrick's Cathedral, New York City, after
to right), Judith Ann Shattuck, Ann Mooney, Nancy Vonnegut and
Wm. Rosenbaum Rites Wednesday
Police Department the past 14 years; died early today in General Hospital following an illness of two months. He was 78. A lifelong resident of IndianApolis, Mr. Rosenbaum had previously worked many years as a bookkeeper forthe old Fletcher National Bank, which was then located on the site of the ‘Washington Hotel. Services at 8:30 a. m. Wednesday in the G. H. Herrmann Fuineral Home will be followed by| a requiem mass at § a. m. in St. Patrick's Catholic Church, of which he was a member, Burial will be in Holy Cross Cemetery. His wife, Mary, is his only survivor.
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Home Builders
{ . soi Tomine T0 Sponsor Dinner
Expect 300 Exhibitors At Fairgrounds Event
More than 300 exhibitors and civic and trade organizations’ representatives will attend an Ex-
hibitors Pom-Pom dinner at 6:30
Monday in State Fairgrounds Manufacturer's building. The dinner and preceding reception, sponsored by the Indianapolis Home Builders’ Association, is held annually on the Mon day before the Home Show opens, which will be Apr. 22. Heads Committee
Verne K. Reeder, who heads a
and 10th Cavalry of the He was a member of the American Legion and St. James Catholie Church in Douglas. Before
on the Army, he had lived
tering teen-agersi;, 1, dianapolis several years.
a sister, Mrs. Minerva Perkins, Indianapolis, and two brothers, Edwin Shobe, Indianapolis, and Robert T. Shobe, St. Louls.
James H. Meulenberg
The funeral of James H. Meu-
Burviving are
“llenberg, former utility company
lworkers and . native of Holland, ‘will be held tomorrow at 1 p.m.
{in Robert W. Stirling Funeral
Burial will be in MePark Cemetery.”
, 13th St. He had been lil three |vears. He came to Indtanapolis 39 years ago and had been retired He Minnie E. Meulenberg; two brothars, Joseph Meulenberg, KalamaMich, and Frank Meulen< berg, Grand Rapids, Mich.; 12 nieces and nine nephews,
Amos J. Miller, Butcher, Dies
' Amos J. Miller, butcher at Gal-
yams Super Market, Who aa Rejects Demand of & heart attack whi » . Vaiting ot» mena Of Rail Engineers here, will be biirled in Keller Cemstery. Lovington, I, following
iservices at 10 a. m. Wednesday % \m of in Moore Mortuaries Peace Chap- board today rejected the claim o
visiting the home
el. He was 50,
dianapolis; three
RITES FOR W. C. PALLON
{was 71. years old. ”
PARTLY CLOUDY AND CLOUDY ARIAS WN
ANNES
Mr. Meulenberg, who was 65, Saturday in his home in 4300 wednesday, 393; Thursday, 381;
several years. to! is survived by his wife, Mrs,
| A native of Lovington, Mr. Mil ler. who lived in 1617 Comer Ave, _.|had been an Indianapolis resident 15 years. : Surviving are two sons, Richard W. and Harold E. Miller, Insisters, Mra, Earl Epperson and Miss Maude ., Ta ; 3 Miller, Indiadapohs, and Ma : uth Foster, cago, a two - x (brothers. Waiter T. Miller, Indians, Téas0nable or logical grounds apolis, and Jacob Miller, Chicago, {s/and three grandchildren,
Times Sips Service CONNERSVILLE, Apr. l=
1 Funeral grrangements were being made today for William Charles Falién, who died Thursday after two years of failing health. He
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Few Cars Faulty
Inspectors Examine 2443 Autos in Week
87-—or a little more than 2.7 per jcent—of 3443 cars tested for mechanical defects last week proved to be faulty. Trafic Capt. Audry Jacobs released these totals for the six days of voluntary inspection of autos on North St. between Meridian and Pennsylvania Sts. Monday, 444; Tuesday, 445, Friday, 390, and Saturday, 390. Cars found faulty and listed for Shother test in the near future
Monday, 12; ‘Tuesday, 13, Wednesday, 14; Thursday, 9; Friday, 13, and Saturday, 6. in Jacobs said that tests for faulty horns, lights, brakes, tires, and windshield wipers would be continued the remainder of this week at the same spot, but the testing lane may be moved next week.
WASHINGTON, Apr. 11_(UP) ~A presidential fact-finding]
the Brotherhood of Locomotive
erhood has threatened a national train strike if that demand is not granted.- Lr The board preserited its report to President Truman in person, - The board, headed by r, former chairman of ‘the War Labor Board, found -no
for the union demand. neer on diesel engines was made
railroads in the country.
accept or reject the board's findings.
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to t with them today in the Hotel Lincoln to plan the dinner. Larry Richardson will serve ‘as master of ceremonies. Officers of the Home Show to chardson
be presented by Mr. Ri ‘Arthur
. a C. Lennox. Mrs. Henry C. Prange, Edward D. Bpringer, Carl C, Weiland, A.
Police reported today that only|c Crandall and J, Frank Cant-
well
Lewis to File Suit
Against Coal Firms
WASHINGTON, Apr, 11 (UP) w~gJohn L. Lewis will file suit against a domen soft coal companies In a few days to collect unpaid contributions of 20 cents a ton to the United Mine Workers
Welfare and Retirement fund, it|*
was learned today. All of the claims represent past due payments for 1947, and amount to several hundred thousands of dollars, They will be a follow-up to suits filed or threatened in Pennsylvania, Illinois and Arkansas for delinquent 1946 payments of five cents a ton under the govern. ment’s strike-eme! with the union. 2 Four of these five suits have been settled out of court in full, ft was reported, bringing more $100,000 into the fund's treasury, -
Lack of Compass Halts
Engineers for an extra engineer on diesel locomotives. The Bron THGht te Alaska |
VANCOUVER, B. C, Apr. 11 { (UP)~Difficulty in
|ndequate compass today caused British aviatrix Mrs. Richard
| Morrowtait to postpone. her pro-iis expected on Indiana highways.” to Alaska until pee ang Highway
ted flight | Tuesday. {
| The former red-haired model who chucked. aside her dish towel to tr} to be the first woman to around the world in a single- . The demand for an extra engi- engined plane arrived here late afternoon in a $600 by the union against all Class I war-surplus BT-13 training plane. She. first thought she would Under the Railway Labor Act,itake off for Edmonton, Alta. no strike can be called for at least Sunday. Then she changed her 30 days. ‘Both the union and man-/mind while Royal Canadian Airagément have that much time to/Force men fixed her radio and inar parachutes in the small
craft.
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Prices {price during OPA-controlled days
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Three of every four Hoosier, {traffic deaths in March occurred {in rural areas, the state police af-|
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Down to New Post-War Low Quotations Drop Near $16.25 Top During OPA Days
Hog prices dipped to a new post-war low in opening trade in
day. : neared the $16.25 top
es in moderately! active trade to sell at $19.25 to $19.75. Prices dropped fully 50 cents; in some instances 75 cents lower than in later trade. : Although these 170- to -220pound weights reached $19.75, weights from 220-to-250-pounds sold at $18.50 to $19.50. The previous post-war low was $20, set last Monday and Thursday.
paid while
for 350-to-270-pounders,
270-to-325-pound weights
prices from $17.25 to $18.25. A load weighing more than 300 pounds sold at $16.50. -
‘Sow Prices Steady
Sow prices remained barely! | steady at $14.50 to $16.50. Oda! ichoice lightweights reached $17.25. {| Better action was shown on {sales of all weights and grades of cattle, A load of high-good: and. choles, 1075-pound steers sold | at $2575. Best good 1000-to-1075-pound steers moved at $24 to $25. - Two loads of medium! and 1260-pound steers’ brought $23.50, {
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Bulk of good yearlings weigh-! ing less than 1000 pounds sold at $24 to $25. A load of lightweight good heifers moved at $24.50 to $25, Bulk of medium to good mixed yearlings and heifers in small lots brought $22.25 to $24.50. Common and medium natives sold at $19.50 to $22.
Cow prices remained steady a
nittee named by show oq 3 Pesideht Cart V. Spickeimier, was: §uol-best cows. sold at $18.18 to,
Police Tests Show
brought $16.50 to $18.50, canners and cutters dropping to $13.50 and $16.50 prices. Bull prices averaged unevenly) steady. Medium and good sausage bulls sold at $19.50 to $21. Good beef bulls brought $18 to $19. A few heavy sausage bulis reached $21.50. Vealer Prices Drop |
Vealer prices dropped $1.50 to sell’ at $30 to $31 for good and choice; $20 to $29 for commons and mediums, and down to $12 for culls, All classes "of fat lambs received steady prices. Odd head of choice 73-pound spring lambs reached $35. Odd lots of common to good natives brought $23.50 to $20. A few good and choice reachel $31. A short deck of good] to choice 102-pound natives sold t 4
A load of good to choice 92-to-93-pound fed western lambs wi No. 3 to No. 2 pelts moved a \ Slaughter ewes sold at §9-fo $13 for good and choice, $8 to $8.50 Rok commons and mediums. timates of ipts were hogs, 12,050; sattis, 2300; calves, 525, and sheep, 725,
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were salable, but not present, at!
4 Homes Robbed
— —" fr - a 500-Foot Tower
Attacks Naming of Spy Case Figure to : Service Post By TONY SMITH Scripps-Howard stall Writer WASHINGTON, Apr. 11—Rep. George A. Dondero (R. Mich.) today accused the State Department
_iof putting an official who, he said,
was charged with stealing American secrets and cleared under “questionable circumstances.” in
‘a position to pass on hundreds of
promotions in the U. 8. foreign
“siservice.
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. Persuaded by a priest to climb. down from a television tower atop Twin Peaks at San Francisco, William Mooney, 22, is taken into police custody after spending two hours aloft chanting prayers inches away from a 50,000-volt power line. Mr. Mooriey seid he was trying fo pray for the salvation of San Francisco.
» Princeton Pl, told police that a 2 -Gas Stations {$75 pocket watch and a child's WF Bank eontuining ~ some change
{were taken from his home by {burglars who forced the lock on a front window, Window Jimmied A radio worth $40, a clock worth $10 and earrings valued at $25 were taken fromm the home of Paul Shockeny, 49, of 6624 Broad-
way. Entrance was made by ia jimmying a window.
Series of Burglaries Brings Small Loot
Two , filling stations and four residences were broken into last night, but police said no great amount of loot was taken.
Marathon station owned by Jé Stark, 48, at 2468 Northwestern Ave., and Carter Associated Servfce, 2180 8S. Harding St, owned by George V. Carter, Mr. Stark reported $73 was taken from his desk drawer by thieves who crawled through an unlocked window. Mr. Carter said
New Jerséy Bt. reported to police that thieves came in through a rear window, ransacked his house and took a watch worth $50. They
The home of Robert 1 24, at 1406 S. Richla:
that the rear door window of his|wWas ransacked by lars who station was smashed but that sneaked in th the coal chute nothing was missing. and took a bank contain-
George Horst, 40, of 2062!
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‘nounced today as ‘they urged aj “check your car-check accidents”
campaign for protection in increased highway travel. “With the approach of warm weather and summer vacations, an even greater increase in traffic
Arthur M. Thurston, superintendlent of state police, said. “This means that drivers must take extra precautionary measures to insure against untimely losses of lives.” 3 He urged .all motorists to check cars, especially brakes, lights and horns, and to “accept a personal responsibility to observe all safety rules and regulations" in future driving. Total deaths, 216 in the first quarter of 1949, averaged approximately the samé as last year's 217, despite an increase of more than 13 per cent in traffic flow on Indiana highways. The urban death toll in March, 1949, dropped 38 per ceht below the same month last year while rural traffic death tolls increased eight per cent over the first i quarter. period of last year.
Former Gov. Osborn
In Critical Condition
POULAN, Ga. Apr. 11 (UP)— With blood plasma and a fighting heart, Michigan's former Gov. Chase Salmon Osborn stayed the hand of death today, but the 89-year-old blind philsoopher and philanthrdpist, who married his adopted daughter last Saturday, remained in critical condition. Mr. Osborn rallied late yesterday after a transfusion. His doctor warned, however, that death might come at any tise. His 55-year-old bride-the for mer stayed close to his bedside at the plantation, hd
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Mr. Dondero said John Stewart Service, one of six persons arrestsd four years ago in the so-called State Department espionage case, is serving as a member of the de-
: |partment’s foreign service promo-~
tion board B. He said the department never announced Mr. Serve fce’s appointment to “such a posi-
“Ion of responsibility.”
Mr. Dondero questioned the wisdom of Mr. Service's appointment in a statement inserted in the Jongressional Record.
| 1 | Confidential Papers Found {
| The congressman pointed out
{that charges against Mr. Service, {Miss Kate Louise Mitchell, - Mark
{Gayn and others arose from the -
Idiscovery of highly confidential |3tate Department papers in the 'offices of Amerasia magazine in New York City. The allegations were made by J. Edgar Hoover and Joseph C. Grew, former Un- | dersecretary of State. - | “It would be interesting to {know if Mr. Hoover and the FBI inow have full trust and confidence in Mr. Service. If they {haven't, this at least is one doubt
[that should be resolved in the fa-
|vor of the U. 8. government a: {the security of its people,” he
No Indictments Made
| Rep. Dondero said the against Mt, Service; Miss Mitchell
{and Mr. Gayn wére brought origi-
d.
+ 70, of 3028 N.'qa1ly before 4 grand jury sitting
in July, 1945. He added that “for some réason” a change of grand {juries was obtained and the alletions finally were considered
cause of insufficient evidence. | “There is ample reason for the [belief that the August grand jury never was presented with the full evidence against Mr, Service, Miss (Mitchell and Mr. Gayn,” he said.
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