Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 15 April 1949 — Page 2

o Congress—

Expect

Foes Concede “Lack of Votes To Kill Plan

Measure Provides For 810,000 . Units

‘In-Next 6 Years WASHINGTON, Apr. 15 (UP)

dicted today that the Senate; next week. Chairman Burnet R. Maybank]

Committee, and Sen. John J. Sparkman (D, Ala.), whose subcommittee drafted the proposal, said the Senate should approve % the measure Tuesday, And Sén-| : ate Democratic Leader Scott W. Lucas (11), said he thought the legislation should reach a vote by Tuesday or Wednesday. The bill calls for construction of 810,000 public housing units during the next six years, a §1 billion slum clearance program, “ ‘and a $267,500,000 rural housing program,

Housing Bill Soon

~—8upporters of the adminietra-| tion's long-range housing bill pre-ilac, which had’ no license plates.

would pass the measure early] : {panion, actress Marie Allison, 21,

KD. 8. C.), of the Senate Banking ken jaw and shoulder injuries,

Ritter to Get Auxiliary jn St. Louis See

To Be Solemnized Tuesday, Apr. 19

Senate to OK

Lila Leeds Injured in Auto

|Collision on Sunset Strip

Car Crashes Into

Rear of Another

HOLLYWOOD, Apr, 15 (UP) Blond Lila Leeds, who served a recent jail term in the Robert. | Mitchum marijuana case, was injured last night when. the 1949 |Cadillac convertible in which she was riding crashed Into another car on the Sunset strip. > 3) Officers were unable to deter. 4 mine who was driving the Cadil-

serve as auxiliary to. the Most Rev. Joseph E. Ritter, archbishop of 8t. Louis, | Persong who have predicted! that Archhishop Ritter is slated “% . for elevationgo the rank of cardi- ) J inal in 1950 call this an indication i

{that thelr prophecy will terialize. The Very Rev.

Magr. Charles | Herman Helmsing,

director for

of the Faith in the Archdiocese of 8t. Louis, hax been named to be {Titular Bishop of Aximis, His { Holiness, Pope Pius XII made the " lappointment. The { will be consecrated Tuesday.

Miss Leeds suffered a broken left arm and shock. Her com-*

ireceived a head concussion, bro- | Hoosier who grew up in New Al|bany and served his entire priest{hood in Indiana until he went to Bt. Louis in 1946.

Mrs. Elizabeth Mueller; 29, wife of radio announcer Marvin Mueller, said the leeds’ car smashed into the rear of her car while she |

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES _'_-

O'Brien's the Name—

A new bishop will be conse-! i crated Tuesday in St. Louis to

ma-

ithe Society’ for the Propagation

bishop-elect

| Archbishop Ritter is a native

For what good is a cowboy shirt in the Bushwick

But Brooklyn police wished today that Francis Dennis O'Brien had never gotten a cowboy shirt,

Sure, This Irish Lad Got the Last Word

Wee Boy in a New Cowboy Shirt - - Gets the Law in a Bit of a Lather

By LEO TURNER, United Press Staff Correspondent NEW YORK, Apr. 15—Francis Dennis (Ol' OneWord) O'Brien is 4 years old. He's tough. He's confident. He minds this own busi-

” he said. “Sure, and i you ve a middie name rpennis be he “said. “Now Francis nis O'Brien, tell me where y ve.” “Home,” he sald.

home?”

. ; “THERE IS no McDonough |

| St. in Farmingdale. Maybe it's

| dale, Long Island, toward town

section. of Brooklyn when | the thermometer shoots up to |

76 and a boy is 4 years old? Francis Dennis O’Brien . headed West.

on was heading East.

be another. - “ ”

. Except that the train he got. So he | caught another train, and may-

IT WAS 5:05 p. m. yesterday. 3

Conductor Arthur Menger made a quick check to see that all passengers aboard -the

| Island Raliroad commuters’

pat

‘VA Plan Gl Insurance Forum

“Red Cross, VA Plan

[was waiting Tor a signal. “Why does this always happen to: me?” ‘witnesses quoted Miss Leeds as saying after the accident. Later thy were taken » Holy the American Red Cross and VetBoth she and Miss Allison were! {yw A an o8pita 8 orans Administration, a forum on in a dazed condition. They were l#¢ds and Bcreen Star Robert/Gr life insurance will be con-| taken to a doctor's office by a Mitchum recently served 50-day ducted in seven Indiana cities durfriend, . Al Mathes, 41, former jail terms on marijuana charges. ing the last two weeks in April. owner of the swank Lucey's res- When released Miss Leeds said The chief of the underwriting taurant, Whe drove by shortly she was “going home to mama Wivision of VA Insurance, J, W.

Lile Leeds

afterward:

Begin Faster “Recess Although administration leaders were predicting prompt action on housing, most of President Truman's legislative program was «Btill on the shelf as the House and,

today. The Senate meets again Monday,-and- the House resumes, action Apr. 25. Congress has done nothing yet about Mr. Truman's request for higher taxes. - Southern Democ¢rats, who are in virtual control === of tax-writing committees, are, trying to forget it. i The President's national health program is expected to be held over until next year. His far program is being received with caution. And some administra tion Senators have all but given up on passing any provisions of thé President's civil rights pro-

gram Although both Houses were in recess, there were these developments on Capitol Hill; :

Taxes

Republican Sens. ‘Styles Bridges (N. H.) and Kenneth 8. Wherry (Neb.), both members of the Senate Appropriations Committee, accused the President of piling - spending demands on Congress with- “reckless abandon, " of

Taft

Sen, Robert A. Taft (R. 0), said it is time for the people to realize that they can't get some-| thing for nothing. “People can only be fooled into such a hope,” he said, For this reason Sen. Taft sald, ! he will oppose the administra-! tion's compulsory medical insurance program.

Record

Sen. J. Howard McGrath, Democratic National Chairman, asked | House Democrats to talk over the legislative records of both parties with their constituents during the Easter recess, He said the record would be one | of “Democratic accomplishment” and “Republican obstructionism.”

Labor

A coalition of southern Detiocrats and Republicans have come! up with two measures aimed at) the administration's labor pro-, gram. One, sponsored by Rep. John 8, Wood (D. Ga.), is a new substitute for the repeal bill, It would repeal that law by name and then re-enact most of its provisions. The other, spon-! sored by Rep. Wingate H. Lucas (D. Tex.),"would establish a flexible minimtm wage pegged to the, cost of living. | |

Pensions :

Taft- -Hartley |

are stalled in the House Veterans Committee behind the controversial Rankin pension measure, Some committee members are upset about the log jam. But com-| mittee chairman John E. Rankin’ (D., Miss.) sald his policy is to ~ *take up first things first.”

CE nee

' The House, now finished “with all regular appropriations bills,| " has voted $38,399,000,000 to run the government in fiscal 1050. However, this is not.a fing! total. The House will be asked to allot extra funds for the foreign aid program and certain public works, projects,

Threatens Suit

HOUSTON, Tex., Apr. 15 (UP) «The anti-crueity people threat- - ened a lawsuit today to get Alice, the chicken, out of the bottle She, calls home. Alice has lived in the vege] lon glass jug almost since the day she pecked her ay-out of an

famed flying ace, has an im-|;, + -.« Senate began their Easter recess portant mission scheduled for Easter Sunday.

Weir Cook Municipal Airport]

pets Ln 6 Easter "Bunny.

/ About 250 bills to aid veterans]

Col. Roscoe Turner,

(is

He will come zooming in at

about 3 m., with a lone pas-

An Easter Gift

White Gloves

and- stay there.”

Easter Bunny Takes to the Air

world-|vided by the Wm. H. Block Co., Haute, to be part of the annual Faster |

McDermott; -is-scheduted to speak (at Bouth Bend and Lafayette on’ Apr. 18 and 19 respectively. Other {meetings will be held at Terre New Albany, Evansville, {Muncie and Ft. Wayne.

Egg Hunt by the Roscoe Turner TWO DRUGS COMBINED Corp. at the airport. Git. candy... A sulfa drug known as sulfa-

for all children and special prizes is

including

mylonr mixed with streptomycin highly effective against bac-

free airplane rides will teria... found in-contaminated. The awarded-boys-and girls find- wopnds, but does not delay healThe stunt, with the bunny pro- ing prize eggs during the hunt.

Ing.

Such soft texture and so pretty to wear, ., English Doeskin and Capeskin gloves for

spring . , . the right and white accent for

her new Easter costume.

Ayres’ Gloves, Street Floor

Attend the Monument Circle

Easter Sunrise Carol Service

Sisal Straws for Summer

5.00

Feather light and fancy free . .. crisp and fresh . . . fo keep you one step ahead of the summer sun. White, black, navy, pink,

coffee and beige. - A. Ripple bonnet B. Dutchie

Ayres’ Hat Box, Street Floor

Under the joint sponsorship of |

Long |

train heading from Farming- |

| ‘were safe. down the aisle.

J. E. Stone came “Look what I fouhd on the bottom step of the third car” he said,

He pushed forward a grimy |

faced, tow-headed urchin in red and blye cowboy shirt. wasn’t hanging on either,” Mr. Stene said. So at Syosset station, Patrolmany Arthur Talbot of the Nassau County Jolie got a boy.

“WHAT is your name?’ * offi- - cer Talbot asked, . “Francis,” the boy said. “And what is your name?”

last

All-Wool

“And he |

a Le

McDonald.” said Officer Talbot. i “McDonald,” said the boy. ¢ “Sure, and come to think of it, there's no McDonald St, either.” “OK,” said the boy. About that time a Forming dale woman reported that a | dirtly-faced little boy ‘whom the hometown kids didn’t know

had taken the keys from her |

automobile.

“AND WHAT have you got in. your pocket that jingles?” said Officer Talbot. “Bottletops,” said , Francis Dennis O'Brien. “Sure, and how did they turn into this lady's car keys?”

Toppers

2.00

~¥

ves d neat, «ool rayon blousette for summer.

‘Ayres’ Blouses, Street Floor

Down, down goes the neckline and short, short are the sleeves

terracotta or lilac. Small, medium, large and extra large.

White, ‘aqua, -

“And on what street is your |

_ FRIDAY, som 500.

| B wis. Inia. lat gt the missing persons alarm | from Brooklyn for a {| red and blue cowboy shirt. | If was early this mo | when his mother tucked Fran. | cis Dennis ("Brien into bed.

ki}

|. “How did you get to Farm. | ingdale?” she asked. { “Goodnight,” said Or Oneword O’Brien.

Methodist Hospital Bequeathed Farm :

Methodist Hospital was today ‘he owner of a 175-acre farm in Grant. County near Swayzee thro a bequest of Guy O, Thrawl who died Mar. 19, 1047, The Swayzee farmer's gift, | valued at $45,000, represents the 'bulk of his estate. Mr. Thrawl's wife died three years ago leaving | the hospital a cash gift of $5000, { Mr. and Mrs, Thrawl ‘had no

connection with the hospital other .

than that a son was a patient {there about 12 years ago and died {in the hospital.

Special Purchase! Specially Priced!

Dashing little short coats to top your Easter wit! Gaban’ dines, broadcloths and other assorted wool included In white, Light dnd dik spring shades. Missed sinon, Ayres’ Meridian Shops, Second Floor

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