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Cling to Aid From U.S. "Once They Blamed Our High Prices for Their | Trouble; Now Our Prices Are ‘Too Low’ By E. T. LEECH, Scripps-Howard Writer LONDON, Aug. 17—Socialist Britain ; Nothing pegpsonai, but as-a matter-of and communism, whatever their other differences, agree _ point. They hate and distrust free enterprise. They want to over-
America.
throw it.
British government heads are careful not to stress this at a time when they are asking & half billion-dollar boost in this year's Marshall Plan ald. But in their
domestic politics
when American prices fell,
‘America again got blamed for causing England's “dollar short- ; "’ g In either case, it was That Therefore She ean on, >
age.” |] Old Debbil Uncle Sam.
The Labor Party recently 18-i..o rir the raw materials which sued its official statement for the yay at buy Fi SIH . 1950 general election, as a booklet called “Labor Believe in Brit- helps fill England's treasury, but
ain.”
» ”. SOCIALISM, says the pre age of | . peace and plenty;-opportunity and Know Little: -of Aid:
amble, “will create a ney
justice.”
“To this end,” It continues, “we seek freedom from the enslaving|is concerned—those who = cast
material bonds of capitalism.”
These same “bonds” have pro-iabéut Marshall Plan ald. This is vided Britain's Socialist govern-|understandable, for it is on a high ment with about six and a half!financial level where few
British Hate, Distrust
Mr. Leech
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Editor's Note: England is the key to European economic recovery. She gets by far the biggest share of American help through the
financial center for the British Commonwealth and for other ‘countries which deal largely in sterling (British currency) rather than dollars. : Therefore England's finan“celal ‘and export troubles are vital to the world, and espe1 cially to American taxpayers. This is the third of a series of stories on the - situation which led to the British crisis.
dollars a year, what she needs to
The United States” not only
provides handy excuses for most
lof her troubles. ‘ . »
"80 FAR AS the British public most of the votes little is known
land other known gaming spots in
crackdown.
thowever, when the prosecutor's _|office declined to issue affidavits
today, was- by the new: shift oR.
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raided nine smokers, pool rooms,
what appeared to be a “harass:! ment” drive last night and early today |
’ . * Two operators were arrested a within a_few hours in the| § Each was jailed, re-| leased on his own recognizance and arrested again after the! hange of shifts oi. district squads. | The raids, several of which were simultaneous, were made without search warrants. Since three ar-| rests failed to stand up in court! today, it appeared to be part of a campaign to slow down lottery operations and to destroy equipment. Ap ah He was freed in court today,
on the faulty arrests and charges. | = PDouble Checked . One of the twice-arrested figures } was James George, 1129 Central Ave, of. the Shufficboard Cigar! Store, 653 Massachusetts Ave. Squad 8 checked the store at, 5:30 p. m. and found under a slid-| ing table top 23 books of baseball tickets and marked racing forms.| They confiscated nt and; charged George with keeping a| room for. pool selling and operat-| ing a lottery and gift enterprise, The second arrest, at 12:30 a. m.
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8. rt J Investigating a report of a. man trying to enter a rear door, they went into the cigar store. As they! entered, officers sald, George
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billion American dollars since thé viduals move. The average citizen
War. Canada
has furnished, ever sees or receives s-y object
around a billion more. It is gone, which he can directly connect
and more is’ needed.
with Marshall aid—as was the
The 30-page Labor Party plat- case with Lend-Lease supplies.
form makes only three brief, passing references to this help. The
The government issued a popu-
only one which is more than a lar pamphlet explaining fairly
phrase says: . ,
how the Marshall Plan works, but
“Soon after. we took office, [probably few British saw it. In-Lend-Lease ended abruptly and quiry among various children
world prices have risen steadily
against us. Help has been hon-/never mentioned in school.
estly earned and thankfully re-
from our friends in the side business and
ceived United States and the
Common th. But we have had to fight way forward every inch’
= = WHEN THE booklet was Is- existence than are
the sued, high prices in America were | taxpayers who provide it, Which
the official excuse of ogt te 18 probably natural.
Britain's problems.
reason given why the $3.75 billion joan lasted only about 18 months, instead of the expectedity five years. 4 : ger |
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excuse, because she has
under-cut in competitive markets.
Doubt Cast on Identity
Of Bus Crash Victim
Recheck to Decide If Body Buried as
Bedford Druggist Could Be Factory Worker on a charge of keeping & gaming
replies that the lope was Fayette St.
‘political circles. mf extent of American help, oo oq tne spot and found Dase-| sphere off Bermuda in 1934.
large masses of thei, 1 + pots a blackbaard noting! : . aware of ors the winning ticket esterday and 0000 feet, But he was “not dis. Mr. Barion, a 48-year-old Bos-
Eogiand n MCAS 00d 1010 hohe Neane oni ae own recognizance academic science,” he said. __. [estimates that without Marshalll AL 6:30" a. Hi “today The mew: io oon san abwiv Inte wa MALEY, . Plan Ald" British’ food rations shift von Squad... .rechecked the Tt SRA ra out, -Amerjcan prices ‘ell. That would have to be'cut more than 25th St. Exchange. fall is now blamed for Englands y ¢ni-4.. The butter ration, for|they found 50 books >f baseball subject.” Present Jnancial Srigis. hain example, would be reduced from tickets and they again arrested : can't sell expor s, goes the) , : ; port § Tos [three ounces a week to WO, Taylor on the same two charges. 4,co Mr Barton found a strange (Continued on | (Continued on Page 3—Col. 6) met Ben
3 ® ® +ctous of the bulge in ‘bis_coat. J i le C rt WwW i Ge i |was “ miss a_lot t loys uvenl ou A + e - —Forecast Here rs rt Seliberate misstatement ZL, ment * aqeicien pd he
slammed the door behind the counter. In the counter police {found & nwew supply of 41 baseball | books and a jar of pick and win
Explorer's 4500-Foot Plunge Sets Mark; | | Suffered From Cold and Grew Dizzy
i | ABOARD VELERO IV OFF SANTA CRUZ ISLAND, Cal, | They arrested George again, Aug. 17 (UP)—Undersea Explorer Otis Barton repaired his Bentho-
{charging him with keeping a room scope today for another record dive, this time to chart unknown |
{for pool selling and advertising a |Tottery. ; Also Nabbed Twice {- Second man to be nabbed twice was Arthur Taylor, hh o = at the Ex / { change at 1320 E. 25th St. | His descent broke the 3028-foot| phasphoteseent Lops. “He was arrested by Squad 7 at deep sea record he and Dr. wit- 5% i hei Jwam 6:30 p. m. yesterday aiter they liam Beebe set in ‘the bathy-! the Ben pe. a {own lights.
canyons in the Pacific ocean.
4500 feet below the surface yes- ~
terday.
shrimps, squid
Mr. Barton had hoped to reach
{appointed because there will be ton scientist, squirmed through “|the 15-inch hatch of the five-foot
!steel ball shortly before noon yesterday. « “The winches paid out a 5%-inch this type. of dive helping capie at 100 feet a minute. “But, 1ashed to the slender cable—
a book ci previous. winners. Taylor was jailed on charges other opportunities.” of keeping a room for pool sell-| Finds Strange World ing and advertising a lovtery and| «1 gon't hold any great brief, |gift enterprise, only to be re . ¢
is time _ : iy go down with an expert on the pegides the cable, were thd 1%-
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One pedestrian was arrested! ——— by policemen who became suspi-
pocket at 8 a. m, Joday. o . 4 . Poli fficers stop! oger: Glolee oMeers een oa Dismissed Indecency Case 15th St. and Columbia ‘Ave. for Prosecutor Tckes Action on Case
questioning. They Tepord Baas ig seven books of baseball . en 5 ng Which Girl's Father Called ‘Screwy Justice’ By PHILIP F. CLIFFORD JR.
tickets on him. He whs arrested Prosecutor George S. Dailey said today the case of an alleged
Another Story, Page 3 .. By DONNA MIKELS
A question mark hung over the identification of one victim of the Greyhound bus tragedy today, as members of a Bedford family said they believed a body claimed by another family is actually, rge 4 Charles Byers, 51, of 820
that of their son.
The newest development came today as the parents and wife of Matirice Adamson, 24-year-old Bedford factory worker, said they were “positive” he died in the Eg TT
bus disaster last week.
Their statement was strength ened by finding of a key in the relics of the crash last night. Mrs.
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Elsie Adamson picked out the key as similar to one carried by her husband. State police drove her claimed back to her Bedford apartment Vernon Ray Trisler,
BLOUSES, from which Mr, Adamson difap- drug store manager, might be to his home “to' sell homemade trimmed, peared the day of the wreck and that of Mr. RS Te [8t: — Pojice - confiseated- Pick 41.4104, [that _an._smendéd. afdavit. pa Comics. .... +19 Othinan _....i1istatements counell in en wettiambegzied from the Northwestern De eiched as she fitted the key In| .s “We are. positive Maurice died] Vin tickets, race. forms and a Found Guilty drawn and the prisoner re. ClOSSWoOrd 20:Patternm ..... 8/bored with the budge! and thatiSigte Bark at Cumberland, Wis, . Las the lock perfectly. on that bus.” his. father William | Carton of betting slips and ar- . arrested was rejected by Mr, Editorials «+12! Radio +i. .vue 4 estimates were guesswork were cost him $1000 today. ” “The newest development baffled Adamson said today. “and ‘we rested bartender John Grillo, 42, The following day, he was Murchie, the girl's father charged. Fashions..... T/Ruark ......11 "typical misstatements of fact”, Knutson, 56, of Forest Lake, 8, 2-toned, Monroe County authorities, who Te 0f—3508..8. Alabama. St..on_allound guilty of the charge before ‘Being Coached’. Food .....vs TiSoclety ..... 6 Mantas Minn., pleaded guilty in federal have reason to belleve that the : ren ACIDE . a guilty ed pants with identified ‘as Mr. Trisier X°¢Ping a room for pool. selling’ Municipal Court Judge Joseph MM.” 7I{ “got 80,” {the Tather ex-[F OréM—evee.ll. 15, LOCAL TEMPERATURES [court to two counts of embezzling
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that of a 50- to 70-year
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might be him.”
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and could not be that of Mr. Wayne Ave.
Bloomington dentist, Dr.
_ Other Raids Listed sex offender freed of public indecency charges in Criminal Court | Other establishments raided in: wil] be turned over fo Juvenile Court authorities for action. [cluded: The prosecutor's announcement followed an Investigation of LoArt & Jack's. Tavern, 2027! charges that the man. escaped. punishment “with the help of a /Prospect St. Police who found|geputy prosecutor.” The charges were made by the father of an Pick & Win tickets in the tavernig vear.old girl. commie cree teeieiie ional | The girl's father, a postoffice|
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Harlan St. with keeping a room for pool selling. Ft. Wayne Cigar Store, 833 Ft. A patrolman. pur|chased a baseball ticket and ar|rested Frederick Runyon, 29, of
yesterday after a man charged with exposing himself to the child! was -freed of public indecency charges in Criminal Court, Di- girl's vision 1, before Special Judge
yesterday.
father
Meanwhile, members of Mr [718 Ni Alabama St. on charges. oo ond Tindall: the court the State didn’t have!’ : : : . : Hain Adamson’s family said they “nad; 5% SAVeRising 3 lottery ny, Suit The man was arrested May 11 2 case against. the defendant ATES: ? Nr nnners gg run i requests Given $1000 Fine Ls T " lenterprise an aming. ey 9 Diane , “since the affidavit had been Braves ; sass HW carefully analyzed and : Feason ge ove iat ody] confiscated 39 books of lottery a ee aA signed by the girl —who isa Business xsuld Movies ...... 8 justifiable reductions will be For Embezzling $10.90 Bedford | tickets. other little gifl. when they went Minor.’ 10 ea WOT ve A ~~ | NAUSAU, Wis; Aug. IT(UP)= Louie's Tavern, ‘1602 8. East : A suggestion by Judge Tindall C'A88 e - avel .......20] Mr. Wicker also charged that The $10.90 ‘that Peter Knutson
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OF Search Waren Beyrton Plans New Dives Cashier Admits Inquiry Told Into Canyons of Pacificmbezzling gi on TBE ‘Nnout $6000 Pe a
due University cashier, who ad-
{money during a period of several Councilman Joseph: A. Wicker,| Mr.
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Mr. Barton sald he would dive again in a few weeks after he
installs a new power cable t i ¢ that off his light 4 : % : pe 2 8 Jer més Sine that out of num police ‘ssid wt pater he “ay by Cart R. Dortch, Chamber of demand that the Department of {mated it at “about $6000. {undersea world, populated with)
it will be useful to let the Bentho- {n, -diving- bail's only support—i face the child desertion charge. were TEfepHotE “and Power hes, = Av 193% graduate. .of ; Purdue, personally..inspecied. the. VATious a. cay, : : Hocean canyons: I would. like 40}: app. Barton's other protection. Hollensbe was well. known. in the departments of the City and have ao “but Geén-Vaughan-
victed, however, the defendant Weather, the Weather 1 l : posted a $500 appeal bond: Hear- said. The mercury is expected to|a right to expect. ... We feel that engineer. said he became angered ing of the appeal was set for rise to 86 by late afternoon and| the cuts made last year by this
As the hearing opened, the|72 is forecast for tonight. charged, Deputy we. a J! Prosecutor Lewis K. Murchie told! Times Index
Howard. He was fined $50 and claimed, “that I began to believe Gardening... Big Four Smoker, 726 N. Sen- costs and sentenced to the In- Murchie was defending this char-| Hollywood, .. 7 1
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Maragon : Falsely Denied Fees
Hearing Recessed Until Tuesday WASHINGTON, Aug. 17 (UP)—Senate “five per lliness in Family \center”’ investigators today laid the groundwork for possible
Times State Service =; prosecution of John Maragon on perjury and tax evasion LAFAYETTE, Aug. 17—A Pur- charges.
mitted embezzling “about $6000" They also heard testimony that Mr. Maragon's White from the school because of an House friend, Maj. Gen. Harry H. Vaughan, threatened to illness in his family, was to be — — get a federal official fired be«
returned here today. " i. , The 39-year-old cashier, Wil-| Council: Plans c= he refused to fix a come liam W. Hollenshe of Lafayette, d [plaint against a firm which
Waa . arrested - near-- Petoskey, {had hired Mr. Maragon's services,
Mich., yesterday on a charge of sa 1 child desertion. State police be- 0 ar p Bu et | Mr. Maragon's client, according came suspicious when they found * {to testimony before the Senate $2300 in his. car. y investigating committee, was the R. B. Stewart, Purdue vice pres- Allied Molasses Co. of Perth Amident and comptrotler, said a rou. | boy, N. J. In 1946 it was alleged tine audit of school funds had Set After Hearings {to have overdrawn its molasses been in progress for several City Council will cut the pro- quota under the sugar ration regs weeks. Until its completion, he posed $17 million city budget for ulations. sald, the exact amount of any 1950 at a “private -meeting”| The Agriculture Department shortage could not be determined. which will follow thé wind-up of slapped a violation charge against The mild-mannered father of public hearings tonight. the firm and denied it further acthree children said he took the! This was disclosed today by cess to molasses, ; icker Maragon had denied in months because of “sickness in| pemocrat. inh a letter to The SWorn-testimony before the coms the family.” Purdue officials said pimes protesting criticism that mittee on July 28 that he ever his wife had been confined to Ross council was making only a super- | Teceived money from the molasses Sanitorium here for the past two ri ia analysis of the biggest rm. ! months with tuberculosis. budget in the history of the city.| But two witnesses testified to In a” formal statement, Hol- Mr Wicker. chairman of the day that he received $1000 from lensbe told of driving aimless- |, committee of the council,ioN® of them and $100 from the Ty for six days through Indiana| ...i.4 the criticism was unfair Other: And the. committee proand Michigan before his arrest. , ANSE it dia not refiect the in- records showing that Mr, He admitted taking $2000 before a , with which MATagon never mentioned these he fled from his job. rogeity and energy oe en fees in his income tax returns. ‘About $6000" i spending proposal. Asks Indictment He was unable to estimate These developments caused Sen,
how he h | The councilman asserted meetOw Inuth Be had taken at fret, ings have been attended regularly Joseph R. MeCarthy (R. Wis), to
Purdue Employee Blames Thefts on
Private Meeting
o {Commerce representative, and/ Justice seek immediate : indicts rot or oy wy Smner aia waiter Horn of the Indiana Tax- ment of Mr, Maragon. Commits | Purdue oficial said Hollensbe players’ Association, who have tee Chairman Clyde R. Hoey (D, : ! ‘been invited to. offer advice and!N. C.), told him “proper action”
{had been missing from his) ok questions. | woud be taken at the “proper time.”
{office since last Thursday, Mem. ; {bers of his family filed the ¢ flde . Cites 4-Hour Meeting Mr. V {desertion charge Saturday in Ta. “As. an example of time and ine tory Herbert C. "Hathorn, fayette city court. : thoroughtiess w Ith = which thelformer alternate administrator of | Hollensbe was arrested at the Council has approached the prob- the Agriculture Department’ {request of Indiana authorities. lems of the budget," Mr. Wicker gar section, He said he a ey {He agreed to waive extradition. wrote, “the first meeting on AUg. .ajjed hm on the tel ar Sheriff Harry Jackson of Tippe- 8 started at 7:30 p. m. and con-! November 1946 er one 3B jcance County went to Cheboygan, tinued until 11:50 p. m., with only, in the . an urged him | Mich., last night to return Him to a 10-minute recess, Allied Mol ace IF amt. against
“Many of the members have| yo. ‘poihorn said he ‘couldnt
community and well liked by as. discussed “budget needs and res BRABERL accom bis = sociates. He had served as cashier quests with department heads.” | e ended up with the state. since 1932. . He charged that a statement in/ment that he was working very er The Times’ “Our Fair City” col-|Cioseé to the President,” Mr, umn that the council was net-go- athorn said, “and that a friend ing behind questionable increases, '™ the White House could mean in one of the
Lower Humidity
3 ‘ | “Your statement that ‘Council-|cOuid get my job.” It'll be a-little dryer in Indian ’ | apolis after today, the weather- ess Privately init they are 30. Both ‘Taken. In’ : | ndn said. : 8 ur budget lightly, but! mn, witnesses who - testified contend tax adjustment board - | A few scattéred showers late wi nove cuts anyway’ Is an- about payment of fees to Mr, this afternoon and tonight should! ¢\ . attempt 10 mislead the bubs Maragon were Harold Ross, presis finish the rainy spell in the city i.» po aig Pub-ident of the molasses company, thc, sald. and Milton Polland, a Milwaukee
‘Sufficient Revenue’ insurance man, who is Mr. Ross’
“We feel the citizens and tax-|uncle. pected to remain partly cloudy, payers of Indianapolis expect us Mr. Polland testified he twice however, through tomorrow. to allow sufficient revenue to the Paid Mr. Maragon $500 and Mr, 5 The city seems to- be in. for. a Various, departments as will en- Ross said he gave him $100. spell of just normal summeriable them to give the people the Both agreed they had been, Bureau kind of city services they have taken im. Gen. Vaughan and Mr. Maragon will.get a chance to tell their
side -of the melasses story next week, according to present coms. mittee plans. The hearings were recessed until Tuesday.
Pollen Count. .11 per cubie yd. | ‘or a few days. Skies are ex-
peak at 88 tomorrow. A low of (tax adjustment) board were un- | justified and arbitrary” 1 === |~“At the conclusion of the hear{ings on the budget the council
meee: | WALL HAVE & private meeting at
[from thé DANK When he was its cashier. District Judge Patrick T. Stone piadced him on probation ~ and fined him $1000.
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