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60th YEAR—NUMBER 108: # WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1949
Price Index
Today as Cards Proes 13 Cents
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|The Dun & Bradstreet wholesale
Odds: Favor St. Louis |. cs than scven months. | Court Awards $550 In 3-Game Series; | ‘The drop cut the index to $5.72. For Each Member I,
+L . i1 t sl Jul 19, d iped : Tickets at Premium |o “most of a net gain of 19 Of Kokomo Family
: : : t (UP) — Brooklyn's MOW-OF-| yess the inder stood at $6.82. |for the deaths of a Kokomo
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Flag at Stake Weisel Food Greyhound x Settles for 4 Truman Asks
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te : CN . . ! i ‘ , ; : Meet Dod ers {food price index dropped 13 == 0rash Deaths : {in the week which -ended yester-| ; \ : » day. It was the widest break in| ;
achat of remem, Sanu sD keen oe Won't Take His Nickel |, S, Asks Russ Government Confident
never Dodgers, second best in| Breaks in the prices of edible couple and their two children the odds and second best in|0\ls and declines in. grain and in the Bloomington Grey-|
Mvestock ket. large! the standings, opened a three- i, the Wid Pury ¥|hound bus tragedy may set
game series with the St. Louis| - The previous widest decline the pattern for damage. pay-| Cardinals today—with a National Was a drop of 22 cents In the ,,..¢s for all ‘but four of the 16, League pennant to the winner and{ Week ended Feb. 8. victims. it was learned here todae mo Ee for the runner-up.| Of the 31 foods used in com-| q., g550 sum was set as damThere was - a quiet, aimost|Piling the index, 17 moved down- _o.. Greyhound must pay for the or-inous determination about the | ard, 11 were unchanged, and deaths of Kokomo soldier Dale i three increased. The index is the ite. Joan d- their Dodgers as they nominated their Alkman, his wife, Joan; an elr tw 8, R. Don Newcombe sum total of the wholesale price two children. The settlement was Wo aces, Langy per pound of each. i and reed-like Preacher Roe, to {reached in friendly court action in Kokomo last week with Mrs.
pitch against Harry (the Cat) Brecheen and Max Lanier in to- |Alkman's father acting as adminday's day-night double-header. | an ury , istrator. Brooklyn, a game and a half : Figure Is Maximum off the pace and a 13 to 10 un- { The figure represented the max-| derdog for the games on me Mrs Hurt Free imum allowed by law, since the oddsmaker slates, faced an op- » |tragic accident’ wiped out the enportunity of hurdling the Red | [tire Jomily and left no dependent) Birds within the next 48 hours. | 3 a 3 : {survivors. | No Cardinal player had to be re-| Fails Ly Indict British. Indiana laws in force at the minded of the fact. tic Bride in Shooting time of the accident, prior to pro“How are you going to predict mulgation. of the 1949 statutes, anything on a series like this?” | Pamela Hwt, 19, the Britishi damage for wrongful death ssked St. Louis Shortstop Marty War bride charged with the shoot: or nergons not survived by de-| Marion, {ing of her husband, Robert, last pendent at a total of $1150. This “It's going to be the breaks june 23, was freed today by the is broken down. into four maxion. County Grand Jury, mums of $300 for ‘hospitalization, 2
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) ! ehre, “It's ‘sure-to be a, hard fight.” | Mrs. Hurt told’ police she fired $300 for burial and $250 ol 3
: | administration. A Musial to Be in Lineup ]a_ bullet into the neck of herl™g, ..") or ine victims of the
: ager Eddie Dyer husband as he lay sleeping in' : ro tel silence, their bedroom. The shooting, ra Del as usual. One thing did encour- Mrs. Hurt told investigators, cli- die FoF bo following day no hos-| age him, however. That was the Maxed a “night of terror” during ital or medical costs will be inpresence in the line-up of Stan! Which she said her ‘husband took pA Therefore the $550 sum Musial, who pulled a muscle in|her to an isolated spot in the , " * 0" ie can allow to: yesterdays’ game with the Phil- country, beat her and threatened estates of victims who left no| lies. He left the contest but was to kill her. w |dependents. ready for action again today. The Hurt marriage, which cli-| New Law Boosts Limit “I like to bat against Brooklyn Maxed a wartime romance in| New legislation passed by the
currently hitting at a .334 pace,|Punctuated by a series of domes- came effective last Saturday “but batting against the Dodgers|tic quarrels during which the would have raised the total to in St. Louis is another thing.” |husband accused Mrs. Hurt of $2000, or $500 in each of the four, Enos (Country) Slaughter infidelity. summed up for his teammates Left Husband Once > » » with a succinct We'll be doing At one time during their stormy tled under the law then in force. “|'l probably get our west ast, the Dodgers saia| Married life, Mrs. Hurt left her In cases where the victim was| _ __ thing in ,'* he said. n ’ husband and fled to Europe. A Survived by dependents or par- »
BOLHING: They Knew tiie Job anna reconciliation followed and she re. {/ally dependent relatives, dam-
. » d {ages might as high as $10. * . strength a1 he Jean ahiis of turntd bo apo: oiita the 000, Tn on by Parking Meters th re. Newcombe, a 15-game em ore. © shooting;. Mrs. Hurt told. detec. HOOSier courts in that category.
First crisis of the day as parking meters began gulping coins categories. However, damages in in downtown Indianapolis arose when Herman Burnstein, 3928 N. the Greyhound crash will be set- Minois St., found his nickel stuck as-he i a ticket for- this, but I'm going to leave the
ol . . inner. 1 ; . s | However, it appgars-that this 3 L from Montreal earlier in the sea-|tives-at the time of her arrest.) ooo 0 0 EV of four: 8 : : WwW 7 son, said “I'm ready,” and let it her husband forced her to ride statlits might cover of I ns on : : U IS. k ee
{the victims since ‘preliminary in- | . go at that. Bans Covering Morning, Evening Rusk Hours
with him to a country lane where/ The westher was fal. and|he made he durobe vo pe bem pre iEauon, Indicates” hey were veriny ; In Conflict With Schedule on Devices By DAVID WATSON - a
warm; the principals calm and|by insects to pay for your sins.” | These would include t iscool but the fans frenzied and| Mrs. Hurt was arrested after puted ody oariey Ie Bedford as World Series conscious. A total of ithe shooting and charged with Vernon Ray Trisler but reported |
100,000 people were expected to assault and battery with intent/to be Maurice Adamson, both of | The problem of parking time restrictions went before the Board
witness today’s twin tilts and to¢|to murder. morrow’s single con‘est. Field Day for Scalpers
whom had dependent relatives. |of Safety today as first-day operation of the meters went into-effect. A few weeks after her arrest| One other damage suit was set- y y y Ops .
Mrs. Hurt was réleased on $2000 tled at the $550 figure shortly
Series, but it certainly was theltne home of a friend of her at- Allowed for the burial and ad- areas where parking is restricted during morning and evening rush next best thing. Ticket scalpers {orney John H. Daily. |ministration of estat of the were having a field day, asking ernie omar iim jDoe victim, a middie-aged man og" “14 6p m for and getting up to $20 for a . {who was never identified, now ge Faw nice w Train Wreck Deaths d,
* . { The usual parking signs, now ’ : Jouried it Bloomington, > being overhauled by city traffic S als he vere Packed ae one Lowest “in 10 Years 1g] 3 engineers, in some cases prohibit, scarcer than a $100 bil at a) WASHINGTON, sept. 21 up) JIOW Time Parking Stween ihe Nowy of } . hobo convention. —The déath rate of passengers and 9a. m. and 4 to 6 Pp. m. Back f Store on Circle Extra police details were as-/In train accidents in 1948 was Returns Sunday |Pidtes on Titers In Such joeations: . 0 changed, Boar signed to handle an eager-beaver the lowest in 10 years,.the In-| ,. annual summer. “tie con- | members. 2. 8! |
fusion” is about to end again— swarm Sportsman's Park in an| reported today. #
at least for another year... -. | y effort to obtain the only unre-| The ICC sald 55 passengers “yu 4 ods of thousands of Hoo-| As parking meters @Rarfed to the green light today from the served seats available. Game!
were killed inl train accidents last| . 0 will turn back their clocks functi od wath " y. i 3: ’ unction ay, traffic officers, " . times are 1:30 and 8:30 p. m. (In-car a rate of 1.33 per billion |, 4 watches an hour this Sunday, | Leroy J. Keach president of
[passenger uilze of Jrgvel. N marking an end to four months prepared to act on the eity legal the Safety Board, announced the City officials said the Influx of of passengers ied Yea any year ©! daylight saving time. The time department's ruling that parking approval of basic plans as recom-
3 | p ; : Sity Building Com-out-of-towners into St. Louis hit'since 1041 when 42 persons lost| I2N8e Will be at 2 a. m. [longer than the time prescribed on mended" by City an unprecedented high. Fans!their lives. pe For others, Sunday will be just {missioner Charles Bacon. drifted in from all over — from| But 4536 passengers were In- another day on the calendar. They |
throng of 7000 scheduled to terstate Commerce Commission
i y 4 jon of the parking ordinance. Equitable Life Assurancé Society, temperatures below normal to, any previous strike. Arkansas, Oklahoma, southern! jured last year, {lived in areas which remained on lat {qu + : y,| temp Tllinois, outstate Missouri and ured a high Betting tor any standard time all summer. | Capt. Audry Jacobs, traffic de- will. cost $2,025,000 without me- create early fall-like weather, the, ichanical equipment, elevators, es-|seasons officially change at |a. m. Friday.
even the great state of Texas. [slightly higher than during the!,. . as y One dar vain- five previous years. Linda Christian i; ly attempting to find lodging last night, muttered disgustedly: “You'd think they were giving something away.” They were.
t head, =aid motorcycle 3 |partmen * y ‘/calators and heating, and wiil
|patrolmen will be assigned tol ; ] ear th 11 rl Loses Expected Baby [street patrols to .watch for vio- a ne. $3 million mark | Times Index | PARIS, Sept. 21 (UP)—Linda lations registered on the meters
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The Board was confronted with conflicting restriction signs Maybe this wasn't a World hond and went into. seclusion: at after the accident. This sum was appearing on meter plates and signposts on downtown streets. - In
John yours some meters show parking available between the hours of
~ 8 To Help Stop _® War in Greece
Acheson Makes Request Before Session of UN FLUSHING, N. Y., Sept. 21_80V (UP) — Secretary Dean Acheson today asked tO ut | |Russia and her Balkan satel-|the lites to join the Western Pow-| ers in ending the Greek civil
war.
Mr. Acheson's appeal came in a major statement of policy delivered before the United Nations General Assembly, which opened a “general debate” on the world situation. Most of the 20 foreign ministers here were expected to make similar policy declarations.
op ME. Acheson’ told |Assémbly that the 1 commission—boycotted by Rus|sia—should bé continued asked the Soviets to join. it. Ald Declining “The Balkan commission,” he % [said, “has concluded that Yugo.{slavia has decreased, and may have ceased, its aid to the Greek guerrillas, and that guerrilla activities in general are declining, but the danger still exists because of continuing aid, principally
from Albania.
| ‘Ready to Act on. Ruling be built on the Circle received
{meters would. be considered .a vios} me building, financed by the)
The new J. C. Penney Store to] 6.a. m... 54 Ta m.. 55 8 a.m... 57 9a m.. 61
Sunny, pleasant usher out the last day-of summer (like a gentle lamb tomorrow, the Few users felt that a coal strike |Weather Bureau indicated today. could be averted, but they were) Although cool wedther has held. In better condition than before!
of State,
Indi Prepare to-Clo | Mediator Director Cyrus 8. Ching
“Up along the southern ‘tip of} pt ton inal Lake Michigan, thé voice of steel|"iai¢mated o.ver pension-insur today called for the third shutdown of its 251 furnaces since July.
which blends into the bluish haze over the lake was thinning out today and payroll offices in basic steel were preparing to shut off the flow of pay rated at $75 per smployes. = million a week.
gion, workers’ interest was simmering over the pension plan rec-| Truman ommended by the President's they keep nes) Jraduction 80 Greek border and to re-establish fact-finding board. To them, the He sald “the national Poe Cf normal relations between Gresee {SWitChing_ of pension plan Jay. and all its northern neighbors. =~ +t the equivalent of a raise settle o of about 8 cents an hour. : Mr.
“It is timely for this assembly! to make a renewed effort to restore peace along the northern
Outside ald to the guerrillas must stop and Greece must be permitted to bind up its wounds. Desire Shared :
“I believe that I express a de- utives that 97,000 workers are! sire widely shared in this assem- employed in basic steel produe- 0 bly when I voice thé ho i the USSR, which inthe past Bas not participated in the Balkan, tot commission, will join in renewed of the white-hot producing furconsultations looking toward a haces, ° 3 est settlement of this persistent and “It can go either way” said|'on’'s wage-policy committee toserious problem: -. -jbne steel operator, “but we are MOrrow in Pittsburgh. “If the northern neighbors of Preparing for the worst. We canGreece have come to real{ze. that not afford to be caught with a their own self-interest - requires respect for the recommendations; of the. United Nations and an ad-|INg steel were in good supply. justment of their relations with Most of them felt they could run Greece, I feel that a solution can/!onger on current stocks than be reached at this time.”
quick shutdown.”
_|any strike could last.
“|offices here it was learned that there was a 60 to 90-day supply on hand.
Sunny, Pleasant Weather in Sight | iia immassm— Ne .|"“we'll be pretty flat. We're a Pollen Count . . . 155 per cu. yd. ‘department store’ of steel. We LOCAL TEMPERATURES Carry stocks to serve industries.”
| Body Plant, Allison, J. D. Adams, ti |Link-Belt, Diamond Chain and ‘'"* {International Harvester were re(ported in fair supply.
4:08 Co. and the Gas & Coke Utility, | biggest loon] Gbers, were well 00d to break off negotiations
Disputants Will Agree; Mediation in Recess
Union and Industry Expected To Have Replies Rgady by Tomorrow WASHINGTON, ta (UP) —President Truman to-
day asked a six-day extension of the steel strike truce, and
ernment labor officials expected both sides to grant it. Mr. Truman asked steel union and management officials off until 11:01 p. m., Sept. 30 (Indianapolis time) tionwide steel strike now scheduled for 11:01 p. m. next Saturday. The dispu-
~ . teel Mills txt promised replies by tomorrow at the latest.
The President made the truce {extension request after Federal
{reported failure’ in three days ot . yt trying to get the parties into - District Faces Weekly lective bargaining. Mr. Ching
$7.5 Million Pay Logs personally asked the President
A today. - By HAROLD N. HARTLEY | gteel companies and the CIO - ims. ric A a Sika nn:
ance \ recommendations made Sept. 10 by a presidential factfindk ) ; . The pale flame-colored smoke i Tt ow - proposed that. the companies grant a peniso ice plan costing about 10 ts an hour.
- Read Fred Perikns, Page 3 Up in the brawny Calumet re- tt
In a letter to both sides Mr, demanded t
97,000 Employed It is estimated by steel exec-| dent
% ' Mr. " . You, ‘This does not include the| , u onvi : which iting Ans 1 ths hat neither side wanfs’a strik
mit the truce request to the un-
Stocks Recover John “A Stephens, vice presi. ‘In Indianapolis companies us- Sen 8. Swe) & up. 101 the President’s request most carefully and respond this afternoon or by tomorrow morning.” Like Mr. Murray, he refused to indicate what the answer will be. At New York, meanwhile, |stocks, led by steel and automotive issues, rallied moderately on the “exchange in quiet trading. Sentiment in Wall Street improved considerably after yesterday's sharp break which wiped
At the W. J. Holliday & Co. “After that,” sald a spokesman,
Other big steel users, Chevrolet
Market experts attributed the rise to technical reasons because of yesterday's decline. However, some quarters in the Street were of the belief that a “break” in the steel dispute is due which will avért a strike in the .nation’s {basic Industry. ’
The Indi ‘ight! Meanwhile, John L, Lewis’ strikdiana polis Power & ght ng United Mine Workers threat
Coal Stocks Good ; In coal ft was a different story. |
with “Southern operators today
, tocked. Partly cloudy skies and warm Stocked lat Bluefield, W. Va. But Mr.
weather were to boost the mer-| { There was no Indication fromcury today to 78 degrees. normal " Christian, wife of movie actor(and to chalkmark cars parked In|, iiaple Life as to when con-|mid-September temperature A low|including 40 big ones, had a Amusements. 20 Marriage ... 11 Tyrone Power, has suffered a mis-|the metered zones. Capt. Jacobs gio tion would be started. It of 50 degrees will accompany tair to 60<day supply on hand. The
The National League pennant.
PRICE OF SCOTCH STANDS Crossword .. 22 Pattern. .... 19 day. roy
EDINBURGH, Scotland, Sept.| Editorials .. 16 Radio ......
21 (UP)—Scotch whisky prices in Food ....... 19 Ruark ..... 15 tury Fox Film Corp. said the fic force. the United States will not drop Forum ..... 16 Side Glances.16 Powers arrived in Paris last week —— : as result of devaluation of the Gardening .. 18 Society .... 17|from southern France and that SHOCK FOR PIGEONS
pound. The council of the Scotch Hollywood .. 20 Sports ....12,13 Miss. Christian entered American| Whisky Association decided to- In Indpls.... 3 Teen Prob... 18 Hospital last Friday. day to “adjust the price for the Inside Indpls. 15 Weather Map.28
U. 8. so as to avoid any loss of Dr. Jordan.. 18 Earl Wilson.
would be made before next week.
drawn into controversy with SEATTLE, Sept. 21 (UP) — recommendations from the Mayor
| Bridge ..... 18 My Day .... 19 carriage of a baby expected in said the system has been used In y,4 pointed out that the excava-| weather tonight. {Comics ..... 27|Othman .... 15 February, it was announced to-|other large cities and has not re-|4;on ‘would have to be cleared.
{hege.
The building; which has been ere eee GIRL INJURED. IN FALL
|against a wagon yesterday,
(tions.
The, Gas & Coke Utility, serv-|
ing some 350 industrial accounts,|®Wis “wert to White Sulphur
50! Springs to confer with Northern and Western operators.
{IPL was at least that secure. { Pleasant weather will prevail| . Domestic stocks were “reason- Southport OES Group ot sulted in a need for increased) And official circles indicated that| throughout the state tomorrow. A |ably high” but dealers reported Install Officers A spokesman for the 20th Cen-|Personnel assignments in the traf-|n, decision as to starting date high of 75 degrees is, expected they cannot stand too much strike na ; strain. tan | Five officers of the Southport
There -was no Indication that Rainbow Division of the OES will
{either strike would slow industrial be installed at 7:30 p. m. tomor-Five-year-old ‘Barbara Lou/production in Indianapolis im-/row in -the Southport Masonie ] City engineers today considered that its top stories be converted Pyle, 2170 N. Olney Ave, was mediately. But after four to six| Lodge. : x Miss Christian left the hospital electrifying park statues to dis- into a luxury hotel, will be con-|treated at General Hospital for weeks, users reported, they would 9 Monday and. is recuperating in courage pigeons-from roosting on structed as a merchandising and|injuries received when she fell have to start: curtailing opera-| len, Shirley Sherick, Faye Rugh, |office building.
They are Misses Wanda Lewels
dollars.” Mrs. Manners 21 Women's «++ 17 Paris, the spokesman said. | them.
| Martha Baker and Judy Kashner,
Paralysis Hovering Over Gary----Steeltown, U. S. A.
By JACK, HARR, Times Special Writer GARY, Ind., Sept. 21—The impending nation-wide steel strike gives this town—the greatest single steel-pro-ducing center in the world—more to fear than any place in America. ; If the shutdown comes as scheduled on Sept. 25, the paralysis will reach into communities all over the land. But the big clusters of steel-making activity in Chicago, Pittsburgh and Birmingham will be hardest hit. ! Gary, in the heart of the Chicago producing area, has built its whole existence on steel. When the red-orange smoke stops pouring from the tall stacks of United States Steel's great plant here, life slows nearly to a standstill. Here 34,700 of 36,800 industrial workers draw their pay from U. 8. Steel, the industry's giant leader. Their monthly payroll comes to $10,300,000. py A strike will stop the flow of that money abruptly— and thereby change the pattern-of living in Gary. In fact, there is some hint of change already, for the workers have known for weeks that a stoppage might come, MERCHANTS, noticing a drop in business, think it reflects more than the general recession. They believe . workers have been saving. their money to tide them over the bleak payless days they fear lie ahead. :
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A grocer, remembering the month-long steel strike of January, 1946, says: “The steél workers are our business. When they have no money, it's up to the merchants to carry them until better times. My safe is full of unpaid notes from the last strike.” ; - Men on strike fall back on their savings, cash from war bonds, credit from the merchants who know them and trust them because they must. If a walkout lasts a month or more, the workers begin to sell their cars and the household appliances they may have bought on time. Or to lose them for lack of funds. Bays a Gary car dealer: “If the strike exceeds a month, there won't be enough empty lots around here to hold the repossessed cars.” ine ee . os» MOST WORKERS hope, of course, that it won't come to that. Their attitude about a strike ranges from enthusiastic support through philosophic resignation to outright disapproval—or at least a feeling it's unnecessary. A é¢raneman speaks: “At least it won't be so cold if
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we go out this time of year. I nearly froze to death
standing around in 1946.”
To an open hearth foreman it looks this way: “The whole thing is kind of silly. After the strike has been
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going on for a while and everybody has been hurt, then they’ll get together and agree like they could have done in the first place.” A druggist who serves Gary's workers: “They can'{ stand a long strike. They have to feed their kids, don't they? The owners can’t stand to lose that much money, either. Someone—the government or the public—will force a compromise.” : A shutdown is tough on the worker and his family; it's also tough on the mills. For you can't halt operations in steel just by throwing switches, pushing buttons, turning off machinery and walking out. « vo . - . ” . oy . GIANT BLAST furnaces and open hearths are packed with molten metal and blazing fuel. A sudden close-down might wreck them beyond repair, for too rapid cooling would trap huge tonnages of material inside. If this material solidified, costly removal and repair would have to follow. JT j To prevent such damage, the mer going out on strike
‘bank the furnaces with coke which will smolder a long —time. Thus most of the metal can be drawn off safely
and the furnaces kept-in condition for resumption of full
j activity. - A long walkout, however, may exhaust the
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‘matter how a contract fight comes out, this town and its oh Eo od
banked fuel and turn the furnaces cold. Then expensive preparatory cleaning and priming is needed before work
can start again. . Ge A strike in steel plays hob with every phase of tha process. Workers in the rolling mills, where raw steel from open hearths is shaped into beams, rails, i rods and other standard items, can't go back to their jobs until the primary furnaces are going-full tilt again. . r » ’ r . r A U.S. STEEL foreman points out another problem: “For seven montlis we pile up ore and limestone because the lake is frozen the rest of the year and we can't ship material. If the workers quit now, our stockpile won't be large enough for our needs and we'll have to slow production late in the winter.” . Sometimes workers quitting in haste leave their departments in disorder and plant superintendents have to
- put things in standby condition, Says one: “We know
it goes.” ar oh . wih re Whenever a strike touches in Gary, the going is bound to be rough. If it comes, there'll be no cheering here. No
how but we're out of practice and you can imagine how
workers will lose should the furnsces grow cold.”
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quires, and the American people ; have a right to expect, an early 3
th Friday. Government officials that
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out £1.5 billion in market valua- °