Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 23 September 1949 — Page 6
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PITTSBURGH, Pa., Sept. 23 (UP) — Pennsylvania and West Virginia state police watched for new bursts of violence today in support of John L. Lewis’ angry
By JAMES GRAYSON
vow that no coal will be dug. The five-day-old walkout of 480,000 United Mine Workers has| been ‘marked by frequent out-| bursts of violence as pickets sought to close non-union mines operating in defiance of Mr. Lewis’ shut down order, | Gov. Okey L. Patteson of West Virginia yesterday sent heavily] ‘armed state troopers into ad county to maintain order. Pennsylvania Gov..James H. Duff also | sent trooper reinforcements into) one area when local police feared | picket violence would get out of hand. nen hol: . Mr."Lewis was angry when he broke off negotiations with the Your Job— northern and western operators Rd yesterday at While Sulphur onsi [ = actors Springs, W. Va, until next Thursday." { . Stomps Out of Room | He stomped out of the meet- N anging 0 S ing-room after hotly rejecting an) operators’ offer to extend the old] : hal contract. until Mar. 31, 1951. , Work With Brother Mr. Lewis warned that he ex-| 7 * pected .the operators to return May Have Advantage to the talks with something bet-| Three years ago I left my ter than their offer to extend the home town to accept employcontract. He told a news con-| ment in Indianapolis. My brothference later than the coal in- er, who has a garage back dustry is on a “no day work| home, wants me to come back week” until a new contract 1s and work for him at the same signed. wages I now receive. I don't -.Federal labor experts in Wash-| want the folks to think I ington said the government willl couldn't make a go of it here, take no action in the coal strike) but I'd like to go back. Would at this time. They believed the this be a wise move? walkout will have ' no serious effects on the national -econgmy ‘for at least-another week. George H. Love, chief negotla- well established your brother is. tor for the northern and western If his -business ability has been producers, sald the industry demonstrated, and it appears to couldn't afford to boost prices you that he can afford to employ and still stay in the competitive you for some months, and you market. He told Mr. Lewis the feel that you two could get along operators were determined not to well together, I think you would grant any wage increases of any be Justified in considering making other costly benefits this year. [the change. Mr. Lewis remarked cryptically If you have a personal job that Mr. Love “has been known b . » problem, write James Grayson to change his mind. in care of The Times. The picket violence reached a — new high yesterday at Clarks-| If your present job has unusual burg, W. Va., where an estimated possibilities, and you have an op1500 roving UMW members for- portunity to make progress in it, cibly closed nine mines, dumped you may not want to move now. . hundreds of tons of coal fromIf it appears that you are giving trucks and tipples and beat at up a better thing than you are goleast four men. - ing to, think about this too. State troopers moved Into Clear-| ' You should jot down all the field County, Pennsylvania, when pros aiid cons for each of the two Sheriff Willlam Shaw reported situations. Weigh them both caremounting violence. One group of | fully, 400 piekets closed three non-| It's nobody's buriness but ynion mines Wednesday and your's whether you stay in the “roughed up” a group of workers, city or go back to “your home but state police. said the field was town. --1f-it appears. to the. home “calm” yesterday. ~ : {town folks, WTo Khow you; that 2 |the opportunity with your brother Steel Union Hopes is a good one, they will compliment. you on your good sense in For Early Peace taking advantage of it. PITTSBURGH, Sept. 23 (UP)| Living conditions and cost of —~ CIO United Steelworkers offi-|living are factors which cannot
clals expressed hope today for be overlooked. They have a great
peaceful settlement of the steel bearing on the happiness of you d:spute as they reported one com-iand your family, I know you'll pany had given in to complete consider this in your deliberation. acceptance of the 10-cent wel-| As you think out all the differfare formula. ent angles of both situations, you AS new company-by-company will begin to realize that one of negotiations got underway today|them is better than the other. in an effort-to prevent the im-iThe important thing is ‘to think pending strike by one million egch one. through. steelworkers, a union official said] "g bein a th Lvery thing being equal, I'd go ¢ ranks of companies refusing o ny t 2 back to my home town, accept 0 accept the recommendations of n ’ y 1 the job and work as if I owned President Truman's fact-finders had been breached. |a part of the business, Maybe The Standard Steel Works, a you i be a part owner some sibsidiary of Baldwin Locomotive, ny. Co., ‘agreed to pay the @ecom- « niended six cents an hour for pen- Homecoming Set sions and four cents an hour for insurance, the union official said. ne thirty-fourth annual homeThe Lewistown, Pa. company em- “Ming and all-day. meeting ploys 2500 workers. {of the McCordsville Methodist But CIO President Philip Mur- (Church will begin with worship ray warned that the union would [**Tvice led by the Rev. John strike any company which re- McMath, pastor, at 9:30 a. m A I Ae yy TE pe and four formula.” : Tow: < ISTP “REV The union wage-policy commit- E. J. Wickersham, superintendent tee yesterday postiioned a nation- ou ne Riohgiond Methodist ©eswide strike, set for midnight Sat- trict, w spea in afternoon urday, until Oct. 1, at the re- memorial services for departed quest of President Trumgn. /members. ‘
Court action against a Works Board ruling to vacate the alley behind this service station at Union and Morris Sts. was
oday. Attorney Samuel J. Kagan, representing a resident with property borderin | man Charles P. Ehlers spoke in_behalf of commercial interests which petitioned for the alley closing.
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. . | cerville in 1902 as a railroad teleSpencerville Business Man Arrested | graph operator, became cashier In Separate Check-Kiting Scheme
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the year the bank was founded | and a director in recent years. He owned a home here and a 245acre farm nearby.
Times State Service { SPENCERVILLE, Sept. 23—A missing bank cashier was hunted and a used car dealer was under arrest today as state and federal, auditors counted up a $136,000 shortage at Spenvercille Farmers & Arrangements were being made Merchants State Bank. today for the Federal Deposit InOfficials said two separate swindles embezzlement and misappli- surance Corp, to buy up the Spencation of funds by the cashier and “check-kiting” by the business-| cerville bank's assets and sell man--caused the shortage which : {them to Auburn State Bank, makmay put the tiny bank out of Ne had sufficient funds to make ing yp the difference in cash lost business. restitution and would dc so im-| {n the swindles. The federal comObject of a nationwide hunt by mediately. The youthful busi- mission pledged coveragh of the the FBI and city and state policel Nessman is married and is the shortage. is 65-year-old Clyde G. Recten- father of four children.
| wall, cashier at thd bank since! Bank auditors said they were 2 1914 and a member of its board Still checking books today, put Operation for Raft
lof directors. The dignified gray- estimated the shortage created by | HOLLYWOOD, Sept. 23 (UP) |haired “pillar of the community” Rectenwall would exceed $65,000., Actor George Raft will enter
“| A great desl depends dh how 1s ‘alleged lobe responsible -for A. complaint and warmnt charg. queen of Angels Hospital Sunday...
{ing hin with embezzlement and f Eallst he dis Released on Bond {misapplication of funds and falsi. for removal of gallstones, he disInder arrest on 2 federal fication of bank records was filed closed today. “And while they're charge of using the malls to de} Yosierday : ot 3, Ineyyl sake it my ap traud is 26-year-old Leroy C.| Francis J. Moore, supervisor of pendix,” he added. Chaney Jr. charged § the state banks and trust companies . ‘ Pu 8 Nn the for the Indiana State Department check-kiting” scheme. He was of Financial Institutions, said he released on $5000 bond after and three other examiners were hearing before a U. 8. Commis- making a routine check when! |sloner in Ft. Wayne yesterday. | Rectenwall suddenly disappeared Ls Examiners Suid there appeared |last Monday. | [to no n w “ y { eo ages ve sho oe” ove “Te "Stat 33418 Brown, Urinary (ered in a single day. | Moore sald, We found loose| dence; R. I ey sald aney, held respon-/sheetsin the ledgers and evidence t | stble for about $71,000 of Pthe that checking accounts had been STEREOTYPING 13 10P1C shortage, created the shortage by | Withheld. he, P. W. Cornelius, a member of “kiting” checks between two! He added that had not the dis-|the Scientech Club of Indianapobanks and using the delay caused | Appearance aroused suspicion the lis, will present a program desby the malls to create a potential | Shortage “might not have shown cribing modern stereotyping at overdraft. {up in the current examination.” [the club's weekly luncheon Mon- ! Chaney operated the Chaney The cashier was described as day in the Hotel Antlers. {Motor Sales in Ft. Wayne, using |g" : RE. a bank account in Grabill bank in Grabill, and Chaney Motors Inc. in Harlan with an account at the Spencerville bank. > bo He would write checks on each: bank fn excess of his funds taking advantage of the delay in clearing checks. The scheme was uncovered when a check was | blocked at Grabill, leaving Spencerville bank short $71,000. ! _ The FBI said Chaney told them
‘shortages of more than $65,000.
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Poo Cases Show Ath Straight Drop
23—Infantile paralysis, on the .down|grade for the fourth consecutive week, totaled 2585 cases during the week ending Sept. 17, reports to the U. 8. Public Health Service here show. This total is’ ex-
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