Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 6 November 1949 — Page 2

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Schricker Denies He'll | Scene as Cor-Truck Crash. Killed One on Road 37 Call National Guard - To Operate Coal Mines

Recalls 1921 When Militia Dug: 2 Carloads In 3 Weeks; Prefers Diplomacy *

United Mine Worker boss John L. Lewis once warned Indiana —"You can't dig coal with bayonets.” Gov. Schricker still vividly recalls how martial law failed in the state's first coal crisis. And he’s not likely to try it. f The year was 1921. A coal strike cut the state fuel output to, a trickle. Gov. James Putnam Goodrich sought to ‘keep Indiana

warm” and,, In desperation, ordered the militia to take over the Lewis Pubihes

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Control ‘Excellent’ WASHINGTON, Nov. 5 (UP)

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Didn't Dig Much National Guard troops, with full: field packs, shovels-and fixed bay-| onets, rushed to the mine fields. Three long weeks of digging and the militia came up with two carloads of coal which unipn railroaders refused to haul. That was the yéar John L.

T.owis made his weight felt on ~Jonn L. Lewis made public toIndiana for .the first time, It

I i marked his rise on the national 38Y 8 cash audit of his United | scene as a “powertul labor Mine Workers Welfare Fund, the leader.” . administration of which has been! The coal crisis in Indiana last Criticized in court by a miner and: week moved along almost: the DNAs caused one trustee to resign. same lines as the 1921 soft coal . The audit, submitted by Wayne, strike. But Gov, Schricker, badg- Kendrick & Co, "certified public ered .on--all sides, quietly went, accountants, reported the fund's about. the task of obtaining fuel RN gh on June 30 as $29. for coak-hungry Indiana.

The auditors sald the fund's For a full week, telegrams, ap- sueiom of “internal control” is

peals and letters flooded the Gov- . “excelent” and. that “all expendi---arnor's office... meme pypee rade Adring the perfod ahs - Mine owners suggested opera- der review have been made with tion: -under police pratection.’the approval of a majority of the Union officials urged him to ight trustees.” the coal operators. Cries of “send Covers Fiscal Year coal” resounded from Vincennes The audit covered the fiscal to South Bend. And, in Washing. year which began July 1, 1948, ton, government officials accused The audit shed some light on ' the Gavernor of “playing politics.’ suit filed in federal court The. Governor responded by Against the ‘trustees by George urging his emergency - created H. Livengodd, Fayette County, Fuel Commission to locate more Pennsylvania, miner. He said they, than 10.000 tons. of coal to be have * ‘dissipated’! thé: fund. . 2 shipped to hard pressed Hoosjer| Ezra Van “Horn, resigned opcities and towns and requested erators trustee, later joined Mr. city officials to create coal ration] Livengood’s suit and asked that, boards. Mr. Bridges and Mr. Lewis be ‘held responsible for any improper Declared Emergency payments. He declared a state of emer-i Payments were suspended in gency existel and urged the mid-September after some South-’ co-operation of unions, coal oper- In coal producers stopped making ators, city officials and the fed- thelr Rens: a-ton royalty pay-| ments to eral government, |The audit showed benefit payThe Governor's strategy paid ments of $104.705,000 and exoff. in part even as the soft coal! penses o of $1,684,000. strike went into its BOth day.

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One man was killed and two hurt ‘when this. car smashed info a rar. truck wh 86th st. ‘and

Allisonville Rd. last night and burst-info flames.

Loses Job, Police Seize His Car. on: Black Saturday

IT WAS Black Saturday yesterday for a West Side man who suffered more than his share. of trouble. Marvin Feltz, who has been living in the home of his sister, Mrs. {Marian Collins, 1352 8. Belmont { Ave, was laid off after finishing | the night shift early yesterday {at the Bridgeport Brass Co. | While he slept fretfully, police’ impounded a one and one-half] {panel truck he had planned to! sell to a used car buyer later in the day.

x » ~ . POLICE WERE acting on a complaint that the truck had been parked near Belmont Ave. and Howard St. for nearly three - weeks. They told his sister any, car left on the street for such a! {length of time was considered | abandoned ‘under city ordinance. When he awoke, Mr, Feltz

all fornierly im- Windsor Drive, after an Iiliness ‘of three weeks, She was 86.

His family, prisoned In a German concentra

late --.dietator, Mrs. Lockhart was a native of that her family be told the se“iOakiang Clty. She. had. lived in’ cret. burial place of II Duce,

a separate peace pact in Indiana demanded today

and pinned his hopes on federal 4, camp during the war, came

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i IndiEnapolts- the pst year. WY Jetter- 10-the Rome hewsthe issue, the Governor still had gu ARD. CHINESE EMBASSY Surviving are a sister, Mrs. F./ paper Il Tempo she denied Italan ace up his sleeve if federal PARIS, Nov, § (UP)—French P. Lowery, Indianapolis; two.lan police statements that the mediation ls the ‘reopening of police guarded the Chinese em- brothers, James H. Davis, RR. 2, Mijantriin} Samiy never has burial One or. more mines, toda ainst Communist Scottsburg, and Lige Davis, De- for ormation on. his buria A quatified Statehouse omicial Bag) ul. “after at troit, i a RrARdaon “ Frank place. said the Governor had “sn under- fights broke out ‘between diplo: Lockbary Indianapolis. ~*~ The remains were buried sestariding” with John L. Lewis that mats loyal to the Nationalist re- Burial will be in Crown Hill crétly after they were recovered. Sufficient coal will be allowed -to gime anit those who switched ‘after rites at 10-8. m: Tuesday in front a band of Fascists who Fe-' ‘De mined for’ utilities and state their allegiance to Mao Tze-tung, Shirley : Brothers .. Irving Hill moved them from the first grave x institutions. ‘the Red, Chapel. . in Milan.’

DEMONSTRATION

There'll be a demonstration in your neighborhood sometime soon.

cock County grand jufy dicted Robert Kratzer, fireman, ‘on charges of man-| slaughter, reckless homicide and fdrunken driving as a result of the death of Kratzer’'s brother, Ralph, in August.

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ecelved In an automobile accident’ when. the fireman's car collided with one driven by “Floyd Bo-| lander, of Fortviile,” Sigil ——— MEXICO BLAST FATAL IRAPUATO Mexico, Nov. (UP) =~ Restue workers poked through still-smoldering ruins of a blocksquare area of this little/ indystrial town tonight. hunting) for victims of a midnight explo-| Alon and fire. Police said that)

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: § eight bodies have been recovered. Second in ; Ce . IRAN SEIZES 32 IN PLOT | \, THE SERIES TEHRAN, Iran, Nov. 5 (UP)-=={ Police seized 32 persons today in| THIS WEEK an attempt to uncover the motives| . that lay behind the assassination] L of Former Premier Abdol Hossein i. -at-our "

Hajir. Mr. Hajir died today. He| was wounded yesterday. :

JAN E POWELL M MARRIED HOLLYWOOD, Nov. 5 (UP)-— Screen singer Jane Powell, 20, and former professional ice skat'ing- star "Geary - Steffen Jr. 26, were married today in the Bew-| erly Hills Church of the Good Shepherd.

|. TRAIN HITS CAR; 5. DIE CINCINNATI, Nov. 5 A New York Central passenger train plowed inte an automobile at a crossing at nearby Sharon“ville today. killing five men. and leaving a sixth in critical condition.

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. Proposals Tall, Silent ‘Mon . More Than $1 Billion Seizes Child in In Six States : Home and Flees . Hoo

CLAYVILLE, N. Y., Nov.. 3 (UP)—A factory worker's wife

NEW YORK, Nov. 5 (UP) — , sobbed today that a tall, silent

man who ‘apparently wanted By DA nothing but her baby boy, kid- WASH naped him while he slept fn his will be b kitchen crib while she watched, ar ing. There | | Tonight, the father, 34-year. The Ci lold Henry Komorek, made a dra. ‘matic plea for the safety of his masters, if which would more son, ‘wherever he is, and asked » Tito is gon U.S. Rubber Co. which oper newspapers to print. the child's to hin $1 Millon. will vote on a ates the world's iggest inner. formula in hopes the kidnaper us to save $500 million bond issue’ tube plant in Indianapolis. The wit} she AT Snopestor Siena These wi which would finance bonuses up tire has a ed rim of rub. | HA sald the disappears impressions to $500 for the state's veterans of ber around the outer fim which heyy ance was ‘not a ransom kidnap Ralph Harve; Word wat I stat | actsas a buffer against the curb. ing.” Mr. Dougherty said he wag lican, who re! in This a h bogey « the first state aE Tr {investigating “all angles” but trat seven weeks margarin be )d Alread Weather fo Help |theré had been no new develop- member of t ored oan a y iments 24 hours after Mrs. Stella which handle Sol on vast continue 10-"he In Coal Conservation {Komorek, 27, told her hysterical Unlike som tinted oS Dustwivee main _|"..Not quite so much furnace-firing story of a stranger whom she who made the | posals call for a $250 millio pond/!# ‘in prospect for Indianapolis accused of taking her only: child trict ond on Ban es rifhrh am and high "® householders today and tomorrow. and fleeing in a ramshackle car, . gressman wa EE ae Ary Ane nahi Tn" close co-operation With gov<| Mr. Dougherty said he would ~~ about how h ; of classroom California STRMental coal conservation meas- question her again tomorrow, States has |alko votes on da light 8 saving time Ur*® the weatherman promi Troopers Join Hunt « there. for summer for revised old-age “unny skies would be accompanied| Ten troopers searched the coun He expects . pension program bowtm by a high of near 55 degrees this trygide for a trace of the missing port ECA io Hon cost. 10.reduee A atternoon and moderate gix.wedke-old child. ‘They. Were, it was LAL Pe. litical s are in| loMperatures tomorrow. hampered by two-inches of”fresh “Toa ne the east. rs NL Heavy frost was predicted for gnow, The search ended as dark« oy United States Senator. Mayoralty early today by forecasters last pees fell. reported. “Tt elections will be heid in New York DiSht.~ They sald the mercury| “We'l do anything to get him main the ha and Boston. The 10th District in| WoUd dip to 25-28 In Indianapolis pack,” Mr. Komorek said. He said in ‘Europe. %land range from 22-28 over the he doesn’t make much money but In f New York and the Fifth District! tod rapidly. In in California will elect Congress- "'Al® near dawn today. somebody may have gotten the that they wi

A low of 30 was predicted for ~n we had money because I

of ‘the two Vv {Indianapolis tonight. bought a new car recently.”

'men. Virginia and New Jersey feel that the

voters will choose Governors.

Texans will vote on 10 consti- He urgently requested that “They are tutional amendments. The 47- David H. Ratner newspapers and radio stations and will be | year-old poll tax law is considered Fr h Fi publicize the infant's formula U. 8. and Ru one of the most Important. It pro-| To Head F eigh t Firm consisting of two tablespoons of favor. I can | vides for & ban on the present tax| - | dextromaltose, two ounces of boil England are 'of $1.75 as a requirement for vot-| CHICAGO, N Nova ve 5-Divid ‘H.'ing water mixed in 21 ounces of Mr. . ing and introduction of & generat! Ratner was elected president of cow's milk. the House registration law. the Keeshin-Hayes Freight Lines! Mrs. Komorek sald she was doz- tive Expend Counties would be permitted to at the meeting of the stockholders’ 1g on a living room couch when countries be in the main offices In Mattoon, she heard a man in the kitchen --Poland, Yu

levy fees up to 50 cents, or permit rvoters’ to register free, Half of any fee charged would Bo to the, state,

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| where the six-weeks-old baby had Until two weeks ago Mr. Rat-| been left because it was warm, {ner was chief executive officer of!ghe said.

A the Emery Transportation Co. and| - She told state troopers she (D. Minn.) di DIGS OUT AFTER FLOOD chairman. of the board of the | thought*it"was her husband, home 1 manage CARACAS, Venezuela, Nov, 5 Midwest Transfer Co. from his night shift in a paper _ grade into tI

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(UP) — The eity dug out today

Mr. Ratner resigned both com- factory. from tons of silt and debris piled

panies to take over the manage- But then, she said, the man ran

[Tearned it would cost him & $3 up by vesterd flash flood |-i ment of Keeshin-Hayes Lines. just as fast f “Too Little, Too Late" tactics, f Pp by ye ay’s flas 8 est through the kitchén door carry0 oo it a a T H | Hunt Da hier {fee to have his car released from mated to have left 80 persons’ {ing Stephen, put him in a 1937 vey sald. “Hi The Governor's State La 0 neip nun vg the police lot at the Plaza Ga- ist as St vision chief, Thomas R. Hutson, | "8- dead. Damage wa's put at $6,- WCTU to ‘Meet or 1939 sedan and sped away to- munist as St ldtime coal miner and friend WASHINGTON, Nov. 5. (UP) rage. Attendants also told him he o99 000, ‘ward Utica. fall out. of UMW boss Lewis, took over ~~ Ihe parents of 13-year-old Lu- would be charged 75 cents a day ei —— | Mrs. Ruby Webb will have seers Warsaw the state's coal efforts. cle Garey asked the nd. their i parking. JNAACE HONORS NEHRU |harge of dove:ione in a meeting’ THE WEATHER'S HERE visited and tl 0 YORK, Nov. 5 (UP)— of the Frances Willard WCTU at| CHICAGO, Nov..§5 (UP) —A the Commun He pleaded, -cajoled and de- gaughter, W oman li {The National Association for the 10:30 a. m. Tuesday in the home heat wave botled today to record where he we minded $3 unin And Ia NAgtmant he an disappeared . . we Jim Davenport, 23, Marion. examines the truck's cab which | Delivers Advancement of Colored Peaple of Mrs. Jesse Finke, 1835 N. Hard- breaking ‘heights on the West lowed by the Ta irr er purents ie. ang Ves, a h Own: 12-lb. 11-0z. Baby today presented a lite member-ing St. Guest speakers will be Coast, but cold nipped the Great never saw a | coal stockpiles, l whore ‘she’ ‘went Yo Want", a3 cemals ol wiih | NEW YORK, Nov. 5 (UP). ship to Indian Prime Minister Mrs. W. W. Reedy and Mrs. Min- Plains and Middle West. and . “The peop The state failed to settle the They sald she always wanted to ‘Removed From ea While her invalid father-in-law Jawaharlal Nehru. ____|nte Bronson Thomas. drifted gastward, RE Jot are the { | goal strike in Indiana but, so far, see the horses, cowboys, and sat by helplessly, a young mother * i — wali v — said. “They . hospitals, utilities and home own- ranches of the West. today delivered her own 12 pound, : America anc i ers were still able to keep warm! Her father, a civillan expert Iron Lung For 11-ounce baby, washed it, dressed hee! of * the with coal supplied by the Fuel consultant for the Army, was on {it, wrapped it lir blankets and | Their hopes Commission, (Gen. Douglas MacArthur's staff Birth of Baby was standing waiting at: her | help them to ~The commission located neatly, in Tokyo when he was informed| ~ [front door when a doctor arrived. It \ are a people 10,000 tons of, mostly in of his daughter's disappg ro . : 8T CHICAGO, Ind, Nov The mother, Mrs. Catherine sufficiently t railroad ears ghd #t mine OCH ingion toe he htt o W hf re. Joseph Sadler, an? [Hayes 20, nd pir baby RB 20 WEST WASHINGTON ST. ever the opp plles—and be buting the tanh ¥ ota 3 were taken to ysiclans Hos- ; Most scarce fuel weit was needed a un is 5 feet 5 hey an pala. Vig, wae sefmousd hid | pital Where both were ¢ reported in . .— “The city | most. a: And un enough today {good con ; : wi ’ brown —_ ue eyes, and a smal to give birth. to a three-and-one-| [wite of ‘Raymond “Hayes, 30, fie L i k £ ' em 2? Y ou | } L ove ! em I os: rin haw fanfare, the state nadiscar on the left cheek. She had St. Cather) E | ' . . RY. ~opition. . agreed to - Suarsntee payment of §15 ei she Telit {half pound girl at. ather Bee y {instructor in the city El icin init i 5 tone oaks Him Se I trained rule; all coal shipments to needy el ties! ay FUE = Hospital, of sanitation. aE i ” : “thing to dis and towns upon approval of Rist Stricken by pollo two months | 148 $8 ake 4 . there.” : | Fuel Commission. Boy in v. S. Only Few ago, Juysicignd: fot BP 2 par Fleming's Assistant, { . 2 % Most excit | ; ary breathing device . , Goes The Limit Weeks Killed by Ave delivery. Afterwards, the infant,| Police Officer Wed ' I ov, id k rematurely, | 3 Despite empty coal yards and 7.y.qr.0id son of a displaced PRaors, Sven Ve By in EAST CHICAGO, Nov. Miss : wire. and - 3 the approach of winter weather: family which came to this a prin Lucille Kmiec, assistant to Sec- fronts of tt Gov. Bchricker sald he could 0| country a few weeks. ago was, After the birth Mrs. Sadler was| retary of State Charles Fleming, i . now enjoying no further. He said flatly: [fatally injured near here toda was married here today to Mich- . : said. “I will not call out the Guard. a ion) amr pure ay: returned to the iron lung. = . . ael J. Vinovich, city police lieu- ‘ They alsc What good would it do? They TMT. and Mrs Tatoph Jastombokh ¢ gd i + d | Willard Troutman , . . victim tenant. : : \ Lebanon. aren't coal miners." , |died shortly after the accident in unera ves a of fatal traffic crash. 8t. John's Catholic Church was yc a : ° . “ I believ shyieport that the Mate WAS Syuer Houpital. He suitered i) Y. - the scene of the weating: Atier |. . Qui Popular Band-Leg Briefs in Elastic Knit Rayon more reals Sdving Jana 10 o Daonaters fractured skull, shock and In - For Mrs. Lockhart Edda Insists on Knowing Solar Yeung $Rip. irs. a inovich 2 £3 : I have been 1 Dyas? ts ternal injuries’ when struck HY an! . ; * anapolis, 2 j 3 i 5 TLR ; : Sesee ~Harvey--0on« untrue” by’ the Governor, a II HT Thy Mrs. Lue C, Lockhart, resident Where Il Duce Is Buried Mr and Mrs. Vinovietlintend| © Dainty Pastel Colers, In Gay Christmas Wrappings more than . a expressed disappointment Steele of Waterloo, of Linton most of -her life, died ROME. Nov. 5 (UP) Edda to make. their home in East Chi- Ti - ‘ out all the a 9 , . (yu — n > 3 : . a nine awit: ahd uilion The youth was en route to mass. yesterday in her hame, 522% Mussolini Clano, daughter of the cago 8 Jenvary, tend to kno

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