Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 13 November 1949 — Page 1

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Deny Report 0f Medina Death Plot

Brooklyn Police

Investigation Scotches Story NEW YORK, Nov. 12 (UP)

nitely has been no plot to “do away” with Federal Judge Harold R. Medina, presiding judge at the recent trial of 11 top U. 8. Communists. The announcement came after lengthy questioning of two men, who reported the alleged plot to the FBI, and two girls who, the men said, told them of the plan. Police said the four principais made “wild statements” during their questioning, but that the girls denied ever having made any statements concerning a plot against Judge Medina's life. Police said the girls claimed they were members of the Young

police said, and reported that two feminine acquaintances, sisters aged 18 and 20, had told them on several occasions in the past

ing Police Capt. Willlam Kimming of Brooklyn as Dennis Schuster, 24, and Melvin Cohen, 23, both of New York. Judge on Vacation Capt. Kimmins would give no further details on the alleged assassination plot as to when it was to take place or where. Judge Medina and his wife tonight were en route from their New York home to the Sleepy Hollow Country Club, a girl at

dreds of letters since the Communists’ conviction. Of those he has read he said then, none was

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Phone No. 28 To Get THE News

BERLIN, Nov. 12 (UP)—Telephone number 23 is the most pop-

By dialing 23, the caller gets “news by telephone,” a service put out by Rias, the Americancontrolled radio station and the telephone company. In the five weeks since the service was started some 708,000 Berliners have dialed 23 to listen to a three-minute roundup of news played from tapes, officials said today.

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$1 Land Deals Hint at Plan For Reservoir

Water Co. Silent On Reports Heard Along Cicero Creek

By LARRY STILLERMAN Times

Staff Writer NOBLESVILLE, Nov. 12— The Indianapolis Water Co. ie quietly purchasing land along Cicero Creek for a new reservoir, it was reported yester-| day in Jackson and Noblesville townships. | It may be the biggest reservolr| in the Middle West. |! But the water company is non- | committal . . . just as it was when land was being quietly bought] around Oaklandon 20 years ago| for the Geist Reservoir, When asked about purchase of! land along the White River tribu-| tary in Hamilton County, Alfred, 0. Norris, vice president and gen-| eral manager of the utility, said: | “I. have no answer {po these re ports.” “We are obligated to provide .Jadequate water supplies. There; are no immediate plans, but we are interested in reseryéirs on several branches of the river,” he stated, Gordon Barker, purchasing agent of the water comany, said he knew nothing about the purchase of land along Cicero Creek. John E. Kleinhenz, advertising director of the utility, said the utility was “looking around.” Records in Hamilton County Recorder's office showed more, than 400 acres of farmland through which Cicero Creek flows had been bought “for $1” since July. i

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Specialist Buying | Gay H. Williams, Indianapolis real estate broker; was listed as. the purchaser of two of three farms recently ‘sold between| Cicero and Noblesville. |

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Predict Quick waiter Co. Ine., 1506-22 N. CaplStrike Cleanup Approximately 100 acres of

Cicero Creek land was sold to Mr. Williams. for $1 on Sept. 1 by Gene Rex McKinney, records show. On Nov. T the purchase of

PITTSBURGH, Nov. 12 (UP)~— The steel industry roared toward normal today as the CIO United Steel workers predicted a quick: cleanup of the strike. Florence Steele, five miles north Production will pass pre-strike of Noblesville, was made by Mr. levels, probably in three weeks. Bookwalter. Only 70,000 of the 549,000 workers | Frequent Buying who joined in the strike for| Mrs. Carrie Roberts, county re-

OF THE calls half were placed from the Soviet sector of the| city, officials said, indicating the | Germans there may be tired of | the monotonous diet offered by|

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“On the Thside 8

First Section

Another step in Indiana industrial expansion , . . Public Service Co. details improvements in

asking $14 million stock

Good news for Hoosier veterans—Your bonus can be paidin 57. .caveevisss “How: your-transit fare went from 6 44 etnta:to : ; BROOME. vi ssumniamm ers aa

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Times photographer covers

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Section the opening of the

Indianapolis Symphony. . . . Counter Spy gets

Christmas spirit early.

eXCIUBIVE COMME. sav ots vs avs snivansssansns

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Holiday evening fashions. , . . Smart hairdos. . ..

Lilly Dache (hats) has a

new interest. ......

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Gaynor Maddox's food. . . . Jean Tabbert’s decor-

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Keeping in step with the teen-agers with Jean

Maney. (Complete news of every

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Third Section

Times Reporter ventures ino

the spirit world. . . .

Lilly scientists endlessly ‘search for magic . drugs. . .. What happened to the war orphans

brought ta Indianapolis.

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Washington Calling . . . Our Fair City ... World

Report . . . State Politics. ......ovovvernesnn . Latest in the business world by Harold H. Hartley.

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« vs» Columns by Elmer Walzer and ‘J. A.

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out of the press box. . . . Football scores. ....

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{corder, also said that Mr. Wil-| pensions and insurance remained liams had been a “frequent visi] {idle, according to the union.

{ tor, studying abstracts of land] Wheeling Steel Corp, which | 310ng I ek

{employs 20,000 in five Ohio Valley! wy williams emphatically de-| | plants, met with negotiators today njeq he was oe E land pi the |

{and was expected to sign shortly. | Water Co. He. denied he had

The back of the 43-day aliout bo ht land for “the Geist Reser- | WES BOKER THE FHRY WHER Volr, fe sald He TEX porchused] U. 8. Steel Corp, and Inland|“five or six farms for Indian-| Steel, big independent, agreed to|gpolis clients.” a $100-d-month ‘pension plan and! * John Mellétt, member of the! a social insurance program. |State Flood Control and. Water! U.S. Steel said it would be Resources. Commission, said, producing steel by Tuesday. “We've heard of big land pur-| Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp. [Chases up there. However, the]

[the end of the week. Good Basin Land ‘Bethlehem Steel, first of the big: 71. ‘mote; “Manager 6F vet companies to come to terms with Noblesville division, Indiana. the union, was near pre-strike public Service Co., said, “That's| production. \good basin land along Cicero and The industry was producing at easements and land is being 85.8 per cent of capacity when! {bought outright.” the steel union called the Peastan Dro HH. Dittbrenner; Nobles-| "| SEFIKE OPE, Production dropped ville Chamber of Commerce prests to nine per cent. Last week it|dent, also heard “strong rumors climbed back to 25 per cent as the|of the reservoir .-. + denidls or no industry’s solid front against the denials.” union broke. Even Mr. Hoffman, whose land The strike cost the nation’s|was bought, mentioned “someindustry 9 million tons of steel. thing about a dam on the creek.” Manufacturing sources said it will] But the Water Co., like Old Man be four to six weeks before nor- River, just wouldn't say . . . mal supplies are available. definitely. ,

farmland owned by Fred W. and].

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Indiana Mine Func squandered, Fear Squelches Its Critics

The “great gold rush” in the Indiana coal fields played out two months ago. In 14 months the United Mine Workers union had spent $8,250,000 for miners’ pensions and welfare that had taken three whole years to collect. The money was gone. Pensions stopped. Welfare payments stopped. Collapse of the welfare-pension program was one of . the big causes of the mine strike that began in September and ended last week without a solution to the problem. It is clear today that:

On the Sports Front—

Some football fans were a little premature in ordering roses today. The Rose Bowl question was far from being settled. -. Ohio State beat Illinois, 30-17, to move into a tie with Michigan, winner over Indiana, 20-7. But = Michigan isn’t eligible for the Rose Bowl this year. Next week Ohio State and Michigan clash. If Ohio . State should upset the Wolverines, they will have undisputed claim to the Western Conference and the Rose Bowl. But there is a big “TF” +... If Wisconsin wins over Minnesota next week and Ohio States loses then the Badgers would get the nod. Wisconsin remained in contention by defeating Iowa yesterday, 35-13. But if Minnesota wins and Ohio State loses, then the Western Con-

EITHER the royalties on seal that fed the fund were too small to maintain an adequate pension program, of; THE FUND had been squandered. Here is the story, told by the miners, the mine operas tors, the doctors, the local union leaders, and the pensioners themselves, of what happened to the fund in Indiana... Because many of them fear reprisals, loss of jobs, loss of union memberships, loss of business, or actual a an amen tn gesasal. have been withheld at their request from these articles

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Unions Organized at Abandoned Coal Pits

Rolls Padded for Welfare Benefits; Revolt Against Lewis Simmers. ’ Editorial, Page 28

By EDWIN O. HEINKE Assistant Managing Editor, Indianapolis Times Copyright, 1045, by The Indianapolis Times : Indiana's United Mine Workers tried to “take care of everybody” with pensions and welfare payments. The rush to get on the “gravy boat” has sunk it. Hundreds, maybe thousands, of men who quit coal mining 20, 25, even 30 years ago, got $100-a-month pen-

ference would be tied. each team having four vietories and two loses. In that case a vote would be

faked 0,500 who made the Seip west... Notre Dame was a litle worried at halftime finding the score §-8, but | usual they turned on

the steam and won, 42-6. Purdue mbved into the victors column dumping a weak Marquette team, 41-7. Butler woundup its “losingest” season with a 14-0 defeat at the hands of Ohio U.

On the hockey front, the Indianapolis Caps

sions or welfare payments. Men who have owned and run farms, stores, restau.

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uly of Sham arg mes Who MA bi and haven't worked at mining since. Some of

were still having trouble finding the goal and went down to a 3-2 defeat in St. Louis. The Olympians, the corporation sdt-owned basketball team, out-bombed the St. Louis Bombers in the Fieldhouse, 94-71. And satisfied with that victory hit the road again, this time for Sheboygan. For complete sport details and pictures, turn. to the sports section, Page 41.

men who can show no.reasanshie‘evidence they ever worked

‘lin a coal mine, They came to work this year, puttered “laround a few days . .. and then “retired.”

Their families swamped doctors’ offices and prescription counters for “free” medical treatment. Some of them

| needed treatment. Many did not, but weit anyway be- = cause “the welfare fund pays for it.” 5

Local friendships, and local goodwill, and local politics:

men and women whose eligibility is doubtful or doesn’t exist

Father Hunting Rabbits Accidentally Kills Son, 7

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at all. It was hard to turn Some of them will talks guards. edly, and alone, if they are ass jor a customer . .’. or a man sured their Jaeutivies will be kept secret. Few will discuss it who swung a handful of votes XePt a third party present. They

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—both union politics and village politics—helped “qualify?

Boy Struck i nf Head by Shotgun Pellets iri a local election. say they'd lose their jobs, their As Parent Fires af Animal in Brush™ EE a — hoa Ths Mate Sereies . ° That's. where the money went. if they. openly complain PRINCETON, Nov. 12—A 7-year-old. Princeton boy was fatally Today a fog of fear lies over) (what happened.

shot by his father today in a hunting accident near Union.

The child, Larry Lynn Vore, was struck in the head by three

shotgun pellets as his father aimed at a rabbit. He died en route to Gibson County Hospital’

Gibson County Coroner Robert Kendall said the father, Glen, | - | 57-year-old oil field worker, had|

{told the boy to stay behind him. Aims at Rabbit

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|two brothers, Glen Vore Jr., 25, and Vi brother-in-law, Don Barrett, 21. Mr. Kendall said the family| placed the child inh a car and] rushed to the hospital 10 miles |

in away but the boy died en route. + Mr. Kendall said he would reThis Edition of Your turn a verdict of accidental death, : He said it was the county’s first SUNDAY TIMES casualty of the hunting season.

Dr. Sevitzky and Orchestra Draw Big Applause in Opener for Season

Photos, » Page 15 By HENRY BUTLER Fabien Sevitzky last night introduced one of the most success-| ful novelties the Symphony has played. In a season-opening program, to be repéated this afternoon in| the Murat, Dr. Sevitzky and the orchestra drew big applause with Ernest von Dohnanyi's Waltz Suite, Programmed as a world premier, this extended essay in in threefour time is guaranteed to banigh|~ "~~ ly with it. The orchesdtra did ditto

arthritis and make listeners imagine themselves waltz-contest| With an elaborate symposi musical tributes to James ~

winners, Besid fmm b Riley by eight es the ediate popular| *°™ appeal, the suite has plenty of| composers, including Hoagy Cargood writing. Its fluncy and har-|™ coat! and Dr. Sevitzicy himself, monic adroitness both recall h items impressed me

Dohnany(s well-known Sulte, OP.(hesra "Dr. Bevitsky and. the or orchestra. . Symphony do. They are the Afr cravat, Ls, ou i re nd Sue , r an - . Two. it's, the Jo d Eugene Zador's tran Kind of thing which, sadly enough and in this vale of tears, is not likely to wear well. Like an ocean-cross-s fine while the;

Fugye in F minor. Drama, Tremendous Power This year's strings, with vigorsensitive

jous ang direction ; Maestro Sevitzky, play the Air beautifully. A es a Bx : Moni DE Emons Satoual ls ths

scription of the Organ ‘Prelude

Symphony Presents Successful Premier of ‘Waltz Suite’

- seriousness of the C minor Pas- Symphony is earnest and good

drama land sincerely co-operative this |season, Everybody is working {hard, and the results are swell And-—the Credits Now for credits: Jerome Kasin, |the new concertmaster, is excellent. So is James Pellerite, the new first flutist, who has bold with/and audible tone, plus ample (facility, as he demonstrated in the Dohnanyi. This year's woodwinds and horns are good, also |brasses. Earl Schuster, a first make other orchestras

|sacaglia. They also have and tremendous power. I hope Dr. Sevitzky and the orchestra willl make recordings of the Bach, as well -as of the Dohnanyi. In al-| {bums for leisurely re-hearing,| {they'll make you proud of the In-| |dianapolis Symphony. The program concludes Tchaikovsky's Fourth Symphony, one of Dr. Sevitzky's specialties |! (and exceedingly well done, Changes Are Made 5 | ‘holst to Some comments on the 1940orchestra are due. Changes have envious, eqn} inues right and debeen made—some good, some not|Pendable. And like Michae

“Rib Spielman leading the bassoons. #0 good. The not-so-good changes Just to remind you, I heard the

a and there Pefinct PUdEEIATY Cleveland Orchestra Friday night Season after season, the same Lafayette. That outfit—15 or thing happens. Dr. Sevitzky gets|20 Stronger than our team—unng happe | doubtedly has a budget twice the

ence. The maestro “trains them, | bot the Sth budget can't good music. ~ sin With Indianapolis training, the a But 40 So Mastto, Sevitzky! ters get better jobs else ts Po: ] youngs {If you missed last night's con-

where. You can't blame them. | {cert, you can still catch the proa like other people, get gram. this afte a

{Symphony budget, They make

married and have kids. Many would stay here, even on slender income, if this pommunity would divert

{the whole -tikr of Indiana coun-|

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able youngsters who need experl-| 0 i}1y season's Indianapolis|

f That's if you can stand the steamy Murat, where the past

They want their union pres. {ties where coal is mined.

Discussion of what happéned [ne and Rept strong. | lis dangerous . . . { They want a sound, fair sys.

folks whe {live there believe, tem of pensions they can rely on Miners fear each other, i they get old. |the local union. Local union lead-| They know that even the. $150 lers fear their district superiors. million kitty United Mine Works {Village merchants and officialsiers piled up in three years cole and the .operators of the coalllection of roydlties on every ton mines, big and lttle, fear their of coal fhified fn Ameria Hass"

re and their. neighbors. bottom, and that the system t and their workers. [let it be squandered in 14 mon And they all fear John L. can’t guarantee their own old Lewis, lage. fl

Here is what they told me: Some of the old miners didn’t have jobs when the pension fund came along. Their union cards were dead. So were their unions. Then somebody got an idea—like down in: Clay County. If you - got a job, you could get a card and you could get goer to an affide affidavit that that you had w had worked 20 years in a mine.

I] S Fails Again 15, 20 years ago—even 25, 30 or On Ward Report

357 The old-timers around Coals China Reds Refuse Data on Captives

"and Jasonville toward old Alum Cave where 61-year-old Roy Brown and a couple of other fellows digging coal for their winter's supply—and selling soma too.

Editorial, Page 28

WASHINGTON, Nov, 12 (UP) |twined, —The State Department reported today that the American cone sulate in Mukden, China, again has failed to obtain a Communist report on the fate of ConsulGeneral Angus Ward and four of his aides who were arrested Oct. 24. A message from the Mukden|, consulate said that it was unable| to learn anything about the health of the men, their whereabouts, or when they might face a Communist “people’s court.”

Old Alum Cave, just outside