Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 1 December 1949 — Page 3
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THURSDAY, mc. 1, 100 _
li Softer Tham Nothing." — ay - Some Workers: Assert
Sid 1¥ = /Othédts Prefer idleness’ 103 Da bbs in Pits;
Owners Frown. Upon indivi RE HAUTE, Dec. 1 (UP)—indians “eo! Miners accepted!
days a week,
PNW os Ww, Others said thr ays) f pay wi better: this » " : : ticularly at thi 5 tas’ soaadhy 38 us pet ing, par today:
Mine owners said’
v Mr. Lewis’ authorizition ue i rited Mint Ware fo ot le rosecution Fails contracts with dividual coal
companies would produce Jo re-|
sults. Mr, Lewis’ order x, the three-day work’ wi toring To Car ry Point
lual Contracts” -
back-to-work order today -with reaction.
Sheva Just as soon be idie ax" oy three
er five
With Danonds |
Passenger Charged With Drunkenness
A taxicab driver was “short|changed” by a passenger ahd [given two-“diamond” rings in lien
The driver, Marvin Cook, 26,
ning next Monday Whe received
\ : Ne. strike ae ugt tw. Conrad ‘Bombshell’ x NG 8500 miners at? a a. 2. | Proves to Be Dud i antgiih TREE rg ah No ment! (Continued From Page One) , NN as soon not work as!
bad.”
isn’t much repair or cleanup work there. If I was working at an old mine, it wauldn’ t be quite so on the defendant's left elbow.
nothing. I have
have any of that individual ocon-| tract business.”
fields showed that nobody report-
b., For a time progress:of the tria
“That's no Settlement, " sald was stalled while Miss Jessie! anther. “But it's better” than Levy, counsel for the defense, two kids and I'll| {battled with the deputy prosecutor incai enamea appreciate even that much money | over admissability of the for Christmas shopping.” into evidence, A mine owner said he was, Miss Levy scored a point pl] sure his colleagues “wouldn’t/the judge ruled the picture could 0 iquor oar [not be admitted since it was taken| | prior to Mrs. Conrad's being 600 Fall to Report charged with murder, A spot check of mines in the!
Cline's testithony and cross-éx-busy Western Indiana soft coal amination by Miss Levy, the state!
Lk ed for work on the day shift this’ ended. its parade-of rebuttal wit-
morning.
e balance of today's session Bans Car Painting the others. - . | Sooula be consumed by both de- A $115 requested appropriation 1 Post Notices fense and prosecuting attorneys {by Sheriff James F: Cunningham sake Hi -1. Operators, Who organized main. Studyin and offering arguments for painting an emergency vels we tenance crews yesterday when OVer Instructions which the judge {hicle was denied by the council.
vine. letin boards,
gd. . But privately. they didn't expect ! : the union miners to take ad- 835, in the Conrad home at vantage of the opportunity to 55° N. Noble St. * keep digging coal and earn their Family Testifies —— . weekly wages in the pre-Christ- During the past two days vari-| |was no money available to pay for
mas season.
Central Ave.
fcal attention.
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Three large mines in the Terre Haute area, hub of the -Hoosier digging “industry, reported that in some 600 to 700 miners employed) there failed to show up py. -ghinale Not Likely The mines were the Dresser, Saxton and Viking. a Operators and union spokesmen | sald experience -has shown that! gu when the, miners
another walkout, posted “work a" : Mrs. Conrad, whose husband died] available” notices on their bul-! in General Hospital two days) car ‘after he was shot in a domestic...
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SAYS: CHRISTMAS STORE HOURS 9:30 till § as usual
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nesses,
esses to be called.
ments would he made today.
don’t show up at!’ Jud Bain said he believed of th these mines, they are out at allithe hol ved of the yea
cancellation of a UMW policy| "i read to the jury.
r.. Frick said he would not! , committee signaled the start ofl, for the supreme penalty for| NETS personal car, is a maroon
ous members of the Conrad fam-
During the first full week after ity testified. / roa ER he Jalkowt stded Nov. 30 of f 617 N. Noble 8t., a sister- in-| the work despite warning from : mated 670,000 tons of fuel to help 8" Of the defendant, was called the commissioners that they to the stand by the state. build up stockpiles exhausted dur} ing the long strike through October. It was a four-year record.
{she visited Mrs. Conrad at the
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Perry St., collided at 38th St. and “contempt” of the Conrad family
for the defendant.
Police said Mr. Ebersoll suf-| “Even before my client was infered face cuts and possible con-|dicted,” Miss Levy said, “members| cussion. . Mr. Martz complainediof the Conrad family were trying of back pains but refused med-|to- take from her her worldly pos-|
. sessions.”
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At the conclusion of Officer
This morning Mrs, Ola Conrad
vy wrung from the witness an admission that she “didn’t care!
: W 3 too much for Mrs. Conrad.” | ~~ Crash Victim Reported | “ste aiso admitted that on the In Fair Condition Carl -G. Ebersoll, 37, of 12' N. County Jail and asked her to sign Randolph St., was in fair condi-jover the rooming house - in , tion in Methodist Hospital today Noble St.
* after his car and a truck driven| Miss Levy later said this ad--by Edward Martz, 32, of 1625 mission indicates the general
cross-examination ‘an, Taken Care of, He Sa
Baturday following ‘the shooting of. ” He did not elaborate.
N. Ito council members. covering in-
| lice, was erroneously identified in
-{ $283 yesterday: in’ the sale of |
.|a choline selection tng Jou your,
said he picked up the man at Woodlawn. ‘and Virginia 'Aves, early today, He said the pas-
$1.05 farg At Wright and Prospect Sts. he said, the man alighted .and
jof_the fare, the driver told police
senger ordered him to drive to) several places, accumulating ak
handed’. him 30. cents and. two
|stonesstudded rings. One bore a | $772. price tag. Je , police arrested a man’ ‘al 'short distance away. .He was
: show no marks or bruises on Mrs, [identified as Grady Lawrence, 750! \ to work only three days,” said’ a/Conrad's s face, arms or’ legs.”
“Greene County miner whp re-
{Prospect St. He was charged |
Although the state hoped to use With drunkenness and city| ed to be quoted by name.'“I'm this witness to scotch the “beat- vagrancy. working at a riew mine and th Ing" ‘stories of the defense, it| Lawrence denied ownership of| n ere quickly completed the examina-| the rings and said he had never | tion when the photograph plain- Seen the cab driver. ly indicated a large brujse or knot| Police doubted the rings con-
tained diamonds but sent them to 1/ the property room. oe
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picture
George Kincaid, Indianapolis ‘funeral director, WaS-Teappoint: {to a one-year term on the Marion!
Just as a short recess was County Liquor Board by the called by Judge Bain Miss Levy {County Council yesterday. indicated she had no other wit-| The council concluded a two-|
day session. durihg which mem-| {bers considered emergency appro-
000 emeigency funds for the rest
[The car, originally assigned as the
{Oldsmobile. Three - weeks ago | Sheriff Cunningham ordered the painted white to be used in | safety patrol work, The painting project was halted {When half-compfeted after county (commissioners learned that there
the job. Meantime, - however, owners of {the Plaza Garage have completed
might not be paid.”
Chief Jailer Harry Cook, ad{vised of the council's action, today sald, “Think nothing of it. {That matter has been taken care
In other action, Councilman Frank Fairchild read his report
[vestigation of an accident involving a sheriff's car Nov. 5 at the Churchman Ave. crossing of the Belt Railroad. The council accepted the report. without comment. {| Council members sald they have taken no action on the request of officials "of - the Marion County {Tuberculdsis Hospital at Sunnyside to appropriate funds to match | federal money to construct a power plant.
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Cigar Store Given ‘ Wrong Name in Story
A business - establishment in 1057 Virginia Ave., raided by po-
The Times last Sunday as thé - Walter Dalley Cigar Store. Although Mr. Dailey formanly) operated the business, he has not | been connected with it for the last | two years. Police confiscated)
'|pick-and-win tickets and books uf] . |baseball tickets, but made no ar-
rests in the raid last Saturday.
Sale Brings in $283 . The Women's Club of Benjamin Harrison Air Base collected]
tuberculosis stamps to base personnel. . The collection will be turned over to:the Marion County ™ berculosis Association.
Regardless of whether you — to buy a modest bungalow or a palatiatl- -Home,-you'll-always “find
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$25,000 Emergency . Police Shot Halts Burglary Suspect
fi Police captured a West Side He was _charged with pre-bur-Funds Approved C
burglary suspect last night after pass. 3 firing gne shot.
ford St. Patrelman Carl Gerd and a pry bar. Dué to the prolonged trial and Priation requests from various/ fired one shot and the man). '|numerous flare-ups which punctu-|county units of government. ated the two-week-old hearing it] Of an estimated $43,000 re-| |appeared unlikely that final ar-|quested, the council a
[halted.
Police sald Marshall —" ’ |the car was his. But the license)
He “was identified as Robert! plate was issued to another In-| pproved §25.- ag rghall, 2
vesterday.
t [Verdict Delayed : in Death Under Train |
TERRE HAUTE, Dec. 1 (UP) ‘ Police gald the man touched|/—Coroner D. M, Ferguson. today Called To Kroot & Bon Co. 828 off a burglar alarm at the com. held Washington Ave., police saw a 'pany offices after kicking a hole of R man jump from a second-story {in the roof. A car parked nearby |
window and run north in Black- was found to contain a hatchet! Witnesses said Miss Long Pa., said the new work schedule | watked along the Chicago and will “only keep the wolf from the Eastern IMlinois Railroad tracks and then threw herself in front (of a slowly-moving train. The accident occurred at a srossing 5, of R. R.'1, Camby. dianapolis man, police said. ‘north of here.
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John L. Lewis' decision to: convert the general coal walkout into |a three-day work week ‘today set oft celebrations, in the mining towns,
lat the’ prospect of a long pre-Christmas strike surged into the | streets and jammed into beer|
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yard this morning,” the bartender [in a tavern at Library, Pa., said.| “Now the miners are flocking into|
the place, buying beers and talk-| » » ing bE stuff ‘about Christmas| hey Stil ain't too happy.”
{Anthony Potlager, a coal loader
Christ nas Eve Payday Beckie} Workers 0 But They're Eager for Permanent Settlement © PITTSBURGH, Dee. 1 (UP)—Usited Mine Workers President
Miners, who only a few hours etore were glum and grumbling
; self what Christmas will be like He ~—rugged.” Harry Gates, who . Pittsburgh Consol |Co.'s Montour No. °
“This place looked like a grave
“But there's no kiddin'—thoss However, there was. a tinge o res days will be a lite-saver,”
{disappointment in their reaetion. y, 3 ' + | They still were ready to back Mr. aid. . “That'll. us a
. {Lewis all the way in his fight for was going pass la new wage agreement. me things ! ®
- the 24th. Ma 1 ean
“Sure we like the work order. w UP."
{at a U. 8. Steel Corp, mine naay FBI Arrests Hoosier
Uniontown, Pa. said.
{ain't good enough. We But 2 On Car Theft {contract.” The FBI today announced the 'codrow
{over the work stoppage last night. ton of a stolen ear. [He was happy to be going back’ The FBI accused Bottoms of [to ‘work even ‘three days a week driving the car from
‘ ron arrest of Earl Wo Feel Like & Yo-yo 35, of 1800 Central Ave, on & charge of interstate transporta-
Alex Konitsky was still angry
{but he wanted a little mare con-! The to Indianapolis in April,
car later was
recovered by There go a million license plate applications. Motor Vehicle Director Mahlon Leach (loft) and Istatency. city police in the 300 block of v Secretary of State Charles: Fleming load the last of 200 mail bags. The applications Sheady have | ; been sorted by cities, saving many hours of work for-the postoffice. It's, the first time in hi the state has done it that way, Mr. Fleming says.
“Right now, I feel like a damn’ Davidson St.
story | lyoyorup and down, up and At that time, the FBI
down,” Mr, Konitsky said. |Bottoms gave a ficticious |
Another miner—a ‘die-hard— {sad Ghimed ownership of
added: " {tipping out of a house, the
“We should have socked the said.
operators good-—stayed out since Botley was taken before
last ‘July when we first started U. three-day
th Long, 47, Terre Haute, to pay our debts?” who was decapitated by a train| Nick Gordon, a veteran lat the Morris mine near Avella,
door.” 3 “I just drew three days diye jay ' yesterday amd that was the smell of money I've had in three c, months.
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