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60th YEAR—NUMBER 277 . © WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1949 Entered, ua Second. Claes Matter a1 posite Cane

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Indianapolis, Indiana. Issued Dally

Calls Bell Co. rension Fund Private Bank

Steckler Assails Investing of Cash

' LE In Allied Securities Public Counselor William

Steckler today charged Indiana Bell Telephone Co. used, ality of Fabric its $1 billion pension fund as r Shirts! a “private bank.” Mr. Steckler made the charge after a phone company] official testified that part of the| fund was invested in other Bell securities.

The public counselor used the | testimony in a final bid to halt!

the proposed $4.5 million phone| | rate increase. The hearing, in its)

last stages before the Public] Service Commission, was expected to end some time this week. { Thomas D. Stevenson, attorney, for Indiana Bell, said he would, cross-examine several of the public’s witnesses this afternoon.!

| | to “break down’ the testimony of} to “breakdown” the testimony of I Freeman Gates, senior account-! x ant and tax expert for the Hill

Engineering firm of Chicago. The] Hill firm was hired by the PSC/| to make an independent survey of Indiana Bell.

CHOCOLATE! Quotes Records COTTA! GRAY! In eross-examining Thomas T.:

MEDIUM BLUEI ~ Stevenson, chief actuary of the! : ; Bell System; Mr. ~Steéckler said

records showed that in 1937 “alli

: pension funds were Invested in| before the commissioners to_ex- As Chinese Communists rushed probably fell in the street; When Charles E- Batten fabric quality Bell securities.” | I : “why he had pot granted preparations for an amphibious; discovered about 11:10 p. m., Mr. mi dsase—a mani js Mr. Stevenson said that was All-American Tackle to Take Part i in food and rent veers 2 Mr. gesault “on Formosa from the Batton had large bruises and tomer. The place where he was | true. . | Niedermeyer. At that time, a cuts in the head and face. found is t around the corner s olla, o 2 . Then, Mr. Steckler asserted, if Crosley Chrismas Auction on Circle [orders after the commissioners Ces anainiand. Nationalist Mr. Batton was discovered. po- from his ddl ’ it is true that Bell reinvested pen-| ¥ ART WRIGHT ordered him to go into the Nieder-| "0% 5% BOC F000 [lice said, by two women walking| The sons said their father's/had : olors that's so sion fund money in other associ- Jim Martin, Notre Dame's All-American football tackle, Is meyer case, Mr. Edwards said im r /In Southern Ave. He was ying plifold was missing, although he 108. ow you'll want ated corporations, the fund was 80ing to help Arlene Francis and other notables raise money for in court he hadn't paid the rent| Co nglaary . pi 2 com-iface down, his clothes saturated|gii had his pocket watch. The Red LL, MEDIUM, literally a “private bani.” The Times Clothe-A-Child at Monument Circle Saturday night. [because he didn’t know from FU 20 oF opped “rom with his blood. iis broken spec-j' , uy as we can tell, he OUSIdSmEN CY RGE SIZES! The Bell witness said, however. The co-captain of the Fighting Irish will have a prominent whom the Niedermeyers were oT of Valious branch tacles and false teeth lay near) had about $100 in his billfold [Cone Le that the fund was administered Part in the Crosley Christmas Auction which begins at 7:45 p. m.|renting. lof the central raricun branches him in the sweet. Jesse and two Jesse said. “The police asked him All" windows in “the building —Downstairs | by trustees. : roan vi heid auetioh nent Sheu gifts to the public: Denies Getting Notice been whittled down and a blue-lother sons, Theodors, 46, and|What hit him, but he was semi- p rens he Sxpiosies: . roa 9.2 cubic-foot custom re- Outfits for Indianapolis’ needy, The commissioners also sasafPrint nes ‘been drafted fo strip Jaane, 6 44, 2 Tet his ho Suen St, Ronseious qnd $ know, feved to : A Pope to Proclaim frigerator; 10 six-tube Crosley children. F. Soh that thie trustee's defense for not uns pol tical itary fig- Mr. me a . - kitchen radios. ; ita a: a of Senricker and showing up at the Niedermeyer u : A New Dogma yA Crosley. Untra-Fidelity televi-| garding roles in the have and ‘ol er appeal re oi: Visa Dhlsing 3 Sipies set also will go “on the| That . VATICAN CITY, Dec. 14 (UP) *lO » If Wil be presented to| Ye0L A singing Saata Clas ang 0 letters. 4 i the provincial authorities will be —A high Vatican source sald) making: the ot {U8 ‘Brownie helpers will enters) missioners’ off} how- complete control of Iormosa today that Pops Pius has decided 8 fersall e Jlrgest tain. The glant Crosley ShelVa-(eve that they had Hoy 2 let. | self on the otra) on Dec. 8, 1950, theContHbption Es ue : ot dF model which recently waiters’ out and that none has ever, functions strictly tones dogma of the bodily assumption, [the "Christmas hing Ar the! featured in Life magazine Willipeen returned™as undelivered. tional and Internacional affairs. y or_the Virgin M tha Pope had ec Clothe-A-Child program a the world's largest [is] jean sag positively at, this All disputes will be pled » Was ‘Beezle-Bub’ il i Bosson : . } hoped to declare the new dogma, which will continue aml 1.2. m,, The Circle will be roped off [Edwards has not been cleared by Gov. Chen L will A Communist the first of the 20th century, on All Goes to Fund [for the community Christmas/ihis board. We intend to search be in command of Southeast Ching Aug. 15, 1950, the feast day of wy, public will be invited to bid auction. The public will be ad-Ithe evidence at hand very thor. military forces. tor -Just an Alias?

the Assumption, but that the | necessity of completing arrange-| i ments made that date impos-| sible. He said the Pontiff still wanted the dogma, proclaimed during t 1950 Holy Year, Therefore, he|

it is the teast day of the Immacu-| late Conception and also coin-| cides with the day in 1854 when! the last dogma, that of the! Immaculate Conception, was pro-| claimed by Pope Pius IX.

Falls Dead While Firing Furnace |

A 59-year-old Indianapolis man fell dead while firing the furnace this morning. Albert McDaniels, 2748 Manker St, was found by his wife, | Myrtle, when he failed to answer her calls to breakfast. Mrs, McDaniels told police her| husband had gone to the base- | ment to fix the fire. When he did not return in 20 minutes and| did not answer heéer calls she went | down to find him collapsed on the| floor. A son, Robert McDaniels, tried | to apply artificial respiration but] Mr. McDaniels was pronounced | dead on arrival of police. Deputy | Coroner Leonard Cox released!

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Firms Request |

Zoning Variances

Two firms today asked zoning|

of industrial buildings. The International Harvester Co. sought permission to build a branch truck Wales and service building at 2302-2340 Southeastern Ave. Estimated cost is between $150,000 and $170,000. | Indiana Paper Co. asked the | variance to construct a $125,000 storage building at 141 8. Rural | Bt.

Fred Cullen Named For Silver Star Award

A silver star will be awarded to Star Scout Fred Cullen, 3314 Minnesota ‘8t., of Troop 142 for, five years of unbroken at-

A. Becker at a Christmas party| tonight. The church is the Scout] headquarters.

Beech Grove NYC | Shops to: Recall 450 |

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in the Beech Grove passenger car | i repair shop of New York Central : Railroad will be recalled effective

‘Jan, 3, railroad officials said to-|

An’ accumulation of work his forced the recall of the workers and some 550 persons in the West Albany, 1y, N.Y. shop. |

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said, Dec. 8 was selected because Clothe-A-Child—

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variances to permit construction ha

lderness. d to Clothe- lap. she sighed a great big: ) ) ) i that many Communists mentioned wi Stafanov and Wi headquarters there was - ‘Oh, I'm tired . .. but it has By LARRY STILLERMAN in the trial have had aliases. Trackers sand bloodhounds at- Construction Minister Nikola Pava “merry Christmas’ flash in been a big thrill” Bruce C. Savage today was — - tempted to follow a broken traf) lov were sentenced to life im- , She had brought the most won- named president of. the Indian- HP 1 {of footprints apparently le Y \prisonment, the agency said. the eyes of Susan as well as the 8 Patients Terrorize Ruth Aberie who disappeared

i . The Times 1949 der for any amount to Clothe-A-| ; | “A woman has more endurance a ti a Child, Indianapolis Times, $14 W. EE hospitn. [in the hills than a man. A man next Friday through Friday, F a. 11 ! th { Scout- MILE-O-DIMES [Marviang St. Contributions -arel 3° 236 ination in 1946. - will become confused. A woman Dec. 23. ; red, 17, is the Sop oO 0% [listed in The Times. sional nomination in Bruce Savage Real Estate Ads will keep going.” The stores adopting the premaster 8. B. Cullen. He will re- 12-Day Estimate There's another way you can Active In Civie Affairs ‘and the DePauw Alumni Associa- Others said her Girl Scout Christmas evening hours will ceive the award from oy |help; too. By placing one or more| The 43-year-old realtor is al, "nF ta In Today’ s Times |woodcrart craft might save ber. close at 5 p. m. on Christmas eve. neighborhood Commissioner -C.| a; pull Lines ...... $3141.60 dimes on the Times Mile-O-Dimes| member of the Chamber of Com- The evening opening hours do

day. {. American Legion ‘wre wai(l |

Grid Star Lends Help Eivaris Nt Faeyr Blast Kills 25

Exonerated.

Bosson Says As Gas Main Bursts |

Asserts Any Action In Relief Charges

Must Wait Hearing William -_Bosson, president of the Marion County Board of

|Commissioners, today denied that | Herbert Edwards, Decatur Town-

me eee ert Formosa Birds Aged Man Near Death Rescuers fie.

|connection with his° handling of: poor relief cases. Mr. Edwards, the board presi-| T Li Di ' After Robbery-Slug in 100 S pear before the board last Th 0 IVE or 18 Find Victim on Street R= g 9 Urvivars _

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day to explain his failure to 1 ply food and rent maney to John I last Stand | In Pool of Blood 0 t ermeyer, o C ure An elderly carpenter was in U 0 uins st. “Mr; ' Edwards. has ‘. v | fi or condition in Genéral Hos- . no! en ital today after he was found cleared of any charges by this| Defenders Hope pital in a pool of blood in South- Guard Called Soar, a. 4 hs a To Induce U. S. lern Ave. near Meridian St. last By State to ct nothing definite {night. can be said on the case until we To Rush Arms : "The victim was - Charles Ed- Aid in Disaster

conclude our official hearing $0] mee nme morrow.” {Huge U. 8. Arms Stores Ava

{ward Batton, 74, of 2559 Union able] St. (rear). to Each Side tw Battie 16» For- His son. Jesse Batton. 52. of __mosa Televi T Ear ee, Page 2 The trustee, Mr. Bosson sald the same address, said his father

lappeared at the Oot TAIPEH, Formosa, Dec. 14) nad been olugges, ual beat.

Jim-Martin. vorcaplain of the hiotry Dame 1949 national [Office yesterday and presented | ( UP) —The battered Chinese, $100,

{a letter which stated that Mr. + + football Shampions, | Niedermeyer- was “buying” in NOHORALSt regime today| The Ln ae {stead of renting the McCture Shook up its military and po-'jut night. They at first believed

Co-Captain of Fi hting TSI ir is ust gurls Semin tin hope of i Betis i it he visi si 4 To Aid Clothe-A-C |

SIOUX: CITY, Iowa, Dee. {1 (UP)=An explosion ripped through the Swift & {Co. meat packing plant here

“Presents a Letter

[know of the rental purchase plan ® he d hild Fun Hast Thursday when he appeared live or die” stand on Formosa. | police tater suid Mr. Batton §

on the other Crosley Christmas mitted free. oughly before we reach any de-| Gov. Chen, preparing for the degifts on the Circle. Y pvery cent The Christmas gifts to ve cif. This board is most de-|fense of Formosa. warned Nai". op nNc1SCO. Dec. 14 raised in the auction and over the auctioned are on display In the girous in getting at the facts and|tionalist troops arriving from

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radio will go to the Clothe-A-| [{iniows of sl dealers of yruths of this case” he declared.) | Shanstial ae hgtan a ad uthet Oe - Plea. of Guilty - = i Child Fund to be spent for warm Marion County what socia ae 25 {they were told or be shot. Some : ; LR ’ at Harry Bridges’ perjury and, A Cli pi is — LF ral pr Housewife Stumps jaireasy have been executed. {0 0 | al, Bt Yay od Sngstintls A cold air mass covering most

City by Locking ‘Red Army B Bypasses Manning R. Johnson, ex-Com-|mederal Court to the theft of a at munist, called as a government! op pistol - trom A nail ATP Indianapolis temperatures y Shivering, Bashful Child Garbage in Can ‘Chengtu to Get at Foe | ttre, lot the pars. to explain shipment Dec. 10 while smiploysd oA Sew Asusonat law tonight; the 3

| i i $ | | HONG KONG, Dec. 14 (UP)— wale in Union Station. J i “One cannot serve two masters : Finds Rea oy a as | BACHELOR MAYOR Feeney Communist forces poised to enter! any more than a man can serve Donald Just, 5849 Dewey Ave.

scratched his head and wondered Chengtu by-passed the .ty and == God and Beelzebub, "he! Was releaséd without bond by

She Discovers Someone Who Cares about women today. struck north today in efforts toll) Judge Robert C. Baltzell and his|mm® The Mayor got a letter from encircle ationalis reinforce- case was referred to a federal And So Off They Go for Warm Garments a North Side woman demanding ments. CCC yo 2ut be pronounced i “Beezle best pe aby Sl hk You've never experienced the real joy of Christmas until you've that he “fulfill” campaign prom-| eports sa e main m- se attorney Vincent Haili-| tion. seen ragged, discouraged children transformed into happy, pretty|ises to improve garbage pickups. {munist force followed the basic » an objected. Droey Just told Judge Baltzell he was youngsters at The Times Clothe-A- Child headquarters, (Her garbage, she said. hadn't] {Communist strategy of destroy- “Beezle-bub.” he said, mocking Working to get money in order Many Indianapolis peor children are given a new lease on heen emptied in-two weeks and. 08 enemy forces rather than oc ou. =y or oe mvs pronunciation, 0 Oring his wife and 3-months-life daily at Christmas time by kind-hearted people who take them ghe wanted to know why. |cupying territory. “hasn't been identified as a mem-|0/d baby here from Georgia. to the stores. | The Mayor wondered too. He Fighting was reported still go-/ 0 "0", Wo whist party's na-| Judge Baltzell sent a 16-year- : Susan was one of them yesterday. When she entered Clothe-A- contacted the crew in her neigh-| ing on in the suburbs of Chengtu coo. © =. ee. Is he going to 0d ®Irl back to school in her| Temperatures [Child headquarters with her 74- — ~|borhood and asked. jas Nationalist rearguards sought ==." Co... [home town of Athalia, O., after/downtown at 8 4m. year-old great-grandmother she Contributions to keep open the highway to/"C LW Bi LL the uninvited|Der conviction on a federal stolen today. The seasonal low, 17 dewas a shivering, bashful little Today's Total .........§ $24.33 yy 8» Sichang, in Sikang province, goal’ guest » suggested Judge George AT charge. grees, was set last Friday. girl. It was evident that life Total to Date .......... $4250.85] THE CREW told him the of Nationalist troops retreating Harris. She was Sentenced o a cor. List { Contributors on Page 5. woman. a few weeks ago, had from Chengtu. B. i {rectional institute for five years hadn't been kind to her. She has 7 0 * alled a special locking device . CI “4 = or until her majority but te Ex-Bul ar. Leader k the loving care of a install a spe g mother ‘and father. She has been Clothes and a surprise box that on the garbage can. They didn't GETS RELIEF FROM RELIEF HE ASKED F. Joseph Dono- judge suspended sentence in © [reared by the great-grandmother was a helped Whe know how to release it to empty 1 SEAND RAPIDS, nian. Dee, hue, government prosecutor, {0 Sg 32 alow her to continue her. Sentenced fo Die ! —Mrs. Ma. ming won “ " since she was three weeks old. |. tne hox as she toyed with The Mayor sent a crew to con- a divorce today after charging identify *Beezle-bub. vi | World Report, Page 19 When she was introduced to per new red purse. “Look mum- “I am happy to say T am suf- { LW " " p tact the disgruntled householder her husband quit his job to go " |the nice lady who asked for a girl my,” sie said as she tried to tell for a demonstration on how to deer hunting, then went on relief ficiently acquainted with the 8 A T, Germany, Dec. of Susan's age, the shy little girl ner great-grandmother every- release the locked container. when he returned. Bible to identify Beelzebub,” Mr. 14 (UP) Kostov, former smiled a grateful grin that re-thing in one breath, “this nice| es ci — wo Donohue said, pronouncing it cor-| | vies

’ Bulgarian Was senected her knowledge that hat lady gave me this dollar bill , rectly. wt Mr. Raltinah. vay) Eb Moka was someone who cared what and wait 'til you see what's in B ( S N H d. © sa r. Ha o n today than happened to her. {this package.” ruce ava e ew ea be Oh, re going to have two wit] 24 hours after he protested his Off to the stores they went ... Out came a doll baby, as big| {nesses,” referring to the two pro-| OSTRANDER JUNCTION, innocence of treason charges in the kind lady and little Susan, as life. oCca eda S © oar |nunciations. { . a mass trial at Sofia. their hands clenched together! The kind lady's smile reflected The judge got in a Saal puri, (Wash. ee Sh =figacvs The Bulgatisn court verdict "Well, maybe that was was by the official Bul

ther the triumph in her own heart, too. | (with the loving grip a mother Pp F. C. Tucker Named name he was using at the time,”|day hoped to find a 15-year-old Zl WE Cs CB tod Bote a

hold on her own daughter's As she piled package upon pack- | | would old on age on the great-grandmother's Vice President - he sald, in a reference to the fact Girl Scout before she died In the|™ por er Finance Minister Ivan

kind ladys. They were loaded with derful Christmas ever to the life apolis Real Estate Board. But they announced of little Susan who never before, The former corporate secreknew, what Christmas really tary of the IREB succeeds

Doctors and Nurses © [three days ago while in the woods! DETROIT, Dec. 14 (UP)—State t0 cut a Christmas tree. Plan Evening

| packages. they weren't through.

” the kind meant. |Howard Fieber effective Jan. 1. Hope for the girl was revived Lats Hare big to oh y| You, too, can help some littlel IREB executive directors also authorities ordered immediate re- 0 q4y when trackers round StOre Hours girl or boy experience the thrill named Fred C. (Bud) Tucker Jr. moval of 20 violent mental cases prints made by crepe-soled shoes) . BEAR Ad ar ry f Christ by telephoning RI- . h ital today threading up Ostrander Canyon | From 30 to 50 downtown stores money . . . there are so many" ristmas by telephoning vice president; Robert H. Graves, from receiving hospital today threading up will aln ‘open ne

after disclosure that atients|into the foothills of the Cascade were terrorizing doctors and Mountains, SiuBing > May a a a nurses. The Salvation Army set up A& “= ores, which will include The state acted after Detroit's|free food and drink station to C0 ladies’ ready-to-wear, Welfare Commission banned ad- refresh the searchers. Most of Art shoes . mittance of additional male pa-| [the woodsmen doubted that Ruth variety os a Yon) ne tients “tothe jammed paycho-|was alive but many were opti- flower shops, have agreed to re-

pathic ward of the city-owned mistic. main open until 8:30 p. m. from

5651 and asking.for an appoint-|i.e , Laurence G. Warine want to get for ment to take one or more chil- trons rs. n Off they went again. And the, {dren to the stores and shop for| yr.’ Savage, who operates his next time they came back to|them. own firm, joined the IREB three Clothe -A-Child headquarters If you're too busy to §0 to the years after he entered the real there were more packages of new Jiorea imes noppess ie 9 estate business. He has been a — a [the ) or you: y Ave 10/1ocal realtor for 10 years.

do is send a check or money or- An active Republican, Mr. Sav-

YOUR help is needed NOW |on W. Washington St. in front of merce, secretary of the Indianapoh if the Mile-O-Dirnes fs the L. Strauss Store, Lerner'siolis Off-Street-—Parking Commisto reach a full mile this year [tnd the Clothe-A-Child headquar-| sion, past chairman of ated and provide $8976 to help | North Side Realtors, state chairclothe Indianapolis needy Thousands of Indianapolis’ man of the Natfonal Arthritis children. - Thirty-nine - lines - |"®dY children are depending up- Foundation, and member. of ‘ fon YOU—and you alone—to| Kiwanis.

An East Side real estate broker, ® Did you know that NOW ' t include the large department Mr. Graves was associated with | Ba no Firman Sims. realtors for seven| Practically all of the leading Repeal eal of aseball [stores which. will follow their. . years before Wotld War II. A| real estate brokers and home B nus Rul e Voted | [regular schedules. Coast Guard veteran, he is a | buflders of the city are plac- 0

graduate of Butler University | ing their ads in The Times NEW YORK, Dec. 14 (UP)~| Times Index

|and”& member of the Chamber of | the insistence of | He is 35. ... hundreds of them EVERY . [Acting upon ++vs 16, Mrs. Manners 17

Sl are needed 0 complete |oring them a happy Christmas." Married, he lives at 34 W. 4oun COmerce, Hels 85. iy hotainds of them on Commissioner A.B, Chandler, Aisa. -:--18 Mes Mannars 17 amile...a Y |For The Times Clothe-A-Child Is gt, with his wife and two |with- Albert E. Thompson Co. for SUNDAY! who cast the: deciding. vote, the COMICS + ....35 Othman ....19

20 more days of the Mile-O- |{h¢ only Christmas service in In| daughters. imes. |dianapolis that provides warm Uniformed members of [clothing for these needy young- With Firm 7 Years

{16 years. The 47-year-old office, @® Turn now to the classified major leagies today acted to Crossword ..24 Pattern .....:10 manager is past secretary-treas- pages for the greatest selec- [repeal the controversial bonus Editorials ...20/Radio «..... 18 Mr. Tucker, a Navy veteran, is urer of the Property Management| tion of REAL ESTATE ADS ‘|player rule and will instruct the [Food :...000:10Ruark veeensd®

Firemen’'s Post No. 42 of Ane sters. os HE | “Your dimes_apd qallars are & member of the F. C. Tucker Co., Division of ‘the IREB and the listing desirable homes, lots, minors to do likewise, Forum 2o2++22018PaRS “ for you at the Mile-O-Dimes | needed NOW, |past secretary of ANSR, past real estate bowling league. Tarms, Investment properties The rule places certain lifetime Gardening .14/Teen on Prob, “ on W. Washington St. in | Yesterday's _champion donor— {Frenident of the Junfor Chamber| He is also a member of the ever offered to readers of the [restrictions on players who get|Hollywood ..16/Weather Map . front of the L. Strauss Store. f Commerce, anid a member of Broad Ripple Blue Lodge, Scottish, daily Times! more than stipulated sums for|Inside Indpls. 19/Earl Wilson .

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