Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 15 January 1950 — Page 3

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Mr. Richert -eosts to have the ship built in this ~eountry and what it would cost

The other $24 million of the] $42 million is for so-called na-| tional defense features for the) superliner. The government pays for the features which it wants!

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it a troop carrier in case of war.| The 2000-passenger 8. 8. United, States can be converted into a! transport” carrying 12,000 troeps. Vy Pg Te Ei HAL k

\arge passenger-ca hips, t for the American President Lines. | Nf the $80 million these five ships| are costing, . the government is paying over $37 willion for the construction differential and na-|

tional defense features, or slightly repairs are the main items for | which the operating subsidies are!

less than half of total cost. Then there are the operating) subsidies, The principal here is! the same as on the construction] subsidy. To keep United States

shipping lines operating the gov-| ports. They are: American Ex-

Mother Denies

HOLLYWOOD, Jan. 14 (UP)— The foster mother of nine-year-old movie actress Lora Michel today emphatically yi dhirges that she beat the girl because she was “eating too much.” Mrs, Lorraine Michel, 55, was arrainged yesterday in Beverly Hills Justice Court on charges of unjustifiable punishment of a child. She was freed under $1000 bond and trial was set for Feb. 7. A hearing on the child's custody

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Subsidies—Uncle Sam's handouts in one form or another have reached a staggering total In recent years. y Countless businesses and industries and individuals have dipped their fingers into the

| federal pie. An all-time record

of $3 billion has been invested,

| for‘instance, in holding up farm |

prices. Where's all our subskly money going? Earl Richert, ScrippsHoward staff writer, lifts the cover off the subsidy pie in this first of a series of articles.

ernment pays the ,diference be-

tween Nnited States costs and!

lines. ,

subsidies this year will cost the government ‘about $49 million, and in 1951 will. go up to an estimated $62 million. Wages, subsistence and voyage

paid. Thirteen U. 8. shipping lines currently receive subsidies to keep the U. 8. flag flying to foreign

Boy's Leg Hurt, But Pet's Safe

. Little Gary Robert Meece was

enduring the pain of a broken leg:

in General Hospital today because he loved his dog.

six years old, Gary was struck by a car in front of his home, 818 Church St., as he dashed into the

family cocker

was set for Jan. 23. Deputy Sheriff Bess Bailey said] the $100-per-day actress com-| plained that Mrs. Michel hit her with a hair brush because she!

child roles.

STRIKE DELAYS SAILING PARIS, Jan. 14 (UP)—A strike | by mechanics and navigators to-| day delayed the sailing of the Liner Ile de France for New York. A French Line spokesman said

spaniel, from the same fate. Taxi was not . hit. The coalblack dog frisked

Gary threatened to grow too large for and barked around his fallen/Felton, equip-

{master as the boy's mother, Mrs.

Louise Eads, ran out and took Gary in her arms, Driver of the automobile, James Grubb, 19, of 835 Church St., told police he had no chance to stop

those of the competing foreign $hippt Lin

Chip. 0, (he. besa. Shfieich hit Som n. Only: million in 1939, the-operating

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port Lines, American Mail Line, benefit from a tax law which ex-| American President Lines, Far-empts them from paying income neg! Lykes taxes on profits which are set|in Steamship Co., Mississippi aside for new ships.

{rell Lines, Grace Line,

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ng Co., Moore-McCormack New York and Cuba HE EY

[~ ; = [IE J | NONE of the subsidized lines can pay any official more than $25,000 a year in sdlary. And the |sovernment has a complicated [“recapture” setup whereby it can |get some of its operating subsidies back if the line makes more than 10 per cent profit. It has recaptured about $46 million to date but is expected to recapture less in the future.

The shipping companies also

|About People—

the exposition, said yesterday. Mr, Swank has been serving. Distriet of the American Dairy |Assoclation and formerly was imanager of the Producers Dairy

leans, Ind. The following {committee chair{men were named: iIRoy Monroe, jcattle show; Oren

ment show; Winfield Hunt, food show; P. White, finance, Chester Parker, ticket sales; John { Harnish, grounds, parking and concessions; W. A. Wilson, enter-

Mr. Swank

Mall are operating

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Plan goods to be carried in U. 8. ships and ban foreign vessels from doing an inter-coastal U. 8. business. . | The Maritime Commission's practices, particularly on con|struction: subsidies have: been severely criticized in recent months both by the General Accounting (Office and a House Expenditures {sub-committee. The House committee found that the Maritime

Oscar Swank Named Dairy Exposition VP

ar A. Swank has been named executiye vice president of the International” Dairy Exposition, H. OC. Krannert, president of

as manager of the Indiana-Illinois

tor the 1950 Exposition are Oct, 7-14. ” » . Fond of hunting, and fond of his coon dog, Stub, is Clifford Mustion of West Plains, Mo. When they went hunting together on Dec. 29, Stub went off on a trail by himself and disappeared. Mr. Mustion tramped for days through snow, sleet, and then muddy fields, looking for the missing dog. Fourteen days after Stub disappeared he was found {by his master and six friends—— in a hollow log which was open only at one end. Stub had chased an animal |into the log and’ there a sliver of

the company did not know when as the dog and then the boy ran tainnfent, and Fred Siess, public, wood caught him under the col-

the ship would sail.

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in front of his car.

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TRADITION WITH A TOUCH OF TOMORROW,

{lar and held him firmly. Mr.

- oo carried the starved dog

four miles to his car and took him to a veterniarian, who said Stub would recover. ” ‘ . Appointment of James OC. Burkham, 31, as president of the Globe-Democrat Publishing Co.,

_|of Bt. Louis was announced yes-

terday. He succeeds E. Lansing Ray, who will take over the newly created position of board chairman. Mr. Ray, the controlling stockholder, had served as president since 1918. Mr. Burkham, a nephew” of Mr. Ray, was secretary of the company. - - » S/Sgt. Elmer R. Conn and his wandering police dog, Bieter, are together again, after a separation of three months. The soldiers bought Bieter in Germany and had him shipped to Sherman Air Base, Ft. Leavenworth Kas., where Sgt. Conn is assigned. Bieter escaped from shippers Sept. 24 and was found wandering in a park in Chicago. He and Sgt. Conn were reunited on a radio show Friday. “I'll. never Jet him:out of my sight again,” Sgt. Conn said, as the big dog barked happily and licked his face. ” ~ » Prof. T. M. Bushnell, agronomist and head of the soil survey staff of the agricultural experiiment station of Purdue University, left last week for a three month's leave of absence. He'll go to the inican Republic, to make a sof survey of a sugar plantation. He'll also study tropical soils on the island of Haiti

and of other islands in the Caribbean.

. » ” Herman Hardy Hamilton Jr. senior at the University of Notre Dame, has been awarded a 1950

gomery, Ala. student will enter Oxford University in October to study jurisprudence. The winner of the coveted English scholarship two . years Ago received another award. He was the winner of the silver medal for in naval

under a subsidy

Rhodes Scholarship. The Mont-|

Use of 7%c Piece © WASHINGTON, Jan, 14—What would you call\a T% cent U, 8. coin if you had one? A Sen, Sheridan Downey (D. Cal.) wants Co to tell Director of the Mint Nellie Tayloe Ross to start right now turning them out. But he's not satisfied with the one name that has been suggested id far. | “Dimick.” is the proposal. It came in a letter from a San Francisco woman . . . something less than a dime, a little more than a nickel. Vending machine makers, traction companies, publishers, restaurant keepers and manufacturers

of the Downey 714 cent piece bill,

Falls, O. and Rudolph Ingerlé, Chicago. Mr. Ingerle replaced Paul Sample, artist-in-residence at Dartmouth College, Hanover, N. H.,

sier artists or artists who have Uved in Indiana more than a year have already been received,

executive chairman of the Hoosier Salon Patrons Association. A buffet supper and preview o

Creek, just off heavily-traveled U. 8. 222, Detective Capt. John Kirchner said It was not determined ime mediately whether the dark= haired Franklin and Marshall

the Hoosier Salon will be held

jes are back from 4 to 8 p.m. Jan. 29 In the of small package cand Mrs. Smith,

auditorium galleries, said.

Seek to Split Difference They say most things that used |

to sell for a nickel now cost more,

as a dime. They'd like to split the) difference. The “dimick” is needed for their business, they say. But what to call the thing. Can't make it “bit.” There's al-

Commission has been going far]

beyond the intent of Congress in paying huge amounts for socalled national defense features in the new vessels. Also, it has| peen charged that the Maritime] Commission has not been getting| complete data on foreign costs in| lixing the construction subsidy

jrayments. |

Maritime Commission officials ray they must do what they're

a mortgage on that if we t around to minting 12% cent

make it of aluminum and silver

and call it a “siilum” or maybe States during 1949, statisticians

“alver.” One young man says he would name it “Virginia bus ride.” It costs a T14 cent token and a nickel to ride across the Potomac. Copyright, 1950, by

The Salon will be open to the public during store hours K be-

. {ginning Jan. 30 and continuing! but they don't want to go as high 4h rough Feb. 11. |

Catastrophic Deaths In 0. S. Gain in '49

NEW YORK, Jan, 14 (UP)~— Loss of life in catastrophies—ac-

, two for a quarter. Could cidents in which five Or more are

killed—increased in the United of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. said today. More than 1200 lives were lost, This number exceeded by more than 150 the 1948 death toll in

e Indianapolis Times. 8 . { and Chicago Datly News. inc. rcatastrophies

Civilian Air transportation re-

College secretary, who disap« peared last Tuesday, had been {raped nor how long she had been ead, ' . { He said a blood-s iron pipe, believed to have n the |weapon used by her murderer, was found at the scene. He believed, however, that the girl was killed elsewhere and her body brought to the scene in an automobile, Bloody clothes found by a pers

led police to the spot where the body was buried, Detective Kirchner sald. Miss Baker: disappeared while on a trip downtown to pick up | her engagement ring. She became engaged Christmas Day. Her fiance, Edgar B. Ranklin, said he last saw her'on Sunday night and that “nothing was | amiss” between them.

doing in order to keep an up-to- WCTU TO MEET IN ENGLAND corded only a’ slightly higher WOMAN DIES AT 100

date U. 8. Merchant afloat—that|

EVANSTON, Ill, Jan. 15 (UP) number of deaths than in 1948,

SANDWICH, Ill, Jan. 14 (UP)

the U, 8. cannot again let its| —The 18th convention of the even though the Washington, D.|—Mrs. Bertha Voga, 100, dled tomerchant marine go to pot as it| World's Women's Christian C., plane collision in November day at Woodward Memorial Hosid from the Civil War until the Temperance Union will be held in killed 55 persons.

inning of the subsidy program 1936. . .

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There were no catastrophic aeicidents in mines. :

| pital here, and relatives said she [left 163 descendants. She would {have been 101 Jan. 25.