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Leaders Warn | Price Cuts Can Bring Disaster

Fear Reaction to Fair Trade Ruling

By United Press Price wars set off by the U. 8. Supreme Court's recent “fair trade” decision can lead to “disaster,” business leaders warned, today. me Price-slashing has started in scattered cities since the court]

ruled last Monday that fair trade agreements were not enforceable

on retailers who did not sign

them. | Price wars on whisky, razor, blades, druggist’'s goods and oth-| er fair trade items were reported in Albuquerque, Oklahoma City, Chicago, Denver, New Orleans, San Francisco and other cities. | Serious Thing | The fair trade agreements had been formed to prer:nt just such cut-throat compet®ion. But the, Supreme Court’s ruling cut the ground from under state laws] which permitted a manufacturer | to sign an agreement with one or|

MONDAY, MAY 28, 1951

we

hit by a train and declared a total loss.

Wednesday night.

more retailers, after which all re-|

tailers were supposed to observe ‘The Bravest Soldier I've Seen’—

the agreed price. Sol Allen, Northeast Ohio Druggists Association, warned that the court

® decision “is a serious thing « Puts Him Is Top as Hero pocket with his-good hand, pulled C ot out a butt and lit it.” | l om ar 1]

the small businessman and a sa thing for consumers.” . The convention of the Ameri-| can Booksellers Association,

mecene or ne G's First Hour in Combat

By WILLIAM BURSON United Press Staff Correspondent

WITH THE U. 8. 7th DIVI-

meeting in Cleveland, said “price SION, Korea, May 28—Pvt. Kenwars will guarantee disaster for neth W. Sells of Middlesboro, Ky.,

all who participate.” Only Salvation

Small retailers were especially 80t

fearful. A Stockton, Cal., druggist said fair trading ‘is our only sal-

|dissatisfied with his “soft touch” |as a rear area military policeman,

a transfer to a fighting unit. In 60 minutes he became one of

the greatest heroes of the Korean

vation. Without it, the big fellow War. In one hour he received the

would overrun us.” In Albuquerque, drug stores were engaged in a full-scale price war, with the price of Kleenex knocked down from 19 to 9 cents and Bayer aspirin from 59 to 35 cents. A Chicago liquor store cut one brand of bonded whisky from $6.75 to $4.99 a fifth. King’s Supermarkets, a 20-store New Jersey chain, hung up sixfoot signs cutting prices of Kleenex, Johnson's Glo-Coat Wax, Colgate toothpaste, and other items. It promised that this was “just a start.”

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ombat infantryman's badge, the Purple Heart and was recommended for the Medal of Honer.

Congressional

After the tall, 23-year-old Ken-

tuckian had spent five months as an MP, he wrote Col. William W. (Buffalo Bill) Quinn of Crisfield, Md., commander of the 17th Infantry Regiment, that he w to join, the outfit his home state had adopted.

He was transferred to “King

Co. of the 17th.

Walk Into Ambush Five days later “King” spear-

Several big distillers, including headed a drive to blunt a Chinese

Calvert and Seagram, planned to push.

He and four other GIs

put shipments on an intra-state leading the outfit walked into an basis to maintain fair trading ambush

wherever it was still legal to do

80. | Sells’ feet.

A hand grenade landed at Pvt. He grabbed it to

Lawyers agreed that the de-throw back at a Red machine

eision did not allow retailers who gun nest. have signed fair trade agreements enough. The grenade tore off his!

But he wasn't quick

to back out. Industry officials be- right hand and ripped off half lieved pressure would be exerted his forearm. But it saved the to maintain fair trade prices and|lives of the four GIs with him. “ that national brands would not] He mumbled “I'm hit,” grabbed feelings for the Yankees” he be thrown into a wide open com- his fallen rifle in his left hand sald.

petitive market.

Quints 17 Today; Each Gets Camera

{arm in his left elbow, he dashed |

and charged the gun emplace-| {ment.

A burst of machine gun fire

{knocked him down.

‘Cool Customer’ Cradling the stump of his right

From Papa Dionne off, dodging bullets on the way.

CALLANDER, Ont.,, May 28 (UP)—The Dionne quintuplets, beloved babies of the turbulent *30’s, celebrated their 17th birtn-|

day today. \cigaret,” Sgt. Riley said. “He said of the wagon stuck

Medical Sgt. Michael Riley of

“I asked him if he wanted a

His company commander wrote| a citation for the Congressional Medal of Honor that night from his foxhole. In a side note to Col. Quinn he added: “This fellow Sells

is the bravest soldier I've ever the

seen.” Col. Quinn indorsed the recommendation, ’

Four of Thinning Gray Ranks Due At Last Reunion

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FROM JUNK TO BEAUTY—This customized 1950 Buick was once a 4-door sedan that had been But Paul Metz, Shelbyville, shown with the car didn't think so and rebuilt it into this entrant now on display at the Indianapolis Custom Car Show. The show which opened Saturday at the Manufacturers Building, State Fair Grounds, will continue through

12,000 Turn Out In Two Days for Thieves Find

“Well worth the time and early today from a locked bus 'money.” That was the stamp of approval (Cootie) Williams and his seven12,000 Hoosier auto fans put on Diece group to Midwest concert second annual Indianapolis dates. Custom Car show now in progress, the Manufacturers Building, set Terrace, 875 Indiana Ave. State Fair Grounds. | In spite of an all-day downpour men had gone after their Murat lof rain, custom car fans and hot| Theater engagement to listen to lrod enthusiasts visited the 75-car 2 California outfit playing at the |exhibition in a steady stream over Avenue night spot. the week-end. Some 3000 were on ‘hand for the opening Saturda night and an additional 9000 vis-|82in entry.

RICHMOND, Va., May 28 (UP) ited the exposition yesterday.

anted —Only four of the 11 surviving The show will continue throug

Confederate veterans were ex- Wednesday.

pected here today to attend the

Merrimac and Monitor.

Recognized as one of the largest »» last reunion, which will include expositions of its kinds in the a re-enactment of the first “bat- country, {tle of the ironclads” between the entrants from all over the coun-| try featuring custom-built cars, | | Louisiana's delegate, 105-year- hot rods, old-fashioned cars and!

old William D. Townsend, left his streamlined motorcycles.

home at Olla yesterday feeling, Ap additional attraction is the

“spry as a rooster.”

Conven- 0ldgsmobile Bubble” a ton-and-a-| tion sponsors promised to fulfill half plastic revolving ball conhis request for a fancy tailored taining a complete

uniform, something he never had engine.

as a private in the ranks.

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

y|the thief broke a rear window to

h|28 value, was a $600 bass fiddle,

the show contains]

wr fon Train Crewman Killed

For Fatal Flight 0f Student Pilot

’ : By Unif¥a Press TERRE HAUTE, May 28 —A student pilot was killed and his passenger was critically in-|

No Authorization

light plane on what officials said was an unauthorized flight.

Dead was Sgt. Edwin L. Robb, | 29, attached to the 2d Army rl

at Rose Polytechnic Institute here. His name was released for publication by the Army.. Ralph Clark, 31, also of Terre Haute, suffered a severe gash of the throat and was listed in critical condition. Their two-seater Aeronca plane went into a spin at 100 feet and crashed a mile south of Hulman Airport in a heavy wind and rain storm. Airport Supt. Jack Hart said the two climbed into the plane without authorization and took off. He said Sgt. Robb, as a student pilot, was not authorized to carry passengers. Mr. Hart said that although Sgt. Robb simply took the plane, he was known at the field because he had been taking flying lessons there. , Winds up to 40 miles per hour buffeted the area yesterday morning, when the crash occurred, and there was intermittent rain.

‘ ’ Bus Is ‘Jazzy | More than $1000 worth of jazz orchestra instruments was stolen

chartered to carry Charles

The bus was parked near Sun-

where Mr. Williams and his band-

| Wallace Milton, bus driver, said

Chief item-taken, in size as well

|¥hich the brash thief may find as conspicuous as an elephant when the tries to ‘dispose of it. Also missing was a set of tom-toms and trap drum, valued at $550. Mr. Williams said an engagement tomorrow night in Minne|apolis will require his group to {leave Indianapolis by 3 p. m,, whether recovery is made or not.

| DAVELUYVILLE, Quebec, May

” ” ” MR. TOWNSEND possibly spoke the sentiments of his comrades in his train - boarding |speech. “I don’t hold any hard

“But,” he added “I don’t care {too much for ’em, either.”

Infant Is Injured

In Freak Accident

One-year-old Larry Smith to-! day was in fair condition in General Hospital following a freak

‘Coal Fork, W. Va., said he had accident in his home, 1802 Morseen “plenty of wounded men but ris St., yesterday. {never a cool customer like this one.”

His father, Elder Smith, said| [the infant rolled off a couch and fell on a toy wagon. The axle into the|

Yvonne, Cecile, Annette, Marie no naq some and reached in his baby’s head. |

and Emily were roused from their,

sleep at 6:30 a. m. by papa Oliva] Dionne to attend 7 o'clock mass] with their mother, brothers and! sisters. | Papa Dionne said he and- his wife had given each of the quints a camera—all alike, of course— because “they love taking pictures, and they're quite good at it.” But even Papa didn't know what the quints had planned to give each other. | Tonight they will blow out the! 17 candles on a giant cake.

Wife Sees Pilot’ Crash to Death

CHESTER, Pa. May 28 (UP)| ~—Mrs, Eleanor West, 23, ran out-| side her home Saturday to watch a plane piloted by her husband, William, 25, pass overhead. She watched as Mr. West, a Civil Air Patrol lieutenant, and his passenger, Fred Henderson, 29, nosed the plane toward nearby Buckman Airport. Suddenly, she saw part of the plane's tail, break off. Then she heard a loud, crash. A neighbor took Mrs. West to the lot where the former Army trainer plane had crashed, killing both its occupants. Her husband's body still was wedged in the wreckage. i “He's dead,” she said when she touched his arm. Then she! fainted.

Fanny Brice’s Condition Is ‘Very, Very Poor’

HOLLYWOOD, May 28 (UP). Veteran comedienne Fanny Brice, radio's Baby Snooks, was in “very, very poor” condition today at Cedars of Lebanon Hospital where she is under treatment. for a cerebral hemorrhage. Attendants said tha 59-year: old former Ziegfeld star still was in a coma. They advised friends and relatives to “keep in close touch” with the hospital.

Rob Inn of $6000

CHICAGO, May 28 (UP)— Three bandits held up the Stock-| yards Inn, famed cattleman's| hostelry, early today and escaped, with $6000. |

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No greater adventure awaits you anywhere

. Using the Bean EAST CENTRAL FRONT, Korea, May 28 (UP)—Sgt. Claiborne W. Hodges, 24, of Wilmington, Va., an artillery intelligence man with the U. 8. 2d Division, needed some prisoners to interrogate. He speaks some Korean and a little Chinese. He strapped on a .45 automatic and went out into the hills Sunday. When he saw a group of Reds he jabbered at them about good things to eat. He came back with 112 prisoners. “I was kinda surprised by the response I got,” he said.

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28 (UP) — The engine and two |cars of the Canadian National Railways’ Montreal - to - Halifax

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|Scotian jumped the tracks shortly before last midnight, killing one

STRAUSS SAYS:

1 And of course smart wearables for man's helpmeet (Women's shops —Third and Fourth floors)

Or his heirs and assigns (Boys Shops and the Me-Too shop for little gals— SIXTH FLOOR).

2 Peaked Caps— Sixth Floor

3 Men's and boys footwear— Mezzanine

4 Picnic equipment —Sixth Floor

5 Global Travel Service—Seventh Floor. Luggage— First Floor

6 Hammocks— Sixth Floor

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