Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 5 July 1951 — Page 15

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THURSDAY, JULY 5, 1951 __ : 1

oo Brownson Asked |S V€ ToTel Nay Paint

Story to Probers

By -DAN KIDNEY : Times Staff Writer WASHINGTON, July 5 Rep.| Charles B. Brownson, Indianapolis Republican, was invited today to tell his Navy gray paint story] § to a House Armed Services Com-| mittee. : 3 The freshman congressman from Marion County was invited! : to appear before the procurement! §

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Incomes subcommittee of which Rep. F.| Edward Hebert (D, La.) is chair- - 5 man. uly 5 — The He had sent Mr. Hebert a copy 1 of Manufao~ of his news release and material posal for & supporting it, which included a! y tax back to letter to Navy Secretary Matthews! g with a pro- asking the’ following questions:

“ONE—Why did the Navy, in| |

increases ap: 1844 and 1945, purchase 100,000 =

» are too stiff,

gallons of blue-black tint. I am n, exempting informed that this, mixed with By ! fon aN HR You ag od products, white Paint in the proportion of §i iw Lode REI ENGINE Ml a a

one-half pint to five gallons, would produce 8 million gallons! of navy gray paint, or enough to

es tax at the

GENERAL AND GOVERNOR—New York's Gov. Thomas F. | instead of to

Dewey visits Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway at the United Nations give 10,666 battleships of the Mis-| commander's Tokyo headquarters, to work out details of the souri class one coat each. | governor's program during his Japan visit. #TWO—What was the basis on. ey pre tte ———

which this surplus “paint was : ol ° U. S. Building

has been urgsome time to sales tax, outs m in a stateCharles R. Mich., manurman of the

(anatered to STEG by the Navy: Defenses.

to Germany. What quantity was

mittee. turned over os STEG, and “IF A . B what consideration. | : : Committen “THREE—What price did| rom Z0res A ir ase

1g the House STEG realize when it sold this]

es $7.7 billion inistration reIlion increase.

: | Werk TERCEIRA ISLAND, Azores, routes from the United States but unt lo Wer : ; July 5 (UP)--This tiny Portus Planes put down here from many FOUR---How Navy Bray gyese islands, which for centuries non-scheduled flights. paint being produced at present. thrived on its fishing and its

Many Sea Rescues

nendes: 1s this ye oF out mi Neng vineyards, has become one of the| "he Held det the 4 Rr Scpurchased.. sit iS, eile. What pov "ha i antis e field, under .COmman » : ey ses. in. the Atlantic Pact! . : nonessential quantities and at what price. Te hla A re Gen— George SS Catsidy is

plan for the defensé of Europe. Terceira’'s importance is largely an accident of geography. It is itwo-thirds of the way across the | Atlantic from North America and {within flying distances of most of ithe American air bases in Europe. {Its importance is growing daily. Correspondence Cited Heavily laden cargo planes of! The Brownson inquiry was the U. 8. Military Air Transport based on correspondence from!'sgystem take off from American! George Gable of the Perfection pages for Europe. Because they Paint & Svier Co, Ingiahapolis. jean land here and refuel their where r. rownson also is inipav loads are heavier. the paint business. P Terceira still depends on its an- mote from the United States. The It disclosed that Perfection was sient ‘customs for a livelihood and constant drone of the planes offered the tint by a German con- tha fishing boats still put out heard from the distance add to cern, which had obtained it from from the villages. Farmers till the somnolent effect. STEG, the war surplus disposal the fields and the vineyards-on The field is busy, however, apagency there, for $1.25 per gallon. the volcanic slopes-from which a proaching the state of activity it

, in any event, x program to pending Con-

“FIVE—Was the Navy Department informed where this paint was turned over to STEG and given an opportunity to screen this surplus material. Did the Navy declare this material surplus.”

mainly a re-fueling stop. There are maintenance werkers and a largé air sea rescue group equipped with the latest devices for rescuing those down at sea. The Portuguese sailors who have fished the stormy Atlantic waters for centuries are valuable assistants. Terceira, second largest of the Azores group, is deceptive. It appears to slumber in the summer sun,.remote from Europe and re-

yy from “the se” of income . “broad conat the manu-~ th this tax to excise taxes, items, except . tobacco.

personal in« 3 “to a modiethods which 7 the present which the ise bill would

rporation in- Perfection had sold it to the Navy few wisps of sulphuric gas stil reached during the last war. Alut the present at $2.65. issue. ready more than 550 American nanges in the In the haste of getting out the| Housewives of Terceira still officers and airmen, 50 American law inthe di- release, Mr. Brownson's office embroider the Madeira linen for civilians and 1200 civilian Por-

ot, increase of failed to make the necessary en- which the islands are famous, but tuguese employeés work here.

closures of correspondence to the the work is done to the roar of Navy but these have since been planes overhead. Besides army supplied. {planes, civilian airlines use the Today the Navy said their/Azores as an important stop in Bureau of Supplies and Accounts their round-the-world schedules. is busy trying to dig up the| For MATS Langes Field has beanswers. ‘come one of the biggest bases on , Mr. Hebert asked Mr. Brown- its Atlantic division. Planes ar-

Sandbag Crews Work to Halt ..

ed no rate for manufacturers’ ued, however, » best way to nd cited govthat $130 bilncome ‘is not

Ie taxes: «SRLS ir ta tay the Whole MEITer Bet Mvoss DEM Sha Moon TIENT Se in Re eg Bs fore his committee in a formal'to England, to. Port Lyautey or : letter today. ‘ {Tripoli in North Africa or to Ger- 00 ing :

- Mr. Brownson is expected back many. The field-is’ a. Portuguese in his office tomorrow. He went air base but the planes-are mostly |

home to celebrate the:Fourth of American. | July.

rious Puzzle HIE IRINA

By United Press ST. CHARLES, Mo., July 5 Terceira is on the scheduled Sandbag crews hoped today that ; {their frantic patching jobs on a Iraiiroad embankment had kept [the Missouri*River from flooding lthree lowland villages and 25,000 % WHER. BRIGHTER WASHES {acres of farmland. Foe by About 65 men

threatened half-mile

patrolled the stretch of

2 embankment, filling new breaks SEER and anxiously watching the skies 3 Tidings (for any signs of rain. 4 Ocean vess@ . They said that a high wind or (ab.) one more inch of water would 5 Retain send the flood waters pouring 6 Palm leaf over the fill. 7 Handle | O. L. Davis, telegrapher at the 18 Sharp iInearby Missouri-Kansas-Texas

i {Railroad Depot, said “they've had ia few bad breaks, but, so far we've Your rst been able to stop them.” | “The water's leaking through land I'm standing in six inches of lit in the depot right now,” he said. | Army engineers said the Mis-

{souri rose to 36.23 feet last night. ' on when

1 Pairs (ab.) }4 Names (ab.) 56 Near

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There was no forecast the crest would be reached, but {the ‘Coast Guard training officer {for the district, Maurice Napper,| {said “it'll surely come sometime today.”

‘Lionized’ Cub Leaves Doctor's ‘Home for Zoo

SHERIDAN, Wvo,, July 5 (UP) The famous and controversial lion cub, Major Sheridan, was re{united with his mother in Kenjdrick Park Zoo yesterday. The owners, Dr. and Mrs. J. E {Frank of Salt Lake City. presented the cub to the city of Sheri{dan with the stipulation that he {is not to be sold. i The cub was born in the zoo {here July 26, 1949. He was sent to Salt Lake City where he ber jcame {ll and almost died before {Dr. Frank nursed him back to health. While recovering, Major Sheridan became a household pet and soon received national acclaim. | He was written up in papers and national magazines.

nt you yo 1 keep DESPITE Major B8heridan's s. You ipublicity, some of his neighbors’ ed. A |didn’t approve of him. Salt Lake st 10e City passed a special ordinance to ban him from the city. The {Franks moved outside the city to ~ontrol {avoid it, and the petitions of neareo and iby residents were to no avail as {the family kept Major confined >» Es at o's {in its home, Puy 3 pockages of La France Blwing at your Salt Lake City and other zoos Get off 3 at once, or buy them one at & time as needed. |across the country offered to buy

{Major but Dr. Frank turned them {all down. On returning the big edt here {he said, “this is his home .

Toya France, slong with your regular soap or detergent. Then, mail a letter of at least 25 words with your com-

ments about La France to Dept. C, Box 220, New York 46, N.Y. Enclose the 3 boxtops; tell how much you paid. Your full purchinsc price plus postage will be promptly sofpndod! Ouly one offer per jamilyl

{this is where he belongs. 1 know he'll be given the best of care.”

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