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Firemen Halt Spread Of Blaze

Firemen won a stubborn battle

. THURSDAY, MAR. 13, 1952

er | $300,000 Fire Hits Armour Warehouse, P

~ Brownson's

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UMT Plan Draws Fire

Times Man Rings Up ‘Curtain, Covers ‘Show’,

{just landed escaped convict Alan

Ry NOBLE REED

Light for Smoke Costs Freedom

WELLINGTON, N. Z, Mar. 13

CND)—The urge to smoke has

I picked up the telephone and B. Summersby back in jail.

i. 2 to keep a $300,000 two-alarm fire Times Washington Bureau A re pes y y . y n a oy 4 pporter seldom sees for him- called the police dispatcher about “Got a match?” he asked a dim 13—A two= in the Armour & Cg. warghouse WASHINGTON, Mar. 13 self any of the police stories he what I had just seen | igure in a darkened street. The g 6000 em< and laboratory yesterday after Chairman Carl Vinson (D, Ga.)\| writes about. I went back to the widow but Bers obliged noon from spreading to the main who indicated to Rep, Charles: pp. ,nugual happened at 12:30 the men had disap 1 : y sbury Orde lant and th Se — B. Brownson, Indianapolis’ Re- appeared and As the match flared the figure p e near West Side in- ’ $0, a. m, today when 1 looked out the was convinced they had given up.! turned out to be a policeman who ed late yese dustrial area. : publican, that universal military window of my apartment and saw oh = ) r " rue L St 10 be % Policeman WAS erent AFL Several hundred persons training may again be considered 0 rouching at the window y sioane gures Abpear {pron RAY Jecosn ad watched them bring the spectac- by the louse, considers the| a used car lot office at 17 W aurkr pi eet ng into the seml- - - s————————————— wart signed < ular blaze under control after it |Brownson UMT plan no good. 16th St. SRFK 3g . w ien three . minutes| Jen nad gutted the top floor of the | Instead of providing for full- One of the men stood wateh-|” , I saw nine moving figures cro AUSS ~ reactivated old red brick, three-story building time training, the Marion County, oo. 06 the other worked furi- around the grounds outside, They rties to the at 600 W. Ray St. Congressman drafted a bill which| "8 J at the window In the dark- appeared as if by magic from SAYS: hin Thing It was discovered at 3:30 p. m. would give part - time military, il possible directions, Pg by the company chemist, Wendell training in high schools and col- Le le sa There were no police squad! Open TONIGHT y. McKissick, 37, of 20 S. Chester St leges, combined with summer : cars in sight, Suddenly a blaze of | g 5 as reached He smelled smoke as he worked camps. a Ci $650 000 light as nine flashlights clicked. | (Thursday) until otiation by in the laboratory. He was rescued Chairman=Vinson sent a nee Y ¥ : And as if by prearranged pre- 2:30 d M. Finni-"" by firemen from an upstairs win- page letter to Mr. Brownson tak- A =, cision of cymbals in a brass band : p - dow. : ing his bill apart to prove that “Short Sa % [came a roar of command: “Put ctor of pere Abo is impossible. But’ Mr. Brown- ¥ your hands up.” ut a dozen other workers : : ctive if ape got out without difficulty, al son still is sticking to it, ‘ Inside the office, twa men got | « ce Ammunie though thick bl 5) Something of the same view of ( ; ¥ ll up from the floor and raised their| Haden ll, and the a fight ack smoke choked the Brownson UMT plan is taken on ro er hands into the window for all to! dard. t ghters ang cast a by National Commander Donald! see { Kk pungent pal] over the entire R. Wilson of the American Legion,| Indianapolis is short approxi- = pp.y gave their names as Jack! Piers would Reighborhood. The Legion long has backed a Mately $650,000 this year because wim "20 of 333 Blake St. and! ar ay Se Nhe full-time UMT pian, slightly dif- Of over-spending Iast year. City ciaude Perry, 26, of 430 N. Sen Diy 1 arehouse, 1. H. Hall, plant WY ‘ [Controller John Barney said to- Ty. #2 : . : Ig for rate superintendent, said. : J ane Mminieation! ay. gi gi ne ve, prettiainnry charge or id an addi- feated in the House : Answering former Mayor Phil- Rlary. was placed against be given to Equipment Destroyed se. Soi them. Answers Letter lip Bayt's charge that there is ————————————————— GENTLEMEN: ths or more plenty of money for city expenses, .

orovides for

But laboratory equipment and chemicals as well as other sup< plies were destroyed.

Commander Wilson sent both

Indiana Senators and Mr. Brown-/

son a copy of a letter he addressed

Mr, Barney pointed to year-end spending in 1951 as the source of

‘Reds Reverse

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nd a modi- . { Bricks which now seal most of to G. H. Kingsbury, president of financial difficulties this year. te Dierein Mit the building's windows hampered Kingsbury and Co., Indianapolis. He explained the previous ... Blockade Stand TIES It was drafted in reply to a let- ministration had planned to re-! psNMUNJOM, Korea, Mar, 13 are smart on

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firemen's efforts to get at the blaze, which started on the second floor. .

ter received by the national commander from Mr, Kingsbury and | reads:

duce "spending for the last five months of last year in order to prevent a higher tax increase, He

|The Communists, in an abrubt about face, insisted anew today on a Korean armistice broad

the spring scene h —an The ane {ops

erils Main Plant |

Fire Chief- Joseph F. Hancock said the cause still was undeter- - mined today. a Climax of their battle came shortly after 4:30 p. m., more than an hour after the first alarm. Vivid orange flame burst

presents the pick and the cream of the lot

SHOESTRING BOW TIES—

“I received your letter of Feb,| sald Mr. Bayt's administration enough in scope to outlaw a pos-

29 in which you use some relative-| had planned to have approximatelines 28 To ative iy $900,000 left over to spend tiltibie American blockade of China the reports which reached your Year. { oars il the Congress of the! Instead, Mr, Barney declared, wy Bititade came fo lignt United States was threatened by|there was only $122,000 left over. = ny of the oss OE the American Legion. ‘and all but $3000 of that was g

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“ , \ ./spent last year but not collected - “Thay hoa Be a tam Toms Communist nterpraters repudk| They are an INCH M. : pany plant. man has a right to get angered| The effect of that extra spend- {'e9 an Sarde A WIDE (narrow)—all sik | i : Bricks cracked from the heat. when he 1s told that his stand on|ing at the end of last year is| oo 0 scope of the armistice. ~—in checks and

The west wall buckled and threatened to collapse. Spectators were = warned- back.

Blown Agalhst Main Plant

They gasped when a blazing fragment of the warehouse roof | . o blew against the main plant. 1t Robbers Get $950 in Loot at Chinese Palace Here clung there a moment, then flut-| tered harmlessly to the ground. | While. the owner counted the; Firemen trai a hose from an /day’s receipts, two armed robbers aerial truck—op& of 18 pieces of held up ‘the Chinese Palace for| text apparatus dispatched to the ware- $950 early today. jpretex house—on the flaming roof. Owner of the restaurant at 225 quet. In a few minutes, the fire was N. Pennsylvania St, Poy H.|a waiter, George Gee, brought under control. * |Chinn, 37, of 2720 N. Meridian|N, Meridian St., and the chef into| The blaze snarled late after-|St., said he was standing by the noon. trdue or a half-milelcash register, with ‘about $35o[ihe Year room, where. one robber around the plant. [laying on the counter. held them at gunpoint.

any issue, whatever it may be,|that the city doesn't have as much| laids and stri and will be publicized to his consti-| money as was appropriated in the They had originally opposed Foul rd a tuents? So that you may know | budget for 1952, Mr. Barney sald including the word “Korea” in a 9 al : : | ’ ‘|paragraph prohibiting a naval what'll YOU have!

exactly what I said at the con-| The actual shortage amounts gressional dinner, T am taking the to approximately $650,000, blockade. Such a deletion would Featured at 1.50

the liberty of enclosing a copy of my controller explained. luave Ha 3 {he SHWE of extending remarks, The Works Board already has| ola . an 10 oan v ‘Completely Unworkable’ complained of being forced to ex-| - na or ormoss, o. y “You also ask the question con- NARROW FOUR-IN-HANDS Repp Stripes and neat Foulards—all silk

haust fund in two months of op-|°ither party. The other robber then ordered|cerning my objection to Con- eration that were planned to cover They tie up swell inte a Windsor or regulation

1 y on_10 Go i Allied Tanks Smash 5. [gressman ownson's alternative a whole year, i ond : door and asked to come in on tha| M7. Enon to pen the Rats: Wie) hroposal. T can answer that very, Tre board alko hak nasteal At Red Positions of arranging for a ban- the owner balked, ihe TODDer|ghortly by saying that the pro- street light and water service ex-| SEOUL, Korea, Mar, 13 (UP) They ordered Mr, Chinn, threatened him. They took. $600 posal is completely unworkable. pansion because of lack off money Allied tanks, rumbling across 55. of 2720 from the safe and the money/I am wondering exactly howiin budgeted funds for those ex-|/the thawing rice paddies in Kumfrom the counter and dashed/much you know of Congress- penses. {song Valley, raided Communist away. man Brownson's proposal. I am| Mr, Bayt Tuesday sharply at- positions today. The medium knot— A great collection at “The NECKWEAR SQUARE doors—First Fleer, L. STRAUSS & (0,

$300,000 ARMOUR FIRE—Flames from the warehouse threaten to spread to the main plant.

The two robbers rapped on the

A witness said they escaped in|Wondering if you have taken into tacked the administration declar- tanks shelled 56 trenches, dea late model car. consideration the fact that there|Ing that “there was plenty of |stroyed nine enemy bunkers and . {have been a number of commit- money.” {knocked out two machinegun potees, not only in the Legion, but! Mr. Bayt sald “tell Alibi Alex sitions. Tank crews fired 302 90other committees which have 0 quit belly-aching and go to|mjllimeter shells and nearly 7000 studied this entire UMT proposi-| Work.” {rounds of machinegun fire, tion over the years, and that] _ | none of them have ever uncovered Pps 1 {a proposal quite so unique as va Prisoner Bolts From

| “I shall be deeply interested in from a deputy sheriff while wait

‘More Protection for More People Report to Metropolitan Policyholders for 1951

‘New Zealand Execution

1s First in 17 Years AUCKLAND, New Zealand, Mar. 13 (UP) — Willlam G. 8. Fiori, a convicted murderer, was

hearing from you further con.|IN& for treatment at "Generallp,nceq here today. It was the ; cerning this subject which is not Hospital today. Li gifs toll in Sew Zealand in ’ of Life insurance and its and social education: $141,000,000 on more than 1,250,000 {only vital, but which is ap-| William EHetry Harvie, 609 Ds 117 years, THE MAN S STORE TT nport: ! : ; : i |parently also of mutual interest|/den St. who is awaiting Crimina relationship to the lives of the people of “This policy . . . has for me possibly a claims (five times ten years ago) for Ack to both of us.” [Court trial for burglary, was in the United States and Canada cannot fc- gener seme au than woud have ent and Health and Disability beoefts. A 0 W000 line custody or Deputy’ Everett] STRAUSS | tively. be by figures in a balance cash value . . . For you to understand this, you new high was also reached in Life insurance o_o [Maxwell on the second floor of| . y portmyed y : in force —$48,512,000,000, a gain of more Boards to Visit General Hospital. Harris was SAYS:

would have to know the years of close relationship and confidence that existed between my father and me. When I was a small boy, he would take me with him to his safety deposit vault , , , Always he stressed to me the importance of his insurance policy, how this piece of paper would some day have a cash value that might tide the family over in an

sheet. Cold figures can never adequately | show human needs and their fulfillment. It is important, therefore, to try to interpret these figures in terms of the millions of people they represent and the millions who benefit by the use of the services rendered by the

Company and its Agents. The Metropolitan

. itaken there to he treated for a than $3,000,000,000 over 1950. Township Voters [sin aiment. | STORE OPEN More people than ever were protected |” Branch voter registration| AS they waited to see the doc-| .

last year by Metropolitan Accident{and boards will visit five locations in|tor, Harris suddenly bolted TONIGHT (Thu { y)

. Pik > mships [through a swingin door and Health insurance. As the year closed, the e and Decatur Townships to-| 8 ging .

: oe | morrow, {down the stairs, Company had in force 3,270,000 policies or | Residents who did not vote in Harris is charged with the Nov. certificates providing weekly indemnity for {either 1950 election or have moved 24, 1951, burglary of the Dela-|

was seeving 33,373,000 Life insurance policy- oo + Time has v +. but the sabili week. Hospital, [to another precinct must rereg-|ware Bowling Alleys. Severa 1 . i er ermal ah of ie of PUT s Suns of Metin Eee beni wars | 230k 100 May, 8 primary [unding machines we, Ske Star devs #1 vin] 9: 13 The personal phases of Life insurance— A ER A provided by 2,744,000 policies or certificates. bom 2 to 9 p. m. at the follow- Sich bees oe Sat Hoes .00 for ys highly personal Dusineste.-219 ness, is hard and cold and rigid, but I know Another significant development during ee wp Tawnihip School. . s Nylon highlighted daily by dramatic instances. that this is not so, because business is made up (he.year was the introduction of Extended 6145 W. 7ist St, and Wilkin's ; we OUR 7 Sometimes thie} 316 0 yusa) 26 to give of people. People with hearts and souls and Medical Coverage through Group insurance [Garage rear) Traders Point, 1 4 WM W s anti special emphasis to the part our business loved ones, and people who have lost loved to protect people against abnormal hospital, loa uy np . Tow n 2hip YV : 2 irrita. plays in the life of the United States and ones, and some who possibly think and feel surgical, and medical expense that might West Newton School, and Lan- O of F all size I home te Sc tuto exhaust a family’s entire savings. are Tsuranes Co., Holt Road I holder, requesting the return of a policy on . We were, of course, pleased to grant this In addition, the Registration which claim had been paid, tells with simple unusual request. oe rifles Foard Smee. Roo m 1 2. Cou rtsincerity a moving story of a Life insurance The record sum of $924,000,000 was paid 10 p. m. daily, including Sunday. policy, of the son's relationship with his in benefits to policyholders and beneficiaries CHARLES G. TAYLOR, JR. mise Scere i father, and of a sound process of economic during 1951. This included payments of President Brandy Drinkers,

| . . Contest to Open in Brazil JOAO PESSOA, Brazil, Mar. 13! L & NT r bi | (UP)—The second International]

{Brandy Drinkers Tournament will he held here Apr. 2 with contest

- METROPOLITAN ASSETS AND OBLIGATIONS —DECEMBER 31, 1951

(In accordance with the Annual Statement filed with the Insurance Department of the State of New York.)

tants from the United States] ASSETS WHICH ASSURE FULFILLMENT OF OBLIGATIONS OBLIGATIONS TO POLICYHOLDERS, BENEFICIARIES, AND OTHERS Brazil, Britain, Greece, ¥rance, $9,284,635,384.00 |Holland and Argentina, it was

£7, $7,692,216,940.58 Statutory Policy Reserves . . .

Bonds . . . . + »

Seville

0 4 TRE ; \ U.S. Government . . + + $2,289,608948.99 This amount, which 1s determined in accordance with |announc ed yesterday. 3 Canadian Government . . + « 174,292,067.10 legal requirements, together with future premiums and { The first tournament was won : Gentlemen! 4 Provincial and Municipal . + « 67,686,151.19 reserve interest, is necessary to assure payment of all . |by a Swede who drank 14 bottles RESTAURANT Railroad . - +. + a's » + 60092494728 . future policy benefits. |e, branay fa 1a hosts. Wien 7 NORTH MERIDIAN ST. . J : I Allity, .. . + + 1,426,156,349.76 li DividendsLeft withCompan 619,1613,380.00 SL was ov ® was able ; I t PO ay policy ProcondsandDividen pony {to tell the judges only his first] Close to Monument Circle | | § :

+ 3,012,453,404.33 Policy proceeds from death claims, matured endow-

and other payments, and dividends left with

Industrial and Miscellaneous iname: Olaf.

Bonds of the Company's housing ments, 3 eh rans air iat — a - " v : development corporations. 121,095,071.93 the Company by beneficiaries and policyholders to be | B The T-Shirt with the paid to them in future years.

Stocks . . . . 169.090 294.67

rie ames Lies All but $16,499,331.67 are preferred or guaranteed. 170,404 R42 88

Reserved for Dividends to Policyholders Set aside for payment in 1952 to those policyholders eligible to receive them. Policy Claims Currently Outstanding .

7 i | dil, ’” Tn 4 ) / nant’ B.stng 3 " | e / oo. NN : | ’ : Claims in process of settlement, and estimated claims , . Pras » { : / f 1 ) ¢ § py 3 or oo

| that have occurred but have not yet been reported to | | f

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Mortgage Loans on Real Estate . 1,890,959,998.40 On urban properties .

Onfarms . ,.« +. » »

$1,745,033,872.78 145,926,424.65

45,734,247.68

Real Estate (after decrease by adjustment of

\ he Company. | ) ps 2 $16,400,000.00 in the aggregate) . . + « oo 299,649,990.00 ! J Lh . . , » L725 XN Housing projects and other real estate . Other Policy Obligations sie went 71.057,118.70 Wa al : Ne ‘Nn | sag or S Ie C acquired for investment . . . $265,200,516.96 Inchiding premiums received in advance and special ; ro Nn. ¥Y7 ' ht Properties for Company use 45,070,016.26 reserves for mortality and morbidity fluctuations. Wh 1, ¢ 2 A 73 : : oo Acquired in satisfaction of mort- Taxes Accrued (Payable in 1952) . . . + "u » 43,269,518.00 en you use - : 7 J) To begin with you have a goed! 3 t, ¢ 7 ~~ yf . gage indebtedness (of which Contingency Reserve for Mortgage Loans . . 9,000,000.00 12) 7 - | and extra good! T-Shirt— j ” Y /)

$3,184,671.89 is under eontract ofsale) e i os o oo & + oo

All Other Obligations . . + « « « = 25,805,419.38

TOTAL OBLIGATIONS + « .a a

5,779,436.78

. $10,268,069,930.31

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Loanson Policies . . . . . . . . . °° 44706053927 oo « | Spiess ws f 3} / length—so that it keeps its Made to policyhelders on the security of their policies. SURPLUS FUNDS Le of Sr nly t ’ 7 ? place in the trousers. Cash and Bank Deposits . . . . ._. . . 162,302,812.57 Special Surplus Funds . . . . $103,383,000.00 A Sen \ vr ale ’ | It's absorbent—it has reinforced,

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EATRA

149,471,380.68 Unassigned Funds (Surplus)

90,143,625.90

$28.953,253.76

Premiums, Deferred and in Course of Collection

Accrued Interest, Rents, ofc. . . . . . . . 90.143,625.90 . $10,900,906,184.07

TOTAL SURPLUS FUNDS . 612.216,261.76 Call TOTAL OBLIGATIONS AND SURPLUS FUNDS $10,900,906,184.07

TOTAL ASSETS TO MEET OBLIGATIONS y : " ’ - 3 CL 1 LARGE - re-repeated washings— Nole=-Asssts amounting to $513,921,526.32 are deposited with various publig officials under the requirements of law or regulatory authority. | Th, , ; a | * Yo : . I'hat way, you won t FREE! | SIZE at the Strauss UNDERWEAR ; BY on nn nn = | have to wait while the . ! sn | ’ i - - : r { 1 Di . t Handy pocket-size 48-50 Section—First Floor “on po COPVRLOMT (SRE METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANEE COMPANY METROPOLITAN LIPE INSURANCE CO, | | ong stance opera or booklet to (1st the of . a . ; face . Sus ’ | 1 Madison Avenue, New York 10, N.Y, consults Informa tion, telephone numbers |= 1 .50 s » MAIL ORDERS FILLED . DN i . : | Your call goes through vou call most often, { . ? ” . oo ® » x | Gentlemen Just ask our Bust. * »efore . if 1 C ~ Please send ma a copy of your Annual Report ta ness Office for your ” i 2 ) - Policvholders for 1941. free copy. Small (size te 34) Metropolitan Li e nsurance -ompany | . | : Medium - (size 38) (A MUTUAL ~ COMPANY) NAME foam Medium Large (40-42) E | STREET] Large (44.46) NIN 1 or. Stare INDIANA BELL TELEPHONE |! - - : - Oencas | MADISON AVENUE, NEW YORK Ye - ' \ filler ie Baa | iy Nav : hr a at “Long Distonce is busy COMPANY : ' a Tm j us : ne { . STRAUSS & CO., THE MAN'S STORE | eo loon > al . Gs fo. m—— : . : : ’ w é . . ‘ w J : . i } Eh x . 5 “a v ws i < . 2 . : 1 Hb y te ; ; ; Lb i 2. be ; 5 > . : oa : . nl es Sa a . . ; Tu |