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Davenport Council Considers Plan to Add $134,300 Revenue THE IM THE WEATHER Fair, colder tonifht. Somewhat warmer Friday. DAVENPORT ROCK ISLAND MOLINE AW J. iA iL-d JL VOL. LXI.NO.

28. DAVENPORT, IOWA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 16, 1947 THIRTY PAGES PRICE: FIVE CENTS Need Funds To Balance New Budget Alderman Lorenzen Recommends Tax on Retail Business, Amusements ifki Mraffs (0 Gov. Blue Proposes 11 Point Program Private Guards of Assembly's Choice eny Him Admissiori Cheerfully Waves From New Office Faced with the problem of raising additional revenue for expansion of municipal services, Alderman Theodore G. "Ted" Lorenzen, chairman of the finance committee of the Davenport city council, at the council meeting Wednesday night presented a program which would produce approximately $134,300 through miscellaneous revenues. The alderman proposed the grouping of all business classified as "retail" into a comprehensive licensing ordinance and levy a retail license tax; increase the annual privilege tax on private clubs from $600 per year to $1,000 a year; increase the annual license fee for street system buses to $100 per bus, regardless of the carrying capacity; increase the annual license fee for taxicabs to $50 per cab, and levy an amusement tax of approximately two per cent on all forms of amusement.

It was estimated that the program would produce an additional revenue of $104,300 for the city. Liquor Tax From the state liquor tax, Alderman Lorenzen estimated that the city would receive an additional $20,000 and that parking meters should produce an annual revenue of $10,000 to make a total of $134,300. Advance budget planning, the chairman of the finance committee said, indicates that the city will require an increased revenue in an estimated amount of in the next fiscal year. Although the program proposed by Alderman Lorenzen is approximately $15,000 under the Wfy ft arm), dispossessed from the executive chambers in the slate capitol Opens His New Term In Office Would Abolish Board Control; Urges Housing and School Aid of DES MOINES, la. (UP) A bill providing that persons who make a gross income of less than $5,000 annually would not have to file an individual state income tax return was introduced in the Iowa senate today.

Sen. E. K. Bekman, Ottum-wa, one of the sponsors of the bill said that it was designed to ease the work in the tax commission processing many returns which no tax is payable. Edwin C.

Schlu-ter, Clarence, is the other sponsor of the measure. DES MOINES. (Special) Proposing abolition of the state board of control and urging the adoption of an 11-point program, Gov. Robert B. Blue today formally opened his second term as chief executive of the state of Iowa.

Governor Blue and Lt. Gov. Kenneth Evans were given the oath of office by Chief Justice Charles Wenners of the Iowa supreme court at a joint session nf the state legislature in the house chambers this afternoon. The assembly did not conduct legislative sessions today. Methodist Bishop Charles W.

Brashares of Des Moines delivered the invocation and the Rev. Albert Kilbourn of Denmark, gave the scriptural reading. A string ensemble and vocalists from the University of Iowa furnished a musical program. The official inaugural reception will be held at 8 p. m.

today in the chief executive's private office when legislators and appointive state officials and their wives will be escorted from the senate chamber to the executive suite by the governor's military aides and the public will be next in the receiving line. Meanwhile the inaugural ball will be under way on the ground floor of the state house with dancing continuing until midnight. The governor, in his inaugural address suggested abolition of the board of control as a part of the governmental reorganization pro gram. He also urged action to meet the liquor, housing and school problems and suggested that the essential needs of the state should be considered ahead of a veterans' bonus. 29-Page Address But he dwelt at length on his reorganization program in a 29-page address to a joint session immediately after he was sworn ir for a second term.

Here is the governor reor ganization plan: 1. Abolish the 50-year-old (Continued on Page Two) 15 Men Die in Eastern Coal Pit Explosion Three Others Hurt; Only Seven Rescued in Ply mouth, Blast PLYMOUTH, Pa. (AP) Fif teen miners were killed and three others injured in an explosion last night that wrecked the anthractite colliery operated by the Glen Al-den Coal Co. here, trapping some 22 workers 850 feet below the surface. Edward Griffith, president and general manager of the coal firm which operates the Nottingham colliery, said the blast was discovered by an unidentified foot tender at the bottom of a mine shaft.

The man, noting heavy clouds of dust and smelling gas fumes, sounded an alarm, Griffith reported. Rescue crews, in constant danger of cave-ins because of weakened shorings, removed seven men after more than three hours of frantic digging. A short while later, Griffith said, the bodies of the 15 dead men found grouped in a gangway leading from the shaft were brought to the surface. Griffith said the company was unable to ascertain the exact number of night shift men working in the blasted section located under the Susquehanna river but reports from the scene said only 22 men were in the shift. The dead were all from Plymouth or nearby communities.

Rescue workers said 700 feet of gangway had been wrecked by the explosion, actual cause of which is still undetermined. British Transport Strike Scheduled To End Saturday LONDON. (AP) A meeting of delegates, representing striking London truck drivers whose walkout involves more than 50,000 men, broke up after 40 minutes today and the first strikers to emerge from the hall announced "we are going back to work Saturday morning." From time to time during the closed meeting, bursts of applause could be heard. Some delegates ran down the stairs shouting "It's back to work" to strikers assembled in the street. More than 100 ships were tied up in the Port of London by the strike of 20,000 dockers and stevedores.

They were idle in protest against use of troops to supplant striking truck drivers, whose 11-day old work stoppage now involves at least 50,000 men. All along the Thames ships lay at anchor with their cargoes half unloaded. production we are now enter ing." Ford said the CIO United Automobile Workers union had been advised in advance of the cut, and he expressed the hope the workers' organization would "help maintain these lower prices." Meantime at Washington, gov ernment officials hailed the cut as an "encouraging" start toward the general price reductions which President Truman has asked of all industry. Edwin G. Nourse, chairman of the president's council of economic advisers, termed the Ford action a "crucial" contribution to sustained high production and employment.

Nourse said "a number of busi ness people have notified him of their "agreement in principle" with the president's plea for lower prices as a means of keeping public purchasing power high. Nourse's council wrote the framework of Mr Truman's economic message to congress last week. Ousted Arnall Ellis Arnall, (center, upraised at Atlanta, morning when offices, waves from behind his desk closed space. (AP Wirephoto). Girl Tortured, Fiend in Los To Identity Byrnes Will Sign Peace Pacts for U.S.

Next Monday Treaties' Drafts Arc Com plete; Marshall Arrival Still Uncertain WASHINGTON, D. (UP) Retiring Secretary of State James F. Byrnes, who fought for months to hammer out peace treaties for Italy and the former Axis satel lites, will have the satisfaction of signing them for the United States. Byrnes probably will do the signing next Monday even if his successor, Gen. George C.

Mar shall, has arrived and taken office. Legal and drafting experts have completed the treaties. They are printed and will be distributed tomorrow to the press and to other nations who were at war. Thus, one of Byrnes' last official acts before retirement will be formal completion of the job on which he labored for 15 months. The Big Four at their New York meeting set Feb.

10 as the date for signing the treaties in Paris. That date prevails, and the enemies will sign then along with all other countries. The date of Marshall's arrival here has not yet been set. He is still resting in Hawaii. Byrnes will sign only four of the five treaties that have been agreed upon those for Italy, Romania, Bulgaria, and Hungary.

The United States never was at war with Finland. Acquit AFL Leader of Income Tax Evasion NEWARK, N. J. (AP) Joseph S. Fay, AFL building trades union leader, was acquitted last night by a jury on charges of evading $118,879 in income tax payments from 1940 to 1942.

An 11 -person jury the 12th was dismissed two days after the trial opened when it was disclosed he had been a former member of Fay's union de liberated only two hours and 39 minutes. Anglo-French Alliance Told; Russia "Cool" Blum-Attlee Talks End in Pact; Signing Is Scheduled Soon LONDON. (AP) Great Britain and France have agreed to enter into a new military alliance against any "fresh German men ace, spurring talk on Dot, of the English channel about a new era of diplomatic and economic collaboration by the two wartime Allies. Announcement that a treaty of alliance would be concluded "at the earliest possible moment" came from the office of Prime Minister Clement Attlee last nigni after two days of negotiations with French Premier Leon Blum. While some observers wondered whether Soviet Russia might not be cool toward such a Western entente, a British foreign office spokesman declared the alliance completes "a magnificent triangle in post-war treaties linking- Eastern and Western Europe." He referred to the French-Soviet pact of 1944 and the British- Soviet treaty of ine new an nouncement came, however, only a few hours after trie Moscow newspaper, fravaa, asseneu men.

Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevm had repudiated the British-Soviet pact by his December speech in which he said Britain was not "tying" herself to any foreign The joini nnwsn-r icm-u announcement said in addition to the treaty of alliance the two countries would "press on urgently" toward plans for mutual reconstruction aid in the economic field. Blum failed in one of the most urgent tasks of his mission that of getting more coal immediately from the British-occupied Ruhr but the statement expressed hope coal shipments could be resumed in April. Auriol Is Elected As French President PARIS. (AP) Vincent Auriol, veteran Socialist leader, today olertprt president of the Fourth French Republic at Ver An unofficial count gave Auriol 452 votes with 242 going to the MRP candidate, Auguste Lnam ntier Dp Rihes. 122 to Jules GaS' ser of the Radical Socialists and 60 to Michel Clemenceau, son of the Old Tiger of France represent' in? thp PRL.

The Communists did not advance a candidate, but supported Auriol. It was the second honor in two davs for Auriol, 62. long known as a peacemaker in French politics He was chosen Tuesday as president of the national assembly. plant for the beginning of production when the transfer from the War Assets Administration is made, they said. Negotiations for the property, formerly the International Harvester Co.

unit of the Quad-Cities Tank Arsenal, were begun last summer, when WAA approved the purchase for $1,123,000 in cash. At that time, Leon R. Clausen, president of the Case company, said he expected the Bettendorf branch to be able to produce 33 per cent in excess of the main works maximum output. He also said the firm was expanding be cause it realized the futility of "keeping all its eggs in one basket." That was generally understood to mean that some of the work done at Racine would be transferred to the new plant, since the long strike has shown no signs of settlement. U.

S. May Prohe Using Militia; Locks Changed By Newcomer's Aides WASHINGTON. D. (AP) Secretary of War Patterson's office said today that the war and justice departments are consult-ing "on the whole matter" of the Georgia governorship dispute Insofar as it relates to the national guard. ATLANTA.

(AP) Herman Talmadge in a pre-dawn coup today seized control of the executive chambers of the state of Georgia and denied admittance to Ellis Arnall ho held them all day yester day. Later, when he went to the Georgia executive mansion, Arnall was refused admission. Arnall had gone to the official residence to keep a luncheon engagement but when he arrived at a side entrance four patrolmen blocked his entry. Arnall then left and soon thereafter Mrs Herman Talmadge and her two children arrived and were admitted to the residence. Arnall set up a personal of fice in the rotunda of the capitol building and announced that his secretarial staff would be quartered in a downtown office building.

He has been governor for the past four years and contends he is. still the executive because of what he describes as illegality of legislative action in naming Talmadge to the term of his father, Eugene Talmadge, was prevented by death from accepting. Had Eugene lived he would have been inducted yesterday. i Arnall charged that Tal- madge was attempting to rule the state under a "military dictatorship" after Talmadge attaches took over the executive chambers early today after locks had been removed from the doors. Arnall had sat in the chambers yesterday while Talmadge occupied another office in the executive suite less than 20 yards away.

National guard officers werj! stationed outside the chambers after Talmadge took over. As Arnall arrived in the anteroom which opens into his executive offices at the capitol, he was met by Odum and during a brief exchange of words at the door Arnall. continued to pound upon it demanding admittance. From within the room guards stationed at the door refused to open and called repeatedly for "Colonel." Finally the door was opened and Arnall forced his way in. Arnall strode across the floor to a door leading into the executive's private office where he was met by an aide of Talmadge who told him to have a seat when he said he desired to see Talmadge.

In a blunt question directed repeatedly at Odum, Arnall said dramatically: "Are you denying me the right to enter my office?" Odum insisted each time that he was not denying Arnall entrance to "your office" but that he would not permit him "to enter the office of Mr Talmadge who is now the legal governor of the state of Georgia." After continued futile demands to gain entrance, Arnall turned to the room which was crowded (Continued on Page Two) THE WEATHER For Davenport. Rork Wand, Motlre and vicinity: Fair and colder tUrit. Friday, fair and not to cold. Frotoc for about 12 degree toniRht. For Iowa: Fair tonight, colder east portion Friday, fair nd not rold Low tonight rangijif from mj along the Mlnneaot border to above in south: portion, mtn ftwf, JVor lllinoin: Fair tn north and part clourlv in aouth portion tonigr.t; Holder tonight.

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the took over the of curious surround the glass en Voting in Poland One of Marshall's Biggest Problems WASHINGTON. (AP) United States disapproval of the Polish National elections next Sunday became an evident certainty today and thus one of Gen. George C. Marshall's first problems as sec retary of state may be to decide what to do about it. The Polish situation which finds Russia lined up with the Communist controlled government at Warsaw against Britain and the United States is one of three in Eastern Europe that threaten to prove troublesome for Marshall.

The other two are: an apparent effort the Communist minority in Hungary to smash the power of the moderate Small Holders party and moves by the Commu nist government of Marshal Tito in Yugoslavia to establish some kind of economic bloc in the Balkans. What manes the political situa- ton in Eastern Europe particular ly delicate now is the fact the Balkan peace treaties are soon to be signed and, it is expected. Quickly ratified. These treaties provide for the withdrawal of Russian occupation troops from Romania, Bulgaria and Hungary and impose a number of other provisions designed to restore the independence of the countries and to guarantee equality of trade opportunities throughout the Balkans needed amount, he said slight adjustment in other license and fee items would bring the grand total to near the actual revenue required. "The question of taxation is the major problem facing the public today," he declared, "and we are forced to make a radical departure on the matter of thinking on taxation." In presenting his proposed program, the alderman asked other members of the council to consider the suggestions before the first draft of the budget for the next fiscal year is presented at the Feb.

19 council session. Attacks State Alderman Lorenzen also attacked the state government because of its failure to share revenues with the cities. "The revenue situation is complicated by the fact that Iowa cities have had, and still have, so little voice in their own affairs," he declared. "They occupy a status very similar to that of wards, or children of the state, circumscribed in their activities by stringent rules and regulations, called statutes, as to what they can or cannot do. The state of Iowa has preempted the most productive sources of revenue, and having preempted these sources, brought financial delinquency to Iowa cities and towns through its failure to share, even minutely, any of its lush revenues." "The state will not, in my opinion, pass any legislation looking toward the sharing with its cities of any revenues," he continued.

"We have an example of legislative thinking in the enactment of the additional one cent gasoline tax in 1945. The state gave nothing. It simply imposed an additional tax, then split it between the cities and counties." Continuing his attack on the state government, Alderman Lorenzen declared, "Revealing further light on legislative tax thinking is the recent proposal to impose an additional five per cent tax upon liquor sales, giving this tax to the several com-munitie-s housing state liquor stores. Here again, the state gives nothing. It simply imposes an additional tax.

With these two samples before us, we can hard ly conclude that there will be any sharing or grants to Iowa cities and towns, from such sources of revenue as the state has preempted and monopolized." Need $150,000 In outlining the proposed budget for the next fiscal year, the chairman of the finance committee said that increased revenues in an estimated amount of $150,000 would be required for allocation as follows: $60,000 for probable salary increase; $25,000 in fund for contingencies; for equipment purchases; $20,000 for short term debt retirement, and $20,000 for property repairs and improvements. "Our only source of revenue, other than the property tax, is from licenses and fees," he said. "We already are deriving maximum revenues permitted by statute from our class 'B beer licenses, Class 'C beer licenses and cigaret permits. In fact, these three sources now produce the major portion of our miscellaneous revenues. We must, therefore, look to an increase in (Continued on Page Fourteen) Herman Talmadge, claimant -to.

in the capitol rotunda. A crowd Murdered by Angeles; Clues of Both Lacking Body, Horribly Mutilated, Found Tied Up in Vacant Lot (Picture on Page 4.) LOS ANGELES. (UP) A slim, pretty young woman, stripped nude and bound at the wrists and ankles, writhed for hours under an orgy of torture by a maniacal sadist before he strangled her and hacked her mutilated body in two, police believed today. Her butchered remains, washed clean and neatly laid together, were found yesterday in a vacant lot on a Los Angeles lovers' lane. There were few clues to the identity of the victim or to the killer.

Police called the slaying the most revolting sex crime in years. Frantic phone calls from relatives of missing girls furnished investigators their only leads. Checks of miss-ins: person files uncovered nothing helpful. Not a shred of her clothing was on the lot. "We think that somewhere, in some shack, the fiend who killed this girl tied her up, tortured and finally strangled her," De tective Lt.

Harry Hansen said in reconstructing the crime. The blue eyed brunette could have died of strangulation, head wounds, a deep stab in the abdomen or frenzied slashings in the back, officials said. An autopsy today was to determine cause of death and whether she had been raped. Bruises and rope burns showed the girl had been tied the wrists and ankles. The crazed killer hacked her and beat her so savagely about the head that her face was almost unrecognizable.

He stabbed her in the abdomen and back and slashed her open in several places. One breast was hacked off and the other badly mutilated. The forehead was slashed and the face cut jaggedly through the mouth from ear to ear. A piece of flesh was gouged out of the left thigh in what officers said might have been an attempt to erase an identifying scar or birthmark. Police said the fiend probably had used at least three instruments, one a huge butcher knife.

Ford Reduces Prices, No Indication of Similar Action by Other Auto Concerns J. I. Case Will Employ Over 2,000 in Bettcndorf; Output to Top Racine's DETROIT. (AP) The Ford Motor Co. slashed car prices yesterday and touched off immediate speculation in trade circles as to whether the action would be followed by its competitors in the low-priced field.

The competitors General Motors for Chevrolet and Chrysler for Plymouth withheld comment. The cuts, ranging from $15 to $50 on the company's Ford models only, were the first to be announced by any car maker since the war; they were made in the face of repeated statements elsewhere in the industry that prices probably would go still higher before they could be reduced. Youthful Henry Ford II, president of the Ford in announcing the reductions, said they were designed as the "shock treatment" needed to "halt the insane spiral of mounting costs and rising prices and to restore a sound base for the hopeful period of post-war J. I. Case Cp.

officials said today that "upwards of 2,000 workers" would be employed at the firm's new plant at Bettendorf. The Case company took over the plant at midnight Tuesday. Its Racine plant has been idled by a strike of CIO United Automobile Workers for more than a year. An engineer ing survey ex pected to start L. R.

Clausen within a week will determine the actual type of production to be carried on at the plant, officials said. Although transfer of title has not been completed, the Racine company will be permitted to move equipment and arrange the.