Indianapolis Times, Volume 47, Number 274, Indianapolis, Marion County, 24 January 1936 — Page 3

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61 STRANDED IN FARMHOUSE SIN 6 TROUBLES AWAY

Host Serves Choice Hams; Veterinarian Treats Nipped Ears. One of three-score persons marooned In a farm house on Mate Road 29 for more than 2< hours, William C. Mrfiatr tells the story of Heine stranded in the state's worst storm in 18 years. BY WILLIAM C. M’GAW With the thermometer at 20 degrees below zero. 61 persons shivered, pulled their collars up, and moved closer to the stove in the home of Alvan Miller, six miles south of Kirklin on State Road 29. Wednesday night, in an attempt to forget the 40-mile gale blowing outside. The gale, refusing to be ignored, blew so strongly against the front door of the farm home that it was swung back agaiast the wall, shattering the glass. The broken glasa was replaced by a living room rug tacked securely over the opening. Periodically, searchers struggled in with persons forcibly stranded when their automobiles had become .lammed in the deep snowdrifts. Dr Charles W. Fisher, a country veterinarion of Royal Center, Ind., applied home remedies to those suffering from frostbite. Dr. Fisher's efficiency undoubtedly saved many victims from suffering complications of a more serious nature. Feet of Two Frozen The cold and wind were so intense that one woman fell exhausted about 10 yards from the door of the farmhouse after walking only about 25 yards from her stranded automobile. Each new arrival, regardless of his condition or remonstrance, was detained outside, in spite of the cold, and inspected for frostbite. If any signs were evident, the affected parts were doused in the snow by Dr. Fisher. Asa result, only two persons out of the 61 were in need of further medical care; one, Mrs. D. W. Ingleright of South Bend; the other, Erie R. Schneider, a student at Indiana University. They both suffered from frozen feet a nr. legs, but their condition was not considered serious. After being thawed out and becoming reconciled to the fact that they were snowbound indefinitely, the spirits of the group rose considerably. Bakery Truck Is Raided Especially did they rise after Mr. Miller produced two hams from the smokehouse folio ved by a raid on a stranded bread truck. driven by Aaron Lucas for a Frankfort bakery, that netted move than 100 loaves of bread and dozens of doughnuts. There might have been something in the Tom and Jerrys prepared by a liquor salesman from his private stock of samples. Following a meal cooked by Miss Laura Alexander, a home economics teacher from Indiana University, and Mrs. Ingleright of South Bend, the long night vigil commenced —to be spent in waiting for help to arrive. It wasn't long until eight men. wrapped in overcoats, braved the frosty regions of the unheated front room and between shivers, rattled bones —of the spotted variety. The dice seemingly wouldn't “get hot” so the game was abandoned for the warmth of the central room. The night wore on. Young Negro Mourns Luck A young Negro from Indianapolis breaks the silence by condemning his luck. "I always get my foot in it when I leaves that woman. Bad luck .just hang on my trail.’’ Again another long period of silence. broken by a phone call from St. Vincent’s Hospital in Indianapolis. Avery worried man jumps up and answers it. The sick wife, that he was on his way to see when he became stranded, is better. A youngster from the Kirklin school bus yanks out his harmonica and starts a lively tune and it isn't long until the other young people are singing. About midnight the last strains

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Stranded Motorist Snaps Arctic Scenes on Hoosier Farm

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died down to allow the people on the floor and in chairs and on tables to sleep. The silence is only interrupted by occasional shifting of positions of the sleepers and unharmonious noises, caused by breathing with the mouth open and the nostrils shut, by the same slumberers. Early the next morning, the truck drivers, the bus driver, and others interested in the welfare of their automobiles bustled in and out attempting to revive the dead motors. Finally one truck was started, and with the help of a highway truck, it was pulled out of the drift, but the cold again forced the workers back to the fire. Red Cross Sends Food After a report from Kirklin that a tractor and hsavy snow plow were on their way from Frankfort to help open the road, again the isolated sat down to await help. About 10 a. m. yesterday, a farmer with a team battled his way up to the farmhouse to take the school children home, it wasn’t long until another highway truck made its way through by a circuitous route and brought some provisions from the Red Cross at Sheridan. On the return trip, the writer rode back on the truck to Sheridan leaving about 50 persons, among them an Indianapolis man, G. A. Smith. 2057 Broadway, still stranded with the dreary prospect of spending another night “sleeping on their feet.”

OFFICIAL WEATHER Unliorl States Weather Bureau __ Sunrise 7:06 I Sunset -5:55 TEMPER ATURI'. —Jan. 24, 1935 7 a. m 2 1 p. m 14 BAROMETER 7 a. m 30.36 Precipitation 24 hrs. ending 7 a. m... .00 Total precipitation since Jan. 1 1.20 Deficiency since Jan. 1 1.27 OTHER CITIES AT 7 A. M. Station. Weather. Bar. Temp. Amarillo, Tex. Clear 29.98 30 Bismarck, N. D Cloudy 30.28 —l6 Boston Clear 29 70 8 Chicago Clear 30.32 —l2 Cincinnati Clear 30.38 —8 Denver Clear 29.74 42 Dodge City. Kas Clear 29.94 30 Helena, Mont Snow 30.10 32 Jacksonville. Fla. ..Clear 30.22 36 Kansas City. Mo Snow 33.22 8 Little Rock. Ark Clear 30.32 12 Los Angeles Clear 29.92 54 Miami, Fla Clear 30.10 52 Minneapolis Clear 30.34 —26 Mobile. Ala Clear 30.20 32 New Orleans Clear 30 16 38 New York Clear 30.02 4 Okla City. Okla Clear 30.14 16 Omaha, Neb Snow 30.26 0 Pittsburgh Clear 30.24 —lO Portland. Ore Cloudy 30.14 38 San Antonio, Tex. ...Clear 30.00 46 San Francisco Clear 29 98 48 St. Louis Cloudy 30.34 4 Tampa, Fla Clear 30.14 44 Washington. D. C. . Clear 30.24 8

75-YEAR TERM GIVEN SCOTTSBORO SUSPECT New Fight for “Vindication" Is Mapped by His Counsel. By Unitea Brest DECATUR, Ala., Jan. 24.—Counsel for Heywood Patterson, found guilty by a jury of white men for the fourth time for his part in the Scottsboro case, announced today they would prepare anew fight for his “vindication.” Patterson was convicted and given a 75-year prison term for assaulting Mrs. Victoria Price, 27-year-old “hobo,” five years ago. The United States Supreme Court reversed previous death sentences on the ground that Negroes • were excluded from the grand jury. Patterson's escape from death indicated that the third trial of Clarence Norris, a second defendant, which starts today, may reacn a conclusion less severe than the death sentences imposed by previous juries.

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Here are pictures snapped by William C. McGaw, 5347 College-av, who was snowbound with 60 others Wednesday night in the farm home of Alvan Miller, six miles south of Kirklin on State Road 29 when this bus (upper left) and cars and trucks were blocked by mountainous drifts. The upper right picture shows Dr. Charles W. Fisher, on the left, treating two volunleer workers for frostbite. They are Conrad Diedericks (center) and Donald Dutcher, both of Grand Rapids, Mich. The workers were trying to free the trucks. Lower left shows John K. Vogles, Frankort. with a bottle of whisky which came in mighty handy, he can assure you. Lower right Diedericks and Dutcher are at work.

FIRST COMPLETE U. S. ‘AIR ROAD MAP’ ISSUED Charts Given to Passengers as Souvenirs by Company. The first “aerial road map” of the United States ever compiled as a complete unit, was issued today by officials of American Airlines, Inc. These maps, compiled for passenger's use, are to be distributed as souvenirs of each flight. Approximately 460 airports together with 500 beacons are located, as well as 200 government weather reporting stations and Commerce Department short-wave radio broadcasting stations.

T CLASSES TO OPEN Public Speaking to Be Offered at Night School. Courses in public speaking for business and professional men are to be offered by the Y. M. C. A. night school during the term beginning Monday, it, was announced today. Sessions are to be held each Monday night for 16 weeks.

RECREATION PROJECTS ' START IN 4 COUNTIES Others Are Scheduled to Begin Work Some Time Next Week. Community recreation projects were placed in operation today by the Works Progress Administration in Greencastle, Paoli, Bluffton and Hartford City. Young persons and persons from relief rolls are to be employed on the projects. Activities are to include athletic competition, study clubs, dramatics, music and arts, handiwork and game rooms. Projects are expected to be placed in operation in Hendricks, Fulton, Marshall and Huntington Counties next week.

190 KILLED IN MIDWEST AS COLD INVADES SOUTH, EAST; ANGOLA BLAZE IS CHECKED

Forecast of Snow Today Cheers Residents of Central States. (Continued From Page Onel

fire raged throughout most of the night in a three-story structure in the heart of the district. Ice which formed almost as quickly as the water left the nbzzles hampered firemen. Temperatures took a final downward spurt in the Middle West during the night and still were far below zero early today. Fargo. N. D.. reported 34 degrees below; La Crosse, Wis., 28 below; Duluth.. Minn., 26 below; Rockford. 111., 20 below, and Chicago. 13 below. High winds continued to pile deep snowdrifts in Michigan and Indiana with temperatures ranging from zero to 18 below. Twenty inches of snow blanketed Grand Haven and Muskegon. Mich. Temperatures were far below normal in most sections east of the Rocky Mountains with the exception of Texas and Southern Louisiana. It was 5 above at Nashville. 12 above at Memphis, 17 above at Atlanta and 33 above at Jacksonville, Fla., all accustomed to much warmer weather, at this time of year. Montana, Western Kansas and Part of Nebraska enjoyed comfortable temperatures. It was 42 above at Billings, Mont., today, with rain falling. Comparatively Warm The mercury slumped to 6 below at Pittsburgh and 4 below at Cleveland. Residents of these areas were promised no relief before Saturday. The piercing wind which caused intense suffering in the Midwest subsided. Forecast of snow brought the prospect of blocked highways in the wake of icy roads which have paralyzed traffic in many sections for two days. Near Racine. Wis.. Mrs. Pasquale Perone gave birth to a son in the farmhouse in which she was marooned with her four children. Her husband was in Racine, unable to break through deep drifts with a doctor. Woman's Body Found The frozen body of Mrs. Ezra A. Haag, 58, was found near the chicken house at her home near Plymouth, Ind. She was believed to have suffered a stroke of apoplexy while feeding her chickens. Rural schools remained closed throughout the Northwest but all public schools reopened in Chicago. Construction work on all public works projects remained at a standstill. Plans were made to shift workers to snow removal duty in the event of a heavy snow.Snowdrifts and icy highways cut down the supply of livestock supplies at the Chicago yards. Railroads placed an embargo on shipments because of the danger of death losses. Wholesale meat prices were steady to higher. Children Reach Homes The last of the school children to reach their homes were the 35 trapped by huge drifts at Celina, O. After spending one night in improvised beds on desks, benches and floors, they had resigned themselves to another cold night in the school- | room when rescuers arrived. The 200 children in the Geneva tlnd.t school kqpt their morale high j by playing games and learning to : cook in the domestic science room |of the school. Teachers revealed | there was only enough coal to keep j the fire going for another hour or so-

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Firemen Conquer $30,000 Fire in Three-Hour Icy Battle. (Continued From Page Onel

ers had time to recover from the ordeal. Two hundred children and seven teachers who lived for two days and a night in the Hartford Township School five miles north of here were taken home yesterday afternoon. Three Tupils 111 From Fright Fifty others, stranded in a oneroom schoolhouse in Jefferson Township a few miles east of here, were found by rescuers huddled about % small wood stove. Three children, frightened by the howling blizzard which piled huge drifts about the little building and trapped them, were found lying ill on improvised cots. Doctors who rushed to the school as soon as a rescue crew could open a path through the fence-high drifts said they were suffering mostly from fright and that they would recover without difficulty. Meanwhile Principal Steinger of the Hartford school began a move to stock the domestic science larder with supplies sufficient to last several days in event of a recurrence of yesterday's experience. Fuel Nearly Exhausted The fuel problem also was a serious one at both schools. Had rescue parties tailed to reach the marooned children by nightfall, fuel supplies would have been exhausted. At the Hartford school the only aid was provided by William Anderson. a farmer half a mile away, who carried corn meal, milk and apples through the storm. This, and a few- candy bars and potatoes on hand at the school, was rationed among the children by Principal Steinger and Mrs. Ruth Maloney, domestic science teacher. At. the Jefferson school the situation was less urgent. A rural grocery a mile and a half away provided sufficient supplies. Men carried the food through drifts which in places covered the tops of fence posts. Rescue Near for 100 By United I’m* NOBLESVILLE. Ind.. Jan. 24. Rescue neared today for more than 100 motorists and students who have spent two nights marooned in the Walnut Grove school building in northwest Hamilton County. Highway and WPA workers were cutting a path into the eight-foot snowdrift which enveloped the building. No undue suffering was reported among the refugees, as they were amply supplied from a nearby store. The fuel supply was adequate. A large portion of the marooned group consisted of pupils who were unable to return to their homes after being trapped by the blizzard Wednesday. Others were motorists whose automobiles stalled in deep drifts on State Road 13. Ohio Pupils Saved Time* Special NEPTUNE, 0.. Jan. 24.—A1l pupils of the centralized school are back at their homes today, or at the homes of friends, after having spent Wednesday night marooned in the building by high snowdrifts. Snow plows and volunteer workers extricated the pupils by midafternoon yesterday and most of them were carried away on horse-drawn sleds and sleighs. None was the worse for the adventure.