Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 19 February 1943 — Page 7

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_crew members, and four were iden-

. by the packing house union, which

age in the Puget sound area.

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NEW TRAGEDY AT MEAT PLANT

Eiremisn Killed as Fire Flares Again After Bomber Crash.

SEATTLE, Feb. 19 (U. P.).—One|

fireman was killed today and five others were overcome by gas released when fire broke out again at

a meat packing plant where 28 per-| |

sons were believed killed in yester-

day’s crash of a four-motored bomb-| #

ing plane. The five-story Frye & Co. structure had been smouldering since firemen brought the flames under control last night. The fire started anew in the basement this morning, wreathing the building in

smoke again and releasing refrigeration gas which overcame the

firemen. They had been searching| jl

for bodies in the rubble. Luther D. Bonnar, a fireman, died of gas poisoning in a hospital whexe he and five companions were taken.

12 Bodies Are Found

Twelve bodies had been recovered from the twisted wreckage of the plane and from the blackened rub-

them were the bodies of the plane’s

tified as those of packing house employees. The bodies of three other crew members were found near the plant. Their parachutes failed to open when they leaped from the faltering plane. Thirteen employees of the packing company were listed as missing

checked the homes of all workers. Firemen said their search for the bodies might take two days. Eleven employees received hospital treatment for burns and other injuries.

Much Meat Destroyed

Among the dead whose bodies had been removed was Edmund T. (Eddie) Allen, world famous test pilot. Allen was in charge of the big ship, which was on a test flight for Boeing Aircraft Co. when it crashed. Others in the plane also were Boeing employees. Fire destroyed 107,000 pounds of pork, including 80 live hogs and plant officials said the loss would aggravate seriously the meat short-

Blame Fire in Engine

The bomber apparently exploded in flight a mile from the Boeing airport. Wes M. Lawson, who

plane faltered in air, said parts of the big ship fell from the plane before it crashed. “I thought he was going to try to land in airport way or a cow pasture south of the Frye Packing Co,” Lar-

only one motor running—the right outside motor. The left outside

air. Either the propeller flew apait or part of the motor. There were lots of parts in the air.” Boeing officials said the crash resulted from “a fire which developed in an engine in the course of a regular test fligh .’

Occurs at Lunch Hour

The bomber struck electric wires before it crashed, but authorities believed it would have struck the plant anyway, as the wires were in the path of its flight. The crash occurred during the plant’s lunch hour, and company officials said loss of life probably would have been far greater had not many employees been out of the building. Several employees who escaped said they thought “the Japs had come” when they felt the impact

Sor of Bonbon Crash

Part of the tail assembly of a four-motored navy bomber lays on the runways of a Seattle, Wash., packing plant after it crashed there, setting a building afire and killing at least 12 persons including the crew.

Dutch Submarines

Improve Record

LONDON, Feb. 19 (U.P,).—~Daring Netherlands submarines today counted their toll of axis ships at more than 200,000 tons, Dutch naval sources announced.

This tonnage includes two enemy subs sunk by torpedoes. The German U-35 was destroyed in the western Mediterranean on Novy. 28, 1941, while, the Dutch admiralty reported on Wednesday, an Italian craft also was recently sunk in the Mediterranean. The enemy losses included three Japanese warships, among them a cruiser and a flotilla leader.

DEFENSE MEETINGS CALLED IN 6 ZONES

Six civilian defense zone meetings will be held within the next two weeks when the protective forces of all districts will be mobilized for instant action in case of an emergency and organized to secure needed recruits in the various divisions. District air raid wardens, auxiliary firemen and policemen, emergency medical corps and ambulance corps, members and messengers will assemble at a stated meeting place announced in advance by a specially appointed zone-co-ordinatcr. Plans for the meetings were announced yesterday by Harry E. Yockey, city director of civilian defense, and 2zone co-ordinators are R. E. Carson, zone 1; Norbert Pich,! zone 2; George Baxter, zone 3; Ray Headlee, zone 4; Addison J. Parry, zone 5, and A. C. Helm, zone 6. Civilian defense officials said 1200 auxiliary firemen and. 1200 emer-gency-medical corps members still are needed, as well as additional air raid wardens, messengers, and passenger cars for the emergency ambulance division.

PENSION GROUP TO MEET Indiana old- -age pension groups of Marion county will sponsor a mass meeting at 2 p. m. Sunday at the

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ROUND-ROBIN AIR TALKS FAVORED

Eden’s Conferences May Be Prelude to Post-War

Conversations.

By LYLE C. WILSON United Press Staff Correspondent

WASHINGTON, Feb. 19.—British plans for round-robin “freedom-of-the-air” conferences aroused. new interest today in Undersecretary of State Sumner Welles’ urgent warning that the time has come for the united nations to discuss post-war economic problems. Plans for air conferences were revealed by Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden in the house of commons. Noting the curent air controversy precipitated by Rep. Clare Boothe Luce (R. Conn.) in a house speech, Capt. Eden said that Great Britain plans a series of conferences with other governments, including the Soviet Union. He implied that the discussions would begin soon. The air question boils down to by whom and how world-wide, postwar commercial air lines shall be controlled. Those questions are so closely related to the general postwar economic problem that it is reasonable to believe discussion of air matters will lead to exploration of other financial and, economic questions.

Sure Road to Disaster

Mr. Welles called for quick attention to those problems in a. little noted Lincoln day speech in New York. He waved a red lantern for danger ahead unless post-war agreements are made soon to check economic rivalries among the united nations. Commercial air transport probably is the No. 1 economic prize to be won after world war II. “There could be no surer road to disaster,” Mr. Welles said, “no surer means of bringing about unmitigated havoc in the future, than for the united nations to enter the post-war period as rivals and opponents in their commercial and financial policies, rather than as collaborators in a common task of seeking and achieving international economic stability and general well-being.”

Who Will Govern? .

It is believed, therefore, that the United States would welcome, any British move to explore the question of peace-time air transportation and that the state department would be ready to go further into the broad field of post-war economics. The general objective of post-war economic agreement easily can be stated and uniformly will be accepted as desirable. But some observers here raise the question now whether any substantial progress toward economic agreements can be made without invading the field of post-war political and territorial adjustments. Who will govern or dominate what after the war is a question that will become increasingly painful and difficult of answer as the united nations approach ultimate victory. And there is no indication at this time that any of the major asso- ‘| ciates is ready to sit down at a brepeace table to allocate among themselves the spheres in. which all are agreed each has the major interest.

FRENCH FORM ‘CHUTE’ UNIT NOUMEA, New Caledonia, Feb. 18 (Delayed) (U. P.).—French vol- | | unteers, under 35, in the Pacific area are forming a parachute unit

land will jump with other French

empire parachutists in the invasion of their occupied homeland when the day arrives, it was learned today. ;

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