Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 18 May 1943 — Page 2

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NONE WAR PLANT

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Nearly waist-high in water is

one of the men who aided in the

| ‘Stewart - Warner

‘HERE IS CLOSED

Sends Employees Home; Pennsy Bridge Collapses. |

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lapsed at 6:30 a. m. today. dumping three carloads of coal into White river. Eleven other cars of coal on the bridge were pulled off by a Jocomotive. Allison Reads Open i The railroad bridge was built in 1913, following the last flood. The Steward - Warner plant stopped work this morning to enable its emplovees who live out-of-town to get home. Approximately B60 per cent of the 1800 employces live in nearby tcwns, Mooresville, | Greencastle, Martinsville, ete. { Gerritt Batas, Stewart-Warner personnel manager said thst the out-of-town amployzes were getting ealls from home and that they were £0 worried about flood conditions that the plant officials deemed it; best to send them home. Takes Long Detour

One employee living near castie had to drive 60 miles to get 40 work this morning where ordiirily he only has to drive 36 miles. Mr. Bates said that work would be resumed when the water recedes. A staff is being left at the plant for protection purposes. White river only one and one-half blocks away but at present there is no danger. Except for high water blocking] the Lyndhurst bridge and 16th st.|

replant whole fields.

tensive damage are peas planted

000 Acres Peas Lost in Floods

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almost every farm in the county, Mr. Abbott said. In overflow land, washing from the flood waters will make it necessary for farmers to

Qats, Alfalfa Suffer

Among early crops suffering ex-

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The Stamper home . . . flood waters here made its occupants evacuees, with workers called to assist the Family in its move,

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Wabash. White River Cities Are Facing Isolation; Peru Power Fails.

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for canning. Some 5000 to 6000 acres of peas in Marion county will be lost 2s a result of standing water. Although oats and zifalfa, seeded this spring. are doing well on high land, approximately 5000 acres are inundated and will be completely destroyed. In addition to loss of these crops, farmers are delayed in planting big crops of corn, soybeans and tomatoes. Many farmers had fields prepared for planting two weeks ago. Ordinarily Marion county raises about 50,000 acres of corn and 20,600 acres of soybeans.

Million Plants Lest

If the rains do not stop within the nex: few davs, Mr. Abbott pointed out, the loss through delaved planting mav be serfous. As it is, farmers will be safe if they are able to plant hybrid corn soon. Tomato growers, planting approximately 3000 acres in the coun-| ty each year, already are victims of the delay caused by rain. About a

Green- milion tomato plants; Shipped nj *

by canning companies fof farmers] with tomato raising contracts, are’ a complete loss. Unless the weather clears up and new shipments of plants can be obtained soon, the farmer will stand to lose thousands of dollars because of the delayed planting which will] slow up the tomato season and! shorten the picking season,

Urges Replanting

‘homes were flooded.

{ 243 feet. 13 feet over flood stage, and the weather bureau foracast it {would go to about 28 feet by toMorrow. .

Lafayette Imundated !

Most of the south and west side | of Lafayette were inundated. Po-

lice rescue squads worked all night rescuing trapped families who were not aware of the flood danger un-| til they awakened this morning and found their lawns covered. Scores of families were rescued from flooded homes in south and west sides of Logansport where both the Eel and Wabash rivers present a double menace. The railroad station there was surrounded by water and war plants

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were shut down. | jo Peru's power plant went out at 9

m. today as the Wabash swirled! Scores of

a. into the city’s streets.

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Kokomo fought desperately agains the rampaging waters of Wildcat creck and Pete's run as the city was| almost completely surrounded by| water. The only approach to the city by highway still open was over Road 31. i More than 300 Kokomo residents were rescued from their homes in | boats before dawn this morning and | police were still getting families out |

at Georgetown rd. all roads were] Some damage to livestock in mov- | at noon today.

open into the Allison plant this

morning,

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ing animals out of lowlands swept| by flood waters, also was reported | by Mr. Abbott. Farm machinery left in fields also may have to be repaired after the rain. “It's too early for an accurate estimate of the damage,” Mr. Abbott said, “but it’s already evident that the loss is serious.” Although Mr. Irwin predicted a full to partial loss of early crops in 25 per cent of the city's victory! gardens yesterday. he pointed out] that gardeners could replant to in-| sure later crops.

DOLLAR

Sandbag Levee Crumbles

At Marion, residents fearfully watched their mile-long sandbag

| levee crumble under the strain of

water from the Mississinewa river | and engineers said they didn’t believe the Charles Mills dam would hold. Large sections of the city would be flooded if both the dam and levee should break. | Schools were closed in many of the flooded towns and cities. All; school children at Kokomo were|

| sent home from their classes this!

morning when water started swirl-| ing up into some of the main city streets. : In Miami county the naval air | station at Bunker Hill, near Peru, | sent 362 naval air cadets into ac-’ tion, sand-bagging bridges con-!

area.

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Steaming hot coffee tasted good fo refugees and workers alike at Speedway City, where the Red Cross set up a canteen,

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eared that onrushing water from| 1, Wwarfleigh en area of four train, from Chicago to Cincinnati, the north will inundate the entire ., qve city blocks was under water.| was rerouted over the Pennsylvania used to tracks from Lebanon to Indianap- | For a time residents in the 5100|,,,;np away excess water made only olis. block of Riverview ave. feared that pare gains.

the retaining wall

White river. Emergency crews im- | mediately strengthened it with | sandbags and imminent danger seemed past. Backwater from the White spilled over Richland Gardens between Troy and Sumner aves. and east of Harding st. i At Road 67 and Raymond st. the Big Eagle creek overflow splashed homes. Plants in the area set up safeguards. War Workers Alarmed | Workers in several defense plants! on the West side and west of the city became alarmed with reports of rising waters. Some who feared that, access to their homes to the west| might be cut off were permitted to| leave their machines. Others. as-| sured that routes to and from homes | would remain open, stayed on the

The weather bureau and police and sheriff's headquarters were choked with inquiries by alarmed | residents. The bureau attempted | to answer all calls and furnished |

possible. Fall Creek Over Banks

Fall crek spilled its banks at several points. For the first time in history it went over its south shore onto the Millersville road in Millersville, At other points, Including under bridges over main arteries to the North side, the stream was creeping up and was only about nine feet from retaining walls. Big and Little Eagle creek continued to rise rapidly. The rate of rise at sone points was 18 inches an hear. Ravenswood and Warfleigh were suffering their worst bath in years. The White river in Ravenswood rose at the rate of three inches an hour during the night. More than 200 families in Ravenswood departed their homes and sought refuge in homes of relatives and friends. Roy Goodpasture, standing in 12 inches of water in his grocery, said, there were 36 in his nearby tavern.' The White roared over the levee

washed out of the soil over thou- |

sands of acres, i The Maumee river fed by St. Joe

ATERS PERIL Floods Drive Hundreds From Homes

In City as Rivers Continue fo Rise

in that area and today it was no'in the road bed near Zionsville. As

{longer visible.

The city’s electric pump

It's carrv-off capacity

might break was almost unequal to the back- mont sts. were covered with water under the terrific pounding of the water as it was fed by the heavy and many streets were closed to

downpour. While officials were rescuing families in the vicinity of Luett ave. and North st. along Little Eagle creek, the current became so swift that rowboats could not navigate and motor ‘launches were brought from Riverside park to effect rescues.

Big Four Track Sags

The “old piling bridge” of the Pennsylvania railroad over the White river gave way at the west stand. Three carleads of coal standing on the span went into the river, Only one was visible this morning. Many refugees were taken to township school 9 on Eppler ave, where the Red Cross and other agencies furnished food and aid. The Big Four underpass on W. Washington st. was converted into a sea 5 to 6 feet deep. It was the first time in 30 years that the road at that point was blocked by high water. The crew of an inbound Big Four passenger train reported a sagging

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HOSPITAL SHI SUNK BY JAPS

11 Nurses Among 299 Dead; ‘Limitless Savagery,” Says MacArthur.

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a precautionary measure the next

| W. 16th, 10th, Michigan and Ver-

3 ~ ~ ~ y « i We St aves Wag 2) Wuehes GCP water-soaked blanket and The Big Eagle continued its dev-|saved, though badly burned, astation west of Speedway City.| The communique did not specify Practically all families in bottom how many of the 288 victims beland cottages were out. Livestock, sides the 11 nurses were medical valued highly because of the meat sorsonnel and how many were shortage, were removed with more |. ambers of the ship's crew, | care in many instances than other In Canberra, Prime Minister John personal property. Curtin said the axis was fully inTwo Go to Hespital formed of the Centaur's identity as Pupils of the Crooked creck school | hospital ship, and that he planned were directed to safety when the 2" immediate protest. The attack creek overflow spilled on Road ge| Curtin said, “bore all the marks of and Kessler blvd. | wantoness and deliberation. | Small county bridges in the west Redress to Be Sought ern end were washed out and roads Survivors. clinging to make-shift were closed. Roads 36 and 40 west rafts, said the submarine that fired of the city were closed. Roads 52 the torpedo at 4:10 a. m, surfaced | and 87 were kept open. |a few minutes after the sinking. | Two rescuers had to be taken to | They could see its silhouette only the hospital for treatment after|{a few hundred yards away. suffering from exposure during| Curtin said the sinking was a ditheir all-night work. They were rect violation of international Richard Y. Sutton, a state police- | agreements to which Japan was a man, and Jack Hester, Greenfield, | party, and that the government who was assisting in West side|would do everything possible Lo es evacuation work. tablish the right of redress for vic-

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When his auto stalled on 16th st. at Speedway City, Edward Jones, 8128 N. Layman ave., rolled up his trousers and got to work,

tims and hold the perpetrators ree

sponsible, “I cannot express the revulsion I feel at this unnecessary act of ! cruelty,” MacArthur said, “Its limitless savagery represents the continuation of a calculated attempt to create a sense of trepidation through the practice of horrors dee signed tc shock the normal’ sensibilities.

‘Strength Is of the Soul’

% .. The enemy does not unders stand, he apparently cannot under« stand, that our invincible strength is not so much of the body as it is of the soul and rises with ade versity.” The survivors, huddled on water logged rafts: and lifeboats, sang “Roll Out the Barrel” and “Waltz ing Matilda” to keep up their spirits. Once a shark jumped at a raft and landed atop it. Men beat it off with planks, Japs Raid Wau Airdrome

An allied survivors. MacArthur's communique also ree ported the second strong attack in | three days by Japanese bombers trying to loosen the allied ground {hold on the northeast New Guinea | coast. Forty-three planes, 22 bombe [ers plus 21 fighters, raided the Wau Airdrome, causing some damage [and casualties with 200 bombs, Allied planes destroyed a bomber and touched off explosions in an attack on Gasmata, New Britain, land heavy planes raided Cape | Gloucester airdrome.

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The rush of water from the north began surging into the lower Wabash and White river valleys all but isolating Habelton and causing grave concern at Terre Haute, Mt. Carmel, Vincennes and New Harmony. The predicted crest at Vincennes is 24 to 25 feet, equalling or passing the disastrous 24-foot stage reached there in 1913. The predicted crests at other points all along the White and Wabash rivers were near or equal to the general inundation 30 years ago.

Live in Armories

Civilian defense organizations in every flooded community were pressed into emergency service, setting up rescue operations with emergency trucks distributing hot coffee and food to homeless families. Evacuated families in the river towns were being housed in armories vacated temporarily by training froods. Soldiers were dispatched

uation. Property damage, especially to crops, was estimated to run into the hundreds of thousands of dollars at newly planted grain was

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was far out of its banks, flooding | hundreds of acres of suburban lands ‘and forcing scores of families to flee. At Noblesville, fears were expressed that the city power plant dam north of the city might wash out under the tremendous weight jof White river water. But engineers {said it was still holding with no signs that it would break. { All trains on the Nickel Plate railroad through Noblesville were stopped late yesterday when the rail bridge over White river south ‘of Noblesville was washed nut. | Two lives were reported lost in the swirling waters. Mrs. Edna Cain, 56, was drowned near her home in Danville when she fell into a swollen stream, and Charles Leo, | Joseph, 13, drowned in the Wabash ‘at Bluffton when his boat capsized. | Crawfordsville reported that its | {Sugar creek had reached the 1913 | stage of 14.10 feet but was expected | to start falling. 1

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