Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 6 August 1946 — Page 2

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‘Thousands Flee to Woods .As Buildings Fall; Check . On Toll Delayed.

"By LUIS MIURA United Press Staft Correspondent CIUDAD TRUJILLO, Dominican Republic, Aug. 6—Horrifled peasants who lived_through the earthuake and tidal wave on the northDominican shore described it today as a thunderous upheaval which ripped open the earth. They sald it sent up sulfurous fumes and churned the® Atlantic into a frenzy, Fragmentary reports from stricken northeastern shore closed an exceptional geologic turbance of frightful majesty. Thousands of peasants fled into the woods and hid while the earth continued to shiver spasmodically | long after the first violent quake | early Sunday afternoon.

Record 50 Quakes

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When Mrs. Margaret Michael, above, was born in Germany, in 1844, George Washington had been dead only 45 years, Abraham Lincoln was a young man

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THE INDIANAPOLIS: TIMES

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IN 6 MONTHS--485

Traffic accidents in Indiana in the first six months of 1946 claimed 485 lives and resulted in economic loss of $21,825,000, Indiana state police said today. The number of fatalities is 31 per cent higher than in the corresponding period of 1945, state police Superintendent Col. Austin R. Killian sald. The Marion county toll was 60 killed and a probable economic loss of $2,700,000, The latter figure is based on property damage, medical expenses and ‘wages lost through absence from work. Other high death tolls listed were Lake county, 42; St. Joseph, 22; Allen, 19; Floyd, 15; Delaware and Vanderburgh, 14 each; La Porte and Vigo, 11 each; Madison, 12, and Johnson, 10.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. Aug. 6 (U, P.) ~Billowing ‘smoke and angry flames seething below decks today concealed the fate of at least three men missing since lightning ignited ‘the 5,000,000-gallon fuel cargo of an oil tanker here yesterday:

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Anather, more seriously injured, remained for treatment. Capt. M. Tunstall, master of the ship, said he believed ‘only 33 of the ship's 45-man crew were aboard when the lightning bolt hit yesterday afternoon. A crew check is

OPA TO BE CHECKED, REPUBLICANS: SAY

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 (U. P.) — Congressional Republicans served notice today they will keep close tabs on the OPA while congress is away to see if it does what the odministration has promised.

below decks to turn on the vessel's smother steam-safety system and clear the men from their quarters! and posts, “I was in my quarters when I! heard an explosion that sounded

like all hell gol fl,” Hal id. ell going o alka sa “The OPA House

still underway. Ship officers said two crew mem-~ | Mr. Williamson was seen at his bers and an elderly dock guard had | post near the ship's gangplank not been accounted for since an |shortly before the first of five exelectrical blast transformed the |plosions rocked the craft. Standard Oil vessel Homestead into | Jacksonville firemen had control an exploding inferno as she lay | of the blaze last night, but said the anchored in the Jacksonville port.| ship would probably burn for 24 The civilian guard was listed as | | hours. W. O. Williamson Sr. of Jackson- | ville, Crewmen unreported were { hours to three days before a search | identified as Seaman Jack Bowman | could be made for the missing men. of Georgia and a new man known | Many of the crew who escaped only as Duckworth, to safety owed their lives to Lt. Thirty members of the vessel's Cmdr. Stanley J. Halka, of Long crew were treated for minor burns Beach, Cal, the ship's first engineer.

11th President of the U. 8, sat in Washington. She's pictured as she recently celebrated her 102d birthday at her Newburgh, N. Y, home. Mrs. Michael has two children, eight grand-

In San Juan, on nearby Puerto Rico, seismographs recorded more | than 50 small quakes in the West Indies between Sunday afternoon and last night. The towns of Matanzas and Villa Julia Molina at the head of Es- | cocesa bay were reported virtually flattened by the tidal wave. Persons reaching here from Matanzas | said there were many casualties. . | Broken communications delayed & check on casualties. ‘Before the earthquake, witnesses

of great density were heard. Buildings Crumble Then the quake hit. Buildings collapsed. Railroad tracks were twisted like strands of steel wire. Roads were torn up. Villagers, passing a sleepy Sunday afternoon in the excessive heat, Jumped up and ran for open country. Next came the tidal wave. With a swelling roar it rolled up the bay and smashed against the towns, Dwellings and shops were swept away by the waves. Slabs of walls and roofs were hurled inland from the shore. (A. U, 8. navy pilot from Puerto Rico who flew over Matanzas said the tidal wave seemed to have destroyed most of the town). Earth Torn Open After the tidal wave, reports said, there were jagged ruptures in the earth's surface. Fountains of sul-| furous waters were said to have! spurted from the crevices. Apparently ths center of the

children and nine great-grand-children.

A.B.C. STUDIES LIQUOR OPINION

Policy on Irvington Awaits Chairman’s- Returns

The alcoholic beverages commission today studied an attorngy general's opinion holding the antiliquor covenants on Irvington property as valid. Determination of a policy toward continuance of liquor permits in, Irvington was to be deferred, however, pending the return of Dr. Bur-| rell Diefendorf, A. B. C. chairman,’ from his vacation, Currently, mem-! bers of the commission said today, there is no quorum of members in| Indianapolis to take action, Attorney General James A. Emmert held the covenants forbidding sale of liquor on Irvington property had been validated by the Indiana appellate court but that the power of the commission to issue permits was not necessarily impaired by the court. action. “In my opinion,” the attorney general wrote” the A. B. C. does have the power to issue permits {under Chapter 357 of the acts of 1945 and prior laws, but I cannot

earthquake was . spot nearly 10| Rvise your commission to disregard

miles below the Atlantic ocean surface off the coast. Roger M. Olson of the San Juan observatory said the center was many miles from Puerto Rico and “possibly straight | down.” Material damage from the earth tremors was reported very great in! * Ban Francisco de Macoris and other | cities a few miles inland. Business

the government in relief work.

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onto its side only a few feet from |

suffering cuts and bruises.

10 DIE IN TYPHOID EPIDEMIC GENOA, Italy, Aug. 6 (U. P.).— Typhoid spread through the riviera | resort of Diano Marina today with at least 10 persons reported dead and more than 1000 stricken.

IN INDIA

EVENTS TODAY Rotary club, luncheon, 12:15 p. m., Clay- |

Mercator club, luncheon, 12:15 p. Lutheran Survier club, luncheon, m., Lin 4

m, 12:18 p.|

EVENTS TOMORROW Lions club, luncheon, 12715 p. m., Clay-

Junior Chamber of Commerce, luncheon, 12:26 p. m., Washington, —————

; MARRIAGE LICENSES John Lamar, 1818 Martindale: Geneva! Blakey, 1508 Columbia, Lynn 1 Lowry, 2049 Adams; Jean Britt,

3406 Frederick Raph Mascher, 825 8 East; ry M. Dawnard 636 Woodlawn Russell francs Mayhew Jr. 3022 CarroliA . Teague, 543 'N, Gray. cdi’ 2023 Shelby st; aydon, 3526 N, Grant. | organ, 2131 N. llinois; | Irma Elleen Morris, 320 N. Hamilton, | Spseth 2 Nahmias, 1124 8 Illinois st. Jean Blachaloger, 2421 Guilford, ©. Neal, 536 8. Keystone: Armstrong, 1225 8. Emerson

Omer Efward Parrish, 1119 Evison: LeoDAM Bina W

Wirth, . Louis, Mo after , Camp Atterbury: fr vere Helen Baker, 1043 N. Penn. 4 Ania, Charles R. Priest, South Bend: Pauline! Rages Mishawaka. £. Rankin Jr, 1836 Westview dr.: SJuanita M. Boles, 3728 Northwestern. 4 J. Ransdell, 617; N. be ae Lewis, 710 8 Reed, 219 Bd in Shut 819 Edison Schrader, 1045 E Market: Margate Owens, 1136 Pletcher, Scheber, 1242 Prospect:

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8. Kenwood; Vel kA ndes. Aid Charles Bhulke, 944 8. New Jer. rbara MM. Eviston, 620 Fleicher. 1836 os; Patricia Anne

, 1800 Arr Spencer. R. R. 1, Box 511; : June Hansen, 1431 Pinley George Sordean, Terre Haute: Hat.

tie Louise Br Bridgford, 1840 W. 60th A Verther, 1178 W 27; Joe Anna | Thoms, Eddie, Viginin Howard, ‘and 2 ance ar Broadway; Surah a. Saas hie ni Bonnie ‘Bawson: Sam- ©, k, a a Lint itz Yllis Sink, and Leo, Jean Gurar n, 1218 Prospect: | At Methodist— Patricia Leeds, JN. heniar sen; AT A Sinetine Pans: a 020 N, Wert" YUrki| Mahaia Gowinbarger; Lee" Geisidine | 3 Arsenal; Helena Marie | Clara , Cait Glen sste “oolmet ag 3. Ore; Martha rr Caldwe ne ®#Aney, and. James, t. Vincent's Epabt 1617 E. Towa; Eva rand Clarence, Bilianeth Orpiey ; Lockwood, | ome—Paul, Willa Troutman, 111 } 36 C ol; Julia Louise Benen 2 ‘William, Athleen Ph } 11th; M 8 W. Yen: ow: Lily — oy DEATHS

the decision of our courts, Matter of Policy “If as a matter of policy the commission should issue retail permits for this area (Irvington), the per-| mit would not be any defense to other actions. If your policy should to refuse such permits any applicant still would. be in a position to bring action for a declaratory

and social organizations judgment in court to have the coveg arg AME. nt declared invalid.”

Irvington citizens, headed by the |

Rev. John R. Stelle, retired MethodCHICAGO; Aug. 6 (U. P.).—Four|ist minister, have fought the ispersons were in serious condition |suance of liquor licenses in the todayy with head injuries suffered community, when a Cleveland to Chicago bus | board has approved applications of skidded on‘ slippery pavement on! two establishments to sell beer, wine Chicago's outer drive and bounced and liquor over these protests.

The county liquor

Renewal of the licenses still

Lake Michigan, Thirty-two pas- {hinges on the policy adopted by the senges were injured—most of them state commission under the Emmert opinion.

AIRLINES’ SAFETY HIGH CHICAGO, Aug. 6 (U. P).— Eighteen domestic airlines boasted perfect non-fatality records in 1945, ! the National Safety Gguncil an- ' nounced today. !

NAPOLIS

Vaughn Copenhaver 5625 University Clara .

Hannah Wilhelm, 901 New Jersey

| Prank Steele Crowe, 4114 B. 10th; Virginia E. Death, 3200 E. 10th Kenneth Wayne Deckard, . 1471 N. New Jersey; Mary Elizabeth Parker, 234 HanEdward H. Diegel, 834 Bugene: Gloria LaVerne Behrman, 2250 N. Pennsylvania | Richard Owen Daupert, R » 17, Box 480; Betty Jean Coy, 1710 Lockwbod Robert Alfred Donavan, 1605 W, Ohio: Margaret Mae Sweazey,

] 202 N. Richan Gerald William Franks, 1103 E Ohio Mary Marie Vickers, 1108 E. Ohio Clarence Harvey Fortner, 1801 Wade Clara Laverne McCarty, 2314 Finley.

| Joseph Gaydos

Camp Atterbury; Anna Elizabeth Martin, 913 High. | John ‘King Greer, 5144 Park Edith Marie 3 3pickelmler, 6011 Norwaldo, ames Edward Grimes, 302 E Morris I Ann Coleman, 847 Virginia | Bryon Clinton Groves, R. R. 1 Box 120 H: Barbara Lee Mock, Oakland iv Alited Fa 3920 E. Washing on; oberta salia Waini ones Hagan, 3920 E Arthur ©. Horan, Camp Atterbiry; Bessie

Virginia Green, Camp Atterbury.

BIRTHS

Twin Girls | At Methodist—Thomas, Girls At St. Franeis—Con: ad, Mary and Kenneth, Patricia Boarmah At City—Alfred, Louise Jones At Coleman—Frank, Jo Ann Mellvainey, | At Methodist—John, Margaret Geflker:

Maxine - Kelso,

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Leroy, Ruth Telumley, James, tt Tackett: William, Eleanor Kiapp: Jey Doris Smith; Arnold, Shiney Trump ‘Paul, Florence Kahn Annie Manzenberger; James, Bossy BlackA hry Vincent's Anthony, Martha Lott;

Lois, Bernice Kunstek; William, Ver Downs: rest, ar, Young: ors art, u A | Mary Catherine can, '. Chtiaton, Boys ! :

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He said: he checked the men's quarters three times before leaving the ship and thought he was the last man to leave. Eugene Dorsey, 18-year-old Negro, working on a water barge near the flaming ship also was credited with saving the lives of many. | Dorsey boarded the burning ship sounded the alarm, and later swam to safety with some of the crew | members, A naval rescue tug picked 15 men out of the water and one of the rescued sailors said several of his shipmates refused to Jump because they could not swim.

is on trial” Republican Leader Joseph W. Martin (Mass.) said.

“If the administration fails to prevent’ inflation we won't hesitate to call attention to it.”

Rep. Martin said the present OPA law is the “administration's bill” despite the fact that G. O. P, pressure had a lot to do with its present form. “OPA Chief Paul Porter said It was workable,” he said. “President Truman said it was a better bill than the one he vetoed, It's up to them to prove it will work.”

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