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MONDAY, DEC. 23, 1948

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‘Hopes for a white Christmas In Indianapolis faded in the face of a continuing thaw today after a weekend dotted with traffic accidents caused by ice and snow. In the 48 hours beginning at 6 a. m. Saturday there were 61 traffic accidents in the city and at least two persons lost their lives in| crashes out in the state. Twentyfour were injured in local skids. Two women were injured Saturday in falls on the ice. State police reported most roads clear of ice and snow this morning but warned that there still were a few slick places, even on main roads

PARTLY CLOUDY AND

The weather forecast was for continued warm weather today turning colder tonight and tomorrow. Skies were expected to remain clear. James R. Perigo, 68, Newburg, Ind, was injured fatally ‘Saturday when he was struck by a car as he crossed a street in his, home town.

NATIONAL 24-HOUR FORECAST SUMMARY: Colder weather is in store for the Northern and Central plains states, also the Great Lakes region as cold, dry Canadian-are invades these areas in its push south and eastward. The only snowfall predicted is

Head-on Crash the - snow flurries or occasional

Mrs. Edity McVey, 57, St. Paul, Ind., was killed the same ‘evening in a head-on crash on road 29 a half mile east of Shelbyville. The crash occurred when Richard Bayless, 20, of Shelbyville, was pulling his car onto the road after a skid into the ditch. Bayless and James McVey, husband of the dead woman, were injured seriously. Mrs. McVey was hurled through the windshield of her car. ; Elvis A. Williams, 25, of 2010 Carleton st., was charged with drivunder the influence of intoxiee or Lis Official Weather car skidded into the rail of the All Data in Central Standard Time White river bridge on W. Watling: 95, 1940 ton st. late last night. He told po- |- meres commer lice his wheels caught in the street- 7:08 | Sunset ...... 4:26 car tracks and broke free sudden- | Precipitation 24 hrs. ending 7:30 a.m. .00 ly, throwing the car out of control. | Total precipitation since Jan. 1..... 33.01 Hits Store Window Deficiency since Jan. Se. ire OT AN 0.12

A skid sent a stolen car crashing ;,

York state interior, northern Great Lakes and North Dakota. (See FOTOCAST.) Fair weather conditions throughout the Middle and South Atlantic states, and in the Gulf states will help make pre-Christ-mas road, train, bus or air travel enjoyable in the southeast. The rest of the U. 8. will have partial cloudiness for the most part, and little precipitation which helps make traveling Pleasant, else-

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into the window of the Walters High low Drug store at 1363 8. Meridian st. odor’ ©7000 em early yesterday and resulted in the Chicago ...............c..... - 3 capture of Thomas Tate, 18, of 1205 GSinnet - 8B E. Kelly st. Tate was charged with Penver rears : s 3 vagrancy and held for investigation m. wayne ........ : 2 18 in connection with the theft of the DS “nr -3 car. Kansas sig trressraares 20 Another stolen car was volved Los Angeles wan B.» in a three-car pile-up at the cor- Minneapolis-St. Paul .. 2 1 ner of Hoefgen and Shelby StS. New York :...... re ' 62 35 yesterday. James Shott, 21, of 115 Sklshoma city 8 4 Lexington ave. was charged with Pittsburgh oa - 8 2 vagrancy and held for investigation. san An i nto Herereea : “ pe The car, driven by Shott, crashed Washington. D a ree 4 “

into a car driven by William M. Zoch, 23, of Morgantown. A few minutes later a taxicab driven by Robert Sterm of 212 Terrace ave, skided into the other two vehicles.

LOCAL BRIEFS

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light snow pictured for the New |

Virgil McKenney, 52, of 1232] Perry st, who police said was rid- | ing in Shott's car, received a broken right leg and was taken to City

{diana Employment Secwtity division will be closed Christmas and New Year's it was announced to-

‘ambulance. She was taken to City Stewart Coleman, Mrs. John Kest-

hospital. Mrs. Catherine Zoch re- day. ceived head injuries. Sterm was] charged with operating without a pensation .or veterans allowances license and reckless driving. are requested to appear on the Thursdays following the two holiTwo Injured in Falls : :

{ days. At the same intersection a short time later a car driven by Mrs.| The annual Christmas dinner of | Dorothy C. Wall of route 4 was in- the Indianapolis Rotary will be held | volved in a collision with one driv- lat 12:15 p. m. tomorrow in the! en by Miss Ethel Flora of Colum- | Claypool. bus. Both were taken to City hos- | pital where their conditions were | Newly elected officers of Lodge 86, described as fair. | Auxiliary Fraternal Order of PoTwo other passengers involved In| lice, are: Mrs. Janice - Sparrow, the accident were hospitalized. | president; Mrs. Harold Goodman, They were Charles Wall, husband first vice president; Mrs. William | of Mrs. Wall, and Mrs. Marian | Denker; second vice president; Mrs. | Smith of 2124 Kenwood ave. | Harry Whitaker, secretary; Mrs. Mrs. Lennet Beyersdorfer, 74, of Michael Cavanaugh, treasurer; Mrs. 1102 N. Holmes ave., broke her hip| Robert Stiegelmeyer, financial secin a fall on the ice at 11th and | retary; Mrs. Emanuel Sebauer, King sts. yesterday. Three youths| conductress; Mrs. Ruth Quinnette, pulled the injured woman on a sled | chaplain, and Mrs. Lucille Mangus, to her home where her husband, Leonard Beyersdorfer, summoned an |

Burk, ‘Ms. Russell Nicewanger, Mrs.

hospital. Mrs. Lena Honeywell, 59, of 703 DeQuincey st., fell down at the in- | tersection of Meridian and mary-| Plan Mass Funeral land sts. She wrenched a shoulder | |, i : and received cuts about the face For Artist, Family from fragments of henglasses which MICHIGAN CITY, Ind, Dec. 23 were broken in the fall: She was|(U.P.).—A mass funeral will be held treated at Otty hospital but not ad-|at Peoria, Ill, tomororw for John mitted. Courtright, Chicago wurtist, and his . wife and two children whom he biudgeoned to death Saturday.

ler and Mrs. John Mullin.

Claimants for unemployment com- |

- Actress to Wed

HOLLYWOOD, Dec. 23 (U. P).— Actress Ilona Massey said today she soon will become the bride of Jay D. Kurts, former navy lieutenant commander, whom she met in New

Courtright, who recently suffered a nervous breakdown, committed suicide by slashing his wrists after he had fatally beaten his wife and children with a poker. The bodies were found in a cottage near here

Guinea while she was on tour with | which Courtright had rented for the a USO camp show, winter.

IN INDIANAPOLIS

BIRTHS At City—8ylvester, Ruth Pitspatrick. Girls At [Doiemas.. Wilam, Pairiciny Ryan; AlAt_ St. Wrancis—8ydney, Mildred Ford; onse, Ruth Harpring rion, June Theodore, Lucille Stokes; Frances, Mar- ankins; George, Frances Sweet: Ralph,

cella Murphy, and Robert, Mary Oath- Norma Skirvin, and Thomas, Jean Car-

erine Kiemer,

AC "Moth At City—George, Bernice Marshall; Arthur, | George, oi A do: Mary BAL; Fitzhugh, Laura Lions; Lee,| marine Short; Paul, Rosie Halton: RobHelen th Parham, and Albert, Dora| ert, Ruth Newton: George, Marcie

Lane; Carl, Ethel Toth; Raymond, Joan

ho Coloman-<Jaihes. Grace Everts; Charles, | Eaton; Lantus, Thelma Montgomery; na Carson; Harry, Virginia Sanders:| Curtis, Marguerite Bailey, and Loren, Kenneth, Helen Scott; John, Evelyn Hor-| Bsther Hanna, ton; Albert, elma Mussman; Lewis [At St. Vineent's—Clarence, Alma Guinan; Helen Churchill; Paul, Martha Huls, anx| Harold, Edith Poynter; Paul, Mer BaxMerle, Wilma Saffard, ter; Willlam, Altalee Crawl Charles, t_Methodist—William, Goldie Reinhardt;| Roast Whitcomb, and Carl, Patricia Robert, Thelma Tegarden; Carl, Bar- yan, bara Seay; Elmer, Catrle Sterrett; William, Wanda Starnes; James, Charlotie DEATHS

Smith; James, Wanda Pu ate; Frances Ralston; Willie, le Leonard ard hiine Sims; Roy. Geneva Reed; iH tty Shively; Ralph, Lois Cole: lian

Ov von 2. Walker, 43, at Methodist, mitral

Little, 58, at city, coronary

Leonard, Be Snider; John, Marie McKinley; Herschel, Evelyn Lowe, and Barl, | Edward E. Berlin, 87, at.City, nephritis. Mary Toney. | William Odem, 76, at City, cerebral

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hemorrhage. Lester, Dorothy St 4h,

Bernice Ticen; | ysses Goens, 73,

James, So- at 949 Indiafa ave:

phronis “Riley; Don, Routh Manning: | Cerebral thrombosis. William, Janet Waltman: Robert, Carol Joseph Mathew Etter, 44, at Methodist, Wilson, Harry, Iva Cornea; Warren, pneumonia, Mary Babb; Robert, Donnie Cledder. Mary Ida Gines, 79," at 1336 N. Delaware Charles, Delsa Abney, and John, Mar-| St. arteriosclerosis.

lorie Reynold 8. ome-—Arthur, Esther Swigart,' W. Michigan st., ernathy,

| Albert Herbert Meister, 38, at ity, cerebral 20084 hemorrhage, and Buffie, Mabel Ab- Melissa EB Sturdevant, 83, at Methodist, 18 Geisendorfl st Boys Louis Leo Ostentorth, , at City, osteo 8,

: vel ‘Frances Kneal, Mabel Cavender; Jon H. Williams, 44, at City, hemorrhage. rge, Bernice Kuntz; Roy, Jane Margaret McCrossi incen Kir kman, and Ray, Josephine ors, “heart rt disease, Bn, Yh WY 8, ¥ rh

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Accidents

[McAdoo Death Called ‘Suicide’

SANTA MONICA, Cal, Dec. 23 (U. P,)~The death of Ellen Wilson McAdoo, 32, twice - divorced granddaughter of President Wilson, was attributed by policy today to an overdose of sleeping tablets, Miss McAdoo, said -by police to have been brooding and threatening suicide for two weeks, was found unconscious in a beach hotel Sunday. She was rushed to a hospital, where she died 20 minutes later. Police said Miss McAdoo blamed finances and her family for her troubles. “I've just done it,” she telephoned Ben Allen Markson, a tenant in the hotel yesterday. He found her unconscious a few minutes later. Mrs. Aroline Willey, a hotel maid,

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HI Sn .. [Eve said she earlier had displayed two SHOWERS tablets and swallowed them, explainDRIZTLE Besse SNOW {ing that “they're going to put me to

sleep for a long, I time.” Miss McAdoo recently had been employed as a telephone operator,

where, in the nation.

Temperatures will lower in the | upper sectors of the Mississippi | and Missouri valleys tonight with

minimum readings forecast to hit freezing levels as far south as New Mexico and Oklahoma, (Note Freezing Line on the map.) Below zero minimum are forecast | in North Dakota. | ‘Temperature forecasts for to- | morrow morning for some cities follow: Boston, 32 degrees; New York and Philadelphia, 36 degrees; Washington and Ft. Worth, 38 degrees; Norfolk, Memphis, Portland and Seattle, around 40 degrees; Chicago and Denver, 20 degrees; Omaha and Milwaukee,

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| the eastern and western coastal

. the east and warm, moist air

Police began an investigation and relatives refused comment until the Duluth, 3 degrees {arrival here of the mother, Mrs. ° | Eleanor Wilson McAdoo, widow of Senator Willlam Gibbs McAdoo, secretary of the treasury in the Wilson cabinet. Mrs. McAdoo was reported en route from New York, where she had been visiting.

16 degrees; above zero. Mild conditions will continu over the Southern states, also in

regions. Air currents from the Gulf of Mexico will gain precedence in

streaming northeastward through the Ohio Valley toward New Eng- Aid Mexican Children land will produce increasing high MEXICO CITY, Dec. 28 (U, P). cloudiness or partly cloudy skies. | —Pederal district police were in. Rain showers are probable over |structed today to begin picking up the southern tip of Florida and | children who sleep in the streets along the southern coast of Cali- and take them to a government fornia; northern Utah may have dormitory. There they will receive | light rain, as will northwest [food and shelter during winter | Washington stgte. months.

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