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Temperature Drops Degree an Hour LOCAL TEMPERATURES
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I A cold wave set in here toBay. Temperatures dropped one degree an hour during the morning, ‘A sharper drop is expected tonight. The mercury is expected to dip to 10 degrees above pero by tomorrow, the lowest mark this winter. Previously this winter the low was 14, on Dec. 19. The cold wave has begun to paralyze transportation, State
roads, only partly cleared from reeent rain and sleet storms, began
North of route 40 state roads were sheaths of ice covered with snow and listed as “hazardous.” In central Indiana, ice was reported in ‘spots and more forming. The southern section of the state reported normal road con-! ditions as long as temperatures remained above freezing. Even in the vicinity of Indianapolis roads were glazed. State police said any travel north of U. 8. 40 was “inadvisable.” Hope that plane travel would be was abandoned. Somis commercial air lines had scheduled flights south but canceled them as the cold front descended. Disrupted bus schedules glso were expected in the wake of the cold, Icy highways will result in scme cancellations, it was said. Busses which go through are expected to proceed at a snail's pace. No Letup in Sight Weather men saw no immediate letup in the cold spell. Snow flurries will follow {freezing temperatures tomorrow afternoon. = Contintied cold is forecast for tomorrow and tomorrow night. Temperatures will average around 10 degrees below normal over the state. for the next five days. Warmer weather Sunday and Monday will be followed by lower temperatures Tuesday and rising mer-
cury Wednesday. ' Light precipita-| tion, occurring as snow flurries was
predicted. Ice forming on power lines disrupted utility service in rural spots over the state. The Rural Electric Membership corp., electric co-opera-tive, reported 1700 services out through their system in Boone, ‘Clinton, Montgomery, Hamilton, Marion and Hendricks counties. County Schools Closed Four crews worked all night to restore service. Hardest hit were New Ross, Thorntown, Colfax, Kirklin and Zionsvilld. Indiana Bell Telephone reported only minor
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Road Conditions Over Indiana
Road conditions over Indiana at 10:30 a. m. today, as reported by staté police: Ligonier and Dunes Park Areas -All roads covered with ice and snow, very hazardous. Traffic on
Ind. 55 near Crown Point restrict-
ed to one-way because of icy spots, hills and drifts, Lafayette Area—All roads hazardous; Light snow over ice. Mist and snow falling. Pendleton Area—All roads icy and hazardous. Light snow falling in north portion.
Putnamville—Highways south of]
U. 8. 40 wet and icy in spots, except JU. 8. 41: which is icy. U. 8. 40 icy in“spots. Light mist falling. Connersville — Light sndw, not freezing. on highways. Temperature 36 degrees. Jasper and Charlestown—Generally speaking, roads normal
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mperatures falling to about 10 degrees by morning. Clearing tonight and tomorrow. :
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Had Been Married "For 60 Years
Times State Service MARTINSVILLE, Ind, Jan. 3.— Death came last night to Mrs. John C. McNutt, mother of Indiana's former governor, Paul V. McNutt. The mother of the present ambasador to the Philippine islands suffered a heart attack Tuesday and died at 11 p. m. yesterday at Home Lawn sanitarium. Her husband was at her bedside when she died. Mrs. McNutt was born Ruth Neely in Morgan county. She was married in Morgantown in 1886, living in Franklin, where her husband was prosecuting attorney from 1888 to 1892, Her famous son was “born in 1801. The family lived in Indianapolis from 1803 to 1899 while Mr. McNutt was librarian for the Indiana supreme court. They moved to Martinsville in 1899 and Mr. McNutt practiced law there until recently. The former governor's parents celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary last July 7. In addition to her husband and son, Mrs. McNutt is survived by
Mother of Paul V. McNutt Is Dead at Martinsville
"MRS. JOHN Ca McNUTT— Dead of a heart attack.
a brother, Charles Neely, Indianapolis; two sisters,” Miss Margaret Neely and Mrs. Myrtle Woody, both of Martinsville, and a granddaughter, Miss Louise McNutt. Mrs. McNutt was a member of the First Methodist church, and the Coterie club and a charter member of the Martinsville Women's club.
G.I. Who Pulled Payroll Hoax
Sent to Pacific a ot
* SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 3 (U. P.. —Pvt. Jimmy Hill, 17—the 24-hour hero of the Hamilton field $250,000 payroll ty. which never took
Eckert's Case Before Board
Charges Against Officer Heard
Three members of the state
‘place—is on his way overseas to a Pacific outpost.
a fabulous hoax about shooting it out with six robbers. He told that story after accidentally breaking a pane of glas§ in the finance office {diring his sentry younds early Sun‘day morning. Pvt. Hill—on the list to depart
. {with others in his contingent at the
time ‘of the fake robbery—missed | ithe ship because of the subsequent | Investigation. He left by air New | Year's day. | His marriage to Rosemary Watison, the girl who was left at the church . the night Jimmy was put on sentry duty, has been postpened indefinitely.
Mine Blast Kills 2 at Bicknell
8 Other Workers Escape Injury Times State Service BICKENELL, Ind., Jan 3.—Officials today probed the cause of a gas explosion which killed two miners at the small Panhandle mine yesterday. It was the first fatal mine explosion here since 1942 when a blast in another vein of the same mine took the lives of 14. Dead were Elza Hager, 50, father of two children, and Lee Gastineau, 50, survived by his wife. Eight otHer workmen in the mine at the time escaped injury. Gas and smoke in the vein, 275
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{ police -board met today for a pub-
| The Robinson, Til, created 1° hearing té determine whether
| State Police = Maj. | stays fired. attempt at a hearing,
scheduled for yesterday, “was
Walter Eckert
prevented Democratic’ Member Clarence Gramelspacher of Jasper from reaching Indianapolis. Two other members of the board, Eugene C. Pulliam and V. M. Armstrong, live in Indianapolis. Maj. Eckert is suspended on a charge of conduct unbecoming an officer. : He was stopped by a, state trooper near Columbus recently and was reported to state headquarters on a charge of driving while intoxicated. Although the Eckert case will be the only subject before the board
state police department.
will follow the public hearing, Depariment Superintendent Austin
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‘Snipper’ Makes His Biggest Haul
WASHINGTON, Jan. 3 (U. P).— Jack-fhe-Snipper’s ' eighth victim was bewailing the loss of 12 inches of ‘brunette hair today. This was the longest hunk Jack had sclssored since he began terrorizing Washington women 10 days ago. The scene of his latest job was a trolley. : __The victim was a 17-year-old high school girl who hadn't cut her hair {for two years.
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Prof. Kimberly at first refused wood, O., relatives of Hemming, They said Miss Kimberly - and Hemming came there last night--that Hemming was “too drunk to drive” but that the girl would not get out of the car.
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“If that report is true, it is our opinion Mary Virginia must have been under the influence of some
Amusements , 20 Movies ....... 20| drug” the Kimberlys said. Rule Ash... Shiluarits hi nu Lakewood police ‘said they were Business... 27| Radio. ggitold that both Hemming and the yo 0 sedrivas girl “had liquor on their breaths.” Comics ...,.: 26 Ms Roosevelt 18|™ Liven on a New Year's party.” Crossword ... 26 | Scherrer ..... 16 ! Editorials .... 16| Serial ....... . Lakewor relatives quoted ‘Hemming Forum ....... 16|Side Glances . 16 : o Meta Given... 19 Silly Notions. . 15 “We old him to get the girl bac Ernie Hill..... 18 Spelling Bee . 26 home, oF Ha, Su, he ou 23 Hunting ..... 28 Sports .,...22-23 ’ Income ‘Tax .. “6 Stranahan ... 20 that they were going right back In Indpls. ... 2 Washington .. 16 to Columbus. : : Inside Indpls.. 15 Weather Map 3| Where the couple had spent the
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Couple Asks About Marriage Laws In Cleveland; Reported in Lorain, O. ; COLUMBUS, O, Jan, 3 (U. P).~Dr, E. E. Kimberly, Ohio State
today that his missing daughter,
| Mary Virginia, had appeared in suburban Cleveland with ex-convict | Robert Hemming who asked about Ohio marriage laws. Dr: Kimberly said that “she must have been drugged.” to believe the report from Lake-|:
ere checking a report that the car in which they were riding was parked here Wednesday night, indicating they did not leave town. At Lorain, O., police said that the missing couple were believed to have spent last night there. A hotel register carried the name, “Mr. and Mrs, Robert Hemming, Columbus. Femming,: tall red-haired son of retired safe. manufacturer -— whose criminal record goes back
to 1927—picked. up Mary Virginia,
a 20-year-old Ohio State senior, New Year's day on a pretext of taking her to a surprise party for his daughter, Sarah. Hemming has served sentences in San Quentin, Leavenworth and Atlanta federal prisons. . Miss Kimberly had met him only once previous to the time he cdlled
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Indiana G. 0. P. Pays Tribute
Ovation Climaxes Trip to Washington
Other Hoosier photos, Page 135. Rep. Martin's inaugural address, Page 3.
By VICTOR PETERSON Times Staff Writer . WASHINGTON, Jan. 3.—Republican Hoosiers from the length and breadth of Indiana gathered in
The ovation is the climax of a
Jenner, Indiana's youthful junior senator, Professional politicians, -bankers, lawyers, husinessmen and farmers, 134 in all, made the trek to the nation's capital. An extra train, the Jenner special, carried the many friends ‘wishing to see him sworn into office: It was a holiday-mood crowd which boarded the train in Indianapolis at“4 p. m. yesterday. Political small talk was left on the platform. Exclusive “Club”
Any reference to the state's pastime, politics, centered. on. the Lawrence county man who today takes his seat in what many call
They talked of the. future for “Bill,” occasionally mentioning the possibility he might not be seated!
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there was talk of bringing the army veteran back someday to head the state as governor. ; Now only 38, Senator Jenner could make a career as a legislator, | following the footsteps of some of {the nation’s senatorial deans.’
“Banner G. O. P. State”
“We are looking for Bill to do great things in the senate,” Lieut. Gov. Richard T. James said. “He could build up a lot of seniority which not only. would be fine for him but a great’ boost to the state.” “Indiana is becoming known as the ‘banner Republican state’,” said John H. Lauer, Williamsport, chairman of the state highway commission.
{hold the Honor. Charley. k Halleck today, it was only one of a number| (Charles . Halleck, Rensselaer) (R. of sensational developments which|2d district) is leading the way for broke around “irregularities” in the | Hoosier greats in government.
At an executive session, which he Will keep Indiana always be-
“Bill can do much to help us
“As majority leader in the house,
{ fore ‘the lawmakers. and the na-| { tion,” Mr. Lauer said. | That Hoosierland is marked for | recognition on the national scene was spotlighted by an announcement made on the train by Tom B. Potter, Terre Haute, Indiana chairman of the Young Republicans.
The Cup of Plenty
“Two of our state members today were named to national positions,” he said. “Earl Snyder, a junior law student at Indiana university, will take over as college chairman of the National Young Republicans. “The other appointment is that of Mrs. Susan Prickett, Albion, as congressional chairwoman of the organization.” : This trip is a high point in the lives of these ardent Republicans. The years have been long and lean. But now they are drinking from the cup of plenty,
| Washington today to honor the man| they helped elect to office.
spontaneous tribute to William E.|°
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SENATORIAL STAFF—These Hoosiers, eager passengers on the Jenner Special to Washington, will serve Indiana's new junior senator, William E. Jenner. Left to right, they are Miss Pearl Dowell, Shoals, a secretary: Mrs. Mary Schubert, Indianapolis, executive secretary; Horace Coats, Indianapolis, administrative assistant, and Miss Wilma Wood, Bedford, personal secretary.
DINER POLITICS—Among the many guests aboard the festive Jenner Special |1dano) - fought were these two who preferred to take their politics with refreshment. Tom Potter (left), Terre Haute; was on the train primarily for the William E. Jenner party. His companion, Charles Egenroad, is a former South Bend political writer now on his way to
become secretary to Senior Senator Homer Capehart,
Tax Cut Bill 1st In New Congress
House Is Organized; |
Senate Is Snarled
By LYLE C. WILSON United Press Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON, Jan, 3.—The G: 0. P.-controlled 80th congress met at noon today. House Republicans moved at once to carry out campaign promises for sweeping income tax reductions. The first ¢ompletely Republicandominated congress since 1931 took over from Democrats th- legislative responsibilities of peace and post-war-reconstruction. Tax cuts, labor legislation, and
ouster of Senator Theodore G. Bilbo! -
were its most urgent business.
To them the youthful Mr. Jen- | ner has become a symbol of a re-|
vitalizeg party spirit, and they face
Teen-Agers’ Tria Date to Be Set
Times State Service
COLUMBUS, Ind., Jan. 3.—Dates for the trials of four teen-agers charged with murder - of. State Trooper Herbert W. Smith will be set next Tuesday, Circuit Court Judge George W. Long announced today. The shooting occured Dec. 5 near Shelbyville and the quartet was brought to Bartholomew county jail on a change of venue from Shelby county. “= i William Price, 17; William Johnson, 17; Vera Hornback, 15, and Mary Ruth Ward, 14,: jointly -indicted for first degree murder, are prisoners in‘ the local jail During the Christmas holidays the members of the group received
religious pamphlets. Judge Long stated that he had not been informed whet =: attorneys for the defendants planned to
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In the senate the No. 1 place on the agenda was given to Republican attempts to deny the gravel-voiced little Mississippi Democrat the seat to which he was re-elected last November. / Tax Cut Is First Bill
In the house, the first legislation introduced in the new congress was a bill by Rep. Harold R. Knutson (R. Minn.) to cut taxes for calendar 1947. H. R, 1 would reduce taxes 20 per cent on incomes up to and a trifle above $300,000 and | 10% per cent on amounts beyond that figure. Senate Republicans are shying away from the plan of house leaders to whack income taxes 20 per cent. Senators cautiously suggest that 10 per cent is a more likely figure and that the new Republican congress should arrange for a balanced budget before reducing treasury revenue. ‘Rep. Knutson, who will be chairman of the house ways and means committee, promised early action on his bill, - Congressional tax experts
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365 HOMES BURN DOWN
a large amount of mail including] TOYAMA, Japan, Jan. 3 (U. P.. |=~A Japanese housewife let a fire
in her kitchen get out of control today. Before it was extinguished, 385 homes had been destroyed and
file motions for seperate trials, A i: ’ - t ;
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1600 persons made homeless.
By DANIEL M. KIDNEY Times Staff Writer WASHINGTON, D. C, Jan. 3 Only a few of the 134 Hoosiers who came to Washington today to see william E. Jenner sworn in as senator made the grade when the senate convened at noon. With visitors from 47 other states also clamoring for admittance, only a few of the Hooslers were per-
This was despite the efforts of both Mr. Jenner and Senator ‘Homer Capehart. i Over on the house side things were not quite so crowded. Some went there and watched Rep. Charles A. Halleck (R. Ind) function for the first time as house
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TIME OUT—As the Jenner Special sped |34 Indiana Republicans to Washington for. senate ‘'swearing-in" | ceremonies, H. D. Hartman, Wabash, member of the highway commission, and House Speaker Hobart Creighton, Warsaw, pause for a look at The Times.
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