Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 16 January 1947 — Page 3

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Tragedy Area's Worst -Since 1919

PLYMOUTH, Pa. Jan. 16 (U, P). «An ‘accumulation of - dust or gas was believed today to have caused the explosion which killed 15 miners

in the Nottingham colliery of the!

Glen Alden Coal Co. Two other miners were injured in the blast which occurred 800 feet below the Susquehanna river yes terday. Only one member of the 18-man crew escaped unscathed. Bodies Removed Bodies of the dead were removed from the shaft five hours after the| explosion. All were heliéved to have | been killed instantly. Officials of | the state bureau of mines began an | immediate investigation. Samuel Reese, 35, and Andrew Bolinko, 54, both of Plymouth, ov) were injured in the blast, said the men were working in a gangway, or tunnel, which branched off from the main shaft. The three survivors were working in a chamber off an adjoining gangway. The blast was discovered by a tender working at the foot of the shaft. He noticed a cloud of dust creeping through the tunnel” and! sounded the alarm. Rescue crews, trained especially for such emergencies and equipped with gas masks, air drills and hand shovels, went down into the mine and began - digging through the! “debnis. Keep Lonely Vigil Relatives and friends of the men . working in the pit took up a lonely vigil at the . tipple awaiting word from below. Priests also stood in the throng waiting to administer the last rites of the Catholic church. The bodies of the victims were found close together at a point just | beneath the river which flows through this small mining com-

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BACK FROM NAVY—T, Sgt. Bernard C. Kruezek is back in: khaki at Ft. Harrison, because’ of his job at Shelbyville and the | pulling power of recruiting advertisements. (Photo by U.S. A, Signal Corps.) » » . T. Sgt. Bernard C. Kruczek of Cleveland served a hitch in the army and another in the navy—but he's back in khaki. again at Ft.

| American

; State Legion Tells. - Ex-GI's s to Stay Put

The Indiana department of «the Légion today = asked “roaming” war veterans to’ ‘stay put.” Legion service officer Oscar R Brown said veterans and their families had. been suffering “great hardships” by “roaming about Indiana hunting jobs.” Mr, Brown said one of the reports came from the veterans information center at Evansville, He said director John A.: Koch wrote that coal strikes and other labor dis~ turbances increased the number of veterans. who went to Evansville and other Indiana communities looking for work, taking their families with them before they found it. “Veterans who go out hunting jobs in this fashioin not only suffer themselves for lack of shelter and food, but in many instances their families likewise suffer,” Mr. Brown: said. “Employment conditions are about the same in all sections of the state. When jobs open in any particular section, the employment agencies put out such information. “The Legion calls upon all vet-

Harrison. He blames, or credits, it all to the

pulling power of army recruiting | ladvertisements. That, and the fact

that he had a job as typesetter on | the Shelbyville, Ind., Democrat, $0 he couldn't avoid reading the ads. Sgt. Kruczek first joined the | army in 1935. He was discharged in 1938, and then, in 1941, satisfied |

navy. He saw active duty in several Pacific battles, and was discharged as a machinist’s mate ia class.

Then he got that typesetting job at Shelbyville.

“One of my jobs on the paper was |

to set type for army recruiting ads,” Sgt. Kruczek said.

“And, believe it |

erans not to move with their fam{ilies into other communities until they have cinched a Job »

Butler Veterans Name

Convention Delegates . The Butler university American | Veterans committee named dele{gates to the state convention Feb.

his childhood ambition to join the 120d 2 in Indianapolis.

Delegates are Owen Paul, Eugene Ayres and. George Coffin, Indi- | anapolis; Arthur Graham, Martins- | ville, and Prof. Hubert H. Hawkins, | faculty sponsor, New officers are: Mr. Paul, chairman; Fritz Sondermann, Indianapolis, vice chairman;. Charles Hoffman, Indianapolis, treasurer; Joseph -Greenberg, Indianapolis, re-

munity in the heart of the anthra- for not, I got sold on the army all | {cording secretary; Ray Galerman,

cite region. The blast was the worst in this | section in 27 years.

{over again.” He re-enlisted ‘as a private but

Indianapolis, corresponding secre tary, and Mr. Coffin and Robert

In 1919, some recently was advanced to technical | Dyer, Indianapolis, members of the

90 miners were killed in an explo- sergeant, which is equivalent to his [executive committee. Mr. Sonder-

sion at Wilkes-Barre, just across the | Susquehanna from Plymouth.

navy grade.

Legislative Calendar

Jan. 15 | - BILLS INTRODUCED i

Senate i 8. B. 32 (Vermillion, Miller)—Provides $20] per day, 5 cents mile for travel and | actual expenses for special judges and judges pro tem in all state courts (Judiciary A.) -B. 33 (Vermillion, Miller)—Puts entire expense of changes of Yenus on county | s Nar (Judiciary {

.3 Sours clerk of any state court to] destr: Jie Ss or return them to) ay attorney in event case is dis-' missed before trial. (Judiciary A.) 8. B. 35 (Vermillion, Miller)—Provides tor | transfer of inmates of the Indana Girls’ | Reformatory to other state institutions by the welfare department for medical Teasons, (Judiciary A.) 8. B. 36 (Gonas)—Provides 25 per cent over-all increase in teachers’ compensa-| tion. (Finance.) | 8. B. 37 (Gonas)—Authorizes $2 per day| per child appropration from state gen-|

of $10 a month for domestic service and

$15 a month for overseas service to world war II veterans and provides 3 per cent general sales tax for five years'

to finance bonus. (Ways and Means.) H. B. 22 (Townsend) — Legalizes bonds, notes and other written obligations is-| sued by any county, civil or sc! 1 town- |

ship or municipality to finance public|g,

construction programs. (Judiciary A.)

Vermillion, Milier)—Authorizes | i B. 23 (Tinder)—Provides that monies

and properties of dissolved veterans’ organizations revert to ganization. (Corporations.

{H. B. 24

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nual salary. (Judiciary. .A.)

H. B. 25 (Henley)—Empowers county com- |

missioners and common touncil of second class cities within said county to appropriate funds to administer joint | city-county health departments. (County and Township Business.)

He is chief projection- | {ist at the Ft. Harrison post theater, | state council delegate and alternate.

B. 21 (Hines and Metford)—Pays bonus

» national or-|H, B. 3 (

(Danielson and Hughes)—Amends - state board of embaimers act snd makes | secretary of state board of health a f the board with $900 an-

mann and Mr. Ayres were elected

epilepsy cases to state board of health and motor vehicle bureau as means of reducing motor vehicle hazards. (Public Safety.) H. B. 31 (Teetor)—Strikes out clause of | present law which prohibits state police to aet in labor disputes except under orders from the governor. (Public Safety.) { B. 32 (Hamilton and Henley)-—Appro-priates $475,000 annually to help finance jacay i health departments, (Ways and ean Hughes and Henley)-—Amends state board of health act by re-defining board's duties. (Ways and Means.) RESOLUTIONS INTRODUCED Senate S. J. R. 1 (Gomas, Makowski)—Memorializes Congress and the President of the United States. to proclaim Oct. 11 a memorial day in honor of General Casimir Pulaski. (Judiciary B.) House

eral fund to county institutions for the H. B. 26 (Hiestand and Henley)—Author- | H- R. 6 (Dennis)—Prohibits house mem-

care of children. (Finance.) | $8. B. 38 (Coblents)—Authorizes municipalities to impose any form of tax on its citizens for the purpose of meeting financial obligations. (Interstate Cooperation.) - B. 39 (Vermillion, Kendall) — Permits “veterans or their widows to deduct mort-! gage indebtedness from assessed property valuation as a tax exemption. (Military and Veterans' Affairs.) House | MH. B. 19 (Slenker and Grant)—Empowers public service commission to have put into receivership any public utility which does not comply with PSC or-| ders. (Cities and Towns.) HN. B. 20 (Colbert)~Defines 49th and 57th Judicial districts. {Organization of Courts and. Criminal Codes.) ee

NATIONAL 24-HOUR FORECAST SUMMARY: Cloudy skies are forecast for the lower lakes region, the Ohio valley, the south Atlantic and Guif states as well as the Pacific northwest states and the extreme north portion of the northern Rockies. A narrowing band of clear skies will prevail from California eastward across the central Rockies and the cen- | tral Plains states and extending. as far ‘east as Illinois. Elsewhere over the nation skies will be partly cloudy. Occasional rain is“predicted for ‘the southeast and the south central portions of the country while ° snow or rain will be experienced by the northwestern states. Elsewhere precipitation ranges from | snow over the upper lakes to scat- | tered thunderstorms in the Gulf | plains area, and occasional rain over a large portion of the Gulf states, scattered showers over the | middle Atlantic states, dntermit- | tant rain or. drizzle over the north coastal and Snow or snow

izes establishment of full-time county or multiple county health departments. (State Medical and Public Health.) H. B. 27 (Steele)—Increases by $2 a day| per diem allowance for judges and other county officials and provides per | diem allowance for assessors and sur-| veyors. ness.) H. B. creates 84th judicial aistrict and sets salaries of prosecuting attorneys in each district. (Organization of Courts and Criminal Code.) {H. B. 20 (Leahy and Henley)—Authorizes, state treasurer and state board of) health to make allotments to municipal or district health agencies. (Social Security.) H B. 3 (Malone)—Requires reporting of

28 (Gleaon) .— Defines 35th

flurries over the inland portions of New York and Pennsylvania, The freezing line shown on the Fotocast indicates points where minimum temperatures of 32 degrees. are anticipated tomorrow morning with areas north of the line scheduled for still lower temperatures. Fotocast minimum temperatures for principal cities are as follows: Boston, 18 degrees; Washington, 28 degrees; Atlarita, 52 degrees; Miami, 70 degrees; New Orleans, 64 degrees; Kansas City 10, degrees; St. Louis and Denver, 15 degrees; Portland and Seattle, 30 degrees; Los-An-geles, 39 degrees; Boise, 5° degrees; Duluth, 5 degrees, and Chicago, 20 degrees, Marked temperature differences between Miami with a forecast | minimum of 70 degrees and Du- | luth with 5 degrees. = Warm | moist air flowing over Miami | +holds the temperature relatively high while cold dry air of Ca‘nadian origin causes the siub-zero Yomperature in the Duluth area, |

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bers from holding other state office.|

| _ (Adopted.) {H. B. 7 (Cromer)—Pays tribute to the | late Rep. y Duggins. (Adopted.) |B. R. 8 Poni Bin tribute to the late Rep. Roy W. Darneal. (Adopted.) . # (Cromer)—Pays tribute to the late Rep. Gene Eckerty. (Adopted.) R. 3 (Ryan) — Requires clerks of a and house to furnish each memr of general assembly with names of members who also hold state jobs and salaries they draw. (Tabled.)

BILLS PASSED { Senate

H. B. 2 (Henley)—Pays $1200 salary of | each legislator for 1947 in two install ments, $600 mediately and $600 Feb.

| 15. (37 Ayes, . 10 noes.)

| Temperatures to the .immediate | west of the Upper Lakes region | are rising slowly as the air mass in the northern plains area is modified,

Official Weather U. §. ‘WEATHER BUREAU Jat. 16, 1047 Suprise .... 7:04 | Sunset .... 4:46 Precipitation 34 hrs, end, 7: LR gv Re A a + dua. o 1 Lu ie Deficiency since J

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annual meeting of the cena Indiana council, Boy Scouts of America, will be held at 7:45 p. m. today in Cadle tabernacle. Scouts, their parents and friends from eight counties will be present. The meeting will be open to the public. Edgar A. Guest, well-known poet of American homespun philosophy, will be the main speaker. Copies of his poem, “The Scoutmaster,” will be given volunteer unit leaders. New officers of the Indiana coun- |. cil will be Presented and Silver Beaver - awards for outstanding service to boyhood will be made. Two youths, Clifford McDowell Jr. and Harrold Swoverland Jr., both explorer scouts, will be" presented medals for meritorious action in saving & man’s life. C. Otto Janus, council president, will preside.

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