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FRIDAY, JULY 4, 1947 Indianapolis, Ind. Issued daily except Bunday e

Flying Saucers The Glorious 4th—1 00 Years Ago In Indianapolis o na do ho

-Space Ships a Le Or llusions? ha Kills Ten, N Injures 45

Army Information Gets Nowhere By UNITED PRESS Five theories were advanced today to “explain” the mysterious Strikes in Canada, Minnesota, North Dakota; Six Die in One House; Crops Are Damaged GRAFTON, N. D, July 4 (U. P.).—A destructive twister that roared out of Canada and into the Red river valley left ‘10 persons dead and at least 45 injured today.

®™flying saucers” which persons in|’ 10 states have reported seen streakEight of the injured were reported in critical condi. Te tion.

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They ranged from a San Francisco layman's flat assertion that ; \ oN : \ a NW K : they were “space ships” from older Jn AVA EAL bo . { . planets to a Chicago scientist's pee-| : , ; Weg ENE \ vish comment that the witnesses ih ; or A ER were seeing “spots in front of their #8 SR 3 SB eyes.” Three of the other explanations came from army air force officers| who began a preliminary investigation and then dropped it because they weren't getting anywhere, Caused by Hailstorms? The AAF’s experts said: ONE: The phenomena might be caused by natural weather sends: ee il 3 2» C 3 CS | d tions, such as heavy hailstorms fen , , ” : bes ot = ands at ar . aloe 100 YEARS AGO—Horse-drawn carriages brought residents of nearby Indianapolis to the City Market in 1847, Above is an artist's conception : the northeast corner of North

TWO; Perhaps they were me- of the market place that stood at ‘the present site of Tomlinson Hall. Drops Out of Sky | Dakota, hammered into the Red

teorites composed of silica that s : ) broke up when they hit the earth's experienced a small puff (tornado) which must For Quick Refresher |I*o valley and blew itself out

. 2 : NE-HUNDRED YEARS AGO today 1200 \ Sn gospher "Earlier. ats AAY spakess Indianapolis - residents formed around As the 1200 knelt to give thanks for their . have layed the wheat and corn fore and aft. | “BATTLE MOUNTAIN, Nev. July| Observers said the greatest damman said “If some foreign power| « Ye rll Independence they offered a prayer that loved It was accompanied by-a refreshing shower.” [4 (u. P) —Frank Pace, Ely, Nev.— age was done by high winds that Governor's Circle” to celebrate Independence . . sada : flanked the tornado. At Warsa fs sending flying discs over the dvi - ones would soon return from the Mexican war. Elsewhere, the Mississippi was at a raging |probably one of the thirstiest air- R nie hg aa ot hit by aw

United States, it is our responsi- Although relatively few Indiana men were flood stage. Merchandise left on wharves dur- [plane pilots in the world—finally |p” (omado funnel, high winds

bility to know about it and take The Indiana State Sentinel reported the ‘ : | rals proper action.” \vestt.| Procession marched quietly to a “beautiful killed in battle, countless others died from the ing the night was submerged and the levee was jFaised $500 bet Suns: Be Upped hig leveled. | every building Except a er Ma}, Paul Gaynon| Place west of the city, where an oration was «dreaded “estilence’ that walketh at noonday” = Nearly covered. The river was veported ris und slowly flew away. structure, 1 was reported. y which killed thousands. Crowd Rushes to Safety

The tornado first struck last night at Windygates, : "| Manitoba, on the Canadian Pilot Gets Thirsty ‘border. One man, identified y only by the last name of | Mikolasik, was killed- there.

The twister then cut & narrow path into the United States, across

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By GEORGE E. WELDEN mC CT city in the best of order and were dismissed.”

delivered.”

SCHOOLS 'N L GET FIXED UP!

. army air forces spokesman, said: “We feel that it is up in the clouds and we can’t do anything until we get more concrete information,” © Seen’ Over 10 States The mysterious discs, usually reported as shiny and traveling at great speed, first were reported 19 days ago over the Pacific northwest. Reports of the projectiles poured in from Oregon, Washington, California, Kentucky, New Mexico, Idaho, Colorado, South Carolina and eastern Canada. Yesterday persons in Texas and Ohio. reported seeing the “flying saucers.”

Ole J. Sneide, of San Francisco, |

gaid he was surprised that the witnesses didn’t know they were gseeing “oblate spherqid space ships from the older »

Chronicle, Mr. -Sneide warned people of the earth to “set up no belligerence” or they would be " wiped out in less than 24 hours. He said the “masters” of the “space ship” passengers from out of this world “planted the original humanities here.” They have been absent from our planet. since before the fall of the Roman empire, “when the Great Master left earth for the outer galaxy by fohatic teleportation,” he explained. “He is now back and what 1s

going to be depends upon man-|

Too Fast for Human Beings Aircraft engineers at thé Uni_versity .of California conceded that if the “flying saucers” were traveling at 1200 mijles per hour, as reported by some witnesses, any passengers must be “out of this world.” Oné professor, H. A. Johnson, said air travel at more than 600 miles per hour was impractical now because of temperatures generated by air friction. At 1200 miles per hour, air friction would generate a temperature of 200 degrees Fahrenheit; which is about the limit of safety for” metals now in use,” he said. He sald V-2 rockets traveled 3600 m. p. h., but were in the air only a short time,

Plan 'Sit Meters’

For Beach Benches

" ATLANTIC CITY, N. J. July 4 (U. P).~If hotel owner Ralph E. Clouser ‘has his way “sit meters” will be installed to curb “hogging” of boardwalk benchc:. Mr, Clouser told thé city commission that the meters would permit a person<o sit on a bench at a cost of 10 cents an hou,

J} He said that visitors often .weré

« Unable to find a place to sit because others sat for hours, then turned their benches over to family members or friends.

Balloons Carry Tickets For Fireworks Display

Gas-filled balloons will be released from Butler university bowl this afternoon, with each balloon carrying free tickets for Sahara Grotto 12th annual fireworks show tonight at the bowl. Bert Wrennicky who is in charge of ascensions, said the balloons are the large gas-filled type used during the war for weather service.

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the children and after appropriate music by the band and some stirring pieces being sung by the vast crowd, the procession returned to the

hen distributed to

dition.

Floods had struck earlier in the spring, but despite that corn and wheat were in good conThe Indiana State Journal reported that on the Sunday before the Fourth, “We

ing at the rate of an inch an hour on the | Airman Paces night in jail cue

Fourth.

In.the background can be seen the old statehouse.

drowned before the July 4 holiday

Over the nation, violent holiday

deaths. The dead in pre-holiday accidents in Indiana were: > Kathryn Ann Brown, 7, Wolcott, died today in St. Elizabeth's hospital, Lafayette, following injuries received last night when she stepped in front of a car at Roads 24 and 53, near Lafayette. The car was driven by Oren Williams, 2440 N. Illinois st., Indianapolis. Drowns While Fishing Barney ‘Tibbets, 50, Attica, drowned while fishing at Glascock dam south of Veedefrsburg yesterday. . Michael Maloney, infant son of Mr, and Mrs. Everett Maloney, Kokomo, and Jesse Copp, 50, Bunker Hill, Ind, killed in a collision of two cars at a road Intersection] eight miles south of Peru, John Robert Topps, 10, ‘son of Mr. and Mrs. Annie M. Topps, New Albany, drowned while swimming in the Ohio river near his home. Jack Dempsey Funk, 21, and Shoudy A. Miller Jr. 21, both of Corydon, killed when their car plunged off Highway 62 down a steep embankment into Blue river eight miles’ west of Corydon. Mother Also Hurt In the crash near Peru in which the Maloney infant and Mr. Copp were killed, the baby’s othe, Mis. Virginia Maloney, 19, was y injured. Mrs. Virginia Knight and’ her infant son, David, riding in the Copp Gar, also were injured. napolis, 10-year-old Rose-

5 Die in Traffic as Autos

Jam Highways; 2 Drown State Police Fear 15-20 Deaths Over Holiday; Toll in Nation Mounts to 47

Pive persons were killed in Indiana trafic and two others were

week-end got under way.

State police officials feared that 15 or 20 more Hoosiers would be killed before the greatest traffic jam in history ends Monday morning.

deaths so far totaled 47. Of these

24 were traffic fatalities, 10 drownings and 13 other miscellaneous

Are You Next? Drive Carefully And Stay Sober

The Moliday week-end got under way without a single trafic death in Marion county. But there are

still two more days of” heavy traffic and unless every

motorist takes extra precautions there will be two

Traffic Deaths or three persons Here This Year ead in Indianapolis before Monday morning if holi= day accidents of former years pre-

traffic officers is keep your cars un-| der control at lower speeds and| “don’t drive if you've had alcoholic

Truman Signs Bill For Tide-Over Funds

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va, July 4 (U. P.).—President Truman has signed 1 tion providing tideover fun for federal agencies whose appropriations for fiscal 1948 have not yet been approved by con-

gress. * Mr. Truman signed the compromise measure, wi was rushed through the and senate Wednesday while spending the Fourth of July week-end at this

A historie Virginia city.

Gale Warning Issued :

| MIAMI, Fla, July & (U, P).—The

vail this week-end. The advice of!

Horse-drawn carriages moved slowly over

gravel streets of the city. The Journal re-

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|after he decided he'd land for a] quick refresher. He dove down out of the sky and landed smack in the middle of Main

A heavy toll was prevented at Oslo, Minn., as a cloud of approximately 400 persons attending = baseball game saw the approach of

st. He then taxied his plane UP|ihe storm. to & bar, cut off the motor and| After vacing to safety until the

went inside. | He ordered a beer.

‘storm. passed, player:

s..and. specta[tors formed rescue squads and

But he hadn't blown the {08m toured the ravaged area, rushing off the glass before the consable | (he injured to the hospital at War-

arrived,

yowre blocking traffic.” Back for More | Mention of the Battle Mountain jail helped get Mr. Pace and his airplane back up in the sky. | Thirty minutes later he came | down again—same street, same bar, same constable—but another beer. The result was jail—on a charge of operating an aircraft in a reck{less and careless manner on the ground. - He didn’t have $500 yes.{terday, 80 he stayed in jail. Today, he met the bail and promised to return July 8 for a justice court hearing and a possible. $1000 fine or a year in jail or both. The constable said he hoped Mr, Pace wouldn't be thirsty when he | carte again.

Blue Skies Are - Smiling Once More

LOCAL TEMPERATURES 63 Yam ....%8

BIRD'S EYE VIEW—A section of the sparsely settled city as viewed by an artist 100 years ago. Carriages Yraversed the dirt and gravel streets. | : ht ne 8 am

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China to Call Up All Manpower

NANKING, July 4 (U. P.).—~The Chinese state council today ordered a general mobilization of manpower and materials to enlarge the military campaign against the Communists, ' Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek presided. The council, highest policy-making body of the Chiang government, passed a resolution condemning the Communists as “rebels.” It also condemned them for rejecting government peace offers. Pro-government reports claimed new Nationalist successes in Manchuria; But the same reports con ceded that a Communisf force was threatening to cut off Nationalist forces mopping up the Szepingkai area recently recaptured from the Communists. : : T. H. Bun, secretary general of the Shantung provincial government, reperted that Nationalist armies in his province were facing a serious shortage of food and other necessities.

Appeals to UN For Jewish Freedom

JERUSALEM, July 4 (U. P).— David Ben Gurion, president of the Jewish agericy, appealed to the United Nations to free the Jews from a “territorial ghetto” im Palestine today ‘in a presentation of the Jewish case to the United Nations investigating committee. Mr. Ben Gurion, in a statement at the committee's first public hearing said, there can be no justice in the world unless there is justice for the Jews.

It's Good Skiing On Fourth of July

P.)~It may besthe Fourth of July but it's still good skiing weather here.’ « # i

toda “corn” snow dis by Andy

SUN VALLEY, Ida, July 4 (U.

The first organized party of sum-| mer skiers was scheduled to leave}

Race With Death Won By Deputies to Save Baby

Two deputy sheriffs won a highspeed race against death last night by making a round trip from Beech Grove to Methodist hospital all in 25 minutes with blood to save the life of a 1-day-old infant.

Holiday vacationers today received the green light from the weatherman. He promised clear skies and warm temperatures through tomorw

save the baby's life. Another check| A new year-high record may be located a supply at Methodist hos- [set today as the mercury jumped! cut at Oslo and service was dis-

to 82 Jegrees at 8 a. m. High for ithe year of 91 degrees was set

The hospital called the sheriff's | yo 20. (office. Deputies Harry Foxworthy and | Warm, humid temperatures were {Charles Hunter raced in their emer- | predicted for tomorrow, A baby born Wednesday to Mr, Bency car, sirens screaming, to St.|

and Mrs. Richard Cook, 1213 8. Francis hospital in Beech Grove to Kelly Petillo Tries Villa ave, developed a rare blood get the signed order for the blood. . . disease known as the negative RH | Swinging around a high speed they Comeback in Big Car factor which - usually results in [raced through Indianapolis’ con-| GARDENA, Cal, July 4 (U. P). death unless’ there is a complete gested traffic to Methodist hospital | —Kelly Petillo, racing driver who

change of blood by transfusion. Shortly after the disease became

Albert Donato, ‘attending physician, |

and back to Beech Grove.

They were clocked at 25 minutes’ in 1935, will race for the first time apparent at.St. Francis hospital Dr, for the whole operation.

won the Indianapolis speedway race

in nearly eight years in today’s

The transfusion was performed inaugural big car program at Car-

announced that unless a proper |immediately and the baby showed |rell speedway.

type of blood was found for a trans- signs of revival. This morning phyfusion, the baby would be dead in |sicians sald the infant was “hold-

an hour.

J. C. Agajanian, president of the Western Racing assoclation, okayed

{Ing its own” and that further trans-|Petillo’s comeback attempt.

A quick check of the hospital's fusions for a cvomplete change of| “He appeared to have his old blood supplies disclosed that. there blood may result in recovery in a mastery in trials ; this week,"

was none of the type necessary to!few days.

Agajanian said.

It's Independence Day for Hedy, Too: Actress Files Her 3d Suit for Divorce

Says Four Years With

John Loder ‘Too Hectic’ By VIRGINIA MACPHERSON United Press Staff Correspondent HOLLYWOOD, July 4—~Hedy Lamarr, whose marriage to John Loder was a 4-year merry-go-round with fireworks, celebrated her own Independence day today with a’ divorce- suit—her third. The blue-eyed beauty charged life with the 47-year-old actor was too hectic, She sald he kept her in a continual state of “great and

grievous mental suffering.” 4

“I have,” she said recently, “beer “terribly ill. and unhappy since the birth of my-last baby. Then John topped it all by going East to do a play—leaving me just when I

needed him most.”

He had walled out on her other times after stormy fights, Friends said the quarrels started because she was a world-famous star and he

| was worried over his flim roles. | © [They have three -children-~John|

Anthony, 4. months old, Denise Hedwig, ;

Iren, Minn, “Get that airplane off the street—

At the end of its path i struck a farm house four and a half miles east of here, killing six of the 20 | occupants, the other 14 occupants | were injured, seven critically. The | house was wrecked Nineteen of those in the house were members of a family of migratory workers of Mexican descent who had come Irom San Antasie, Jet. to work the sugar beet fields on Luther

Rescuers had to wash mud and debris from the dead and injured before they could be identified or treated, Mr. and Mrs, Martin ©. Anderson were killed on their farm near Oslo, Minn, and Frank Rogalla, about 70, Minto, N, D.,, was killed at Warsaw, N. D. Taken to Two Hospitals Ambulances from Grand Forks, | D.; and Warren, Minn. took 30 of the injured to a hospital at Warren, where 15 were released after treatment. Fourteen others were hospitalized at Grafton, N. D. Ambulance driver Vie Norman, Grand. Forks, N. D. reported that almost all the buildings in War[saw were damaged by fornadis | winds, Telephone and cable lines were

| rupted for more than two hours.

California Brush Fire Destroys 50 Homes

LOS ANGELES, July 4 (U, P.).~ Volunteers today brought under control “huge waves” of brush fires {which had burned down 50 to 75 homes in the Lake Manor community. The fire for a time completely circled the city of Chatsworth and raged up. Santa Susana pass to [threaten several communities in | Ventura county. Hundreds of ref« iugees had fled before the flames,

Italians Ask Jobs AREZZO, Italy, July 4 (U. P.). ~Several hundred war veterans and unemployed men cut off the city power supply and encircled the postoffice and labor office to~ day demanding return. of their jobs taken over by women during the war,

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