Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 1 January 1948 — Page 1

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"FORECAST: Rain changing to sleet and snow this afternoon; snow and m uch colder tonight with lowest about

AR—NUMBER 254

20; cloudy and cold tomorrow,

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PRICE FIVE ‘CENTS red as Second-Class Matter at Postolfies : - Sia

Bnté ’ Indianapolis, Ind. Issued daily except

THURSDAY, JANUARY 1, 1948

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~ bsinssnen Eight Kille See No Sign of gi Boom Fading

| Effective Inflation ! | Curb Discounted a i By ROBERT BLOEM 5 |" Business probably will continue

its 1947 boom right on through 1948, top-flight business and mn-

fhe New Look at

Sleet, Snow «

Five in One Family Left Orphans; Sand Curves and Hills. AE ysons. including one Indianapolis man, were highways last night. « seriously injured when: least eight other per-

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(pop. _ 1800)

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Photo by John Spickiemire, Times Staff’ Photographer.

| MEN OF THE YEAR-t's Hail and Farewell at City Hall today as Mayor Al Feeney ar-

ed their minds; the City Hall ~ INDIANAPOLIS first baby of Col.

| s |dustrial leaders forecast today, Eight pe but— killed on rain-drenched Hoosier ment action to curb inflation are . \ wi very meager indeed. rain obscured & driver's vision and at | While seeing an “excellent” out- sons were traffic casualties, ; 0 {look for durable consumer goods, : ; ain or sleet followed by snow flores. wete. Louis Ruthenberg, president of Ser- Freezing ! thing } hy) te from ivel, Inc., of Evansville, said: "we whistling in on the stale Tornado Kills 11: {he north and colder temper‘have not been applied. Tn. all iikeli- - ’ hood political expediency will pre- : highways more dangercis. |vent their application in an election State police reported highways Vear. ~ [e S Ul : were icy and hazardous in the ex“In 1047 » Mr. Ruthenberg went, : ‘treme northeast Doth 1 "In 1947," Mr. Rul | Sleet in Nor * d + on, “the national industrial an Freezing rain and sleet fell last t the Limit of its capacity. Thal Town Left in Ruins y capacity is artificially and absurdly COTTON VALLEY, ‘La, Jan. };s0uth - 10 BL, Ways a {limited by the 40-hour week. (UP)—Disaster workers searched South Ben x h . De ertment WAS “Extension of the work week to today for more victims of a dev- the State Sp ‘45 hours would increase production stating tornado that _whiplashed Hg . police -reported. {substantially and such increased threugh the rich Red: River valley ise ’ | “If inflation is mot propipiy killing at least 17 persons ond w-) and Mrs. Sam F. Roach and \checked by dealing effectively’ with juring hundreds. To g-month-old son, Sam Terry, its casual forces rather than with Other hundreds. of shocked oil or Eaton ¥ lits symptoms, serious economic well and refinery workers and farm, ol umbus. itrouble will develop eventually al- families were left homeless, Biting Chester Beek, 36, of Col 2 Berna ; owe, predictable.” and suffering. The forecast was for Bérnare, Dfad;. 25, of Hh i Others, too, sounded the warning. near freezing temperatures tonight, n y ye ' But, from the standpoint of general|’ Dawn on this first day of the new bod 1 N. ‘business health for the coming year, yéar rose upon a scene of ruin and rion A Weaver, 20, of 93 most of them saw no immediate sorrow, 7 $i : ; ; |sign of its diminishing. In Cotton Valley Most. “tragic. accident. of the New : 5 a . which took the brunt of the storm A i k | Demand ,with few exceptions, still fully 75 per cent of the buildings So aijed 3h K pets leaving five > § {if far ahead ‘of production. and dwellings lay in ruins. It was Struck Rear of Track | | {More Hoosiers are working and here that 10 of the dead and scores oC lice said the Rosch car ; earning than ever before in peace of injured were counted. | hed into the rear of a. tractors time. : 5 Bables Among Victims Eras 3 : {trailer truck whose driver failed to iway to Indiana's door at the rate were among those who lost their . = o¢ 1nd. 3 and 28 . of one every three or four days. In- lives, t Emerson Stiner ” of Portland ~ ‘dications are . the new industries, The tornadi¢c winds roared up driver of the truck was arrested : {coming in now are bigger than the'and down an ‘area ‘of northwest = 3 charge of reckless homicide. {ohes which weer opening up a few Louisiana and southern Arkansas Neighbors of - the - Roach family [ow back. 100 miles long and 50 miles wide, gore taking care of the orphaned trie ) | ris Ses $e xen os J Fe Ss ut eS Sta . {| Mr. was | (Continued on Page 14—Column 2) uyy,re were two known dead atraality of the year. State police i] (Ark. ‘The. community at Gillham, mils north ‘ot Golunt ts ! : : ie EA ae bifidings demolished but there the wheel He died instantly: -.. » : - EES | were no ‘casualties. reported there. Mids Félitéad was killed in af = | g Bn ET ars ers SON Bie at Tl ae : uction an . tcheonville, state of the structures were of frameiNo details were available. z Hoosier Flier Among construction, built low on the fiat! A head-on collision near Burkett, : rose the derricks of the wells. . Theidied in Warsaw hospital. ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Jan. 1 howling wind ripped the towers Four Injured (UP) — Search parties today pre- from their bases and fashioned James R.- Hutton, Indianapolis pared to hunt through mountain them into a lattice-work of twisted truck driver, was seriously injured wilderness for an air force Super: sieel over the scarred landscape. in & collision with the car driven by fort, missing on a routine weather: w Pp. Tanner, An investigator of/Mr. Haepster. Also injured in the TABoErd the B=29. . Stat -dawn-that-“they-are Mrs : y-are-still digging. Mrs... Annabelle “Harpster, 39: Beus Afr force officials feared the plane them out of the wreckage” {lah Harpster, 4, and ate 20; Ble p—— |exploded and crashed yesterday 1088 He spoke of the “pitiful sight of ton, 15 ‘ than an hour after taking off from youngsters poking smong the ruins An empioyee of the Pennsylvania {Elmendorf Field en route to the of pomes for their loved ones” at Railroad since 1041, Mr, Weaver was Fairfield-Suisun Air_Base near San r "killed when he was struck by a Hato on TT _— fersonville: of his four engines was out. | ; : | Wor eteran. I Several witnesses reported Greeks C p | a Word War HN k-he 18 “blinding flash in the sky” sbout survived by bis wife, A daughter, i {the time that radio contact was lost » 4 » ’ ! (Continued on Page 14~Column 8) f 5 : ] pa . . with the plane twp minutes later. 1 | 0 nbd : | J rives and Citizen George L- Denny returns to private life. Guerril d |, LOCAL TEMPERATURES FR - a ‘ - cry ===! Among those listed as missing was 6am... 53% Sam... 38 2 . Wheat a Yelr— ‘ ’ : . ist Lt. Paul Z. Jordan, navigator, ATHENS, Jan. 1 (UP)-—Greek mili- Tam... 3% fam...» Re ime : | ur y {of 1021 Cleveland Ave; Hobart, |tgry-sources said-today that govern. > : Wallace Passed Us B hse in, and Valk. on oe ee snd Year's Traffic Toll ewWeyY, rr / A F The reported crash brought to 14 {own of Konitsa at 8 p. m. yesterday St t N X n \F OUEN into Office y h I i se in connection with mishaps -40|g4 rison In 5 aie I sar 1100 ; But ere S a vy ame eeney Net 1 Bowl Alaskan superforts In the past nine! pattjefront reports by military | State police reported tolag that Council, City ‘Boards 8 e ourney, Ww Say thor” Bodh ol Dec 5 Ruthorities sald the guerrilla forces| trae. accidents claimed nearly ) : . . —— " A | Another b- crash Gen. Markos Vafthiades were|1100 lives in-Indiana d : i ; ames on Sports Menu {under - os were uring; 1947. : John Gunther Gave City Dirty Look, Little Mr 1948 di pe . ”" into uncharteded Mount Serpentine, |i, full retreat toward Albanja after | Supt. Robert Rossow y ma Ma : . ’ ( onal Spo age . oy Wonsalesh Al Peeney, Democrat; mountains rimming the Matanuska capture a “capital” for the Greek of the wk Star the Administration By RICHARD LEWIS ! lwere concerned today — with thei [Arming belt where the second B-29 guerilla government. Sompiete hurt vas ‘BH today i) of Indianapolis at noon NINETEEN FORTY-SEVEN was a year of change Derby at 12:31 (“Big Four” basketball classic at Yas believeq-down The attack that relieved the cityian estimated 25.000 ir the 1 at inaugtiration verémonies in : 1 i the Butler Fieldhouse and in the All eight crewmen survived the was made across -the Bourazani|sons and economic rotunda of City Hall. in Indianapol‘®: ; ————— | toons of the various football first crash, but two paratroopers pridge, which the guerrillas at-|than $70 million, The voters chang hye Lo Denny, Republican, who tee of law, ult time to the prac. rs, embers of the old adminis- | ie cleaned the last piece of P PADEr from their desks in the

The: chances for effective gOVeIT. | In Indianapolis a pedestrian wa “Effective remedies for inflation : atures were expected to make the al and "75 Pet. of Louisiana business machine operated virtually, night 1 ah ATER extending roughly $ VEY roads were not treacherous but most |production, would reduce inflation- oll and. farm country of northwestrile Felstead. 25, of Evansville. though the time schedule is not now cold weather added to the misery Myrtle F , 35, 0 § w w Demand ‘Still Leading Year was the crash near Warsa New industries are ‘beating their) Five babies and small children| | "a stop sign At the in p Old, established Hoosier indus- collapsing hbyses, barns and other chgqren who were not with thel 'Ark. was ise hard hit with over/when he apparently fell as) Nine Ab oard B-29 “- |coufitryside.’ ‘Above the landscape Ind, was fatal to Mr. Deford. He observation flight. Nine fliers were the Louisiana state police, reported erash. fatal $0 MN Francisco. Thirteen minutes after ( tain In the ratirosd’s ol Hoosier Among Missing the numberof men. missing or dead 4 linked up with the bese . Called to Meet 4 } lv + ’ about 600 miles northwest of ‘theliheir decisive defeat in attempts tol. art Ee: , fe « {New Year's statement that. 0 © ‘=. Dutch Girl Captured City § He Wins ‘First Baby’ Indianapolis sports fans chiefly J Wi % Retiring as City head was Mayor h o all, workmen were putting the fin-| on a platform of

employment. ® Politically, ture met. The LeSislature A man named) Wemmer

Hg touches on a platform in the | was elected. ye Hr _ Where Judge Joseph A man named (Gates 1¢ to the was to administer the oath, A"Senator named Qapehart By . ey Mayor, members of the yy, 8. vice president Clerk. & Counci) and. the new City | A man named Th Richard Stewart.- 1 he migh 598 \ me oncil to Meet at NEE” | Hickman would have Vertigo hell will hold its first] jf he hadn't resigned Mon rg mediately after taking | bors a bers of tion, 80 into Session this

pr he Court House, Louis W.| ® . . Marion County treasurer-| “Ch, was sworn into office at 10! ek this mornihig.. Shoray after. ony oven T.. Mirkey took The " office as judge of Municipal!

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bowl games,

ber of public servants changed. 108 a boy, was delivered at St.

Principal interest centered on the

Vincent's Hospital at 12:31 a. m. to- venerable Rose Bowl attraction at

day to Mr, and Mrs Clarence Pasadena, Cal, : “achmutte of 3302 Brookside Park«iagainst Southern California, ran ‘for Mayor Way. | 12 to 14,000 Due Ten New Year's bahies had bowed into” Indianapolis .by 7 a. m . The

eventful year since 1046. The Legislaadjourned. ! and a man named Feeney A man named Feeney er at the Fieldhouse was pot t it he known he.might run for sepator. hinted he might run for anything from remaining seven were girls. , | Only 20 minutes behind ‘Baby will attend declined to be governor of Bavaria on Schmutte whs a son born to Mr. and . or of Indiana, A fan. pamed Mrs. Raymond Heppner of 520 Jong ambition to become mayo: Bacon ‘St. at St. Francis Hospital. run for. the job. | Baby Heppner arrived at 12:51 a. m, EO The third early boy arrived at) {Methodist hospital at 1:54 a. m. He| was the new son of Mr, and ‘Mrs. Huston H. Meyer Jr., of 4753 Stpaiford St. of

. » » » NEW YEAR'S baby No. 4 was He passed through again on |; daughter born to Mr, and Mrs. Thtmas Brogdon of 580 E. Broadto town and discovered the dirtiest way, Greenwood. She was born at ¥* Kansas t Miami; Fla. Many citizens agreed with him, Methodist Hospital. WFBM. Another girl joined the family he train [circle of Mr. and ‘Mrs. Charles D wallace passed over the city en route to oe “kr COTTON BOWLS MU "| (Continued on Page 14—Column 6) Penn State at Dallas, Tex. 2

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‘MARATHON’

#4 Bible-reading marathon , welcomes the new year ® On the first ‘page of the second section, The Times | tells in pictures the. story | of how Covington's dgvoul. | residents ushefed in At midnight.

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were killed in rescue operations and tempted to blow up in their retreat.| three other men still are missing The bridge was repaired by army ble drig Occasional snow flurries, which engineers, permitting government co prevailed at the time of the bomb- troops to advance and enter the er's thkeoff on instruments eoOn- pesieged city. tinued today: But it was hoped that Press dispatches said helicopters and ski planes would phases of the attack we be able to continue the search later nated by radio between in the day. No trace of wreckage columns and the ber was found in search operations yes. garrison

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igan at Pasadena; 3:45 p. m. WIRE one Indianapolis "family [re SHRINE BOWL East vs. West (his morning, kringine at San Frangisco; 3:45 p. m. WIBC. gaquences to two ORANGE BOWL—Georgia Tech 1p m

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