Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 23 March 1948 — Page 2
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ig ‘Floo
High Water To 10 States
Death Toll Soars
To 56 in Nation
Indiana today is escaping dam-| aging floods which are sweeping states east and west. While heavy rains have brought high waters to many streams, the state is in no danger of serious floods, the Weather Bureau here said. Meanwhile, 10 other states which pocket Indiana, are bracing themselves against the threat of rampaging rivers in the wake of widespread storms. U. 8. engineers in Chicago said that continued or unexpected heavy rain may develop major floods in several states now fighting rising water. They include North Dakota, Nebraska, Iowa, Missouri, Illinois, Wisconsin, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania and New York.
Death Toll Hits 56 A five-day streak of violent
has left 56 parsons dead in floods and tornadocs and caused untold property damage.
Northern Indiana is feeling the brunt of high water in the state and many highways and lowlying areas are flooded.
The Maumae River spilled over its banks near Ft. Wayne, causing several families in the Riverhaven community to evacuate their homes.
Nearly a dozen highways in 8t. Joseph County were blocked by water .n what County Highway Superintendent Harry M.
$100,000 Road Damage Damage to roads was esti , ated at more than $100,000 in ‘t Allen County as many bridges “and culverts were washed out. The Weather Bureau here said there is no great danger of dam- . floods along the White . and Wabash River systems. a Wanash ‘above Peru is 5 .* Flood stage or slightly - ‘above is expected at Lafayette, | Covington and Terre Haute, but it is expected to affect bottom ‘lands only. ; . ‘There is high water on the “West fork of the White River from Indianapolis to Shoals and low flood stages from Elliston to Edwardsport. ‘Paul Miller, Chief Meterologist, said that at least another half inch of rain could be absorbed without causing danger of severe floods.’
weather in the nation already
one critically injured in an automobile acicdent near Gary early
of Chicago, and Frank Moore, 16, of Roseville, Mich. In critical condition at Mercy Hospital in Gary is Richard Nafe, 20, of Michigan City, a brother of the dead man.
driving a © four miles east of Gary, at a high rate of speed when he apparently lost control of the automobile.
West, 25, of 1256 W. Ray St., was reported ih fair condition at Methodist Hospital after being
BASK IN CAPITAL SUN—Pat Halleck (left), daughter of Rep. Charles Halleck | (R. Ind.), and Bert Shia, secretary to the congressman, are enthusiastic admirers of | the first signs of spring that unseasonably warm weather brought out yesterday in
‘Washington. The temperatur
Two Killed in Car Crash Near Gary
Thursday in Christ Temple 1d be|2 p. m. to 6 p. m. at the follow-| : ; oa: and her five youngsters wou i to Brother of One Sreh, Buriai will be in Crown| Mrs, Milligan Accused eyictea by whoever bought the ing places: SObAY | » > . . et . * ‘pro ty. . . Critically Injured Mrs. Horner died Sunday In Of Trying to Kill Mate P opel County Auditor Donald|ul"$.5a4em 18. a English: Pure Sta T'wo persons were killed and her home at 2827 Boulevard! (Continued From Page One) stepped up beside the|State; School 21, 2815 English.
¥. The dead are Lee Nafe Jr. 23, .
State police said Lee Nafe was ng a car east on UU. 8. 12, a
They said: the car left the high-
In Indianapolis, Mrs. Ruth
Other Areas Hard Hit -. Conditions are expected to cle rapidly, however, as the rains are likely:to sto afternoon. Throughout flood area, t le spots were at Il, and Binghamton,
than 150 volunteers worked all night strengthening a levee at Quincy which threatened to burst as the Mississippi River rose toward ‘a temporary crest. Another crest is heading down the Des Moines River and probably will hit the Mississippi tomorrow,
injured in a two-car accident at Senate Ave. and Ohio St.
dolph Ezzel, 19, of fontaing St., was making a left
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turn into Ohio St, when the car in which Mrs. West was riding crashed into it. Driver of the other car was George L. West, 23, of the Ray St. address.
Patrolman Gets Socked With Fist
Capt. A. L. Ford, Coast Guard information office. at St. Louis, said two fask forces had been sent ‘to Quincy to help lowland residents evacuate, Binghamton was nearly Isolated by the Susquehanna and Chenango Rivers which flooded 3200 homes and forced 1500 families to flee. About 5000 children remained away from school. All highways around the city were flooded.
N. D. Residents Flee Many residents of Mandan, N. D., left their homes for high ground as a thaw forced more water into the Heart River. The Blue River forced scores from their homes at Seward and Beatrice, Neb. The Rock and Pecatonica Rivers were falling rapidly in northern Illinois and southern Wisconsin. Erie, IIL, on the Rock River was isolated early today but roads into -town were expected to be opened this afternoon. « The Allegheny River was rolling toward an expected crest: of
stage.
Pa. Water Surrounds Hospital
tients to and from the hospital.
Wilkes-Barre and Kingston.
property damage.
ice jam and 100 homeless.
Man Killed in Fire
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22.5 feet, 2.5 feet under flood!
| The Allegheny and its tribu-| taries were falling after flooding parts of Meadville, Warren, Bradford, Titusville and Youngville,
In Hunt for Worms
fight, a Patrolman Wurtz, “in
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plain| tomoblle doors on Shelby St. |
asked of them. “None of your business” re-| plied one. The officer placed them | under arrest. ] | ® & = PRESENTLY one man bolted| and ran. Officer Wurtz opened fire on him but missed and the man escaped. At the same time the other suspéct turned on Patrolman Wurtz and began to fight him with his fists, Patrolman Wurtz said he had| to slug the prisoner on the head| with his gun to subdue him. |
Rites Thursday For Mrs. Horner
Horner will be held at 1 p. m.
Place. Ky., she had lived here 44 years. She was 65.
| Temple Church, and the Dorcas Workers.
Willis F. Horner; Mrs.. Viola Bowden of Flint, Mich.; two scns, Marcellus and Willis H. Horner, both of In-
Gabrielle Jackson and Mrs, Catherine Pryor of New York City and Mrs. Zelma Cheetam,| Indianapolis, and three grandway, rolled over and crashed into children. a utility pole. All three occupants! ; were thrown clear and police sald they found them more than 50 feet from the car.
Held in ‘Kidnaping’ 0f Own Daughte
free on $1000 bond today after her arrest for “kidnaping” her own daughter.
rested by State Police on a highway near Glenns Valley, Ind, after she and her husband had taken Mrs. Hammond's 8-year-old daughter, Diane Davis, from a Bedford, Ind., grade school and returned her to their home here, authorities said.
Acme Telepnoto.
e hovered in the upper 80s.
Services for Mrs. Carrie J.|
Selection Near
A native of Leesburg, Knightstown home, . pending
She was a member of Christ |plaint.
of a letter which the wife Survivors are the husband, a daughter, sister in Texas, in which she quoted as saying: rid of Old Gooseneck.” Taken to VA Hospital The sister sent the letter
lanapolis; three “sisters, their brother, Carter Noah,
Mrs.
cians diagnosed his illness arsenic poisoning.
by her brother, Mrs.
the attempted killing.
G other Accused by Kin "Of Former Husband
An Indiarapolis woman was
dren. She was released
into custody to face trial. Mrs. Earl Hammond was ar- Enter Not Guilty Plea standing mute.
plea.
The 34-year-old mother told| the
She earlier had been quoted
Davis in 1944. |ing her.
Poison Case Jury
divorce suit filed by Mr. Milligan. |crowd of bargain-hunters. The wife has filed a cross com-
The poisoning charges grew out five children,” he said. “She has alleged to have written to her “I'll soon be(I bid?” he asked.
Franklin deputy sheriff. Almost simultaneously the husband yas rushed to the Veterans’ min- i istration Hospital where physi-/can bid,” he said.
After an investigation started Milligan was arrested and charged with
The husband's illness delayed, higher bid. the trial several times. Mrs. | ca vel broke Milligan was released oa bond and was arrested and sentenced to six months in the Women’s Prison on charges of contributing to the delinquency of minor chil-
February and immediately taken |
Yesterday she entered no plea, The court automatically entered a not guilty
™ Her defense attorneys then inal Court 2 today charged with filed a 2PaRiS: plea of unsound-|the $5000 holdup of a tavern ness of mind at the time of the| | {alleged poisoning, charging that{ eT Jast Juiy. wife was temporarily unPatrolman Clarence Wurtz police Diane was a daughter by balanced because of mistreatwent looking for fishing worms her first marriage to Raymond ment by the husband. In Garfield Park last night and|/Davis. a barber, and that: she ended up catching one prisoner had been awarded custody of saying that she “only gave him| after some gun play and a fist|the child after she divorced Mr.|a little” to keep him from beatThree physicians were
|, Spanked | I'M HAVING TROUBLE with my wife. I gave her a hard spanking one night because she needed it. She hasn't been.a wife to me since—for six months. She ‘says she doesn’t want anything to do with men any more and wants a divorce on cruel and inhuman treatment. I know she wants another man who was my buddy overseas. .
home for my wife and baby come What would you do this E “Living apart has both of in knots of jealousy and you're showing your worst selves. You won't win her by the divorce—you'll have to convince her that you love her and need her—then she’s yours for life. your grudge by spanking too big for her to spank. She's getting even in other ways. Make love to her—attention may look silly to yom but it won't to your wife—and she needs it more than ever before. She'll like letters, calls and gifts and you'll have to be persistent and devoted to comvince her.
Teen-ager ‘Sneaks Out’ for Dates SHOULD 1 GIVE UP all my friends and grow slowly into an old maid, or continue to sneak out on dates? broken my heart and don’t understand. I'm 16 and they think I'm too young for dates.
first.
situation? * GI JOE.
Home Is Where Your Heart Is— * EE
|Children, Young Bedford
Auctioneer Accepts Her Bid in Public Sale on Delinquent Homestead
|cash. Their modest home north
taxes. rim % Mrs. Donna Blevins attended [the auction, clutching all - the 0 f edi on {ready cash she could raise, | | Her husband, Carl, died in 1946 . : of an ailment contracted while in| v the service. The husband in-| C e U fg IVen therited the house from his father| ’ five years ago. Branch officers for the registra Addresses Crowd tion of voters for the May 4 pri The widow was afraid that she
; Smith
TOMORROW a auctioneer
Pire Station 29, 2302 Shelby: School 1302 E. Troy: School 20, 1849 Pleasant Run Pk
and addressed the - “This property is occupied by a wy. war widow who is the mother of
s Proves He's Alive, is|very little income. . y | Auctioneer Mark Boyd rapped Joins Marines
is|his gavel on a table. “What am
Raises Her Hand
' voices, but the auctioneer in-| {terrupted. . “I've got to point out that this is a public auction and anyone “But I'm also ‘going to point out, as Smith did, {that a young mother and her children now live there. Now then, what am I bid.” Mrs. Blevins raised one hand. “I'll bid $15," she cried. The auctioneer’ didn't wait for The rap of his the silence. “Sold to the lady for $15.”
$3000 Holdup Trial Opens Here
Two men, one serving a term in the State Reformatory, went on trial before a jury in Crim-
another hitch today after he go
cruiters that he is not dead. Sgt. Ballard received news o
as Administration
anese prison camps.
alive,
Corregidor early in the war. “I don’t feel dead,” Sgt. Ballar said.
in|
They are Joseph Taylor, 22, of | |625 Edgemont St, and Hugh, | Bradley, Relformatory prisoner, | The defendants were identified by ‘one witness as the bandits who held up John McCarty at his tavern, 2140 N, Illinois St. escaping with $5000,
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Wife—She
I'm still in the Army and get home once or twice a month. We have one child. I do some drinking. at camp but don’t when I'm
My parents have
Three nice boys ask me and I have to sneak out and meet them. That's no fun, sneaking around like a prisoner, and the boys lose
War Widow Buy $15 House
BEDFORD, Ind. Mar. 23 (UP)—A young war widow and her or not they will get five children owned their own home today. They paid $135 for it—in|
of Bedford went on the auction block | grownups isn’t sensible. at a county real estate sale yesterday for the collection of delinquent than building a home,
NEW ORLEANS, Mar. 23 (UP) |
an official order to convince re-% ©
When he attempted to re-en-list, the Marine Corps questioned his status. So he got an official order from the VA to prove he is
The 30-year-old veteran said he believed he was listed “killed in action” when he was captured on
clothes saw two men trying au-| home of Mr. Davis’ brother at
“What are you doing?" he Went to Florida last October on {advice of her physician, she told
Diane had been taken to the
Bedford, after Mrs. Hammond
police. kidnaping warrant was is-| on an affidavit signed by Mrs. Elsie Davis, sister-in-law of Mrs. Hammond's” former husband. Diane and her three other children were in the custody of Mrs. Davis, Mrs. Hammond said.
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LEAVES TO SPARE A stately New England elm at the height of summer has as many as 7 million leaves, says
named to make a sanity inquest. * At the time of the arrest Mrs. Milligan signed a statement and deputies found a sack of arsenate of lead in the couple’s home. The poison was among evidence which will be suppressed, because of a faulty search warrant. The prosecution said, however, that Mrs. Milligan later voluntarily revealed whereabouts of two vials of poison, saying that she ised it and not the sack of poison. This evidence was not involved in the search warrant ruling.
SPEAK NO SPANISH There are approximately 1 million Indians who speak no Span-
the Bartlett Tree Expert Co.
|ish, in Mexico.
| (Continued From Page One) from which he is supposed to have soaked the body. He de-| nied possession of the ax with] which he is supposed to have!
Warren, Pa., was nearly isolat-! with the city’s General Hosoe ro Tima by water and White River the knife with which the town's two newspapers, the De says Miller threatened him the yted to him by prosecution wit-Times-Mirror and Herald. flood-| night of the shooting. That Knife, hegses that he had disposed of ed. Boats were used to move pa-|he said, is on display as a prose-
Water undermined the wall of] a hotel at Bradford, forcing 50 to flee. High water also was reported in the outskirts of
Canada also was hit hard. Floods in southern Ontario were receding after taking a toll of! four deaths and $5 million in|
The Grand River rose to a 17foot stage, five feet above normal. In eastern Quebec, the St. Francis River backed up behind an left one dead and
chopped off the hands and foot. |
that he had thrown into the]
{cution exhibit, and is the same one taken from him at the time) of his arrest in Kentucky.
As the defense knocked down | statements about the disposition] of the body of Miller, it became increasingly apparent that somebody was going to have to answer the question of who did dispose of it. :
Pollard Charges Threat His testimony was interrupted for a few minutes this morning for Dr. A. H, Sullenger, who took X-rays of Pollard’s neck at City Hospital in 1945. Actually, Dr. Sullenger was completely blocked in his testimony by the prosecution in his effort to show that a {bullet fired by Miller still was
BALTIMORE, Mar. 23 (UP)— lodged in the defendant's neck. man was killed, and two were injured last night|/the stand yesterday, Pollard ad8 seven-alarm fire swept mitted going to his home at 1812
In his day-long appearance on
) the Baltimore Paint & Spann Ave. with Miller,
Works.
The victim, tentaas John Ober- him with a “push button” knife r, was trapped under fall- and that -in self defense he
He contended Miller menaced
pped a 38-caliber revolver out
Pollard Continues to Make Of State Charges in Miller Slaying Trial on ru sme, ve mo
ler. But later in the day, he said his first knowledge of the grisly disposal of Miller's body was when two state policemen told
Hits at Accusers He
Miller's body in a flaming cabin near Ladoga.
He denied that he ever had
claimed anything but self-defense. Previous testimony indicated that his self-defense plea did not appear until after he had consulted an attorney. Pollard testified that he tried time and again to tell his story of self-defense but that state police refused to accept a statement on that basis.
His first statement in writing was made in Marion County jail Apr. 19, 1946, more than a week after the shooting. Even that statement, however, Pollard rejected. He said he had not dictated it, had not even read it before signing it. He contended that the notary
had not placed him under oath. The defense, further, has attempted to show that Pollard was in his father's home asleep ng the time when he is sup to have been disposing of the y. Mrs. Wanda Glover, a neighbor,
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refuted statements attrib-
Denials
fof a buffet'drawer and shot Mil-|said she was in the home of | Pollard’#parents and saw Pollard’
[there about 8 a. m. the day after {the shooting. Indications were that the only ¢andidates left on whom to pin
He also denied a statement him about it almost a week later./the dismemberment of the body
man whom know,
{were a mysterious IMrs. Glover didn’t Adams, the
and |Harry {left the Pollard home shortly [after she arrived.
has refused to testify. He is listening to the defense testimony from the sidelines. Prosecution attorneys hope that any attempt to saddle him with
will cause Adams to spill his story of the shooting. While Pollard floundered considerably in his testimony yesterday, the prosecution was having its troubles, too. Marion County Prosecutor Judson Stark twice tangled with Judge John B. Hinchman yesterday, both times receiving stern reprimands from the bench. | On the second occasion, after a
public who attested its validity bitter exchange of words over a/ CRISCO PRICE AGAIN CUT prosecution objection, Judge!
Hinchman told the prosecutor: “The fewer times you insult my intelligence, the better off you're going to be. I'll fine you for contempt of court if you're not careful.”
reluctant | witness. Both of them, she said,
Adams, state reformatory convict, who is believed to be the only eyewitness to the shooting,
the butchery of the victim's body
A third defendant in the tore was Tommy Gardner, who did! not go on trial because he is serving a life sentence for the kidnaping and rape of a South! Side girl here last October.
Sheriff Asks Council for $31,000
| The County Council today con-| jsidered requests for extra appro|priations totaling $76,700, including $31,000 asked by Sheriff Al Magenheimer for 15 more depu[ties and. a truck to catch stray dogs.
“he stray dog problem has
genheimer said. “We need the [truck and a driver to pick up dogs and take them to the city pound.” . | The sheriff asked for enough {money to hire 14 more deputies at $210 a month in order to keep 24-hour patrols going on highways. County commissioners asked 7000 to purchase more livestock ‘and a pasteurizing plant for the Julietta County Home. }
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Pedestrian, 67, Struck
By Bus Downtown
Howard Neal, 67, of 5561 W.| Washington St. is in a serious! condition in General Hospital| after being hit by an Indianapolis| Railway Co. bus at Washington | and West Sts. today. | He suffered a dislocated shoul-| der and injuries to his forehead and back. The driver of the bus which! struck Mr. Neal was Robert G.| Richmond, 26, of 2944 N. Talbot | St. Police charged him with! reckless driving and failure to! give a pedestrian the right of way. ! |
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CINCINNATI, Mar. 23 (UP)—; |A. 2-cent per pound reduction in {the wholesale price of Crisco vegetable shortening was announced today by Procter & Gamble. Previous cut of 2 cents a pound was made Feb. 10.
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talk to my parents but they school.
gy to a girls’ boarding
You've. threaten’ send you away. Show your affection—aoct of them when you them. Tell them that you're indebied to the gi entertained you and eventually ask to include boys parties. Stop this sneaking out—that doesn’t and certainly doesn’t frighten parents. a safe way to work off emotions—but can poise? You're usually going to see the persons to whom you talk ,in 15 minutes anyway. .
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Couple Has Made Marriage Work | My HUSBAND AND I have been following: your column for some time and thought you might like to hear about someone's happiness. Trust and love have seen us through, and we're confident that our companionship will last. We agreed before marrying that we'd sit down and talk out difficulties instead of shutting up our and differences inside us. 4 OO Saabond and I, 20°and 24, were married two years ago after knowing each other nine months. We think we have a as near perfect as one can be. It wasn't a bed of roses” and we have faults to which we aren’t blind. We enjoy the same entertainment and in cases where one is more enthusiastic than the other we try to meet half-way. I seldom can convince my husband to go out without me but when he does I know I can trust him, as he can me, If one of us gets a little disgusted we stop to think of all the good points the other person has and the bad ones
Remembering that you wouldn't trade husbands with any of | your friends helps, too, doesn’t it? I hope you'll help me answer | specific problems.
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‘Question on Planned Parenthood I DON’T believe married couples should have children until sevleral years after they are married, until they have some idea whether along. What is your opinion? wal M. D. That decision depends on age and finances, as as comI believe. Expecting an infant to reconcile quarreling Building a human life is more important yet parents often fail to plan for their health and figuring finances. I'd think if you're grown up enough emotionally
| patibility,
| baby by checking their | you'd know in two years | to have a baby.
First Wife Writes for Money | MY HUSBAND'S FIRST wife keeps us nervous by writing him {for money for their crippled son, 18. She says he is under a doctor's lcare but he doesn’t go near a doctor and she won't send us the “| doctor's name. We know he is able to work. “|” Is my husband required to pay support after a boy is 18, need
mary election. will be open from, send extra money for doctor bills, and could the ex-wife be made
send the name of the doctor? He sends $7 .a week and never |gets to see him. CITY READER.
Supporting a crippled son isn’t as dangerous to.your mar-
%, 0 a riage as encouraging your husband to lose self-respect by ignor-
ov
1 ing fatherhood.
q it1 0 Shelhy oul ool, 12 Ask a lawyer those legal questions, if you must, but were
ou I'd let my hushand’s conscience guide him. He expects you to I with him a rough spots. Remember, that first wife and son | were a serious part of his life. . { t Sorr—
Praised on Efforts to Aid People
who need help. I like you—and I like the way you answer letters,
: —Sgt. Lewis Ballard of Walker, yo; show sound common sense and a sympathetic understanding ere was a small babble of La. was back in the Marines foriand I know. you are doing a lot of good. Even if they don’t take
t'your advice, sometimes just being able to tell somebody gives them hance to see things clearer and their problems solve themselves. | I wonder if Mrs. H. W. has nothing else to do but criticize othlers who are trying to give a helping hand to someone in distress. f I wonder if she practices her professed Christianity many times dur-
his “death” from the Veterans ing the day. Many so-called Christians attend church every Sunday last January when he asked for compensation for a 40-month ordeal in Jap-
and adopt a “holier-than-thou”. attitude but become intolerant of a ay and everything they don't care for. What right has anyone to stand up and say it's wrong to have a glass of beer or a
cocktail occasionally? Maybe if Mrs. H. W. and others like her would give a day a
helping hand.to neighbors her religion would do her a lot te pe she wouldn't be so inclined to spend her time trying to find out if sotheone is good enough to give advice to those having enough confidence to ask for it. A PRACTICING CHRISTIAN. It's nice to know I have trusting friends. I'll try mot let you
down. Let “Mrs. Manners and. readers--of the column share your problems and answer your questions. Write in care of The Times, 214 W. Maryland St.
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