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Army Orders 30,000 to Flee Columbia Flood

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po Shore Party |, bi Typical Small Home; AE , po mad) Founders Off Oo Norfolk Pier

No | _ Sailing Delayed od) To Mediterranean + NORFOLK, Va., June 1. |(UP)—Fifth Naval District (headquarters announced toe |day that 10 marines and 11 sailors were missing and pre {sumed drowned after a 90-

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PORTLAND, Ore., June 1 (UP) | ~Thousands of persons, ordered | out by the Army, fled today from an. area stretching for 120 miles! along both banks of the Colum-| bia River as the Pacific northwest floods fast approached a crisis. In Red Cross trucks, in auto-| ‘mobiles and afoot, residents;

{moved out of threatened districts, Mriviy of “Hampton Roads last" 1 along the Washington and Ore- : . gon shores of the cresting Colum- lat 22 earlier ‘list had set the toll bia. ! . cr J ee ndra——_ — ph " : It was estimated unofcially ; : : ki —,— , CR ny | The Navy announcement came

‘that 30.000 were affected by the: order, bringing the total of flood| refugees and temporarily dis-!; placed persons in Washington, * {British Columbia, Idaho, Oregon: and Montagna to approximately

{after a careful check of persone inel aboard the vessels of a Medi {terranean task force and a check i of those still ashore. Adm, C. A. F. Sprague, task {force commander, had- said

90,000. ‘ | —— % (earlier that as many as 20 men Meanwhile, President Truman * | may have bgen lost. The official . ordered a full -mobilizationg of » | statement increased the toll.

4 a . » = » ~ ” or an a ring N H : S ew Uo Rabi dl normal EAR i ship. and sufferin | The {ask foree had been caused by the Joos, ew omes pringing \ P api Y scheduled to sail for Mediters He aim ad ii " y (ranean waters at 6 a. m. (Indian : . A : {apolis Time), today, but sailing Fleming, Federal Works Aamin: |B) t Th Fi a t B Lt i38f |istrator, to co-ordinate the federai uv e re ar er o uv {time was postponed. Indetunely Er i oi when the liberty launch over

At the same time, the Red Cross, Gat os Criticized | + Prices Rising While Mortgage Credit turned while bringing naval pere

| . . : | sonnel back from their last night announced it has inereased to £1] Tightens, Veterans Caught in Squeeze ashore shortly pelos midnight. ee eit etree eerie | e force was on- fou piscrmg plop, ue Hing cy a — (First of & Series) ——a——— {hours sailing notice and orders . Mass evacuation was ordered n Cigaret Tax By RICHARD LEWIS | were expected momentarily sete fo last midnight by Col. O. E. Walsh, | ! Bright new homes are springing up like dandelions in the bare ting the sailing time later today. ’ district engineer of the U. §.| spots of Indianapolis these days, but in spite of the rising volume The Navy said that the launch Ld ie El A 4 : : \ - 3 : Army Corps of Engineers, and Unequal Revenue Plan of home production ‘they are becoming harder to buy. (was carrying a “normal load" i ’ MOST LOYAL FANS — Two of Mauri Rose's ardent fans are his children, {affected 43 drainage districts from Charged by C of C ) ! ;

Approximately 4500 houses and 1000 apartment units are in|of about 80 when it was swamped i i inni i f i d {the mouth of the Sandy River, onstruction this li-time bulding high for the in heavy seas within 250 feet of Dori and Mauri Rose Jr., who congratulate the winning driver after his secon a oy or sort os oul. fir HAROLD HARTLEY construction this year. This is an all-time building hig y

: ol ia 3 | Greater Indi lis area. the carrier Kearsarge. consecutive win in the 500Mile Speedway Race. {mouth of the Columbia at Astoria, Gov. Ralph Gates is short- co cr Indianapolis area

Lit ie cult for the - . { rn.» s nn g nw {108 miles west of Portland. {changing the big-population coun- onl It Tore dim ps ads does not reflect it. In the first Hampered by Tide . ’ ° . ; Mayor Declines ties in the redistribution of ciga- po gine demand, to finance a four months of this year, thei Rescue operations went on 7 aur Rose Passes U | The Columbia surged close to ret tax money. acco 10 the home today than it was two years Federal Home Loan Bank here throughout the might, hampered i : » A ow BW Rd et {its - maximum flood crest todayiindianapolis C r Com-', 20 when building was only a reported 4612 mortgages three by pitch blackness, a driving i - : * . {and - broke through weakening ber of Commerce. This viewpoint co." today's volume. /more than the 4609 in the same rain and heavy winds. » Star fo Kiss Fiancee |dikes ‘protecting lowland areas of was disclosed in a letter to the w=. {period of 1947. | "An outgoing tide made rescus Says Novi Crew ; {northern Portland. {Governor from William H. Book, vs While the total remained about operations more difficult.

- { ; s builders . . : . Engineers said Mayor C, OC. executive vice president. The Times asked * th June Wedding Announced by 3-Time Winner; {Tibbetts of Longview, Wash. ‘de-| Mayor Al Feeney, who had a Pankers, mortgagemen and fed- 4

e same, the volume of GI loans, At least one survivor made his eclined 30 per cent in the Indian- Way to shore. The Navy said he

: ’ : : | ‘eral officials about it. { i ’ : Ic jclined to abide by the evacuationi/copy of the letter on his desk fapolis area and 40 per cent in was Boatswain's Mate First j Expected More Lap . Indicates He'll Race in 1949 Class {instruction on grounds the city this morning, joined the protest. Their concensus was that mort- the state, (Class Thomas A. Rowe of the : Money Asserts Nalon' By JACK THOMPSON : is protected by one of the most Breakdown of Figures gage credit has. tightened up in. Bankers and mortgagemen said attack transport Randall, $3 vy ’ When Mauri Rose rolled into Victory Circle at the Indianapolis sturdy dikes in the flood controll “That's what we've been talk- this area while prices have con- GI loans became tighter because! : By ART WRIGHT Speedway, winning of the big race for the third time didn't seem system. ling ‘about all year” sald the tinued to rise. ‘of ‘changes in the money market| gas £1 Duke Nalon, winner of third Uppermost in his mind. h Beisel. discios) loge. Lt: Col. D. A. Elleget said Mayor. “and everybody except Ihe immediate result. they sald, which have made 4 per cent mort-| City Set to Begin i plate in yesterday's 500- Mile' _ As the little fellow threw off his crash helmet, disclosing close- oo 0 0" 00" (10 qrainage dis- GOV. Gates realizes it.” is a higher down payment. Their gages less desirable investments.

brown hair, he apologetically refused a kiss fromi movie, had been under way on a! “The City has been spending 10ng range prediction is a decline Then. too, the secondary market RObieS Inoculation

Rage, told The Times today that! » i : ' queen Barbara Britton. { yuiitself broke,” continued the in speculative building next year for GI loans through the - he and the crew of the Novi %f you don't mind too much 42-year-old hero of the big oval AT I ey A i. “The chambers letter Unless federal aids are renewed. struction Finance ugh toe Reoer The free rabies vaccination of Grooved Piston Special “positive Mi ~ Britton, there is another Will be ome of the 33 starters in|, ,." some areas. shows that Marion County pays Buyers are seeing the ebb of last fall. Indianapolis dogs will begin 1y were not satisfied” with a re-}ad3 I'd like to kiss first,” he ex- 1370. More than 60,000 persons into the State $539.283 and will the first postwar flood of easy GI loans, the open sesame for| "hin the next few days, Dr.

check of race results made by 83-40r2he: lovely biond from, Beside. es him to give up|aiready were. homeless through- get back only $72,171. Now look home financing which had been the veteran in search of a dweil-| 3¢Tald Kempf, city health direc.

tor, sald | ey : M out the northwest. at Brown County which con-|Watering the housing crop since'ing, are becoming more dificult!" < i Contest Board officials, Going to Be Married tiie sae: as vp to hin" she| No Bodies Found tributes only $7240 and gets back |the end of the war. [to get by the month. Some in-| He AnnGuDbed that he was } : . ee eet timer for} Then, Miss Ruth Weatworth. Fran | Those included the 19.000 resi $32.772 on the Governor's road Although more homes are on stitutions no longer are making WAling only for Indianapolis » hea A : “work: ““h Fi from’ Sout Perth: TOCA sb ren a spvasaes Bia oo Y 1 Lar a A ‘ < a

today re-check- appeared beside the Wiping! Children In Car [dents of Vanport City which was mileage bust - Abe. market..today. than... year them.. Those that are require sub-,'Sierinarians to arrange their = - a Car. ’ : : ;

t a5 a. i Tachediile”™ Yor “adniinistering the ~~ rE URGE3:15 a Rose's two children by a for- wiped out Sunday. The number Mr. Book advocated a redistri- 80. the number of mortgages stantial down payments. TREE ¢ for administering the iE the scoring and timing -on|the gHme and grease from his mer rri w 150 in the!of dead has not been determined. bution of the cigaret tax on a 1 : v (vaccine. the Tequest of Lou Welch, own- bushy mustache, Rose kissed her marriage were also in the “per capita basis instead of the. 100 Pct. GI Loan Dropping From Sight |_ Dr. Kempf said that only dogs Wn of the Novi car. soundly {pen to. congratulate their vic- Authorities were mystified be Per ap A Das hs, ‘which had owners would be After they were through Mr.| The reason for Rose's actions torious father, {cause not a single body had been Oe at en” The 100 per cent GI loan has 15 nearly hon-operative. The Vet- vaccinated. However, he added Ricker said there was no pos- had been explained to reporters Standing in the seat of the race found thus far at Vanport City.. , dropped below the postwar hori- erans Administration finds that the owners would not be required sibility of a change in the final just ror N PA time ‘when Lou CAT. 7-vear-old Mauri Jr. said, Red Cross disaster workers “The road mileage basis used,” zon. Some savings and loan as- down payments of 25 to 50 per to show city dog tags for their i 8 | Moore nx ie jubilant crew Gee. it was swell, daddy.” Lit-/said. however, that it would be Mr. Book said, “will allot for a sociations are still making them, cent are required. . - - animals. He pointed out that his . . { * and is Ju {tie. Doris, who is 5, was equally nothing short of miraculous if mile of road in some small coun- but they are not advertising it. Lending institution executives! rtm ‘ Nalon ‘said he wasn't disputing pushed the powerful Blue Crown ¥ : ites that little ‘more tha utivas department would “not go out Rose's victory. But Nalon Special No. 3 into the bullpen, *Pthusiastic. : im flood had falled to take a vic-|tles he the same amount a] reo the GI still hunting a roost say they are surveying the cus-'hunting stray dogs to vaccinate & re ! We're cn ] ried! With yesterday's victory Rose tim, 2 . fcow-paths, the same amount al- after two yegrs of waiting for tomer more closely today than at this time a pe his peopl Bons Ml 3 Soin Re Jaiel Hoined the only other two men to| “We haven't located a. single lotted for .a “mile of the most prices to come down, the 100 per the security. They. bm phasize his Month-Long Program re RE 00 bar ap pitas BhONEY" 11 3A1d. Ws Fa CeR'Y S410 Anything! Min three. races in. their caress, body. Vel.” Sheriff Marlip Praftheavily used primary road in the cent loan has nearly gone. ability to contin. yments on al According to. plans pow being Saditio pe 2» 3900 the ere - We haven't sid anyMIng’, , “Mever and Wilbur Shaw., (said. “There undoubtedly are urban counties = Which ~¢AYHI®S| “Today. the veteran fs required proper(ly whose value may one completed, one station staffed by Ration to the id (before byt it's true.” - Owner Lou Moore also has an many inside the houses, but we hundreds of times more. traffic to have a minimum 10 per cent'day drop below the amount of the|a local veterinarian, volunteers O Spilling G : ! Best Man Present {exclusive position in the hall of/don’t know.. We're gradually re- and is mueh more costly to down payment in order to buy, mortgage against it. - ling his services will be estabe ar Spilling Gas | Adding to what was more like racing fame. For two ‘years uniting families and the list of build.” unless the builder can finance him, Against the background of jished at some location in the city “33 Nalon, who for a time loomed pre- jal _ celebration for straight he has had the cars that missing is dwindling. We don't] The chamber letter pointed out on a contract basis—or unless he tightened mortgage credit, home!/each evening. Each day the stas ab 2 4% this year's winner, sald dl Po rc gon victory celebration Placed first ‘and second. Never know what to think.” {that about -the same percentage. finds some of the few new. homes. building--costs have continued to tion wil be moved: to another lo or vitpeliet § Own pit crew scored him as going! © the presence of ‘the best man Pefore has that happened. } He said it might be two weeks of people smoke cigarets in sm-'1 approved for 100 per cent financ- rise. It cost mére to build a house cation. } into the lead for the second time be ™ sen fy Mr. Yoder — - {before the flood subsides enough counties as in large urban coun- Ing left on the market today. in the second quarter of this year| The city has earmarked $5000 When Ted Horn, in the Bennett ks Tinan er, . wd J I {to make a thorough check. [ties. : On older property, the GI loan than in the first, (with which to purch cf Fothers Special, went to the pits nore an the rs office itn §] 650 ewe ry “Disaster Area” "| Marion County, the letter said, oo land supplies pure en ne i on the 143d lap. to refuel and tudetaiter ln y " |, President Truman declared contributed one-seventh of the $4 VA Sets Minimum House at 7250 | Animals w 7 thange the right front tire { Bend. T e Re orte lv + Cit | Animals will be vaccinated Horn was in the pit 35 seconds. ROSe sald very little to the P Rae ae, aid sitier northwest million fund and will receive only| tn Indianapolis today. the The Veterans Administration Without charge to their owners. . Novi team score-sheet(press, rad and newsreel men Apparent theft of $1630 in ew nd ordered surplus war pr |about 13 per cent of its con- “Benchmark” house as defined by lists this house, which happens, Dr. Kempf estimated today Showed Nalon holding the lead |pressing elise around his race ®\s from a North Side ay So. erty made available for relief ana |UiPution in dolls. the Veterans Administration as to be located in the 3000 block that it wolud take all of this ~~ # re next 42 laps—until Nalon car in the small wire enclosure. Yesy-end was repor ° PO” rehabilitation. The Red Cross AE ir Weather |the Average minimum dwelling ls of Temple Ave. at $8100 on the Tey ine rd Rout. the to the pits on the 185th lap. He just kept ring for a : e i 2 iB WwW {a four-room white frame bunga- genéral market. The VA esti-| » vaccine units cost the Nalon’s last stop was a, drink of water Slaioring | Raya Dayan, 3420 Ni pip rit baggie wt ho vax. ar eat er. {low which sold recently for $7250. mates that with a GI loan. the City between 27 and 28 cents —_r . |dian 8t., reporte t a diamon ’ ! : { The builder said he constructed Veteran would" be required to ach. - Asked how he felt about his estimated at $26 milli 1o Continue quired ‘to {Continued on Page 10—Col. 5) Ny he fe and ruby studded gold wrist a million, the .same house minus several p 000 He said notic: of the location Peer VARLOEY, hae: "I tried lke watch valued at $630 and an oval| Shortly her Col. Walsh issued 1OCAL TEMPERATURES features in 1940 for $3888. down a an the ros10 10 and time of the vaccination ell, an it.” shape jade ring encrusted with|his order three more dikes col-| g 5 m 54 10 74 5 : J ’ ints , A } ° ! | . mm... am... | . , points will be given in advance. i 0 He td. Gh had no immediate diamonds worth $1000 werejiapsed hete and a fourth crum-| 3 a m... 40 11 aim... 78 |g rorence or Gumried the price for mortgage closing expenses. Por lv NEU 4 that dog Hy } nsi £2 plans for thy fyture other than| missing. bled near Vanport City. The new, 8 a. m... 65 12 (Neon) 78 y pointing ou a o speciiic house actually WAS owners still will have the respons \ f 1 , t mar . | breaks le wi tt ! his 1948-house has double floor- available on a 100 per cent GI : ! FASPO —— to ge Tid. But he did indi-| Mr. Dayan told police his wife|bre t a wall of water pour| 9 a. m 69 1pm 19 sibility after their animals are ec——————————— he Ww int ‘ ee pm... (Ing and full basement which his loan which was arranged months y r ahim oo Californ; cate he would he hack for more wore the jewelry Saturday night./Into a residential district of 2000 9 , vaccinated of keeping them in Ma, South Dakota laurels wher the '500-Mile Race He sald she either placed bothihomes and over the Portland! Sunny, mild weather was fore- 1940 house did not have. It also ago. The VA finds, however, quarantine until the present Voters pick convention [rolls around next year. articles in a chest drawer or on Meadows race track, the Portland cast by the Weather Bureau for Nas more insulation, and water-'that the house could not be ®\ rabies epidemic is over. ' dele “Sure he wil» aegerted Mooreiithe chest and that they were amphitheater, and several auto Indianapolis today. The tempera. Proofing on basement walls than produced tomorrow to sell.on a — a gates today... |go there is litle doubt that the missing the next morning. |courts, ture was not expected to exceed eight Years ago and the lot is 100 per cent GI loan basis. Estimate $100 000 Loss "Mmocrats in each a Tr — T—— em ———— ee Scores of hlocks were flooded 80 degrees, | more expensive, Is would bring Using a national building cost ’ d favor Truman : Stare 2 Moon Si ' and about 30.000 householders Tonight should be mostly clear the duplicate 1940 house to a - In Warsaw Plant Fire . YAY age ¥ une, poon eo 0 {and workers were homeless or With moderate temperatures in Price of $4350. (Continued on Page 3 —Col. 6) WARBAW:. June 1 (UPY-Fire » ¥ , “ . — \ Week-end d - ; ° levacuated. {the lower 50's. _ a———— eeivm— 1 > timated unoMetally eath toll 14 in A d Rush 3 Alt ft The toll of the northwest floods) Clear, moderate weather will ont Yas eslin ¢ | f % | A | today at about $100,000 at the Indiana , . . seven die in n 0 . ar eqgins {reached these approximate marks:continue through tomorrow with What Do Delegates Say ? " jrodey = Furniture Manufacture traffic accidents P 3 Youn . Fi Fi ) ; Damage—$75 n#ilion, [temperatures as high as 84. . | . ) . . os ling Co. here hon | FS tvabash Miner, Hance Fist, | Dui TL"; | bur weer we ue ioe Walch for Times Straw Vote he” cabinet and ishing i : . i i | » ; y : t were dam Popsickle industry in high SAS Splking Bureau’ Predicts Banner. Year House Group Slashes [the week although there will be IN THE BITTER four-way fight.for the Repub- Ina are A yesterday ‘gear as ki . oman ne, the month of marriages, Is here again. ’ an increase In humidity and high- lican governor ination, everyo f is s { } read to 3 ar ue kids prepare to _ As sunshine ang (air weather ushered in the first day of the 2 Departments’ Funds |, Ee ah ican governor nomination everyone has had “his say | hour 4pm And spre We, al millions . . . of tongue |month, » YOUNg minister from Wabash and his financee were the, WASHINGTON, June 1 (UP) week end. | except the delegates who will decide. away ‘ freezers a photo. [frst to step 10 the goynter marked “Marriage Licenses” in the Mar- The House Appropriations Com-| Some rain is due by the week's Now the delegates can speak, thtough The Times . , t afire by. h tee a oto \ | The house was set afire by Pp fon County Cou : mittee today slashed by 25 r 8 Vot : ‘ story P 18 ! . ‘ {7% a { “ y. slas Y <0 Periend, but is expected to be confined | traw Vote. “ [of an -exploding naphtha tan Jotesiinaaa. JPge | They were thy pay, Eugene O. Krug and Miss Alicia N. SBcaer, cent’'the Treasury and Post Office tn scattered loca! afternoon light | For the first time, their own wishes, not those of the [that landed on the roof and d Uther Features 11653 Barth Ave, yndianapolts. 7 |Department's requests for extra'showers. political fixers, will be the payoff: |stroyed the building. Cause of the musements.. 8 Inside Indpls spi riot to Roat, four other young this year is 2680. With five!funds for the fiscal year start- cem——— i ———— | PEE 0» [ore wad unknown. oo Bddie Ash. . 10 Mrs. Manners 4] Masrings license gotted Vie.|riags ate wil nave 16 increase St voted to “dllow the two/APPOInted fo Judgeship DOES 3: 8. Sen, Wiliaw 5. Jeuner have the -notiiie- TE Hi sified 15.a0 movies ...... Sllette Payne sald har pysiest day|sharply to top the 10,072 marri-|agencies a total of $438,953,010, a| Gov. Gates’ today appointed =~ Lom “In the bag” as his supporters claim? Or will the Arrest U. S. Red Leader * ¢ ified .18-20|F, C. Othman 13!so far this year : ' : . q nominee be State Auditor A. V, Burch, or Hobart Creigh- TON. J 1 (UP) . Saturday/ages in 1046, the peak year, reduction of $112,771,640 below George Mock, Bluffton’attorney, » ; | WASHING , June (UP), = tf CS .....21 Pattern 18/when 77 ’ ton of Warsaw, or Walter Helmke of Ft. Wayne? ord ve ATi Radie application were filled June, 1947, there were 985|the departments’ budget esti-ias judge of Wells County Clreuit| . i" Nonody will know for certain until June 11. But in The |The Justice D Bitocials .. 14/R sesenily out. ! , applications. for marriage and a/mates. : x Court to fill the vacancy created "Wimes tomorrow yOu Gan see how the four candidates stack nounced today that Jacob A. Bown. Attain. 1 ec rds «....17 Mrs. Payne is g mar-|total of 9688 for the year. Dur-| The total is ‘over and abovelby the death of the late Wiliam| ~ up with the delegates as of today ' Stachel, education director of the Boru: by UArk ‘......13rlages this June wil the: rec-(ing both. years ‘August was the the $200453,100 wol by _the!H. Bichhorn; a] } ega hy. : “Communist Party in the U. 8, a2 18 Society +++++15lord number of 1118 4y june of second higl month. In 1946 House -earlier this for the ® Mr. Mock will serve until the RA Bal. _4 |has been arrested in Nefy York Given +18 Women's Te28! "Total mumber who! that. iaanth af 7 there Were T85,for the Bost Offes Dep oma lestiohs in the fall. Be. _ WATON lhe Saw Vols preview of ih GOP stata gf for tion. Mr. Stafhel. & 0 ie Dar | ; that ’ or t ent for is the nomipee for the nv n Times tomorrow, , sor, - ood .. § Weather Map 12'have filed for Ho: thal ar : | ascal | A ROMIp: 8. : pe

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