Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 25 August 1948 — Page 1
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REUNITED BY "DEATH" —Recovered from his initial shack, Cpl. Marion Williams had breakfast this morning with his wife, Grace, whose funeral he flew home from Germany to attend. Through a mixup in names the Indianapolis soldier got the death
message intended for another soldier.
B- Crash-Blast Kills 16 in Hawaii
Superfort Burns Up in Hop to Okinawa
HONOLULU, Aug. 25 (UP)—| Sixteen of 20 crew members on an “Okinawasbpund B-29 were
Cross discl f another Marion. Williams, a killed .last night when the Dig Br Ciaote rol Tier iss oti plane lost.an nae and } ;
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4; Cras in’ flames at Hickam Field, it was announced today. Four men weré rescued from the flaming wreckage and taken) to the Army's nearby Tripler Hospital. The crew included 16 enlisted men and four officers. Witnesses said the Superfortress exploded while sliding along scattering wreckage for a quarter of a mile and smashing two power substations. The plane was one of the 98th Bomber Group, based at Spokane, Wash.,, and was en route] with other Superforts of the 98th| to Okinawa for a 90-day training mission. | The plane was one of a group| making a mass flight to Oki-| nawa, Its starting point was be-| lieved to have been Spokane, Wash. {
Names of the dead will be re-|that if I was gone it was just State, In the first seven months more than he could stand.” |
leased later today. Loses An Engine Witnesses said the Superfor-|
tress lost an engine after taking] off from Barber's Point Naval] Ajr Station on Oahu Island. It
tried to make an emergency land-|
ing at Honolulu airport but over- ys ynock and said he guessed Only. 14 cases.
shot the field. ! The pilot tried to climb but was | unsuccessful. The Superfortress| plunged to the ground, hitting a taxi strip adjoining Hickam Field | and skidding for 600 yards. The plane burst into flames)
Army Snafu on Report Spouse Died .
Reunites GI From Germany With Family Here Bearded, tired, but happy, an Indianapolis soldier today ate breakfast with the wife whose funeral he flew home from Germany!
to attend.
“I'm glad to be back—In spite of the circumstances,” said Crosley” some time in 1834 or Cpl. Marion Williams, 124 W. 13th St. Due to a mixup in names ® the Army flew Cpl. Williams back
his wife dead. A subsequent investigation by the Red
tioned: that
The 33-year-old air forcé man believed for five days that his wife, Grace, 30, was dead. When he arrived in Westover, Mass., yesterday, he immediately called home to learn the details. His wife answered the phone. “Who is this?” he asked.
“It's me, Gracie,” his wife replied. “Don’t kid me,” he said. “It can't be Gracie, I got a cablegram she died the 18th.” “Well, it's me and I'm alive,” she answered. She said that he “sounded very shocked.”
Takes Bus Here
“His father died July 6 and he was just getting over that,” the]
wife added. “He said he thought
The Williams have two little girls, Gletha, 5, and Carlene, 19 months, | Cpl. Williams arrived in In-| dianapolis this morning after! five days of travel, { He said he had recovered from
the whole _ incident was “just another Army snafu.” (Situation normal—all fouled up).
‘Puzzled’ by Report
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Hiss Disputes
ny Hearing Chairman Warns Of Perjury - Charge
WASHINGTON, Aug. 25 (UP)
and Whittaker Chambers that one of them “certainly” will be “tried for perjury.” Their first contradiction was on the question of when they last| saw aach other. i 1935, said Mr. Hiss. 1838, said Mr. Chambers. Mr, Chambers, ex-Communist, has accused Mr. Hiss, ~ former State Department official, of be-| ing a cell leader in a prewar Communist underground here. Mr. Hiss has sworn that Mr. Cham-
bers | § publicly confronting each o “for the first time, they were not asked in the frst hours about the Communist charges.
The committee was to pin down just how well knew each other—and just en—in
Professor at IU
from Berlin Aug. 20, reporting
Chemistry Assistant Stricken Week Ago
Another polio death was reported here today. Dr. Davis Wortham Beaumont, assistant professor of chemistry
at Indiana University died this|l®
morning in Long Hospital where he has been a patient since Satur-
day. He was stricken last Wednesday.
Mr. Hiss said he last saw
he. year following, When his turn came, Mr. Chambers declared he met Hiss first in 1934 and last saw him in 1038. Mr,
~ FORECAST: Fair, continued warm tonight and tomorrow. Low tonight, 70. High tomorrow, 96. x ~~ WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 25, 1948
Clark D. Jones, Crawfordsv
Expect Mercury To Hit 97 Degrees
Hot Weather Due Through Saturday
LOCAL TEMPERATURES
Sam ,.,714 10 a mn ..87 Tam ..15 11 am ..01 8am ..77 12 (noon) 9%
Entered as’ Second-Olass o Indianapolis, ta.
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WHEN MAYORS MEET--Discussing Hoosier community Municipal League convention in the Claypool Hotel today. were, (left to right), Mayers ile, League president; Bill Betz, Vincennes: George Gibbs, Rockport and Fred Feick, Garrett, who gave keynote address.
Retail Prices Here Rise 10.7% Over Level
U. S. Predicts Still Higher HCL; : Experts Differ on What Meats Will Do TDR SHEAR - ces © ng essen ) r 8
higher, U. 8. per cent between Apr. 15
9am, ..81
ate office building where Mr. Hiss was chief consel for the Nye Com-
It was the fifth polio death of |
the year in the state, the Indiana | tions industry.
State Board of Health reported, |
land’ the first fatality from Mon- | Hiss said, “I would think it must
roe Count¥. So far, Monroe County has had | the highest incidence rate in the
of the year 21 cases have been reported there. Polio broke out in Bloomington and vicinity earlier than any other spot in the state, L Marion County Second So far, Marion County, with! a greater population, has reported It has the second highest rate in the. state, | Previous polio deaths were in|
and Lake Counties in April, and Knox in June.
The soldier, who is starting his, Statistics are kept on the coun-
third hitch in the . Army Air
when it hit the tail of an unoc-|Force, said he didn’t know what
-scupied C-4T transport parked on
the strip. The crash occurred at 12:38 a. m. (Indianapolis Time).
2 Walk From Crash
The crash, worst in Hawaii aviation history, occurred within eight minutes after the plane took off with a gasoline load of 7000 gallons. Eyewitnesses said flames shot up 500 feet when the plane exploded and burned. Air Force personnel were unable to explain how four of the crew survived the crash. They said all were able to talk.and two of the survivors were even found walking after the crash. It was believed these two either jumped from the escape doors a split second before the crash or were thrown clear of the flames. The only piece of the huge plane left intact was the towering tail section.
Engine, Six Cars Derailed Near Tocsin BLUFFTON, Ind, Aug. 25 (UP) — The locomotive and six
boxcars of an eastbound Chicago and Erie Railroad freight train were derailed today near Tocsin, Ing,
The telephone operator at the small town said nobody was injured. A double track at the scéne was blocked, however, until crews could get the freight cars back on the track. - Cause of the accident was undetermined. But it was reported railroad crews had been repairing a small bridge over a creek at the point where the derailment occurred.
to do now but he guessed he would stay home “until the Army changes my mind.” ; He said that the Red Cross had informed his commanding officer tof the mixup and that he understood the other Marion Williams was due to arrive home today. ” Cpl. Williams said the death report had “puzzled” him but that his wife had been expecting to go to the hospital for an operation. “They didn’t tell me any details,” he recalled. “On the morning of the 20th they called and said my wife was ill. They said they didn't want to give me de-
port to the provost marshal.
that night.
“but anyway I'm home.”
ty in which the case originates rather than the place of death. Although several of the deaths were in Indianapolis hospitals, none was a Marion County case. Dr. Donald Caseley, medical director of Indiana University Medical “Center here, said about {50 persons now are hospitalized {there with” polio. All are |year's cases, he said. Not Unusually High He added that this is not un« usually high, since August and
Graat County in March, Sullivan | N
this’
mittee investigating the muniTo my best recollection,” Mr.
have been in the late winter of 1934 or the early winter of 1935.” “He represented himself as a free lance magazine writer who was preparing a series of articles about‘ the committee Investigations,” Hiss said. Mr. Hiss added that it was “one of my duties” to give the press information and guidance on the committee's activities. Mr. Stripling then asked about the arrangement Mr. Hiss made for subleasing his apartment to the Chambers family. Mr. Hiss and Rep. Richard M. ixon (R. Cal.) engaged in a lengthy oral bout over circumstances of the sublease to “George Crosley.” Finally, in a statement tinged with mild impatience, Mr. Hiss said he did not believe “these housekeeping details” to be important. The Important C “There is relatively little disagreement between my testimony and the testimony of Mr. Cham-
ling questioned Mr. ali ttn
rising again. A low of 70 predicted for tonight. No Relief Seen No rain or cooling breezes were sighted by the weatherman. Instead, he forecast temperatures averaging seven to 11 degrees above normal for the next few days. may be forthconfing in extreme northern Indiana Friday, he conceded, ‘but none is on. tap for Central portions, of the state. It was 98 degrees at Evansville yesterday. Other maximums were South Bend 97, Ft. Wayne 93 and Terre Haute 96. Residents of East Chicago could draw water from their faucets again today. A break in a water main temporarily shut down the water supply in the industrial city of 84,000 yesterday, but emergency crews restored normal pressure by 5 p. m. Pushes Mercury Up Hot winds from the Southwest pushed the mercury over the 100 degree mark in some Great Lakes areas yesterday, and high humidity added to the discomfort. U. B. Weather Bureau fore. casters said there would be no significant cooling for at least 48 hours. A mass of cool alr is expected to move from Canada into
bers, as he now calls himself, over the early details of our meeting,” he said. He said “the important issues
{ September are peak polio months. {It is in no way comparable to epidemic states reached in other | states, he said. : { Dr. Beaumont, who was 31, was {a native of Massachusetts. He joined the faculty of I. U. last
{faculty of Massachusetts Insti-
When I did they said she had|tute of Technology. died and I was on my way home| ;
He js survived by his wife, | Rose; two -children, Carroll and
Amherst, Mass.
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Durham, 3 Others Promoted to
’ tails over the phone’and to re- year, and previously was on om Sergeant s Rank
aaa | JACQUE DURHAM, whose jstormy career on the police de{partment has brought him every-
“It's a tough way to have to|Phillp, all of Bloomington, andithing from city wide acclaim to get home,” he added with a smile, his father, Arthur B. Beaumont, Suspension for insubordination,
was promoted today. Safety Board Chairman L. J, Keach said the promotion along with three others announced today was for outstanding work in the department.” ¥
ed Privates Durham and James Gaughan to the rank of detective sergeant, "and Detective Investigators James Rogers and Ernest Chambers to detective sergeant. As a patrolman, officer Durham rocked the department in January, 1947, by charging several of its members with accepting gambling payoffs and other forms of petty graff. { He made the news again last
{by the outgoing safety administration on charges of insubordination. He was returned to days.
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=. ; THE PROMOTION list includ-|
Minnesota and Wisconsin Friday jor Saturday. But weathermen sald it was too early to say how {soon the rest of the nation would [get relief.
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8.1 per cent and fats and olls, {3 per cent.
Some temporary respite!
ad and veal 15.8 per cent to increase) the meat, poultry and fish group {by 10.6 per cent. Eggs advanced The fruits and vege{table group showed a decrease of 2.8 per cent.
19 percént and house furnishings by 1.7 percent during the three month check period.
Bradstreet, Inc, announced that its wholesale food price index, based on the cost of 31 basic foods, tumbled 13 cents during the week ended Tuesday. The agency reported price cuts on 16 foods, including flour, corn, rye, oats, barley, lard, cheese, sugar, coffee, butter, steers, hogs and lambs. Hogs Bounce Back But hog prices, which fell sharply yesterday, apparently were bouncing upward again today. Opening prices were irregular but advanced from 25 cents to §1 per hundred pounds at various corn’ belt markets, The bumper corn erop now maturing in the fields had its first effect on prices today, United Press reported. The A. E. Staley Manufacturing.
This constitutes an advance to 176.5
Miscellaneous items advanced!
Meanwhile a sharp drop Jafoiver
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Mayors Told State ‘Milks’ Cities Dry
Feick Wams
oblems at Indiana
for '47
today.
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Most of them, however, believe that It will not have a ma effect on the family
prices, meats, climb = above = present levels. They sald thére is that rents essential
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would have a tendency to reduce meat prices somewhat.
ads, cold cuts, lighter demand would tend to pile up backlogs in wholesale coolers and market men would be forced
Co. reduced prices 35 cents .a
Early Morning Blaze
plant at 1934 Madison Ave. was in the paint room when the
working in the one-story concrete block plant got out safely. Damage was estimated at $70,000. ; Foreman Ottis Decker, 24301; W. Michigan 8t., said the blaze flashed with
h light speed through the paint room, located at’ the rear of the plant, and through a new shop area. Clouds of acrid yellow smoke from the paint chemicals enveloped the building almost infmedi-
ately. ‘ “Damages Shipment Mr. Decker said the shop area, containing valuable precision ma-
14 F.C. Othman 13 Society ..... 15 December when he was suspended |chinery and tools was badly dam-
aged and said the fire had damaged a shipment of radio parts in storage. . The plant manufacturers radio
turning in the first alarm but was not injured. All the 23
23 Employees Flee as Paint Fire Sweeps South Side Engineering
Wrecks One-Third
Of Plant, Causes $70,000 Damage
A two-alarm fire which broke out in a paint room about 7:30 a. m. today, wrecked about a third of the United Engineering, Inc.,
Mrs. Edith Spicer, 23, of 1149 8, Capitol Ave., an employee who
fire started, fainted outside after persons
and television parts on subecontract from RCA and Farnsworth Corp. The plant building is about 100 feet wide and nearly threequkstan of a block long.
‘said the fire probably started with spontaneous combustion of the paint chemicals. Two other small concerns located in the Weve Sista Shr the Harnginee; damaged only slightly.
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Firemen and plant spokesmen
to cut prices to move their stocks.
Firm
TURNED. IN ALARM—Mrs. Edith Spicer turned in the alarm: when fire broke out in
the United Engineering plant |
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