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Restore Use Of ‘Inch’ Lines After Blast

Service to East Will Be Curtailed

REDDINGTON, Ind. Nov. 21 «Gas service in both the “Big Inch” and “Little Big Inch” was resumed today after the two lines blew up Friday night with an earth-shaking explosion and fire. to

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near here can be rebuilt. The booster station was totally wrecked but underground lines not seriously ed when valve in the 24-inch “Big Inch blew out. A few minutes later a valve -in the “Little Big Inch” blew out. A sheet of flame enveloped the area of the pumping station. About 40 men were trapped by the flames but only 18 were injured. Three required hospitalization “but their burns were_not termed serious. : Estimate $2 Million Damage | Damage was today tentatively estimated at more than $2 million. Of this amount $1,300,000 was) in pumping station property and automobiles parked near the in-| stallation. More than $1 million worth of gas was lost, it was estimated by Texas Eastern officials. H. M. Williams, safety engineer| of division 2, said last night the top of the faulty valve in the “Big, Inch” was found approximately | 300 yds. from the line. It is be-| lieved the valve gave way under pressure and that friction from| parting metal may have ignited the gas. : The two lines lie side-by-side within a 100-foot path. When the lines blew up in two heavy explosions, cutoff valves were shut all along the line to halt any spread of fire. Until the ‘lines were reopened yesterday afternoon, all service was cut off east of Medora, Ind. The lines stretch 1470 miles from Texas to New York City. Mr. Williams described the fire as the worst in the company’s history. Confusion Arose Yesterday Some confusion arose yesterday over just which lines had blown up. Texas Eastern’s president, R. H. Hargrove, in Shreveport, La., reported that only the “Big Inch” had blown up. | Late yesterday, Mr. Williams, on the scene of the explosion, said a valve in the larger line exploded first followed by an explosion in a valve on the “Little Inch.” ) On the night of the explosion, Mr.t Williams said, the explosion was only in the smaller line. The first explosion was heard at 5:45 p. m. Friday. As the men ran to safety a second blast roared.

Senator to Address Insurance Agents

More than 1000 insurance agents will hear Sen. Edward Martin of Pennsylvania when they assemble for the golden anniversary of their state association tomorrow to Wednesday in the Claypool Hotel. Other speakers will be James C. O’Connor, editor of Fidelity, Casualty & Surety Bulletins and associate editor of the National] Underwriter; John C. Scott, pres-| ident of the National Association of Insurance Agents, and Paul Jones, director of public information for the National Safety Council. Sen. Martin served in the Army from private to major general and was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross, with Oak Leaf Cluster, the Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster and the! American Legion Distinguished Service Medal. | : In political life he has served, as auditor general, state treas-| urer, adjutant general and governor of Pennsylvania and Republican state chairman. He was elected to the Senate in 19486, i

Floridan to ‘Build’ Peacetime USO

Moe Hoffman of Miami, Fla. has been sent to Indianapolis to establish a peacetime USO operation under direction of the National United Service Organization. { Early establishment of the club: here follows the urgent request from military personnel at Ft.! Harrison and Stout Field. It will be placed in operation as soon as a location is found and personnel and equipmen® are assembled, Mr. Hoffman said. The director was with the USO in Macon and Savannah, Ga., during World War II. Prior to that, he was director of the Men's Club in Brooklyn for seven years.

Typographical Union Dealings Given OK

Federal Judge Luther M. Swygert said today it “appears” that the AFL typographical union is living up to the law in its dealings with newspaper publishers. | Judge Swygert said the union is “apparently not now violating” | his order to refrain from de-| manding closed shop conditions outlawed by the Taft-Hartley law. Judge Swygert delayed a final and formal decision on whether the union is violating his decree, and exacted from Union President Woodruff Randolph an oral pledge of compliance. Mr. Randolph and other top union officers appeared before Judge Swygert to prove that they have complied with his contempt of court citation.

Film to Be Shown

The Indianapolis Power & Light Company’s new sound-col-or films, “Electricity at Your Command,” will be shown at the Scientech Club of Indianapolis meeting at noon tomorrow in the Hotel Antlers. *

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Million Dollars Missi 3 | Million Dollars Missing In Frenzied Auto Finan | { i ; an rrenzie uro rinance | Books of Southern Illinois Used Car Dealers WR | Baffle Accountants; Partners Face Charges | : SPRINGFIELD, Ill, Nov. 20 (UP)—Puzzled accountants pored } 3 lover sheafs of scribbled notes today in search for almost $1 million lost in the shuffle of transactions by southern Illinois’ two “wizard” automobile dealers, . Mcp smn le sm pe ET | Bankruptcy statements and labilify lists filed by Robert L. [Euetae and Arthur F. Kramer had cleared up only a little of the {mytery surrounding the multi-| ; {million dollar jigsaw puzzle. nothing for their $1000, authorie Both men face bankruptcy pro-| eS Said. - | The biggest question still une ceedings and fraud indictments. solved in the riddle was where

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cy schedule in federal district | The rest of the sum probably court syesterday. It listed debts {will be accounted for in ‘the In- totaling $1,280,051 owed to hun~ {volved transactions between the! greqs of would-be buyers who had {two partners, who inflated a fan-/qeposited their down payments, {tastic financial bubble by offer-| Million Unaccounted For ling the public “new” used cars at | : ol ‘ list price, as much as $500 below Of this amount, $532,000 was the market level. (listed in deposits Mr. Kramer Many Get Cars {made with Mr. Knetzer. Added to {$1,126,509 Mr, Knetzer still owes Thousands of car-hungry bar- Mr Kramer on three notes, Mr, gain hunters grabbed at the gnetzer's total indebtedness to |chance, depositing $1000 with the Mr Kramer would amount to {partners as down payment. Many |s1 658,509. {actually got cars. Hundreds who| But Mr. Kramer claimed in his |got tired of waiting nervously bankruptcy petition that Mr, demanded their money back and Knetzer owes him $2.5 million, Nancy Oats, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Oats, 303 Wis- [got it. : “=+PHus, almost $1 million was une consin St., has been at fish pond. | But almost 2000 others got accounted for.

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Hilarity Is Carnival Theme Of Communal Center Group

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