Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 29 November 1948 — Page 2

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As Snowstorm

Lashes State

32 Hurt Here in 65 Week-end Accidents

Indiana's week-end traffic death

toll climbed to five today as a ‘2-year-old girl succumbed fo in- “ in the passenger

Westville Saturday. A blinding snow storm that

‘covered state highways left four dead in its wake of traffic acciGants. Cv

Holy Name Hospital attendants at La Porte reported that Patricia Mathews died late yesterday of injuries received in the Baltimore & Ohio train-auto wreck that also took the iife of her father, Thomas, 33; her sister, Virgie, 17, and a friend, Harry Noakes, 33. All were from Michigan City. Indiana's accidental death toll for the Thanksgiving holiday reached 18, sone of the heaviest on record. The total, state police said, still did not reach the 1047 record number of 25 fatalities. In Indianapolis this week end 82 persons were injured, two critically, in 65 accidents from midnight Friday until 6 p. m. to-

List of Dead The dead: Samuel Grime, 21 and Edward H. Shark, 22, both of Muncie. Anne Marie Meyers, 23, Anderpon. Ray Downey, 21, Hamlet. Ray Downey, 21, Hamlet Patricia Mathews, 2, Michigan City. Another traffic victim, Rose Mary McGowan, 22, of Anderson, was critically injured. 8he was in a car with Mr. Grime, Mr, Shark and Miss Meyers, which failed to make a curve on State Road 32 at the edge of Yorktown and struck a sign post. State police said the three youths died instantly. Killed By Train Mr. Downey was killed when a Pennsylvania railroad locomotive backed into him and a companion while they apparently were waiting for an eastbound freight train to pass. His companion, Victor Stanton, 22, Knox, was taken to Logansport Memorial Hospital where his left leg was amputated, Two women, critically injured, were in General Hospital today as a result of a traffic accident early Sunday morning in the 4300 block of Evanston Ave. They were Mrs. Gladys E. Waters, 4444 Norwaldo Ave. 55-year-old mother of nine children and Mrs. Mary Parker, 66, 4217 Evanston Ave. They were crossing Evanston Ave. when a car driven by Norval H. Abrahams, 19, of 24168 N, New Jersey St., swerved onto the sidewalk and hit them. Mr. Abrahams was charged with vagrancy by police. Edward Bake, 30, Zionsville, was slightly hurt when his car overturned yesterday in the 5200 block of State Route 52. Three other slight mishaps in the county involved only property damage.

Rotary Governor To Speak Here

Arthur 8. Kramer, governor of the 155th district of Rotary International will give his “annual message” before members of Indianapolis Rotary Club No. 58 in their luncheon meeting at 12:15 tomorrow in the Claypool Hotel. Immediately following the meeting, he will confer with club officers, committee chairmen and directors of the club. Mr. Kramer, who is secretarytreasurer of a building supply company in Frankfort, is one of more than 170 governors of Rotary International who are supervising the activities of over 8600

Mon Prob

altack and Monty's push. He was forced to take demotion action against a general for fallure in battle, Privately, he sank into the depths of despair when the Air Force messed up a co-ordinated assault by dropping its bombs “short,” killing some of our own troops, including Lieut. Gen, L. J. McNair, a high War Department observer who had been wounded ‘previously in Tunisia. } Inevitably, the general suifered several bad headaches, complained about his blood pressure and, in a rare mood of fatigue, gpent one morning In bed. Always, the general had Monty gnawing at his nerves. » » » : AS A PATRIOTIC BRITON, I shared the universal British respect for Gen. Montgomery's historic success in the desert. As a woman and as a civilian, I didn’t pretend to understand his military troubles, such as the concentration of Germans on his front, the lack of replacements, and the like. But, as a SHAEF staff member, as part of the official family, and as secretary-driver to Gen. Eisenhower, I grew to dislike, the very name of Montgomery. In my personal opinion, he gave the supreme commander more worry than any other one individual in the entire Allied command. It wasn't a question of nationality, Some of Gen. Ike's best friends and open admirers were crusty Britishers such as the prime minister, Adm. Sir Andrew Cunningham, and Air Chief Marshal Tedder. Dwight Eisenhower was the one man available in the Western armies who could mould AFHQ, then SHAEF, into a closely knit Allled headquarters which rose above national rivalries and characteristics to win the greatest war in Europe's history. ~ » . IT WASN'T a mere question of temperament, for Ike handled the explosive Gen. Patton with kid gloves lined in mail—and Gen. Patton invariably offered the closest of co-operation, despite his occasional bad-press flurries. (Just after Gen. Marshall approved Patton's promotion in August, Gen. Eisenhower gave out orders that any future statement by “Blood and Guts” could be struck out by censors. Correspondents undé¥stood.) Monty, Britain's most glamorous and successful general to

Eisenhower Was My Boss—

ty Becomes lem Child

British General Caused

. lke Frequent Headaches INSTALMENT 29 By Kay Summersby GEN, EISENHOWER wag beset by a thousand worries. The prime minister maintained his barrage of objections to Georgia, the invasion of Bouthern France, he insisted on touring the battle But the forecast today was for train - automobile wreck near grea he called for all-out assaults to destroy the Nazis, he pressed| | oping skies.

for heavier air attacks upon V-weapon platforms. fretted, alternately, about difficulties holding up Gen. Bradley's

The general

ington, for instance, Gen. Eisenhowever entered in the diary: “Saw Tedder who is just returned from the beachhead. Monty momentarily expecting heavy counter-attack which he is confident of defeating. Meanwhile he is just waiting.” Six days later he added: “Wrote letter to Monty urging all-out offensive to break the deadlock and get elbow room.” By the middle of July, Monty's delay in attacks, his excessive caution, and his reluctance to attack until he had a force as powerful as that at El Alamein, had many officers against him. Gen. Ike went over to France on July 20. Returning, he said Monty seemed quite satisfied with his own progress, as though it were up to Gen. Bradley to go ahead. Next day, Air Chief Marshal Tedder sent in a letter upbraiding Monty—the tone indicated Monty actually might be unsuitable for his job. Tedder agreed with Ike the idea of “limited attacks” was all wrong. A week later, the general wrote Monty that he just had to keep going. ” » » THROUGHOUT the campaign in Western Europe, it seemed to me Monty plagued the general with this same sort of worry, the cries for more men and supplies, the excuses for not talking bold, Patton-like action, To be specific:

On Sept. 11, while I was in London getting supplies from Widewing. Gen, wrote in the diary: “Discussions covered , entire field of month’s operations. Bradley (as always) most co-operative. Pat-

selle , P. M. Much worried because Monty seems unimpressed by necessity for taking Antwerp approaches.”

“After discussing ways and means of supporting left flank, sent Beetle off to see Monty to find out just what we had to do. Monty's suggestion is simply— give him everything. This is crazy ..."

Tomorrow: A narrow for Gen. Ike. (Copyright, 1048, by Kay Summersby)

escape

2d Fairgrounds Slaying Trial Opens Today

date, simply couldn't be sacked. That was the simple, unspoken] truth, In my opinion. Hisumegir ment from European action xp

My own guess is Gen. Ike knew, that, all too well. He had no| scruples about replacing Ofleee] who didn't measure ‘up to his| yardstick of efficiency; he reduced! generals right and left. | One was a good friend and a| West Point classmate. When this man failed in combat, however, Ike decided the supreme commander couldn't afford the luxury of friendship at’the expense of | the war .ffort. He reduced the| divisional commander to colonel. (This particular officer was pure gold. He took the demotion gracefully, begged not to be returned to the states in dis-| grace, stayed on in action as a colonel, and eventually won his stars back—the hard way.) Regardless, the fact remained Monty was in the line-up, for better or for worse.

Rotary clubs in over 75 countries and areas.

» » » UNFORTUNATELY, I thought it was often the latter,

Any way you measure it penny . . . or by com

vitamins and minerals . . right answer. It's the right’ answer every day of the year! Milk gives the most for

the least.

NOBLESVILLE, Ind., Nov, 29 )—The second trial of Paul

(Sanderson, formerly of Xenia, O., have kicked up a storm in Brita in the 1946 Fairgrounds ax slay-|

big enough to smash Allied unity,[Ing of Joseph Couch opened in’ {Hamilton Circuit Court today.

Jurors were to be selected from a panel of 24 prospects. Judge Thomas White presided at the session. Defense attorney

{was Floyd Christian. The prose-| lcution’s case was handled by] {Hamilton County Prosecutor,

Frank M. Campbell and Marion County Deputy John Bailey. Sanderson was charged with first degree murder in Marion County following the slaying of Couch at the Indiana State Fairgrounds two years ago, The jury disagreed in the first trial that ended here last Dec. 4.

WARNS ON LAND-BUYING WASHINGTON, Nov. 29 (UP) —Farmers were advised by the National Planning Association today not to buy farm land at present inflated prices. Instead, it urged them to invest their “boom time” profits in better

lhouses and equipment.

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The June day we left for Wash-/was light but general icing condi-

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Relief Seen for Flooded Areas

Rivers Swollen After 3-Day Rain in South

By United Press Milder weather brought relief today to flooded areas of the South and windswept portions of the Southwest. Steady rainfall for three days had surging over their banks in Alabama and Tennessee.

New York City had its first snowfall of the season. The snow

tions hampered air traffic into New York. Snow fell in upper New York state, Connecticut and in portions of Pennsylvania, High winds and snow lashed Kansas Saturday for the second time within 10 days. Strong winds and rain swept over Oklahoma and the Texas Panhandle. Make Emergency Call But the storm abated yesterday, and the forecast today was for rising temperatures and clearing skies. In the Southern states, the Red Cross had sent out emergency calls for boats at Birmingham, Ala., Atlanta, Ga., and Knoxville, Tenn. At Birmingham, 300 families were removed from a lowlying section threatened with inundation. Snow blown by winds reaching, 55 miles an hour was heaped in drifts in Kansas. Dodge City, still recovering from last week's storm, got four inches of fresh snow during the week-end.

U. 8. LOPS OFF 19,300 WASHINGTON, Nov. 29 (UP) —The Civil Service Commission reported today that 19,300 em-

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES First U. S. Jet Trainer Goes Into Production

sent rivers and streams]

118 deputies at the scene,

Powered by + tion at Burbank, Cal, ard F-80B. It will be used fo speed transition training in jet fighters for the U. S. Air Force, and has _all equipment of its fighter counterpart. - . «

flison Model 400 jet engine, the first American jet training plane is in productrainer, known as the Lockheed TF-80C, is36 inches longer than the stand-

Pickets Renew Violence At Plant in Columbus, O

COLUMBUS, O., Nov. 20 (UP) urday - morning —Violence flared briefly at the strike-bound American Zinc Oxide

ond time in three days when a|Sheriff's

mobile through a picket line. {ganizers for the striking union. The sheriff's office, which had|

peace was restored within a minutes, The outbreak occurred when James Campbell, 33, brother-in-law, George Hill, 27, drove their car through picket line and successfully en-| tered the plant. Hartley. law, The pickets grabbed the oar! and attempted, without success, RESUME EXCAVATION

to upset it, Mr. Campbell said.] An archaeological

feW International Mine, Mill | Smelter Workers’ Unien

ployees were dropped from the Federal payroll in October. This lowered the total of

workers in executive agencies to 2,089,700.

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angry pickets turned over the car of a maintenance man attempting to Co. plant here today ior the sec-|drive through the picket line.|—The Army, aware of GI gripes deputies arrested 21 during the war, has come up with pair of workers drove their auto- pickets and two international or-|2 new and “superior” field ration

The plant has been closed since bi . said jaqt Aug. 14 in a dispute with the C-4, includes a “wide variety” of

oi such comforts as cigarets, soluble

and his|negotiate with the union until its|5Ue: th

‘national officers sign anti-Com-the’ munist aMdavits under the Taft-|f®rent basic menus agreed there

excavation The front window of the car was|which was started 50 years ago/spoons that can:be thrown away

Ration ‘Superior,’ Ex-GI's Judge

Sr RA, WASHINGTON, Nov. 29 (UP)

for its troops. The new ration, designated the

meat, vegetables and fruit and

coffee, sweets, gum and toilet tisArmy said. Ex-GI's who studied the six dif-

is a greater variety than during the war. They also noted 'hat beans in one form or another appear on all six. 3 The packets include plastic

New Army Field

Chemist Traces Donora Deaths

Blames Fluorine Poisoning in Smog

DONORA, Pa., Nov. 20 (UP)== A Philadelphia chemist today blamed fluorine poisoning for the

|deaths of 20 persons during the

Donora smog a month ago.

Philip Sadtler, an independent investigator, told Donora borough

ing has been killing people in Donora for a long time. “It has left its characteristic trademark on the lanimals, They have been noticeably weake ened for some time.” > od ] Other Gases Present

to 25 times the normal amount of fluorine was found "in the blood of some smog victims. He attributed the deaths directly to fluorine, but pointed out that there were three other toxic gases in the smog blanket. “In addition to the saturation of soot from many fires that didn’t combust properly, sulphur dioxide, carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide were in the air, These three could have contribe uted in a minor way to the catastrophe. But it has not yet been shown they were present in quantities sufficient to kill.”

Safe Crackers Loot | Equipment Firm Again

The second safe cracking in a month was reported today by the Equipment Service Co., 727 N, Illinois St. Employees reporting for work this morning found the safe moved from a front office fo the garage. It had been -battered

open and an unestimated amount

shattered by a brick thrown by|in the ruins of Nippur, leading|aftér use. They are intended to|of cash taken.

The first flare-up occurred Sat- now being resumed.

civilian one picket. The stone did not go|city of ancient Sumer where civi-/prevent dysentery which some{through the glass.

|properly cleaned utensils.

The same safe was battered

{lization was first developed, is times results from re-using im-|open Oct. 7 when thieves took

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Germany

Juan A. Bi tina asked th today to give before tomor: to set up a ne look for a so currency prob

Mr. Bramuy; up his month’ of the Unite Council with on the Berli German Co YW will set up a separate 1 ment which trol the enti Otto Gesch deputy speak assembly, cal of the assem sector. Municipal for next Sund British and F C.., will not i =~ sacto At Berlin, Governor Ge ordered distr tional 28,000 lin next mon lift is opera General said the worst we to offer. France A DOCK st pled French weeks was se dockers’ brar nist-controllec tion of Labo accord. The settlem ernment’s sec labor front fr of the CGT er urday. Japan THE U. 8. eral H W. B kosuka navs nearly 700 A children evac nist-threatene Army official evacuees Wt Navy, Marine

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