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‘Inauguration’ Parade
_ INDEPENDENCE, Mo. Jan, 20 (UP)—A $850,000 fire swept through four buildings at the) southeast corner of the Independ-’ ence ‘Square, the city’s business: district, in 7-degree weather to-' day. This day: was, by proclamation] of the mayor, “Inauguration Day” in the home town of President, Truman. Many of Independence’s leading citizens were in Wash
ington for the festivities there. as the big fire broke out in the, basement of the Independence) Hardware Co. Plans for an “Inauguration Day” parade were
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# | company reached the scene, i iflames already were { [through the roof and leaping a
canceled. Fire Chief V. A, Kincade of the’ four-company Independence fire| department said that spontaneous lcombustion probably caused the blaze. He gald paints and oils were ‘stored in the basement of that three-story building. Ice-coated ‘and weary - firemen pronounced the fire under. control after four and one-half hours, The: summer White House is
west of the fire zone. Chief Kincade estimated the loss at about
He said that, when the first
shooting 15-foot #lley, kicked along by a
southeast breeze, to buildings at) De is southeast corner of the
tition, ken 500 names, was sent fo Butcher by employees of Rob. ertson Bros. Department Store. The Senator is an employee of the store. Sen. West is also objecting to strict Central Time for Indianapolis.
Light Hints, Clue
businesses were in the
aly it spread through the three-story buildings housing the Bunting Hardware Co. store, the AAA Electric Co. and the Pope Diamond Shop. The latter two Camel
building. 3 The Lambert-Moon Printing! Co., occupant of the Independence Hardware Co. structure, also was Then the fire spread
Lodge building. Four ‘companies of
About 30 pérsons, residents of 3 rooming house operated by C. Sharp, were driven from their x Sua by the blaze. The rooming house was immediately behind the Camel building. Heat from the burning buildings was so intense that windows were cracked in eight businesses located 100° feet away from the blazing structures.
_ |Schoolgirl, 14, ‘Held -- In $9 Store Holdup
To Lost Plane
MIAMI, Fla, Jan: 20 (UP)— An Air Force B-17 sighted a light and what appeared to be a life raft before dawn today in the ares southwest of Bermuda where a British airliner vanished Monday with 20 persons aboard, Coast Guard headquarters here] reported. The destroyer Samuel Roberts out of the U. 8. Navy base at Guantanamo, Cuba, and a large flight of Navy, Coast Guard and Air Force rescue planes from Caribbean bases converged on the scene 300 miles southwest of Bermuda. The British South American Airways Tudor IV aircraft “Star Ariel” disappeared Monday on a flight from Bermuda to Jamaica. The area where the new search was centered was on «the direct route between Bermuda and Jamaica. . ——————— State Senate Pays: ‘Tribute’ to Dr. Gallup The sedate State Senate observed the President's inaugural by poking fun at the polisters who thought Harry Truman) would be heading. for Missouri after today. On an oficial motion by Seh.
Wesley Malone, Republican insurance man from Clinton, the entire
Senate stood up to observe “a
moment of silence in memory of Dr. Gallup.”
Horowitz Stricken
LAFAYETTE, Jan. 20—The
piano recital by Vladimir Horowitz originally ‘ scheduled for tonight dn Purdue University’s Hall of Music has been postpofied to Apr. 22 because of the planist's {liness, university authorities an-
nounced today.
TIFFIN, 0. Jan. 20 (UP)—A {14-year-old junior -, high school girl was held today on charges of holding up a store with a World War I souvenir pistol and taking) ($8 from the cash register. Police arrested the girl vester|day after she was identified by {Miss Hilda Steinmetz, a clerk at {the store.
Remodeling
KEY WEST, Fla, .Jan.. 20 (UP)—Carpenters were hard at work today remodeling President Truman's .“little white house” at the Navy submarine base here. There were no new balconies on the blueprints but, as the next best thing, the sunny
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‘With hand and upraised, Harry S. Truman is sworn in as President of the United States by Chist Justios Fred Vinson n (left). =~
Truman Fails to Go Back
To Missouri and Oblivion
Needled in the Past, Needled Now, or iacle Man’ Is Sticking Around
Sushiuglan Su the Scripps-Howard Newspa Jan. Ib pany ed Three 15-year-old boys today
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"rom. the breakiast wilh Battery D to the ast sirsine of the
Flood Threat Mounts in State
Red Cross Seeks Lafayette Shelter
TOUAL TEMPERATURES
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Sam... 15 a, AN Ta mm. 17 a mm... 8 a mm... 12 (Noon) 27 fam.2 1 1p m.. 27 Water-logged ad Indiana’ today |
watched flood threats mounting!
with its rapidly rising rivers and streams. . At Lafayette the: Red was seeking a public building to) set up shelter for some 50 persons, in preparation for more|
evacuations from the lowland baby was found critically wound-| who asked
Young Mother [Found Wounded os 0 By Rifle Bullet
THE MOTHER of a 10-day-old
He's on top of the world.
He's President, now. Not just
.|a fellow who got there more or less by aeadent.
r » ‘Net the bewildered little guy to pray for
area in southwest Lafayette./led in her bed in a home .in the! him that day mn April, 1945.
Four families evacuated last night and more evacuations were expected today. The Indianapo-| lis Red Cross sent beds and] blankets. The Wabash River in Lafa-| yette was expected to crest at 24!
stage. After this crest the stream | was expected to fall rapidly, the weather bureau said. * Expected to Rise In Indianapolis- White River was still high and was expected to rise another half foot today, sending more waters into Ravenswood and other lowland sections already under water. In Richland addition, southwest of the city, where seven families were evacuated last night, the water still was rising. The forecast of warmer weather tomorrow and ‘possible rain Satur-
west side porch was being enlarged.
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“State's White Miss a Trick in Capital
Ubiquitous Governor
; Toke in All Activities By DAN KIDNEY,
The little man from Indiana
Indiana headquarters. Here Democratic State Chalir-| man Ira Haymaker, Secretary] John Hurt and the party's head-| quarters staff are stopping. Frank M. McHale, Democratic national committeeman from Indiana, is at the Mayflower where he is 4 “season ticket man.” All assembled early on Capitol Hill in the offices of Rep. Andrew Jacobs, Indianapolis. From there they went to a section reserved
Golden Glovers Go Tomorrow
Golden Gloves aspimants climb into the ring at the N. Pennsylvania St. Armory at 8 p. m, tomorrow. Tickets for this exciting fistic card will be available in advance until 4:30 Pp. m, tomorrow at: : Bush -Callihan's, 136 E. Washington St. and. at The Sportsman's Store, 126 N. Puniayi¥anis St. boxoffice will
Armory open Te 6:30 o'clock fight night. Prices are. Ringside and first
for Hoosiers to witness the oath takin by President Truman. The parade followed with the Indiana governor doffing his white hat to the million member crowd. He rode in an open limousine accompanied by Mrs. Schricker, who for the second time is the First Lady of Indiana. Tomorrow morning the Governor will sccompany President Truman to hear the Purdue Glee Club sing again. Cabinet officials and others will be present at the special concert to be given in the Labor Department auditorium under auspices of the Women’s Division of the Democratic National Com-
The Indians Democratic spea nin tie Gov, Sad Moe Sn ur leave for home tomorrow night. ‘mmediately after checking in
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westesn section of the: city today. | A rifie was found tangled in bedclothing beneath her and the) child, who was lying alongside, unhurt. The woman, 26, was taken to General Hospital with a bullet
{feet today, 13 feet above flood wound near her heart and jis in
critical condition.
Police said the wound was Proved he was smarter than all|the
made by a 22-caliber rifie which {the mother had taken from its | stand near a shotgun in the cor-| ner of the room. Both guns were unloaded but a box of cartridges for the rifie was found. in! the room. |
THE WOMAN'S 24-year-old | husband said that when he left| for work his wife had appeared to be all right. He said nothing serious had been worrying his wife, although she was slightly upset because they couldn't find place to live, They have been living with his, parents, he told police. |
Blowzy Bossy
and His First Lady
at Inaugural Times Staff Writer
WASHINGTON, Jan. 20--Coy, Henry F. Schricker's white hat pn ..v ha | was a stand-out at the Truman inauguration today. ¥ had a hangover When she
hasn't missed an -event since he
arrived here yesterday. He probably was the first Governor up this |
{at the hotel yesterday morning, Gov. Schricker went to the Capi{tol to greet the Purdue Glee Clubmen. He had missed hearing| them sing at the Indiana State Society inaugural ball the night
before. The Governor then] lunched with the - Democratic Congressmen.
He had dinner last night as the guest of a Republican—Wallace Weatherholt-—who cast the Indiana vote for Gov. Thomas E. Dewey for President and was bere to attend the pre-inaugural dinner of the electoral college, “Wally is an old friend and anyway his vote didn’t coupt” Gov. Schricker explained. Earlier in the afternoon, the Governor and Mrs, Schricker attended a swank reception at the | palatial home of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph E. Davies, former U. 8. ambassador to Russia, They went to the gala affair at ithe Armory last might, but were s0 surfeited with the “Parade of Stars” that they gave up and came back to the hotel before the gigantic program was finished.
They will attend Mat Trureception
Haus jue. Jarade
and tonight the Ee J
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DES MOINES, Jan. 20 (UP)
won a blue ribbon at the Jowa| {State Fair, it was revealed today.|
Not the man whe used to look | over his shoulder when someone sald “Mr. President.” = ¥ x
Today, he's the man who passed a miracle, who brought
back to life what seemed to be The deputies said the boys ad-| o Lincoln
a dying party. The man who the rest of the politicians. He still shoots from the hip. He| |still thinks his cronies are the!
{best people in the world. And it's|
fate of civilization in his hands. |But folks around here don't shudder now, when they say it. » » » The President was up at 5:30, after four and a half hours sleep. | He walked out of Blair House, where he lives while the White| House is being repaired, and]
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Pledges to ‘Preserve, Protect, Defend’ Nation, Aid Freedom-Loving People of World | By CHARLES T. LUCEY, Scripps-Howatl Staff Writer WASHINGTON, Jan. 20—A plain-talking man whe carfie out of Missouri to stand where only 32 men have stood before him in all this free nation's history was inaugurated today as President of the United States.
Harry 8. Truman stood in the shadow of the brooding figure of Freedom atop the great, gray arc of the capital
Other Inaugural N News
Truman, Barkley families . . . a photo... .ivivnsansanscss Page 8 Truman-Barkley day ... an editorial, i cconvsnnnsenrenne Page 18 Bess Truman up early Tor day of her dreams. ..ocaiieess Page 20
dome and pledged his countrymen he would “preserve, proe tect and defend” the Constitution. Solemnly, in a speech that will be read and re-read tos night in every chancellery in the world, he damned Russian communism in as sharp language as he could find. ; He branded it a false philosophy, contrasted its tyrans ny with the human dignity that flowers under democracy and promised to strengthen freedom-loving nations against
aggression. "Talking to the Oppressed Harry Truman was talking beyond "the million whe heard him amidst the inaugural glitter -and Saiety hare, beyond all the millions of Americans. "He was talking to oppressed men and women every. where. He was telling them. to buck up, that this nation
‘Seize Teen-agers With Stolen
“From N. Side Store
tween Fall Creek Pkwy. and 56th St. after residents in the vicinity reported a “lot of shooting.” The officers found four 22-call-ber rifles, four shotguns and rounds of -ammunition in possession of the boys, who had cut down some small trees and were |shooting at signboards. Another rifle, shotgun and 1000 rounds of ammunition were found behind a signboard at 38th ‘and Meridian Sts.
mitted stealing the guns fro Vonnegut Hargvate Co. — at 3833 N. Illinois Jan. 16; land also that they hea recently broken into School 60, and the Kirshbaum Community Center,
still true that he may hold the 2314 N. Meridian St.
200 U. S..War Planes Earmarked for haly
ROME, Jan. 20 (UP) — Two!
hundred American war surplus planes in Germany have been earmarked for Italy to “replace worn out, antiquated craft and | furnish spare parts. for Italian aviation.”
Cartoon Is ‘Open Sesame’
For Truman's
Boyhood Pal
Times Artist's Portrayal of Sad Elephant,
_ Plus HST Autograph,
“Ree Mr. Talburt's
Takes GOP Judge to Ball
‘Cartoon, Page 18
“By ANDREW TULLY, Secripps-Howard Staff Writer
or| think.”
would not waver in giving leadership, that it was keen to today's challenges “as momentous as any in the past.” “Communism,” he said, “subjects the individual to are rest without lawful cause, forced labor as the chattel of the state. It , information. he shall receive, what art he shall produce, what leaders*he shall follow and what thoughts he shall
i of orchids and mink champagne and top hats, movie spending lobbyists and a horse-dra It was almost as if the people were for the derision and hurt and scorn that was visited this man in the months before the election in November in those days when ‘almost alone he believed the people ber lieved in him. Under the capitol dome and only a few feet behind him as he spoke were the marble figures of men who had gone before him in the presidency—Washington, Jefferson, |Grant, Garfield, a sorrowing] and a defiant. Andy|pwe mast and fs is marening |Jackson with whom, perhaps, | [Housands and cheering throngs, Harry Truman feels" greater, Tinsel and Fiuft
Floats that all tinsel kinship than all the others. suf, and Tn, a Kg
corn. The stirring, cadenced hale click of ramrod-straight from the academies at West Point and Annapolis. Pennsylvania Ave. was made for a parade and today it was buffed and polished. From the Capitol to the White House it was splashed with color. Wells
{ Some of their presidential 1 were triumphant, some sorrowf! So with Harry Truman. This was his day and a nation gave hin full measure of ‘its honor. How different a few months ago. The men of his own party sought to turn to someone they believed would be more glamorous as a candidate, Men of opposite party slammed him as a bungling little man. Harry Truman was derided and scorned, but he never was talked down or frightened. He carried his case beyond the politicians.
ing terraces of rich fur and style. Other thousands stood. The World Series, a Notre Dame-Army .game, the Rentushs -these are
Never did a President campaign as he did. Always he talked of victory, but| men asked—can he really believe that?—doesn’t he know? | But he did not hear; Week after
weék he traveled across plain and) mountain, up and down both| | coasts. [Liked Mr. Truman
WASHINGTON, Jan. 20-<A life-long Republican-—and boyhood, Out at the whistie-stops they,
Veterinarian Dr, John Dewar pal.of President Truman—will be a special guest at the ina ugural morning and breakfasted early at the New Colonial Hotel which 18.4514 the Towa Veterinary Medical ball tonight, thanks to a bit of collaboration between the President (this man today—re-living the
Association that the cow had a and Scripps-Howard's famous cartoonist, Harold Talburt, When they ask Judge Henry A. Bundschu of Independence, Mo,
stomach ache several hours before she was to be exhibited. The owner, an Illinois farmer, | {gave her a bollermaker, a potent imixture of Whisky a beer.
DE. DEWAR said he found the| |cow staggering around her aie
|dead drunk. |
Dr. Dewar sald the cow took| a short nap and then won first] prize In its class. He refused to
owner.
Times Index
Amusements 12 Inside Indpls. 17 Bridge ..... 21| Mrs; Manners . Business ... 14] Movies .... Childs ..... 18| Nat. Affairs Classified 24-28) Obituaries . Comics .... 20 Othman Crossword ..19 Radio ..... Editorials .. 18, Ruark .....
18 6| 17| 4)
reveal the name of the COW'S|y yn the President, came to Wash-
~ take
17,G. Ross,
Food ...... 21|8ide Glances 18 secretary, also a boyhood chum. Foreign . 18 Y. sass 38 er arons wasn In. but Matt ConForum ..... 18 123, Tome, another secretary, Meta + 21 Weather Map 14/come on over Hollywood «13 Jan g¥ 19 The Jusgs wis ling Mr. ConIncome Tax. 16|W: 7 his story in
a cartoon by Mr. Talburt pictur-| ing a disconsolate GOP elephant! {sitting glumiy outside the Inaug-| ural show, It'll get him in, quick. For on the cartoon is inscribed, |
Name Left Off List It happened like this: Judge Bundschu, who grew up
ington yesterday "with a large delegation of the President's former neighbors. He was going to in the whole inaugural works.
But when he went over to Inau|guration Day headquarters he discovered his name inadvertently had been left off he i ivitation list for the inaugural bal Judge Bundschu called be Shatin the President's press
{for his ticket he'll show them the front Page of of | yesterday’ . Wash{ington Dally News, which carried,
the President, The two old pals shook hands and started talking [about the time they were tanned for, sticking girls’ pigtails tn ink wells and that kind of stuff. Bui the judge still didn’t have his
“Farmers often give cattle al, , nenmanship familiar to the ticket, and he wanted one.
tle Jouie o ie. he J at entire nation: Special Invitation {most everyone thought they he Trt time 3 ever. Was| “Invitation to Henry Bundschu| How about it, Harry, he asked. wouldn't. This was their day, really get drunk.” Saw onelwith my compliments. January, “Oh-oh,” chuckled the Presi- too ol 11049. . Harry 8. Truman.” dent. “I've got a special invita-| Here in Washingtén it was a
tion for a good Republican Ilka you.” Then he grabbed a Daily News,
handed it to his old neighbo
Judge Bundschu, ay, in|
{bankruptcy for the western dis-
trict of Missouri, Is going to frame it. But first he's going to show it to the Democratic pal from whom he won a 10-to-1 bet on Mr. Truman, “I just couldn't resist it.” sald the judge. “Harry Truman was never any 10-to-1 shot in any race. He's always been a better
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must have been thinking about 10/ minutes he stood before them in} ls broiling sun to damn the last | Republican Congress and plead 80| earnestly for their help. Most of| them never had seen a President. They liked Mr, Truman coming | [to se¢ them. They didn't care | that he pulled what the profes sional politicians said were irrep-| [arable boners, | | They voted for him when al-
| January day perfect for a spec-
[cloudless sky and sunshine that! {gave a glorious warmth to the | great parade. More than 600 | military airplanes spread an awe- | inapiring, 400-mile-an-hour canopy over a city that for three days had been poinfing to this moment,
everything. A smiling, happy President and the devoted wife and charming daughter who had eartened those wearying ecam-
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Here was a parade that had|
a er pe om: wl fluff. Here was a spectacle and sy was history.
trowds seemed to sense if
as they heard the President's words today--words that said are going into a period that |be “eventful, perhaps decisive, for jus and for the world.” The pub lic address system carried his [speech along route. Phe. The Great on Hand # ceremonies at the Capit were brief. All the great were A there, and thousands who wished
to see the great, as Mr, Trmaty coat
in top hat, , morning
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