Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 17 February 1949 — Page 3

by a train.

, said he doesn’t “think it's possible f di C i g & by — out of our Pro ssible to njure in ross n ras

The quick hand of death in trafic has struck again in Hoosier-

without some floods.” In view of the new storms sweeping Wyoming, the Union. Pacific Railroad rerouted all of its East-West traffic through Den-

land.

The dead man Is:

ver. Jesse John Ward, 62:of 820 Wright St The death of Mr. Ward brought 1, in0q the lite of Mrs. Alchon's'

Floods also threatened to arise in Nebraska, one of the hardest

hit of the range states since the the world crashing down aroundigg woo; 14 husband who Is in| blizzards began on New Year's his aged mother, Mrs. George A}Ray. Temperatures rose into the chon, 1145 Gilbert Ave. 40's yesterday in some sections wood.

nis wredlage Mi Ward died ang twa; thon wir ited when Hg pore ov was hue

a at z= One I Dead, Two Critically |

the 24-year-old man on a vagrancy charge. While investigating a burglary | at the Continental Lumber Co. 1136 8. Harding St, early today,

polite noticed blood on a broken window through which the thief had entered. A few blocks away they istopped a. car for investigation!

Rama

[both veteran , skaters. Like the routine of

| high-lifting adagio

{Rodna Repcheff ‘and “Buzz”

A train-automobile crash snuffed out the life of one and injured | two others in “murder on the highway.”

and stayed at high levels today. |

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critical condition at General Hos-| "| pital with a skull fracture. It was 4:15 p. m. yesterday when the open panel truck of Mr.! Ward and Mr. Alchon ached over the ‘hump of the Pennsylvania, Railroad track on the south edge! of Southport. On the seat of the open panel

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victim Jesse John « + the picture was a |

Traffic traveling . sales-| Ward .

Ward, Mr. Al-|* Christmas present Fo his aged |

room were Mr. chon and Charles J, Kelly, 59, or 433 Kauffman Pl, mother. : » The inbound Wii Alchon and his step-son . Mr. passenger train whistled as it ap- Ward. The two had been in the proached the crossing guarded sidewalk fruit and vegetable busiwith a cross arm only. Accord. ness for some 25 years and were ing to a statement by the en- (well-known figures on the South

and found blood on the goor| Reedy, who thrilled lasto.year's handle and a cut finger on the capacity crowd . . . and many jdriver. ‘Three batteries and three|other numbers providing : thrills

were identified as property of the Students at Arsenal Technical lumber company. Police charged High School, under the direction {the motorist with vagrancy and |0of C. W, Stewart, are putting the (held him for investigation. | anistang touches on one of the

cans of anti-freeze in the carof a professional show. N

{the American Federation of Ra-

Ha .|Town Han Lecture

the train was Havelng between

185 and 70 mph. Almost Clears Tracks

The truck almost was clear of, the tracks when the crash came.

side of the vehicle and spun it off the tracks, Debris of the wrecked car and unsold produce was scattered 100 yards along the track. The impact tore the seat from the truck. It sailed 45 feet through the air, the three vie-|& tims with it. When found by first arrivals at the death scene, the three mien were lying with their heads on the seat. | Mr. Ward died Immediately. {Mr. - Alchon- and Mr. Kelly were critically injured. Both suffered, skull fractures. Meanwhile, at home Mrs. Al-

chon was preparing supper for

her aged husband when news of his injury and her son's death was brought to her, “My son, my son, my son,” she cried as she sat on the daven-

the family pastor tried to bring solace. “And my Rusband, too. George, George,” the white-haired woman walled. Familiar Scene

This is the scene repeated over and over again as “murder” strikes in traffic, Only this past week Mr. Alchon had told neighbors he was getting too old to continue in business. He said he worried about | his wife being home alone—that| something might happen to her. Mr. Kelly was employed by Mr.!

IN INDIANAPOLIS

gineer, F. 0. Gibson, Logansport, Sid

Mr. Ward is survived by his

Douglas _ Houghton, a __ British rents, -his-wife, two -daughters radio quiz broadcaster, was se-| booth.

a son and a grandson. Seek Flasher { A little more than a year ago,

‘train was involved fatal accident in the ‘Southport. The engineer on the train” was {Mr. Gibson who also was at“the | controls of the locomotive yesterday. The victim of the earlier accident was A. D. Noggle, 65, R. R..1, Indianapolis. Mr. Noggle's car was struck jane thrown into five other parked cars causing extemsive property damage. Since then the citizens of] Southport have been in contact | with the Pennsylvania Railroad

heart of |

(Seeking a flasher signal for the|

[death Crossing of “yestér “We have been dickering ‘with the Pennsylvania Railroad for | eight to 10 months for a signal, "| ‘said Howard Norwood, president! of the town board. “We feel that some warning ;!device, other than a cross arm is" needed. Within the past three 8 weeks we also have had the town attorney call upon the railroad seeking a reduced speed through (our - residential - community,”. hel | said. Wendell Robert Naile, R. R. 1, | Trafalgar, suffered face and back {injuries last night when his car |struck the rear of a vehicle driven by Otis Williams. Jr., 840 Denison St., In the 5500 block w.| Washington St.

The victim was taken to Gen-|

eral Hospital where his condition |was reported as fair today. Mr. {Williams was uninjured.

EVENTS TODAY" Indiana Chapter, Western Section, International Association of Electrical InLincoln Hotel. Sprin Fashion Show-—7:30 p. m., Central YMCA suditorium,

EV ENTS TOMORROW Traller Model Didplay—12 noon to 6 p. m.,

Severin hotel t Reecltal—-8:18 p. m., Odeon

“Is the South That M

Bad? 11 a, m., urat Theater,

Revella Reed, 33, Madison ohn K. Edmondson, 29, 5751 Central; Janet Getty, 31, 21 W. 28th Forest Bugene Lewis, n a N. Richland;

Juanita Me Boney a, a Reisner Henty a: on x Iinois, [Kennath torn Akhath lavd Lr 8. 3, 160 Minnesota; Mildred 38, 1235 Central, Billie O, Milter Mn, Anderson; Betty Anne Carey, 18, Abdetson. James mar. 838 Indiana; Allie Din-|

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DIVORCE SUITS FILED

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Mary] Bila Bertha Fordyce, 76 nn od Cornel; "anne Leonard Albert Mohit,

Gwendolyn rt Grant ;/Bdward W. Stahlhut, 66, Craton Mary L. ww Willie Porrest Edward R. Cannon, 4 months, st General,

wil E | John Mattwig, 75. at H22 BE Washington, Bro mse eros Ls | Adin , 88, A OaapuBEham | Carrie O Raymond, #6, at 1028 8.

Betty J. ww. poy : pAline vs, Pa : Seralaims w. aces weiter 7. Stierwalt, #1, at 8 vs

4 Radio Announcers

Strike at Rochester

ROCHESTER, N. Y., Feb. 17 {skaters will take part in their { (UP) Announcers at radio sta- final dress rehearsal,

most unique stage sets yet pro-| duced for the show. Most of the show numbers are in their final rehearsal this week. INext Tuesday afternoon the

rest on

(tion WSAY were on striké today, Wednesday, and glide onto the

Business employees took over the

{Coliseum fice under brilliant spot-|

announcers’ chores amd the sta- lights at 8 p. m. Thursday.

~{tion remained on the alr. The station's four announcers

set up a picket line after WSAY owner Gordon Brown was alleged to have refused to recognize

dio Artists as thelr bargaining agent. The striking men accused Mr. Brown of refusing to pay a living wage, stating that their average weekly pay was $31.25,

RUNS FOR PARLIAMENT LONDON, Feb. 17 (UP) —

The Coliseum doors will ‘open |

at 7 o'clock show night. The 100piece Butler University band will play from that time until the show starts. ~The -skaters have been in rehearsal for more than a month, The show is being produced again by The Times with the co-opera-tion of the City Park and Recreation Department, "Although _ all box seats have been sold, other reserved chairs still are avaliable at the special booth in L. Strauss & Co. The

lected by the Sowerby Division Labor Party today to run for Parliament. Mr. Houghton solves

led knotty problems for BBC listen- Prices include tax. Seats are reThe train caught the left rear Nov. 24, 1047, the Sgwe schedyleq) ters in a program called “Can I served. EXCEPT east end mez-

Help You?” |

only tickets left are at the Strauss Prices are: Parquet

$1.20; side mezzanine, 85 cents; east end mezzanine, 60 cents.

zanine.

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SIXTH FLOOR

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prin TY: Prank, June Hogan:

ta Eoidsbe Harry, Mary Guess; Verle,, Dolly Overshiner; Gearge, son. Dale, Ann Waggoner bara Everly; Oren, Mary George, Mary Deaton; Marx, lie Fortune, a St. Francls—Marion Tender: David, Betty Richard, Marjorie Low At Vin Harold. Gertrude. Mur-

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‘—————— Elizabeth Cowan MARRIAGE LICENSES Girls } Rarey | Arnold, 23, 1404 N.- New Jersey; a St. Vineent's--James, Frances Whit. zel Cravens, 19, } W. 20th. y, James, Joan Sullivan; Charles rioyd 3. Blythe, . gleton; Esther, Reulah Blevins; Donald Jacqueline . e, 42, 2101 Singleton. cey; Charlie, Loretta Clayton, Mat. Rudolph Valentine Burris, 23, 536 Agnes thew, Mary BEckrick; Rush, Lillian Louise Yarbro, 19, if 'olton Tremble; Orville, Madelyn Smith; Howard LeRoy Calhoun, 40, 346 Col-, Sylvester, Marie Mader, orado; Elizabeth Ned Arnold, 33, 4018 At Methodist—~Thomas, Jessie curry: | Bowman, John, Virginia Griffith; Jodie, Margie | Harvey Compton, 1530 Coluimbis:| Tumblin; Robert, Mary Perkins: Paul, | Evelyn Middleton, 7 1538 Col Slumbia Wanda Newlyn, Albert, Prances. Layymand s Songer 20, 33368 aphet : Joan Elizabeth Kent, 17, 1317 W. Pn At 8. Francis—Joseph, Thelma Martel Paul Everett Cook, 45, Madison; Pauline Richard Phyllts Hardegen; Lyle, Janet

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DEATHS

Sr hear 80, at 701 B®. Morris, valvu.In Matilda Miller, 84, at 701 E. Morris, hyper. tensive heart Della Maude Taylor, 85, at 448 N. Califor. nia, cardio vascular | Luvenin Wright, 79, at 2010 Bellefontaine, myocarditis | uel G. Campbell, 74, at 20 N. Haw. | thorne, valvular heart | Mary Dippel 88, at 115 8. Audubon, arteriorsclerosis |

at BIS N. Are ngton, cerebral hemorrhage 44, at Methodist, | coronaty occlusion Paul Otho Malcom, 47, at General, hepatic | eirrhosis Lida Jane Stackhouse 89, of 834 E 13th, Arterioscierotic heart, . { at Methodist, |

coronary occlusion

monia, : while He Haigh, #7, at 710 N. Drexel, tor | onkry occlusion Penjamin Hayden, 86, at 1510 Hoyt, ear dio-vascular renal

nly at 345 N. Illinois, ar-| erche Mine, 58, at 300 8. Illinois,

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By ‘ART WRIGHT Uansh 3 wn Thrills will highlight The Times Ice-O-Rama next Thursday, C0 tie for. night when some 600 local skaters perform to raise funds for the) conse yesterday with Infantile ysis Fund in the State Fairgrounds Coliseum, [year-old lance. The 24s Moye of the breath-taking routines than in any-single Ice-O-lhs held in the home of her

worked into the two-hour extravaganza. Such as/ants. : {the fast rar a by Evelyn Everett and Charles Baring, Coutts, Berkeley, Cal.

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