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. 264 Persons Known To Have Survived ‘ Flaming Vessel TORONTO, Sept. 17 (UP) ~A flash fire destroyed the tourist-jammed Great Lakes steamer Noronic at her dock | here early today. At least]
123 persons, most of them United States tourists, were known to be dead. Officials at improvised morgues/ had received 115 bodies. Divers reported they had found eight more bodies jammed against the ceiling of a water-logged cabin. | The number of additiongl dead or missing was not known. One| of the dead was identified as Deva Pearl Bend, Ind. The Canadian Red Cross unofestimated the number killed at between 160 and 250. The Red Cross released the names of 264 persons Gefinitely } ’ to have survived. The organization issued a list of 105 persons who gave Detroit as their hometown, and 159 from Cleve: |
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*nibre persons might have, «The. nginisters.. comprising the: benefits. - pe? : been trapped. K. R. Marshall, E top council established by Article A— ‘If’ those two strikes develop, president of Oanage: Steamship . ; a a fhe Atlantic Treaty, set up a po 3 be _" > Fmd - |several thousand more wage earns Lines, ‘owner. of the vessel, sa AN . "no 2-nation defense committee and, '§ gE 1 E Te . he did not believe the final-death Champion’ angler of the Second Annual Times Fishing Rodeo, instructed it to draft immediately Mars Hill resid aim thei I At the right # to riaht Sto ers may be thrown out of em total would be more than 135. | Raymon Stice, Indianapolis, grins happily as he holds his sweep- a plan for defending the entire ars Hill residents acclaim their prowler posse. . .. right are (lef o right] Denver Stone, [ployment for lack of fuel and Officials of the Canadian a award, a $200 Mercury outboard motor, the gift of Em-Roe North Atlantic area. Raymond ‘Woods and William Everett whose loaded guns captured a neighborhood prowler last Ja mitial for their firms, Mr. Steamship Co. said, meanwhile, Sorting Goods store. He also won the L. Strauss champion's The defense committee, to be night. - utson sa
d the : : i h AL pastengis xboard risk. trophy for landing the largest tagged bass in the rodeo held yes- |ferense Secretary Louis Johnson.
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{ rou : “ Vl . [tee of the military group on which Times State Service . i A : Men, women And ehtidren, Town Stages ‘Jimmy Creed Day . {only the United States, Britain! BROWNSBURG, Sept. 17—Two hundred Brownsburg residents Neighborhood Vandal BUR strikes in the electri burned to death in > shi 1 For Horie That Has Won $103 169 ~* |afid France will sit. t will func- jammed the Methodist Church here to capacity tonight and watched | Ev ight for the t Leal railroad, rubber, packing and on the decks of the ship. An iad AEN : {tion continuously. -~ a nafive son and his young bride, both destined to walk on crutches very night for past week “&. ; Others were.trampled to death in| ~————— mo — ree | ¥ 1 residents in the 2500 block of 8.[house, auto &nd warehouse trades ers . " Photos, Page 3 | Gen. Omar N. Bradley, Chair- the rest of their lives because of the ravages of polio, take the vows | made 43,000 workers idle across a hysterical mob fight, Some suf- rere err EReae r= man. of the U. 8. Joint Chiefs of of. holy matrimony, {Lyon Ave, Mars Hill. have heel} 0 tion last K focated in their cabins as they + By VICTOR PETERSON . “ Staff, presumably will be the Wearing braces on both legs and walking with crutches, Jimmy dothered bY 4 Jeet-fooked Prowler to _ by the United Press slept. Several drowned when they | NEW ROSS, Sept. 17—All 355 citizens of this Hoosier hamlet American representative, on the wison. 22. took as his bride the os - we” Who peeked in windows, slashed; The a Th _ leaped overboard. turned out today to welcome home its number one citizen. . military committee and-the.three-| co. Mary Jane Purdue. 21. . ” . {screens and stole gasoline. me nation’ have Mis tralhodt _- Suffer Shock There was.a festive air about the town. A banner stretched POWer subcommittee. ‘Evansville, in a sundown cere-| ans 0 0l : Forming a posse and packing... Mr Hutson asserted fiospitals and first aiid-workers above State Road 34 leading into New Ross, announced “Jimmy The council's announcement fol- ony, | they laid in wait for the He added, however, that he was
reported that 105 persons were in-| Creed Day.” In every store window were posters calling attention towowed a strongly-worded Senate
jured. Most of them suffered te events o dertet 4. popcorn while parents grouped to Passage-of the $1,314.010,000 pro- candles as Jimmy, former all- Sund : Picnics gt He vigjantes flushed 3 manygement negotiations at-the. shock and slight burns. The Red] But the streets were deserted. © gram. to rearm free nations. around. athlete at the, Brownsburg : you nd a “house CaP-| Associated Telephone Co. of
Cross said that 264 passengers Everyone was at the municpal Sali awl eer their eyes on the The measure, carrying $1 bil- High School, started the long, ; tured him at gun-point. ; |Lafayette, The State Labor Die definitely were known to have ball diamond where the big cele- . lion for the pact powers, comes trip to the altar. Despite the two Gutters Flooded as Twenty-three-year-old Denver vision intervened last. week when survived. Mr. Marshall said all bration began in the morning and| As one old-timer put it: up for debate in the Senate Mon-| crutches, he made the journey ' h {Stone trapped the youth as he'the union and company officials 170 crew members were safe. lengthened far into the night. | «This is the biggest day New day. The House already has down the aisle without faltering. Thunderstorm Hits tlurked in the shadows in the rear came to an impasse over wage Most of them were ashore on| People milled about the home- Ross ever had.” passed a slightly larger aid bill. | ary Jane, with only a single, Accompanied by gusts ol wind °F 2505 8. Lyon Ave. Leveling a conditions. leave, he said, leaving only a made midway and kept eyes Mrs. Walter Whitecotton of the The aid to France. now spend- |... +p leaned on the arm of her up to a5 miles an Boar. 2 late 22 caliber rifle at him, Mr. Stone| Employs Over 600 skeleton crew on duty. {turned to watch for Jimmy Creed. New Ross Ladies Whist Club pre- ing 17 per cent of its budget for h commanded him to halt. |
Mr. Marshall said the fire It was noon before the celebrated! nd. 3ing March” filled the tiny ! : _ " , : itv ny white city last ht, making drivin Another member of the neigh-'ploys more than 600 communicastarted in a stateroom on C Deck, Citizen rolled up. The: crowd =. "© Jimmy Creed, Mean. Armaments primarily, Gen. Brad ast nig g 8 ploy.
, , 1 1 has land . church, | rer eter wstumian: rhood posse, Albert Fuks, 2507 tion workers. The utility services the highest deck on the ship. He Th ert he i hice. and while, hundreds signed the guest oy Nady iy Sai Ines Frames) The bride met her husband in Folen Count ...... 22 per cu. yd. |g Lyon Ave. called the sheriff's 38 communities, including Anbelieved one of the passengers . book in‘ the tent housing Jimmy's ground fighting. the Indianapolis Rotary Convales- hazardous and overflowing gut-| Office. Later, Mr. Fuks swore out gola, Chesterton, Connersvill
had left either a lighted cigar or Jimmy Whinnies stall. a cigaret in a cabin, walked out, He towered above the specta- Sta
and forgotten about it. All of Crew Safe The disaster was not caused by |g any negligence of crew members, home the world’s greatest money plummeted them into wealth.
he asserted, and the ship was yinning pacer alive. A seven-| Ten years ago Mr. Thompson : 1 {Mary Jane in August, 1941. (Sunday picnics of the summer evening's excitement. They Division has settled 192 without “well’equipped with every modern year-old. he has grossed his own-/operated a grocery and poultry J I es Infantile paralysis struck both €ason. A high of 74 was pre-| weren't too sure they had the work stoppages. Only 14 walke fire-fighting device.” (ers, Mr. and Mrs. Silas C. Thomp- store at New Ross. But he always of the young people before they dicted for today. light man, They thiwk there May outs Fesulted from Zaffire. All 170 crew members apparent-| son “$103,169.82 to date. {had loved horses and managed v Y| Elsewhere in the state, temper-| be another prowler. negotiate terms.
. {were able to complete high school. ! wo “ ” ly escaped. They were familiar| Born ‘on the Thompson farm to put together $200 to buy the China for Pr Jimmy, nonenop ay on to Atures are expected to range up| Acclaimed as the “hero, Mr. The one major strike during the » With all avenues of escape and northeast of New Ross, the sen- mare Virginia Grattan. Three )
had undergone fire drills. Isational pacer hit the tracks as years later she foaled Jimmy high school where he had starred SOuthern portion. Ie basicuiappiag Wodtehiy. | ie In Sow Feud hen pros: Surviving passengers and crew , two-year-old and captured firsts Creed who was sired by Frisco Announce Accord {in track and basketball. - EE [ 1 was st for ng in protest of the firing of 47 members engaged in a bitter 35 rapidly the owners chose to Forbes. } a Despite valiant attempts to fin- Marquess Silent on (™ gun, N |workers in an alleged “speed-up . argument over who was to blame yeep him on'the move. "The race to.fame and wealth On ~Far East Affairs ish work towards a diploma in r Telia of Caprite system.” for the high death total. It was a one-day stand in an was on, This year alone the pacer| — z —~ (Evansville High School, however Engagement Reports Recalling the capture, he said: Forty-five men work in the The passengers said crew mem- improvised stall for the pacer. has swept more than $26,000 in _ See World- Report, Page 13 frequent trips to surgery and long LONDON, Sept. 17 (UP) “I saw him coming down a State 1.abor office under Mr. Hute
bers did little to help them. The The racing season stilf" is in prize money and recently won crew members said a panic was swing, and the Thompsons have the National Pacing Derby of a
Y res in a . - . , » ; ar- cilfators. Other state labor work= caused by drunken passengers their eyes on several fat purses mile at the Roosevelt Raceway in Great Britain and France today 1 ) oo |Haven, one of Princess Mar a piece, then stopped. Mr. Fuks ers pre utilized 23 Industry safety ! ” = : > Tow VF row sir supDort hehi eo! Mary . garet's many escorts, re X o ’ Bad op 3 t Y 5 bet immy and Mary Jane repeated ret's mn rts, refused to who ha en merrymaking in in Michigan, Illinois and Cali- New Yark. irew, their. support behind the!’ oo 1omniv before the Rev , . called the Sheriff while 1 held j, actors and clerical help. the ship's bar until only a fewvornia. With good fortune this) When Jimmy Creed retires to United States’ decision to abandon Arthdr ‘Howell. church past day to confirm or deny reports ,. “a... mv rifle” ersemmeenrirgtinieresmei me — minutes before the fire broke out. year, Jimmy Treed will pass the the Thompson farm, his name China to the Communists —for the They look od forward tt A that he no engaged to Mrs | The capture followed a week : d h | a — all-time money-winning pacer. will live on, for a Son. Jimmy Jr, Present at least. time or happine aS planhed Romaine AL pean ren Y. “lot patient waiting for the Egyptian $ 2 C anne HTH : J © 3 a : orsemet ¢ tov ‘ 83_.¢ § f ear-old- American divorcee. - P | . Liaison Plane Missing Plaasiose to retire him to stud, Is beginning to make his mark in pat indo Romenl if oo Lolicy to settle in Brownsburg, where’ Mrs Simpson, formerly married pro ler Sho only jas! Tinirsdey Swim Takes 16 Hours . . robably next year: the racing world. as veengung \ ar / nds sn a watch- Fes Co ni elude e posse in a show . Tor an On Flight in Kansas ‘Biggest Day’ | But t g ] Creed | tack by Republicans in the United AR Ad open a watch: to a ¢ hicago businessman, is now uc. The riflemen described CAP GRIS NEZ, France, Sune : or now Jimmy Creed is g . Rove ora $ . . . " ’ 7 (UP)FT. RILEY, Kas., Sept. 17 (UP) The Robert Turner Post 427 of New Ross’ number one citizen STALES Senate. was given during a ay in London. their quarry as “lightning fast.” day, Sept. 17 (UP)—Hassan Abdel
~—An. L-17 liaison plane based at the American Legion Ft. Riley has been missing about the event and conducted a var “« «12 hours ‘on a routine trainirg of entertainment to keep every-
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Deny Liability
Diving crews planned to check! 60 other cabins tonight for any:
Affect 100,000 Hoosiers Pact Powers Vigilante Nabs Prowler Suspect Face ldleness
Get Set for 3 In 2 Weeks if Russ Threat Tieup Occurs
| Lack of Fuel, Raw
| Unify Command With Headquarte Materials May Force Mass Layoffs
In Washington WASHINGTON, "Sept. 17 By IRVING LEIBOWITZ | More than 100,000 Indiana
™, (UP) — The Atlantic Pact ; 000 | Brichell of South . powers today created a mili- {workers face possible idleness
tary high command with per- by the end of the month as manent headquarters in {unions threaten to strike in ‘Washington to. plan and or- the nation's two most vital by ganize "their common defense _ industri oal and steel. § against the threat of Russian State Labor Commissioner aggression, Thomas R. Hutson made this ob-
At a short and secret meeting servation yesterday as labor behind the locked doors of the Interdepartmental Auditorium here, the foreign ministers of the 12 Pact. powers blueprinted the uni-! fied defense organization they hope - will avert war if possible and win it if it comes.
U. §, industry faces record ine dustrial shutdown. . . . Page 3
fought for fourth-round wage boosts and increased welfa
headed in its first year by U. 8. Less than 70 workers were on
strike in the state yesterday at
winners and other photos in the sports section. Oct. 5. Thereafter; it will meet| hart, manufacturers of equip
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Form Steering Committee {prompted a walkout.
| Bride and Groom, Both on Crutches,
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— committee report urging quick, The church was-lighted only by in the Isolated area. Last .oncerned about. current labor.
itary es. will be father as the strains of the “Wed- symmer thunderstorm struck the! | The telephone company emssented Mrs. Thompson a bouquet military purposes, will be ground,
. , Britain's primary responsibility cent Home while they were both ters. Rolling in from the north-|2 trespassing warrant against Elkhart, Goghen, Greencastle, tors. Then he reared his head and . And the Thompsons.were happy Will be naval. The major U. S. patients in the polio ward of Riley east, the rain was expected to, the youth. . Hobart, Lafayette, La Porte, |whinnied. to be home. They greeted their Huction in ‘the initial stages Hospital in 1945. - continue through today. | The Mars Jil resigunts Logansport, Valparaiso and . ; : wou e strategic bombing, in-{ - TT ; in The Weather B said scat-| gathered at the home o rs. Wabash. h for the old friends warmly and recalled ] The young groom was stricken e Weather Bureau said sca E y Ter 3” Tome for the the days before Jimmy Creed cluding use of the atomic bomb. po" noiio in October, 1944. tered showers will fall through-| Helen Denny, 2505 8. Lyon Ave.| Of 200 labor disputes in the : | "The dreaded disease struck out the day, marring the last after the capture to talk over the state since Jan. 1, the State Labor
Pa - > off graduate in a wheelchair from the! 75 in the north and 78 in the Stone, 2614 Foltz 8t., shrugged year occurred at the Bendix plant
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 (U convalescent stopped Mary. Jane an oon. AV COC Ss ; ep 7 (UP) PF 30-year-old Marquess of Milford him to halt. He walked toward me
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K's " joty prs 4 . Big Three foreign ministers, J tailgate today: a record blared A communique issued at the
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During the week the prowler Rehim, 41-year-old Egyptian, suo forced a screen in Mrs. Denny's cessfully swam the English Chan home. When she screamed he Nel from England to France today
sponsored when he stepped from the truce
, r ; ‘lose of the meeting - said Ia in 15 hours and 58 minutes. nt Air Force oficera-teported Tg Tork pe rey Home Again in Indiana”. that the three A ary said only} yan: Another wight he az Noe} Rehim, who swam the channel The plane, carrying three men, and racing pictures. i Ee oT accord” on their overall Far East- mond Woods’ home, 2503 8. from France to England last year, took off last night from Marshall, Throughout the day youngsters Man 70 Found ern -policies, Lyon Ave became the second man in history Air Force Base here on a flight to threw baseballs at wooden milk ’ ' { But informed diplomatic sources “Friday night Mr. Stone said to make the treacherous 19-mile Kansas City via Wichita. bottles, tossed basketballs. and ate Dead From Gas | Interpreted it a Ineaning that he saw the man again as he crossing both ways, and only the 1 , the ritish anc rench agree
: ° : David E. Mountjoy, 70, former With this government that there! {factory worker, died 'ast night in is no. longer any use in supporting n 2] nsi eo (his apartment in 606', E. Wash- Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek's
waited, rifle in hand, in tall third to swim the England-France grass. route, . | “He came so close to me I
|could have reached out and Jersey Joe Sees. Pope } {touched him,” he said. “I kept
ington 8t., after accidentally in-{Nationalist regime in China.
Indiana church activity gains speed. Shs ahat rer ae Page 10 Police summoned by George! these sources said, the western and he left.” Sept. 17 (UP)—His Holiness, Pope (Riley's centennial nears, fip-to-the-minute record reviews, |Geroulis, landlord, Yorced the door powers are agreed that they can| Seek Second Prowler Pius ju rdived American Sinclair Lewis’ “The God Seeker, Pages 2-10) apartment apd founa Fn do nothing directly to stop the { Anothéf member of the posse, Boxer Prey 1% Valsott ound The kid who came from no placée—Shay Minton. ‘burner on the gas stove in the Chinese Communists, Tov tne sim- (William F. Eyerett, 2418 8. Lyon paqyyweight “knelt before the . : 1 8 e 8 - ! y i y ' « . « County traffic deaths alarm officials. .... Page 1] room was open. police Said, herent anti-Communist foros pe a et Pope and kissed the fisherman's (Latest on the Watts case, editorials, Bob Bloem's politics, i roils old i and| hina, E Iman as ‘neat looking, 28 to 32 Ting on the left hand, Our Fair City, Washington Calling, Tony Scherrer, {in the past, other tenants had! Republicans in the Senate have years old and about six feet tall.” CHAMPION OF BARROWS . Mrs, Manners, Pages 11-22) {smelled gas in his apartment and protested furiously against the| | Since..this description did not! AUSTIN, Minn. Sept. 17 (UP) Katy Atkins had “a wonderful‘week.” . . , Louise turned off the: burner. He said State Departments decision to| tally with the youth captured last| “aug oo 0 pi Fletcher sh t the fabric counters P 23 Mr. Mountjoy Was unemployed abandon Chiang. They fought un-| night, the 8. Lyon Ave. residents! , 240. pound Hartin wand by etcher shops at the Iabric co 8. vvevs.. Kage but was receiving unemployment succesfully to get an uncondi-! believed they had the wrong man. | gton, Neb,
(The latest in women’s fashions, news of the teens, . .. How compensation. {tional arms grant. of $75 million! to make » coconut cream cake, . . . Jean Tabbert
i rE for Chiang's Nationalists in the! no business back there.” : visits “Virginia's Attic,” Pages 24-32) 200 See Patron Slain |51,314,010,000 program of military| | In the meantime, the neighbor. (mie National barrow Po : t : - po | { ! The second Times fishing rodeo draws 2500 | On Club's Dance Floor ji for free Ratighs, Tue gia hil hood ae Dpreed my. other| Western Buyers Co. of Algona, anglers. . . . Football games trash the sport . A 32 year-old man was shot {04 §75 million China aid grant] man.” Their guns are loaded and| 10%: , es. ... Indiana Central, Park School games leath on the dance floor of the + jeaves its use to- President they promise a good reception ee pag os NE 8 Club Savoy, 1325 E, 25th St., last Truman's discretion itor the elusive prowler | photos. .+ . Jimmy Angelopolous’ high school night’ by the club's “bouncer” as iin fen enapermeniinnd | “It's all right th come down me Now You Know FOOLY JOURGUD. /svvivssrssns sis vie de Pafn:35.56 IU thon 200° Mersymskess wrx SYRINES HELEN WAVES: road out here,” Mr. Everett said. (Everything else in the sports worldf classified advertising, | A In 2orrot, ‘Robert. Cross! OLNEY, Md. ‘Sept. 17 (UP)<- [“But if you get off the road and NEW. YORK, Sept. 17 . Pages 37-43) : 52 hpi at the club, fired the Actress Helen Hayes cancelled {around the houses, look out.” (UP)~Forty-nine European gE Pan dsb Toi aw. [OUF summer theater performs= | , editors y ound up & Other Features on Inside Pages shot ehioh. Klied, Jame, Stew. Lo LE cna ah was BE | roams LANs Wan, bop, 17] SRW. Oni weeks. tor Amuse, ...20-21 Editorials ...12) Movies ...20-21 Ruark ...... 15 Club patrons told police that Stricken lll with influenza, Doc- ? |(UP)—A jet fighter lor wan) of the United States to ses ) : \ on ; . “- tors said. her condition is not x a | what makes America click. Builder's Pg. .17 Fashions ....26 Novel ........8 Scherrer~"....12 Stewart had been a “trouble- ‘© " + uw : " .- [killed today when his Army F-84 5 rid : ¢ 1 s sefious: She was playing in “Good To have -and to: hold, in sickness and in health” . . . The y F-54 They claimed that they Business ....19 Forum ......12| Othman .....15 Society ...24, 25 maker” in ‘the. club-and that a 24 i we crashed on the Beverly bomber J 8 ah Cap. Capers ..24 Hollywood ...20 Potomac Pat. 18 Sports ....33-36 Cross shot him after he was said Housekeeping. | former Mary Jane Purdue and her husband, Jimmy Wilson, both | ance. 40 miles southeast of here! found Se Ameria Classified .37-43 Inside Indpls. 15 Radio, ......13 Earl Wilson «+21 to have drawn a knife on the | charier's [Restaneadt ME Ohio. New victims of polio, face life courageous! as they walked .from ‘the ‘airbase officials reported. Aue| Ast : Amer . Are : d 13.21, Mrs. Manners 15 Records ......9 Women's ....24 “bouncer.” 0 Noon Lunches, 11:00-A. BL to 2:30 7. M. altar where they repeated their wedding vows in Brownsburg. |thorities withheld his name. —_— : a — v — yd Poa a : v ‘ Stirs : ¥ od : - Tol v : im Ti bo?
haling gas fumes | For ‘thé time being, .at least, {quiet to.see what he would do GASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy,
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