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eza Shah's them but ne gnd the np ‘the lam, er to the on Shah es a Flying ts himself "3600 mile Dad Will Pyle and Aunt Mary E. Bales . . . The dedication . a ary « T he spirit of Bie Pyle lived yesterday in els. cer le monies of 2 park, & monument and « highway in his memory. , of ours, 1 | Ar Ini d er elnjred The Little People He Loved ’ am In Apartment Blast Pay Tribute to Ernie Pyle red today Eiaht Child Park and Shaft at Dana, His Boyhood liver Ave, ight C Jidren Home, Presented to Indiana Citizens ossing. Among Victims By VICTOR PETERSON, Times Staff Writer 0 1914 DALLAS, Tex., Oct. 26 (UP)— DANA, Ind, Oct. 26—“Beautiful, beautiful” an old woman . sedi Leaking gas caused an explosion murmured. Ioces oe that blasted an apartment build-| “Ernie would have liked this,” the old man at her side said. onto the ing into rubble here, injuring 14 Then Dad Will Pyle and Aunt Mary E. Bales turned on their residents, None of the victims canes and walked away from a cement shaft. The metal facing a was hurt seriously as the roof plate glinted in the waning light of a fall sun which etched clearly

tumbled down last night. the name Ernie Pyle

day. boyhood home.

and his wife were preparing to retire when the explosion occurred about 10:30 p. m. ‘Flash of Flame’ “First there was a flash of flame, then the explosion blew

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through a window and clear of the wreckage. He was hardly

“My wife and I were buried children.

suffered minor burns.

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Eight of them were children.| The little people The Indianap-|hOnOr the memory of the pintOnly one, Michael Staton, 4, was|olis Times, Rcpps-Howard col-| sized Hoosier Vagabond. in serious condition. Most of thelumnist loved so well gathered to] It Was a plain affair. There victims were expected to be re-'honor him yesterday in a roadside| 28 no bunting. The speakers leased from Parkland Hospital to-|rest park a scant mile from his/P!atform was an undraped flat-

Lee Shannon, a resident of the le of In-four-family apartment unit at the| gine oes tne The Deople 36 re.|cach other helping hands in get-

Cedar Springs Federal Housinglnameq the Ernie Pyle Memorial "8 'PProject in North Dallas, said he Highway and the ve an exact replica of the marker on Ie Shima where a Jap sniper bullet wrote|heard Gov. Schricker say:

” THE MEN Ernie wrote about| great, He was a modest man, one \ up the whole building,” he re-|S0 understandingly were there—| who would almost go unnoticed in counted. “My 2-year-old boy,|GI's, now members of American|a crowd. Richie Lee, was just blown|Legion posts, Disabled American| “His work will live forever. His Veterans, Veterans of Foreign

hurt. Wars. So were their wives and now, during the war, he was out!

inside the room. I dug myself] And there were the farm folk|/language as no one else could. out, then dug her out.” of Vermillion County, like the Hie cheered the men and then He was burned severely on the smartly dressed woman who|Wrote those daily messages filled hand and leg and his wife, drove up alone in a mud-spattered| With homespun philosophy. pick-up truck. Some 400 came to| ~Inere are some people in

2 old adopted son.

bed truck with simple folding chairs. Guests of honor offered

* = s IT WAS a hushed crowd who

“We are dedicating all of this to the memory of one of Ifidiana’s

life was an inspiration, his memory will be a benediction. Some-

there talking for us, speaking our|

America today who would sell our heritage for pottage. I hope we still have brave hearts who love our nation as did Ernie and our men in arms who bled and died for freedom,” Gov. Schricker said. Dad Pyle sat stoically through the dedication. Aunt Mary sniffied and her fingers played with pursed lips. The ceremony over, strong arms lifted them from the | truck, and they walked to the front of the shaft. | "8 = DAD PYLE'S sight is gone, Aunt Mary is recovering from a broken leg suffered in-a fall last Decémber. For a long time she looked at the flower-decked memorial and talked in a low voice to Ernie's Dad. “Dad has become reconciled to |Ernie’s death, but this brings it {all back,” Aunt Mary said. “I feel all right. Everything is all right,” {and she took a' deep breath, | straightening her frail shoulders. “Ernie is where he wanted to be. He's buried out there beside] the men he loved,” she said. Then Aunt Mary and Dad Pyle went home where Ernie grew up. They went home, an old man of 82 and an old woman of 83, to live with their memories of the small correspondent who became big through understanding.

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HOLLYWOOD, Oct. 26 (UP)— Comedian Bud Abbott and his wife yesterday officially adopted Rae Victoria Abbott, 7, who has lived with them since she was 3. The Abbotts“also have a 10-year-

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