Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 21 November 1949 — Page 1
4-Week Air Toll Now Put at 201
29 Children Missing on Plane
By United Press The toll of dead and missing in airliner and military plane crashes rose today to 201 in four weeks with the loss of a Dutch twin-engine air-liner near Oslo,
Norway, and the crash of a Royal Air Force flying boat
Na at Ia » fling five of the 14 ai force men aboard. Hunt Fruitless
Farmers 15 miles south of Oslo said they heard the plane's engines, then an explosion. Rescue parties searched for the plane unsuccessfully through the night. The missing plane was the 17th air tragedy since Oct 28 when an Afr France Constellation crashed) in the Azores, killing 48. The worst disaster occurred ..Mov..1 when two planes. collided] at the Washington National Airport killing 55. : B-20’s Involved in Six Most of the crashes occurred fn and near the United States. B-20's were involved in six of them. Accordingly the Air Force ordered all B-29's grounded. - Investigations were ordered to learn whether faulty construction or other deficiencies were responsible. Three airports slapped a ban on the use of their facilities by military planes. The first to act was the Washington National Airport. Lal Guardia and the International Airports in New York followed suit, - Besides the Azores, Washington and Oslo crashes the month's disasters included: h : Nov. $—Eleven ajrmen killed in the crash of 1 B-29 ‘on u reconpaisance . flight near Hamilton, Bermuda. ". 3 "Nov. 3—Four killed in the crash of a French ndvy flying boat near Toulous, France. Nov, 3-Nine killed In a collision of two Royal Air Force planes over the English Channel.
Two of the rescued airmen
hospital surgeon, Tol. Daniel R.
a glass of milk,
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out of the hospital inside of seve
down in the Atlantic, Col. Dan R. Sewell, Kindley Field surgeon, said none suffered
shock, salt water sores, swollen limbs, bruises and cuts, he said. The 18 survivors were landed in
Nov, 4—A passenger and ‘2 Be { farmer were killed when a, C-82 Bruun pind a ene wf transport plane crashed at Bossier] pearded, haggard and salt-|
City, La. burned, the 1 Nov. 11=—Two illed in a Bao; used the 18 men. told of thet
crash near Indianapolis, Ind. “They told how two of their Nov. 183-—Two. killed in the|companions were swept away and « —idrowned, how one of their life rafts overturned three times, how they “prayed and thought” while search planes roared overhead lost in low clouds,
Ships Pass By They sald they watched, almost in despair, as ships passed without spotting them. Lt. Col. John Grable Jr. commander of the B-20 and of the 2d Bombing Squadron, said he flew around and around last Wednesday seeking Bermuda un-
compass failed on the 4100-mile non-stop flight from California. When he exhausted his gaso-
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pital at Hamilton. Upper picture shows Lt. Ernest W. Oliver, Abilene, Tex., co-pilot of the B-29, smiling as he talks with the
Sewell. Lower photo shows Nurse
Myra Robbins offering Cpl. Bryce W. Neal, Sault St. Marie, Mich.,
Fliers Tell of Helplessness As Seas Wash 2 Men Away
Days on Rafis
They Barked at Each Other, ‘Move Over’
HAMILTON, Bermuda, Nov. 21 (UP)—All-18 B-20 crewmen | who survived the ditching of a B-29 off Bermuda last week, will be
n days, their doctor said today.
'iha mea were rescued Saturday after three days and nights on two rubber life rafts off Bermuda after their big plane was forced
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Chilling northwesterly winds |Whistled through Indianapolis {streets today as Indiana lay in {the grip of wintry cold. * South Bend was blanketed under more than an inch of snow and state police warned of hazard ous driving conditions in the Valparaiso area where more than four inches of snow on busy highways became a ribbon of slippery glass, : Forecasters said record low temperatures for the season would be set in many Indiana communities tonight. : an 2dianapolia, weather expe! mercury . would plunge to seven degrees freezing tonight after a temperature reading” of 38 this . Dark skies over the Hoosier capital today were to be followed
windy weather was forecast for
below “high
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1940.
Rep. Judd Raps Handling of Ward Case
Minnesotan Lashes
An Indianapolis motorcycle policeman was critically hurt at 7 a. m. when he hit an automobile broadside at Meridian and Maryland Sts. while chasing a speeding traf-
fic violator.
which through a red light at rr the force of the Weak Policy of impact over the auto he hit, po-, State Department
lice said. : WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 : The Automabiis, operated by State Department ‘policy on
Communist China and its handling of the Angus Ward ured: case put Uncle Sam not only in the light of being fooled but ignominiously bluffed, says Rep. Walter H. Judd (R. Minn.) “The - American flag is being gt. | trampled upon in Mukden, where t our official diplomatic representa tive is held a prisoner by the
Maryland, Communists, and the American
Mr. Lambert was driving West on Maryland on a green light when the motorcycle struck ‘the
apprehended. General Hospital attaches sald the officer was suffering from a deep scalp laceration, injured shoulders, back and hips and posgible concussion: Two Killed on Road 54 A 17-year-old youth was killed and two others critically hurt when an automobile left Road 54 yesterday afternoon and over
said Rep. Judd. “Ever since the war we've cod-
~ Jack Holley of Bloomfield, dled at the scene, of a fractured skull,|
To Help Free
Police Grill
in Indiana to police, was being ing, daring
in some of the forays. His juvenile companion was nabbed after police received a tip on his hide-out yesterday afternoon, Bean was to appear on the charge before Judge Joseph Howard in Municipal Courtroom 3 today. a Meek when arrested, Bean admitted nine jobs in Indianapolis and 11 in near-by communities to police, but refused to sign a statement, police reported. : at B : He boasted his most recent job was a daring robbery of the Uptown Recreations, Inc., 4160 College Ave. where he fired a bullet
is companion, identified as a, Stevenson Jr., 2528 N, California St, was being held by Juvenile Aid Division. He signed a statement admitting participa-| tion in five hold-ups here, the most recent Thursday at Dady’s| Market, 1802 W, Morris St. |
He told police he had borrowed one of Bean's three guns, giving each a pair of pistols to use in
Democrats Retort To GOP Charges
By DANIEL M. KIDNEY Times Staff Writer WASHINGTON, Nov. 21—Sen, Homer E. Capehart (R. Ind.) may} have had some -heip-in- thinking munists. if they did not. heed an up the idea of debating Rep.|ultimatum to free Mr. Ward. Andrew Jacobs, Indianapolis Pelieves armed force used at this : ; time would play directly into the Democrat, on British Socialism. po. 44 of the Communist*strategy. For the Democratic National| But the Minnesotan would favCommittee today charged that|,. , naval blockade such as has
the Republicans intend fo try and |p... urged by former Ambassanie that the campaign issue In| oo. wiliam C. Bullitt. In the weekly phamplet sent to] “Mr. Bullitt,” he said, “is a "Democratic organization leaders competent authority and has from National Committee Head-|about the best record of anyone quarters here, Chairman Guy|id being right on the Communists. Gabrielson of the Republican Na-| “I agree with him that a U. 8. tional Committee was quoted as|Navy blockade of North China
wanting to make British Social- and Manchurian ports might be the most immediately effective
ism the big issue. Democratic National Chairman means of showing the CommuWilliam R. Boyle Jr., scoffed at/nists that we mean business. this and offered this comment: |They understand the language of “With the failure of the ‘stat-|force—the gesture of strong re{sm’- and ‘welfare state’: scare|lallation. campaign in New York state, the Blockade for Start Republican Party has a ntly' “At least we could start with a decided to try and make socialism |blockade and see what happens. in Great Britain the major issue We wouldn't necessarily be tying in the 1950 elections in the United our hands. Without committing States. ; . | troops, we could in a short time + Attlee No Nominee [cripple the economy of the puppet “This week the chairman of the government in Manchuria. And Republican National Committee certainly we'd be showing the stated ‘because the Truman ad- Commupists that they can’t abuse ministration has apparently en- our official government representered into a kind of unofficial tatives while we sit on our hands.”
being a member of a five-man gang who have robbed four establishments there in recent weeks. Three liquor stores and a bowl-| ing alley were reported robbed by the gang, Chler Hunsch said. Fires Inte Floor Two well-dressed bandits, each waving a pair of pistols, took more than $500 from a second Evansville bowling establishment and 30 patrons in a holdup { Thursday, Chief Hansch sald, One robber fired a shot into the floor when a patron hesitated in giving up his wallet, he sald. This job was duplicated in the bowling alley holdup here Saturday, he told Inspector O'Neal today. Bean told police his Indianapolis robberies were at White Castle, 620 N. Illinois St.; the Barton Hotel, where he fired into the key racks; Galyan's supermarkets on W. 16th St. and Allisonville Road and Keystone Ave.; Kroger's mareet 1600 Prospect St, and Dady’s Market, where he fired at a |parked motorist. | State police detectives and Detective Sgts. James Burford, Harold Goodman, James Rogers and {Spurgeon Davenport are grilling him today. Patrolmen James Dabner and Clyde Ashby are credited with picking up Stevenson on a tip.
In 20 Indiana Holdups
Officers Report Oral Confession by Fred Bean, Implicated by 17-Year-Old Accomplice A 26-year-old two-gun bandit,
. Police held Fred Bean, 760 W. 26th 8t., on a robbery charge today after he was implicated yesterday by a 17-year-old accomplice
through the of a bystander at the bow! hall, police said. was quoted as saying that he amassed imate- = ly from Anderson, 3 Gary, Ft. Wayne, Evansville, Richmond .
Suspect
who orally admitted 20 holdups giilled today on his wild shoot-
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Boon to Steckler
as U. S. Judge Factor By ROBERT BLOEM
U.S. Reque Russia to Fil Its Protest
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Concern of All, Acheson Tells
. Judge Stevenson, too, they pointed out, is in his
man might not necessarily insist
lér, they pointed out that. Mr. Caughran still would be the old est man ever appointed to that bench in Indiana. He would have only 11 years to serve before becoming eligible for retirement, Mr, 8teckler, on the other hand, is only 37. His friends the straw vote today said the balloting put him well out ahead of other contenders ‘more eligible from an age standpoint than Mr. Caughran or Judge Stevenson. They believed the poll would be interpreted by top Democrats who! must make a recommendation to President Truman as being a boost for the Steckler appointmeént. Mr. Steckler already ap peared certain to get the recommendation.
‘Big ¥ Silent
cratic Party — Gov. Schricker, State Chairman Ira Haymaker land National Committeeman Frank McHale-—-had no comment on the straw vote réturns. Backers also sald Mr, Steckler had the best scholastic reecord ‘of any of the leading candidates for judgeship appointment. He is the only one of the “top
compact with the Socialist gov-| ernment of Great Britain -to| support socialism in England and | attempt to promote. socialism In|
tween our representative republic and the socialist master state.’ | “Thus it appears that we will hear a lot of Republican criticism of thé British government in the future, coupled with inferences that all of Britain's problems are the fault of the Democratic Part. predictions
More Than $500,000
erty has been rebuilt, “We were greatly surprised the way things shaped up,” sald Walker McHugh, a civic leader whose funeral home was crowded
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Clark M. Clifford Expected to Resign
WASHINGTON, Nov, 21 (UP)
Shelburn Rises From Ruin americs. ne one pasmo wee Of Tornado &§ Months Ago
Spent in Area
Where 11 Were Killed and 83 Injured
SHELBURN, Nov. 21 (UP)~—8ix months ago today, a tornado roared through this Sullivan County town. It left 11 dead, 83 Injured and $600,000 property damage. Today, on the half-year anniversary, most of Shelburn’s injured were well again or nearly recovered, and most of its ruined prop-
contenders who holds a Doctor of Jurisprudence degree, they said. This fact was reported to have been made clear in another straw vote being taken by Indianapolis Bar Association. local bar carried a longer list of candidates in sending out their ballots and gave full biographies on each candidate. 5 Mr. Steckler's supporters also felt his showing in the straw vote was good because he had had
ing will be in service after the Christmas holidays, Mr. McHugh said, Mr. McHugh said only “one or two” of the injured still had not recovered. “He added that doe-
less opportunity to become well known among lawyers in the
the leaders.
sixties, ~ : Admitting that President Tru-|r
The “big three’ of the Fieker,]
southern half of the state than|
Spy Suspect
Ward Declared
HONG KONG, Nov. 21 (UP)— unist