Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 18 December 1949 — Page 6

Wo Arne A Al A : J - f ‘ 2 , ; : ~ Ad as : / SUND pa 0 > ; He : x A : n 4 : Bs / X a . . So 2) ea ~ oo Cte MOI Yiitkd SUNDAY, DEC. 18, 1049 Prok 4 ag i. 5 2 3 y 0, a h . ae 3 : y — EE is: - n : The ”" Odd: Dim for White Christmas 5 WAYS TO SHOP FREE PARKING families Only 29 Such , * 10-Pay Plan 3 —4« FOR STAR STORE ‘redevelopm Days in 78 Years * Layaway * Pay Cash CUSTOMERS #olved if re By GALVY GORDON : th §Y:Pay Plan Lot No. 2 Across Missouri St, sayy Hous “JUST WHAY are the betting -ay arge , 60 W. WASHINGTON ST.... Ll. 647] Lack of odds on a white Christmas for

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The question was tossed . two years squarely in the lap of Indiana's y | p ehased . by top weatherman. ° Routes con After explaining the United | aye no DL States Weather Services prefer . ; | oug ho the word “statistics” to the term ——— . . M. : thority Ee “betting odds,” jovial Paul‘ A. sib ty Miller, chief meteorologist, Indie 3 4 LE i -~ anapolts Weatne: Bureau, gn i i JE TO 1 ROR 5 JO J 5 0 RS RO 0 7 0 7 0K TO RS J 5% FR 57 Tr 0 6 0 J J RR RR A RE Persons di “Actually chances of a white ! 4 * F R FE rE PARKI NG § St St C 1 dow homes hritmas, ure not too good” Mr, i. Shop at Night— KI or Star Store Lusromers Tro “You know there's nothing tra- #a¢ 5 estroyed

ditional in Indianapolis about snow on Christmas day.”

” » ~ THEN TO PROVE his point, he literally “snowed” the desk under with figures, charts, hooks of | statistics, Of the 78 Christmases since the Indianapolis Weather Bureau began to function in 1871, snow was on the ground only 29 times. It fell 31 days, but on only 11 days did it amount to, from’ one to three inches. And only five of the white Christmases could boast a snowfall of three inches or more. Rain fell on 13 of the Christ. mases and the weather was cloudy or partly cloudy all but 10 days. [ . y > } 1035, with a maximum of 20 and, In 1948, forecasters predicted Li Pog Chelating on rec-|y minimum of four below. Isnow for the city up to the “11th mercury remained a “shivery” 27| On this day, nearly two and & hour.” It just didn't materialize, degrees below norfnal, |half inches of snow fell, bringing + a heavy snow blanket covered With children still in bed “while He Jou8i anew on the ground he entire south central portion thelr heads ihe mr danced in But the day wasn't a howling of the state, missing Indianapolis to four below. By late afternoon “MCCess with the smafl fry. It/by only 15 ‘miles from the south, thermometers “thawed” to 10 “W™* 100 cold to try out glistening/and 20 miles from the east.

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above. {sleds and skates. [ “It's too soon to say about this dresses. 8izes 3. to i one today from Christmases in the Hoosier, IP 1040. the mercury climbed Christmas.’ Weatherman Miller Te oo this outstanding col- LEY +110 B52 by afternoon. Showers stated cautiously. ' i A capital with balmy, springlike! : ‘ik temperatures above 50 degrees d8MPpened city streets and over-| ‘But If winds come from the lection of taf- ; numbered 11 with the warmest Cat skies made the weather even/northeast, temperatures range 4 sat NY | { on any Christmas, 64 in 1803, |More ominous. |slightly below freezing and the fetas and sat- / / ¢ ® #8 "| Bnow fell on Christmas Eve moisture conditions are perfect, 8. L ; SCANNING THE RECORDS #i® times in the past 15 years,(Indianapolis ‘may’ have snow for x { fA for the past 15 years, Mr. Miller but only in small amounts. {Christmas, 1049." | i found the coldest Christmas was A A A A AA TARR RA mt 2k £ i 18 : y fl ¥ . 13 i y Aol St. Clair Dies, § THE SEASON'S GREETINGS BY i Sizes CoH oosier Newspaperman ; 91015 5 O° bi NASHISGTON, Dec. 17 (UP) Frank L. Martino, Attorney : , LN 2 —— rt Bt. Cair, veteran news- | - k liom 10 te ] HE paperman and publicist, died this 4 EE Bankers, Trust Building 1 3 \ : EX e rnoon while horseback riding Martine, Director Martino’ Royal Institute, leaching a TEEN in nearby Vienna, Va. 5 ! Mr. « Din of the : : tom 4 ‘Bt. Clair was born at Veeders- mercial Spanish, Business Low ond Real. Estele- Selesmanship, says: i. pug. 154. Ha Jvorked a 8.10. "“WE-are all interdependent one fo another, hence EVERYONE receives z . n Danville, Ill, Chicago, / WwW Albany and Washington. Later he Ws bif of benefit from fhe incessant toll of his folowmen, and o § a" omen S A was employed by various govern. “kindly fooling of gratifude foward all the world Is the smallest pay we Rr y -¢ "Since 1031 he haa operated pi ff 0 90 10 bce ouabain or te many gprs, com- . S Broadcloth Reg 0 rbindind nd od within h irle! . wn public relations bureau. | forts and conveniences which have been plac our reach 1 ir S eniiie Nj 17” 1 Bt. Clair was a former direc-iS figugh fhe efforts of ofhers. The indomitable spirt and wnlalling 1 ha, fine tor of the National Accident Pre-| the of lov I sleep vention Conference. He was a sironghh of a united people springs from simple fooling * 5 Dainty two piece beau Metiiber the Hines rele Club and friendship and in our firm belief in the almighty God.” Mr. Mar- J rayon saiin pajamas. sand president of the National’ Press| fino is the founder of a Brotherhood Society. : XK Sort warm chenille with Lace trim. Colors of REC Club, 6 Roavy RE floral pattern and pink, blue and maize. ‘BM in skirt. Colors of melon, $3.98 Sizes 4 to 14. * white, copen, aqua. Sizes 3 to 613 at $2.98, 5 7 to 14 at $3.98, “ _:. . on S

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