Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 4 January 1950 — Page 3

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. {the controversial UMT, which he 4cnieved unless proposed a year ago. + land prosperous In his optimistic appraisal of “They [the nation's future. th: President less we >. |sald the prosperity goals he setiour natural 8 Tcould be realized by the year 2000/lic interest. {if American productive power “Our system 5. [continues to increase in the next less our people 50 years at the rate achieved since educated and

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Sherman Dr. and Southeastern!

Ave. was another danger spot and was blockaded by police after several automobiles were stuck. Police said the water was too

deep even for trucks. . . a. . , {1900 and if “we follow the right future. It will not rk unless . : v En i oro policies.” fall citizens participate. fully in aio trate was routed around William . Howard Lyons con rial for murder, consults IP Soarhing in person. before & our national Mee. $ e a block of W. Washington Attorney Thurl Rhodes while i Lyons, his wife, looks on. joint session in the House cham- Bases Off on Medicinn y today’ after eo own . |ber, Mr. Truman scarcely budged

water made it impossible for

{ “ automobiles and trucks to pro- {from his left-of-center “Fair

|Déal” which his opponents have only if we foll

; Mp j By Ww Used in McK eapon Isec n ¢ ane r decried as socialism, “statism” cies.” he * t state.” Slaying Identified as Lyons’ “co iia feo ac cine

f its ‘major provisions and The weapon used in the Sept. 11 tavern slaying of Walter A. many of is wm jog provi support- Jlogiam ol McKane was identified in Criminal Court today as belonging to i | William Howard Lyons. Lyons is on trial for the first-degree slaying of Mr. McKane a frantic Sutside u laveln In the Jab block Ft. Wayne Ave. Mr. McKane died Asks T-H Repeal " gener on hl nie | He asked again for repeal of Police Lt, Howard Hunter, | | {preceded the ballistics expert on the Taft-Hartley law. for conballistics expert, said the Weapon the stand, said he picked up tinued rent control, civil rights that wounded MoRane fatally. 1 yons at his home, 316 E. St. and for an extension of selective was the same .22 caliber revol- Clair St., shortly after the inci- service authority. [JSF Jukien from Lyons by police dent. The defendant, he said, And he renewed requests for have mud all over my base- | a : was in bed at the time. passage of the Brannan farm ment,” - | Witnesses previously testified The defendant's wife, Mrs, Ber- program--or something like it— There'll be mud in the base- [that both’ Lyons and McKane nice Lyons, was with him at the/ expanded social security and some ment, a department official [Were drifiking in the tavern be-time of the shootiig. A witness form of national health insurruled. fore the shooting. | testified that Mrs. Lyons was ance. : -— Police Sgt. Cecil London, who knocked down during the fray. Mr. Truman conceded that his hs - ree Fa — : | program requires “large expendi- public health {tures- of funds” and was unable establish a sys {to say when the budget actually would be balanced. But he was confident of the fu{ture: | “We have met and.reversed the strengthen

Deep water also balked traffic at Rowena and Vermont Sts. where Eagle Creek was rampag-

A telephone wailed at Indianapolis Fire Department headquarters. x “Come quick, the water is | ruining my hasement,” feminine voice shouted. “No, there's no danger of a fire and we are not in a flood area,” the woman said indignantly, “but if you don't get out here immediately I'm going. to

islators will do so again-at this

election-year sedsion. Mr, Truman

gress to enact

year's demand ance, but did

ing beyond ha wi Dams. ANA. Sm ho . : ctio t G ve. Michigans. was pocraiea vv) W ADASH and White Heading police last night after numerous For Crests Equal to 1949

automobiles stalled. A A a t Ravenswood, another low (Continued F Page One)

care.”

Water Over Levees land area, sheriff's deputies re-| iroad underpasses west of Indian-

ported water pouring over the!ls expected to slow water runoff apolis. Traffic was detoured On| omic activity since the war,” he levees. The flood situation at that/to some extent, giving streams U. S. 36 west to the county line aid “Government programs for point, however, was not as serious more time to carry away the and then south to U. 8. 40. | maintaining employment and as in previous years. . [excess. . Water also closed U. 8. 52 at State police blocked trafic at, Already the risthg' waters have Traders Point, and a detour was *34th St. and Girls School Kd., Rd.|caused efhergency evacuations of oot up Oi 304, 29 43 sein St, YN Trader’ n Raind. FomS. 40, le Some areas. thence west to U. 8750. + ER avid fF Clog sim roves: espns Indianapolis and BFIGEERHI. ™ Mf Ri epous dieathr womens bs RRO wird MEAN Sli ie Maron Police weré rerouting ‘traffic on moved 25 families from the Toad 88 closed: ‘by floods include: ove been U. 8. 31 at Peru, U. 8. 31 alter- gnrea4 suffering.” -

38th" St. between Orchard St. and , Hop vicinity, five miles west of Keystone Ave. where water WS, mone ly when Sugar Creek nate south of Columbus, Ind. 34, "Mr Truman sald our present

considered too deep for ordinary, gp ijjed into lowlands. . automobiles. Heavy trucks were| proceeding through this section. State Police. were guarding a Residents were evacuating the dangerous” bridge on U. S. 40 area near Carolina -Ave. and West of Terre Haute, as flood 88th St. this morning as flood | Waters swirled a foot below its water lapped at their doors and floor. Water surged over old had already flooded cellars and U: S- 40 In the same are where basements. Sugar Creek empties into the Water Shoots Over Dam {rain-swollen Wabash. Water was rapidly crawling up-| Eight boats were used to évacuward in the Riverside dam area ate the families of the Toad Hop and near the ball park north of community from their residences. 16th St. Police assigned to the Earlier, 20 school children were area reported water was shooting forced to remain at their conover the Riverside dam in. a solidated school nearby, as waters straight line and overflowing the threatened, but all were removed banks below the dam. i safely. : Indication of the upward climb of the flood was shown by read-| Disaster Workers Ready ings on the Indianapolis Water| At Muncie, near the headCo. gauges at the Broad Ripple waters of the West Fork of White * dam. Yesterday at 4 p. m. the River, the water stage this Swe in West gauges indicated a rise of 2.54 morning was 6.81, which is S10) feet. The -same gauges . readifobt above’ flood stage. The, slightly over 5 feet at 8 a. m. to- stream was rising rapidly as a Eastern Areas Bask

for speedy Ho

tremendous benefit. . “As the result of. thes ams. and the wisdom and goed - ETE SX SN

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pro- .

families could

and north of Clay. City, Ind. 63 over in the next 50 years. at Cayuga, Ind. 158 west of Bed-| Shows Confidence ford, Ind. 225 northeast of Lafa-|

ical insurance.

secondary routes were closed. [real income of the average fam-/tested fair em

or woman be religion. The message

11%, miles near Fortville but cars day . were going through. Indiana’ The President was said to have route 29 was under water and based that portion of his message

ing that the average income per some previous |family today is about $4200. his campaign Standing before Congress at 4iq not in any

‘but not closed.

future in terms of enthusiastic (pe Congress. confidence. {

{foresaw the day when the United| naps more. Nations will control weapons of

day. [result of a 3.59-inch downpour , mass destruction and possess ipo pation, “Flooded areas also were report- in 36 hours. [In Spring Weather [forces to preserve the peace.| .p,re than .ed in Drexel Gardens, Sunshine] The Muncie Red Cross put key, Continued From Page One) (Meantime, he said, the United o,vernment's Gardens and in the Mars Hill disaster workers on a standby \Continue & States will maintain a

area but early today residents street by a car driven by another well-balanced defense.” y y basis, but no hardship had been student when the toboggan The President reported that

were remaining in their homes. | g 2 |Feported aa yet. swerved into the path of an auto foreign perils are decreasing! Sheriff’s deputies said the low| Logansport ‘merchants were ; ¢ | areas in these sections were ny ooo" Ho tof thelr bb driven by Vernon Heckert of seeming to base his optimism on cal policy. At ; 8 8 Out of their base-|c,ryaiiis. anti-Communist developments in ’ flooded with anywhere from siX ments but there were no reports b inches to several feet of water eo roiniiec poi Mr. Corvallis was signed by the West rather than the spread; but most of the houses, with the _. > onies being evacuated. Sev- the Brooklyn Dodgers last spring of communism in the Far East. exception of basements, re- eral roads south of Logansport and sent to the Santa Barbara,| But he sought bipartisan sup(Were blocked by high water. Cal, club as a pitcher. [port for United States foreign

wars and to peace,” Mr. T

essary to the

'|competitive economic system.” working men and women and unions help to increase proty and obtain for labor a

} of the benefits of our t system. They cannot be

“We can reach these heights

at Congress to complete action on a legislation almost

ers admit privately that the leg- sented a year ago.

rights program and for development of the St. and the Columbia River Valley. He also asked for amendment of the Clayton Act to prevent “monopolistic mergers.”

He eased off a bit from last

This time he sald the nation must {adopt measures to remedy the shortage of .doctors, nurses and

surance which will Americans to afford good medical

| - He said that Congress should the | first significant downturn in eco: compensation law. And he asked

Senate-approved bill to provide a

$300 million education-aid purchasing power have been of sidy to the states.

Ta : $day AO SOS NA made without wide- housing which 'm Congressional east of Clermont, Ind. 46 ‘west national production is at the rate agreéd and the President knows of Columbus, Ind. 44 west of of $255 billion annually and could; that this Congress will not repeal Franklin, Ind. 59 south of Linton pe increased nearly four times the Taft-Hartley act nor enact the Brannan farm plan nor med“Allowing flor the expected| The only civil rights provision yette, and Ind. 450 at Williams. growth in population,” he con- now ticketed for early action at In addition, more than a score tinued, “this would mean that the this session is the bitterly con-

State police said Ind. 87 was ily in the year 2000 A. D. would act which would forbid an emunder water for a distance of be about three times what it is to- ployer to refuse to hire a man

hazardous north. of -Shelbyvitle, on statistics described "as show-'jn tone to his opponents than

, { Mr. Truman's proposals foreHe renewed this country’s pledge. 0 40w at Jeast two years more te support the United Nations and |, big time. deficit

that Mr. Truman is bankrupting

"Strong. required to meet the costs of past

|is ‘the dominant factor in our fis-

government must make substanial expenditures which are nec-

sion of the domestic economy.”

achieved unless

we have a stable agriculture,

are healthy, wellconfident in the]

ow the right pell-

Mr. Truman ashel

the one he pre-

again asked Conhis complete civil

Lawrence seaway

for medical insurnot abandon it.

services, “and to tem of medical Inenable all

unemployment use action on the

sub- ¥

Friendly |

High on his. list™ EE : prprad ion tg hip -copperstive. andi... rn SAR by. SR x 2

afford. ’

leaders are

ployment practices

cause of race or was more friendly

ones or of most of remarks. But it way alter the adprogram that has

spending, perHis critics protest

70 per cent of the expenditures are

work for world ruman said. “This

the same time, the

growth and expan-

mained dry. { te "Water Floods Yards | Howéver, Goose Creek, which Carpet of Ice .- >= “policy, to which" he said both Salem Park, Happy Hollow and Caused serious flooding last sum-| Freezing rain laid a 200-mile- major parties were committed. " ‘the Flackville area were threat. Mer in the southern part of Lo- wide carpet of ice across Mis- He said “common defense” plans ened by rampaging Big Eagle and 8ansport, was not out. of its souri, Arkansas, Oklahoma and must be effected. Little Eagle Creeks. ’ banks. It was dredged last fall Texas between St. Louis, Mo., and Stresses ‘Point 4° Water was seeping over the to eliminate the flood ‘threat. Ft. Worth, Tex. With his call for continued

Ft “streets. at:-Market-and Eagle Sts!|- ~~ Reads. Ender Water + Tornadoes striking in-the wake foreign --aid-~appropriations; he:

Truman Incomes In Next,

Sees Tripled

30 Years |

Water was reported flooding| Many state highways were un- Of torrential rains, wrecked or urged that Congress facilitate the yards in the Kessler Homes area ger water today, some closed and damaged nearly 50 homes and spending" of great sums of in-| Av at Centennial and Groff Sts. Mrs. others still passable, reported M. buildings in the Mississippi River vestment capital for the assist-|.verage Amer Carroll Powell, a resident of the! A Newland, office engineer of the bottomlands north of St. vicinity, reported water three or Indiana State Highway Departfour feet deep in the street in ment, mile-long “dirt levee on Indian Four” of last year's inauguration front of her home. Heavily traveled U. S. 40 was Creek near its junction with the message. As the rainfall continued police closed by high water in both the Mississippi. at Wanda, Ill. But|- The President warned against

and other agencies kept in cQn- | Big Four and Pennsylvania rail- volunteer sandbag crews worked | “tne folly of attempting budget stant touch with A. emer A )

the Weather| Bureau and prepared to evacuaty . families from flooded areas if

Louis. ance of backward fereign peo-| Heavy rains weakened a 24-ples. That was the famous “Point

family income

ments.

|the levee was holding early today. | prospects for peace or eripple ma i one ims Flood waters forced evacuation|the programs essential to our na-|

temperatures, even with snowfall] a or sleet, would give the flash (Continued From Page One)

floods time to fall without addi- Indiana Telephone ticnal damage.

3 Armed Bandits Rob

Finance Company Office Three armed bandits early 0 ant ated that many other comday robbed the National Dis-hanje} too small to be affected count Co. office at 31' E. Ninth would\be forced to make corre-|

|24-degree témperatures. early to. 2F® confident of - knocking ! day, BE A eaperat were en least $1 billion out of the foreign | next 50 years. Association, to protect their radiators. | 214, Program. The dollars was unable to giv : ot esti-| . Ww . ’ . an mate but, said the number of Su. Gets the Weather Book jcould give an accurate cribers affected would amount to Typical of the wide assortment the future, but he added: i quite a few.” 3 of wintry weather was that which| “If we assume that we shall ; Affects Small Firms {pummeled Springfield, Mo., last/ grow as fast in the future as FDR JR. ON

Abbett said the PSC also

twas getting

heavy sleet, #hunder and fog. next 50 years.

The cold front’s eastward shove| “phege ains cannot . sponding wage increases an x 8 nno ! Bt., of $165. } Pn oe age | Sneas, 8 SnIWAY; appeared to be slowing and was| achieved unless our businessmen a fall from a A. B. Clark, manager, told po- ‘ abi, a 8€S8 not expected to reach New York] en————— rn . are covehed by the same” union

Nce the holdup occurred shortly contracts Which cover larger ones City and New England until after

tomorrow. after 9 a. m. after one of the affected by\the law. The result

e In New York the temperature bandits came in and pretended he Would be a demand for company- climbed toward 70 degrees, break-

wanted to pay a non-existent ac- Wide increases ; /ing a 44-year-old weather bureau - count. He said the trio entered, Even in casey where only a few record,

ftmediately after the faked visit individuals would be given higher The day became the warmest and produced guns. * wages because { the law, the|jan, 4 in the weather bureau's Two clerks, G. E. Keasy and entire step-up of ‘salaries based history at 2 a. m., (Indianapolis Miss Edna Mae Hirst, were made On experience would be affected, Time), when a temperature .of, to join Mr. Clark in a line against| MT: Abbett pointed gut. | 59.7 topped a previous high of 59 the wall as two cash registers The largest rate increase grant- degrees. Weather forecasters | were rifled. jed so far was to. the Carroll said the temperature would keep! . | Telephone Co., at Delphi—20 per right on rising during the day| } cent, Rates of the Citizens’ Tele- with more of the same tomorrow. | with the purchase of an

phone Co., serving Fairmount and Maples, hedges and lilacs budded | Fowler, were boosted 12,6 per/in the pafks while sanitation] tug or carpet... a

cent, the United Telephone Co. trucks HOME-DECORATING PLAN

[ ! hauled away discarded| of Warsaw, 6 per ‘dent ahd the Christmas greenery. The normal | worked out just for you by {

Indiana Telephone Corp. at Sey- temperature for the day would! mour, 9.2 per cent. {have been 32. your color-scheme consultant of Alexander Smith

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atient figure could be tripled in the

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