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FORECAST: Fair tonight and tomorrow. Low tonight 5 to 10 below zero. High tomorrow 20.
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5:30 A. M.
Is Local February Mark; Some Relief Tomorrow
Cold Paralyzes City,
Thousands of Autos in ‘Deep Freeze’ By CLIFFORD THURMAN. Blue-cold and numb Indianapolis battled for breath in a record low temperature of 19.1 below zero early today while girding for another 5 to 10 below tonight. The coldest February weather in history smothered the
city and most of the state as
whipped the air into a frenzy of blood-freezing tempera-
tures.
Weather Bureau officials were pessimistic about tonight. The outlook this morning was for a 5 to 10 below " but yesterday’s predictions hit the icy skids at 5:30 a. m. to break all records for cold.
bureau officials said.
Somewhat warmer weather was predicted for tomorrow. Forecasters said the mercury may struggle up to a comforting 20 above at the day's warmest peak. t In downtown Indianapolis, where smoke and heated buildings usually keep the air warmer, another record-break-. ing low of 11 below zero was recorded at 4 a. m.
United States Weather
temperature was about 40 degrees below: the normal minimum temperatures for February in the Indianapolis area. Average temperature for this time of year was fixed at
about 20 degrees above zero.
Coldest previous February temperature in the Indianapolis area was recorded on Feb. 9, 1899, when the mercury dipped to 18 degrees below zero. | Las The paralyzing weather today kept the city in a “deep ht. Thousands of automobiles
freeze” until well after day! were frozen or too cold for Hoosier Motor Club and services reported they were swamped with calls from frantic motorists trying to get to work. Power Lines Snap Frozen and snapping power
lines plagued Indianapolis Power & Light Co. linemen throughout! the night. Extra crewmen stood by as the mercury plunged and the iceoverweighted transmission lines sapped. Cold weather, too, was blamed for the snapping wires.
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winds up to 30 miles an hour
It is possible again tonight,
Bureau officials said today’s
s to turn the motor over.’ a number of other wrecking LOCAL TEMPERATURES rt City
Airpe 12 mid... — 8 12 mid... — 7 1a. m.,—9% lam. —8
2am... —12. 2a. m..—9 Sam..~12 8a m..-—10 4a. m.. —15 4a m..~11 5am..—17 5a m..-—11 5:80 a. m.~19.1 6a. m.. —18 6a m.. 11 78 M..—17 78 m.. —11 8a m..—168 8a m...~10
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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1951
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More than 500 Indianapolis families were without electricity) for periods ranging from one to
three hours early today as line-?
men fought to restore service. | Two 33,000-volt transmission lines} snapped at 42d and Illinois Sts. and Oliver Ave. and the Belt Rallroad. . | Two 4000-volt primary circuits snapped in the Troy-Raymond) Sts. and Keystone Ave.-New York | Central Railroad crossing and! Sherman Dr. areas. © Record Heat Demands Officials of the utility said the most serious resulting trouble was stoppage of electric clocks] and thermostats on furnaces. { More than 1300 customers of] steam heat supplied by the Indi-|
anapolis Power & Light Co. de- higher as the big freeze deepened danger
manded a history-making supply
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Mercury Lowest In Indiana History
By TED KNAP Thirty-five degrees below zero| —the lowest temperature ever, récorded in Indiana — was offi-| cially reported today in Greensburg. ; Thé reading was taken at 6:20 a. m.9by John Harmon, official] U. 8. weather observer. It shattered the all-time low of 33 degrees below set in Lafayette in January, 1885, and duplicated there Jan. 2, 1887. Weather | Bureau records date back to 1871.
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Winter Holds U.S. In lcy Grip
By United Press i Millions of Americans suffered
Link ‘Radio Snow’ To Atomic Blasts
No Danger Seen to Humans or Animals
ROCHESTER, N. Y. Feb. 2|
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Groundhog Just Shadow Of Old Self
| SUN PRAIRIE, Wis, Feb. 2 | (UP)—Sun Prairie, the “groundWRAP
hog capital” of Wisconsin, observed
in bitter cold, snow and floods|(UP)—Dr. Henry A. Blair, head| or undhog day today by mourn-
extended its icy grip to the entire(today that tests showed radio-|
nation. . - The toll in mounted to staggering propor-|
tions.
It threatened to climb still
in Dixie. 3 | At least 258 persons died in| trafic accidents,” fires, plane] crashes, sleighing mishaps or of exposure and weather -induced| over-exertion since the = Arctic) blast swept into the U. 8. last week-end. The devastating freeze caused crop and livestock losses estimated at $12,500,000 to $20 million in Texas alone. The frigid air moved down the Florida peninsula today, endangering more than $100 million
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Neighbor-Nurse Assists in Birth at | Snowbound Home
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“IT WAS 19 degrees below zero
outside the snowbound home of]
active materials in snow which
lives and property| has fallen here since the begin-|
ning of atomic tests near Las Vegas, Nev. : He said that there was “no whatsoever to either animals or human beings” in the radio-active snow. “The amount of the radio-active material is so minute that it doesn't need to be controlled,” Dr. Blair said. { He pointed out that radio-ac-tivity “decays” rapidly and that
the amount deposited here would)
dissipate soon. Dr. Blair said his staff. had been investigating the radio-ac-tive snow from “control stations” in Rochester. Airplanes are being used in the research work, he sald. No Atmosphere Change “There has been absolutely no change in the atmosphere here,”
probably would have gone unnoticed except for the fact that snow and rain carried it. down from the upper atmosphere.” Dr. Blair said the radioactivity was discovered by use of ‘“mod-
mometer edged Salem, which reg-| Myr and Mrs. William Kidwell (Continued on Page 2—Col. 5)
istered 32 below. That was an| unofficial all-time low for Salem reported by Roger Wright, ob-| server. . Spencer was next with minus) 23, and Evansville followed with/ minus 21. Terre Haute was close behind with minus 20, another record for| that city. Throughout the state; temperatures this morning were generally under 10 below.
State police and the. U. 8.) Weather Bureau reported the following sub-zero samplings:
when the squalls of a newborn: girl broke the stillness of the early morning. They live at 9110 E. 13th. St. | Mrs. Kidwell gave birth at 4:25 this morning to a healthy eight-| pound baby. Mr. and Mrs: Kid-
Check Snow Here For Radio Activity
The Indiana State Board of
Health today began examining
ltoday as the mqst widespread and|of the atomic energy project at ay winter storm in MANY years|the University of Rochester, said) 08 ‘hie death of its only. captive
| woodchuck. The animal died of exposure, The groundhog day committee
proudly refused te accept azloan|
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Fireman Fred Morrisey, Engine Company 20, is sculptured in icicles and ice-beads as he. pies to thaw out at the Brenner Luggage Co. fire. :
Firemen Battle Ice, Fire, Cold
Blaze Rips City Luggage Firm By JOE ALLISON
Ice-caked firemen fought for several hours in sub-zero weather] this morning to subdue flames which gutted the Brenner Lug-| gage Co., 711-15 Russell Ave, |
The two-alarm fire summoned |
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Co. plant at 711-15 Russell Ave. d £1 UN in Big Gun Range of Seoul In Advances Along 45-Mile Front Franco-Americans Rout 6000 | CR j Reds at Sinchon in Bloody Clash $10 Billion Tax Increase Asked
By EARNEST HOBERECHT, United Press Staff Correspondent TOKYO, Saturday, Feb. 3—United Nations tanks and infantry Truman Warns of Still Heavier Levies
struck out toward Seoul Friday from newly-captured Anyang, only eight air miles south of the former South Korean-capital, and made steady advances all prs the rest of the 45-mile front. Capture of Anyang brought Seoul within artillery range for
{of two “semi trained” anifvals| about 60 firemen at 7:25 a. m,, the first time in the nine-day-old offensive which Washington sources
Other news of the groundhog, | Page 11 from Tait Clifford of West Allis, | Wis., who offered them when he {learned of Sun Prairie’s loss. | « “We don’t believe in importing {them,” Emden Schey of the committee said. :
KNOXVILLE; Tenn., Feb. 2 (UP)—Post Office Inspector R. uU CO. Hornsby couldn’t get in his car until he hit upon the idea of using his wife's electric hair dryer to thaw out the frozen door lock.
MEMPHIS, Tenn., Feb. 2 (UP) —8Scoutmaster Frederick Carney
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{ zero weather in a pup
{front yard. : He told his admiring froop it
spent the night in near-|
when the mercury registered 11| degrees below zero. Flames were brought under control about 9: a, m., and firemen took another {hour for clean-up operations. t
Flames for a while threatened [to engulf a house adjoining the two-story factory building. Firemen soaked the north side of the (home; which is only about 18) {inches from the south wall of the (plant. Residents moved their {furniture from the north to the {south half of the double.
Fire Chief Roscoe McKinney |estimated damage at $40,000. He| {said the loss was divided between damage to the building and its contents, | | One fireman, Lich, was slightly injured.
Capt. William | His |
ihe continued. “The radloactivity|tent pitched in his sleet-covered chin was cut by flying glass from
a broken window. Chief « McKinney directed
U. 8S. weighs plan to halt push at | Chinese Communists back across!
88th Parallel, Page 13.
Court Is Ignored,
Rail Tie-Up Grows
Nation's War * Effort Being ‘Paralyzed
BULLETIN WASHINGTON, Feb. 2 (UP) —The White House today accused the chiefs of four rallroad unions of “bad faith” in signing an agreement with the carriers last Dec. 21.
The coast-to-coast railroad] the strike was slowly paralyzing the
was possible to camp out and|fire fighting. Faces of the “smoke- nation’s’ war effort today.
stay warm in such weather, but he wouldn't recommend it.
ROCHESTER, N. Y., Feb, 2 | (UP)=The weather section of IT’S the Rochester Academy of Science canceled its | regularly scheduled meeting | last night—‘‘due to bad | weather.”
ST. LOUIS, Feb. ? (UP)—A
well had started for the hospital snow here for radio activity after|toll collector on the MacArthur
about 15 minutes before. But it took so long to get their car, down the snow-piled driveway
late before they could -get to the| hospital. A neighbor, Mrs. Alex Feiler,
the Atomic Energy Commission reported ‘“‘measurably radio-ac-tive” snow &=had fallen
{that they knew it would be too|Rochester, N: Y. An AEC spokesman said “the|he couldn't continue to build open |
radio-active snow had fallen fin Rochester since the beginning of
Connersville, —18; South Bend, who is a former General Hospital| atomic tests at Las Vegas, New,
~—17; Pendleton, Putnamville and Jasper, © —16; Lafayette, Seymour, —14; Dunes Park, Ligo-| nier. and Charlestown, —13, and Ft. Wayne, —8. Federal weather officials In In-| dianapolis raised eyebrows when |
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nurse, was summoned. She took
—15;/charge of the delivery while an-|“reports indicate
other neighbor, Mrs. Roy Weiper, Mrs. Weiper held the, baby in ‘front of the kitchen oven|
to keep it warm until an ambu- gted, radiation expert in the In-/In the death of her 3-year-old _gports
lance arrived to take mother and baby to Methodist Hospital.
Both are reported - fine.
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.The announcement emphasized there is no harm to humans or. animals” in the radio-active snow. In Indianapolis, Howard Bum-
dustrial Hygiene Division of the
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bridge across the Misissippi River denned
COLD
at an electrically-heated flying suit)
| today after.authorities ruled that
{fires on the span.
Hoosier Woman Charged In Death of Daughter, 3
MARION, Feb. 2 (UP)-—Mrs. Emmett Cole was ‘charged with involuntary manslaughter today
|daughter, Darlene Cunningham, {who died Monday of a ruptured
{ liver.
eaters” became encrusted in ice,|
Trainmen extended their walk-,
said was aimed at driving the [the 38th Parallel. { An armored task force lashed jout from Anyang at dawn and {edged slowly north toward Seoul {through deeply-entrenched Reds. {First reports said the stab {toward Seoul was met only by small arms fire from Red groups
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WASHINGTON, Feb, 2 (UP) | ==Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower
| told Congressmen today it will be necessary to send “some”
{ additional American troops to
Europe as soon as possible. One member said Gen. Eisen- | hower wants six American divisions in Europe by the end of the year. Gen. Eisenhower appeared before a closed, joint session of | the House Armed Services and Foreign Affairs Committees, ¢
|and water froze on their helmets, out despite court contempt pro-| |
{gloves and coats. To keep their hands from freezing, firemen warmed them on| motors of the fire equipment
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Indianapolis hit by rail strike, POlice Chief Gets
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ceedings and appeals from thei union to’ return to work. The strike
affected Industries.
by about 10,000] {members of the Brotherhood of] ‘Railroad Trainmen- had thrown been threatened with {163,000 workers off their jobs in/against police legislation pending|
By DONNA MIKELS An Indiana police chief has | “reprisals”
{in the General Assembly if he!
The total was expected to soar prosecutes the speeding arrest of!
over 200,000 by nightfall,
the son of Speaker of the House
As the walkout spread to 47|W. O, Hughes. (R. Ft. Wayne), |
|raflroads and 50 cities, the Post {Office Department placed a lim|ited embargo on the mails which were carrying heavy loads of mil{itary correspondence and parcels. one of his policemen arrested 21-| The embargo stopped all mails|year-old David traveling between. affected areas speeding through Maritn at 52 {but exempted first class mail un-/mph about 2 a. m. Wednesday.| {der eight ounces, newspapers and!He drove a car with a General |emergency supplies such as med- Assembly license plate.
ical goods. Air mail, air .parcel post. and
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| The Times learned today. |
Earl Stephenson, Marion chief| fof police, confirmed that “the {pressure’s been turned on’ since]
Lee Hughes, |
Chief Stephenson denied one re-| {port that ‘the legislator had!
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 2 (UP)— President Truman asked Cone gress today to increase taxes by $10 billion now and prepare for
later still heavier levies to puf the government on a pay-as-we-go basis. ; Mr. Truman recommended a $4 billion increase in personal income taxes, $3 billion more in corporation income taxes and a boost of $3 billion in federal excise taxes, ; In addition, he urged Congress to “carry further the program it started last year to close loopholes in the present tax laws.” Mr. Truman did not say how much more tax money he would ask later, pointing out that Congress has not yet acted on his
| $71 billion spending budget.
May Be Reduced On the basis of his January budget estimates, it would take a further $6 billion in taxes to balance the budget. But many members of Congress contendg
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BULLETIN
Today's cold wave and its zero temperature forced the postponement of fo-. night's Times-Legion Golden Gloves amateur boxing show at the Armory. The scheduled semifinals will be held next Friday, Feb. 9, and the finals on Feb. 16. Tickets purchased for to-
| night's program will be
honored at next week's tournament presentation.
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