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ColdWave Ends 36° (Yes Above) Due Tomorrow

Warm Air Brings Relief; Light Snow Reported ‘Likely! Mniy

“Indiahapolis thermometers will rise to 36 above to“morrow, a 55-degree jump from Friday morning's low of —19.1 degrees. Today's expected high was almost as good for ice-en-crusted Hoosiers. The weatherman said temperatures here will hover at 25-28 degrees quring the Warmest Jan of the

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Low tonight, 18. High tomorrow, 36. Light snow Monday.

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Entered as Second-Class Matter at Postoffice

Indianapolis. Tadigna, Issued Dally.

Rail Walkout Cuts De Into Food For Army Bc

Rescued by Firemen; | Hydrants Found Frozen Firemen rescued a wheel-|, chair-ridden grandmother} : trapped inside her burning }{ ! home today while other fire-| fighters tried frantically tof

day. And tonight, the mercury

will -fall only to a balmy 18

degrees. Warm air drifting eastward across the Mississippi River Was bringing relief to this area, of the coldest spots in the ag Clouds were coming this way, too, and - some light snow was

forecast,’ But ‘the pack .of the four- day] freeze. was broken. _ In its wake; Hoosiers found a new all-time low for Indiana) weather records—35 degrees be-| low zero at Greensburg. At least|

LOCAL TEMPERATURES

Downtown Airport 12 (mid.)... 1 12 (mid.)...~1 M.ess 0 Mm.see 0 Meo eel Maosm—id Maoso=—D Me ie ome} Meoso=—l mod] Mees o=l Moo . Meee e=l. m.s..=—1 Massel Mm. m.... 0 Meoeo=—T Mover 3 Moss M..... 310 Mueee 8 m.... 1411 a. m.... 11 (Noon) - » 18 12 (Noon).. 16 Humidity at Noon, 54%.

23 deaths were'attributed to cold, snow or ice and numberless minor injuries and accidents. Charles Kuhn Sr. 76-year-old Angola resident died of injuries suffered yesterday at the inter! section of Ind. 6 and Ind. 13 near Gary. His ear slid into the rear] of 'a panel truck driven by James M. Burns, 56, Syracuse. —8 Degrees at 4 A.M. As a parting caress, the cold blast pushed the official thermometer at Weir Cook Municipal

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emergency because falling gas La Be a aT mained until a png Fete ale. lina % Juit A ee oe

Moderating « temperatures allow some of the six inches of snow accumulated here to melt tomorrow. Road conditions werd expected to ease. County schools

probably will open Monday and)... 0.4 vegetable crops.

highway traffic will grow heavier over the week-end. Indiana, Kentucky, West ie ginia and southern Ohio was th most frigid area in the nation : early today as the cold wav shoved itself eastward. Bismarek, N. D,; poraimartly the; icebox of the U. 8, reported 30 degrees above zero. Western an Southwestern states reported comparative warmth as balmy | air moved up from the chiliheated lands of Mexico. Middle 20s in Texas Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Nebraska, Kansas, Iowa, Missour and Illinois had temperatures in the middle 20's. As the same brand of weather began “to enter Indiana, state police reported most main highways clear but slick in spots, especially at intersections. Secondary roads are still packed with snow. But only in the Ligonier district were county roads reported drifted too badly be passable. Rain hit the Pacific Northwest, changing to snow in the mountains and in Idaho and Montana. It still- was cold along the North Atlanic Coast, but the Weather Bureau predicted warmer . temperatures today. »

# fakes mighty old weather in Indianapolis to freeze solid i —t Fall Creek. But a

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“likely” Monday, according to the)

Tenn, southerners are in for another chilly night before the temperature ge :

ton Mouton declared a state of

Col Eases Up In Midwest Area

South Still Shivers;

. By United Press “The temperature edged higher {in the northern Midwest today, lending | one. of the most bitter cold waves in history, but southjerners still were shivering,

The mercury climbed 20 to 30 dégrees from yesterday's sub-zero readings in the plains states and upper Midwest. The Weather Bureau predicted temperatures in the middle 20’s for most of the region today, but warned that a new cold mass accompanied by light snow, wil drop‘ them down again tomorrow, The South was still gripped by a record-breaking cold wave and light snow was falling at Tampa and Tallahassee in Florida. A United Press survey showed the cold blast that started across the nation last Saturday has taken 308 lives. Three persons froze to death in southern states and crop damage ran into millions of dollars. 8 Below at Nashville Bowling Green, Ky., was one of the coldest spots in the nation, with 18 degrees below zero, and it was eight below at Nashville, The weather bureau said]

warmer. At a ayette, La. Mayor Ash-

change the state's entire 1951 peach crop, worth $5 million, and farmers in Texas’ lush lower Rio Grande Valley feared the loss of millions because of the cold’s effect on their

On the Inside

to a double at 2013-15 Howard St. at 10 a. m. found the house in flames, with hydrants at the two nearest intersections frozen, Trapped on the first floor of 2015 was Mrs. Luther Charles, about 60, who is confined to a wheelchair. One group of firemen and neighbors rushed into the smoke and flame-filled house to carry out Mrs, Charles, while

fire pumpers and chemical Supplies to fight the growing -fire.

plug into other nearby hydrants. | unaffected by. sub-zero temperatures, before the arrival of the emergency pumper.

heated stovepipe ignited the walls were the grandmother; her daugh ter, Mrs. Joseph Jones, Jones’ children and Mrs. Vivian jury. neighbors temporarily and then

The fire destroyed the second

damages.

blaze today at 1031 Bates St. where fire damaged the room of the Big Four restaurant.

Burglar Finds Body, Calls Police, And—Sure, Leaves

ST. LOUIS, Feb. 3 (UP) — ‘““Fhere’s a body out here at 5910 Arsenal St.’ said the man ex-|

phoning from the house,” the man replied and hung up. Police went to the address and found the body of Mrs. Blanche Musskopf, a 65-year-old widow, lying on the kitchen floor of her| small brick bungalow. Alongside her was the body of her fox terrier, The back door had beer forced

Of The Times ‘Page

{Joan Fontaine buys Earl Wil- | son an $18 necktie ......... 3

4: Tony Hinkle’s daughter, Bar-

bara, engaged to David F. Causey; other society news. 3

{Protestants and Catholics plan |

Ash Wednesday services...4, 5

Midget racing due for big |

comeback next summer. . . Joe Williams outlines baseball owners “beefs” against Happy Chandler . . . Olymps face Lakers at Butler Fieldhouse tonight ........ sees 6 Other Features on Inside:

Other Features on Inside

Amusements .eesssvesss 59 Churches d.ceseessessnss a3 Crossword ..esesseesrses

Editorials ..eeocessvenacs hs

STORIE seessssesvensenee 40 MOVIES ..covvereacsnssee 8-8 RAAI0O +scivnaens cidaras 8 Side Glances ..sessevese 10 BSoclety @.vcivvsevenseces 3 Sports ...... sesawnssnne 6-7

Earl WIlson seessvssesse 3

Frederick C. Othman .... 10 Women’s

{band had not heard from Mrs.

and the residence apparently ran-

coax water from frozen water . plugs.

Firemen who answered the call

However, firemen were able toy

Inside the home when an over-|

Mrs. | Martin and son, All escaped in-| The families were taken in by| sent to the homes of relatives. floor and caused severe damage|

to the first floor. Mr. Charles said |¢ he could make no estimate of}

Piremen extinguished another.

other squads. called for township #0

the blaze.

Firemen, police and neighbors carry wheolchair-agan "Mar L

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| home into sub-zero weather that froze water plugs and Audiy. a salled to extinguis!

Seoul Reds Open Stiff iff Counter Drive or

Valted Press Staff Correspondent TOKYO (Sunday) Feb. 4—!

A three-pronged Allied force massing for an assault on Seoul ran into a stiff Communist counter-attack 10 miles south of the South Ko-

rean capital last night. A Turkish unit which had

sacked by the burglar, police said. The police discovered $668 in| currency in a small purse laying near Mrs. Musskopf. There was no heat in the house and the elec-! tric lights had been disconnected. Neighbors told police that the! iwidow had been living like a] recluse in recent months seldom leaving her home. A sister-in-law, Mrs. Harold Musskopf, said she and her hus-

Musskopf for the last three days.

Lost Chord—

DULUTH, Minn. Feb. 3 (UP) — Nancy Wicklund really lost herself in her music, She dropped in after school at a music store yesterday to play the organ and became so engrossed she didn’t notice when the clerks locked her up and went home, » Police had to call em- | ployees from their homes to |

get her out. | > |

hi picture attests, He recent sub-zero temperatures did just fhat.

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Security and

participated in the 10-day United Nations drive to within artillery range of the battered city beat off lone Chinese counter attack.

Two « companies of Chinese islammed into South Koreans on la stesp mountain slope and a |fierce battle still was raging there last night. U. 8. Troops Massing

American troops making up the third prong of the spearhead were massing between Suwon and Seoul and had settled down for the night in foxholes dug in the frozen earth when the Reds attacked. Late reports indicated

Sanctions | for

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to negotiate peace in Korea left only one obvious course—punishment of Peiping with sanctions.

The rejection, in an-1800-word

by Chou En-lai, the Chinese Communist Foreign Minister, brought only guarded comment from delegates here. Official reaction of the United States delegation was expected later in the day. Most United Nations delegates said they had their say in the seven-week debate which was climaxed Thursday when the General Assembly, by a 44-7 vote, branded the Chinese Reds as aggressors in Korea. Seek New Peace Effort The Amerncan-sponsored resolution, which carried the indictment, provided however, for another attempt to conciliate the Far Eastern crisis. Such 'an attempt was insisted

the GIs were holding their positions, The Allies had advanced for 10 days through South Korean val-| leys against little resistance, while | Chinese troops were . reported massing in force for a new as-| sault on the troops they had] pushed all the way south from the Manchurian border. The Reds suddenly attacked in _Istrength in attempts to regain) the heights commanding the vil-| [age of. Anyang, the last town of | |any size between United Nations

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Imission to start work at once|

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Standing barefoot in sub-zero

| cold, a tiny Korean refugee sobs

with misery she cannot understand. The .hungry, dejected waif was found alone on the

+ central front.

| munist. China's flat rejection of 'the United Nation's latest offer of State Speaker of the House IW. 0 D. Hughes went into court in

, “just like any other

statement broadcast from Peiping

rest, g(a call

Set Trial for Son 10f Lawmaker

Marion, Ind case” today.

phenson and Mayor

special treatment” in traffic arrests, despite continuing pressure on them from powerful lobby groups. Thurman Biddinger, a Marion attorney and Indiana General Assemblyman appeared for 21-year-old David Hughes in Marion's city court today. The youth was not present. The attorney entered a not guilty plea to a charge tof speeding and trial was set Mar. 20. { Phone Call Cited

It was disclosed yesterday that the day following the youth's arrest, Chief Stephenson was told by long-distance telephone that Speaker Hughes’ continuing support of police legislation would be dependent on whether the charge against his son was dro) ‘ The caller identified himself as Fred Swego, Indianapolis city detective and head of the lobbying unit of Fraternal Order of Police. Mr. Swego denied that he made the call or that he had been {asked by Speaker Hughes to in-| |tervene. Speaker Hughes also de-

|nied that he was behind the pres-|

sure on the arrest. He admitted {he “talked to Swego” but refused to discuss the conversation, Meanwhile, it was learned to-| {day that following thé Police | Chief's refusal to cancel the arMayor Blackman received from another powerful 11obby group, the Indiana Municipal League. | There were no threats or intimig dation in this call made by Vin-!| cent Youkey, secretary of the

| (Continued on Page. _2—Col. 4)

Sandy Hill Gives You Something

| . . ‘New in Comics.

SANDY HILL

®. . . It's a brand new comic strip about people who live in the country + «+ the kind of people you like to have and keep as friends.

® You'll meet Pinks, Iffer Brown, Judge Meek, Aunt Rake, Gay Lark, Mildew Smith, and of course, SANDY HILL, an adventuresome boy in his teens.

A New Comic Strip Starts Monday IN THE TIMES

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The tralia” arrest of ‘the’ adn

Marion's Police Chief Ear! SteWillard Blackman said they were standing pat on their policy of “no

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Some Camps Purchase

Homes Also Hard Hit -

Strike Spreads to 51 Roads in 66 Cities; Attorneys Plead for Citation Against Union

By United Press

The rail strike, spreading in defiance of the govern ment, hit American homes and economy today and disruj

bases throughout the country, .. - The quartermaster marketing center in in Chicago, which purchases, prepares and distributes food to the Army, Navy, and Marines, said’ it also “desperately” needs food ma-

[terials for preparation of Aluminum banat

rations for troops overseas. -

In Chicago, government attorneys appeared in U, 8. District Court in unusual Saturday session to plead for a contempt citation against the’ striking switchmen, Civilians Hard Hit members of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen. By April 1 Order Seek 40-Hour Week WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 (UP) 4 e siFighes aps seeking. a re =The government today banned uction in their work week to 40 use of aluminum after ; hours, without a reduction in pay, DE than a at A a plus an hourly wage increase. an As the strike's effects spread,| At the same time, it prohibited, fuel shortages developed, food effective Mar. 1, use of natural prices began to increase 3 oe rubber for “non-essential” ecisections, and more than workers. were idle. Factories cuts villan items like shoe soles, and back on production and travel|bath mats. was disrupted seriously. 1 The rubber order also covered The strike had spread today to|tire inner tubes of 83-inch cross. 51 railroads in 66 cities and fire-|section or smaller. Most automomen and enginemen were re- bile inner tubes are in. this size ported jolhing the walkout inirange. some areas. These rubber ftems will not, Col. C. F. Kearney, command- however, disappear from the ciing the quartermaster center, said villan market. because in most attempts were : being made to[ins synthetic rubber can move food to camps and bases by|substitute for natural in their trucks and other means. But he/manufacture. v said the weather and condition Meet Defense Needs of roads made this “bad.” The National Production Aus Buy From Local Stores thority said the two orders are He said military personnel was ty :

doesn't give us on the market,”

“all can get means but it's a

to work, but said he understood that firemen and enginemen were joining the walk-|_ out on several railroads. The : Southern Railroad reported fire- iy men and engineers reporting sick 1 ) at Birmingham. The rubber order, in addition 500 ‘Sick’ at Albany’ Rallroads were using office personnel and supervisors to keep trains moving in some sections. At Albany, N. Y., at least 500 road and yard crew men had reported sick within the 24 hours on the New York Central's Mohawk and Hudson Sivision, the rallroad said. East and west bound freight

and passenger service in the di-| In addition, the order provided vision, operating between Harmon for simplification of ie a and Syracuse, was hampered se-land colors of rubber

riously. The New York Central was the Feb. 15. hardest hit road in the New York metropolitan area and cancelled | four more New York state trains; {including the advance Empire {State express to Buffalo. The New York, New Haven and {Hartford Railroad announced at {Boston that conductors, ticket{takers and: trainmen were report.

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House Gets Bill Divorcing County Homes and Polifies

| Measure Would Creafe Bipartisan Board to Take Over Operation of Jolietter’

By NOBLE REED ! The long-delayed bill to take operation of the Marion County |Home at Juliétta and other county homes in the state out of politics has been introduced in the House of Representatives, i The measure, if passed, would create a bipartisan board of seven members to take over complete control of Julietta's operations be {ginning next August. | jo ae bill was scheduled toito appoint a home superintendent |be introduced in the Senate today “solely on the basis of merit and {by Sen. Dorothy Gardner, Ft. fitness for thé position.” The bill {Wgyne Republican. adds, however, that the | The measure introduced in the ment be made with the House by Reps. Nelle B. Downey and approval of the county eoms land John E. King, Indianapolis/ missioners | Republicans, is the plan sponsored| ~The measure provides that the iby the “Citizens Committee on superintendent appoint members Health and Welfare. of his staff on the basis of merit

Provides for Board Without regard to political It would empower the county affilia a | commissioners, who now have| Th hoard would have ig {control of the county home, to the instit nine peRatior appoint ' seven members to the base of ay ote luding purs . [Julietta board, not more than four "

lof them from any one political State Tax Crackdown

iparty. Further, the bill specifies that| Six bills have been introduced board members must be appointed|in the Senate for a general erackfon the basig of their “recogn down on state gross income tax

|interest and demonstrated knowl-| |col gations. we ledge of county home problems” res would: ONE: F Refuirs out-of-state rma

motive rubber goods, rubber - dries not essential to basic health needs, floor coverings, bath mats, shoe soles and heels, non-func-tional athletic and sports and inner tubes having an 825 inch cross-section or smaller, -

a woman. The board would be empowered

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and that at least one member (Continued on n Page 3—Col. 3)

seriously shipments of foodstuffs to millary camps and