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Governor Acts In Epidemic 0f Rabies
Orders Full Probe, Pledges Support
Of State Agencies By ED KENNEDY - Gov. Schricker today or-
dered a full investigation of
the rabies epidemic which has hit parts-of Marion and Morgan Counties. He promised the full cooperation of all state agencies fhvolved to help stamp out the spread. “We will do everything possible
to assist the striken areas,” he said. “All officials and law-en-
forcement officers are going to} have to give full co-operation and
make the quarantine stick.” He urged the judiciary to impose heavy penalities on persons who violate the ban. More Cases Reported As the governor set the wheels in motion to fight the spread. more rabies cases were being reported to health authorities. The area hit was from Morris St, in Indianapolis, down Ind. 67 to beyond Mooresville. The area is west of Tibbs Ave., and reaches through Friendswood.
So far there were no reportsf
of a rabid dog biting a person, but dozens of cases of dumb form rabies were reported.
19 In Mars Hill
One official stated that 19 positive cases of rabies had been taken from the Mars Hill area. Dr. 8. D. Wiles, a Moofesville veterinarian, said .he had half a dozen rabid dogs brought to him in the past few days. Five others had been shot in the streets of the town, he said. Ten people were or had taken the Pasteur anti-rabiez injections, but health authorities
warned that mere exposure to al
rabid dog was not reason enough to take this treatment. Grover C. Parr, Marion County Board of Health, said the situation had been building up- for some time and had now reached the critical stage. One infected now and left fo roam the streets will mean 15 more cases later on. 3 Must Keep Dogs Tied “We must get people to keep their dogs penned up,” he said. Sgt. James Payne, of the municipal dog po , had predicted the epidemic several days ago. “I knew we were going to be in for trouble when the first cases) started coming in,” he said. He £ 1 he had seen dozens of cases, and had one of the violent type in the pound today. The violent type bite people. The city dog wagon was picking up strays in the area as rapidly as possible. Mr. Parr said he planned to meet with state authorities today to work out details of the fight against the spread. Marion County Chiet Jailer William Parrish said that many
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Medal of Gallantry Tarnished With Brass
Paper Work Wins Same Decoration Awarded by Army for Blood and Guts
By JIM G. LUCAS, Scripps-Howard Staff Writer | WASHINGTON, Feb. 7—The Air Force has awarded 27 silver stars so far. Seven have gone to generals and a colonel based in Tokyo. They usually get to Korea about once a month. Congress created the silver star in 1918 as a reward for “gallantry in action when the medal of honor is not warranted.” It specified, however, that such gallantry must be of “marked distinction.” The silver star has become one of our most coveted decorations. You don’t win one hanging around the rear echelon. At least, that's the way it used to be. : : Nevertheless, Lt. Gen. George Strate-. meyer, commander of the Far East Air Force, has presented it “to: Maj. Gen. Laurence Craigie, vice commander for administration and plans. Maj. Gen. Otto P. ‘Weyland, vice commander for operations: Brig. Gen. Jarred V. Crabb, deputy commander for operations. : Brig. Gen. Oliver S. Picher, Far East inspector general. Brig. Gen. Charles Y. Banfil, deputy for intelligence. Brig Gen. Derr H. Alkire, deputy for materiel. Col. Leo J. Erler, director of installations. be Each man, the citations say, “distinquished himself by gallantry in action in Korea during the period July through November, 1950.” Each, Gen. Stratemeyer said, acted “in keeping with the highest traditions of the military service.’ Gen. Craigie—Gen. Stratemeyer’s No. 1 man—"made frequent visits to combat elements in Korea to co-ordinate operations . ., . participated in reconnaissance, tactical control and bombing missions over enemy territory to observe and improve effectiveness of his plans... was subjeet to attack by enemy aircraft and ground fire.” Gen. Weyland also was decorated for flying to Korea occasionally to “visit Air Force elements (and) coordinate operations.” He “participated in bombing mission over enemy territory to obtain first-hand knowledge.” Like Gen. Craigie, he was “subject to attack by enemy aircraft and ground fire.” . Gen, Crabb “at great personal risk and in constant danger . . . made frequent visits to combat Air Force elements in Korea.” His “participation in combat missions” enabled him to “improve the effectiveness of his
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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1951
Admits Speed 0f 50 MPH in Fatal Wreck
PRR Engineer Tells of Crash That Kills 81 WOODBRIDGE, N.J., Feb. 7 (UP)—The engineer of “The Brokers’ Special” which | left its rails and killed at| least 81 persons in the na-|
tion's worst train wreck in 33 years, admitted to New Jersey
traveling at twice the regulation | speed. | Alex Eber, Assistant Prosecutor | of Middlesex County, said En-| gineer Joseph H. Fitzsimmons had| made a formal statement that, although he had read orders ré-| quiring ‘a speed of.25 miles an| hour over a temporary trestle, he was going 50 miles an hour | just before the crash. The development came as FBI| agents investigated the possibility | of sabotage and a state freeholder charged that the state itself was guilty of “contributory negligence” in permitting the trestle to be built under “hurry-up” con-
under the weight of the train. Deaths May Rise Mr. Eber questioned the engineer as part of the state investigation directed by Attorney General Theodore Parsons who explained that ‘necessarily it was directed at establishing whether or not there was criminal negligence.” Meanwhile, the possibility developed that the death toll would mount two or three above the 81 figure established by a United | Press check of morgues and mor- | tuaries scattered through popu-|
{lous Middlesex County which is lonly 25 miles from New York
City. State police, Middlesex County | police, and Woodbridge city police all compiled lists of the dead and they varied from 78 to 84. nal supposedly were based upon “ac-| tual counts.” . Mr. Eber said Mr. Fitsizona) —who said last night just after! the wreck that he had been going!
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direction of operations.” Gen. Picher—The inspector general in chirde of paper work—also is credited with making “frequent | | trips to advanced air bases in Korea to obtain informa- | tiom” ‘Gen. Banfill—“in constant danger from enemy ground and aerial attacks”—flew to Korea and “obtained vital information concerning the enemy.”
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UN Troops Within
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5 Entered as Second-Class Matter at Postofos Indianapolis, Indiana, Issued Daily,
erry DunawayDies; Loses Gallant Battle To Dread Leukemia
Jerry Dunaway
Temperature Due to Drop
To 10° Below Here Tonight
New Wave Rides In on ley Winds; Radiation to. Be Same as Last Thursday
Old man rier is going to plunge another cold knife in the treatment.
Hoosier back tonight.
only 25 miles an hour—told oe ob dg have a repeat performance of last week's at home sponsored by The Times,
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prepared as parents ever can be for the loss of a child.
THE forecast is.for 10 below tonight “with the: same: kind of year of life that he “cout ‘Thursday night. The
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His Valiant Struggle To Live Ends Quietly
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Miracle Drug Had Repeatedly Set Back sn The Clock Since Last February Se WoL + By DONNA MIKELS ga Sie y Jerry Dunaway is dead. The clock that for more than a year has been ticking. off the life of the brave little 8-year-old boy finally ran down. Jerry died at 12:35 p. m. today in St. Vineant's Hospital. A Even as the end ¢ame medical science, which had re- ! peatedly ‘set back the clock,” was trying to stretch out the life of the young victim of leukemia, the deadly cancer of the blood. All the “miracle” drugs that first gave Jerry his “reprieve from death” last February were still at the dispousl of doctors treating him, cr Prepared for Worst : But this was the time they knew would come—the te when Jerry could no longer respond to the drugs, the end. of his valiant struggle to live. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Dunaway, 835 Eastern : Ave., knew, too, that this time would come. They were as i
For Jerry and his parents, it was a day long pustyiosied. Jerry's parents thought the iend was at hand last Februlary. But just as time seemed
Photo story of a brave but losing battle
to be running out, ‘The Times se- Ty pe n ot ghete cured a supply of the then-new and his brown eyes were and rare drug, ACTH, and | with curiosity. He was Jerry to New York for “last hope” ~uestion# at “the ‘plane's «who'd stopped in to cHat him, A few minutes later 5 gave the Pilot the “let ‘a i
That, and subsequent treatment |gave brave little Jerry
lively ion.
ja high degree of temperature vais tation bétween different high and low Bpots. The mercury may = New far below -10 In isolated areas as did last week. Greensburg nad a low of "+35 then -— Coldest in Hoosier history. The icy winds, which knifed in| from the northwest and drove the | temperature down to 3 this morn-| ing at 8 a. m., is to die down to-|
LOCAL TEMPERATU RES
Death Is Investigated
Grand Jury Pays A Surprise Call
By BOB BOURNE
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dered if it was wise, prolonging most gone, Jerry's valiant | the life of a little boy who could could | Tony ‘respond ho some o1 i never get well. But in Jerry's spark : : Pr H
case, with the exception of the No millionaire’s heir, no king's
brief relapse periods, it was not la time of suffering. son could have commanded | more
| All in all, there was perhaps or Hottat attention : more happiness packed into al® Indianapolis couple
[brief few months than Jerry had ealled, themselves
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Attlee on Steel
‘Sir, It's Crazy,’ He Charges
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tive party's attempt to topple Britain’s Labor government to{day in a speech charging Prime Minister Clement R. Attlee with {taking an “unpatriotic step” in| [pressing for nationalization of [steel at this time. Mr. Churchill charged that Mr. | Attlee is endangering Britain's economic life just to appease the {left-wing of the Socialist party land declared: “It is no extravagant rhetorical expression if I say I would rather be banished from public life forever than be responsible for the action which the Prime Minister is taking.” Debate Stormy
Mr. Churchill opened a stormy |debate in the House of Commons which was to be climaxed at 4 ip. m., Indianapolis time, by a vote {which could end the regime of {the Attlee government. | Mr, Attlee’'s Labor government! ‘was reported confident that it will squeeze through on a close vote. Government circles looked [for a victory by four or five votes.
T/ But members of Mr. Churchill's
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Bills Abolishing Bureaus Pushed
House Group Favors Safety Council End
BULLETIN The House passed, and sent to the Senate a bill that would increase pension | payments for retired Indiana
year.
By NOBLE. REED
here today.
Churchill Lashes Howie gs vw
LONDON, Feb. 7 (UP)—Win-| ston Churchill led the Conserva-|
9 to 1, |
school teachers about $21 per | month, at a cost of $525,000 a
Legislation to abolish half a/cent’s Hospital. | dozen state bureaus was pushed lin the House of Representatives FW materials for manufacturing,
VANDALIA, TI, Feb. T (UP) their main front to within six Humidity at 11:30 a. m...88% | Coroner Roy B. Storms imme- then perhaps at its most ad-
—Greyhound bus driver Abe | Jones of Advance, Ind., was free files of Seoul Wednesday. lon bond today on a traffic charge 1Dey were paced by America |growing out of a collision of his ae Reds gusts today. bus and a truck also driven b ecltacy a a B® bayonet charge within sight of 25 mph. |
a Hoosier. The outlook for tomorrow and] i Nine persons ridi t the city. | Meanwhile, another investiga-| person ng he bus Covered by a curtain of artil- Friday is fair. g I remember a pang of worry
were injured slightly. 1 d felt cold- (tion of the jail came to light as ‘when we bundled Jerry aboard lery fire and spearheaded by three| Indianapolis residents felt co gos Raney, Indianapolis, driver Fao S hog pearl tak Es 'er in this morning's 3 above than the grand jury and Prosecutor | the big TWA Constellation late Of Ihe STUCK. Signed 2 Compliant the U. S. Sth Army shoved thei 1ast week's 19 below. The wind [Frank Fairchild made a surprise the afternoon of Feb. 2, 1950. He : RE ort). & 40, ¢ i Wig he reeling Communists back one to Was bone-chilling. It stung thelvisit yesterday. looked top thin, too frall 10 withWrong sie o eight miles face and defied the protection of| stand the rigors of the rough trip
al night as the mercury sinks. The diately ordered an autopsy. days, he was as excited as any wind reached 40 miles an hour in| Leonard Goff, alias Leonard c.ven year old boy on his first The average Was Croft, 20, of 2022 E. Maryland St.,| lairplane trip.
!died in the middle-west cell block. Eyes Were Agleam
vanced stage except in the final
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uest went through a chain of mand that reached almost to Florida - vacationing Mayor O'Dwyer. The TWA mercy flight plunged on through weather that Froune
{four miles all along the Korean None of the jurors had an West of Vandalia. a front. RE overcoat and red flannels. comment about Jo trip. ¥ | weather conditions promised, $4 OUher lanes he an Allied artillery moved ‘up be-' A high of 8 above was pre- Mr Fairchild sajd, however: Quietly, so that his worri unable to land, ambulances
AIR WRECK FALSE ALARM CAIRO, Egypt, Feb. 7 (UP) hind the troops, bringing Seoul |—An air search for a “mystery” | within easy artillery range. But
dicted for late today. | “he fail is overcrowded, and mother wouldn't overhear, I inAll day yesterday the tempera-, ars Jail} but I think the quired about proper Procedure in they i Bored the city temporarily ture stayed above the freezingisheriff has been doing a fine job case an emergency occurred en [plane Pore ee ave been 5 y Pp y mark and streets were well ¥ ) |route.
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cials said they “= Train Plunged From This Wooden Trestle
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thing was a false alarm.
State Coal Mines Hit by Strike
Nearly All Indiana | Pits Are Closed
The switchmen's strike has closed nearly every Indiana coal mine, And the “sick strike” showed no signs of weakening in Indianapolis today. i The New York Central was y still using about 10 engines in its ye and the Pennsylvania re-
i: "Factories across the nation
| returning to normal operation as rail strike eases . . Page 17
ported its y switching activities al-| most at zero. Ortho Scales, vice president of| {the Enos Coal Mining Co., and] {the Enoco Collieries, one of the {biggest coal dealers, said utilities) lare in no danger yet, nor are the big industries. | | “The worst that has happened) {is the loss of production which| may bring a shortage in a week| |. § lor two,” he said. Emergency Orders Railroads were handling coal| lunder emergency orders. Yester-| day a car was moved into unloading position for the St. Vin-
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Jerry full siren and red lights treatment to Bellevue Hospital,
The Doctor Waited
At the hospital, one of the largest in the world, . Irving na, head of the pediatrics department, was still waiting for Jerry, hours after his duty vas finished. In the critical days followed Dr. L. Emmett internationally known in trices and head of the C 's Medical Service of New York
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Police Ask Help ‘To Nab Bandit Trio
By HEZE CLARK Indianapolis police appealed to the public today to assist them ‘in catching a heavily-armed trio of youthful hold-up men who have been staging a crime. wave. In making the appeal, Police Lt, Jack Small warned that the department considered the men “dangerous.” He said people who spot men answering the descriptions should call the police ‘and leave the suspects alone, “We'll check all reports we get.” Lt. Small said. “So far they've had the breaks, but we'll them if they stay around The group pulled another ‘job [last night and one this m | ‘Robbed Liquer Store
One of the group entered 8 Liquor Store, 520 W. Was |St., late ‘last night and held the owner, Steve Argyelan. He g {away with $50 and joined |companions who were ailing in
{ By EARNEST HOBERECHT > United Press Staff Correspondent 6a m.. 5 10 a. m.. A County Jail inmate died to- experienced in the rést of his New York Turned out TOKYO, Tam. 4 11am. ‘entire eight years of life. : Thursday, Feb. 8 —| a Meo § 10% Mr § gay — the third in less than a There was the airplane trip to, While Jerry . East that United Nations troops advanced 9a m.. 3 12:30 .... 6 month. {New York. Despite his illness, stormy February tion
| The bill to eliminate the In- Corp. laid off 12,000 in the pas|dlana Traffic Safety Commission Senger division for a week. And |and the Indiana Safety Council] lanother 750 will be laid off in the wag reported to the floor by the truck division: Thursday night un.
Public Safety Committee with a til next Tuesday. y | Studebaker continued its
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