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Firemen Save 11 As 3-Story
Building Burns Battle Smoke to Search 22 Rooms
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Two New TV Outlets
PRICE FIVE CENTS
Expected for City;
‘| . Seventeen smoke-filled oc-
|story building at 111 N. Ala-
|cupants were rescued by gas‘masked firemen today during a two-alarm fire in a three-|
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—Times Photos by Henry E. Glesing Jr. the spectacular fire at 111 N. Alabama St, firemen
quickly mounted ladders to search for ible victims.
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| Fire prevention officials said {they had repeatedly “warned the
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| \owner to “clean up” fire hazards in the building. ’ While firemen filled the basement of the structure waist deep in water, others carefully searched the murky darkness of the 22 ‘rooms on the upper floors to | make sure no one was still there.
Started In Basement
| The fire broke out in the basement of the building owned by {C. A. Smulyan, who said he was mystified as to tHe cause since the basement contains no furnace or heating plant,
Ralph R. Fender, director of |fire prevention, said the fire may {have been caused by open wiring # on the ceiling of the basement. . |He said that the blaze was cen[tered in the joists and flooring of * [the first floor, 3 arsed AT aii IRE J PMR eI amage. between $20,000 .and 1 $30,000. It was partially covered i {by insurance. :| Mrs. Mollie Burk, 64-year-old | proprietor of the rooming quariters, estimated her loss at $3000. |
“And I haven't that first dime lof insurance,” she moaned.
Mrs. Burk was dressing when she first’ smelled the smoke. When she opened the door, smoke billowed in from the hall. She {then dashed back to grab her 4-{year-old granddaughter, Carolyn {Van Note, and carry her to safety, 5-Week-Old Baby Saved Among the persons rescued was a H-week-0ld baby in her mother’s arms.
Mrs. Dallas Hardin, 31. clutch-
Vandenberg Slowly Sinks; Son af Bedside"
| GRAND RAPIDS, Mich, Mar. 13 (UP)-—Sen, Arthur H. Vandenberg (R. Mich.) was reported “sinking” today and his conditiop was considered ‘serious’ by his personal physician. we
“Unless a favorable change oc¢curs soon, his condition must be considered grave” Dr, . Smith, the 66-year-old Senator's doctor, said.
Sen. Vandenberg's son, Arthur Jr., who flew here from Brazil, jwas at his father's bedside. The Senator is a widower. ”
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NURSES maintained a 24-hour
watch over the leader of America's post-war bipartisan foreign policy. Surgeons at the University of Michigan Hospital removed half of ons nf My Nangenberg's Jungs An UELBHEYT 98S, and he has been at- his Washington desk only a half-dozen times since. Last year, another operation was performed ‘on Mr. Vandenberg's spine.
A-Spy Says Kin Gave Him $5000
Told to Leave U. §,, Greenglass Testifies
| By United Press NEW YORK, Mar. 13 Former Army Sgt. David Greenglass testified in federal court today that his brother-in-law gave him $5000 to get out of the country last
ing her infant, Dallas, told this year when British Scientist Dr.
(dramatic story. | “My husband had just left for | work. | “I was in the front room on the {second floor talking with Mrs. {Francis Dennamann, when we {noticed the smoke, | “I yelled ‘fire’ and dashed out linto the hall. There I met/ the {firemen who led us through the {smoke to the fire escape.”
150 Chickens Lost
Only casualties of the fire were 150 chicks cooped up in Mr Smulyan’s storage room.
Sixty crates of eggs also were Ir
Klaus Fuchs confessed atomic spying for Russia. | He said he was ilistructéd to ‘take his family to Mexico and ‘contact the Soviet embassy there. That was to have been the starting point of a secrecy-shrouded journey which would have landed {him behind the Iron Curtain, he ‘added. | Greenglass said his brother-in-
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\law, Julius Rosenberg, 34, was order of the day, and the mercury ‘Vere being televised.
{the man in the Soviet spy ring {who supplied him with funds and
{Instructions for fleeing the coun-|ice workers were able to brush during his testimony was rejected.
Mr. Rosenberg, his’ wife Ethel,
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WHERE THERE'S SMOKE—Firemen choke on smoke pouring from basement of three-story building from which men, women’ and. children were rescued from 22 rooms on second and third | Roors. Among rescued was five-
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Honor studenfs at Methodist Hospital School of Nursing announced
Mrs. Robert Vogeler's two sons remember everything important happening either before or after their father was jailed by the Communists. .
Major league baseball club owners look over candidates for Happy Chandler's. job « « + basketball news 15, 16
“Today in Business” reported by Harold H. Hartley . . .
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Unused Stairway Found By Mother Saves 5 in Fire
| Front Exit Barred by Smoke, Woman Leads Four Children to Escape Route
“WE'RE ALL alive because of an unused back stairway I found [last week.” Huddled by a stove in a nearby store, a 29-year-old mother told how she and four of her children escaped from a fire that swept | through._a_building at 111 N. Alabama St. during this morning's ' snowstorm. Mrs. Ruth Neice, 29, said she was still in bed when the blaze broke out below her third-floor| ——————— emerge |apartment. She jumped out of escape. Mrs. Terrell was removed bed to arouse her family when from her sick bed. . she smelled smoke pouring Mrs, Neice's husband, Arthur, through a ventilator. 42, an employee of the Plaza Ga- | Wrapping her 4-month-oldirage and another daughter,
5 |daughter, Patricia, in a blanket,| Aymedia, 17,‘ had already left|
Ishe called to her threé other chil- ror work when the fire started. They are phe two families were. shel|James, 16; Archie, 13, and Den- tareq temporarily in a butcher ny, 5. shop next door. They were not | “We tried to go down the front sure whether their personal be[stairway,” Mrs. Neice said, “but'longings escaped the flames. {there was too much smoke. Then Later, firemen began removing {I remembered a back stairs I furniture from second-floor apart{found last week to take out ments, |trash.” | When the fire started, the owner Another Family Rescued {6f the building, C: A. Smulyan, Running through the dense 4462 Indianola Ave. was on the smoke, the family groped its way main floor, readying crates of down the stairs. Mrs. Neice hand- eggs for delivery. ed the baby to a fireman, then pe escaped without injury. called to réscuers to bring out an-| —a———— bie other family living on the same
other Youth, 18, Stabbed
The family — Chrisse Terrell, William George Washington, 18, {his wife, Rosie, and his son, Shel-|of 2124 W. 10th St., today was in |by-—apparently heard Mrs. Neice's| serious condition at General Hosoutcries when the fire broke out. |pital with a stab wound. He told Firemen lead the Terrell-fami- police that -he was attacked by 10 ly to safety down a rear fireiboys following a ue last night.
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Fuined Ny Smoke, } a who is Greenglass’ sister, and ne b Re rew a large Crowd norton Sobell, an electronics enof spectators. gineer, are on trial for their lives,
No flames were visible through char it. 5 ged with spying for Russia in the dense smoke, but the center yw. time If convicted, they could
of the first floor caved in. be sentenced to death.
The heavy smoke drove Greenglass said Mr. Rosenberg
spectators and the police came to him in February, 1950, a back a considerable distance. few days after Fuchs was. ar-
The spectacular fire snarled the rested in England. usual heavy downtown traffic. Expected Gold’s Arrest Police squads were rushed to the| Mr. Rosenberg asked him if he vicinity to hold back the wide- remembered the man who picked eyed spectators and to reroute up atomic bomb data from him in traffic around the area. Albuquerque, N. M. Greenglass
=~ rr (said. - The man was Harry Gold, Inflation IS confessed member of the spy ring Driving Fast
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(who is now serving a 30-year {prison term. “Julius ‘said Fuchs was also one of this man’s contacts and that the man undoubtedly would be arrested,” Greenglass said. “Julius said IT would have to leave the country and that he would get the money for me from the Russians.”
‘Cafeteria Court’ Ups Its ‘Prices’
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| Inflation’ soon |“cafeteria court.” | Moving traffic violations cost the errant motorists $1.75 {more as the result of an act {passed by the recent state legis
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House Unit Shuns Troop Move Strings
WASHINGTON, Mar. 13 (UP) The House Armed Services Ten types of moving traffic vio- Committee today rejected a mo{lations now cost $5 each in “cafe-'tion to bar sending troops to Eu[teria court.” The same “dish” rope without prior consent of {will soon cost $6.75. Congress. The vote was 21 to 14. Twenty-five other such viola- Rep. Harry L. Towe (R. N. J.) tions now cost $2. Hereafter, the offered the motion as an amendcheck will be $3.75. ment to a pending bill’ to lover City officials seemed to have the draft age from 19 to 1814, The some doubt as to how soon they committee did not take final acshould start collecting the extra tion. on the draft bill: : costs. Rep. Towe's ’ But Kendal Mathews, director owe closely a Amenqnent J of the division of safety respon- House Republican Policy Commitsibility and Driver Improvement. tee, which wants Congress to have {leaves no doubt on this point. He the final say on sending troops to said the act has been effective Europe. since Feb, 28 when Gov Schricker —— - {signed the bill. | - The extra court
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There is no guesswork when you list your home with a licensed, reliable real estate - broker. Ho will sell your home at the best possible price and with the least amount of effort to you.
Prices are good today because of the increasing demand for homes. There is also a good demand for vacant lots, farms, income and ‘business properties.
Call, one of the capable real estate brokers who advertise in the classified pages of The Times. He will ap-
costs are the same as levied for such offenses in regular courts when the motor{ist appears before a judge. | This law does not cover stand{ing violations. | Twenty-five cents of the extra {fare goes to the court official certifying. the conviction to Mr. Mathews’ office. | The other $1.50 is the perma{nent operator record fee and is | paid to the state,
‘Dorothy Lamour's Son Stricken With Polio
: ¥ | | HOLLYWOOD, Mar. 13 (UP)—| Ridgely Howard, 5, son of aetress!
Dorothy Lamour and William! |Ross Howard, was confined at! prajme your property free of
{Children’s Hospital today with charge and a consultation en|what doctors said was spinal tails no obligation.
| meningitis.
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Heaviest in South; | All Roads Open
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Snow wise Hoosiers pulled on their overshoes and! showed their cunning ‘today.! Snow covering the entire state in depth ranging from 'seven to two inches failed to stop them. ~
As all Indiana took on the beautiful appearance of a Currier & Ives engraving masterfully painted by Old Mother Nature| {everyone hoped this would be the: {last visit from#*0ld Man Winter {this year. The heaviest fall was at Sey{mour where seven inches was reported. In general the southern {part of the state was hardest hit
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by snow with depths of four to five inches being average. In the north snow was light, but roads were ice covered during the early hours. g The State Highway Department said that roads all over the state were open but covered with melt{ing snow and slippery ‘in “spots. Careful drivers would have no |troutie, state police said. f More Light Show Due
{ More light snow and possible] light rain was the forecast for! tonight. The weatherman said’ the temperature tonight would be 26. Tomorrow the beauty would, be gone. Clouds would be the
{would hover around 35. Transportation and public serv-
{the flakes from. their eyes and| carry on without trouble. Some plane flights were canceled but were expected to resume by midmorning. Trains and buses were reported on time and having no trouble here. Indianapolis Railways reported they were able to: get workers to jobs without major delay. City motorists wise to the ways of snow driving showed
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‘State Bets 2 Channel Unfreezing
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However, It's Likely It Would Be at Least 6 Months Before You See Results
Bayt Indorsed In 6th Ward
First move of the regular Democratic organization here to support Mayor Bayt as the party nominee in the mayorality campaign was started today. Democratic precinct committee-
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their cunning and traffic moved men and women of the 6th Ward, en on the near Northwest side, for-| (Continued on Page 2-—Col. 4) mally indorsed Mayor Bayt for the renomination. Possible Madison Site Earlier, Democrats of the west half of the 12th Ward, along the
For Academy Surveyed West side of White River indorsed MADISON, Ind., Mar. 13 (UP) the Mayor's candidgcy.
A team of engineers today sur-| Mayor Bayt indicated he may veyed a tract of land near here announce his candidacy for the
nomination by next Sunday. for a proposed U, 8. Academy of Al -
the Air. t | H ’ Cc a unter's Car The inspection by the engineers, 5 e Spy
hired by the Air Force to survey PARIS, Mar. 13 (UP)—Police seven sites under consideration today identified a car stolen last for the academy, was to be fol- Saturday and used in a cafe roblowed by a visit of the academy bery. It belonged to the chief of site selection board next month, France's counter-espionage servofficials said. ice,
200,000 UN Troops Hunt Reds Who Melt Before Push
Outflank Seoul, Engulf Changpyong And Threaten Hongchong, Chinese Base
By EARNEST HOBERECHT
United Press Staff Correspondent TOKYO. Mar. 13— Nearly 200,000 United Nations troops, surged north across Korea today in a virtually unopposed general advance that outflanked Seoul, engulfed Changpyong and threatened the big Chinese base of Hongchon. : Chinese and Korean Reds, staggeded by the loss of an estimated 38.000 men in six days, melted away In front of the Allied infantry. a " v a ‘mountains, the that might split its line and force 8. 7th Division captured the it into retreat. road junction of Changpyong, 28 However, one U. 8. 25th Divimiles south of the 38th Parallel, sion tank-infantry task force on and advanced north and east of the western flank lashed out four it. miles yesterday and reached the ‘Enemy Reeling’ enemy's Seoul-Chunchon supply Maj, Gen. Claude B. Feren- highway some 20 miles northeast baugh,” commander of the T7th|of Seoul and 24 miles south of Division, said his men had “got the 38th Parallel. It met no enthe enemy reeling back, but he is emy troops. still not knocked out.” | The thrust carried past Seoul's “The outlook is optimistic, but eastern defenses and outflanked we are still keeping our guard |the city itself. up,” he said. : Although aerial observers had The Communists were expected reported signs that the Reds were to attempt a new stand along a pulling out of Seoul, a U. 8. 3d| |line ‘anchored on Hongchon, 21 Division patrol which probed miles south of the 38th Parallel. across the Han River just south-| | More than 1500 enemy vehicles least of the city found the outwere spotted last night rushing skirts heavily guarded. supplies and reinforcements south. The United Nations divisions {toward the new line. were closing in on Hongchon, 47 The 8th Army was cautiously miles east: northeast .of Seoul taking up the. slack between its Vanguards were within one mile main forces and the. vanished of the Hongchon River southwest {Reds, on guard against any sud- of the city and four miles south 'den Communist counter-offensive of the city itself.
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. By ED KENNEDY : Four radio stations were set today to jump in the are expected to be released this week. : ) Competing for channels 8 and 12, which the Federal Communications Commission is expected to ‘‘unfreeze,”. will be WIRE, WIBC, WISH, and WLW. The latter station |already has three TV stations Costello's Status: lon the air in Cincinnati, i. Spokesmen for all stations exgs pressed great eagerness at pross S | 1280 . p - | pects, but warned the public not to expect naw stations to appear “4°”: On their dial for sometime. A Long Wait To Appear on Vv {months minimum time would be By BARBARA BUNDSCHU [required after the FCC has estabUnited Press. Staff Correspondent {lished which of the four will get NEW YORK, Mar. 13—8enate the channels and after the actual crime investigators questioned | construction permit has been gambler Frank Costello about his | sanec., {mated on the basis that transapparent attempt to show false mieeion equipment and the necesstatements which could make him gary steel was available. liable for deportation. One industry spokesman conSen. Charles W. Tobey (R. jettured that the “unfreeze” N. H.) said that if Mr. Costello, might only be a paper move and 'States and at a later date ap- Publicatall. plied for citizenship under false wayne Coy (FCC head) may i lift the freeze to get off the hook, pretenses, “I suspect he would be ut make a deal with the War liable for SEporIaLioN ap an Un-| production Board to freeze the desirable and a falsifier. materials stations need to get on Mr, Costello was the chief wit- | Material Hard to Get ‘opened the second day of its| All the .necessary material {is widely-heralded hearings before hard to get at present and war [television and newsreel cameras requirements may take it off the in a Kleig-lighted federal court- market. Orders for eameras and room. accessories must now be placed on television and the committee] Representatives of the three agreed he could sit outside the local stations said they have no camera's range. The rest of the equipment on hand at present principals at the hearing still/and would order everything if [they were lucky enough to get a | permit. ° | radio broadcasting be turned Off | ating, was in a little better {shape should they get a go ahead sign. R. E. Dunville, president of the. Crosley Broadcasting Corp., said this morning they had a new equipment now being used In Dayton, “Should we get a channel in Indianapolis we might shift our present Dayton transmitter to In diana and be able to go into
fray for two TV channel allocations for Indianapolis which | Dayton and Columbus, O. Gumbler Refuses ; All agreed *that at least six naturalization papers today in an The six months figure was estihad broken the laws of the United Dot result in more TV for the [the air,” the official said. ness as the crime committee The witness refused to appear|at least nine months in advance. Mr. Costello's request that] WLW, with three stations optransmitter on order to replace operation,” he said.
“We would run our own micro wave relay system to Indianapolis and connect it with our midwestern regional network,” Mr. Dunville said. WLW has gained wide acclaim for their Ohio network which gives viewers programs from early morning to midmight. Under
(Mr, Dunville’s plan, Indianapolis
would get the same service by getting a WLW station. At the same time the three local stations said they would be in a position to offer top, programs not now carried here, In addition to their local programs, spokesmen said network programs from three major webs would be open to them. Live Programs Available WFBM-TV, now on the air, is
a CBS basic station. NBC, Du-
Mont, ABC live programs and Paramount Kines would be avail able to whoever gets the two new channels. “We hope it goes through this time,” Kenneth Church, general manager of WIBC, said when he heard the report. “We'll do everything possible to get on‘ the air as soon as possible if we're in luck and get a permit. He said the FCC will hold hearings to determine which stations will get available channels. Harry Bitner Jr., general manager of WFBM-TV said he was pleased that some action might be taken. But he also cautioned people not to expect new stations to come on the air right away. “We've carried the load alone for nearly two years now. We
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