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Fire and Flood Hit Kansas City
Truman Asks $1 5Million Three Gunmen
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FORECAST: Partly cloudy today through tomorrow. Liftle change in-t emperature. High today 83; low tonight 65. High tomorrow 86.
SATURDAY, JULY 14, 1951
as Becond-Class Matter at Postoffics Indiana. “Issued Dally.
Entered Indianapolis,
UN Convoy Alerted to Leave at 4 P. M.—
Truce Talk Due To
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Mice,
SAFE AND SOUND—Little victime of the big flood, James, 4, and Andeen Russell, 8, rest at . a refugee center in Kansas-City, Kas., after being evacuated from their home. Their daddy, Gene Russell, appears very comfortable, at the eft. = :
To Help Stricken Area Rob Customers
By United Press
KANSAS CITY, Mo., July 14—A gasoline fire, spread At Truck-Stop
by the worst flood in city history, raged on the city's west
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CATCHES QUICK SNOOZE—AIl tired oui after a long, hard swim to the safety of a rooftop, this pig snoozed away comfortably in the sun cut of reach of the raging flood waters whicn poured
“over the property of the Kansas City, Kas. stockyards,
Hot-Potato in Court?—
Sheriff's Slugging Case Takes Political Turn
By IRVING
| Sheriff Dan Smith's slugging knockdown of a
Test of Mayor's Gaming-Arrest Order Nets Zero
First
LEIBOWITZ Link-
side: today. Bled Peake Belt Co. employee in April threatens to become a political lest 5 Maroy avis . . . . y y > - a > AO. CE t SLi c The Missouri River, meanwhile, swept over a levee pro. WADESVILLE, Ind. July 14 Ploy: i * : I order to arrest anyone who fre(UP)—Three armed bandits held hot-potato when it comes to court. quents a known gambling house
City, Kas.
area suffered the new blow —
when a levee protecting the dikes. He orderd “several hun- SP°tFairfax industrial district failed. dred” workers, who had been preThe Kansas the flooded other great industrial dis- evacuate the Fairfa tricts.
hours of spectacular destruction, mammoth General Motors assemswept plant i poked a gigantic orange plume turing plant and a Phillips Petrol-
skyward at dawn.
ecting a rich industrial area in the sister city of Kansas up and liesurely robbed the own-
er and 10 customers of a truckshop service station and cafe today and escaped with between $800 and $1000 after firing one
The Greater Kansas City | (Other flood photos, Page 2)
“Act right or we'll blow out your brains,” said one bandit as he and a companion entered the cafe with guns drawn. A third stood outside a window. The customers, most of them hungry. truck drivers, yielded billfolds. The bandits, both unmasked, rifled the- cash register. Two truck drivers who stopped ew Co. refinerv. during the holdup were “allowed | y to enter, then covered with guns | The Fairfax district, where and robbed. When one was slow Baldwin heavy new property damage was in obeying commands, one banthreatened, lies on the Kansas git fired into the wall,
River, here,
which joins/pared to pile up to 300 tons of already had rock into the weakened sector, to istrict. The are includes " numerous The fire, still raging after 18 industrial plants, among them a
Missouri
major food a trailer manufac-
through a large alcohol bly plant, several in the dark hours and|warehouses,
Truman Asks $15 Million
Fire Chief Harvey
ordered his fire fighters-——many! side of the Missouri River, be-| After half an hour, they riding the crest in boats—to pour tween the two Kansas Citys. backed out. . 8 wall ot water onto the blaze. Airport Saved “Don’t stick your beans out He believed he had halted its ad- : hd of we'll Jet vou have It" they vance toward a volatile chemicsd This city's manager, I . ! ,
company plant 800 yards to the Cookingham, announced that the
e
President gress to appropriate $15 million—
relief in this area.
gineer of the U, 8. Corps of Engineers, said a nightlong fight to double dose of record floods on keep the Fairfax levee intact was
the Fairfax District,” Col. Lincoln authorities estimated that 100,000
‘told the customers. They sped away in a gray sedan along ind. 66 toward Evansville. Tom McCarty, owner. of
multimillion dollar Municipal meanwhile Airport had ‘been saved by re~~n. Sourcefulness of a 35-man engi- . . asked Con neering team which threw junk the cafe, and Morris Owen trailed for flood Nap automobile scrap into athe car, but lost it in a fog when weakened spot in a dike to turn it turned off the main highway. back the water.
Kansas City's
ast. In Washington, Truman
nd more if necessary
Col. L. J. Lincoln, district en-
ordeal was a
Boy Dies in Fire While Father Is On Flood Duty
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both the Missouri and Kansas | Rivers. On the Kansas River, the
bandoned about dawn. \ ; situation eased somewhat. But
“Water soon will be all over
| persons had been driven from
said. | . SULLIVAN, July 14 39-Foot Record Crest {their homes in 100 towns and|4-year-old boy was killed in a fire cities along its course across which destroyed his home" last His announcement came as the Kansas and two counties in Mis- night while his father was on Missouri River crested at 39 feet,| souri. food relief duty at78t. Charles.
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time high; reached in 1903. En- sas R gineers tions. would hold for two weeks|
foot above its previous all-|
In Central Kansas, the Arkan- Mo. iver sliced through a levee! The victim was Terre Lee Rea, that it failed to breach in a May| son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Rea. flood, and plunged an estimated Mr. Rea, a mechanic with the
estimated flood condi-
or more, and they expected not, "ho Cetin city of Great Army ordnance depot at Terre
even a fractional fall in its level for at least 24 hours.
tion of the dike, at the Jersey reported evacuated. Police sai
Creek topped after water from a sand- river raced over the lowlands
boil had forced its way under the south of the town, i:
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Bend under water. Haute, was with a relief group Several hundred persons were which went to the flood area yesd terday from the ordnance depot. Mrs. Rea and her brother-in-The law, Everett, were burned severely trying to save the child.
Col. Lincoln said a 40-foot sec-
was there were no casualties.
sewer connection,
They were taken to Mdary-Sher-
|man Hospital, major threat,
12-block area
Residential areas were spared in. this city. The to homes was in a
Amusements ......... s»a0= on the slope east of the gasoline Quits Dairy Post BOOKS sesrrerreseersess fire. The danger there was from! Oscar A. Swank has resigned Bridge «eveeesse. shied fire and explosion, not from wa- as president of the International Churches nessa rpsvirnt ter. it Dein: Me ava rae Firemen have been fighting managed the 1949 and 1950 exTditorialg ...... Io the flames since they broke out|positions at Indianapolis. He quit Louise Fletcher .......» | yesterday when a 6000-gallon oil to devote full Hime to a postion, FOrUmM cooevrns . {tank uprooted by the flood in the American Dairy Associa
touched a high tension wire and tion.
|exploded. . . Flaming oil from the tank Two Priests Doomed
|spread on the turbulent water,
Jim-Heyrock ..ee40 Ruth Millet «.oevvvannes Movies sense and Frederick C. Othman ... Radio and Television ...,
WNP ~IRLVDODL OITA
Bociety coosvcaranssnanes tanks in a series of 20 explosions today for killing three high Com-
ty Sports aaassisssaninnsaed-10 2 ‘Women's savas ssansnnnny 3 night.. |said, z f : : : > + . = - LE .
Joseph Smith, the sheriff, in a reason. The sheriff denie cusation.
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The attorney for the victim,
John M¢cNelis, has
spread
the
story that the sheriff had been
Barkley Warns
0f False Security If Fighting Ends
By United Press
FRENCH LICK, Jul Alben W, night tional false feeling of
President
warned last aga
the event of a Korean
vy 14—Vice Barkley inst a nagecurity in
cease-fire
Speaking at a banquet of the Indiana State Bar Association Mr. Barkley cautioned against
Americans heing “lulled
that a hetween
conclusion set
one locality
and autocracy would
question everywhere and
people.” “Even a settlement rean question by no
into the tlement in democracy settle that for all
of the Komeans re-
lieves us of the obligation to be
on guard and prepared
slsewhere in Mr. Barkley
tacks 'world.” |said
“no greater disaster
for atthe free said. He could
befall our people’ than the false
feeling of security. Urges Cautio
Mr. Barkley warn
n
ed United
Nations peace negotiators to act with “caution” in dealing with the Communists and watch for “any
| trickery."
| But a greater danger lies in the
chance of ‘‘the greater
that will be involved if are lulled into a sense and relax their efforts
trickery our people of security to defend
themselves and to preserve their
economic soundness.” Mr. Barkley arrived
was canceled. Mrs, Ba
two hours
behind schedule and a reception
rkley, who
| was scheduled to accompany him, { did- not come. The Vice President
|was met at Louisville, ! PRAGUE, July 14— Seven men, flew from Washington,“by U. 8. setting fire to and destroying 12 including two Roman Catholic| Supreme Court Justice Sherman large gasoline and oil storage priests, were sentenced to death Minton of New Albany.
where he
| Gov. Schricker welcomed Mr.
which shook the city during. the munist officials, the official radio Barkley when he arrived at the ’ | French Lick Springs H
otel. A
of 1050 N. Jefferson St., charges that
“dy, came to nothing when nine men drunken rage, hit him for no apparent were discharged from Municipal Court 3 this morning. gs the ac- 4 Following the Mayor's order to
drinking at a political party in ick up anvone found loiteri in 37s « 7 ( if the Courthouse, P ¥ : : ng
a place where a conviction had
Version of Victim Here's the victim's the mixed-up affair: “I was driving on ton St. when I saw a big black car zig-zag in front of me. The driver got out, said he was Sheriff Smith, and yanked me from behind the wheel and slugged me. Then he pushed me. I didn’t do anything. He (the sheriff) was drunk. He took the two boys in the car and me into a garage and told us that he would fight all of us--and if we licked him, he would let us go but if he whipped, us, he would have us arrested.”
. been made for gambling, police version of ® . the nine the Park
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vice officers arrested men late yesterday at Exchange Cigar Store, 23th St. In court this Pro Tem l.eo F, O'Connor ruled that Arthur Taylor, 28, of 939 Fayette St., operator of the cigar store, had been convicted of keeping a room for pool selling, but had appealed his case.
E. Washing-
morning, Judge
Not Considered Guilty
According to the judge, Tay-
lor is not considered guilty while
Sheriff Smith's versi } f heriff Smith's version of the ,, appeal is pending, therefore affair: 5 : oe “ t ( a there is no existing conviction ‘1 was coming home rom party Louis Rainier (county connected with that address.
Annther test of the Mayor's order will come Monday when five men arrested today for visit ing a cigar store at 601 N, West St. will he”HBrought into court, The proprietor of the store, Al bert Minter, 60, of 842'5 N. California St, 1948 of keeping the room at that ad dress for pool selling
treasurer) threw for Alex Clark (GOP mayoralty candidate) at the Columbia Club. 1 observed this fellow Smith and driving reckless down E. Washington St 1 him once and he pulled away and tried to get AWA I caught him again and this time he advanced toward me I hit him and knocked him down ance. He was drunk so [ arrested
speeding stopped
was convicted in
him and his two companions.” Arrested Again Tells of ‘Deal’ Minter was arrested again this : . morning. charged with keeping a Normally, such a case comes UP 0) calling room. Armed with a in court within a week and is|___ : : finished, Not tis one. search warrant, the vice officers confiscated 29 books of baseball The victim's attorney, Mr. Me- 551 tickets from a secret comNelis, said he had a “deal” with partment concealed under the the sheriff to drop the charges. floor by a trap door. The sherjif agreed, Mr. MeNelis While the city police sprang
said, and later changed his mind. Sheriff Smith says he originally offered to drop some of the charges against the. boys but later, when he found out that Mr. McNelis was attempting to use the case politically, sald he would press all. charges,
into action for Mayor Bayt, who was “tired of raid after raid with no arrests.’ Sheriff Dan Smith and his deputies spent ‘a quiet evening without making a single raid in spite of a Times expose of six gambling joints operating
in the county.
Gets Change of Venue
Pledges Crackdown Sheriff Smith pledged today to “wipe out” gambling in the county and "hit’’ the joints that have avoided raids by his office in the
For reasons known only to Mr McNelis, - he took a change of venue from Beech Grove Judge Paul Wetter to Speedway Judge George Ober’s court, Later, he
said he asked Judge Ober for a past. jury trial, transferring the case Sheriff Smith sai his night to Marion Circuit Court. crew placed before him a list of
places to be raided this week-end and added that the list corresponded to the one published in The Times yesterday except for
Mr. McNelis has intimated tnat he intends to hurl political charges in court. All this political intrigue leaves his client cold.- It seems that all Ziegler's Cafe in Lawrence. Joseph Smith wants is to have In addition to the two raids on a fast trial and vindication. [gambling joint visitors, tH® city However, .if his attorney insists vice squad alse confiscated 70 on a jury trial, he will have to!books of baseball pool tickets in
iwait until October, the fall term. four other raids during the night. Ward Lane. | . ' un 3
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Resume Today
Reds Bow to Ridgway
FINAL |
PRICE FIVE CENTS
ser ———
Demandto Jerk Guards And Admit Newsmen
By EARNEST HOBERECHT
United Press Staff Correspondent UNITED NATIONS ADVANCE BASE BELOW KAESONG, Korea, Sunday, July 15—The Communists agreed “in principle” Saturday night to accept Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway's demand that Kaesongfire talks—be made a neutral They also agreed under protest to admit 20 correspons-
Allies Halt Drive == On Buildup Zone In Heavy Rain
scene of Korean War: cease-
zone,
said that any firm agreement to set up a neutral zone would bg provisional “during the progress of the conference, to avoid misunderstanding and for the purpose of proceeding smoothly with the agenda (program) of the conference.”
Inviting Gen. Ridgway, the su-
Page : Sats World Report ............. 2 preme United Nations commandAre We Being Tooki....... er, to make suggestions on polic~ a Talburt Sketch ........ 8 Ing the neutral zone the Communist message asked: By United Press “How will the security of both EIGHTH ARMY HEADQUAR delegations be assured ‘after the TERS, Korea, Sunday, July 15— withdrawal of our guards?” Allied troops halted their drive 3 on the Communists’ central Ko ‘Forceful Passage’
rean build-up zone fRaturdav and The C limited operations to patrolling United
all across the rain-swept tried to
hinese chieftains said the Nations command had make. “forceful passage’
front.
Heavy rain and ground-hug- to Kaesong without any prior ging clouds held the Allied-air of- agreement, but said fensive to anlyv 197 effective dav “In order that such a minor light sorties and limited night problem should not cause even bombing of Communist supply temporary cessation or rupture of traffic. the conference
we acknowledge Allied patrols striking out from your present proposal to include temporarily stalled United .Na- 20 press representatives as part” tions lines below Kumsong ran of your delegation; and-we have. into heavy machine-gun fire from-in-this respeet ordered our dele-dug-in Red troops blocking the gates fo accord you the necessary approaches to the new Communist facilities.” ; : assembly area, 20 to 25 miles. Gen. Ridgway said he would not north of the 38th Parallel. comment on the Red message unThere were reports that the til he had time to study it. Reds were digging in around But soon after he had been adKaesong, the cease-fire confer- vised by the United Press of the ence site. United Nations patrols Communist reply to his demands in that zone have bumped into Red 2 United Nations truck convoy units on every probing mission was ordered to be ready to leave and the Reds were believed using for Kaesong tH¥s morning in event |the conference immunity provi- that Gen. Ridgway found . ths sions to strengthen defense of terms acceptable, net only femaming holding ini. Convoy Leaves Tonight She The convoy, and 20 accompany ing world free press correspondrents, told to be ready to
Season’s First leave at 7 a. m. today (4 p. m.
Channel Swimmer saturday. 1naianapoiie time) and to remain o one-h 1 Gets Under Way suggested that the
thereafter DOVER. England, July 14 (UP) question of a neutral zone be zet~
were
The Chinese
The first swimmer to try to tled in detail at the firgt meeting cross the ¥nglish Channel this of delegates when the cease-fire season, a 4lyear-old Greek army conference is resumed. major, plunged into the chilly It was-taken for granted that water this morning and headed the Communists would argue over for France, some 20 miles away. the actual establishment of a
n ” ”
, neutral JOHN ZINGANOS, a
zone But their answer SWam (. en
Ridgway's demand ron ‘rance to Englanc 949 Y r from FI -e gland in 194 amounting to a nited Nations and 1950, making his first
x as ultimatum was at once intertry at the harder England-France preted as a major United Nations crossing His time for the swim victory. from France last year was 16 hours and 19 minutes, The water temperature wag 61 degrees Fahrenheit when -Mr zZinganos waded in off Shakespeare Cliff, Conditions were near perfect. The channel was dead calm with only a slight offshore breeze,
who
was
Two Persons Injured As Car Rams Another
persons were injured this Ind. 29 and Franklin Road, when a driver rammed an~ other car. Taken to Methodist Hosiptal, Miss Florence Mockbee, 36, RR 2,
Two morning at
Man Charged
Aurora, suffered a broken jaw, possible broken legt leg, and an - » injured right knee. Driver of the ¢ car-in wnich Miss Mockbee was With Slaying riding, Delmar Mangold, 32, also of RR 2, Aurora, is in fair condi-
Methodist, rammed into a Geraldine Althoff, 422, when Mrs. her car to turn onto Franklin Road fyom Ind. 29.
tion, also at Mr. Mangold car driven hy
32. RR 53
0f Wife Here
Mrs. Beulah Mae Tracy, 30, of Althoff si 71H Muskingum St. died. early today of gunshot wounds inflicted while her
Box
unwed
mother watched
a LOCAL TEMPERATURES The dead woman's husband 6 a, m,,. AR 10a, m... 13% Harry Tracy. 30, arrested for her Ta mm... 0 ila m.. 81 murder, was ordered held without Sa mm. v9 12 (Noon) 82 bond for grand jury investigators 9a m.. 3s by Leo Conner, judge pro tem, in municipal Court 3 this morning Latest humidity ...... 817%
Mrs Vietoria lives in the Tracy home lice she demanded that in-law give her the gun as daughter fell to the floor the shooting “I'm going to use it some more,"
Sims, 49 who
told po
her sonher
after
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i RIETY y > sure to find Prisoner Hangs Self , You are sure to fing
. several you will personally Fred 1.. Holloway, 20, of 936 v : Indiana Ave. serving a one-to=10- Tuspect this weekend, year sentence for grand larceny To order the convenient °°
home delivery of the big SUNDAY Times, you may phona Rl-ley 3551 anytime np to midnight tonight.
at the state reformatory at Pendleton, hanged himself in a cell yesterday, according - to Supt.