Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 26 August 1951 — Page 1

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Hoaxed to Her Death—

| Boviriond ‘Shocked’ At Girl’s Suicide

The mystery of a “killed in action” hoax today remained locked in the bullet-torn heart

of a 16-year-old Indianapolis

girl. Raymond Lowell Clifton, for-

mer Indianapolis youth over whose “death” the girl apparently grieved enough to kill herself, was located late yesterday in Cincinnati. He said he was “shocked and surprised” by the suicide of his former sweetheart, Patricia Louise Francis, 1728

Miss Francis

College Ave. Pat shot herself to death Friday night, ja few minutes after telling her| elderly father that she had received a telephoned “telegram” saying Ray was killed in action in Korea. She had told, her parents Ray went into the] Army about in March.

But Ray remained a civilian. At the end of April, about a month after’ he stopped dating the pretty girl, he moved to Cincinnati to take a new job

“I never told her I was going into the Army,” Ray told a Times reporter last night. ’

“I may have told her that some day I might go in, but that could happen to anyone. “All my friends knew I was 4-F, and although 1 don’t know for sure that I ever told it to Pat, I figured she knew it,” the 19-year-old youth added.

Genuinely Shocked

Reporters who interviewed Ray in Cincinnati said he seemed genuinely shocked and surprised. He added another possible angle to! the tragic mystery when reporters’ overheard him talking-about Pat! and cancer _to his employer. Préssed for. an explanation, Ray, sald: “Some of Pat's friends told me| she was dying of cancer.” That was all Ray said he knew of that phase. He didn’t even re-| member the names of the friends.!

The girl's father, William R

Francis, denied that Pat was ever.

told, or even suspected, she had c¢ancer., “She hadn't even seen a doctor since her legs healed up

about three years ago.” The girl after the 50-car Illinois Central lator. nearly -lost her legs eight years [freight train crashed into a box- ne had no ifitentions of running

ago when she was run over by a! street car. | Ray and Pat had at least that much in common. He had been stricken with rheumatic fever when a child, and his legs were] crippled. He still walks with a slight limp, as did. she. They met when both were pupils in the Rob#rts School for Crippled Children.

Attended Broad Ripple

Pat went on to Broad Ripple High School and Ray finished high school in Texas. Their friendship was renewed last winter, when Ray began dating her. “I dated her about once a week, sometimes twice, for about four months. We always doubled with one or two other couples,” Ray said. “I liked her, but it never got too far. She was ‘getting too serious, and that's when I stopped going with her,” the youth explained.

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| WAS NEVER IN THE ARMY . .. Ray L. Clifton in Cincin-

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| By OPAL CROCKETT A LIGHT - HEARTED rural church congregation will sing hymns of thankfulness today. Prayers ' will take deeper meaning at Crooked Creek Baptist Church morning services in | Washington Township. The new church at 56th St, and Michigan Rd., just south of the present church, may be | finished through whole-hearted co-operation of merchants and

the community, Construction came to a stop for lack of

Noble Reed, Page

By IRVING

Times Staff Writer

FRENCH "LICK, Aug.

NV. Barkley said tonight the possibility of all-out war could! be avoided if critics of President Truman's foreign policy “co-operated more and criticized less.”

“Local Railroad Engineer, Fireman

Die in Crash

By United Press

from retirement after 41 years of [the greatest governors of all 48]

service—was killed in a train wreck near Bloomfield yesterday.

Filling in for a buddy on va-| cation, George Earl Dean, 233 Kansas St., when the

car in the IC yards.

Veep Tries to Throw The Hat's Hat in Ring

{Democratic Midwest Cgnference

publicans an foreign policy.

was scalded to death'tp welcome Gov. engine boiler burst was elected United States Sen-|

Also, fatally injured was Wyatt|

Reynolds, 43, of ‘Palestine, IIL

Brakeman Howard W. Sparks, 24,|ijn 1952 he ‘can and will was burned |qouptedly be nominated and, Were my opinion,

also of Palestine, Ill, critically, All three men taken to Greene County Hospital in nearby Linton.

Moving Slow The freight, en route from Ef fingham Ill,

moving about hour

20 miles per

when it ran onto the siding. State left the door wide open to grab ‘jumped the Democratic nomination for

was President himself.

police said it apparently a switch or hit one open.” : The

that

steel boxcar. which Ind., youths, was crushed against the side of a building. Groomer, 17, suffered a broken shoulder. Gilbert E. was injured less seriously, The engine and 12 cars left the tracks “and toppled over. Two

- whatever to Indianapolis, was plans.

was future political plans, being unloaded by two Solsberry, ley said: |

Jack!

Bland, 16, Years.

funds, Merchants are reaching deep into their pockets for the church to which only two of them belong. They're giving percentages to the church from merchandise purchased by persons’ buying church building fund coupons. 2

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WASHINGTON Township shoppers build the new church when they buy their daily bread—groceries, flowers, drugs fuel and gas. The idea of coupons was born when a merchant, non-member of the church and preferring to be anonymous, offered to give to the church percentages from cash purchases made by churchgoing shoppers at his store. Frank Snyder Jr., expanded the idea to include several merchants, to fulfill the dream of church-going families,” some with generations of membership {in the 124-year-old Creoked Creek Church Mr. Snyder was born in the neighborhood w ‘here : his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Snyder Sr.,

LEIBOWITZ

25 — Viee President Alben

Mr. Barkley, in a special interview with The Times during the

there, said the prospect of a genleral war is receding. . The smiling, vigorous 73-year old Vice President said there “ought not tc be” a sharp distinction between Democrats and Re-|

The. Times inferview. with Mr. _Barkléy ‘Was staged in the pres-| ance of Gov. Schricker, whom | Creek Church o = MERCHANTS enthusiastic «ally adopted Mr. Snyder's suggestions. Church people turned. would out- stacks of coupons, placing them in homes designated in church pamphlets as neighborhood distribution centers, Booths now are being set up in business houses -of sponsor-: ing merchants, and later on,-a house-to- house coupon sale. ig, planned. = Merchants accepting coupons are: Walrod Pharmacy, three Goodwin & Westfall Markets, Inc, Beswick Barber Shop, Demaree Cleaners, Inc., Best Grand Laundry. Drive-In Flower Mart, Nelson Golder Flower Shop, Clifton-Wilder Coal & Oil Co., Inc., and Ely’s, Swinford and Son and Engledow service stations.

states.” Schricker Declines Mr. Barkley said he “walk out.on the capitol steps” Schricker if he

But the governor said flatly |

for the Senate. Mr. Barkley said that if Presi|dent Truman decides to run again| un-| “in will be elected.” But the Vice President, affectionately called the “Visiting Veep.” said he had no information as to the President's Barkley

At the same time Mr.

THE OLDEST members it's a second dream come true. It's making .the church the heart of the community like in the days when Sunday Schools

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Asked whether he had any

Mr. Bark-!

‘Feel Fine’

“I have ahead of me a lot of It is up to the American people how many will be spent in public service. Age is no obstacle. ! “I feel fine and am doing four times as much work as I did}

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still live: All Jelongh

Grows

A DREAM COMING TRUE—AIl-out community co-operation in coupon project expected to renew construction of Crooked Creek Baptist Church, halted for lack of funds. eo Walrod, Frank Snyder, Emma Goodwin, Rev. Louis G. Crafton.

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Mrs. Ira

Eulalia ‘Gammons,

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HOUSE - TO - HOUSE CANVASS—{Left to right) Mrs. Clara O. Neiman, Mrs. William Swinford Sr. and Mrs. Frank Snyder.

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Ridgway Gets Free Hand To Force Decision

Community Spirit—

By Reds

Joint Chiefs Let General | Use Judgment

Communists Howl { ‘Insult’ at Adm. Joy |

| U. S. Bombs Near Russ Border, Page 2

By United Press TOKYO, Sunday, Aug. 26 |—Peace or war? It's up to {the Reds now. Whichever they want they can have. | That boils down a report {today from United Nations Ad{vance Base below Kaesong, [Korea., which states that the Joint Chiefs of Staff in Washing{ton had instructed Gen. Matthew IB. Ridgway, Supreme United Nations Commander, to “follow any jeturseé of action” he deems neces- | sary to force the Communist {leaders to decide which they |want, more war or peace The conviction spread jadvance . camp it Sth {headquarters {headquarters munist “stalling the fire issue by means of -fabricated incidents must bejhalted if the armistice talks continue. Assail Adm,

Meanwhile, the Communist high command violently attacked Vice Adm. C. Turner Joy for (“twisting the truth” when he reported. that the all eee bombing (Of ¢ Kaesong was a audulent” ; |clitfm hased on faked Si k A “broadcast by. the North {Koreanr Radio repeated - Com|munist claims that Allied aircraft bombed and, strafed Kaesong the |nignt of Aug 22 with the ‘residence of our delegation as the target.” It said Adm. Joy's ac{count of the incident was “an linsult.” | Adm. Joy reported to Gen, [Ridgway the: Communists had

manufactured guidance of, the air raid and Gen. way issued a isharply worded std 1ient putting

ithe issue of peace or war squarely {up to the Redg, | There was no doubt-that the |United~ Nations.’ command was willing to continue the armistice talks or resume the war, as the Reds chose. And there was growing pessimism the chances for peace. Boast Along the military units of were for full-scale against a Communist more than 600,000 or more men, regrouped and resupplied during the drawn-out Kaesong talks. A Pyongyang radio broadcast hoasted that the Red air force estimated at 1000 aircrart secure behind the Manchurian boundary - glso was “prepared to repel the enemy from the air.”

in the Army general Comcease-

at that

and here

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Times photos by John Spicklemire. Joy

(Left to right)

over

Air Power 135-mile battlefront 22 united nations fighting horde

set of

Boys Have Fun With Small Car,

One Man Killed

ofl cars were among the over- forty years ago. I can't say exturned cirs bit they did not zctly what my future political catch fire. IC wrecker crews im- plans will be, They will have to mediately began clearing debris. wait until the President makes

affable impres-

The good - looking, young man left a deeper sion on the young girl. She fre-

By Tenants Housing Service

Charles Thomas and William Rafie, doing business as

Then Cops Come

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quently mentioned him to her parents, and only about 12 hours before her death she sadly remarked that she still hadn't received a letter from him, Then came the eruption of Fri-

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Mr, riving at the hospital. Mr. olds died a few hours later. “He was looking forward to retiring,” said Mr. Dean's daugh-

Reyn-

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On the Inside—

Yanks take Cleveland Fleet trotters and pacers have an eye on $177,000 in purses at the Indiana State Fair

The morning_after . .. Sit beside the judge, with Ed Wilson, at Municipal Court and you 'll be glad—glad you don't have to answer the question, "Guilty or Not Guilty?" . . ‘ren

Some Hoosier Republicans are helping oil up a bandwagon for

Eisenhower in '52. Read "Our Fair City" ......

There's Somgihing rotten in White River, and the residents of Rocky Ripple don't like it..............

What' s doing in the social calendar next month? Find out in the * September social calendar ...... eres sini

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Who can make rum chiffon pie—and i is willing to share the secret? There's a plaintive plea in "Our Readers Write" ly

Look who's back from summer vacations and trips. Katy Atkins tells YOU OF .ivvvssensarrnrstsirindtioensenranmenes

Other Features:

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Dean died shortly after ar- his

— ‘duties

known." During his Mr. Barkley told

press

conference, of an Egyptian

fortune teller who took him behind the Sphinx and predicted he

would live to be

105.

Mr. Barkley explained that his

Vice

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the Real Estate Pages of The Indianapolis Times Today and every day there

are values offered The Tinres.. . . are advertised

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LHUNDREDS

of home For Sale in many of them EXCLUSIVE- . a fact

which makes The Times Indi-

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estat: section , . .

There yon

will find such a wide variety of homes in all styles, sizes and locations you are sure fo

find a much

home for your family,

more suitable Ar-

range to see the interesting ones right away . . . and you can be all settled by school

time! >

TURN NOW TO THE REAL ESTATE SECTION OF TODAY'S Tndinnapelin Times

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Southern Pines

28th Div. Isn't Ready, Page 5

DONNA MIKELS Times Staff Writer | MAXTON AIR FORCE BASE,

N. C., Aug. 25—The 434th Troop Carrier Wing from Atterbury Air

Force Base outshone other troop 1

carrier wings in three paratroop

today.

That was the ment of high-ranking

First units of the 28th Divi- + sion will leave Ft. Bragg by motor convoy Tueesday for the five-day return trip to Camp Atterbury. Troop trains will leave Ft. Brass next Saturday, Sunday and Monday, Sept. 1-3. and ar. rive at «Camp Atterbury 36 to 40 hours later. The last units of the division are due at Camp Atterbury bei tween Sept, 8 and 10.

unofficial comofficers who

acted - as ground observers in the biggest peacetime show of tactical air strength,

5600 paratroopers and tons of equipment were in three zones: behind “enemy” lines to aid the hardpressed ground troops in the |Southern Pines war games,

| 13 Hurt Seriously

Some | 576,000 {dropped

| Eighty-four paratroopers were | | hurt, 13 of them seriously enough | to be taken to the hospital for tréatment of broken arms, legs and other fractures. Two paratroopers had very narrow escapes, One fell within 100 feet of the ground before he succeed in opening his Dis pavgehte ‘and landed without serious injury. {Another paratrooper’s

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Times

Tenants Housing Service,

vesterday filed a libel suit

£181,000 against The Indianapalis * Times in Federal Court

here. Tenants The its and prestige to ruin reputations and busi-

Housing charges

“maliciously employed great power plaintiff's

ness.”

The lists 13 stories printed in The

damages are

complaint and editorials ‘imes: Varying asked for each. Tenants Housing Service's complaint says their office was opened here “about April 1st, 1951." and their “business consists of efforts to find rental housing for those in search of same.” The complaint asks $26,000 for the publication in The Times of Prosecutor Frank Fairchild’'s report of his investigation of Tenants Housing Service in which he

show

called the outfit's methods

immortal fraud.”

Report Quoted The report said: “As it now stands, it (the $5 advance fee) works a fraud upon people urgently in need of housing since money i8 taken before any service is rendered and not refunded. When no service is rendered in 91 per cent of ali cases, it then appears to become 1 trick scheme or device for ob taining money undeservedly.” “Mr. Fairchild further revealed Tenants Housing's own figures that since starting operations here THS has filled only 21 per cent of the vacancies it listed

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Two little boys had a little cs: big policemen and spoiled the 11 and one driving and one on 1949

a hig time till

or. 19 Hurt in 29 “Accidents Here

13 years ol

vesterday with

a couple of along fun The boys, One in was fatally injured hurt in 29 traffic idents yesterday and last night. arrests were made, nine for drunkenness. Woodall, 75, of Sumner Tennessee, died late last night at General Hospital. He was riding in a car driven by Russell Heath, 31, of 1321 8S. Hawthorne, who was charged with drunken« after the two-car crash at Kentucky Ave. and Harding St. Heath had known Mr, Woadall all his life. He lived in the same part of Tennessee before moving to Indie polis two vears ago and becoming a <neighbor "of Mr, ~~! Woodall’s niece, Mrs, Fred Hester, 1309 8, Hawthorne Lane. Four soldiers riding in the other car involved in the same accident were slightly hurt

] Two of the soldiers, Charles |

Crosley ran and 19 others the sidewalk 5526 Brook two panes of of

a borrowed” the vehicle up on and into building at ville Rd., breaking glass, Jesse The damaged car was returned (‘Hunty to its owner, Jack Allen, 33 8S. Webster St. “1 guess the they couldn't help it,” Mr. Allen said, but police turned the children over to JAD authorities for giving in to temptation.

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Grains per cubic yard of air:

“Yesterday

Spires, 20. and William Workman, 22, were taken to Billings Hospital at Ft. Harrison. All the sol | diers were from Camp Breckine ridge, Ky. In another accident, Mrs. Vive ian Cason, 27, of 334 W. 18th St., was hit by one car and knocked against another while crossing | West and 8t. Clair Sts. The first car then hit a parked car. The |driver, James 8. Wright, 29, of |2222 Carrollton Ave., was charged |with drunkenness. Mrs. Cason was ‘taken to General Hospital, where ‘her condition ‘was listed as fair,

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