Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 22 December 1951 — Page 1

SCRIPPS

Taps were sounded traffic: victim.

day and early today.

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who died when<a holiday-loaded Pennsylvania Railroad train struck his gasoline truck at 9:45 a. m. today, h near Jonesville in Bartholomew County. Or the millionth victim, whose identity will never be determined, could have been one of two Indianapolis men: Dave Gudgel, 86, of 2624 College Ave Fred W. Xuklentz, 19257; College Ave. Who the millionth victim

27. of

will never be known because of incompletie early century records, the National Safety Council said.

Meyer,

Mr. 43, died at the

| v price! lons for to legs.

STAIRS

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"UNCLE DAVE

home.

truck. Spurting flames burned] the train engineer and fireman. In Bartholomew County Hospital! Columbus are Engineer Elmer! J. Grammer about 60, of Jeffer-| sonville, ‘and the fireman! Thomas Raines, 35, of Louisville. |

INDIANAPOLIS TRAFFIC CASUALTIES (355 Days)

1950 1951 Accidents ...... 8930 8217 | Injured ........ 3398 3784 | Billed sueerices 67 |

Neither is in serious condition, State Police said. |

. Just three days before Christ-| mas, Mr. Kuklentz, father of two small children, met death early today. The radio truck he drove was struck by a Pennsylvania Railroad engine and tender at Six

the Pennsylvania tracks west of! Bridgeport. Working extra to make money! for Christmas, Mr. Kuklentz was! on the job when he met death. He! was finishing -up late work for Ames Radio Co. He went to work| for that firm yesterday after]

at Radio Equipment Co. : At her grandmother's house, Mr. Kuklentz’s daughter Esther thought her Daddy would still be home to open the Christmas pres-

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FRED KUKLENTZ—Overtime for Christmas.

ents under the tree. She hadn't been told yet that the Navy vet-|

eran wouldn't be thers for the|_

Christmas celebration

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| Florida for Christmas. | | State police said his car skidded | on the ice on U. 8. 31, at Stop| Eight near Southport,. shot back! {on the highway and plunged into| {the path of a southbound car. Mr. Gudgel, familiarly known as “Uncle Dave,” died in the ac-|

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81 Hospital.

FORECAST—Fair, warmer tonight, Tomorrow, cloudy, warmer,

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SATURDAY, DEC

Mr. Million Is Struck Down—

Did Traffic M-Day Tap One of These for Milestone of Death?

Traffic accidents in Indiana since the auto was’ invented have killed as many persons as the population: of Marion, Mishawaka or New Albany. Although exact figures from the earliest days of the horse- | less carriagé never ware compiled, gafety experts believe Indiana has had around 32,000 traffic deaths in the last 52 years. Last year, 1124 Hoosler fatalities accounted for about 3.2 | per cent of the national total of about 35,000.

Gudgel homeward-bound

cident yesterday evening.

Pulled from their car and taken were {occupants of the other car—Frank his 30, and their] r,. Olive. 54. Morris. was in| {critical condition’'and his mother’s condition is fair. Both had head (injuries. Frank Voight was re-

to Methodist Hospital Voight,

brother,

23, Arpin, Morris,

Wis.,

leased after treatment.

worth Smith and family, whom _ he lived, “Uncle”

condition.

The Smith family

They bration then, with whom he matches here.

Unknown to his nephew, Ellswith Dave - drove back from Ft. Lauderdale where he went for a bronchial Undaunted by their {warning that the weather was —Almost bad for driving and his health, the elderly man started out alone. : i expected wheel of his burning gasoline “Uncle” Dave would be home for his 87th birthday-—next Saturday. ’d made plans for a big teleinviting the men went to wrestling

today for the nation’s millionth He could be one of three Indiana men killed here yester-|

The victim could be Carl Meyer of Columbus, Ind.,

from|

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“Uncle Dave” preached highway safety for 20 years as Marion

he met death,

Guess What? Winter's Here

Ol’ Man Winter entered Indianapolis officially at 10:01 a. m. “old-fashioned” man-

today in the

{County district manager here of _ {the Hoosier Motor Club. He was lon vacation from his job when

He blew in with a low reading]

{of 8 above zero before dawn, then warmed up to 16 degrees wrens

his entry became official. The Old Visitor arrived with a “gift” of sorts—promise of a white Christmas. dium

mas Day.

arrest July 19 and grilling at Sheriff Dan Smith's jail:

FOR DADDY—Even a boy not quite 4 knows 'tis better to give than to receive. So Mike thought it was great Christmas fun to | shop for, and even try to wrap, the gift he picked for his father, Harry Caskey, football coach at Sacred Heart High School. (Tomorrow: Mike hangs his stocking by the climney with care.)

Smith Aid Accused of

snow afternoon and night,

EMBER 22,

Killed, 6

Low tonight 12. 1951

Are Trapped, eared Dead In Illinois Mine

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Little Hope Held for Men Caught in Tunnels Of Blast-Torn Shaft

By ROBERT CUNNINGHAM United Press Staff Correspondent : | WEST FRANKFORT, Ill, Dec. 22—Twenty miners ‘were found dead and about 60 others were trapped and |believed dead today in the explosion-torn and gas-filled

~depths-of the world's largest shaft coal mine, a mine official

said. -

| Earl Snarr, general superin- unable yet to find a fire which tendent of the Chicago, Wilming- sent up clouds of smoke to the [ton & Franklin Coal Co. said surface of the ground throughout that the mangled bodies of 20/the night along with billows of men had been found at the 535- dust blasted loose by the explofoot level of the New Orient mine|sion. here. | Maintenance men had entered Five bodies had been carried to the mine to clean it up after the the surface by expert crews and day shift finished yesterday. volunteer miners carrying safety| President John L. Lewis of the lights and their own oxygen. United Mine Workers was on the Mr. Snarr said there was little{phone at 3 a. m. getting reports likelihood that the men still miss-| from. his safety experts. ing in the huge mine were alive. Joseph L. Burnett, a mine foreMr. Snarr, accompanied by|man who was in another part of John Foster, superintendent of|the pit when the blast occurred, the mine which was rocked by a/held out little hope for the lives coal gas blast at 7:30 p. m. (Indi-|of those trapped. anapolis time) yesterday, made| “All will be lost,” Mr. Burnett —{the—announcement-.after_ a. pec-Sald. sonal inspection of the wrecked! “It’s blown all to hell,” one shaft. grimy miner said as he sat in the mine head locker.room after a turn in the pit. He was shaking with emotion from what he had {seen below, : | “It looks. like we lost them ali,” he sald. He refused to say more

Bodies Mangled

He said the bodies found were {mangled badly, evidence of the force of the explosion. His inspection revealed that none of the emergency shoring equipment strategically placed throughout the mine for use by entombed men in such emergencies had been used, indicating the trapped men did not have time to bolster the crumbling tunnel. . Rescue crews moved cautiously] {through the wet, dust * led {reaches of the mine, Mr. Snarr . |said a great deal of gas—which pital, Their faces were black

Building Fire Block The rescuers worked in teams in the dust-filled darkness to build a “fire block” aimed at smothering a dogged blaze that hampered rescue operations all night. The four badly injured miners taken from the mine were removed to West Frankfort hos-

Timex photo by John R. Spicklemire

‘Hundreds Still Cry for Help—

Time Running Short

'3d Degree’ For Clothe-A-Child

A former prisoner of the Marion County Jail has testified he was “slapped around” by a sheriff’s officer pressing him for a confession. The

charge was made late yes- children of I terday before Judge Saul I. Rabb, this Christmas th

Contributions, Page 2 By ART WRIGHT

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Criminal Céurt 2, by Clarence Clothe-A-Child.

Springer, 32, of 523 N. Tomlinson | rere sem PE - WRK OUP $08 MeFEY-- Christ

How many shivering youngsters

Springer was telling about his mas” next Tuesday depends upon

“He slapped us around and

tried to. .

Light to me-| snow starting ' tomorrow checking out on his regular job| afternoon, and resuming Monday, |is expected to stay put for Christ-

| |

Judge Rabb interrupted. “Who is HE?” the Judge asked. “I don’t know.

tenant over there,” Springer re-

subsequent how generously Indianapolis resi- ! dents continue to open wide their ing children to the stores today.

‘purse strings this week-end.

If any money is lef hristmas dn

continue headquarters after Christmas Iong-as funds are received.

More kird neighbors are tak-

Others have made appointments

Clothe-A-Child shoppers are to take more on Monday.

ready to complete the pre-Christ-mas shopping Monday. The Mile-O-Dimes, which raises was It was a lieu- money for Clothe-A-Child, will{Herff Jones Co. They took 75

{close Monday evening.

Hundreds Cry for Help

Some highways in northern In-!| “What do you me#in by ‘slap-| There are hundreds of needy

diana were ice-slick.

[the rest of the state are slippery asked.

\in spots but generally clear, Road| ‘They slapped us on the side to

Roads in/Ping you around?” ” the judge children s#ill crying for help de- . | spite the generous support given

The Times Clothe-A-Child

crews are putting sand and salt/of. the head and made us con- again this year.

on the ice. Injured in Falls

Otis Maier,

fess,” Springer testified.

There is still time for YOU to

Springer was co-defendant with help:

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Icy pavements last night sent/Ave, on charges of assault and|tion tg Clothe-A-Child, Indianaponine local people to the hospital battery. Both were sentenced to jig Times, 214 W. Maryland St. when they lost their footing and terms on the State Farm.

fell. Two of them remained in the hospital. The injured: Irby Jones, 1005 Chadwick St. compound fracture -of left leg. In Veterans Hospital. Marion England, 2115 Leland St., injured head. In Veterans

Treated but not admitted were: Thomas Lines, 2434 E. 13th St.: Katherine Pritt, 126 W. 9th St.: Irene O'Hare, 1820 Winfield: Nel-! lie M. Hall, 533 S. Harding St.;| Charles Anderson, 1735 8. California St.; Frank Rodocker, 1223!

Kentucky Ave, and William $3976.

Spencer, 1025 S. Alabama St,

Diver Finds 150 Cars Sunk in Ohio River

GOLCONDA, Ill, Dec. 22 (UP)

|—A commercial diver has located in thel150 new cars at the bottom of the

home of her grandparents, Mr. Ohio river about two miles north and Mrs. Douglas Edward of 1029 of here that were sunk Tuesday

when the barge carrying them

N. New Jersey St. Surviving Mr. Kuklentz, in ‘addition to his wife Lois and the]

capsized.

Diver «Charles M. Delps

of |

children, Esther, Ernest and Ste-| Granite City, I1l., who found the!

phen, are his mother, two broth-/ cars yesterday said he thought "it

would be possible to recover most Love for his small grandniece of them. He said that salvage op-

ers and a sister.

and

nephews brought Dave

erations would begin Dec. 27.

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“Ment stores and shop for them.

Yesterday's parade of donors who took children to the. stores led by employees of the

{needy youngsters in a special bus {to the stores. It marked another ‘big year of support for Clothe-| |A-Child which started for the

Herff Jones employees in 1936.

{That year they took 35 children,!

annually increased the number

‘until they were hosts to 250 needy

youngsters in 1941. During the

war, their money was spent for ONE—By sending ‘a contribu- war bonds.

Last year they re-

{sumed their Clothe-A-Child pro|gram and took 40 children to the Talk o

TWO--By telephoning PL aza stores. They already are taking 5551 and making a donor appoint- collections to increase their fund

to take children to

the for next year and thus outfit al | morning. They were taken to the

greater number of needy young-

THREE — By pouring those sters.

U. S. May

In Effort to

Another Story, Page 5

By United Press

et Tough * Free Fliers

that the fliers would be tried because they allegedly were on an

WASHINGTON, Dec. 22--The ¢SPionage mission when Soviet

State Department is considering a “get tough” policy today to force Hungary to reverse its decision to try four American airmen for .violating its frontier. A spokesman said the department is considering Hungary's decision with “utmost seriousness.”

The department swung into ac-'wo,14 he released quietly when!

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fighters forced their plane down in Hungary Nov. 19. The U. S. sternly. denied the charge in three formal diplomatic notes and demanded the fliers’ release as a matter of international justice. The announcement that they would be tried came as a shock here, Officials had expected they

tion as news of the Hungarian pn, cai got through trying to use move sent tempers soaring at the tp. {6 hack ‘up spy charges White House, in Congress, and against the United States.

across the nation. Meanwhile,

Rep. Walter H. Judd (R.

Russia broadcast ann) member of the House today a Hungarian government pgraion Affairs Committee, said A 22-year-old blonde, who may communique saying the men fac- yn, feared the fliers would be have ‘two husbands said today ing, trial would be tried “as per-ig pated to torture and various they are “completely different

sons who violated the Hungarian kinds of extortion.

boundary with criminal tions.” The communique, as quoted by the Russians, indicated that the charge against the fliers might be

inten-

{much more serious than was in-|

dicated yesterday.

The State Department decided government would rule out the and Mrs. J. W. Sasser. fhe said immediately that further protests|idea of offering Hungary conces- they would go through with a would be useless unless they are sions, as it did in the case ofi planned backed up by action showing the businessman Robert A. Vogeler. the strange “Enoch Arden” twist

Communists the means business.

United States

Among the moves under con-|vately.

|sideration are severing diplo-|

matic relations, nomie pressures,

State Department experts planned to work through the weektend on possible moves to bring Hungary to terms. ‘Ransom’ Ruled Out Informants said, however, the

“We're not going to submit to blackmail,” one official said pri-

“

There Is a feeling in some qudr-

applying eco- ters that the U. S. might decide week she found his name on the|father, said in Cullman, Ala., he closing Hun-|to bring pressure directly to bear| prisoner-of-war list released b garian consulates in this country, on the Russians who, most offi-'the Communists.

‘and banning travel to Hungary. cials believe, are. after all, be-

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| Budapest announced yesterday hind-the whole plot.

dimes on the Times Mile-O-Dimes| Other Korean News, Page 2 on W. Washington St. in front of L. 8. Ayres & Co. and 8. 8. Kresge!

t When ,ccused the Communists tonight/creasing evidence of the force of

Monday night, more shopping will from Clothe-A-Child 88 of peaceful intentions in tru

with soft coal dust blown into |caused the original explosion—i4p, siin hy the force of the blast. {still was present. | About 25 women, all of them “Wa dare not start any electric| gives mothers and daughters of |equipment,” he said, “for fear of. men trapped below, broke |another explosion.” (through police lines and made : 220 Escaped [their way to the shaft head Mr. Snarr said that about 300 where rescues headquarters were men went into the mine to dojge¢ up in the offices of the Chi[maintenance work about 6:30|c500 Wilmington and Franklin p. m. An estimated 220 got oul. |cga] Co, owners of the mine.

Reds Plan ‘Further War, UN Charges

| Barlier, authorities believed, Get Living First [about 135 men wers trapped in thei Seasoned mine rescue teams Br United Press | mine.

{traditionally work on the prin|ciple of: “Get to the living first.” } The West Frankfort Hospital

appealed blood ations in... Antidpation of the ian "oy 1 Mr. Snarr| “g.veral women at the shaft head responded to the appeal and -to-the hospital to do~—— nate their blood. The cities of West Frankfort, Benton and West City were thrown into confusion by the explosion. A. crowd of about 2000 persons was watching a high school basketball game when a loud speaker

TOKYO, Dec. 22 — Gen. Mat-| Ay yegcuers stabbed deeper in thew B. Ridgway's official radiojthe huge mine, they foynd in-

of “trying to negofiate for a fue) he Bn 12x17 werd" ana ture war in Korea” under a cloak |e match sticks,” pped ce said. — Removal of the dead and in- { , jured was hampered by a power. THS program was beamed to allure which stopped the elevator the Communists, in the Korean raising and lowering men into {and Chinese languages, by the ine dqust-filled pit. {supreme commander's “Voice of The New Orient’ mine—which [the United Nations" radio station. ids the world's record of 15,152] | In the truce negotiations, Gen.|tons of coal mined during an] |Ridgway's radio station said, the eight-hour shift—had an excellent Reds seek to fix things so they safety record until today's dis- ketball gums when 3 Joid sheakse can build up their own strength|ggter. a a during an armistice while the| The last big blast in the mine .

Remember Centralia {United Nations forces are weak-| wags in the spring of 1926 when | ‘ened. . 1 ‘an explosion rocked the mine] The spectators, mindful of the Especially, it pointed out, the

while 1100 men wera in the pit.| mine disaster at Centralia on |Communists want the Tight t0 Four men were killed. Mar. 25, 1947, in which 111 men | died, were electrified by the words {build new air bases during an Recently Inspected t y ’ Shee i BY she Words armistice and ‘at the same time The mine was inspected less 2" mmediately sense to limit or prohibit Allied troop

thing serious. than two weeks ago by state of- : |rotation. ficials who reported “no viola-| About 750 left their seats and

* {tions noted and (io) Pecom- followed tHe physician toward the na . ”» ? ine. mendations to be made. | Four injured men had been re- By mated by Stats moved from the Mine by Hid. them wives, parents, brothers and sisters of the men in the mine, jammed Highway 37 leading to the buildings which cluster about the mine entrance. State Police kept them from approach-

! negotiations.

f ‘Mr. Million’ Unnerving, Driver Says

| SEATTLE, Wash, Dec. 22 West Frankfort Hospital. Their. |(UP)-—A driver who was cited condition was considered too {for traveling 60 miles an hour|serious to allow them to talk to on a wet and slippery street gave reporters. | Police Captain R. W.. Zottman! Mr, ~“SHar confifiied an earlier this ‘excuse: opinion of Walter Eadie, head|Ing the immediate vicinity, | “I was listening to a traffic of the Mines and Minerals De-| -West Frankfort’s central school |safety radio program and when! partment, who said the blast! was set up as, a temporary |the announcer asked: ‘Will you!definitely was caused by coal MOrgue. ibe America’s millionth traffic vic-| gas. |tim?’ I became excited and my, But “any one of a thousand foot jammed down on the ac- different things could have set it! celerator.” off.” Mr. Eadie said. Mr, Snarr sald everyone at the mine was “pretty discouraged”

By BOB BARNES

Double-Take

LLOCAL TEMPERATURES

6 a.m. 9 10 a m... 18 that rescuers were unable to find | TR Mine 9 11 a. m... 19 any sign of life in the torn pit. | 8 a m.. 10 12 (Noon) 22 “The men we have found have | 9 a m.. 13 shown just how vielent the exn—— plosion was,” he said. | Latest humidity ....... 62% He said that rescuers had been |

i wren |

"Enoch Arden’ Case Wif Undecided About Future

hard choice to make, “some-| iS thing the three of us will have | to work out if he is alive.” Won't Decide Yet “TI don't think I should decide -until Walter's back,” she said. | She described her first husband! as rather short, stocky, with black| curley hair and an easy-going, talkative personality. ! Her present husband, she said. “is about six feet "tall, slender and has black hair with a small wave in it. He's quiet and serious. They aren't at all alike.” “I still think there is some mistake,” said Mrs. Sasser. “But if her life has taken. . ‘he is alive we'll just have -to | Attractive Mrs, Sasser remar- wait until he comes back to see ried after her first husband was what to de.” |reported killed in Korea. Thisi' Meanwhile, J. L. Laseter, her

Bry United Press LAGRANGE, N. C., Dec. 22

shovels,

and she would be unable to hove

choose between them without seeing them both together.. Agnes Dixon Sasser and the man she married after ‘her first husband was reported killed arrived here early today to spend {Christmas with her in-laws, Mr.

hout my. snow

“I'm fussy # o that fits

Bud=-1 want on

family reunion despite

felieves the Sgt. Walter B. Nixon |Misteq by the Communists was the Asked which hushand she will same man who married his stigk. by, she said it would be a daughter in April, 1950,

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