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the Allison worker. That blood,
Somewhere in Korea—probably at Pusan—a big, silvery C-54! landed with an “attention In-| dianapolis” cargo. Aboard the big transport were: ONE—A blood locker filled! with plasma made from many
GIs by Indianapolis residents. TWO—Times Writer Ed Kennedy who is going up to the battle lines to see where each pint goes. Normally, identity. of such
He scrubs down the big jet enfore it reaches the battle lines. (ENes made at Allison's hetore 0 U 8 ie Audther Car [er er ogi org WR By. JOE ALLISON # But special Tonga were 112) 2T¢ Shibped out. | There he stole another car| writer revealed 26 slots operating So you're going to celebrate the i } made with the Defense Depart. ‘I give my blood because I which was abandoned in Indian- openly in the 13 spots. The only birth of a Happy New Year. $ | ment to have Mr. Kennedy ac- KNOW the boys need it,” he told apolis.. |attempt at concealment was to Hip, hip, hooray and three huzi company the. ‘blood through to MT. Kennedy. a { The kidnaper forced his vic- shield them from the street. jzahs. . Raise the glass, drink the Eg its final life-giving” destination, he “I was in_the service, I oor Hawtho nF any. im. to a And liquor places os udious- 103L a0, Wt | he. m a wed Circle Rou ave been in their spot. It's our awthorn ards o Boi nce or - Fella to . : > a ’ edict Ing when the eft foot twitches,
The Times writer took the] Indianapolis-donated blood to Philadelphia where it was converted into plasma. Then he took the plasma to Washington where he boarded the plane for the flight to Korea. EFrom March Field, Cal.,, the big MATS (Military Air Transport) plane flew north to Alaska and then followed “the big circle
BLOODLINE TO FRONTLINE—Times Writer Ed Kennedy [It Several chances to escape Pass yen operating in all of the places chats with Henry Carpenter about the pint of blood donated by before he made a break.
pints of blood donated for the
(there. Thousands of additional
62d YEAR—NUMBER 304 ee. MONDAY, DECEMBER
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Of Widnaping|
about his story that he was kidnaped and forced to accom-
pany a gunman on a 26-hour ter- ; ror-filled ride in Indiana. 7 Si t T k State Police Capt. John Barton 0 5 [| en 8 [said the man had changed his “8 [story that he was kidnaped in New Albany, Ind, and had ad-'§|} ear orn
mitted he started out with the
ly. : FA 15, Capt. zon COUNEY Raids
said, he accompanied the man] part of the way but was kid- 3 naped when he tried to return to By JOE DORAN Louisville. . LAWRENCEBURG, Dec. Earlier Ollie Bissmeyer Jr. 31__Seven slot machines were
told troopers he escaped from a swarthy, Luger-armed gunman at, ‘seized by Indiana State
10 p. m. yesterday in Knightstown. Police today in simultaneous He had been a prisoner since|..i4s on 13 places in Dearborn 8 p. m. Saturday, when the man c,,nty where the one-armed [are a gun on him and forced p.ng4ifx had been operating openhim to go along in a car-stealing ,, ;, gefiance of Gov. Schricker's spree “Quring. which he told Mr. 4. | Bissmeyer, “I'd just as soon 8hoot| mo rteen troopers. assisted by! {you as not. I'm already in plenty) gp are Ernest Negengard of
| Mr. Bissmeyer said he was in. .y) the restaurants at 10 a.m, {constant fear of his life and had| Although slot machines had
(because he wanted to be: “sure” , ..iuely none were found in 10
f them this morning. However, made into plasma, landed today | ‘Played Tricks’ ilk of the places Td kept the
in Korea. ; ae fpr Diaying peychologies)| machines under cover during the i | early part of the week when the The Need Is Still Urgent— said. “He would tempt me With «pave wag not heavy.
chances to get away, but I was
1 : : : Raided Spots Listed : Hoosier Bloodline ime BY Deed he his Sstroce er od arrests
The kidnap victim, a seventh- made were as follows: (grade teacher at Valley Station, walser's Restaurant on U. 8.
| Stretches to Korea |Ky., said he was stopped by the 50 between the Ohio line and|
gunman in Louisville while Mr. Lawrenceburg — Two machines. | route” out over the Bering Sea | 'Bissmeyer was on his way to a Arrested James Walser. and the North Pacific and on to fraternity meeting. | Greendale Cafeteria. Greendale| Korea after a short stopover in| The man asked directions to —- Two machines. Arrested (Japan yesterday. |New Albany, Ind., he said. Mr. Richard Schulz, Greendale. In Korea, Mr. Kennedy will fol Bigsmeyer volunteered to take| Earl's Restaurant, 408 oy low the plasma right to the' him there in his car, and when gt, Aurora — Three machines. wounded GI it aids. |they arrived, the kidnaper drew| Arrested Far] Combs, Aurora. “Our Duty to Give” fa gun and forced his victim to! All three will be arraigned
{lie down in the back seat. {Wednesday on charges of possess-| Among the Indianapolis dona- The Kkidnaper, described as ing slot machines. tions with The Times escort is ‘stocky and speaking Spanish| i : that of Henry Carpenter, 43, a when excited, drove the car into aw 26 In Operation |
World War II Navy veteran Who , gitcnh at St. Mark's Church,| The raiders wére headed by’
resides at 45 S. Catherwood St. iy, miles gouth- of Indianapolis/Sgts. Price Cox and William
|auty to give How Mr. Carpenter's “duty” fs !appreciated by some wounded GI is the “story Mr. Kennedy will send back.” _ But the story does not end
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|activity of excise police. ! Source of the machines in this County was reported to be a {Connersville firm. There is believed to be a link between that firm and a Greater Cincinnati op|erator. Slips from the Ohio Out{fit have been found in the confiscated machines. Sheriff Negengard said he now
pints of blood are needed. You can make an appointment to give your share by calling -LIncoln1441.
To Keo Litt
| ] By United Press | HOLLYWOOD, Dec. 31—| * Actress Jane Russell clasped] British-born Thomas Kavanagh, te her bosom today and friends) reported ‘ ‘she wants to keep him herself.” It was an apparent switch in plans for the film beauty who| previously stated she never wouid| adopt the youngster she discovered in the British slums. Miss Russell, wife of Bob Waterfield, star quarterback of
the Los Angeles Rams, was given| the chubby 16-month-old boy from London slums by his!
parents. The parents. expressed hopes Jane could find a home for the| boy, but she vowed she would never adopt him because his family would know where he was. | Say She'll Keep Him Jane's friends said, however, that if immigraation and English adoption snarls can be untangled, she would keep him. “Tommy is part of her family now and she's crazy about him,”
a friend explained. “But she wants to wait until]
'52 to Get Off To Wet Start
LOCAL TEMPERATURES 6a m.. 55 10. m... 5) 7am..5 11 a m.. 62 : 8a m.. 56 12 (noon) 66 fa m.. 56 1 p.m... 68
Latest humidity ........75%
The weatherman will do his
share toward making it a hot time in the old town tonight.| Also a wet time. If unseasonably warm weather isn't enough, he's sending rain to dampen the enthusiasm of celebrants wherever gathered to wel come 1952. The rain, accompanied by a low of 50 degrees tonight, will last through tomorrow morning. Not until tomorrow afternoon will the weather begin to resemble winter. Forecast calls for the rain to turn to snow flurries
Tomorrow's high will reach 64 degrees, the man says.
Quake in A in Alaska
(UP)—An earthquake of “minor”
area yesterday. No damage was reported
Report Jane Planning
amid “much colder” temperatures. | J
ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Dec.31 | intensity shook the Anchorage)
{has a total of 30 machines seized in the last month.
‘Take Is $200 a Week i
Persons familiar with slot machines estimate that in a good lo- | {cation, a machine will take in| {$200 a week, $100 for the owner and $100 for the proprietor. i | At this rate, those 26 machines! Base ve Jake any decision as what pave Wi y Jang Sore ary she 0.” : > { » —— " County, a highly industrialized Mrs. Geraldine Russell, the OLLIE BISSMEYER JR.—Kid- area. There are others.
actress’ mother, said, “Thomas is| the guest of the Waterflelds and "oP victim. Sgt. Cox said State Police have ‘been seizing slot machines in!
[that’s all I can say. No decision vania Railroad, where they tried has been made,” to get a ride on an eastbound IP or Yuan two! Jane refused to talk anymore freight train. ‘about the bo counties in the state in which the y. | The men spent yesterday after-| {police have slot machine and Had Big Christmas {noon in a movie in Iryington | gambling trouble. The other, hel Mrs. Russell said the one-time [waiting on night. |said, is Lake County, where Chi-! poor baby had a rich Christmas. fle in the theater, the kid- o,05 mobs keep sending in ma-| “He got a carload of presents,” NaPer fell asleep sveeral times. pn... r she sald. “He got sweaters and "iI- Bissmeyer said the gunman AUR ER caps and socks in every color, taunted him about it later saytoys that pushed and pulled and/ 8: “You could have got away. Drunk Driver to Start everything. {I was asleep in the show. : N Y J il “His parents called from Lon-| Giving up the effort to ride a [N€W Tear in Jai don on Christmas Day. Jane train, the gunman forced his vic-| A 21-year-old motorist found sent them a lot of gifts, £00.” (tim to hitch-hike with him east [guilty of drunken driving and Thomas lives at the Waterfield 0: 5: 40. five other, charges, pin start the San Fernando Valley home and, , cy, Stopped at Knightstown pew year i Inas a tull-lime nurse to care for. where the kidnaper tried to steal] 1, C. Holland, 21, of 427 S. him. His constant playmate is “7° Per raped at Cols [lialding 8t., as given a total of - ays in jail, but will spend only Janes adopted 4-month-old yy; pjsgmeyer said he escaped 30 days Ls I |
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Restaurant in Knightstown. rule dthat the sentences should He explained he ran out of the hegin at the same time. Double- Take restaurant while the kidnaper| He also fined Holland $81 as was still talking to the cashier. ‘a result of an accident Saturday || He ran around a corner to get in the 100 block of S. Belmont | | out of the line of fire if the gun- |Ave, No one was hurt. | | |
|fingerprint tests of Mr. Biss- i jmeyer’s car in an effort to learn Found Hanged n Cell
the kidnaper's identity. - PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 31 (UP) Mr. Bissmeyer also will be |—James Copeland, 30, Nassawa-| shown pictures from the state {dox, Va., being held on a murder police “Rogue's Gallery.” lcharge, was found hanged in his The FBI was seeking to de- Moyamensing Prison cell last termine if it had jurisdiction in night. the kidnaping and has assigned| Copeland was being held in the, two men to the investigation. death of Mrs. Marian Embry, 23, Mr. Bissmeyer said he knew of who was shot to death in front of no motive for the kidnaping.
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DOWNTOWN BLAZE—More than 500 spectators gathered at Péfinsylvania and Georgia Sts. companied by Joseph Hancock,
this morning as firemen fought flames in Hall-Reid Furriers, Inc.
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Have Fun, But Think Of the Hangover, Too
|separated by miles of assembly |
line where little men beat on big anvils. For by the time the witching hour of inidnight has arrived and )
all the world is bathed in a beautiful rosy glow, it's too late to ® think of—of ... uh ... Well, i} let's say it—the hangover. K Evening of the night before is the time to think about the morn-
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all, Recommendations (or hangover * rpg eye will be shuttered jus¥ior four planes missing with 76] The C-47 missing in Arizona jas tight no matter what you pour
preventatives are many. They! also ard~varied, weird and, ex-! cept for one, not very successful. | There are those who suggest that the stiff right arm is the
into yourself.
by one faction.
{handed drinkers.) Alcoholics Anonymous, that strong-willed group who insist! they have. dearned better, recom- know anything better. The real {mend a ‘straight—and permanent (~—diet of water or soft drinks. able to convince your head.
Everybody agrees that this = works——but . . . | Here's Solid Adyice
Hurry to Get Choice Ring Seats
Only three days remain after today to get the choice seats { for The Times-Legion Golden | Gloves Tournament, which | opens Friday in the National | |
| Guard Armory, 711 N. Penn- |g Critically 11} | sylvania St,
Tickets were put on sale to- | day at Em-Roe Sporting Goods | | Co., 200. W. Washington Bt . Sportsman's or
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The ‘tournament will run | over five weeks with the finals
slated for Feb. 8. |
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On Four Planes in U. 3.
Br United Press loft shore, but a search of several
Search planes flew over the,
1a legheny Mountains, the rain-|te substantiate the report. Varied and Weird fron -gut vodka or a combination | drenched Arizona desert and the
| California coast today in search
persons aboard. One of the missing planes, a
Milk - is strongly recommended|C-47 feared down in Arizona, was
lcarrying 27 persons. Sources at
This might be a reminder to Hamilton Air Force Base said your stomach of the beautiful passengers included 19 West days when you drank .the white point cadets returning East after stuff all the time and didn’t noliday leaves.
Another of the missing craft
|question about it however, is’ ‘was a C-46 nonscheduled airliner, whether your stomach will be ‘which disappeared Saturday night
lon a flight frem Pittsburgh to | Buffalo. | Fog which disrupted a search
“Perish the thought,” replies! rhe doctors do have some s0l- hogan lifting, and military and
They have their own systems. hold the hangover down to a me-| “Drink an eight-ounce bottle of 4jum-sized roar.
olive oil,” says one school. (Do| pyc tpey say, there is no sub-
this early so you won't get tan- ute for being moderate. The
gled up with the bottle.) smaller the bite the snake gets, “Eat a quarter-pound of but-|the jess his sting, they point out.
ter,” says another group. | Second, there's no substitute for The medical profession, polled starting your celebrating on a Wash. to Fairfield, Cal. The by The Times, scratches its ry) stomach, preferably loaded military plane carried eight per-|
learned head and says “Hmmmm” with a high-protein meal. That to this one. means meat, cheese, etc,
SE ter To, “It probably won't hurt any.”| Third, a dose of salts before id y from the gunman at the B & C|McDonald of Municipal Court 4 Said one doctor. "But it probably | |you go to bed is a good idea. Or won't help much either. Might a glass of one of the popular fizz-
absorb some of the alcohol. Butitype hangover remedies before! it won't prevent a hangover.” |your turn in—it's supposed to Don't Mix 'Em {neutralize the effect of alcohol
. lon your stomach. ‘Don’t mix your drinks,” cau-| And lastly, dear friend, if all
{morning whether the snake thatisick stomach, {bit you was beer, frappe, whisky, Have fun.
[man chased him~and thén fled to, rer tiasiimm—— tion some experts. {these fail, come back tomorrow e nearest house to call police. | = The doctors say you won't be amd=we'll tell you how to try to! State police today plan to make Murder Suspect lable to tell the difference next stop the little men and the sea-
Board of Commissioners Has Only Skeleton Staff
The dissension-torn Republican) Allison, Democrat, who has an-| |ner home here last Nov. 20. ‘majority which takes over con:|other year in office.
[trol of t of Commission-| Conflicts between the two GOP | Yol of te Board m members over board policy has
ho 1 | id ® : fers tomorrow will begin with only|y.., indicated for several weeks. You. know bow T T a skeleton staff. | It broke out into the open toly New Year's nsi £ e imes More than 100 workers under| {day over appointments. : Page/this county government bureau Mr, Hutsell said the board will with only a —
have not been appointed by the start operating
an armistice .......... Enns iaistraanie sa verhissies .2/majority board members to begin! skeleton staff” Wednesday beWe cannot afford 1 let down at all in vigilance, purpose and |work Wednesday.
jcause more than 100 workers, Present Democratic workers Are ont. have not been hired,
Dr. 8ilver didn’t agree. The GOP majority will take “All the appointments under
) IWant to start the new year right? Turn te the first article of The lcontrol tomorrow when Dr the board have been made . . . Times 1951 Income Tax Primer .........00uvivaunnesees [l|Golden Silver, newly elacted mem. Why doesn’t Mr. Hutsell release’ it
Oth : ber, is inducted. hem?” he countered. of Features: Jobs yet to be filled, according
Conflict Indicated to Mr. Hutsell, include a garage He will form the new GOP ma- Superintendent, three Sostoks for
row after serving’ as minority of the County Health Board, and,
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ember is Willlam M. Appeals Board.
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(a legion of convivial imbibers. lid advice, though, about how to! civilian planes took off once again
'to criss-cross the area from Pittsburgh to Canada.
Drenching Rains
The third missing plane had {been unreported since Jast Wednesday , enroute from Spokane,|
sons. After several days of drenching rains, the weather cleared and 100 planes went aloft to gearch for the missing craft. A single-seater F-51 fighter also was missing somewhere hetween Phoenix and El Paso, Tex. At Wabasso Beach, Fla. an Army sergeant said he saw a ‘big, two-engined plane” disappear Into the water 1000 yards
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| Respond to 2-Alarm Call
| versity was for chemistry and
{100 Civil Afr Patrol planes .
planes at Olmstead Field, Pa., |were ‘assigned to search an area [roughly 2000 square: miles just
{border.
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A two-alarm fire today caused about $50,000 damage to 1000 fur coats stored in. Hall-Reid Furriers, Inc, 132 8. Pennsylvania. Flames which started in the cleaning room on the ground floor, were put out before they reached the second floor, where 500 fur coats were stored. Wallace Reid, co-owner of the firm, said the coats on the second floor sustained smoke and water damage, and many of the 500 coats on the ground floor were burned.
The firm also stores furs for other stores in the city, but Mr, Reid said most of the more valus able coats already had been taken out of storage. Some coats in for repair or cleaning may have been among those destroyed, he said,
Hancock at Scene ; The nine engines fighting the downtown fire were supervised by Fire Chief Roscoe McKinney, ace
who takes over as chief tomorrow, “Looks like I'm going out as chief the same way I came in” said Chief McKinney, who will retire today after 38 years with the force, . “My first run as chief,” he exe plained, “was a two-alarm blaze h right near here.” j
Local Philanthropist
Peter C. Reilly, 82-year-old Ine dianapolis philanthropist who |gave $1 million to Notre Dame | University: in 1945, was critically [4m St. Vincent's Mr. "Retly, a
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|vice president of lay trusi of Notre Dame. His gift to the uni«
{chemical engineering.
{hours by the Coast Guard failed Never Heard Again
|radioed Williams Air Force base near Phoenix that: it planned to make an instrument landing, but never was heard from again. A search was organized early today, with the March Air Force Base Rescue Squadron in command. Lt. Leonard Kerr, mission commander, said the rescue units included about 15 military planes and 20 civilian craft. The Hamilton Field report that several West Point cadets were aboard was not confirmed immesdiately by other sources.
However, many cadets had {spent their holiday leaves at {home on the West Coast, and it |appeared likely they could have taken advantage of their privilege {to travel aboard a military plane, The search was centered north and west of Phoenix in the belief strong southwesterly winds had blown the craft north of its course. The plane was enroute from Hamilton tor Williams Afr Base. . Comb Mountains
The search for the missing C-48 in the East ‘centered over the mountainous country of northe western Pennsylvania. Five military planes took off from Westover Field, Mass., to search the fog-shrouded mountains this morning and to advise about 40 other military craft and
whether the weather would per mit full-scale resumption of the search. Shortly thereafter, military
south of the New York State
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Dec. 31 —Pilot Kenneth Miracle and his [two Sugar Bowl-bound passen|gers, Paul Knotingham and Paul
{their lives to a miracle today. Mr. {Miracle's flying service plane crashed into a tree 30 miles north {of here yesterday after running out of fuel. None of the threes
BULLETIN
A pedestrian was killed by 8 train today at the Churchman Ave. crossing of the Belt Ralls road. The man was not me wv id ted. ARE
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