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2 YEAR—NUMBER 305

TUESDAY, JANUARY 1, 1952

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Woman Doing Good UN Guns Give Reds Rousing

Turn Becomes Ist

'52. Traffic

By EMERSON TORREY The last generous act of a

woman described - by her ex-hus-hand as | “ always

in Marion County traffic in 1952, She was Mrs. Vera Stevens, 58, of 1805 N. Jliinois St., killed by a car at 1:30zg. m, today as she hurried APCS the street to help a mired motorist. The state's first traffic death of

the New Year occurred an heyr Was killed by boxecars pushed by PO-2

Fatalit the “driver, Shelbyville.

Band; Mr. Bresock said. survived by ‘a son, Robert: daughter, Mrs." and her parents; Mr. William C. Shannon. . Killed by Boxcar

Donald Kent edy, 41, > i 0% QUARTERS, Korea, Jan. 1—| Mrs. Stevens was an employee United Nati ons big-hearted” of the Hoffman Specialty Co. and

made her' the first person to dje!@ member of the Moose Kitchen She is, day with a tremendous artillery -

Me ur New Year

By United Press

EIGHTH ARMY HEAD-

forces ushered in the new year to-

a barrage which discouraged "fhe

Robert Barker Reds frem launching more than, dnd Mrs. a Single probing attack.

- The Reds staged a mingr cele bration of their own,- however.

A 60-year-old Indianapolis man They sent three or four ancient

> single-engined biplanes over

and a quarter earlier, Albért ILeh- @ SWitch engine late yesterday the Allies’ Kimpo airfield, near

Seoul, man, 63, Renss as he picked up coal along the nsselaer, was killed P g of Harbor under cover of darkness.

He was George Ludwig, 2319 Beech- mortar

by a truck as he walked along Ind. 53 east of Demotte. No charges ‘were filed "against the driver, Knofel E. Eitkelberger, 40, Paoli, ; a Mrs. Stevens died in front of the home of her former husband, Henry Bresock, 3952 Southeastern Ave.; whom she had gone to visit after a .-New Year's Eve dance at the Moose Lodge.’ : When a car stalled in the mud across the street, Mrs. - Stevens grabbed a rug from Mr. Bresock’s front porch for the motorist to put under his wheels.’ She! was killed as she ran toward! him. ’ “Vera was alw like that,” said bartendef, - who feturned home shortly after the accident. He said they were divorced two years ago but had been keeping .sompany sigce Sheriff’

ays doing things Mr. Bresock, a

Mission to Korea—

Your Blood May Give

Belt Railroad Churchman Ave.

track. east crossing.

er St.

Lester Bates, 34: Elkhart,

was ‘killed in ‘a two-car crash in a

and neighboring Inchon One dropped a string of eight shells on_ Kimpo, but missed its target and caused no The others flew over but. apparently dropped

damage. Inchon,

heavy fog yesterddy on a county No bombs. Allied antiaircrift guns

road near Goshen.

Four persons were injured in New Year's Eve traffic accidents

Mrs, Parkway

in Indianapolis. Miles, 337 Ave., and Prospect Sts. in St. was. reported fair. Joseph Baxter, 21, Addison St., was in" tion in 8t. Vincent's

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pole at 1400 W. Michigan St. Robert Baxter, 17, Folfz St., Barnes, 19, of 282 another passenger,

Gl New Lease on Life

The New Year

new lease on life to some wound- the people. who were giving.

ed. American GI thanks to thous andg of Indianapolis

ute Women.”

in Korea—

“Min-|

“Then I realjzed what

blood donated by meant,” she said.

of 2510 8S. the driver, and Henry field, N, H., credited with the damAddison St. were treated 8 § deputies + did not ‘hold at the hospital but not ‘admitted.

tried in vain to hit the raiders, . Two U. " Communist

S. Planes Downed antiaircraft guns

John F. were more successful later in the! was day. hurt in a two-car crash at East peller-driven

shot Americdn

They down two pro-

planes

Her condition over North Korea, an F-51 MusFrancis Hospital = today tang fighter and a F-4U Corsair,

Thirty-one American Sabrejets

~ 247 N.lexacted partial revenge in a-half-| fair condi-

hour dogfight with 60 Communist

Hospital M1G-15 jet fighters . 36,000. feet | after a car in which he was rid- yer North Korea. ing hit a transit company guide

Two MIGs| were damaged. All Sabrejets returned safely to base. Col. Harrison R. Thyng of Pitts-

said the Red pilots knew

aged plane, were: “excellent and really how to fly.” : “They've been good for the last 10 days,” he said “They show fine teamwork and they | ‘know how, to handle their planes.” | Tanks Joined in Barrage Heavy and medium Allied ar-, tillery all along the 145-mile ground front opened the New| Year's Day bombardment of

may mean a she walked down the hall past carefully selected front-line tar-

gets a few minutes after mld-

it night.

Then tanks moved up- as if to -:

“I was scared stiff but I just attack and added to the barrage

had to get into that line, I knew. With

their high-velocity shells. | i

At least two of those donors those boys over there need blood In one divisional sector, U nited have a direct-interest in the lat-|and I just couldn't refuse.”

est assignment of Ed Kennedy, | panving their blood donations to the front lines. They are Mrs’ Hazel Robbins, 48-year-old mother zons, and Miss Bernice. Myles, 21, | of 921 Grandee St., who has “a extra special interest” aboard thel carrier, USS Midway. i Both not only donated blood! but they .also hold down full-!| time jobs at the Allison Division | of General Motors here, helping! to speed aerial might to back up| the ‘troops.

Personal Stories

Before leaving for the flying, A T-pound, 11-ounce baby boy with the blood appeared today te have won In-

trip to Korea plasma made from local donations, Mr. Kennedy got the per-|

plasma.

These are the stories he has to] 2

relay: Mrs. Robbins is typical of a! *mother who has sent her sons_off| to war. She sent them off with the same hopes, fears and prayers that mothers always send with sons. to war. |

it besidés cry. She gives her blood at every opportunity.

Pfe, Willard E. Robbins, 22, is on] the high seas en route to Ger-| many. Another son, Eugene R.| lobbing, is back home in Mon-| rovia after a rough hitch in the! Navy. . | ‘We’ Must Support Them’ | ; “The boys are willing ‘to go _when called,” she said. “We must] support them. We mothers brought! thém into the world. We, who gave them life, - must now give them blood to keep it.” Miss Myles had no such advance incentive to give blood. In

She and Mrs. Robbins both are One per second for 20 minutes. staff writer now accom- waiting to hear the story of the destination of their donations as messages sent back by Mr. Kennedy. Their donations may mean a large-scale attack. of two GI! Ne ew Year

to some

tribute your share of blood.

Baby Boy in Line

For Stork Title

|dianapolis’ 1952 stork derby.

Born at 12:25 a. m. in Coleman sonal stories of the two women to| Hospital to Janet'and John Ryan relay to the soldier or sailor who|6235 Nimitz Drive, he was the will receive that life- giving | °1y's first New Year baby, early!

reports indicated.

combination,” said. “ ‘Seyen- -come-eleven.’

‘Word on Candidacy Soon, Kefauver Hints

NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 1 (UP); But she does something .about, —Sen. Estes Kefauver, here for

today’s Sugar Bow! game,

ition.

“I am not asking help at this time,” said Sen. Kefauver, who | arrived yesterday attired in a jSoonskin cap. “If it’s decided that

tery Garbage Route

am the candidate, will get going.”

wounded |soldier, but unless mare blood is believed substantial, given here there will be no more New Yédrs for other GIs. You can make an appointment! by calling LIncoln 1441 to con-|

» ment. to release all interned civil-|

“Even his.iweight is a lucky, the proud father!

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sald Nations delegate called a “dead anvils? IS the world full of lead- § (he “may have something to say stalemate” over an Allied demand footed .giants? As her latest blood donation is| soon” on whether he will seek the for a ban on airfield construction. blurry with smears of green and Korea-hound, her youngest son,| Democratic presidential nomina-|

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Nations guns fired at the rate of.

Intercepted Communist radio showed the Reds, ‘thought the Barrage ‘heralded a Red casualties from the rain of shells were

An 8th Army communique re- | ported only one minor. Commu{nist probing attack during the morning. United Nations units | {northwest of Yonchon on the! | western front repulsed it after a {40-minute fight.

UN, Reds Agree to Free Oooh, My Head—

'Interned Civilians oe " PANMUNJOM, Korea, Jan. 1 a S i ort | te (UP)—United Nations and Communist truce negotiators opened the new year today with an agree- Last Nig i, We $ Mean ians after an armistice. The Reds also agreed to supply By JOE ALLISON ‘all possible information-6n 50,0000 OOH-H-H. My aching head. . Allied war prisoners known to, Wifey dear, must you slap that have been- in their hands but powderpuff like a bass drummer? missing from their latest prisoner Junior, why are you breathing ~~ The total includes 1058 os : i Americans. so hard? You're rattling the winBut a second set of negotiators dOWS. Sel trying to® work. out means. of pe-| And, dear reader, how is YOUR licing an armistice ended its first head this fine New Year's Day’ meeting of 1952 in what a United] Are the little men beating their g

GOING ON A TO Janine Lynn Eubanks, and today last Jan. | | to Mr. end Mrs. Danald R. Eubanks, 4545 Primrose Ave.

t Are the lights all

Both subcommittees held. only red and blue? ; brief morning sessions, then ad-| Does your stomach feel like a journed until tomortow. rowhoat in a hurricane? —— 2 i. Uh huh. I thought so. ; & : y ¥.. You didn’t pay attention yes- ™® gas wed " Here Ss Tomorrow 3 terday when we told you what to — {do to prevent that morning-after: es Borie hin feeling. Re id Th fo New garbage collection districts i oy. A Nv 4 have.. Been announced following! WELL, let's face it. You have 3 a Pe pb 4 ‘conversion of the department to a & Dengover. = a 1 five-day week. |” Here are a few suggestions to fiery glow: Garbage and. trash will be cel-|Shrink your aching brow: lected Chiba in the areal The hardy soul is invited to try| Rate 2 San Tray the. medi-| {bounded by New York and Lowell|& remedy Suggestion bY an old) 1 profession says there are a from’ White/torer Who has had plenty of eX. /few things you -can do to make|

Entered. as Second-Class Matter at

Republicans tories and the Democrats 29. Re- rooned and many escaped close’

count reversals have cut the GOP|

ocratic to 31. didates Jasper.

cities. Winship - margin intact manded_by Mayor Russell Coons! lto 1(D.), but Mr. Winship still may lose on the basis of a. civil by Mr. Coons charging

Smith (R.),

with or without thé Cook (D.), {has appealed the

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+ 5 Above Zero Expected Tonight as New Cold ~ Sweeps in From West

v By United Press The New Year rode in today behind a spreading cold

"mass that was expected to

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103 Hoosier Cities Get New Mayors

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drop temperatures more than’ increase already hazardous driving condi tions. Traffic accidents had killed 244 persons since the four-day holiday period started Friday evening. Fires claimed 44 lives, air‘plane crashes 34 and miscellaneous accidents 86 for.an over-all total of 408 accidental deaths. The National Safety Council expected the traffic toll to reach .350. by midnight. The cold front passed through Chicago just before the new year arrived at midnight. The temperature ‘there hit a high of 52 at 8 p. m. It was expected to drop down as low -as five below tonight. - The storm struck the Dakotas with local blizzard conditions, but there was no additional snow! forecast for today.

30 Below Predifted

Instead, .a clear, cold drop in [temperature was predicted with a low of 30 degrees below zero in North Dakota. Farther to the west, the ther- | below zero. | |Haver, Mont., reported 25' below iat” midnight. the cold; {wave would move into the - At-| |lantic states ‘by nightfall, ending | (a warm spell which-sent tempera-| {tures up to 49 degrees in New| York. Most of New England] basked In the same | weather, : . . Generally fair weather | forecast for the: Far West.

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‘|. Alr oprations ‘at Minneapolis'| Times photo by Willlam A. Oates Jr. ‘| Wold-Chambertain airport were!

T—This young lady has double cause to celebrate New Year's. She's closed for a time yesterday be-| a i is exactly 1 year old, She was born at St. Vincent's Hospital

|cause of the storm, Bus lines

pleasant

LOCAL STEMP 'ERATURES Gam, 4 ~8 a-m,.. 38 7 4m... 42 10 a. m.., 38 8 a. m... 41 11 a. m... 37

Latest humidity

Indianapolis temperatures today poised for a 64-degree

swan dive.

All-time records for Dec. 31 were broken yesterday when the mercury hit 6% but a 64-degree drop to 5 degrees fonight was predicted by the Weather Bureau, The unseasonahle heat wave yesterday brought the tops down from many convertibles éruising the streets of Indianapolis and some New Year's revelers last night wélked the streets gaily in shirt gleeves, The new cold wave started hammering temperatures. down last night on the heels of gusty southeasterly winds, the forerunner -of an. incoming cold front,

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Skies to Clear

Skies will start clearing today, the weatherman said, and to- + morrow. should be fair and with a high of 20 degrees. When the mercur¥ last night touched -69 it shattered the pre{vious record for Dec. 31, which Iwas 68 in 1875. Extending its’ outlook, the Weather Bureau said state tem- | peratures for the next five days will be near normal in the south and 2 to 4 degrees below normal in the north.

Warmer Friday

Normal maximum temperature in the northern sections of ‘Ine diana is 33, .and 42 in the =outh. The cold which will .linges through. tomorrow" and Thursday will lessen somewhat Friday, but another drop is due Saturday and

Sunday.

weré running between two and! ‘g,noe snow flurries were ems

______|eight hours behind schedule.

The snow in. the northern Mid-|

west, driven by winds up to. 42 miles an hour, cut visibility to] less than an eighth of -a mile| lin: places. The strong winds piled (up huge drifts, North Daokta.

Snow Slides Maroon

Mayors will be sworn into of- Hundreds in ‘Colorado

{fice in 103 Indiana -cities today! returning Republicans to a ma- The

jority rule they lost in-the 1947 , 4, today behind one of the| municipal elections.

Election-

72 mayoralty” .vic-

otal to 70 and boosted the Dem-| Independent canwon at Vincennes and

Recounts At {R.),

still plagued two Rushville, -- William kept his victory in a recount de-

suit vote fraud. And at Montpelier, Clyde W.! election-night victor, ost a recount decision to R. W.! However,” Mr. Smith| recount verdict. !

Meanwhile, Republican John

{Ennis cleared the way for Mayor Ralph Tucker (D.) to be sworn

DENVER, Colo., Jan, 1 (UP}y=— New Year thundered into

‘believed dead, hundreds were ma-|

[brushes with death. A series of unprecedented snow slides, heavy snows and strong {winds combined to shut off communication and transportation to the hardest hit areas-—making it impossible to get an accurate account ‘of the full extent of dam-| age and destruction. Rampaging slides on 10,850ot Wolf Creek Pass swept two, en to their deaths, it was be{lieved, and left dozens of motor{ists and small children un: accounted. for. An estimated 22 cluding , several childfen; ‘were| forced to abandon their cars on! {Wolf Creek. Four snow plows and] four bulldozers. last- night attempted to force a trail through {to a highway maintenance.camp,

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persons; in- i

pected near Lake Michigan toe night. ' State temperature range tonight |is expected to be zero to 5 above {in the north and zero to 10 above in the south, the bureau said.

particularly in| .

Captai Winning Bathe to K eep Vessel Afloat

United Pr - NEW YORK, Jan,

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freighter, fighting alone to save { his. damaged ship in the Atlantia, was reported today to be winning his battle against the elements. The Atlantie storm which Capi, Henrik Kurt Carlsen of the 6700 ton Flying Enterprise was bate tling some 300 miles southwest of Ireland was said to be abate ling. And radio reports rea the offices here of the Isbrandtsen line, owner of the freighter, said

it ho longer was taking water, » ”

THE 37-YEAR-OLD Carlsen, of | Woodbridge, N. J., remained on the bridge in the true tradition tof the sea Baturday after giving

[orders for his 10 passengers and 40 crew members to abandon ship. : At. the height of the storm, with

[hurricane winds blowing and 60«

Sports . assssessssn- 16 Society sssssiseese B Fd Sovola ...overienenie 13 Earl Wilson

fact when Allison workers were signing up blood-pledges, she: did! not sign up. But one day the Red Cross

River to east city limits. |perfence in these: things. lin at Terre Haute, when he said ? . : 'life worth living. Garbage should be placed on the/- It involves warm gin and Its is/today he would not contest a re- - b has. Mash the bananas and A. dose of old-fashioned salts is | curb for collection by 7 a.m, anal as ih ” o. helpful. Works on the flush-it-out count decision. {James H. Bookedis, sanitation mix thoroughly with gin heated to principle says the doctor who sug-|

where the party was believed to|feet waves making the operation be headed .to escape the storm, |hazardous, the crew and pas. Winds of gale proportions set sengers were transferred to the off slide after .slide Sunday on/Navy Troopship Gen, A. W. Grees-

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71 HEARTBREAK RI Ey Weiter Ed Kovwedy's tells Mrs. Hazel Robbins, Mon , and | © SE how ti oho to esvmpaty their blood donations hs Gis

chief, said. 150 degrees. (The old. toper has = e - - . never tried “this but thinks it gested it. would be interesting. Let us know 8 your reaction.) A SHOT of kitchen soda-also If this has converted you to the was recommended by a physician. [“I'll just suffer” school, you are This is supposed to counteract the {not to be blamed. . acidity left ‘by dlcohol. { 4 ns Most doctors suggest drinking [} | THERE are two types in the a lot of fluids —nen-aleoholle. “suffer” school, a survey by The Flushing is the idea. Times reveals. The popular fizz-type hangover | One group says, “I never have cures may help. They work on the |a hangover.” This is ‘the strong, soda-flush principle. |silent type. (And lying.) Black coffée and aspirin @ get The other holds its collective some medical votes. The coffee head and says, “I've tried every-|to get your alcohol-slowed circula[thing and nothing works. I just tion back in business and the take my punishment.” {aspirin for your headache. : | For a treatment for last night's ’ Yo ‘ Mreat, you might try a glass of {warm beer.

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A DOCTOR who treats hang«This suggestion comes. from over patients at a local hotel {many sources, including a doctor. suggests one tablespoonful of| What it does, how: if works, no- milk of magnesia every 15 min-| {body knows. But' everybody fis lutes until eight tablespopnfuls are {sure that it will get action. Fast/taken. These are to be taken § action, without water. | You might try a tablespoonful {of. Worcestershire sauce. -

The theory behind this seems

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— hurt so much you forget! the dog” treatment. A new dose about your head. of alcohol is just what your sys-| a8 Wn [tem does not need, i ONE SOLDIER during World| With ‘this we leave you to your {War II ‘was observed cooking up fate. his own hangover. “cure.” y | “Happy New. Year: {He ordered a water glass half! full of dark ‘vinegar, To this he ~~ .. |added a heavy dash of “Tabasco, (sauce, a ‘very liberal portion of! red pepper and salt. - Downing this’

Sailors Visit Pope . |

concoction at a in audience 200 -Anferican sailors ‘ " BIS0L (he: 1, 6, Sth Bie Lia

Here. again the idea is to calm i

say a majority of ¥y : {to be that the sauce makes -your| 'physicians, don't try the “hair off

VATICAN CITY, Jan, 1 (UP) , pe Pius XII today = 2

Double-Take

By BOB BARNES

“Boy, am 1 gt I his mi have two eggs, some hoteakes, | a piece of ham

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Berthoud Pass, marooning more [than 500 skiers and winter sightseers for. hours.

ley and the American freighter Southland, which were standing ‘by.

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30 Die in Planes: 4 Craft «8 Carrying 39 Still Hunted

By United Press Thirty persons were killed

three air.crashes as rescue teams [today searched for traces of fout

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‘planes missing with at least 39

| persons aboard. »The ‘rescue of 14. persons from the wreckage of a non-scheduled C-46 near the Pennsylvania-New

{York border brought hope that other survivors might be. found. Another C-46, missing on a flight from Pt. Barrow to Fairbanks, Alaska, was the ‘latest craft added to the list, - Transocean Alr . Lines, .owner. of the plane, sald at least two persons a pilot and co-pilot—were aboard the ship. : five-man rescue team Te- . turned from a jeep search of the! Superstition Mountaing near | Phoenix; Ariz, to report that no trace has beén found of a mili-| tary C-47- believed ‘down in the ~ Tarea- with 28 persons aboard, in- | cluding 19 West Point cadets, | ‘A search also. was under way | for - another C-47 missing since “last Wednesday with eight men | A ap that wreckage was i . mountains 20!

miles north of Oroville, proved false. : Doctors at Salamanca, N, Y. hospital ‘said that all 14 persons who survived the C-46 crash were expected to live, Rescuers made their way to the wreck sceng-after George Albert,

Cal,

130, of Mjami, Fla., stumbled into

a farm house and telephoned the news that some persons survived the crash, ” Two other crashes cost the lives of fous persons, . William Campbell and his 7. yous. old. daughter, Judy, were killed when a plane Mr. Campbell rented crashed into a school yard at Van Nuys, Cal. William Cox and Paul Hensley were Killed when a .light plane |piloted by Mr. Cox stalled on a takeoff at Riverside airport. im Louisville, Ky. The plane nosed linto the ground. The Alaskan. C-48 was last re-, ported yesterday morning. Those aboard were..identified as pilot. Bob ‘Warren and co-pilot Richard Edwin, both of Oakland, Cal. Search also was underway for. an F-51 fighter. plane aida Et between, Phioents. ahd