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THURSDAY, FEB. 14° 1952

1952 .-

| Mother Tosses Her Two Children T

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Men Catch | Her Sons as She Leaps |

A young mother threw her! two children from the up-| stairs window of their burn-!|

ing home and then. jumped to safety herself early this morning. The children were caught by] three persons standing on the! sidewalk below, © | | Mrs. Muriel Johnson, 28-year-| old mother of two young bor] awakened coughing and choking| . at 1:31 a. m. in her smoke-filled | home at 1137 N. Pershing, Ave.,| the south half of a double. She found flames snapping up| the stairway. She grabbed -her| children, Preston, 9, and Kenneth,| 7. and rushed to the window.

Here's Your Chance to Tell ‘Em How

| You will be given a chance to recommend changes in” Marion {County government, The Metropolitan Commission, seeking ways 'to eliminate duplication and overlapping functions” will hold four hearings at which overflowing at{tendance is sought. via The ‘commission already has {completed nine months of re{search into the duties and jobs of each office in both the county and .eity governments Now they are secking tlie pub-

Area Study

o Safety In Fire H

Fire Here Actor Picks Up New | Hore

bh Friends in Tri Dennis Morgan arrived in town last night with a muffled voice and a number of new friends. Stepping off the Riley, the star was surrounded by acquaintances he made on the trip from Hollywood. Pathetic among these was an injured veteran of the Korean War who adopted Mr. Morgan as his personal companion along the {way and has his watch as a souvenir. Talking with friends in his hotel room, Mr. Morgan recalled the days early In his career when his job with a Chautauqua brought him into Indianapolis and sur{rounding area. In those days the star put up the scenery, performed ‘with a quartet in the afternoon jand sang “Faust In the evening.

Her Back "Sprained

Hiawatha Hunter, 41, 1141 Martindale, neighbors, and Mrs. Laura Robison of 436 W. 29th St. They had seen the smoke billow-

ing from the Johnson residence

Standing 15 feet below were

N. Pershing, Merle Bibbs, 40, 2936|

lic's ideas about what should be done. { At the public hearings the {Commission will report on its preliminary study and will offer ten-/ tative sugRbstigns. for improve: ment, Open ' sessions scheduled * for

City Hall at 7:30 p. m. are Mar. 4: Public property buildings, schools. Mar. 11: Land use; public health and safety.

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One of the more peaceful members of Hollywood society, [“Toughie’ Morgan placed calls _to {his family at home, a friend in Cincinnati and his old coach in Illinois as ‘soon as he arrived. The man with the crinkly smile and the pleasing baritone is here to make personal appear-

SINGING STAR—Dennis Morgan, star of "This Woman Is Dangerous," will make two personal appearances at the Circle Theater Friday.’

as they sat up late discussing Mar. 15; Welfare; judiciary. inces Friday with his movie, eeam— funeral arrangements for a rela- Mar. 25: Fiscal and budgeting; ‘This Woman Is Dangerous,” a talk with Gov. Henry Schricker, tive. . structure and functions of gov- pening at the Circle Theater. radlo interviews and a visit to ~ They caught each boy as the ‘rnment, : Hia schedule for today includes Billings Veteran Hospital. ~~ mother ‘tossed them into their : . Tr - ; > waiting arms. Then Mrs. Johnson ‘Fair Dealers Stealing J R Il, af h : ’ r : ‘ ' . . ; Y—Actre ne Russell, atter she rday anq Te ilar tried to catch h BE FRANK —Maria Riva, 27-year-old daughter of actress Jobs; Says Jenner GREETINGS FROM Hugs tb po Hed Bob Waterfield Bri e-to-Be S Sister : Pe identis Hit her Weight locked RL her Marlene Dietrich and television star in her own right, thinks girls Tinton State Service was greeted at Hollywoo pes y her hus Joh . \irieleison against ‘a post. Mrs. Ho or should be natural and frank in their efforts to win a husband. "Be SOUTH BEND, Feb. 14 —A (right), dispelling rumors that hey wars ebaut to i d he reports > . * . ; iriglesson Ra For ho re.. Dunter] |, mest with him and yourself,” Maria advises. “fantastic” brain child of the Fair! started after Miss Russell and Waterfield were involved in an inci- Joins In Vanis in Act y of $700, ed by a General Hospital am- - Deal is causing unemployment in’ dent with comediam Ben Blue, who made several remarks about ; r the ase bulance doctor and released. ° ‘ p Ingiana Cities: ! : > Sen. Wiliam Miss Russell's figure during a floor show ata Las Vegas, Nev., night ON Pea oh wh 2 ra : : a ;. Jenner declared In a speech yl .. *g i % ey knew Preston was the only boy in- I + hy | * tla nic. © 1. club. ’ PITTSBURGH, Feb. 14 The ie 1 brother, jured. He broke his front tooth. ares f noug / before the Kiwaniz Club today, mysterions disappearance of Jd » address The husband and father, James s The Truman-Acheson interna 5 » ; is BW la 2 ; i O. Johnson. was not home at the * ® ; tionalist Fair Dealers are rob- 5 by K S year-old lois E. Welland, who 560 Cont time of_ the. fire. He was called Transit Ri ers Sa bing thousands of automotive S 0 — Oo iISSe was to be married today, deepne a little immediately : - workers and others of their jobs : . {ened today. when her sister also rned the - 4 A s iE oh . : by scattering our materials all 3 . : turned, up missing. ; ) give the Damage Put at $5000 By IRVING LEIBOWITZ however, that the ride was "not guer the earth to every country ane S ruise £60 Mrs. June Elizabeth Smith ) regroup Damage to the house was near With men and women who comfortable, not even on the new except the United States” the > v failed to return home last night : $5000. The first floor was gutted C/aim to Know the city’s tran3it busses” but felt that probably Wasigenator from Indiana said. ” ; : b after joining ‘in the search for A —— and the upstairs rooms. were system best—the passengers—the due to the rough streets. He i8) «without the knowledge of the By Uuited Prem bi got miffed at some double-mean- y .. «who vanished Tuesday night. al fares are high enough right now. against selective stops. ; Soc rotary HOLLYWOOD, Cal, Feb ing jokes comedian Ben Blue made . : smoke blackened. : ne : ‘American people, the Secretary of , Russell was back inthe ab ie (igrety ; Mrs. W. N. Weiland, mother of i ; Two of every three riders say, Mrs. Bessie Tolliver, 219 W, : py sane Russell was ba about her ample figure during Nak Among the furniture. ruined was : : : : State threw American industry ..eoiv of her filmiand home thday his ac he Et Rancho Ve the girls, said that June walked ; ; : ..:.— they get a treatment instead of 20th St. was dead set against a. ; na. Safety of her fiimian Y his act at the Kl Rancho Vegas aby a baby grand piano, television “7 & : a rraimet - A Re. ] into the clutches of the Interna- iv. "ou the attributes of a suc- hotel. out of the house saying: “I'll find set and a recently installed John- 2 treat. They are against any raise in fares. She said the serv-itjona) Materials Conference which... ci screen siren. a bruised = Lois. I know where she is.” son kitchen, : boost in fares: ice at night, particularly on the controls critical materials.” hes. Ora of a ital Tit and The Uff was settled amicably. just walked out -— she Firemen believed the cause of One of every three bus or street- Broad Ripple, Keystone and Eng- said. . face. igh o A A another When she showed up at the didn't even bother putting on her the blaze was a small oil stove in CAT Passengers, however, would lish lines is “not good.” “As a result a 3000-ton copper ebrit y Tuesday night premiere of herp.» Mrs Weiland said. not mind paying a little more to, A man,who has lived in Detroit, i p00 Celebrity. : newest movie, “The Las Vegas : : the kitchen. : : : : v shortage is throwing about 65000 he oir] with the famous figure 1 B Miss Welland, who is 5 feet, 11 The other half of the double, Fide With Indianapolis Railways, Louisville and Cincinnati, Elmo automotive workers out of their ;... oo f Las Vegas, Nev. Story." with. a black -and-blue, rofl Edward 1139 N. Pershing, occupied by Mr, Inc. provided the service is fur- Bailey. 3615 N.. Graceland Ave. jobs this spring.” flew here from La: gas, face. rumors started flying again, Inches. met her fiance, war . $ S Y Mr. er i ved sai o were sit service 7 hin yesterday to show the home town. = : : 2 H. Wiegner, a 6-foot, 5-inch enand Mrs. Andrew Johnson, par- ther improvec aid Indianapolis tran v As i file. and shush She explained that while she Tal : ow These dre the results of a Times was the “best of the lot.” He said se ’ her - damaged profile. and shush| *=5% ~~ |gineer at a meeting of a Tall ents of James O. Johnson, was eV. EB ters rode the . ie : huatd Spirit of '76 gossip that she and her profes- Was leaving her hotel to attend|cqub in St. Louis. The bride-to- # damaged by smoke and water, |transit survey. Reporters roce a fare increase might be “justi- 1 i colavig band. @ luncheon the wind blew closed . ° compan{’s major lines, inter- fied” at this time BOSTON (UP)—The telephone sional football-playing husband, & . her car as asiDt Was last seen Tussday evening wimp JCSHED Loi = viewed some 100 patrons. “Not on.Schedule’ number of the Sons of the Ameri- Bob Waterfield, were having a the door of her car as she Waswpen ghe left her mother and a y IE? . . . Lois E. Robbery Made Easy The survey was made after Arthur Cohen. 3215 Guilford Can Revolution in Boston is La- spat. . climbing in, giving her the faclal other, Bill, while making last- Weiland . , . missing on wedtol aid they intend Av : ide. tha’ Mi <n, fayette (3)-1776. First, she and Mr. Waterfield lump. ) "minute wedding preparations. ding day. TW wv [transit officials: said they intend Ave, who rides the Millersville “7 . din . : Mr. Waterfield was at the air- — - GREENWICH, Conn. (UF) —t; ae) for a fare increase to meet pus daily, said the service : port to ‘greet her yesterday and), Lois’ father, W. N. Welland, 6B! Wearkere ’ Rurglars yee) De increasing labor costs. The com- “stinks.” He explained it did ; ° * planted a big kiss on her swollen Delieves she is still in the city. 15,000 Oil Workers : Co gh School o Ww sed boosting the token not on schedule, and he , t K tac ; “ is hidi "i . s : pany propose g hol. run on evu’e, S (face. They walked arm-in-arm| “I think she is ng some aid of a forgetful secretary. The ¢ 0" Jeaving the flat 15-cent added: “You're damn right I'm as i / n ures I to their car, while he squeezed Where, at some friend's home, ber. Threaten Texas Strike safe 3 combination had been left cash fare alone. against a fare increase.” A . oy her hand. {haps,” he said. | a VOR Mog peb. on a .desx, The present token fare is two Another Millersville bus pas- nite RE : a r. Wiegner broadcast a radio] UF) —A strike by some 15, TT TT" ifor a quarter, or.12); centsaride.isenger. Mrs. Rex Winchell, catters in Qs N lf gre t or refinery workers, which would \ hex 3 f appeal for ner lo return. virtually idle oil indust th This is an election year. If you The proposed. token fare is seven thought the service “poor.” The LITTLE LIZ “Your mother is very ill, Lois et Ba lt Tan tie want a behind-the-scenes report for $1, which amounts to a little service hasn't improved, she said! pARMINGDALE. N. Y. Feb. Most of the injured were - 20 Plecoe rome back, If you donriiiy const res, loomed day a4 on trends and developments in more than 14 cents a ride. and “1 don't think we should pay 14 (UP) Ten thousand dollars in trapped under a fallen wall when , want to go ‘through with the i uHon eiietals negolinted for the nation’s capital, read “WASH- Improvement Acknowledged more money. « ; an , In cash was blown over a block- the blast ripped through the wedding, please come back for| Members HY hugs h Workers NGTON CALLING,” in The Sun Mrs. F. A. Kellerhals. 3344 N. qe area yesterday when a gas bank. Police said more persons your mother's sake,” he said ! INGTON CALLING,” In The Sul" A vast majority said the sys- Capitol Ave. said a fare increase explosion demolished a bank would probably have been in- : . International at plants in Beau. day Times. tem had vastly improved service “probably is in line with our in- building, injuring 10 persons and jured if the explosion had oc- After Miss Weiland failed to mont, Port Arthur, Port Neches, in the last year. An overwhelm- creased cost of living.” She was ch,wering a neighborhood with curred. before thé bank's closingi return home Tuesday, her mother| Texas City and Houston have ing number also were impressed particularly “enthusiastic about gino g d ¢| voted to walk off their jobs if the : ‘ . 3 ying debris. time. found her diamond engagemen a An °F Double-Take with the one-way street system the one-way traffic system and “np..q G. Murray. executive vice Among the casualties were two !ring ‘and & note in her room The | °! companies turn down the wage h ner in which Rail-|/the “courtesy” of some of the : Ww : Rois (Ting . {increase request. and the man it president, who was injured later bank officials, the five women aot id in part: “I just can't] By BOB BARNES ways adapted bus service to help drivers. died. and three construction workers. 0. on De® The Port Arthur vote by 4500 smooth the flow of traffic. | '* F.'Early, 2035 N. Meridian St. mi oped up and, Police said the laborers were {go through with it. employees of the Gulf Refinery — = omplaints | Was high in praise of the com- . Streets were ripped up Hn | | Miss Weiland and Mr. Wiegner was announced yesterday by E, riven Syndicate There were some comp : : windows shattered for two blocks building a nearby parking lot ; sbi gb about service, particularly on the pany service on the Capitol arocnd. When the blast erupted when excavation machinery broke! If poetry doesn’t stir his soul-— were to have been married to- R. McAdam, chairman of the Gulf E. Washington St. and Millers- ve. dine. Bartlett. 1727 N. Dela. in the Farmingdale Federal Sav- the two-inch gas main.- The gas! ry cpple pie. ews night, |Workmen's Committee. ville Rd. lines. ; 3 ware St. said service nl the Dela. ings and Loan Association build- seeped into the bank. It was not | . Riders on the.E. Washington " St ® i - y 0] s ing known how it was ignited. 5 : St ram call I he “Banana Liner Ware S. line was “goa puting oo. cL eewnlov Dwell? | STRAUSS vause it ‘comes in bunches.” | sy” on the E. Washington St. ! ollow explosion, : : : because W. Marshall Dale, presi- (line, He was also against alter- shattered building burst into Symington Yields | SA ¥S: TY R A D | T | O N Wi T H A T O U C H O F T O M Oo R R ow dent of Railways thinks the E.|nate stops. flames. Rescue workers climbed en hiigton St line is “not good.”"| ‘Service Poor’ over chunks of concrete and Helm of RFC Agency | He calls it “our problem child” “The South Side gets rotten braved flames to pull out the oo VGTON. Feb. 14 (UP) and hopes to improve it. Service, said Mrs. B. Hill. 229 E. Hiyreg. Retiring RFC Administrator | Riders were equally divided en Minnesota St. “We're paving loses Both Legs Ww. St t Symington vesterday) the question of whether the com-ienough now.” 156-terrific-blast tore-bothi-1ogs . Stuart Symingtc yes a) pany should install “selective! John Johnson. 2425 Shriver ne A TDLaa the clotns turned over control of the govstops”—the system whereby buses Ave., was critical of the 30th of Sfle teh A ont them ernment lending agency to its and streetcars slisinate ot S{Craesiown ang Northwestern us Ey i secretary, Leo Nielson, who may : blocks on which they stop. Silines but did not object to a fare ’ : afte of the vie oa “You can be sure it's good food if differs from the skip stop system increase. ‘They're paying higher | 8 Seals Bn is toa be “directing it for many weeks. ” watch where the truck: of World War II days in that the fares in other. cities,” he said, ms ro e il bisa Bb Mr. Symington submitted his y ers stop” company has made a special sur- “we shouldn't complain.” : oe Ry building 51% resignation several weeks ago but | vey to select the best stop points, Mrs. Bernice Holle, Sea Wiiniell The bank building itself did stayed on the job while congresingiead of every other block.) ford Ave, san the P24 2p Dern inet have gas service. Police said sional committees studied the | What Riders “Think sylvania Dt Te yas ice 1 don't|the gas explosion was caused by record of Harry A. McDonald, | 's how some felt about: the added For gao Ry oe or Bas seeping out of a nearby gas chairmian of the Wecurities and Heres OW 20rne mind PRYING 4n eX 2 penny \main broken by construction Exchange Commission, who was sys : . 80. ? tw . . y si T n'to Mrs. Harry Dowd, 139 W. 20th, A gaily passenger on the Stock-’ don door jamb was all De Nr de Tra |St., said she was against the se yards run, William Ballard, 25 N.| that was left intact of the one: : Action on Mr. McDonald's aplective. stop system because it Oriental St. said: “Service is : ant. br . Stoned . “ fe f women.” She! ak " story bank. building pointment has been postpo Was insale or pen: h ods] cod. It S worth more money. Three of the injured two indefinitely by the Senate Bankexplained ih fome Hee ge on | The College Ave. streetcar line omen employees and a con- ing Committee as the result of a wonten- Would be taking a 8 was attacked as “slow’ by Mrs. | ct ruction worker — were reported deadlock with Mr. Truman andrisk” walking an extra block. Leo Lussier, 3118 N. Park Ave.,| ) as T T. Schmidt, 725 Clarendon w WT ; {in critical condition at nearby a squabbletwith a House ComRT: Seam, rare who said “I certainly would minds, gowhrook Hospital. No cus: merce Subcommittee studying the Pl, said the company improved is farés were raised.” {tomers Were in the bank SEC. service on the Butler line and he — rrm—— pri ee —————— a ——— # |thought the utility “deserved” an- ’ | other fare increase. He added, | gyer Ss Bouquet | or ‘Can Talk, but EASY O, How Flowery 1 CHICAGO, Feb. 14 (UP) — A| . 4 St. Valentine’s Day bouquet can| : : ea No Work to Do |say a lot if the sender knows the, . . han Get your order in jmodern-qay language of .the| § ng ; ‘now for future in- flowers,” a florist’s group said) . : : lations of eith today. } sta ations ot either A rose, for instance, means “I| - la - oil, gas or coal fur- love you.” . ; - : naces. Would you | But there are various shades of : like fo have an auto- | [expression for different kinds of| Look at the DEEP CUSHION CREPE SOLE—look at it again! matic heatin lant roses, according to the Allied | . ; ae k "39 Sh matis heating p Florists’ Association; In technical footwear language it is known as iron. i oo My 6 oe IE ge Toure According to our ruler—it's close to an inch thick—{to be o .pur- heavenly.” yellow rose means] ut . . ' . . . chased for small “I'm jealous.” exactly EXACT—it $ 39/48 inch thick Its light in weight down payment and Diiterent moods of love can be it cushions the stride—it's comfort afoot! » 36 months to pay {communicated in other flowers, ’ x balance the association sald. . . - : « wn Palomino Tan : : iv F : ; CAMELLIA speaks of : . We Guarantee Our Furnaces and Equipment fo | THE CA aks u oF r : be as Good as Money Can Buy!’ | sophisticated love. Old fashioned : e 0 ; _ {love is conveyed by ‘the violet} Cordo Brown FOR AVERAGE SIZE RESIDENCE “and the gladiola ‘means sincerity, thd : : | The association said that hot- va a Le ; o Ot conversion burner with 275-gal. (test number of ail is the red : It's ‘a value—that's walking right out—double quick! il conve : $305 00 carnation which says, in so many Rede } dey, 2 UL Tank ccovvnennnnnonnenes . words, “I'm really carrying the i ai ro : Gas conversion burner complete. .$260.00 torch for you, Japyn : tov} Tel ical service, But if things aren't going so : . a ? : Owner to provide sufficient electrical ser «well, the swain sends blue iris, . gin x: : Any Above Installations Will Not Inconvenience They express only “friepdship.” , ; First Floor Mezzanine yh a sy - a | 5 mi » lh - : . Overnight Without Heat. = - : : : r You oN ral ia |Lecture for Reservists | a mn oe Ls Le : 5 ; : A lecture on communism, spon-, IT WASN'T A PURR—Marion Heuser heard some strange ; : : n : a : : CURRY'S HEATING Svfed by the 9591 olunteer 2 noises ‘in. his engine as he was driving 12 miles from his home to * - ¥ . vy . 2 bo y : | | Y Rs it iy downtown Cincinnati. When he stopped in at a garage for a | | " i ‘ . ; : hes . “an pan Ls Ce NS aaa} + lat MTN. Meridian St ‘The lec-| checkup the mechanic found the Heuser ‘cat, "Big Shot," tucked | Al? Sie lee File S i 208 N. DAVIDSON (A. 4511 . |ture and meeting will be open to| @way as small as: he could get Mo a corner. The engine was shut " 2 , cf, : 4 Ee - ; ) . , 1 Sains . - . : Loe Ee " . ; Ebi . : a Mg 3 - 4 ti i 3 i * . : serving Marioh County for More TAN 14 Yours mmm] all Air Force Reservists. ] off, but "Big Shot" continued to shake for some time, ve . ahbdbdhdi hiag Ete Bw A . + - . wie gid « . % , , Cw : . ¥ a ge o i ”e . & 4 . > ; ; . : Le wl i 4, ) arial = » ig $y ! > wie ‘

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