Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 15 February 1952 — Page 2
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4 Dead, 80 Injured As Tornadoes
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FRIDAY, FEB, 15, 1952
Rip 4 Southern “States
‘Scores Left | Homeless, Loss Heavy
. BIRMINGHAM. ALA. Feb. 15 (UP)—Tornadoes whirled ‘across the south yesterday leaving in their wake ut least four dead, 80 Pures and scores homeless. ¢ operty damtage in the four _
. ‘early estimates indicated. Sheets of rain and pelting hail which iccompanied the twisters in some places added crop damage to- that done to buildings. The tornadoes, generated as warm air from the southeast collided with a colé front from the west, began their hop-skip Jesisuction Wednesday afternoon Arkansas. The climax was a vicious blow in southerri Tennessee ffear midnight which killed three and injured 40. Alabama and Mississippi also were lashed. . . The storm front swept - out in thie Atlantic near Charleston, 8. C., where high winds knocked out the power to an island resort,
‘8 Killed in Tennessce
At Decherd, Tenn. 40 miles west of Chattanooga, the tornado flattened the home of Clifford Snell, 38. Mr. Snell and his four-year-old son were killed by the falling wreckage of their home. Mrs, Manie Dodson was killed in, the collapse of her home nearby as the storm struck while she slept. y Near Tuscaloosa, Ala., a twister blew off a chimney and flying stones killed Clarence Espy of the New Lexington community. J. A. Brown, 35, of Adamsville, Ala. said he and his mother were listening to the radio when they heard the rising roar of the storm gover the music.
Roof Blown Away “Just as I got up and started to the basement, the thing hit us,” he said. “I looked up and saw the, roof blowing away. The walls | started falling inward. My mother was blown around like a top but! she got down behind a refrigere-| tor and escaped injury.” Tom Collins and his wife, an| elderly couple, of Decherd, saw their walls and chimney tottering as the twister struck. They quick-| ly pulled a mattress over themselves and escaped serious injury as the house clattered down. |
Tenement Fire Kills 4, Injures 3
SOMERVILLE, Mass, Feb. 15 (UP) — A family of four was' killed, three persons were injured and 40 others were driven into
sub - freezing temperatures last night when fire swept through)
five tenement houses. The blaze, believed started by,
floc) threatened an entire block of the heavily congested area before firemen from five communities brought it under control. Trapped in a third floor apart“ment of the first house to go up in flames were: Anthony Carccaro, 40, his wife, Eva, 38, their son Richard, 5, their daughter’ Jeanette. Critically burned attempting to rescue an unidentified woman occupant of one of the buildings was Fireman Richard McDevitt, 32, who was showered with burning fuel when a kitchen range oil bottle exploded. The woman he was attempting to ald escaped unhurt. The blaze swept through the interiors of the five frame buildings, forcing 12 families to flee! into the frigid night. Red Cross, emergency teams set up aid sta- | tions and attempted to find room. for the homeless.
123 Atrocity |
Victims Buried
ST. EOUIS, Feb, 15 (UP)--The bodies of 123 American service-| men, atrocity victims in a Jap_anese prisoner. of war camp, were | i buried yesterday at the Jefferson! Barracks National Cemetery here. | ~ Cemetery Clerk Cilfford V.| Bremser said the mass burial was the cemetery’'s largest in history. The 123 servicemen were among 150 burned or shot by the Japa-! nese in 1944 .at Puarto Princesa, Palawan. The servicemen from 40 states, the Philippine Islands and Ha-| waif were mourned by more than, 300 relatives in attendance. Chaplains of the Catholic, Protestant and Jewish faiths from Scott Air Base took .part in the ceremony.
Garden Clubs to Handle
Home Show Ducats
* Advance ticket sales for the 1952 Indianapolis Home Show will again be handled by the Garden Clubs of the Central West District of Indiana, it was announced tbday. Tickets will be placed ‘on sale following a kick-off luncheon N the Home Show offices, 1456 N. Delaware 8t., Mar. 18. And on the following day all Hooks Drug Stores will have ad-| vance tickets for sale. Other Garden Club activities in. the Home Show inclgde their an-
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‘Doc’ oc” Sherwood On D. C. Trip
WASHINGTON, Feb. 15 — He is a member of the Legion Stevedore, Injure 6
In Three-Car Crash
Sugar Bags Fall, Kill 1 U.S. Set to Rush Arms Output
WASHINGTON, Feb. 15 (UP)|row,” he sald, “our production
A 30-year-old woman was in- Elmer “Do¢” Sherwood, Indian- committee in charge. Mr. Hauck PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 15 (UP) —Defense Mobilizer Charles E. base is big enough so that the
Jured and three other. persons apolis, is here helping another crash here last night.
Martin, 1132 8, State Ave., was Legion. ant to the National Commander, others.
x —A 20-foot high wall of bagged were shaken up in a three-vehicle Hoosier, William F. Hauck, with 18 the full-time officer in charge ,,..,. py ine mole aoe 1 arrangements for the annual con- of the new Legion Washington freighter here last night, killing The condition of Mrs. Willie gressiohal dinner of the American headquarters. His title is A'ssist-.one stevedore and injuring six ons
Wilson said yesterday the nation weapons of war could roll off is prepared now to produce weap- the production line as fast as we “as fast as we would want would want them to.” to” in event of war with Russia.! At the same time, he said, it
reported fair in General Hospital| It will be held at the Statler . After two weeks ‘here, Mr. The men were buried under the Mr. Wilson said he-doubted that may take a “nuihber of years”
today. She was riding in a taxi Hotel, Feb. 26. Four hundred Sherwood will go to Sebring, |100-pound bags while unloading,
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