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Women's. : ! Page DAR members at continental congress 44 local IU girls elected to sorority posts .. Parties announced for bridesSORE ida. avantin via qrsrnvs 3 Tournament and bridge scores

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Sports Page Bush puts stamp of approval on Tribe pilot scooevsneees 2 Baseball briefs .c.ceasessness 20 Kegler’s Korner .....eceoesas 20 Carol Pence out to save swim MATK cisssrnrsssersnsveines J

National Page Ike won’t campaign until he's assured of nomination ..... .2 A farce without logic, Newbold Morris says of his firing... last of a series ..... 2

Local Page Psychiatrist thrives best on challenge , . . a Hoosier Profile «os.eessvress aa aee. 3 A full page of Easter church news .. .

Editorial Page Page AFL warns peace negotiators in Korea against “fake compromise” ...ci0a.s Crews ov 14 Or Does It... an editorial cartoon by Talburt .......... ' 4 Vacation time for Congress— too many blown gaskets, ,. by Frederick C. Othman.... 14 New Red note to the Allies is aimed at Germany , . . by Ludwell Denny ..eoseeacese 14

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3 Prisoners Escape From State Farm PUTNAMVILLE, Apr. 12 (UP)

63d YEAR—NUMBER 31

By OPAL CROCKETIT There'll be a lot of old clothes

Easter Hat Business Booms Here as Usual

Sioux City

SATURDAY, APRIL ¥, 1952

Faces Disaster From Floods

Fight to Sandbag City Is Abandoned

By United Press

Missouri River flood crest in| 71 years was abandoned today! and the city prepared for a major,

the : giant Missouri River flood wn (Jf Tornadoes “customers” to leave their cars at the with sandbagging operations.

disaster, Philip S8chenkenberg, area di- alms i irector for the Red Cross, said | " » {he was informed the Army had

CAUTION: NOT A DRIVE-IN—Miller's Restaurant & Bakery, 390! E. Washington St, was | open for business again today with sign in window asking

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given up hope of stopping

Entered as Second-Class Matter ab Postoffcs

Indianapolis, Indiana, Issued Daily.

Police Guard Pil t 2 Salt ® SIOUX CITY, lowa, Apr. . 12—The fight to sandbag| : Sioux City against the worst

He's Her M He Did Her

NEW ORLEANS, Apr. 12-A buxom barmaid shot her man today because, she sald: *' “I took all the hell I'm going to take off him." “He's my man,” she told police who found her slumped over a har, weeping. “But I'd shoot him again tomorrow.” The victim, Gasper Mirable, 46, was in Charity Hospital in serious condition with four bullets in his abdomen,

~ - . HE TOLD police “I don't know why she did it. I didn't know what to do when she started shooting. I just ran.” But Rose Lamy, 36, who said she divorced Mr. Mirable In Mississippi but went back to live with him, said: “He took my money, He hit me. He accused me of running around with other men. I had to shoot him. I'd shoot him again tomorrow. He's my man, but I've took all the hell I'm gonna take off him.”

” ~ ” MR. MIRABLE, a bar owner, said he had just closed the bar about § a. m. He entered his apartment ih the rear of the bar and was shot in the lower back, he said. He said he ran through the bar and felt a

Already 1496 families were evacuated to Red Cross shelters) or took refuge with friends and OWN oll relatives. And the “Big Muddy” late Sunday or early Monday. As the Missouri barrelled south3 States Toda cities of Pierre and Ft. Pierre, y 8. D., the Mississippi rolled on to- By United Press Minnesota. The U. 8. Weather Bureau Covered Entire Village |said severe local storms are entire village of Lilydale, near ma | imay occur in parts of Louisiana, | St. Paul, routing 400 residents \, cissipp! and ‘Tetnasses. | The Mississippi was at the 19.5foot level and was expected to go J6cond of the day, the Weather continue from “about noon is 14 feet. | ‘oo Army engineers at Sioux City|Unt!l early evening" “Weather conditions mentioned the Missouri would strike its . hardest blow when it rolled down" the (earlier) tornado bulletin “yer local storms and a few scattered It's taken a different course every time” said Mr. Schenken-|!0fnadoes in extreme eastern " western third of Tennessee beosition now. Some flooding already has oc-| SINning about noon and continuroad areas near Sioux City. Two ARGS danger of tornadoes in Red Cross shelters were set up|Arkansas will decrease this afterlands residents. Eleven other| tail for further advises shelters were being prepared to-|'dler today. big erest hits, Packers to Close’

wasn’t expected to strike until Due to Hit ward, leaving behind the dazed ward near-record flood crests in] WASHINGTON, Apr. 12— The Mississippi poured over the expected and some tornadoes | from their homes. | In a warning this morning, its to 21.5 by Monday. Flood stage bureau said the danger would were reluctant to predict where The advisory said. from the north. are expected to produce severe berg. “It's a sit and watch prop- Louisiana, Mississippi and the curred in the riverside and rail.|!D§ until early evening. to handle about 300 of the low- 1000. day for emergency use when the The city's big packinghouses ather of 5

were expected to suspend opera- ® . tions today. The Stockyards al- A HB , today, plus the “shock of high ready was deserted. . S a ing

taxes, and strikes.”

A floral shop spokesman said

A state of emergency was de-

second bullet hit him as he

Revealed AF Pilot

‘|ride and robbed of nearly $80,

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4/sales dropped as much as 9 per|

topped by new hats in the Easter

parade. Easter flower buying was “noth-

ling extra.”

clared for the area and four additional companies of the Iowa

Easter buying was slightly off from last year in Indianapolis department stores.

{ bo d. Bin the Hat Business lr openings. They expected little re-|

shopping without hat boxes under covery until summer clothes buytheir arms. The litle girls at their| "8 side also carried new ribboned bonnets. And even Junior had a {new topper, too.

Merchants, however, reported

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Buy Accessories Today

{to buy scarves, jewelry, suit could be easily forgotten, if They stopped off in candy shops {the budget was strained, for big Easter baskets for sons! | This hat splurge carried and daughters, through all price brackets.) yyshands bounded into candy {Crowds waited their turn in mil-|an4 foral shops. Some openly ad|linery departments all week long mitted their quandary. They lined and Thursday night, Today, in, at telephone booths to call

the last minute rush for acces-poma “what color is your dress?”

soles, hat bars were jammed. 80 They asked of their wives—who {were floral shops and candyin.q talked of little else all week, stores, The long-married, practical ‘Dad Took a Back Seat’ types settled for a potted plant, Heaviest buying, as usual, was|°ften a lily. bo wearing on for women Shy young men looked bewilland children. {dered at the floral displays, buy- | “Dad took a back seat. His|in8 flowers the wrong color of money went in taxes,” one mer- Sir] friends’ frocks, Some decided ichant said. {to make amends and bought Some stores

figured Easter Chocolates. | BY | The practical women took no

lcent from last year {chances on flowers for FEaster, r re

“Business. wad not what we They bought their own. {wanted to see,” one store execu-| ct tae Bo dn tive said. The drop was blamed on Child Killed Playing

Today women surged downtown |overland communications between : shoes, \northeast Nebraska and Sioux 20, With a new hat, a last year’s gloves, hose and other accessories. City.

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National Guard were moved in.|

Thursday night shopping topped | In South Sioux City, Neb., where day as one of six officers at the former two Thursday night/the

Big Sioux River has flooded lowlands, Mayor E. W. Allen| closed a bridge spanning the Missouri into Iowa, It was believed to be the first time the bridge was ever closed. It severed all direct

Downstream in Iowa, residents|to obey direct orders to fly. |

of Blencoe, Mondamin, Modale, Junction, McPaul and Bartlett prepared to evacuate their homes.

Even ‘Omaha and Council Bluffs, Iowa, standing on opposite shores of the Missouri, were menaced by the big stream. A crest of 30 feet was predicted for Omaha, It could reach near the top of the city’s new flood wall. { “It’s going to be an uphill bat-

tle. and the odds are against us,” said Brig. Gen. Don S&hiagler,

Missouri River division engineer my family I had to do this.”

“We're in a hell of a

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at Omaha. spot.” Skies to Cry

On Easter Morn LOCAL TEMPERATURES

{after he was overheard trying to|partially filled bathtub.

SAN. ANTONY Apr. 12K

35-year-old Air Fores pilot, father .PTOUgh to one

fol room. It was learned he got ride at gunpoint while the men columnist's secre unpos

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Singing Star Wife Forced To Delay Visit

Miss Froman Says She'll ‘Raise Hell’

By United Press SAN JUAN, Apr. 12--The insular government today placed a police guard over Capt, John C. Burn, hero-

did it.” husband of singer Jane Froman and pilot of the Pan-American

; gae ’ airliner which crashed at sea off B hb San Juan yesterday killing 52 0 g i of the 80 persons on board, : For nearly four hours, police

A 20-year-old Indianapolis man ente 2.5 allow who : ndia enter s hospital } found lying behind a filling station at 3223 W. Washington St. there were 18 survivors from

early today told police he hadfour-engined DO-4. Thirteen bod les have been recovered. It was

an, but Wrong

dashed into the street. Two mors hit him and he staggered to the nearby Schoen Funeral Home and collapsed, The woman called police and told them “I just shot my husband.” Before they led her away, she handed over the gun, a .32 German Mauser, and sald “I

been slugged and robbed of $285. Harry Turner, 326 N, Elder|feared that the 30 bodies Ave, told police he had been|entombed in the plane knocked out by two unidentified] 3000 feet under the sea. men who offered him a lift home, At the other end of town, a| filling station operator was robbed of $90 at gunpoint last night. n Tad Bircher, 40, of 1415 Wright St., obeyed the bandit's order to stay in the restroom five minutes after the holdup in the Sinclair Station at 3801 BE, New York St, In 8 third stickup on the near Fast Side, a filling station attendant was taken for a three-block

Ernest Ellis, 19, of 209 N. Belmont Ave, Gaseteria attendant at 1079 EK, 10th St, was ta

of five children, - was identified 10}, sp.) a ture was not learned. Randolph Air Force Base iol have refused to go aloft since Apr. 1. y The pilot said he was “afraid to fly.”

no further identification of I.t.

ders from Washington, Air Force 7 officials at Ban Antonio refused The military sald he was 1st! 0 disclose the names of the other

Lt. James G. Bristol, a vetbran|ive men. The others are bomof the Berlin airlift. He has been| "0 0iers or navigators.

formally charged with retusing|, AlL AX of the an, Sifidals at

He sald that it was his wire's|SToUDded because of fear of fly“fying nerves” rather than his 108: previously a sufficient reason own fear of flying that led to his '© D® taken off flying status, refusal. Lt. Bristol added that! his wife's first husband was killed » in an Air Force flying accident, Prince Bernhard and she became more nervous

about his flights as their tamity Fails in Role

tary with a tip 6n & “Hot story,”| Ben Smith Jr, 21, of 1123 m rEued

Except for his name, there was nary charge of robbery in eonnec-

Bristol immediately, And on or-|

19th Bt, was arrested on prelimi-

tion with the holdup. Smith's bond was set at $10,000 and his case continued until Apr, 18 In ‘Municipal Court 4.

“You had better call somebody ; or I am going to raise hell. You could put me in jail, but I am going to ses my husband, I have been very nice, but I'm or dime

Boiler Blows Top, [mh aii? "tnt ° <8 : order finally amended his Custodian Yells Cop max we" Cane sums wie

Lots of sirens screamed to the Fesctied the bean Superior Chevrolet Co. 552 E. Finn rel ine fash wm the Washington Bt., early today, Night custodian Robert E. Smith, 63, called police to report an “explosion.” He said “the] While arguing with the police

Wanted Truman Called

grew.

| ‘ “She got where she was nearly OF Quack’ Doctor prostrate with nerves when I was | SEA ISLAND, Ga., Apr. 12

overdue on a flight,” Lt. Bristol (UP)-—Prince’ Bernhard of the

said, “I just couldn't fly under those conditions. For the sake Of | Netherlands was a failure today| (as a “quack” doctor, The sick duck he was trying to nurse back to health in his hotel bathtub died. » The consort of Queen Juliana |

Lt. Bristol is the only one of six sit-down pilots who has been charged, although the Air Force is considering court-martialing|

all of the group. found the duck on the beach at Tries to Call Truman this seaside resort yesterday, He One of the World War II vet- brought it to their suite in the erans in the group went AWOL, Cloisters Hotel and placed it in a|

building shook.” guard, Miss Froman told Pane

Dispatched to the auto firm Aerioan Capi. can Clegg. wha were two squads of police, the" .p, "sy," "oar "to the White

fire department and trouble Ho use. Call President Truman shooters from the gas and water utilities. and find out who's running this

"” It was then discovered the SOURLEYs arrested Pan-American basement was filled with steam, lawyer - Dominic Matturro when not smoke. The safety valve onhe tried. to enter Capt. Burn's the boiler had popped, releasing room but later sald they would the steam. “forget the whole thing” after speaking to Mr, Dueno.

were

{bad weather Thursday and early] - With ‘Empty’ Gun

‘Mona Freeman, Husband Split

OWENSBORO, Ky., Apr. 12 —An. 11-year-old boy was shot) to death by a policeman's son| last night as the two played cow-|

boy with the policeman’s “empty” |

Despite the tender care of the! prince and several aids, the duck!

died, |

INDIANAPOLIS Capt. Burn is in the Presbyters TRAFFIO CASUALTIES (ian Hokpital, One policeman was (102 Days) on guard at the main entrance to 1951 1052 [check visitors for Capt. Burn and Accidents ,,..... 2078 20268 [two other policemen barred the Injured sresssees 901 200 {door to his room,

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6 a. m.. 4% 10 a. m... 46 [telephone President Truman and Tam... 43 11 a. m... 50 [two well-known newspaper col8 a. m.,. 44 12 Noon.. 51 |umnists from a San Antonio ho9 a m.,. 45 1 pon... 52 | - Latest humidity ...... 86%

Miss Froman's voice

shook

'with nervotisness and she refused

to pose for photographers at the

revolver, Coroner Allen Haley| said today. A Mr, Haley said young Rice and Wallace Leé Smith, 11, son of Owensboro Policeman Leonard | Smith, found the revolver while {playing cowboy. Hae said the Smith child thought he had removed the bullets when

Home Shopping Fine Week Ends |

With Summer just around the corner, week ends see lots of families out ‘shopping for more suitable homes, Be among the first to get the st. “If your present home Is not

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he clicked the gun. {Mar., 24,

Don’t misplace your umbrella.|

You'll need. it Faster morning Rain is uredicted for tomorrow until -afternoon or evening. It'll be fairly balmy with a high| of 60 tomorrow. That's svarmer| than last Easter, Mar, 25, when! the high was 35. ‘Easter paraders had it rough 1940 with a low of 15 and snow, That was the coldest Faster on record at the Weather Bureau here, The hottest was Apr. 13, 1941 with a high of 86,

Oklahoma Hotel Fire Kills Mother, Baby

LAWTON, Okla., Apr. 12 (UP) —Two persons were killed and | four others injured today in an] early morning fire at. the Midland |

~~Three prisoners who planned an oi Raster holiday were sought to- A rte day after a Good Friday escape MONA FREEMAN—'"Miser- | from 'the Indiana State Farm. . | ably sorry." ¥ State police said they were Paul Antonio Jr., 22, belleved to be! HOLLYWOOD, Cal, Apr. 12 from Muncie; Samuel Gaddis, 17, (UP)—Film Actress Mona FreeIndianapolis, and Robert Brewer, man and Los Angeles Automo-

going to be entirely suitable for your family for several years to come then ‘plan now to inspect several this week end, while there are still many from which to choose, Wise home shoppers choose from the WIDEST SELEC-

21, Richmond.

"How fo Get Rich In Washingfon'

Like the plane buyer who got $500,000 worth of “extras” free from the War Assets Administration. How it was done is told in this astounding series, . , ,

STARTING MONDAY IN THE TIMES

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|bile Dealer Pat N. Nerney have

! TION and The Indianapolis {separated after six and a half

Times has the majority of

band, stationed at nearby Ft.| [years of marriage. the Real Estate ads! Sill. had never seen his son | { The 26-year-old actress an- —— a i i The Hire gutted the to Sleor of | nounced the separation last. pi’ mod bune, Off ni. elect 8 ye a

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(night, saying she was “miserably sorry that our marriage has ended,” but that difficulties between them were “unsurmountable.” : “I have not consulted an attorney,” she said, adding: “No marriage failure can be blamed only on one person.” | “Mona is a wonderful person land it is tough to accept her de-|

. The above ad is just one of the MANY HUNDREDS of home values you will find listed in The Times this week end. If you do not now take The SUNDAY Times, just PHONE PL aza 5551 by midnight tonight and ordey the conven

The couple has a 4-year-old {daughter, Mona. : » > : ; 5

Hotel, filled .with visitors to the| annual Wichita Mountains Kaster| Pageant. The dead are Mrs. Charles E,| Jones, 21, an Army wife, and her 10-week-old: baby, Ronald Kent

Jones, Chambers, Pa. The young /

mother had checked into the hotel only Thursday, and her hus-|

the four-story hotel

brought under control by

ton. The cause of the fire was ‘not immediately learned.

Japan Near Freedom WASHINGTON, Apr. 12 (UP)| The free world plans to give rJapan its freedom before the end |of the month, State Department officials said today. President Truman is expected to sign the

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LEARNED HIS LESSCN-—Freddie Nobis, 7, of Chicago, found that at times it. doesn’t pay to

airport when she arrived this morning. x Her white spring sports coat swung open to show the leather brace on her right leg that was Injured in the Lishon crash. Max Jenessky, Dayton, O., who lost his wife and two daughters in'the crash, arrived on the plane (with the singer. Mrs. - Jenessky, June 5, and Jackie Lynn, 18 months, wers three of.the five mainland Amer. icans killed in the crash. The othe ers were Mr, and Mrs. Les Van Daalen, 8t. Paul, whose bodies were identified this morning,

Parents Save Son The Van Daalens were trapped in the sinking plane after they pushed their 2-year-old son Mark to-the safety of a survivor's arms.

The other victims were Puerto Ricans or Cubans, The Coast Guard cutter Brame ble continued jts search of the area for other bodies, but ree. ported early today it had sighted none. .

Radar Cars Nab 60 Speeders Here

Sixty speeding arrests were P imade by police in the city’s two radar cars between 3 p. m. yese terday and 6 a. m. today. Best hunting was on one-way IN, Delaware 8t., where 18 moe torists were nabbed for driving

United P Telaph 44 to 54 mph. e v1 pay oy 4 Other police arrested two as

too curious, especially when it comes to inserting fingers into small openings. He is shown here with [reckless drivers. in the same pe.

Edward Thomas, hospital machinist, who is using a hack saw to rem

finger as Nurse Virginia Brage looks on in Illinois Masonia Hospital, ai Ry :

ove a metal gear casting from his "0%: Lt Freddie suffered ne injuries and goed 1048 Mouniolot Gout 3 men x.

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