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“Tech High Girl to Aid Victims of Floods

By OPAL CROCKETT A Technical High School girl will break up her “family” so children in flood areas can have dolls, Carolyn Ann Ely, 526 N, Hamilton Ave. yesterday looked at The Times picture of two little girls and the doll one rescued from her flooded home in Wis-

“The little girl who didn't save her doll looked so sad. I told Mom I was going to help children like her. I was so crazy about my dolls I want other children to have them,” Carolyn said. Will Give 4 Favorites

Carolyn will give four of her favorites to flood victims. These are the dolls she put to bed, fed, sewed for and “operated on” while playing mother and nurse. Now 18, she played with her “family” of 22 dolls until four years ago. After that, she kept them in her bedroom “until the kids made fun of me,” she said. Carolyn will send long-haired “Betty,” the skater, and three

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| 63d YEAR—NUMBER 37"

By United Press

OMAHA, Apr, 18 —The Missouri River today threw its full weight against the combined strength of 15,000

men, women and children and the trembling levee they built to protect their homes, their lives and their property. Levee workers, in mud up to

their knees, looked down on a

sight never before seen by white men-—the Missouri River surging past at 30.22 feet. Beneath them, the levee literally quivered under the crushing weight of the river, rising toward a predicted crest of 31.5 feet, The river funneled between the hushed and deserted cities of East Omaha and Council Bluffs. Ceaseless Struggle A break would loose its pentup fury’ crashing through 600 evacuated and empty blocks containing 12,000 homes in Council Bluffs alone. The struggle to keep it out was ceaseless.

Martial law prevailed on “Sec-!

tor 7,” Council Bluffs’ anchor levee where the headlong pounding of the river rushing south is met.

baby dolls, “One, ‘my first doll,

does practically everything a realitne critical dike and only men of <="

baby does, including cry,” she] said. { The gesture .is a real sacrifice for the high school sophomore who “told everybody I'd never give away my dolls.” She was generous at 10, parting with dolls| because two little girls didn’t have Christmas presents. Later, she went to call on the foster mothers and went home in tears. One,

“mother” was flinging the dollisf puilding, bolstering and patch-

about by the hair,” sobbed Carolyn. Good at Designing

, . It Carolyn has time she'll out- bluffs, famous from the days of | Rain on Tap

fit the dolls. She's good at designing. In fact, she plans to, become a designer. She's already| making her own hats and acces-| sories.

All civilians were ordered off

the Fifth Army remained. A minister was permitted to climb the dike and the workers stopped their sandbagging for a moment as the minister prayed: “Let the waters glide past without any further danger or disaster, “Give the workers strength, and help them stand by these dikes.” And then the Herculean task

ing resumed once more.

| Behind the empty homes, ram Warm Weather,

which 40,000 persons fled, rose

the Red men and from which the city drew its name. Here bankers, farmers, real estate men, judges and hundreds

which they filled the sandbags.

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232 Jersey Convicts Riot, Seize 9 Guards

Set Up Barricade; Report Hostages Safe

By United Press RAHWAY, N. J, Apr. 18 —Some 232 rioting convicts seized nine guards as hostages and barricaded themselves in a New Jersey prison farm dormitory today in the newest revolt in the state's troubled prison system. * Supt. R. W, Lagay said one of the captured guards assured him by telephone. that the hostages had not been harmed. Mr. .agay recalled 100 prison guards frem other shifts for duty and canceled all days off. In ad-

United Press Telephoto, CHARGED IN SLAYING— John Dale Ill, 16-year-old

Bearden High School valedictorian and baseball team man. ager, is charged with the kiling of a l4.year-old freshman pupil, Ray Callihan, with a baseball bat during a pre-game argument on the school's baseball diamond in Knoxville, Tenn.

dition, more than 20 state troopers and 65 armed correction officers responded to Mr. Lagay's| call for help. . F. Lovell Bixby, deputy com-| missioner of institutions, said the riot apparently had been staged in sympathy with 68 convicts in| rebellion at the state prison in Trenton. Mr. Bixby said the Rahway rioters had made no demands. Their fellow rebels at Trenton, now in the fourth day of a revolt, want Warden William Car-

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* ‘Nuisance Fires’

From midnight. to dawn; the dot a set fires on the second floor of the dormitory, where they had barricaded themselves with metal tables, mattresses and oth-

fér movable equipment. Mr, ¥

said the dormitory was a fire-

iproof building and that the blazes

were *‘nuisance fires.” “The situation is under control in the sense that they are not

{going to go anywhere,” Mr. Bixby

said. “We'll sit it-out as we are doing at Trenton.” The demonstration started at 9 o'clock last night when the rebels began shouting, chanting and beating on cell bars. Guards on the ground floor of the building quickly evacuated about 100 nonrioters and took| them to their cell blocks. The nine held as hostages were over-| powered by prisoners who had! gone up a rear sta second floor,

Scene of Fire

the old Mattie Penn farmhouse on Banta Rd. between - Meridian St. and U. 8. 31 last night. This area came into the news, earlier this week when residents

: lof the neighborhood complained

to The Times that it was being

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United Press Telephoto. FLOOD’ BALONEY—There's more to fighting a flood than filling sandbags, as Miss _Marjorie Sittler well knows. Miss Sittler, clerk in an Omaha insurance office, skins part of the 25,000 pounds of baloney the Salvation Army served to flood workers.

{ April is scheduled for overdue warmth in | but its traditional showers will

|of others dug out the stuff with| continue. |

| The weather outlook for the]

“Brother John, 14, looks on the | {The Army estimated that 100,000 next five days calls for temperadoll donations with some disdain. |, ie yards of sand and clay had tures 6 to 9 degrees above nor-

He thinks flood victims will want baseballs and softballs. He may send some of his including two new ones, Carolyn and John are children of Mr. and ‘Mrs. Edgar Ely. This doll march may not stop with Carolyn. She plans to ask other Tech .girls to send their dolls to the homeless flood victims.

Three Children Die, ¥

Mother Burned in Fire

KANSAS CITY, Kas, Apr. 18 (UP)—A fire attributed today to a faulty kerosene stove killed) three children and =eriously| burned their mother’as she vain-| ly attempted to save them from. the blazing home. The children were identified as Samuel Campbell Jr., 6 weeks] 81d; Percila Campbell, 3, and Dareline Campbell, 5, children of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Campbell. | Their 22-year-old mether suffered third-degree burns on her hands ‘and forehead when she

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mal. 8o far this month, they have averaged 3 degrees below normal. Showers are likely tomorrow and Monday, the forecast said. Rain has fallen on Indiana 12 of | the past 18 days.

LOCAL TEMPERATURES

am... 54 10a m... 67 7am... 56 11am... 8 8a.m... 60 12 (Noon). 71. fa m..65 1p m..17

Latest Humidity ...... 387%

Pope Pius Lashes ‘New Morality’ Ideas

VATICAN CITY, Apr. 18 (UP) ~—Pope Pius XII denounced the “new morality” today in a speech

Catholic action organization.

The so-called new morality {holds that the individual has complete liberty to decide for himself what is right or wrong. The Pope said that the morality threatens

At that time Sheriff's Lt. Wil-

{liam “Owens promised a cleanup {of the place,

but residents yesterday said they saw three cars and a truck parked back in the wooded section during most of the day. J.eo Weimer - of the Perry Township fire department, which put out the blaze, said it was apparently started by youngsters.

|The home itself was gutted by {fire twq years ago.

| membership

| | a officers responsible for the re- | ai cruitment of inactive pilots to the active reserve that hundreds of

To Await Vote

Test Not Brought Before Convention

A decision on federal aid to schools—the issue splitting PTA in the state—-has

To Be Asked If They'll Fly

[inactive reserve flying officers will be made to determine/wreckage was spotted

Reserve Pilots

Indiana Survey Will Start Soon

By ED KENNEDY A survey of all Hoosier

where they stand on the question of flying in the event of recall to active duty. The Air Force's disclosure came on the heels of publicity about 13 recalled officers who have re. fused to fly, one of whom recently was sentenced to two years in prison by an Air Force court-martial. 2 An Air Force spokesman sald 25 teams will survey the state starting in June.

Eager for Chance Meanwhile, it was reported by

Hoosier airmen would “fly the crates they come in”--if they could only get the crates. On active duty at the Atter{bury Alr Force base are more than a score of rated flying offi cers. Only four were on flying

of a transcontinental airliner shrouded San Gabriel, Valley

ron plane. First reports did not indicate whether there were any survivors. The sheriff's message said the in the Puente Hills at. the “east end of Labelle St.” in North Whittier Heights, 14 miles east of here. The country is heavily populated with orange and avocado groves. It was last heard from a 3:33 a, m. PST (5:33 a. m. Indianapolis Time) when the pilot placed his position over Downey, Cal, 17 miles east of here. :

: Checked on Approach The plane's pilot, identified only as “Powell” called over the Riverside radio range and re quested a “straight-in” approach from the Los Angeles Tower. He sald he was flying at 6000 feet and estimated his time of arrival as 3:45 a. m. PBT. At the time the plane was reported missing, the weatherman sald an undercast with base at 700 feet and cloud tops at 14,000 feet existed In the area. The val leys were heavily fogged.

status because that's all the table of orgainzation called for. The vast majority of the others would be glad to turn in their desk jobs to get into the wild blue yonder,

been delayed several months. The

closed yesterday without a ¢l

of local units, The test now is scheduled for fall. Then local PTA groups will meet to decide if they favor federal aid. The new power was given to local units during the 2-day convention here. An amendment to state PTA by-laws says the state unit can support legislative issues, like federal aid, only if local groups approve,

One Major Change Convention delegates adopted their 1952-53 platform as, submitted yesterday, and one major resolution affecting procedures was approved. It provides

the state organi-

irway to the zation shall distribute legislative |information to delegates at least)

60 days before action is due. Resolution backers objected to

Lovers Lane Area receiving legislative proposals on sistas in the state” he said.

the same day a vote was to be

called. There were 167 more persons

last year, : Total registration reached 2062,

(which includes 1358 voting dele-|if recalled

gates and 704 visitors.

Nun Knifed to Death While Aiding Children

CASTROVILLARI, Italy, Apr. {18 (UP)—Police sought today an apparent maniac who knifed a Catholic nun to death and wounded two young girls she was protecting. - o The assault occurred yesterday as Sister Scolastica was escorting a group of girls in a walk through the woods. A man leaped out and started slashing the children. The nun threw herself at the attacker and was Herself knifed repeatedly. The attacker fled {when an aute approached.

_. By DONNA MIKELS A “shower of happiness” has |been pouring down on a 22-year-old Hoosier girl paralyzed since childhood and confined to a wheelchair. , Since The Times recently published the story of young Bette Lane, who lives on a farm near Glezen, the pretty young paralysis

{of her life.” To date mails have brought more than 100 letters and cards. From all over Indiana and surrounding states came response to her family’s hope that a “shower

up.” Since the article there's been a continual downpour of gifts on the girl who “had nothing to live for.” One day brought three |boxes of. candy and two corsages. Four more people sent corsages. {Another sent a white. leather

pepper shakers, cosmetics and {dainty feminine “unmentionables” that thrilled Bette's heart.

| Receives Money

stamps to correspond. One "sent Bette

Paralyzed Girl Gets fii: Her Happiness Shower

Froman Story,” telling how the lovely songstress battled back to health and fame after she was crippled in a plane crash. Bette sustained a childhood in{jury when a heavy farm gate {swung back and struck her. . She has been bedfast 10 years. Her family. said Bette has “lost her will to live” as she saw her

and start families—‘‘all the things she knew she could never have.” Mgre Thrills in Store

thrills are in .store for A Baptist church young

More Bette.

of happiness” might “perk Bette people's group will have a picnic) g |dinner for her and stage a special d

| “movie” for Bette, | Bette’'s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Lane, said Bette hasn’ |been shown the newspaper article

{because she does not know her|

{illness has been termed fatal. But {she was shown her picture which

to 1400 delegates to a congress Bible. Other gifts included cos- ram in The Times and has been 48°: of the women's branch of the tume jewelry, figurines, salt and told the letters and gifts came in

‘response to that. ;

Indiana convention of clamoring to get into Parent-Teachers A sso clation/serve units in Indiana. But as of ar-|now-the active reserve units with cut test on the federal aid policy Planes to fly do not exist. which brought a rift between the y | Wing terbury State executive group. And Jeaddngiy."s yogult, it has

Inactive reserve cers ALS

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“Within two weeks word gets out the unit will get

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flying status,” the officer declared. Gollegians Want In |

before Congress that it was becoming more difficult to recruit| pilot cadets, young men from Indiana colleges continue to swarm enlistment places. i “We interview thousands of, men a year and take only the

cream of the crop. With so many!

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(applicants we can ‘he highly se-| lective even among those who |are qualified,” a recruitment of-| ficer said. “I wish the Air Force had the facilities to take just the qualified! men from the three big univer-| The survey to be taken Bere) (will be similar to one taken re{cently as a test in the Dallas-F't.

Fire destroyed a shed hehind at this year's convention than Worth, Tex. area.

In that poll of nearly 3000 rated officers, 71.9 per cent sald to active duty they | {would want to fly. { Of the group who expressed a desire not to fly, a large number ruled

| physical reasons.

Phone Pickets Take Holiday |

All was quiet on the Indiana Bell Telephone Co. front today as striking CIO Western Electric! installers awaited word from the! “cease strike” talks continuing in| New York. ; | Kenneth Silvers, president of| Local 10523 of the Communica-! tions Workers of America, said (no picketing patrols were planned {anywhere in Indiana today. | But in Evansville, the CWA went ahead with its plans to contest an anti-picketing restraining! order obtained earlier by Indiana Bell. A hearing on a permanent Injunction was {no be held today | in Vanderburgh Circuit Court, | Mr. Silvers repeated his optimism that negotiations in New York would bring an early end to the 12-day strike. “They're only pennies apart now. All other issues have been settled,” he said.

300 Indiana Phone

victim has had “the happiest time friends grow up, graduate, marry Firms Get Rate Hike

About 300 independent tele phone companies 'throughout -In-| diana had approval from the| state Public Service Commission} today to increase their intra-state| {toll rates. | In an order issued late yesteray, the commission agreed to| |allow the independent utilities to ‘boost toll charges within the state) {to match an approximate 6 per cent hike given Indiana Bell Tele{phone Co. by a Marion Cireutf| Court: decision several months]

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Chest Cold Confines

+ “It's brought her more happi- a hill to Home

{ness than we ever thought,” said her relatives. “She's blossomed

out now that every day holds (UP)—Prime A shower of dollar bills added something for her to look forward Churchill was confined to - his up to'10, and other persons sent to. The people who have written Chartwell country home near 1 n never know just how much it here today with a heavy chest the jane meant.” + joold, Coe

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WESTERHAM, England, Apr. 18 Minister Winston |

active eo pad Sid, fhe wa

planes, we'll be swamped with men wanting to get on reserve

Also, despite recent testimony testimony in the first-degree mur.

themselves out for

Of Plane With 28 Aboard

Airliner Had Vanished In Fog Near L. A. After | Asking for Instructions

By United Press

LOS ANGELES, Apr. 18—The fire-charred

which vanished over the fog early today with “about 28

persons aboard” has been located by a sheriff's aero squads

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Girls the field in prelimi. nary CE D— in The Times Spelling Bee at three centers last

; Holy Trinity KIRSHBAUM COMMUNITY CENTER — Barbara Folter, 12 Cathedral

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State Completes Case In Murder Trial

BLOOMFIELD, Ind. Apr, 18 (UP)—The state concluded its

der trial of 64-year-old Ralph Groves today and the trial was recessed until Monday. Groves is charged with the Thanksgiving Eve shotgun slaying of T/8gt. George C. Brown, 38, in a trailer camp at Brazil. Observers sald they expected the case "to go. to the jury about Wednesday.

Today's News In The Times |

local °

Page UAW boosts Reuther's politi g cal stock. ., . Labor in In- | diana today ..,.........., 18! 27th Annual Home Show opens | here today ..............,. 29

Editorial Page

Who'll get GOP Convention delegates? | by Robert Taylor ......... 26 The Jersey Bounce , , , a Tal- |

Page

burt -eaftaon ............. 26 Arz there too many stabilizers in the steel picture’. By Fred W. Perkins. .......... 26 The Truth—-But Whose? , ,, an editorial ........ ae ane 26 Sports Page

Indians club Red Birds Sports Roundup by Eddie Ash 27

The Baseball Calendar ....... 2% Browns looking sharp in fast COMPRNY wesassrasresesiais 2" Wood Memorial possible Derby preview SAE na aes it 28 758 Sertes leads ABC singles. 28

Women's 3 Page GFWC contest judge urges community kfiowledge ..., 13 or Don’t talk for your husband Ruth Millett 2............. 13 Still time to enter Times SewIng Contest .....vc00inuss. 14

Over-rigid orderliness—Muriel Lawrence

14-8, 27. « .

nouncer, Georges ¥, udges, Mrs, Harry fas ? Robert Mudd,

MUNICIPAL and 18th 8! Michael's, 8t, i SCHOOL 24, 908 W. North —~8chools, 4, 17, 24, 40, 63, - : Bridget's, Crispus Attucks High School 8th grade. Pronouncer, James Harper; judges, Mrs. Lucy Blunt, Mrs. Flora Crossen, Miss Maud Flack.

N. Y.’s Democrats

. * Pick Harriman Other Story, Page 11 NEW YORK, Apr, 18 (UPJ New York State Democratic Party leaders chose W. Averell Harriman today as the man they'll back for the party's pres. {dential nomination. . In a joint press conference fol lowing a meeting of county Deme

Pennsylvania's |0cratic chairman, Sen. Herbert H. |Lehman

(D. N. Y) and State Democratic Chairman Paul E. Fitzpatrick said they would ur Mr. Harriman's can “throughout the country.” “Ben. Lehman, who turned down a “favorite .on” designa~ tion at today's meeting, said: “I want to make this clear in presenting the name of Mr. Har. riman. We are nof doing it as a gesture or as a holding operation. We are very hopeful that support will be sufficiently strong (throughout the country) to gain him the nomination and the elec tion.”

Times Index

Amusements ....sevv004, 18 Comics +... 4s seenes 22,23 Crossword .....c.ossveens 23 Editorials ...... cesvinee 38 Harold Hartiey .....ce000 15 Erskine Johnson «....... 18 Radio, Television ........ 35 Robert RUArK «:csneeess 25 Ed Sovola ..... tiaterne 2S Sports: ...cv... cenansdd7, 28 Earl Wilson «..ceveeeese 25 Women's «..... Nesnave 13-15

Tight Jeans Won't

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By United Press

LODI, O., Apr. 18—Th

e Lodi School Board today

banned the wearing of girls' blue jeans to classes “be-

cause they were getting to The order immediately

parents and pupils, but School Supt. Wilbur Wood said, he would stand by the decision. the girls, or stay home, he said. Mr. ‘Wood blamed the girls themselves for the

order. ‘Their jeans were

plained, “and a pair of tight jeans invites f

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