Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 24 April 1952 — Page 2

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400 Firemen Bring Flames To Standstill

By United Press

front yesterday, leaving

damaged, a Estimates of destruction in t three-alarm blaze, worst here since 1938, ranged between $2 million and $6 million, but insurance officials said it would be “several days” before full extent of the damage was learned. ! Chief Fire Warden Norm Alkin sald the blaze was under control, and declared that danger ¢f a “serious blast”

VANCOUVER, B. C., Apr. 24 «A multi-million dollar fire wiped out a section of ‘this city’s waterthree warehouses, two docks, two deep "@sea grainships and a train ofl Joaded boxcars destroyed or

apparently had

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first alarm was turned in, :

° Four-hundred firemen and 20 pleces of equipment fought the flames to a standstill

Explosions Feared Earlier, Vancouver Civil De

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Royal Canadian Alr Force, or-| dered the public out of a B-block | area surrounding the fire bécause! _ of a 3-fold blast danger. i Mr. Heakes said grain dust im banks of concrete grain elevators adjoining the burning dock might have caused “a tremendous blast.” He sald ap additional threat lay for a time in tons of nitrates and other fertilizer components stored In a fire-threatened warehouse, and 300,000 gallons of ofl stored in two submerged tanks beneath the dock which could have béen ignited at low tide. However, relays of trucks load.

Grainships Saved . Two Norwegian grain ships, the, * 8800-ton Sandanger and the 7200-|

Butler Straw Vote Gives lke Lead Over Taft

‘Balloting by Butler University students and faculty members on political candidates yesterday gave Gen, Eisenhower a big lead over U, 8. Sen. Taft for the Republican nomination for President. On the Democratic side, the straw vote total gave U. 8. Sen, Estes Kefauver a lead over three other choices for that party's nominee. The GOP vote: Gen. Eisenhower, 258; Sen. Taft, 198; Gov. Earl Warren, 18; Harold Stassen, 17 and Gen. Douglas MacArthur, 17. Democratic totals: Sen. Kefauver, 64; Gov, Adlal Stevenson, 27; Vice President Alben Barkley. 6; U. 8. Ben. Robert Kerr, 3; U. 8, Sen. Richard Russell, 3. Schricker Takes Lead

Gov. Schricker led other Democratic candidates for U, 8. Sena tor with 67 votes. Other Democrats for Senator were: Andrew Jacobs, 19; Rep. Winfield Denton, 6; Roger Branigin, 3. GOP votes for U, 8. Senator were: Sen, Jenner, 274; Richard James, “187. For Republican Governor nom-

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Hughes, 37; William Fortune, 36;

E | By United Press & (When will you be an old person? ment, industry, and labor plan

: ithe most important questions that million persons to the unemployed

. THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES :

of the population could bring CINCINNATI, O. Apr. 24— “chills to the spines” of govern-

This unhappy thought is one of ners because they could add 7

rolls within 30 years, Sees Sharp Galn In Taxes

including possibly higher taxes, Dr. Dutchitas ru hat the inand legs fishing, an expert In the easing ui b ’ 2 oo er petsans, study of growing old said here oy axes. He said that by 1080 shor y. | ; oe It shouldn't mean a life of an £2 per cent of the voting populawork or play and it probably will!'/on Will be 50 or more. mean working beyond 85, Dr.|, This group with relatives who Charles E. Dutchess told the Na- . tional Industrial Health Con-|!? On them” increases the lkell-

ference today.

you and the community must face because of its many implications, |

‘don’t want the old folks moving] |

hood of laws to give unemployed}

Aplaying Major League baseball.|

For Joe DiMaggio of the New York Yankees, the answer to being old was 37, because he felt that at that age of his body goudn’'t take the punishment of

He became a television sports announcer,

| © A Pressing Problem |

But net all persons can be as |fortunate as the former Yankee star or those few who will retire to a life of fishing and relaxation, This means, the doctor sald, that finding ways to make the transition from a normal occupation to another less exacting, but satistying, for millions of persons is one of the pressing problems of

oldsters a pension they can live on, he said. With such laws, he predicted “a corresponding burden of taxation” on thase who ‘work or those financially independent enough to not work. The medical director of the Schenlew Laboratories said that the Detroit retired autoworkers organization is a fore-runner of what may be expected in many places and industries. He said that the pension and health benefits in| als of ganimtion's program prob-| ably. * re ably: ] Jou ad to other cities Dr. Dutchess’ suggested a “case-| by-case” approach to retirement based upon the ability of a person to perform a “useful task in

our time, jour economic system.” He cited The New York doctor said that/the work of the 2.5 million men retirement “is not a bad thing” @nd women over 45 added to the

it can have/labor force during World War 17

Rep. Ralph Harvey, 30: State/but warned that Sen, John VanNess, 29: Walter “tragic consequences” unless the Helmke, 10. person has been prepared for re(Mr, Fortune is not running for|tirement. v Governor, He is a candidate for! Dr. Dutchess said that the probLieutenant Governor.) lems created by the increasing age

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Airman Held in Bail On Bribery Charge

ST. LOUIS Apr. 24 (UP)—A 20-year-old master sergeant of Scott Air Force Base, 111, wis held in city jail yesterday on charges of accepting a bribe to help a reserve officer evade active duty. Master 8gt. Luther B, Bradley was arrested Tuesday night on a , warrant issued by Miss Vera! ¥r. Hartman Mr. Pacini Fellner, U.' 8. Commissioner at! mhe Catholic Theater Guild's East St. Louis, IIL, on a com- musical somady, et Arimna." opens at 8:30 ton e aime Sled bY the Federal Bureau Pet University Building, State

[Fair Grounds, The warrant charged Bradley It alse will be presented Friday received $200 from the reserve and Saturday nights. The ‘Rev. officer for altering the officer's Fr. Robert Hartman is producer |

medical record. and Renato Pacini, musical di-

67; Samuel Harrell, 53; W. 0.

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as an indication of their value. | He said that in the future it! might be desirable to have vow untary retirement, “contingent, of course, upon the health of each worker.” Maybe the retirement age should be 75, he said. :

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$2 Million Blaze Levels Part Of Vancouver Waterfront “ Predicts Boost in Aged To Bring Sharp Tax Hike

Call of American Indian Bags 2 Turkish Dancers

By United Press Aysen and Nermin under bunks ORLEANS, Apr. 24—iipn the forecastle, the main crew quarters. They later moved them to the aft gear lockers, Days Lone Ranger than the Arablani,,..eq without discovery of the stowed away on am Amer-ic i, waways but on Apr. 9 the p in Istanbul 80 the¥ mu.iish dancers grew restive, some real Indians, It| «ye were bored so we decided yesterday. we would play like cowboys and en instead of redmen indians” they explained in their here because theiparpoom English. n themselves aWiy| go they smeared their features ing Into a prema-| with lipstick for warpaint, They face de-|...hhed some blankets from the portation or Imprisonment fOr 1,.ierq and ran through the

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Taken to Convent Federal agents said that Turkish flower girls corresponded to the B-girls in American bars and the kind of dancing they did was more “belly” than ballet.

Convent of the Good Shepherd to await a hearing oii the stowaway «charges,

captain, who locked them up and notified federal agents to meet

|the ship.

Liquor Thieves Turn Soft—Hic

GAYVILLE, 8. D, Apr. 24 (UP) -— Thieves whose pockets were bigger than their stomaches broke into a liquor store and stole

The girls were taken to thea quantity of whisky.

They left 21 bottes of it on a nearby doorstep with a note asking that it be returned to its own.

Their seamen friends were Rob-|ers. ert KE. Presley. 21, of MOtiphis, eee————— ei

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