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men were killed and two persons injured, authorities still
were trying to identify one of
Two of the victims of the spectacular crash six miles
south of Lebanon on U, 8. 52 are from Indianapolis. They were rescued from the flames by two passing motorists, but one victim died, The dead: William C. Berry, 803 E. 14th St, died in General Hospital here, An unidentified man, belleved to be one of the drivers. Injured: Miss Jean Marshall, 34, of 1432 College Ave., was in critical condition at General Hospital. William Pollard, 32, Washington Court House, O., was in serious condition at Witham Hospital, Lebanon.
The two Indianapolis persons and the unidentified’ man were riding in a semitractor, without a trailer, southbound on U. 8. 52, when the tractor “swerved and collided with a northbound trac-tor-trailer loaded with steel, driven by. Mr, Pollard. According to witnesses, Mr. Pollard tried to avoid the crash, but the huge truck jagk-knifed and the tractor crashed into the 's cab. Thrown From Truck All four victims were thrown from the trucks by the impact. The gas tank of the death tractor tore loose and ‘slammed into Mr. Pollard’s cab, bursting into a mushroom of flames, : Odell Felty, 23, Gary and his wife were driving south on the two-lane highway toward Indianapolis behind the semitractor carrying Miss Marshall, Mr, Berry and the man killed in the crash,
“Suddenly this tractor swerved| Services for the newspaper exe- mechanical reasons or human off the highway,” Mr. Felfy|cutive will be held Wednesday error. said. “I didn’t see his brake|morning at the Hennepin Ave| The collision occurred 1200
lights, but he must have put them on because of the skid marks. The driver fought the tractor back onto the highway and the oncoming tractor-trailer tried to swerve and avoid the
crash, : ‘Flames Shot Up’ “There wasn’t much when they hit, but flames shot up almost the very they crashed.”
Mr. Felty ran to the crash along
with Donald Lovingfass,, 26, Lebanon, who was traveling south ahead of the death tractor. Miss Marshall and Mr. Berry were lying within two feet of the
- dead man, who was pinned to the
wreckage, the rescuers said.
The whole area was a sea of flames—-even the grass was burn-
ing, the eye-witnesses reported. Mr. Loving:
\ ‘088 made the first dash into. the flames, but was
forced back. Trying again, he succeeded in grabbing the woman and dragging her to safety.
Mr, Felty also failed on his
63d YEAR--NUMBER 47
Seek To Identi One of 2 Men
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the drivers.
|first rescue, then took off his trousers and using them as a (flail, beat his way to Mr. Berry. | His clothing completely burned, (Mr. Berry was conscious and 'scredming, “I've got to get to |Jean. I've got to get to Jean. {Where's Jean?” | Found Injured Man | After they had made their dual rescue, the heroes found Mr. Pol{lard lying on the berm of the road about 40 feet from the wreckage, He had a broken leg, cuts and bruises and was suffering from extreme shock. The injured were taken to Witham Hospital in Lebanon. The two ' heroes, whose only injuries were minor burns on their hands, both returned to their cars and went on to their destinations. Mr. Felty, a steel worker in Gary, was en route to the Veteran’s Hospital at Louisville, on an emergency call to see his brother, a World War II battle casualty. FN Mr. Lo continued onto Zionsville, whére he was to pick up a truck at the Pittman-Moore Co. plant and drive to Columbus, 0., today,
Harold perkihe Dies;
Newspaper Executive -
MINNEAPOLIS, Apr. 28 (UP) ~—Hoosier-born Harold E, Perkins, 51, vice president and secretary of the Minneapolis Star and Tribune, died today of leukemia after a brief illness.
Methodist Church. Burial will be in his home town of Rushville, Ind. y Mr. Perkins, prominent in Minneapolis civic affairs, was born
1950 Texas Slaying
LOS ANGELES, Apr, 28 (UP) ~—Texas authorities ‘were conferring with Los Angeles police today in an effort to unravel an alleged murder confession by 50-year-old Thomas E, Wright, picked up here on a drunk charge. Wright, police reported, said his real name was Thomas Whiteside and told them he shot a serv-
doches, Tex. in 1950 during a holdup. Police said the suspect also confessed to the robbery of a Houston market.
Believe Wasp
Aug, 20, 1900, at Rushville, He crewme was graduated from Wabash Cal. 4 hoy rir tne is on the lege. : sumption he ‘men could ET not survive the water more Drunk Suspect Confessesithan that
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Cut Hobson Right in Two
Abandon Search For 176 Missing Photo, Page 11 By United Press WASHINGTON, Apr. 28— The Carrier Wasp apparently cut the Hobson in two w it hit and sent the destroyer| to the bottom of the Atlantic with}! most of her crew, a Navy spokesman said today.
Sixty-one survivors were picked from the storm-churned ocean. The Navy abandoned at sunset last night further search for more survivors.
Missing are at least 176 crewmen, It was possible there may be more. The Navy released a list of 159 crewmen known to be missing, but the list was incomplete. 2 The 1600-ton “Hobson plunged to the bottom after colliding with the 32,000-ton aircraft carrier during highspeed maneuvers
The Navy spokesman’s account apparently confirmed an eyewitness account of the disaster by Lawrence Dame, a Boston Herald staff writer, who was aboard the destroyer O'Hare. Mr. Dame said in a copyrighted story that the Wasp knifed into the Hobiéon “on a rofling sea under faint stars and a black sky.” “Most of the Hobson's men were trapped below decks, many in their bunks,” Mr. Dame wrote. “Many were men who had never been to sea before.” Mr. Dame reported that several of the survivors were injured, a few critically, and were either aboard the Wasp or the destroy-
er Rodman. The newsman said that at the oment it is “not safe to surmise” the cause of the disaster— it could have been either due to
miles due east of Boston and 700 miies north of the Azores. The ‘Wasp, a 75-foot gash in her starboard side, is headed on the New York navy yard in Brooklyn. The Navy called off the search
A Navy spokesman estimated the temperature of the water at
Saturday night. -
MONDAY, APRIL 28,
1952 :
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‘Other Woman’ Jailed; Husband Sent to Wife
By DONNA MIKELS An
old “other woman” to prison. In a precedent-setting ruling,
the scene to be 60 degrees.
ice station .attendant in Nacog-
Local Seaman, 17, Missing in Crash,
A 17-year-old Indianapolis seaman recruit who enlisted here only five months ago is missing on the ill-fated destroyer-mine-sweeper Hobson, the Navy re[ported today. & He is Robert Eugene Vincent, a former Technical High School
student, who tried to enlist even before his 17th birthday last Nov.
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drinking jail sentences from Judge George M. Ober, \:
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He did take his oath Nov. 26 after his father, Harold M. Vincent, sigyed consent papers. The Navy recruiting office here said he passed his aptitude test with a high grade of 85, then was sent to Great Lakes, Ill, for boot training. Young Vincent's father ‘lived at! the time at 2020 N. Ruckle St. but residents there said he has moved and left no forwarding address. The youth's mother, Mrs, Alice M. Vincent, now lives in 8t. Louis. : | Robert Vincent attended high)
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1950, and earlier in Evansville. Two other Indianapolis a hl missed becoming casualities the disaster. Lt. Wayne D. Collins, 28, had| been aboard the carrier Wasp, which collided with the Hobson, since last Tuesday. Previously he had been on the USS Roosevelt. A Technical High 8chool graduate, Lt. Collins is the son of Mr.' and Mrs. Fred Collins, 1128 Spann| Ave, | Richard E. Shake, €2, a fire-| man 1-¢, transferred from the Hobson to an LST only two weeks ago. He's the husband of Mrs. Kaye Shake, 21, of 810 N. Luett Ave,’ a senior in the Butler University College, of Education, and the son of Mr, and Mrs. Lester L.| Shake, 2324 W. Morris St. Mr, Shake enlisted ian the Navy after his 1948 graduation from] Washington High School and is due for release July 22.
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Arraignment Continued
For Cardinals’ Boss
8ST. LOUIS, Apr. 28 (UP)—Arraignment of Fred M. Saigh,! president of the St, Louis Cardi-|
Mr. Saigh appeared in the court of United States District Judge Roy W. Harper with his attorney, H. M. Btolar, who told the court he received copies of the indictment against Mr. Saigh only last Friday and was unprepared to offer motions on behalf of his client. Judge’ Harper ordered Mr.
Betty Lou Quesenbury, pvt in Spurduay Magistrate's Court. -end raids on after- . They drew stiff fines and some
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Stolar to file motions by May 16
and have Mr. Saigh in court to whoever took it will read this, plead to the charges a week later. realize how much it will mean to FOR YOUR FAMILY.
Mr. Baigh was indicted by a federal court grand jury last Tues-
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school here briefly in September, =
nals baseball club, on charges of | evading $49,620 in income taxes; was continued today until May 23.
Judge Scott McDonald of Municipal Court 4 sent chubby brunet Marelyn Hopper to Indiana Women’s Prison and ordered her “boy friend,” William Knapp, 303 N. East St. to reconcile with his wife. The formal charge under which the bluejean-clad teenager was given the 30-day ocentence was “failure to give an account of herself to a police officer in a proper and straight forward manner.” This is a new municipal ordinancé which went into" effect Apr. 1.
“Save the Family”
today and tried to patch up a broken family by sending the pretty 19-year-
25-year-old i with agsault a ry, She. l he. when
Knapp left his family and went to Florida with the youthful “other woman,” the wife told the court. Knapp returned last week and later Mrs. Hopper came here after receiving phone calls and telegrams from “Bill” urging her to do so. : Gave Five Names
Mrs. Hopper, here Friday. The following day the altercation which caused Knapp’s arrest took place. Police arrested Mrs. Hopper Sunday in her. hotel room.
But Judge McDonald said later:
“1 gave her 30 days because of] the way she’s been conducting
herself. I was trying to save the family.” | Knapp's pretty blonde , wife signed a warrant charging her
Boy Waits Year To Ride Bicycle, But It's Stolen
Officers said Mrs. Hopper gave five different names and conflicting stories. The “failure to give lan account” charge resulted.
In addition to the prison sentence, Mrs. Hopper was fined $25 and costs, Later she told reporters that she and “Bill” had met one day and started their
“My mother moved around and I guess I take after her,” she said. “I like to travel around. Staying in one place gets monotonous.” She said she was divorced from a soldier she wed when she
* lwas 16,
. Judge McDonald found Knapp guilty of assault and battery but
warned him to give up his girl friend and “make peace’ with his slim blonde wife.
He placed Knapp on six-month
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DONALD IRICK—Faith and a bike. o
It was just a rusty, second hand bike. But it was a symbol of a shining faith. : The faith ‘of “Penald Irick’s parents that the 13-year-old victim of a heart ailment some day
would be able to ride it. For two —
long years, it. had been out of the question. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Irick, 2444 W. 10th St, bought the bicycle last summer while their son was lat Bridgeport Nutrition Camp.
jcould ride it. Last week, the doc-
itors gave their okay and Mr. Irick|
{went ,out to the garage with a inew séat, a horn and a can of |paint. | But the bike was gone. The Iricks haven't told Donald yet. They still
have falth-—that
ia brave youngster. And that the ibicycle will be standing against
their garage tomorrow Tes
Donald dreamed of the day he!
stay home and support his wife and children.
1 To 2 Cents
la penny more andthe 114-
wage | |price. hikes in materials makes
re A estion bring Ma “gi to determine. Ee to their home to reside, |Robert W. Grow, whose personal
who said her hometown is Slater, Mo., arrived|
cross-country travel the next day. |
suspended a 90-day sentence and |
probation on condition that he|
Bread Prices Here to Rise
New Increase Due Tomorrow
By ED WILSON Bread prices will jump 1 to 2 cents a loaf tomorrow. The 1-pound loaf will cost
pound loaf, 2¢ more. Charles P. Ehlers, secretary. manager of the Indiana Bakers Association, announced today three Indiana firms will hike the price of their bread tomorrow, The association expects the rest of the bakers to follow that lead, Mr. Ehlers said the industry an OPS ruling alloy the price hike in 1851, but didn’t come through until Apr,
10, 1952, Cites Costs
He said increases and such a raise necessary to keep the business healthy.
Last week the price of bread
was raised under the new OPS} ruling. Shortly after, Chi followed. Mr. Ehlers sxhacts to be nationwide shortly, He that. some of the bakers are now negotiating a new contract and if wake hikes afe given the industry will soon n
Army Weighs Court-Martial Of Gen. Grow
diary fell inte Communist hapds, should face a court-martial, Gen, Grow, 57, served In Moscow from July, 1950, until last Jan. 20 as military attache in the U. 8B. embassy. He was recalled as a result of the diary incident. His diary was believed to have been stolen by a “Soviet agent” while Grow was In Frankfurt, Germany, last summer on a visit’
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| PHOTOGRAPHED excerpts {from the diary were used in the Communist press to “prove” that ithe United States ‘vas advocating {preventive war against the Soviet Union. { Gen. Grow's diary sald he had traveled through Russia. looking [for millary targets and indicated that he personally felt a war between the United States and Russia was inevitable,
GOP Switches Convention
| State Group Votes Secretly
the actual the NATO Council.
of staff in Paris,
particularly well-qualified to form the duties of supreme coms mander,” Mr, Truman said. 3 Gen. Clark is a former Indian~ apolis. resident. : i That city was the only place ¥ : for another price increase. oh
WASHINGTON, Apr. 28 (UP)
To lke’s European F Starts Job June 1; Clark Goes to Japan
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> By Un WASHINGTON, Apr, 28 (UP)-~President Truman
today appointed Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway as the new Sue preme Allied Commander in Europe and named Gen. Mark
W. Clark to replace Gen. Ridgway in the Far East,
Gen, Ridgway will succeed Gen, Dwight D. Eisenhower, whose release as Supreme Allled Com mander in Europe will become effective June 1, J The North Atlantic Couneil,
meeting in Paris, asked Mr. Tru-
man to designate an American
and he chose Gen. Ridgway.
Formally Gen, Ridgwhy was nominated by the President and appointment made by
Gen, Clark, is now commander,
of the Army Field Forces, stas tioned at Ft. Monroe, Va. cons fident Gen, Ridgway and Gen. Gruenther will make “an outs standing team for our defense effort.” ;
Mr, Truman sald he
“I feel that Gen. Ridgway is per-
as their new supreme commander. ' (Gen; WFisenhower was on a “rarewell” visit to allied troops in Germany when the announceément was made that Gen. Ridgway, 57, battle-toughened paratroop leader; will succeed him, Gen. Ridgway will take over June 1, when Gen, Eisenhower goes home to become an active candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, It was no secret that most NATO countries other than the United States preferred Gen. Gruenther as new supreme commander, because of his organizational ability and the fact that he has been in on the NATO situation from the étart. Gen. Ridgway, however, has organizational ability of a high*degree also, and he has the actual battle experience which Gen. Gruengher lacks. He used to jump with his paratroopers in World War II. Y
All in Favor
Say ‘Hi-Yuh'
CLEVELAND, Apr. 28 (UP) w A record number of 600
| By IRVING LEIBOWITZ | The Republican State Commit-| tee voted secretly to change the date of the state convention from] {July 3 to June 7, a top GOP official told The Times today. Indiana supporters of Gen.| Eisenhower charged this was an, |apparent effort to conclude the| {state convention before the Gen-| | eral’s return from Europe.
» . Arithmetic for | - However, leading Indiana Re-| H H . publicans countered the switch a iness was “necessary” to prepare for, the ome PP GOP National Conyention in Chi-
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cago, July 7. They pointed out it was virtual-| ly impossible to appoint Hoosiers [to the various national committes, such as rules and platform, unless) the state convention is held earlier than it was originally! planned. ”
Arrange for Coliseum Arrangements already have | been made with the State Fair | Board for use of the State Coli-, seum June 7.
teports that Taft supporters wae ordered repaired today by!
were behind a movement . to switch the convention dates was| published in The Sunday Timges. |
shareholders at the annual
meeting of Standard Oil of |
today when
Ohio laughed
President Truman and Com-~ | | merce Becretary Charles Saw-
yer were nominated as directors of the company, Morton M., Adler, a stockholder from Rye, N. Y., made the nominations. “Since there is a likelihood
the government will take over |
the oil industry in view of current labor difficulties, I would like to nominate two men who would be helpful to us in such an event — Harry 8° Truman and Charles Sawyer,” he said.
There were no seconds to his |
nominations,
Giant Chuckhole To Be Repaired
A giant-sized chuckhole on Rural St, at Clayton Ave., shown yesterday in The Sunday Times
| the Board of Works as part of a|
{major reconstruction job for Rural St. | The board ordered the street
{It dlso was learned, however, | {that the majority of the’ Republican candidates for Governor are {in favor of the convention date] [change.
The State Committee will meet , gozen listed as in critical need
| Thursday in Indianapolis to vote o¢ repair by City Engineer Wil-| ~ |formally on the proposal. Howev-| opal by y 8
|er, a majority already has agreed {to switch dates and make all the| {necessary arrangements.
repaved from New York Bt. to
Southeastern Ave. at an, estimat-|
ed cost of $23,907. The street is one of more than
liam R. Hunt,
The project will take almost) half of the city’s funds for street]
repairs this year. Only $50,000
Gen. Mark W, Clark
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Scot Skips the Slip Twixt Cup and Trip’
YORK, Eng. Apr. 27 (UP)—
A 32-year-old Scot clung to the step of a train for a wild mile and a quarter ride and never let go of
At state GOP headquarters, |. heen allotted for repair of his cup of tea.
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can of “golden bantam” corn yesterday and found a gold ring inside. !
wedding and
John Lowden left the train hers
to get a cup of tea. As he was
{drinking it the train started to {pull’ out. He: managed to get on MADISON, Ind., Apr. 28 (UP) [the step of his car —Mrs. Bob Humphrey opened a|door locked. ¢
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