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63d YEAR—NUMBER 110

A Killed in State Crashes

DON'T CARRY ME BACK—Miss Viola Imboden and Mrs. Rosemary Brown, U. S. Rubber Co. employees, bracket a gentle reminder that death doesn't take a vacation even though you do.

. A hand-carved, horse-drawn hearse stands at the door of the ' U, 8.«Rubber Co. plant, 549 E. Georgia St, as a grim reminder to employees to drive carefully on their vacations. A sign on it reads “Drive

= pe pt NN 5 ought death to three members of a! Michigan family and to an In-| dianapolis man in two fatal] crashes on Hoosier highways today. | Three members of a vacation- | ing Lansing, Mich., family were; killed and four others injured] early this morning in a car-truck| collision on Ind>87%; just gouth of Noblesville. {

Killed in this crash were:

Thomas H. Cochran, 18, Lan-, sing, Mich., believed to be driver of the car.

Susan Cochran, 8 months old, |

niece of the driver. ! Mrs. Mildred Currin, 39, an aunt of the Cochran youth. Shortly after 5 a. m. today a) truck driven south on dnd. 37 hy | Peter L. Hostettler, hen, and the northbound passenger car carrying the seven Michigan people] crashed near

back, don’t be brought back.” George Brown, plant safety director, says the display does not indicate a high accident rate among employees. “In fact,” he said, “we've got one of the best traffic records

Traffic May Di

Look at your hand. Tomorrow there. Some people lose hands in trafic accidents around here every year. Some of them lose legs. You could. Or maybe for you there will be no tomorrow. What do you plan to do tomorrow? And the day after? What do you plan for your family next year? Are you paying on a home and a car, and saving a little money? Why do you do this? Probably, “for the future.” »

YOU

WELL, may not have any. Tomorrow may be a bright sunny day, and ‘when you return

home from work, your youngster

Conner” Prairie;may throw his arms about youignhoyt the problem. You may find|

Farms, about five miles south of|and hug you and’ call you Noblesville. Daddy. s Or you may never see toFour Injured Morrow.

Taken to Hamilton County Hos- |

pital and reported in fair condi-|{Will not see tomorrow. Just con-|

One thing is sure. Some of us

Slaughter— ; e Tomorrow

among plants in this city. “But we want our employees

to be constantly aware of the |

danger on the highways.” The hearse is 75 years old, was made in Cincinnati, O., and retailed new for $500.

—You

; Deo you know what to do about

it might not belit?

Probably not. It's a big prob-

.|scene to add their water power to

MONDAY, JUNE 30,

Fire Sweeps 11 Buildings In Brooklyn

Man Missing In Warehouse By United Press

NEW YORK, June 20—The| first eight-alarm fire here in| a decade raced through 11

tenement and factory build-| ings in the crowded Greenpoint section of Brooklyn today. ! More than 500 persons were. driven from their homes. Damage exceeded a million dollars. A watchman in an abandoned trolley barn, where the blaze started, was missing. He is Walter Roble, 66. Six women were

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You'll Sleep Tonight

It's Dropping to 7 0°

| : | Changing Scene— Deaths Rise They're Finding Ways

To Escape the Heat

Across U. S.

Nation Sweats On Third Day

By United Press : » . The death toll from drown-| Judging by traffic. nearly ings’'and heat exhaustion con-| everybody in town who has a

. i car was out in it trying to stir tinued to mount today along| yp a breeze.

shock and hysteria. One was hos- With sizzling temperatures Guests moved a South Side pitalized after fainting three that blanketed the nation. | couple's TV set to the back yard times. Ten firemen were treated, Record highs were predicted for| 25! Night. No one was feeling

for smoke inhalation and minor injuries. Hundreds of women and children, many still in night dress ‘and all clutching bundles or dragging suitcases, filled the streets. {Four tenement buildings were, {swept into the spreading flames. Police evacuated others in a three-| {block radius of the blaze. |

Under Control

The fire was brought under control but still was burning at 11:35, (a. m., Indianapolis time. The cause was unknown. Two Coast..Guard fire boats {and a harbor fire boat steamed up| a creek to within a block of the

that of some: ces of equipment: . {Police evacuated hundreds from; {tenements in the fire's path. |Thousands of onlookers jammed) ithe streets. Smoke spewed over, the entire metropolitan area. | | The_block-long abandoned trol {ley b&rn had been used for paper|

[northwest section of the Pacific

{ any pain after an evening of the third straight day by the-U. 8. cq) TS After the last a — Weather Bureau. | said good-night, host wondered Slight relief was promised for, how he'd get 400-pound TV the southern Great Lakes area! console set back in the house. and the Northwest Pacific. Tem- He didn't. He threw a tar-

peratures were also expected to paulin over it and hoped it drop at New York City. wouldn't rain.’ The Great Lakes drop was ex- : a pected to last less than 24 hours, picnic spots in city parks had

with high temperatures predicted big crowds but baseball on RivTuesday. | with league play, was slow yes- | teday. Riverside golf course, | ordinarily jammed, was deserted.

Chicago Sweats 3 A cold air mass along the

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Coast was expected to bring some relief, but southern California and. Oregon will continue to suffer in-|

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shorts Sarah

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fellow around

es hole: Removing his waded in after the ball. The water felt so good he sat down in it and there ke

eat that

lem, and it's hard to know what angq cardboard box storage. The strip of sand only eight blocks | be welcome. But business was

you, a busy individual, ean doifire spread across streets to four long.

when those who devote their lives

tenements, a small hotel, a

to such things don't seem to be factory and a foam rubber plant.

getting anywhere, = = SO, STARTING TODAY, The

Times will offer a little informa-! tion that will be helpful if you o

‘Jesus Saves’

long nearby streets. Passengers)

want to do something—something| i, aq quickly to safety.

to make it a little more probable! {that you will be around tomorrow ‘and other tomorrows. i | This newspaper is not going to {clean up this traffic mess. | We merely are going to try to] |offer leadership to get the public/ |aroused and co-operating with the {police to help stop the killing and {maiming. | First we're going to tell you|

{it a little shocking. So is the in-| {sulin that saves the life of a dia-| Ibetic. | Then we will go into what {brought about the problem. | And last, what can be done!

tion were Mrs. Beatrice Cochran, sult your traffic statistics, if you about the problem.

and 5-year-old Nancy Cochran, mother and sister of the driver;

Sue Cochran, 19, sister-in-law of you are gambling. You are a big-/each member of your family alive

doubt this. Today when you start your car

| The problem, in case you have |forgotten, is how to keep you and

the driver who was the mother ger gambler than Frank Costello. and whole. ! of the dead infant and Gale Cur-/He bets money, and you bet your ———————————— i rin, 7, whose mother was one of life.

the three victims.

Relatives in Lansing said the Cochrans and the Currin family had been visiting relatives in Greenfield, Tenn, and were returning to Lansing. Griefstricken relatives were en route! here to claim the victim’s bodies and to return the injured to Lansing. |

s = ARE YOU A CAREFUL driv-

er? Well, you're safer then—but not safe. You can’t control your own fate entirely. Any other driver could kill you.

If they kill you, you may not

mind. Crash—and it's over. Nobody will mind but your family land friends. Your wife's a good

The driver of the death truck Woman. She'll find a way to make

was uninjured. |

3 | The heavy truck aa nauling| ot course not. One parent will some S000, Bounds © € Tome 2" have to do the job of two. And] e i. wi e oad was s retin she hasn't any business training. | pver e highway and was still gpg) nave to find a cheaper place = ng Seared fume five Rours|to live. Your friends will help| after the crash. Heavy Ind. 37/g,me at first, as mueh as they can|

out for herself and the kids.

Oh, they won't make out as well

trafic was routed around the|gerord more. Your wife will hate

crash scene.

Investigating officers said the two vehicles apparently crashed head-on and the heavy truck then ripped out the side of the passenger car. It was believed the three dead were riding on the| left hand side of the Cochran car. |

Local Man Killed

Another acation ended in tragedy on ff. 8. 41 near Morocco today when an Indianapolis man, was killed and two other local man injured. Dead in the crash was: Cleofas Ruiz, 25, of 928 E. Market St. The car Mr. Ruiz wag driving struck a bridge on U.S, 41 10 miles north of Morocco. The car bounced back from the bridge, striking a light truck. Injured in the truck were two Indianapolis men and four Chicagoans. The local men were Robertine Johnson, 34, of 2201 Martindale| Ave, and John Davis, 34, address! unknown. Mr. Ruiz had been employed at Superior Chevrolet, Inc., here. He told fellow employees he was g0- | ing to Chicago over the week end to visit his parents. He apparently was on his way back to Indianapoliz at the time of the acci-| dent. |

Cab Driver Dies | Of Crash: Injuries | _ Glen Wood, 51, of 1207 Carroll-| ton Ave. died in Methodist Hos-! pital yesterday as a result of injuries received in an accident May |

31. ! A driver for the Red Cab Co.’

to take this help. > » = » NONE OF THIS will be your fault as a driver, quite possibly, and you can feel a little better about it. You'd hate to be to blame. Might be your fault as a citizen,

‘though. You lve in a community|

that has a wretched traffic record. This thing that might happen to you does happen at least 60 times a year in this county.

Ever done anything about it?

The Question of Cost of a Home

A wise family buys a home for happiness, comfort, security, prestige and NOT for profit. The cost question is important only as it pertains to VALUE . . . you want to get your money's worth and - you can. Whether home prices are up or down when you want to sell, the dollars you receive will undoubtedly buy just as much as they do the day you buy ... and in the meantime your family will have enjoyed” the EXTRA bénefits afforded by home ownership, which are priceless.. Select Your Home Now and You'll Be Ahead. *

‘the problem of the summer salt{§10 and $20 bills was stolen from {her purse last Saturday night, Times Index

Harriman to Come Here Next Monday

Averell Harriman will come to’ Indianapolis Monday, July 7, to boost his bid for the Democratic presidential nomination. | | The Indiana branch of the Na-| tional Committee for Harriman; for President has set up head{quarters in the Claypool Hotel,

{with Dean L. Barnhart as chair-| | man.

| Police set up temporary head-| quarters but it was swept by the Mo., shot up to 105 degrees with! New. headquarters were accompanying 24 per cent hum- Girl Drow ns in Try

flames, set up blocks away.

As flames leaped the streets, acredited to heat in the city.

neon sign continued to shine on| one burning building. Saves,” it read.

A young mother, a child in her records.

Searing heat melted the. power ported dead from the protracted lines over several buses Twmingihot spell. {

“Jesus that brought the mercury to 105! ‘at Macon, Ga., the highest in local [saved one boy from drowning yes-

Memphis recorded 104,/terday but perished when ~ Goes Astray

: {| blown supermarkets’ way just The weather bureau sald most, the same. Stores reported beer of the nation can expect further| sales terrific—while taverns heat today. ! sald weather was too hot for . More than 160 persons were re-| customers. Not everyone who went to

| several people wandered about

105 at Sf: Louis | the store for hours, without The temperature in St. Louis,

dity. At least eight deaths were For Second Rescue i The South sufferéd blazing heat!

arms and another clinging to her tieing the all-time high, and At-/i{ried to rescue another lad.

nightgown, looked up as she hur-|lanta baked in 101.

ried to safety. | “I hope 80,” she murmured.

Views on the News=~ ———————————————————————.

Dan Kidney |

IN.

Thunderstorms hit the New!

bowled over trees in Newark, | reek near here.

“TIfO0K pbveral hours:

| market, though one reported

WASHBURN, N. D., June 30 (UP)—A teen -aged orphan girl

Woman Reports Theft

AFTER THE H-bomb is per- ;y¢ Billfold, $1000 Here

fected, maybe we can spare enough inventive genius to solve

seller, ” ” » DEFINITION — A political | economy: Campaign-year appropriation cuts made by Congress to be restored after the | election by deficiency bills, o ” ” i MASSACHUSETTS’ Gov. Paul Dever, who will keynote the Dem- | ocratic Convention, has suggested | modeling its civil rights plank

lafter a teeter-totter,

| She pulled one lad to the shore and immediately turned around land swam back to the flounderling Giedd boy. The exertion] iproved too much and she went)

| Here's how Indianapolis took the week-end heat in our fair, hot and humid city. |

buying. Just enjoying the air- | conditioning. One none-custo-mer stayed four hours, But most markets did a land office business in cold cuts and cold drinks,

Wholesale fruit firm

past week's heat wave, At retail, they jumped from about 45

cents a dozen to 60 cents and

higher because of the demand. Moving faster than fresh lemons was a fairly new item: Frozen lemon concentrate. One chain store reported sales soared sky-high, with several of its outlets ringing up 10 times as much as in previous week. % ~ 8 ” GASETERIA, INC, said ice sales at Its gasoline stations doubled in the last few days— and would have been much higher if théy could have got more ice. Every station ran out twice aver week end, .and. it

oii ue fy R186 LPN a up with deliveries. » » »

At East and Raymond Sts, two families got together for a backyard picnic. The guests brought along their swim suits thinking they might take a dip in nearby Garfield Park pool. But while the picnic was going on someone started a water fight. The guests ended the party with their picnic clothes soaked. Toant” News in their swim | suits—the only thing they had which was dry.

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Kathleen Ann Lindell, 16, swam; PANMUNJOM, Korea, June 30 York area and brought tempera-|to the aid of Norman Gledd, 16, —Communist claims that the tures down a few degrees. A rainiand another boy when they called United Nations is deliberately vio-ties recovered the boy's body two and hail storm flooded streets and for help while swimming in a lating the neutrality of the truce 2

{zone backfired today.

Embarrassed Reds admitted one of their own shells missed the main conference tent by only 20 feet. The Reds, in a note to United

said lemon sales nearly doubled in |

A bilifold containing $1000 in under along with young Giedd.

Mrs. Mona Bowersock, 333% Mass Amusements «.eevesvess. 8 |sachusetts Ave. reported to po-| Bridge .....oeis0000s0000 19 { lice today. | Comics sonssareseee 18, 19 | Mrs. Bowersock, who operates aj Crossword «...eecoqeeese 19 {restaurant at 225 Massachusetts; Editorials .....c00000000 10 |Ave., said she put the bilifold] Forum .......ceseeeeees 10 in her purse and hid the purse! In Hollywood csessessss 6 underneath the cash register in| Radio, Television «ceeveve 7 the cafe. The billfold was gone! Ed Sovola .,icevevanrees 9

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Saturday night.

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Complete Results, Page 8

Four Indianapolis hobbyists today had won the right to represent this area in the International ‘Model Plane Meet at Detroit on (Aug. 20. These high-point winners from Marion County were among more than 250 entrants who thrilled {some 15,000 persons in the Times{sponsored All-American Model {Plane Championships yesterday lat Sky Harbor Airport. They e:

Champs Go to Detroit .

Phil Baggett, 16, of 1322 E. 72d 8t.; Dave Clingman, 17, of 4140 Carrollton Ave.; Ralph Ray, 17, lof 5247 College Ave, and Dale {Smith, 19, of 235 N. Whitcomb {Ave., who will be a junior in aeronautical engineering at Purdue University when the fall term (opens. | The Marion County champions {will compete against the na{tion's best model fliers in the annual International meet at Detroit. It was a day of thrills for the |big crowd that ignored the swel-

{tering temperatures and steadily ¥

{poured into Sky Harbor Airport {all "day yesterday as guests of [The Times, the Plymouth dealers {and the Exchange Clubs, spon{sors of the meet. No Letup All Day | At many points on the 250-acre jairport there was intense activ-

EAUTIFUL VIEW Atop hill overlooking - Centerton, This acre is improved with 2 bungalows plus 1-rm. cabin. Inspect. Clyde Earl property, Will trade for Indpls. property. IM-3503. CLI TAYLOR, Ritr.. 33490 W. 16th

The above ad Is one of the many HUNDREDS of home values offered today in the

‘lity from the 10 a. m. starting

{made at 5 p. m. It was a day of \heartbreaks, too, for some of the, imodel builders. Three of them lost their planes when they flew lout of sight. tiny models demolished {erashea. :

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. « » Decatur, Ill, Cincinnati, Day- Dyna-jet engined model flown Virginia and many Jerry Wiles. of Bradford,

I a LE a "HE INDIANAPOLIS They came from everywhere 1 p. m. tomorrow in the | millonas THES ans Real ton, - West Kirk Northeast Chapel. Burial Estate points. in : will be af Mitchell, |. ii REE fy 7% gr gt

Four Seek International Mode

| Plane Title

PLANES EVERYWHERE—Only a few of the more than 250 planes that competed for $2000 worth of prizes in the All-American Model Plane Championships yesterday at Sky Harbor Airport.

These Free Flight models await

the starting signal from A.M.A. officials.

Model Aeronautics, national gov-| Another exhibition with a radio-iground) was a Speedway City| {time until the last flight was erning body of the sport, nevericontrolled model was given by man," James H. Harris, 1869 W.! had a letup all day as they timed {Richard J. Kastner, of Dayton.

and - judged the flights with the! help of members of the Exchange Clubs.

unexpected thrills as they 0.

fly without any

Two brothers from Germans

town, O., Ted and Jim Landis,

The official board was staged what aviation ~ experts by wires Others saw their headed by George (Curly) Cling-'said was one of the “most beauti- a Deéatur, Ill, man, Julie Resh. in man, veteran in model aviation. |ful” parachute jumps ever seen! Added events gave the crowd here,

The

planes high the rt, The rE mplon’ or op?

‘was an exhibition, there being no competition (where the planes trip to indianapolis rise at ly contact with the would be in next

: ex-paratroopers ship Trophy went to Merrill W, saw a jumped simultaneously from two Fox, of Huntington, W, Va,

Flight Hoosier

| Norfolk St. Champion of the Control Line] events (the plane manipulated, held by the builder) was

The Exchange Club Sportsman-

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on and

(Nations liaison officer Col. {Charles W. McCarthy, said a 37{millimeter - anti-aircraft . shell, {fired “against the attack of your] jaircraft,” landed beside the green {conference tent early Friday. | “Our side regrets the occur{rence of this inadvertent incident, {and has taken the necessary and {proper measures,” the note said. | The Je caused no damage or |{injurief. Chief truce delegates {will meet again tomorrow.

'UN Piles Up 1B-26 Strikes

{ SEOUL, Korea, June 30 (UP)—

_ United Nations planes bombed

Communist front lines in Korea today despite heavy clouds and rain that restricted air and {ground activity.

The attacks were carried out

by B-26’s, which have made more

\than 170 strikes the past 48

{hours. Results of the early strikes could not be observed. Last night American Super(fortresses bombed the Communists’ main railway line in north(west Korea for the second time in 24 hours.

Rhee to Dissolve ROK Assembly

PUSAN, Korea, June 30 (UP)— South Korean President Syngman Rhee said today he will dissolve the National Assembly because ‘he can wait no longer for it to ‘pass a bill giving the people the power to choose their president. { “I have been waiting for the assembly to pass the constitutional

| jamendment bill,” Mr. Rhee said in

a message to the assembly. “I cannot wait any longer. I must follow the will of the people.” Only 60 assemblymen were present, 32 short of a working quorum. Mr. Rhee's opponents control the assembly, but have been boycotting its meetings.

Came the Dawn LONDON, June 30 (UP)— What Britons solemnly call a heat wave kept the thermomeler soaring today.

It was the hottest dawn in three years—88 degrees. Many |

But Tomorrow

It Be 95°

Less Humidity Predicted Here

TEMPERATURES a m.. 7 10a m..3 Ta m.. 8 11 a m.. 9% 8a m.. 8 12 (noon) 91 9am ..88 Latest Humidity ........48% There'll be good sleeping tonight. .

The weatherman predicts

the temperature will drop as low as T0 degrees. | He added more good news { when he lowered his earlier prediction of 98 degrees down to 85 for tomorrow. There'll be less of that humidity which turned Indianapolis into a big, Turkish bath over the week end, too. After the near-100 temperatures yesterday, 95 degrees tomorrow will be almost a “cool wave.” Six persons drowned in the state Saturday and yesterday as thousands of Hoosiers swarmed to Indiana's lakes and riverg to

an yesterday was heat, according to a deputy coroner. : The dead:

NORMAN POORE JR., 8, 1009 Collier St. x MRS. ALBERTA CURTIS, 58, Emerson and Bethel Aves, Beech Grove.

JAMES H. WEST, 4, Austin. MRS. MARY HELEN FOGELSON, 25, Ft. Wayne.

WILLARD RHINEHART, 12, Vevay. FBI Sosa % THOMAS RHINEHART, 10, his brother. Lx RONALD CREED, 7, LaPorte. JOHN McFARREN JR. 28, Ft. ‘Wayne, ik SRS

Yi Poore drowndd in Big Eagle k near 4200 W. Vermont St. after he was forced into 12 feet of water by the current. Norman had waded into the West Side creek while his father was nearby washing the family car on the west bank. 3 City police and sheriff's depu-

hours after the drowning. Suffers Cramp

Four-year-old James West drowned in the Muskatatuck River in Jackson County near Crothersville, after he suffered a cramp while riding piggyback on his father. SR Another swimmer, J. F. Snyder, feared the child would strangle his father and went to the rescue. Mr. Snyder pried the boy loose from his father, but little .James immediately Mr, Snyder around the neck. In the struggle, the boy was under water for about four minutes. Efforts to revive him were unsuccessful. Mrs. Fogelson drowned in Pit Lake in Steuben County yesterday while swimming with a group of friends. Her body was recovered

jabout an hour later.

__Double Drowning Willard and Thomas Rhinehart drowned together when they stepped in a deep hole in Plum Creek near Vevay Saturday. It was the state’s second double drowning within a week. Seven-year-old Ronald Creed was believed drowned in Lake Michigan yesterday after he disappeared while playing along Rio Beach, New Buffalo, Mich. Mr. McFarren drowned in the St. Mary's River in Ft. Wayne yesterday after his car plunged through a bridge guard rail and submerged in the river. According to Deputy Coroner Murray Hughes, Mrs. Curtis suffered a fatal heat stroke while she was in the East Hill Yard Section House of the New York Central Railroad hear Grove. :

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