The Lincoln Star from Lincoln, Nebraska • Page 2

THE UMCOLN Tnoodciy. Mar f. ISSO Citizens Are Praised For Rescue Work Alanf Hiffi GMarti, Boat CImS After fightinfi flood for more than 12 hours, Ray Osborn, director of welfare and safety for Lincoln, Tuesday praised the help private citizens and the national guard gave the police and fire departments in its rescue operations. The national guard "really came In when it was needed," Osborn commented. Had it not been for the guard and its ingenious i there would have been fcveral he said.

Members the Lincoln Boat club. tiKj, ame through when called, he added. Several members showed up With Ihcir boat: in the area after a call went to He? Kiche, former commodore of the club Those private boats. Orlnrn said, helped resrue -ever a I families in the south bottoms Endancercd. At night the work was ly for tho according to firemen In had to wade and swim from the deeper flood after their boats caprazed in the dark "We really appreciated their help," Oiiborn said.

Police and fire departments had all available men working through the fl-v-td. Ostxirn and Tuesday Police Chief Joe Carrnll worked; central sewer system is in- City Linen Service Curtailed ereek ly ruriaiied City bus operation in Lincoln Tuesday, The state hospitai route was stopped completely becatue of flooded streets. City Lines officials said they would attempt to give sofflctent aervtcc on the Routh Tenth route during afternoon rush hours to provide transportation for people living aa far south Harrison. The North Tenth route can get only as far aa Fourteenth and Court The West line has been discontinued until water leaves Ib5 street. Offirials said normal service be restored as quickly as posihle.

City Sewer System Is OperatloHM Hood ftoy Take About A Honih Flood.s Tuesdriy did to Lincoln's system what a of gravel would do if it were to; into the gears of a delicate machine. All was Snafu, Lyle Gicseker, head of the city ewer maintenance department made this report to The SAFE AT LAST Alito, who spsnl Ikroo faours Monday night in a lub balancod nn a log in Iho Hood at first and South, soomsd lo bo doing all right at St. Cfttahofh hospital Tuofday morning and wat loloatod by noon. Hit mothor. Mrs, Dalo Allon.

an oxpoctont molhot, who potchod on Iho corner of hot hutband't truck, with hot tool and logt in tho walot wat in "talitlaclotf" condition ond was alto loatod by Iho hospital. Allon, hit lalhot, B. 8. Ribloll, and an oncls. Hooty Ribloll, clung to Iho truck cornor.

up to thoir nscki in Iho Hood at Iho lub wai balancod on log which iedgod agoinst hta car. National Guard Ducks Are Used To Rescue Stranded Ith PoHee And Firemen Rescue operations by National Guard personnel and Lincoln police and firemen during Tuesday mornings flood were highly organized. Six amphibious ducks were operating in the stricken area and weTt i HP dozens of were rescued from their stranded homes, of P.uk school Four engineers from the city street department worked through the night making vations of the flo'vd waters and compiling data They to City Engineer Tue.s(lay morning. According to their report S.ilt crei'k hark up a "little south of than if did in 1942. not permit disposal sy.stcms to function.

The interceptor sewer the central unit which handles di.s- from both the north and south parts of Lincoln Inaded. It will not begin to function until the water recedcN. Work Clean-up open will la.st at A Lincoln Star reporter climbedO a board a duck early morning and accompanied it its I escue operations. Capt. Walt Harrold was ini charge of the duck and Sgl.

(ieorge Chilen was driver. I Captain Bill Van Landingham, IJiicalH (Contiouod Irom Paga Ona.t ported Tuesday momtng that their train had been disrupted by a track washout near Clatonla. There will be no daytime trains on that line and what the situation will be by the time the Rocket is due tonight Is not known. Since other railroad are in worse sliape than the Rock Island, there will be no way to route them on other lines. Three Hundred Evactieee.

A Red Cross emergency station was set up at Park school at 11:30 p. m. Monday and by 1 m. Tuesday more than 300 evacuees were at the Staton, Offcials said not more than 50 of the rescued persons attempted to rest, the awake all night to watch the course of the flood. By 7 a.

m. Tuesday the Red Cross had the care of the evacuees "pretty well in according to Vernon Zimmerman, state relations officer, in charge of the station. The 300 were fed by 10 to 12 volunteer women who worked in the Red Cross kitchen all night. Those needing clothing had also been supplied. Tuesday morning the Red Cross was registering the evacuees for quarters and other necessities.

rete Requests Help. Zimmerman said he got a call from Crete about 11 p. m. Monday, asking for help there. No one from Lincoln was able to reach Crete, however, and a later call leportcd that the situation there was not as bad as was first feared Zimmerman also alerted the Beatrice Red Cross office to take care of the flood situation there.

Another two-year ter of Donald Hardt, whose ad dress is 401 F. The small girl was ill. and when the flood waters washed over the Hardt trailer home, she was taken to a private home for care. Warehouse Area Still Free. BRIDGE Ball etook north oi Lincoln Tuotday allotnoon collaptod Iho Horth Tonlh tlrool bridgo.

ctumplod Iho North Fourloonlh tirool bridge shown aboro. and weakened Iho btidgo noat North Twonly-toronlh street to a point where it was closed to IraHie. (Stall PboloJ Downpour Fails To Dampen I Truman Smile, Ardor I.o.val Lislentprs t'p Ralii lo.i-t a month. Ttie flood of 1942 rf-nnrtod But north of O. sairh h.id street and crews mop- pH.pie were leicued Rotting r0rnpiinl waters issclcc'dl fne umniri mif higher." For the first time since 1923 the Stuart tr.nct of the n.ival reserve center was under water.

F.rlckson said. The rea.son for the flooding there, he said, was the running together of the two north of the center. Antelope creek, however, was within its banks Tuesd.Ty morning." Erirk.son satd. He ping up for a month. And this one red a much larger area.

Clean-up crew.s will not be able to all the damage for "a day or so, when all water has receded. Although he had no definite said he ttiink.s the sy.slrm in Havelock was not afiected very much. In Unu ersity Place, however. Harrold. Because of the heavy cross-currents the duck was unable to make any headway.

Procedure used by the ducks in their rescue operations were as follows: Police radio cars stationed Hawley and Duane McIn- strategic in the flood 'tyre, all of fire station No. 3. as- sided the guarri.smen. people through the mam radio station. Ducks would be a call the roof of their house out by the i set out for the address.

Boy Scout camp about 2:30 a. m. crews and Rescue firemen had been on duty since Two men were off the; a. m. roof of the Boy Scout Cats, Dogs.

By KEN WAY.M.IN. eial and mayor from ham Bayer, Crete monument firm he added, just like me. He was broke in too," pretty well sati.sfied with the admmird ration," said Wider. 2344 Wa.shington. an ex- traveling liquor "In Nebraska, the farmer needs more help than anyone rl.se, when Just five I Presidential I the Burlington station at exactly Shortly after 7 a.

the ware- 4.50 p. Monday. threatening skies erupted into an old fashioned thunder shower. But the downpour put the the famous "Truman ed that he received no of backed up major damage to park property. A recently-constructed drainage culvert on Park boulevard and Hatch street hclpr' carry away part of the run-off in the city until Salt creek beg.oi b.ack- Ing up, rk'puty City F.ngmeer Carl Fisher reported.

Fi dier added that the diainage riitrh con- Rtrurted jointly by the i ity and Pacif railroad rr- and would stop pumping for the Uni Place area. Pumping Yet. Sewer crews have received numerous calls for But Giescker said he would no flumping until late Monday ur early Tuesday. Lincolnite.s were asked; Wherever poHsible, dn not let mud or debris go down into main inoperative until Salt creek sewer-s. That will evcntuallv recedes.

There were no major street improvement projects under w.ny in the flooded area. But the city awarded a contract Monday for a paving project on from First street to 400 feet west. The work had not yet started. Flood ForeoN II hv hutdown All of Elgin untch factory got a rest from work Tuesday when flood waters from Monday rain backed up In the sewers. Elmer G.

Jurs, plant superin- help clean-up ofwrations. Whore call the sewer depart- meht for advice. 500 Phones Out. Lincoln Telephone and Telegraph comfianv reported 500 telephones knocked out by the flood. Most of them were in the warehouse area and southwest Lincoln.

The phones were knocked out when cables were pulled from thior mooring and got wet or the swirling water pulled out telephone poles. tondent. employes are expected to leturn to work Wedne.s- dn- jiabm about 7:30. They had been stranded there since about mid-; night. Harrold quoted the one man' as noticed the water cros.s the road and by the time I got back to the cabin to get my father, the water was two feet deep." i It took four tries before the two 1 men were rescued, according to Trial I (Continued from Pago One.) w.is in finishing se- i tion of jury of eight men and four VMimen.

Holland, in his opening slale- ment lasting iess than 10 minutes, told the jury it would be "futile 'and silly to try to justify whit that evening." "I'm not going to a.sk you to let i him go but I believe you should decide on lesser charge tn consider whether he has been charged with the proper crime." stated that the did mis- treat the girl, but that the evi- tience will fall short of the charges filed. Holland said the defendant "has up with crazy answers a.s to what he had mind but has told me at no time did he ui- lend to rape the girl." Try to Help." I This case won't be any fun for me, I can tell you that for sure," On the ride through the flood area by duck, cats could be seen hanging in trees and there were some dogs and cats stranded on porches and roofs. One family at about First and streets was on their second story porch and when asked if they would like to be taken to dry land said they would "stay here for awhile yet." Several cars parked along First house district north of street was still free from the flood waters, Although the flooding was spread through the Burlington station at Seventh and no water had gone over Seventh street. However, south of street, at Seventh and the Beatrice Foods ice cream plant was surrounded by the waters and damage was expected to basement equipment. Workmen had been moving equipment and animals all night at the American Stores company Lincoln division plant at 320 street, just west of the viaduct.

At 7:30 a. three and a half feet of water stood in the street floor offices and shops. Basement Flooded. minutes before 1924 to said; "The progi am. has money, we all do Special pulled into needs minor but you The president neared the end can make everything perfiH-t.

of his A mother boosted a good program for the taim- her young son to a depot baggage ers and got to uphold it. tiuck. "'Take a good look at him "It Wi don the country will and then get down." go wrong. I With the party as It An owner of two farm.s near returned to the train was Presi- Cretc, Houlicr, shoved his dential Aide May Gen, Harry hands into his raineoat, be-1 Vaughan, who figured prominent- longcd to the program 100 per rent it started. well satisfied and nave made a lot of moiT Turning to his companion.

Wil- National guardsmen forming a on smile." Clad In a plastic raincoat, his gray felt hat squared on his head, Harry Truman stepped from his private car, followed by Mrs. Truman and daughter Margaret. ly in senate "five e.vtigatioiis. Sporting several rows of and campaign ribbons under his plastic raincoat, he burned back to the train. special honor guard stiffened to attention and saluted as the presidential party splashed through the puddles and rain to the platform in the intersection of Seventh and Q.

As the president appeared, preceded by a scampering group of newsreel and press cameramen. lADVtRTISEMENrt (ADVrRTtsraEXTi and the Gold Market by I. Gordon Roberts the University of Nebraska band Morris Nassov, as.sistant plant i struck up "Hail To The Chief" and manager, said the basement was ram-chilled audience of an flooded and expected damage to estimated 10,000 cheered. mechanical equipment and refrig- Truman took the speaker eration units there. None of the sbmd.

wisecracking to the crowd street completely submerged at the plant had that they could leave and get out except for the tops. Also on First a duck wa.s standing abandoned after being sunk during rescue operations earlier. It was believed the duck had struck a fire hydrant. It was lull of people at the time but they were all safely transferred to an- otlier duck. Truman from Pago One.) the crowd at 15,000 in the midst of the speech.

Before the president when the rain was but a sprinkle hundred more por.sons milled about the area roped off for the audience. But as the president warmed to i Highway drowned. Westbound traffic on street was halted by 1 a. m. He reported two National guard amphibiou.s "ducks" had been cruising over the flood west of the plant.

Full Force On Duty. By 8 a. m. traffic was halted on North Tenth. On North Fourteenth traffic was stopped at the Salt creek bridge, which was beginning to settle and was expected to go out at any time.

Sheriff Stranded. County Myle.s HoUowaj and Les Hasson were stranded south of Lincoln on 77 Monday night and of the rain if they wanted to. However, he added, he had pre-, viously released copies of hi.s speech to the newspapers and had to read it through. He made it plain that he wa.s highly complimented by the large turnout in the downpour. Then the chief executive began the half- hour speech which he laid his farm program before the people.

Out in the audience, squealing When a poker player corners all the chips, and rcfu.scs to sell back a part of his stack, the game is necessarily over. Everybody loses, except the one big winner. Similarly, when a market speculator in any essential wheat, coffee, or ownership or control of all available supplies of that commodity, he can pretty well name hi.s own loss but his own. That the wage-earner and the children and made i had ample hearing difficult. But there were! the motives of a downpour, and the umbrella- and those who did not have rain coats scattered.

Those who remained squeezed under marquees, loading docks, ,01.1 jury, ''but Ml try help you reach a decision. his speech the sprinkle turned to early Tuesday morning by flood waters after being called to the Roca area They were directing rescue efforts along Salt creek, south of Lincoln. umbrellas. Others turned up thei collars and settled down for a at lescst four old-guard demfKiat; who disregarded the drenching to listen attentively to the man wno currently symbolize.s to them the in agricultural prosperity that has hit the country since His brown suit stained by the rain, H. A.

McAlpin, Washington, Ka.s., farmer who drove up to hear "Harry," had much to say for the national farm policy, crazy about it myself. Any fellow who Eastern financiers is illustrated by the presumpfuou.s attempt of two of New biggc.st big-money men to corner all the gold bullion out.side the United States Treasury. Gold was little use as currency in 1869, but it was the basis for foreign credit and international commerce. Control meant booty of staggering value. Here was a venture so bold that the two speculators dared not He closed, stating that the prob- icm f.

is -what was; SL.h, the crime and hat should be the penalty. He earlier that Bay- I ley will "take what got to i take." Wagener, taking more time with his sfatt inent, said the evidence would prove Bavicy attempted to I be intimate and was with the girl Deputy I.es Foight and the county night patrol, working southwest of Lincoln, reported that several persons had been rescued by National Guard "ducks." Some who were on the official' One crew reported that it had welcoming committee sought picked up about 25 evacuees. shelter along sides of warehouses: By sunrise, the white-'-apped and buildings. of flooding Salt creek had The rain until the spread out over a mile and a half special moved through Havelock, area from the southwest outskirts raises w'heat, cattle and hogs tnake their move, according to his- ought to be price certain intimates of are here to President himself had been Peering out over his miniature bribed to keep the Treasury from Although that did spoil the party for the democrats, it of Lincoln westward. Through the night.

workmen alone, while both were naked, for dampen their ardor. Rather, it! worked frantically at Mill, about 20 minute.s. The girl, taking the stand at 11:30, testified a.s she did in the Darlington trial that and her girl friend were accosted by four boys in a car near Cotner and I.eighton about 11:15 p. March 18 She said Hayley. one of the three to get out of the ear, was the fir.st tn grab her.

Both and her eumpaiuon once from the car but she was caught again and taken by a rmind-abcjul route to the home of Eilward E. Angle, one of the youths charged. The girl, obviously embarra.ssed. said that when she wa.s placed in the car the time, Hayley, gave their morale a much-needed boost. Commented one Linocln party stalwart; "When that many people stand out in that kind of a ram tol hear him, with us, no doubt about it.

One of the party chiefs who sat in the second of the platform related this incident to The Star: When the president finished hia speech, he said sot to voce: "This is one of the best speeches ever National Committeeman Jamv.s Quigley of Valentine then asked the president why he said that This is what the president replied; "Recau.se never before have so sitting be.side her, said back many people out in a driving and relax nothing will happen to you Pulled From Car. She then testified Bay ley pulled her out of the car at the Angle garage after she refused to gel out. She was taken up to a third-floor betlroom through a darkened house, one boy ahead and one behind her as they climbed the stairs. ram to hear what had to say." To support their as.sertion that public is with the democrats out that those who stood out in the rain to hear the could have heard it over a radio at home, or read it in the Those same democrats admit they do not think farmers In the room, illuminated by a pletely understand" the Brannan red light, she said "they told me to take off my 1 said i I then they un-1 dressed Bayley and Angle each held her by an arm while Darlington took her picture with a flash-bulb camera, the girl stated. One boy, dressed, then stayed with her in the room while the other three left, and a few minutes later Bayley came in w'ith his clothes off, she testified.

Bsyley, 19 years old Monday, watched the sirl closely she testified. The youth lives with his mother at 2J03 Lake He in second year at the university when suspended March 32. He was a member of the NKOTC, and was attending school under a naval scholarship Few people were present at the morning session. About to were turned away earlier when the lury was stUl being selected Others testifving were; Mrs. Betty Beachelt.

North Cotner, Mrs. Maude Kruse and her daughter. Corrtne, 2300 North Cotner. Mrs. Freda Bpler.

313S North Btxty-flfth. Mr. and Mrs. Dayton Chapman, 3339 North Coiner, and the 15-year-oid girl who was accosted but escaped. Plan.

But they hasten to point out that the Lincoln audience the interest is want to learn more. The Lincoln visit was cut short, however. The president finished his prepared speech in 20 minutes after his trair. arrived on time. There wa.s no drawn-out ceremony, so the chief executive immediately boarded his 13-car special.

Three minutes later the last car was out of the unapprised newspapermen ran to get on. But probably the brightest face among the Nebraska democrats who converged on the Lincoln hotel following the speech, was that of Clarence Clark of Lincoln. He was literally radiant over the fact that at the Chicago convention in 1944, C. L. Clark was the only Nebraskan to go for Truman as vice 540 South stretU, in one of the flood areas, attempting to keep back the waters from stored grain and equipment.

Finally, as the waters kept their relentless rise, the men gave up. By 7 a. m. about four feet stood at ground levels of the mill, observers reported. Ashland Preparing.

Salt creek was still in its banks at at 7 a. m. today, but workmen were hastily the city's protective dike ba.stions, readying for the flood ere.st that was passing through Lincoln at 8 a. m. Volunteers had kept a close watch of the treacherous creek since 3 a.

when the .61 of an inch shower was tapering off there. Railroad crews were working during the night near Orapolis, Heavy rains fell at Louisville. Between 7 and 8 a. m. the level of Salt creek held steady at 42.2 feet, according to a spokesman at the sanitary sewage disposal plant, Twenty- and Theresa.

This indicated that the flood was cresting. Towns surrounding Lincoln also had more than their share of trouble. Early in the evening Monday a flood flash alarm was sent to Hickman. The business district of Roca was reported by the state patrol to be almost entirely under water. Couple Rescued.

Three miles east of Prairie Home, an elderly couple was stranded in a tree by the flooding water of Camp creek. The victims, Mr. and Mrs. H. N.

Erskine, were returning to Prairie Homo from a sale in Aivo when they had to vacate their car on the highway in the face of rising water. The couple vcas spotted by Mr. and Mrs. Harry Drake who live near the scene and the Lincoln fire department was summoned. However, a group of farmers constructed a raft and rescued the couple before the Lincoln firemen arrived on the scene.

handle-bar mustache, through water dripping from his hat. Alois Slepicka of Wilber. viewed the program as good for the I country. Slepicka, ex-state senator in both the bicameral and unicam- interfering. Thus assured, the gamblers be- gan heavy purchases of gold on September 2nd.

In twenty-two days they drove the price from 134 to 160. By September 24th, gold had become so scarce, writes Historian Henry Adams, "that the foreign trade of the Nation had come to a stop: that commodities offered for export could not be sold; that goods ready for shipment could not be shipped; that vessels half-laden received no more That day "Black closed with Picsidcnt overdue order that four million dollars in Treasury gold be sold immediately to relieve the market. This broke the two bid for monopoly, but damage to many thousands of innocent people had already been done. Financial losses, of cour.se. could be made up in time, but the damage to individual business organizations wa.s irreparable.

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