The Cincinnati Post from Cincinnati, Ohio • 20

fgE CINCINNATI POST TUESDAY APRIL IHL Cleanup Crews Move in Oh Heels of Flood Damage at Lunken About Half of Total Lost in 1945 Tragedy MRS GRATIA CARLTON wedding revealed WILLIAM CARLTON seeks annulment Marriage Revealed as It Ends The marriage of William Carlton engineering ex ecutive and Miss Gratia Flower former Ironton schoolteacher after a 20-year courtship was revealed Tuesday as Mr Carlton sought an annulment in Miami Fla Mrs Carlton uid a countersuit will be filed Mr suit filed In Miami Circuit court said they were married in Tazewell Va Sept 3 1947 and separated the nme day Mrs Carlton came to Cincinnati a week later and told him the marriage wu a mistake he uid Mrs Carlton said his story true" They separated his request" she said after the ceremony She That's -the meaning of the checkered flag that flew Tuesday from the flood-hound Lunken: Airport control tower Submerged under 22 feet of little Miami river water': the airport made good the term Lunkenr whlch 'wartime Army pilots ap- plied to it Business: Sander Named Provisions Sales Manager at Cleanup crews moved Into low-lying sections Tuesday as the Ohio River retreated below the 63-foot mark Though the cost 'of fighting the flood would tun to many thousands of dollars it was frit generally that the Greater Cincinnati area got off easy this time Flood loss based on insurance claims wu estimated tentatively at 8450000 This includes estimated damage of 8130000 in Newport- The Cincinnati total wu held down by protection given the Min Creek Valley by the barrier dam Damage loss of revenue and cost of cleanup at Lunken Airport probably would not exceed 825000 compared with about twice that amount In the 1945 flood Levee Emergu High spots along Beechmont avenue levee were emerging Tuesday and city employes waded along the roadway inspecting it for damage City Engineer Kranz drove a city truck the length of the levee through 18 inches of water in some spots He tolc City Manager Kellogg the road seemed to be in good shape However there is little likelihood it can be opened to traffic before Wednesday Central- bridge between Cincinnati and $ewporL wu to be reopened at Tuesday In time to handle homegoing traffic In the basin area building inspectors started the Job of looking over some 800 buildings which might have been weakened by high water Placards warning occupants against hazards of electricity gu and fire were posted In Newport city officials had the problem of disposing of about 12000000 pounds of sand in 300-000 bags used to pen water in a 34 -block area Senator to Visit Sen John Cooper of Kentucky planned to view the Newport flood scene Wednesday He is a member of a Senate subcommittee that approved allocation of 51300000 for the flood-wall project there The sun shone brightly the river fell to 623 feet Tuesday morning The Weather Bureau predicted stage of 613 feet Tuesday! night 60 feet Wednesday morning 573 feet Wednesday night- 553 feet Thursday morning Ohio river tributaries will begin to fall in the next 24 hours outlook wu windy and warm with scattered showers later and a low of 56 Wednesday will he cloudy and cooler with a of 65 ward Crush Lunken airport manager uid water which invaded the airport wu from the Little Miami and comparatively dun Seeking Funds Sen John Cooper assured City Manager Oscar Hesch at Newport that he would try to get more money for work on the Newport flood control project tills year Currently the Senate appropriations sub-committee hu approved 81300000 for the current year but Sen Cooper will ask that the appropriation be increased Meanwhile flood victims can get emergency government loans where Justified INDOOR Howard Crush airport manager and Miss Rose Mary Roetker his secretary help Post Cameraman Jack Klumpe stage a gag picture in the water-filled lobby at the Lunken administration building Observers have renamed it temporarily Lunken Indoor Fishing and Boating mud flew In front of the Merchants Mm street as -Firefighter fire hydrant In -the wake of the area Fire available to: flood victims to Sons Co announced Tuesday appointment of Robert Sander 36 as provision sales manager succeeding Ray Terinen who died April 5 Mr Sander hu been directing provisions ules activities for the company for the put 16 months while Mr Treinen wu ill and partially e- to manufacture Hand Sculptured Portraits" The franchise covers 40 counties of southern Ohio and northern Ken- It was instead of as Howard Crush airport manager eased his outboard motor boat into a landing on the Lunken administration building second-floor balcony his secretary Miss Rose Mary Roet-ker at the telephone NCH Adopts Plan To Collect Garbage North College mil officials have worked out a plan for city employes to collect garbage and haul It to a leased dump If' it proves practical the plan will save an estimated 810000 a year Mayor Robert Reuss said The employes will work street repair crewmen part of the time and collect garbage the rut of the week Their salaries will come rrom the strut repair fund and the general fund Collection schedules have been distributed to the homes Garbage must be wrapped and separated Special trips to homes to collect building materials and trimmings from gardens and shrubbery will be discontinued because of lack of men and trucks Mayor Reuss also announced the appointment of a five-man recreation board which hu been approved by Council Lawrence Lazarus la chairman Sherwood Faison is secretary Other members are Charles Ashing Peter Stancheff and Spencer Weber A storm sewer to serve the western' part of the city win be constructed this summer Mayor Reuss reported It will be built along Van Zandt road and will run through Clover nook Country Club Half the cost so far unestimated will be borne-tv the county Unified Germany Expected Soon LONDON April 20 Diplomatic quarters freely predicted today that a unified government for western Germany will be established before the end of this year The predictions were made representatives of the United States Britain France and the Benelux nations (Belgium The Netherlands and Luxembourg) met In conference here Sources clou to conference leaden uid the principal Job would be to devise a method for setting up aufeh a government which would be satisfactory to the western powers and the Germans as well and to fix a timetable for the move Unofficial circles said the British favored Immediate imposition of a provisional government which would be named by the Allied occupation commanders American quartan expected that the new west German government have many of the aspects of sovereignty" but made it clear that then is no intention to withdraw American occupation forces in the foreseeable future Offered in Case ppeari ng Ca disappearing 'car may be solved Just remain a mystery saw ah auto on flooded Saturday They surmised it was they saw its lights disappear Howard Crush Lunken "Airport manager pointed out that similar rumor has started every time the airport has been flooded He has a theory how it might have started this time live in ML Washington and drive along a service road on top of the Little Miami section of the levee and then go by boat" he said might have teen my He has kept on the Job In his second-floor office though1 the tint floor of the administration building was flooded of uid they met in Cincinnati in 1927 when she wu In school here Mrs Carlton who liras at-the YWCA moved to Cincinnati in March and is a comparison shopper for the John Shillito Go Mr Carlton liras at the Cincinnati Club and is a partner in Carlton ft Associates He is a former grand muter of Ohio Masons and during World War II wu a colonel in the Corps of Engineers tucky The fourth street locatiorP will be remodeled to include modem studios showrooms and manufacturing facilities 00 James Weldon director of exports for Sperti Inc will be chairman of a committee of representatives of shipping banking and insurance interests which will meet at the inton May 12 to discuss current export problems Standard Oil Co of Ohio announced Tuesday that it had placed privately through Mosely ft Ckv an issue of $35- 000000 20-year 3 per cent sinking fund debentures due April 1 1968 An increase of 153 per cent in ton miles of domestic freight flights of Transcontinental ft Western Air Inc during the first quarter of 1948 was reported hy Robert Whltmer cargo sales EDWARD MITCHELL Phone Call Saves (1 An anonymous 1 phone call to Station Tuesday sent district police to 1601 Palm avenue where it was reported a man was trying to commit suicide Police farad a kitchen window and said they found Bernard Holterman 26 mechanic inhaling gas from open jets Mr Holterman was revived and held for observation tinder a by phone and that she called a lawyer who Station in turns notified Comes Spring Auto Thefts Zoom CHICAGO April 20 (UP) Auto thefts during the first two weeks after the arrival ot spring average 11 every 24 hours police reported the annual increase that comes with warm weather but doesn't compare with the difficulties 15 or more years ago during prohibition days when 100 cars a night sometimes were reported stolen An estimated 10000001 autos are used in the Chicago area every day tired He joined the Kahn firm in 1948 u-sistant provig-salei manager Prior to association with Sons Ca Mr Sander was- employed by the Jacob Dold' Packing Co of Buffalo where he wu assistant sales manager Dennis Truck Line hu begun on a new 844000 terminal on a 400x390- foot tract at Geringer street and Spring Grove avenue The firm has abandoned its former terminal at Water and John streets due to high water The original new structure will be a 28-door terminal Later the company plans additional space which would be rented to other concerns The line operates between Cincinnati Chicago Lebanon' Indianap-flie and Lafayette Williams in traffic manager here 0 0 The National Automatic Merchandisers Association will meet Wednesday at the Netherland Plaza Members will swap latest information on selling cigarets candy soft drinks and other merchandise through coin devices Among speakers will be Darling at Chicago director of the usoclation and Hugh Howea of Detroit regional chairman Reuben Hayes executive vice president of the First National Bank here will discuss the current WASHINGTON1 April20 (UP) Edwin Swope today was named warderiofAlcatraztPrisba the famed' "Rock" in' San' Francisco hay The 59-year-old veteran Jailer succeeds James A Johnston who haa been wardenofthe "Big since It "became a federal penitentiary hi 19S4 v-'' 1 Now head'of the federal correctional institut iJSMflewood Col Swept takes oyer Jits- new post April 3a Ttis appolntment ms one of several announced here today by -the Justice Department Johnston revealed his forthcoming retirement last night IBs age 74 end his -15 years of' federal service made' his retirement mandatory Atty JGen Tom Clark immediately appointed him assistant to James Bennett federal prison director with authority over federal priaoha-on the weat coast Johnson -was bornin Brooklyn in 1874 He was educated in his native city and far San Francisco when he became a lawyer In 1919 He first entered the penaT service in 1912 as warden of -the state prison at Folsom CaL At the Johnson was disciplinarian of the most notorious criminals in the country It was he who directed the spectacular gun battle two years ago when 16 convicts attempted -a Jail break Three-convicts-and two guards were killed In the three-day siege but mm of the desperadoes CapetL Housebreaker Gets Mental Examination John Forbes 42 former Cincin-nati'policeman whohass criminal record going' back to 1929 was sent to Lima State hospital Tuesday tot a mental examination Paid V' Connolly his attorney entered please of guilty for Forbes on two charges' of burglarizing an Inhabited dwelling and suggested to Judge George Kearns of Criminal court that Forbes was mentally deficient If found sane Forbes la liable to a sentence el five to 30 years: jpfujgi $10000 Fund not allowed If found insane he HYDRANTS FREE River Chemical Co 216 George Weller opened a receding flood waters in hydrants have been made hasten clean-up work Solution Of the Disa The mystery of the soon Bjlt probably it will Observers thought they Beechmont levee early swept over the levee when The Federal Council of Churches of- Christ in America is anti-American" the Rev Garman head of pie American Council of Christian Churches charged at its meeting In Columbus Monday night Charles Taft president the Federal Council replied that the American attacks on the Federal Council and on the large Protestant denomination! are its only Claim publicity" The charges he said are false" Dr Garman said at-the American opening session that many of the Federal leaders opposed to our American form of government and our free economy and more serious' yet ue engaged in subversive He said the Federal Council advocated peace strikes until Russia was attacked in World War II and persuaded students to declare they would never take part in any war statements have been answered in detail so many times care to do so again" Mf Taft said I Arms Sale Power WASHINGTON April 20 (UP) The State Department will ask Congress today for power to sell anna to friendly nations and withhold them from potential enemies The move wu regarded In congressional circles a possible forerunner' to American military lend-lease for1 non-Communlst western Europe State and Navy department spokesmen were scheduled to ask the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to speed action on a proposed new munitions control act The measure' wu' presented to Congress by President Truman year ago but since then hu been gathering dust on a committee shelf The renewed appeal comes amid increasing indications that the administration soon will uk Congress to re-establish military lend-lease in fulfilling Mr Truman's recent pledge of support for the five-power western Europe defense pact signed lut month at Brussels Robert A Lovett acting secretary of state conferred late yesterday with the British and French ambassadors Lord Inverchapel and Henri Bonnet They reportedly discussed how the would back up the pact signed by Britain France Belgium The Netherlands and Luxembourg Shortly afterward in a message to a gathering here Mr Truman uid he wu that the determination of the tree peoples of Europe to band together tor common defense be matched by an equal determination on our part to help them do so" Striking Packers Say Work Move Fizzles CHICAGO April 20 Striking CIO Packinghouse ers claimed today that Armour back-to-work movement had The company said however that it had satisfactory response' non- to its call for union charge of disorderly conduct Police said Mr Holter- businw outlook aWJuridieon'atJan apparently called his wife technical to I The will of Mrs Katherine Wulsin widow of the founder the Baldwin Piano On makes special bequest of 810000 to John Hollister attorney The sum is to be used at his discretion a purpose discussed with No further explanation was made Mr Hollister could not be reached Immediately The will was filed with Judge Chase Device Tuesday After gifts of 8500 each to household employes and 81000 each to grandchildren one-half of the estate will go te Mrs son Luden Wulsin president of the Baldwin Piano Co The other half la to be held In trust with the Income going to another pon Frederick Wulsin Cambridge Mass The value of the estate was not estimated The will was dated May 28 1933 Autoist Gets 30-Day Walter Watkins of 24 Ninth street wu given a 30-day Work house sentence fined 850 and costa and suspended from driving for six months Tuesday on a charge at Ignoring- the revocation of his driving rights Judge Clarence Denning of Traffic Court also Imposed 815 fines on charges of leaving the scene of an accident and failing to yield the right of way to a pedestrian Alfred Zonnevylle of 35 Vernon lane Ft Thomas Ky wu fined 8150 and suspended for six months on a charge of driving while under the Influence of liquor A similar charge resulted in a 8100-and-coata fine and similar suspension against Mrs Edith Busch of 2108 Fulton avenue 12:15 pm Wallace Collett of the Tibbals Candy Co here is vice chairman ot the association The Portsmouth Steel Corp Portsmouth Tuesday reported first-quarter 1948 net income ot 81028544 equal to 79 cents a share Net income for the same period of 47 was 81009320 or 76 cents a share Ownen advertising director of the National Cash Register Co Dayton will speak at the April meeting of the Cincinnati Industrial Advertisers lat 7 Tuesday at the Sinton Negotiations have been completed to license Kraus ft Son Ca of 347 Fourth street would have to remain in Lima until adjudged sane then begin serving his scntecne OSU Gets $100000 Scholarship Fund By Post State Wire COLUMBUS April 2a The Ohio State University board of trustees today announced acceptance of a 8100000- gift for establishment of the Simon Lazarus memorial scholarship fund The fund established in memory of the late Simon Lazarus Columbus merchant and officials of Federated Department Stores Inc Is to furnish scholarship awards for deserving students Society Honors Woman Scientist 80 CHICAGO April 20 An 80-year-old wortlan (dentist was honored today for her half-century in chemistry Miss Aida Doyle Miami Fla was cited at the 113th meeting of thi National Chemical Society She was presented with special diploma certifying 50 years of continuous membership in the society Miss Doyle a thin energetic little woman was graduated from George Washington University with a master of science degree in 1899 great deal has happened in science during the put 50 years" she said lGirl Asks $100000 In Heart Balm Case By Post State Wire CLEVELAND April 8100000 breach of promise suit against Stuart Lancaster 27-ycar-old grandson of one of the circus Ringllng Brothers was on file today In Common Pleas Court It wu brought by Miss Nancy Fleener 22 the girl who in Juvenile Court last fall told how shet met Lancaster in Honolulu in 1945 acted a "Dorothy Dix Jr" to him lived with him and had a son by him on Aug 20 1946 Lancaster admitted paternity and Judge William McDermott ordered him to pay 875 monthly toward Miss support curtailed because of heavy dcliv cries In the morning Postmaster Bockiett replying to the report said he has been notified that 16 new trucks have been bought fa Cincinnati and will be delivered In about six weeks lie denied that afternoon deliveries hero are curtailed The survey Included spot checks in Cleveland Cincinnati Detroit and Buffala Major recommendations ap- ONEt Reduction of home mail deliveries from two to one dally TWO Establishment of a slx- uoL Monos Ta nen-naMmt owacn thara feavhra an Intaraat el near el th tnUnUon to ap-to pablle KM aroparty fnr Wfetar Works ywpeaaa and nyaaHas a rwotuUno el similar tills puw4 aa August a imt Ts Om following YmimS araysrly 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rraellnnil Range of the Sflaml FurcMae and halng parto af lata 1 aad of Longwmd BuMIvMon aa record rd In Plat Book 1 Peas S4B In (ha sfflca af the Recorder of aald county nd more particularly daecrlbed aa M-lowa: BegUmlng at a pcM In tha canter Una af Wlntnn Rnad SMSS fact anyth degrees 1 Rut of Ihc mtcrswtlnu of the Center line of North Read Rnad and the renter hnt af the portloa of Wlntnn Road amending eouthwardly tram North Brad Rnad and amtaured a king the eenlar tine of Wlntnn Rnad I hence North ST dt- grew 88 East 10141 fret! thence South degrees East 15006 fart: hence South ST digreae 3S Weal DUMB feat to the eenlar hits of Wlntnn (nod thence Norh drgreca IT' West IBOTS faet to tho place of beginning and gubjeet to all legal hlghwara and being three percale conveyed hy Albert Riley and wlfa to Dorothy Vnrgln hy deed recorded la Deed Rnofe 1002 Page Ml In geld Recorder! nfMri action 1 That a reanhilka of I ha tame tin paaccd Ausuat 1 IS4T la hereby re- HtoA Paewd Much 11 A 1P41 ALBERT It C4SH Allear: A Mgc DONALD Mayor CJwfe Postal Trucks Equipment Here House Committee Told union workers and that number turned to work Ralph Ilelateln president of the CIO United Packinghouse Workers said workers to man product! had He said It hurt the firm because farmers sent a record number of hogs to market yesterday strikers iday 40-hour work week fa carriers instead of tha present five-day 40-hotlr week THREEi Complete rcorganiza- tion of the mall sorting system FOUR 1 Replacement of antiquated truck fleets the average operation out driver was mile It should report said FIVE: A higher rate Present rale The engineers found that special delivery is lirlng used hy many in place of registered mail which is more expensive MXi Reorganize route inspection and mail-collection systems The Cincinnati Post Office has better" employe morale than in Cleveland and Buffalo but trucks and equipment are "inadequate" the House Post Office Cornmlttee was told In Washington Tuesday The report came from the Trundle Engineer Co of Cleveland which recommended economics of nearly 8100000000 in the Prat' Office system throughout the country The company was hired to survey the system with the Idea of reducing the $345000- pllcahlr to postal operations in all 000 deficit faced by the IosHlg cities include: Wilson bank executive at Aurora Ind The financier's wife was killed In the explpslon Her body was found In the basement beside a telephone after debris toppled Into the cellar ROOF STRADDLES The charred roof was about all that remained above ground as a blast and fire Tuesday destroyed the residence of Clarence Office Department this year The company found that afternoon delivery of mail here is often.