The Franklin Evening Star from Franklin, Indiana • Page 1

LOCAL FORECAST: SHOWERS JOiilUOH COMITY'S LEADIIIG PAPER iWlEKniKFCE nnrE PRICE: FOUR CUNTS. If BnlaMi 710. Nw Dept. si. FRANKLIN, INDIANA, MONDAY, APRIL 24, VOLUME 65.

NUMBER 23. Variety Show Gro ip Completes Scenery Columbus Lineman Electrocuted Is t5 Driver Is Injured In Collision North Of Stones Crossing Weekend Accidents Numerous In County; Damage Is Heavy Andrew J. Orme, 79. of Greenwood R. R.

2. suffered cuts on the fch Amity ou 11 4 js 1 is; Dress Rehearsal For Variety Show Held in Theater The dress rehearsal for the Varieties of 1050 "ss held by a cast of well over 100 Saturday morning at the Artcraft Theater in preparation for the matinee and evening performances of the Varieties to be gi'-en Wednesday, April 26th at the Artcraft at 2:30 and 7:30 p.m. under 'he of the Girls' Club. In addition to the cast of over 100 the high school a capella choir of 5 voices undr the direction of Howard Iley will appear as one of the featured parts of the two-hour Variety Show. Opening with a chorus the first act will continue with the following features, "Fairy Tale," 'German Song," "Jalousie," "Alice Blue Gown." "Pietails." "Duval.

Trump-ter." "Records, Magic Act," and "Hit and 8J Misses." Appearing in the second act will be "Cannibal Menu." "Trio," "Piano Number," "Skit." "Duet," "Do You Remember?" "Bessie." "Bob and Vernon." "Xylophone" and closing with the high school A Cappella Choir." Tickets On Sale Ticket3 are on sale at City Paint and Drug Store and at the Franklin Pharmacy. The afternoon and evening of the show tickets may be purchased at the theater window in the same manner as moving picture tickets until the capacity of the theater is reached. The scenery for the show was set up Friday and used in Saturday's rehearsal. It proved to be satisfactory in every way and can be used again in future shows. It was designed and planned under the direction of Mrs.

Leo Hertel and built by the Earlywine Company as a contribution to the Girls' Club. After the Variety show Wednesday night a party will be given for all members of the cast of junior and senior high school age at the Boys' Club under the direction of the Boys' Club Auxiliary. Dancing and refreshments will feature the party which will be concluded by 11:30 p.m. In charge of refreshments, music, and the chaperoning of the party are Mrs. Austin Flanders.

Mrs. Paul Jones and Mrs. Francis Gallagher. Also assisting in arrangements is Mrs. Norman Buchanan.

A party for the younger members of the Varieties cast will be given Saturday, May 6th, at the Girls' Club. Paintings Are On Display at Franklin College A group ehibiion of pint-! tins and four prints by well-known! Indiana aTtists from the 1950 ier Salon is now on display atj Franklin College. The exhibition was brought to Franklin by Tri Kappa, one of the special group patrons of the annual Hoosier Salon exhibition held in January at the Auditorium Galleries of the Wm. H. Block Company.

Many prize-winning pictures at the January exhibition in Indianapolis are included in the paintings at the college. The paintings, both oil and water, color, are hanging in the first floor hall way of the main building andi in the art studio on the third They will be on exhibition for thre: weeks. The public is urged to visit this worthwhile art show. An oil painting titled "Picnic" by Harry Davis, an instructor at, the John Hcrron Art School was awarded the Tri Kappa purchase prize of $400 The painting depicts; a family group around a picnic table placed in a small clearing of woods. The whole picture is filled with aj strong orange glow but suggests no direct source of lighting.

The warm-! th of the colors expresses a soft autumn day. Wins Prip Another painting awarded a Tit; Kappa purchase prize is a wafer color by Joel Reichard entitled "Goldie." Harry Engel, a professor at Indiana! University is represented by an oil named "Samovar No. 2." This painting, also prize winner, is realistic in form but modern in contrast be-. Assisting Mrs. Leo Hertel (center), chairman of the scenery committee for the Girls Club Varieties for 1950, put the finishing touches on the sets are Mrs.

J. A. Lucas, director of the show (left) and Mrs. Warren Spangle, sistant director (right). In the hickground is Mrs.

Vernon Smith, business manager. The sets were painted in skylighted rooms over th? Vawter hardware store. Most of them were designed so they can be used in future shows. "Varieties of 1950" will be presented Wednesday of this week at the Artcraft theater wit i matinee and evening shows. bead and a fractured rib about o'clock Monday morning in a collision which occurred at the intersection Ind.

135 and the Fry road north of Stones Crossing. Sheriff Howard Maxwell and State Trooper Arthur Worrick investigated. Mr. Orme was driving a 1936 Chevrolet sedan south on Ind. 135 and started to make a left turn onto the Fry read.

He was in collision with a 19-46 Buick sedan being driven north on the highway by Clarence Davis. 53. of Morgentown. Damage to the'ffcft and front sections of the Davis auto was estimated at $j00. Loss to the right side of the brme auto was placed at $100.

Car Destroyed By Fire An auto belonging to John Heid. of Indianapolis, was destroyed by fire Sunday night following a collision which occurred thre miles south of Indianapolis along U. S. Highway 31. It was struck in the rear by an auto driven by William E.

Davis, also of Indianapolis. Mr. Davis was taken to Indianapolis General Hospital suffering from a fractured right knee and head cuts. Mr. Heid suffered burns on the fae and hands.

The impact of the two cars set fire to the gasoline tank on the Heid auto. Auto Strikes Utility Pole A 1948 Plymouth five-passenger coupe being driven south on former U. S. 31 went out of control and crashed into a utility pole near the Franklin city limits about 9:45 o'clock, Sunday morning. The car was being driven by Dr.

Martha Moore, 53 years old, a member of the staff at Madison state hospital. Left side of the auto was dam-ased to the extent of approximately $200. Dr. Moore was accompanied by James A. Moore, of Franklin.

Neither was injured. Car Leaves Wreck Scene City police today were investigating a hit-and-run accident which occurred about 8:30 o'clock. Sunday night in front of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity, 793 East Jefferson street. Left rear section of a 1949 Buick convertible belonging to Edgar Ware, 35 East King street, was damaged to the extent of approximately $25. The Ware car was parked, and was struck by another vehicle which left the scene.

Inauguration Program for H. W. Richardson Will Be Staged Friday and Saturday on College Campus Nationalists Flee From Hainan As Ira Moody, 42, Killed By Shock On Highway Job Workman In Contact With 6,900 Volt Wire Cote Monday Morning Ira Moody, 42 years old. of 711 McClure street. Columbus, a lineman for the Public Service Company of Indiana, was electrocuted at 1 1:10 o'clock Monday morning when he came in contact with 6900-volt power line while working along the new II.

S. 31 dul lane hishway proiect at Amity. Mr. Moody was atop a pole making a tap, or connection, on the Jinf. His foreman.

James 4', of Columbus, who was standing a f-v feet away, said Mr. Moody remarked, "The wire is too short." It is not, known whether the victim then starter! to climb back down the pok-, or was changing his position. Mr. Lunsford did not witness acrjdent, fjUt glaneed up a after it had occurred. He calleYl for Bowd'-n.

of Columbus, who was working on another nearby pole, and the i wo climbed up and lowered Mr. Moody to the ground. Aid Victim Mr. Lunsford said he gave victim artificial respiration on th" pole during th approximately thre; minutes required to bring the victim down. Another company employ, Ed Nicholson, of Columbus, a groundman.

and Cp' JaeU Curry of the Indiana state police, ho was driving by the scene the trge-y occurred, were among 'he fir to ihc aid of the victim Artificial respiration waS starter immediately on the ground, and waj rontiiul-d over thre hours unll mid-afternoon, even though phv-sicins had given up any hope Mr. Moody might be rvr. ed. The on his left hand bore a severe burn, ijidicating that the holt pparcntl entered th" body at this point. The Victim V3S held to tne poi.

by the climbers, or on hij shoes, and also a safety belt P'ljh To Scene A pulmotor was ruherj to the sceric from Franklin police heH-quarters but wa-, not pjacerj in use. Physicians at the included Drs. William Province, C. Manuel, and Charles A. Jones, coroner.

The ttge orcijrrcd OH southeast corner of the Cssld veil farms road intersection, ftireetly 8Crr'3S from Witt'3 jeryice station. Volunteer afer volunteer kpt up artificial respiration, long after aH hope was lost of saving the victim. Linemen from the Columbus and Franklin offices of the u'ity, as well company officials, were at the scene to offer their In iddition to Cpl. Curry, other poilce qt the scen included Lieu'. Harry McMiUin and Troopers Robert Kunkle and Vern Purrell of the Indiana state police; Sheriff Howard Maxwell and Deputy Charles Shipp, (Continued on Page Four.) Storm Damages Farm Buildings North OfCify Roof Of Old School Building Ripped Off; Structures Overturned I The two-day program of events for the Presidential Inauguration ceremonies for Harold W.

Richard-j son was outlined Monday morning by Dr. Robert 11. Kent, program chairman. The Student Center will be used for the pre-inauguration dinner Fri-jday at 6:15 p.m. Loral guests have I been invited.

Dr. Edwin T. Dahl-i brrg, national Baptist leader and pastor of the First Baptist church in Syracuse. N. will be the speaker, and Roger D.

Branigin. '29, wiH Reds Triumph 125,000 Defenders Fflee "Dunkirk" today; Seek Refuge On Formosa DIESEL ENGINES Few Hoosiers realize the important part Indiana is having in the de- elopment of diesel engines. The Cummins plant at Columbus was a pioneer in diesel engines. "Our research at the Columbus works indicates that we are on verge of new important advances in diesel engineering, J. Don I Cummins, said today.

Three current news dispatches fhow how diesel engines in Indiana are growing in national importance. A diesel engine to be used this year's 500 mile auto race is on the testing block at the Columbus factory. It will bo highly supercharged, light weight. The 1333 diesel-ongind auto ran the entire 500 miles with out refueling. Allison engineering, emp'oyinq; 9.000 Hoosiers.

has a lightweight 5,500 hotsrpower turbo-prop airplane engine on trial run. It will enable commercial and freight airliners to make 500 to 600 miles an hoftr speed with greater safety than any on the market now. Since it is diesel it will burn any-kind of fuel oil. This eliminates necessity of storing high octane gas around the world for refueling. The Budd diesel railway coach has been running on Hoosier railroads on trial.

It makes a mile on 67 cents cost while a steam-pulled coach would cost $2 per mile. It promises to make commuting to our big cities from surburban areas and towns feasible. This vould cut down on danger of driving your au'o to the city on heavy traffic roads. Indiana is out in front in development and application of diesel engines. In time it will be a big Hoosier industry.

UNFAIR TO INDIANA Hoosier conservationists are learning that you cannot collect "taxes locally, send them to Washington, and get back as much as you send. Indiana has never received bark a penny of the tbousands of dollars its sportsmen pay annually in "duck stamps" for the privilege of hunting ildfowl. One of big items of federal take from rtsmen is that of hidden taxes, on sporting goods. This tax took an estimated from the pockets of Hoosier sportsmen last year. But under provisions of th Pittman-Robertson Wild-Life law, Indiana will get back $225,473.

To this the state will add approximately $50,001 fo become eligible for such rebates. Een at that sportsmen are doing ber than highways nd some groups in getting rebates from Washington. The usu! return is something less than 10 cents on the dollar sent to Washington. DISEASE TEST Ncs dispatches tell of new tests that indicate cancer in some 93 percent of the cases. Early recognition of cancer is vital.

In that connection Indians is in nerd of vider free tests to discover disease. Free chest X-rays FV'e saved many lives and thousands of dollars economically to the state, by detecting tuberculosis while there is still time to treat it. Massachusetts has extended the p'an of making tests for T.B.. diabetes, cancer and like diseases to the public under auspices of its state Board rf Health. In a fight on these diseases Indiana needs more low cost sanitariums and places to hospitalize chronic diseases.

The acute dieases are taken care of in our present hospitals pretty well. Aged persons with chronic diseases cannot pay high rates. HONG KONG. April 24. (INSl act as toastmaster.

Chinese Nationalist generals and civil Following th dinner, the speech officials fld to Formosa today from department will present a one-act Hainan where Communist invaders prevjew of the Sprine play, 'The have routed 125.000 defenders and 0r the Third Floor Back." A win't. hail, and rain storm which struck Johnson inty caused considerable da ma 2" Sunday afternoon north of Franklin. The bulk of the damage was concentrated on farms 3Kout two miles north of the city. The enire roof of the old school building near 'he Earl LaGrange farm was reported ripped have driven them to a "Dunkirk" on jerprne jerorr, jn auHi- the islands south shore. torium Gen.

Hsueh Yueh, the r- I The of Stott Hall, inauguration proper will cause of the strange juxtaposition of a shiny samovar, surrounded by fruit and old wooden planks overlooking a desolate landscape with buildings gutted by war. Edwin Fulwider. professor at Mi-j ami University at Oxford. Ohio, has 'an oil painting 'Holiday in the show. Fulwider has selected the moment for hi painting when a small passenger train is stopping in a village covered with snow.

People are pictured hurrying to and fro carrying thir baggage beneah a heavy winter" sky. The sharp col- ors suggest the enspness of winter air. The other paintings worth me- i tioning are "Arrangement With Lemons," a small still life rich in graduations of tone and quiet har-, monies of color by Jean Pwiggett and Shrimpers," one of the nit standing water colors in the show, by Gene Lacy. This painting shows' two small fishing boatg tied up to the dock bobbing on the against a limpid gray background of the sea. Overhead soar four sea gulls.

Mrs. Paul Reardon. chairman the art department for Tri Kappa, commanner. nis STan arni v-'vrM'! bin at 10 am on Satnrdav in 45 p.m. the evmninm.

It will be preceded I irom the stru-ture about Fire Threatens Second Laboratory Research Building Destroyed By Flames Chan Chai-Tinl left for the last Nationalist stronghold after Generalissimo Chiang KaKi-Shek ordered the immediate evacuation of Hainan. Three ships loaded with National- 'ist troops also succeeded in escap- by recistration and the academic Th? roof was found in an adjoining The ceremony will open with1 Wheat and oth-r grain which was orsan music by Prof. Alfred A. Mu- i stored in the building was damaged drich. After the processional march, by water.

President John Scott Everton, ofj Two buildings were damaged on Kalamazoo College, will give the! the Long Brothers Sisters farm, invocation. i Franklin R. R. 1. The scale house The Franklin College choir will was overturned and the wind blew sing two anthems by Brahms.

over a covered watering trough. Both Dr. To Speak buildings were badly damaged. Board ping but a shortage of shipping is expected to leave most of the defenders to death or capture by the Communists. To Free Shipping The Nationalist defeat is expected jto free sufficient shipping for the Communists to mount an attack on 'the Chusan Islands.

90 miles south- The main address will then be delivered by Dr. Bernard Iddings; Bell, author and educator. After! fences and gates on tne larm aio were damaged. At a nearby farm occupied by Boyd Manley. the garage roof and the roof of the big barn were dam- least of Shanghai, and thereby smash jthe Nationalist blockade of South his talk, the chair will present Central China.

I other selection before Broadhurst and her assistants Miss Julia Hyde and Miss Fthelyn Miller arranged for the paintings to come to Franklin. Professor John A. Grepp, head by the -ind. 1 The Cbnsans have been a valuable' Klsev. nresident of the board Hail stones about the sie of mar- I ni--vt for tho Nationalists in their rlirortorc: nprfnrms the presentation! efforts to strangle the eqborn "nm.i of President Richardson.

The charge bles peUed Franklin and vicinity Program Will Mark I00F Anniversary Trafalgar Lodge To Hold Program At Hall TRAFALGAR. April 24 Anniversary of the founding of the independent Order of Odd Fellows will be observed by Trafalgar lodge No. 181 here Wednesday night at a program to He held at 7:30 o'clock in the lodge Hall. Judge George V. Long, of Bartholomew circuit court at Columbus, will be principal speaker.

Mrs. Maryon Valentine, of Franklin, professional ballet dancer, will perform, and the Trafalgar I.O.O.F. orchestra will play and sing. Square dancing will conclude the evening, and refreshments will be served. All members of the lodge, former members and friends are invited to attend.

of the art department at Franklin College supervised the grouping and hanging of the pictures. 1 Van- tu minni I rto htr Prof Harlan Sunday afternfjon. and J. weather Another result of the fall of Hai- Koch, of the University of Michigan. Cleave, local government .40 of 'nan mav the evacuation of the! President Richardson will then observer, reported there wa La drone" Islands southwest of the! make the response.

The closing an inch of rain yesterday, i British crown colony of Hong Kong. will include the singing of the "Alma Despite the high wind the R.E.M.-Travelers arriving in Hong Kong I Mater" and the saying "of the bene-i C. the Public Service Company, of by air from Hainan said that Nation- diction by President John W. Elliott, i Indiana, and the United Telephone BERKELEY. April 24 (IN-S) A second atomic laboratory building on the University of California campus was threatened by-fir? today in the wake of a mysterious blaze las night which destroyed what rj reported to have been a research and engineering building only 100 yards from the closely guarded cyclotron.

The second fire broke out in a building 700 feet east of the razed structure about 8 a. m. but was quickly con'rollcd by firemen and security guards still patrolling the ruins left by the first blaze. Firemen said the second fire was caused by a burner under a cylinder of ac'd momentarily lef Light Up Campus Flames 'raped hundreds of fe9t into the air within the compounJ of the giant ultra-secret installation, operated by the U. S.

atom'c energy commission, lighting up the world's firs cyclotron and the entire campus. AEC security guards blocked off the cyclotron area, rerouting traffic from the scene, when thous ands of students and North Berkeley residents gathered on a hillside back of the university stadium to watch the blaze which could be seen miles away. Security officials refused to say nnything about the cause of the fire, the damage done or even th nature of he building that was razed to the ground. Two Lost Franklin Children Located Police Called Twice In Two-Hour Period 1 alist resistance has collapsed completely and that the Communists will need only a few days to complete of Alderson-Broaddus College. company reported there was no A luncheon will be held at the damage to their lines in this area.

Student Center, 12:15 p.m. for ac-1 The mercury soared to 82 de-ademic delegates and guests. Presi-jgrees Sunday, and dropped to 01 mopping up operations on the degrees during the night. (Continued on Pane Six.) 300-square mile island off China's! i south coast. IN BRIEF TODAY By International News Service NEW YORK Ten thousand telephone workers were ordered out on strike today in a dispute with the Western Electric.

A general strike of 210,000 telephone employes may follow on Wednesday, crippling phone systems in 42 states. Club Members Plant Bushes lArticles Missing iFrom Death Car A band of 11 Johnson County Conservation Club members set out 2.400 multiflora rose bushes Sunday afernoon at the Memorial Hospital RACHEL ANDERSON DIES III HOSPITAL s.r'vces will be conduct ed at the Hathaway funeral home in Columbus. Wednesday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock, for Mrs. Rachel Elizabeth Anderson, mother of J. H.

Anderson. Burial will be in a cemetery near Columbus. Mr. and Mrs. Anderson were called to Greensburg Saturday by the illness and death of Mrs.

Anderson who suffered a broken hip five weeks ago. She had been recovering in the Decatur County hospital, but Friday her condition became critical and death came Saturday morning at 10:40 o'clock. site. Workers included James Drake, i Melvin Phillips. Amos Hougland, Two Suitcases, Spare Tire Reported Gone Two suitcases known to have in a 1948 Buick five-passenger coupe which dived into Sugar Creek it the Oliver bridge last Friday afternoon were reported missing today Phone Service Normal in County Telephone service of the Indiana Bell Telephone Company's exchanges at Greenwood and Edinburg was normal today despite the fact that 10.000 key installation men were ordered out at 6 a.m.

Monday in New York. A general walkout of the 240,000 telephone workers has been set for Wednesday. Charles Jessup, manager of the United Telephone Company, said the strike would have no affect here except, perhaps, on toll calls later. WASHINGTON On. McCarthy goes before the Senate Ioyalty Investigating Committee today to demand a more thorough probe of his charges that Communist influence is widespread in government WEATHER Data hiralahed by J.

L. Van-Cleava, observer for tha Franktta oo-operativa weather station. City police were called into the; search for two missing children Sat- urday afternoon. Fear was expressed the four-year- old Betty Cadieux. daughter of Mr.

I and Mrs. Tom Cadieux of 377 South Home avenue, might have wandered back to Youngs Creek and tumbled into the stream. She had been missing for two i hours when police were called into the search about 4 p.m. Betty later was found safe at the home of a neighbor, where she had gone to p'ay. Boy Missing Two hours later Max Pay McTars- ney, eight-year-old son of Mr.

and Mrs. Oliver McTarsny of Franklin R. R. 4, was reported missing from his parents' automobile which had been pirked in hack of the Standard Grocery in the downtown district. Police later found the lad in the east part of Franklin.

He said he had decided to walk home. Grover Coverdale. Ralph Green. John Devore. Norman Green, James F.

Griggs, Elmo Weddle, Art Stainbar- ger and George Kephart. by members of the family of two of A larcro numwr of lamnhevs w-pre I -r i F--j- i tne tnree victims oi ine crasu. seen in Salt Creek. Brown county I Suitcases gone are those of var-near Nineveh, last weekend. The I SATURDAY.

ArRIL 22. 1350 Maximum temperature 76 Minimum temperature -31 Precipitation .23 ro MTllttl, f. OI Bremen, arivt-r ui lampey is an eel-like parasite which WASHINGTON Prudent Truman will make a major radio address tonight in which he is expected to hit back at. charges that Communists hold important posts in the car who was fei led instantly. Mrs.

Anaerson was oorn and of his wife, Mrs. Maude Lowe Crossing. Jennings county. Sept. 11 1858 and after her marriage A.

R. destroys fish. Several were captured by Oscar Samuels, of Franklin, and put on display at Deer's hardware store. Smith. 28.

who is recovering at Mem orial Hospital here. Found In Stream SUNDAY. APRIL 23. 1950 Maximum temperature S2 Minimum temperature 62 Precipitation 40 Low during night 61 Trip to Mexico Subject of Talk Charles VanNuy3 of Hopewell will be the principal speaker at a meet- Truman Names 4. S.

Alexander WASHINGTON. April 24 (INS) President Truman today nominated Archibald Stevens Alexander, of New Jersey, to be Undersecretary of the Amu. Alexander, now an assistant secretary of the army, succeeds Tracy S. Voorhees, who resigned recently. Also Nominated The President also nominated A.

Garnett Thompson, of West Virginia, to be U. S. Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia. He succeeds Leslie E. Given, who resigned.

Mr. Truman nominated Maj. Gen. Lemuel C. Shepherd, to be a Lieutenant General in the Marine Corps while serving as Commanding General of the Fleet Marine Force in the Pacific, WASHINGTON Sen.

McMa -hon says that, any attempt to trim the Omnibus Foreign Aid Bill will be defeated as a result of Russia's attitude during recent weeks. Drive Carefully The last fatal traffic accident in Franklin occurred the night of November 27, Anderson she had lived for many years in Flizabethtow-n. Mr. Anderson died 12 years ago and since then she had made her home with a daughter. Mrs.

John Cosmos fit Greensburg. Those who survive are the daughter, four sons, J. 11. Anderson, of Franklin; T. R.

Anderson, of Bridgeport; Dale A. Anderson, of Indianapolis; six grandchildren, and nine great-grandchildren. A son, Roy Anderson preceded her in death. Mrs. Anderson had visited here often and had made many friends.

She was devoted to her family and church. EDINBURG FIREMEN EXTINGUISH BLAZE EDINBURG. April 24 Damages from smoke resulted from a fire about 8:30 a.m. at the home of Mr. and Mrs.

Jesse Dake, 305 South Main street. Clean rags and clean newspapers on a table in the basement of the Dake home had slid over to the jacket of a gas furnace and smoke from the smouldering mass filled the house. The Edinburg fire department made a quick tun and used chemicals to put out the smouldering fire. 'A suitcase belonging to a third member of the party, Dave Parker, 27. also of Bremen, was found after the wreck quite some distance downstream from the bridge.

Relatives of Mr. Smith said today the two survivors of the crash are to be removed by ambulance to the hospital in Bremen. Anyone locating the suitcases is requested to contact local police. Contents of the car, including a spare tire, were strewn over a wide area in the river. The tire has not yet HfPtl found.

FORECAST IX)R FRANKLIN AND VICINITY: Partly cloudy and occasional showers and thunder- iing of the Kiwanis club to be held 'at 6:15 o'clock Tuesday night at the Chateau. Mr. VanNuys will speak on his ex-j periences during his recent trip to Mexico. Pictures will be shown of some of the highlights of his visit south of the border. Members of the club who observe their birthdays during April will i be honored at the session.

HONG KONG Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek reportedly hfs ordered an immediate evacuation of Hainan island in the face of a victorious Chinese Communist sweep of the island. CITY I i DAYS COUNTY 2 DAYS 1946. Johnson county's last traffic fatility was the night of April 23, 1950. Drive carefully! THUNDER.