The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-11-17
RUSH TO CLEAR
SNOW; THAW
SLUSH FEARED
Aged HooverviIIe Man Near
Death From Exposure
in Blizzard.
MERCURY is ON RISE
$50 City Street Workers
Fight Against Time to
Move Drifts.

Move Drifts.
While $50 city employees worked
against time to clear streets of snow
piled high in the blizzard, an aged
man lies near death at city hospital
from effects of exposure in his tiny
shack in Hooverville, town of evicted
families on White river, it was
learned today.
He is Anderson Day, 70, man
without a home" He is in an un-
conscious condition from a cerebral
hemorrhage, brought on by cold
and exposure, according to the at
tending physician.
Through the heights of the storm,
bringing record breaking snowfall
of SO inches in less than twenty
four hours, Day lay alone in his
shanty attended only by women of
the village. His condition was dis
covered Wednesday night by SYM
pathetic visitor at the village.
Warmer Weather Due
Meanwhile, relief from cold fol-
lowing the blizzard appeared with
forecast of j. H. Arlington,
weatherman, Of warmer weather.
Street workers labored against
time with possibility that a mercury
rise might turn the accumulated
snow into rivers of slush.
The work was to be continued
through tonight in the mile square
area. A total of 1900 loads of snow
were hauled Wednesday night &C
cording to the city street commits
sioner.
Arlington said today would be
marked by overcast skies with
slowly rising temperatures and rain
unlikely before late Friday. The low
temperature was 16 above at 6 a. m.
The mercury had risen to % at
noon.
Glazed streets brought serious
falls to three elderly persons today,
and scores of mishaps in which the
injuries were of a minor nature.
Failing on icy pavement today at
Twenty street and North
western avenue, Thomas Porter, 65,
Negro, GALS Northwestern avenue,
was rendered unconscious. He was
sent to city hospital by police.
Teacher Hurt in Fall
Miss Mertha Thormeyer, Ga, of SO
South Butler avenue, Manual Train
ing high school teacher, suffered a
fractured hip in a fall on the school
steps, and G. r. SheaAer. So, of 500
Highland drive, fell and fractured
his shoulder.
The blizzard which shattered
snowfall records for November since
recordings started at the local
weather bureau in 1888, brought in
its wake disrupted transportation
service on streets and steam, cleo
trio, bus and air lines.
Transportation in all lines was
restored today and schedules thrown
awry by snowdrifts as high as
thirty inches in some sections of
the state, were readjusted toward
normally.
Interurbans on Schedule
1nterurban cars of the Indiana
railroad are running practically on
schedule.
Despite snow wednesday, declared
by veteran traction men to have
been the heaviest in their memories,
service, with exception of the Rich
mond division, was maintained at
not more than an hour behind
schedule. Sleet on the Richmond
division halted service until noon.
The storm death toll of two in
indianapolis due to traffic accidents
was increased to three when Silas
M. Dunbar, 70, died at Crawfords-
vile from heart attack brought
on by undue exertion in cleaning
snow from his sidewalks.
City schools reported a more
normal attendance as transpor-
tation problems were solved and
scores of rural schools in which
classes were suspended Wednesday,
were expected to reopen. Sixteen
rural schools were closed in Wabash
county alone. All Delaware county
rural schools we're closed.
Twenty-Five Are Given Jobs
Twenty-Five men were placed in
snow shoveling jobs today by Har-
rison Marsh, superintendent of the
city and county soup kitchens. He
found work for eighty-five men
Wednesday.
II can furnish from one to 500
men on ten minutes notice." Marsh
said.
Although most of the states net
work of highways has been cleared
and is open for traffic, seven roads
are closed to permit maintenance
crews to clear away drifts. Highway
officials believe drifts will be
cleared from main roads by Friday.
The state highway department an
nounced that only north bound
traffic will be permitted on state
road No. 81 north of indianapolis
until the highway is cleared.
SnowpIow Fleets Busy
Following highways are closed:
state roads No. IL, near Attica;
Road 50, near Lafayette: Road 18
near Monticello; Road 80 near
Frankfort: Road IS, near Tipto:,
and United States Road 50 from
Montezuma to the Illinois state line.
A fleet of more than 200 snow
plows, augmented by heavy drags
and ScraperS, were engaged in clear
ing the state roads. u. S. Road 40
between Richmond and Terge Haute
was opened within a few hours
Wednesday.
The snow and accompanying cold
brought increased suffering among
unemployed and relief agencies both
in indianapolis and the state we're
besieged with calls for coal, food and
clothing.