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WEATHER Clearing Skies Tonight Mostly Fair Thursday TEMPERATURES Minimum 45 Noontime 55 NING GAZETI EVE DAIRY PRICES Fixing Powers Doubted As Commission Meets See Story on Page 13 RENO Nevada's Greatest Newspaper PHONE FA 3-3161 RENO, NEVADA, WEDNESDAY, MAY 22, 1957 PHONE EIGHTY-FIRST YEAR NO. 47 "tn rp 24 aw FA 3-3161 ii iii iii I'Dniiii' run iir I of wister Devastation iiiiii I fi'iwi'iiwii'1 ii'i i 4. 14 At J- r-4 sS. At -C xy XIGIIT OF TERROR Is still WTitten on this girl's face after a killer tornado swept through her town of Ruskin Heights, killing at least 35 persons and injuring 219 others. Girl at left appears to be in a dazed condition.

The two unidentified girls were among hundreds seeking missing relatives at one of the welfare centers. Twister Barrage Continues burban area of Kansas City. The killer tornado took at least 35 lives and injured 219 when it roared across several eastern Kansas towns bursting upon Ruskin Heights. UNLUCKY HORSESHOE The good luck symbol ran out for most of the houses on this horseshoe, street layout in Ruskin Heights, Mo. when a devastating tornado swept through the su FACES OF TERROR Oran Lawrence carries 3-year-old Sheryl Jeppsen out of tornado wreckage moments after a twister struck the southern edge of metropolitan Kansas City Monday night.

The woman at left, also injured, is not identified (AP wirephoto) BUDGET CUTS CONTINUE DESPITE EISENHOWER President Sees Missile Program Suffering If Plan Is Knifed Missouri Areas Torn Second Straight Day KANSAS CITY, May (AP) Disaster workers totted up today this toll from the tornado which hacked across Kansas City's southern suburbs Monday night. 37 dead. 156 still in hospitals. 418 homes destroyed, 470 damaged. 44 business houses destroyed, 75 damaged.

Gov. James Blair asked for 25 million dollars in fed PAGES 10 CENTS Terror More Twisters Forecast Today In Siege Area A new tornado alert went out for parts of Missouri today where two days of violent weather have killed at least 51, injured nearly 300 and caused property damage in the millions. The latest outbreak of tornadic activity killed 14 persons and in jured more than 70 others yesterday in southeastern Missouri. Six were killed at Fremont, 7 perished in the Desloge area and one died at Van Buren. The killer winds, twisting around on both sides of the Missis sippi river south of t.

Louis, struck less than 24 hours after the season's deadliest tornadoes killed 37 persons and injured some 200 others in the Kansas City subur ban areas Monday evening. NEW WARNING The Kansas City weather bu reau issued a new warning for a possible "tornado or two" today in east and central Oklahoma, ex treme southwest Missouri, extreme southeast Kansas, extreme western Arkansas, and extreme north central Texas. Tornadic winds also lashed oth er areas in the Midwest last night in southern Illinois, Iowa, Minne sota, Wisconsin and Indiana. The severe weather extended into Arkansas. Gusty winds of 76 m.p.h.

were clocked at Little Rock but no deaths were reported. Some persons were injured and property damage was heavy. LEVELLED TOWNS The twister leveled or damaged most of the little town of Fremont, about 160 miles south of St. Louis. Forty homes were flattened and only seven others escaped the storms fury.

Six business buildings were destroyed. Brewster Trial Slated June 12 WASHINGTON, May 22. UP) The contempt of congress trial of Frank W. Brewster, west coast Teamsters Union boss, today was put off from Monday to June 12. The continuance was granted on the request of Asst.

U. S. Attorney Williams Court that he is engaged in another trial and needs more time to prepare for Brewster's case. Twister Toll: KANSAS CITY, May 22. GP Here is a list of the 37 persons who were killed by the tornado which struck the Kansas City area Monday night: Ruskin Heights, Robert W.

Yost, Diana Boyd, Denise Woodling, Charles L. Johnson, 25; Mrs. Catherine Mae Armon; Mrs. Jea-nette Nelson Dorris, 65 or 70; Mrs. Paul (Alta) Guyll, 44; Mrs.

Marvin (Maxini) Nebring, 30; Mrs. Cornelia Davis, 25. Spring Hill, Isham Davis, 34; Mrs. Isham (Barbara) Davis, 31; Pamela Davis, 7, and Tamera Davis, 5, daughters of Mr. and Mrs.

Isham Davis. Hickman Mills, Oral Glen Hower, 35; John Hower 10, son of Hower; Mrs. Dorothy Lavonne Leopold, 31; (Turn to page 14, col. 5) Hey, Wake Up! House Is Gone! CARROLLTON, May 22 UP) A neighbor said he had to awaken John Richmond early to day to tell him all of his house except his bedroom had blown away in a small storm, believed to be a tornado. Only the bedroom in which Richmond was sleeping was left of his two-story, five-room house af ter the storm dipped into a hollow near the Little Kentucky River four miles southwest of Carrollton late last night.

James Dunn said he found Richmond asleep after he returned home from Madison, and found three barns demolished on his own farm, three-quarters of a mile away. Nobody was hurt at either place. Missile Burns At Florida Base COCOA, May 22 UP) The commander of Patrick Air Force Base today announced a missile being prepared for a test launching early today "was accidentally destroyed by fire." Maj. Gen. Daniel Yates said no one was injured "and damage to the test stand was superficial." He had said earlier there was no damage but apparently made the statement before making a personal inspection of the missile launching scene.

At air force headquarters in Washington, a spokesman said the accident occurred before any attempt was made to launch the missile and that the fire started in the highly volatile chemical fuels used in the launching process. The type of missile was not The Dead Ok 'MS, nK, -f 'vfafc-. y.itilXLifiii the neighborhood. At least 35 Jives were lost and 219 injured when the terrific wind hit the Kansas City suburb. GONE! EVERYTHING IS GONE! This unidentified woman nearly collapses as she views rubble of her home in Ruskin Heights, Mo.

after a tornado leveled it and all the other houses in River May Hold Secret Of Boys Afloat on Raft WASHINGTON, May 22 UP) President Eisenhower said today about half of the 2Y2 -billion-dollar cut in defense funds voted by a nouse committee would cut directly into the nation's guided missile and aircraft programs. The country is going to suffer if the reduction approved by the house appropriations committee is allowed to stand with respect to those fields, Eisenhower told a news conference. PRECARIOUS STATE He also said he never will agree to a tax cut while the budget is Dulles Given Warm Hearing By Senators WASHINGTON, May 22. VP) Secretary of State Dulles received a surprisingly warm re ception from senate foreign re lations committee members today as he outlined the administra tion's new approach to the mutual security program. Sen.

Capehart (R-Ind.) sent a note to newsmen saying that "for tne first time in iu years I am going to vote for and support this program because it is sound in principle." PRAISES PLEA And Sen. Humphrey (D-Minn.) praised President Eisenhower's plea against crippling the program in the name of economy as "very cogent and persuasive." He also said it was overdue." Sen. Fulbright (D-Ark.) told Dulles he had presented "a wise and imaginative program," espe cially with respect to assisting other free nations in long-range economic development. The administration's (B) program calls for the. separation of military aid from economic aid and for emphasis on loans rather than grants in helping less developed nations get on their feet economically.

FIRST WITNESS Dulles was the first witness as the foreign relations committee opened hearings on legislation to authorize the administration program. The money to finance it would be handled in a separate bill later. Dulles said it would be "folly" to cut the program, submitted by Eisenhower yesterday, in the absence of guaranteed Soviet arms reduction. TUBE COMPLETED NEW YORK, May 22. UP) The third two -lane tube of the Lincoln tunnel, connecting New York and New Jersey, will open for cars and trucks next Satur day.

in what he called its current, pre carious state of balance. Discussing the 22-billion-dol- lar defense reduction approved by the house committee, Eisenhower said about $1,300,000,000 of it is not a budget cut at all but a bookkeeping tactic. He went on to say that 000,000 of the proposed reduction would, however, cut directly into the defense program in such fields as aircraft and guided missiles. At that point, Eisenhower said we are going to have to suffer if that portion of the cut stands. He expressed hope the senate will restore every cent of the The president, wearing a gray suit with a white shirt and blue figured tie, spent most of the time answering questions about the administration's budget for the fiscal year starting July 1.

But he also dealt with these other matters: LEADERSHIP Eisenhower said he never has even considered asking Sen. Knowland of Cali fornia, or anyone else, to resign (Turn to page 14, col. 4) Curtiss-Wright Provides Quiet New Jet Motor QUEHANNA, May 22. UP) Curtiss-Wright Corp. showed off a powerful and surprisingly quiet new jet engine, the TJ-38, to potential customers for the first time today.

Airline representatives, air plane manufacturers and airport officials were invited here to look over the new engine which was formally unveiled yesterday at a showing for newsmen. Roy T. Hurley, Curtiss-Wright chairman and president, said the thrust engine is far quieter than any other jet power plant of its size because: 1. Designed to commercial rather than military specifications, it operates at temperatures lower -than other engines of its general thrust class 1340 degrees instead of 1700 and has a lower velocity of gas flow. 2.

The engine has a sound suppressor built into the tail. A fluted arrangement of the inner walls of the exhaust area spreads the flow of gases and reduces their "tear ing effect." The engine will be built at the company's Woodridge, NJ. plant and will be on the market in mid- 1958, Hurley said. The 3600 pound TJ-38 is lighter than comparable engines, Hurley said. Hurley said airliners powered by the new engine will be able to use a number of airports where runways now are considered in adequate for hot weather, when jet engine performance suffers.

eral relief funds to clear! away wreckage and restore public works installations streets, highways, schools, water and sewer systems. In a telegram to President Ei senhower, the governor said. "Damage, hardship and suffering so severe that federal assistance is required to supplement the efforts of state and local authorities." The governor asked a disaster area designation for Martin City, Grandview, Hickman Mills and Ruskin Heights suburban communities a dozen miles south of downtown Kansas City. 1,000 FAMILIES NEED The Red Cross started a special campaign for disaster relief funds and estimated it would need a million dollars to help 1,000 fam ilies. lhe last of the 37 bodies was identified last night after disaster crews had picked slowly through the WTeckage all day long.

A curfew was in effect the hard-hit Grandview Ruskin Heights area and only those with passes could get in. ine passes were limited to those living or having emergency business there. It was designed to keep back the curious who jammed the roads Monday night and hampered res cue work. The death list showed 23 killed in the devastated'Hickman Mills-Ruskin Heights section, where the twister smashed down whole blocks of modest post-war homes and wrecked the Ruskin Heights shopping center. TWO STATE TRAGEDY The storm killed two at Ot tawa, and four at Spring Hill, before moving across the line into the Missouri suburbs.

Two died at Martin City and three at Grandview. The black funnel lifted after killing two at Lees Summit and one at Raytown, northeast of Ruskin Heights. Amid the pain and grief there were many happy reunions of families scattered in Monday night's chaos. Disaster workers at Ruskin Heights reported surprisingly few requests for food, shelter and clothing. "Apparently many have found homes with relatives," said Miss Rachel Armour, supervising a Red Cross aid station.

LETTER TRAVELS Marvin Smith found an envelope oa his farm near Chilli-cothe, addressed to Mrs, Isham Davis, one of those killed at Spring Hill, 95 miles southwest of Chillicothe. The envelope was from the Kansas school retirement board and bore the slogan: "Save For Retirement." Atomic Testing Again Postponed ATOMIC TEST SITE, May 22. For the seventh day high winds have caused a postponement of the atomic explosion that will start a summer-long test series. The weathe experts took a look at the turbulent activity in the upper air and decided to put the explosion off until tomorrow morning at the earliest. The forecasters said they expect the adverse conditions that have held the tests up for a week to start changing for the better tomorrow.

Hilton Seeking Hotel Location SAN FRANCISCO, May 22. UP) Titles or options have been obtained on 75,000 square feet of downtown San Francisco property which Conrad Hilton is studying as a possible site for a 1000-room hotel, a San Francisco contractor announced yesterday. John R. Cahill, board chairman of Cahill Brothers, said selection of the site in the Mason-Taylor-O'Farrell-Ellis street block, climaxed an "investigation of eight possible sites carried on for a long time under the Hilton staff direction." MARATHON SESSION SALEM, May 22. UP) The longest legislative session in Oregon's history ended last night just before midnight.

The session last 128 days. then continued down the Arkansas' muddy course toward eastern Oklahoma. Some reported the boys were in a yellow rubber raft, Others said they were clinging to a log. The boys were spotted again near the Jenks bridge, about 12 miles south of here. Next reports had them heading for Bixby, another five files downstream, although spotters there failed to locate them.

In addition to civil defense workers, a helicopter stationed at Ft. Sill took off from Tulsa and followed the boys for a time. The 'copter pilots said they lost the trail in the darkness after three hours and halted search efforts until morning after fog enveloped the river. PLANES IN SEARCH An American Airlines plane swept over the river, dropping flares to light the way as an aid to watchers on the banks and at the bridges. Another American plane took off at midnight on its regularly scheduled flight from Oklahoma City to New York.

Heading for Arkansas it flew at about 500 feet over the river, shining its lights down on the churning current. The stream was estimated at about 8 miles an hour in the main current at Tulsa and was filled with debris, including large trees. Even further down, at the Coweta and Muskogee bridges, hundreds of workers manned the bridges with floodlights playing on the waters in an effort to spot TULSA, May 22 A massive search was continuing today for boys either two or three who were spotted floating down the flooded and treacherous Arkansas river last night from Tulsa. They were not identified, nor were there any reports in this area of boys missing. The youths first were spotted by persons near the 21st St.

bridge in Tulsa about 7:30 p.m. Search efforts began at the 51st bridge, Cricket Sings; Irritated Man Plots a Murder SACRAMENTO UP) Worried neighbors in suburban Del Paso Heights called sheriff's officers yesterday to report an apparent suicide try in an auto that had its motor running, a hose from the exhaust, and windows stuffed with rags. Lt. Mel Reese and Sgt. Harold Guerin rushed to the scene and found the closed car alright but nobody was in it.

Then came the owner Robert Mathias with the explanation. He said a cricket got into the car about a week ago and every time he started the engine, the cricket started to sing. It was irritating to say the least, Mathias said, so he decided to do in the elusive insect by the carbon monoxide method. the boys..