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irt tnul lit Mfniss COTTON MARKET Creenville Mid. Inch 35.70 New York Mid. Spot 34.45 10-Market Spot Average 33 64 LOCAL WEATHER Partly cloudy and warm today, with 1 high temperature near 90. Mostly Tuir and rattier hot Saturdiy, (Other data on page 34) THE LEADING NEWSPAPER OF SOUTH CAROLINA 8 1ST YEAR No. 224 METROPOLITAN POPULATION 168.12' FF.NVILLE,S.C., FRIDAY MORNING, AUGUST 12, 1955 FORTY PAGES PRICE 5c SUNDAY 15c "I lout.

Hrr-n U) time: in mi mm mm a. 0 0 0 0 0 0 Store Oi IT ssrai 66 Americans Killed In Crash Of 2 Flying Boxcars None Survive High Waves Lash N. C. Coast i tonnie Stands Almost Still Off Carolina fj Tragic Event In Germany Planes Crack Up After Crushing Wings Over Black Forest IN FLAMES Aug. 11.

(AP)-Hurrlcane Connte. JV- MYRTLE BEACH, Its center almost Carolina shoreline stationary off the coast, pounded the Lt- 7.1 A 4 1 -f 4 A 1 Ji with high winds and huge waves tonight. jt ,17 i 4. 'Vf 'JAV Houses were destroyed, power; 1 r.W end communication down, fishing piers lines torn ported Walter Winner of Kure 'ri i 4 4 i 3 I pounded to Beach. i5 I 1 t- 2t A -i fjl Diane Is Born; Gathers Force In Connie's Wake MIAMI, Aug.

11 (AP) The fourth tropical storm of the year boiled up in the Atlantic 470 miles north-northeast of Puerto Rico today and was expected to develop hurricane force overnight. Named Diane for the fourth letter of the alpha- bet, the storm was located by a hurricane hunter plane near latitude 24.6 north, longitude 63.1 west. The Miami storm Warning Center reported it moving toward the west-northwest about 14 miles an hour with winds of 50 to 60 miles an hour near the center. Gales extended out 200 miles to the north and east and 100 miles to the southwest. Forecasters said Diane is "expected to slowly Intensify and grow in size and probably reach full hur- ricane force during the next 12 to 24 hours." Its position at 5 p.

m. EST was a little more than 1,000 miles southeast of Miami. It was too early to predict whether It might reach the coastline. Police Union Is Forbidden By JAMES CROCKER Greenville policemen have been barred by the Civil By TOM STONE yicues, luaus anu unities wasneu: riDnpU --itv miD cut-with the worst still to come. I 11 ThnnanH nf rnastnt rpciHonic On the other hand.

Myrtle GROEMBACH, rmany, Aug. 11 (AP) Two Flying Boxcars on U. S. Air Force huddled in rescue shelters and center of tne South Car-waited out the storm. Ooen vacationland and one of the heaviest sufferers 1 formation exercises brushed i wings today over the Black ported high tides but little damage A little farther south, however, of the threatened beaches were largely evacuated.

NORTH SIGHS RELIEF Farther north along the Atlantic Forest and crashed in flames, the new Garden City, S. fishing pier began breaking up this after seanoaru, residents Dreamed a noon, ine lust was destroved sigh of relief as Connie's threat by Hazel. the 66 Americans i aboard. i The planes hit the ground near this village with tremendous ex-! plosive impact. i Thpra wprp no Kurvivors in con- io mem aiminisnea.

ine nurncanei rth Carolina's Onv I nthw Hurrieant warning now 13 to the W'lm'iglon flyinTfrom CamainW to dlrect and to the Virginia capes. ffli "tinental Europe's worst postwar air disaster. It was the fourth i worst air disaster on record. High waves whipped up by Hurricane Connie pound against the sea wall at Atlantic Beach near Only eight bodies had been re- The greatest danger now Morehcad City, N. but they don't gcem to friahlen these lEirls on vacation.

The dangerous hurri-LnwArnH umiaht Thov were burned Service Commission from membership in a labor organiza peared limited to North Carolina i tn rLnt ih i cane wiln wlnls UP to 135 an nour was slowly moving closer to the North Carolina coast at the htvond recognition and Virginia and the northern ini 1 ul T1 Vim' thi I LW 'looting that followed Hazel The charred tion. bodies of the other beaches of South Carolina. In South Carolina, the National oulu" "-aruuna, ine ivauonari 58 victims were scattered with the wreckage over a wide area. In a decisive action designed to "nip in the bud" a union organized a week ago by local police officers, the Commission Wednes Th Wpfllhpi Bureau ronm-toH tZ mZ nllGuard already patrolled the north-J A greem en Signed By Both planes were smashed to wnds heVUcen with 1 UdllldllC day adopted a regulation forbid new regulation "In no way pre-vents, restricts nr prohibits any city employe in obtaining redress for his or their grievances." Members of the Civil Service Commission, T. C.

Gower, chair-man; David G. Traxler, and Robert Lindsay, also issued a statement explaining the group's WGVL With CBS ding any city employe from join ine a union. Is Not Great bits. The wreckage still glowed eerily in the forest tonight as U. S.

soldiers stood guard and kept hundreds of Herman sightseers away. NINE TAKE OFF cane force winds extending 150 miles to the northeast and east end 50 miles to the southwest. The center was placed by the Weather Bureau as 75 miles southeast of Wilmington at 8 p.m., and ist visitors. Down in the Caribbean, where these storms are born, a new one given the name Diane stirred the ocean more than 400 miles north- The regulation, posted on the bulletin board at police head WGVL-TV has been chosen as the Greenville outlet Ha friliim Wt a Rrno rtno ct 1 tf evctoni l'Q a nnimiorl quarters at 2 p.m. yesterday, be In Most erratic course brought no forward east of San Juan- Puerto Kico.

comes effective at noon Saturday. action. yesterday by Edgar M. Norris, president of Greenville "'L Vi. 7 'IT The Commission statement de UlTVDTT T1TT A A 1'i I IK m-l ii ri.

i TlffiTT 11 nu5, -i, xeicvisiun uuuipariy, owners ana uueiawjia ui wuvl terdingen airfield, near Stuttgart, clared that city employes "are progress. triune was moving generally nonn- ua on west s' 14 miles an hour, with top mdef xz6s 50 hr winds of 50 miles. A liehtshin sta- WrightsvOle and Carolina beach- fn th nf Mr. Norris stated that the agree an The dramatic move had the approval of Mayor J. Kenneth ass and other member of City Council.

Adoption of the measure followed conferences between mem about 1 p.m, in clear sunny sKies. They were loaded with troops and up menl with the Columbia Broad' South Carolina this afternoon and tioned in the Atlantic nearby re- fs- N. east of Wilmington, suf casting System means that WGVL! fan ccrin lalpvkinff i modi fltplv equipment ot the 7tn Army tor air transportation exercises. ported gusts up to 100 miles the first mair damage from tonight. Jiour Connie.

Wnghtsville Beach was al bers of the Commission and mem- in quite a different category from lliat of employes of private iy dustry, insofar as membership labor organizations is concerned." MUCH MJRE SERIOUS In apparent reference to a possible strike, the Commission said that "In industry a work slop- Several storewinflows in George- lne rus nrojrrams that are ordered 5 In One Family Are Injured As They Flee Storm "Soon after take-off, one plane town were broken by afternoon for the iuc-ul staiinn bv CBS-TV develoDcd engine trouble and wav- Mrs ot the newiy wrmeo police gusts of up to 50 miles an hour. advertisers. iu-iuI in if ii.h.rf ihn men union, On the heels of the action taken tail wing of its neighbor and plunged earthward. The second page, is a rule, involves only a lne water in ueorgeiown naroor was about four feet above normal at high tide. WATER AT END rri.

i T.fr.Hl "We are indeed happy," he said, "to have this opportunity of bringing to Greenville viewers programs of the CBS-TV network as npivv a ink rAii lliiost covered with water at high MtLAVir kaiNu ALL; and everyone was evacuated. Torrential rains fed in some Waves pounded heavily under place as the hurricane struck. i beachfront cottages and amuse-All power failed in Wilmington buildings shortly before 8 p.m., and the i BRIDGE WASHES OUT power company was struggling to The bridge over the inland restore it. w-aterway between Carolina Beach Power has been voluntarily cut and Wilmington was washed out off in many smaller communities! on the south end. Highway officials loss of profits and loss of plane held its course for a minute Then it also fell.

CRASHES IN PINES souu. i.m.u outstanding programs was partly under water The road! ABC.TV netw08rk anBd the was covered in several aces, and1)uMo)t network which WGVL is The first plane crashed among the tall pine trees of the Black by the Commission yesterday, rumor persisted that an upper echelon shakeup in the police department was imminent. No city official would confirm the rumor, however. Some sources hinted such a shakeup, if it develops, would stem from a situation growing out of the organization of the union. STATEMENT ISSUED Following issuance of the "no union" regulation by the Commis lucir wtric a lew ui trans in uic now carrying.

Forest just near this picturesque man-made FHitd dunes. wages. In the case of the municipality, however, the result is infinitely more serious, since a work stoppage would make it impossible for the duly constituted government to supply some of the vital functions for which it was set up." Mr. Gower said his group held a "special meeting" Monday, village. The other came down Homeowners and others from' roaacas ing Garden City, Retreat Beach JS 0,6 0 lne puianaing said all traffic probably would be halted by late afternoon.

There was three feet of water in the Carolina Beach City Hall at afternoon high tide. Carolina Beach had been evacuated several hours earlier. So had television networks and originates many programs that should be marly three miles away in a cornfield. Foresters and farm workers massive explosions and rushed toward the flaming wrecks to give aid. Villagers said there was a "mas sion, Mayor J.

Kennetn cass issued a statement declaring the JACKSONVILLE, N. Aug. 11 (U.R Five members of an Ohio family fleeing from the North Carolina coast were injured in a head-on collision near here today. A car driven by Mrs. Clarice Alderman, 38, of Circleville, Ohio, crashed head-on into another car that bounced into Us path after ramming the rear of a truck.

Gainer Alderman, 41, husband of the driver, was listed in serious condition in Onslow Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Alderman and Soma, IS, Joseph, 7, and Peggy, 13, ere hospitalized with injuries. Two other children, Mary, 8, and Bill, 9, were treated al the Camp Geig-er Infirmary near the crash exposed Garden City, S. and Pawley's were moved to housing back of the ocean front or to Georgetown.

Horry County's rescue squad and other disaster cgencies were well briefed and ready for any emergency. About 95 per cent of the people at Cherry Grove and other upper Horry County beaches had action was taken "with the advice, consent and unanimous ap- rawley Island, S. both heavily hit last year by Hazel. At midday, Connie had lost some as a safety measure. Damaged communication lines and evacuated beach areas made any true evaluation of early damage difficult.

Greatest damage, as in hurricane Hazel which struck nearly the same area last Oct. 15, came from the high water. Some observers reported waves 15 to 20 feet high. Tides at some places were running 4 to 6 feet above normal and the water, driven by the increasing wind, washed canals across beaches to inland streams and lakes. Greatest hazard appeared to be ahead at high tide shortly after midnight.

Much of Hazel's heavy damage in the Carolinas was attributed to the hurricane hitting Droval of the City Council." sive explosion" and both planes burst into flames. There were reports the explosion had been heard ot her punch. Her center winds at Mayor Cass emphasized mat limes had been clocked at 135 Ibeen evacuated. Many of, the be membershiD of the employes in as far as 50 miles away, oerman four days after the union was organized, and decided to "confer with members of the police department who were interested in the formation of the union." Members of the Commission met Tuesday with five members of the union and "expressed their opinion and beard the opinions of the five present," according to the commission chairman. According to Mr.

Gower, the (Continued on Page 34, Col. 6) a union raised me question oi tremendously popular in this area. We are quite proud to receive this recognition by CHS and to make our facilities available to them for showing CBS programs over Channel 23." The agreement between the Columbia Broadcasting System and Greenville Television Com-pany is effective immediately and Ben K. MtKlnnon, vice president and general manager of WGVL, stated that the station hopes to be carrying many of the welt known CBS programs this fall along with the popular shows of ABC and DuMont. M.

L. Miles, executive vice pres police and volunteers rushed up, but the fierce flames drove them iney gradually dropped to; beach relugees were billeted in about 100 as the eye flattened out! public buildings at Myrtle Beach slightly. Storm forecasters quickly and the Red Cross was feeding divided loyally." He said the city administration cannot approve, encourage or tolerate such empnasizeo mat sne remained a them. High waves broke over some of a condition, ine pumic inieresi must always be paramount dangerous hurricane. They said all precautions should be continued.

As the fury of the wind mounted on shore, communication lines The mayor declared that the went down like tenpins. An emer- the dunes at and near Myrtle Beach and gusts of wind ranged up to about 40 miles an hour by 4 p.m. At that time, there was no appreciable property damage in South Carolina's largest resort. EXPECT WINDS land at high tide. Saves His Daughter "Of coun-e, we haven't had amateur radio network ident of the Greenville Chamber worst of it so far," commented away.

'COPTERS' ARRIVE Army helicopters went immediately to the scene, followed quickly by light rescue aircraft from the home base of the transports, Rhine-Main Air Base in Frankfurt. The rescue Craft were unable to help. The transports were from the GOth Troop Carrier Wing and were assigned to trainmen of the 7th Army in movement by air. The Air Force said there were 41 passengers, 5 crewmen and a load-master on one plane; 14 passengers 4 crewmen and a loadmaster in sprang into action to speed relief work. Scores of Red Cross disaster specialists, hundreds of National Very Ordinary Weather Here The U.S.

Weather Bureau at Co- of Commerce, was contacted directly by CBS officials regarding the arrangement. Guardsmen, highway patrolmen. ltimhia announced Connii! will uvu Walhalla Father Drowning Victim nir rairui personnel ana hrinP "inrrpasinff winrls with i. -mi. iviura iidu uicviuusiy 1 11 Turmoil on the beaches stirred vu.unice.s were me miCK ot the heavy rains and gusts lrom 50 tojten to the stations relations depart- Mavor R.

A. Dunlea of Wrights-Ville Beach, N. C. At Carolina Beach, N. water swirled around homes four blocks from the be-ich by nightfall.

"We can't stand much more. We are going to take a terrible licking," declared Judge R. G. Barr secretary of the Carolina Beach Chamber of Commerce. "Everything they built up after miles per Hour tins afternoon 0f CBS calling to their atten-i up by the hurricane threat had frying Fan Shoals near the 'ami tonight" to these counties: lion the importance of the Green- many Greenvillians virtually un- mouth of the Cape Fear be-1 Chesterfield, Lee, Marlboro, Dar-low Wilmington reported 92-mile, lington, Dillon, Marion, and Flor- By WILLIE MAY SCHRODER walhalla.

Auk. 11. Ira Carlton Moss, 41, of Rich ville market, the growth of Green- concerned anoui ville itself and the desire of tele- the weather here vision owners in Greenville to at home yester view CBS programs. "ay. They were the second.

A loadmaster is a non ifiiaaici ja a wiuus as eariy as ii a.m. At that ence nuii-t nn r) hour gusts of 72 miles were record- commissioned officer responsible Mountain drowned in cnatooga ruver auuui, iL Hiucs The bureau added that "strong for embarkation and debarkation of from here near Highway 78 about p. m. loaay, ac- j'! nas oeen chewed up, re- Continued on Page 2, Col. 1) WGVL was Greenville's first "I the troop passengers.

Urrtino- to sheriff E. D. Weathers. uui cuu a 4 i evision station and has been on the the newspapers air since July 15, 1953. The Chan- nUi ii anu nel 23 station's offices and studios radio sta tate's Resorts all nnht niimicuu Mr.

Moss, hi wife and six ot Names of the dead were with- s.V(!n chiidren were wading held pending notification of rela- )he rjver wnPn i3.year-old lives. Simeon slinned off a tions. gusty surface winds also will occur in central South Carolina, with Kershaw, Lancaster and Sumter counties having rains and gusts 35 to 40 miles per hour." Connie apparently had by-passed the Georgetown area and its beaches, with only minor damage being reported. but the questions Theodor Heuss, President of West th thnr intn deeu were about conditions on the coast are located in Cn'houn Towers on; Main St. in Greenville and the: WGVL transmitter is located onj the peak of Paris Mountain.

Thej station has been affiliated with the: Ready For Winds lUt.IV and called for neip, mem- water Germany, sent his condolences to S. Ambassador James B. Conant. 53 CRASH KILLS 129 The worst air disaster in history Severest damage was to the as to j.t: r- As it so happen By NED RAMSAIR (State Editor, The News) ported to have been an excellent swimmer. No inquest will be held, th sheriff said.

Mr. Moss had been assistant lineman for the REA since 1945. He was born and reared in Oconee County, son of Mrs. Ruth Stancil Moss and the late Lemuel A. Moss.

He was a member of Freedom Baptist Church. Surviving are his mother; his wife, Mrs. Eugenia Addis Moss; siv daughters. Misses Betty Jean raw.nys i.sianu pier, iw leei nianH with nW Tplpvfcinn CLOUDY ed there was a cu Md! the 800-foot structure being swept 1953 when Network since its inception rk sinre its incpntinn bers of the family said. Mr.

Moss went to her and pushed her to her mother on the bank. Mrs. Moss told Sher-ilf Weathers she then law ber husband go down, l'assersby went for the sheriff, mikilh Btn, Aug. ii. Myrue Beach and other away by raging ocean currents.

crashed in from and occurred near loKyc in i July Tra Januarv 1954 hign of 90 and a low of 70 1 C124 Globemasler ci iffiliated with the National lwo flames, killing 129 U.S. se occurred near Tokyo in degrees above normal. There servicemen. also affil 1952, another C124 crashed at Broadcasting Co. no raiiiiau anu oniy a mud winu Larson Air Force Base, kill mil-! t.i coastal South Carolina summer resorts tonight lay pre- i1 he P'er was destroyed by Hazel pared for Hurricane Connie, which hovered dangerously (ictober and had been recenlly riff thp f-mst I rebuilt.

on uie I The temporary dunes at Paw- Only minor damage was report- ot power if it should turn inland. ey's island which were thrown ed to Civil Defense headquarters' Praised local citizens, up after Hazel, were broken ..1 1111 ill iiiiui. atitidi of Id or 20 miles an hour. inn in ih--ji niiniiM.i-ri.il 1 i 0. in is.iu.

a comiiKTCiai ig II in tpru u.ifl.av m. Vl'ulkl. hump the SCenC 1 0 I hp ur.inp and liis brother 1:11 Ravfoid Lee 1,11,1 rwu-nlhv Muse of Atlanta! from beaches to uie north umer agencies itiirough in places. However prop Veteran Court Official Dies for making preparations for the erty damage on the beach was weather forecast is on hand for! with a death toll of 80. fd, today.

It'll be partly-cloudy again! ilehmith Baeurle. 45, of Edel- Lee motorboat in the seaicli with a predicted high of W) de- weidler, an cvewitness, gave this fur the bu- Weathers onslaught, if it should come. thought to be minor. ,.1 sent lo ucunee niaie ram iui grees. The deputy Civil Delense director expressed deep apprecl- High tides covered the causeway lufwlinfj tr.

thp itlnnfl lull Hi-nniipH T. E. Christenberry, Greenville had just left my cornfield to ks, aim iwo iiiegouius tlon for a telegram from miicLlv BD lha ctnrm nintpH nnrth. County's clerk of court for more the park assisted in the search. Misses Sharon, Iris, peborah and Kathryn Moss of the home; one son, Randall Moss of the home, and three brothers, Joe, John and Fred Moss of Walhalla.

Funeral arrangements are incomplete. The body is at Davenport Funeral Home. It will be at the home in Zion community after 1 go to anoth about WO vards away south. Myrtle Beach itself, according to Deputy Civil Defense Director Sam Parks, so far has suflered almost no damage. "We understand some damage has been done at East Cherry Grove Beach," Parks said, explaining the sheriff's department has handled beaches north and south of here.

Today's Chuckle Greenville Mayor Kenneth Cass Sward. Some vacationers and 26 years until he retired in and Brig. Gen. G. M.

Hallnran, Residents returned to the Island uno, effective July 1, died last Civil Defense director for uas( night after having been evac-in'SRt at o'clock at his home. Greenville County offering as- iuated earlier the dav. He had been in ill health fur sistance It It is needed. DISASTER CREW many months and seriously ill At 9 a tplnnhnnp rmunri tA fi.r euvoJ uoaI. Sherilf Weathers went into the water and found the body about 10 feet from where Mr.

Moss went down. The sheriff said It appeared Moss had been caught in a whirlpool, since he was re when I heard a terrible grinding noise high ahove me. I turned to look up and as I did. a big airplane tell into my cornfield. The explosion when it hit nearly deafened me.

A cold is both affirmative and negative: Sometimes the eyes have It and sometime the nose. p.m. Friday. onlv two to three ftt hhe? kW 00 tlt headquarters were located in the "Mr. Chris" had been returned vs only two to three feet gher Beach and had been all day.

Naval Reserve armory at George-to cf: ice s.x times than normal, Parks said and no Some stores, cales and theaters in town, under direction of Nat ha- serious harm has been done bv dnnw. i. r. i i i uw-. ii oita mic uKciar iuiii.mvi .11.

il 11111 uijcrii ru un Wind Flat Tire, No Gas, Loaded Truck, Slippery Ground, Falling Logs, Rugged Chains-Otis Is Sorta Veary "Condition One" alert all day Sfrinc InWiUCT An early report of extensive! Houses along the waterfront Thursday. damage at Pawley's Island wasihowever, have been evacuated The National Guard patrolled Workers Annoyed lu in Horry County beaches in upper Bv WILLIAM C. LAKE filling station, but that mominglwood on the ground. The logs were knocked him out. denied by Parks on the basis of, and their occupants housed an eyewitness report of early aft- churches and schools.

iv.l V.aru lltfing INDIANAPOLIS, Aug. 11 i.T: UNION, Aug. 11 This Union'he toid them to "Fill her up!" bound together with iron For the second time his buddies ernoo.i. Tins report, made alter hisjh tide, claimed little damage You'll Find: Deai.n, wiiim inn Lrescei.t i.eacn, iss lietia Davis, 20. was fined man says that he has seen betteri And they did with 20 gallons, llie tried to loosen the chain, but revived him.

Ocean Drive and berry Grove. and sentenced tn 60 days in days. After reaching the woods and that didn't work. So he set out. Walking around his hard-luck At Ocean Drive and Windy Hill prison fur doing an im-J (nis Murphy, a local pulpwood loading his truck, he found the, to cut it apart with a hacksaw.

truck, he discovered his 20 gallons guardsmen establu.hed a p.m.,)i-omiJtu strip at a truck terminal 'worker, was greeted by a flat tire ground loo slippery from recent This sawing wore him to a of gasoline spilling out on the there FUTURE CLOUDY But while the picture so icuuiw 10 ep puipie out 01 we today. (the other morning when he started rams, and he couldn't pull out. ifra He sat down to rest-ndigrmiml. He fainted. Itelig.

News 10 area. wi)Pn manager Frank Pryor'to work. lie loaded and unloaded the passed out witn fatigue. 1 The laughter from his eo-work- Radio-TV 10. All hese measures were pK.e alui to, After doctoring the flat tire on truck three times before iinullyj His co-workers revived him with ers spurred on his deteimination Society 21 prevent looting wom-in entered the building and his truck he gave out of gas.

a hard-surface road. 'cool water. Murphy set to sawing to get the job dene. And he came Sports 17 lhe "de at Ocean Dr.ve roiled stnppe-d to the hp said: Usually he showed his thriftiness On the hard road, his vehicle again. The chain broke, struck in with his load of wood at p.m.

rtant Ad jContmucd on Pafce 34, Col. 4) I She annoyed by ordering only two gallons at. turned over, dumping the pulp-, him l-uth its heavy links, and alter starting at 7 a m. seems good, the future is still Graham cloudy. Hurricane Connie still Comics linked off the coast in the same Deaths pfiMtiun it held most of the Editorials eviuuii.

And it still packs plenty.