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MOBERLY MONITOR-INDEX AND MOBERLY EVENING DEMOCRAT VOL. 38 1IOBEBLT MONITOR KSTABLISBXD JXDEX. UOBIHLY DBUOCR4T. MOBERLY, MISSOURI DEC. 5, 1956 ASSOCIATED PRE80 AND WIDB WORLD SERVICE NO.

132 PIER A SHAMBLES AFTER FIRE AND EXPLOSION--Here's all that remained of the Brooklyn pier which 'was rocked by an explosion and furious fire Monday night. Fireboats play streams of water on flames still flickering in the red-hot ruins. Ten died and some 247 persons were injured in the blast which shook the city for miles around. (AP Wirephoto) Centralia Tornado Causes Damage to Farm Buildings Family Trapped In Home but No One Is Injured Wind Hits Hardest' At Del Vanderpool, Earl Selby Places CBNTRAUA A seven farms in a two mile area about two miles soulh of Centralia were damaged in a tornado at 10 o'clock last night, but no injuries were reported. Three farm several barns and other outbuildings and machinery damaged.

One family was trapped in a damaged hom during the storm, a pony was killed at another farm and about 500 hogs and 38 head of cattle were spared injury when a barn was blown down around them at slill another farm. Volunteer workers from Centralia through the an effort to help the families affected. Telephone lines thai'' were down in the area hampered communications. Doorway Is Blocked The Del Vanderpool hom was the mosl damaged of the dwellings hit by the storm. Members of Ihe Vanderpool family were in the home Ihe slorm struck, and attempted to get to a storm cellar but were trapped in the home by in I i blown across Ihe door.

A tree was blown across the door fo the cellar in Ihe storm, and they would have been trapped there had they reached the cellar. The house was badly damaged, nearly split in two by the slorm. Outbuildings at the farm were also destroyed or damaged. The barn at the' Earl Selby favn was nearly to pieces, but livestock iii the a building escaped injury. Selby reported that he had 500 hogs and 38 head of callle in the a bul Ihat none of them appeared to he missing or Th walls of the barn were blown over.

Othei' outbuildings destroyed, and a i was damaged. The Selby farm home was apparently sprung by Die force of (Continued on Page 2) Army Disbanding ts Pigeon Corps; Vo Longer Needed WASHINGTON Develop- menl of advanced communica- ions i has ended the need for carrier pigeons. The Army announced yesterday that as a result of "progress in electronic communications" it is disbanding its pigeon corps. It said 1,000 message-carrying birds the last of some 40,000 used in World War Irand in Korea will be pul up for sale soon. Thc Army said its pigeon raining center at Ft.

Monmoulb, V.J., will be closed and nine trainers reassigned. Charles Cavanaugh Retiring as Sugar Creek Watchman a J. Cavanaugh, 71-1 Franklin et, is retiring as a a at Sugar Creek Lake af- ler 19 years of service to the city and county. Mr. Cavanaugh expresses his appreciation city i i a "special favors" shown him during his service.

Mr. and Mrs. Cavanaugh wil leave soon for a i i a lo spent the winter with their daughter and family. Twisters Strike At Five Places Across Missouri Storms Injure Four Persons and Cause. Extensive Damage By The Associated Press Tornadoes struck communities west central and central Missouri Tuesday night, injuring Tenant House Burns on Farm Near Roanoke All Furnishings and Clothing of Holley.

Family Destroyed ROANOKE Fire which yesterday aflernoon deslroyed the tenant house on the Samuel Loekridge farm, three miles northeast of Roanoke, also deslroyed all tbc household 'contents, including all clolhing of Ihe occupants, the Leon Holley family, Negroes. Thc fire occurred about 4:30 o'clock yesterday afternoon, and (he Armstrong fire department, summoned, was unable to save anything. It is thought the fire, which slart- ed in the attic, was caused by de- feclivc wiring. Mr. and Airs.

Holley have six children, ly eldest 13. Roanoke report that Ihc Hollcys temporarily will) a relative whose home cannol accommodate so many. Roanoke residents also planning aid to the family. Allies Rush Withdrawal From Egypt Eden's Government Challenges Laborites In Showdown Debate PORT SAID, Egypt IS--A vast armada of shipping converged on Porl Said today, and a speedup in activity suggested British and French forces were preparing to disappear from Egypt even quicker than the "two on three weeks" prdicled for their withdrawal. As the cloudy tfaivn broke over line of ships stretching rom Porl Said to the distant har- )or already was moving out.

Tlie crowded, harlior indicated that shipping already was on a to ake away most of the occupation roops. Confer Canadian Maj. Gen. E. L.

M. commander of the new J. N. Emergency Force in from Cairo to discuss the with tlrawal schedule Gen. Sir.

Charles Keightlcy, over-all commander the British-French arrived from his Cyprus headquar (crs to confer with Burns. The U.N. commander was to on to Israel tomorrow to discuss Israeli plans for pulling out of the Sinai Peninsula. Shops Open Again Port Said shops were doing busi less once more today, after shut- ling down yesterday on orders from i a "intimidation squads" who sought to spike Brit ish demands for reopenings. Side walk cafes had fables and chairs out again and the general feeling vas one of excited anticipation, With few backward glances more than 2,000 British and French soldiers filed aboard ship for home, just a month after Ih first paratroopers leaped int Egypt.

persons property and causing damage. extensive Two persons were injured when one hit near Ballard in Bales County. Two others were hurt at Montrose in Henry County. Twisters struck at points three miles east of Marshall, thre. miles south of Slater, and two miles south of Cenlralia Farm buildings were wrecked, machinery twisted, utility lines blown down and one house was unroofed.

Move in From Kansas The storm front moved in from Kansas, where a tornado alert ha been issued earlier for a seven county area in the south centra: a of the state. At Ballard, the winds a four-room house into knockec a road injuring the two occupants. Har Ian Ireland, a 40-year-old farm hand, was hurt critically. Both of Ireland's arms were bro ken, and he suffered possible ternal injuries. Mrs.

Harvey Tuck er, whose husband 'owns the farm also was hospitalized at Butler but she was not bclit-ved to have (Continued on Page 2) Raymond Merrell Leaving MFA to Move to Liberty Raymond Merrell, local manager of the MFA Exchange, is leaving i weekend for Liberty, where he will be connected with supermarket. Merrell came here from Hamilton, and has been MFA manager for two years. Byron Miller, an employe of the local exchange, will be temporarily a a of tlie Exchange. Mr. and Mrs.

Merrell have sold their home at 1302 Fisk avenue to Johnson, agriculture instructor in the Moberly schools. The Merrels have two children. Friends Harvest Corn for Injured Thomas Dunivent Friends and neighbors of Mr and s. Thomas H. Duniven near Mt.

Airy went to their home recently and gathered corn for Dunivent, who has been unable to work following an accident. Corn pickers and wagons were taken by a i L. Cross, Russol Spoils and Claude It. Burton Others tractors a ons and assisted were Ford Bagby Mr. Swind and Buck, Clif MINISTER ATTACKED--The ev.

Poul Turner, 33, Clinton aptist minister, was' assault- el by pro-segregationists soon fter he escorted six Negro tudents to integrated Clinton High in Clinton, Tenn. He suf- ered minor facial cuts a ruises in the altercation. (AP Wirephoto) Vital Debute in London LONDON w--The Eden govern inent challenged its Laiorite op position today to dispute that Brit (Continued on Paga 2) Red Hungary Rejects Bid By U.N. Chief Visit Dec. 16 'Not Suitable'; Assembly Votes U.S.

Resolution VIENNA The Soviet-con trolled Hungarian Communist gov ernment announced tonight it wil impossible for U. N. Secretarj General Dag Hammarskjold I visil Hungary Dec. 16 as he hai hoped. Thc government of Soviet-sup ported Premier Janos Kadar saic the time was "not suitable" for the Hungarian government.

No alternative tioned. dale was men ford Key, Willis Key, Jerry Cross Melvin George William Burton, Jesse Jacoby, a Spoils, Charles Brown, J. W. Morris, Bee Eubank Ogle Wrighl Estel Key, Harold Dunivent, Chris Shoemaker and Bill Shoemaker. Jim Fullington and Ogle Wright furnished elevators a Dorsey Marshall furnished the gasoline.

New U.N. Demand UNITED NATIONS, N. Y. MV- Despite word that Dag Ham marskjold plans to go to Buda pest in 10 days, the U.N. Assemh ly early today adopted a U.S.

sponsored resolution calling again on Hungary to lei in olher U.iS observers lo investigate con ditions generally in the revolt-to: country. The resolution, approved H-10 asked Hungary and Hie Sovie Union lo give the observers Ib green light by Dec. 7. Thc Iwo Communist governments for the past month had steadfastly refused even to consider admission of a U. N.

learn for anything olhcr a distribution of relief supplies. Accidents in Moberly and East of Paris Take 4 Lives Mrs. Johnel, 79, Ike Will Inspect Drought Areas In Mid-January Plans Aerial Tour and Local Conferences in Midwest, Southwest AUGUSTA, Ga. W-- President lisenhowcr tour areas of the Midwest and Southwest in mid-January, Announcing this today, bower's vacation headquarters said there has been no decision, yel on the specific slaters to be visited. But White House press secrc- ary James C.

Hagcrly listed among areas hardest hit by drought problems: New Mexico, southern Colorado, southern Kan- Oklahoma, Texas Missouri, and Arizona. Dates (o He Set Later Hagerty said Eisenhower Bids to On Demolition oi School Building Work at North Park Authorized; Brqdley Hall Bill $27,254 Architects planning the construction of two new school buildings in Moberly were ordered to advertise for bids for Ihe demolition of North Park School by the Moberly Board of Education, meeting in regular session at Rollins Hall lasl night. The old building, except for the gymnasium, is to be destroyed to make room for a new one, approved by the citizens of Moberly in a special bond issue election Oct. 9. action has been taken leading the construction of a new build- ng al a School also authorized at the bond election.

P. Hocner and St. Louis, is Ihe archilectural firm employed by tb school board. Other Bond Action In olhcr board action last night, me I a 1 fire escape at North Park was sold; plans were a for a drilling company lo test soil al the sile of the two new buildings and at Rollins Hall and East Park School; bills were approved; bids were opened on the construction of a new sidewalk al Bradley Hall; the regular mceling dale was changed to the second Tuesday night of (he month instead of the first Tuesday, and teachers and salary schedules for next year were discussed. Thc largesl of the bills approved was for for construction work and modernization at Bradley Hall last summer.

The bill did not include the feneo around the painting or grading vork. Given New Pledge Of U.S. Support WASHINGTON Iraq and illicr Baghdad Pact countries are under Soviet pressure obtained fresh assurances today lie United Stales intends to support vigorously their indcpend- and security. Ambassadors of Iraq, Turkey, run and Pakistan conferred for ihoul minutes with top Slate a I nl officials, includ- ng Secretary of Stale Dulles. They reported the reassurance Jti American policy when they ictl.

will travel over the drought-stricken regions by plane and also confer in the areas wilh local officials. He added the trip will last "several days." Hagerty said will make the Herbert Grimm was low bidder or the new sidewalk wcsl of Bradey Hall i a today Eisenhower tour in mid-Janu- Dinncr was Dimivenls. prepared House Burned, Family Has New Home and Furnishings by Night DAYS TO CHRISTMAS A I A --A farm home occupied by a family of nine was destroyed with all of its contcnls norlh of here, at about 2 o'clock yeslcrday afternoon, but the family was in a new home, complete wilh furniture, clolhing and olher items, by nightfall. The house on the L. W.

Angcll a miles northeast of Cen- a i a occupied by Mr. and 'Mrs. Bob Sweczcr and their seven children, was complelely destroyed by fire of unknown origin. All the con- tcnls of the home were destroyed, the family saving only the clothes Ihcy wore. Sweczcr, an employe of the A.B.

Chance Co. in Centralia, and his fellow employes acted promptly. Another Home Provided Anolher home owned by Angell, near the one destroyed by fire, was provided for Ihe family, and the Chance employes brought Iwo trucks loaded wilh i and clolhing to Ihe new home, along wilh monetary contributions, The Sweczcrs were in the new home by night, complete wilh four davenports and 12 sets of bedsprings. Weather CENTRAL MISSOURI--Increasing cloudiness this aflernoon and moslly cloudy tonight and Thurs- a high Ihis afternoon near 65, ary, with specific dales to be set later. Asked what the President hopes accomplish through the inspection trip, Hagerty replied it will give the President information on what additional government eid farmers and ranchers of the area may need Other Developments Hagerty said the tour probably also will disclose whether any additional legislation is needed.

Hagcrty announced these olher developments: 1. The President will confer here tomorrow with the American ambassador to France, C. Douglas Dillon who will start back to his Paris post shortly after reporting lo Eisenhower. 2. Eisenhower accepted the resignation of Carter L.

Burgess as assistant secretary of defense in and reserves. Burgess also is resigning as i government member of lh com mission on government security. 300,000 Women Under 65 to Draw On Social Security WASHINGTON About 300,000 women 65 years of age will begin receiving federal old a a survivors i a checks" this week, Ihe Social Security Administration said today. low day tonight near 30, high Thurs- in the upper -10s MISSOURI-Mostly cloudy north, cloudiness south this increasing aflernoon; and Thursday; occasional freezing drizzle norlheasl lonighl; colder north this afternoon and tonight; lilllc a i tempcralures Thursday; low i 20 lo upper 40s soulhern border; high Thursday 30s north lo 60 soulh- crn border. Local Weather 8:30 this morning, 47.

10:30 this morning, 63. 11:30 this morning, 65. -Minimum last night, 41. a i a last night, .56 inch. For 2-l-h period before last night: a i 70.

i i 38. 6:30 last nigbt, 62. of $238.58. fhcvo was only one other bid. $100 for Fire Escape The fire escape al North Park School was sold for $100 to SI.

Joseph's School al Salisbury. The Salisbury school was the only bidder, and is to arrange for removal of Ihe fire escape. Soil lesls are to be made at sites of the new buildings at North Park and Park schools, and also at Rollins Hall and East Park School where foun-, dation failures a mad a Mrenl the need of installing pillars beneath the footings. A company will be employed to bore into the soil and test it to se how deep the pillars will have to be placed. Commissione land said a Charles I.

Scholt- more lhan a (bird of the women who could get bene- Moose Lodge Will Soonsor Polio March The Moose Jxxlgc will sponsor the 1957 March of Dimes in Mo- bcrly, Donald II. Crow, i polio drive a i a today. Crow mcl with Ihc Moose Lodge board lasl night, and he and Dr. Ilobert c. Mueller, counly a i a i a discussed plans wilh members.

The drive begins a 2 and ends a 31. the a Moose board of officers present at last night's i to discuss Moberly drive were H. J. Couch, P. C.

Ralph Hargis, Herbert Cloeke, Specie, a Shaf- cr, Rimer ttuthric an.d Hay fiyan. Budapest Tense In New Anti-Red Demonstrations Call Issued for Fresh General Strike; Police Break Up Protests BUDAPEST --Anli-Communisl demonstrations flared across Bu dapesl a The atmosphere seemed charged as il was at Ihe height of Ihe revolution. Posters called for a new general striki tomorrow. Oral demands wen heard again for "a national up rising." i a i Hungarian police acting under Russian orders, broki up a mass demonstration in fron of the U. S.

Embassy. Russian tanks were moved up to nip a sim ilar gathering before the Britisl legation. Women March Again Women assembled in the street for the second consecutive day mourn the dead in the October November uprising. The police used their rifle, bull in an assault on a crowd of abou 400--men, women and children-who had gathered before the cit bassy shouting: "Down wilh Ihe AVH (secre police)! No more dejiorta tionsl down with the govern menl!" Many Carted Off American officials estimated least two Iruckloads of the dcm onstralors were carted off by It police. Witnesses said some wer children.

a Hungarian were seen to fall lo the ground. Hundreds of Hungarian wo me had congregated in (tie streets fo Ihe stcorfd conseculivc day mourning for insurgcnls killed Ihe anti-Communist rebellion, Russian Armor Ready Thc Russians moved more tanl and armored cars into the as a precaution, but ordered Hu Kiirian soldiers and police to handle the job of dispersing the women. Most of Ihc demonstration was orderly. It involved about 2,500 women, made up of groups of about 200 each. Yeslerday about IS.OOa demonstrated and woman was wounded by gunfire after an altercation wilh a Soviet officer.

truck as She-Crosses Street Three Young Persons Die, Two Injured as Car Goes Off Hiqhway Four persons were killed and vo were injured in traffic acci- tiils in the Moberly area last ght. One of Ihe fatalities occurr- 1 on Morlcy slrect in Moberly Ken an elderly pedestrian was ruck by a car, and three were illed in an accident northcasl of aris on Highway 24. Mrs. Peter Jolmcl, IS, 307 Tay- slrect was fatally injured when )c was struck by a car driven Gene Gibson, 25, 408 Madison venue, at 5:50 o'clock last night the intersection of North Morey and Karror slrcels. Three young persons were kilk4l nf two injured in the accident bout five miles northeast of Parat 9:10 o'clock last night, ac- ording to Ihe Highway patrol.

Killed in the Monroe County ae- ident were Claude Kenneth Tayor, 22, Perry; Roy Edward Little, 2, Hunnewcll; and Miss Barbara 17, Corpus Christi, Tex. Car Goes off Highway Injured were the driver of the Miss Eudora a 17, Corpus Christi, who sustained a racturcd right leg, shock and lesser injuries; and Wnllcr Grawe, 22, Monroe City, who sustained a frac- urcd right arm and numerous cuts and bruises about (he face. All of the killed injured were passengers in the Taylor car, driven by Miss Durham, when it left pavement on Highway 24 five miles east of the north junction of Highways 24 and 15. The Patrol said Miss Durham lost control qj the car when 'It' went onto shoulder on the right side of the highway, Ihe car crossed tlie high- wayrwent off the Jeft shoulder, over an embankment and crashed into a large tree as il was about to lurn over on its righlside. Tlie 1949 Sludebaker sedan was nearly demolished.

The two injured persons were taken to St. Elizabeth's Hospital in Hannibal, where their conditions were described this i as. serious but not critical. The dead were taken fo Ihe Wilson Funeral Home in Monroe City. The two Texas girls were visiting relatives In the Monroe City area.

In Moberly, Mrs. Johnel was killed while she was crossing Morley street. Gibson Moberly police of(Continued on Page, z) U.S., Philippines Halt Negotiations on Bases A I A Philippines W--Nego- i a i on expansion of U.S. military bases in the Philippines were suspended (winy. No definite date was fixed for Ihcir resumption "but President I a Magsaysay's office said it expected the talks lo begin a a i a the Christmas season." Cuban Rebels Still Hold Out Against Army HAVANA w-- Cuba's latest revolt is not over yet.

Th government announced th.it a troops tnet revolutionaries in battle last night and both sides suffered casualties. The communique gave no de- of the i i Olher sources said Ihe a was at Aguns Fin in southeast Cuba near the town NKjucro and about miles Bermejo Beach, where a a rcliH "invasion force" reportedly landed Sunday niRlU. Thc rebels are a i to oust the regime of President Ful- fils for November under amend- 'Disillusionment Communist Doctrine' ments passed by Congress this year will get checks. The amendments permit payments at age 62, at reduced rales, lo eligible wives and retired worn- mostly cloudy en workers and at full rates to i and mothers of deceased Unrest Reported Among Young Soviet Students and insured workers. Former Adair County State Representative Dies Unexpectedly KIRKS VILLE Fowler, former Phillip J.

slale represenla live from Adair Counly, died un- expecledly here. today at his home Fowler, 66, a Republican, served as superintendent of schools, and after his service in the house became judge in the lixst Judicial Circuit. LONDON of unrest among young Soviet sludonls and workers, sparked by a growing disillusionment i Communist doctrine, reached London today. There was no evidence a the reported discontent was a i like a i which led lo the students' rebellion in a But it apparently is rausing concern. Given Added Weight There was no official confirmc- lion of lhc reports.

But ihey were given added weight by Moscow radio broadcasts quoting Soviet journals--which added tip to the same thing: a deep-scaled restlessness among younger gen- eration. The Daily patch from Mail said in Moscow a a riis- "more th.in 100 students al Moscow Uni- have been expelled during Ihc past Iwo months for ing and laking part in a tions against the Communist regime." Thc Daily Express, in another story from Moscow reporting the expulsions, said' "Some of those dismissed from Moscow University have been sent to manual work. "Similar aelion has been taken in Leningrad and at a university in the Ukrainr" gencio a i They bcsan a rebellion Friday in Santiago de- Ciiba, the i a second largest city. A $ALVATIOMARMY 1.1 hulbs Now Hnrning So no one in Moberly will cold, hungry or forgolten on Christmas Day, mail a contribution to the Salvation Army Tree of Lights, Moberly. Ten dollars lights a bulb and full a basket wilh food..