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ASHEVILLE CITIZEN TIME Getting Results Fight against crime comics pays off as supply of undesirables dwindles on newsstands. Turn to Page 7-B. Dedicated To The Upbuilding Of Western North Carolina 85th Year No. 290 Entered ai fteeond Claia Matter roil Office. Aihevllle.

N. C. Asheville, N. Sundoy Morning, October 17, 1954 AiiocUted Prti. UdHH Press At tod ted Prit Wtrephoto ft PlilT l-fe Sood Gty Edition 119 Storm Dead Counted; Toll In N.C.

At Least 18 Weather Today Mostly sunny, warmer. High Saturday, 49; low, 36. Map and details are on Page 9. Vnu'r Rt. you're Salt, you're Sure with "PHESTONE" AnUFreeze-Adv.

5 Missing; Umstead Asks Federal Aid Hurricane Cuts Path Into Canada eex 1 -A I' Wimmolo A GRIM SEARCH for flood victims fol lowed Hurricane Hazel's sweep through the Toronto area of Canada. Here rescuers (arrow) tied up to a flooded home in quest of survivors. Truman And Stevenson Lash Repu blican Policies 'Bosx' To His Enemies AP Wirrnhoto THE CURIOUS STROLLED the beach before this shattered and collapsed resort hotel at Atlantic Beach, N. yesterday after the passing of Hurricane Hazel, Other buildings along the ocean front were severely battered by the high winds and heavy tides which accompanied the tropical storm. Death Claims E.

H. Crump, Memphis Political Leader 7 In One Group Lost At Ocean Island Beach Cold Front Moves Into WNC Area (Also dee pictures, Page 8-A Western North Carolina barely! brushed by Hurricane Hazel, was bumped solidly by a cold front yes- lerday. persons at Ocean Island Beach, Freezing temperatures and a 'seven died or were missing. Ocean killing frost replaced high winds Be was virtua11 WILMINGTON. N.C, Oct.

16 At least 10 persons drowned in Brunswick County in Southeastern Nurth Carolina as Hurricane Hazel beachfronts. Of one group of 11 A survey of the Atlantic Ocean front from the Myrtle Beach S.C., vicinity northward to Wilmington after Hurricane Hazel struck yesterday showed property damage in the high millions. 'J fe if f1 the official forecast of the Weatheri Bureau. Snow flurries and sleet fell lightly along higher mountain elevations, although Canton in Haywood County also had snow flurries. in AcViouiiio inmnnrniiiroe ujiri exDected to d'io as low as 28 de Dead at Ocean Island Beachiine to an Associated Press dis- WILMINGTON.

N. Oct. 16 (AP) Hurricane Hazel left 18 and probably more dead in North Carolina to day. At least five persons, including a mother and her small son, were missing. The storm, one of the worst continental blows of the century, packed winds up to 135 miles an hour as it hit land in the vicinity of Myrtle Beach, S.

yesterday, shrieked up the Caro lina coast and headed inland to ravage eight states and the District of Columbia. Damage in the Carolinas was estimated at many millions. Gov. William B. Umstead called on President tisennower lor tea-cral aid for stricken Eastern North Carolina.

The governor wired the Presi dent that Hurricane Hazel "has created a major disaster area in Eastern North Carolina and first reports indicate public and private losses running into millions." The Governor's office received the following wire from the President tonight: I have referred to federal civil defense administrator your request that Eastern North Carolina be de clared a major disaster area under Drovision of public law 875. The administrator is aumorizea 10 make the necessary investigation and rerjort to me. He will do this as promptly as possible and immediately upon the receipt of his report 1 shall take whatever ac-j lion is appropriate under public law 875. "All of those who are experienc ing hardship and suffering caused by the recent hurricane have my deepest sympathy. I sincerely hope that conditions will soon be; greatly improved." Kri nanKin.

me governors nn- vate secretary, said Gen. John Hall Manning, commander of the state's National Guard, telephoned after a flight over the stricken southeastern coastal area that the hur ricane damage was "temple, Rankin said the Bladenboro unit of the National Guard bas been -Turn To Page Nine Solon Sayt OSS Story Was False SALT LAKE CITY, Oct. 16 W- Rpn. Doua as Stnngfellow ik- Utah) tonight repudiated his story of wartime service with the Office of Strategic Services. Annpanns on a television pro gram, the congressman aammen he had seen no service wun me OSS.

Tears running down his face, ne substantiated a story published by the Army Times which questioned his service record. He also said he has told Utah Republican leaders he will step aside as nominee for re-election from the Utah 1st Congressional, District if thev wish him to do so with him in the studio wnen ne made the broadcast was Sen. Ar thur V. Watkins (R-Utah). The announcement by the 32- vear-old disabled war veteran from Ogdcn stunned his Utah listeners.

He was chosen one of the top 10 men in the United States by the Junior Chamber of Commerce last vear. His nomination for his honor pointed to World War II activities which it said resulted in the capture of German scientist Otto Hahn and the unbalancing of the Rich's timetable in trying to perfect the atomic bomb. Stnngfellow, who still walks with Asheville Native Is Among Dead A former Asheville woman, Mrs. Louise Lee Cox, and her husband, J. Elwood Cox of High Point, are at Ocean Island Beach as the result of Hurricane Hazel, accord patch.

Mrs. Co.v was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. S.

Lee of 14 Ar-i vilj. The Coxes made their home in High Point where Cox was the! owner of a firm that manufactured shuttle blocks for cotton mills Mr. and Mrs. Cox were on a fishing trip at Ocean Island, be tween Myrtle Beach and Wilming ton. at the time of the tragedy.

Mr. and Mrs. Lee went to High roint inursaay wnere arrangement were made for Mrs. Lee to stay with the Coxes' four children Lee said that when they arrived there at 6 p. m.

Mr. and Mrs. Cox i erees last nieht. according toa.n?,M,r- anV, "ft Arm- Wpaihpr Rnreau Kegister, 34. a hardwarelden Rd Asheville She was a na- The weathermen also from Shallotte.

0 6 8 na mnctlv ennrw clfir wnnM U'armLj ,1 1 thermometers today with a high of about 60 degrees nptiori a high a degrees in Asheville yesterday, oui novereu mosi 01 uie ciiiuy uuy at the 43-degree mark. Hurricane-fringe damage here Friday was minor although wide spread. Most debris from fallen; Bv THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The nightmare Hurricane Hazel howled into northern Canada last night, leaving behind a lethal sequel of savage flood waters. At least 119 persons were known dead in the ugly 200-rmle swath ot riestTMcUori the tropic-bred storm cut across the eastern United States and southern Canada. Hundreds more were missing.

The 1,200,000 people of Toronts were virtually isolated as the fading but still deadly hurrican dumped its heavy load of rain. Rivers and streams leaped their banks. On a single street In Toronto, rescue workers estimated that 25 persons may have drowned in their homes. Estimates were that prop erty damage in the area totaled at least 100 million dollars. This was the last fatal lash of the savage shrieking disaster that bore the gentle name of Hazel.

Across a dozen eastern seaboard states earlier the storm had left jagged rubble where trim homes once stood. Floods also plagued parts of the Carolinas, Pennsylvania. Maryland, Virginia and New York. Firemen and volunteers risked their lives time and again to pluck struggling flood victims from the swirling waters around Toronto. Some lost their lives in the selfless effort.

Five volunteer firemen drowned at suburban Etobicoke when their truck was washed into llumher River. More than 1,000 persons, dispossessed by the raging torrents, huddled in gas stations and private homes in the few high spots of Bradford. A fertile truck garden area north in iePt Boats and helicopters searched the rivers and searchlights stabbed the darkness as the crest of the flood began to recede at nightfall. As the reports of hurricane damage and distress poured in, governors of three states Maryland and North and South Carolina appealed to the federal government for emergency aid. They said parts of their states were major disaster areas.

The storm hit hardest at the coastal states, but it also did wide- Turn To Page Eight Clothing Asked For Victims Of Hurricane An urgent appeal for warm clothing to aid victims of Hurricane Hazel has been issued by the Carolinas headquarters of the Salvation Army, Charlotte, it was announced late last night. Capt. James Henry of the Salva tion Army here said persons willing to donate warm clothing mav contact him at telephone No. 34723 or No. 20847.

The Salvation Armv here is quartered in The Citadel at 177 Pattnn Ave. tne two tirms mat torm me uixon- ates combine. This payment would represent a 9 per cent return on the investment of 5'i million dollars which the combins plans to make in the steam plant. Tho mivoi-nmpna uiill fnni fh FROM AP REPORTS Democratic Party chieftains loosed a double-bar reled blast at the Republicans last night. At Kansas City, former President Harry Truman be- seeched the American people to elect a Democratic Congress and end what he called a Republican spectacle of "blunder after blunder" in foreign policy and tragic surrender at home to "selfish interests." In San Francisco, Adlai Stevenson, the 1952 presidential nominee, pictured the Republican Party as being torn internally, and with increasing "worldwide fears of America's belligerence while steadily reducing America's effective strength." Truman stepped into the political arena with what was billed as his only speech of the campaign, a fighting speech prepared for de livery at a Democratic political rally in Municipal Audi torium.

In his old. "Give 'em hell" form the former chief executive ripped the GOP for what he termed "frenzied diplomacy" that has cost us the confidence of friends and Allies. He accused the Republicans of serving special interests instead of those of the people, of a "shock-, ing give-away" of the nation's re sources, of "waiting for a miracle while millions are jobless." And under the new administration. Truman said, farmers have received just what he warned about in im lower income anu a cost of living at an all-time high. "AH administrations make mistakes," the former President said, "bul what concerns me greatly is the fundamental attitude and out- Turn To Page Eight ih.

Cherry trees or tree limbs had beenlat Long Beach; and an unidenti-clcared away. I tied body found at Boone's Neck. been gone since 4 p. m. Lee relurlllert 0 AsYievittp and will leave today for High Point to be with Mrs.

Lee. Mrs. Cox was a member of the Kenilworth Presbyterian Church here. She was also a member of! the Children's Welfare League and was active in its work The Coxes often visited here with the Lees. In addition to her parents.

Mrs. Cox is survived by four children. Louie, Jonathan, Ellen and Ste phen, and one sister, Mrs. Jo-Isephine Lee Buckner of Atlanta, IGa. MEMPHIS, Oct.

16 (UP)-E. H. Crump, the "benevolent dictator of Memphis for half a century and one of the last of the old -line political leaders, died today of a heart ailment. He was 80 only two weeks ago. Crump, who boasted he never backed a loser in Memphis elec tions and for many years was a statewide political power as well, had lain a coma since iriday His wife, two sons and other members of his family were at his bedside when he died.

Crumn became ill after the Au gust primary election in which Frank G. Clement, the man he supported, was nominated to new term as governor. Earlier this month his physician revealed the white-haired unofficial ruler of Memphis had suffered a. serious cardiac setback. Until bedridden.

Crump had given his full time to operating his prosperous insurance, invest ments and real estate firm and calling the political shots in this city of nearly half a million. Crump's enemies, of which most lived outside of Memphis, called him "Boss Crump," a name he abhorred. But he was the unquestioned "law" of the city and even his enemies admitted he gave the city honest and efficient government as well as seeing to its municipal improvement. Crump's statewide influence suffered its first setback in 1948 when Estes Kefauver won election to the SSES no eh Verschuyl J. Weldon Weir is campaign chairman, and Frank Coxe is vice chairman.

Co-chairmen of the individual advance gifts division are Roney Milliard and J. L. Widman. and L. Rov Philios and G.

Strom are co-chairmen of the chapter division. Fred Muse is chairman of the business and commerical division, and George Hopper heads residential and county solicitation. A key feature of the campaign will be the chapter plan for major companies, executives and em ployes. Under the plan, companies are asked to contribute according to a fair-share formula, and em Mr LA lwere Mr- and Mrs- J- Elwood Cox! ela an Hign i-oint: ana ter's wife, Madeline, 34, and their 10-year-old son. Buddy.

Sheriff E. V. Leonard said there was vir tually no hope they would be found The bodies of three other per- isons were found in Brunswick Colinty. A Mrs. Lcwis of High fnH i nh- B' Todd of iumberton.

found The State Highway Patrol also said the dead included David Glass men. 10 rage tigm -ah wireoimia UAMAOh done to a tree on tne White House grounds was noted yesterday by Gina Lollo- President. Today's Chuckle Some people are always in good shape because they have no moving parts to get out of order. for Buncombe's men and women iB-m y-, 1tJ-ik9 is! I i Power Deal Will Cost $20-Million A ear WASHINGTON, Oct. IS (UP) he is "confident the contract The controversial Dixon-Yates pow- js in the best national interest." er contract will cost the govern-jThe New York Republican predict- -AP wirepnoio E.

H. CRUMP U. S. Senate despite bitter Crump opposition. But even in that election, Crump's candidate carried Mem phis and Shelby County, tne po litical leader's home grounds.

Known to most as E. H. Crump, rather than Edward Hull Crump, he first came to power in 1905 when his political organization de feated the then-reigning machine His influence expanded to the state level in the 1920s and he was a controlling force in Tennessee politics until Kefauver won. i Laccy Clarke Appeal ployes are asked to sign up for payroll deduction gifts of an hour's pay per month. Under the chapter plan last year, more than 100 firms marked up more than 80 per cent employe participation in fair share giving, and division chairman Philips has forecast an even higher record this year.

A majority of the United Appeal participating agencies give county wide service in such health, welfare and youth activities as those conducted bv the Salvation Army, the Lions Fund for the Blind the Children's Hnmp Socic'v, the YMCA and the YWCA their Avery County residents had tem peratures in the 30s yesterday, along with snow flurries and some sieeV. Snow was reported ailing in1 the ureal Smoky Mountains Na lional Park above Gatlinburg yesterday. Half an inch of snow fell at Mt LeConte early yesterday and snow was continuing to fall. The tern perature there was as low as 22 degrees early yesterday. The Asheville-Hendersonville Air-! port reported a low early yesterday! of 31 degrees.

At Clingman Peak near Mt. Mitchell, the reading dipped to 2o degrees rriday night Good Reading Inside Today's Citizen-Times Good reading inside today's Citi zen-Times: Pictorial story of the develop ment and expansion of Western Carolina College, Cullowhee, Page 1-B. Physical therapists achieve minor. miracles in healing at Oleen, Page 9-B. i National Nurse's Week finds' members of the profession ner- forming their varied and essential! duties in this area.

Page I-C. a Deaths, ll-A: theaters Editorial pages 4 and 5-B: Fi following a survey of need in that field conducted this year by the United Fund. Outside of Asheville, locally operating agencies are the Black Mnnnlnin Rppreahnn Council, the Hominy Valley Council, the Christ- mas Cheer Fund of Black Moun- tain, and the Weaverville Recreat- ion Council. Other United Fund agencies sup I ment about $20,746,000 a year for led his committee, which begins 25 years and will guarantee the hearings on the contract Nov. 4, utility group a 9 per cent annual will give a go-ahead for the con-profit on its investment, official tract to take effect this fall, documents showed today.

Bv law. the contract must be The contract has been approved held in abeyance until the new but not yet formally signed by the Congress, which meets Jan. 5. has Atomic F.nergy Commission. While been in session for 30 days unless it has never been officially made Cole's committee votes to waive public, a copy of the 50-page docu-it'iis requirement.

Cole felt sure the ment was made available to the committee would grant the waiver. United Press today along with a Democratic National Chairman companion AKC statement explain- Stephen A. Mitchell is on record muuiri ui iiiwvic aid, nunc iulii-i braces as the result of a wound Lrford nas life of her Jtallan movle ac'rests-suffered while clearing a mine Pae 8.c after a brief meeting with the neid in ranee, is married and has twn rhilrfrpn uac firdi pIppIpH in r-nnorpsB in mv Stringfellow said his story news and cross-word cloak and dagger operations fi-B: Bridge, 10-B; Society, grew as he embellished it during Section Sports. 1 through 5-D; -Cltten-Ttmv Photo-TIuntor VOLUNTEERS from three organizations have been helping to prepare for Ashe-ville's United Appeal campaign for the past three Saturdays by counting materials to be used by workers. Organizations represented were the Y-Teens, Junior Red Cross and the Girl Scouts.

Among those working yesterday were Anna Cherry and Bobi Verschuyl of Junior Red Cross and Barbara Lacey and Pippa Clarke of the Y-Teens. Turn To Page Nineldio, 10-D. ing its terms. with a contrary prediction, lia Basically, the contract provides thinks the Democrats will win con-for the Dixon-Yates private utility trol of the New Congress and never group to build a 107-million-dollar will let the contract take effect, steam plant at West The documents showed the and sell 600.000 kilowatts of tract will run for 5 years after power annually to the AKC. 'the West Memphis plant goes into The power would not be used operation, which is expected to be directly bv the AEC but would be, some time in 1957.

delivered into the network of the The contract provides for the Tennessee Valley Authority to "re- AEC to make an annual payment place" TVA power used by atomic of $495,000 to the Middle South plants. I'tilities. and the Southern Asheville's United Drive Starts Wednesday in the armed forces are rannCni nimini. i Democrats have made the con- it-anf main inrtlnt in Ihpir pnn. nroacinnni oiprtmn pamnaiwn mn.

(ration favoritism to a bie Drivatc i utility and a discuised blow at the I it. in a political speech at Kansas city, tonight, former dent Truman called the contract "lust a nlain of Diihlic money and national resources." He: through the United Appeal con- tribution to the United Defense Fund Officers of the United Fund, the year-round organization which sponsors the United Appeal, are: Louis Lipinikv. nresident: Junius G. Adams vice president; bill indirectly for at! taxes federal taxes as well as state and local levies except for payroll In one big drive starting Wed-l nesday, citizens of. Asheville and Buncombe County will be rallied to the support of 26 health and welfare agencies in the commu- nity's third United Appeal.

Goal of the one-package drive this year will be $377,975, and hundreds of campaign workers will call at individual homes and on businesses and industries to solicit contributions. Workers and contributors will have for target guides the successful completion of both the first United Appeal in 1952. and the second goal-reaching drive last rear. branches, the Boy Scouts and the, Girl Scouts. ine multiple services ot tnei American Red Cross are provided county-wide by the Buncombe V-Oliniy KeQ l.ross CnaDter and thei Swannanoa-Black Mountain Chap- ter, both of which are affiliated in the United Appeal.

Family welfare work and direct aid in time of need are provided! ny tne family and Children s1, Service, the Mission of the Good! Samaritan and the Traveler's Aid Society. The three family service aeencies are slated to hp merged next year for greater taxes such as social security. Under present estimates, the AF.C ported bv the annual drive ate the. John B. eath, ttrat ft would be tragic vw abwft V.t0 a 'year ivt Asheville Christmas Cheer Fund, (Otto Feistman, treasurer: Julian provided the opening wedge "tnithe federal income tax item.

the Asheville Day Nursery, thejSteno and Brainard B. RorisonJdestrov the TVA. one of our greal-l There is an "escalator clause" Tinv Tots Nursery, the Familyjbudget committee co-chairmen; est.public assets." I which provides for the AF.C to pay Life Fduralion Council, the Cru- Frank Parker, admissions commit- Chairman W. Sterling Cole (Tt-'mnre if the costs of fuel, tabor, sade for Freedom and the National'tee chairman: and S. L.

Hypes. of the Congressional Atomic go up or to pay less it thoj Conference of Christians and public information chairman. iF-nergy Committee, told reporters cojts go down..