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WEATHER PORT HURON ME FINAL EDITION II IJ A II II 11 Bure For 0-T! THB DAILY HERALD KOU.NDED PORT HURON TIMES FOUNDED AUGUST 1. 1S09 MARCH 23 1872 Entered a Second Class Published Daily. Mail Matter, Postortlce, Port Huron, Sunday by The Times Herald Co. Mich. PRICE SEVEN CENTS vfc SIXTEEN PACES TODAY PORT HURON, MICHIGAN, MONDAY, AUGUST 31, 1953 Father Gropes For Words At News Of WEE 1 (D -r JV nnn SUNDAY 7 THURSDAY FRIDAY TEMR I LOW 1 HIGH I LOW I HIGH LOW I HIGH LOW I HIGH i i i i I i JOO J' Gl on MR.

AND MRS. How does a father feel when he learns his soldier son, long missing in action, is reported repatriated in the prisoner of war exchange in Korea? "It was quite a says Allen B. Rush, Mueller Brass company employe who lives with his family at 3483 Krafft road. "Here I was waiting for the news all the time, but when it came I didn't know what to Rush's son, Sgt. Fred B.

Rush, is the first Port Huron serviceman to be released in the Korean "Operation Big "I didn't even know what the heck was going on," said Rush. "There I was downtown searching for my wife and family and they were home all the time, celebrating the release of RUSH DIDN'T hear the news until he arrived home after abandoning the search for his family downtown where he had gone after finishing work at Mueller. I fli Previously it had dropped up to 30 degrees from midway hfghs to lows. (Chart by Robert Leighton, Times Herald Advertising Manager) PORT HURON area Sunday and today continued they have exhibited since Thursday. After reaching the thermometer dipped 23 degrees to a pleasant ADULTS' CAR INSURANCE CUT Young Drivers' Risk Reported Escaped By Reds Dispatch Dims Hopes Of Local Couole For Gl Son New York, Aug.

31 AP Leading insurance companies have agreed ton new nationwide auto liability rates cutting some costs for adult pleasure car driver and increasing rates for many young people. The National Bureau of Casualty Underwriters and the Mutual Insurance Rating Bureau, major automobile insurance rating groups announced agreement on vol 30iv.no. 243 Rel ALLEN B. RUSH The family was supposed to meet him but all was forgotten (when they heard the big news. I The news turned the Rush home into a bedlam.

Sally, 11, a sister of Sergeant Rush, was sitting on the porch 'step crying. I Mrs. Rush was busy answering I the as persons who don't even know the family called jto tell them the news. UNSUSPECTING, Mr. Rush drove up to his home nearly an jhour after the news had been released and was mobbed by his nearly hysterical family.

After the news was relayed ifrom a relative in Detroit to a son of the Rushs' in Marysville, 'Mrs. Rush found it hard to relax, "My heart jumped and I had to hang on to the veranda post," ithe joyful stepmother said. Another son, Francis, 20, in the U.S. Navy at Great Lakes, 111., I See SGT. RUSH, Page 2, Col.

4 The dispatch reads "It is be lieved that little hope should be held for the safe return of your son based merely on the report that he escaped. It is only fair to tell you this because of experience in similar cases." "VERY FEW PRISONERS reported by the Communists as having escaped have ever been recovered by our forces," the letter continued. Private Alcorn's name was one of 33 servicemen listed by the Pentagon "purported by Communist forces to have escaped while in their custody in Korean prison camps." The parents still hold their hopes high that their son will return safely, but in their words, "we don't know what to think." THE ADJUTANT GENERAL'S letter assured Mr. and Mrs. Swinson that everything possible would be done to check the accuracy of the information as quickly as possible.

The dispatch states that the "report has not been verified and cannot be substantiated from Communistic sources," thus leaving a slim hope that Private Alcorn may still be alive. Tired Harbor Beach, Aug. 31 Someone, apparently with more courage than judgment placed a tire on the weathervane on top of the w-ater tower, fully 150 feet high. On a previous occasion, a skull and crossoones flag was placed on top of the tower but this is the first time anyone has ventured there with an object as heavy and i bulky as a tire. Lowest 72 Today 1 a.m.

78 2 a.m 76 3 a.m. 75 4 a.m 74 5 a.m 73 6 a.m 72 7 a.m 72 8 a.m 75 9 a.m 80 10 a.m 83 11 a.m 86 Noon 94 SATURDAY the new schedule by 213 com panies Sunday. A spokesman for the under writers said the rates would go into effect as soon as they can be filed with authorities in the various states. UNDER THE NEW plan, the main revisions affect adult drivers of non-business cars and young drivers under 25 years of age. A also found some gaping, gaunt basements without any building materials beside them mute evidence of wiped out families.

Building materials were all that tornado victims were asked to See FLINT, Page 2, Col. 1 Winkelman's BuysGoulden Building Alvin S. Winkelman, of Winkelman's, 218 Huron avenue, said Saturday that his firm has pur chased the old Goulden family property at 216 Huron avenue from the estate of Mrs. Kathleen Bradley Calkins, Chicago. The property, now occupied by the United Shirt Distributors, is a three-story brick building with basement.

For the past ZVi years, the first floor has been occupied by the shirt firm and the second and third floors used by Winkelman's. WINKELMAN'S is operated here by Alvin S. Winkelman with Samuel and Cassius Winkelman, both of Osseo, as associates. The purchase was handled, by the W. L.

Cooper real estate firm. The price was not disclosed. This is the first sale of property! in this block of Huron avenue since 1935. This was also the last piece of! property of the Goulden family which once had numerous real estate holdings in the The building had been in the Goulden 73 degrees. early morning Promotion rn MONDAY LOW HIGH Deluge Routs 2,500 In Texas Towns Swamped By Runoff Waters Robstown, Aug.

31 AP--More than 2,500 persons are homeless along the swamped lower Texas coast as rising water from 10 days of deluge rains seeped into homes on the flat coastal plains. At least 2,000 were evacuated in this farming community of 8,000 about 17 miles west of Corpus Christi. Many spent their second night in emergency shelter. They were joined by new refugees late Sunday night as runoff from heavy afternoon thunder- showers rushed into the water bound towns. NUMBER of homeless increased as intermittent thunder-showers continued along the coast.

More rain was forecast. Steady west winds from the gulf drove moist air inland. Another town hard hit was Sin-ton, 28 miles north of Corpus Christi, where 450 were evacuated. The south Texas flood was no great danger to life because the water rose slowly. It spread over vast acreages and was trapped behind drainage ditch levees, railroad embankments and other obstructions.

Draining was slow. BRIDGE STICKS -SHIP STUCK It's the same old story with a new twist. Port Huron's dilapidated Tenth Street bridge is closed again. But this time it's closed to river traffic, rather than highway traffic. Thp SuHish frpiehter La.

holm, heading up stream toward Port Huron Sulphite Paper company docks, was forced to halt just short of the rusty old mechanism at noon today when bridge tenders were unable to get the thing open. The vessel is on the way to the Sulphite docks with a load of pulp. Headlines of Great Britain's cabinet is likely Minister Winston Churchill's at his 1950 that be was not a Communist if Undeterred By Heat1, Free Labor Rebuilds Flint Tornado Area Weatherman Sees Showers But No Break Winds Bring Some Relief Along Local River, Lake Shore A slight north wind stirred over Lake Huron shortly before noon today to perceptibly "coo!" shore residents. They "basked" in 86 degree' temperatures at noon while down town residents endured 94 degrees in breathless air. With no extended relief from the scorching weather" in sight, re strictions on lawn sprinkling by users of City water were ordered today by City Manager Jay F.

Gibbs. Lawns may be sprinkled only between 5 and 9 a.m. and 5 and 9 p.m. The reglations have been imposed to forestall "serious dif ficulty, Mr. Gibbs said.

CO-OPERATION of Supervisor Clarence J. Limberg, Part Huron Township, and Supervisor Guy I. Teeple, Fort Gratiot Township, has been asked to enforce the order in the townships. No restrictions were asked in Marysville, where water pumping systems also have been taxed, but City Manager William H. Lange asked residents to continue to water lawns during early morning and late evening hours in order to prevent a serious shortage there.

The Weather Bureau in Detroit today predicted 90-plus temper atures in the Blue Water District and lower Michigan with a high of 96 forecast. The temperature in Port Huron at noon was 94 degrees. Hope of brief, scattered showers in lower Michigan as well as other Lake states was offered today by the Bureau. But, if they come, they are expected only to add the further discomfort of humidity to heat plagued residents. NORTHERN Michigan residents were given the slight consolation that the temperatures would drop to the 80's today.

Thermometers hit 96 degrees in the Port Huron area and in southern Michigan Saturday and Sunday, wiping out previous records set in 1872 and in 1948. Where the hot sun has burned up lawns in cities and communities through the Blue Water District, it has proved a boon to farmers who were unable to get in their wheat because of wet weather and who watched oat and barley crops ripen while they struggled to harvest their wheat. Hot weather has ripened the crops and enabled farmers to harvest them. It also has been excellent corn ripening -weather. It was not known yet, what effect the weather might have had in curtailing tonnage of the second cutting of alfalfa which is ready for cutting.

THE FIRST DEATHS reported in any number since the torrid wave began throughout the nation came over the weekend from Pennsylvania where 17 deaths were attributed to the heat. Low humidity was given credit for holding down the death toll over the nation. Memphis Man Killed As Car Upsets Memphis, Aug. 31 Roman J. Kus, 33, suffered fatal injuries Sunday north of Armada, in Macomb County, when the car in which he was riding went off the road, hit a utility pole and overturned.

Mr. Kus. veteran of World War II, served in the U. S. Army from April, 1941 to October, 1945.

He was a member of Merrick Potter post, American Legion, Memphis Surviving are his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Kus, Memphis, and three brothers. Joseph, now in the U. S.

Army, and Arthur and Henry, both of Memphis. The remains are in the Barnard funeral home. Funeral arrangements are not comple'te. Rates Up car used for business remains classified as before with rates for this category the base for determining other rates. For adult drivers, the new schedules take into account the possible use of their cars going to and from work.

The lowest rates apply to those cars used solely for pleasure driving. A slightly higher rate is fixed for cars driven less than 10 miles on a one-way trip to work; still higher rates apply for vehicles driven more than 10 miles to work. Previously there was no distinction for private cars used for both pleasure driving and for traveling to work. Drivers going less than 10 miles to work will continue to pay the same, but drivers going more than 10 miles to work will pay 22 per cent more than now. The new schedules also break down young drivers into three groups, instead of carrying them in a single category.

The three groups include those under 25 living at home, childless married couples under 25, and young drivers with no family control. FOR THE FIRST group of youths there will be a 4 per cent reduction; but for the third group, considered the worst risks, there will be a sharp increase. The announcement indicated base rates generally will be unchanged, with slight rises in tonly a few western and mid- 'western states. Farmers, who now get a 15 per cent discount, will get, under the new plan, a 20 per cent discount below the rate applying to their classification. Dunn Optimistic New York, Aug.

31 AP James C. 'Dunn, ambassador to Spain, says the United States is "doing very well" in negotiations for U. S. air bases in Spain in return for American aid. Dunn made the statement to newsmen as he passed through here Sunday on a plane trip from Madrid to Washington.

Behind The A dispatch from the office of the Adjutant General, Department of the Army, has dimmed the hopes of Mr. and Mrs. Wesley A. Swinson, 2403 Twenty-sixth street, that their son, Pfc. Phillip Alcorn, 24, reported to have escaped from a Communist prison camp, is still alive.

North Ontario Forests Ablaze 3 Persons Killed; No Rain Sighted Toronto, Aug. 31 AP At least 115 fires raged through northern Ontario's parched timberlands today in one of the worst fire outbreaks in years. Twenty-two blazes are burning unchecked across a wide front and already have caused the deaths of two men and a boy. About 90 men were rescued by canoes and motor boats from an island in the North Bay district Sunday night as a big fire threatened to engulf two tourist camps. The Department of Lands and Forests said thousands of dollars worth of timber has been left stripped and blackened in the lush timber areas.

More than 1.200 firefighters, many of them flown to the fire area in an emergency move, were battling blazes in a heat wave that has swept the province and shot temperatures up to the mid-90s. Some of the fires were blamed on careless campers. TEMPERATURES IN THE the extreme fluctuating cycle a high of 96 degrees Sunday Reds Free 150 More Americans Exchange Due For 100 Others Tuesday Panmunjom, Korea, Aug. 31 AP Another 150 Americans, mostly sergeants and officers, were freed today amid indications the Communists may send back up to 500 more Americans than the 3,313: originally promised. The Reds also released 250 South Koreans on this twenty-seventh! day of the Korean war prisoner exchange.

The Communists promised to send back 400 prisoners Tuesday 100 Americans, 25 British, 20 Turks, 5 Australians and another 250 South Koreans. ONE OF THE BRITONS to be handed over Tuesday will be Lt. Col. James P. Carne, top-ranking British officer held by the Communists.

Carne, commander of a battalion of one of Britain's great fighting units the Gloucestershire regiment was captured in April, 1951, in the fierce Imjin river battle. The Communists, meanwhile, reaffirmed assurances they will return all Allied prisoners who want to go home including those ac-See PRISONERS, Page 2, Col. 6 Local Girl Polio Victim; Total Now 45 St. Clair County's forty-fifth polio victim of the year was reported today to Dr. C.

C. Benjamin, Director of the County Health Department. The latest victim is Margaret Taylor, 10, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter C.

Taylor, 731 Division street. She has a "very mild" Case and is at home. Dr. Benjamin said. Out of the 45 cases in the County this year, 35 have been reported since Aug.

3, Dr. Benjamin said. 2 STRICKEN IN HURON Larry Swartzendruber, 12, son of Mr. and Mrs. Omar Swartzen druber, Pigeon, and Melvin Parker, 26, Owendale, are the third and fourth polio victims of 1953 in Huron County.

Larry a seventh grade pupil in Pigeon Rural Agricultural school, was taken Sunday to Bay City General Hospital for treatment of an attack of bulbar type polio. Parker is in University Hospital, Ann Arbor. The extent of the attack has hot been determined. Where To Find It Classified ..13, 14, 15 Comics .12 District News ll, 16 Dr. Brady' .4 Editorial 6 Local News 7 Modern Marriage 6 Markets 16 Kadio .12 Society 8 Sports 9 Television ...12 Flint, Aug.

31 AP Flint is proud of itself and its neigh bors. In its northern outskirts stood 81 completed honies and 112 more in various stages of construction to prove hearts and hands can do much to erase the scars of tragedy. Those homes took an estimated 80,000 man hours of work all of it contributed Saturday and Sunday by volunteers. Beneficiaries were those who lost homes, and often loved ones, in a furious tornado that claimed 116 lives, injured nearly a thousand and made kindling wood of houses June 8. THE BUILDING bee as tagged "Operation Tornado," and workmen, skilled and amateur, flocked to the scene from many places.

Around 200 came from Detroit. A group from Muskegon chartered a bus to get to the job. When 4,500 turned to Saturday, they started on 111 houses at scratch. Some others already were partially up. They Vassar Gl In Latest Swap Group By The Associated Press Six more Michigan prisoners of war were returned ro freedom by the Communists in Korea Sunday night, bringing Michigan's total to 119 since "Operation Big Switch" started.

Those from Michigan among the 150 Americans freed Sunday night were: Sgt. 1c Robert Edwards, De-i troit. i Sgt Charles W. Legue, son of Mrs. Ruth Legue, RFD 2, Vassar.

Cpl. John K. Erickson, Alto. MSgt. Estes V.

McClain, Detroit. Sgt. 1c Gilbert E. Ream, Ravenna. Second Lt.

Edward L. Stickels, Holland. Egypt Accord Near Cairo, Egypt, Aug. 31 AP Britain and Egypt were reported near agreement today on evacuation of British troops from their big Suez Canal Zone installation and future western use of the base in the event of war. WEATHER OUTLOOK IV.

S. Weather Bureau Forecast! Pollen count: 1,862 Port Huron: Mostly fair, hot and humid today, tonight and Tuesday. Some change of scattered afternoon showers both days. South to southwest winds 8 to 12 miles per hour. Low tonight 70, high Tuesday 95.

Lower Michigan: Mostly fair, hot and humid tonight and Tuesday, with thundershowers possible tonight and Tuesday. Upper Michigan: Partly cloudy tonight and Tuesday with scattered thundershowers. Cooler west Tuesday afternoon. The sun sets today at 7:08 p. m.

and rises Tuesday at 5:57 a. m. The moon rises today at 11:08 p. m. and sets Tuesdav at 3:20 a.

m. HOURLY TEMPERATURES family since 1869. POSSIBLE RESHUFFLING When Huron avenue was a conclusion of talks at Prime street on the level with Black residence near Wendover. Anthony Head, Secretary of War, and river, the present basement of Harold MacMillan, Minister of Housing and Local Government, were the building was actually thejdue at the residence for dinner tonight. Two other government lead-ground floor.

When the street was ers spent the week end thcrei filled, second stories of buildings! in that area became the present IX FIGURES," was the brief comment of Air Force Capt. John IlTSt tlOOrS. a Tr rion infnrmoH Viic fnrmor wife nlanc tn marrv actor Highest Yesterday 96 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 p.m p.m. 96 94 92 90 89 88 87 p.m p.m p.m p.m 8 p.m 84 9 p.m 81 10 p.m 78 11 p.m 73 Midnight 75 Tom Neal. Captain Payton, former husband of motion picture actress Barbara Payton, was freed from Communist captivity today.

The handsome flier was shot down near Pyongyang May 30, 1952. "NO EXEMPTIONS," was the reply of Charles R. Sligh president of the National Association of Manufacturers, when asked if he would favor leaving out children's clothing from a uniform federal sales tax which the NAM is pushing. Sligh said the NAM favors a flat 4 or 5 per cent sales tax on all manufactured goods. BEN GOLD, fur workers union president, surrendered today in New York on a three-count indictment charging he lied when Prior to the United Shirt com pany occupancy, the building was used for many years by the Molljrj Reedy Apparel company.

Today's Chuckle The man who never makes a mistake probably gets his salary from one who does. swore in an affidavit in August,.