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Monday, February 13, 1950 THi SHREVEPORT TIMES 11 Eye-Witness Accounts Told By Airmen Hurt in Tornado Former Ark Solon Dies KTDS HI KCNBC II kwD 5 kwN KENT 1530 KC MBS IBM WATTS KRAID ISM KC ABO WATTS KRMD-FM KM MC KWKH 11M KC CBS M.M WATTS KWKH-FfJ MC Several Barksdale men being treated yesterday at the base hospital were able to give varying eyewitness accounts of the tornadoes much as possible. When an ambulance came to take Pfc. Scurlock to the base hospital, he assisted more seriously injured airmen into MONDAY MORNING which struck the quartermaster iXhe ambulance and climbed into a denot. truck. He is being treated for Une of ine most unusual 01 inese snzm injuries at tne base hosDitaL came from an air policeman pvt.

Benjamin G. Taylor. 20. ne- although severely injured, refused jgr0f of New 0rleanSt who wag in hospitalization until he could help moss hail at th timo ctn- unsnarl traffic congestion which struck, gave this account of what waa UKia Beta lu he saw. "I heard a noise, looked Washington.

Feb. 12 UFi. Former Rep. Tilman Bacon Parks, 77. of Arkansas, died here today after a short illness.

Parks served eight terms tn the house, from 1920 until 1938 when he retired. He was taken to a hospital Friday suffering from internal hemorrhage which caused his death. Parks represented the seventh Arkansas district. His forme? home was at Camden. He studied at the University of Texas and the University of Virginia.

He served in the Arkansas general assembly In 1901. 1903 and 1909 and was presidential elector at large on the Democratic ticket in 1904. He was prosecuting attorney of the eighth Arkansas judicial circuit from 1914-1918. Funeral services have not been arranged. iijiiiimiiiiminii i ill JU I I i i i.im n.

iu.nn, im I Hr' I I Av 1 'Jmd -sfA out the window and saw a jeep in mid-air going backwards. I turned around to point it out to a buddy just as the windows crashed in. We hit the floor and started crawling toward the kitch-' en when a large tray rack fell on us. I stayed buried until it was over, and when I took stock up there was nothing over me but sky." He is being treated for possible fracture of the right shoulder and cuts and bruises. pick up the injured.

He is Pfc. Edwin J. MacNa-mara, 21, of the 301st Air Police squadron. He was being transferred to the Barksdale base hospital by automobile when he saw that ambulances en route to the depot were being tied up by traffic. He got out of the automobile at a corner in Cedar Grove and began directing traffic, staying on the job until relieved by city policemen.

Pfc. Kirby F. Wainwright, 21, of When asked about his actions jhis in the barracks when he later, he commented "That's mv You'll Hear These at New Broadcast Time Beginning Today saw a tree thrown against the barracks, "roots and all," he said. He got up and helped as many persons as he could to get out -of the barracks. He received minor cuts on one arm.

Capt. Salvatore Pelle, base public information officer, said that the 91st reconnaisance group and the 301st bomb group received storm warnings before noon yesterday, and called in all available personnel to tie down all, planes on the base, He gave the following account Job:" of the storm at the depot: "I looked out a mess hall window and saw my jeep moving. When I went outside to put the brake on I was picked up by the wind and the next thing I knew I was lying in a ditch." At the base hospital he In being treated for a possible skull fracture and lacerations of the head. MacN'amara is from Philadelphia, Pa. Pfc.

E. Scurlock, 25, negro, of 5:00 Ark-La-Tex Trad. Post. New JubUe New Trading. Pott :30 Ark-La-Tex Jubilee Trad.

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Davis, News News. Gearhart I I 1:15 ISDorts Final Dancinx Party Ted Malon Mindy Carson iHayride Hit Parade Dancing Party Gems for Thot portfolio :45 IHayride Hit Parade Dancing Party Network Orch. Rhythm Sc Reason 11 :00 Hayride Hit Parade Mutual Orch. New SINK New Midnight I :15 Hayride Hit Parade Mutual Orch. Special I :30 1130 Club Mutual Orch.

Midnight Special :43 1130 Club Mutual Orch. Midnight Special News 1130 Club SINI SINS I 1130 Club I 1130 Club AS 1130 Club 1 1:00 New Ts Sm :00 AIRMEN HAD JUST COMPLETED their noon meal and filed out of the mess hall (above) when the tornado struck the depot. Ten men were in the mess hall when it struck, but only one was injured. Above, airmen begin clearing the debris at the battered remains of the mess hall. (Times photo by Langston McEachern.) v.

East St. Louis, 111., reported that he was in the day room at the Sgt. Claude S. Riche. 91st Air quartermaster depot when he police squadron, was lounging in heard the wind come up.

barracks at Slack Air Fnrr looked upT he said, in time to see the windows pop out. He received cuts from the flying glass. When the wind died down he left the building to wash the blood from the cuts, then went to the mess hall, which had been wrecked by the storm. The men he found lying in the debris of the mess hall told him that they had seen an empty military police barracks opposite the mess hall picked up by the wind and slammed against the mess hall. He assisted the injured men as base when the tornado struck at 12:43 p.m." He said it sounded like "a train coming." Sgt.

Riche said he crawled under his bunk when the building began vibrating. That was the last" he remembered until he regained consciousness. Sgt. Riche said, "I 'was on the ground with lumber across my chest and face and a footlocker across my knees. People were trying to dig me out of the debris when I awoke." The sergeant, bruised slightly, assisted with rescile work at the depot.

U4 I -AEjT i- iiirmnmrnifaii r- Joint Return Best for Man, Wife You May Save Some Money By Picking Right Tax Form Etex Man Dies PERRY MASON Is that daring and romantic private detective who's out for thrills and excitement I Follow this smooth, sophisticated sleuth trj Manaav through Fridftr. Keep your 1:15 P. M. At Linden Home By ALEXANDER R. GEORGE But remember that a return Is not joint unless it is signed by Linden, Feb.

12 (Special). Washington, Feb. 12 (). Thou R. B.

(Bernice) Morris, 61, died at his home in Linden last night, following a two-week illness. sands of income taxpayers can save money and trouble by using the kind of tax return that best He was the son of the late Mr. suits their needs. Most married taxpayers will and Mrs. John S.

Morris of Linden and nephew of Lon Morris, philan- the board of stewards of the Methodist church for 40 years and had been tiler in the Linden Masonic lodge for 31 years. Ijlected President Of Yale University New Haven, Feb. 12 W). Alfred Whitney Griswold, 43-year-old history professor, was elected today as president of historic Yale university. His appointment was announced by President Charles Seymour, who has reached the mandatory retirement age of 65.

He will relinquish his post July 1. A student health service was organized at the University of Arkansas in 1923. tnropist for whom Lon Morns col want to make a joint return. For nine out of 10 couples, the tax will be smaller or as small if they use both husband and wife. At the top of page 1 of a joint, return, you list names of husband and wife.

For example, "Henry R. and Mary G. Brown." Both Henry Brown and Mary Brown must sign at the bottom of the return, which includes all the exemptions, income and deductions of both. In a joint return the tax is figured on a "split-income" basis. This in effect divides the family income in half.

You pay a tax lege at Jacksonville, Texas, was named. a joint return instead of a sepa rate return. A NEW BUICK was battered and damaged by flying debris at the air force depot by the tornado yesterday. It and the car to its rear were shoved about 25 feet by the winds. Lines of trucks in the motor park were swept about like toys by the tornado.

(Times photo by Langston McEachern.) He is survived by a brother. W. J. Morris of Dallas; a sister, Mrs. A one-income couple can make a joint return.

However, both hus PC. -'V'x band and wife must sign it even Myra Mills of Burkburnet. Texas; a half-brother, Alonzo Morris of Linden, a half-sister, Mrs. Eugenia If only one has income. For many taxpayers, single as Hooper of Terminal, Texas, and well as married, it is important on each half.

hisiepmother, Mrs. Olive Morris of. Linden. Funeral services will be held at also to select the kind of return form which is tax-saving for them, or easier to fill out. There are three different forms 2 p.m.

tomorrow at the Linden Methodist church, with the Rev. Horace Dunlap, pastor, Suppose your taxable income Is $4,800. With a joint return the tax is figured on half of $4,800 or $2,400, and then multiplied by two. It's Cheaper that way since the tax on two $2,400 incomes is smaller than the tax on one $4,800 income. That's because tax rates are lower on the first $2,400 than on the second $2,400 of a $4,800 in 1040A, short form 1040 and long form 1040.

Why certain kinds of taxpayers should use one of the Masonic Rraveside services will be conducted In the Linden cemetery. Funeral arrangements are under direction of Fant funeral home. TUNE IN THE Crustene Ranch Gang STARRING Morris had been a member of other Of these forms will be explained in several articles of this series. A joint or a separate return may be made on any of the three forms. come.

For persons of low income the tax saved by making a joint return is little or nothing at all. For those iiv the middle group the sav (THE WORD IS CDDf tniun THE RUSS MORGAN SHOW ings are sizeable and for persons of large income they are very substantial. 9 WW ml Under the tax table on short form 1040 the tax on a one-income couple's income of $3,500 is the same, $327, on joint and separate returns. If the one-income couple's income is $3,600, the tax is $2 less on the joint return. MA PERKINS proves that living-by the Oolden Rule brings happiness to tha folks Of Ruthville Center.

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