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iibF 14 Colic XJLJJ is Everybody Ira Broward County Reads THE Dai Inside The New The New Tear shivered onto a chilly stage over the weekend that the city police graded "A -plus" la conduct. In the quietest New Tear's holiday ia many years, only severn waffle accidents, resulting in two injuries, were recorded, and M.g'i final burglary was a vain effort. Story on page 2. Smile In The Newt WINNIPEG, Ma- AP) Fanner Peter Smnd Is S6S poorer today became on of his p't made a hog of itself. 8mud dropped his billfold In the plf pen.

The pig chewed tt before he could retrieve it. When he took the tattered money to the bank he was told it was of no value because the pig had eaten to much. He sold the hog to help offset the loss. ORT rxiLL KEA SEBTICE AND THE ASSOCIATED PRESS AND EVENING SENTINEL TELEPHOTO 20 Pages LIDA, MONDAY. JANUARY 3, 1949 0) lane rash MEMBER Dial i 0 i- si Cold Wave.

Hits Vegetable Fields Throughout State Crop Losses Estimated At 15 To 75 Percent In North Broward County Broward county farmers are expected to reap a rich reward from the cold wave that spread over Florida Saturday and Sunday, which, in some instances left entire fields of vegetables frozen and killed in its wake. Losses to crops in this county were estimated by County Agent at 25 percent for beans, 60 to 75 percent on cucumbers and i If 7 I I 1' mi V-VW 2 3711 FORT -sftw-js. 1 i Ulizzard Sivecpsr i DENVER. CT) A blizzard fanned out over the great plains today, leaving the eastern slopes of the Rockies blanketed by their heaviest snowfall of the winter. The storm struck with the greatest force in northern Colorado and southeastern Wyoming.

Winds of 45 miles an hour whipped the snow through the air, reduced visibility to zero and halted transcontinental motor travel. Two hundred motorists spent the night in the little northern Colorado town of Nunn. The storm swept most of Wyoming, eastern Colorado, western Nebraska and northeastern New Mexico last night, and moved eastward into Kansas during the night. Zone Ordinance Request Denied The city commission today refused to reopen the disputed zoning of lots in Idlewyld and Riviera subdivisions, south of Las Olas blvd between SE 26th and 25thi aves. By a 4 to 1 vote, the commission denied a plea by Robert G.

Ja-helka. architect, for a zoning ordinance change restoring transitional zoning to lots in block 12, Idlewyld. and block 9, Riviera. Commissioner Moe opposed the refusal, arguing Jahelka "should nave a hearing, at least. I SECRET SERVICE investigators inspect a complete counterfeiting outfit in Chicago after they cracked down on the ring which is believed to be responsible for the mass counterfeit money that circulated in Chicago during the holidays.

Four Japanese were arrested and charged with WAVE Marie P. Kelly of Philadelphia, was killed instantly when she walked into the whirling propeller of a B-24 bomber at the Anacos-tia Naval Air Station. The WAVE was on her way back to Florida at the time of the accident. Congress Set To Hear Truman Plans WASHINGT N. UPi' Tru man acuniaistration bids for push outton control 01 the House to day as the 81st Congress swings open doors under Democratic direction.

Hustled back Into a minority role. Republicans tried their hand again at the blocking tactics they learned in the lean GOP years from 1931 to 1946. Rep. Martin of Massachusetts. picking up again as minority leader after two years as speaker of the House the GOP-domin ated 80th Congress, called the House Republican steering com mittee together to discuss a poS' sible coalition with anti-adminis- tration Democrats.

THREAT OF TROUBLE This holds a threat of trouble for a proposal by Mr. Truman's friends, designed to give Demo cratic Speaker Rayburn Tex. broad powers to speed action on administration bills. The administration strategy looked simple: clear away any House road blocks to the broad social welfare program the Presi dent is expected to outline in his State of the Union Message Wed nesday, and fight out the issues finally in the Senate. Behind all this maneuvering for position was the almost certain knowledge that President Truman will throw a wide range of pro posals at Congress in a 30-mlnute personal appearance on Capitol Hill at 1 p.m., Wednesday.

No one had any doubt that the President will ask repeal of the Taft-Hartley labor law. a boost in the minimum wage, health, educa tion, anti-monopoly and housing legislation, firmer farm price sup ports and extension of the recipro cal trade program. His decision on a possible bid for higher taxes remained his own secret, as aid tne extent oi any allocation or price controls he might ask. School Hearing Starts Testimony in a petition for declaratory decree to rule on the legality oi tne sale of 23 acres of Holiday park land by the city to the school board is being heard today by a special master in chancery. C.

H. Landefeld, Hollywood attorney, named by the court for this purpose, has 30 days in which to file his recommendations. PRICE: FIVE CENTS squash, and 15 to 20 percent on lima beans, with other crops escaping serious dam age. Elsewhere in the state losses were complete in many sections. leaving- Broward County and a part of Palm Beach county as virtually, the sole source of winter vegetables in the nation.

Prices are expected to zoom upward as a result and G. B. Hogan, assistant director of the state farmers market, said that as a result local farmers may be expected to gain by as much as $1,000,000 in added profits. Before the cold wave vegetables had been in over-supply with 54 carloads remaining on the rail road tracks unsold in the 16 principal northern markets Friday. Earlier.

84 carlopds had re-mair-fd un.soU,on the ti'ecks. SITLilTION REVERSED This situation will now be sharply reversed with no beans or other vegetables available in the north for the next week. Prices, received by farmers be fore the cold wave, were not sufficient to pay for the picking and hampering costs and fanners here faced ruin. J. L.

Warren, manager of the Pompano market, said today that the prices could not be expected to soar upward today inasmuch as buyers would be dubious about ths quality of the vegetables, but he added that an increase of as much as $2 per hamper could be expected by Wednesday or Thursday. Last quotations showed beans selling at $2.60 per bushel, squash at $2.25. cucumbers at $6.50 and eggplants at $8.25. Okra sold at $6.00 and field peas at $2.35. The market will open again this afternoon but volume is not ex pected to be great.

INCREASED SHIPMENTS Lawton declared that despite the frost and freeze the shipments of beans from here is expected to increase ratner than decrease during the next month. He stated, also, that plantings, would prCb-ably be increased because of the freeze. The southern portion of Punr Beach county, Broward county and the northern portion of Dade county were the only areas in the siate to escape from the general freeze and frost which killed crops at Lake Okeechobee and in Martin, St. Lucie and Volusia counties nearly 100 percent. Lawton pointed out that the worst damage done here was to unirrigated fields.

Farmers who were able to run water into their cultivated areas saved most of their crops. Smudge pots and brush fires were also called into use as farmers spent entire nights in emergency measures looking to the saving of their crops. Smoke from the fires covered hundreds? of nrr of land and was mistaken for fog by early morning motorists. Weather forecasts today indicate warmer weather in all districts with clear to partly cloudy skies Tuesday. Another cold snap is expected in north Florida Thursday.

War planes Bomb Jewish Quarters JERUSALEM. (JP Jerusalem was bombed by unidentified war-planes last night bringing a new" threat of Jewish retaliation against Cairo. There were two raids. At least five persons were injured in the first, when three bombs were dropped on a densely populated Jewish quarter. Another raid came three hours later.

No details were available but two explosions were heard. An Israeli spokesman said in Tel Aviv that if the bombers proved to be Egyptian, the raid would be sufficient reason for the Jewish air force to strike at Cairo. FLIER KILLED LEESBURG. LV) An airplant stunt pilot died when his converted Navy trainer crashed into a swamp five miles north of Lees-burg Saturday night. The pilot.

Leon Geer, 24, was practicing; for LAUDERDALE, ET1 Shanghai Council rkaiies reaee To End Warfare NANKING JP) Peace talk, sweeping all China like wildfire. was brought into the open Sunday at a dinner given by Gen. Chiang Chih-chung. cabinet member, for several hundred educators and public officials. (In Shanghai the city council openly petitioned the Communists for a cease fire order and dis cussions of peace.

The plea went to Yenan. Communist capital, in a radio message. Other Chinese city and provincial governments were asked by the Shanghai coun cil to join in the peace efforts.) While the Nanking officials feasted, some Nationalist generals in north China were believed by many sources to be trying to ef fect a separate peace agreement with the Communists besieging Peiping and Tientsin. PEACE EFFORTS Associates of General Chang, minister without portfolio, said the dinner was "in celebration of his efforts toward peace." Chang declined to discuss poli tics at the dinner but urged his guests to "forget this situation and enjoy the food and drink." Another speaker at the dinner. 01 uiuverbiiy.

saiu. we are an ncic because we want peace." i Seated with Chang was Shao Li-tze. former ambassador to Mos cow, who has been linked with Chang in the group which is urg ing immediate peace in China. Significantly present at the dinner were a number of Nationalist Army officers, including the gov eminent military spokesman Gen. government's Central News Agency, and government spokes- c.

T-l J5t 01111-1 OSSCU OCSLH Endanger Tanker MIAMI An American vessel stood by a crippled British tanker wallowing in storm-tossed iseas 60 miles north of Cartagena Colombia, early today apparently (awaiting daylight before attempt ling rescue operations. That, at least, was the Coast Guard explanation for the complete radio silence which followed earlier reports the tanker Adellen was "in trouble, with decks awash and no power." The Coast Guard said the seas were extremely heavy and it might cost the lives of several men to attempt rescue work in the dark. THE WEATHER Fair and warmer tbis afternoon and tonight, continued warm and fair Tuesday. Moderate southeasterly winds todav becoming moderate to fresh southeast to south winds Tuesday. TEMPERATURE REPORT a.m., 65 9 a.m..

67; 10 a.m., 69; 11 a.u., 70; 12 noon, 71; 1 p.m., 73. TUESDAY'S TIDES (Port Everglades inlet) High tides, a.m., p.m. ow tides, 4:57 a.m., 5:36 p.m. MINIMUM TEMPERATURE for the 24-hour period ended at 7:30 a.m. today was 52.

MAXIMUM TEMP -ftATURE for the 24-hour period ended at 7:30 a.m. to day was 63. FLO 3 38th Year. No. 97 Measure" Proposed Acton To Ban Juvenile Bayers An ordinance prohibiting the use of ninball machines or other coin-operated game devices by persons under 17 years of age was placed on first reading today by city commissioners.

The act, patterned after an ordinance adopted in Miami Beach last month, makes the owner of an establishment responsible if the Dinball machine is Played by anyone 16 years old or younger, unless the player fc accompanied by a parent or guardian. The maximum penalty is a $300 fine or imprisonment for 90 days. Juvenile Judge Davis had asked the commission to pass the ordinance. He called the pinball devices "Juvenile slot machines" and said many school children were using all their lunch money playing them. The attraction of the machines has caused an increase in truancy among youngsters in school, the Judge said.

Commissioners delayed passage cf the act to give merchants or others interested an opportunity for a hearing before the ordinance is enacted on third reading. DRUNKOMETER BILL A proposed ordinance legalizing the use of the "drunkometer" to determine alcoholic content in the blood of persons arrested for intoxication or drunk--driving was Placed on second reading with Commissioner Newsham voting "no." Commissioners again designated The Daily News as the official newspaper for the city legal notices and renamed Joseph E. Phillips as the city's official certified public accountant. An ordinance prohibiting parking on SE Third ave. between SE Second st.

and Is Olas and another restoring two-way traffic in the block were placed on second reading by a 3 to 2 vote, with Commissioners Moe and Newsham dissenting. The traffic regulation changes scheduled for final approval next week, were reouested by business people in the block. Ribbomvriter Sues On Patent Rights Suit charging false representations as to patent rights and ownership was entered in circuit court Saturday by the Ribbon- writer corp: of America against Auan uonradt for $150,000 damages. The company also entered suit for an injunction against Conrad. Anne Ahrens, and Harry Atwood seeding to restrn tnem from alleging tny interest 'in or title to either the plan or the patent rights of the company, which now operates a plant at Dania for the manufacture of a typewriter at tachment for making duplicate copies.

According to the suit the com pany purchased all rights, title, and interests to the patent from the Atwood Engineering co. and Conrad, who as manager of a syndicate which was originally formed to manufacture and market the machine. Anne Ahrens is named for allegedly representing herself as owner of the name "Rib-N-Rite" under which the machine is marketed. Rczoning Ordered In Las Olas Suit A final decree against the city of Ft. Lauderdale in' the longstanding zoning suit brought by G.

Smith, as owner of lots seven and eight in Colee Hammock, was handed down today in circuit court. The suit charged that the lots, located on Las Olas were unjustly zoned for single family residences only and asked that they be re-zoned by the city for use as apartment house or hotel sites. In ruling for the plaintiff the court ordered that the property be rezoned for these purposes and ordered the city to pay the costs of the action, according to Saunders, attorney for the plaintiff. Hope Fades For Plane MIAMI. Hope was abandoned today for survivors of a charter airliner which disappeared last Tuesday with 32 persons aboard enroute from San Juan Puerto Rico, to Miami.

The Coast Guard announced discontinuance of the "large scale" search for the missing DC-3 at sundown last night. Delayed jus Baby Wins 19 19 Sweepstakes The first baby born In Broward county in 1949 is a young man, son of Sir. and Mrs. Gilbert Moates of Ojus. Master Moates was several hours behind the New Year, with his arrival clocked at 8:37 p.

m. Saturday, at Hollywood bospitaL Justice triumphed at Broward General hospital on Sun-clay morning as Municipal Judge and Mrs. G. Earl James, 1232 Miami rd. became the proud parents of rt.

Lauderdale's first 1949 Another boy. following Bobby, 4, and Fick.i;'l8 months, the judre said that tbis profusion of males has temporarily left the family short of names, so for the time being, he will be just "Junior." Police Probe Visitor's Death HALLANDALE One woman is dead and her husband is in a very serious condition" at Hoi lywood hospital, police here reported today, with the cause of the woman's death and her hus band's condition as yet "undeter mined." Police refused to give any details on the cause of death pending completion of the inves tigation. The couple has been identified as Mr Mrs. Edward J. Mc Guirk, Orange, N.

J. He was a former mayor of Lavalette, N. J. Mrs. McGuirk, about 55, and her husband, 59, were discovered about 10 an.

today in their cot tage at the St. Louis cottage courts. Federal hwy- by Mrs. Gilbert, wife of Municipal Judge Gilbert, owner of the court, Mrs. Gilbert said she rented the cottage two days ago to the Mc-GuirkS' who were to vacate at noon today because of previous reservations.

She stated she nad not seen the couple this morning and when she went to the cottage to determine if they would vacate by noon, there was no response to knocks on the door. After attempting unsuccessfully to arouse the couple, Mrs. Gilbert entered the cottage and found the man and woman. Police Chief Bush, Lt. Howell, Patrolman Jones, Coroner Shep- ard.

and Constable Ingalls are conducting the investigation. CITRUS RUSH LAKELAND. The big rush was on today to get Florida citrus to northern markets while the prices still remained high because of the 10-day shipping holiday which ended at midnight." Kills Returning Yale Students Victims of Disaster SEATTLE. iJPi A transport plane loaded with Yale University students crashed and exploded seconds after its takeoff last night, killing at least 14 of the 30 persons aboard. Fifteen survived the crash.

One person was not accounted for early today. Twenty seven Yale students from Washington and Oregon had chartered the DC-3 from Seattle Air Charter, a non-scheduled operator, to take them back to New Haven. after the holidays. The other, three aboard were crew members. The plane roared down an icy runway just at 10 p.m.

Tn feet off the ground it faltered, struck the ground and crashed into the end of Boeing airplane company experimental hangar. Lynn Brown, a Boeing field em ploye, estimated trie plane was going 80 to 100 miles an hour when it struck the hangar revet ment and burst into flames. "I ran over to the burning plane and helped some of the fellows who were on the ground there," Brown said. "Others from the crashed plane were runnjng around crazily and I helped qihet them. "I saw, one man with his hair on fire, screaming and moaning." IMPACT SPLITS PLANE The impact and explosion split the right side of the plane.

Some escaped by scrambling through the broken fuselage; others through the door. Firemen struggled to attach cables to the battered plane so it could be hauled from the hangar, where a new Boeing Stratocruiser stood loaded with 2,000 gallons of gasoline. They pulled loose the tail section and rear fuselage portion. Dut tne front part was jammed a charred mass against the revetment. Hours after the wreck rescuers still were removing burned bodies and trying to identify victims.

Thirteen were taken to hospitals after the crash, several badly burned. Some left the scene unaided, adding to difficulty of determining the number killed. Flood Waters Recede In East NEW YORK. CP) Danger points had passed today as flood waters continued to recede after rampaging on a New Year's spree through many sections of several northeastern states. At least five persons died.

Health officials warned of the danger of water pollution as west' em New England dug out in the wake of floods which took three lives and caused property damage in the millions. Freezing weather stopped the rising river waters in Massachusetts, Connecticut and Vermont. Broken water mains, however, created new pollution ana lire nazards. Some New England highways still were closed because of water damage, but motor and rail routes generally were back to normal iviauy iNew jngiana iamiues were ariven irom their homes, and some business concerns and scnoois were closed. Return of Aquatic Forum Assured The national collegiate aquatic forum will return to Ft.

Lauder- aaie next winter and for many years to come. That was the message to the city commission today from Wil liam S. Merriam, chairman of the Collegiate Coaches Swimming As sociation forum committee, who said "we are happy to accept the invitation of Mayor Bryan to re turn next winter and "we want to stay as long as we can." Merriam said the committee wants a continuing agreement to cover all future forums, and there by avoid annual negotiations. De tails of the pact are being worked out, City Manager Roberts said. Rock Firm Appeals Suit Notice of appeal to the United States court of appeal in New Orleans was formally served upon R.

R. Saunders, attorney for Port Everglades today in the case of the Port Everglades Rock co. against the port. The suit seeks to enjoin the port authority from further dredging operations and asks $5,000 damages. Real Estate Sales LH UU I IV iTIllilUll 1 From 1947 Figure Real estate activity continued into 1949 at a rapid clip during the week ending Saturday despite the holiday interruptions as sales mounted to $511,500 according to the weekly report of the Ft.

Lau Jerdale Board of Realtors. This amount represented a drop Tom the previous week but surpassed the same week of last year. -hen $438,000 was the total. Sales or the year fell just below the $15,000,000 mark and lacked approximately $2,000,000 of equaling 1.947's total. Building permits for the week ere $149,955 and moitgages.

in-sluding purchase money, refinancing, and couctruction loans, were S327.019. LARGEST -SALE Largest single sale of the week as that of a residence at the corner of N. 16th ave. and Tyler st. in Hollywood by Leon M.

Hirsch and wife to Henry and Robert Steinhouser for $40,000. Two duplexes at 1112 NE 16th ave. in. Ft. Lauderdale brought 33.000 when sold by Mr.

and Mrs. John Tyler to Ethel G. Shupe: rnd a residence at 430 Royal Fiaza was sold by Joseph C. Markley to Harold Warp for Also in Hollywood, where the biggest activity for the week was ecorded, was the sale of property on the corner of 14th ave. and Van Buren st.

by Frank T. Sherwood and wife to W. C. Ault and wife for $25,000. Florida Pilot Missing JACKSONVILLE.

A Florida air national guard pilot was missing today after his P-51 fighter plane plunged into the Atlantic ocean near the mouth of the St. Johns river. Lt. Col. William D.

Haviland, commanding officer of the 159th fighter squadron, said the flier, Lt. William G. Wyatt, was on a routine mission when the crash occurred. i Transitional zoning would haveTeng Wen-yi. high officials of the created an R-3 apartment zone on1 lots 32 and 31 in the Idlewyld block and lots 13 and 12 in thejman Shen Chang-huan Riviera block.

The commission THE WORLD TODAY NEWS BUIXETESS Broward Delegation to Attend Warren Inaugural Ceremonies zoned lots 32 and 13 for duplexes and lots 31 and 12 for single- family homes. Jahelka represents an owner who seeks to build an apartment on the two Idlewyld lots. city. Broward will share in the "big parade" set to precede the inauguration by a float depicting a dragline at work upon drainage projects. The float was donated by the county, which advanced $1,000 to the cause, and by the various cities in the county.

Members of the county commission, all local members of the governor's staff and a host of his supporters from here will be present. Warren, before election, promised that "everyone" would be Invited to his inauguration, adding that citizens also would find a warm welcome awaiting them at his office after the event. Warren has already taken over the gubernatorial mansion from Caldwell who. with his family, moved out today to make way for; Warren and his sister. Alma.

The ceremonies will be broadcast over WFTL direct from Tal lahassee beginning at 11:30 rn, i CLOSED SHOP BAN HELD LEGAL WASHINGTON. The Supreme Court today up held, state laws banning closed shops. Under a closed shop contract, only union workers can be hired. Once on the payroll, they must remain in good standing with the union or lose their jobs. Today's decision was given in attacks by the American Federation of Labor and others on bans adopted in Arizona, Nebraska, and North Carolina.

During argument of the case the court was told that similar restrictions have been enacted in 13 other states, including Florida. GOP REBELLION CRUSHED WASHINGTON. UP) The Senate's Republican "old guard" today crushed a rebellion by self-styled "liberal" GOP senators, paving the way for reelection of Senator Taft of Ohio as the party's policy leader. Senator Tobey R-NH told reporters the vote was 29 to 13 to change the rules and permit Taft's re-election. The rule reported to have been changed prevented the Ohioan's continuance as policy leader because he has held that post four years.

A large delegation of Broward county residents will be present at the inaugural celebration planned in Tallahassee tomorrow when Fuller Warren takes over the reins of state from Gov. Millard Caldwell. The Ft. Lauderdale high school band and the drum and bugle corps of the William C. Morris post.

no. 36. American Legion will accompany the host of local dignitaries who attend the ceremonies. Sen. George Leaird.

and John Burwell and T. E. David will be present, as will W. E.unch, who managed Warren's Broward county election campaiKn. TheV giant celebration will in clude la barbecue with 27.000 pounds of meat to be served to guests Other activities include decora tion oft the builAngs within the the national air show to be held in Miami, Jan.

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