The Daily Tribune from Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin • Page 1

TIIK WKATIIKK For Wisconsin: Clearing and fold tonight. Sunday cloudy, Know norllt niul over Miiulh by evening Diminishing wimht. Drive With CARE Don't Take CHANCES Local weather fuctH for 21 hoiirN preceding 7 a.m.: Maximum 31; minimum Precipitation .211. iffy 8 PA RJ Thirty-Sixth Year No. 11,215 Wisconsin Rapids, Saturday, January 14, 19.10 Single Copy Fiv Cent mm CONST UC I VE" picas Parafroop Is Killed in Plane Crash lidbir Air Frc PKTKNWKIX I.KANUI' Clear, ing of timber from the frozen ur-fare of I'etenwell lake is proceeding rapidly with a force of 672 men presently engaged in the work of rut tin IrimniiiiK and burning.

Of the approximately 6,600 acres requiring clearing when the project began in December, ahmit half have been covered, and it ia exM'cled that the remainder will he cleared by February 1, weather permitting. Louis Ashworth, Friendship, ia directing the operations udng about half of the working force in one big crew along the east fringe of the lake and the balance of the men divided into eight crews on the west Hide. The recti are being cut off flush with the ice, 10 feet below the level to which the lake will ultimately he filled. Ah nhown in the picture at the right, the trees are felled with power Haws, the first cut being made several feet f. I rA 1 4 0 hove the ice after which the stump sawed off.

When a tree has been cut into several length by the Haw, the trimming crews go to work with axes (picture immediate he-low) to lop off all branches. Then the refuse in burned in large piles on the ice (bottom picture), with the bigger logs being hauled away by truck. The lake is fro.en to an average depth of 11 inches, ho recent thaws have not impeded the cutting operations. Though the wcrk began in December, the crews did not reach full strength until this week. (Tribune Staff l'hotos).

Mr' 1 f' map r. A SCENE OF FATAL ACCIDENT Wreckage of the truck in which Lester G. Moore, 31, W'aunau, wu killed when the vehicle struck a moving freight train at an Auhurndale crossing Friday evening is shown above. In the background. Wood county sheriff's officers remove (Mire's body from the debris.

It was the first fatal traffic accident of 1950 in Wood county. Property damage was estimated at about $5,000. (Tribune Staff Photo) Auburndale Crossing Crash Costs Life or Truck Driver A qrC 3f" i (,... His head nearly severed, a Wau-sau man was killed at 6:55 Friday evening when the truck he was driving crashed into the side of a Soo Line freight train at a railway crossing "In the village of Auburn-dale. Fatally injured was Lester G.

Moore, 31, of Wausau, driver of the truck owned by the Gateway Liquor company of Green Bay. His death was the first in an accident in Wood county this year. Undersheriff Arthur M. Boll said Blows Over fornia and northern Nevada reeled from the impact of the blustery weather. At least 5 deaths, attributed to the storm were reported in Washington.

Blizzard conditions' were foreeast for Montana and Wyoming. The storm hit western Montana last night, with strong winds and blow- ties such as cotton, wheat, corn, tobacco, soy beans, dried lx-ans and other grains. Since these, can be held for long periods, it is unlikely they will be given away. Under the law, the munitions board and other government agencies which might exchange the products for materials not produced in this country will get first choice. Next in line are federal-state school lunch programs, the bureau of Indian affairs, federal, stale and local public welfare agencies, and private welfare agencies operating in this country and its territories.

Last on the priority list nro private welfare agencies assisting the needy abroad. Commodities distributed abroa would have to lie given away free of charge. hj 4 Goal Diggers May Not Heed Back-to-Work Plea Rodney Toepel One of 13 Dead; Five Survive An unexplained crash of an air force glider training plane at Lawson airbase, near Fort brought death to Pvt. Itodney It. ToeiKsl, 17, son of Mr.

and Mrs. George Robinson, G20 Lincoln street, and 12 of Uncle Sam's topflight rough and ready fighting men Friday afternoon. According to the Associated Press five of the 17 men aboard the glider survived yesterday's crash, but one of the survivors died of injuries early today. Three of the remaining four survivors are in critical condition at the Lawson air force base hospital. Instructor Killed Among the victims were 11 student paratroopers ready for their final exam hitting the silk in one more jump.

Also killed were a ser geant instructor and the glider's pi lot, Second Lt. Robert D. Henley of Columbia, Mo. The glider, one of two released by a C-82 tow plane, was settling on the runway normally when, witnesses reported, one wing dipped sharply and struck the ground. Another witness reported the glider hit the runway, bounced into the air and began to disintegrate.

Debris and bodies were scattered over 700 feet of the runway. Paratroop Training Capt. A. C. Parker of the infantry training center public information office said 15 of the men, including the Wisconsin Rapids youth, were taking glider training in conjunction with their six weeks' training as paratroopers.

The students all were, members of Company airborne battalion. Rodney Toepel was born at Marsh-field on February 18, 1932, and came to Wisconsin Rapids at the age of six, attending the local schools and graduating from Lincoln High school with the class of 1949. He enlisted in the air force at the local recruiting office late last summer and received paratrooper training at Fort Riley, prior to being transferred to Fort Benning. Survivors Listed Besides his mother and stepfather he is survived by three half brothers, Harold Robinson, Wisconsin Rapids; Wayne and Donald Robinson, Lady-smith. Arrangements are being made by the Krohn and Berard Funeral home for returning the body here for funeral services and burial early next week.

Extension on Filing of Taxes Washington Because January 15 comes on Sunday this year, 1949 income tax estimates due to be filed on that date will be accepted up to midnight Monday. The 24-hour extension of the filing deadline was announced today by the internal revenue bureau. Several million persons are affected, but the great majority of taxpayers, whose full tax is withheld can ignore the date. Those affected are: 1. Farmers who received over $600 income in 1919 but prefer to wait until the January 31-March 15 period to make their tax payments.

They can declare now, pay any time up to March 15. A new law provides, however, that farmers who are going to make a final return and payment by January 31, finishing up income tax duties and payments that early, may skip the January 16 date. 2. Other persons whose tax is not covered by withholdings, if they have not yet filed the required declaration or wish to change earlier estimates to avert the penalty for declarations that are more than 20 per cent. 1949 Births Near 900 Mark in City Wisconsin Rapids' population continued to grow during 1919, as 897 births were recorded here, an increase of 60 over the 1948 total.

Vital statistics for the year, as compiled by Ir. F. X. Pomainville, city health officer, also showed an increase in number of deaths, 171 as against 138 tlw previous year. The number of marriages in the city during 1919 showed a decline from previous post war years, numbering 150 compared with 199 in 1918.

For the month of December, Dr. Pomainville reported 78 births, 19 deaths and eight marriages. Contagion during the month included 66 cases of chicken pox, three of measles, and one each of scarlet fever, whooping' cough and infantile imialysis. Reds Seize U.S. Sector In Peiping Washington The state de partment mnounced today that the Chinese Communists are seizing U.S.

government consular property at Peiping. It said the United States is re calling "all American official personnel from Communist China." Chinese Communist police and civilian officials, the announcement said, "invaded the American consu lar compound" against angry American protests at a.m. January 14 China time. There are 36 American official personnel in Peiping, including Con- sol General O. kdmund Clubb.

Communications with this group have not been interrupted so far. The 36 had not been arrested at the time the announcement was made. There are 135 American officials and dependents throughout Com munist China at Peiping, Tietsin, Shanghai, Tsingtao and Nanking. In addition there are an estimat ed 3,000 non-official American citizens in Communist China, and the state department announced: "Any facilities for evacuation from China which are arranged for our official personnel will be made available for all American citizens who desire to depart." Assistant Secretary of State Walton Butterworth said of the recall order, "no one can keep representatives in a foreign country if the foreign country does not wish them to be there." Butterworth said there are four American compounds buildings or groups of buildings enclosed by a wall in Peiping and that the American personnel had been forced out of one of them and into another adjoining. Divers Begin Study on Plan To Lift Sub Chatham, England IT) Divers and frogmen plunged today to the grave of the submarine Truculent, sunk with a loss of 65 men, to find out the best way of raising it to the surface.

An admiralty spokesman said salvage might take days or even months. It depends on whether the hulk will hold enough air to make it buoyant, or whether it must be lifted with pontoons. How many of the 55 missing bodies still are inside the broken wreck remained unanswered. Some of the 15 survivors estimated as many as 40 of the 80 aboard spewed out through the escape hatches into the icy waters of the Thames estuary. Many were known to have been swept away on the tide.

So far 10 bodies have been found floating on the sea. The sub sank after a collision with the Swedish tanker Divina Thursday night. A naval board of inquiry held a brief secret session this morning to organize its investigation. "We are still working on in spite of the official anouncement that no hope can be entertained," a naval officer said. He meant that salvage operations will not be slowed in any way because of the statement that no one still in the ship could be alive.

Housewife Helps Police Nab Thief Beloit A self-styled "frightened" housewife helped police Friday night to apprehend a youth who, they said, admitted 11 burglaries in the last month. Police Chief Robert W. lilumer said the youth, Jerry Simplot, ,18, of South Beloit, would be charged with breaking and entering. The housewife, Mrs. Mildred Harris, left a dinner party early, telling her hostess "there have been so many burglaries I would be afraid to go into the house later." As she walked into her home and switched on the lights she bean! the crash of a basement window.

Without hesitating, she snapped off the light, ran to a neighbor's home and telephoned police. A sipind car five blocks away was dispatched and the officers found Simplot biding in bushes near the Harris' garage. Chief ISIumer said that as Simplot was admitting a long list of burglaries a report camo in that someone had entered the Sidney Meek residetico earlier in the evening and had taken a new flashlight and a coin purse containing $2.50. Simplot had a similar flashlight in his that the truck hit the fifith and 571 cars. The train was made up of 60 loaded and 37 empty cars, Boll reported.

Heavy Property Lowi The undersheriff added that a conservative estimate of the damage would place it at about $5,000, an a considerable quantity of liquor was destroyed by the crash. Moore's body was taken directly to Wausau by the Rembs Funeral home of Marshfield. A married man, Moore was the father of one child, Holl was advised. The crossing at which the crash occurred is lighted by an arc light and has a warning bell but no flash ing signal, Boll said. He added that extremely icy conditions prevailed on the approach to the crossing.

2 Injured on II y. 73 Two other persons were injured in collisions involving a road grader, truck and two automobiles seven and one-half miles south of Wisconsin Rapids on Highway 73 shortly after 6 p. m. Friday night causing property damage estimated at $1,750. The two, both of Oshkosh, wer William D.

Johnson, 57, driver of the truck who sustained lacerations to his left leg and knee; Oliver Neu-stifter, 43, passenger in the truck, who suffered abrasions to his right leg. They were taken to Rivurvievv hospital where Neustifter wai treated and released and Johnson remained hospitalized. Traffic Officer Donald Caylor reported that the accidents resulted when an auto driven by Karlo W. Garber, 21, 341 Eighth street south, skidded into a ditch, striking a power pole. The other ear, driven by See ACCIDENTS Page 8 Seek Miners After Cave-i in Mahnnoy City, Pa.

UV- Two miners are trapped 100 feet beneath the earth's surface today and more than 100 rescue workers arn digging into the side of Broad mountain in an effort to reach them. The rescue workers wro spurred on by tappings believed nuidii by the trapped men, Joseph Hurda, 30, and his brother, Edward, 25. Tim cave-in occurred yesterday at tho old Boston colliery on Broad mountain. Another brother, Frank, 10, win caught up to his knee hv the fall ing debris but managed to Mvf himself to' literallv Jompim' out of his hontn. He n-prted In onrush of drbrirt alnin.it impped his legs.

Hut he was able to out of his I and make his way to the surface. Rescue worker'! said the 'tipping of the trnpped biotlnTH they may been iibli" to ii Into gangways leading from ItiC affected It was Imped Hint oyg-n in thine Kangwny lat until the levin is Were tthlw to reach the brothers. I'exsiinM lr di'ri said It might tak two or thren day! to reach the It.ippi'd n. Officials of tit- bidpendi'tit mint Nuid the men wi re win king along a slope lot) feet bi'luW tlm urf' when die cave-in took jiluca, It occurred 30 feet down and imnt tori of debiin into the opening. 'XSiV KM rtk zjli 1 that the wreckage from the completely demolished truck was spread over a 200-foot area along the railroad right of way.

The train, special with two engines, continued on to Marshfield where personnel were first, informed of the accident. Deputy Sheriff Joseph Pankratz, of Auburndale, notified county authorities and also called the Marsh-field office of the railroad to have the train stopped. Investigation of the train showed there seems to be a doubt in some minds that all the miners will heed their leader's suggestion. Lewis, suffering a personal loss in the death of his mother, made no comment on the situation. He assumed the usual "I have spoken" attitude.

The rumblings of discontent came from sections of West Virginia and Pennsylvania. Many mine locals will hold meetings today and tomorrow to docido whether to follow Lewis' suggestion. Some I'MW leaders say they can't predict what will happen. "The situation is sort of cloudy," said John Husarello, District No. 5 president at Pittsburgh.

"It is strictly uV to the locals whether they follow Lewis' suggestion." The Morganlown (W.Va.) Post says "a revolt against John L. Lewis" is developing in several north-ernWest Virginia coal mining counties. "They (the miners) want a contract," the newspaper said, "ami are getting tired of this 'on again, off again' business Mr. Lewis is engaging in. They want five days a week or no days at all." What do the operators think about the situation? This comment, from a man who asked to remain unidentified, was typical: "We don't know what will happen next.

If you can figure out John L. Lewis' strategy, you are better than we are." President Truman has refused to use the Taft-Hartley act to get the mines back on full product inn. The president says a national emergency does not exist. Meanwhile, the senate labor committee has agreed to call a hearing, at a date yet to be set, on a Republican resolution urging the president to reverse himself. Last night the federal bureau of mines said in a cautiously worded report that "some individual cases of hardship" may result from an uu-eevn distribution of coal storks coupled with consumor demands for certain types of coul.

Labor Diapute Hold Up Sailing of Liner Paris t.Tt Th owners of the French luxury liner lie de France decided to lay up the big trans Atlantic ship because of a labor dispute. About 1,000 passengers wiieduled to sail this morning for America were turned back from Lo Havre to Paris by train. Sorst Storm of Season Staggering By the Associated Press The winter season's worst storm dealt staggering blows over wide areas of the western and central parts of the country today. A snow-wind storm, after striking with full force across the Pacific northwest, roared into the Rocky mountain states. Oregon, Washington, parts of Idaho, northern Cali Will the 69,000 striking soft coal miners resume their 3-day work week? The coal hungry nation should get its answer Monday.

Coal people are almost unanimous that the nation is short of the precious fuel despite President Truman's assertion to the contrary. John L. Lewis, United Mine Workers president suggested a few days ago the striking miners resume their 3-day work week on Monday. A Lewis suggestion always has been tantamount to an order in tjie past. Will it work again? For the first time in many years Struggle on Over Control Washington President Truman's "fair deal" program was at stake today in a struggle for control of the house between administration Democrats and a coalition of Republicans and southerners.

The GOP-Dixie team struck the first blow yesterday with a move to restore to the rules committee its former power to bottle up house legislation. While the immediate aim of the southerners is to block action on a bill to end job discriminations, they made clear that they are prepared to join with the Republicans against other major parts of the Truman program if their strategy is successful. Directly at issue is a rule pushed through the house last year by administration leaders who felt that too much of their "must" legislation was being stalled in the rules group by Republican-southern teamwork. Formerly such bills could be jarred loose only by a hard get petition signed by more than half the house members. Urge Investigation Of Acheson Charge Manila The Philippines congress opening January may investigate Secretary of Slate Ache-sou's charges that American postwar aid has been misused here.

The inquiry was suggested today both by members of President F.l-pidio tjuiriuo's majnrity liberal party and followers of the minority Nacionalista party headed by Jose P. Laurel, puppet president undor the Japanese. government Will Start Own QiveAway With Perishables Deals Out Wide Area mg, drifting w. Temperatures ranged from 20 to 25 below zero in northern Montana. A blizzard blew into Minnesota and colder weather spread across most of the north central region The storm which struck over the northern Great Lakes region was accompanied by winds of 40 to fil) miles an hour throughout the north central states and gusts of (it) to 80 mph.

Heavy snowfalls were reported in upper Michigan. The cold weather covered the Pa cifie northwest, the northern Rocky mountain states, the northern great plains and the upper Mississippi and Missouri valleys. The below zero readings extended into Washington and Oregon. The mercury dropped to below nt Kl Iensburg, in central Washington where there was 14 inches of snow on the ground. Spokane'i snowfall measured 21 inches and the mercury dropped to six below At Pendleton, the low was -2 It was lower in Minot, N.

-2( and -24 at Great Falls, and below zero temperatures were gen ernl throughout the storm belt. Visibility was reduced to zero as winds of ri mph whipped up four to eight inches of snow in southern Minnesota as the blizzard hit the Gopher state. Temperatures tumbled sharply. Snow fell over North See ATM KR Patre 8 Washington 4.T) With more than $3,000,000,000 invested in surplus farm products, the government is planning to start giving away perishable items which might otherwise go to waste. The agriculture department said last night it is setting up a system for handing out the perishables.

Under terms of the farm act they can lie given to federal agencies, public and private relicvf ugenriea in this country and foreign relief organizations. The department's far-flung production and marketing ailinhiislra- Oi'i! will handle the give-away job, Wh is expected to involve such commodities as Milaloos, dried eggs, dried milk, and butter. The bulk of the government's surplus stocks are atorablo commodi.