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OsMtosli Daily Northwestern Eighty-Sixth Year Associated Press and United Press Oshkosh, Wednesday Evening, June 10, 1953 24 Pages Price Five Cents 82 Tiriniidl Mew LT OS off log OHM Thousands Are Teachers' Pension Bill Ends Course Bill Revising Truck Fees Is Given Approval MAUlbUlN tiP The bill to raise Made Homeless In Battered Area Massachusetts Region Scene of Desolation WORCESTER, Mass. (UP) Thousands of shocked and homeless families counted 82 dead to retired school teachers' pensions $25 a month finished its legislative course Tuesday when the Assembly approved it, 84-6. The bill, introduced in the pres Major Obstacle to Recess Passes Senate MADISON WA bill regarded as ent session to replace a 1051 law that the State Supreme Court held unconstitutional, goes to Gov. Koli ler, who has backed it. day in the twisted, splintered a big obstacle to the legislature recessing shortly, a measure revising truck fees, was passed by the Senate today, 27-5.

One of the few remaining major issues before the lawmakers, who wreckage left by tornadoes that stabbed Tuesday night at the heart Under the new measure, retired teachers will be placed on a list of emergency substitute Those listed could collect up to $25 of New England. the gym offered a haven to the injured and homeless. More than 100 were kill c-d in Flint alone, and more than 1.000 were injured in Michigan and Ohio communities hit by twisters. (AP SCHOOL GYM IS HAVEN FOR TORNADO INJURED Tornado injured are lined row on row in the gymnasium of the Beecher District High School as hospitals in the twister area overflowed following storm at Flint, Mich. Much of the school itself was destroyed hy the tornado, but hope to recess Friday and resume!" mu' lmL" next fall, the measure would re- althoush.

cht'ds place the present ton-mile tax and fxcccd, M- ff license law. It was sent to cost Ule -sta1e about s)0 111 Assembly where speedy considera- the "VW tion is expected to follow. all for Boy School Stmly Under terms of the bill, a grad- "incurred by the Assem-uatcd scale of license wus a roMmn calling for a IKH'SLM; WiUX BY TORNADO Splintered it'KiMauvc Miiuy oi a proposal to abandon or move the State School Tnuce Talks The worst tornado in New England history came on the third day of a wave of twisters which already had taken 154 lives in Nebraska and in the Ohio-Michigan region. The three-day tornado toll stood early tixlay at 230. Hardest hit by the New England tornadoes was Worcester County, a textile and manufacturing center, where estimates of injured ran up to 700.

Thousands of homes were wrecked and property loss was estimated in the millions of dollars. Elsewhere, a comparatively "minor" twister snarled through the Franklin-Wrcntham section of Massachusetts, damaging scores of buildings, sending 35 persons to hospitals, and hurling hailstones wood anil broken buildings mark the path of a tornatlo which struck a ginernmi'iit M'terans' bousing project housing iktsoiN at Worcester. Mass. More than two score were killed in lite central Massa- Relief Work Launched In Flint Region for Hoys from Waukesha. The ad- would be in effect, replacing the current fee tax which was ruled unconstitutional by Circuit Judge Alvin C.

Reis of Madison. Will Net About Same Present regulations bring in ap visauimy oi iransierring 10 ure-i i. uvt ar.a mui hundrcds of buildings were leveled by the twister. (Al wirephotii) gon (Dane County) will be studied and a recommendation made to the In IFimcal Phase t.naicl-itnro Tlw IV Ike Answers Critics proximately $11,800,000 a year. Estimates of revenue under the proposed plan varied, but are believed close to the present figure.

Present law provides for license fees from $10 for a 3,000 pound gross weight truck to $485 for trucks weighing up to 68,000 Of Cuts in Air Force FLINT. Mich. (UP) The thickly-settled Beecher metropolitan district north of here, struck by one of the most destructive tornadoes in history, looked today as if it had been chewed by the teeth of a giant lawn mower. Relief operations in the area swung into high gear as Red partment of Public Welfare has had the proposed shift under consideration. The Assembly also approved a bill to extend 1hr legal length of vehicles on Wisconsin highways.

Combined truck tractors and trailers could be 50 instead of 45 feet. House trailers would be limited to 45 feet and the combined length of car and trailer could be 60 feet. signing of the armistice agreement." "The remaining administrative details which have to be settled before the date of the signing can be fixed include the revising of the military demarcation line to coincide with the present battle line, and the finalization of the texts of the armistice agreement in three pounds, plus the ton-mile levy which is based on weight and num- "as big as snowballs." A twin-funnel monster also demolished a dozen buildings and a country club at Exeter, N. H. By Same Squall Line Meteorologist Charles F.

Brooks of the Harvard Observatory at Milton said the New England tornadoes were spawned by the same Cross volunteers and ham radio 'i)Pr 0f miles travelled cafes of such magic numbers have themselves changed their calculations almost from year to year." The President added the changes were reasonable because of technological advances but he said "in Can't Juggle to Win Defense, He Declares MINNEAPOLIS UP-President Eisenhower said sharply today that air defense is not won by "juggling magic numbers." He said operators took over the task of Okey Conservation Measure Several truckers, including milk Turn to TRICK on Page 2 Another approved bill would re languages, Korean, Chinese and sistence that the latest change is answering casualty inquiries from across the nation and from servicemen overseas. Already some 2.000 persons had asked the Red Cross to notify them if their loved ones in the Flint area were safe. 113 Dead, 18 Missing squall line as those in the West. He said the worst previous tornado in New England occurred Aug. 9, 1878, in Wallingford, when quire legislative approval of Con-i servation Department projects involving outlays of more than The Assembly rejected, a resolution seeking to amend the Jews to Open Austria Restitution Negotiations his cutback program should produce more planes "more swiftly and less expensively" through English," the broadcast said.

The high-level truce talks are subject to resumption at the call of Turn to TRUCE on Page 7 final, definitive and unchallengable that is not reasonable." The Minneapolis speech was the first of five Mr. Eisenhower will 34 were killed. greater efficiency VIENNA, Austria Wt Jewish state constitution to pave the way But these were mere pygmies Mr. Eisenhower answered both deliver on a tour that will take Swiss, However, Balk At PW Commission i PANMUNJOM, Korea (UP) -The Chinese Communist radio said tonight the final phase of truce negotiations had been reached preparatory to the signing of a Korean armistice. But Switzerland refused to serve on a neutral commission to take custody of anti-Communist prisoners held by the United Nations if South Korea persists in its stubborn refusal to accept the armistice.

Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru of India the key nation on the proposed commission said in London that his country will serve if invited formally by both sides. But he added: "If the U. N. Command can not control the situation we will have to consider our position." Recessed "Indefinitely" Truce delegates recessed their talks "indefinitely" while staff officers continued working out a ceasefire line. The Peiping radio, mouthpiece of the Chinese Communist government said the recess "marks the final phase of more than 23 months of armistice negotiations before the The death toll in Beecher dis critics of the cut in number of Airihim to the Dakotas and then buck I compared to the blast that chewed representatives will open negotia- for merging local units of govern-tions with the Austrian government ment in Milwaukee County.

The utona ft utrin from P1er Force wings from 143 to 120. and trict remained at 113 dead and 18 missing, and the Red Cross said June 22 on their claims for resti-aim of the plan was to permit De Gasperi's lurn mi' un rase i the reduction of $5,090,000,000 in the air appropriation for fiscal 1954. tution as a result of wrongs suf- more than 22 local divisions of gov-fered by the Jews at the hands of ernment to merge into one county-the Nazis, (city. Backers of the measure said Austrian authorities were said to it was needed to end what they "Reasonable defense posture is nrit hv iiu'i'linp rmipic nnm- ham to Southboro, leaving at least 10.000 shocked and homeless dependent on improvised "dormitories" for shelter and on soup kitchens for food. The twister roared from Petersham on through Barre, Rutland, Holden, into Worcester's north end and beyond.

Automobiles somer House Puts OK On Controls Bill be willing to agree to an over-all icallcd continual bickering between Wtn an a)r great settlement if Jewish demands are -the city and "an iron ring" of authority' President Eisenhower Coalition Fails To Win Control kept on a moderate scale. 'suburbs. said Can Reduce Schedule Mr. Eisenhower said production schedules can be reduced from the saulted off their wheels, bounding erazily and rolling in the streets WASHINGTON (UP)-The House ROME (UP) Premier Alcide De B-47 B-52 present 2(i months for a bomber and 34 months for a passed a sinppea-oowneo controls New U.S. Howitzer Pounds Red Positions bill Tuesday that lets all economic no significant cnange in the figures was likely.

Another five persons were killed at Erie, four at Tawas City, one at Lapeer and one at Pleasant Lake, More than 1,000 were injured. In the Flint area alone, more than 500 persons jammed hospitals here and in nearby Saginaw and Bay City. At least 50 were in critical condition. A Detroit reporter, Jerome Hansen of the Free Press, who saw the ruins of Hiroshima and Nagasaki after they were atom-bombed, said the destruction here was as bad as what he saw in the stricken Japanese cities. Property damage in the "blitzed" area 3 1-2 miles long and two blocks wide was estimated at $15,000,000, and the Red Cross said that 286 homes were destroyed.

Gasperi's pro Western coalition government failed to win decisive control of parliament in this week's elections, it was today. to about 18 months. He made the statements in a speech prepared for delivery at the aiiniKil convention of the national like rubber balls. Even Buildings Fly Whistling through the air wert roofs, pigs, cows, bricks, pianos and entire buildings, turning the region around New England's third largest city into a nightmarish Alice in Wonderland world. A bus overturned, killing one passenger and injuring others.

Flying Final returns in the photo-finish Junior Chamber of Commerce here. curbs die on June 30 except President Eisenhower's allocation and priorities authority. The measure was approved by voice vote after Rep. Brent Spence failed in an attempt to write in standby authority for price, wage and rent controls. race for domination of the Chamber of Deputies showed that the Gen.

Hoyt S. Vaiidenberg, retiring air chief of staff, has con tended that a reduction from 143 four parties supporting De Gasperi fell short of the clear popular majority needed to assure control. Experts Say A-Bomb Not Tornado Cause to 120 wings will jeopardize national Spenee's proposal was defeated! Turn to TORNADOES on Vk 2 Huge Cannon Batters Enemy First Time SEOUL, Korea (UP) America's new 240 millimeter cannon pounded Communist positions for the first time today in support of South Koreans surging toward the crest of Luke the Cook's Castle. The huge howitzer, slightly smaller than the atomic cannon, pinpointed shells on the crest and northern slopes of the vital Eastern The plurality its supporters did receive will give the government a hairline majority of eight votes in the 590-member chamber such a shaky margin that new elections the late Gen. George S.

Patton Jr. A correspondent from corps headquarters reported earlier the ROKs had taken Luke's Castle but said later they were still 80 yards away. Arrived Two Months Aro The big howitzers arrived in Korea two months ago. They were unveiled recently at a military show put on for United Nations Command generals and war correspondents. This was the first time they had security.

"There is no wonderfully sure number of planes or ships or divisions or billions of dollars that can automatically guarantee security." Mr. Eisenhower said. "The most uncompromising advo- WASHINGTON (UP) Both the Weather Bureau and Atomic Ener gy Commission say the A-bomb is Tax Scrutiny Bill Is Sent 113 to 65. The House also voted, 123 to 95, to discontinue the special protection given American dairy farmers under the expiring Defense Production Act. The Senate's version of the controls bill includes a provision for price-wage-rent controls in event of an emergency, but only with approval of Congress.

An attempt in the House to provide similar authority failed. Vote Out Import Curbs The House voted out dairy im not to blame for this year's tornado season. Governor Urges Front landmark. It is not the first time they have exculpated the A-bomb. For some President Names Lyon Mine Director WASHINGTON (U.R) President Eisenhower today disregarded objections of John L.

Lewis and nominated Tom Lyon to be director of the Federal Bureau of Mines. Lewis, chief of the United Mine Workers, had protested that Lyon, probably will be necessary soon. An official announcement said the government parties lacked votes in a total of more than 25,000,000 for the simple majority which would have given them 64 per cent of the chamber's seats. Not Effective Control De Gasperi's supporters won con KOK troops also got heavy sup-; been reported in action. To Gov.

Kohler Observances reason there is a popular tendency airplanes and The mighty field pieces and lh port from Allied tanks commanded by the son of tank company headed by Capt. MADISON nroc- to make the big bomb scapegoat for whatever unpleasant, happens MADISON bill to restrict George Smith Patton III were help- lunations. Gov. Kohler today urged ing to turn the top of Luke's observance of Fraternal Week in a weather way. of corporation1 i i i public inspection port curbs after Hep.

August H. Piop. Ray J. Madden trol of the Senate in the elections and individual income tax return? June! Andresen iR-Minn.) declared thev Castle into smoking rubble. I June 8-14 and Fathers Day, Young Patton received a silver: 21 were no longer necessary.

Mr. Eisenhower, who opposed the was approved Tuesday by the Sen-: ate and sent to Gov. Kohler. A(jVISCCl lO InVQSl Three Democrats Blcnski, Dra-j heim and Schmidt joined 15 He-i Cfrtrm nfC The chief executive asked cooperation for the National Congress in support of Ameri flat ban. issued an order Monday a Salt Lake City geologist, is non-establishing new import quotas and qualified and incapable." He said III I Wbliwirf nuhlicans to nass the bill.

18-14. The star two days ago for heroism in previous action around Luke's Castle. The South Koreans fought for Luke's Castle to belter their positions before a truce freezes the line of demarcation. that tariff schedules on dairy products! last March his proposed appoint- ca's blood donor program week. Assembly had approved it earlier.

LINCOLN. Neb. The measure provides that thel sincering expert demanded in a radio broadcast Tuesday night that congressional committees conduct an investigation to determine "if there is any connection between the A-bomb explosions and the tornadoes which have followed." But Dr. Harry Wexler, chief of the Weather Bureau's scientific services division, said again today that the A-bomb is not a weather maker. It doesn't pack enough energy.

(UP) An en-today advised Midwest, often slat lav Honartmrnl ran trl thn MCSlueniS OI tile Sunday and Monday, but the other big voting blocs the Communists and Fascists took enough votes in the chamber race to deprive the government of effective control. It was believed to be the "youth vote" that turned the scale the millions of Italians between 21 and 25, too young to vote for senators, who cast ballots for deputies. The young voters were believed to account for much of the gain scored by the Fascists and Monarchists on the right, as well as the unexpected rise in Communist Fathers Day, Gov. Kohler said, should be an occasion for families In "express their appreciation and to remind fathers- thev are looked devastated by tornadoes, to invest effective July 1. ment would be a "grotesque trav- Andresen, sponsor of the protcc- esty upon human justice." tive provision, originally held tbe Lewis said the "matter runs to President's action was not "ade-the question of life and death, the quate" and said he would press health and safety of the men who for renewal of the mandatory curbs, mine the nation's coal." He changed his mind, however, and Lyon is a former official of the sponsored the move to lift the pro- Anaconda Copper Corp.

and the $200-300 in home storm cellars as Edinburgh 32 Today an "insurance policy" against dis- I i a rif tfnr.H life! AmmT in, tj: public see figures on only the net income tax paid by individuals and corporations. Before voting for passage of the bill, the Senate reconsidered and killed an amendment it had added earlier that would permit news- th Hr. vlrin UUUJN HUM- OI and examples of good ethics, fair 'play and devotion to freedom and at the University A Nebraska also hu'Hnd of Elizabeth i heel was 32 years old today. democracy." teetive provision. iniernauonai omening nc is The Weather and fellow traveling Socialist -papers to inspect returns.

strength i 'W''rv ''SoS Sun Day's Wisconsin has had unrestricted inspection of state income tax returns since 1922. Argue for Two Hours Sun Day Rises June 10 4:13 now head of tne iron ore envision of the defense materials procurement agency. A 03-year-old native of Quincy, 111., Lyon is a graduate of the Illinois School of Mines. He was a geologist with Anaconda and became chief geologist and assistant general manager of International 7:45 British Ship Loaded and twister warnings and V) learn to read the signs of an approaching tornado. "I suppose a tornado 'cave' or storm cellar would cost between $200 and $300 if built of concrete and the families did the work themselves," he said.

He recommended that a shelU for a family of four should: 1. Be "bedroom size" about six Senators argued for about two hours before killing a bill that With Iron Ore Enters Communist China Port SINGAPORE UP) The British would have required motorists to By Associated Press WISCONSIN-Partly cloudy to cloudy with scattered thunder-showers tonight and Thursday. Not so cool north tonight. sLow Smelting in 1944. He retired in pay an annual $1 permit fee be fore taking their autos into state 1950 and entered government work.

Most former bureau directors friiiohlnr lanroalm iritfroH nii-l TVia 10-11 tonight 52-62. High ThursdayiherP tnriav tnadpd with 9 MR trmsl Vn(in. tnr th lav innentirm by 10 feet and about SCVCn Or eight 'have been members of the miners feet deep 2. Have ventilation systems of iron ore from the Chinese Com- restriction bill were: munist port of Tsingtao. The cargo Republicans Bice, Clark.

Demp- is destined for an undisclosed sey. Downing, Gettelman, Knowles, 70-80. MINNESOTA Partly cloudy to cloudy with scattered showers and thunderstorms tonight and Thursday, mostly in south and central portions. Not so cool northeast tonight. Low tonight 52-62.

High European harbor. Krueger, Leverich, Neale. O'Brien, Lloyd's Register of Shipping lists Owen, Porter, Prange, Robinson, the Stanrealm as a ves- Van de Zande. Democrats Blen-sel, owned by Stanhope Steamship ski, Draheim, Schmidt. case it was covered by debris.

3. Be stocked with a little drinking water and a crowbar to get out with. He advised against lamps or candles, which consume precious oxygen. union at some time during their career. Lyon succeeds John J.

Forbes whose resignation was sought by Mr. Eisenhower, who wrote it was "gratifying" to learn that Forbes wanted to "remain as a member of the new team" in the Department of Interior and Bureau of Mines. Forbes will be in charge of the mine safety program, which was tightened up by new legislation largely due to Lewis' Influence. Co. of London.

Voting against the bill: Republicans Busby, Franke, La Fond, Lenroot, Miller, Olson, Pad- rutt. Panzer, Rogan, Trinke. Dem Red China Steps Up Viet Minh Arms Supply ocrats Flynn, Kendziorski, Nel son, Maier. HANOI, Indochina (UP)-A step-up in heavy arms supplies from Red China has given Communist Thursday in the 70's, except pos-i 6ibly higher extreme south. Northwestern Observations Time Temperature Remarks 7:30 a.m.

63 Fair 12 m. 70 Fair Randall gauge (Fox River) 15's inches above crest of Menasha ciam; no change since Tuesday. From Buckstaff Observatory Monday 8 p. m. to Tuesday 8 72: minimum, 49.

One year ago Maximum, 81.. minimum, 56. Precipitation, none; deficiency for month, excess for year, YGOP Gathers For National Convention RAPID CITY, S. D. UP i Approximately 1.000 delegates to the national Young Republican convention gathered here toda from all parts of the nation.

Highlight of the five-day meeting will be an address Thursday bv President Eisenhower, at Ml. Jap Mount Erupts Viet Minh forces in Indochina their greatest concentration of firepower TOKYO 'iP-Mt. Aso. whose vol since the beginning of the center is the world's largest the erupted Tuesday hurling rocks size of a man's head. llyichev Named As Soviet Austria Head VIENNA UPt The Soviet government has nominated its new civilian high commissioner to Austria, Ivan I.

llyichev, as Russia's first postwar ambassador to this country, it was disclosed todajr year-war, French headquarters reported today. Communist arms supplies have increased sharply since the end of the recent Laos invasion campaign, the French Command sid. troin its foundation. I he water threatened to pull the buildings down and sweep them into the Mis-Kouri River a short distance away after heavy rains caused flood. (At wirephoto) I LOOM IM') ON 'I 111; FLOYD A marooned man stands on lop of a miiuII building watching the boiling flood walerw of the I loyd River eat away at the foundation near Sioux City, la.

The frame building at right already has been twept No casualties were reported Hushmore. among the 60,000 Japanese residing The keynote address will be on the broad floor of the crater, given by GOP National Chairman 10 miles long and 15 miles wide. I Leonard Hall..