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46 Atowrttar JOURNAL XOYIGOMEKT, ALABAMA trftmttrr II, IMS Cf Mill i. i ft iijimi v. "i tel. x' JtZZZ''' HURRICANE LEAVES DESTRUCTION IN PATH High tides caused by Hirricane Donna completely inundated the village of Tavernier, (upper left and damaged many houses. Frank Harnish, 63, was blown from the roof of his home in St.

Petersburg (center) while taking down his antenna in preparation for the storm. He was treated at a hospital and released. A fishing boat (upper right) was plucked from the water and left sitting on the side of a road as the storm passed over the Florida Keys. Almost every building in the village of Matacumbe lies in wreckage (lower left) and on Sunset Island her most cherished possessions are the main concern of 15-year-old Sherry Strong (lower right) as she leaves her home and heads for the mainland. AP Wirephotos I JZ Queen City Miami Suffers StingingBlow From Donna MIAMI, Fla (AP) Time andthe residents had never experi- enced a hurricane.

Resort hotels on famed Miami Beach suffered no major damage except for water seepage into some lobbies and rooms. Guests generally had a ball, many of i a Wf- '0 1 -J 'tip III (f 1 1 R-Mlfefe 'V ii X'ii I I True Miracle Of Survival Written In Wake Of Storm Ji fx I I. jm "I 1 i. 3T were all other businesses. Hungry uaiioicrilia iiau line UU 1UL iUUli, since many dining rooms had only skeleton staffs on hand.

At Miami Beach's Fontainebleu, largest hostelry in this land of hotels, damage was limited to a few broken windows and water seepage. It was 92 per cent filled Friday night, largely because of a heavy influx of local residents who left low-lying or waterfront homes to ride out the storm in luxury. Not all those who abandoned their homes stayed in public shelters. Pregnant women swarmed into hospitals to play it safe. Sixty babies were born immediately before and during the storm.

No official estimate of damage was made immediately, but it will run into the hundreds of thousands of dollars. The tense two days of storm- fighting was not without its moments of humor. A small freighter, straggling to malie port at Miami, with aground at nearby Elliott Key. Skipper Leon Phillips of the Ina gua Arrow saw that he and his 10-man crew were safe, then gave this radio report to the Coast Guard: "I'm in somebody back yard. There's a motel to port and trees to starboard.

Papers Press Time Moved Up In Florida TAMPA (AP) Newspapers in cities in the path of Hurricane Donna moved press time up Saturday in an effort to get Sunday editions printed before the storm reaches its peak. The Tampa Tribune, St. Petersburg Times, Clearwater Sun, Lakeland Ledger, Bradenton Herald and Sarasota Herald-Tribune Hurricane Poses Threat; Evacuation Of 50,000 To Canaveral Missiles Hits High Gear On Coast TAMPA (AP) Evacuation ofjBase in Tampa ordered more CAPE CANAVERAL, (AP) its present direction. Winds Missileman prepared Saturday toj Saturday morning ranged between remove several million dollars25 and 30 knots, and blew heavy worth of missiles from their i rain across the 1 them working up "hurricane par- lies lit llic lilu.ll luiniau in lounges. Although major hotel dining rooms remained open, most res- taurants were boarded up tight as "The people in the isolated sec tions Tavernier, Plantation Key and Islamorada did not need food and water.

They appeared to have stocked up well in advance. We put' down a doctor at Islamorada but five other doctors who came from Key West were not needed. The amount of debris on the road between Indian Key and Marathon is so much that 400 men could not clear it today. "The most pressing need is to fill in the road and repair the water line. There are seven breaks in the line and six bridge washouts in the highway.

"We have been told by the road department that they are sending heavy equipment and the Navy in Key West is moving up bull dozers, draglines and clam shovels. But it will take about a week to get this road open all the way to Miami. There is so much damage that we haven't had a chance to get settled on a survey. I am going in at daylight tomorrow to resume the check. "Houses and property are in hor rible shape but physically the people seem to be pretty much all right.

Nearly all of the injuries have been minor. UPI reporter Granville Allison Jr. said the Navy sent 72 men from the Key West Naval Station to the Middle Keys to aid with the disaster work. Coast Line Wins Railroad Award The Atlantic Coast Line Railroad has been chosen to receive the rail industry's tup safety award for 1959. The E.

H. Harriman Memorial Award of the American Museum of Safety will be presented to Coast Line President W. Thomas Rice during a dinner in New York City on Sept. 14. The gold medal award represents the best over-all safety record last year among the nation's large railroads.

Other gold medal awards will be presented to the Chicago Eastern Illinois Railroad, representing medium sized railroads, and the Canadian Pacific Lines in Maine, Montreal, Canada, representing the smaller carriers. KEY WEST. Fla. (UPD -Sheriff John Spottswood of Mon roe County toured the island chain Saturday to survey the damage acused by hurricane Donna. Here is his report: "I made an all-day check by Navy helicopter of the most seri ously affected 90 miles of the Florida Keys from Tavernier to Key West.

There were unaccountable millions of dollars in proper-' ty damage; Twenty, thirty, forty who knows? But the most amazing thing is how the people came through physically. So far we have count ed two deaths, but of course our check isn't anywhere near complete. It will take days to determine if any more were killed. "All the people between Tavernier and Marathon, the worst-hit places, appear to have enough food and water to last for several days. We have set up a Red Cross center at the American Legion hall in Marathon and food, water and clothing will be dispensed there to those in need.

Three Local Students Make AU Dean's List Three engineering students from the Montgomery arrea made dean's list at Auburn University for the summer quarter according to Dean Fred H. Pumphrey. John D. Irwin and Sam S. Hartin of Montgomery and Thomas W.

Athey III of Grady were named to the dean's list in the school of engineering. Montgomery Students Enter Medical School Four young men from Montgomery were among 76 freshmen registering for their classes at the Medical College of Alabama in Birmingham this week. William E. Dismukes, Miller B. Englehart, Jack Kushner and Felix M.

Tankersley joined students from 33 other Alabama cities and towns, and four other states in the school's Class of '64. launching stands if Hurricane Donna comes closer. An alert was issued at mid- morning for some 430 personnel of Convair astronautics to report to the cape to stand by for pos sible removal of four Atlases from gantries. Other missile con tractors may take similar action; i At. i 10 D0st a satellite itfdiBif't I i u.

V'Sf 'iri ,1 i i -IV .1 than 100 service families to evac uate their homes in low-lying areas on the base. A team of base housing officers spent the day advising families in ground floor apartments of an expected tide seven feet or more above normal All personnel at -MacDill have been released from duty, an Air Force spokesman said. "All the planes are gone and we're ready for the wind. Store owners from Sarasota northward rushed to completion the expensive task of boarding up windows to prevent breakage from flying objects. One bank in Sarasota had workers construct a 160-foot long and 35-foot high wooden struc ture.

It was moved by a crane and placed over glass wall on the building. Pinellas County opened 19 disaster shelters in public schools for evacuees. Hundreds poured in to similar shelters In Sarasota, Bradenton and Tampa. Lakeland and Bar tow, 30-40 miles east of Tampa, also prepared for the storm by opening schools and public build ings to evacuees. Citrus growers in the state's big central belt expressed n- cern for the safety of the multi- million dollar crop.

Robert hutiedge, general manager cf Florida Citrus Mutual, said grapefruit, because of its heavi-i ness, would suffer more from wind damage than oranges and tangerines. The fruit is just be ginning to mature. 'MAN OF YE All James C. Grant. 1958 president of the Montgomery Optimist Club, was named Optimist of the Year by his fellow club members last week.

He was judged on his overall performance in club activities, including youth work. i i' moved press times up from onei1" "dle lne aaiety lo 12 hours. The Herald-Tribunef hansars" started its Sunday press run! One of the two-million-dollar shortly after noon. jAtlases is being readied, for an nature caught up wilh the glittering queen city of Florida tour- Related Story, Page 1A ism Saturday as Hurricane Donna left Miami battered and drenched. Strangely spared by the hurricanes during the past 10 years, the city bowed to the law of averages and suffered a stinging blow from one of its worst tropical storms.

Located on the southeast tip of the semitropic Florida peninsula Miami is traditionally vulnerable to violent storms. Donna's winds of 100 miles an hour left deserted streets flooded and littered with debris. But am pie advance warning of the big blow kept casualties and major damage to a minimum. Only one fatality was reported in the Miami area. WITHOUT POWER As winds diminished, half of the metropolitan area's million resi dents were without electric power.

One immediate problem was the care and feeding of thousands of visitors and tourists who braved the storm in resort hotels. The spectre of food spoilage be cause me power snuiuown faced thousands. Florida Power Light Co. began supplying dry ice to customers whose refrigerators were not working. The stnrm center passed 60 miles to the west of Miami early in the day.

Winds built up to hur ricane force during the night and stayed there for about two hours after dawn as Donna passed Dy. A brieht spot as the city as sessed its damage was the way thousands of "untested" buildings and residents weathered the blow. Old-timers have worried in re cent years about. how the newcomers could handle a bad tropic storm. With population here dou- 60 Aircraft Fly To Base In Tennessee SEWART AIR FORCE BASE, Tenn.

(AP) Sixty Air Force and Navy planes, flown from coastal areas to avoid Hurricane Donna, jammed into Sewart AFB Saturday. They were met with damp, rainv weather. About an inch had fallen in a 24-hour period. The planes, most of them troop carriers, came from St. Augus tine.

Jacksonville Naval Base. McCoy AFB, Fla and Pope AFB, N.C. The 16 Navy planes inckded nine P2V hurricane survey planes, converted from twin-engined bombers. The planes, with about 250 of ficers and enlisted men, created a parking problem necessitating the closing of all but one runway to traffic. Rome of the planes made unscheduled stops at Chattanooga Friday niqht because of foul weather at this base near Nash- iville.

Insurance Chief Set For Fast Business TALLAHASSEE (AP) State Insurance Commissioner J. Ed win Larson moved Sunday to pro vide for fast handling of insurance claims arising from damage by Hurricane Donna. He declared the counties of Dade, Monroe, Collier, Lee and Charlotte an emergency area Other counties may be so desig nated later, depending upon the path of the hurricane. The action clears the way for additional insurance adjusters to go into the areas of damage to handle the hundreds of claims. Larson said the Florida High way Patrol has agreed to permit insurance adjusters access to areas blocked off because of heavy damage.

aiounu me moon later tnis montn. rp -r i An Air Force spokesman em.l Oivn Uf iaples Safe phasized missiles will not bei taken down unless Donna poses a bigger threat than at present. The cape area is under hurricane warning, but the storm's present course would not bring its most severe winds here -lc One of the highest tides in the memory of natives here swept ontp the beach at nearby Cocoa Beach Saturday. No homes were endangered. The Brevard County Civil Defense Office alerted residents of Cocoa Beach, Indialantic, Mel- to he rMflv evacuate to the mainland if it 1 fI necessary, ane tera -wrJ sft UP ln Cocoa.

Melbourne and mainland cities, if ml Uperator days MIAMI (AP) A ham radio operator in Naples southwestern Florida resort boom town re ported the town "secure" as Hurricane Donna swept through it near noon Saturday. in Cincinnati, Ohio, and relayed to the Miami Weather Bureau. "Everybody stand still and no- tir. ana Mrs. Bryant ana lour customers were in the store.

Bryant, 44, believed it was -a joke and told the bandits to piit their guns away. When he realized they were serious, he lunged at Day. As the two scuffled, Mrs. Bryant pulled a pistol from behind-the counter and fired at Morgan. I Morgan also started shooting.

A bullet hit Mrs. Bryant above the left eye. As Bryant struggled with Day, he crashed a bottle over the c)c-convict's head. Bryant was shot in the chest and shoulder but ap parently didn't realize it until. with the help of a customer IJe finally subdued Day.

Bryant's con dition was fair. Morgan staggered to his car and z-Z i -fZZ 'ZZ4iU As a precautionary measure. The same operator said Ever-some equipment at the cape was L. carried to safety or adt! Citf f'V50 wa( All missile launjrhings wereiby 00,1,13 fu" fury suffered canceled the latter part of damage but there was no week because of hurricane dam-iloss of life, age to tracking stations on down The messaee was interceoted The Saturday Tampa Times Had only one instead of the usual two editions. Editors made the change in anticipation of possible power failures and probably transportation difficulties.

County Office Employe Still Young At 75 By ARTHUR OSGOODE Of The Advertiser Staff Everybody knew but Warren Allen. So when it was announced that members of the county probate office were to gather back in the office of Probate Judge John Sankey, he wondered what was up. Allen has been with the probate office for almost 26 years. He started work the same day ss Simon Wampold. the chief clerk.

That was on Jan. 14. 19:. Friday was Allen's 75th birthday. U'hfln Vio AntArnH tn.lrrA Com.

key's offices, he was greeted by a chorus of "Happy Birthday in Von range islands. The storm threat to these islands has passed. The Weather Bureau said winds an estimated 50,000 persons from beach and Island homes along the Gulf coast from Sarasota to Clearwater moved into high gear as winds from Donna, a killer hurricane, intensified in the area. Sheriff Don Genung ordered complete evacuation of the-populous Pinellas County beaches starting at Pass-A-Grille west of St. Petersburg and extending northward to Tarpon Springs.

At least 30,000 persons live along thus 35-mile strip, a popular tourist center during the winter months. 1 Civil Defense officials at Brad-enton ordered evacuation of Anna Maria Island and Longboat Key. Hundreds of adjoining areas moved voluntarily. Siesta Key near Sarasota and Anna Maria and Longboat with elevations of only a few feet- appeared to be vulnerable tar gets for the predicted tides of 5-7 feet above normal. Officials at MacDill Air Force Crew Of 50 Linemen Aids Florida Area JACKSONVILLE (AP) Ten trucks manned by a crew of 50 linemen were sent to the southeast Florida area Saturday by Cleveland Electric Co.

to help restore electric power interrupted by Hurricane Donna. J. B. Clark, vice president in charge of the company's Jacksonville office, said the trucks were fully equipped with emergency power plants and crews will be able to work during the night. Most of the linemen have been working for the city of Jacksonville on contract work and Com missioner J.

Dillon Kennedy released the crews so they coild help in the stricken areas, Clark said. "We feel sure they would help us if we were in trouble," Clark said. The trucks and crews expect to oe in rort Pierce by dark and will know then where the Florida Power and Light Co. needs their services, Clark said. Cleveland Electric will be working with Nat G.

Harrison Associates of Miami for the utility company, Clark said. The Burma Road of World War II was built along a caravan route used by Marco Polo in his journey to China in the Century. in the Canaveral area are ex.Te,ePnone lines from Naples to pected to reach 40 or 50 knots other Florida cities were knocked an hour Sunday if Donna con-'out several hours earlier. GROCERY GVN BATTLE Wife Dies After Helping Husband Fight Off Bandits ALLAS Tex- AP A woman rlfT "fihtlbody will get hurt," Day turn Knnrllia (m Kl I 1 1 a Fellow worker, friend Fridav niSht- She died Satur- I mI lw oanaus in a niooay gun bat day of a bullet wound. One bandit was critically hurt, the other was in serious condition and the grocer was wounded.

Mrs. James Bryant, 40, blasted away at one of the bandits with a pistol during the robbery at Jim's Food Store. Ex-convict Robert Thomas 27, was in critical condition after a battering with a pop bottle and a bullet wound in the head pos sibly inflicted by his widly firing companion. The companion, Leo Morgan, 32, was in serious condition shot in the side by Mrs. Bryant and hurt in a wreck as he tried to flee.

Day and Morgan, handkerchiefs held over their faces and guns in well-wishers shook his hand and wished him many happy returns. His wife was there, too. "I hope you'll have many more years of faithful service," said Judge Sankey. There was big colorfully decorated cake ringed with candies. Gifts, too.

Allen was presented with two handsome shirts. Then they cut the cake and poured cups of coffee as friends pressed around to congratulate the honoree. Allen, still perfectly alert and sure-footed at 75, intends to ful fill those wishes of "many happy returns." He cheerfully disclosed that: "I don't feel 75." And he pointed out that an uncle died not long ago at 96. Warren Allen isn ready for a rocking chair. "V'- --1 1 1 1 s-'a iz zvi 'i'4 to M.dMiimk.m.-z'CL IIM WARREN ALLEN HONORED BY FRIENDS their hands, walked in the small soon crashed into a truck, ln tfia neighborhood grocery about was a pistol with three bul-P m.

jlets fired. imon Wampold (Ltft) Presents Gift From Employes.