Greeley Daily Tribune from Greeley, Colorado • Page 1

71 Patients Quickly Moved Transfer to New Hospital Made Alter Breakfast and Before Noon Sunday as Staff Doctors Assist One of First Eir.srgency Cases at New Hospital (See additional photographs on Page 5). Mrs. Wesley E. Kopsa. of 2033 i avenue, a maternity case in the old Weld County Public hospital, was placed in an ambulance at approximately a.m.

Sunday and whisked off to the. new hospital. As the first individual moved when 64 patients and seven new born were transferred from the old hospital to the new one Sunday, Mrs. Kopsa went on record as the first patient to be reidstered at the new J3.23n.iJOU establishment. At 11:23 a.m..

an ambulance carryins an elderly Glkrest woman. Mrs. Mary Stevens, glided a a from the old hospital, and the evacuation of the building, a big orderly tatk, was completed. Patienti Moved Rapidly Figured on the basis of 64 patients, since some babies went with their mothers on the ambulance cols, the average moving rate was i little more than three minutes! ycr patient, though some Incuba-1 tors with babies and a few patients with oxygen slowed up part of the operation. Two ambulances shuttled between the old hospital.

Sixteenth street and Kleventh avenue, and (Continued on Page 9) Ex-Congressman Dies Pictured above as he appeared when In congress some 18 years ago Is former Representative Fred Cummings of Fort Collins, who died suddenly Monday. Written by Horace O'ee "371 To Use Ancient Coach LONDON ifl--The 47-year-old Marquis of Bath means to add his own personal touch of ye olde EiiBlishe pageantry to Queen Ellia- helh's coronation neit June. The. Marquis is going to roll up to Westminster Abbey in hif ances- a family coach--coachman, footman, horses and all. The lumbering great vehicle with black and yellow panelling and massive silver springs has been standing forlornly at Long- leat.

the marquis' country seat, since it was last used in 1913 to drive to a Buckingham Palace ball. Fred Cummings Dies Monday 4 Die on Evans Rail Crossing Ray Kath, Wile, I Children Die; Girl Badly Hurt I Ten persons died i de.i in Colorado over weekend. i claimed the I of four and six others died ill a i ac! i in a a i a a i i at Kvans. south of (Jreelcy. The a i deaths boosted the a a a i count for the a Nurse Mary Hamer patches up a cut hand for John Atencio, of Greeley, an airman third class on pass from Lowry field, Denver.

Atencio was one of the first emergency cases at the new hospital. were treated between 8 and 11 a.m. Sunday, while patients were being moved to the new building from the old hospital. See additional photographs on Pages 5 and 10. Grand Lake Man Killed on U.S.

34 GRAND LAKE, Colo. (Jfi--William E. Holt. 25. of Grand Lake, was killed Saturday wrhen the car in which he was riding went out of control on U.

S. 34 about six mile! south of here and overturned. Holt was thrown from the car and pinned underneath. He (iied of broken neck. The State Patrol identified the.

driver of the car as Sheridan C. Boyd of Denver. He was treated nt the scene for a sprained shoulder. Another passenger. Jack Lsc.k- hart of Grand Lake, was not injured.

Patrolman W. R. Whitelaw said the car was traveling north when it went out of control on a slippery curve. It was snowing at the time ol the accident. FORT COLLIN'S Fred Cum mings.

88, former Democratic Congressman from the Second Colorado District, died Monday from a heart attack. Relatives said he had recently recovered I from an operation in i Denver hospital. Cummings served four terms in Congress after his election In 1932. He was defeated for re-election In 1940 by Rep. William S.

Hill. Republican now representing the district. Cummings was a native ot New Hampshire. He practiced law and engaged in farming in Nebraska before coming to Fort Collins 35 years ago. Survivors are two pons, George Cummings of Washington, D.

C. and Ralph Cummings of Fort Collins, and a daughter, Mrs. Raymond West ot Santa Ana, Calif. Mother of First Baby at New Lie Resigns UN Post UNITED NATIONS. N.

Y. UK -Trygve Lie Monday submitted his resignation as Secretary General of the United Nations. Lie made his resignation public In a plenary session of the General Assembly. He said he had waited until the foreign ministers ot all the five great powers were present, to do so. 5 Escape Guardhouse at Fitzsimons Sun.

DENVER Five prisoners escaped Sunflay night from the puarrthouse at Fitzlmons Army Hospital here. Fitzsimons officials identified the five as Pvt. Kenneth G. Holli- riay. 26.

of Pueblo, and Pfc. L. Lopez, 19. of Wyoming, both of thp Marine Corps; James ,1. YrFtal.

i of Tcxarkana. and Howard Robinson. 20, of Wyo- rninc. both seamen in the Xavy, and Pvt. Jorn R.

Blackburn, 21, of (jrprneburp. an Army man. Thp men, officials paid, forced Rn opening in rcptroom air vent, dropped fret to the ground and made- piori their psrape. All i were being detained at Fit zsimon? for i home basfp. th" a of which WCIT not inv in rfl a available, a spokesman paid.

Ike Appoints Lodge, Dodge Liaison Men AUGUSTA. Ga. ijfi--President elect Dwight D. Elsenhower Sun day named GOP Sen. Henry Cabo Lodge of Massachusetts as his pre inauguration representative in th Defense, and State Departments and other federal agencies.

Eisenhower notified Presiden Truman that Lodge will serve a his liaison man in all federal agen cles. except the Budget Bureau where such liaison "may prove use ful facilitating the transfer of pub lie business from the old to th new administration." As his representative in the Bud get. Bureau Eisenhower appointe Joseph M. Dodge, Detroit banke is an expert on foreig financial affairs. He was sworn i Aug.

22 as Secretary of Stat Acheson's consultant on Japanes financial and economic problem He was assigned to help dra American financial policy towar Japan now that it Is again an i dependent nation. From January 1349 until the Japanese treaty went into effect (Continued from Page 9) New Bank Director Mrs. Wesley E. above, of 2030 Ninth avenue, was the first patient registered at the new Weld County Public hospital and also the first to have a baby there. Mrs.

Kopsa was entered in the maternity ward at the new hospital at 8:02 a.m. Sunday after being transferred from the old hospital. The baby, a girl, was born at 2:42 p.m. Sunday. Hospital moving photos by Robert Widlund.

California Patient Ready lo Be Transferred 450 Bean Feed Tonight Ahnilt Un bny scouts wil the anniial bran at cr- Monday Ill" V.I'AV. hall. i i a a will he rt' prn'frl. incliMlinTM Iwi. a a which will to Dai-it! Cilbort.

snn rf Mr anil Can-nil Gilbert. nf Fnurlretilh avenue. and C. T. MrClntlilni.

nf Mr. and Mrs. roiii Mrdlmhkn. of 212I Ninth Flag Burning lo End Legal Holidayjuesday Armistice Day, Tuesday. legal holiday, will close in Greeley with a FUg Burning program at Eighth street and Ninth at 7 p.

m. It will be conducted by the Legion, VFW and OUN. All public offices in the city will be closed Tuesday Including the post office, banks, court house and city hall. There will be no mail delivery. City council will meet Wednesday night instead of Tuesday.

attend Korean Bride to Britain a (he Weather Korea OT--The first Korean war bride to kavp for Brilain was en route Monday. Kim Suiic. HT husband is Corp. Fishponds. H-IMol.

He is a inein- l.pi- nf the Royal A medical coi r-s. Ayrshire Sale Here Tuesday F-ank Fuller County ha-, i--'" i Old Welt) rrimq. MrK. Four of five mcmbc'-s of a Plalteville a a i were i and Hie i a. five year old cir was seriously injured in a a i utcmiobile collision in Kvans.

two miles south of Greeley, at p. m. Sunday. The dead are: Ray H. a a Hie Walter Haiti a four miles south of Feckham in Plane- ville.

district. Betty a a Kath, SO. i ot Ray. Two 'of their children: Charles Ray, 11 and Ernest Richard 3. Susan, 5 year cid a of the KatliE, was pronounced in a i condition at Weld i Public hospital late Sunday nielli.

Susan suffered a nf the eft and left leg and possible internal injuries. Charles, the 11 year old boy, was believed breathing first found. He was rushed lo the Weld County Public hospital hut was dead on arrival. The parents and Ihe three, year old boy were Instantly killed. The DeSoto sedan driven by Kath apparently stalled on the north Union Pacific crossing in Evans and was by southbound passenger train No.

B2, the Cheyenne to Denver local. Train stopped within 300 fee: of the point ot impact. The automobile was shoved about. 150 feet and was left turned over on its ide south of the crossing on the ast side-of. the track.

It was badly Occupants were sc.at- ered in close proximity to the wrecked automobile. The electric wigwag sign at the crossing with its red lights, swing- ng arms and electric hell was working perfectly, many witnesses the state patrol officers. Train, which consisted of a locomotive and two cars, was in charge of Engineer Harold Walker of 2035 Locust Denver, and Conductor L. M. Cole of 1307 Stout Denver.

It was running at about 50 miles an hour. E. E. a of Evans, who lives i i a few rods of the railroad heard the wigwag and the whistle of the locomotive. He saw the auto stalled on the crossing and ran to give assistance but the crash occurred as he neared the crossing.

a and olhers said the automobile was headed north. The crossing is the one on the old gravelled road to which takes motorists into the east side of Evans from U. S. 85. The Kath family had been visitins: i Mr.

and Mrs. W. A. Blodcett of Evans, who are the parents of Mrs. a and had just left the Blodgett home for Greeley when the arcident occurred.

Mrs. Kath brought up in Evans. State Patrol Sgts. Robert A. Welsh and Roy Calhoun and Patrolmen Loyal Warner and George Nelson took charge at the scene of I the crash and with Coroner Ross i Adamson directed the removal i the dead and injured to nreeley, and took statements of witnesses.

Assistant Supt. Clyde. Alford ol the Tnion Pacific was aiding the. i cers. I years past the crossing was hern nn I I scene of several a a a i I a who nnr.n but had been none in recpnt years.

Tragedy Sunday a the seen a i accident within five mi nf creeley lo take four lives i ill i wpeks. Early Sunday Sept. Ufl a automobile struck a bridge nil r. p. at Lucerne north of ley killing four young people oi IIP Katon-Aull area.

Tile Ray Kalh family bad mover! onto a farm owned by Knrmr: a Senator Waller Rain nf Jan. nf this rar. Tlipv lived in the Piatlcvillr a mi area several years. KaUl's a lives in thr ami had plan-: spcml Thankscivir.c with tnr- Thr (lead were lak'M! Ariarisnn mortuary in Mrs. Kalb is sip'vivr'i pa'--nts.

by four nf nf i Frieda MO" nf rr.Trr- of C. It at 50 milci an hour. State patrol photo. enne to Denver, pressed down on Slayer ol Washington County Sherill and Deputy Suicides When Neilson Orders Hands Up Film Stars to Korea a i lloliywond fiin, a wil, give lip bnslmas at home to i a Colo. W-- A 54-year- old farmer shnt himself to death a when officers closed in to Tcst nh 6 a SatUr Barnard Houtchens, above, Greeley attorney, has been named to the board of directors of the Weld County Savings bank.

B. Houlchens Savings Bank' New Director Rarnanl Hnufrhens. of trip law firm nf HnntrllPns an'l bpr-n nnlil'-d to th" hrard of inrf. of Courtv Savi inus hank. it.

wn? Mnn- I day. Chrisimas at honi' I'nited a troops in Korea. Alaska, Greenland and the Caribbean. Commies Crash Barbed Wire but Are Driven Back was reported by Sheriff Mel Kroener of Huso. Clarence Hast placed a 30-30 caliber high power rifle In hii as two highway patrolmen and Kroener surrounded Hass at point miles due east of Denver on I'.

S. 36. Hass had been sought all night by officers a the bodies of McDonald. 45. Washington county sheriff, and Iris deputy, Jim Jackson, 26, of Otis, wero found at the Hass farm, six miles west and three miles north of Lindon, Coroner Park Keller of Akron said Sheriff McDonald and Deputy I Jackson died in a flurry of gunfire SKOULi Communist's thny went to the, Hass farm troops crashed a wire Saturday.

Keller said Oscar- Hass, defenses and Allied 1 a clarence, had notified ITS in savase a to hand combat a a his son was mental- on Porkchop i on the western unbalanced and officers to early Tuesday. a nil', i custody. AP Correspondent i i a C. The. coroner said at least six Barnard said the lieds.

i i struck the car in which a 350. were, beaten off i I officers drove up to the a casualties a a an-mlnute. a a Bot of their bodies Coivimunist, a i a a vprc outside the car on the Red a to stunn tlie west-1 i directly opposite the back ern i about, seven miles pnrch. i theorized the shott southwest of dim-won a a the porch. hours of a a range A the officers were plain, the fiphtir.t: on HIP a i i i i i i Some nm.

story farmhouse. Koreans were i i.ff i a i i by counter- i A a tu- ill- Farley A fur Hr-r Brief Snow Saturday In Weld's Oil Hunt in Week cm VM an barns 'and outbuildings ami two a of hay were set a i Mass and hia wife, rPtiiEP al a npiglibor's home, Hass i-arl notified the sheriff to apprehend his son. A si'ows-iorni swept over the area a i i nizhl. Aiiout a.m. Sunday.

Walker iliuo found a in snow- and a frw mimi'ps saw Hass w-alking in pasiure a'uout yards from I i a r.B. iTlincd fo- and w-jth t'pr ot twn a driven by K-oe-icr and Patrol Cant, Hluvr'an N'Pilsnn of s.jr- ii.r-'. Krnenor said Hass s'nnl i i in wiien n-'-irandi-d him It) throw r.o.nonih Thick, hu: bn--f wept in "-r tl- Troops Out 'if a i i.