Leader-Telegram from Eau Claire, Wisconsin • 1

28 Victims in 1 i'-'- Identified Nevis Travels Fast Less than 24 hours after the series of tornadoes had Strut in the Eau Claire area, the newspaper office re ceived the following telegram: "My. daughter Mette Reffsgaard visits Victor Noer, Cplfax. Please contact and ask them to wire Immediately. Thanks. The wire was sent from Oslo, Norwayi In case the return wire is delayed, they're O.K.

Mrv Folkestad. Strauss, Chairman of AEG, Resigns i promoting' the a for peace program. IN HIS LETTER to Eisenhower, Strauss wrote that. "For the reasons which I set before. you, some time ago, I then believed and continue to believe that circumstances beyond the control of either of ma make a change In the chairmanship of the commission Jaes Hagerty, White -ft were tossed about, trees blownover and -the area jittered AIR 1EW OF DESTRUCTION DEATH Shown Is the trailer camp at Knapp where two persons died.

Trailers with debris. More pictures and Clothing, Funds roups Swi Into Meet Emergency Area Governor Vernon Thomson Thursday proclaimed this area tornado swept regions disaster areas and sent a telegram to President Elsenhower asking confirmation and to expedite federal aid. The governor toured the devastated areas by and car Thursday. At' least 29 were known aeaa rnursaay and area hospitals reported they had treated 144 of the numerous Injured. Previously unpeported dead are: Mrs.

Irene Scheleder, 40 Rt 2, Chippewa Falls, died at St. Josephs Hospital at 6:10 a.m. Thursday; Roger Lewalien, 14. rural Stanley; Leon Lunn, 3 1-2 a fold son of Erling Lunn, 30, Colfax, also, dead; Mrs. Ralph Lunn, sister-in- law of Erling.

sirs. John Law, a 1 Thorp. The ten other Colfax vic tims are: Erling Lunn, Mrs. Ted Slega; George Nelson, 70; Biu Wagner, 50; Lanny Fjel-stad, 16, his. uncle Spencer Fjelstad, 40: Art Quevlllon.

52; R. A. and vernon Meindel, 45, both of Bloomer and Mrs. No a Gerber, Killed 5at, Knapp were Mrs. Carl Rusch, Hutchinson, Minn, and Harry Ford who lived' In trailers at the construction camp there.

Boyd Henry Huth, 70, his son Clarence 38.. Six weeks old son of Mrs Ted Slaga. Menomonie: George House: Mr? and Roy Larson and son, i Chippewa Falls: Mrs. Lil Han Butak, 37, her, son, John William, 16, and daughter, Irene, io; Wilson: Arthur Peterson. 71.

Joseph Rlgney, meteorolo gist of the Madison, Weather Bureau," said Thurs day three funnels dropped from a boiling cloud Wednes day night ana moved in a death dealing phalanx mrougn tour counties. DAMAGE FAB exceeded a million dollars.jThe Cross estimated damage to farms alone at rf- The agency; said 350 per sons pere Injured and 4 that 119 of these had to be hos pitalized. In all 615 families were More than 100 homes were, destroyed. 165 others were badly damaged and another. 340 damaged to a lesser extent.

Colfax, a town of 1.000 pop ulation northeast of Menomonie, bore the brunt of the storm, in lives and suffering. Officials counted 12 dead there. Another 35 were hurt, some seriously. The storm spared the Colfax business district, where at suppertime there were few people. Instead, it whipped the and south ends of the community, i GOV.

THOMSON, flying In a National Guard plane, saw where the storm. enteredWls-consln from -Minnesota, near Osceola. It swung to the southeast, hitting several -larrirar ripped. the trailer camp near Knapp, and -touched at Menomonie, stories on other, pages. al Guardsmen on duty at Menomonie and Colfax, Capt.

Hall said. ONE OF THE first rescue and relief groups to reach the stricken Colfax area was Civil Air Patrol -units from a lx communities. There were-six mobile CAP units moved, into the area which were equipped with portable generators and floodlights. P.etef: DugaL Cadott, and Lloyd Hartman, Eau Claire, of the they found a body or an unidenu- tied woman in Colfax in clump of trees just be fore dawn. She was about 30 years old.

they said. Hartman was flying I plane In and; out of Colfax throughout the night. He said he landed on the highway outside of Colfax with state highway patrolman clearing the road. The CAP units worked throughout the night in sys tematic searches of outlying areas, around the The Eau Claire fire depart ment dispatched its portable generator at 11 p.m. Capt" Hall reported picked up an injured woman on the Miller hill just outside of Menomonie.

The force of the wind had driven, a half Inch diameter stick into, her skull, he said. Cattle Club Elects LOUISVILLE. Ky. (AP)- The American Jersey Cattle Club Wednesday re elected Charles S. Kelly.

on. ident, as the group ended Its 90th annual meeting. Wilson, Thorp, Stanley and four died near Chip pewa Falls before the 'storni blew Itself out near Wausau. Colfax, hardest hit of them all, was a neat little town before the storm: "Were determined tpee W. T.

Everson as the clean, up "work began. Gov. Thomson called out a fourth National Guard Unit and said he -would have a total of 35 state'traffic patrol, men- In the area. -Guardsmen, patrolmen and local officers continued their probe of the unrooted countryside. A few residents of.

Colfax were hot yet accounted for and some farms and over, turned cars were yet to be searched. The storm cut telephone communications in the area. isolating 14 communities and making search operations more difficult. The homeless moved In with neighbors or were given cots-in the vmage hall. Fund and clothing drives were started by the Eau Claire Chamber of Commerce.

THE FIRST appeal for fed. eral aid iame from Sen. Wil-Ham Proxmire in Washington. He asked gov ernment agencies to extend emergency disaster loans to dairy farmers and small businesmen and to help re pair pubUc works. He a 1 wired Gov.

Thomson urging him to ask President Eisen hower to declare the area disaster region. Sen. Alexander Wiley (R-Chippewa FaUs), said he spoke In the Senate Thursday regarding tornado disaster in the area. He also reported that he was in constant contact with officials of civil defense, -Farmers Home Administration and SBA to determine what action his office could take to rush assistance to the striken area. Congressman Lester John son (D Black River Falls) called officials In the swept area, asking what they needed and offering any service that he and his office could In a telegram to the LEAD ER and TELEGRAM editor, Sen.

Proxmire wired In part a northwestern Wisconsin calls from the federal government to the I will do ev erything I can to secure the fullest possible, benefits to victims. SENATOR Wiley, also In a telegram to the newspaper of fice, said: "Disaster areas ara ellgi ble for emergency loans. Own ers of residential and bust ness property damaged by storm may me applications with regional office, SBA, 301 -Metropolitan building, 1 neapolis, Minn. Senator WUey also con firmed the fact that, St Croix, Chippewa and Dunn Counties were declared disaster areas for. the purpose of receiving; emergency SBA loans.

Members of the Eau Claire Township Fir Department spent about. 18 hours helping the Colfax '-disaster area in betwee-hiIpttgeuTia'ir Town of Seymour where several farms were hard hit by a twis.ter Wednesday night. After working in the town ship the crew went over to Colfax for about 12 hours Wednesday night and Thursday morning and after again working at SeymoiuLf itm Thursday, they returned in the afternoon to Colfax for an-other six-hour stint ADDITIONAL Seymour damage was tohe Lee Bates farm; completely wiped out, with only the refrigerator ap-parentlycin -The farm is located about a half mile north of the Seymour townhall. Eleven cows and a horse were rescued from the Joe Betz farm Wednesday night and on Thursday morrt- moved from thl'iWeckage. Considerable damage was reported at the George Beck- er farm where two sheds were destroyed.

Weather Fair and cool Friday. High extreme east. 64-73 central and west, the Red Cross that the funds raised will be used to aid farmers in distress. THE WIND CAUSED an unbelievable, disaster," Gov. Thomson' said when he alighted from a National Guard plane at thf i airport He reported they flew, over the disaster area at about 000 feet starting, from i p- pewa Falls and following the disaster path in a westerly direction.

"We could see debris strewn all over the area," he said. "It must have been a hor rible situation and the dam age is more extensive than many realize. We will take ey- ery -means to see that: suffering 'is relieved and protec tion Is given," the governor added. TTie governor said he would first drive to Colfax and oth er demolished areas before taking a definite step. spent only few in- utes in Eau Claire with authorities and with Capt.

Donald Hall, Menomonie, Capt Sam Slaughter. Richmond, who were on duty in Menomonie and" Colfax throughout the night Capt Hall said when he left Colfax at 3 a.m. Thursday there were 11 known dead He reported Company Menom onie, and the medical platoon ttonvMondovtwere -officially called out by the governor and guardsmen from Eau WASHINGTON (AP)-Lew-is L. Strauss resigned Thursday as chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission effective June SO. The June 30 date is the time of expiration of SJtauss' term.

In accepting the resignation with great 'regre't, Eisenhower said he takes some satisfaction from Strauss' agreement to serve in a new post special pres idential assistant in charge of House Votes Extra Funds for Defense WASHINGTON (UPD The House unanimously passed its $38,409,561,000 defense money bill Thursday after reaffirming a tentative decision to try to block President EJsenhow-er'i plan to pare Army manpower." The final roH ca.ll vote which sent the big money bill -to the Senate was a whopping 389-0. But the congressmen Earlier split 224 158, largely along party lines. In approving an amendment to give the Army an extra 99 million dollars. The extra funds were approved tentatively Wednesday. When foes forced a roll call vote Thursday, the outcome 173 Democrats and 51 Republicans lined up "for the amendment and 126 Republicans and 32 Demo crats opposed.

THE ACTION was a setback for the powerful House Appropriations Committee as well as the The committee, had urged the House to accept Eisenhower's plan to. cut the Army from its current level of about 900, ooo men to 870,000 by July 1, 1959, -J. But supporters of the extra funds said the manpower cut seriously weaken this country ability to fight pos siblKKorean type brush fire wars?" Foes said there was no way, to force the Pres Ident to spehdthe money in any case. As finally passed the bill contained $212,614,000 more than the President originally requested for the military services in the new fiscal 'year beginning July 1. A big share of the increase was earmarked fomlssiles and sub marines.

THE MEASURE included forithe s-A Force. $11,042,210,000 for the Nav-v and $8,716,626,000 for the Army. It also would pro vide $796,900,000 for inter service activities and for the defense 'secre-tarv's office. Rep. Georere E.

MahonJD- Tex.) chairman of the ap proprlations subcommittee which drafted the bill, forced the show down roll call on the extra Army funds. He had predicted a close vote in advance. The fight for the money was led bv Rep Robert L.F. Trio Sentenced for Mail Fraud WAUSAU (API Three men were. sentenced to prison terms Thursday on charges of -obtaining more than $100.

000 in merchandise from wholesale firms by fraudu-lent use of the mails. Harold Clark, 33, olMenom, onie. Wis. was sentenced to -a term of one year. Orvilfe Clark, 30 of Chula-vista, and Russell 01- were sentenced to three-year terras bv i etieral Court Judjre Patrick T.

Stone. Judge Stone said- Harold dark was the-dupe of the other two 'men and gave him. a shorter that reason. 7 Authorities' said the -men obtained merchandise from over -300 wholesale. Jirms and -resold the goods rtcf lUe as 10 cents on the dollar, never intending to pay the wholesale firms for the mer- Appeals Issued for Re I i ef Action to Within hours after a tornado ripped through this western Wisconsin area Wednesday night steps to provide aid, and relief to the stricken area were taken here.

Red officials a n-nounced that centers to -ceive disaster relief funds have already been a HshedT The Eau Claire Chamber of Commerce Retail Di vision, headed by. Jim Gort as chairman, announced that a disaster relief has been established. In, the former: Northern States. Power Co. building on Barstow St Gort said contributions of food clothing and other cessities wer.

being- Ceived, and that milk cans were being placed throughout the city for contributions of money. THE RED CROSS an nounced centers for the e- ception of funds have been established at the Recreation Hall In Menomonle, the u-nicipal building in the Red cross office In the Rut- ledge building In Chippewa Falls and at the 'Red Cross office here at 8 1-2 S. Fa well St Gov. Vernon flew over the disaster area Thurs day morning in a National Guard plane which flew him here from Madison. Thomson was accompanied by Brie.

Gen. George C. Sherman, dep uty adjutant general. Phil Sel- tnger his executive secretary, a iTuax ieia officer and television representatives. Thomson, called the tornado smash a tragic one and said the state would move swiftly to.

De oi any possible nelp. "to tno.se who suffered losses in their, family, I send my genuine sympathy." governor said. NATION A L- Guard. men have ordered to the area to assist eounty and" state traffic patrolmen who were, called for duty to airect traaic and provide transportation, where If Is re quired. Hstatr-RedVCresTidQirar ters at Madison sent eight renaouiianon and disaster workers to the stricken area.

and said facilities for providing blood for the i would be set up if necessary Aima Hanson, executive secretary of the Red chapter here, said chapter personnel had been activated immediately upon newof the disaster. James McDermid, survey chairman of the disaster relief committee, s-p ent House press secretary, in response to a question that although. Strauss relerr-ed only to the chairmanship, he also is resigning, as a member of the commission. Hagerty said an announce ment of a successor to Strauss probably will be made before the end of this week. said he was unable to clarify or elaborate on Strauss' statement that i r- cumstances beyond the n-trol of Eisenhower or Strauss make a change advisable.

Long a controversial i g- ure, Strauss has some pow erful opposition In -Congress, as well as RECENTLY HE has been a center of controversy in the behind-the-scenes debate over whether the United" States should suspend nuclear tests. Strauss has advocated contin- uatioft-of such tests. Hagerty said Strauss wilt serve as chairman of the American delegation to international scientific n- ferencV on peaceful uses of atomic to" be held "in Geneva, Switzerland 4n September. i J-x In addition to being chairman of the AEC, Strauss has served as special adviser to Eisenhower on atomic, energy matters. Inr: response to a question.

Hagerty said the two' jobs go together and that Strauss is givingp will take up the new assignment as special assistant for promotion of the atoms 'for peace program Straus was one of the orig inal members of the AEC Ap pointed by President Truman, he served originally from 1946 through .1950. Eisenhower named him to the commission again early in 1953, and made him chair man. Twister Victim's Policy SHELDON (UPD WJnds of the killer tornado apparently carried a neatly folded insurance policy about ll i0 miles from the scene -of one of itsikillings Wednesday nightjar rufalrSherdori er reported Thursday. fFranlrNoerlinger, who lives four miles southeast of this Rusk County community, said he found the policy made out to, Harry Ford in a farm field. The Dollcvwas neartly folded and had some black soil inside." Harry- Ford was killed by the funnel just south! Knapp in JPunn County, between .75 and 80 miles southwest of Sheldon.

Is Rejected BONE, Algeria (AP) Premier de Gaulle appealed Thursday to Moslem national ist fighlers to leave vt it mountain hideouts and join ranks with 10 million Frenchmen of Algeria. But rebel spokesmen abroad rejected the plea for unity and said the fighting will go De Oaulle was cheered at huge rallies in Constantine and "Bone, both hotbeds of ebel-rsistinc8 in turbulent eastern Algeria. trong French garrjsons control the area at! gunpoint -He refered-to the rebels as "those led by; despair but who fought with courage a cruel brother against brother fight." No French statesman ever has spoken in such terms to the Algerian rebels, unde featedin more thanl3 i-z years of A SPOKES3IAN in Cairo lor the Algerian National Libent! DeGaulle I Incidents Mar Truces at Two Auto Plants DETROIT (AP) The truce which the automotive Big Three and the United Auto Workers hoped would last during their no-contract period was broken Thursday as incidents developed at General Motors and Chrysler plants.vW,: The Ch 1 situation seemed the mora serious. The UAW charged 200 union stewards and committeemen in plants across the country had been' given disciplinary layoffs in "a deliberate attempts to provoke the workers- into striking." CHRYSLER SAID only 35 or 37 men were'involed in the disciplinary action but said it could not immediately provide a breakdown of the plants and states Involved. It said those suspended: had been "flagrantly insubordinate." The General Motors -trouble developed at Mifflin, a suburb, of Pittsburgh.

Union pickets ringed the plant and allowed only a few salaried employes to enter. The plant employs 2.000. UAW headquarters In De troit moved quickly toget the GM workers back on their jobs, UAW President Walter P. Reuther sent two union officers from "headquarters here to the Pittsburgh area to straighten out the dispute, which the UAW called "strict-ly a local matter having nothing to do with' national GM negotiations." Chrysler dispute- was centered at roe Dig uoage main plant in suburban De- itewarttf 'aiid five i a committeemen were sent home' by manage ment. Officials of Dodge Local 3 urged other workers to stay on the job despite the disciplinary action given their JOHN D.

Leary, Chrysler vice, president, denied the union's allegation that the company was attempting to provoke, a strike. 'Nor do we have a campaign on to diS' cipUne union representatives." by Rebels of the revolt said ft could not accept De Gaulle'urogram fpr integrating Algeria's Eu ropean and Moslem popula tions witn equal rights and equaLvotes lor all The FLN'a eight man di rectorate issued a communi que declaring De Gaulle's pronouncementa-remala 1 line with old French colonial policies. It noted he ignored the nationalist demand for recognition "of Algerian Independence before there can be f. -DelSaulle now "must bear complete responsibility for the continuation' of the Algerian war and its, eventual ex tension to all North the communique said, In neighboring Tunisia reb el -said the fight than 400,000 French5 troops- in f-Algeria wouia go on. me rebels have said only outright indeDend- lWlsts-hird-ermre area -on a- volunteer basis There were about 135 Nation- 1 i i i i it A j( y- i r.

hi Peace Plea althe night here tnaklhe a a ur- WEATHER THURSDAY (CAA Weather- Max. temp Min. temp. ,53 yey of services available. A Red Cross mobile canteen was sent to Colfax from St Paul and Is In operation at the auditorium there.

Miss 'Hanson saiLThe office here has received scores! of telephone calls from all parts of the na uon seeking information- on relatives or friends the disaster area, she said. Yr The Wisconsin Farmers Un ion headquarters at Chippewa Falls announced that a farm disaster fund had been established and appeal have been sent out to all 250 Farmers Union locals and 130 associ Wind calm Temperatures: .2 a.m. 64 55 60 63 53 6 a.m '8 a.m..,, 12 (noon) 3 p.m. r.9 10 p.m. FALL CREEK HELPERS Five housewives from Tall Creek manned this Red Cross mobile unit wjilch carried food ahd drinks to Colfax area farms' ravaged by Wednesday; night's tornado.

Tired, hungry workers were, grateful for the refreshments. Accompany-, tag fte unitmide of a converted MtsTEmus mahl Milton Hcmadel XirsV Gar ence will persuade them to, ated cooperatives Thepcnion Humianv PrecJpjUUott i. 1 chjpasieT Uon Front (FLN)t spearhead'iay down axma. JhaaadeairajemeLJwi.