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WEATHER FORECAS Arkansas: Generally faif this afternoon, tonight and Saturday. waimti uus aau oaiui- day. THE CAMDEN NEWS LOCATED IN THE INDUSTRIAL CITY OF THE SOUTH (fl Associated Press Special Features Temperature for the 24-hour period ending at 7 a. m. Friday was High 37.

Low 27. River 16.93 feet rising. If yon miss your piper rill 721 before p. m. (5 p.

m. Saturday I and a copy will be sent you Caindcn News Founded 1920 CAMDEN. ARKANSAS. FRIDAY, 2, 1948 Associated Press (lTP) United VOLUME XXVIII NO. 213 ICC May Call Investigation Of Fatal Rail Crash Otterville, Jan.

2 Alexander W. Weddell, former ambassador to Spain and Argentina, and 13 other holiday travelers were killed in the New Day collision of two passenger trains near this central Missouri town. Approximately 12 persons were injured, five of whom required hospitalization. The dead also included Mrs. Alexander W.

Weddell and Frank M. Ryan, identified as a Hollywood movie director. The collision occurred during a heavy snow storm while the Missouri Missourian" was traveling from St. Louis to Kansas City in two sections. The engine of the second section rammed into the rear Pullman of the first train, crushing the car so completely that torches were used to cut the wreckage apart and remove the dead.

All of those killed were occupants of the rear Pullman. The Weddells were enroute from their Richmond, home to Tucson, Ariz. Weddell, 71. had served in many diplomatic posts throughout the world. He began his Slate Department career in 1907 when he became secretary to the minister to Denmark.

He became ambassador to Argentina in 1933 and served until 1939, then asked President Roosevelt for the post in Spain. He served as ambassador to Spain until his retirement in 1942. The family of Frank Ryan also was killed in the wreck. They were identified as Mrs. Adelaide Ryan, the wife; James, 20.

a son, and Judith, 18. a daughter, and Frankie, 9. a son. The Ryans were returning to Hollywood after visiting relatives in Richmond. Ind.

The other identified dead Included Pullman Conductor E. K. IJmmor.s. St. Charles.

Pullman Porter Harry Chamber. Lovejoy. 111., Roy Ryan, Evansville. and Miss M. Jane Raddatz.

51. San Fernando. a school teacher. The identification of Miss Raddatz was made morning by Mrs. Elbert Thompson.

St. Louis, a cousin Mrs. Thompson said Misse Raddatz had been visiting her and Mr. Thompson since December 22. The Ttujmpsons said she occupied lha last berth on the last Pullman on the train.

Thomnson said survivors to- eluded brother. Oleon Loa Angeles, and a slater. Mrs. 8. W.

Prortner. Burbank. Calif. Three of the dead had not been Four Highway Jobs Pending Little Rock, Jan. 2 Engineer All Johnson of the state highway department said today that because of pending litigation involving approximately $1.553.000 in surplus highway revenues he had been unable to issue work orders to contractors who wanted to start immediately on four highway construction jobs they had been conditionally awarded.

Twenty contracts awarded by the state highway commission at a recent meeting were conditioned on outcome of a Pulaski Chancery Court suit in which Arkansas county judges seek the $1,553,000 under a 1947 law which gave revenues. Johnson said. Despite the conditional nature of the awards, contractors on four jobs sought permission to start work- immediately, and it was necessary to refuse them authorization, the engineer explained. No work already In progress has been halted, he added. The state is resisting the county suit, which now is under advisement In the chancery court.

An appeal to the supreme court, regardless of the chancery decision, has been indicated. Overseas Wire Workers Strike New York, Jan. 2 Union overseas communication workers went on strike at four cable companies today, tieing up an estimated two-thirds of their facilities for transmissions between the United States and the rest of the world. The walkout, which involved some 3 3C0 employes, began at 12:01 a. m.

and came while federal conciliators still were attempting to bridge differences between union and company negotla- tiona. The dispute stemmed from, their failure to agree on provisions of new contrscts to replace those! which expired last midnight. The companifs are the cables di- inrcc ui tin, 9 Identified positively but Missouri1 vWon of the Western Union I State Highway Patrolman K. sreph Company. Mackav Rurfin Johnson said personal effects had Telegraph.

the Commit been found for the following: cial Cable Company and Harriet Thompson. St Louis. r' daughter of Dr. John P. Murphy, Katy railroad physician.

Viola Andrews, Richmond, the Weddell's maid. Miss Jane Raddatz. 442 Alexander, San Fernando, Calif. Cpl. Everett P.

Gilpin or Oer- hart, 18 34669 en route from Oreen Haven N. Y. to Camp Book. Calif. Removal of the bodies was hampered by sub freesing temperatures.

Traffic on the tracks was expected to be resumed today. The Missouri Pacific issued a statement saying there probably was "flagrant negligence on the part of certain train employes." Earlier Col. Hugh Waggoner of the state highway patrol attributed the collision to an apparent failure of block signals. The Missouri Pacific statemeut said the signals were In perfect order. The Interstate Commerce Commission probably will call an vestigat Ion a Missouri Pacific spokesman said.

He added the railroad expected to have the tracks cleared by 4 p. m. today. Meanwhile traffic was being rerouted over the ica Cables The unions are the CIO Ameri- Communications Association cmn I Camden enjoyed the quietest New and the Independent All-America Day on record Thursdav as also served on the national board Cables Employes Associstton strong winds and cooler weather whose members had voted to join keDt most people in their homes, he CIO union in strike action. New Eve nirfht was quiet.

The last-ditch effort to avert the, too, although some people braved tleup involved the AC A and West- the rain and wind to attend mid- ern Union with conciliation offi- nluht movies or dances clals hoping that agreement be- Many residents of this area were tween the company and the union to their radios Wednesday would serve as a pattern for over- night, seeking the latest lnforma- all settlement. Negotiations with tion on the tornado which struck the other companies were broken Cotton VaUey and Haynesvllle, off earlier. Louisiana, and Village, Arkansas Four hours after picket lines be- Likewise on New Year's after- gan forming In New York and noon the radios poured out the workers had walked out of some thrills of the coast-to-coast football offices in 8an Francisco and Wash- bowl games. ington, ACA President Joseph City police reported no violence Belly emerged from the concilia- over the New Year holiday, al-1 ol. ine OI lne tlon session to announce that "the though one accident occurred Chamber of Commerce and is a strike is on." Thursday afternoon on South Main main offices of the Western Union P.

W. Whiteside at 614 West Wash branch line between Jefferson City and Kansas city and over the Mlssourl-Kansas-Texas line between Scdalia and Bobne- vllle. Approximately 100 passengers in the forward coaches were not aware of the fatalities to the rear Pullman until nearly seven hours after the wreck when they were taken off the train to finish their Journey to Kansas City. Only the rear wheels on the car ahead of the telescoped Pullman left the rails. Identification of the Weddels was made by Mr.

and Mrs. Richard Baldwin of 8t. Louis. The Weddells had stopped In St. Louis Dec.

31 for tanner wan Baldwin, who is a son of the late L. W. Baldwin, former president of the Missouri Pacific railroad. McClellan Writes Tax Article New York, Jan. 2 Eena tor McClellan of Arkansas has written an article for the Ameri ran Magazine in which he states the case for his favorite proposal federal split-lncome tax provi sion.

The senator wrote that husbands and wives in the IS states and Hawaii which have community property laws saved in to come taxes in 1916. Since the beginning of in come tax. he added, married cou plea In those have saved about tl.000,000.000 through "a system of special irWllege." State community property law allow for division of income for tax purposes, thus affording mu rled couples lower bracket rates and lesser total payments. Senator McClellan would incorporate a aim liar provision by federal law. Baby Boy First At Hospital A son, born to Mr.

and Mrs. Tommy Aslin, Billkitts Housing Area; at 8:57 a. m. Thursday, was the first born baby for the New Year of 1948 at the Camden Hospital, according to Information from the hospital staff. The baby boy weighed in at seven pounds and three ounces and is the first child of the young couple.

Dr. McAlister was the attending doctor and reports that all, Including the nervous husband, are doing fine. (This is the first baby born at. the hospital and not necessarily the first born in the county. There are awards being made by several local merchants for the first baby born in this county.) Parents of babies born after midnight, December 31, are urged to send their entries in to the First Baby Editor of the Camden News, as all entries must be in before January 5th.

Violence Claim 130 Lives la U.S. By The Associated Press The violent death toll over the New Tear holiday, an unofficial survey showed today, 130. including more than 100 persons who lost their lives in traffic and railroad accidents. The total number of fatalities from 6 p. Wednesday to midnight Thursdav.

which included 101 in traffic-rail mishaps and 26 from miscellaneous causes, compared to 116 for the corresponding period last year. The toll was far below the 288 violent deaths reported over the Christmas holiday period. The most serious accident over the New Year holiday was the crash of two Missouri Pacific passenger trains near Otterville. in which 14 persons were killed. Ice and snow-covered highways decreased holiday travel but many of the traffic fatalities were attributed to dangerous conditions of roads In the central and eastern states.

The traffic toll, however, was under the estimate by the National Safety Council which said 175 persons probably would lose their lives in motcr mishaps. Pennsylvania led to traffic deaths with 13. The tell by states, listing fatalities from traffic and miacellaneous causes: falls, plane crasbfes, toctoded Missouri 15. 1948 Begins Quietly In City Walter E. Hussman Conies To Camden As News Publisher PAUL T.

MORGAN WILL MANAGE TEXARKANA NEWSPAPERS WALTER E. HUSSMAN C. E. Palmer. President of the Camden News Publishing announced today the appointment of Walter E.

Hussman as publisher of the Camden News, effective January 19. Paul T. Morgan, general manager of the Camden News for the past six years Is leaving Camden latter part of January to assume the general managership of the Texarkana Gazette and Daily News, effective February 1. Mr. Hussman comes to Camden INFLUENZA INCREASE IN Little Rock, Jan.

2 Incidence of influenza in Arkansas in 1947 was more than four times as great as in 1946, the state health department has reported. The department said 25.026 case? of the disease were reported last year compared to 6,039 in 1946. Tentative totals compiled by the department showed 1.647 cases of pneumonia in 1947 compared to 892 1946. Cancer Increased to 596 from 232. Poliomyelitis decreased from 408 cases to 83.

Martin Boomed By GOP Party Washington, Jan. one- man drive to make House Speaker Joseph W. Martin the compromise presidential nominee of the Republican party was launched today by Rep. Leo Allen Allen appraised chances oi getting the nomination at "one in five." He said the speaker knows of the campaign now getting under way to "talk him up." "All he Allen told reporters, "is that he doesn't see how anyone could refuse the The chairman of the influential House Rules committee said he figures the Republican tion in Philadelphia this summer will supply an opening for Martin by following the pattern of 1940. That was the year when Oov.

Thomas E. Dew-ey of New York and Senator Robert A. Taft of Ohio fought a stand-off in the early rounds, allowing the late Wendell L. Wilkie to snatch the nomination on the fifth ballot. Allen said it looks to him as if Dewey and Taft are in about the same positions they occupied eight Damaging Winter Ushers In The New Year With Snow And Tornadoes Solons Begin Investigation Of Physician GRAHAM TO BE ASKED ABOUT BROKER RELATIONS LITTLE ROCK HAS FIRE Washington.

Jan. 2 Senators inquiring into commodity trading want to know exactly what arrangement President personal physician had with his brokers. Senator Knowiand said today. Knowiand said an appropriations subcommittee of which he is a member will issue a summons if the brokers, Bache and do not provide a full explanation voluntarily. On behalf of the committee, Knowiand continued, he has asked from Texarkana, where he held the years ago and have about the position of assistant publisher of the Texarkana Gazette and Daily News.

He had been connected with the Texarkana newspapers since 1935. Prior to that time he had been employed by the El Dorado Dally News and Times, the Hot Springs Sentinel-Record and New Era and the Hope Star. He also held the position of vice president and executive director of Arkansas publishers represen-at ive for CO daily newspapers In Oklahoma, Arkansas, Tennessee, and Mississippi. He is president of Camden Radio, Inc. Mr.

Hussman received his journalistic education at the University of Mlsspurl. During World War XI he served as a major in the Carib- same strength. rnnv I firm what arrangement they cunveii- had wlth Brig Qen Wallace Graham, who has said he did not know that he was the holder of 50,000 bushels of wheat last September. Knowiand said he has been told that the New York office has written a reply and that it might arrive some time today. After name appeared on a list of grain traders made public by the Department of Agriculture last Monday, he said in a statement that "I asked the broker to handle the account the best the same results, only this time: Martin would make the logical compromise choice.

Everybody likes him and nobody's mad at him. I figure he's got about a one to five chance to get the nomination." For a presidential running mate, he said. Martin should have a mid- western or Western veteran. Allen said he had nobody in that Harold E. Stassen sota, who is gunning for first place on the ticket, would qualify as midwestern veteran.

For that matter, so would Allen, although he didn't niion the fact. On the Democratic Allen said he thinks the ticket will be Theaters of preSident Truman and James He expects them to tangle with way he knew how and to use his Operations Prior to the war, he took an active part in civic affairs of Texarkana and the states of Arkansas and Texas, having held the post of president of the Arkansas 8tate Junior Chamber of Commerce. He of the United States Junior Chamber of Commerce. He has served as vice chairmart and chairman of the Texarkana Housing Authority which built and now operates 82,000.000 worth of emergency housing Mr. Hussman Is the immediate past president of the Texas News- naper Association and is a director of the School of Printing He is a member of the Rotary Club, a deacon In the Presbyterian Church and in 1940-41 was voted Texarkana's most outstanding young man.

He Is currently vice president and a member of the board of the Texarkana Belly said no future meetings for further negotiation of the dispute had been planned. Picket lines were posted at the The Camden Fire Department answered two alarms, which were small and little damage resulted The first was to the residence of cables department and the building of the International Telephone and Telegraph Corporation, parent firm of the three other companies Involved. Picket lines also were set up to Washington and San Francisco Spokesmen for unaffected cables companies expressed the belief they could handle the of traf fie that ordinarily would go through Western Union or the T. ft T. Major points of disagreement, company negotiator had said earlier.

were the demands for a 30 per cent wage increase and a clause which, he asserted, would, in effect, continue in force an existing closed shop. President wages, he said, range from 155 91 to 23 for operators and $38 61 to $65 65 for clerks. companies claimed to have operated at a loss in 1947. ington 8treet. where a log had roll- member of the executive committees of the Red Cross and the Community Chest.

He is married to the former Betty Palmer, daughter of Mr. and Mrs C. Palmer of Texarkana, and they have three children. Mrs Farley, who recently announced his support for Mr. Truman.

Farley is the former postmaster general and Democratic National who parted ways with the late President Roosevelt when the third term campaign came along in 1940. Allen aald he and a few others, including a wealthy Southern Democrat, are talking up Martin stock at every opportunity. The speaker Is not joining in. Allen said, but he is planning to make a midwestern speaking tour. He said Martin probably will speak to such cities as Chicago, Omaha, and St.

Louis around the middle of February, when Republicans customarily make Lincoln day addresses. -----------o----------- own judgment. Two days later Bache and Co. said In a statement issued In New York that Graham had full knowledge of all purchased and sales made for his account. Graham stuck by his original version.

Knowiand told a reporter that If the reply to his letter does not explain the arrangement In de- mind but! tall, "we can get the Information" of Minne-1 by subpoena. Graham contended that he did not know that he ever held wheat futures until a few days after Mr. Truman voiced his firat criticism ef speculators to commodities, he said he then Instructed his broker to sell at once. He was listed on the Agriculture Department list as the holder of 5.0.000 bushels of wheat futures last Sept. 17.

about three weeks before the chief executive denounced the "greed of speculators" to graih. Knowiand said, meanwhile, that he anticipates that the appropriations subcommittee headed by Senator Ferguson (R-Micht will meet early next week to outline the procedure it will follow to further Investigations. He said the staff has already made considerable prqf ress in laying the groundwork for such an investigation. It has been checking the official positions of government employes disclosed- to have been commodity traders. Committee aides said they have also received a report on a check of trading activities by the ployes of the Department of Commerce.

They said It will be made public soon. from the flrenlace and caused Hussman also has been active in ed from the fireplace affairs particularly with the Brother Of Local Residents Killed Word has been receive! here of 'he accidental death of Homer Oardner In Francisco, California. Mr. Oardner was the son of the late Mr and Mrs. Gardner of Ourdon and Whelan Springs, brother of three well known Camden women: Miss Enple Oard- "er of the Camden Hliih School Faculty.

Mrs. Myrtle Anderson of the Camden Hospital Staff, and Mrs. also two other sisters, Mrs Eunice Merkel of Little Rock, and Miss Amy ner of St Petersburg. two brothers. Robert Oardner of Little Rock, and Henry Oardner of De trolt, Mich.

Mr. Oardner was reared and educated la Ourdon but had been employed in the shipyards to San Francisco for a number of years. No details of the accident have been learned as yet. and no definite funeral arrangements have been made, except he will be buried to the cemetery Whelan Spring a some damage to the floor. The sec ond alarm was to Zann Oaston's home on Clifton Street, where small damage resulted to wallpaper that caught fire.

At the Camden Hospital the first baby in the new year was a son born to Mr. and Mrs. Tommy Aslin of Billkitts. Woman Leaps To Safety From Fire New York, Jan. 80- year-old woman leaped three floors to safety today in a five- alarm fire which spread into six buildings and cast a dense pall of smoke over Manhattan's West Side at columbus circle.

The woman, identified by firemen as Mrs. Mayse McLain, suf- ered onlv leg injuries after she lumped into a firemen's net. Abou' '0 men. women, and children were 'ed to safety in night clothes by po- ice and firefighters. Eleven firemen were Injured fighting the fire which de a four-story building aj 58th street.

One will col- tapsed but no one was Injured The fire broke out at 7:19 a m. ind was reported under control three hours later. Flames spread to three adjoining converted a part men; houses the fourth and fifth floors of an eight-story office building at 225 West street and the seventh uid elrhth floors of a 13-story office building at 1780 Broadway. Firemen arriving at the glimpsed Mrs. McLain standing at the edge of the roof and snouted to her through wind-driven smoke: "Don't jump!" I As the elderly woman swayed at the edge of the roof, a life net was spread Then she leaped.

Firefighters who rushed to scene through ice-glazed streets said the fire threw off the heaviest smote they had seen in "20 years of fighting firea." First Accident In City For f48 YWCA and the Junior League Mr. Morgan came to Camden in February, 1942. and has been ac- In all civic and business affairs here since that time. He is vice president of the Rotary Club and a member of the Board of Directors of the Chamber of Commerce During the war years he was In charee of the Camden News and desDite the many hardships of the publishing field, maintained the high standards of the News and this newspaper never missed a single Issue during that time. pv eral extra editions also published and new records were set for circulation and street sales during that time.

Mr. Morgan is immediate past chairman of the Advertising Group of the Arkansas Press Association Under Mr. leadership this organization grew and the membership more than doubled He also has been active in the Press Association w'ork in this state, and has been affiliated with the Newspaper Advertising- Executive's Association. Mrs Morgan will accompany him to Texarkana, and their daughter who is a sophomore at the Unlver- sliy of Arkansas, will join them there when the spring term ends this June. Last Convict Is Captured Today Canon City, Jan.

3 (P) i James 8herbondy, 28 year old ierer, was captured at a nch house three miles north of C. non The first holiday accident report- ihLp la rtf VL ed happened Thursday afternoon out of the Colorado prls- about 4:15 when the motorcycle. wnw of bv Miss Lenora Jones and tu Iin a Bil1 Hester, collided with a 1947 up without a fight. He was pord drjVPn L. Powell.

only with a bogus gun simi- The accident occurred on South ar to several other made by the, Maln 8lreet ln fron, of PoweI1.g Orocery Store. Miss Jones suffered But he dldn nut up any cuts and bruises and was immedi- tance. so to better shape than ateIy talien l0 the hospiul. Mr. of them who made the es- car was badly damaged, csne the warden said.

bUt nor Hester suffered any ln- Best reported that 8harbondy took jur(es refuge to a hay barn on the ranch jones js employed at the George Smith and had stayed Camden News and Mr. Hester is there ever since making his geta- employed at Hurley Printing Co. wav. Two of the dozen convicts were1 killed and four others were shot ind wounded, two critically. Anoth-1 was beaten on the head by a ranch wife wielding a claw ham- Sparkman Woman Taken By Death County Judges Suit Dismissed Little Rock Jan.

Frank Dodge today ordered dismissal of the suit by county judges for an additional $1,563,000 in state highway revenues. I The chancellor said he conclud- Arkadelphia. Jan 2 mat "it was the clear under- Martha Jane Thomas, aged 73. of standing that the $2.000,000 appro- Snarkman. died at her home Wed- pnated by the 1947 nesday.

legislature and paid to the county are her husband. John W. Thomas: four daughters Mrs Little Rock. Jan. 2 The J.

ft S. Manufacturing Co. plant was destroyed by lire nere yesterday. President L. B.

Jones estimated loss at approximately $00.000. The company manufactured wood products. -----------o----------Freezing Rain Hits New York New York. Jan. 2 A freezing rain lashed the New York metropolitan area today, crippling communications and power transmission and disrupting commuter service for an estimated 2,000,000 workers.

Live wires, torn down by heavy coatings of Ice, fell across the streets of suburban areas and police warned residents to stay home until electricians could repair the lines. City Transit Commissioner Sidney Bingham said the ice storm following last record 25.8-inch snowfall had caused the worst transit conditions to 33 years. A freight train derailment at Peeksklll, N. Y. blocked the four main lines of the New York Central railroad.

The Long Lsland railroad reported a fallen tree and Icing were causing a severe disruption of service. Other railroads reported trains running up to four hours late. Airplane flights to and out of New York were halted and bus schedules were cancelled as many highways leading into the city were closed by fallen trees and floods of Icy slush. Within the city, subways were running normally, although they were jammed with millions of extra passengers forced to turn from their normal means of transportation. All private automobiles were banned from the streets, as police struggled to clear the way for fuel oil trucks to make deliveries to hundreds of heatless homes and apartment buildings.

The International Radio Transmission of preas at HickavlUe, N. and a station of Mackay radio at Brentwood. N. were put out of commission wnan antennae broke under the weight of ice. New Jersey commuters were asked not to attempt to travel to work on the Delaware.

Lackawanna and Western Railroad after Ice and fallen trees blocked tracks and disrupted electrical equipment 1,777 Arrests In Camden For 1947 Chief of Police Cole today announced that during the year 1947 a total of 1,777 arrests were made by city police for the City of Camden. Of this number, many were on traffic charges and other minor misdemeanors. City Clerk Fred Benson announced that a total of $22.358 was as sessed on fines handed down by Municipal Judge L. M. 8tern.

The above number does not include traffic tickets for over-parking as this Is not classified as an arrest. May was the month during which the most arrests were made with a total of 199. while September was the month highest In fines assessed This total was for $2.793. Hope Sends Aid To Tornado Area Hope, Jan. 2 Residents of I H-'oe and vicinity have sent an estimated $3.000 worth of food and lor victims of Wconesday Louisiana and contribu tions are still coming in.

A large truck yesterday carried cots and bedding, food gas and wood stoves and clothing to Valley, seventy-five dollars in cash was sent. Additional contributions being received and also will sent to Cotton Valley, It was an nounced. By The Associated Press Winter most damaging storms of ice and snow struck across the central state and eastward Into Southern New England over the New Year's holiday after a series of tornadoes ripped through five southern states. The storms left a wide path of destruction in their wake. The property dairiage was expected to run into the millions.

The death toll was heavy. In addition to 20 persons who were killed ln the twisters which struck in Dixie, several persons lost thelir lives in traffic accidents attributed to the icy and snow-covered highways. More thsn 80 persons died to traffic accidents over the holiday period. Fourteen persons were killed to a crash of two Missouri Pacific passenger trains to a snow storm in Otterville, Mo. The tornadoes which twisted through islana, Arkansas, Tennessee, Mia- sisslppi and Alabama injured 3M destroyed 340 homes and damaged 250 others.

The freesing rain and snow, which yesterday centered near the Chicago area, continued tcuay in many parts of the storm belt. The weather bureau said the freesing rains today extended over a narrow band from lower Michigan across Lake Erie to Southern New England. Snow was expected to follow. Snow continued to fall to parts at Illinois and Indiana and in Ohio and Pennsylvania. There waa about 10 inches throughout lower Michigan.

The fall in Northern Illinois, Southeastern Iowa and parta of Missouri measured from four to six inches. Temperatures ln the midwest, which yesterday hit a low of 36 below to Minnesota, moderated throughout the day and no sub-zero marks were reported early today. Reports from tbs snow and ica storm areas were similar to connection with the crippling effect on transportat i and property damage. Traffic-rail. motor and air waa disrupted and to some communities paralysed.

Sleet and freesing rain covering electric wires cut off telephone and light service. Street cars in many dtles ware halted and radios were silenced due to mechanical difficulties and wracked towers. Scores of communities to several states were isolated from telephone communication as the Icy gales snapped lines. Highways in many midwest areas were impassable. Trains and busses opersted far behind schedule and au airline fllghta in and out of Chicago and other west cities were cancelled.

The strong winds gusts resched as high as 60 miles an hour to some parts of the storm belt wrecked radio towers in Chicsgo and broke store windows and uprooted trees to many com: munities. Nine transmitter towers toppled and three othera were damaged In and near Chicago. Mechanical difficulties interrupted broadcasts on many of the major stations. The winds stirred up Lakes Michigan and Erie and the Coast Ouard at Milwaukee said waves were 30 leet high High wster on Lake Erie forced 50 families to evacuate from the resort area along the north shore of the Detroit area. In Chicago the south section of Lake Shore drive along Lake Michigan waa closed After waves flooded the heavily traveled highway.

New York City, slowly recovering from a record snowfall of 3S.0 Inches isst week, was pelted by freezing rain. Traffic slowed and i reports of power failure were I merous. The freesing rain also hit northern New Jersey and many sections were without electric and telephone service. Shreveport, Jan. 3 Bitterly cold but clearing weather gripped Dixie today as five tornado ripped southern ststes set about burying 30 victims, patching up scores of injured, and sheltertnf hundreds of homeless.

The tornadoes struck Just as the old year was dying and the new year was coming In. They hit first in Louisiana, Arkansas and Tennessee, then in Mississippi and Alabama. The confirmed death toll by states was Louisiana 15. Tennessee 2, Arkansas 3 and Mississippi 1. be No cssusltles were reported to Alabama A Red Cross survey laat night listed 360 persons injured, 245 homes destroyed snd 290 damaged.

An emergency fund of $100,000 was I set aside by the Red Cross to provide emergency relief and assist to rehabilitation work Worst hit of all the communities was Colton Valley. where 13 local weather ob- persons were killed and property baby also1 Ouachita River To Flood Stage BULLETIN Little Rock. Jan 2 Venable. Little Rock and Camden, frequent and unsuccessful candidate for high office, announced today he would be a can- Udate Senate in next summer's elections. Venable an ait rney.

made the announcement through a paid Sen. John L. McClellan of Camden, completing his first term In Ella Roberts and Miss Sarah Thomas of Snarkman. Mrs. Cov Porterfield of Rolla and Mrs.

Selma Marlar of Rosston: four sons, Harvey of Compton. Hetirv of Bastrop. Frank of Cullendale. and Jesse of Sparkman: three sisters, Mrs. Dori Fltzhugh of Rolla.

Mrs Kizzle Clements and Mrs. Lucy Oood- man of Malvern: and three brothers. James and Nell Rucker of Rolla. and William Rucker of Magnet Cove. ----------o-------------BANK CALL Waahtogton, Jon.

2 comptroller of the currency todsv the Senate, has not announced for- a call for a statement of mally his intentions however, he generally is expected to be a candidate for re-election. the condition of all inks at the close of busto sc uu-. 31, 1947. John Enight. Ml mdnes was all that was intended cpt-vpr i to be annronriated for that fUrai received notu from i damage was estimated by a local vear I l5e Little Rock weather office that O.

Speed, at $1.000.. u. 'he Ouachita River at Camden is 000 JUdges had S0Uahi due to 28 30 feet by Tues- M.yor 8am Coyle of the little additional money over and dav 1 aaayor earn uoyie oi ine mur rm- aV; i town of 1.600 said the place was Local farmers and ockmen will twisted into so much scrap lumber take note of this rise and round up and estimated that 200 persons their stock in the river overflow were injured. He placed the num- i ber made homeless by a big wind Flood stage for Camden is at 500 in and! To relieve the housing situation area may go special trains hauled box cars into Kn the stricken community to serve The act was an amendment to! INTERNAL RKVFNrF shelters and air 'Act 4 of 1941 which created a con- tract between the state and Its rl( bedding and medical supplies bondholders. It was not an appro- The Internal Revenue Servlro haz- prlatlon act.

Act 330. the appro-1 now has an office SSn Wlthw, priation act under allocation of Camden Post OffSi btoldini tocked by police to Act 100, did not carry the emerg-: this offici will remain onin until kefpJ out ency clause and did not go Into ef- January 16th for ato fut of loot- feet until after March SI, flhng of current Incom? Guardsmen ware above the $2,000,000 allocated by Act 100 of 1947 and appropriated by Act 330 ol 1947 The county judges contended they were entitled to the extra allocations because of the emergency OlaQM oi Act 100. On this contention, the chancellor held:.