Orlando Evening Star from Orlando, Florida • 1

Orange County Red Cross Disaster Committee Worked With Smooth Precision V. Ac- fti 'i -I "'''it Mtf -l fi hi i ll i ---i. Jf-jJ i. -aril i I -I MISS MARY SPEICH. MRS.THELMA HARSH-1 ABOVE IS A TYPICAL PICTURE OF THE CROWDED ACTIVITIES IN SEVERAL OF THE HURRI- con shelters are pictured in the above photos.

At left, George E. Gordon, C. Clonton ond Mrs. Clanton woit patiently ot the Legion Hall, while hurricane winds roar outside. AT THE LEGION HALL DURING THE WEE small hours of this morning, refreshments were definitely in order.

Pictured above from left to right ore Gary Discon, Stan Hill, Mrs. Albert Morek, Shirley Hayes, Anne Sorber and Coy D. Sarber. THE LEWIS YOUNGSTERS, LUCILLE, oged 2, ond Margaret ond Annette, age 5, show varied expressions as they remain "bedded down" ot the Elks Club, Little Ronnie Vickery, in the background, isn't quite sure what he thinks of the situation. man, Mrs, Jean Lewis ond Mrs.

Julia Taylor while hurricane shelters last night. Some of the lucky ones awoy the "uncertain" hours ot the Elks Club with jwere getting sleep at the Orlando Senior High School, a card game, while Miss Florence LeFever serves while ethers, either too worried or too excited, passed the welcome cups of coffee, 'the time in conversation TTI Weather 'UMBO EVE! FINAL EDITIOI! Windy Showe Cnlat IhuI itm VOL. 57 NO. 3271. TWELVE PAGES Telephone 3-44 1 1 ORLANDO, FLORIDA, SATURDAY AFTERNOON, AUGUST 27, 1949 9 1 Z' IS lllTTiattli NijWrriaii lr JOHN rllMING tU tj JOHN HIMIN8 iFringe Wll.kr-I.

I ORsMiK Ax rniip early this morning hile the toie ncns swung like Tar Citrus May Be Heavy Loser to Hurricane Of Storm Felt Here Mid-Florida I Tempest Heads For Tallahassee Orlando and Central Florida breathed a sifih of relief this afternoon after a close ith a hurricane dur Loss Light Otherwise Ontral Flnrida's multi-million dollar ritru crop was the worst sufferer from the tropical hurrirane which last night swept oxer the Lake Okeecholie tntck farm area and Miami AP The hurricane's center began to move into the Gulf of Mexico in the Cedar Keys area at 11:30 a. m. and xivill have six to eight hours over open water before ing the early hours of the morning. The northern side of the big blow which swept across South. Florida brought winds up to almost hurricane force with som guta hittir.g S3 miles an hour, i The fringes of the storm were tan on thai Silxer Spni'tt tree and we rouliln'i h'ii tn'inif a linle list icliKhtcd thiit the wind i wsi bkm I fcf, it'd lsK this.

All of! 3a -it niKhl mt (tixniiy i rhon of this tnornip.R li.vl lwn kukire round hert in the of. fie loliowirg tiy wiro ierire' the of the hurriian.p that! has Kivcn us luch ui-plrant (ew 1 All'ltK nilitlilKht tli ewv of opinum amons the rx-P'tli wai ih.it Orhnitii in the pt: of hc I. low whuh mi plen-'ant nioa to pintrmpl.v.o. tise twn dirertly ith duasler fr wre or ire of ymrn nd den my furl" of them We admit hr a certain thrill slxini the eWnfti' act it. up thst irjue th pre iyt.

1)1 trr Uu intl tu t''-r ''st i i thst li wut Hurt to Cn'f inj'ile. a THE RK4.HOV. 1IOWKVKU. that we wrre dchchted to walk with the virwt and the rain In our hair on itu tmlir rnornlnu of August ateiTH from Imig hour put In Kittrntr.g down hatrhr. tyinjj tip and por-fiirniWK ariou and othrr sundry dutir oonnected with jsecur-it'g a tf f'r a Wow.

moving inland again, probably in the Apalachicola-Talla-hassee area, the Weather Bureau reported. Winds are rising flowly in thef rontimied In a west norihwesier-ly direction over the cllni pro Mill being felt here Iwit weather official Kirt th wirvt and ram iaitanatsee area, blew in gusu of miles an hour at 111 rti-ii. re of Tollt, Pinellm 1 r.d 1'j a rt. Hit Delray Hard 1 en hour. I xx mil ranging from to wi mile jr (Your with gum no The storm sull has what fore- mtl- ier hour xxere felt In moit rasters term a "high buildup," and winds are circulating above 1 of the lush Ridge citrus telL Delrav Beach (P) Beds flew out of third floor apart 35,000 feet.

This indicates that some surface force could be regenerated while it is oxer water. It isn't expected to attain any. thing like the super-speed exhibited as it struck the Miami-Vero Beach area on the East Cltru grower contacted thi morning sjid It wa too early to iletermine the full extent of damage to orange, grapefruit and tangerine. However, they mid that thorn and bruise damage would be apparent within a few day. Hurricane damage to ritru in Coast, however.

lop winds as the center edged lOtange County was estimated up to the Gulf coastline were 54 miles an hour from Cedar Key- The Orlando I tilltie said hortly before noon that aer. eral rlirwu scattered through-not ihe city are oat of order due to wire being down, bat that repairs are being ep dited a rapidly a possible. Repairmen Mid they wer being hampered aom In Ihe repair work due to continued high gusts of winds that wers blowing aome lines out as quickly as thry are repaired. All repair crews are at work and will continue on a. 48 hoar base until normal service la restored.

It was announced. Florida Poxver serving; areas outside of the municipal limits of Orlando and nearby communities, reported number of wires down and said that all available repair crews are on the Job and that repairs xvould be effected as rap-iillr possible. Rains and winds xvere hampering th work of the crews this to Tampa. Hurricane warnings are flying from Cedar Kev to Carrabelle, 1 fla. Stuart Red Cross disaster offi cials reported at least 600 homeless in the Kast Coast city.

GRACE STREET WAS BLOCKED WHEN THIS At West Palm Beach the Red the trunk. The ook took several electric power lines down with it. old ook lobovel crashed down. Utilities service men were quick to ploce caution Icintems on Cross estimated more than 2.000 of the citvs 7.000 homes had been damaged. The baseball park grandstand collapsed.

ment windows and sailed a full block axcay. Wooden and metal doors sped through the air like magic carpets. These were the tales of residents along this hard-hit hurrirane coastal area today. And they could shoxv the evidence to support their hair-raising stories. A journey northward from Miami on the heels of last night's hurricane showed damage and debris growing worse by the mile from Pompano Beach up to West Palm Beach.

At Boca Raton the front of a house had collapsed in the yard. south of Delray Beach a metal house trailer was scattered over more than 50 feet of roadside. Bedsprings lay off to one side xvhile a sofa was upturned at the other end of the wreckage. A SOLID STEEL BOX CAR loaded xvith lumber was smacked off a railroad track. Assistant Police Chief E.

R. Deese estimated at least half the houses in Delray Beach had suffered some damage. Parts of the palm-lined high-xvay between Delray Beach and Lake Worth looked as if insects had stripped many of the trees of limbs and gnaxved many others completely down. Police Officer D. E.

Majexvski in Lake gave a capsule version of his town: "It looks like a steamrolleV ran through this place." two companies of National Guardsmen patrolled the streets to prevent looting of stores whose windows had been smashed. West Palm Reach Sheriff Dr. Phillips ACL Depot Burns Down Anti-Flood Act Sought By Holland Washington Sen. Hol John F. Kirk said they were Tito Denies Sabotage Belgrade.

Yugoslavia 'Tl Yugoslavia said officially today there had been a small fire in Its great oil refinery at Flume, but denied reports' published abroad that the plant was sabotaged. Premier Marshal Tito Ministry of Information made this statement: "News that the oil refinery was bluxvn up is thoroughly false and fabricated. The refinery continues its work in full capacity. There was a small fire in a storehouse of heavy oil. hut it xvas immediately put out." land IHKlal railed today for quick action by Congress on a four million dollar flood control project in the lowlands adjacent to Jike Okeecholxee where the would be of diminishing violence.

Property damage in Orlando xvas comparatively light though not inconsequential. Oak trees, doxvn throughout the city, make up the major portion of the post-hurricane evidence. Falling; limbs took a toll of power lines. SMALL SIGNS. and other objects littered th residential section.

No show windows xvere broken in the down-toxvn area and neither of the Orlando hospitals reported any casualties. Some streets xvere blocked Continued on Page 2, Colfsj Fire struck the community of Dr. Phillips about 30 miles southwest of Orlando, early this morning for the third time in recent mouths, destroying the Atlantic Coast Line depot there. J. O.

Adams, assistant general freight agent for the ACL could not place a value on the destroyed properly, but said the stucco building housed the railway station and the community Post Oi ice. Kloriih hurricane struck in full fury, Holland totd the Senate the levers built in the region following the PUT blow probably had at approximately 2S per rent for grapefruit, five per rent for orange and six to ceven per rent for tangerine by R. P. Robiiivm, general manager of Ir. P.

Phillip Co. here. Robinson aid that he xisited several grove in the county thi morning and that grapefruit damage wa running fairly heavy with considerable fruit on Ihe ground. He id that drop-page during the next week to Hi day would probably equal the amount blown iff the tree last night by the 50 to fiO mile winds. The Orlando citru executive said that meager reports from Polk County indicated heavier ritru damage in that area and he said that he believed citru grove in the Okeechobee section would suffer severe damage.

Official of Cent He Packing Co, said this morning that no report hae been received from outlving groves, but that AO to () mile inds were hound to do considerable damage to the immature areen fruit. Thev explained ihal little salvage is ex-inn-ted from the damaged fruit as must of the bruised citrus would drop before ripening. KOWARII HICCINH. CHAM- ber of Commerce manager in Sanford. said that a few treej xvere blown down in the Seminole County seat anl that limbs and debris filled the streets.

He said that actual damage was xerv slight He reported that no damage was caused to boats docked on lke Monroe and at shipyard In the St. River, Red Cross officials In Sanford said no accidents or injuries were reported during the night or early morning. Thev said that a few people spent the night In shelters, but that soon after day-light most of the people In the shelters had returned to their home. A transformer in front of the Sanford telephone office short-circuited and caught fire but xva ouirklv extinguished. Winter Park reported street.

I Continued on Page 1, Col. ft) At Zi wp wrnl throush thi pr.HP-ji and nexer one did enough ind Wow to disturb a itark of finely ground utraw. Of roiirjie, thrrf vt typhoon once but iii one knrw that one xvm rowing mi there any labor making prrparatioiw. That wis thp reason xe xvere happy ahout ihe hit of wind that blew today. If it had n-mainoil raim attor ail (he excitement It might Just have been too much, AM) WK WKRK thinking about the fellow xcho walked out on a calm, peaceful night from an evening of lm-htlHng and hit a tree.

He kuk-ed off and juried off again and ran amark into the mime tre-e which happened to he the only one (or rniien around. After the third attempt, In which he again hit tht tree, the pent down and murmured: -I might just aa wait until the atorm-dirs down." 0 0 0 OI HAT IS (IKK TO A MOST of wonderful people who have voluntarily spent long hours aome since yesterday morning making sure that Oi lando wan In readinr.N for whatever the elements iniRht diM id to do. Mr. Harold t'omiict, the vice Chairman of the lied Cross Disaster Committee and his excellent staff did yeoman service. Other Volunteer worker -hundred loo numerous to mention have agisted in making tlPa threat of disaster something to restore any f.nth in human nature that might have been lost In the run of the workad.iv existence When time permits Ve want to compile and print a list of thre folk and tell you what they did.

For now we nuift be content to aay well done and we xvho work on these thing a. Jut part of our Job are truly thankful for the assistance rclidcrcfk 0 run, thk Bistro Impressarlo of Central Avenue, gave a pre hurricane account of the time, many long year ago, that he got accused of owning most of the Old Stepfather dlspcnsai ien in Orlando. Mr. Herger xva then at the name, gtand here lie now hold forth but the architecture of tht building wb slightly different. There were fixe door.

One fine evening a gentleman who xva flightly the worse fur the wear Marled in the front door. He wa spoiled bv Mr. Merger who politely tnld him he rould not partake, further In view of the fart that he already wf faring quite well. The gentleman xviih the gJow left wilh-out any scene. A few nunutei later thi same Defense Aides Named saved thousands of lives in the current slcum, but that additional protection Is needed.

Ijiigc lowland areas around the lakt' suffer heax ily, he said, when big wind follow the usual flood season. THK FOIR MILLION lOI, lar item ia included in a military civil functions appropriation bill which has been tied up in conference betxveen the House and Senate since June 1. Chirm. MrKetlnr of the appropriation group, told the Senate that Senators had had difficulty getting the conferees together. When thev suc needed to curb vandalism in the city's badly hit business district A number of bridges were impassable because of washouts and wind damage.

0 0 0 FLORIDA EAST COAST AND Atlantic Coast Line service to the north halted at Stuart and four trains were reported stalled this side of St. Lucie bridge. Two bridges -were impassable around Lake Okeechobee. Rut the lak? itself big killer of the PCS hurricane behaved like a lamb as the hurricane swept past, U. S.

Army Engineers said water was well below the danger level. That took the pressure off at the start. Stuart reported six casualties and Fort Pierce two. The only death to date was the swimmer drowned off Miami yesterday. Red Cross and National Guard units teamed tip to evacuate 60 storm refugees in West Talm Reach hen winds whipped off the roof of a hurricane shelter.

Estimated 100 mile per hour winds broke a skylight and blexv off a section of the roof of the Conniston school four miles from downtown West Palm Beach, ft 0 RESCUE I'MTS BOARDED an emergency bus and drove througn the storm to the school. The refugees formed a hand-to-hand chain to reach the bus. They were taken to the county court house for shelter. Another 200 refugees at the military trail shelter xvere niox--ed to a different part of the huilding when water and wind damaged the structure. At 30 a.

m. the C. Weather Bureau pinpointed the hurricane about 50 miles north northwest of Tampa, moving in a northwesterly direction about 18 miles Washington Pres. Truman todav nominated Paul H. Griffith.

Marx Leva, and Wilfred J. McNeil to be assistant secretaries of defense. He sent their names to the Senate for confirmation. Griffith, like Sec. of Defense Johnson, is a past commander of the American Legion.

He has Rome -tiW The Italian news agency Astra reiwted from Trieste todav that the Yugoslav refinery at Flume is being consumed bykfire today. Rome nexvspaper suggested the fire as set by saboteurs and said such action xvas part of the Cnminform's economic warfare against. Marshal Tito, a THK KIRK CAME A WKKK after Moscow, in a stiff note to Tito's anti-Comminform goxern-ment, threatened to take "more effective action" against Yugoslavia, The Christian Democrat organ. 11 Popolo, said the fire was intended "to aggravate 1 ugo-slavia's internal situation and paralyze supplies and movement, of the army." The refinery is owned by the government and supplies 8ft per cent of Yugoslavia's diesel fuel, 11 Popolo said. A blii7.e at the fertilizer plant of the Dr.

Phillips April 30. resulted in an estimated loss of $75,000 and another fire the next clay destroyed a packing; plant owned by the Hr. Phillips xvith a loss approximating $300 OtKi. The raihvav station fire was discovered about 4 a m. todav bv H.

Mclnvale, superintendent of grounds for Dr. Phillips Co. Adams said that he had not x'isited the ruins, but understood that only the walls were standing There is no fire department at Pr. Phillips station. Visa Granted Buenos Aires (TP)-- German-born Ricardo W.

Staudt, Argentine industrialist who xx-as blacklisted a pro-Nazi bv the! State Dent, during the war, has Iwen granted a visa to enter the United States, the American consulate said vesterdav. Standi already has left Buenos Aires after telling the consulate he xvas going to New York on business, A consulate official said the wartime blacklist xvas no longer operative. ceeded, he added, they were un been personal assistant to John The Weather Orlaao nd vkinlu Cloud- wuh rln dunnc most of the day. Sunday, partly rloudr and ralhr warm afternoon tKwr. Ktrhrst timprratura MtHcud today.

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Huh 10 a m. and 10 31 p.m.! 3 4J a m. and 4 11 in. Tomorrow: Huh 1103 am. and 1131 m.i lo 4 31 im.

and 5 07 p.m. Canaveral Today: Huh 41 am. and 10 11 Pact low a in. and 3 61 pm. Tomorrow: HIth 10 43 am.

and 1101 a.m.; low all am and 4 47 pm. TIMptKATURIS Kith yaatirwar tuiow thx nwrnins Ti am. 7Si 7 m. 7S Jam. 8 am.

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Loull 1 71 Chiravo 1 Saa Atuoni vl Cincinnati Its Statu 74 4 Clrvriaxid 47 1J lnvr US Awlarhlroia 77 Molwa no Fort Mrcra 74 IVtroll JtknnUi 4 7a son since last March, xvhen Johnson took office. A native of L'n-ion town. he is 52 years of age and a veteran of both world wars. MrXKIL, 4H, IS A NATIVE of Boone, Iowa. In his new post he is expected to serve as comptroller xvith responsibility for budget and fiscal He xvas a rear admiral in the supply corps of the Naval Reserve during the last war.

He formerly served as administrative assistant to the late Sec. of Defens able to agree on items Ihat affect not only Florida but nearly every other State. Holland said engineers have Informed hyn that damage Is heavy from "the present storm. He said his information is that death now total three with 65 injured. BattTeliniSh Athens Wi Fighting in the Crammos Mountain region raged on today, with a heavy casualty toll reported on both sides, Ihivlng against the last Rebel redoubt.

Creek forces captured the important height of Kouria about two mile xxest of Slim-mitsa, a Greek communique said. The communique placed the armv at 4, dead and wounded the Rrticls at 2tWi dead and 43 captured. Roof Flics horrestal. when torrestal was guy started in another door and once again Mr. Merger eased him out Within an hour this name situation occurred twice more at txvo other doors and finally the lad wuh the loop at rived at the fifth door.

Again Mr. Pcrger patiently steered him streetward. The dnir.k looked startled and said: 'Sav. bud. do you own ail the taloons in this' town?" Navy secretary.

1 Stuart. Here's an idea of the force of the hurricane wind In just one place. It ripped the roof off a two story building, flung it against the roof of an adioining building, and then whirled it over to rttv hall where damaged a corner. Leva, 3. is a native of Sel-ma, Ala.

as assistant secretary he is expected to handle legal Dorln HIT Ko? 4 74 MHrt 79 04 Mrlhourna 44 7 Oaitton 45 7(1 Miami 43 73 Kn. City 41 7jrv, Airport 41 Today's Index t-ait Pg. 4 Ruark Pg. Bridge Hints Pg 5 Secret of Charm Pg. B.

iux pg, 5 Sporta fg. 6 matters and serve as counsel. rnta 43 m-taroia 40 74 i per hour. I Hurricane warnings were low-I ICbbUbbM Paite 1 Col I) M4i I. it 77 leva served in the Navy In World War II.

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