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Messenger-Inquirer from Owensboro, Kentucky • 2

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-WHnesdoy, Dec. 10, 1952 THE INQUIRER exempt foundations were two officials of the Carnegie philanthropic group President John W. Johnson and John W. Davis, noted New York attorney and a trustee of the endowment. Hiss, former State Department official, was convicted and is serving a penitentiary service for lying under oath when he denied passing secret government papers to a Soviet espionage agent.

After leaving the government and before his indictment, Hiss was named president of the multimillion-dollar Carnegie peace fund by a nominating committee of which Davis was director. The House committee is probing the activities of tax-exempt foundations, with, special emphasis on possible use of philanthropic funds for subversive purposes. 4 i 4 itf i '-for 7 lii 1- Weit Louisville JXf A I A 'J (creomuision i all vnn nsprl 1 A for vour cough a tobacco barn, filled with com and hay valued at $1,000. (Photo by Paul Parker) $1,000 LOSS The above barn, located on the farm of B. O.

Kelly on the Lyddane Bridge Road, was flattened by the tornado as it swept through that section yesterday. Kelly said the building was When your cold gets into vour throat and chest and cough develops, work fast. Creomulsion relieves quickly because it: 1. Soothes raw sore throat and chest membranes. 2.

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5. Has stood the test of million, of users. You must be pleased or your druggijt will refund vour money. CREOMULSION liev Coughs, Chest Coldi, Acute Bronchitia able man was out on the repair, to learn how Alger Hiss was job, he added. chosen for the presidency of the Radio Station WVJS was knocked Carnegie Endowment for Intcrna-off the air when the storm cutjtional Peace, the electric power to the radio slated to testify before a special transmitting station on West High-'committee investigating tax-way 60 and downed the telephone 6 6 co barn on the Ben T.

Hawes farm about five miles east of Owensboro on Highway 60 and damaged a stock barn. Mrs. Hawes, who was in her farm home when the tornado struck, said the storm was preceded by "heavy darkness and Louisville, swept through Sorgho, the outskirts of Owensboro and City, Ind. The tornado struck Sorgho at about 3:15 p. m.

and reached Tell City at about 5 p. m. sands of dollars in damage yesterday. The tornado, apparently originating somewhere near West other communities, reaching Tell Taylor described as large as guinea lines that connect the downtown studio on Allen Street with the transmitting station. The station went off the air at 3:20 p.

m. By a deep roaring and blowing. A radio man at Green River PATH OF TORNADO -The above map shows the path taken by the tornado that caused thou Homes, Barns, Power Lines Are Smashed BAKER-VAUGHN'S PRE-HOLIDAY SALE REA reported severe damage to ind AA DAIDC Mademoiselles, Deliso-D 3UU rMIIXJ Shoet to Close Ou eggs. The storm hit the Lewisport section at about 5 p. m.

In the Tell City, area, northeast of Lewisport, wind carried hail large enough to dent cars. Rodney Brown, 127 E. 21st a storekeeper gauger who was working at Tell City at the time said the wind and hail ripped the top on his convertible to shreds. Follo'wing the rain the hail in his car was two inches in diameter, Brown 6:09 p. m.

the city power company had electric power restored to the transmitting station so radio staff members broadcast from there. The telephone lines to the downtown studio were repaired by 8 p. m. so the station resumed normal operations at that time. quickly and helped close the leaking spots.

Truck Lifted Off Road When Earl Phelps an employe of the Glenn Funeral Home, was returning to the Wilson home for funeral equipment, he said, the wind lifted the truck he was driving and set it down again. Damage At Medley Distillery On the outskirts of Owensboro, a Medley Distilling Co. truck was pushed about 100 feet, and the roof of a fabricated steel warehouse was ripped open. A truck that was approximately half load power lines the path of the storm. Lines were knocked down along the Lydanne Bridge Road, West Fifth Street Road, and West Highway 60.

In the area north of Owensboro, main lines were down all the way to Hawesville and in Knottsville, Pcllville and Floral area. All lines had been restored by 8 p. m. except a short stretch of (Continued From Page One) Save $3 to $6 on each pair! Reg. price $11.95 to $16.95 PRICE 875 To 1175 BAKER-VAUGHN SHOE CO.

PROBERS WANT TO KNOW HOW HISS NAMED TO GROUP WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 Iff) Incorporated Owensboro, Ky. 209 Allen 3:18, he said. The bus was not damaged. Sorgho School Damaged Mrs.

L. E. Wilson, a teacher at the school, said the wind ripped large sections of the roof from the building and knocked out several window panes. Teachers tried to get the children to lie on the floor or crawl under their desks but they were too frightened, she said. Much of the damage to the school was caused by rain which leaked through the torn roof.

Darkness Stops School Bus Another school bus driver, Charles Grant, said he was going to the Stanley School when the fringe of the storm struck. Darkness, he described as so "black I could barely see the white line on the highway," swept over the bus. Hail stones as "large as small marbles" started pelting the bus. Grant said he "eased the bus" along until he was able to park it behind the Stanley School. About two inches of hail covered the ground, he said.

Ben T. Hawes Farm main line on West Highway 60, the The tornado also leveled a tobac- radio operator said. Every avail- House investigators today sought J4er lJ4ajjpier JJi ome "TOMMIES" lor Lounging or Sleeping The Pleasant Grove Baptist Church also was damaged by the storm. The church, located near the Sorgho School, had several the raging wind was not known definitely last night. Verified reports included two barns leveled and a house damaged on the farm of former County Judge James R.

Wilson, near Sorgho; one barn leveled on the P. J. Miller farm, Henderson Road; two barns leveled and a tenant house damaged on the M. R. Ford farm near Sorgho; two barns one filled with cattle and sheep and another with tobaccoas well as tenant house on the James Kennedy farm, immediately across West Highway 60 from the WVJS towers; a barn on the B.

0. Kelly farm, west of Kennedy's place was lost. The houses of Dr. Thomas Boldrick and Thomas E. Payne, also in that immediate vicinity, were damaged.

The tornado next struck at the Medley Distilling where it tore the roof from a fabricated steel warehouse. It leveled an abandoned brick boiler house at the Field Packing Co. In the Maceo area, a barn was blown down on the Ben Hawes farm; a home and barn was leveled on the Waitman Taylor farm near Lewisport. Bus Driver Saw Twister Coming Harvey Reid, a bus driver of the Daviess County school system and who was at the Sorgho school at the time the tornado hit, said he saw the "twister" coming He described it as a large cloud that looked like a "funnel-shaped puff of smoke" sweeping across the fields. He said there were only a few children on his bus since the school bell had not yet rung.

Reid called the children from the bus and got them into the school for pro stained glass windows broken. Judge James R. Wilson Home The storm damaged the home of former Daviess County Judge James Wilson on the Lyddane Bridge Rd. minutes after a funeral service was completed there. As the tornado hit the home, Judge Wilson and his family were passing through the tornado's fringe enroute to Rose Hill Cemetery.

The services had been for Miss Mary Shauntee, deceased sister of Mrs. Wilson. Mrs. Delbert J. Glenn and Mrs.

Ira Taylor Jr. were in the Wilson home when the twister hit. Windows of the residence were blown out, -plaster was shaken from the ed with tax-paid whiskey at the time the tornado struck was lifted off its wheels several times. The wholesale warehouse where the truck was loading was shaken so badly that whiskey cases stacked in it were almost toppled. The roof of the building was lifted pulling the supporting pillars from their anchorage.

Damage to the steel warehouse was extensive and permitted rain to reach cases containing empty bottles. Ben Medley, one of five owners of the distillery, said that damages could not be estimated last night. The cases contained bottles and cartons ordered to fill Christmas orders. Medley said he saw the storm approach while at his home on Bon Harbor Hills. He said he saw a black cloud gaining speed as it approached Owensboro.

"I knew it was going to mean trouble for someone, but little did I think it would be me." Hugh Cecil, 910 E. 19th said the storm hit while he was working in the tax-paid warehouse. He estimated that the wind lasted about a minute. He said the whole building was popping. W.

E. Downs, another Medley employe, said that he was just walking into the bottling plant when the tornado hit. When asked how it sounded he answered. "It was just one of those roars. You could hear the thing coming for miles." Forging ComRany Roof Hit Robert L.

Brewer of the Owensboro Forging 2300 W. 2nd said the wind blew two large sections of roof from the plant and dropped them on the railroad beside the building. Both roof sections were about 50 feet long and about 10 feet wide, he said. Company workers removed the roof sections from the railroad. WVJS Service Interrupted On highway 60 about a mile west of Owensboro city limits, the storm clipped outdoor advertising signs and scattered the metal from them in open fields north of the highway.

Roofs were blown from some small buildings along the road, and the upper parts of the buildings were torn off. On Waitman Taylor's Farm In the Lewisport area, Hancock County, Waitman Taylor, reported he lost a home and two barns full of tobacco containing approximately 2.000 sticks. He said two other barns on the place were damaged. He said a conservative estimate of the damage would be $15,000. The storm was accompanied by hail walls, barns and outbuildings were leveled.

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