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Read Today's Advertisements Before You Shop Killing Frost Tonight; Friday Fair arid Continued Cold VOLUME 51, HO, 123 FIVE CENTS PER COPY WINONA MINNESOTA, THURSDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 27, 1951 i i i mil Bwii iwiww mrrc Let British Stay, U.S. Asls Iran Co SlmnKiir a sis Washington Tte United States bas appealed to Iran to cancel its order for expulsion of British cU experts from Abadan, the Inannnrnl Talk Truman Signs New Draft Regulations Washington President Truman Wednesday signed new draft regulations which make childless married men eligible for military makes other changes in selective draft law passed by Congress last some aliens in the draft to lowering i Elmer Anderson was sworn in as governor of Minnesota this morning in brief ceremonies in St Paul Chief Justice Charles Loring of the Minnesota supreme court readr the oath of office. (A.P. Wirephoto to The Republican-Herald.) Wisconsin v.1a111s jeven rreat Iranian refinery center. The State department, disclosing this today, also said the United states bas advised both Iran and Entain that "it stands ready to render anv assistance it can in helDing them to find a settlement' of the Annlo-Iranian oil crisis.

President Truman expressed the American point of view in a per sonat message to British Prime Minister Attlee, which was delivered through the American embas sy at London today. It replied to an Attlee appeal ta the President Wednesday. The State department said the American views were given to Iran by Ambassador Ley Henderson who bas been in contact with Pre mier Mohammed Mossadegh. Today State department an nouncement heavily emphasized the American line that neither Bri- wm VI uuuiu ic muj iiuuu wuuiu possiu.c irienuij kiucmcm in uiv IJlUre. The United States has been deep- ly concerned to prevent any out break of violence or use of force which might give the Russians an excuse to march into Iran or cre ate political conditions in which the Communists can take over.

The showdown which bas now de veloped is the very sort of situa tion Washington bas tried to avert Northern Air Defense Bases Open Sunday Washington A policed air defence trm irrntt the nnrtHrn harder the rountrr MimH tn detect approach of any unfriendly planes, wiU be established on an operating basis Sunday. The Civil Aeronautics adminis- tration (CAA) announced this! Tuesday, saying four "air def wse I identification zones" will be set up centered at Great Falls, Mint, Minneapolis, Traverse Uty, I and Bangor. Maine. The new zones will be Licked up ith ones already set up on the acme ana Atlantic coasts, and will co-operate with a similar sys tem in Canada Designation cf the zones requires that ail craft Eying into the area supply CAA with detailed flight crt SSfSdii fee? Deviation from the regulations involves penalties up to a fine of $10,000 and a year in jail and sub- jecis planes involved to whatever action the Air Force may take. Jet fighters are on call for inter ception if seeded.

Princess Elizabeth Postpones Tour London A Buckingham palace spokesman said Wednes day the Canadian-American tour of Princess Elizabeth and her bus- band, the Duke cf Edinburgh, has been postponed because cf the king' serious illness. Th spokesman said a formal ouucmcEi irom uic vmv vn uic change in plans would be farth- coming shortly. He declined to give any Retails on rearrangements. In Ottawa, a Canadian eovern- ment official said the postpone- ment would be for a minimum of two weeks The official indicated the tour D0.t ilS tl leafl tte wwu, tvjmt ivir Waupaca, Wis. (JV-The spiraling black finger of a tornado dotted a line of death and ruin across two rural areas in central Wisconsin Wednesday, taking seven lives.

Due eastward across Lake Michigan from the state, a tornado struck the village of Biteley, w4 night and left one woman dead. The lower part of Wisconsin' Waupaca county was ripped by a "roaring and terrifying" twister least three. Four of the victims, members of one family, were carried into a swamp a quarter service. The presidential action also service rules in keeping with the June. They range from including; the volunteer age limit Of major effect, however, is married men.

a change selective Knf nm mt fnrmrlv rfpfprrH i rvyj vw P.nfmw rtin A rector of i I selective service, said about ono of thi tntat ma he drafted. I "TV. nAr hiIm tn fnr the tllirt. rtaWt ardl SeW. tive service bas said a few of them already have been reclassifying childless married men.

To prevent last-minute claims for deferment "based only on the registrant's opinion that bis wife recently has become pregnant; the new law clearly defines "child." Under the amended law. "child' means an infant from date of con ception. A man may obtain defer ment only if bis doctor says a child has been conceived before the draftee is ordered to report for induction. Aliens Liable The new regulations for the firs time also: 1. Make' aliens living permanent ly in the United States liable for the draft They are exempt only if they are citizens of one of the 29 COUHtrieS having military eX- emption treaties with the U.

or they are diplomatic personnel, Under the old law, aliens could not be craltea unless tney Baa uxen ui ciuzensnip papers. 2. Allow 17 year-olds to volun- teer with the written consent of parent or guardian. The former age limit was IS." rorce conscientious objectors to do some work of national im portance for two years if physical ly able. All must take physical examinations, and if a conscientious objector is found not "phy sically or mentally qualified for rvire chnnM not he to perform work in lieu cf induction." read the draft more evenly 1.

jltft" "r' Ujr He older men were available. 5. Lower physical standards to those of January, 1345 the low est point in World War II and reduce mental requirements. Shortest Period S. Provide for calling up doctors according to length of prior mili tary service rather than by age.

Those who have served the shortest period would be called first 7. Add "pharmacy, chiropractic. or chiropody to "medicine, den- veterinary medicine, osteo- P.awy, opiomeur me provi- for spcul consideraUon to dfQtf. 13 the healing Selective service also announced tnr nAW uaiifiitmn tesU for eonege studenu who want to be deferred from the draft Students who score 70 or better in such tests may be considered for deferment test fiven Decem- ber n. primarily for those students hose cademic year ends next January.

The second will be given April 24. Applications for the first test must be postmarked no later Novembers, and for the sec Ani -n latPF than Mirrh in within The tt thpm. UpIvm will he rivpn mnr than 1,000 centers over the country by the Educational Testing service, Princeton, N. and scores will be mailed direct to local draft board. to a the permission to draft childless service officials believe will make eligible for riutv.

Brigadier Ceneral cj I U.N. Proposes New Location For Truce Talks Tokyo JV General Matthew B. Ridgway today proposed that Korean cease-fire talks be moved from Kaesong six miles southeast into no-man's land. The proposed location is near Songhyon village Ridgway said the new site should be kept free of armed troops. He also suggested that delegates re sume discussion on the location of a military buffer zone across the Korean peninsula.

This was the subject that tied up the truce talks for weeks before the Beds broke them off August 23. The Allied commander told the top Red commanders that talks could be resumed immediately if they agreed. There was no quick reaction from Red officials. A Communist correspondent predicted they would reject the proposals. The Reds want the talks resum ed in Kaesong, with the first item of business a full-scale discussion of alleged Allied violations of the Kaewn Tfine Kaesong zone.

The United Nations COmnfand behind the Communist line. And the U.N. command has told the Reds there is no need to reopen discussion of their charges. Songhyon is a war-scarred vil- uc 111110 guuuj9i vi me- song's outskirts. It is one mile south of the Red outrjost at Pan- munjom.

Ridgway described it as "approximately midway between the battle lines The sum-erne commander me. sage said. "It would, of course. be agreed by both sides that this meeting place would be ker free of armed troops and that both sides would abstain from any host- ile act or exercise of authority over member of the other side in their passage to this point or while iney are nere. MI oronose that Mnnn remmn.

tion of delegation meetings at this 1 place, both delegations be pre pared to return to the discussion of item two (buffer zone) of the genda immediately following any discussion that may be needed to clarify physical and security ar rangements at the meeting place II you concur. I will arrange to have our liaison officers meet discuss immediate erection of the necessary physical facilities. State Man Pilot Of Lost Bomber San Diooo. Calif-Lft-The Air r- n.T:.j ijIJi; I Ullt luenuiiea wtuuuui nuuaiu Oliuicuta, I 27, Richfield, as the pilot of Douglas Skyraider bomber! miss- ing since Tuesday on a trainine over th- P.oift- Zm'C 1v" Aearca lur me missinz snm is ne. i ing carried out by 35 planes and live surface craft I nt tn Boyle Denies Using Influence For Liihofold Washington Ltf Pemocrati National Chairman William Boyle vigorously denied today that be used political influence in behalf of of RFC loans to the American LiLhoftild Corpora uon.

Testifying at a Senate inquiry, Boyle acknowledged that he did make an appointment for R. Biauner, president of the St Louis printing firm, to see RFC Chair man liariey Hue about the loans on February 28. 1313 But Boyle said he saw nothing Improper In that. He added: "If person seeks an appoint ment witti an official cf any gov ernmental agency or with mem bers of the Senate or House, I fee it is not only proper for the staff of officials cf the Democratic na tonal committee to make such appointments, but it is their duty to do so. Boyle was the climax witness at Bearings by the Senate investiga tons subcommittee on charges that be brought political pressure to get the loans for American Lithofold after the RFC (Reconstruction Fi nance Corporation) bad turned down three applications from the company.

la earlier bearings leading up to Boyle's appearance, the senators have developed that American Lithofold made gifts to government employes and paid thousands of dollars as commissions to various individuals mho were listed as salesmen for it although a bo em- ployed by the government Korea Jel Ffghfs In Third Day; 2 MIG's Damaged U.N. Command, Kort Allied warplanes damaged two Russian type MIG Jet f.ghteri over North Korea today in the third straight day of swirLng air battles. That brought the bag of MIG's for the three days to 26 five shot down, two prolably destroyed and 19 damaged. a cost cf only one Allied Jet reported damaged. On the ground.

Communist and infantry were locked in the 131.1 day of close combat for the strategic peaks of "Heartbreak Ridge" on the eastern front. There vn oo end to the fighting; in sight Elsewhere the 150-mile front was relatively quiet A sweep by 34 It Sabre Jets over Sinanju brought out 50 MIG's. For 25 minutes dogfights swirled from SO.Ouo to 13,000 feet. There were no reports cf VJS. losses.

There was every evidence in the length of battle and the lark of serious damage to the MIG's that the Reds were using better planes and better tactics. The battle followed by less than 21 hours history's greatest day of Jt warfare. Wednesday the Reds and Allies threw ZA fighters into combat In the bitter battle for Heart- break Ride, the Reds Wednesday threw back all efforts by French and American troops to capture the Heights. The ride has absorbed almost ail the heavy ground fighting along me Dattietront for days. Editors Predict Truman Will Run And Whip Tail San Franeisc America! top editors predict President Truman and Senator Taft will be nominated for the presidency next year and that Truman will be reelected.

Further, they say Ceneral Eisen hower could beat either if be chooses to run on either ticket. Delegates to the annual meet ing of The Associated Press Man- Editors association voted, 11J to 7, that Truman will be the Democratic standard bearer. The seven votes went to Chief Justice Fred Vinson. They voted, 91 to 32. that Truman could beat Taft mhom they gave a 73 to 41 for the COP nommaLon over Eisenhower.

If General MacArthur should be the Republican choice, the editors predated 73 to 31 that Truman could defeat him. The ed.tors balloted, 105 to 13, that Eisenhower could whip Truman, and 103 to 13 that the general could beat Taft. -set- 1 Tornado Lives which killed six persons and injured of a mile from where the tornado engulfed them. Then some 45 minutes later and about 50 miles to the south a funnel-shaped cloud hopped across a 15 mile path in Columbia county, killing a woman and in juring her three children by pick ing up their farm home and smash ing it down 250 yards away. Seven others were reported injured.

A deputy sheriff said buildings were crushed like matchboxes. 1 ouuuici cu uarus, aucua, anus ana comes unea we patns 01 me fnrmiHnpK in Wisconsin hut there I "i iiuuiu- uc uu uuiic wuuuic I th. lnc n-ic ttior ml the heavv loss Nor was there which capped a day of generai rain and high winds in the state. fortunatelv skirted small towns in the regions. Howard Rasmussen, 35, his wife, Irene, and their children, Robert, five, and Betty, two, were clean ing chickens in their farm yard in the town of Waupaca when the tornado roared down on them.

Their bodies were found in a swamp a quarter mile away. Ras- mussen's father, William, 65, was 1 the basement He was struck on the head by a timber as the I The other Waupaca county vie- 1.2 a. um was mrs. ranees meuiw ine iowa or ioanon. ane ana ner two children were swept away when, the tornado leveled their tarm nome.

Mrs. ueiliet was found dead in a field. The rhilrfren were JlT VT 7 ui nearDy uuen, Daaiy irignienea I. 7 but not seriously hurt Vrrat P-iciii Fl-Ior MWH VUJMUllltJ At 3-Month High Washington UP) Announced U. S.

battle casualties in Korea jumped 2,212 in the week ended last Fridav to a total of R5 I'I'ho InrrMta nnm.n0 -I dav hv the Defense Henartment was the largest one for any week since late jne The new total i.J.7j mciuaes aeaa. Slaughtering for Own cxempr rrom GradinO Labelina l-doeiing Washington cn The government decided today that farmers who slaughter livestock 'for their own use don't have to have the beef graded and labeled after alL the meat regulations required every person slaughter-1 ing livestock to have the meat graded and marked. The Office of Price Stabilization said today this placed an unnecessary burden on farmers, livestock raisers and I others. The new ruling is effective Oc tober l. i I 1 I I 1 I 1 I I 1 I lobeuiven on Radio Tonight Youngdahl' Resigns Officially, Leaves Today for Washington St.

Paul (JPU- C. Elmer Anderson, 39-year-old Brainerd business man serving his sixth term as lieutenant governor, was sworn in today as Minnesota's 28th governor. The short, simple ceremony took place in the presence of the retiring governor Luther W. Youngdahl state and Republican party officials and as many others as could crowd into the palm-decked capitol rotunda and its surrounding balcony. Chief Justice Charles Loring administered the oath.

A short time before th ceremony Youngdahl had deposited his resignation In th of-fic of Secretary of Stat Mike Holm. Youngdahl leaves for Washington this afternoon to become a federal district judge. Anderson spoke only briefly. He will deliver a more extended inaugural message in a 31-station radio broadcast at 8 o'clock tonight. "It is with the deepest humility that I accept the office of governor of Minnesota," he said this morning.

"With the help of the people cf the state of Minnesota and the help of God I resolve to fulfill the duties of the office to the best of my ability." He thanked Governor Youngdahl for his "splendid and unselfish service," and added 'It will th purpose of our administration to carry on th fine program of honosty and humanity in government you have inaugurated." Speaking before Anderson took his oath, Youngdahl thanked the Deonle nf the state tnr "the --r nortlinifv trt serve mil are rfeeniw iht m. S000 Ppie i Minnesota rnr nm frienricMn nn. lAn.H uu g've mwuaw 1.VU1 oica iutv juu uavc uc siowea upon us Youngdahl expressed his appreciation to members of his staff, to state department heads and to "all the loyal and consecrated employes of our state." He concluded: "And then to you all the feP1 of state- for a hm innnoci 1 a iV niuiupcsj iu uu more uiau Va.ih4.h "Jri, ly thank fu auu iroa Diess von." more than eicht vears that raor uian eigm jears tnat TlJll accept a commission in ine cJaA ward J. Thye now a U.S. sen ator who had defeated Anderson for lieutenant governor in the 1942 primary.

After th Inaugural ceremony the Andersons and the Young-dahts hold a short reception and then were guests of honor at a luncheon given by th Republican state central committee. Speaking at the luncheon, the new v. j. governor aiu uc wauicu iu pfe of Minnesota" and hoped thus f. u.T:,l" J- iuuuuuuS rFuuui.uF.

ty with a positive and progressive program. Governor ana Mrs. Anaerson will hold a second reception in the state capitol this afternoon, WEATHER LOCAL-WEATHER Official observations for the 24 hours ending at 12 m. today: Maximum 72; minimum 41; noon, 47; precipitation, none; sun sets to- night at sun rises tomorrow at FEucKAt FORECAST Winona and Vicinity. Cloudy arid cold tonight with killing frost or freezing temperature.

Friday fair and continued cold. Low tonight -35 in city, freezing in countrv. Rain, Yindsform Lashes Midwest, Brings Snowfall By The Associated Press Wind and rain storms lashed wide areas of the Midwest today as the coldest weather' of the au. tiimn coicnn cnreirl irrncl the area from Canada. The intense storm that whipped across the Dakotas.

through Min- nesoU and across northern tj uoru vi xc oupenor loaay. xgni I -1 i 1 rain mixed with snow fell in the Lake Superior region and over most of Minnesota. Showers were reported from Lake Erie south- westward to eastern Oklahoma. Storm warnings were posted on all the Great Lakes. Temperatures dropped into the 20's in Montana east of the Con- Require Federal Mumcuv1.u19c Income: Truman Washington (JR President Tru man today asked Congress to pass a law requiring federal workers to file yearly statements of their total tt income.

He said this would ere vent "imnrnnr mnAurt" mnA T1aw Suspicions. lengthy message, sent to the Capitol in the midst of a Senate incruirv into charees of political in. nium-. inn the miu In operaUons as large as those our government today, with so mucn depending on official action in the Congress and in the execu- uve agencies, mere are Douna 10 attempts ny private ciuzens or interest groups to gam their ends R7 Wegil or improper means Mr. Truman said he would favor including "the principle that na tional party officials and employes be among those persons required wine annual suiemenw.

The President's own narty chair- man, llliam M. UOyie, was before the Senate's investigating subcommittee at the moment Meat Price Hike Announcement Expecied Soon Washington -W- The new and higher meat prices housewives will stlrt navinff Viert Mondar nut be arfnlnceTLfebv JtaSfflS PHei rf.wn,.ti; rhpsi Thm Inm.u ernertert to he 1m "tSLJJKJ ie! KSt. 7 i the hike in wholesale prices auth- oried last week. i Meanwhile, the nationwide drive MifnrM th heaf nrir. ntro1 program ha.

turned up 222 specific cuarges vi vioiauuu in viuca. Before the drive is over it began Monday the total is expected to run into the hundreds. rnn I OPS said the 1,500 agenU found violators in slaughter houses in more than half the cities where I -I infl I upcmuuiia mc-k 1 aistriDuting pianu were invesugai-1 ea. court action wui De uxen against all alleged violators. Financial Aid To Produce Markets Defeated in House Washington tfJ The House re jected Wednesday a proposal to have the federal government help finance farm produce markets in the nation's big cities.

A vote of 181 to 1C2 sent the bill back to the agriculture committee which had recommended it The! bill would have provided for long-1 term loans for construction of mar- kets where producers sell to whole-1 aaier. I 1 tinental divide today. They were house collapsed around him. He ciuzen-below freezing in parts of Wyo- died four hours later at a Waupaca sluP for your vision your "ir hnmitai. courage your humanity Mrs.

pie were scheduled to arrive in ApplicaUon forms can be obtain-Quebec next Tuesday. led from all local draft hoards The statement followed a discus- sion by the Canadian cabinet of the status cf the trip in view cf the serious illness of Elizabeth father, King Ceorge VI, who bas undergone a serious lung opera- tion. wing, cue iuu uiuuicsui. Strong winds were reported in the uie upper auuissippi yai- 01 re "xes region. The rest of the country reported generally fair weather.

It continu- ert hnt in most the South The 82me Texas areas Wlth "adings Bl SPrH mercury cumDea aoove iuu 5tlunS recoras ior ine aate. me day, ton at Great Falls. Mont. StaSSeil DeiireS Hark inn Ikn 3 mi-l ton. WIS.

1ST Harmfl t. I I Stassen denied Wednesday he had issued a statement backing Gen- eral Dwicht D. Eisenhower for the I TT: ricpuuutan nominauon ior next I year's presidential race Sta ssen. here fnr the Wisconsin Creameries association made the denial at a news conference. I "I have not made a statement in support of Eisenhower, as re- corted." Stassen said, addinir that Stassen said, adding that the idea may have arisen from his active support of re-armine western Europe, a program led by in general.

Tax Exemptions Voted Out by Senate Washington The Senate voted 77-11 today to wipe out the tax exemption on expense allow ances of the President, vice-presi dent and members of Congress, cf fectiv January 3, 1353. I I siti t2rriS I Five Persons Wtro Killed in the wreckage of this house in Waupaca county, Wisconsin, Wednesday when a tornado ripped apart the farm house and buildings. Howard Rasmussen, 23, his wife, two children, and bis father, William, 65, all perished. Four of them were carried a quarter mile into a swamp, and the father was killed by faliirg timber in the basement. (AP.

Wirephoto to The He-public an-Herall) Eiia Friday 58. I.

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