The Miami Herald from Miami, Florida • 1

The Weather Claoir iktitn end rain alls Gala la kgrriraot winds diminishinc Sunday fijtra Where To Go Go to hurricane shelters early before the storm breaks the Red Cross advises Take food and some cover and expect to be there about 12 hours See list of designated shelters on Page 2-A MIAMI TEMPEBATCRtS FRIDAT Ay Saturday September 15 1945 No 286 Most Complete Newspaper 20 Paget 35th Year 5 Cents The Weather Bureau Reports nirricane Center xneetec ernoon War To Napl es To Get Buffeting A severe tropical hurricane roared west northwestward out of the Atlantic early today headed for the Florida keys Hurricane warnings were extended at 530 a on the Florida west coast north of the Florida keys to Naples Pre- iously similar warnings had been ordered up from Fort Lauderdale south to Key West and the Dry Tortugas Forecaster Warren Johnson of the Miami weather bureau said a slow turn northward was probable after the hurricane reached the keys early this afternoon Moving forward at a speed of between 16 and IS miles per hour the tropical blow was centered about 200 miles southeast of Miami Winds near the center of the storm were well over 100 miles an hour They were reported of hurricane force of 75 miles an hour or more oer a considerable area outward from the tenter Winds were beginning to increase on the Florida Keys and along the southeast Florida roast and were1 exposed to reach as high as hurricane force at Miami Most -'vete winds will prcail oxer the Florida keys the advisory said I'uoflirially winds were estimated its high as 150 miles per hour when the hurricane blew through Turks Island in the Bahamas leaving a string of wreckage behind it Hurricane as Plotted by Weather Experts "HURRICANE COMINT' It's been a long time since "the" hurricane of 1926 but Miami rever will be caught napping again Twenty-four hours ahead of time Friday when it wtbs still "maybe she's coming" residents began preparing lor the worst Tiny river craft cmd sea-going vessels poured up the Miami river in steady stream seeking refuge And ail ever town storm shutters and boards were going up over windows and doors Tms scene as anyone ci thousands of motorists and bus passengers will cates: was the almost permanent position of the Miami crve bridge Course of Almost Iosp stonn warning for most of the rest of the Florida peninsula The warning covered the west coast area south of Tampa On the east eoast the warning was for every thing south of Melbourne Beach which is 176 miles north of Mtami At tiie Biltmore Army Air Force hospital sand bags were piled up ready for the possibility of a flash Turn To Page 2-A How To Id vos nml Homos 10 Safety Rules Given As Storm Precaution Aviators Tell of Fury Of Screaming Winds By The Asiociatrd Fmi WEST FALM BEACH Six Army who took a battering bruising cruise to the very center of the intense tropical storm nearing Florida warned Friday night that a potential major disaster is wrapped up in its screaming winds Control of their plane wasA Barometer Wind Cut Capers Here Barometric pressures rose and fell at Miami Friday but forecasters at the weather bureau said the tropical hurricane was still too dls tant to cause the variations They explained the high point under the daily normal rise and fall is around noon and the low reading around 5 Tlie storm was not expected to affect barometer readings here until this morning Barometer readings wind velocities and wind directions in Miami between 12 noon Friday and 2 a Saturday: Suggestions for personal safety and reduction of hurricane property damage were outlined by II Peace city building inspector 1 Loose material on roofs boards garbage cans porch furniture and other moable objects should be placed where they cannot blow against a building or through windows 2 Awnings should be raised and tied back projecting signs re-moed where possible 3 Shutters should be securely attached plate glass boarded up and free-standing walls braced 4 Garage and other large doors should be braced 5 Have hammer saw nails and small boards handy for quick repairs during storm 6 Draw water for drinking purposes Fill the bathtub 7 Stay in rooms on side of building opposite to that against which wind is blowing 3 Arrange openings for ventilation on leeward side of building This also will prevent building up of interior pressure in case a windward opening is knocked out relieving wind pressure on walls and roof Have flashlight candles or other temporary lighting handy 10 Keep your radio on and listen to late advisories It was emphasized that occupants of buildings on low ground near water should seek safer quarters 11:45 in sent the wind velocitv up to 28 miles per hour with gusts up to 40 ingles per hour The Red Cross issued a state inent urging all residents in the keys to abandon their homes and come to the mainland Rescue trucks started picking up refugees shortly after midnight along the Overseas highway The trucks operating out of Homestead planned to cruise throughout the day hauling people to Homestead and Miami BATTENING DOWN While airplanes and boats in the Miami area were rushed to shelter Miamians went to work boarding up residences and business buildings Stores experienced heavy runs on candles flashlights canned goods and other foods that might be eaten without cooking The Red Cross was preparing to open about 60 hurricane shelters for the public The war production board announced that building materials might be obtained by individuals and business houses under an emergency order Purchase orders may be placed directly ith dealers The WPB ill automatically extend priorities Earle Robbins WPB manager announced SERVICES PREPARE Army and Navy units wore bu-y evacuating equipment and preparing for the full force of the hurricane Coast Guard airplanes flew over isolated keys in the Atlantic warning scattered communities and isolated home owners of the impending storm Pan American Airways was fiy-ing its regular out-bouml schedules Friday But there weie to lie no incoming planes flight left the Biscayne Bay basin Traffic was lied up for long -periods on streets which cross the Miami river Bridges were up for intervals up to 20 minutes as streams of small boats sought shelter up the river The blow was expected to raise Biscayne Bay water levels Lt Col Dan Rosenfelder commanding officer of the seventh battalion of the Florida State Guard issued orders for 230 guardsmen to report to the Dade County- Armory as soon as the crisis has passed They- will remain at their homes until that time Pan American Airways was holding planes headed for Miami at San Juan Pueito Rico and Ciudad Trujillo Dominican Republic The last ships cleared out of Miami early Saturday The area in which the hurricane warning was hoisted covers 194 miles between Fort Lauderdale and Key West Miami is 169 miles north of Key West The weather advisory issued a Strike Wave Closes Ford Aulo Plants By Tbc Anecitlrd Frcsi The Ford Motor Co quit virtually all production Friday laying off 50000 workers and attributing the move to "crippling and unauthorized against suppliers A statement issued over the name of Henry Ford 2nd executive vice-president said: two and a half months we have produced less automobiles than we could in three hours of normal production and the major reason is that these continued outbreaks by irresponsible labor groups are impeding the regular progress of The Ford company's action came a a climax to week-long labor strife in the Detroit area Ford layoffs brought to approximately Ml 000 the number of idle auto industry workers here and in neighboring Windsor Ont where a Ford strike was in its third day is me the country as a whole recognizes the seriousness of the Ford said know' when we can reopen our plants The Ford layoffs were announced as the international executive board of the United Automobile Workers was conducting a of officers of De troit Local 174 which has carried on a strike for more than three weeks at the Kelsey -Hayes Wheel Co This strike which the UAW-CIO top leadership refused to sanction was followed la-t week by the layoff of more than 300000 Ford workers Later however the Ford company which depended for certain supplies on Kelsey-I laves found other sources and' returned most of the men to work Idleness in current strikes includes 10000 in Windsor at the Ford Motor Co of Canada 6500 at Hudson Motor Car Co and 3100 at Murrav Corp of America Several other strikes have from to 900 idle each Trumans Near Missouri Home KANSAS CITY uP) President and Mrs Truman came back In bright sunshine late Friday for a quiet week end at their nearby Independence home after a rough six-and-a-half-hour flight in the presidential plane froVn Washington which included brief stops at Paducah Ky- and Scott Field 111 The presidential party reached the municipal airport at 7:03 and was greeted by a small dele gation from Independence when the President will rest until Sun day afternoon when he returns to Washington This was the chief executive' second visit home since he became president in April He visited here briefly late in June following the San Francisco conference For $300 a day Use one of our cars until new cars available Evans Over Florida" Adv Advisory The full text of a bulletin from the United States weather bureau at 5:30 a Saturday follows: hurricane warnings 5:30 a on Florida west coast north of the keys to Naples hurricane now is central near latitude 237 longitude 72 we-t or about 200 miles southeast of Miami still moving west northwestward about 16 to 18 miles per hour "It is attended bv hurricane winds over a considerable area with winds over 100 miles per hour near he enter are now beginning to increase along the southeast Florida coast and the keys and will continue to increase over southern Florida today as the center approaches reaching hurricane force from Fort Lauderdale ami Naples southward this afternoon "Most severe winds will prevail over the keys "The center is expected 1o teach the kevs bv early this afternoon after which a stow turn to northwaid is probable All interests should remain on the alert for further extension of huriicane warnings as maybe required if turn occurs warnings are now-displayed from Fort Lauderdale and Naples southward and storm warnings elsewhere over south Florida to Tampa and Melbourne precaution should be Living Death TINGING their way to Ja pan to drop the first bombs on Tokyo three of fliers never suspected they were on their way to a living death in Japanese prison camps They begin the saga of their 40-month ordeal in an exclusive series that will start Sunday in The Herald Pertlcillin wonder drug had better look to us laurels! IIovv streptomycin a new medicinal chemical destroys bacteria is revealed in an article in The American Weekly distributed every Sunday with The Miami Herald In addition Fannie Hurst leading American novelist contributes the touching story of a GI who left both arms and legs on the battlefield but still has what it takes to stand up to life These vv itli the leading comics complete wire and local news are just a few of the features in Che jHiamt HcraIi) Most Complete Newspaper Piano Sale Must sell all pianos and instruments at cost Lost my lease Miami Music Shop 13 So Miami Ave Adv 2 PAA Units Selccl CIO Transport Workers of America (CIO) was selected as contract bat gaining agent by two out of three groups of Pan American Airways employes in their systemwide election held in August Results of tlie balloting were received early today by Roy Whitman international representative of tlie CIO union from Albert Smith National Mediation Board representative Mechanical employes cast 1534 ballots for the CIO and 1017 for the AFL while porters and cleaners chose the CIO union over the AFL affiliate 291 votes to 34 AFL-affiliated International Association of Machinists was selected bv PAA stores employes who gave the AFL union 181 votes I ter and sightseeing boats have were cancelled Hurricane experts were consulting their maps worst hurricane of Sept 18 1926 started at approximately the same spot as the one that now approaches The 1926 hurricane however began a more pronounced northward swerve earlier than this one Maps of the 1926 hurricane indicate that it was about 70 miles north of the present blow at this time The weather advisory however pointed out it was impossible to guess the course of tropical storms The evacuation of the Miami Air Field adjoining the 36th st airport was to be completed before daw Originally scheduled for 8 a the hour was advanced to midnight BOATS SEEK SHELTER A Bloodvvorth in charge of the city yacht basin estimated that 500 small craft are now tied up in the Miami river All cliar- West Battening Down For Bis: Blow HERALD BIREAC KEY Key West and the other Florida keys were alerted Friday night for the severe tropical hurricane heading this way 8 This city's new commercial radio housing area to shelters in the station Y'KWF went on the air statiori Mat Spottswood announced that for ie fust tme to warn residents slvelters for other evacuees wiM be cn the itf per keys either to come the Division Street school Divi-to Kev West or proceed to Miami jsion and White sts Harrison Maj Robert man of the the Red Cross said his or pi OLCfU in AiidllU Spottswood -master eomimuee of organiza-jan(j Oitu A iii lv oic iiaiiiovu chair-''100' Southard and Margaret sts high school White and United sts sch00 gymnasium Walton Seminary sts: Jackson Square City Alerts Police and 0 Fire Forces Safety Director Dan Rosen-f elder lale Friday alerted the forces of the department of public safetv in Wie face of the threatened huirt-cane Under the orders otf-duty firemen and policemen will not be required to report for duty until after the wind subsides Fire Chief Ilenrv Chae said fire hazards during hurricanes ate not great but that danger comes immediately afterward when residents iry to make use of utilities rOLICE DUTIES SET Director Rosenfelder said the auxiliary' police also will report after the blow and that the battalion of the Florida State Guard has been ordered to stand by and report at the armory in the event of serious damage Schaller chief plumbing inspector called on all members and employes of the plumbing industry to volunteer their services the same way they did in 192G to combat gas and water leaks caused by structural damage The plumbers are asked to meet at the city' warehouse at Fifth ave and 11th st Director Rosenfelder also announced that if winds increase seriously this morning city employes whose services are not essential may stay home This does not apply to the department of public safety' except women employes Hurricane Hits Bahamas NASSAU Bahamas iP Hurricane winds of 110 miles an hour swept over Ixmg Key in the Bahamas Friday night At Ularencetovv Long Island in the eastern Bahamas the wind velocity reac hed 105 miles an hour Seventy-five mile winds raged over Georgetown Great Exuma Island site of a wartime United States Navy air base At Nassau puffy rain squalls were gradually increasing Shipping scurried for safe harbors throughout the Bahamas Frida Warns i Admiral Forrest Sherman deputy chief of staff ior planning of the Pacific fleet said Friday that America must organize her national defense to protect her from atom bomb aggression before it starts Licenses Easy Parking Baumgardner Tag Agencv Qtiick Service 1360 36th Adv snatched from them bv the raging elements and with both pilot and co-pilot fighting for control it required three minutes to rench it back again this st rni hits any big city at the rate it is going there Is likely to be a major the airmen reported They estimated the wind's velocity at miles an hour or The airmen now at Morrison ipld called the hurricane for their aeual weather forecaster Lt Bernard Kappler of New York City who recorded it originally STRUCK BY LIGHTNING They told of a motor giving up on one occasion and a 100-mile flight towards Cuba before they could start it up again At the center they were struck time and again by lightning and the air was so full of electricity that flame a iced through the cabin Once they found themselves only 900 feet above the wild sea They have played tag with the huriicane for three days Piloting their twin-engined plane was Lt Dennis A Cassidy of Roselle and with him was Lt Crowe Oxford Mis co-pilot Lt Redding Bunting Dunbar Ta navigator Lt Kappler forecaster T-Sgt Fred Faquin Lowell Mass radio operator and S-Sgt William Goodwin South Eu clid Ohio engineer All are from the first weather reconnaissance squadron of Grenier Field Manchester here since May to see what makes tropical storms tick BUILDING UP Lt Kappler discovered the storm on Sept 12 during a flight from Morrison Field to Antigua I At that time it boasted winds of but 50 miles an hour but was building up Next day they found the ind to have increased to 90 miles an hour some 50 miles from the center of the storm when their engine failed and they had to run for it went back into it yesterday and headed for the center" said Cassidy we reached the we encountered severe turbulence and heavy rains We were battered about and had absolutely no control for more than three minutes By the time staggered out of the heaviest part of the storm our arms ached there appeared to be a 110-mile area of hurricane winds The center was fairly calm but around the rim it was a 130 miles velocity or higher tried to maintain an altitude of 1500 feet but were unable to control the plane and at times were able to see the surface of the sea lashed into a For Asphalt Tile and expert service call Walton Flooring Co Phone 7-6631 Adv 50 tion had already swung into action Headquarters were opened at the Jackson Square USO LEAVES CANCELLED Capt Reordan USX commander of the naval operating base canceled all leave for Navy personnel and issued orders for the larger ships that were in operation to go out into the Gulf of Mexico Ships tli at were undergoing repairs and were unable to go to sea are being made secure at Navy to 118 for tlie CIO Whitman said the victories constituted the first big triumph for the CIO in the air transport field He added that CIO organizers would start a campaign Tuesday for elections among Eastern Air Lines and National Air Lines workers to choose between the CIO and the AFL unions as their bargaining agent EAL employes are now represented by the AFL and NAL bv an independent union Where To Find It Herald Telephone 3-4411 USO in Whitehead st and for negro residents Douglas School and Bethel Church have been obtained as shelters Limit Marines For 0 erseas WASHINGTON OR) The Marine Corps announced Friday that no Marine having 40 points of more toward the 70 necessary for discharge would be sent overseas The new order applies to both ifrom 85 io 70 for discharge At the 'ame time the Marine Corps an inounced that any member of the 33 years of age would at his own request no immediate estimate number of men affected by order American Shoe Repair Shop moving to 22 2nd Ave Nov 1 Same management same service piers Small Navy craft is seeking officers and enlisted men shelter in the inner harbor i Previously the limitation on Large submarines abo went to over-eas service was fixed at 70 Rea while the smaller undersea points or more when the total re-xessels were submerged alongside quired for discharge was reduced piers are preparing for a severe hurricane but theie is snll a r-os over noiliTN of it curving and not jrz ths Capt Reordan Enid The Xavv is prepared io evacuee residents in the Pomciana be released Theiewas on the tile new You should have Mutual Benefit Health and Accident coverage for your protection Fit 2-0517 Adv I 4.