The Miami Herald from Miami, Florida • 19

-irywwv yvyyvvlVYOivrrV yyyyvwyywy 5 These Arrived In World During Big Blow Vvwry Thursday October 19 1950 THE MIAMI HERALD 19-A Bond Drive Publicity Replaces Straw Vote The straw vote to help select a fifth member of the Miami city commission' was washed off the Nov 7 ballot Wednesday The commission voted unani- -I 1 amounts for a telephone campaign on election day precinct work and supplies Staff Photos by Marvin Bloom MRS JOHN PROCTOR AND DAUGHTER SUSAN they live at 1S50 NIV 86th st mously to rescind its hotly-debated election call and ordered the $100 qualifying fee returned to two candidates Only names on the ballot would have been Malcolm McAllister political newcomer and Leslie Quigg former commissioner Commissioner William MV Charles offered the repeal resolution It recited that the election had been called at the of several prominent business to help get out a vote for $6000-000 in city bond issues up for approval the same day It also brought out that two commissioners have announced they will not- be bound by the vote in filling the unexpired term of Commissioner Robert Floyd The opponents are Commissioner Louie Bandel and Mayor William Wolfarth All five commissioners agreed on extensive drum-heating campaign to put over the bond is-uses They voted $7000 appropriation at the suggestion of Publicity Director Hoite Agey in form the despite intimations by Commissioner Charles that the expenditure might not be legal The amount includes $493 for newspaper advertising $450 for radio time $1692 for billboards $850 for folders $1125 for mail ing $750 for hiring Press Agent Tom Jeff and varying MRS ROBERT MacELWAIN AND SON they live at 4075 Bonita are MRS ARMAND WYDROZ AND DAUGHTER DEBORAH they live at 44S1 STF Fifth ler Six Radios Lose Towers Hurricane Notes City Detective Buried 111 Car As Wall Falls orary Stations Back On Air See Pictures on Page 8-A By JOHN OPPITZ Herald Staff Writer The sound of steel towers crashing during the hurricane at six Miami radio stations had been replaced in most cases Wednesday by music and voices as the stations went back on the air High winds bulldozing way across the city Tuesday night slammed down the towers at WQAM-WIOD WINZ and WTTT 3ut all were back on the air in a relatively short time Stations WKAT and WLRD which also lost part of their towers worked to improvise transmitting facilities Stations WMBM WFEC and WVCG were knocked off the air night by power failures but only awaited resumption of service to go back on the air st causeway crumpled just before midnight Milton Scott chief engineer said broadcasts were resumed at 1:40 am after an antenna was hastily strung at The Daily News building where the studios are located One of the towers was blown down completely and only about 50 feet of the other was still standing The wind also broke off about' AUTO RADIATORS Remove and Install Clean and Repair Any Light Car -INCLUDING Motor Block FLUSHED Friday Night U-MIAMI BOSTON IN THE Orange Bowl ir TICKETS I of Miami Ticket Office at 228 SE 1 st St will remain open until 9 oclock tonight Tickets also on sale at Taylor Marshall Sport Shop 89 Miracle Mile Coral Gables and Farr Tours 2315 Collins Ave Miami Beach Reserved $400 $300 5200 Us Check Your Car PHONE 2-0050 ra Ud engine that uprooted and blown over on its side Grieving she went back into the house and the storm blew around to another tangent When she looked out of the window Wednesday morning the wind had righted the tree again and the rain had packed the soil about its roots just as if nothing had happened Miami Naval Air Station busy with' a cleanup job after the big storm had to clear runways for four emergency landings Wednesday One caused some anxiety when a C-46 commercial plane from Havana attempted to land at busy International airport but was shunted to the Navy field when the pilot discovered his brakes were on the blink He landed safely The other three were Air Force air-sea rescue planes from MacDill Field at Tampa which were in this area on missions They got down without incident Tuesday hurricane operated in 30-minute cycles Joe Brown of The Herald sports staff found big blow started at 11:33 in and ended at 12:03 a Brown reported lull lasted just half an hour until 12:33 a in and then the second phase of the storm from the south-southwest began lasting until 1:03 a 'if timing of the three phases was one of the most unusual coincidences I have ever observed in such a' storm to have the two violent periods and the lull of exactly the same A Miami detective miraculously escaped serious Injury at the height of the hurricane Tuesday night when a building wall collapsed on his car as he answered a call Newton 40 of 2811 NW Fourth st was pinned in his detective cruiser when a wall of Boat Works 603 NW Riv er dr fell on him Buried In debris Newton managed to work one hand loose and wave it outside the car window A passing cab driver noticed the hand and pulled the detective clear He was not seriously hurt Also injured in the storm was! Fireman Rudolph Suggs 25 who suffered a lacerated right wrist when a window of Fire Station No 6 blew in as he was helping board up Flying debris- struck Benjamin Parker 62 of 273 NE 54th st an emergency worker for the American Legion as he attempted to secure the flagpole of Little River School He suffered a lacerated head Band To Drill Members of the Miami Senior High Band are asked by Drum Major Kenny Ball to meet at TO this morning Shenandoah Park for a drill I il The hurricane played a trick on Mrs Beacham 2300 NW 22nd Ave that made her wonder if all the excitement been too much for her During the first part of the big blow her husband took her into the yard to see a prized avocado tree that had been half Florsheim Wings span the continent! If all the Florsheim Wing Tips being worn this season were placed sole-edge to sole-edge it would certainly be the largest wing span in America! Florsheim wing tips are first choice of ihe finest shoes i Work SOUTHERN AUTO RADIATOR CO 1419 NORTH MIAMI AVE Aerials Pul 150 feet of a 200-foot tower maintained by WTTT at SW 32nd are and 15th st but the stations resumed broadcasts with temporary antenna facilities Wednesday morning An antenna comprising the top 40 feet of a 200-foot tower used for FM broadcasts by WLRD at 812 First st Miami Beach was bent double by the winds Owner Alan Rosenson reported Work was rushed on temporary facilities The hurricane also knocked the tops off four WINZ towers in Opa-locka but the station was back on the air with a EXCLUSIVE nnra iMJ Uu 1 1 higher-compression truck A United Nations pageant scheduled fori tonight was among many public events postponed Wednesday because of the storm It will be presented Saturday night in the Bayfront Park bandshell Lack of lights in the Orange Bowl cancelled Wednesday night's football game between Miami Beach High and Technical High schools Strange crops of coconuts and moss were harvested by the storm Householders piled coconuts at the curb along with tree limbs and shrubbery awaiting 'city trucks The big moss crop was stripped from the famous moss-draped oaks of Orlando in central Floiida -Vt cr 'r Vr 5 it Engine Compression in the 5 Best-Selling rucks under 6000 GVW TRUCK A TRUCK 66 67 PATH OF HURRICANE Schools Closed Today Loss At $150000 Hurricane damage to Dade public schools was estimated Thursday by -School Superintendent James Wilson to be In excess of $150000 the heaviest damage to schools since the 1926 hurricane Schools will remain closed today to students but teachers and other personnel Wilson said are expected to report to work as usual to help prepare schools for reopening Friday At least two parochial Catholic schools Gcsn and Corpus Christ! announced they wonld reopen today No reports were received from the other parochial schools Wilson said high winds had almost wrecked the roofs of seven schools and had demolished six portable classrooms All schools suffered damage from broken windows and water he said Maintenance workers expect to have most of them dried out by late today Sufficient emergency repairs will be made on the more se verely damaged schools Wilson said so that they can if possible be ready for nse Friday may be one or two schools we get ready for use by he said we will make a later announcement if they are not The superintendent reported the worst damaged building was Horace Mann Junior High at 8950 Second ave Almost its entire roof will have to be replaced Four other new schools Hialeah Elementary 550 Eighth st Anburndale 3235 SW Sixth st Liberty City Elementary 1855 NW 71st st and Sylvania 16th st suffered considerable Heights Elementary 5091 SW damage to their second floor roofs Two Miami Beach schools the senior high at 1420 Drexel ave and Central Elementary 1420 Washington ave also emerged with roofs badly beaten by the hurricane winds Wilson said Lindsey-Hopkins Vocational school 1410 NE Second ave is not included in school closing Divorce Granted To Ungerl eiders Miami Beach Attorney Harold Ungerleider and his wife Constance were divorced in West Palm Beach Wednesday They were married in Toledo in 1929 Mrs Ungerleider had charged extreme cruelty Judge Joseph White ordered them to enter into an agreement under which the wife is to be paid $3000 and given custody of their minor child Ungerleider has been a member of the Florida bar since 1941 During World "War II he served in South America Labrador Newfoundland Greenland and Iceland as a field adviser for the American Red Cross Fast work by engineers put WQAM back on the air by 3:20 am after a 400-foot tower and a 275-foot auxiliary tower both came tumbling down about 11:45 pm under the force of what General Manager Owen Uridge called lusty Gene Rider and other engineers strung up a wire to serve as a temporary antenna Rider on duty in the transmitter building with Jim Bayfield and Upward Elmore said the shrieking wind apparently obscured the sound of the cumpling towers They knew the-station suddenly had gone off the air but learned the towers were down only when they went outside to investigate The larger tower which stood on a concrete foundation in Bis-cayne bay near MacArthur causeway fell partly in the water and partly near the transmitter building The smaller one fell toward NE Bayshore pi and damaged the roof of a WQAM warehouse but no one was hurt Uridge said it would take at least 60 days to replace the large tower and there are no plans to replace the smaller one Meanwhile the station will continue its broadcasts by using emergency antenna facilities The upper 150 feet of 210-foot tower at 1759 Bay rd Miami Beach came crashing down at 11:57 pm Tuesday It fortunately fell away from the adjacent WKAT building where eight persons were working at the time General Manager John Prosser reported A 250-foot temporary antenna was being strung up Wednesday afternoon to put the station back on the air Station WIOD also did a quick job of getting back on the air after two 300-foot towers along the 79th Estonian Tries To End Life An Estonian refugee who attempted suicide because worth while in this still faces Richard Pallas one of a band who sought haven here In 1946 after crossing the Atlantic jn a small boat is in custody of Immigration authorities at the Miami Retreat He was taken there after according to Miami police he tried to slash his left wrist with a razor blade while in city jail En route to Jackson Memorial Hospital first for emergency treatment Pallas was quoted thus by Jailer Roy Thomas: do it again and next time do a better job tired of being cooped up Life worth while in this Pallas has been held since the government filed illegal entry charges against 1 three months ago He has been refused American citizenship Joseph Savoretti district immigration director said Pallas faces deportation for entering the country without a visa and for suspected Communist connections Meeting Delayed The Coral Gables Rainbow Assembly will not meet as scheduled tonight at 8 on account of the power breakdown Mrs Virgil Sailsbury mother adviser said the meeting will be held Nov 2 68 70 74 TRUCK TRUCK WIILYS FEATURES OF WILLY ALSO OFFERS 71 COMPRESSION for high altitudes (FJgur from Commrcial Cor Journal My 1950) -F-head design with 74 com- manifold cast in block pression gives top mileage on held at uniform temperature regular gas Down -draft carburetion with Imake is valve-in-head with short direct travel to combus- 2-inch valve head tion chamber is valve-in-block water- of design for easier jacketed for efficient cooling low-cost maintenance THREE BIG TRUCK VALUES WILLYS 2-TON2-wheeI drive 1 1 8-In wb 4250 gvw WILLYS 4-WHEEL DRIVE 1 ton 1 1 8-In wb 5300 gvw WILLYS SEDAN DELIVERY 104-in wb 4000 gvw 'SUNSHINE IHSTRiBUTO- IL 333 Flagler 5t Miami Telephone 3-2179 WILLYS DISTRIBUTORS FOR FLORIDA ftlINDfD WHISKEY 90 PROOF 65 CRAIN NEUTRAL SPIRITS THE 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