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116 No. 55 FRIDAY, JUNE 28, 1946 Five Cents On Guard for Over a Century Mi JLr Li vy O'Daniel Stopped on OPA Filibuster Senate Votes to Limit Discussion After Texan Talks for Eight Hours WASHINGTON (JP) The Senate agreed early Friday morning to limit further debate on a bill to extend price controls to one hour to each senator, abruptly ending a one-man filibuster by Senator O'Daniel Immediately, on majority leader Barkley'a motion, the Senate recessed until 11 a. m. Friday. The action came unexpectedly after O'Daniel had spoken for eight hours and 18 minutes against the compromise bill.

O'Daniel's agreement to the debate limitation apparently assured a vote Friday on the measure with indications that it would be given Senate approval. MUM rAn -XL r- i IKS Score Are Injured; Damage Heavy Region Near 12tli and Fort Sts. Is Hardest Hit by New Tivister A savage tornado the second within 10 days smashed the Detroit area Thursday afternoon, unroofing buildings, pyramiding automobiles and injuring at least a score of persons. The twister, which struck at 3:37 p. m.

and lasted three minutes, spent its fury in a twelve-block area bounded by Tenth and Tourteenth, Lafayette and Jefferson. The furious wind moved in from across the Detroit River, sucking water 12 feet into the air. Windsor, which bore the brunt of last week's tornado, suffered only minor damage. The tornado hit in the midst of a severe thunderstorm. Streets were flooded, traffic was jammed and telephone and electric service was disrupted in some sections.

WASHINGTON (AP) Senator O'Daniel Tex.) defiantly talked on in a one-man filibuster against OPA early Friday, despite a petition that assured a Senate vote Saturday on the question whether debate shall be shut off. The petition, sponsored by Majority Leader Barkley Ky.) and quickly signed by more than the 16 senators necessary to give it a place on the calendar, was filed at 10 p. m. (Detroit time). yiAiL awwfrjw- BUS GARAGE AND OTHER BUILDINGS ON W.

FORT HIT BY TORNADO gives look into unroofed warehouses and industrial structures In storm-lashed area Si Taxes Cut 1015 Pet. in Canada Many Freed from All Income Levy OTTAWA OP) The Canadian Government announced a reduction in personal income taxes which will free about one-quarter of the present taxpayers and cut the rates for the majority from" 10 to 15 per cent. The new program, effective Jan. 1, 1947, will raise the exemption level for single persons from $660 to $750 and for married persons without dependents from $1,200 to $1,500. This would release between and 600,000 persons now paying taxes.

THE REDUCTIONS were announced in Parliament by Finance Minister J. L. Ilsey in presenting his budget for the 1946-47 fiscal year ending next March 31. For the current calendar year the income taxes will remain at their present level, which last October was reduced by 16 per cent from the high wartime level. Also effective next Jan.

1 flat rate taxes on corporate incomes will be reduced from 40 per cent tax will be reduced from 20 peri cent to 15 per cent, also effective Live Jan. 1, and sole proprietors and partnerships will be exempt. TIT, Icomt NEW YORK (P) During the four-day convention of the Eastern Association of Fire Chiefs, New York had 581 fires capped by the $2,000,000 Staten Island Ferry Terminal conflagration. i GREYHOUND Overhead view Meanwhile, Canada death tour. from the June 17 blow mounted to 18.

Nelson Jones, 45, of Ojibway, died in Hotel Dieu at Windsor. The deluge and its accompanying gales were concentrated on the West Side of the city. The Weather Bureau reported only light winds and little rain at the City Airport. OBSERVERS EXPRESSED the opinion that residents, benefiting from experiences 10 days ago, sought shelter in time and thereby held the casualty toll to a minimum. Of thoae injured, only nine were treated at Receiving Hospital.

Police, however, attributed the death of Wardell Madlock, 21, of 580 E. Palmer, a coal company employee, to the thunderstorm which accompanied the tornado. Madlock was found dead, lying across an electrical coal conveyor in a lot on Beecher near Michigan, a half-hour after he had been ordered to stop work. He apparently had been electrocuted. HEAVIEST DAMAGE in the tornado section was done to the Greyhound Bus Garage, 1910 W.

Fort; the Universal Trailer Co. 1832 W. Fort; the Flex-O-Tube Co. 2101 Lafayette, and the George W. Miesel Sons Warehouse, 1771 W.

Fort. The roof of the Greyhound garage was ripped off and flung across the street. Seven of 16 busses in the garage were damaged slightly. Although there were 200 persons in the building, according to Owen Keith, the manager, only six were hurt. Mrs.

Carmel Raymond, 50, of 2928 Grand River, was struck Full page of tornado pictures on back page. Map on Page 3. by a huge ventilating pipe which was torn loose. The others were hit by falling debris. The Universal Trailer Co.

Bldg. was damaged heavily. The roof was blasted off and the side of the building caved in. HARRY DeWITT, the manager, said there were only six persons working at the time. Shouting a Turn to Page 3, Column 1 IT WON'T BECOME A Bar Owner Gives Up for Grand Jury Quiz Prujansky Believed Questioned on Alleged Teamster 'Fix9 Fund Herman (Turk) Prujansky, 37, believed to have been wanted for questioning in connection with an alleged AFL Teamsters "fixing" fund, appeared voluntarily before Judge George B.

Murphy's labor rackets grand jury. TT. 1 1 1,1 lrnn1n nrVo. TTVonl- Z3 Associated Frees Photo Greeks Get Islands from Italy Cordial Molotov Also OK's French Claims BY C. L.

SULZBERGER York Time Foreign Service PARIS The Big Four foreign ministers awarded the Dodecanese Islands to Greece, and the Tenda-Briga area in Northwest Italy to France. The awards resulted from a surprisiftg concurrence by Soviet Foreign Minister V. M. Molotov that eased the tension of the council. Cession of the Dodecanese so astonished Secretary of State James F.

Byrnes that, a3 he put it later, "It took me several minutes to catch my breath." THE BRIGA-TENDA award stipulated only that hydro-electric facilities be fairly distributed between French and Italian requirements. Successes alternated with disappointments. The meeting was marked by another deadlock on free navigation on the Danube. Alolotov's obstinate refusal to meet an Allied compromise offer moved Byrnes to a blast against countries wishing to revert to "practices of discrimination." The ministers also failed to agree on a similar principle in the clause on civil aviation in the Romanian treaty. BUT IT FIXED the size of the Bulgarian navy at 7,250 tons and 3,500 men and agreed on several minor points in the Romanian treaty.

The biggest problem- Trieste and the ltalo-Yugoslav frontier reached a new stalemate. Molotov suggested either Yugo-olavian sovereignty over the Triestt area or a dual rule over the Trieste enclave within Yugoslavia by Rome and Belgrade. Both ideas were disapproved by the Western powers. The chief Yugoslavian envoy said that Molotov had not informed Belgrade of the second proposal and that his government could accept nothing but full sovereignty over Trieste. Liquidated WASHINGTON (JP) President Truman signed an order terminating the Office of Director of Liqui dation, effective June 30.

XI iida Uccll BUUgui lui ijurauuuiug omv-c muuuajr ivwi Schemanske, chief assistant prosecutor, issued orders for his ap A 3 n.i 5 prehension. Prujansky appeared after Louis Bernstein, 35, of 3041 Leslie, had been grilled by jury investigators for three hours. BERNSTEIN AND his brother Sam, 33, are said to be partners of Prujansky in Turk's Music Bar, 1239 Griswold. The alleged hidden partnership resulted in confiscation of the license by the Liquor Commission. The bar is operating, however, pending decision of the State Supreme Court on a petition for an injunction against the Liquor Commission.

The alleged fund to be used for "fixing" purposes was said to have been placed in the hands of Teamster officials after the bar license had been suspended. AFTER PRUJANSKY had been questioned, the grand jury adjourned until Friday morning. Judge Murphy declined to comment on whether Prujansky and Bernstein would be recalled then. Both were released after questioning. Asked If they were under arrest, Lester B.

Moll, special grand-jury prosecutor, replied: "Definitely not." PRUJANSKY CAME to Detroit to appear befone 'the jury from his mother's cottage near Oscoda, where he was located by a Free Press reporter. "I don't know wh'at they want me for," he said, "but I am per-Turn to Page 9, Column 3 On Inside Pages MIGHTY BLOW Wind Sets Big Engine a'Rocking Eye-Witness Tells of Storm The tornado struck with such fury that a 110-ton diesel engine of the New York Central railroad rocked "like a baby buggy, Fireman R. J. Powell, of 14885 Euclid, said. Powell, who witnessed the storm from its start, said the funnel whirled around the railroad warehouse two full revolutions, then tore 200 feet of cement blocks from the railroad dock.

"The roof of the George Miesel Son Co. building was ripped off in one piece, raised about 15 feet and shattered in midair," Powell said. "The tornado then tore the roof off the Universal Trailer Co. building and deposited in its place the roof of the Miesel Co. "The funnel never came closer than 200 feet to the ground," Powell added.

"It seemed to have a base of vapor and I dread to think how bad lt would have been if it had come lower, if that's possible." "I saw the twister coming 30 seconds before it tore the roof off the building where I work;" said Miss Frances Allen, 35, of 8277 Lauder, an employee of the Greyhound Bus garage, 1910 W. Fort. "I was standing outside and saw the funnel coming from the river front," she said. I ran into the building to warn Turn to Page Column 5 HABIT possibly 1,000 feet up. Then came a third funnel, much smaller, which dissipated almost immediately.

Oak said the tornado Thursday was of the type which decreases pressure immediately below the vortex and produces an explosive effect. This results because pressure inside build-'nga then becomes greater than vhe atmospheric pressure on the mtside. OAK SAID THAT chances are Detroit won't experience another tornado for possibly 200 years. Tornadoes," he said "usually occur when warm and cold air masses meet. And when that certain degree of air Instability is reached, you have a twister.

But you can't tell when that degree will be reached." The forecaster pointed out that in the whole state of Michigan tornadic action has been reported on only 100 days in 75 years or one out of 273.75 days. Daniel, however, kept right on. He has been on his teet since 3:52 p. m. Thursday.

It had been O'Daniel's idea to keep the talk going until OPA expires at Sunday midnight. THE TEXAS iron-man showed no immediate sign of giving up despite the filing of the cloture petition by Barkley. The "gag" petition would limit debate to an hour for each senator. But it would take two-thirds of the Senate to pass it, and the -Senate traditionally is reluctant to put a limit on talk. Also, under the rules, it must lie over a day, so that it could not come up until Saturday.

(Senator Ferguson Mich.) signed the petition.) AS O'DANIEL neared the end of seven hours, he was talking hoarsely about the inability of one man to carry the load he had picked up. Before he started passing the talk-limiting petition around, Barkley had proposed also that O'Daniel agree to limit debate to an hour for each Senator, beginning at midnight. The Texan said he might be able to work something out with Barkley if he could have a few minutes to talk things over. THE DEMOCRATIC leader then asked unanimous agreement that O'Daniel have priority on the floor after a scheduled short speech by Senator Thomas who also opposes OPA. Senator Lucas who had asked O'Daniel previously if the Texan was filibustering, squelched that move with an objection.

Resignedly, O'Daniel resumed talking in a hoarse voice, remark- tug. wen, nerewe go again. EARLIER O'Daniel chided the administration, and Congress, too, for not formerly proclaiming an end of World War II, saying the "only reason it hadn't been done is because the New Deal wants to hang on to its war-time powers." He said the only reason the OPA was set up was to "overthrow the America form of government." He asserted that if Chester W. Bowles, economical stabilizer, resigned, he would be given another job in the administration "for the New Deal boys like him and, besides, who else would they get to do their dirty work." PREVIOUSLY, Senator Taft called for a favorable vote on the pending bill, a compromise Turn to Page 2, Column 3 1916 Strike Days Double 19 15 Total WASHINGTO (JP) The time lost through strikes in the first five months of 1946 more than doubled the entire strike idleness in 1945. the Labor Denart- ment reported.

Idleness from January through May totaled 81.700,000 man-days. tor all cf 1945, the figure was 38,025,000. There were 1,795 work stoppages in 1946. Atom Suckers MONTREAL (JP) Police are rounding up promoters who sold suckers $500,000 worth of stock in a company to make atom bombs. 15 HOURS, 35 MIN.

Huey Long Set Record for Filibuster W4RHINRTON (JP The late Senator Huey Long La.) holds the recced for a filibuster by an individual senator 15 hours and 35 minutes. He set the mark June 12 to 13, 1935, in the debate on the National Industry Recovery Extension Act. Some of the other Senator Faulkner W. Va.) on the Force Bill, 13 hours, Jan. 16, 1891.

SENATOR ALLEN (ropulist, Neb.) on the silver purchase clause, 14 hours, Sept. 11, 1893. Senator LaFoilette Wis.) on the Aldrich-Vreeland Currency Bill, 18 hours, 23 minutes. May 29 to SO, 1908. He held the floor for that length of time but was relieved by frequent quorum calls and by yielding for questions.

Senator Jones Wash.) on Ship Purchase Bill, 13 hours and .55 minutes, Feb. 9, 1915. There have been other fili- busters of longer duration, but in these the job of killing time was shared by two or more legis lators. Plot Charged to Monopolize A-Bomb Alloy 95 Pet. of Vanadium Traced to Two Firms DENVER (JP) America's vanadium industry is controlled by six corporations which have throttled competition with an illegal monopoly, the Government charged.

A Federal grand jury indicted six corporations and five individuals, alleging Sherman Anti-Trust Law violations by squeezing small operators from the competitive field. VANADIUM, long a valuable factor in steel production, lately has achieved international importance because it is closely connected with uranium, raw material for atomic energy. Indictments were returned' against: Union Carbide and Carbon United States Vanadium Electro Metallurgical i Electro Metallurgical Sales i and Electro Metallurgical Co. of Canada, all wholly owned i subsidiaries of Union Carbide and Carbon, and Vanadium Corp. of I America.

World's Most Unusual Prison Right under the noses of De-troiters operates one of the world's most unusual prisons for women. A graphic picture-story will introduce you to the prison with the fife and drum corps in Sunday FREE TRESS Oak, Himself Sees Storm Start Destructive Sweep Captured Nazi Hangs Self DACHAU, Germany OP) Lt. Col. Max Koegel, long-missing Flossenberg Concentration Camp commandant wanted in connection with the murder of 46,000 inmates, hanged himself with a blanket in Nuernberg jail less than 24 hours after his arrest. Army authorities announced.

He had been found in a Bavarian village, working as a farmhand. M' Arthur to Quit Innail irst 1 iniC 1 TOKYO Gen. Douglas A. MacArthur, his wife, son, and members of his staff will fly to Manila to attend the Philippines Independence Inaugural July 4, Col. Larry Bunker, the general's aide, announced.

It will be the first time MacArthur has left Japan since he landed last Aug. 30 with the First Airborne occupation units. Feels Mistake SO SHE wriggled around so that she spanked the water while in a sitting position. A strong swimmer, she made shore, tired and sore but able to kick. Mrs Wright was taken to Police Headquarters, then to a hospital for observation.

She appeared suffering only in one spot and doctors assured her that time was a great healer. KEYKO MARGARINE in the kitchen inrana amilea of applauae at tha table. Adv. CHARGES MIND IN MID-AIR Detroit had its first tornado in June, 1875. Then, after a lapse of 71 years, it had two In rapid succession.

Weatherman W. W. Oak said that is "definitely unusual" but assured Detroiters that the area is not developing into a so-called "tornado belt." Oak had a ringside seat for Thursday's twister. Watching from a window oi 'he Weather Bureau office on the tenth floor of the Federal Building, he saw the funnel-shaped cloud race across the River and swoop down on the City. THE FORECASTER observed debris swirling around the center of the twister.

The funnel was large, Oak said, and appeared to be about 200 feet above the ground. In his opinion, the tail of the tornado did not reach the earth. Th first funnel, Oak said, was followed by a seconds-smaller and slightly to the east, Mrs. Brodie' KANSAS CITY (U.R) Mrs. Gladys Mae Wright is now a feminine Steve Brodie.

An auburn-haired twenty-four-year-bid from Versailles, Mrs. did a Brodie from the 100oot high Asb bridge over the Missouri River, having decided that life was unattractive. In mid-air, as she dropped toward the water, Mrs. Wright changed her mind, as a woman so often will do. She decided she wanted to get out of the whole messy situation.

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