Austin Daily Herald (Newspaper) - March 31, 1955, Austin, Minnesota The Weather Considerable cloudiness and turning tonight and Friday chance of light rain low tonight in mid AUSTIN DAILY HERALD Accidents Injuries 229 7 VOL No 77 Copy AUSTIN MINN THURSDAY MARCH 31 1955 Member Associated Press Area Woman Killed When Truck Rams Bridge New Fight Over Road Taxes Seen House Passes Senate Not Likely to Concur By ADOLPH JOHNSON ST PAUL The State Senate appeared today to be headed for a new fight over how to divide the the state raises to build snd maintain highways roads and streets Monday a short time after Sen Archie Miller Hopkins majority leader said he doubted whether either the Senate or the voters would accept it the House passed the for a new constitutional formula for splitting up the 71 million dollar annual highway enues The money comes from auto license fees and gasoline taxes Under present constitutional visions the 28 million dollars a year from licenses goes to the trunk highway fund Two-thirds of gas taxes which yield more than 42 millions go to the trunk way fund and a third to the ties No Dissent Monday dissenting vote the House approved a to divide the 71 millions among the trunk highway fund the counties and municipalities over lation on a percentage basis That formula was based on studies and recommendations of the Minnesota Highway Study Com- mission which worked on the problem for two years and laid out a program of highway road and street improvement Two House members who served on the commission Reps Charles Halsted Brainerd chairman of the House Highway Committee and Aubrey Dirlam Redwood Falls were principal advocates of the formula To be put into effect the formula would have to be proved by the voters as an ment to the state constitution Before the vote city members who had sought a greater share for the cities called the measure a compromise that will be to all While he voted for it Rep Odean Enestvedt Sacred Heart said he did so with my fingers crossed He had tried to win support for assigning license fees to counties and municipalities and the gas tax to the trunk highway fund on the theory that you can't sell to the voters Sen Miller apparently had the same idea when he told the Senate Highway Committee that he didn't think voters could understand or would approve anything as as the House proposal He said it was the duty of the Senate to work out a short simple posal Amendment Plan Before he spoke P Smith Mankato attorney and engineer had submitted a plan for an ment This would continue to put license fees into the state fund and give counties 55 per cent of the gasoline tax and the trunk highway 45 per cent To help solve of larger cities Smith posed that the maximum share of any single county be raised from the present 3 per cpnt limit to 7 per cent Before acting on the highway measure to the surprise of some of its supporters the House proved a measure for a tional amendment on legislative reapportionment Sent to the Senate by a vote was a proposal to use area instead of only population as now required as a factor in setting up legislative districts Some who voted for it admitted it was not a finished product and said they supported it to see what the Senate will do with it Legislative Action Legislative action was ed by the House on a to set up a commission to recodify cation laws Approved and sent to the Senate was a proposal designed to insure legislators who leave their jobs during the session that they can return to them loss of rights Rejecting an interim committee recommendation to transfer the Civil Service Department to the Department of Administration the Senate Civil Administration Com- approved a to make a number of lesser changes in civil service laws The to tax and regulate trading stamps was sent out by the Senate General Legislation Committee so the could get a place on the crowded debate list further hearings were ordered be- he committee decides Whether to approve or reject the Brando Kelly Win Oscars Waterfront Best Movie By JAMES BACON HOLLYWOOD the Wa- the movie that wood almost turned down today held eight lon Brando's tie the time Academy Awards record The brutal story of labor racketeering on New York's docks made a rout of the annual awards presentation last night The eight awards plus one honorary plaque equaled the record of Gone With the Wind in 1939 Only Grace Kelly the dowdy wife of The Country was able to steal a smattering of the glory away from the hard-hitting drama of the unions Actress The reserved Miss Kelly with tears in her eyes took home the best actress award Even the GRACE KELLY or could not shake her ladylike j composure When photographers asked her to kiss Brando on the cheek she rebelled I believe he should kiss me Brando with unrestrained ure enthusiastically kissed Miss Kelly time after time while bulbs popped Right up to awards time it had been an unpredictable race for the top actress and actor awards Bing Crosby who played an alcoholic actor in The Country was in the running against Brando and Judy Garland was given a chance of beating out Miss Kelly Judy was the sentimental choice for her role in A Star Is Born Wonderful Moment Last night's was Brando's first visit to the Oscar festivities He had been nominated three times before I guess I should go to these things more he told a re- porter I honestly thought Bing Crosby would win There seemed to be such a profound well of timent in favor of both him and Judy Garland I didn't think Grace and I stood a chance For me it is a wonderful ment one I shall cherish sincerely forever Miss Kelly said 1 am over- whelmed and grateful I'm a very lucky girl Asked if she was nervous the Philadelphia debutante dabbed at a tear and Naturally Miss Garland viewed the awards by television in a hospital where her son was born Tuesday She said afterward that she wasn't disappointed when Miss Kelly won Crosby Ball Crosby who apparently had a ball at the first Academy Award function he has attended in years wasn't the least dismayed when he lost Waterfront was named best Nehru Blames World Tension on the West By HAROLD K MILKS NEW DELHI India one of his sharpest attacks on Western foreign policy Prime Minister ru today blamed the West for the increase in world tension during recent months He also cheers from Indian Parliament members was certain that the islands of Quemoy and Matsu eventually would go to Communist China He indicated strongly he thinks For- mosa should too Nehru spoke in opening a foreign affairs debate in Parliament Many observers considered his speech signalled India's position at the conference in Indo- nesia next month Stassen Subpoenaed by Senate Pro hers WASHINGTON Aid Chief Harold E Stassen stirred an angry row today by sending word to the Senate Investigations sub- committee that its staff may not question his employes except when he or one of his top lawyers is present Angrily the senators fired off a subpoena for Stassen to come before them next Wednesday and bring along every record every document relating to negotiations on a Pakistan grain storage project PUBLISHER J O SE P H PULITZER DIES The death of Joseph Pulitzer editor and publisher of the St Louis for 43 years was announced early today He was 70 itzer who used the ment speech of his father as the form liked to be known as a working newspaperman His father's retire ment through the years literally became known as his bible AP Wirephoto The cab was torn from the truck which swerved after h the bridge abutment The ton of feed was thrown onto the highway MARLON BRANDO picture of the year It also received awards for top actor film editing art direction cinematography story and screening best tion and best supporting actress And it won a plaque for set tion Faribault City Election Spirited by Water Issue By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS A clash between good ment candidates and holdovers at Faribault headlines elections next week in some 30 Minnesota cities plus scores of villages Enlivening the Faribault election Tuesday is a spirited issue of whether to continue fluoridation of the city's water The program has been in effect for two years but was the subject earlier this year of a petition seeking its dis- continuance Heading a ticket backed by the Senate OKs German Arms WASHINGTON M The Senate Foreign Relations Committee today approved the West German re- armament treaties by a vote Sen Langer voted no Sen Hickenlooper was absent The two pacts a keystone of United States policy in western Europe now go to the Senate where consent to their ratification is a foregone conclusion The Senate may act later this week before Congress takes an Easter vacation One of the two treaties would allow the West German republic to build a army a small air force and a coastal navy all to be integrated into the military structure of the North Atlantic Small Budget Treaty Organization It The winning movie was con- j would also restore sovereignty to by director Elia Kazan West Germany writer Budd Schulberg and The second treaty would admit ducer Sam Spiegel But it was turned down by two major com- panies Then Columbia volunteered to release it and it was produced for the comparatively small et figure of Eva Marie Saint who supplied the romantic interest to Brando's punchy pug in was named best supporting actress for her first film role She was gowned in maternity dress and exclaimed happily at New York's Center I'm so happy I may have my baby right here Edmond O'Brien the only inee the forecasters agreed on won the best supporting actor West Germany as the 15th member of NATO Hemenway Hits Conservative Tax Suggestion ST PAUL ft Ray Hemenway Albert Lea state DFL chairman has called the conservative sored substitute for the income tax withholding plan a too little too late step He criticized the introduced by Rep John Hartle Owatonna agent of The Barefoot Contessa and other conservatives in a talk In other awards Walt Wednesday to a delegation of made his familiar trips to the Milaca and Kandiyohi County dium He added two more Oscars this year bringing his all time j The conservatives proposal calls total to 24 for adding 25 men to the tax de- i staff to collect delinquent Honorary Award j I know now why he always drives here in a comment- ed Hope Three Coins in the Fountain was named the best song and The High and the Mighty the best music score This brought a thank-you speech from Di- mitri Tiomkin who I want to thank all my collaborators hann Strauss Richard Strauss Brahms and George Gershwin The Academy via an honorary award partially rectified one of its most grievious oversights It made a special award to Greta Garbo for her series of luminous and unforgettable performances Miss Garbo often acclaimed as the greatest dramatic actress never won an Oscar in her long career in the day taxes and get on the tax roles persons who should be paying in- come taxes but are not The Hartle approach to ing in the more than currently outstanding in delinquent income taxes comes as a too little too late said Hemenway Mr plan to spend 000 each year for the next two years to bring in those uncollected taxes is a feeble approach to the problem The real answer to this ever increasing delinquency is to pass the withholding method of he said FREEMAN ILL ST PAUL M Gov Freeman was confined to bis home this morning with a sore throat and an upset stomach He advised his office he hoped to get in later Citizens Committee for Good is Frank Duncan date for mayor who defeated in- cumbent Andrew Keller by 600 votes in their first test in the primary Duluth Incumbent aldermen John Dusek Clarence Miller and Fred Luedke and former councilman Frank McCarthy are opposed by committee supported candidates William Korff Vince Carl Shockey and Stewart deau At Duluth mayor George W Johnson bids with James A Guthormsen for the seats now held by Ernest A Ralph G Fiskett Voters also will choose among nine candidates for four school board posts and decide on a plan for a long range survey of future developments Winona Henderson and Cannon Falls will hold elections Monday and Jordan Wednesday The rest are on Tuesday Margin At Winona former alderman Clarence L Tribell beaten three times by a total margin of 126 votes in an attempt to return to the council tries again against Howard A Baumann medical firm employe who has defeated Tribell twice Mayor Loyde E Pfeiffer is matched against Emil Three other council posts will be filled and one on the board of education Three council seats are up for election at International Falls while city clerk Vernon L son is unopposed for a third term Choose Mayor Sleepy Eye voters will choose a mayor three aldermen special municipal judge city treasurer and city recorder Mayor E W Wild is opposed by Henry schuh local hardware merchant At Wabasha Mayor Paul Ayotte and two of three aldermen face opposition rival is A J Kirtz Waseca with a minimum of contests will vote on a proposal to pay the mayor and aldermen for every council meeting at- tended A proposal to the mayor and alderman a flat was de- in 1951 Only contests at Le Sueur are those for municipal judge and second ward alderman Incumbent Judge Monroe Denzer is pitted against John C Schmidt an at- torney Alderman Walter McGraw faces the challenge of Harold Thune and Robert J Falkenhagen in the council race Other Henry A Winther currently an alderman is running against James M Elliott for mayor of International Falls Mayor G W decided not to seek re- election Bidding for re-election are aldermen Dr Frederic Theurer H J Hermanson and John A Contesting for mayor of Jordan Wednesday will be Math Theis a railroad foreman and Louis Holzer an insurance tive Unopposed for seven City Council scats are Elwood Gruel Joseph Krautkremer Louis Stifter Frank Ray Lucas Roland Machbar and Al H Ruppert Other cities holding elections Tuesday include Anoka Benson Blue Earth Jackson Lake City Lake Crystal Pipestone Redwood Falls Sauk Centre Sleepy Eye South St Paul International Falls Wabasha Waseca Willmar rop Worthington Canby Luverne Marshall Montgomery St Peter Shakopee and Like a bomb dropping from the sky this engine and feed landed 100 feet from the truck A witness said the engine came hurtling down in a cloud of feed dust that obscured vision Toodles in First Big Comic Strip Merger You've been watching an im- strangers in the strip portant news event unfold the past few weeks are actually the Austin Daily Herald comic pages Readers of the comic strip are witnessing the beginning of the first merger of two jor cartoon features in history During the next week you'll watch more new characters from appear in The On April 7 merger you'll meet the entire Toodle family who will play an important part in the feature The Toodle family written by the same husband wife team which has written the lor 13 years has been a popular mic strip in its own right since late 1941 Toodle fans in such important Toodle Soon characters the missing Toodle twins will appear at Wilbur ing post On April 7 he'll return the twins to their family in Grand- ville before an audience of both and Toodles readers and the two strips will be one The comic strips appear in more than 250 newspapers and are read by approximately readers throughout the world The were created by the late Sol Hess father of Betsy Baer When Hess died in 1941 the Baers organ writing his strip as well as Mrs Quast Victim of Crash on 16 Motor Is Hurled 100 Feet Sacks of Feed Explode An Austin area woman was ed instantly Wednesday night when her truck hit a bridge on way 16 about 10 miles east of Austin The victim was Mrs Alfred Quast Austin Rt 5 who was ing a ton of egg mash from er Her truck was demolished it hit the bridge over the Rose Creek Mrs Quast was alone and her also alone was ng in the family car about 80 yards behind Sheriff Albert artz said there was a car between Jie Quast truck and car The truck apparently was veling on the north right der when it hit the bridge Mrs John J Heimark Rochester told Reinartz she saw the crash from about 500 feet west of the bridge as she was about to meet the truck She said the truck swerved to the north onto the shoulder and into the bridge Sicks Burst in Air said he saw the explo- sion when the feed sacks burst filling the air with egg mash He did not see the actual crash Another witness at the Studer Brothers farm about 150 yards west of the accident said the truck motor looked like a bomb as it hurtled west in a cloud of feed The motor landed 100 feet from the crash at the west end of the bridge next to a sack of feed Mrs body was found on the bridge beneath the left ning board of the truck Dr H M Fisch county coroner said her skull was fractured and her body crushed No inquest will be held Dr Fisch said The truck was bent in the crash with the rear swung to the south and west The cab was pushed for- ward and the seat lodged against the steering wheel and post Feed Is Reloaded Neighbors of the re- sacked some of the feed and ed it into another truck The ers worked for about hours clearing the feed and truck from the crash scene Reinartz said Mr and Mrs Quast operated a farm eight miles east of Austin on Highway 16 with brother Arthur Mrs Quast of- ten drove the truck and tractor and Frank Stephenson Dexter man said Mrs Quast of- ten hauled the egg mash Mrs Quast is survived by her husband one son Larry 7 her parents Mr and Mrs Lawrence Brink 1003 Park and a sister Mrs Ray Hagen Austin Rt 5 Funeral services will be held at p.m Saturday at the dan Mortuary and at p m at St John's Church east of Elkton SCHOOL ARCHITECT DIES DES MOINES R as architect for schools at their own They had launched the I kader Newton Tipton Ames Toodles three weeks prior to Hess death Indorsed by PTA The Toodles won immediate cities as Boston Los Angeles and acclaim as a wholesome comic in Chicago have been worrying a- bout the lost Toodle twins ing the same weeks you have been puzzling over the strange new characters in the Stanley and Betsy Baer writers of both strips explain that the Army to Call Men in May Draft WASHINGTON The Army today issued a draft call for men in more than the April quota The May call compares with in February and March It brings to the total ber drafted or earmarked for induction since the resumption of selective service in September 1950 The Army monthly draft calls are increased or decreased in line with the number of men who voluntarily enlist or re-enlist for additional tours of duty LOW BIDDER OMAHA to Bennett Perry Council Bluffs Iowa was apparent low bidder Wednesday on ment seeding at the Fort Randall Reservoir near Pickstown the Omaha district corps of said The firm bid 28 The government estimate was I an era of blood and thunder tures It was the first cartoon to be commended by the National PTA The new cast of characters will include Tom and Jane Toodle teenagers Sally and ry and the popular Toodle twins Penny and Pat They live in Grandville a small college town near the home town of The Baers point out that the merger will allow them to con- their efforts on one ture and give Herald readers the chance to meet another popular family of their creation Ankeny and Cedar Falls died Tuesday at Collingswood N J where he has lived several years Taxpayers Plan Public Meeting Tuesday Night This meeting is for the people and we certainly hope we have a big W D Todd dent of the Austin Taxpayers Assn said today in announcing a eting int h e district courtroom at the Courthouse The session at p.m day has been called to discuss possible means of attaining er economy without seriously im- pairing essential public services Without public participation in these discussions little progress can be made in preventing the ward spiral of tax levies boo point out Turn to Page 12 for Our Bugs Bunny Easter Coloring Contest With a Brand-New Twist Our BUGS BUNNY EASTER COLORING CONTEST today girls and boys and there's a new feature On page 12 you will see the first of three Your job is to color it and then find a small mistake in the ing Sylvester the cat is to get in on the contest but don't sters up to 10 yearm old eligible to enter Clip the sketch color it and find ttw drawing you'll be ready for the next two sketches You chance to win a
