Austin Daily Herald (Newspaper) - November 26, 1955, Austin, Minnesota The Weather Wermer tow tonight 25. 12; Sunday windy and colder with AUSTIN DAILY HERALD City VOL. No. 128 Single Copy 6e NOVEMBER 26, 1955 Member Russians Confirm Atomic Test Explosion Equal to Million Tons of Khrushchev India Nikita party boss of the viet confirmed tonight that Russia exploded a nuclear pon of strength and said it equalled one million tons of Khrushchev said the explosion confirmed calculations of our and engineers that we are able to produce with the imum atomic energy a maximum The U. S. Atomic Energy Com- mission reported Wednesday that the Russians had set off their greatest atomic explosion and de- scribed it as in the range of lions of tons of The size of the atomic blast indicated it was a hydrogen bomb test. the basis of Khrushchev's report of an explosion with the force of one million tons of the Russian blast would have been relatively small compared to the H-bomb set off in the Pacific by the United States in March 1954. That one has been estimated un- officially to have equalled 15 to 17 million tons of The first U. S. announcement of a Russian atomic explosion was on Sept. 23, 1949. The United States has made these further announcements of Soviet atomic experiments as de- by scientists and other Oct. 3, and Oct. 22, 1951. Aug. 20, 1953, tests of both H-BOMB on Page 11) U.S. May Plan Atomic Tests Next Spring WASHINGTON IIP Two bers of the Atomic Energy Committee have raised the possibility of new U.S. atomic tests next a hydrogen explosion in the Rep. James E Van Zandt a committee said in answer to a question my understanding that we have new atomic He did not say what type of weapons might be or Sen. Anderson tee said in Albuquerque that view of the Russian ac I think we should have hy drogen weapon tests in the He to say whether he thought such tests would be adding should ask Atomic Energy sion Radioactive Rain Reported in Japan Japan rain fell on Niigata day and Kyodo News ice Dr. Watanabe of ta University said the ity apparently resulted from sia's recent nuclear de- scribed by the U. S. Atomic gy Commission as the mightiest thus Kyodo said the radioactivity at counts a liter and Dr. Watanabe called it the est recorded this year at a large port city on the Sea of Japan some 170 miles northwest of He predicted the active rain would continue for about five ALL HUSTLE AND 12, of races through Macy's toy department in New York yester day in a toy A winner in a television show he was given three minutes to pick up and carry out anything his heart FROM WRECKED FREIGHTER Copter Rescues 27 in Crew 0AT Walk Parked Cora The of the wrecked Liberian freighter Kismet II was rescued by copter Rescuers had tled rough seas and high winds on the rocky north coast of Cape Breton Island since The men were hauled to safety in a boatswain's chair swinging below a Canadian Navy The helicopter dodged coastal cliffs of the island in the Gulf of St. Lawrence to perform the Ran Aground The ship had been pounded by seas whipped up by winds of 30 to 45 miles an hour since it ran aground i Dispatches from the scene said the crew of 21 was saved Earlier retorts had said 30 men were a convoy led by a plow and carrying a ton of breeches buoy reached the scene after pushing 100 miles through roads from Cleared Winds had diminished tq 25 miles an hour and skies were clearing as the helicopter operation got un- Two lifelines were strung from a only 25 feet to the stricken But the j breeches buoy was necessary to make the lines Throughout the night rescuers kept watch atop the their i searchlights cutting through a At the foot of the cliff the gulf was churned by j the winds into a boiling A Royal Canadian Air Force bomber tried yesterday to drop Support Dwindles for French Premier PARIS Edgar Faure today eyed uneasily his dwindling parliamentary followers in the face of another confidence He will have to swallow unpalatable Com- munist support if he is to survive the test The premier is fighting to win the National Assembly's approval for his plan to hold early The Assembly's agenda tee decided yesterday to schedule a debate on a challenge to the government by Francois a chief lieutenant of former Premier Pierre Mitterrand tried to pin on the responsibility for the paralysis of parliamentary survival gear to the This proved unpractical as the ing vessel swung closer to the shore The plane's Flight Officer Peter said the Kismet appeared to be still on an even keel but had several holes in her hull from the constant A Canadian Navy piloted by Lt. Cmdr. Roger was unable to get close enough to the tossing ship to pluck the men from the The Kismet sailed from delphia Nov. 17 for P. to pick up a load of When the vessel first went aground she was reported in no immediate danger of breaking up but needed help to free The crisis developed as winds and seas rose Reserve Program Revealed MINNEAPOLIS apolis Tribune says that the culture Department plans a servation acreage grain which will provide for ing farmers up to a year for taking land out of Details of the proposals were told by the Tribune in a copyrighted story from its Washington The plan envisions government expenditure of almost the next 15 years in a move to reduce farm production and mote soil Under the the government would pay the cost of installing 17 French Die in Rebel Clash French Morocco French troops conducting a up operation in the troubled Riff border area ran into stiff fighting They called in planes and artillery for Authorities said 17 soldiers were killed and 12 There was no estimate of rebel The Riff followed abd El Knm in Morocco's famed rebellion of 30 years been growing increasingly restless in re- cent weeks While the return of Sultan Ben Youssef from exile quieted many ments in the Riff tribes reacted The mountainous tribesmen bear old grudges against both the French and the lowland Arabs and have no history of amity with any regime in cover on land taken out of In addi there would be payments up to annually to compensate for the value of crops not produced on the reserve Farmers would be permitted to take part in the program and still use this reserved land for ing But acreage put un- der this program would be in tion to acreage already put in cover crops or left fallow as a routine conservation The plan is identical to the one submitted for approval last week to a top-level agricultural sion which advises Secretary By 1969, the year when the plan would end if it is approved by Congress at the next more than a million farmers would have taken 23 million acres from duction of commercial crops for periods of from five to 10 Missing Bank Cashier Found Slain in Pasture BODY FOUND AT MOTEL in Shooting Death of St. Paul Woman Minn. A Minneapolis union official told officers today a woman hunting found shot to death in their motel threatened to take her own life if he left without Thomas 49, whose deer hunting trip with the wife of a St. Paul architect ended with a rifle shooting in an was held without charge awaiting a er's The body of Mrs. Myrl 38, a bullet through her was found at the Orr motel R. S. St. Louis ty deputy said Pierce told Christmas Shoppers Jam Chicago Loop CHICAGO Chicago's Loop had one of its biggest traffic jams in history yesterday as an mated one million persons swarmed into the downtown district for the traditional opening day of the Christmas shopping Michael traffic police chief who estimated the said 188 traffic policemen were put on 16 hour shifts to untangle the snarls of auto traffic and guide the surge of of having several arguments with Mrs. Crommett after they arrived at Orr and that she threatened to take her own life if Pierce left Wanted to Remain Pierce said he wanted to return to Minneapolis yesterday morning but that Mrs. Crommett insisted on staying Mrs. Crommett was told she could take a bus home if she wanted to Pierce Pierce told McDermott he left the motd yesterday morning to have breakfast at a nearby leaving Mrs. Crommett in the When he got back to the motel he Mrs. Crommett was lying dead on the It was during an argument Thursday that Mrs. Crommett threatened to destroy herself if Pearce McDermott quoted the Minneapolis She had made similar Pierce Bullet holes were found in the ceiling of the room and another in the An empty bottle of scotch was in the but of- said there was no indication that Pierce had been s she did kill mott must have done it lying on the He said there were no signs of a Dr. William deputy St. Louis County said results of a post-mortem probably would not be revealed until Monday's inquest at Pierce would be held without charge until that officers Lives In Minneapolis 49, has been financial secretary and business tive of AFL Building Service Em- ployes local 26 for more than 10 From June 1949 until uary 1951, he served as president of the Minneapolis Central Labor He was born in and came to Minneapolis in 1924. He lives with his wife and two and at 1503 W. Iowa Crommett said his wife had promised to return by Thanksgiving day if the deer hunt were I He said in the past she 1 had hunted with parties 1 that included Fall Fatal to Mrs. Knievel Funeral services will be beld at 2 p.m. Monday at the Jordan pel for Mrs. Julius 47, 2200 who died Friday ing at St. Olaf Mrs. Knievel suffered a tured skull when she fell down a flight of basement stairs in her home early Friday She was the wife of the Mower County District Court Burial will be at Calvary Buses Run Tonight for Tired Shoppers Tired shoppers and sales people won't have to walk borne To accommodate shoppers and business people the Austin Bus Lines will continue its services un- til p.m. H. B. Chamber of Commerce said that without this special service offered by the bus line persons would have to walk home from Stores will be open tonight as a feature of Thanksgiving Bargain Days which end AT LONG ICA Miroslava 23, Czechoslovakia's former world champion ar- rives at Idlewild airport New yesterday at the end of a long flight to dom and the United Miroslava escaped from be- hind the Iron Curtain while performing with a troupe of skaters in Her route took her to the ican zone of Austria and later to West Cosh Box Stolen at St. Croud Gas Station ST. Minn. OP A sneak thief took a cash box containing in cash and in endorsed checks from the Andrew Maritsch service station here Maritsch said the money and checks had been prepared for a bank deposit and that he missed the box shortly after two strangers had been in the Ike to Watch Navy Game on TV Pa. dent Eisenhower is expected to watch the game on television Beyond not much weekend activity is in sight at the burg White Because of his restricted travel caused by his heart at- Eisenhower didn't go to Philadelphia for the service and no one was designated to resent He'll be stepping up his pace of activity starting Monday when he confers here with Republican tional Chairman Leonard W. IS THAT GAS WART DES MOINES A localized war was under way here Independents and some major companies were Three stations cut the price of re- gular gas from 29 9 to 26.9 cents a gallon and premium about 2Vi 3 Boys Find Body Near Clear Lake CLEAR Minn. body of bank cashier Kenneth whose disappearance touched off an extensive search by federal and state law was found yesterday in a snowy Three boys came upon the partially covered with as they hunted Lindbergh lay frozen to the the snow stained with blood that had flowed from a bullet wound in his The identification was pending an FBI comparison of fingerprints and the viewing of the body by one of Lindbergh's all the officers who viewed the body were certain it was that of the bank The body was positively fied as that of Lindbergh this morning at Elk River by Sheriff Arthur of Pennington County and Police Chief Elton Cummings of Thief River Identification was made at a mortuary in Elk Sherburne County No Doubt Coroner Gordon Tesch of burne County said Is no doubt in my mind that Mr. bergh was Tesch said an autopsy probably would be performed late today or Lindbergh's body ably would not be taken to Thief River Falls until he The sheriff added working on the theory the man was He said no gun has been found in the covered Lindbergh vanished late Nov. 12 after conferring in his Thief River bank office with a stranger who had phoned him from saying he wanted to deposit The cashier's abandoned car was found last week in Minneapolis and the trunk contained some of the in silver missed from the bank after Lindbergh's Also taken from the bank were in some of which turned up in Detroit and No Wallet Found Sheriff Coenner said no wallet was found in the clothing of the slain but that a hat nearby bore the stamp of a Thief River Falls A key case with cards carrying Lindbergh's a letter ad- dressed to the banker and a receipt made out to him were The body was found on the rence farm by three rieck 17, 10, and 7. first it just looked like an CASHIER on Page 11) AFTER 3 OF TREATMENT Mother Goes Home ORE DOCKS CLOSE DULUTH UPl The 1956 Great Lakes shipping season draws ward an end in this area as three Head of the Lakes iron ore loading docks shut down MINNEAPOLIS A 29-year- old mother once completely para- by polio leaves Sister Kenny Institute today in a first step toward restoring the shattered life of a family of Mrs. Barbara for- merly of will go to a new home purchased hy her husband in St. Louis a neapolis after more than Editors Watching Mailbag for Courtesy Contest Nominations Herald editors will be watching the weekend mailbag for tions in the Courtesy Friday was a busy and perhaps many people were too ed and too named to think of acts of kindness and there are always exceptions to the general Most folks are on the ger to find some one to nominate for a courtesy For one who has gone out of his way to be there's a place for you to mark in the nomination blank printed Why mail in your today? COURTESY CONTEST ENTRY BLANK I nominate of For the Herald Courtesy Award Your own the above oa a postcard or put in envelope and mail to Daily three years continuous treatment in the She has recovered the use of her left permitting her to write and feed But most of her time will have to be spent in a a motor-driven de- vice which aids a patient in She will be able to sit up two or three hours a At Christmas a 5'4, is expected to rejoin his only 4 months old when Mrs. was will follow his brother home after the first of the year Quadruplets Born to Ohio 25 Ohio plet girls were born today to Mrs. Margaret 25, in nearby Bellevue Hospital said the ba- bies weigh from IVa to SVs and are all doing very well in Mrs Briehl and her husband Martin Jr a General Co. engineer in have one other a 15-month-old The children have been staying in Fairbault with Mr. and Mrs. Sidney The estimate the cost of the illness BO far at in excess of About of the expense was covered by a polio insurance The re- mainder has paid by the Martin and County ters of the National Foundation for Infantile Mrs. will continue to require home nursing It hoped that the use of her right arm can be restored later TEMPERATURES i 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 5 i P. M. P. M. P. M. P. M. P. M P. M A. M. A. M. A. M. A. M. V M A. M. FRIDAY 24 7 P. M. 25 8 P. M. 9 P. M. 10 P. M. 11 P. M. 24 24 23 22 22 27 27 26 24 12 Midnight SATURDAY 22 7 A. M. 23 8 A. M. 9 A. M. 10 A. M. 24 H A. M. 12 A. M. SEVEN SISTERS WELCOME BABY and Mrs. John Ambroai show off their Joseph John to their seven daughters as they left Queen of Angels Hospital yesterday in district agent for a life insurance said they'd about given up hope of ever getting a boy when little Joseph came The left to are Mary 2; 4; Betty 7, and Joanne 1, in Wira FRIENDLY CRASH It's All in The Family DETROIT William J. 26, farewell to his brother 22, yesterday after both had visited their Both climbed into their can and started home by separate Fifteen William's car ed with Lester's car at an intersection several from their William was admitted to hospital a ad escaped minor
