Fort Dodge Messenger And Chronicle (Newspaper) - December 19, 1949, Fort Dodge, Iowa M. C. No. 144 FORT DODGE MONDAY DEC. 19, 1949 MESSENGER trie HOME Edition THE YEAR THE liSTH VEAR 16 PAGES PER COPY fIVE CENTS ALLIES WILL STANDARDIZE How To Get Miners On 5-Day Week Up RUSSIA BUILDS WAR SHIPS TO WRECK IN WHICH 19 SURVIVED To FIRE ROCKETS Hartley Shouts National Emergency at Hand Dec. 19 Truman and congress may have to face a problem next to get John L. United Mine Workers back on a five-day work Pressure Is increasing m some quarters for the president to In- voke the act. Industry leaders say Lewis lias created a national through the four full scale walkouts lie's called this and the week which he has ordered indefinitely for his United Mine There's enough coal on hand for aboul three months unless ally cold weather But re- tailers and steel companies are watching their dwindling piles and are Eating Up Reserves The steel companies are starting to eat up their They're to catch up with the duction they losl during the strike of the CIO j about 45, of Havelock is reported improved today at Hovenden Laurens Accident At Depot Injures Two Escape Dec. 19-Ted Steel It all adds up to increasing sure on the industry and Lewis to get together on a contract to ex- tend the one which expired last June 30. Lewis isn't saying But he's a close watch on efforts of his lieutenants to get independent soft coal op- to sign contracts and break away from the solid front maintained by In- negotiations arc continuing with the operators w h o employ about UMW officers say some con- tracts have been signed to cover a few of the soft coal They haven't said many but indicate they have signed ors who produce about 10 per cent of the national Top coal spokesmen scoff .at the industry leaders want the used to yet all diggers back into the on a five-day GERMAN TWINS TO MONEY BAD 19 pair of 63-year-old man twin brothers said today they intended to go to the United States in u few months to stake a claim on the Garret t snuff mated unofficially at They are Karl and Christian expect a court summons as witnesses in the case about the end of Karl told an inter- The fortune is before U. S. courts for settlement Karl operates a 70-acre farm Christian is a prosperous paint dealer in this spa town out- side They are nephews of Henrietta Edwardina born a HOFFMAN REJECTS POST 0P) EGA Administrator Paul Hoffman day said it would be impossible for him to accept the presidency nnd managing directorship of the very flattered by the he Henry Ford president of the Ford Motor Saturday said he liad offered the post to Hoffman but had not an Hoffman declined to explain his Ford now is president of the an t and charitable organization with assets of more than 200 lion hospital where he was en Saturday afternoon following a collision at the de- pot He suffered bad head tions as the Chicago and North Western passenger train hit the back of his M. B. the depot and Roy a rowly escaped injury when a large steel soft water lank on Stover's caught on the locomotive and was dragged along the depot They dashed into the freight house to avoid being Ford feels that he is doubly Not only did he escape personal but for the first time in many he did not park his which would have been on the platform at train The only damage to the station was a broken telegraph The engine and baggage car of the were slightly While the was a large gathered at Among those at the accident scene were Santa who was distributing treats afternoon to Laurens and his WOMAN INJURED IN CAR ACCIDENT Icy caused by a freezing mist this were blamed for an accident on way 20, just east of Fort in which Mrs. Mildred Fuller RFD 2, was bruised and ken up and suffered a dislocated According to a state highway patrol Mrs. Peril ie was entering the highway from the driveway of her home at about 7 o'clock morning when her car i spun around on the ice and rolled over into landing on the wheels Mrs. was at TRUMAN TO LEAVE FLORIDA TUESDAY KEY dent Truman and his staff started gathering up their playthings The vacation was about The sports the green and red bathing the shorts and the caps had lost their peal after three weeks In tho most inevitable Florida Tlie president flew south Nov. 28 for his He has ordered the warmed up for the four-hour flight homo Program Building Long-Range Sub Fleet By John P. Roderick Dec. 19. While Britain and the United States arc or many of their Soviet Russia Is re- ported to be up her naval strength with firing battleships and range Jane's FI Eh tine the authoritative naval said today the Russians are believed building three equipped with controlled aerial torpedoes and Two others were said to be in the blueprint and possibly in the yard Russia already is known to sess two The Soviet Union also as part of its five-year naval building a fleet ol from i 750 to long-range ines by 1951, Jane's In Three Shifts Shipyards throughout the U. S. R. and in the Soviet zone of Germany were reported working day and night in three ing out smaller war vessels such as motor boats and mine regarded as the last word on the world's emphasized that its information on Russia was presented all due Moscow does not publish details of its defense Counting On Political Gain In SAME WEAPONS Civil Rift n operation in Event 111 i i By JACK BELL Dec. 19 Administration democrats counted By MILKS on swift political profits to flow from plans for a civil LONDON Dec in the next session of Hie United session will Jan. 3. and Canada announced Senator tucas of the democratic says that plan for standardizing comc tlle on a to set up a permanent Fair jarms and military Practices Commission The would have I The program is aimed to enforce its orders against race and creed discrimination in Correcting and eliminating technical differences found standing the car Mercy hospital and the report Considerable age was reported to the 1 Three other auto of them personal injury were on report at police quarters this At Sunday cars driven by Gerald E. 1623 Second avenue and Charles M. 323 Ninth collided at the in- of Fifth avenue north and Twelfth Some damage was reported to both Saturday a car driven by Miss Cecilia Dolly 207 Central col- with a parked car on south Seventh street near Second Miss Peaks said she was forced to turn to avoid a collision with another car coming in the Owner of parked car was listed as James H I 304 south Fifteenth At Saturday a I car driven by Miss Helen B. 1132 Seventh avenue collided with a telephone pole all Eighth avenue south and Miss Nelson raid she not see the turn at the corner in I lime to avoid the She ported some damage to the end of her STORY CITY FARMER KILLED IN COLLISION WEBSTER Dec. 19 Victor F. 40, farmer living near Story another aV a- el road intersection miles southwest of Baldus was thrown Into the ditch and crushed to death as1 his car rolled over on His year-old riding with was uninjured and was alone alongside Tiller 34, of driver of the other car was cut and bruised but not seriously in- His daughter suffered head lacerations and 5, received wrist Both were treated at the Webster City Knutson's itt year old sustained slight cuts and The Impact of the crash rolled over both cars and they were badly according to Sheriff E. R. and Highway Patrolman Joe Dixon who in- Baldus was enroute home from a rural church and Knutson and his family were on their to church when the accident A GIANT CRANE lifts wrecked Airlines from Potomac river near Washington National airport after rescue of 19 of the 23 Four persons were FARMERS LOOK TO WEST FOR GRASS SEEDINGS By E. LOWELL AP Special Washington Service Dec. 19 Farmers lean heavily on the of the increased production the de- will turn to the western his said Cy of the department's marketing west is a natural producing Growing conditions are among the best in the The soil is moisture can be controlled by product is light in small in so transportation shipments across the Acreage controls which the riculture department finds sary to prevent surpluses are ex- to take to acres now in corn and wheat out of production next this will planted either for stock or means tons of seed will bei needed and there has been age of seed during recent Last year Canadian imports the alfalfa seed situation in this In many sections of the in all but one of the 11 western in found a An ruess by de- spokesmen sets the income from in this area at around an- And that ain't some of the is .to By way of interfered with easy TO ation of the three powers IV two world Its purpose is toi swift integration of their and into a functioning military in event of another British ministry of defense said technical experts of the three countries have been working on standardization since 1947. They have made considerable progress in preliminary it is known and have made recommendations for standardization of certain key Leftist forces in Britain op- posed this In Parliamentary debates called the move toward arms a n aggressive weapon aimed at Soviet F. C. INSURANCE MAN Fred C. 80, dean of Fort Dodge insurance died early today at Lutheran where he had been a medical tient about ten He a heart attack Dec. 15 in his and his had been considered grave Funeral jn charge In connection of the Wilder and Bruce funeral are incomplete pending word from a of West N. J. He was called to Fort Dodge by his father's but had returned Mr. born in Livestock marketings from the western states last year were ued at Based on estimates the nation's farmers have given the grass and legume seed duction will need to be Natural To West And it's obvious for much SHOPPING HOURS FOR REMAINDER Fort Dodge retail stores will be open until 9 tonight and Friday evening for of Christmas w The special Friday night are part of the schedule adopted and the greatest possible some time ago by the Associated omv in use of combined re- sources and effort will be the ministry of defense Common studies are aimed at the gradual development of common designs and standards in and training Members of the Brussels treaty group and Holland already have made considerable studies there been frequent exchanges of tary personnel between two nations on operational Switch Pilots American pilots have been signed to fly and study Britain's jet At the same time British and Canadian officers have Worked in developing flying many Similar exchanges have been made in the other branches of the armed arrangements will in- sure that in time of necessity there will be no material or obstacles to full cooperation the i June 12, was the son Retailers to provide evening ping hours day of this week all stores will observe their customary I opening at 9 o'clock in the I ing and closing at 5 o'clock in the stores will open at fl a. m. and close at 9 p. m. On Saturday stores will open at 9 a. m. and close at 5 p. the customary Christmas eve closing Next Dec. stores i be closed as the city observes the Christmas weekend A similar closing planned on Jan. 2, following New Year's This day after the iday closing custom has prevailed here for progress in This is particularly true in aviation where have become the dard for fighter squadrons of Belgium and Some of the planes and while of British are being built on the LEAVING THE POUCH Reformatory Forms i Alcoholics Anonymous j i Dec. 19 j chapter of alcoholics PICTURE OF YEAR ITAI Tav ITALIAN FILM NAMED NEW Dec. 19 postwar Italian film Ls the best picture of 1949. fays the National Board of Review of Motion Choice of the Bicycle was announced yesterday by the Committee on Ex- FOFS Davis reported purpose of this he j to provide a fellowship whereby persons who in the past engaged in excessive ing could share their strength and hope toward mutual recovery from their The movie's Vittorio De was LATE CITY SUBSCRIBERS If br jour cell Offlet 2121 ind Dec. 11 in iU final Ihe thh Mart fM ihc wheat crop at Lions Club Asks Nominations For Service Award Nominations for the Lions club annual Community Service award may be made any time up to the of the year by sending them to the Community Service Award Lions The final choice will be in the hands of a secret but all nominations will be welcomed Name of the person to receive the i During the three years thr honor has been il hasi pone to For I Dodgers who done much youth gUC The FEPC will offer the most serious affront to southern democrats and widen the breach that already splits that At same some on leaders hope it will prove embarrassing to Senator Robert A. Taft Plan dubbed b'y some of his friends as is against the now on the senate He plans to in- a measure lo set up a eral FEPC to obtain voluntary with tion Taft has said that the would create a board lhat in the long run tell ery employer how he must make up his labor Southern Knl The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and other groups interested in the civil rights issue have made their stand they are more inter- ested in the PEPC than com- measures to abolish state poll taxes and to make lynching a federal By the same FEPC is a flag to the southern They will throw every effort into Ihc attempt to prevent action on it by the In the a similar has cleared committee und is up com- of the has an- he will try to by-pass the rules of the jute Charles F. Minogue nnd Helen He to Fort Dodge with his ents as a As s young man he was em- ployed in the W. Crawford pharmacy for a number of He entered the insurance business 55 years opening the j insurance For about offices in the He was married to Miss DeLano of Fort Dodge about 55 years Mr. Minogue served for a ber of years as secretary of the Sterling Investment company and at the time of his death was a member of the board of directors of the Home Building and Loan association of Fort For many years he was an member of the Rotary club and of the Fort Dodge Chamber of He was a member of the Iowa Association oT Insurance and was ive in any project in the inter- ests of the insurance group in Fort Mr. Minogue was highly in- formed in every phase of the in- business and his edge In the field was respected the Business acquaintances and in- surance men often sought advice from him on insurance His interest in his business was and he had the ability to organize liis work and Jus ords so that he could carry on with a high degree of A perfectionist in business de- he preferred to handle most of the work personally whenever Despite his advanced nge he had enjoyed good health until he suffered the heart attack aboul ten days Surviving besides his wife nrc his and two Mrs. Floyd of Foil Dec. 19. A Dodge and Mrs. Lloyd Hico airliner p 1 o w c (i A Frank through two wire gue of Los a knocked down and two and clipped tho cor- ner of ft ul Municipal without injury to o' liti persons The to a halt in normally busy an express I the side of the at H n. m. from Snn carrying SPEEDING MOTORIST PLEADS INNOCENT TO DRUNK DRIVING DES Dec. 19. A DCS man accused of en- gaging in 80-mile-an-hour chase from Ames to Des Moines which ended in an accident in which four were pleaded innocent to a charge of driving while Ralph Glen 38, on bond iu was ordered to appear today in. to face a charge of reckless Hearing on driving while intoxicated charge set for Jan. 3. Highway Patrolmen Gerald Fisk and Melvin Hove said they sued Billings car from Ames Saturday They said the ended when the Billing car crashed into one driven bv Carl H. 54, who lives north lot Des HUGE SNARLS UP TRAFFIC also parents preceded turn in WEBSTER CITY MAN WEATHER and lhc year before to but that brakes were ron former junior high was on hol school for The Diane was Harold said lost control m t his car speed in Kast CITY BLAST early Sunday and struck I two light Power service the urea was interrupted for an- IOWA tonight occasional light rain or snow Tuesday cloudy with occasional Not much chance to police headquarters tu claim his DEATH TOLL AT 20 i in High 26 to 32 30 to 42 Low night 22 35 High i Tuesday 50 i I FORT with fog and occasional light and High today about Low night 32. Tuesday cloudy with light 45 to 50. Temperatures Saturday high Sunday high This low Year ago high i Year ago low SIOUX Dec. in. Moore F car was found on n 25 nt sired some distance from m He was when at switt Co. packing plant here RITES TODAY FOR WEAVER'S DAUGHTER Sioux City woman was persons injured in 1'eninimv.i in hospitals Six previously V as in now 19 Weaver Six of lhc year-old daughter of the late Grn f R. to be here Services were held at Mt. 44 sant yesterday fur Mrs 16 at the PHO homo 4i) there Sho was one of oldest PEO members in 2? and founded the second When Noah sailed the waters in the he had his troubles same as 1 Mrs. For forty days he drove the Today's Chuckle i Barometer Reading in Ft. Union general in the Civil before he found a place to v 10 11. in. wrie in 10 Today at 10 a. m. was candidate 30.25 1880 and Sunshine
