Winona Daily News, The (Newspaper) - September 6, 1955, Winona, Minnesota Coaler Wednesday Pleasant THE WINONA DAILY NEWS Formerly Tho Winona 100th of Publication VOLUME 99. NO. 243 SIX CENTS PER COPY SEPTEMBER 1955 EIGHTEEN PAGES 430 Labor Holiday Traffic Fatalities Reported in U.S. 80 Persons 89 Die From Other Causes THR ASSOCIATED PRESS A heavy toll of traffic accident deaths was made by American motorists during the three-day Labor Day exceeding ad- vance predictions and the toll for the 1954 Reports still trickling in today showed 430 persons died in traffic mishaps between 6 p.m. local time Friday and midnight An additional 80 persons drowned and 89 died .in miscellaneous accidents for an over-all total of 599. This compared with a record high of 461 and record over-all total of 658, both set in 1951. The 1954 traffic toll was 364. The National Safety Council had predicted 400 would die over the Today Ned said in a thank stayed below the all-time record for Labor It is of small comfort to anyone who sincerely believes that this wholesale slaughter on the highways need not and must not be hope and believe that extra effort on the part of everyone be- tween now Christmas will hold the year-end holiday Council statistics show that 32 other persons are injured for every traffic for every three persons a fourth dies later of This year's holiday toll also topped that of a end tabulated last month for com- An Associated Press survey of deaths during the Aug. 19-22 weekend showed 385 traffic 67 drownings and 85 violent deaths for miscellaneous Some safety experts contend the high holiday tolls in recent years can be attributed in part to an road network 1 Col. Carlos M. grins and waves from the cockpit of his North American jet fighter after landing at Philadelphia's International Airport to win the Bendix trophy Talbott flew the miles from to Philadelphia in 3 48 minutes and 4 seconds for an average speed of 610.726 miles an He failed to equal the record for the the large number of in The National Safety Council on the highways yesterday after- noon and last night in 25 million Canada Records 72 Labor Day Casualties OTTAWA died violent deaths during the three-day Labor Day Highway accidents took the lives of 49. Eleven were drowned and 12 died from various other The death count was almost double the 38 who perished over Labor Day last year but ably under the 96 killed during the three-day Dominion Day day earlier this WEATHER FORECAST Winona and Vicinity Fair and cooler Wednesday fair and Low tonight 48, high 77. LOCAL WEATHER Official observations for the 24 hours ending at 12 m. 84; 52; 84; Official observations for the 24 hours ending at 12 m. 91; 48; 76; Official observations for the 24 hours ending at 12 m. 79; 52; 73; sun sets tonight at sun rises morrow at AIRPORT WEATHER Central Max. temp. 77 at p.m. low 60 degrees at a.m. Noon readings temp. 73, scattered layer of clouds at wind from the west at 10 miles per visibility more than 15 barometer steady at 30.04, humidity 40 per cent. Country Road Crash Fatal to BRF Man BLACK RIVER Wis. County's traffic fatality of 1955 was recorded over the Labor Day weekend when Spencer 35, Black River was killed instantly in a crash at a rural He was thrown from his car and suffered a severe head injury p.m. Saturday at the intersection of Jackson County trunk N and a town His wife and three children were treated for minor injuries at the pital and Raymond 18, driver of the other was not The accident was one of seven which happened in the county over the Labor Day A Joe Black River Falls Rt. 5, was ly injured early Saturday He is recovering from a head in- jury at the Thrown From Car Anderson died of a sion incurred in the collision at the Finn School corner south of He was driving east toward Black River Falls on the town road when Sesvold met the Anderson car at the The car hit the left side of the BRF vehicle near the door and rear An- body was thrown from the Anderson wae by his Ibe former lyn and their three 12, 7, and They were bruised but not Both cars were ly smashed in the The first officer to the scene was Jackson County Sheriff Julian Other officials at the scene were County Highway Officer Guy County Coroner Sidney sen and District Attorney Carl Anderson was a driver for the W. R. Arthur Transfer Co. of with a terminal office at Black River He had been them about three He was born June 1920, at Melrose and besides wife and three children is survived by two Mrs. Bessie and Mrs. Galen Black River and five Oscar and and His Mr. and Mrs. Even died 10 years Funeral services for Anderson Wednesday at eral and at 2 at the Little Norway Lutheran Church near the Rev. Arne Carlson Burial will be in the church Friends may call at the funeral home Motorcycle Accident the is hospitalized here following an cident at p.m. Saturday when the new motorcycle he was driving went off the road atad hit a tree 102 4 5 Other Deaths in Minnesota By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS An Iowa mother and her 3-year- old daughter were killed Monday night in a collision on two miles west of The deaths carried the Labor Day holiday toll to six fewer than had been predicted on basis of previous Total fatalities to date were 382 against 412 a year Five other violent deaths had non- traffic Latest deaths were Mrs. Ben 25, and ter driver of their pickup was hospitalized in good con- in fair condition were ert 20, alone in the second and W. M. vey 68 Sioux driver of the and Harvey's 60. First of the deaths came Saturday when Austin 49, was slain near Lake Elmo during an argument with a Sheriff Reuben Granquist said he was holding Steve 62, who admitted firing the shotgun that killed the John W. 60, died in juries suffered when he from -a passenger train going through St. Louis Sunday two rural Ashby boys died when a tractor tipped onto They were and James Eva each 11. Another Brian Gene 7, was found hanged Monday from a noose with which been playing Two previously reported traffic deaths of Norman Nek 66, killed in a collision near Milaca Saturday and Mrs. Minnie 63, fatally injured Sunday in ter of a mile from Highway 12 in the Town of Brockway near the Lonely Acres Thompson was accompanied by Robert 18, also of the Town of who was not Thompson is employed at Mac's Shell ice Station here and is the third victim of a serious motorcycle cident in Jackson County this Richard 13, and Rolland 11, of the Ir- ving area were killed instantly July 17 when the motor scooter they were riding collided with an Seven Accidents In a 24-hour period from 1 Saturday until 1 a.m. Sunday en accidents took place in Jackson Others At 1 a.m. Saturday a car ated by William Town of Millston crashed head-on into an- other car on Highway 12. ner paid a fine and costs for reckless driving the next At about the same time a car owned by Carl Wilhelm and ated by his rolled 27. Pressure on Ike to Run in 1956 Mounting Nixon Optimistic President Well Make the Race DENVER party pressure on President Eisenhower to run for re-election is building quite a head of Vice President Nixon stoked the boiler fires well yesterday with his that those closest to Eisenhower and ing majority of Republican throughout the are more optimistic ever he wili agree to be a candidate And the pressure ly will degrees Saturday GOP chairmen from all 48 states confer the President here to map for the 1956 presidential and congressional Nixon met with newsmen at Eisenhower's vacation after be had discussed nation al security problems with the dent for about an The vice said he Eisenhower alked no politics but Nixon plenty to say on that subject Says McCarthy Through He said in his opinion Sen. Carthy is as a political threat to Eisenhower and as major in the Republican said was such a force last year at the time of congressional elections when the senator was firing sharp criticism at those elections Republicans lost control of political history Nixon when an ual takes on the top man and he But when you make a frontal if lose you are And that is what happened on this at last night don't believe it is a choice between destroying by a stamping and approving every the ministration Will Continue Fight feel regardless of what success is had on what Nixon called a frontal every senator has duty to expose in- competence and wrongdoing in government regardless of party is at fault and that I intend to continue As for Eisenhower running the President himself told a Washington news conference early in August that the state of his health next year would be a major factor in making up his newsmen asked the vice ident How is have never seen the President look Nixon feel that he is in tip-top shape cally and mentally in his attitude toward his And the Nixon become for President the longer he is in He said has it so weU that he now can turn over secondary problems to aides and concentrate personally the great and important Explosion in Turk Consulate Pictured As It Started a run over a measured 18-kilometer course over the California desert Aug. 20, 1955, a North American Super Sabre jet plane piloted by Air Force Col. Horace A. Hanes levels off for the flight which set a new world mark of 822.135 made ing the record-breaking were released Monday at the same time the new mark was an- during the National Aircraft Show at Philadelphia where Col. made a token flight and then received the Thompson Trophy for his Previous record was 755 CAP Temperature Drops Under 100 In Los Angeles LOS ANGELES 100-pIus wave in Los has but just and the forecaster predicts continuing hot weather A downtown mum of 98 is Yesterday the high was 99. It was the first time since last day that the mercury had not up over 100 in the heart of the The daily in the record-breaking scorcher 101, Thursday 110 for an all-time Friday 108, day 103, Sunday 101. Gentle sea and some Greece stick of morning a car operated by John tipped over on county trunk D Halverson later paid a Saturday evening a short dis- tance from the scene of the fatal Anderson a car driven by Elmer Moen tipped Moen was accompanied by both of Both men are being taken to the Jackson County jail on an open At Sunday a car en by Vernon rolled over near Alma Center on Highway 95 seriously ville 18, and Alice Johnson was taken to a Madison and the to the Neillsville 10 State Minors Arrested in Drive Minn. ter Melchert of Carver County day announced that 10 minors were arrested over the weekend for having beer in their possession and one tavern keeper has been charged with to a Sheriff Melchert conducted an intensive campaign against age drinking Labor Day weekend in cooperation with agents assigned by Liquor Commissioner Harry Sieben and with state way the Turkish No one wa but windows in the consulate and in nearby houses were The incident occurred as unrest increased in political quarters here because of the statement by ish Foreign Minister Fatin Rustu Zorlu in where Greece and Turkey are conferring on the future of the island of Zorlu told reporters the Green government must prevent ism on they want peace in the East Mediterranean and if they want continued friendship with Turkey and He said agitation against British rule the work a handful of a good many of whom Zorlu said Turkey will accept a British plan to give Cyprus more self-rule only if or eral are given to the ish minority on the There are about persons of Green descent on Cyprus and about persons of Turkish The former want to unite the island with statement appeared to out any compromise among the three nations on a future plan for the The London were reported on the point of The pro government Athens newspaper Vima said today Greece may have to reconsider her tions with Turkey and as a result of their attitude on- the Cyprus ligh cloudiness are credited for the slight crack in the blistering Elsewhere in southern California the ed: El Centro 114, Needles and 113, San Bernardino and 111. The heat death toll ed in Los The office said 51 deaths were attributed to the heat since last The number of ural deaths was 277 in that nearly 2'A times the total of 113 in the corresponding period last The coroner said the heat was an apparent accelerating factor in many of these Federal Hospital Aid for State Oked ST. PAUL Iffl Granting of eral funds to the state of sota for new hospital construction was facilitated today by a legal from Gen. Miles opinion Lord informed Dr. A. J. secretary of the Minnesota State Board of Health that the health department has authority to re- and expend federal funds which are appropriated under the 1954 Medical Facilities Survey and Construction Act. Lord ruled that the Minnesota enabling act authorizes the health board to prepare plans for federal aid as required by the federal Tropical Storm Crossing Mexico Texas storm apparently weakening but still bung over Mexico near Tampico today after turning away from her rains posing flood threats to a wide The wayward storm turned away from Texas last night and the Weather Bureau said the middle and lower Rio Grande Valley was But the reau warned that squalls still could cause isolated flash floods along the Rio Squalls with winds ranging up to 50 miles an hour were occurring all along the lower Texas Weathermen said future movement was but she was expected to drift slowly remaining over land and weakening That would send her rains sloshing toward Mexico where has caused the worst floods in the recent Weathermen at Mexico ready blame Gladys for three days of The rain has caused dis- affecting some Gladys slammed into the can coast about 150 miles below Brownsville with winds of about 70 miles an short of hurricane Then it turned sharply south-southwest and passed almost directly over Half of Tampico was plunged j into darkness by power Wind damage in the city was heavy and families fled the lying areas flooded by the Authorities Hunt Car in Slaying wi To the storm warnings were still up in the Port Isabel area in extreme south High tides occurred and huge waves pounded the beaches from Possible Cash rises on streams in northeastern Mexico were fore- cast as the squalls continued to drench some The Rio Grande Valley from Brownsville to Del was still jittery about the possibility of Last year Hurricane Alice sent squalls up the valley and touched off one of the worst floods in valley Hundreds of lives were today their efforts on finding the car in which Henry was slain and dumped along a lonely stretch of U.S. 14 about 50 miles west of Speculation was that Ratcliff was a victim of a hitchhiker as he was returning from a trip to The where he has a brother and two His body was found early day morning by Mr. and Mrs. Carl Dial and Julian Peterson of Rapid The 1950 medium green bile he was driving had not been There was no identification on the his Earl Garden came to Pierre Sunday and identified the A suitcase belonging to the dead man was found 3Vi miles west of S. by a farmer Sunday and aided in identifying An autopsy late Sunday yielded a caliber slug which killed It entered his right chest which supported the theory he was slain by a passenger in the possibly a He was found lying on his back along the Position of the body indicated it had not been thrown from a moving The body was removed to today for Ratcliff left Mankato Aug. 22 to visit relatives in He also has a Mrs. Letha who lives in He apparently was returning to Mankato wher he was A on his person a business His watch showed a.m. mountain time when he was Ratcliff had been working in a soybean plant at During World War II he was an aerial gunner in the Air Billy 3, has seemingly discovered a refreshing method of wailing away the hot summer days in Using a turkish towel as a Billy has reportedly spent many hours on the curbing in front of his in a manner envied by passing China Offers To Release 9 Uf Civilians Free to Leave At Any Reds Declare GENEVA China notified the United that American civilians de- in including zix were now free to return Red Chinese Ambassador Wang told U. S. Ambassador U. Alexis Johnson at their 13th ing that two other Americans leave at once if they asked for exit permits and a third could leava within two or three The two ambassadors have been meeting at intervals since Aug. 1, negotiating the release of 41 imprisoned in China or de- nied exit The announcement by Wang wai the first positive result of the since they There was no indication when he Chinese Reds would release the Americans not mentioned on Wang's but the ambassadors agreed today to continue their cret talks on American delegation were able to find only a partial dentification for some of Americans listed for release by A delegation spokesman said none had been Listed for immediate departure Miss Emma young girl living in Shanghai with icr a white Russian who was not an American Ralph Sharpies Shanghai representative of the North can born In D. in 1891. Mrs. Juanita Byrd a Southern Baptist missionary to a Chinese bcm Mount in Robert Howard a retired businessman born in in 1873. Howard Lischke of Bills Motors Branch in born in in 1889. Mrs. Howard Lischke his born in Shanghai in 1894. Eva Stella as Sister nun in Carmelite Convent in born in New York City in 1893. Mrs. white Russian living in Harbin who a naturalized American zen in 1937, place and date of not Miss Irene N. born in 1940. Wang said that Bishop Edward head of the Roman Catholic in and Mrs. er married to the Dutch manager of the Shanghai branch of the Bank of were free o leave China whenever they for exit Bishop Walsh is a brother William Walsh of a former Charles Sydney Shanghai representative of several American including American the tan Land Co. and C. V. Starr En- was free to leave after the two or three months he needed to the settlement of Wang Blanket of Smoke Starts Forest Fire Alarm in State Minn. Eight area in northern Minnesota were summoned on an emergency alert Monday night when heavy moke blanketed a wide area of the R R. Bemidji aid he had received more than 100 calls from worried and as the smoke gathered in Record Visit State Fair ST. PAUL new record went into the bocks today after the Minnesota State Fair recorded paid admissions in its 10- day run that closed at The mark was above the admissions clicked on stiles during the 1954 Labor Day attendance was At a breakfast meeting of the board of managers early today Aug. 25 through Sept. 3 were set as dates for the 1956 Douglas fair said estimates of receipts and expenses for the fair would not be available for several but he called the fair just closed the most successful in Picked symbolic ot lionth Robert 28, St. Paul was hustled his car right after it passed the gate and taken before grandstand crowd for an tion and announcement of the new Henry W. State Fair said that it was statement to report that the board i of managers was simply are jubilant and at the time humbly grateful to all made year's exposition the parent success it Officials said they believed it was the time since the 10-day fair was inaugurated in 1939 that it had not rained on a day Of the
