Winona Daily News, The (Newspaper) - December 22, 1955, Winona, Minnesota Cloudy Tonight And Snow Friday THE Still Time to Send Daily News As Yule Gift Formerly 101st of Publication VOLUME NO. 27 SIX CENTS PER COPY DECEMBER 22, 1955 SIXTEEN PAGES Excess Salaries Paid In Houston Says State Public Examiner Other Corrections In County Finances Asked in Report report on 2) Minn. audit of Houston County financial fairs by the Minnesota Department of Public Examiner has revealed in unauthorized salaries paid to county welfare department em- The says that the sums must be Submitted today by Raymond B. state public the report cites Leo M. executive secretary of the welfare for arbitrarily salary increases not authorized by the county welfare The audit covers the period from Jan. 1, 1954, to Oct. 6, 1955, and deals primarily with the welfare department salary increases and the financial tion of each county operating School Fund Deficit Only fund deficit noted was in the county school tuition tax fund which was short on Dec. 31, 1954. This was due to cient taxation to meet the county tuition the examiner A total of is owed the and bond and inter- est To help correct this shortage the board last July levied 500 over the amount required annual It is understood that additional let will be made in future to complete repayment ro the other county fundi and to meet annual Overpayment of in 1954 for auditor clerk hire and ment of both the auditor and the W. Kenneth Nissen Kenneth Nissen Found Dead In Parked Car W. Kenneth 49, 365 W. 5th until early this year nona County attorney for 16 ujc 3Ldl.e morning was found dead in I welfare boards follow Officials Reply To Criticisms Made by Examiner Grandpa May Not Go to Georgia Mamie Give Greetings to White House Staff WASHINGTON President and newly be- come grandparents ar- ranged today to extend traditional personal holiday greetings to some members of the White House By EARL GILBERT Daily News Staff Writer Minn. j County who were cited j The First Family's chief today by a Minnesota public about plans for audit report covering wnen tne new grandchild would Floods Drenching Western Oregon Jan. 1, 1954, to Oct. 6, 1955, hav replied to recommendations tha they repay certain salaries anc fees to the George chairman of the county welfare speaking in regard to a charge made by the examiner against the executive secretary of the Leo M Miller for unauthorized salary payments in the amount of am convinced that Mr. Miller id believe he was right in inter- rating state welfare board merit He read letters to he board twice 21, 1953, nd again on July 8, 1954) from ic state department outlining merit system salary ons and changes in the operation f the steps in the merit board voted him down un- both Bissen show our taxpayers that we were thinking of Wanted Clarification Bissen said he wanted tion of the state order which told his car parked in his A ruling of suicide by carbon monoxide has been made in the Nissen's body was found in the county treasurer during this period j car at am it by each was The county was asked to pay the two officials the difference between 462 paid in salary and the by As to the added sum for clerk the recommendation was believed that he had driven the automobile into the garage at proximately 1 a.m. Father Makes Discovery The discovery of the body was made Nissen's Hans is should be made to the count The clerk was paid in 1954, when was author Extraditions by Sheriff Three payments to the count totaling in 1953 and 1955 for returning prisoners to Housto County from other shoul Ke refunded to the the re port Although the acted in good faith as the agent in three extraditions the report refers to an attorney general's ruling of 1913 which list service as a service for the sheriff re a and is there to a diem ex The specific extraditions were Feb. 16, Donald Spar Aug. 18 1953, Harry C. from Mis and Feb. 1, 1955, mond J. from County Treasurer Examination of the county cashbook and bank ments disclosed that moneys re- have in some cases been held up to 30 days before being de- posited in a The report that all moneys received by the treasurer should be ly deposited in one or more of the on Page 10, Column 3) EXCESS BE A GOODFELLOW Previously J. H. 2.00 Karen and Neil 5.00 A 2.00 Valley Saddle 10.00 The J. R. Watkins 300.00 Madeleine 5.00 A Lady from Lewiston 3.00 Kurt and Tommy 1.00 Ginger Bread 5.00 In Memory of F. M. 2.00 In Memory of 6. J. S. Sixth Central Elementary School 4.00 The Little Jordans of Kellogg Steak Shop and employes 11.00 Store 10.00 Central Junior Student 5.00 Mrs. Paul Watkins 20.00 Ted Maier Drug Co. 25.00 George Hixton 2.00 Kurt and Mike 5.00 Rose and 5.00 A Friend 1.00 Ronnie and Julie 3.00 Mr. and Mrs. C. S. 2.00 Mrs. 10.00 The elder Nissen said that on evenings when his son was away from home he left a garage light When he awakened this morning and found that son had not been in his room ing the went to the garage and The ignition of the car was ed on and apparently the motor of the car had been running for some time before it After driving into the garage apparently had gone out- side and closed the garage doors before to the Dis- abled since childhood by sen walked with crutches and the crutches were found with him in the The windows of the 1954- model convertible had been rolled Winona police were called at a.m. and Dr. R. B. county who was called to made the ruling of Total Mr. and Mrs. Charles 0. long active in a number of Winona civic and fraternal and selected as the irst winner of the Junior ber of Commerce distinguished award as Winona's Man the for 1934, had served s county attorney continuously ince 1938 until his defeat in the 954 fall election Native of Winona A native of Winona and a 1924 graduate of the Winona Senior Nissen attended the Vinona State Teachers College for years and received his degree rom the University of Minnesota school of in 1929. He began his practice of law in Continued on Page 3, Column 2) NISSEN WEATHER FEDERAL FORECAST Winona and Vicinity Mostly tonight and onal light snow little lange in Low ight 18, high Friday 35 LOCAL WEATHER Official observations for the 24 ours ending at 12 27; 15; 27; sun sets tonight at sun rises morrow at AIRPORT WEATHER Central Max. temp. 23 at a.m. Low 12 at p.m. Noon readings ature 23 Sky is Overcast at Visibility 3 miles with wind humidity state recommendation as to de- salary So when he talked to F. W. then deputy state welfare com a year or so ago at state Bissen aske him about it. Nichols was that the boards follow th recommended said Bissen ca: see where Miller thought he wa authorized to give salary increase even though the board against it. He felt he was right un der the merit system procedure se down by the Miller said today that the sum had not been repaid as When informed of the examin er's recommendation regarding services in extradition proceed Houston County SHERIFF Beryl Kerrigan cited state statute 629.27 which governor may appoint an agent who shall be sheriff of the county from which the application for extradition when he can to demand of the governor of the state any fugitive from tice charged with a crime in this The account of agents so appointed shall in each case be 89 per barometer 29.70 audited by the county board of the county wherein the crime is to have been And every such agent shall receive from the treasury of such county for each calendar and necessary expenses incurred by him in the performance of such Kerrigan said today that he ed in good That when the law said such he felt it included the If it he it should make an exception in order to be more clearly Donald Sparrows and Raymond Peterson were returned from fornia and Harry Muller from the sheriff noting that the listed as expenses for two trips of such great distance is small Couple Seriously Burned as Trailer Heater Explodes Wis. and Mrs. Earl were burned seriously Wednesday when a defective oil burner in their trailer home Ed who rented trailer parking space to the said he was working nearby when he saw flames pouring through the trailer's open Johanknecht said Mr. Rice ran from trailer and called his wife who apparently stumbled at the Johanknecht pulled her clear and extinguished her burning clothing with Mr. and Mrs. Rice were taken to Riverview Hospital with second and possibly third degree Johanknecht was treated for burns on his right hand and back and re- The trailer home was de- dispelled late A 7-pound, 2-ounce daughter was born at Walter Reed Army Hospital to Mrs. Barbara wife of Eisenhower's only child John But uncertainty continued about the Eisenhower's post-Christmas There was some evidence that he might forego for the time being the trip to a warmer climate recommended by his No Plans Yet White House Press Secretary James C. questioned again about the matter late said that if and when there are definite plans for a trip le will announce From other it was earned that Eisenhower may call off the tentatively scheduled suggested by his physicians so that ie could get more outdoor exercise than has been possible in the cold veather of Washington and Pa. From the time the doctors It last there as been a general presumption bat the would leave h o r 11 y after Christmas for where they have pent the holidays for the past two I But the weather in Augusta hasn't been much balmier than that in this and apparently there has been no agreement on an alternate which would be fully Child Named Mary Jean The new Eisenhower grandchild has been named Mary John Eisenhower telephoned the news to his father at the White Mrs. Eisenhower was a little late in hearing it. At the she had gone to the airport to meet her mother John S. who flew in from her home at Denver to spend Christmas at the White Mrs. Doud companied the to the The younger he 3ow stationed at nearby Ft. Va. have three other 7, Barbara 6, and 3. Later today Eisenhower planned o preside over a meeting of the National Security top planning group in the Snow Removal Crews worked today to remove the heavy layers of snow from the streets of which has had a total of 100 inches of snow up to Old timers in the area can't recall heavier snowfall for November and Engine Failure Delays British Jet on Test Run MONTREAL The Comet Britain's speedy experimental jet was forced back to treal early today after taking off for of London ri l on the last leg Texas Prison Doctor Identified as Bogus Canadian Physician Texas B. general manager of the as prison today identified an employe of the system as an imposter Canadian physician who performed major surgery on the Korean Ellis said that the employe had packed bis belongings and left his i The plane landed with one of toot flight i quarters at the prison after being confronted by Ellis with magazine concerning Ferdinand Waldo DeMara who as Dr. 4DieinN.Y. Apartment Fire Cigarette Dropped In Waste Basket NEW YORK Two children nd two adults burned to deat Jday in an early morning fire ii i apartment build in Firemen said the blaze was se ff by a cigarette dropped intc wastepaper basket full of Christ mas Among those dead was 82-year old Margaret who lived in a Fright ened by the she refused to descend a fire The names of the other dead were not Ten persons were carried down by mostly from the third floor of the Among them was a 13-year-old Julia As fireman Edward Douds ried her leaping flames reached her The girl beat them out with her hands and held on to her its four engines John chief test for the de Havilland Aircraft Co. and the plane's saic a preliminary investigation ed a defective bracket in the pipe of one A complete check was ordered and British Air officials in London said the plane probably would not get home until after A I spokesman added the damaged engine probably would be Comet III is a prototype of de Havilland's Comet with which Britain hopes to take a lead in the world's aviation The 74-ton airliner is built to carry 60 passengers but only 14 persons were aboard for the They included the crew and several of British Overseas Airways Corp. and de BOAC is scheduled to start using the Comet IV in 1959 with an initial fleet of 20. Cunningham said there was no SHOPPING DAYS LEFT Fight fire in the engine at any although the fire warning light flashed on to give the first cation of He explained i Joseph C. Cyr served as a Surgeon the Canadian armed became very indignant and denied that he was the same Ellis am not going to stay around here and be Ellis quoted him as Fellow employes said he packed and left in his car about shortly after his meeting with Ellis said that the who gave his age as 36, had been em- ployed in May after he presented credentials that he held a doctor of education degree from Peabody University of Tenn. He also claimed degrees from the Uni- versity of Texas and Georgia Teachers The prison manager said er employe found a three-year-old magazine article which described in detail the activities and showed pictures of the Canadian who had a long record as an imposter in education and other fields before he received a Canadian as a Ellis said the pictures of the exact likenesses of i Uneasy Peace In Holy Land Pilgrims Begin Christmas Influx Jordan uneasy peace settled over the areas of the Holy Land today and preparations were stepped up for the annual Christmas influx of pil grims to the shrines of Christian Jordan's caretaker government moved quickly to restore order er six successive days of rioting against moves to bring this Arab kingdom into the Baghdad A statement from newly named Prime Minister Ibrahim Hashim was interpreted as ance from the government that it that the warning system very Cunningham speculated that the 15-below-zero weather in which the While employed by the he very alert and did a good Ellis First assigned as lieutenant of plane took followed by the jet i fne guards at the Wynn prison might have caused the 1 farm he was later transferred to ket The plane left London Dec. 2. During its trip of miles so far it broke a number of speed records for commercial often averaging more than 500 miles an First Greenlease Turns Up I the main unit Join sored pact linking Pakistan and Hashim announced his ment not deal with any nor will it bind itself to any treaties or We appeal to the people ST. LOUIS The first Christmas fill from the missing half of the Greenlease ransom money las turned up in East J. Earl agent in charge if the St. Louis said Mildred a r for an automobile firm ound the All of the other bills which have een in various cities the been 20s. There were of the ills and in the Half the ransom money has been j missing since the arrest in October 1953, of Carl Austin Hall and Mrs. Bonnie executed killers of 6-year-old Bobby lease of Kansas i all along I felt he was just to good to be the manage a native of Lawrence caused considerable furor in 1951 after serving as a surgeon in the Korean The Canad ian navy said he enlisted as Dr Joseph Cyr of New He won considerable fame for a series of successful major tions he performed on South but newspaper counts of his surgical exploits aroused comment in New The real Dr. Joseph Cyr re- ported his medical papers had dis appeared the previous then 29, was discharged and deported from Gun Mishap Kills Renville Man Minn. tal discharge of a shotgun late Wednesday killed Emil T. 50, Renville theater The gun discharged as Amberson was placing the weapon in the back of his car parked in back of the Dr. D. R. Renville County ruled the shooting King Hussein already had an- that parliamentary tions to be held within the next four months would be considered a plebiscite on the Baghdad Pact A curfew established in hem was lifted and troops called in to quell violence began to leave Barbed wire had been thrown across streets in key sectors of Amman was re Lights came on in shopping districts as business places were The government also announced the release of all persons arrested in the Opposition groups had demanded they be freed as a con- dition for demonstrations and Striking civil servants were urged by their leaders to re- urn to Schools were ordered East German Premier Roads Families in Low Areas Evacuated Store Windows Shattered by Wind At North Bend Ore. drenched western for an end to heavy got worst possible news er ocean storm is moving in on the The storm yesterday dumped from 2 to 5 inches on the western part of the blocking closing some schools and forcing of families from low-lying The streams that did not over- flow were running nearly bank and the worst was feared from the new storm later Showers fell through the and heavier rain was expected to begin about High High winds accompanied the first storm with gusts up to 78 miles an hour on the coast at North where store windows were some roofs went flying off small buildings and one house was blown three feet off its Inland in southern gusts up to 82 miles an hour were re- corded at Sexton Scores of trees were blown one ot killing a Victor ence 38. The Coast the wood Highway and tie Pacific Highway all were blocked by floods or slides in southern Oregon and northern Traffic Jammed In evening traffic was jammed as slides temporarily blocked the three main highways leading west from the business dis- Two inches of rain fell and storm drains could not handle overflowing into the north Portland factory where a lake half mile long formed in and around It was six feet deep in fed by a stream that rose 10 feet in Heavy Rains in Northern California SAN FRANCISCO lenting Pacific storm continued pounding northern California sending hundreds of families fleeing from their homes as rivers rose dangerously near record The northwest corner of a section as big as was cut into isolated pieces by a web of flooded rivers and Ten communities were The largest was Klamath at the mouth of the Klamath Its entire population of about 300 moved Others were Orick Myers Pepperwood and Civil Defense Director Allen Ham a state of emergency in the north coast counties of boldt and Del Both counties were cut off from ground travel by the worst in 15 Local Rain officials predicted that Ends Visit to Reds TOKYO German Pre- mier Otto Grotewohl and bis ing delegation left Communist Morth Korea for China last night prior to returning Peiping radio more rains would bring record And weathermen predicted the rains will heavy amounts through Friday with winds up to 55 miles an traffic north into Oregon was cut to virtually The Redwood U.S. 101 along the was blocked by slides and In 17 miles south of a father and mother and three children were reported by the swollen Eel Deputies were trying to reach them at Families Aid In about 40 miles south of Eureka on the Klamath rescue workers said about a lozen families were firing guns o attract The workers said they hoped to evacuate the Stores Open Until 9 Parking Mayor Herman Runkel of in Mendocino the next county proclaimed a state of emergency in his Some residents were evacuated from low All coastal from the sian Hiver north to the were near flood or already out of their
