Winona Daily News, The (Newspaper) - February 23, 1956, Winona, Minnesota Warmer Light Snow and Warmer Friday THE WINONA DAILY NEWS Help Your Heart Fund Help Your Heart Formerly Winona 101st Year of Publication VOLUME 100. NO. 79 SIX CENTS PER COPY FEBRUARY 23, 1956 EIGHTEEN PACES Senate Opens Debate on Farm Dulles to Give Congress Details On Tanks Deal Interests Of U.S. Required Report By JOHN M. HIGHTOWER WASHINGTON of State Dulles is expected to tell senators tomorrow that vital curity interests in the Middle East dictated the U.S. decision to send 18 light tanks to Saudi Officials indicated this line of argument today as just back from a 10-day j settled down to a quick of the situation in preparation fo critical questioning by the Senat Foreign Relations Informants said one issue a which Dulles will take a new is Israel's pending sine last for 50 million dol lars worth of weapons to Egypt's arms purchases torn Communist There is considerable specula tion in Department tha Dulles may soon to approval by President Eisen sell Israel some defen sive weapons such as anti-aircraft guns or jet fighter informed officials sale this question is still They said there has been no change in the policy of delaying a decision on the request while seeking by diplomacy to ease On his return from the Bahamas Islands Dulles said he first the the shipment of tanks to Saudi Ford Asked Dealers For Ike Claim WASHINGTON Iff A former Chicago Ford dealer today quoted a second dealer as telling him in 1952 that the Ford Motor Co. had sent word for its Chicago dealers to raise for Dwight D. presidential Milton who said he was a Ford dealer for 20 years until March 1955, made the statement at a Senate He never did name the second but quoted him as saying the call for the funds came from office of Henry Ratner was a witness before a Senate subcommittee that has been investigating automobile ing He said that far as I he was one of only two Chicago Ford dealers who refused to contribute to the Eisenhower Ratner had just finished a long account of his relations with Ford ended with the company's canceling his dealer franchise about a year Chairman asked whether it had ever been suggested that Ratner make political Ratner replied that in 1952 an- other Ford dealer telephoned him and was told I was down for for the campaign of our great Ratner was referring to Arabia when he reached Miami and began to the McCarthy Praises MacArthur as 2nd Washington NEW YORK Joseph R. McCarthy praised Gen. Douglas MacArthur last night as contemporary George who never have extended the hand of friendship to the Soviet Union as was done last summer at McCarthy spoke before a city crowd of jamming Car Hall at a rally sponsored bj For an formed for political Another speaker was Sen. Wil liam E. Jenner who hi what he called the nation's to world smilingly edging a 90-second ovation when he took the speaker's rostrum lashed out at more than two dec ades of U.S. policy in combating communism in through Tru to we have taught the Asian people how to appease how to re treat from how to sell out to Communism how to render to Jenner told the rally the States has lost its sovereignty by participating in the United Nations and in the North Atlantic Treaty McCarthy said there were four ways in which might itate the especially with regard to 1. to give a single cenl of American money to nations thai trade with Red until all American prisoners are out of nese Communist 2. No American funds to allies who trade in strategic materials with Iron Curtain 3. Renewed efforts to expose Communist subversion at 4. long objective must be to encourage free peoples those in Asia with armed forces at their attempt to liberate their Madison Man Dies In Shop Explosion HI man died of injuries and burns today and another remained in serious condition following Wednesday's explosion at an auto body Richard 45, of Middleton died of his Reuben 49, still was listed in serious 24, and Charles 38, both of were treated at a hospital and Gore Slated to Head Lobby Investigation Denies Anyone Told of Ike's Decision Says Adams Did Not Tell GOP Heads President Will Run By JOHN CHADWICK WASHINGTON Gore appeared today to be in line to head a special committee created by the Senate and given broad powers to search for any improper or illegal lobbying or campaign Four Democratic and four Republican senators are to be named to the investigating probably later in the Advance word from Senate es was in addition to the Democrats likely to be ed are Senators Kennedy of McClellan of Arkansas and either Mansfield of Montana or Anderson of New Republicans evidently were running into some snags in ing up their Efforts edly were being made to persuade Senators Bridges of New Bricker of Ohio and Thye of Minnesota to accept The appointments are to be Unlucky For Kidnaper in Possession When Captured C. had less than in his lockets when he abducted a pretty in a plot to ransom Dist. Atty. Wepley C. Kettelkamp aid Of two bills in his ne was a which he kept as a good luck Three hours after the husky Irand gunman Mrs. Nancy 27, Tuesday he was captured nd beaten by the woman's and and two other men on a 27 miles west of lurst also was wounded in the eg by a wild shot during the He remained under armed guard at St. Mary's Hospital The district attorney said no charges had been are still gathering ments and evidence to compile in form for filing of a kidnaping probably later this after- noon or Kettelkamp He said Police Chief Roy Harper obtained a signed confession from Hurst realized he'd made a very foolish Kettelkamp evidenced but was quite talkative and information quite The district attorney described the dark-haired married and the father of two as with an unusual command of in said seemed like a pretty decent By MARVIN L. ARROWSMITH Ga. ident Eisenhower's press tary says that as far as he self the chief executive has passed word to no one on whether he will seek James C. Hagerty made that statement to newsmen late in breaking silence for the first time to discuss some aspects of the big Will hower run again? Hagerty did not come anywhere close to answering the For that a literal inter- of his own that Eisenhower has passed word to no mean Hagerty doesn't know the answer for sure he did deny a published port that the President's chief aide Sherman Adams had told Re- publican leaders Eisenhower had decided to bid for re-election and would say so publicly next asked Sherman about that and he said he never made any such Hagerty said in reply to The Detroit in a dispatch from its Washington said U.S. to Release Uranium for Peaceful Uses Ga. ident Eisenhower's new program for releasing a billion dollar worth of uranium at home an abroad for peaceful atomic ects presented a challenge to Rus 1J.U111 ILa yesterday that Adams and today ard chairman of the Re- publican National had informed party leaders the dent would announce for Hagerty said he had not asked made by Vice President on ie recommendations of cratic Leader Lyndon B. Johnson of Texas and Republican Leader Knowland of Gore was going with for a broad investigation by Senate Elections of which he is when Senate leaders stepped in and said they favored setting up a special bipartisan committee to conduct the Johnson and Knowland joined in sponsoring the move for an investigation of tempts to influence improperly or the Senate or its bers through campaign political lobbying or any other Before the resolution was adopted by a 79-1 it was broadened to cover any attempts to exert similar influence on for the Senate any officer or employe of the tive of the WEATHER FEDERAL FORECAST Winona and Vicinity ing cloudiness and warmer Friday cloudy and warmer with occasional light Low tonight 16, high Friday 36. LOCAL WEATHER Official observations for the 24 hours ending at 12 m. 28; 4; 28; sun sets tonight at sun rises morrow at AIRPORT WEATHER Central Max. Temp. 21 at noon low 5 degrees at a.m. Other noon readings thin over- j tore down phone and power lines The President announced lat yesterday that the United State will make available pound of uranium 235 to pioneer American firms anc Hall about the But Hall I to friendly nations in a said in Washington when asked I tion of faith that the atom about the news to Eisenhower has been ing here since Feb. 15 at the tation home of Secretary of the Treasury After a week of seclusion with the Humphrey said Tuesday night that he had whether Eisenhower would run Frozen Europe Counts 804 Dead By COLIN FROST LONDON Frozen Europe counted at least 804 dead today in the worst winter in living Even colder was forecast for the Central Europe one vast ex- panse of crusted snow ly watched its food and fuel plies dwindling as the disastrous freeze-up went into its 24th Huge ice packs floated down the North Temperatures along Germany's Baltic coast dropped to 4 above Ice floes paralyzed shipping on Dutch canals and threatened the Netherlands with a serious coal j j A local thaw brought landslides to southern At near 50 families fled as their homes collapsed on a crumbling In northern more snow was In southern snow 5C inches deep cut off villages and cast at visibility 7 wind from the east at 15 miles per barometer at 30.17 humidity 66 per cent. Prices of vegetables and egg rocketed as and truck gardeners reported crip pling Thoroughly and wounded in the Eugene C. is dragged to a police car by Colorado state patrolmen after his losing near Hurst is being held for Robert A. 28-year- old mother of three whom he drove around the Pueblo area while attempting to extort money from her can be a powerful instrument the promotion of world His announcement came jus one day after Soviet Premier Nikolai Bulganin had stated that Communists must fully place the greatest discovery of the 20th century atomic energy at the service of the cause oJ building Bulganin pictured Russia as of other in the peaceful uses of atomic but did not talk of sharing atomic Eisenhower barred distribution of any of the pounds of U.S. U-235 to the Soviet Union and its as well as to any other nations presently producing the But with those exceptions the President said the supply will be furnished a period of for research and development purposes and for fueling nuclear power reactors both home and Til Never Says Woman Who Saw Family Die Minn. for- I'll have to live with those memories the rest of my Many times I get sort dis- Betty 25, was speaking from the hospital bed where has spent three months recovering from suffered in i fire which snuffed out the lives her husband and two children de spite her heroic efforts to save Mrs. Ellefson made a vain at- tempt to arouse her husband when she awoke to find their house in flames the night of last Nov. 20 When she although badly she struggled through the snow in her night clothing to a neighbor's for The help But it was too Her Ar- 7, and all had Peer into the top in which Mrs. Jeanette Hendricks of was killed when a National Guard bottom went out of control and ran over her The tank was being driven display in downtown Covina today when the steering control apparently went out of It finally was stopped after it went through a cement block State Takes Over In Labor Bombings ST. PAUL state today was formally ion of four men accused in the Twin Cities labor bombing of Feb. 11. Atty. Gen. Lord and two aides entered the case late Wednesday n direct orders from Gov. The governor said he called or the intervention because of concern that Fire Destroys N.D. Post Office N.D. Wl A fanned by 25-mile winds destroyed buildings housing an implement company and the Post Office Wednesday Bert owner of the son Implement Co. estimated his loss at to Postmaster Chester Thompson said he was unable to estimate the oss to the post office but said about in fixtures was might hamper prosecution o ic now under indie nents in both Minneapolis and S Acting swiftly under the Free man Lord conferred lal Wednesday with James F. lamsey County and Pe 1. assistant to Hennepin attorney George M. Scot who was absent from the city had any comment after th Lord was accompanied by tw Robert who specialize n labor and Robert W an investigator into pre ious racket Indicted by both Hennepin ani amsey County grand juries were erald head of Team Local 548; Bryant an and two men hac as Lattin nd Edward Freeman said his order was no tended as any reflection on Min neapolis or St. Paul He said he had nothing but praise for speedy and effective manner in which they had broken the case and gained the He said he merely wanted to in- sure that is a proper pre sentation of the facts to a and to on everyone everywhere that we will not erate violence anc in Hosts Outnumber Guests as Quads Give Party Ky. Wl Lashley quadruplets will take a little longer for lunch It's their 15th and the youngsters are treating their classmates to an ice cream But the hosts outnumber the There are only seven pupils in the class the and three The Mildred and sit one behind the other in a room which also houses the sixth and seventh grades of the Catholic school Martine and who like English best of say they want private As for he wants to be a in the footsteps of my But there must be some time left for coon More Rain on Pacific Coast Battle Over Farm Price Supports On Final Passage by Both Houses Seen by March 15 By EDWIN B. WASHINGTON battle over flexible vs. rigid farm price supports shifted from rooms to the Senate floor Ellender called for a return to higher supports as the only means to more dollars into the pockets without But even as opened debate on the election year farm late an amendment was offered to con- the present flexible Voting on this and other con- provisions of the ure will not start before next week at the Final Vote Ellender pleaded for a final vote early next saying passage by both the Senate and the House should be completed by March 15 this is to do any good at all during the 1956 crop Sen. Aiken said in an be lucky to get a final vote by next Thursday or Ellender is chairman and Aiken the senior Republican on the ate Agriculture by an 8-7 vote included a return to rigid price supports on basic crops in an omnibus farm which also would establish a soil bank and acreage reserve system of crop reduction asked by President The measure also would make a number of other changes in laws designed largely to halt decline in farm prices and A number of offering they hope to rewrite of the on the Amendment Offered The amendment to stick with the administration's flexible and lower system of price supports which became law in 1954 was of- by Sen. Anderson with support from Aiken ators Holland and Williams Among others were proposals to limit to or the amount of crop support loans which could be obtained by any one farm or Sen. Young said in a prepared speech that if present flexible supports are they will break most wheat And they will do he to reduce crop Among the amendments offered By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS the floor was one by Sen. Hickenlooper to make it easier for The nation's weather showed only minor changes with light snow and cloudy skies in most No severe cold or storms were Heaviest precipitation in the past 24 hours was along the fic Coast and Idaho with falls measuring around 2 inches at Mt. Hamilton along the central fornia Skies were cloudy over the rest of the country except along the Atlantic coastal states where clear weather Temperatures moderated in the north central states with most early morning readings well above corn who have rejected most past crop to pate in the soil bank Sen. Langer proposed to repeal a special support plan for wheat inserted by the Agriculture Committee at the request of Sen. The Young provision would limit top supports to wheat of good milling Langer proposed instead that wheat be supported at 90 per cent along with other crops classes by law as Another Langer amendment would put a limit on com- under support for any one farm or Sen. Wakins proposed a limit of It's Ike vs. Adlai in Crystal Ball By RICHARD P. POWERS WASHINGTON be versus Stevenson again the general opinion of of the Wisconsin 1 While not the con- ensus of the views of the onsin members of Congress re- ported today is that President shortly will announce that he will again be available nd that Stevenson will wind p once more as the Democratic Sen. Wiley elf seeking said he be- eved Eisenhower would run for a that he should run nd that he would be Viley guessed Stevenson would fin the Democratic McCarthy Opinion Sen. Joseph McCarthy ho has broken sharply with said he had Eisenhower would seek Asked if he thought the President should run McCarthy re- the doctors report his health is good I see no objection to his Rep. Lester R. Johnson said he thought Eisenhower would but not he should do so. Asked if he thought Eisenhower would win re- Johnson doubt Johnson said he had no com- ment at this time as to the Rep. Gardner Withrow am certain President hower will seek re-election and I think he should provided he feels satisfied that he is physically Able to do so. I am sure will win if he Feel Ike deeded feel keenly that President Eisenhower is It would be terrible for the presidency to change hands now when we need a firm policy Withrow said he thought son would be the Democratic
