Winona Republican-Herald, The (Newspaper) - July 31, 1947, Winona, Minnesota w EATHER tonight Full Wire Report of The Associated Press 112 DAYS quine Act Member of the Audit Bureau of Circulations VOLUME 47 NO 139 WINONA MINNESOTA THURSDAY EVENING JULY 31 1947 FIVE CENTS PER COPY TWENTY PAGES Oct 5 Duck Hunting Season Set Bricker Steps Aside For Taf t Dewey As Way Clears for Drive Columbus Ohio ator Robert A Tuft hud the right of way from his Junior col- league John W nominee to the Republican nomination The Ohio Republican suite com- zrmrec today unanimously pledged its support to Tuft for the can presidential nomination In 1848 officially stepped out of Tuft's path on the eve of a mammoth Ohio C O P rally The man who with I New York I Thomas E D c w c y the late Franklin D Roosevelt and Hurry S Truman j three years ago I definitely I he was not ning for anything I in 1948 The an- Taft came us no surprise here since position with respect to any Tuft 8 reaches tot one of the four derogatory signs that were posted on the premises of the Russian embassy at Washington today Don right one of the two men who posted the cards and said they were representatives of the Christian Youth of America leaves the embassy grounds The read Beware Spies Working and Bat Infested to The Wantt to Be Sure tor Taft said today he to be certain a cood chance to win definitely to run lor the Republican presidential nomination lie made thin to prior to 11 meeting the Republican committee which was expected to endorse him unanimously for the Army Opposition to Flying Boats Hughes Planned to Build Told presidential aspirations had been rumored for some time Tuft will withhold a definite announcement about his candidacy until he returns Jrom East speaking trip In the fall However party chiefs and who talkfd with him after he arrived last night had little doubt that his answer would be I'm in the race cress Approximately Continued on 4 Column 2 Winona Harbor Signed By President Flood contro and navigation projects in the Wa department civil functions signed today by dunt Truman include at Lake City Harbor at Red Wing 813 800 Mississippi river harbor at Wl nona Mississippi river a two AKate bay Mississippi river be- Missouri river and Greeks May Invoke Drastic Provision By Francis IV Carpenter Lake The Greek government was reported by in- formed sources today to be ering the possibility of bringing big Taft rally will be charges against Russia's Balkan lopped off with a recognition satellites under the most drastic ner for state representatives In provisions of the United Nations Congress and the state legislature charter Taft will speak 30 minutes on the The Greek delegation to the record of the recent session of Con- cd Nations would not comment but Informed sources said the Greeks have made were studying closely chapter VH United Nations action In cases of Senators May Hear Builder Tomorrow Hughes and his globe-trotting publicity man John Meyer will take the stand side by side tomorrow in the senatorial investigation of Hughes wartime plane contracts Senator Ferguson an today that arrangement have been made for the joint of the Hollywood aire and the man who said he spen lavish sums to entertain ment officials In Hughes behalf Ferguson's announcement was made after a session in which the Senate war investigating committee heard testimony that top military leaders turned down a mass flying boat program in July yel contracts for three boats were made later with Hughes and Henry J Kaiser Under Secretary of State Robert A Lovett testified that the joint chiefs of staff de- In July of that year that the diversion of materials to such a program would be everything was needed for planes U S Food Not Inexhaustible Says Andresen Corn Termed Key to American Situation Washington Corn Is the key crop which will determine the ply of meat poultry and dairy products for American a House of Representatives sub- committee on feed reported The committee headed by August Andresen warned that the U S is not the inexhaustible horn of plenty as many have assumed and that food prices and amounts chasable by the American wife depend rot only on corn but on American commitments abroad Situation Summarized In an interim report on ican food prospects the committee sized up the situation as Corn Prospects still unsettled due to unseasonable weather and the possibility that the crop have a high moisture content It recommended that exportation of corn be stopped until the exact size and quality of the new crop is ascertained Wheat Despite the prospect of the largest wheat crop in history the committee recommended Patterson Letter He read Into the record a letter which Robert P Patterson then secretary of war wrote five ears ago yesterday summarizing he position the Joint chiefs of taff at the time was assistant Bomb Explodes As British Cut Down Bodies Jerusalem A cunningly contrived booby trap today blasted to bits the bodies of two British sergeants hanging from a tree near Natanya 24 hours after Irgun Zval had slain them in reprisal for the execution of two by the Palestine government in exportation of wheat It One British soldier was wounded warned that wheat may have to be by the blast and Associated for livestock feed if the corn Photographer James Pringle wa knocked to the ground camera was destroyed by the ex plosion which blew pieces of flesh over an area of 50 yards The blackened and bloody of the two sergeants were hanging five miles from Natanya The booby trap exploded as the first body was being cut down Dutch Capture East Central City in JaVa By Stanley S win ton Java The Dutch army announced tonight the cap- ure of fire-scarred former resort city which Is the key to east central Java A broadcast Indonesian que said the Dutch were within tar range and that Indonesians were applying the scorched earth policy record crop is not fully realized and if American consumers are to be supplied with a reasonable tity of meat dairy and poultry products at fair prices Increase In Beef purchasing power of consumers is causing a big demand on the better cuts of meat the committee found Future supplies and prices depend largely on the corn crop and foreign exports The committee quotes reliable livestock authorities as predicting a 15 per cent increase in meat supplies but warns that those predictions do not take into account the corn crop nor the export program Livestock population The com- declared drops in sheep and amb indicate this Is gradually vanishing from our agricultural economy It re- increases in slaughter of beef and dairy cattle and a slight drop in hog slaughters Milk Production High Dairy products Despite a re- duction in the numbers of cows Mrs Alma Magnuson who lives near Minn subdued tills turtle with the aid of a pitchfork and when she found It her chicken coop It was one of the largest ever recorded In Minnesota Wirephoto to The of war for air Patterson wrote the memorandum o Donald M Nelson man of the War Production board The Republicans asserted also heir forces were within 12 miles of Batavia and had reoccupied the perimeter towns of and The Dutch de- 1 this claim was nonsense This reporter found no sign of re- publican activity in the general Clark Files New Complaint on Railroad Rates Tom In a new today accused than DOO roads of unjust and un- reasonable rates on wartime of steel airplane landing mats The action was filed with the Interstate Commerce Commission The government Is asking tion for overcharges on the landing moved from eastern points to coast ports between January I 1042 anil June 30 The complaint Is another In a which Clark has made before the concerning wartime freight In one of the earlier actions he alleged that the government had bten overcharged on shipments i aluminum landing Legislative Unit Meets on State Flood Funds Split St Paul tit An emergency of the advisory committee was held In Governor Luther office today to aggression and breaches of peace I which later that year gave Henry That chapter was Invoked for the J shipbuilder first time In U N history yesterday by Australia In the slan case to the security council It was said authoritatively that the Greeks have been told by the United States that the Truman aid plan remained definitely in force de- spite the Russia veto of an ican proposal to set up a Balkans commission Furthermore It was said that the United States told the Greeks this country was firmly be- hind them In their efforts to lish a stable government and stop the disorders In the Balkans Chapter VH includes Strong ures from breaking off relations with the aggressor up to actual military operations by the United Nations against any country the security council decides has ted an act of aggression Siegel's Friend to Return From France Virginia Hill rich decide how to split by the 1947 for relief of eight counties stricken by floods early in spring and In June The eight counties have filed for grants totaling 000 to repair ditches roads culverts knd bridges and It Is the task to pare down the requests to fit the amount earmarked by the ture Six counties In the Red valley suffered the heaviest age In floods In early spring of slain Benjamin Bugsy was reported today to have decided to go back to the United States Miss Hill was In France June 20 when gambler was shot to death from outside n window ns he sat reading a and Howard Hughes aeronautical engineer and film producer an contract to construct three huge flying boats On September 12 1942 Lovett testified he wrote a letter to Nelson to confirm Information he had re- that the WPB had awarded a contract to the company for three of the craft He said he understood they were to be built of nonstrategic materials Chairman Ferguson of Batavia area The Indonesians said another col- umn of the Dutch army equipped largely with U S and surplus war supplies had cut nearly halfway across the waist of Java in a drive from Tegal on the north coast to the area 35 miles to the southeast The republicans asserted the Dutch were using a company in the attack Licenses for New Wisconsin Autos Madison Special fees for new automobiles will be flat a year in the future regard less of the weight of the by Governor Oscar Renne the letter constituted War ment approval of the project No sir it was piled It was in response to a At the time he said the army had an elaborate plan for the of cargo planes but It did not include the Kaiser project to mass produce planes The army did not desire to underwrite Kaiser's project calling lor production of planes similar to the Martin Mars he said Before today's committee session Senator Pepper said an aircraft of Hughes ance plane as a hot wagon in Elliott Roosevelt hat grounds for purportedly pushing The new fee Is applicable to ai newly purchased cars for license applications arc beini madu for the first time Old car will continue under the schedule The clause In the pros ent law which reduces license fee to a set amount after the fifth year Is abolished paper in her palatial Beverly Hills oT pushi home wartime construction of the ship Letter Kandiyohi County Board read a letter dated AugusTs Library Funds Wlllmar Minn The county board has adoptee a 1047 budget totaling an Increase of over the 1946 figure The new budget includes levies or school tuition and school trans- required by the new state ild law and a new levy for county purposes These three items account for of the increase Guards at Hiroshima Deny Beating Prisoners Seven Japanese civilians who guarded prisoners at Hiroshima during the war innocent to charges of beating and abusing allied servicemen when ar- before nn army 22 Women Die In Fire at French Prison Paris French officials today tentatively blamed a ning flash for a fire which through a third room of a here resulting In tbe death of 22 of the from Henry L Stimson then tary of war to John W Snyder who was chief of the office of war mobilization and reconversion Stimson said the big cargo plane was outside the province of the deportment and that the army had no requirement for such a boat Stimson wrote further however that he felt serious consideration should be given to completing the big craft at an additional ten per cent in cost because if it passed tests it would provide valuable scientific data Lovett who was on the witness stand less than on hour said he did not know offhand of any military jlane developed from the drawing ward to in 24 months as Kaiser and Hughes un- to do with the flying boat A fact not generally realized he aid Is that no plane this country successfully in combat was designed after Harbor levels Future prospects depend on corn A tight situation may develop In butter the committee reported because due to consumer demand and large purchasing power of the people a relatively small quantity of butter has been placed in storage so far this year Cheese and other dairy products will be in sufficient supply Fats and oils The committee found market conditions very un- stable because of crop foreign relief programs and import and export policies It is unlikely that market conditions will become stabilized until more definite in- on these questions are available Adequate supplies of fresh fruits vegetables and canned fruits and canned vegetables were foreseen 47 Traffic Deaths Average 80 Per Day Chicago Traffic dents in the United Stales Jellied an average of 80 persons a day from January 1 to July 1 figures released by the National Safely Council disclosed today The council said there were traffic fatalities In the first six this year nine per cent less than for the corresponding iod in Of the total were killed in June an increase of five per cent over June 1946 However the council said the traffic situation was well in band It said the total in June was eight per cent less than In May there were 20 per cent fewer in June this year than in June 1941 the year an all-time high in traffic fatalities was set Railroads to Sponsor Military Service Units Association of American Railroads and six railroad lines are sponsoring 11 railway military service units under War department's new tlon program Major General Truman for Flood Control man signed today a appropriation for flood control navigation and other nonmilitary activities of the department One of the last measures proved by the 80th Congress before the July 26 recess it carries for flood control Decontrol in Most Rent Areas to Be Handled Locally By Eufene B Dodson Washington The teden rent control office with a wary ey on Congress has decided further action on its own to 111 ceilings from any of the 014 areas remaining under control Future policy on agency old a reporter privately today wl e for the federal office to chec the decontrol question to the local advisory boards authorized undc the new rent law enacted las month Although the law provides tha Housing Expediter Frank R Cree don who administers rent regula ions may ceilings if condition warrant it also gives the loca boards a strong voice in their own areas Another official said Information might lead to decontrol o ome fringe sections of several areas is being gathered and wil be submitted when the boards are ready to begin their studies Certainly Congress wanted boards to have a strong voice In operation of the new this official said and it seems only right they should pass on matters Control officials said it Is up to the various governors to decide how quickly the boards will begin functioning Under terms of the new control net which became law July 1 don was directed to appoint local and maintenance during the year ending next June 30 While the total is under a budget mate it carries the largest flood control fund in several years The budget figure included an original estimate of nearly IA ly mond H Leabey chief of and President re- announced today quest for an extra War department Ol of to begin a work out cooperation between in- year to r f War hydroelectric power nnd utilize the and trained In military an be taken into a military setup in case of emergency the War de- explained The Association of American is sponsoring units In Chicago New York and on The Milwaukee railroad Is oring the railway operating at Minneapolis and the railway shop battalion at Fish Kills in State Held Unusually High St Paul The state con- servation department today dis- closed that an unusual number of fish kills have been reported by Minnesota fishermen and resort the governors Only nine have done so Plane Carr ying U S Envoy Crashes Near Oslo Oslo Norway An Ameri can military plane carrying Josiah Marvel Jr U S ambassador to Denmark tipped and crashed today after landing on a runway of Fornebu airfield near Oslo None of the four persons aboard was injured Marvel suffered a slight cut Both engines of the caught fire but prompt work by the ground crew arid the pilot subdued the flames quickly Possession Limit Fixed At Eight Wisconsin Shooting to Be October 21 to November 19 man today fixed the open seasons wad shooting limitation waterfowl In the United States territories and possessions The proclamation was issued as usual under terms of the treaty governing migratory birds signed with Canada in and the con- vention on wild fowl and game animals concluded in 1936 with Mexico The opcu seasons on waterfowl and coot except for wood ducks snow geese and brant in several states and excluding geese and Iowa and 21 a November 19 7 to November 5 North and South 7 to ber 10 Limit Rails and gallinules except coot may be taken from September 1 to November 30 inclusive with somo Minnesota September 16 to November 30 Wisconsin October 21 to ber 19 On Woodcock the open Minnesota October 11 to 25 Wisconsin October 10 to 24 The proclamation also sets forth lie number of birds which may in any one day including all owl taken by anyone ing the hunter or assisting him Ducks except American and red mergansers four de- luding in the limit not more than no wood duck and no person may more than eight in- luding in such limit not more than ne wood duck Geese American and red breasted single or in the gate No possession limit and brandt except scow in and Madison counties In Montana in Colorado Idaho and Wyoming and snow geese and brant in states dering on the Atlantic ocean and Ross geese Including Minnesota North Dakota South Dakota Iowa Nebraska and consin four including in such limit either one Canada goose or one white-fronted goose Any person may possess not more than the above bag limits of or brant Chinese in Tsingtao Fail to Redeem Bonds tao municipal government notice a month ago that It was ready to redeem its prewar bonds at lace value but so far not a lie bondholder has appeared There's a good reason The value of China's currency has fallen so ow that the Chinese ars the bonds are worth is the equivalent of only tt S at the official exchange a mere at the black market rate Weather Jeanne Cody two and one- half knows Just the remedy to defeat the heat wave at Kansas City Mo When temperatures zoomed to 105 degrees she was busy perfecting the method photo Chicago Fire Truck Train on Way o Blaze Chicago An extra alarm fire preceded by three explosions raged through a three-story office building on the north branch of the Chicago river today causing damage estimated by Michael Cody first deputy fire marshall at 000 A water tower truck racing to the scene collided with an out- bound Chicago Milwaukee St Paul and Pacific railroad suburban train and Fire Captain Leo J Ouimet was thrown from the truck He was treated at hospital for cuts and bruises Another man Edward Crowe 28 was cut by flying glass while fighting the blaze owners during the past few days The unseasonably warm and calm weather from July 14 to 17 was attributed by the department as a chief factor Teamster Sons Picket Dad's Business Truck ers James and Robert Gray members of the sters union don't have far to go to take up their picketing duties In the old hold movers strike The Gray brothers are ing their father two other sons William and runs a moving business here Two of the boys RO to the carriers says father Gray and two attend union meetings Yet we manage to keep it level and ID good humor Special Coin Issue for Wisconsin Vetoed man today vetoed a measure the coinage of lars commemorating the 100th an- of the admission of consin into the union in 1848 Mr Truman expressed his re- Bret that he found it necessary to disapprove the proposal but said he did so In following the wise policy of Presidents Hoover and Roosevelt Californian Heads Lions International San Francisco The day convention of Lions tional ends today with the for- of electing Fred W Smith of Ventura Calif president to ceed Clifford D Pierce of Memphis Term FEDERAL Winona and Fair and Friday cooler tonight Low tonight 56 high Friday 84 Fair tonight Friday cloudy and warmer Fair tonight and ay Cool tonight Warmer west Friday LOCAL Official observations for the 24 ours ending at 12 m Maximum 91 minimum 61 noon 1 precipitation none sun sets ight at sun rises tomorrow t TEMPERATURES ELSEWHERE Max Min 75 46 97 70 100 68 80 53 Falls 71 48 City 107 75 Paul 34 59 ew Orleans 92 73 ew York 93 79 ill 81 cattle 79 58 RIVER BULLETIN Flood Stage Stage Today Change Red Wing 14 Lake City Dam 4 Dam 5 Dam Winona 13 Dam 6 Pool Dam 6 Dakota Dam 7 Pool Dam 7 La Crossc 12 2.6 6.3 4.4 4.3 3.7 5.6 10.1 5.4 7.5 9.3 1.8 4.4 Tributary Streams at 2.5 Zumbro at 1 1 6 2 1 2 Buffalo above Trempealeau at Dodge 2.4 at j Black at La Crosse at W Salem 1.8 J Root at Houston 6.0 a RIVER FORECAST From to In the section above Trempealeau here will be little change the next 36 hours From La Crosse to rie du Chlen upper pools will Use 1 to 2 foot at No 10 the pool hold steady with about i foot drop at the Tributary flow Will continue below normal
