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FERGUS FALLS. MINN♦tTUESDAY, FEB. 15, 1955Established 1873Dial Broken Off Safe In Otter Tail Co. Auditor's OfficeHouse FavorsClassmafes HonorParty LabelsAmerican-Born JapHandles AreFor Candidateslegislators Vnd County Officers Max Both Have ToKAN:vid Ku1J.been Karii...school a i nakment ”barredtI1 sA mf . % bS 41e j1 ItmlMIn 1943I nnf: i fHKile Vs Hartx ( andidate*\vborn a rents, has it mayor of 7,000 highireslde over tty govern-David wasfront at-1 Kansasd War IIKnocked OttVault Doorsllur^Iars flattered BothTreasurer’s And Auditor’sant i-JVaults During The NightCounty Auditor S. B. Johnson is shown pointing to the work of would-be burglars who entered the offices of the county auditor and county treasurer during the night. The dial on the safe was removed and two holes drilled, one above and one below the dial, as shown in the white circle on the door. The dial is shown on the floor at the left in the picture, also circled. (Journal Photo)Mao Says Reds WillWipe Us Off EarthitTOKYO, Tuesday (AP) — Mao Tze-tung, ruler of RedChina, declared Monday thatshould the imperialists starta war” the Communist world “will certainly wipe them out clean from the surface of theglobe*The Red China leader in one of his rare public appearances made his tough-talkingspeech at a Soviet reception of the signing of the Com-mu n is t Chi n a - R uss i a mutual defense pact.At the same reception, his premier, Chou Fin-lal, accused the United State*: of ••preparing an atomic war” against the Communist world andpredicting defeat if “United States aggressive circles attack.”ST PA IT!, The Minnesota ! House, sitting as a committee of the whole Monday, recommendedpassage of the party designation [bill which includes county officialsas well as members of the 14*gis-I la lure.The vote was 61 to 44 The bill now goes on the calendar for final passage today.Before its approval, it w vs amended to provide that successful j nominees for the Legislature .shall i*‘ entitled to become members ofthe party’s county committees oito name a representative to those committees. The vote was 63 to 40 in favor.For 95 minutes the House debated and considered amendments, turning down one proposal whichprovided that a separate ballot be prepared for candidates for the legislature who file without party designation. This was defeated by a voice vote,It was the motion of Rep. Karl Grittner, St. Paul, chief sponsor, which recommended the bill to pass.“We might generate more heat on this subject but we won’t generate more light,” he declared. This was the third day the bill wasdiscussed.Rep. Aubrey Dlrlam, Redwood Falls, called attention that should the bill become a law the next House will be elected on a party ba ..s while the Set)ate would remain nonpartisan as senators are not up for election until 1958.An effort by Rep. Carl Iverson, Ashby, to have the measure indefinitely postponed, which would kill it for this session, was defeat-Engineers AreTo Demandl'.x »den tlx Amateurs AsI hex Failed To lt;penKit her DoorTIVi PC RaiseThWASHINGTON (AP) ~ independent Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers will make demands on all railroads today forWa p.»y inert' i e of 2p«*r cmt.Guy L, Brown, grand chief engineer of the union, coupled the announcement with the threat of a strike if the issue is not settled promptly to the unions satisfaction.Two other rail brotherhoods, theBurglars made an unsuccessful attempt to rob the Otter Tail county treasury and also the auditor’s office in the court house here ! .sometime during the midnighthours last night.Dials were knocked off the ! vaults in the office of both the 1 county treasurer and the countyauditor’s offices.Neither vault was entered and apparently nothing was stolen from either of the adjoining offices on the second floor. It had not been possible to open the vaults up to noon today.Sheriff Russell Brooberg said two men obviously were involvedTrainmen and the Engine men and in the crime. Investigation show-Firerm*n, ate negotiating with therailroads in Chicago. Demands ofthe Conductors union are before an emergency board.One ol FourteenHexane Blast■Victims DiesFour Others Of Dinned Men Saul In Poor ( onditionMINNEAPOLIS (AIMed they got into the offices through a transom.The men apparently got into the building through the basement garage which could be forced open by applying pressure. There were no marks on any of the doors except the vaults.Bill Morris of the state crime bureau and Sheriff Bennie Urness of Alexandria arrived here this forenoon to assist in an investigation. 51The same procedure was used on blt;»th vault doors. After holes were punched above and beloxv the dials, the dials were knocked off.I County Treasurer Henry Henning and Comity Auditor S. B. Johnson seldom have large ®nc% °M amounts of cash on hand. TheCan Be III Without KnowingANN ARBOR. Mich. ( \V) —\ ou don’t have to feel sick to he sick. That was the finding of the University of Michigan medical school in examinations of 500 business executives who got company-paid checkups at t DiversityHospital.Forty-one per cent of the 500 were sick and didn’t know it. and 25 per cent of these needed treatment immediately. About 45 per cent of the sick men were found to have stomach disorders, while another 21 per cent xvere found to have cardio-vascuiar (heart orblood vessel) trouble.I our of the executive* who thought they were perfectly healthy were found to have cancer, and one was found to have tuberculosis. Ihree xverediabetic, 12 had gallstones, and16 peptic ulcers.And a medical school reportsaid: “significant new disease appeared each year in 13 to 20 per cent of the subjects.j leaders like Representatives John | Bartle, Owatowia, and Roy Dunn, Pelican Rapids.Both declared themselves sincere in saying county officials ought to run on a partisan basis so legislators needn’t carry the burden alone.Legislators and county officials ran w ith party labels until 1913.| ed 76 to 30. . j explosion victims died today i vault ha« a manvno«*de bbci v cashf WOO gilt support from conservative | f| | tion as a result of a fiery blastwhich shook the Cargill, Inc., linseed oil extraction plant Monday.John Slcppv, 26, Minneapolis. who suffered burns over 80 per cent of his body, died at a hospital early this morning.In addition to those critically burned, four were listed in poor codition and four in fair condition.The workmen, members of a maintenance crew preparing the plant for operation during a re-| pair shutdown, were trapped as hexane vapors were ignited by a spark of thus far unknown origin.Hexane is a highly inflammablePolice Nab)In Winnipeg•tBank Robberywould be extremely difficult.Some conc ern for Odin Johnson, court house custodian, was felt this morning. He left home at 6 a.m. as usual to work at the building. Today, however, he left early to in pect a boiler at Detroit Lakes lt;is he is a state boiler inspector.Until he was located at PelicanRapids it wasn’t known whether he was safe or a victim of therobbers, ’V.- . S-N-Some 20 years ago the court hou e was looted by burglars who had hidden in a washroom. They broke glass in office doors and smashed desks in their search for cash.Sheriff Brooberg said he check-solvent used to extract linseed oil C(j jjie four outside doors of the¥¥77taken to St. John's Hospital byThird Of $30,000 TakenAt Toronto-Dominionfrom flax meal. i court house at 7;30 p.m. yesterdayCargill officials *id the build- ai ail of them were locked pro-ing and equij i1, valued at ¥ J perly. It la impossible to get outhalf million dollars, were almost , of one of the locked doors withouta total loss. j a key.T (eiAd i ra nmftnol mflHltlAfl tfl— l ^
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Fergus Falls Daily Journal
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