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Atlantic Hurricane^osing F ury AfterStriking S. CarolinaHigh Winds Lash Charleston, S. C.;Florida Loss Totals 60 Millions; Storm Expected to Fade Tonight- —BULLETIN—CHARLESTON, S. C, (UP).—The great marine training ase at Parris island was buffeted today by 75-miIe-an-hour -inds and torrential .rains as a tropica! hurricane roared in-ind in the vicinity of Beaufort, S. C„ south of here.« ■*-----CHARLESTON', S. C, (UP).—A tropical hurricane which used $60,000,000 damage in Florida roared across Parris island d pased inland south of here today.The storm was expected to lose force and fade out by tonight ^ewhere over the Carolinas. Its winds already had dixnin-■f ished to 60 to 75 miles an hour.The weather bureau ordered hurricane warnings to be lowered-at noon, but 2lt;ept southeast storm warnings displayed from Savannah, Ga.. to Cape Hattcras, N. C. Strong winds and sales withTuman EndsTkief Vacation. President Tackles • Legislative PlansWASHINGTON lt;. — President uman turned today from the ’endfy atmosphere of 'his Missouri 'me town to his White House o£-;es where congressional and la-© troubles knocked at the door. The chief executive tackled his iislatlve problems immediately, lling in the Capitol Hill Big jur” for a morning conference, tt he delayed action on strikes .■$ layoffs pending more detailed prmation.Meanwhile, Mr. Truman pre-red the answers to long-askedheav? rain and squalls were lash-47 Planes Flee StormSAMPSON, N, r. C®-—Fleeing ^rom the Florida hurricane, 46 nayy PBM flying boats and a coast guard air-rescue planeiiave found refuge on Lake Seneca, off the Sampson, naval training center.Flown from Elizabeth City. N. C.. Banana river, Fla-, and Norfolk, Va- 43 ships landedyesterday.- The other three arrived Saturday.The crews, totaling approximately 500 officers and men, were billeted at the center.*ed the answers to tongue*- seaboard between Charles-ijstlons about plans for a shutthe war department command j ton and Savannah as the storm 1 other changes in his adminis-j passed inland.toon. Some of these, he said, he* Although the core c the bur-eposes to announce at a news ricarte swept across the coast south Iferencc (4 p. m. EWT) tomor-j0£ hQvet grinds of 50 to 60 milesj an hour lashed Charleston and *he President said he had hod'streets were flooded with 6.40 information on the labor sltua- j inches of water which had fallen 5 as yet because he had waited Up to midmorning.1 Alt precautions had been taken here and along the coast ^ ana damage was expected to be slight. Planes from the Charleston army air base had been flown to St.ii his return to look into it. lurrent reports indicate some ,000 workers are off their jobs.* biggest problem was a com biion -strike and.layoff effecting air oagc /iau utrvri amu 100 Detroit worker* in plants or jasepfc on Saturday.^t!f®tif5f?eAnWheel 3 i ~ The winds whipped waves upFord Motor Cq. I onto the old Charleston batlery.eports o j but the height, of the storm camefrow s neus J The hurricane left a wake of de-Tie present undersecretary PjUtruction in Florida- It was thetattering ' that state !tad ntioned most eq taken from-a tropical storm in 19utoi H.U «* the Pw^dents, Afc ^ hefght three hurri.JC* K^ Tu^ifP Owen j i cane-proof hangars at the Rich-?y created by Justice Ou en J.} mond F] „aval base collapsed,erts’ ™*£ement. Mr. Truman,, ^ fire..-ever, said that he hasn t maao,lecklan on the supreme court Naval oftjceis said damagemcy and doesn't expect to by would reach 540,000,000. Twentymo anu p * five navy 5Iimps# 213 naval planesand 153 civilian planes were destroyed. Harry Schultz, the base’s civilian fire chief, died in the fires.His charred body was found as the storm roared away to cut a wide swath through the state's• citrus belt.The millionaires’ playground— Miami—was littered with debris. Power lines were down and water only trickled from taps during thestorm's peak. , I 'The only other reported death.. was that of a Jamaican Negro,; who died trying to rescue the cogi'orrow.rhen Marshall steps out, Gen. ght D. Eisenhower probably succeed him.harlestonHow Kansas CityRedeemed Itselfiy form of government fails :e hands of officials not inter-t In carrying out its spirit and nia^cot on ~fis small fishing vessel, j This was the case during Weather observers said once over ufourteen years of “boss” riile fensas City, Mo., which had held up by opponents of the manager plan as a failure, asserted that the plan wouldWeather observers said once overj; the open sea the wind would pick [I up hurricane force. again beforei£ sucking itself inland. They .said csometimes storms of this hurri-— SffliSi^huSSSf of* miles!ivork In a citysostceped^ | Thev push inland, diminish slight-sart politics and boss _rule., bjow to sea anij then push back revolution among the citizens,; aE;ain,
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Charleston Daily Mail
Charleston, West Virginia, US
Mon, Sep 17, 1945
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