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Turns Toward | Pensacola

Truman Declares Florida ‘Emergency’

Rurricane Eyewitness Story, Page 20

PENSACOLA, Fla, Sept. 18 (U. P.).—President Truman proclaimed the Florida hurricane area to be in| E Blended Whisk ,.& state of emergency today. -- { rain Neutral Spirits 4" The giant storm hurtled over the rp., New York O “Gulf of Mexico toward Pensacola a after causing millions of dollars damage in the Miami-Palm Beach areas. The President's proclamation was disclosed by' the office of Governor Millard. Caldwell at Tallahassee. Governor Caldwell, himself, en route from Tallahassee to his sum- | mer cottage at Alligator Point by | ear, turned around and headed back | . toward the capitol today after be-| ing warmed by radio of the hurri-|

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department ordered state highway ; 30 between Carabelle and Panama | 4

d to Calvert lvert makes Manhattan

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Ctiy closed to keep traffic out of the |

new storm-threatened area. AER rt Se er Pr pa Ter do Evacuate Lidy l B "fhe entire police force at Pensa~ cola was alerted for emergency duty nomize and city officials ordered all resi-

dents to prepare for possible evacuation.

The President's proclamation of an emergency was understood to permit the federal government to turn over surplus property to the State for relief purposes.

The hurricane caused an esti-| SDAY ‘mated $50 mililon damages in| south Florida. Half of this was|

damage to the citrus crop, which was estimated -to have been one-| fourth destroyed. | Ce SR At least two person : REE ll ae of | the (rah SIO SOE Florida. Widespgead lowed the storm 'in Miami. 100 Miles Per Hour The weather bureau warned that] the storm, with winds. whirling at] : 100 miles an hour, probably would Cohen hit the extreme northwest Florida, Sout Tough Wstween Apalachicola) |. Andrew Fink, all escap

sistant state commissioner of agri-|

culture, said that a “pure guessti-| : : mate” would be that one-fourth of | : in : yf the state’s $100 mililgn eitrus crop ih, Bic opi

had been destroyed. ‘All over south Florida there was ¥ R a confused snarl of tangled com munications, broken power lines, : Samaged hues 434 buleines wg... Muti Querrtet Talked Crops. "10 Relief Planes Used Of ‘Big Hold Up’ The state highway patrol, army| A new lead on the holdup of a and navy troops, and Red Cross $100- limit North side poker game disaster workers were in action to here Sept. 8 popped up in Muncie provide relief. At least 10 navy today with the arrest of four men \planes were delivering supplies to/who “talked too much,” about the ‘stricken areas. Coast guard boats Indianapolis holdup.

At West Palm Beach, one man Muncie after police were tipped that was electrocuted by a fallen power they might be involved in a “big line, the Red Cross reported. Sev- holdup” in Indianapolis. eral were injured by whirling debris. Talked of ‘Big Game’ The storm's worst damage Was, The tipster told police one of the concentrated against the twin Palm! men had been “doing a lot of talkBeaches, Pt. Lauderdale, and Mi-|ing” about the holdup of a “big ami and its surrounding commu-| game.” Muncie police said they be-

nities. lieved the tipster had reference to [September corn, which reached an|Wwould cause great hardship and suf- clear picture of this problem before . On the west coast Ft. Myers the holdup at the home of William all time high of $2.65% a bushel|fering in this state,” the GOvernor we reach the point where Hooslers "om Citizens’ Gas & Coke utility 4% caught the brunt as the hurricane Bilsky, 5542 N. Delaware st. Sept. Photos by Henry Olesing, Times Staff Photographer, |S€Pt. 15, sold for as low as $2.53% wrote in his invitation to the oil are old. It is possible we will con-| working on pipes in the oase- 5 passed into the Gulf of Mexico. {8 in which loot, variously estimated | OuTSID Walls bulged + d d sidi a bushel today, |men, {tinue that meeting with a study ment. They removed a section of { Fur! Urged to ‘Help Yourselves’ [from $6000 to $20,000 was taken! E alls bulged outward and siding COV= | Ay trading progressed, however, a| «It ig my hope that the industry which may result in some help. we PIP¢ nd Jeb ‘he get additional, mae wi The Miami police department said: from ‘seven poker players. | ered nearby yards, after the explosion. Firemen theo- |moderate upswing developed and! ii 1 abie to do what appears to C8n Not have anyone cold if plieral a ul Busines Ietore the

mostly of liqtior stores whose win- Murtry today said he was sending dows had been blown in by the 100- Detectives Charles Burkett and : 1941 mile-an-hour winds which lashed Monroe Bettner to Muncie to questhe city. tion the quartet, One looter who police said was| Muncie police said the four men

persons had been arrested on loot- quently. One of the men has an ‘TED ing charges. extensive criminal record, police hv The looters, police said, smashed added. some windows which had been un-|

damaged by the storm and invited : loiterers on the street to “help your- arm, Linny [AY

gelves to the whiskey.” Looters worked in the darkness as

- " A E § power lines and other utilities were Smile Her | 4 knocked out by the winds. |

{a wolf near-his home, he went after

Police estimated property damage) at $4 million in Miami, including a LOCAL TEMPERATURES

D home destroyed by fire during the 6a. m..... 65 10a m...., 76 height of the blow. Twelve planes, 73 m..... 66 1llam..... "7 were wrecked at the city’s huge in-| 8 & m..... 69 12 (Noon)... 83 ternational airport. } 93 Msnna 73 1 p.m..... 88

Pt. Lauderdale, 25 miles north of

: land vicinity today. Dick West, United Press Staff|*” Correspondent at West Palm Beach,| 1n¢ Weather bureau predicted

|“clear- and continued warm” reported that hardly a tree was left| ° : NEYS! standing or unstripped of its flinge| ToUER. tonight hn Mile change in the pl vii} ' . playground of millionaires Temperatures in the next 24 1 ; : {hours were expected to reach £1 Farm Workers Face {high of 87 and drop to a low of 64

Quiz in Kokomo Death tonight. Yesterday the high was . KOKOMO, Ind., Sept. 17 (U. P,),(83. A low of 65 was recorded at YS! «Police today sought two itinerant 8 8 m. this morning. Mexican tomato pickers for ques-| Earlier this week Stout fleld had tioning in the’ death of a third been alerted to receive military Mexican whose body was found be- Planes evacuating the east coast side the Sharpsville road south-/ahead of a superhurricane. How-

east of Kokomo Sunday. |ever, only 12 planes, from Boston, TAX The victim was identified as/arrived and no more were expected. IN cL Ruperto Rodriguez. { S————————————————————— Times Index \D. C. Judge Frowns On Flirting at 70 Amusements +.28|Dr. O’Brien ,.25| WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 (U. P) Bridge ........26/F. C. Othman 21|—James F. Downey, 70, was haled s from Classified ..34-37| Radio ........ 38|into court on complaint of 80-year-Comics ....... 38 Mrs. Roosevelt 24/old Joe Scherer, on charges of Incl, Crossword ....34 Ruark ........ 21|drunkenness and disturbing the Editorials sere. 22| Bide Gilances .22|peace. Fasions '......25 Society ....... 24) “What's this all about?” asked Forum ........22|8ports ..... 30-31/the judge. - z pi Meta Given ,.27|Teen Topics ..25| “I spoke to his girl,” said Downey, p “Homemaking .25| Washington ..22|“and now he's mad.” wnstales »" Don Hoover ..22| Weather Map 5 The judge looked over Downey's

Inside Indpls 21 Women’s police record of 80 arrests, prompt4 Ruth Millett ..26 News ....25-27|ly sentenced him to 20 days in © MOVES ....e00. 28! World Aftaies 2 jail.

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shuttled along the west coast. | The four men were arrested in

Hurricane The Lived as ‘Everything Fell’

EXPLOSION SURVIVORS—Mrs. Vivian Fink, her son, Dennis, and her father-in-ed death today when a gas explosion rocked the Fink resiAt Tallahassee, T. J. Brooks, as-| dence. Only casualty was Mrs, Fink, who had a ercal

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it had halted widespread looting, Chief of Detectives Jesse P. Mc-| rized accumulated gas in

cut on her wrist,

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ruins by the blast,

{Wheat and Corn Prices Tumble

Chicago Feels Effect Of Export Cut

By UNITED PRESS Wheat and corn prices tumbled the full limit on the Chicago board of trade today, but began climbing upward again in later trading.

a. government announcement of di@stically curtailed grain exports fof November, As trading opened, wheat sold 10 | cents below yesterday's closing price | and corn dropped 8 cents. | September wheat opened at $2.71 {a bushel, compared with the all{time high of $2.84 set a week ago,

the basement caused the blast. [most grains recovered about 2 cents. ee ie Anti-Trust Chief Heads Probe

{ Th tice d t threw. it: Eagle-Eye Drops Jap Flooded Areas oe? Juice Separtment | igh

Wolf With Rock

of spiked shoes and a glove.

| already has the hard fast one {he can throw it where he looks.

| Coach is 13 years old. For a number of years he has been sharpening|1800 Japanese, and the home min-1,r 15 major dairies before the spehis throwing eye and arm by hunt. istry ‘urgently appealed for a $4,- cial federal grand jury.

|ing squirrels with rocks.

Today he had proved his against bigger game. When he

|it with his dogs and a rock. |dogs turned the animal and it {near Coach. | He fired his hard fast one down dropped the wolf.

announced that John: P. Sonnett;

{ . . ichief of the anti-trust division, attempting to seize $28,000 worth of were Muncie residents, but were! NOTCH, Mo. Sept. 18 (U. P.).~| would personally conduct the fedliquor was shot and killed. Seven known to go to Indianapolis fre- A) Coach Wilson needs is a pair,

eral grand jury investigation into H possible illegal conspiracies to main. ®| TOKYO, Sept. 18 (U. P.).—Roar- tain high prices. and|ing floods fed by heavy new rains| - The investigation opens Monday

have cost the lives of an estimated 'n Chicago. Subpenas were. issued today for the appearance of officials

000,000 appropriation to patch bro-| Union Opens Food Stores 8m yen river banks. | At Chicago's stockyards today, SAW! Kyodo news agency, in estimating Dutcher hogs were steady to 25 |cents higher but lighter hogs were steady to 256 cents lower. Slaughter [steers were weak -to 50 cents lower.

The|the death toll, listed more than 2000 ran/persons missing. Other unofficial | estimates ran as high as 4500 dead,ir,, 1n4ianapolis, some cattle prices and |injured and missing. \dropped $1. Flood waters isolated 5000 vil-| Meanwhile, the C. I. O. United lagers 15 miles north of Tokyo and | Automobile Workers urged all con-

o | A —————————— here, was described by a police Lanotey Say of clear, sunny skies REPORTS 505 WHALES KILLED [fear was expressetl at their plight. sumer groups to join an all-out Meutenant us a “shambles impossible we HIDES Was In| MOSCOW, Sept. 18 (VU, P,)—~The|Concern also was felt for some 20,- campaign against high food prices. to describe.” store for residents of Indianapolisicommander of a Russian whaling/000 miners in the Ashio copper| I; announced that it would set

{flotilla in the Bering sea radioed/mines of Tochigi prefecture be-|up “co-operative stores” in Mich|today that 506 whales had been|cause landslides cut all access to

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2 Services Saturday for Retired Minister,

Pastor at Central Avenue Church 10 Years

4 Dr. Orien w! Fifer 8r., widely known Methodist minister in Indi- # anapolis, died early today at Methodist hospital following a brief illness. “+ He was 79. Before retiring a few years ago, Dr. Fifer wes superintendent of Indianapolis district of the Methodist church, prstor of Central Avenue Methodist church for 10 years, and editor o° the Christian Advocate ; at Cincinnati, O. fates ie t———_—————————— He had held pastorates in other | Methodi: ts and the Methodist Protcities including Denver, Colo, and ®S'ants were united. Des Moines, Iowa. From 1045 to, A 3° degree Mason, Dr. Fifer 1946 he served as acting superin- | took an active part in lodge work tendent of Methodist hospital here, and '/as planning to attend a meetDr. Pifer became {ill three weeks | ing of this group in Cincinnati in i ago but apparently recovered and the next few days. © returned from the hospital to his| Dr. Pifer continued to preach

ever, he suffered a recurrence Mon-|1s acting pastor of Meridian Street day and returned to the hospital. . 'Methodist church this spring and Active in general affairs of the as guest pastor of First Congregachurch, he held an administrative tional church for several post in the unification conference m——— whereby northern and southe.n| (Centinued on Page é—Columa 9

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Escape Death Here

The spectacular drop at the open-| ing of the market was attributed 0 reported by The Times here several plies in the next few months.

home at 3515 Winthrop ave. How- even after his retirement. He served | by The Times’ Mrs. Man-

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Wrecks House:

pl Bas Explosion Rips Through W. Side Home

Walls Bulge Out, Floors Cave In Four persons escaped death today when a mysterious gas explosion ripped through a West side residence. The blast rocked the home

of Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Fink, 384 8. Addison st, shortly before noon, wrecking the interiof of the one and one-half story frame house. Sides bulged out, walls crumbled,

The blast tore out a living room wall, hurling plaster and debris on the heads of the mother and son. Mr. Reed was knocked from the {porch into the front yard.

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INSIDE—Falling walls and furniture crashing through weakened floors followed the explosion at the Fink residence. Here is one of the six rooms which was left in

Gates Calls Conference i Mr, Pink On Fuel Oil Shortage = [=i

Representatives of 15 Companies Will Meet | 4 fA broke out on the outsids

house : With Governor Here Monday extinguished but ‘was quickly

Representatives of at least 15 oil companies doing business in! The biast shattered all the wine Indiana will confer Monday with Governor Gates in an effort to meet 90S In the Pink residence and sevthe threat of a serious fuel oil shortage this winter. * |epal in the residence of Mrs. Jenny The governor invited representatives of 30 companies several days | Wallace, 332 8. Addison st. ago and already has received telegraphic acceptance from 14. Canary Not Injured Meanwhile, spokesmen for representative oil companies here reported A canary which was beside one of ino material change in the tight {the shattered windows in Wal« fuel ofl prospect since it first was Plans for expanding available SUP-'1a0e home was nv ne . {blast and the ia, of leaking gas

| | He urged particularly that they] months ago. {exhaust all possible means of bresk-(#Pich Tollowea in ‘he wake-of the

A crisis in the gasoline supply { | ing the transportation bottleneck also anticipated at that time has which ® pon regarded as the| , Jem who Investigated found

jbeen passed without important in-!moet serious single cause for ihe all six rooms of the home in dis. lconvenience to motorists, they sald, threat of shortage. jorder, The expansion of the walls {but the fuel oil situation is still {outward weakened the structure and near critical, i "added a threat of additional cave{ins, firemen said. Earlier this morning service men

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Explaining his move to newsmen 2 ; {the governor said: “A shortage of oil as predicted «Our. main objective is to get a

possibly can be avoided.” | The governor expressed hope Rusty Main May Be Cause ping new sources of crude oil or Hoosiers contemplating a change in| Spokesmen for the gas company by making a new plan of distribi- | heating methods would make ab- 5ald a preliminary investigation in= [tion of the avallable supply or both, c,iutely certain of a fuel supply be- dicated the explosion was caused by

be impossible and, either by tap-

eliminate human suffering and fore making such changes. an aged, rusty main under the | greatly temper the effect on com-. Months ago fuel ofl retailers were house. ; | merce. refusing to accept new business and: They theorized gas had leaked

| He urged company representatives were warning buyers of new oil from the main and accimulated in {attending the Monday meeting to equipment to make sure of an oil the basement. There was a possi. {bring with them information on supply before tearing out coal or bility, the spokesman said, that the feurrent distribution of fuel oil and other type heating facilities. repair work might have had some RE ——— - ea Hm connection with the leak although . " Legion Head Raps workmen were not working directly e oP a tar IA d es on the faulty main. Radio ‘Thrillers’ ' ,An official investigation will be made to deterimne the cause of the

* ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., Sept. 18 F blast, the company representatives (U. P)~James F. O'Neill, national om oma fe Y wi commander of the American Le- The home and its furnishings | gion, sald today that juvenile de- NEW YORK, Sept. 18 (U. P.).— were partially insured. linquency is “America’s. public Former Mayor Piorello H. La enemy No, 1.” He called on the na- Guardia, gravely ill at his nome,' Flash Blane at Paint tion's radio broadcasters to han pro-iawoke briefly from a coma today |grams- that might glamorize Re and took some nourishment. But Plant Does $400 Damage | Mr, O'Neil, addressed a luncheon'he lapsed again into a deep sleep. Fire department “officials named meeting of ‘the National Association] The general trend of his condi- spontaneous combustion as the of Broadcasters’ 25th annual con- tioned was described as downward. cause of a fire today at the Per | vention. Mr. La Guardia’s. personal physi- fection -Paint and Color Co., 715 B | The Legion commander assured sian, Dr. George Baehr, in his latest) Maryland st his audience that the Legion was bulletin, disclosed that the former The fire, which started in a var not proposing censorship of radio, Mayor was suffering from “an in- nish vat, caused $400 damage in a

day with ears glued to the radio, Ue city to pray for his tough little um Reports Police They lack the mental capacity to predecessor who hated injustice and Hood| po

distinguish between good and evil.” chiselers, Well Under Control He said he had personal experi-| Mr. La Guardia, 64, ¢ollapsed at! CHICAGO, Sept. 18 (U, P.).~— ence with hundreds of youthful His home Tuesday night. Jack Guzik, mentioned in a recent

llaw-breakers whose conduct was{ The pancreas condition had gradu-|¢ivil service trial of two Chicago |traceable to impressions made by ally limited his activities since his policemen as head of the old Ca radio crime dramas, ‘He also as- decision in 1045 not” to seek re- none syndicate, declared today that |sailed “dime novel thrillers” and election he had made Chicago police obey certain movies. Mr. La Guardia served the city the law. Mr. O'Neil called the decision of 'as mayor for 12 years, longer than| ye said he would not press his {the National Broadcasting Co. to any other man except Richard Var- «uit in U. 8. district court asking keep crime or. mystery shows off the ick, who served from 1789 to 180l. that police be enjoined from are air before 9:30 p. m. “a step in Prior fo that he served in congress. resting him without cause. {keeping with highest concepts of! At Ms bedside was his wife, Ma-| Guzik said he was satisfied that the ideals of broadcasting.” rie, whose kitchen successes at side- they would observe the admonition Seep ———————— meee | StEPPINg high food prices Mr. 1a of a criminal court judge warning ' ASK MRS. MANNERS Guardia passed on to his radio lis- that future arrests by the police

‘ teners and his readers. $ based | ®Advice on personal prob- { ANG Yi Deacer ee Be pen lems or hard-to-find facts CHINA MOSLEMS RIOT Police last week had annotinced

on ANY subject are provided

PEIPING, Sept. 18 (U. P)~Althey would arrest all “on mob of Chinese Moslems, enraged sight" - Guzik filed his ptt tn an{by what they rega as a slur on/gwer to the po

ners.

®Follow her information their faith, today over-powersd 30! ol Ja column every day in The : ' Times , +» and write her |POUceman and wresiad the plast of DRAPER IN TOKYO when you have a question, very rare inst of : ‘of War’ Muvhy violence in Chine. a :

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