February 23 Slated As
General Election Day
For Voters In Britain
London, Jan. 11 U.R Prime Minister Clement Attlee today
set February 23 as the date of a general election at which British
voters decide i they want five more years of socialism.
Attlee announced the date of the elections in a special state
ment which said that the present parliament would be dissolved by
King George VI on February 3.
Although Conservative Leader Winston Churchill is vacation
ing In the Madeira islands, conservative party headquarters said
"we are ready."
Polling Day Eyed With Confidence
"We look forward to polling day with confidence," said state
ment issued by Conservative Chairman Lord Woolton.
"But let us not regard this election as just a party contest. The
future of our country is at stake and it is time for a change."
The forthcoming election campaign, according to observers,
promises to be one of the most bitter in British history. The labor
government will campaign on its record of social security and na
tionalization of industry. The conservatives will attack socialist
"waste" and call for a return to free enterprise.
Dr. L. D. Inskeep
Named President
Of Health Board
Dr. L. D. Inskeep, 2401 Hill
crest road, yesterday was named
president of the slate board of
health at a meeting of the board
held in Salem. He succeeds Dr.
C. E. Hunt of Eugene. Dr. Ins
keep will complete his second
four-year term by gubernatorial
appointment to the board in Jan
uary. 1951.
Other members of the board,
besides Drs. Inskeep and Hunt,
are Drs. O. G. Hagmeier, Sea
side; D. C. Burkes. Portland; T.
E. Griffith, The Dalles: N. E.
Irvine, Lebanon; O. T. Wherry,
Portland; Harold M. Erickson,
Portland The representative
from the state board of phar
macy is O. T. Wherry, Corvallis.
Has Been Officer
Dr. Inskeep had previously
served as second vice-president
of the board.
In addition to the meeting of
the state board of health, the
Medford physician also attended
a meeting of the state laboratory
control board in Portland on
Monday and a meeting of the
state cancer committee, also in
Portland. Tuesday morning he
met with the state board of eu
genics in Salem.
Use of Gas to
Costs Job For
Collinsville, 111., Jan. 11 (U.R)
The wife of a 56-year-old miner
prayed today that he would find
a new job to replace the one he
lost because he planned to usu
gas instead of coal to heat their
new home.
Mrs. Charles Waichekauskas,
a Roman Catholic, said she was
Rancher Hunted In
Silver Lake Region
Bend, Ore., Jan. 11 (U.R)
Ranch hands and foresters today
searched for Walter Kittredgc
Jr., 32, Silver Lake, Ore., ranch
er, lost since yesterday morning
when he set out afoot in a snow
storm from a stranded auto
mobile Kittredee. the owner of a
string of ranches and cattle
operations, left his Silver Lake
home Monday with a ranch
worker, Jess Barksdale, to look
at a well.
Foresters said they found
Barksdale in the car the next
morning and he told them Kit
tredge set out afoot after the
pair spent the night in the auto
mobile which had broken down.
A blizzard swept the Twin
Brothers area where they were
stranded shortly after Kittredge
left, Barksdale said.
The region is called the
"Devils Garden country," and
is heavily timbered and covered
with lava flow.
Ranch hands from the Kitt
redge holdings and neighbors
joined in a search today.
Washington, Jan. 11 (U.R)
Henry L. Hess was nominated
today by President Truman for
reappoinment as federal district
attorney for Oregon. Hess now
is serving under an appointment
which expired last year.
Security Co'
U.S. Po''
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The national security council has
passed on long-range American
policy iii Yugoslavia, including
steps to be Vaken in case of an
invasion by Soviet or satellite
troops.
U.!5. officials disclosed today
tb.at the recommendations set
forth alternate courses of action
to meet any expected develop
ment. Shooting War Unseen
Officials here apparently do
not believe Marshall Tito's bit
ter fued with the Kremlin will
explode into a shooting war and
a full-scale invasion by Soviet
or satellite troops.
WEATHER
FORECAST: Variable cloudlnns
ne with mow showfrs to
ntfiht and Thunday. Slightly
cooler tonight.
( Temp.
Hlrhest YMterdar . 4
Lowest thtt Mnriilnf 29
Prec. to 4:30 A.M. Today
I All surprised
The last general election was
held July 5, 1945, after the war
was finished in Europe but be
fore Japan surrendered. The la
bor party won an overwhelm
ing landslide victory which sur
prised labor party leaders as
much as anyone else.
A British general election
calls for selection of an entirely
new house of commons. Because
of reorganization of constituen
cies, three will be election con
tests this time for 625 seats in
parliament compared to 640 in
the 1945 election.
Although the present parlia
ment was scheduled to meet
again January 24 after a Christ
mas recess, it will not be called
back into session in view of the
elections. The newly elected par
liament will meet for routine
business March 1 and will be
formally opened by King George
on March 6.
Attlee To Resign
Prime Minister Atlee s pres
ent cabinet will remain in pow
er until the day after election,
when results will be known. Att
lee then will tender his resigna
tion to King George.
If labor has won again, the
king will ask Attlee or some oth
er labor leader to form a new
government. If the conservatives
win, Churchill will be asked to
be the new premier.
simultaneously with the an
nouncement of election day. Att
lee also disclosed that the long
planned labor party jubilee, cele
brating the party s 50th anniver
sary, would be postponed and
maybe abandoned. It was sched
uled for February 3-5.
(See story on page 3)
Heat Home
Coal Digger
making a novena in the hope
that her husband, a miner for 34
years, would get work to sup
port her and their 10-y car-old
adopted son, Edward, who has
suffered from rheumatic fever
for six years.
Waichekauskas decided to use
gas to heat the new home he is
building because fumes from the
coal stoker of their present home
make Edward ill.
He was told to go home Mon
day when he showed up for work
at the Lumaghi coal mine No. 2.
A member of the progressive
mine workers, he was told that
a union rule bars union mem
bers from using anything but
coal or wood fuel.
Mrs. Waichekauskas said that
her husband was "put out" and
almost sick over losing his job,
but would seek legal action
"only as a last resort."
She said he planned to "rest
up" this week and then look for
work elsewhere.
Thugs Take $38,000
From Cleveland Bank
Cleveland, O., Jan. 11 (U.R)
Three robbers today held up the
Superior Savings and Loan com
pany and escaped with an esti
mated $38,000.
The men entered the bank
shortly before noon and stuffed
all available money into a paper
bag, then ran to a waiting auto
and escaped.
The men took what money
they could find in the cash
drawers and the bank vault.
They held three employees
and a number of customers at
bay against a writing ' desk as
they loaded the money into a
shopping bag.
Ihe auto was found abandoned
few minutes later several
blocks from the bank. Police
said they believed it was a
stolen car
-ores
,joslayia
" iTie informed official opinion
is that the worst to be expected
is continued attempts by the
cominform to foment "internal"
revolution against Tito, aided
and abetted by neighboring satel
lite states as was done in the case
of Greece.
U.S. officials are convinced
that Tito's "security problem" is
secondary to his country's pres
ent economic plight, and that
short-range U.S. policy should
be designed to help him solve
the latter.
For this reason, it was said, the
United States is planning to do
all it can to help offset effects
of the cominform's trade boy
cott against Yugoslavia.
U. S. Convinced
It has forced Tito to spend
nearly all of his reserves of gold
and foreign currency. But the
U.S. government is said to be
convinced that he can beat the
boycott if he obtains sufficient
economic aid until Yugoslavia's
economy is integrated into that
of western Europe.
GARAGE TIPPED OVER BY WINDS The two-car garage and workshop at the Ami)'
Walker residence, 1789 Stewart avenue, is shown above as it looked yesterday morning, after
of gale-velocity wind had lifted it from its foundation, moved it 30 feet to the east, and duir ,
in a field upside down. Intact after the gust were the car parked inside the garage, workshop ?
ment and a pile of wood, which can be seen at the left.
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Storm Subsides
Leaving Highway
Travel Hazardous
Schools Close, Phones
Out In Medford Vicinity
The first storm of the winter
subsided today, leaving south
ern Oregon and northern Calif
ornia digging out from snow
which ranged in depth from
about three inches at lower ele
vations to nearly impassible
depths on mountain passes.
Snow in downtown Medford
fell to a depth of about three
inches during the night, with
three and a half inches at the
airport, and more on surround
ing hills.
Although roads leading from
the valley were open this morn
ing, the Medford office of the
Oregon State Motor association
was discouraging travel, parti
cularly over highway 99 south,
which was described as almost
impassible.
Chains Required
Chains were required on all
routes and travel was hazardous
A Pacific Greyhound lines dis
patcher here said that the high
way patrol had set up a road
block between Dunsmuir and
SLIDING AREA
City officials have closed
off Crown avenue between
Barneburg avenue and Oregon
terrace so that Medford young
sters will have a safe place to
slide. City Superintendent
Vernon Thorpe said this morn
ing. It will be barricaded, and
a police officer will be on duty
during the late afternoon and
evening, Thorpe said.
Redding on highway 99'ln Cal-
nornia, ana were permuting
one-way traffic. Motorists were
being delayed six to ' seven
hours, and Yrcka police said
that the patrol was escorting
motorists. The United Press said
that reports of stranded cars and
trucks totaled well over 200 in
the area, and tow trucks were
said to be getting between $50
and $100 per tow job.
A hard and continuous snow
fall on Greensprings and Siski
you mountain passes was report
ed, and conditions on the two
passes, at Grants Pass, on the
Redwood highway and highway
99 over Sexton mountain were
getting worse. Highway snow at
Grants Pass was 10 inches, with
12 at the roadside.
Medford Streets Slick
In Medford, only two minor
auto accidents were attributed
to last night's storm, but packed
snow and slick pavements this
morning caused many cars to
slither all over the streets. Cars
attempting to negotiate the
East Main street hill were stall
ed in rows at about 9 a.m.
Snow-clogged roads forced at
least seven county schools to
close today, when school buses
were unable to complete their
routes. The county school supcr
indentent's office reported clos
ures at Rogue River, Evans Val
ley, Prospect, Sams Valley, Ap
plegate, Ruch and Jacksonville.
A report from Sams Valley
said there was as much as three
feet of snow on one bus route
in that district. The Jacksonville
school closed shortly after Class
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Planes Grounded
A military air transport serv
ice C-47 was grounded at the.
airport here over night, but lefl
this morning en route to Mc
Chord field. An army L-13 laison
plane, en route to Ft. Lewis, was
still grounded today.
Communications were gradu
ally being unsnarled. About 400
Medford telephones were out of
service during the morning, but
were being put back in service
as rapidly as possible. J. H.
Creager, manager of the Pacific
Telephone and Telegraph com
pany said the trouble was due
largely to holes in cable insula
tion which were entered by
snow.
D. O. Hood, president of Col
umbia Utilities company, said
that lines to Butte Falls, and
from Prospect to Union Creek
and Lake Creek, were out today,
but were expected to be repair
ed shortly. Most other rural lines
were operating, and Hood said
the difficulties were not as bad
as had been anticipated.
Few Power Outages
Few power outages were re
ported locally by the California
Oregon Power company, after
service had been restored yester
day to affected areas. Some trou
ble with power service was still
being experienced in Grants
Pass, however.
Ranger Robert Appleby re
ported 4 feet 10 inches of snow
at Union Creek, with seven inch
es at higher elevations in Ash
land and Jacksonville. Snow
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Propaganda Turned U.S. Against
China Aid Plea, Madame Claims
By Willard D. Eberhart
. United Press Correspondent
" Honolulu, Jan. 11. - (U.R)
Madame Chiang Kai-Shek, flying
to Formosa to join her husband
and his nationalist forces in their
last-ditch fight against the com
munists in China, landed here to
day in a heavy rainstorm that
forced the pilot of her plane to
Couple Jailed For
Neglect Of Children
New York. Jan. 11 (U.R)
plump young couple were jailed
today charged with starving to
death their "unwanted three-
year-old son and with under
feeding their 4-year-old daughter.
The 210-pound mother, Mrs.
Mary Scielzo, 29, said she tried
to feed the children, but "they
wouldn't eat for three weeks so
I gave the food to the cat
instead."
The parents, who admitted
neglecting their children, will
be arraigned in felony court to
morrow and held for grand jury
action.
District Attorney Frank S
Hoean said Guv Scielzo. 29, a 75-
a-week salesman, and his double-
chinned wife were arrested in
their four-room tenement apart
ment after an investigation be
gun last November by investiga
tors of the society for prevention
of cruelty to children.
Nun Dies, 77 Flee
Dawson Hospital Fire
Dawson, Y. T., Jan. 11 (U.R)
One nun was burned to death
but 77 patients escaped without
injury when fire destroyed the
three-story St. Mary's hospital
yesterday.
Sister Mary Gideon, who had
spent 50 years in nursing service
here, a member of the Sisters of
St. Ann which operated the hos
pital, was trapped as flames of
unknown origin engulfed the
building.
Firemen fought the blaze for
several hours in 40-degree-below
zero weather. The fire apparent
ly started in the hospital chapel,
totally destroying the building,
firemen said.
Another sister, unidentified,
was badly burned while trying
to rescue equipment from the
blazing building. One fireman
was temporarily overcome by
smoke.
flurries tapered off Into sun
shine in most of the valley dur
ing the late morning.
Tonight's weather forecast is
virtually a duplication of yester
day's, with cooler weather, vari
able cloudiness and snow show
ers predicted. Minimum tempera
ture last night was 29 degrees,
and a minimum of 25 to 28 is
expected tonight. Precipitation
since the storm started at 4 a.m.
yesterday totaled .76 of an inch.
Bird lovers ot me vicinity
were providing grains and suelswont through the upper floor ol
to replace birds' natural foods
until thawing will permit them
to obtain seeds and berries.
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make an instrument landing.
i Clipper Late , V
me run American clipper car
rying Madame Chiang was 40
minutes late on it's flight from
San Francisco because of the
storm, a heavy overcast and the
presence of other planes in the
area. The landing was made with
a 700-foot ceiling.
Madame Chiang is returning
to the far east after 13 unsuccess
ful months In the United States
during which she sought to enlist
all-out support of the U.S. against
the communist invasion ot her
homeland.
Before her departure from
San Francisco early today,
Madame Chiang warned Americans-
that "propaganda beyond
anything ever set before a na
tion" had turned the U.S. against
her plea for aid.
Bridges Witness
Tells Of Contact
San Francisco, Jan. 11. (U.R)
Testimony of a prosecution wit
ness in the perjury-conspiracy
trial of Harry Bridges indicated
today that the government plan
ned its present action against
the CIO longshore leader as early
as October of 1948.
Lewis H. Michener Jr., of Los
Angeles, admitted under cross
examination by the defense that
immigration agents contacted
him at that lime to see if he
would be willing to testify in the
present trial.
Michener, a professed ex-com
munist and a former official of
the United Auto Workers' union,
yesterday linked Bridges with
the communist partv as late as
1943.
High Winds Wreck
Refinishing Mill Here
The. latest report of Tuesday
morning's wind damage came to
day from Camp White where
C. T. Campbell, manager of the
Golden Gate Home Builders
firm, said his refinishing mill
was completely wrecked just
hours before it was to have gone
into operation for the first time.
The building measured 110 by
60 feet and Campbell said the
structure was moved 15 feet
away from its foundations by the
force of the gale. The roof col
lapsed onto machinery Inside the
building causing considerable
damage, and a blower system
was wrecked.
Campbell said he still has no
definite plans for rebuilding.
Explosion Blamed In
Nursing Home Blaze
Cobleskill, N. Y., Jan. 11
U.R) An oil stove explosion was
hlamArl tnAuv fnf fi fir. Ullifh
a nursing home, killing three
elderly patients and Injuring
four other.
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Junes which were torn from their moorings and turned over
morning nt the Medford airport. The winds, blowing at speeds
occasionally reached velocities up to 75 miles an hour in gusts,
I as high as any ever recorded in Medford.
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 11, 1950 NO. 246
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She said the communist threat,
in its deception, was as great to
America as it was for China.
"The American people do not
know the truth," she said.
"Soon the map-makers will
print China in red ink and chil
dren may be taught that China
is a satellite, a puppet, a prov
ince of the Soviet empire.
Been Deceived
"They have been deceived by
propaganda beyond anything
ever set before a nation."
i But despite the turn of events
in the far east, whore the com
munists have virtually completed
the occupation of China and forc
ed her husband, Generalissimo
Chiang Kai-Shek, to flee to the
island of Formosa for a final
stand, Madame was confident
the Americans would come to the
defense of the nationalists.
"No people on earth are as
capable of moral Indignation as
the American public." she said.
"And as Lincoln well said, 'no
one can fool all the people all
of the time.' "
Caution Taken
Pan American airways, In
whose planes Mndame Chiang
will travel as far as Manila be
fore boarding a nationalist trans
port which will take her to her
husband's side, took special se
curity precautions in San Fran
cisco before start of her trans
pacific flight. It was kept guard
ed all day and no packages were
taken aboard.
Coos Bay Area Hit
By Heavy Windstorm
Portland. Ore.. Jan. 11 U.R)
Light snow showers fell in most
of Oregon and Washington to
day. In the Coos Bay, Ore., area,
electrical and communication
service was re-established to
wind-swept Coquille, North
Bend, Myrtle Point, and Coos
Bay. The coast guard at Coos
Bay reported winds between 80
and 100 miles an hour hit the
coast Tuesday.
Four persons died in the north
west as a result of the storm.
In southeast Portland. John
son creek jumped its bank and
cut off a dozen residences with
foot-deep water.
The weather bureau office at
the Portland airport reported
heavy snowfall and near-zero
temperatures in British Colum
bia, but advised that it was too
early to determine whether the
storm would move into the
states.
Hogan, Snead Go
Playoff Postponed
Los Angeles, Jan. 11 (U.R)
Ben Hogan and Sam Snead ask
ed today that their playoff match
in the $15,000 Los Angeles open
be postponed until next week
because of the rain.
"Sam and I have talked it
over and we think the playoff
certainly should be postponed,'
Hogan said.
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Unemployment
Board Requests
Budget Increase
Welfare Commission
Plans To Follow Suit
Salem. Ore.. Jan. 11 U.R)
The growing unemployment sit
uation in Oregon prompted the
stale unemployment compensa
tion commission today to file a
budget request for $15,700,000
additional funds to pay state un
employment claims for the rest
of the fiscal year ending June
30.
The commision filed the re
quest with the state emergency
board, which is expected to act
on the matter when it meets here
Friday.
Welfare To Follow Suit
At the same time the slate
welfare commission also dis
closed it will ask the emergen
cy board for authority to exceed
its budget.
The 1949-50 budget allowance
has increased to such an .extent,
the commission said, that it has
paid out $10,599,000 in claims
in the first six months ended De
cember 31 just shorts of the
sum budgeted for the entire
year. And February may be the
penk month in unemployment.
The 1949 legislature approved
a budget for unemployment com
pensation payments during the
two years from July 1. 1949, to
July 1, 1951, of $22,600,000.
The special request is $5,000,
000 more than the sum budget
ed for the entire two year period.
Money From Fund
Money paid by the commis
sion to the unemployed comes
from the unemployment com
pensation fund, to which em
ployers and employees contrib
ute and to which the federal gov
ernment adds a share.
The commission pointed out
that the $15,700,000 requested
does not come from other funds,
but from Its own self-sustaining
fund. But it has to have author
ity of the emergency board to
use its own money beyond the
sum budgeted.
The state welfare commission
also will ask the emergency
board Friday for authority to
exceed Its $55,000,000 budget by
$2,267,000. carried over from the
1948-49 biennium.
Govermenf Rests
In Tucker Hearing
Chicago, Jan. 11 (U.R) The
government today rested il case
against Preston Tucker and
seven associates charged with
mall fraud and conspiracy in
their attempt to produce a rear
cnglne automobile.
Attorney Floyd Thompson Im
mediately began arguments be
fore Federal District Judge Wal
ter J. Labuy, seeking a directed
verdict of acquital for Floyd D.
Ccrf, underwriter for the sale
of Tucker stock. Similar argu
ments for other defendants will
follow.
Government attorneys com
pleted their case Just Iwo days
under 11 weeks of presentation.
The jury was excused until Fri
day during the directed verdict
arguments.
Records of the trial show that
there have been more than 7,000
pages of testimony: 3,340 objec
tions entered, and about 2,000
exhibits put into the records.
20,000 Chinese Homeless
As Fire Hits
Hong Kong. Jan. 11 (U.R)
The worst fire in this British
crown colony's history engulfed
the old walled city of Kowloon
today, destroying its oldest
Buddhist temple, a score of small
factories and several thousand
flimsy shacks near Kaitak air
port.
An estimated 20,000 Chinese
were left homeless. Firemen re
fused to estimate casualties.
Still Out Of Control
The fire still raged out of con
trol after four hours. It threat
ened to consume hundreds of ad
ditional huts made of mats
Police ordered them evacuated.
Most of the homeless were
squatters whose huts were
Jammed into a quarter - mile
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are three of the six light private
on their backs by winds yesterday
averaging 25 to 40 miles an hour
according to the weather bureau.
Lewis 'Suggests'
Miners Return To
Jobs On Monday
Check Indicates Men
Were Ready For Cue
Pittsburgh, Jan. 11(U.R)
John L. Lewis "suggested" to
80.500 striking united mine
workers todav that they return
to work Monday.
A check of the strikers Indicat
ed that they were ready for the
cue and that production in the
cloed mines will be in full swing
on the appointed day.
Drain on Stockpiles
The hit-skin strike mhlxh
closed selected mines In nine
states cost the country 1,370,000
ions or coal during its three
days. Another 6,000.000 tons
will be lost this week through
the UMW imposed three-day
week in all mines.
Lewis' suggestion was trans
mitted to district presidents
through telegrams which said:
"Will you please transmit to
our members who are Idle this
week my suggestion that 'they
resume production next Mon
day." Threat of Action
The "members who are idle"
included 34.000 miners In Penn
sylvania; 25,000 in West Vir
ginia, 6,100 in Ohio, 7,000 in
Kentucky, 6,000 In Alabama. 1,
000 in Utah, 850 In Virginia, 200
in Tennessee and 550 in Wyom
ing. Lewis' action came as the
walkouts brought a double-barreled
threat of government ac
tion against him and his union.
Formosa Invasion
Reported Forming
Taipei, Formosa, Jan. 11 (U.R)
More than 1,000 Chinese com
munist junks were reported to
day to have pushed off from a
point near the China mainland
for the invasion of the nationalist
island of Hainan.
Hainan lies off the southeast
ern tip of the Chinese mainland.
Communist troops have been pre
paring for the invasion of Hainan
for weeks.
The junks reportedly took off
under cover of heavy fog from
Waichao Island, 40 miles west of
the Luichow peninsula, and sail
ed in a southeasterly direction. It
was predicted they would at
tempt to land on the west coast
of Hainan where nationalist gun
boats lay in wait.
Nationalist dispatches admit
ted the battle for Hainan had
started, apparently with com
munist fifth columns fighting the
nationalists. Other sources said
the communists virtually con
trolled the southwest coastline of
the island.
The foggy season, which lasts
until the end of February, hin
dered nationalist air operations.
But nationalist planes were re
ported to have raided Canton,
communist rear area staging
point, for four hours.
Rita Hayworfh Soon
Will Leave Hospital
Lausanne, Switzerand, Jan. 11
(U.R) Rita HHyworth plans to
leave the Montchoisi clinic in a
few days, her friends said to
day. They said the movie star wife
of Prince Aly Khan had pro
longed her stay at the clinic aft
er the birth of her daughter
Yasmin on Dec. 29, and still was
not feeling "altogether well."
Rita does not know whether
she will go to the winter resort
of Gstaad or spend a few days
in her luxurious suite in the
Lausanne Palace hotel.
Prince Aly is in Paris on
business
Walled City
square area near the airport.
They stood by helpless while all
their possessions went up in
flames.
Frantic parents sought chil
dren. Weeping women attempt
ed to console each other. Others
watched stoically. Their men
helped firemen battle futilely
hgainst the flames, which were
tanned by a brisk wind.
To Sleep In Open
A half-dozen large wooden and
concrete residences also were de
stroyed. Authorities said they thought
they would be able to feed the
homeless, but that most of them
would have to sleep in the open
air until accommodations can be
arranged.
J