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Severe Storms Mtt Bflidwestern OJonofted States; Damage. Heavy Dallas, Tex. (U.R) Tornadoes, hail, severe thunderstorms and dust hit the southwest in fur ious profusion Friday night and early Saturday, causing heavy damage. Four tornadoes were reported in Missouri, two in Oklahoma, two in Texas and one in Arkan sas but no fatalities were re ported. Lt. F. E. Damp of the Missouri Highway Patrol said a twister hit Lutesville, Mo., damaging 50 buildings and demolishing one. Damp said there were a few minor injuries, but no one was hurt seriously. Another tornado hit Sikeston, Mo., about 35 miles southeast of Lutesville. Officer Lucius Her ring of the Sikeston Police' De partment said two large ware houses and 23 other buildings were destroyed or damaged, but no one was hurt. Radio Station De-Roofed Tornadoes were reported at Blodgett and Bertrand, Mo., and strong windstorms hit the south eastern Missouri area. In Oklahoma, a farmer near Yukon reported seeing a funnel and the Oklahoma Gas and Elec tric Co. said an observer saw another one 20 miles south of sulphur. At Duncan, Okla., high winds whipped the roof off radio sta tion KRHD, knocking the station off the air. Broadcasting was re sumed about an hour later. Towering thunderstorms moved across the northern part of Texas Friday night and early Saturday. Heavy hail storms were reported at Loving and Graham, Tex., but no one was reported injured. Hailstones at Graham were about the size of golf balls, and damage to roof tops and crops was reported heavy in the area. North of Abilene, Tex., a tor nado was sighted over Phantom Hill lake, but there were no re ports of damage. More than an inch of rain fell in the drought stricken are during the storm. Another small tornado hit near Holiday, south of Wichita Falls, Tex., and blew down a garage, damaging a truck. .The Fort Worth weather bu reau said huge thunderstorms built up over the northern Texas area, where a warning of pos sible tornadoes had been issued. A tornado roared through the small Arkansas farm community of Pocahontas, destroying four homes and damaging 12 others. There were no reports of in juries, which Leon Williamson, a mail carrier, said "was a mira cle." Four houses were blown off their foundation and dam age was heavy to roofs, doors and windows in 12 other homes. Many of the residents saw the black, cloud approaching and took refuge in itorm cellars. Dust was kicked up by winds that reached a velocity of 55 to 60 miles an hoar in west Texas and eastern New Mexico. Visi bility was down to a mile at El Paso and a half-mile at Salt Flat. ' WoM son Fails ann Bid To et RAW Control Chicago U.R) Fiancier Louis E. Wolf son failed in his immediate bid for control of the $720,000,000 Montgomery Ward mail order house, but claimed Saturday that he won a "tremen dous victory." ; It appeared that, pending an actual ballot count not expected to be completed for three weeks, Sewell L. Avery had retained control of - Montgomery Ward & Co. after stockholders .elected a new board of directors Friday. Avery, the 81-year-old iron willed boss of the huge firm, de nied that he thought of retiring. It was believed that he would step down as chairman of Ward's board of directors because of his advanced age, and he told the "stockholders at the meeting that he would retire if he were "un desirable." Kick Or Two He later told newsmen, how ever, that "still having a kick or two in me, I haven't devoted any time ' to the thought of retirer ment. A Wolfson spokesman said he learned that the present direc tors of Montgomery Ward would hold a meeting next week and Avery would be asked to step down. Wolfson said after the stormy stockholders' meeting in the Me dinah Temple that he was "cer tain" of getting complete control of Montgomery Ward next year. He conceded that he would not gain a majority of five direc- The gift she'd miss the most! MOTHER'S DAY IS MAY 8 C A NDIES CHOOSE HER FAVORITE from tht fine, freshest candies you .eon buy! ASSORTED CHOCOLATES ASSORTED CREAMS (all toft centers), chocolate covered. 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It was. convened at 11:40 a.m. EST, and was adjourned at 5:45 p.m. until Friday, May 13, when a report on the voting will be made. . 300 Japanese Set To Work in Salvage Project Off Alaska Anchorage, Alaska (U.R) More than 300 Japanese workers will be employed in a $10,000, 000 three year salvage operation along the Aleutian Island chain beginning May 10, the Anchor age Daily News reported Friday. Joined in the operation will be Peterson and Sharpe Engin eering Company of Reno, Nev., and the Nishimatsu Construction Company of Tokyo. May Have Troubles The project may immediately run into trouble, Charles Pugh,. manager here for the territorial employment service, indicated. He said the firms had not checked with him or with the service's Juneau headquarters for clear ance for the imported workers as required by law. Gov. Frank Heintzleman of Alaska announced April 1 that the Bankers Life and Casualty Co., Chicago, had submitted "a low bid for salvage work on the Aleutian chain and the contract had been sent to Washington for approval. Since that time the Anchorage office of the employment service has taken 600 tentative applica tions from laborers at the re quest of the Chicago firm. A representative of the firm was due to arrive here April 15, but was delayed to .May 1 by "co contractual arrangements." Charles Peterson of the en gineering firm said six Japanese businessmen flew from Anchor age to Cold Bay Friday to inspect the site. Peterson said they also would visit at Shemya and Attu before returning here. v The salvage materials consist mostly of lumber and scrap iron, with the metals going to the Iru maru Steel Importing Co. in Jap anese ships. The contract covers Cold Bay, Shemya, Attu, Adak, Unmak, Un alaska, Kodiak, Great Sitkin and Wisha. Mental Hearing for Man Carrying Gun Ordered by Judge Washington (U.R) Municipal Court judge Saturday, commit ted for. mental "observation a man who mentioned during a telephone conversation with Vice-President Richard M. Nix on's office that he was carrying a loaded revolver. . Judge Armond W. Scott or dered the man, identified as Clifford .W. Bryan, 34, of Los Angeles, ' committed to District of Columbia General Hospital when he was brought into court for arraignment on charges of carrying a deadly weapon. Case Continued Scott continued the case until May 24 pending a hospital re port on Bryan. Bryan was arrested late Fri day. ' The Secret Service said as far at iC knows, Bryan ."never threatened Nixon or anyone else either directly or indirectly." It said Bryan came here to attend a Civil Aeronautics Au thority hearing on aircraft safe ty ar d apparently was upset or didn't agree with some of the things he had heard at the hear ing. . Bryan is an aircraft inspector in California, the secret service said. They did not say what he protested about specif cally at the CAA hearing. Sunday, April 24, 19SS MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE THREE INDO-CHINA REPORT Honoral T T smnn rVillini. friaM - - - - - ma V -eSU TW VVll WHIIIJ A AgU t, Jy special U. S. representative to Viet Nam, calls on President Eisenhower to report on the threat of full-scale civil war in the Indo-Chinese nation. Just arrived from Saigon, General Collins said that the U. S. is "behind the legal government of Viet Nam." First-Hand Reports (Q)ii EMwgees Slated By UNITED PRESS A congressional subcommittee will get a first-hand report from Europe on why Iron Curtain refugees are not being admitted to this country in greater num bers, informed sources said Sat urday. Chairman John L. McClellan (D-Ark.) of the Senate Investi gating Subcommittee confirmed that two staff members have been sent to Europe to make a general study of the refugee pro gram. But other sources said the staffers will concentrate on what has caused delays in processing refugees. Specifically, they will look into complaints that refugees of ten are . kept in camps for as much as two years while U.S. of ficials make security checks and go through other complicated re quirements of the 1953 refugee law. The subcommittee will decide on the basis of the staff report whether to hold public hearings on the refugee problem. In hearings just completed by the Senate Refugee Subcommit tee, two conflicting views were given for delays in the refugee program. Edward J. Corsi, oust ed State Department immigra tion adviser, charge State De partment Security Officer R. W. Scott McLeod and a small group of congressmen have deliberately sabotaged the program. But MeLeod denied this and said the complicated law itself is resopnsible for the slowness of the program. He told still another subcom mittee Friday an arm of the appropriations committee he plans to issue 32,000 visas this year and 130,000 next year. But he conceded that so far -most visas have gone to relatives of American citizens and not to true refugees. The relatives are al lotted half the quotas under the Refugee Law. Other congressional news: Automation: Rep. Irwin D. Da vidson (D-NY) proposed a con gressional investigation of auto mation, the fast-moving trend toward greater mechanization of production. He said that automa tion "like a Frankenstein" threatens to "destroy our work ing men." , Subversion: A House un American Activities Subcommit tee will investigate possible sub version among youth groups on the West Coast late in June. Hearings arc planned in San Diego and Los Angeles, Calif. Gas: The Senate Commerce Committee will begin hearings May 3 on legislation to prohibit the Federal Power Commission from regulating natural gas prices at the well and before the gas enters interstate trans mission facilities.,' Federal Reserve Board Boosts Cash Requirements to 70 Pet. Washington (U.R) The stock market investor who wants to buy stock today must put more cash on the line than at any time since early 1953. The Federal Reserve Board raised the cash requirement Fri day night in its second move in less than four months to scotch stock market speculation. Before the increase, the invest or had to cover at least 60 per cent of the price of his invest ment with cash. Now he must pay 70 ner cent cash. The rest he may borrow from his broker. For the speculator who does much of his investing on bor rowed funds, the new higher cash requirement means less specu lating, and that is just what the board wants. The board has taken stensi to tighten up a little on other forms of borrowing in recent months, indicating confidence in the basic strength of the nation's current economic boom and no fear of hurting it. The board's actions indicaU' more a fear than the boom or some element of it might hurt itself by booming too high and then tumbling. Only last Monday. Chairman J. William Fulbright (D-Ark.) of tne senate Banking committee, warned of "excessive speculating activity" on the stock market, Youngster Gets in Wrong Line; Receives Two Vaccinations Wheeling, W. Va. (U.R) It wasn't the extra lollypop, he just got mixed up. That's the way 6-year-old Gary Bonenberger explained Saturday how he became the first child in the nation to . receive two shots of the Salk anti-polio vaccine on the same day. Gary was one of 332 children who were inoculated at Madi son school in Wheeling. As bonus each child received a lollypop. But Gary Insisted it wasn't the second lollypop he was after. 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