SIX MECFORD fOHEOOK) MATT. TRIBUNE
Water Used To Fight
Big New York Blaze
Cripples Subways
New York 'JP Thousands subway system. The flooded sec-
of subway commuters took alter-! tions of the Interboro Rapid
nate routes to reach their jobs in ( Transit System and the Brook-
Monday. July 18, 1958
Lower Manhattan today where a :
25-hour fire destroyed the old :
John V.'anamaker department :
store and crippled underground
transportation.
Tons of water poured into the ,
empty store on Lower Broadway
flooded two East Side arteries
of the city's subway system. The
R4-year-oid building was gutted ;
by the blaze.
Twenty of the 525 firemen j
who fought the blaze were hos- j
pitalized. Another 196 were
treated at the scene for smoke j
poisoning, cuts and abrasions.
Express Service Cut
Torrents of water poured by
firemen onto the blazing north
unit of the empty store building
on lower Broadway cascaded
into two arteries of the city's
Manpower Talks
'Ahead of Facts'
Washington U.R) Air Force
Secretary Don;ild A. Quark's
said Sunday that reports of
major military manpower cuts
being planned by the adminis
tration are "way ahead of the
facts."
Quarles conceded that a study
of U. S. military manpower is
in progress. He said it could in
volve "far-rem-liinB changes" in
the level of American armed
forces. But lie said this docs not
mean neccs.-arily that the pro
posed changes will he accepted
and put mtn effect by the De
fense Department. (
Quarles was asked if a report
ed dispute among -top military
leaders on manpower size would
be referred to President Eisen
hower. He did not answer di
rectly, but said that there was
no doubt that the final man
power plans would be presented
to the President when they are
"worked up."
The air secretary said mili
tary leaders "always" are study
ing the question of force levels.
He said the "fact that they are
considering different possibil
ities has been put completely
out of focus."
Quarles made the statements
to the United Press Sunday as
hi; led for London. lie will con
for with British officials today
and Tuesday and then go to
Paris to confer with Gen. Lauris
E. Norstad. new commander of
the North Atlantic Treaty forces,
July 19-22.
lvn-Manhattan Transit System
cut off express service south of
Grand Central Terminal and all
service northward from Brook
lyn Bridge on Manhattan's East
Side.
The cast iron walls of the 94-year-old
building threatened to
collapse on some 525 firemen
who fought flames, smoke and
exhaustion before the fire was
brought under control.
Surface traffic in the area
was rerouted because of the
danger of street collapse and
the jam caused by some 55 pieces
of fire-fighting equipment and a
tangle of hoses.
Other Transportation Used
Thousands of subway riders
using the lines to reach jobs be
tween the two points were
forced to use buses, taxis or West
Side subways.
Authorities feared some sub
way lines might be out of ser
vice for as much as 30 days.
The fire had become an in
ferno by the time it was dis
covered at 5:45 p.m. (EDT)
Saturday. Officials believed it
was started by acetylene torch
sparks some time Friday in base
ment debris left by wreckers
who had started to demolish the
five-story landmark.
The mercantile palace was
built in 1862 on Broadway's then
fashionable "Ladies Mile." The
Wanamakers took it over in
18,'lfi and abandoned it in 1954
to move to the suburbs.
Quotes From the News
By UNITED PRESS
London Marilyn Monroe on the English countryside:
"You see. I was brought up in the town so I love the country.
The birds and the bees and all that sort of thing."
Washington Gen. Nathan F. Twining on the Russian position
in the airpower race:
"They are moving ahead on a wide front in the Soviet Union.
They're out to build the greatest industrial country in the world."
Orlando Fla. The Rev. James Sibole. Baptist minister, on his
decision to have his four-year old son undergo an eye operation
which will leave him totally blind but save his life:
"But what do you tell a four-year-old at a time like this? What
would you tell yours?"
New York V. K. Krishna Menon. India's roving ambassador,
denying that American or Russian aid could buy his country's al
legiance: "We do not receive aid from the Soviet Union. If aid came from
he Soviet Union, we would not more be conditioned by it than by
aid from the U.S. It cannot buy our allegiance."
Sodus, N.Y. Secretary of State John Foster Dulles comparing
his changes in foreign policy with sailing a boat:
"You and I know that when we set ourselves an objective we
have to find out how to get there in spite of the winds against us.
This calls for a lot of tacking."
Two Escape Unhurt
In Crash of Plane
Oregon City U.R Two Los
Angeles men escaped unhurt
Saturday night when their small
private plane crash landed in a
field bordering the Clackamas
rifle range near Clackamas.
Both men were executives of
the Messerschmidt motor agency
in Los Angeles.
Pilot of the craft, Richard
Ennes, brought the plane down
in an open field after being un
able to locate a landing field his
maps indicated should be in the
area.
His passenger, Roy Bailey,
said. "We couldn't find an air
field They showed on our map.
tint we couldn't find any light.
We saw this open field and land
ed but there was a hole in the
ground. We tore off a wheel,
busted the prop and went sailing
down the field about 90 miles an
hour."
Man, Mad at World,
Smashes Showroom
Hollywood IU.R! Unem
ployed payiler Clifford Frai
er, 31. said he drove his ear
through the big window of an
auto show room because he
was "mad at the world."
Frazer said he was musing
about being unable to get
work yesterday when he
drove past the showroom. The
sight of the new cars inside
was too much for him, he said,
and he swerved his auto
through the window, hitting
one of the new cars and caus
ing some S3, 000 damage.
Red China Expected
To Free 11 Americans
Washington fU.R' U. S.
officials believe that Red China,
in order to impress the United
Nations, may free the 11 Ameri
cans it still holds prisoner be
fore next November's meeting of
the UN General assembly.
These officials said Red China
may make such a move as part
of its continuing efforts to gain
admission to the United Nations.
U. S. opposition, which shows no
sign of relenting, has been the
major block keeping Red China
out of the international organ
izat ion.
The officials noted that Am
ericans hetd prisoner by the Com
munist Chinese have been gain
ing freedom gradually since U.S.
talks with a Peiping representa
tive began at Geneva last Aug
ust. At that time. 19 Americans
Miss Universe
Schedule Starts
Long Beach, Calif. (U.R)
Tours of a major Hollywood
motion picture studio and re
hearsals were planned today for
74 beauties competing for the
world's most beautiful woman
title in the Miss Universe con
test. The group will meet stars on
the Universal - International lot
and watch the filming of movie
scenes before coming back to
tlie municipal auditorium here
to rehearse for the opening of
the Miss United States judging
tomorrow.
Yesterday, the beauty queens
donned bathing suits and parad
ed before a huge crowd lined
along a two-mile course near the
ocean. Each contestant rode an
individual float pulled by a
serviceman.
Miss Universe of 1955, Hillcvi
Rombin of Sweden, led the pa
rade of 18 bands, and 20 major
floats. The crowd was estimated
at between 500.000 and 800.000.
Fifteen finalists of the Miss
U.S.A. title will be chosen from
a group of 42 domestic lovelies
tomorrow. America's representa
tives will be selected Wednesday
to compete with the entrants
from foreign nations.
Miss Universe will be chosen
Frida v.
were held in jail or under house
arrest in China.
Eleven Americans now remain
behind the Bamboo Curtain.
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Bavaria Demands
US Army Action
To Halt Clashes
Nuernberg. Germany (U.R)
Bavarian government h e a d
called a special session today to
demand U. S. Army action to
halt clashes between American
soldiers and German civilians.
Two Germans were killed and a
third hospitalized over the week
end.
Bavarian State President Wil
helf Hoegner summoned the
Council of Ministers to Munich.
"Words do not help," he said.
"Serious action must be taken
now by U. S. Army authorities
or real trouble will start."
Two teen-age German girls
were raped the previous week
end.
Army Man Held
Army spokesmen said today
Pfc. Alexander Dimichele, 20,
Philadelphia, is being held for
questioning in the death of 20-year-old
Heinz Weyrauch. Wey
rauch died in a Munich hospital
Sunday night. Police said he was
beaten and kicked by a drunken
U. S. soldier on a street corner
Saturday night.
A second member of the 11th
Airborne Division, Pfc. Robert
O. Bairn, 19, of Michigan, was
being questioned in Berehtes
gaden about an attack Saturday
night on Kurt Kornbacher, 44. a
war amputee, German police
said.
Two Others Held
Military police were holding
two other soldiers, whom they
did not identify, in connection
with the death of Guenther
Mueller, 17, who died of a frac
tured skull Saturday night after
being beaten with a beer bottle
in a tavern brawl.
The City Council of Bamberg
demanded the evacuation of all
American bases in the area fol
lowing the rape of a 15-year-old
girl last. Monday. Seven soldiers
were charged with the crime.
Four other American soldiers
are being held in connection
Prayer for Guidance
Offered at Bomb Site
Trinity Site, N.M. (U.R)
Representatives of three faiths
prayed yesterday for the divine
guidance of mankind in the at
omic age. They gathered at the
spot on the barren desert mesa
where 11 years ago today the
first nuclear weapon was ex
ploded. Five hundred persons attend
ed the brief religious services
conducted by a Catholic priest,
an Army Protestant chaplain and
a rabbi.
They were the first members
of the public ever admitted to
the once closely-guarded location
on the vast White Sands Prov
ing ground where today the arm
ed services conduct their rock
et tests.
The religious observance was
sponsored by civic groups of Ala
mogordo, N.M., 70 miles south,
and nearby Tularosa. The spot
is 20 miles from a main north
south highway and plans are be
ing made to set it aside as a na
ational monument.
Epidemic of Polio
Spreads in Chicago
Chicago (U.R) Eighteen
new cases of polio were report
ed in Chicago during the week
end in an outbreak which has
prompted health officials to ad
minister emergency Salk vac
cine shots.
The Board of Health reported
18 new cases and one death in
the 48-hour period ending mid
night Sunday. The death was
that of a two-year-old Negro
boy.
The new cases brought the
years total to 169 cases and four
deaths, compared with 34 cases
and two deaths during the cor
responding period last year.
with a similar assault on an 18-
year-old girl near here.
Dead line Sundav Classified Is at
noon Saturday; 10 a.m Monday lor
Monday: other days 5:30 previous day.
Glsmo Sandwich May
Win Trip fo Europe
San Pedro, Calif. (U.R) Chef
Jack Verner is hoping to get
a European vacation out of his
Gismo sandwich, one of 20 final
ist entries in the National Sand
wich Contest sponsored by the
National Restaurant Association.
His creation:
Open halves of a hamburger
bun, garnished with Canadian
bacon, melted nippy cheese,
chopped top sirloin beef patty,
romaine lettuce, sliced avocado
and a platter of Parisian french
fries.
Parts of the interior of Alaska
have temperature ranges of 170
degrees Fahrenheit from 100
degrees in summer to minus 70
in winter.
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25 cents of every dollar Standard takes in
goes to meet your future oil needs
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:-'fpt0m h of us will need 1007
gallons of oil yearly by 1965 mMJk
Out search for oil hns carried us lo the sea, even though drilling offshore milt
like this one (in the Gulf of Mexico) costs nearly 6 times more than land weUs.
BUILDING "ISLANDS" IN THE SEA from which to probe
the ocean floor is one good example of how we must search farther
afield to find the oil America uses in such quantity. And as new
sources of oil become harder to find, locating it and bringing petro
leum products to you growg more costly.
Last year, a quarter of every dollar Standard took in was plowed
back into oil exploration, development of producing fields, re
search and construction of facilities. All told, during 1955 we
invested $347 million to help meet your growing oil needs.
1956
1965
17 goflom pr capita 1007 gallons per capita
STANDARD OIL COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA
putt petroltum progft to work for yott