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MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE-SEVCW I Six thousand persons ei In the tornado and tidal wave that struck Galveston, Texas, in 1900. lunday, Juna SO, 1957 SECTlOiJS President in Hourly Contact With Aides Br VEIL MacKEIL Onltad Pron Correspondent Gettysburg. P. 'f Presi dent Eisenhower Saturday pledged "II possible help" from the government for the. Louisi -. Texsi hurricane disaster rr.-,. Whi'e Houm Prs Secretary James C. Higrty said the Chief Executive regards the havoc re sulting from Hurricane Audrey as "a calamitous situation." He said Eisenhower is "very much . concerned" and has pledged "all po.e.b.'e help." In Hourly Contact The President .as in almost hourly contact with aides flown to the stricken areas to make personal surveys. Hagerty said he would order specific govern ment assistance as the extent of the catastrophe is ascertained Earlier Saturday, Eisenhower declared the hurricane area elig ible for federal disaster funds He also urged Americans to con tribute to the Red Cross, which, he said, "must and eventual'y will play a major role" In the rehabilitation work. Eisenhower himself made "an additional contribution" to th? Red Cross, HaEerty said. The President also told Hag- ertythat he greatly appreciated one gift in particular to the re lief agency S50.000 from the Canadian Red Cross for the hur ricane victims. Government Assistance Hagerty said government as aistance so far has consisted of: 35,000 bushels of grain re leased by the Agriculture De partment to feed 3,500 head of cattle left without feed. An order to government de pots and military bases to re lease any "surplus" lumber they have to the stricken areas. The dispatch of small ships and helicopters to carry drink ing water and food to stranded survivors. Hagerty said the amount of dollar aid to be made available cannot be fixed for several days He said the President would have to await detailed reports on the damage. Among the federal officials on the scene in Louisiana was Val Peterson, former Civil Defense administrator who was making a survey for Eisenhower. He re ported by phone from New Or leans on his preliminary find ings. Peterson first talked with Hag erty for about 20 minutes and then with the President. Hag erty relayed Peterson's com ments to newsmen. He said Peterson had no ac curate figure on the death toll. Eisenhower mentioned to news men Saturday morning that he understood 211 persons had lost their lives. Hagerty said this was an unofficial total but that it was expected to go higher. Peterson told Eisenhower that "little, if any" drinking water or food was available. He also said the health problem was serious and that there was a great need for lumber. Peterson declared the main disaster area as a 40-mile stretch running from Cameron and Mor gan City on the Louisiana copst inland up to 40 and 50 miles. Ho said Pecan island was "very se verely smashed" and that Cam eron was the most "severely hit town." Grange Notes Shady Cove Grange The Shady Cove Grange met Wednesday evening, June 26, in the Shady Cove school cafeteria with its monthly potluck supper and social meeting. Several guests were present among whom were Mrs. Ada Shull and Mrs. Stanley Stevens of North Bend, Oregon, and Mr. and Mrs. Miles Williams of Eagle Point Grange. A short business meeting was called, at which time Mr. and Mrs. K. Oliver received the obli gation lor the first and second degrees. The HEC of Shady Cove Grange and the HEC of Upper Rogue Grange will have a noon picnic on July 9 at Casey's park. The next regular meeting of the Grange will be July 10. Delia A. Littlefield, Publicity Chairman Grif:in Creek Grange Griffin Creek Grange met for a potluc supper Thursday, June Follow ing the supper a pro gram arranged by lecturer Mrs. Clyde Suirgilf and Mrs. Cyril Farnswortb was presented. A skit rrtraying a wedding arty of 50 years ago was given in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Bierua. whjo recently celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary. They were presented a gift from the Graneo. Grange was called to order by Master Cyril Farnsworth and Mr. and Mrs. Robert Minear were obligated in the first and second degrees. Fetitions were to be given to a committee to get signatures concerning house bill 163 known as the school consolidation law. As this was the social meeting there -cve no reports of committees. Weather Bureau Says Audrey Was Among Best Traced ' By HERBERT W. CHESHIRE ' United Press Correspondent Washington 'IP The U.S. , Weather Bureau said Saturday j that hurricane Audrey was "one j of the best forecast, best tracked I and most forewarned of hurri j canes in history." Its statement by inference j strongly denied complaints by some survivors in the disaster stricken Louisiana coastal area I that there had not been adequate advance warning. "From press reports, an esti- mated 75,000 people in the ! threatened areas evacuated to i j higher ground and escaped pos isible death or injury because they heeded weather bureau warnings and advisories," the bureau said. Advised lo Move "R e s i d e n ts of low-exposed areas were advised early Wed nesday June 26 22 hours be fore the storms' center hit the coast to move to higher ground to escape the forecasted rising tides." The statement was not signed by any bureau official. Dr. Francis W. Reichelderfer is chief of the bureau. He was not available for personal com ment. A bureau spokesman said those who failed to leave the lowlands either did not hear the bureau's warning which, he said, was unlikely or simply did not heed them. The bureau said that as a follow-up to its warning service, it had sent Robert H. Simpson, director of its national hurricane research project, and a weather bureau "storm surge specialist" into the stricken area "to con duct a fact-finding survey" on hurricane Audrey's behavior and effect. Specific Complaint The specific complaint most often heard from survivors was that they were told at one point the hurricane would not hit the coast until Thursday night when, in fact, it struck about 8 a.m. Others complained they had no warning of the "tidal wave." In New Orleans, Ray Kraft, forecaster supervisor at the weather bureau there, pointed ojt that there was adequate warning in advance of the high tides. He said there was no way to specifically pin down the tim ing and heighth of the tides once the area was in the midst of the storm. He also said the bureau's last advisory stated the center of the storm would hit the coastal area about mid-morning or about 10 a m. CST, "and that was just about right." (MISS. ALA. GA. FEEL HURRICANE Area menaced by the first hurricane of the season, Audrey, is shown on the map above. Cameron, the small Louisiana coastal town washed away in high tides resulting from the hurricane. is located south of Lake Charles and east of Port Arthur, Texas, on the above map. The brunt of the hurricane was felt in Louis iana coastal area. Welfare Payments Show Increase in May Portvnd W The Oregon Welfare Commission Friday blamed depressed business con ditions and the rising costs of institutional care for a 17.1 per cent average increase in wel fare payments during May. The May figure reached S2. 887,476 as compared with S2. 465,545 for the same month a year ago. Although budgets from the counties will exceed available funds for the coming fiscal year, the budgets were approved here bv the Commission with the un derstanding that county welfare commissioners would meet with State Director Miss Jeanne Jew ett to seek possible reductions. Quarterly budget for the counties for July, August and September totaled $9,133,764. the bulk of its total assistance payments to the counties. The old colored lead pencil (made in a few primary colors) has blossomed into 72 shades 10 times the number of colors in the rainbow. SWEET STINKER St. Petersburg, Fla. TP Mrs. Gladys Stewart Wahn, a cos metic saleswoman, didn't ex actly call an arresting officer a stinker but he got her message anyhow. Patrolman Richard Kimble told the court Wednes day night that when he stopped Mrs. Wahn for speeding she said "I wouldn't call you a stinker, but . . ." and then handed him a bottle of her sweet-smelling wares. The post-Civil War period saw the introduction of mascara at fashionable spas such as New port and Saratoga. This was ac credited to Empress Eugenie. Survivors Gather at Arena To Identify Those Missing By JAMES M. FLINCHUM United Press Correspondent Lake Charles, La. OP Hun dreds of persons stood or sat in the rodeo arena at McNeese state college Saturday studying each other's tired faces for a miss ing relative or friend. They were the survivors of Hurricane Audrey along the Louisiana coast, brought north to Lake Charles by boat and put up temporarily by relief agen cies in the rodeo arena. Most of these survivors of Audrey came from Cameron parish towns Cameron, Grand Chenier, Little Chenier and Cre ole. Helicopters Shuttle Helicopters shuttled them In, landing on the college's football field. A man with a loudspeak er greeted them, asking them. to register before greeting those they recognized. Mrs. Percy Dyson sat quietly with two small girls. She left Cameron Friday about 10 a.m. from the courthouse. "Not a splinter of the house Is left. Everything's gone," she said. "We went to the courthouse the night before the winds hit." The girls were Gloria, three, and Martha, 11 months. Her hus band and a son, David, four, had not arrived. But she said they were all right. Not all of the survivors were natives. Mrs R. A. Cooke, wife of a Louisville, Ky., electrical contractor, for example, was vis iting a sister at Creole. Her mother and sister-in-law accompanied her there Wednes day. When Audrey's winds in creased, the women decided to drive to safety about 3:30 a.m. Thursay. Wave Strikei . It was too late. Before they could flee, a tidal wave swept over them, pouring water through doors and windows of the house. The younger women tried to make a raft of debris for her 72-year-old mother, Mrs. W. K. Evans, Sr. "But then a big wave struck and carried mc away. I never saw them again." She clung to a timber which carried her to higher ground. She remained there until res cued. In addition to her mother, Mrs. W. K. Evans jr., the sister-in-law, and Mrs. O. L Richards of Creole, the sister, were miss ing. Mrs. Cooke said Richards telephoned from Corpus Christi Wednesday night to warn them to leave before the storm struck. "But my sister thought there would be plenty of time," she said. Authorities decided to close the arena late today and move the refugees elsewhere because of sanitation problems. The only wooden shoe factory in the United States is located at Holland, Mich. ALL IN THE EAR lS' What you see in this gir?s ear is Sonotone's new hear ing aid complete. IT'S WORN ENTIRELY IN THE EAR - no cord, no extra "button." Weighs only half an ounce. Women's hairdos hide it1 completely.' On men, this amazing hearing aid is barely noticeable from any angle. COM IN. PHONf OR WR1TI. FRf DEMONSTRATION NO OBLIGATION S0N0T0NE C. R. Adamson, Dist. Mgr. 839 E. Jackson Ph. 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