THE WEATHER For Wisconsin: Showers tonight Observe Fire and Thursday. Cooler Thursday ex- cept in Milwaukee area. Prevention Local weather facts for 24 hours Wiscoiisiii Rapids Daily Tiilnme preceding 7 a. m.: Maximum 66; ff|j A CONSTRUJTl V E |ffa NEWS P^A P E R iO| Week, Oct. 3-9 minimum 47.
Thirty-Fifth Year—No. 10,825 Wisconsin Rapids, Wis., Wednesday, October 6, 1948 Single Copy Five Cents 12 Fighter Planes Sain Shades Feller Hippity-Hop Over Pacific to Hawaii Water Supply Problem Badly In Pitching Duel Honolulu—(JP)—The navy sent 12 short range combat planes 2,426 miles across the Pacific yesterday | to prove a point. To Get Win, 1-0 The point: To deliver such air- craft over ocean distances beyond Braves Field, Boston—(>P)—Johnny Sain hurled the first 1-0 World Mishandled, Council Advised their fuel capacity by the shortest, Series shutout since 1923 today when he blanked Cleveland's Bobby Fel- quickest route, let them fly—with j ler, to give the Boston Braves the opening of the best-of-seven series refueling stops aboard conveniently I City Given Bad before some 39,000 fans. Sain, the rubber armed righthander with the fancy curve ball, out- spaced carriers. | Hog Market Deal on Wells, pitched the great Feller who allowed only two hits in a heart-breaking That's what the 12 fighters and Council Acts Favorably on loss. The Indians got four singles off Sain, a 24-game winner in the dive-torpedo bombers did—and for the first time. They hippity-hopped Committee Says regular season. Reverses Its Tommy Holmes, the Braves' chunky little right fielder, drove home from Moffett field, Cal., near San Mayor 0. r. Knudsen's spe- the only run on this chilly afternoon with a single past third base scor- Francisco, to Barbers Point, Hawaii, Insulating Veterans' Barracks cial committee investigating ing pinch runner Phil Masi in the last of the eighth. landing on two carriers in between. the city's water supply fired a The elapsed time: 11 hours, 53 Sharp Decline Insulation of the veterans barracks was voted by the common conn- j The play by play follows: 3 cil in a fi\e-hour session Tuesday night and (his morning but only after triple-barrelled blast at the minutes. Chicago—(A )—Just as some re- water and light commission FIRST INNING Rear Admiral J. M. Hoskins, chief tail chain stores were beginning to defeat of a strong minority opposition. Finally, after nearly an hour's debate and parliamentary manuver- Would Spare Tuesday night at the monthly Indians—Mitchell hit the second Russ Delegate of staff to the commander of air, cut pork prices for this weekend, serve to Mike McCormick in left Pacific, reminded newsmen after the hog market suddenly reversed ing the council voted unanimously to empower tho public property com- meetins of the common coun- center. Doby swung at a three and the landings that the planes were its recent sharp decline today. mittee to insulate the three buildings with "suitable" insulation. Lives of Few cil. two pitch and lofted an easy fly to Hears Charges "combat ready" for action when Prices turned upward 25 to 75 When the matter was brought onto the floor of tho council, the In separate but complemen- M. McCormick. Boudreau fouled out they arrived. cents a hundred pounds after skid- public property committee recommended that the request for insulation tary reports submitted to the to Rickert. Now the navy is planning a simi- ding $2.25 last week, $1.50 to $2.00 be denied on the grounds that it was too costly. Nazi Leaders council in a jam-packed coun- No runs, no hits, no errors, none On Blockade lar test hop with jet fighters. on Monday, and $1.00 to $1.50 yes- Alderman Van Kubisiak objected to the committee report, saying, cil chamber. W. F. Thiele, L. left. terday. Today's top price reached "After the war, everybody was civic minded. We fell we wanted to do Washington—OP)—A special army By the Associated Press The carrier Princeton refueled the B Braves—Holmes lined to Doby. 12 planes 800 miles from the Cali- $24.75, compared with $24.50 yes-something for the boys. Now, we should still keep that, patriotism in ; commission has recommended spar-! «' i i t , All three western powers indicted the Dark sent a slow bounder to Robin- fornia coast and the Tarawa did the terday and the alltime record high our hearts and do something for the boys who did something for us." < in...... g th,,._e live,....._s o.,.,...f a limited, numbe, r ! Kd.rtscidK. hnaipiy Russia before the United Nations He pointed out that the barracks are built with drop siding on the commission, its management son who barely beat the runner to job 1,600 miles out. of September 19 at $31.85. of 13!) Nazis sentenced to die for the bag. Torgeson was called out on today for blockading Berlin. The outside and quarter-inch beaver board inside. He and Alderman Matt and its consulting engineers Livestock experts had predicted war crimes, Army Secretary Royall 4 strikes. Soviet delegate sat in alternately a cut in retail prices but some did Kehrberg expressed the opinion that despite the short-term contract for for their handling of the city's No runs, no hits, no errors, none grim, bored and interested silence. not expect the lower prices immedi- use of the barracks (expiring in 1950), the barracks won't be torn down said today. water supply problem. left. Andrei Vishinsky, the Russian 'Meatball is ately. But wholesale hog prices then "or probably in 1900." Army officials refused to say how Thiele asserted that at the SECOND INNING deputy foreign minster, did not walk continued to tumble yesterday. "The government won't be evict- a n y commutations have been present time "the entire dev- Indians—Gordon looked at a third out as he hinted yesterday he would. Many retail stores are expected to ing those families," Kubisiak con- recommended to Gen. Lucius Clay, elopment of water Supply is Nor did he speak. After the U. S., Sentenced in Convicted of Strike. With the count two and two, pass on the lower prices to the con- tended, while there remains a need U. S. military governor in Gprmany. I inactive," and charged that Keltner singled over Elliott's head. British and French delegates made sumer. for housing facilities. Among the 139 given a stay of' their cases accusing Russia of en- city "got soaked" for the Judnich lined to Holmes. Torgeson Treason Case Chain store spokesmen in New Rickman Opposes Expenditure Beer Sale to execution last spring following the got down on his knee to make a nice dangering peace by what they term- Dachau trials were 17 men convict- wells installed by Layne- ed illegal action, the security coun- Los Angeles —UP)— California- York, Chicago and Cleveland an- Alderman W. W. Rickman object- Northwest Company, Milwau- stop of Robinson's wicked smash nounced price cuts ranging from ed of killing unarmed American down the first baseline, and stepped cil adjourned without setting an- born Tomoya Kawakita, convicted ed to spending money on the project kee. two to as high as 20 cents a pound. since the city would not be reim- Minor; Fined prisoners at Malmedy, Belgium, on the bag. other meeting date. of committing brutalities against during the Battle of the Bulge. \Vould Dismiss Engineers No runs, one hit, no errors, one Expect Russ Veto American war prisoners while he The group of chain stores in the bursed by the federal government Mrs. Emma Fraedrich, Route 1, Chicago area this weekend will cut and could not legally raise the rent Nekoosa was fined $250 and costs It could not be learned if any of He recommended dismissal of the left. Should the U. N. decide on any was an interpreter at Japan's in- the Malmedy criminals are on the action against Russia, a Soviet famous Camp Oevama, is under sen- P™es on more than oO meat items for the apartments. Tuesday afternoon in circuit court commission's consulting engineers, Braves—Judnich came in fast to ' said W. C. Bell, a chain branch secret list of commutations sent for Foth and Porath, Inc., Green Bay, gather in Elliott's soft fly. Rickert veto seemed certain. The Russian tence of death for treason. "Let's keep this on a business for Wood county when she was manager. Most of the declines will basis," he urged. found guilty of selling beer to a Clay's consideration. on the grounds that Foth knew of the lofted to Doby. Salkeld struck out military governor of Germany said Federal Judge William C. Mathes The special commission also Saturday, in effect, that Russia will yesterday sentenced the 28-year-old range from five to 11 cents a Alderman Bernard Boles pointed minor. inadequacy of the contract with on three pitches. Some will be slashed 20 recommended that a "permanent the well contractor and recommend- No runs, no hits, no errors, none not abide by any U. N. decision. Nisei to die in the gas chamber at pound. out that another city had secured The sentence was imposed by cents a pound compared to last an amended contract with the feder- Judge Roland J. Steinle after the clemency program" be set up for all ed the city accept it," that he "mis- left. Philip C. Jessup of the United San Quentin prison. No date for the the Dachau prisoners. States said while the blockade, im- weekend. al government whereby it received , jury of 11 men and a woman found led the city in regard to the iron THIRD INNING execution was fixed. yesterday wholesale Indians — Elliott failed to hold posed in June, remains it is "the Morris Lavine, defense counsel, In Chicago an additional $9.89 per unit per Mrs. Fraedrich guilty after delib- content of water available," and hogc dropped $1 to $1.50 a hundred that he "loaded up the city with un- Hegan's sharp grounder and was insuperable obstacle to free negotia- immediately filed notice for appeal. month and recommended that Wis- erating for 20 minutes. charged with an error. Feller struck tions." He called it a threat to Lavine tried for hours to have the pounds bringing the break to $2.50 consin Rapids do likewise. Three Boys Testify One Florida necessary Diesel engine units, dou- peace, a starvation device and an to $3.50 for the first two days this In this way, he said, the city In presenting the state's case, ble pipe lines and complicated and out. Mitchell fouled to Elliott. Be- conviction set aside on grounds that week. A net loss of about $2.25 ex- gan stole second. Doby bounced di- illegal power play. coercion and undue influence had would recover its investment for in- District Attorney Herbert A. Bunde unnecessary control systems." tended throughout last week. Top Commenting on the work of Foth rectly to Dark who tossed him out. Sir Alexander Cadogan of Brit- been exerted upon the jury. sulation in about 16 months. introduced testimony by three teen- Death Caused No runs, no hits, one error, one ain and Alexandra Parodi of France pi ice of $24.50 was the lowest at Mayor C. C. Knudsen said that age boys, one of them only 15 years as consulting engineer on installa- Kawakita—called "Meatball" by the Chicago Union stockyards since tion of the well system, Thiele said, left. also criticized Russia. 35 ex-servicemen who testified this had been considered by the old, that they had purchased beer Braves—M. McCormick sent an Want Soviet Answer June 9 ana compares with $31.85 city, but that city officials had been the night of August 8 at the Hill- By Hurricane "I didn't know whether the engineer against him—was convicted of trea- j on September 19, the all-time re- was working for the city or lor easy pop to Boudreau. Stanky pop- In another section of the U. N., son September 2 after eight days of discouraged from doing anything side pavilion in the town of Port Miami, Fla. —(IP)— South Flori- ped to Keltner. Sain fouled to Rob- Britain demanded that Russia give cord. because of the attitude of the fed- Edwards. Layne-Northwest." heated deliberation and eleven da's "gold coast" dried out today He called for better leadership in inson. a yes or no answer to whether she weeks of trial. eral housing authorities who report- Mrs. Fraedrich is the holder of a after a tropical hurricane scrubbed ed that most other cities found "it Class B beer license for the prem- the operation of the utilities and \ No runs, no hits, no errors, none agreed to control of atomic energy In pronouncing sentence, Judge the area with wind and rain ommended part-time employment 11 Return Bodies didn't work out." ises. rec left. before existing atomic bornbs are Mathes said that to spare Kawa- One person died of a heart attack «f a __tp, ,i..m:qf. ._,, tL Wi™ FOURTH INNING destroyed. Hector McNeil of Britain He noted, however, that legisla- The defendant denied the charge of a water chemist and the hiring kita's life "w o u 1 d dishonor the and six others were injured in the of a civil engineer to help Vilas Indians — Boudreau struck out. said hi? country and the United memory of Pvt. Sadao Munemori" tion might be brought up at the next and contended that the boys had not greater Miami area but all Flori- States "will not hand over infor- Of 9 Central session of congress by which the been in the building that night. Her Baker, superintendent of the water Gordon singled into center. Keltner (Nisei winner of the Congressional da apparently escaped serious wind and light departments, develop a struck out on a hit and run play, mation unconditionally." Medal of Honor). barracks would be turned over to attorney, John Potter, informed the and water damage. The coalition cabinet of Premier the city in 1950. court of the precautions Mrs. Fraed- long range program for supplying and when Salkeld dropped the third j The convicted man's mother, Mrs. Wis.WarDead Cuba counted 11 dead, 300 injured water to the city and to see to it strike, Gordon reached second. ' Hitoshi Ashida will resign Thurs- Tose Kawakita, buried her face in Project Called "Failure" rich had taken to prevent sale of and crop damage estimated at $fi,- day, cabinet secretary Gizo Toma- Remains of nine Central Wiscon- The mayor termed the housing beer to any minor and pointed out that the program is carried out. Judnick flied to Holmes. her hands when she heard the sen- 000,000 when the storm raked the Advocates Surface Supply No runs, one hit, no errors, one bechi told a press conference at tence. Judge Mathes disclosed he sin soldiers—including three from project "a failure" and said that that this was the first time she island before moving on Florida. Tokyo. Wisconsin Rapids — who lost their consideration was being given to a had been arrested for any tavern In a comprehensive analysis of left. had received a touching letter from Key West escaped serious damage. the city's water supply problem Braves—Holmes rapped back to her which said if her son was guilty lives in World war II have just been method by which the city could law violation. The Caribbean-born storm scored a returned to this country from Eu- build houses on a small percentage Members of the jury were Sid and potential sources of additional Feller who threw to Robinson for of treason, she didn't want to live. direct hit on Miami. The center of supply, L. L. Klinger recommended the out. Gordon scooped up Dark's Asked by the court if he had rope aboard the army transport for resale to veterans under some Brooks, Nekoosa; August Beatz, the great swirling- mass passed di- Smoking Ban "Carroll Victory," which docked at form of housing authority. town of Grand Rapids; Bert Becker, that the council "choose surface grounder and threw him out. Torge- anything to say, Kawakita replied: rectly over the city early last water if you \vant to get a capacity son walked on five pitches. Torgeson "Your honor, I am innocent of this New York this week. Plans for this are still tentative Joe Felhofer, Dennis Jirschele, and night, roared on to Fort Lauderdale The deceased, originally interred pending clarification by the city at- Reuben Neises, all of Marshfield; you can depend on with little neces- stole second. Mitchell came in fast On Forests charge. ... I ask your honor for and sliced out to sea at Pompano. sity for continued improvements." to gather in Elliott's looping fly. mercy." in temporary military cemeteries in torney of the legal problems in- Louis Strake, town of Marshfield; Out to Sea France and Holland, will arrive in volved. Lawrence Brager, Nina Pulford, He declared that "a prgressive Xo runs, no hits, no errors, one Judge Mathes said the sentence At 4 a. m. the hurricane was program is in order" if the city's was not based on the brutalities their home communities within the The council by a vote of 13 to 7 Henry Sprafka, Leo Whitcomb and 120 miles east northeast of West left. In Three States See—CIRCUIT COURT—Page 10 water problems are to be solved and FIFTH INNING with which Kawakita was charged. next several weeks for final burial rejected the committee report deny- Palm Beach, moving up the Atlantic warned that it must not be "one of Milwaukee —(jp)— All national rites. ing the request for insulation, and Indians — Robinson reached out forests in Wisconsin, upper Michi- at 18 to 20 miles an hour. j 'ifs and ands' as has been the pro- and golfed a curve to Holmes who The Wisconsin Rapids dead are then by a unanimous vote authoriz- Hurricane winds covered an area gan and Minnesota have been plac- 2nd Lt. George M. Mathews, son of ed the committee to go ahead with cedure in the past." made the catch. Regan poked a ed under camping and smoking re- Fred Wilkins, 50 miles in diameter around the Klinger also criticized Foth's rec- single into left. Feller laid down a Truman Jokes Mr. and Mrs. Frank W. Mathews,the insulation. center and gales extended outward trictions because of fire hazards. 311 Twelfth street south; T/5 Al- Voting- in the minority to support ommendations to the commission neat sacrifice. Hegan took second. Jay H. Price, regional forester, 60 to 70 miles. regarding means of amplifying the Mitchell sent an easy fly to Ricket. vin C. Jacoby, son of Mr. and Mrs. the committee report against insula- Babcock, Dies Continued northeast movement is said it was the first time such a Over Charge Frank Jacoby, 1351 Irving street, tion were Aldermen Schuman, Stark, See—WATER REPORT—Page 10 No runs, one hit, no errors, one ban has been imposed on all forests Fred A. Wilkins, 72, Babcock, indicated, the weather bureau said,; left. By the Associated Press and Pvt. Quentin J. Yager, son of Herschleb, Rickman, Timm, Koth former member of the Wood county and some acceleration in forward in the district simultaneously. Un- John L. Lewis' attack on Presi- Mrs. Rose A. Yager, Route 2. and Crook. See—BASEBALL—Page 11 der state orders, all forest lands board of supervisors and chairman speed is indicated. Shipping in the dent Truman was a "malignant, Others from this area whose re- Type Not Specified of the South Wood county draft path of the storm was advised to 200 Killed in in northern Wisconsin and upper scheming" man unfit for the presi- mains were returned to the United The type of insulation to be i"=ed Michigan are under similar restric- board during World war II, died at exercise caution. No Settlement in dency brought this report from States this week are Sgt. Donald was not specified by the council and St. Joseph's hospital, Marshfield, Sprouting at least three tornad- tions. Truman today: G. Nuttall, New Lisbon; T/Sgt. was left to the discretion of the Earthquake Last of the national forests to early this morning following a lin- oes before it left Florida, the hurri- Sight in Strike "You remember the statement he John L. Roever and Sgt. Clement committee. Informal price quota- gering illness. Mr. Wilkins, a Span- cane dumped 'J.56 inches of rainfall Tehran, Iran—(.•?)—Two hundred be closed is the Chippewa in north tions ranged from $2,500 to $4,900 made about John Garner—it made P. Eckes, Marshfield; Pfc. John A. ish-American war veteran, had been at the Miami International airport persons were killed and thousands Of Kroger Drivers central Minnesota, which went un- Garner a great man." Zmuda, Pvt. Harold F. Demski, and for the project. Both siding and in- were injured by an earthquake last der the ban at 12:01 a. m. today. a resident of the town of Remming- and flooded the western suburbs of The strike of Madison truck driv- The United Mine Workers chief Pfc. Alexander J. Halkoski, all of terior insulation were considered. ton for :U years. greater Miami, Hollywood and Fort i midnight, a dispatch from Meshed Price said a cumulative lack of At the same time, tho council vot- ers against the Kroger Grocery once pictured former Vice Presi- Stevens Point. Funeral services will be conduct- Lauderdale. said today. rainfall since last autumn and the dent Garner as a "labor-baiting, Lt. Mathews, pilot of a B-2G See—CITY COUNCIL—Page 11 Damage was reported great, The company, which has led to picket- dead vegetation in the woods have ed by the Rev. C. A. O'Neill of Ne- Wrecked 13 Homes ing of company stoves here and poker playing, whisky drinking, bomber, was killed in action in koosa at the Congregational church One tornado wrecked 13 houses dispatch said parts of the famous created a situation similar to that evil old man." He assailed Truman France, June 30, 1945, at the age Meshed mosque called Gowharshad rise where in the state, entered its which ended in the disastrous Child, Object of in Babcock at 2 o'clock Saturday and injured three persons at Pom- ninth day today, apparently still as at the UMW convention in Cincin- of 25. He entered sen-ice in Janu- afternoon. Burial is to be in Mound pano. Another twister hit near collapsed. Maine fire of a year ago. nati yesterday. ary, 1941, was awarded his wings in Meshed in the capital of Khorasan far from settlement at it was a "Foresters in the northern lake Citywide Search, cemetery at Pittsville with military Opa-Locka v here it flattened two week ago. Truman's comment to reporters June, 1914 and went overseas in rites. dwellings. A third sliced the top province, in eastern Iran. states are rapping on wood," said A vailed and holy city, Meshed A statement regarding the strike Price. "They know they are sitting came as he left on a four-state east- August of that year. Found Under Bed Mr. Wilkins was born in Troy of a two-story dwelling four miles was issued at Madison today by ern campaign swing. He plans to T/5 Alvin Jacoby died November Grove, 111., September 1, 1870, the •\\o-t of Fort Lniidordale. lies on a fjrtile plain about 100 on a keg of explosives which just 22, 1944 of wounds received in ac- Five-year-old Evolyn Helmuth miles northeast of Tehran. It con- Clem Fries, Kroger branch mana- a little carelessness can set off." return Saturday to get a report on son of Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Wilkins, The storm la-hed Miami with ger, in which he pointed out that a the United Nations affairs from tion in Holland. Born in this city doesn't realize it, but her derision I and married Alice Insley at Dir- sustained winds of 7S miles an tains 'he superb mausoleum of tha At Madison, H. T. Cramer, assis- to take a nap under her bed instead imam Riza, which is visited annual- company offer of a 12-cents an tant director of the Wisconsin Con- Secretary of State Marshall. June 3. 1918. he entered service in mick, 11). hour and gusts up to 00. West hour increase was accepted by 79 Gov. Thomas E. Dewey had John November, 1941, participated in the of on it caused a citywide search | Besides his wife be is survived 1 Palm Jlcic'n had winds up to b2 ly by about 100,000 pilgrims. Com- seivation department, said the fed- mercially, it is an important region- warehouse employes who comprise Foster Dulles, his foreign affairs North African invasion in Decem- for her Monday night. by one son, Harold Wilki'i-, Bali-miles an hour. eral action "was merely a com- The little girl, daughter of Mr. I al trade center. more than 62 per cent of the mem- plement to the emergency ban we adviser, in for a lengthy discussion ber, 1942, and later saw action in cock; two brothers, William, Re- Wind-- up to 130 miles an hour bership of the union (Truck Driv- in Albany yesterday on the "cur- the invasion of France. and Mrs. George Holmulh, l.^oO; ranked f~'ub:i from Piif-rtn