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Village Policeman
Cool Headetl Hero
Saved Many Lives
MANKATO, Minn., Aug. 19, — <&)
—A village policeman was hailed
today as a cool headed hero who
possibly saved many lives dur
ing tornadoes which struck two
Communities Saturday night kill
ing seven persons and injuring
about 75.
As the twister approached Wells,
Minn., patrolman Arthur Danks
was standing in front of the vil
lage theater. He ordered the
theater doors closed and then
asked the 400 patrons in the au
diotrium to remain seated. The
tornado swept along the street
damaging every building. The
part of the theater roof cy5
lapsed, but no one was injured.
Elsewhere in the town, about
25 persons were injured. Many
persons escaped by fleeing to base
ments.
The seven fatalities were all at
Mankato, where a twister dipped
momentarily from the sky to com
i^letely demolish a 22-cabin tour
ist camp, and damage several farm
buildings. About 50 persons
were injured in the Mankato area.
14-yr-old Boy Wins
Soapbox Derby
4-yr Scholarship
AKRON, O., Aug. 19, —(/P)—A
14-year-old San Diego, Calif., boy
had parlayed a $9.70 Soapbox Der
racer and a supply of graphite
into a four-year college scholar
ship.
Versatile Gilbert Klecan, who
also has won prizes in cooking
and painting, annexed the first
postwar All-American Soapbox
*jL>erby with a close victory in the
finals over Dick Zoller of Cleve
land.
Klecan steered his blue, stream
lined racer to the title with a time
of 27.13 seconds for the 1,000 foot
course. • He berely edged Zoller.
Jimmy Haney, of Beloit, Wis.,
finished third about a car length
behind Zoller.
The new champion said he spent
^two months in building his racer
and that the total cost of the mot
^orless craft amounted to $9.70.
Leo Osterman of Juneau, Alas
ka, came the farthest of any con
testant and finished second in a
photo finish decision in one of the
’ heats.
SPEEDING CRASH BOATS —Coast Guard crash boats give a demonstration of fast
work getting to scene of a distress call from a plane which has spotted a life raft.
Verdict To Be
Given By Price
Decontrol Board
WASHINGTON. Aug. 19.. — <£»)—
The nation will know by tomorrow
evening whether it will pay ceil
ing prices again on meats, dairy
products and grains or whether
those items will be allowed to
follow their own price course.
At 8 p.m. Eastern daylight time
tomorrow, to be exact, the Price
Decontrol Board has promised to
announce its verdict—with just
five hours to spare before the
deadline set by Congress. The
Board is operating in air-tight
secrecy and there’s no inkling of
what its decision will be. But if
the three-man board should hit
a snag and not make an announce
ment by midnight, then ceilings
will automatically go back on
those commodities.
Ship’s Cargo Of
Coal Is Afire
NEW YORK, Aug. 19. — (/P>—'The
10,470-ton Liberty ship Benjamin
R. Milan, with several fires in
her cargo of coal, arrived safely
at St. John’s, New Foundland,
early today, the Coast Guard of
fice here announced.
The ship’s master messaged
Sourdough Slings
A Mean Flapjack
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 19—<^P)—
H. A. <Bud> Moore of San Fran
cisco was proclaimed the winner
of the International Sourdough’s
Reunion’s World Championship
Flapjack Derby yesterday.
Moore’s title-winning perform
ance was turned in at Oakland
as the veterans of the Klondike
Gold Rurs Days of half a century
ago brought their four-day re
union to a close. Others who
finished included Mrs. Anna B.
Horner, Los Angeles; Ringwald
Blix, Seattle; and Fred Walford,
San Francisco.
The Sourdoughs and their lad
ies set out for home after four
days of nostalgic reminisences a
bout the old days. This was their
15th convention.
Moore was adjudged the con
clave’s most proficient hotcake
tosser on the basis of the shape
of the flapjack, its degree of gold
en brownness, his ability with the
single and double flips and with
catching on the plate.
Saturday that fire had broken out
in two holds when the ship was
500 miles east of New Foundland.
The Coast Guard said today’s
message stated all fires were un
der control.
Chinese Markets
Go Wild Over
Deflated Dollars
SHANGHAI, Aug. 19. —(/Pi—The
nervous and confused Shanghai
black market adjusted prices late
this afternoon to conform roughly
with the newly established rate
of 3,350 Chinese dollars to one
American.
The new black market prices
were lined up after hours of wild
confusion as the exchange prices
jumped and wavered after the in
crease from the former official
rate of 2,020 Chinese dollars to
one U. S
The principal purpose of the re
vision, namely to encourage the
export of Chinese goods and cur
tail imports and encourage dom
estic production, appeared doom
ed to immediate failure as retail
ers withdrew imported goods from
their counters or changed the
price tags to correspond with the
new rates.
Mumblings for increased pay
from workers appeared likely to
crystalize into formal demends
for increases, backed by strike
threats.
JUNEAU, Alaska, Aug. 19, —.4*)—
Interior Secretary Krug discussed
Alaska problems with federal of
ficials as he moved through a fast
schedule at this Territorial capital
today.
The Secretary, arriving by plane
at 12:33 a.m., today from Summit
and Anchorage, spent the rest of
the night at Gov. Ernest Gruen
ing’s home and met with Territor
ial officials this morning.
Also on today’s program were
a press conference, a luncheon,
meetings with civic groups *his
afternoon and a reception tonight.
Part of Secretary Krug’s gr»<up,
including Representatives William
Poage of Texas and Harold Cooley
of North Carolina, remained over
night at Gustavus and were to ar
rive here this morning.
At Seward. Krug heard a plea
from Alaska Senator Don Carlos
Brownell not to consider shifting
the Alaska Railroad terminal from
Seward to Whittier.
“We want to keep the ralroad
until a road is built to the interior,”
Brownell said. “We have only one
industry to fall back on. That is
the railroad. Without it every
i thing would stop.”
Krug replied he wa ‘‘ar.x. us o
do things the right and fair w y
j for the benefit of the whole of Al
aska.”
“There may be decisions that w 11
1 have to be made which will ad
t versely affect individual interests
for the sake of the entire Terri
tory,” he added.
Joe Louis Training
For Title Bout
POMPTON LAKES. N. J, Aug.,
19. —(/P)—Joe Louis is back in
training for his title bout with
Tami Maurielly of New York at
Yankee Stadium, Sept. 18, look
ing even better than he did the
night he knocked out Billy Conn.
The heavyweight champ, weigh
ing 209 pounds, worked with Perk
Daniels of Chicago, George Fitch
of New Haven, Elridge Eatman of
Norwalk, Conn., and Teddy Ran
dolph of New York.
Bumper Wheat
Crop Dumped
SPOKANE, Wash., Aug. —(TP)—
Three million bushels of wheat
in the Pacific Northwest, left beg
ging for storage space because of
an unprecedented crop and a
shortage of railroad cars, are
being piled in great mounds on
the ground at the mercy of the
weather, a survey disclosed today.