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The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-06-08
Rice Community Events Of Interest

Mr.. and Mrs. c. X. Soyars. OF
Cascade, We're week end guests OF
Rev. and Mrs H. N Soyars. Mr.
SoyarS and his brother celebrated
their birthdays on Saturday. ).
Mr.. and Mrs. James Mahan and
Mrs Leslie Parsons, of Blackstone,
Mr. and Mrs Norman Taylor Nor
ME. Gerald and Carolyn, Of crewe,
and F. w. Hubbard, Of FarlnVllle
Nere guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Fl. H
Hubbard, Sunday
Mr. and Mrs. Alan Chenery and
LII Gay and Miss Claudia Brad
shaw. of Richmond. were week end
guests Of Mrs c. J Bradshaw.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. S. Weaver were
dinner guests CT Mr. and Mrs
Fielder Hubbard. Friday evening
Mr.. and Mrs. Calvin Bass spent
the week end with her mother Mrs
Eva Dreher. who is quite sick at
f,ewcomerstoWn Ohio.
Mr. and Mrs Billy Berry and
family, OF Richmond. We're week
end guests Of Mr. and Mrs RAY
woodward and Miss Rena Berry
Their dinner guests on Sunday were
Mr. and Mrs Guthrie Goodman and
baby of Amelia, Mr. and Mis-.
Garnet Beaslcy ana baby. Of Rich
mond Wilbur Farney Of Lowville
y y Mrs Ruth Sheppard and
Mss Margaret Sheppard.
M" and Mrs J II Banton. Of
CarlersYille, We're dinner guests OF
Nj. and Mrs Gene Banton, Monday
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-06-08

T. Fleming. Mrs. NJ v. French and
h L. Adams. Jr Mrs. French is
president of the Cumberland Aux
iilary and Mr.. Adams is comman-
der OF the Post
pr " Twyman Williams. Of Ap-
ponlattoN. was the dinner guest
Friday Of last week of his, son.
James Taylor Williams. and his
family here.
Mrs. w. l.. Dandy and daughter
Linda Lyle, win visit Mrs. Dandy S
parents. Mr. and Mrs. w M. Slate
next week in Petersburg.
Mr.. and Mrs Roy Yates and
SCH. Jimmy. OF Grundy. We're week
end guests of Mr. and Mrs. E. F
Crockett.
Mrs. f Allen Carter gave an in
terestlng demonstration Monday ev-
ening on Good Design in House
Furnishing and Accessories. at the
June meeting OF the Cumberland
Home Demonstration Club.
Mrs. j. A. MoultOn, Hanna De.
and John Adkins Moulton. Jr., OF
Raleigh. N. C, We're guests this
week of Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis Craw-
ley
On Long Trips
Mrs j. D Carpenter left last Fri
day for New York where She was
the week guest o. Mr.. and Mrs
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-06-08

Horace Hume III Bedford Mrs.
Carpenter and Miss Elise Flippen
left Monday for several weeks visit
to California
Mr. and Mrs. H R Bryant had
as their week end guests. Mrs q
NJ Hickman and her son, John
Bernard Hickman. Of Farmville.
/ Miss Ida Amos. faculty member
OF the Franklin Elementary School
III Richmond. is expected home Sun
day TO spend a part of her summer
vacation here with her sister, Mrs
c. D. Brown, and her family.
Mrs. Sterling Combs. who under
Went an appendectomy Sunday at
Southside Community H spita l.
Farmvllle, is reported as improv.
ing satisfactorily
Mrs. Margaret P Boggs and Mrs
H. D. Moring were among those at
tending the Home coming services
Sunday at Elk Hill Baptist Church
Goochland County
Mr. and Mrs. H G Atkinson. Jr.
Of Amelia, spent Sunday here as
guests of his parents OF the Stony
Point Road
Nh and Mrs W E Watson OF
Prince Edward, We're dinner guests
Sunday Of Mi and Mrs Robert A
ONnby at Edge Hill"
MI and Mrs. Edward H Hopkins
Jr., and daughter, Beth. spent the
past week end visiting his mother
at Newport News They were joined
there by his brother, the Rev. Gar.
land Evans Hopkins. who is leaving
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-06-08
Darlington IIets.


Mr.. and Mrs. Buster Bailey. Of
Richmond, visited Mr.. and Mrs. S.
p. Bailey Friday and attended the
graduation exercises at Randolph
Henry High School Among the
graduates was Sonny Bailey,
MI and Mrs. Ben >Epps. of Hamp
ton Roads. Mr.. and Mrs. William
Woodward and George Driskill. Of
Richmond. attended the graduation
exercises at Worsham High School
was member OF the graduating
class.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Horton and Joe
Bailey. OF Roanoke. were dinner
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-06-08
Flying Visitor from Colorado
Cumberland Community News Events

1t Col Ernest B Nucko.s. Jr.,
flew in Sunday from OIL ora d o
Springs, Colo. for an overnight
visit with his parents. DR.. and Mrs.
f 3. Nuckols Other visitors on
Sunday were DR. Nuckols' brother
and sister ia-laW Nh. and Mrs M.
w Nuckolss Of Richmond also Mr.
and Mrs. 3 F. Nuckols.
Mr. and. Mrs. Howard r. Bryant
and M and Mrs D. M. Beasley
were recent visitors Of Mn and
Mrs William Wise. of Staunton
Nj and Mrs. John P Stratton. Of
Guinea. attended services at Hat
Cher Baptist Church last Sunday
and were dinner guests Of Mr.. and
Mrs. ". T Atkins at Lake Diane y
M anG Mrs J C Hayes notored
to Fort E.ustis las Saturday for
a week end visit with Sgt &c. j.
Ralph Hayes and family
Mr. ana Mrs. Frank Thomas and
Children have returned to Edge
Hi after visit Of several days
with ler parents, Mi and Mrs. j
W Pickering. At Knoxville. Tenn
Air and Mrs A. l. Brandt spent
Sunday q. Charles City as guests
q afr and Mrs. John Hcngstler.
Wheel Chair Visit
Mrs Is 2 Putney was the guest
last Sunday IF Mr. and Mrs. Ed
ward putney Of Guinea Mills. In
ine afternoon they visited Mrs. H
II amos Who is still confined to
her Phiel chair Mrs. Amos suffer-
I'd 2 fractured hip from a fall last
September, and recently returned
to her Old home from the Thackston
Nurina Home near Hampden-Syd-
ney.
Mars I Godsey recently visit
ed hnr brother. j Monroe Foster.
and ms family near FarmVille.
Mr and Mrs IRWIN A Flippen and
Mr.. Chavles s Miner motored TO
Cplpeper last Sunday where they
visited W4th Mr. and Mrs Kenneth
TWu1r Mrs Tanner a college
cl2ssmate d Mrs Fhppen, is criti-
cally IL
Guests Of Mr. and Mrs. c. V.
Couch last Sunday were Mr. and
mrs. = V Couch. Jr.. and son.
jerry Wayne Of Crewe
Nj aud Mrs. N H. Huskev, ac-
ccNlpanied BY Miss Josephine Hus-
key mrs Leonard Scott and Mrs.
john Bryan ana son Nicholas. We're
Visitors Sunday Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Mack Hedrick at Guinea Mills
At Legion Event
Cumberland American L e gion
Posi- and Auxiliary We're represent
ed q he district meeting last sun
day in South Hill by Mrs. Joseph
guests Of Mr. and Mrs L. E. Norris.
Sunday Mr. Bailey remained for
visit with relatives for few weeks
Mrs Margaret Watson and Miss
Elizabeth Crews Of SAKE. attended
the Post Office convention in Roa-
ngfe Monday and Tuesday
Those attending the Southe rn
States banquet and program az
Woodsidc Barbecue Monday evening
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-06-08

this week to accompany his family
home from Beirut. Lebanon. where
his three children attended schools
he past year.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-06-08

Mrs. J D. Carpenter left last Fri
day for New York where She was
the week guest o. Mr. and Mrs
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-15
Sessions Set
|EosternS Star

Activities of chapters Of the
Order of the Eastern Star in
lclude:
I Columbia-Tuesday, meeting
Martha - Tuesday, Home
Board. with Mrs. Macie Absher
Friday, meeting: January 90. life
membership dinner, Fairfax
Hotel. Contact Miss Ethel In
gram. DE. 2-6100. Extension 812.
| Chevy Chase-Mcnday. Home
Board with Mrs. Elsie Carter.
Friday. Ways and Means. with
Mrs. Dorothy Davis.
Congress Lodge - Monday.
injecting.
| Joseph H. Milans Lodge
Thursday. honoring past ma
irons and patrons.
Federal-Tuesday, Friendship
Club with Mrs. Lillian Hadley.
"Wednesday, Home Board with
Mrs. Helen Wheeler.
Areme - Wednesday. initia-
ton.
| Mizpah-Today, rehearsal for
officers. 2::30 pm. Tuesday, in
litiation, Friday. Ways and
Means.
/ st. Johns Lodge-Monday,
I42d anniversary. Honoring char
tier making and past officers.
! Gavel - Tuesday, entertain
Iment. Friday, Home Board. with
Mrs. Gertrude Furman.
Joppa Lodge-Monday. Ways
and Means. with Helen FAINT.
Wednesday, 35th anniversary
Grand matron and grand patron
quests.
Lebanon Tuesday, Home
Board with Margaret Beck.
Washington Centennial-Tues-
day.. Home Board, with Mrs.
Eileen Hardesty. Wednesday,
Endowment with Mrs. Edna
Muth. Friday, December and
January birthdays honored.
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Mecca Temple Seats
c. l. Ford as Potentote

Clyde L. Ford was installed as
Potentate of Mecca Temple Or
der of the Mystic Shrine OF
Prince Hall Masons at the an
nual session.
Other officers are: Hugh D.
Kirksey, ST.. chief rabban; Hugh
c. Russell, assistant rabban: Yer
non c. Kicks. high priest and
prophet: Charles w. Baird. ORR
entail guide: William o. Woodson,
treasurer; Major o. Culberson,
recorder; William Thompson, ST.,
assistant recorder: William john
son, first ceremonial master;
Edward Cooke. ST.. second cere-
monial master; William Bennett,
marshal: James M. Moore, cap
tain of the guard; Charles Cal
Their, outer guard; Charles Tay-
lor. lecturer; Porter Neal. as
sistant lecturer; Edmund Chap
lin. ST., legal adviser; Robert
Gray, promotional director: Ray
mond Colbert. adviser to Mecca
Court Daughters of Isis: Eugene
Dickerson, jr.. director of Neo-
phytes: Lazarus D. billiard. as
sistant marshal and Maurice B,
Sorrell, official photographer.
Officers installed in Victory
Lodge were: Prentice Little, mas
ter; Lester Gaynow, secretary;
Elmer Spriggs. treasurer; Dennis
Wilson, recording secretary: Nero
Toney. senior warden; James
Briscoe, Junior warden; Nathan
lei Potts, senior deacon: Charles
Perry, Junior deacon: Ulysses S.
Staten. senior master of cere-
monies; Frank Harley, senior
steward; Nathaniel Washington,
Junior steward; Clarence Wilson.
chaplain; Horace w. Myers, mar
shall; Preston Miles, tiler.
Officers of Redemption Lodge
are: William Scott, master; Will
fred Mitchell, senior warden;
Alvin Chapman, junior warden;
William Murray, financial secre-
tary; William Thompson. ST.. re-
cording secretary: George Gray
assistant recording secretary;
Roland Cooper, financial secre-
tary; George A Farrar. treas
urer; Guy Robinson, senior dea-
,on; Samuel Perry. junior dea-
con: Earl Jenkins, senior master
OF ceremonies; James Allen.
junior master of ceremonies;
James Harris, senior steward:
Thomas l.. johnson, junior
steward; William Aston, mar
shall; James O. Barnette, chap
lain: Robert Tinsley. tiler.
William Thompson was in
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stalled commander of Simon
ICommandery. knights Templar
Other Officers are Raymond
IWilkerson. general issimo; Eulis
Henderson. captain general;
Stephen Miller, senior warden;
Andrew Perry. Junior warden;
james Steward. prelate; Shad-
rack Foreman, treasurer; Alvin
Smith, recorder; John Stewart
Ijr.. assistant recorder. John Tur-
.ner. warder: Lazarus billiard
sentinel; Bert Joyner, sword
bearer: Luther Newly, standard
bearer: Benjamin Haines and
John E. Smith, guards.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-15
Knights TempIor
Meeting Monday

The Grand Commandery OF
knights Templar of the District
Iof Columbia will hold a special
session tomorrow at Masonic
Temple. Thirteenth street ano
New York avenue NV. at 7::3C
pm.
Grand Commander Raymond
IN. Babcock announces the pro-
posed assessment of one dollar
per member. to establish a Ma
Itional Knights Templar Eye
Foundation. will be discussed.
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Jobs Daughters
Meetings This Week

Jobs Daughters meetings this
week are:
Bethel No. Saturday, Mons
and Dads night and honoring
Graduates Friday. Exempliflca-
ton for Lebanon Lodge.
Bethel No. 5-Friday, Initia-
ton
The Nome nugget., 1956-04-04
Truman Says
Nation Is Misled
On Soviet Tactics

NEW YORK, R-Former Presi-
dent Harry S. Truman says the
Eisenhower Administration is
misleading the nation when it
claims recent shifts in Soviet tao
tics mean failure of Russian poll
cy.
Il believe the Communist threat
is more dangerous now than ever
before" Truman said last night.
81 believe recent changes in So
Wet tactics are not signs of fail
ure' but evidence of growing eco
nomic power
Truman called for bold, new
program for foreign economic aid
to meet the Soviet threat.
Truman criticized Republican
conduct of foreign affairs in a
speech at the annual awards din
ner of the Overseas Press Club.
One of the awards went to Cliff
ton Daniel of the New York Times
who is to marry Truman's daugh-
ter Margaret later this month.
Truman told the dinner gather
ing the Eisenhower Administra-
ton has mot been frank with the
American people" on foreign af-
fairs. "The American people will
not support vigorous foreign aid
program if they do not understand
the need for it," Truman said.
But instead of explaining the
need, Secretary of State John
Foster Dulles tells us that Soviet
policy has already failed and is
bankrupt. The fact is that Com
munist policy has never been
more aggressive than it is now.
The Nome nugget., 1956-04-04
Eisenhower Outdistances keefauver
In Wisconsin Primary, But Demos
Roll Up Big Percentage Of Votes

MILWAUKEE,, R- President
Eisenhower outdistanced Sen. Es-
ties Kefauver in the Wisconsin
primary yesterday, but the Ten
nesseean rolled up the biggest
percentage of Democratic votes in
this state III recent years.
The Kefauver slate of delegates
to the Democratic National Con-
vention won a AZ percent share of
the total vote, compared with So
percent received by the Republi-
can President. There was no way
of telling how many Republicans
voted for KefauVer because there
is no party registration in Wiscon-
sin and voters could choose any
ballot
The outcome gave Democrats
considerable hope for the future,
particularly in the farm belt.
The normally Republican state
elected 30 delegates pledged to
President Eisenhower at the Re-
publican National Convention and
56 Kefauver delegates-with one
half vote each-to the Democratic.
In the 1852 presidential prefer
ence primary, Republican dele
gate tickets claimed rs percent
of the vote and in 1913 the COP
had 70 percent. Prior to that there
was little basis of comparison, as
convention delegates were elected
individually rather than on full
states as in recent years.
The Tennessee Democrat out
scored the President yesterday in
the 9th and 10th congressional dis
tricts which take in the far north
ern part of the state-one of the
most rural and thinly-populated
areas.
The delegate vote in 1926 of the
states 1921 precincts was:
Eisenhow R) 426,408.
Kefauver CD 321, $50.
John Chaypple R-favorite som
2O,558.
The Nome nugget., 1956-04-04
Russians Reported To Be
Ahead of US, Canada
In Arctic Research

MONTREAL tR-Louis 0. Guam,
president of the Assn. of Ameri-
can Geographers, says Canada
and the United States are far be-
hind Russia in arctic research.
Guam told the associations an
nual meeting last night Russia
probably will launch its sixth
drift research station in arctic
waters this month.
Four of Russia's floating sta
tons have been launched since
the end of World War II, he said,
usually in April. Russia also oper-
ates at least 100 arctic research
stations along its northern coast.
The Nome nugget., 1956-04-04
80 die in STATESIDE TORNADOES

said in a preliminary report, ITO
homes were destroyed, 403 dam
aged and a total of 835 families
affected by the storms in Tennes-
see, Mississippi, Michigan, Wis
consin, Oklahoma and Pansas.
Heavy hail and rain pelted the
storm stricken regions. Tempera-
lures, which had climbed into the
los in Midwest areas, dropped.
The intense storm center In
Minnesota spread ice and snow
over parts of the central and
northern Great Plains. Several
communities in Nebraska and
South Dakota were isolated.
Heavy and drifting snow and
ice was the outlook from eastern
North Dakota and extreme north
east South Dakota across north
western Minnesota.
The tornadoes which hammered
Michigan caused heaviest loss of
life and dafage at Jacksonville, a
town of 1900 about 10 miles
southwest of Grand Rapids on the
highway to Lake Michigan. Thir-
teen persons were killed. An esti-
mated million dollars damage was
done at Standale, a Grand Rapids
suburb.
The Nome nugget., 1956-04-04

Nome had grandstand seat for
the fire on top of Anvil Mountain
Tuesday which destroyed the
communication station situated
there. The station was operated
by the 18th Air Division under
the Jurisdiction of the 5001st Air
Base Group at Ladd AFB. The
site, behind Anvil Rock, which is
a historic landmark, has been a
restricted area since its establish
ment two years ago.
The fire is reported to have
started in the weasel she'd, where
the men stationed there melted
snow for water. The road to the
site has been blocked this winter
and no other water has been
The Nome nugget., 1956-04-04
NENANA ICE
BULLETIN

The following bulletin was re-
ceived yesterday from Walter Mi
nano, manager of the annual Ice
Classic at Nenana:
Ice conditions: Al inches: snow
SO inches. Weather fair. cooler
than usual. Home of Nenana Ice
Classic buzzinq with activity.
Signed up workers for sorting
tickets on the third. Saturday is
last day of 1856 Ice Classic
guessing. Head floor walker
Mae Speck predicts late break
up. Yutana Barge Line thawing
out boats for 1856 season
Though Alaska is coated with
an unusually heavy blanket of
snow this year old timers are firm
in their belief that there will be
an early breakup. Anent this
possibility, the Nenana Ice Class
ic guessing contest will close at
midnight Saturday, and leave to
chance another years speculation
on the wonders of nature.
1t is interesting to note that
since 1917 when the Ice Classic
was started, no one living at
Nenana, the scene of the contest,
has ever been alone on the right
minute. And that probably is one
of the reasons why it goes on
year after year to be one of the
favorite games of AlaSkans.
The Nome nugget., 1956-04-04
Nobody Stole His Cow,
But Farmer Was Hurt

SALERNO, Italy, Ut all hap
pened, police said, because farmer
Antonio Liberti was afraid some
one would steal his cow while he
slept.
He tied one end of a long rope
around the cows neck, left his
door open, and went to bed with
the other end of the rope tied
around his waist.
While he sleft, the cow became
frightened by the rope and took
off across the fields at a wild run.
Liberti, dragged for over half a
mile before he could free himself.
was taken to a hospital severely
injured.
The Nome nugget., 1956-04-04
ANVIL MT. STATION DESTROYED

available.
According to an official release
from Laid AFB, about 100000
damage was done. Much of the
equipment was saved by the men
of the station, who sacrificed their
own personal effects to save the
communications equipment.
It was probably the first fire
in this area which was fought
with fire fighting equipment
flown to the scene by bush planes.
A Wien Airlines plane and an
NIX plane landed coz tanks
near the top of the mountain.
Weasles from the ARC, the
A.C.S. and the C.A.A. also carried
50-pound tanks as we'll as gas
masks from the Nome Fire Dept.
The Nome nugget., 1956-04-04
Marler Aquitted
OF Tax Evasion

FAIRBANKS, R-An Alaskan
who pleaded taxation without
representation" as his defense
against income tax evasion was
acquitted of the charge early to-
day.
A federal court jury found Jack
Marler innocent after about three
hours of deliberation.
Marler, former deputy collector
of internal revenue and now man
ager of Tok Lodge, contended at
his trial his belief that Alaska in
come taxation is illegal led him to
test the law. He said that was why
he failed to file his income tax re-
turns in 1851 and 1852.
The government challenged the
plea, arguing Marler was an in
come tax evader who used "taxa-
ton without representation" as an
excuse. However, the government
did not meet Marlers case head
on, and the case turned out to be
less than test of the federal in
come tax law as it applies to AL
aSka.
Marler testified he did not have
the specific intention of testing
the income tax law in Alaska
when he failed to file his returns,
but said he had entertained the
idea and later decided on a test.
The government introduced a
letter written by Marler in which
he asked for leniency on grounds
that he was always "a dollar short
and an hour late
The Nome nugget., 1956-04-04
Lewis, Arnold and
CavOta Elected
To City Council

Results of the Municipal Elec-
ton Tuesday were as follows:
For Mayor = Steffen Andersen,
257 votes.
For City Clerk-Carrie McLain,
249.
For City Treasurer-Jim Mclean,
pa.
For School Board-Lorena Gray,
241.
For Utility Board-Pearse Walsh,
1862; Al Doyle us.
For City Councilmeh-Bob Lewis,
172; Wilbur Arnold 159; Fred
Cavota, 1874; Lester Bronson,
121; Chuck Frazier, 81.
There were two write-in candi-
dates: Wallace McIver, 40; and
Martha Stephenson, 33.
In the councilman contest, three
were elected: Bob Lewis, Wilbur
Arnold and Fred Cavota.
For Utility Board, Pearse Walsh
was elected to the five-year term
A total of 286 ballots were
cast in the election.
The Nome nugget., 1956-04-04
Conflicting Substitutes for Mental
Health Bill Face Senate Subcommittee
By FRANK w. vAILLE

WASHINGTON, R-Two con-
flicting substitutes for the contro-
versial Alaska Mental Health Bill
await the attention of the Senate
Territories subcommittee.
Which if either of the two indie
pendendent proposals-by Sens
Goldwater R-Ariz) and Malone
R-Nev)-will be adopted is to be
ironed out behind closed doors
when the subcommittee takes up
the House-passed bill after the
Easter recess.
Both substitutes are prompted,
at least in part, by strong protests
in some quarters that the bill as it
now stands would permit estab-
lishment in Alaska of a political
Siberia" and otherwise endanger
personal liberties.
Principal Objection
One of the principal objections
is to the bills reciprocity provi-
sion which would authorize Alas
ka's governor to enter into agree
ments with governors of other
states for the exchange of mental
ly i'll patients.
Each of the substitute proposals
would reWord this provision to
make clear it applies only to the
transfer of a resident of a state
who becomes i'll in Alaska or to an
Alaskan who becomes mentally
i'll outside the territory.
Malone Provision Unacceptable
Of the two substitutes, Malone's
proposal goes further-to the ex-
tent that it is described by Dele
gate Bartlett as completely IN
acceptable to AlaSkans.
Redesignated as the Alaska lie
Continued on Page Four
The Nome nugget., 1956-04-04
Lions Club Ambulance
Built in Tennessee Is
Driven to Anchorage

MEMPHIS, R-An ambulance
built in Tennessee for the Anchor
age, Alaska, Lions Club rolled on
toward Seattle yesterday.
The ambulance is being passed
from club to club in 70 cities To-
Gated on the route from here to
Seattle. 1t left Memphis, where it
was built, yesterday. The trip
from Seattle to Alaska will be by
ship.
The Anchorage Lions Club
Clipped in to buy the ambulance,
which will be used to provide free
service in that area.
The Nome nugget., 1956-04-04
fBY THE ASSOCIATED PREss,

A series of tornadoes and de-
structive windstorms struck with
undated fury across 10 states in
the mid-continent yesterday, kill
ing at least 80 persons and injur-
ing more than 300 others.
Yesterday S violent springtime
storms, battering areas from the
Midwest prairie lands southwark
into Mississippi, came in the wake
of tornado winds which raked
the southwest earlier Tuesday and
Monday night.
The casualty toll from the two
day outbreak of stormy weather
was at least 40 dead and more
than 325 injured. Property dam
age was estimated in the millions
of dollars. Hundreds were left
homeless.
Western Michigan, in the Grand
Rapids district, suffered the heav-
lest death and injury toll. Latest
reports showed at least % dead,
l8 identified and four unidenti-
fled. More than 200 were injured.
A dozen twisters hammered the
area, destroying scores of homes.
Some 1000 were reported home
less.
In Washington, the Red Cross