BPS ATTACK U. S. FLEET Suicide Pilot* Sink Am erican Destroyer, Dam age Other Ships By LEIF ERICKSON OUAM, April IS.—(*»)—A strong Japanese air fleet, including sui eldt pilot* bent on eelf-deetruction In crashes against choice targets, sank an American destroyer and damaged several other shlpa Off 1 Okinawa yesterday in a fierce en j gafement in which 18 enemy air craft were destroyed. All evidence suggested that most of the attacking force was wiped out^-by suicide crashes if not by American interceptors and anti aircraft guns ashore and afloat. The attack was directed at ships and supply dumps at the Tenth army's beachhead estab lished Easter morning near Ha gushi on the west coast. Sev en planes were destroyed in the morning and 111 in a furious afternoon engagement Tokyo radio claimed, totally Without confirmation, that Japan ese fliers sank two battleships and two large transports in the Oki nawa action and left five other large Warships afire. It said only two Japanese planes were lost. AIRFIELDS STRAFED Japanese planes bombed and etrafed Kaena and Yontan air fields before dawn while Nippon ese artillery shelled the landing strips. A few enemy aircraft attacked shipping again last night, slightly damaging a destroyer escort after it shot down two. Fleet Adm. Chester W. Nimitz, describing the attack as “suicidal’’ in his communique today, indicat ed the Japanese pilots were mem bers of the “Kamikaee,” or special attack corps, highly advertised by the Japanese as volunteers for death. There has been no official mention of Japanese suicide fliers for six months or more. Nimitz said all the American shipe damaged remained in oper aupn. i SECOND ASSAULT Yesterday's desperate attack was ‘ the second heavy aerial assault in six days against the invaders of Okinawa, Just 335 miles south of Japan proper. In a day-long on slaught last Friday three U. S. destroyers were lost while 116 Ja panese planes were destroyed. Fighting in the southern sec tor of Okinawa did not relax in intensity. No advances in the southern sector were re ported for the eighth succes sive day, although marines in the north moved westward along the rugged Motobu peninsula and pressed northward over Ichikawa Isthmus against only sporadic resistance. Nimltz identified four more American divisions as in action on Okinawa. These were the First and Sixth Marine divisions and the 37th and 96th army divisions. The Seventh and 77th army divisions already had been identified. All are part of the New Tenth army. B1 Starfts On Page One open house at their home on South Washington street Saturday even ing at 9 o'clock for the visiting officers and members. The meeting proper will get un derway Sunday morning at 10 ; o’clock at the state theatre. Prayer will be offered by Lt. George Grove, ; wing chaplain who will also direct the pledge of allegiance to the flag. I This will be followed by an address of welcome by Lt. George Wash burn. j DAWSON SPEAKS | Lt. Col. Frank E. Dawson, com mander of the North Carolina wing | of the patrol, will follow with an adress in which he will discuss the future of the Civil Air Patrol and the duty of senior members. Other tals will be made by Maj or W. Carl Biggers, Major C. K. Walters, Major R. E. Dawson, Maj or D. F. Cameron and Lt. William A. Vores. . The morning meeting at the theater will be followed by a lun cheon at the Charles hotel. Con cluding the meeting will be an open forum discussion of C. A. P. prob lems which will end around 3 o'clock Sunday afternoon. Corp. A. B. Greene Lands Overseas Corp. A. B. Greene has just land ed safely overseas according to a message received today by his pa rents, Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Greene, 917 North LaFayette street. This is the fifth member of this family to land on foreign soil in the ser vice of his country. -> -—--.—. Fresh apple sauce is good over freshly baked molasses cake or gingerbread. Jefferson Day Dinners Postponed WASHINGTON, April 1J—(*">— President Roosevelt’s death brought orders from the Democratic Na tional committee for indefinite postponement of an elaborate ae ries of Jefferson day dinners plan ned for tonight. The celebrations, by means of which party leaders hoped to raise hundreds of thousands of dollars for the 1048 congressional cam paigns, were scheduled in about 500 communities. The programs had called for a radio address by Mr. Roosevelt from Warm Springs. Mrs. Roosevelt had planned to attend the dinner here, at which Harry 8. Truman was to have been one of the speakers. BROTHERHOOD SERMONJOPIC Dr. Smart Also To Praoeh Saturday And Sunday Mornings “Brotherhood" was the topic for Dr. W. A. Smart’s lecture last night when he continued his week of sermons at Central Methodnst church. The Christianity of Jesus’ day, he declared, broke down all barriers of race, wealth, national-! lty, and social status and made all men brothers under God. For true brotherhood to exist again, that same fervor must sweep again over the consciousness of the world. At the ten o’clock service this morning Dr. smart gave an excel lent analysis of the Book of Dan iel saying that the first six chap ters were stories, and the entire book was filled with symbolism. The book is an exhortation for faith among people to carry them through suffering and a promise of hope for the future when the trials are past. Latham Brackett Is Honored At Scout Party Mrs. Luther Eaker end Miss Billy Catherine Eaker entertained at their home In Lawndale, members of scout troop No. 1. The party was given in honor of Latham Brack ett one of the outstanding boys of the troop. All members of troop 1 attended, along with John Shuford, scout master, and members of the com mittee. Music was furnished by Mrs. Baker and her daughter, Billy Catherine. Refreshments were serv ed after playing games. BRITISH Starts On Page One The salient the Oermans long held in the Apennines south of Imola swiftly was being pinched out. While Polish troops driving in from captured Castel Bolognese threatened Imola from the south east, Italian troops and partisans driving northward in the Santerno valley were within four miles of Imola. fifth army troops gained more than a mile astride the coastal road toward La Speria and in the high ground northwest of Massa. Enemy communications immedi ately behind the battlefronts con tinued to receive non-stop pound ing from the air as heavy bompers last night attacked the vital junc tion point of Argenta, keypoint on the road to Felrara. Sixteen planes were reported missing from a total of 2,650 Mediterranean air force sorties yesterday. RUSSIANS Starts On Page One mountain fighting troops ranged into the foothills of the Austrian Alps on a 28-mile front, seizing 40 towns on the roads to Ormz, Austria’s second city. Marshal Rodion Y. Malinovsky's Second Ukrainian army troops were advancing along the west and east banks of the Morava riv er toward Bruenn, which guards the southeastern approaches to Prague. In the east side they were near ing the rail center of Lundenburg, while on the west bank Malinov sky's men reached the river on at least a 14-mile front, within shell ing distance of the Czechoslovak communications center of Hodinln and 33 miles southeast of Brkenn. It was at this point the Rus sians crossed the border of Mo ravia, which, with Bohemia, is the last war production area supplying the crumbling German armies. Royal Australian air force pilots fly with a jungle knife strapped to one leg. THE RECORD SHOP NEWEST SELECTIONS JUST RECEIVED. "Tico Tico”—Xavier Cugat "My Dreams Are Getting Better '—Les Brown “Confession"—Ella Fitzgerald “All of My Life’’ — Harry James BOHOL INVADED WEDNESDAY American Troops Now On All Of Major Philip pines Islands By RICHARD BERGHOLZ MANILA, April Ameri can troops were on every one of the major Philippine! island* to day. Element* of the veteran Americal division Invaded Bohol Wednesday and quickly dispersed a small enemy garrison near the main town of Tagbilaran. Gen. Douglas MacArthur's com munique today said Maj. Gen. William H. Arnolds Americal Doughboys “rapidly drove inland in an endeavor to secure control of the entire island before the surprised enemy could rally his strength.” Bohol guerrillas already were in control of much of the island, be tween Cebu and Leyte In the Central Philippines and just north of Mindanao. UNOPPOSED The invasion was covered by gunfire from light naval craft and aerial bombings by ISth Air Force pilots. It was virtually unopposed. Elsewhere, ground troops con tinued their swift mopupe, except in Northern Luaon, where fighting was slow and bitter around Balete Pass and along the road to Ba guio, Philippines summer capital. In Southern Luson, 14th Corps troops which have broken the back of Japanese defenses the past week shot forward 30 miles from Atl monan to Calauag on the east coast of Bicol peninsula. Farther down Bicol, the 168th Regimental combat team advanced five miles west to Camalig and eight miles south without serious resistance. Woodmen To Meet In Women’s Club House A regular meeting place for the Shelby Woodmen of the World has not been obtained, but they will hold their meetings each Tuesday evening at S:00 o’clock in the Women’s club house on East Gra ham street, until another place can be found. All members are urged to attend the first meeting, that will be held Tuesday night, April 17, at «:00 o’clock. GRIEVING Starts On Page One died was flashed quickly to troops in the field and sailors at sea, now fighting toward a victorious end of history’s greatest war. They like the people at home, were shocked and unbelieving. “COMMANDER” One soldier in Britain, enroute back to the western front after a period in hospital declared: “We men up there really felt the president was our commander. His loss will be felt by all of us.” The American broadcasting station in Europe, informing the peoples of Europe in a special broadcast, declared "the world has lost its greatest champion for peace.” Both Berlin and Tokyo first re layed straight news accounts to their people, then later expressed grieved comment. The German radio asserted the president “will go down in history as the man upon whose instigation the present war turned into the second world war.” Tokyo said no Japanese “harbors any fond hopes for a sudden drop in the fighting power of America,” and then, in a propaganda vein, added: “We consider Roosevelt a very fortunate j person indeed to have died before I conditions became unfavorable.” HALF STAFF Gen. Charles De Gaulle presi dent of the provisional government of France, ordered all flags on of ficial buildings throughout the French empire placed at half staff immediately. In a telegram to President Truman he called Roose velt "the symbolic champion of the cause of liberty, x x x France ad mired and loved him.” Pope Pius XII sent condolences to the president’s family and the United States government. Italian Premier Ivanoe Bonomi expressed "profound sorrow” on behalf of the Italian people. In Canada, where Roosevelt often wm referred to as “the best president Canada ever had,” the house of commons stood for a minute of silence last night and then adjourned until this afternoon. Prime Minister W. L, Mackenzie King, in moving the adjournment, said the president was “so close a neighbor, so great and true a friend of the Canadian people, that the word when received was as if one of our very own had passed away, x x x The death of President Roosevelt is in truth a loss to the whole of mankind.” The Chinese government order ed all flags at half mast, as did Prime Minister John Curtin In Australia. Many nations of Latin America decreed periods of mourn ing for the man who inaugurated the “good neighbor” policy. British Home Secretary Herbert Morrison said "the world has lost one of its foremost leadens x x x. As a member of the war cabinet I have had reason to know what a helpful influence he was in all the relationships between the Unit ed States and our country.” “I feel' stricken by the news of the loss of this powerful friend of the cause of freedom and staunch comrade through all the vicissitudes of war,” said Sir Ar chibald Sinclair, British air min ister. LAST PICTURE OF ROOSEVELT—This picture of President Roosevelt, made at the White House in Washington March 29 of this year, is be lieved to have been the last photograph of him before his unexpected death of a cerebral hemorrhage at the “Little White House" at Warm Springs. Oa.. April 12—(AP Wirephoto) DEATH Starfts On Pace Ona villagers, at 10:00 am. requiring 35 mlnues for the trip from atop Pine mountain. Mrs. Roosevelt, dressed in black, walked to the Conneaut, Roosevelt private car on the arm of Early, followed shortly after by the bear ers carrying the flag draped casket. CAREER AT END By D. HAROLD OLIVER (Associated Press Reporter Who Had “Covered’’ Franklin Delano Roosevelt Since 1936) WARM SPRINGS, Ga.. April 13 —(/P)—Franklin Delano Roosevelt's long and colorful public career is at an end. A tragic though painless death halted it abruptly yesterday as the nation's 31st president seemingly was about to see the fruition of his plans for bringing lasting peace to a war-ridden world. He was 63 last January 30. Death came unexpectedly at 4:35 p.m. (EWTi in a simply furnished bedroom of his Pine Mountain cottage. The cause: A "massive" cerebral hemorrhage. Mr. Roosevelt came here March 30 for one of his periodic visits to seek rest and to bask in the sun. He had planned to stay another v ek, then return to Washington, spend a day and start out again for a cross-country trip to San Francisco to open the world se curity conference April 25. Funeral services are to be held at 4 p.m. (E.W.T.) Saturday in the historic East Room of the White House. The body will not lie in state. Burial will be at the family home at Hyde Park, N. Y., Sunday. Presidential Secretary William D. Hassett said the funeral ser vices would be of the same "ut most simplicity” the President de creed for his mother, who died in 1941. Burial will be at 10‘a.m., in the family garden between the ramb ling stone and stucco house and the Roosevelt library at Hyde Park. Members of the cabinet and Su preme court, heads of federal a gencies, a representative group of senators and representatives, mem bers of the family and friends will accompany the funeral party. The East Room services will be conducted by Bishop Angus Dun of the Washington Episcopal Cathedral: Rev. Howard S. Wil-1 kinson, of St. Thomas Episcopal church, and Rev. John G. McGee of 6t. John’s Episcopal church. “BUNDLE DAY” Starts On Page One A. C. Bland, James Lutz, and John i W. Cannon. “Bundle Day” does not conclude the committee’s drive for old j clothing. The collection will con tinue through April 30. The spe-1 cial collection is to enable those I who have bundles too large to! take to their local depots to aid in the contributions. Mrs. Rogers expressed deep ap preciation for the magnificent re sponse with which the clothing collection has met in Shelby. An impressive amount of usable cloth ing has already been turned in, and much more is expected before the drive is concluded. Depots are located around the court square, at Griffin P. Smith’s grocery store on North Washing ton street, at Blanton’s Variety store in South Shelby, and at each one of the mills. TRAIN Starts On Page One cidents leading up to his fatal at tack. Age-old hymns were sung by i some of the best voices of the na- i tion. Special editions of newspaper i were issued throughout the na-; tion from the great metropolises, on down to small cities. NINTH Starts On Page One Luebeck. The disintegration of the Ger man army continued. Nearly 30,000 captives went into cages of the first four armies re porting. The First army alone took 25.148 yesterday, most of them from the Ruhr pocket. That death trap is now much less than half its original size and an esti mated 75.000 of the originally trapped 150.000 have surrendered. The British took 3.000. the French 1.000 and the Seventh army 2. 500. The Third army in the center beat down the last 18 miles to the great Saxony city of Leipzig in a drive east to bisect Germany, join the Russians and bar access from the north to the national redoubt in the Bavarian Alps. The Ger mans said American tanks were fighting in Halle, 15 miles from Leipzig, after bypassing the me dieval cathedral city of Merseburg ON HIGHROAD Lt. Gen. William H. Simpson’s Ninth army closed up to the Elbe along a 95-mile front. His Hell or Wheels (2nd) armored division crossed the river in the Magdeburr sector yesterday, putting tanks or the last 57 unbroken miles leading to the capital. The Elbe bends eastward to the north of Magdeburg and then swings back along a northwesterly ; course through Hamburg to th( North Sea. Tangermuende is ir the bend and closest to Berlir ' although troops there are on the west bank of the 450 to 1.000 foot wide stream. The Fifth armored division ' reached the river at Seehausen and the 83rd division closed up to the stream at Barby. Outflanking Mag ; deburg 14 miles to the northwesf Barby lies 58 miles southwest oi Berlin. NEAR LEIPZIG The Third army racing acroc> eastern Germany virtually unop posed advanced within 34 miles oi Czechoslovakia and a bisection oi Germany, drove into the streets ol Napoleon’s old battlefield city ol Jena, and captured Erfurt < 166. 661), It was approaching Leipzig from the southwest and was with in 72 miles of the Saxony capital of Dresden on the basis of reports many hours behind the action. The 1st army moved on Leipzig from the northwest. Dispatches said Leipzig should be entered by nightfall. The Fifth, rather than the Sec ond armored division which wai across the Elbe, was closest to Ber lin on the basis of 11:05 am. dis patches from AP Correspondent Robert Eunson. The Old Hell on Wheels division proudly bearing a presidential ci tation was meeting stiff resistance In the manufacturing center of Magdeburg (334,358) which was not yet cleared. Across the Elbe, the Second armored division also en countered strong opposition — sug gesting that the Germans had shifted troops from the east. TOMORROW Starts On Page One schedule will be a busy one every day.” Secretary of State Stettinius whose knowledge of the interna tional situation was second only to that of the late President Roosevelt, arrived to join Mr. Tru man at 10:15 a.m. (E.W.T.) Top military commanders were due minutes later. Stettinius immediately was ush ered into the oval room where President Truman was working. The military chieftains sum moned were Fleet Admiral Wil liam D. Leahy, the late Presi dent's military adviser; Fleet Ad miral Ernest J. King, chief of the navy; General George C. Mar shall, army chief of staff; Secre tary of War Stlmson, and Secre tary of the Navy Forrestal. These grave conferences dealt Furnished by J. Robert Lindsay and Company Webb Building Shelby, N. C. N. Y. COTTON AT 2:00 Cotton exchanges closed today. All exchanges closed Saturday. CHICAGO GRAIN WHEAT May .l.75:'i July .-.1-64'. i September - ---1.571 May - — July . --- September CORN -,.1.15>i ..JL... .1.12% _1.09% RYE May . — July . — September _ 1.3312 .1.30% .1.22% 1.75% 1.64% 1.57 Va 1.15% 1.12% 1.10 1.33% 1.29% 1.2 lvs I STOCKS AT 2:00 Amn Rolling Mill . American Loco _ -- 32 American Tobacco B . American Tel and Tel -- Anaconda Copper . . 32 Assoc Dry Goods _ ... Beth Steel..—- 75 Boeing Air .--- 18 Chrysler .- 101 Curtiss-Wright . .. 5 Elec Boat . - 15 General Motors . 66 Pepsi Cola . .. 23 Greyhound Corp... International Paper - - 23 Nash Kelv . - - 17 Glenn L Martin. 24 Newport Ind . . 21 N Y Central. 23 Penn R R - - 36 Radio Corp . ... H Reynolds Tob B . - 33 Southern Railroad . - 40 Stand Oil N J. . 58 Sperry Corp _ .. 29 U S Rubber. 58 U S Steel . . 64 Western Union . ~. 45 Youngstown S and T-47 18 7-8 72 163 3-8 . 21 5-8 1-8 3-8 7-8 1-8 5-8 5-8 24 3-4 7-8 3-8 3-4 1-2 3-4 1-4 3-8 1-2 3-4 5-8 3-4 3-4 7-8 1-2 STOCKS MOVE IP NEW YORK. April 13 — i/P> — Stocks and bonds generally moved forward today despite the shock to the financial community of the president's passing. Power and Light company stocks came out in blocks of as much I as 10.000 shares for Commonwealth 'and Southern, at 1945 peaks were Consolidated Edison. North Amer ican. Electric Pow er and Light and American Water Works. Higher were Du Pont, General Electric. Montgomery Ward, U. S. Steel, Bethlehem. International Harves ter. U. S. Rubber and Allied Che mical. | BITTER AND EGGS CHICAGO, April 13.—i-P —But ter, firm; receipts 489.134. Egg^, receipts 18,838. [ t' . N. C. HOGS RALEIGH. April 13.—(Ab—NCDA 1 —Hog markets steady with tops of 14.55 at Clinton and Rocky Mount j and 14.85 at Richmond. N. C. EGGS, POULTRY RALEIGH. April 13.—i/Pi—NODA —Egg and poultry markets steady to firm. Raleigh—U. S. Grade A large 36; hens, all weights, 27. ! Washington—U. S. Grade A large i 40; broilers and fryers 33.9. CHICAGO LIVESTOCK 1 CHICAGO. April 13. —

— ws and vealers 11.00-14.00; can . ners and cutters 7.75-9.75; heavy sausage bulls 13.00; very few heavy , beef above 14.00. with good share ' j liberal supply bulls unsold, vealers 17.60 down. MUSIC RECITAL There will be a music recital of ; voice Rnd piano students of Gard ! ner-Webb college tonight In the E. B. Hamrick auditorium begin ning at 8:30 o’clock. ; | Indians once called a section of 1 the western side of Hudson Bay “the land of little sticks," because of low forest growth. with a question mark raised through the world by the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt—inti mate of Allied war leaders— and the intricacies of Interna tional relations. What of the new chief of state, Harry Tru man of Missouri? The new president announced at the outset that he would try to carry on the Roosevelt policies. He asked the cabinet to stay on, gave assurance that the United Nations conference will open In San Fran cisco April 25 on schedule. CONGRESS • There were reports at the White House, not yet official, that Mr. Truman may address a Joint ses sion of congress next week, possi ! bly Tuesday. After a 20-minute conference with the new' president, Stettinlus ' left hurriedly for the State Depart | ment. Striding ’through a crowd of , reporters, Stettlrtlus said: “No comment. Sorry. No com ment.” Mr. Truman’s first conferences ! apparently gave immediate direction to his statement after taking the oath last night that one of his prime tasks would be to prosecute 1 the war vigorously on all fronts. The White House said no other ; callers had been scheduled offl • daily yet and the assumption was ■ j that the new chief would devote the • | major portion of his day to fam , lliariring himself with military con | ditlons all over the world. A PVT. RICHARDS EVENTS PILE UP IN LIFE OF PVT. RICHARDS Pvt. Clarence E. Richards, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Richards of route 1. Ellenboro, who has been reported missing in action since January 20, in Luxembourg, was recently reported by the war department as being a prisoner of the German government, and on the same day that the tele gram was received, his parents re ceived a letter directly from him stating that he had been recaptur ed by American troops and is now resting in an allied hospital. Pvt. Richards entered the army in November, 1942. and has been serving in the European thea tre of operations for the past 12 months. He was wounded in ac tion in September. 1944, and was awarded the Purple Heart medal. After recovering from his wounds he was returned to duty and was fighting in Luxembourg when he was reported missing in January. Miss Bowman To Give Program Miss Carolyn Bowman, daughter of Nat Bowman, of Shelby, who Is a student at the University of North Carolina, will give a short musical program over radio station WDNC Saturday at 12:45 p. m.» it was an nounced today. Miss Bowman is a pianist. Her friends in Shelby who wish to tune in on the program will find the station operating on 1.400 kilocycles. TRUMAN Starts On Page One the utmost on all fronts, east and west. Today as International friends and enemies looked on, as men high and low maneuvered to find their place in a new U. S. orbit, these prospects loomed 1. A speedy summoning of Gen. George C Marshall and Admiral i Ernest J. King for the most im portant fill-in on the military sit uation any world leader ever need ed at such a critical hour. 2. A conference with Secretary I of State Stettinius on pressing and complicated international situa ; tiohs demanding the attention of j a man who knows only the inside details he gained from cabinet meetings. 3. The sorrowful duty of helping arrange for a White House funeral at 4 pun., Saturday for his pie decessor CHURCHILL. STALIN These transcended such impor ] tant questions as the likelihood : that the new chief executive will j want to meet as soon as possible ; with Prime Minister Churchill, ‘whom he knows slightly, and Pre I mler Stalin, whom he knows not 1 at all. Domestic problems could be push j ed aside temporarily, too, left to I a cabinet that stays on now, but ' may see some changes later. To the 60-year-old, ruddy com plexioned new president fell the I immediate and sorrowful task 'of burying a chief executive for whom | he had boundless admiration and i unfaltering loyalty. Mrs. Roosevelt, at a charity I benefit, received the news by tele ; phone. Without a word, she went to the White House. The call went out for Mr. Truman. He rushed there with a hastily assembled secret service esoort. RUPTURE Mr. E. J. MEINHARDI, widely !.r.own Shield Specialist of Chicago, will again be in Charlotte, N. C., at the Charlotte Hotel, Thursday. Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, April 19th, 20th, 21st, and 22nd. Office Hours: H A. M. to 5 P. M. daily. MR. MEINHARDI says: The Meinhardl Shield Is a tremendous improvement—well known lor pro ducing immediate results. It pre vents the Rupture from protruding in 1C days on the average—regard less of size or location of Rupture and no matter how hard you work or strain. It has no leg straps. Mr. Meinhardl has been coming here f-r 15 years. He has thousands of satisfied Customers. Ask your neighbors. Caution: If neglected — Rupture may cause weakness, backache, constipation, nervousness, stomach pains, etc., or sudden death from strangulation. Men having large Ruptures which h-'ve returned after Surgical Oper ations or Injection Treatments are also invited. When all others fail see MEINHARDI. He will be pleas ed to demonstrate to you privately without charge. (Only men invit ed.) White only. LIONS HOSTS TO LADIES Everything is in readiness for Lions Ladies’ night to take place tonight at 7:30 o’clock at the Charles hotel. Bob Patton, su perintendent of schools in Mor ganton, and well known after din ner speaker, will make the princi pal address. He will be presented by R. H. Cooke, who has charge of the program. Athos Rostan will be toastmaster and President R. J. Rucker will open the meet ing. Wives and friends of members of the Lions club will attend as guests of the club. 71 DEAD Starts On Pag* One There were no accurate estimates of injuries and damage In the ty pical Oklahoma storms but hun dreds of persons were hospitalised and whole sections of cities were swept away by the winds’ fury. Red Cross Chairman Paul Os born at Antlers, struggling to bring order into rescue work, said one third of the city of 3,000 was de molished when wind caught up 500 or 660 OreSldences. Army posts and Red Cross chapters were sending all available personnel into the area, and Will Rogers army air field at Oklahoma City sent a bad ly needed portable electric power plant. At Muskogee a twister whirled through the eastern outskirts, ser iously damaging everv building of the Oklahoma school for the blind, many of whose inmates w’ere hos pitalized. A large part of the city was without electric power for several hours when lines from a plant on the Arkansas river were blown down. K. R. Reed, a resident of the southeastern Oklahoma City dis trict hit bv the first tornado re ported. said the wind accompanied a cloud which he described as "shaped more like an acre-wide spade than anything I can think of." Four full blocks of residences were leveled here. Reed said that “it sure wasn't a true funnel-shaped cloud.’’ adding that “it seemed to jump up and down, taking things along with it every time it hit the ground " Collectively, the tornado toll was the worst since a twister hit Pryor in 1942. killing more than 100 per sons and smashing a major portion of the city. Twisters which did damage, but did not kill, also struck at these Oklahoma towas: Cushing. 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