Florida Cold Wave Causes
Severe Crop Damage
(By the Associated Press)
The coldest weather of the win
ter season continued in Florida
and other parts of the southeast
Tuesday.
Damage to crops in Florida
alone was estimated in the mil
lions of dollars.
It was colder yesterday morning
in Miami—43 above—than in
Portland, Maine, where the read
ing was 44. Miami suburban areas
reported below freezing—29 de
grees. Temperatures dropped into
the 30s as far south as Mobile,
Alabama, and West Palm Beach,
Florida. It was a cool 27 at Jack
son, Mississippi.
In Florida, heavy damage was
reported to tomatoes, beans, pep
pers, watermelons, eggplant and
sweet corn from the Lake Okee
chobee region south to the Florida
Keys. A farm official estimated
damage at $10 million.
The last meeting o<f the Beta
Sigma Phi sorority was held at
the home of Mrs. Nancy Goodrich
who presided in the absence of
President Mary Honsberger. The
cultural program was presented
by Betty Gustafson after which
refreshments were served by the
hostess.
Henry Ford Says 1956
Probably Not as Good
For Company as 1955
NEW YORK, (ffi—Henry Ford
II says 1956 probably won’t be as
good a year for the Ford Motor
Co. as record-breaking 1955, and
buyers of Ford stock should not
expect “miracles.”
“I think some people are indulg
ing in wishful thinking about their
chances for fast and fabulous fi
nancial gains,” the Ford Motor Co.
president told 1,000 investment
bankers who will handle the sale
of 10,200,000 shares of Ford stock
Jan. 18.
“After considering the mail I
have received, reading press ac
counts and listening to the opin
ions of informed persons, I am
concerned about the evidence in
some areas of a naive belief in in
dustrial miracles,” he continued.
“We at Ford Motor Co. are busi
nessmen and not miracle men. Our
business is subject to the same
risks and hazards as others who
have stakes in the automotive in
dustry. We are operating an auto
mobile company against the stiff
est kind of competition.”
Ford said he is “reasonably
sure” that 1956 will not be as good
a year for the company as 1955,
when production and sales of Ford !
cars smashed all records.
WEATHER FORECAST j
Compiled by the
U.S. Dept, of Commerce Weather Bureau
Cloudy with occasional light
snow tonight and Thursday. Wind
E to SE 15-20 mph. Warmer. Low
temperature expected tonight 10,
high Thursday 26.
Nome data last 24 hours as of
7 a.m. today: High temperature 8,
low -3. Max. wind 10 mph. from
the east. Sunrise at 9:41 a.m., sun
set at 2:41 p.m.
Mrs. Jose Ferrer Expecting Again
HOLLYWOOD, UP) — Singer
Rosemary Clooney and actor Jose
Ferrer announced yesterday that
they are expecting their second
child in late summer. Ferrer and
his wife have a son, 11 months
old.
Marine Task Force
Will ‘Attack’ Umnak I.
SEATTLE, UP)—Ten Navy trans
ports carrying 2,500 members of
the First Marine Division from
Camp Pendleton, Calif., 'to the Al
eutian Islands for cold weather
training arrived here Monday.
The task force is scheduled to
leave here today for an amphibi
ous hit and run attach on a simu
lated enemy naval base on Umnak
Island.
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