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ilnww WHAT ENABLES a "-i Niuvri pi ii REAL SLIDING DAYS! SEE NEXT PAQE ROCHESTER, N. SATURDAY. MARCH 4, 1950 PAGE THIRTEEN HENRY W. CLUNE'S" Winter to Linger, 14 A 3 I I Red Cross Fund Workers Report Good Progress i i i- AN ENGLISH WOMAN'S OPINION It has been a long time since a general election in England excited in this country the interest created by the one held a week ago Thursday. People who in the past I am sure knew no more about British politics than I do talked excitedly about Says Weatherman, But Roads Are Open Little relief from the current cold snap was in sight last night, but all roads were open in the Rochester area.

and no early recurrence of Thursday's traffic-crippling snow and wind storm 5 nrriiTrTiit IF WINTER COMES and Uncertainly did this I of boys along the beachline at Lake Ontario week a bleak scene such as this of a parade can be accepted as normal scene of the season. -S- iW was expected. The forecast for today is partly cloudy and somewhat warmer, with the mercury from zero to 22 degrees, and light snow in the afternoon. Yesterday's temperatures ranged from 3 above at 5 a. m.

to 14 at 4:30 p. and 1.2 inches of snow fell from Thursday midnight to 12:50 p. m. Despite the somewhat more favorable prospects, snow remained piled hig halong the curbs of suburban roads and in the city many hydrants were still blocked by ice and snow. At the request of Safety Commis sioner David B.

Brady, Scout Executive Fred Wellington summoned Boy Scouts of Otetiana Council to clear access to hydrants a service the Scouts have performed in previous years. AU Roads Open The sheriffs office and State Po lice reported all rural roads open, although sanders still were busy last night on slippery stretches of pave ments. The Automobile Club of Rochester continued to receive a flood of distress call more than 300 yesterday from motorists whose cars wouldn't start because of low batteries or whose cars were stuck in driveway snowdrifts. The Rochester Telephone Corpora tion reported an all-time high record of 739,456 phone calls handled in the 24-hour period ending at mid night Thursday, a direct consequence of the storm. The cold snap hasn't yet reached fruit-damaging temperatures in the Rochester area, according to Ralph Palmer of the Monroe County Farm' Bureau.

Peach trees do not become! vulnerable until the mercury reaches 10 below, he said, and other fruits are still hardier. Hudson Valley peach growers, however, have been hit hard by subzero weather, according to the Associated Press, which reports from 50 to 100 per cent of the Dutchess and Ulster Counties crops appears to have been wiped out. Albany Record Falls A 10-below reading yesterday at Albany broke all records for that date, and Syracuse likewise reported a record-breaking 9 below. Other be low-zero readings reported by AP were: Colton 26, Canton and Water- i j1 Jf7' I ll Am- I4sr cm afford it, because of the currency restrictions. T.

B. is still the "white man's scourge' in England. It doesn't say much for the better health of the nation since rationing was introduced. The government is always telling the people by press and radio how much better the health of the nation is. "I LISTENED to Churchill's election speech with great interest and noted that he mentioned that Marshall Plan aid in time would end and what would they do then? Atlee, it seems, did not say a word on this subject.

Churchill stressed full employment as part of the Conservative policy, which is extremely important, as the Labor Party constantly plays up the Dole. "A curious change has come over many of the people in England in recent years. In my youth we were taught that work well done was something to be proud of; that a man who raised himself by his own efforts was a man to be admired; that life was something the individual made himself. Today pride in work seems gone. The old notion that you must give honest, willing service in return for wages paid to you is often laughed at.

The idea that you must stand on your own feet is scorned. The theory is that the slower you work and the more you dodge honest effort the greater fellow you are. And, if retribution should come to you, it is the business of the other taxpayers to keep you. "I cannot accept the point of view of the Socialists that you must hate those who were born in a downier bed that you were. In my opinion this is a contemptible philosophy.

No country and no people can rise to greatness by practicing it. It is curious to me that some people in England who should be more enlightened have swallowed this nonsense. "I am thankful I am now in a country where individual freedom still exists, and that here I may have the opportunity to live my own life, to chance and venture on my own, to fashion- my own destiny. I pray to God that this land will never commit the grevious errors that have debased the dignity of my former countrymen in England." HETTY NICHOLAS. Cops Blame Boys For Vandalism At Ontario Beach Vandalism at the merry-go-round and bath house at Ontario Beach Park discovered yesterday morning was the work of boys, police believed as they surveyed the damage.

Lloyd O'Loughlin of 2720 Edge- mere Greece, proprietor of the merry-go-round, said burglars broke a panel in the side door of the build ing and then forced the door to get in. Quantities of tickets were torn up and strewn about and several rolls of the tickets, valued at $25 for rides, were stolen. Early yesterday morning some of the stolen tickets were found thrown about in Lake near Stonewood Ave. The same burglars, police believed, visited the bathhouse. Stephen C.

O'Brien, park foreman, said the glass in a side door had been broken. Inside, the burglars smashed five light bulbs and ripped signs off the walls. Woman Rider Hurt When 2 Cars Crash When an automobile driven by her son collided witn anotner car, in front of 110 Palm St. at 12:40 p. m.

yesterday, Mrs. Margaret Collins, 62, of 110 Barberry Ter. was hurt on the head and left knee. 'She was taken home by the son, David F. Collins, 28, of 241 Steko Ave.

The other driver was William P. Stanley, 28, of 116 Curtis St. 1 LONE CASH REGISTER BID The National Cash Register Com pany yesterday was the lone bidder with a figure of $2,616.50 on a proposal to supply a cash register for the Bureau of Buildings, City Purchasing Agent Fred W. Ereth reported. Unappreciative After CAN SPRING BE FAR BEHIND? Not if this I any indication.

Victor Clum and Frank Cel-scene, snapped only a few feet from lakefront is eski are painting up park benches for Summer. Impulse Led EXTRA SPECIAL! SAT. SUN. ONLY Husband Tells Officers An aDDarition of his dead mother on two former occasions urive Leaaers rrepare For Weekend Canvass Cheered by the generous response of early contributors, the 5,000 Red Cross campaign workers in Rochester and Monroe County yesterday girded ior a ousy weeKena rounding up funds for the organization. Although no mormal reports have yet been made in the drive which opened Wednesday night, division leaders said they were geting en couraging news from solicitors who are out ringing the community's doorbells in the quest for $398,620.

The deep snow and low temperatures were making the going difficult for the workers, but wasn't discouraging them. Because of the large number of workers more this year than ever before they have been divided into groups for purposes of their report meetings. Luncheon Tuesday The first to report will be those from Wards 1, 2, 4, 10, 11, 12 14, 21, 22 and 24, who will attend a luncheon meeting at 12:15 p. m. Tuesday in the Chamber of Commerce.

The 20 branches in the county outside the city, along with the utilities, commercial and public divisions, will report their progress at a dinner meeting at 6:15 p. m. Wednesday in the Chamber, and reports will be received from workers of Wards 3, 6, 8, 9, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20 and 23 at a luncheon meeting Friday noon. The drive will end on the evening of Mar. 13, when all division chairmen and team captains will- bring their final reports to a meeting in the Chamber of Commerce at 6:15 p.

m. Miller Is Chairman Paul Miller is general chairman of the campaign, and Mrs. Anita Bangs is manager. Head of solicitation in the city wards is Prescott M. Dean, assisted by Mrs.

Christopher Parnall east side chairman, and Mrs. Sally Sullivan, west side chairman. The special committee is headed by Charles S. Wilcox. Work in the suburban towns is being directed by Gordon A.

Howe, and Junior Red Cross activities are under Ralph N. Cogswell. Employe solicitation in the commercial division is led by Roderick MacLeod, the public division by George T. White, and the utilities division by Robert E. Ginna.

Peel, Ex-UR Aide, OK'd in Census Post Roy V. Peel, onetime instructor at the University of Rochester, has been confirmed by the Senate as Director of the Census, the Gannett News Service Washington Bureau reported yesterday. Peel, who is 53, taught government and political science at the university in 1926 and 1927. He is a World War veteran and the author of books and articles on administration, politics and government. He comes to the Census Bureau from Indiana University where he was professor of government and director of the Institute of Politics.

During World War 2, Dr. Peel was chief of the U. S. Information Service in Copenhagen, Denmark. Burglars Get $46 $At 2 Barber Shops forced rear doors yesterday morning led to the discovery of burglaries of two barber shops which netted the burglars $46 in cash.

At the shop operated by Thomas Tomaselli at 252 Clinto'n Ave. $25 was taken. Samuel Anzalone reported the theft of $21 from his shop at 557 Clinton Ave. N. The Porter Fish Oyster Market at 1 Hudson Ave.

also was burglarized, but nothing was taken. BOY HURT BY CAR Knocked down by an automobile at Monroe Ave. and Meigs St. at 11:40 a. m.

yesterday, David White, 6, of 71 Park was bruised about the head and body. Police said the boy was crossing Monroe Ave acainst a red light when he was struck by a car driven by John W. Skerrett, 55, of Cranford, N. J. The boy went home.

Rescue Back at Headquarters again the poodle took refuge under a desk. Patrolman Arthur Johnson used up his spare nickels and dimes to buy chocolate bars and milk for the pup. Eventually it apparently tired of that diet and tried to bite itself a piece of steak off one of the hands of Patrolman Robert Yawman. Yaw-man went to General Hospital for a patchup job and the poodle, which had several policemen cornered by that time looking for more meat, was picked up by City Pound offi cials. in recent years kept him from obeying "tremendous impulses to kill," Frampie Stokes told Detective Inspector Emil R.

Lambiase what was going on at the polls and eagerly followed newspaper and radio reports. With the vote counted, we now know that the Labor (or Socialist) Party is laced with the distressing fact that almost 750-000 more people voted against it than voted for it. What will happen from here in, is anyone's guess. In the light of this American interest in a British election, a letter by an expatriate Englishwoman that has been laid on this desk may make interesting reading. It was written to Miss Blanche Stuart Scott, of this city, wHo turned it over to me, by Mrs.

Hetty Nicholas, who recently came to this country and is now living in New York. Mrs. Nicholas left England when she felt that the Socialist form of government had made that country a place in which individual freedom had been largely destroyed. She drove an ambulance through the. streets of London during the dreadful air attack's on that city during the war.

Her husband, a captain in the Royal Air Force, was killed in battle. Miss Scott, known on radio station WARC as "Roberta," is a native Rochesterian. Years ago she attained celebrity as the first woman to drive a motor car across the United States and, later, as one of the first women airplane pilots. Mrs. Nicholas' letter, written shortly before the election, follows in part: ONLY HOPE that now the General Election is coming up that the Conservatives will really get to work to get the yote out.

I am writing daily to everyone I know to busy themselves and scream and vote for private enterprise and freedom of the private individual and off with the choking controls that smother initiative but encourage immigration. "If Labor continues in power I shudder to think what will happen except that more people will be getting out of the country and the queues will be longer than ever for air and shipping space to Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, etc. "As you know, since the railways have been nationalized they have been running at a loss and fares have doubled and there have been strikes galore, and now they want to put up freight charges to keep up with the higher wage demands. "The coal mines are the same. Wages have doubled and quite rightly, too but the price of coal is up and absenteeism is so bad that an army of officials has been formed to go and check the reasons.

Those checkers in turn have to be paid and their wages have to be found. From where? Why, the taxpayer, of course! "If a miner feels tired and wants a day off, he remains at home and gets sick benefit. Hence he's not worrying too much about the quota of coal he's paid for digging. Let the taxpayer pay! "Socialized medicine is a snare and a delusion. The doctor has too many patients to cope with and each patient has so many minutes to discuss his illness or ailment.

This in turn has to be put on forms in triplicate by the doctor, so that at the end of his office day he has to turn from physician to clerk and work far into the night sorting out these forms to be sent to the government. A patient's illness is no more a private matter medical etiquette has gone by the boards. The patient, waiting in a queue, when his turn comes, passes before the physician like a piece of material on a factory assembly line. How proper diagnosis is possible under these conditions is utterly beyond my comprehension. "A recent order to a London hospital was that the operating theater was to be open daily only between the hours of 9 a.

m. and 5 p. m. and the use of penicillin was to be cut down as it is too expensive and costs dollars. "Also, the British Medical Association had instructions from the government to put out adverse reports on streptomycin as too many tubercular patients would be demanding treatment by it and the national Health Scheme could not stand the expenditure.

There are 3,000 T. B. patients on the waiting list for Brompton Hospital which is THE hospital for T. B. in London.

They haven't a chance of getting in, to say nothing of the other hospitals. A limit of three months is set so that the poor patient has to get up and go look for another hospital at the end of that time another hospital in which he may stay only three months. In many instances he's only looking for a place to die! They can't go to Switzerland, even if they can town 21, Utica 20, Massena 18, Glens Falls 17, Oneonta 15 and Elmira and Bear Mountain 3. But it's an ill wind no matter how cold that doesn't blow good for some folks, particularly Winter sports farts. The new, powdery snowfall was just what the doctor, ordered for the Powder Mill ski jump, whose ski tow will be in operation from 10 a.

m. till dark today, with coffee, hots and pops available to nourish ski fans. The toboggan slide at Elli son Park, closed yesterday for re conditioning, will reopen at 1 p. m. today and stay open till 10 p.

m. And all park skating rinks in the city still are operating except the one at Sen eca Park. Only Danger Spots Being Salted Here Some of Rochester's streets still are slippery from hard-packed, recently-fallen snow, but only dangerous inter sections, hills and main arteries are being salted. Public Works Superintendent Edward F. Nier said last night.

He explained that a cutback in the use of salt, ordered by City Manager Louis B. Cartwright because of the dwindling appropriation for road salt, remained in effect. Nier said he had only 400 to 500 tons of road salt left for the current Winter. Cop Finds $1 CO-Plus In Main-Genesee Area A change purse containing well over $100 in bills reposed in the property custodian's room at Police Headquarters yesterday waiting for a claimant. It was found at about 4:30 p.

m. Thursday by Traffic Patrolman Donald F. Maier in the vicinity of Main St. W. and Genesee St.

Maier turned it over to Lt. Joseph Sheridan, property custodian, who will return it to the owner IF the owner can accurately describe the purse, the right amount of money in it, and the makeup in bill denominations. and Salted Mixed Nuts. Poun 701 Brick Our Nationally Famous lUTTEU CRUNCH A Love's pure-made favorite filled wilh a sweet candy center and coated with rich milk chocolate and ground almonds to give that rare flavor! Try some! Reg. $1.00 Pound Special Sat.

Sun. Only Place Your Order Now For BRICK to Slaying, yesterday, But the third time he got the impulse no apparition appeared and Stokes yesterday in City Court waived examination on a first degree murder charge for the knife slaying of his wife, Martha, 19, late Thursday night at 556 Atlantic Ave. He was held for the Grand Jury. Relating the effect his "impulses" had on him, Stokes told the inspector that several years ago he had an impulse to kill himself and was about to leap from the sixth floor -of a New York City tenement house when his mother's apparition appeared. "Don't do it, son," the apparition counseled, Stokes told Lambiase, and he said he immediately lost the im pulse.

At another time New York City, Lambiase said Stokes told him, he had an "impulse" to kill a young woman with whom he had been keeping company. He had swung a knife once, stabbing the woman in the hip, Lambiase quoted Stokes as saying, when his mother's apparition again appeared and stopped him Stokes said he never was arrested for that stabbing. It was about 11:30 o'clock Thursday night when Mrs. Salome Boyd, landlady of an Atlantic Ave. house, and other tenants rushed to the Stokes' room when they heard Mrs.

Stokes scream. Horrified, they said they saw him plunge a table knife into his wife's body "time and again." One fatal blow pierced the heart, it was determined later. The table knife had been sharpened on both edges by Stokes, Lambiase said he was told as Stokes calmly ad mitted the killing. Stokes remained at the house and was taken into custody by Patrol man George Becker of the Accident Bureau, first to arrive, and Detec tives Frederick D. Lamb and John Foubister.

He was questioned later by Inspector Lambiase at a session at Police Headquarters attended by Deputy Public Safety Commissioner Victor C. Raycroft, Police Chief T. Herbert Killip and Deputy Chief Harold J. Burns. He said he and his wife had had a falling out about three weeks ago when she had gone to the home of friends in Ormond St, to live Thursday, Stokes told Lambiase, he stopped at the laundry where his wife worked and asked her to come home to effect a reconciliation.

Stokes allegedly said they were sitting on the bed in their room discussing minor matters when "this tremendous impulse came 'over me. I knew" I was going to kill her about two minutes before I did and reached into my pocket for the knife." Coroner Cornelius P. Danehy issued a certificate of death by SHAMROCK CENTER ICE CREAM Man Burned Badly Starting Wood Fire His clothing set ablaze as he kindled a fire in the kitchen range of" his home shortly before 8 a. m. yesterday, John Dombroski, 49, of 3 Frederic was in critical condi tion last night in General Hospital.

Dombroski's body was burned badly from the waist up. According to Patrolman Leo Waring, Dombroski was starting a wood fire in the stove when, he suffered a faint ing spell, fell- and the paper torch he was using fired his clothing. Revived by the burns, Dombroski beat out the fire himself and then sum moned help. There was no damage to the house. Police said he had been living alone since the death of his mother, Mrs.

Olive E. Monk, a month ago. Convicted Man Admits Record Convicted by a County Court jury of second degree assault last Jan. 3 1 in knifing of two men i na Front St. brawl, Alvin Webb, 56, of 383 Court yesterday admitted two previous felony convictions when arraigned before Judge James P.

O'Connor. His sentence was set for next Thursday. Webb admitted conviction of attempted burglary in New York County, Apr. 6, 1933, and assault with a deadly weapon, in St. Stanislaus County, Mar.

3, 1939. Webb was found guilty of stabbing iJohn Benge, 125 Plymouth Ave. and Henry Leazatte. of Albany, in the brawl, Oct. 10, 1949.

2 Injured in Crash Of Auto with Truck One driver was hurt and his passenger suffered shock in a crash of their car and a truck at St. Paul and Franklin Sts. at 1:50 a. m. yesterday.

Leonard Ventimiglia, 23, of 121 Portland who was hurt on the left hip, and his passenger, Angela Farenilla, 22, of 169 Warner -went to their homes. The truck driver was Louis Sigl, 42, of 11 Algonquin Ter. BOY, 7, BRUISED William DelVecchio, 7, of 416 Ridgeway was bruised" on the right leg when he was struck by an automobile at Dewey Ave. and Flower City PL at 11:45 a. m.

yesterday. He went home. Leo Curtis, 40, of Holley, was the driver. Special Vi GAL. PRICE (HALF-GAL.

Utile Poodle Bites Big Cop CHOICE OF VANILLA CHOCOLATE BUTTERSCOTCH MARBLE CHOCOLATE MARBLE ICE CREAM After Feeding at Many Hands The itty-bitty dog bit the great big policeman. The little French poodle, somewhat the worse for wear and hardly big enough to put on the end of a respectable mop handle, did more than that to upset the decorum of the Headquarters Office at the Exchange I .05 HALF GAL. PKG. Fresh Made Cream Wafers police station early yesterday morn ing. It had been taken there from Clarissa St.

shortly before midnight Thursday, but not without some difficulty. Somebody called the Black Maria for the white poodle, which had been wandering about in some distress from the bitter wind and near-zero temperature. When the wagon arrived at Police Headquarters, the poodle promptly headed for Exchange St Chauffeur Anthony Marconi and Patrolman Bennie Jaskot gave chase and finally corraled it near Troup St ONLY For Parlies Serve Love's.