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Tl TTO Press he FittsM Closing Market Prices PRICE FIVE CENTS (COPYRIGHT 1948, by Pittsburgh Press Co. Att Rights Reserved.) WEATHER CoZd tonight with snow second-class matter Office, Pittsburgh PITTSBURGH, SATURDAY, JANUARY 10, 1948 64, No. 198 TWO IT Businessman Two Russian Rescue 780 from Ship Believed About to Sink Three-Day Ordeal for Soviet Passengers Adrift, Helpless in Raging Sea Nears End TOKYO, Jan. 10 (UP) Small boats from two Soviet naval vessels shuttled back and forth between their mother ships and the waterlogged Russian motorship Dvina under glaring searchlights tonight removing 780 passengers stranded on the helpless ship more than three -4 14 Xc HFT Ljlr fj Qs 0 I- SfCo i Jn cx 11 uiw. TV iifoilt 1 laftSSTi 11 Smiii ilfim imhiiiiiii hi i -n-rni-im Wif MARINES MAY REPLACE PALESTINE guards -shown at the gate of the U.

S. consulate inrjericemrsaort rnayrgive task-to. S. Marines. The State Department confirmed reports that the move had been discussed, but only "informally." Questioned in Explosives Plot 3 More Truckloads Seized in New York NEW YORK, Jan.

10 (UP) FBI agents questioned a Mount Vernon, N. businessman today in connection with a widespread plot to ship high explosives to the Jewish underground in Palestine. The man was identified as Leonard M. Weisman, reportedly president of Foundry Associates, the mysterious firm to which the War Assets Administration sold 199 tons of cyclomite, an explosive more powerful than TNT. 73 Tons Missing Of the 199 tons, New York and New Jersey police have seized 126 tons.

But the remaining 73 tons sold by the WAA at the Seneca Ordnance Depot at Romulus, N. still was missing and was believed already on the high seas on the way to Palestine. An FBI spokesman said no re strictions were being placed on Weisman. Asked what line the questioning was taking, he said: "He's supposed to be an officer of Foundry Associates, isn't he?" Weisman was said to be president of two other companies located in the same room of the midtown office building where Foundry Asso ciates has a mailing The firms are the Pratt Steamship Line, and Paragon Design and Development Corp. Office Nearby Also located in the building are offices of the Zionist Organiza tion of America.

A spokesman for the Arab Higher Committee at the United Nations charged that arms from here had been smuggled to the Holy Land by Jewish groups for some time. The WAA clamped an embargo on all further shipments of explo sives in the New York area. 3 More Trucks Seized The Arab Committee spokesman said his charges were based on "information and belief." He said that armored cars and airplanes also were being purchased here for delivery to the Jewish underground. Three trailer trucks of cyclamite, an explosive more powerful than TNT, were seized by state police yesterday near Saugerties, N. Y.

An eight-state alarm had been out for the shipments, purchased at, the Seneca Ordnance Depot, Romulus, N. since cyclamite was discovered Thursday at the farm of Charles Lowy near Asbury Park, N. J. Combat Knives Found Another truckload of the explosive was uncovered in Lowy's Jersey City, N. warehouse early yester day.

Later in the day 52 cases of combat knives and 50 cases of first aid materials were discovered. He was held in $15,000 bail by Monmouth County authorities for illegal storage of explosives. The shipments seized near Saugerties were destined for Lowy's farm also. Together they contained 67 tons of cyclamite in the form of M-3 demolition blocks. Police said the drivers of the trucks became' suspicious and notified the FBI.

One of the trucks was owned by (Continued On Page 3, Column 3) Entered Post North Palestine yesterday had fallen back into Syria. 1 1 A communique said the situation in North Palestine now is "normal- after a seven-hour battle yesterday. British Help Jews The Arab invaders attacked the Jewish settlements of Kefar Szold and Dan, giving battle to Jewish troops fighting side by side with British soldiers under British air' support. The Arabs, the communique said, 'have returned to Syria. However, British lancers with heavy guns dug in to protect eight exposed Jewish settlements from renewed Arab attacks which all observers fully expected would come.

The Jewish fighting force Ha- ganah rushed reinforcements during the night to the battle area, where an estimated 12,000 Jewish settlers live. Convoy Ambushed One Jew traveling with a reinforcement convoy was killed in an Arab ambush, raising Jewish casu alties in the seven-hour battle and its aftermath to four' dead and eight wounded. Arabs removed their casualties and kept their num ber secret. A high British spokesman in Jerusalem warned the Arabs that British troops would repel any attack on Palestine from any quarter "as along as Britain remains the mandatory power." However, Chief Secretary Sir Henry Gurney sent a letter to all members of the British administra tion, advising them to make all arrangements to leave Palestine at a month's notice. British Protest Xatest reports on yesterday's bat tle said that Jewish casualties were kept to a minimum because the Arabs had been seen maneuvering in the hills of Syria for several days and their attack was expected.

Arab sources said another such invasion is unlikely to occur until the British leave Palestine. Dispatches from Beirut said the British minister to Syria had made a formal protest against the invasion to the Syrian government. Slots Raid Nips 2 Greensburg Clubs GREENSBURG, Pa, Jan. 10 (Special) Stewards of two Greensburg clubs were ordered to appear for a hearing today as State Police raids netted five slot machines. The machines were of the old "one-armed bandit type.

State Police said they were found in operation in the Christopher Columbus and Sons of Italy Clubs. Sgt. Eugene Fontaine said the flurries. Continued cold Sunday. SECTIONS 18 PAGES There has been no indication whether or not the Dvina was car rying women or children in addi tion to what were believed to be Soviet Siberian workers.

'Drifting: Helplessly A spokesman for the mission said the patrol ship, which is similar to a U. S. destroyer, had already succeeded in taking off an unspecified number of passengers. The Dvina first reported herself in serious trouble, about 100 miles oft Hokkaido in the Pacific on Wednesday. An SOS said the Dvina was drifting helplessly with her engines knocked out by five feet of water in her hold.

Subsequent reports said she had shipped another foot of water and that she was wallowing in heavy seas that sometimes pushed her port rail under water. Armed Robbers Hit 8 Places in District Women Face Guns In Beautyj Parlor Eight armed robberies and a series of purse snatchings were the answer today to recent official warnings that, crime must not pay in the Pittsburgh district. No arrests were made. Pittsburgh, it seemed, was faced with the hottest crime wave of the season although the temperature dropped to 18 degrees last night. Beauty Parlor Held Up Included was the stickup of a McKeesport beauty parlor in which six frightened women were forced to huddle in a back room while two gunmen looted their purses.

The gunmen, described as "young," escaped with $100 in a car that was believed to be stolen. Margaret Brletic of 40 Archer an operator, said the youths had been "hanging around" outside the Helena Beauty Shop, 421 Sixth for several hours. Curtains Drawn Suddenly they donned masks and stepped inside. One of the gunmen drew the curtains while the other forced three operators and three customers into a rest room. Their loot included $40 from the purse of Miss Brletic, change from the purse of two other operators, Betty Gaydos of 800 Park St.

and Mary Yoback of Glassport, and about $60 from the cash register. Before leaving, the youths told the women to stay in the rest room for 15 minutes. Just to be safe, police said, they remained there 25 minutes before calling. Escape in Car The gunmen escaped in an auto that police say was stolen from Gene Zembowere, 1718 Converse about a half hour before. Pittsburgh proper had six robberies, two of which police believe were pulled by the same fast-moving pair.

The gunmen, described as "self-confident," first accosted Eugene Del Alesandro, of 276 Dinwiddie at the corner of Vickroy and Magee Sts. They forced him to turn over a wallet containing $104 and his driver's license. Hold Up Bake Shop Just 15 minutes later a pair answering the same description walked, into the Drake Baking Co. retail store at 4117 Liberty Ave. They pointed a gun at clerk Julia Baj of 3618 Mintwood St.

and told her that they wanted "just paper money, no change." They took between $30 and $40 and escaped on foot along Liberty Ave. Another team of holdup men struck in East Liberty a few hours later. A sandwich shop at Pranks-town Ave. and Broad St. was held up shortly before daylight.

Sarah Wilson, a waitress of 1633 Sandusky St, was forced to turn over $50. Forces Way into Car The "Red bandits also were active with a single crime that netted $12. Two men, one with a pistol. forced their way into the car of William J. Bell of 5540 Beverly PL, as he paused for a light at Negley and Perm Ave.

They ordered him to drive them to Blawnox, then reversed the (Continued On Page 3, Column 4) 1 Vessels Arabs Lure British Force Info Ambush in Palestine Pitched Battle Fought in South After -Invaders in North Driven Back to Syria JERUSALEM, Jan. 10 (UP) The British army Te-ported today that its troops were lured into a pitched battle with Arabs at Isdud last night in which at least VOLUME AH Licenses To Be Stripped From Consoles Operators Given Monday Deadline A round-up of console slot machines was ordered today by City Treasurer James P. Kirk. Distributors who have placed the banned nickel-nabbers in stores, bars and restaurants will be asked to gather them in so that the City's license stickers can be canceled. They will have until midnight Monday to do so.

After that, any machine found by the police, will be subject to seizure and its owner to Can Be Converted, This is the latest move taken by the city in the slot machine mix-up. The City began licensing them Jan. after they had been made "legal" by changes in the mechanism. But, when City- officials learned that some "legal" machines were being distributed by racketeers and that the consoles could be converted into one-arm bandits with no difficulty, they decided to cancel the license and issue no more. Several hundred machines have been licensed by distributors." Mr.

Kirk says he doesn't know where the distributors have set up the machines. Must Remove Stickers For that reason, he has instructed his inspectors to ask the distributors to round; -up for license- cancellat fn. "If they don't do it, we will have to have the police and our inspectors look for them," Mr. Kirk said. "Those license stickers must be removed." District Attorney William is expected to take action against owners of machines found operating in the County.

He said that "anything that is illegal in the City is assuredly illegal in the County." He will confer Monday with his new chief of county detectives, Charles Johnson, on this and other matters at a "policy meeting." Mr. Johnson, who lias received his release from the Navy, will be sworn in Monday. Mr. Johnson was a lieutenant commander in the intelligence division at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. Hospital Epidemic Kills Eight Babies LOS ANGELES, Jan.

10 (UP) Southern California hospitals were canvassed today for cases of epidemic diarrhea which killed possibly eight babies at Huntington Memorial Hospital, Pasadena, and forced it to close its maternity ward. Alden Mills, Huntington superintendent, said four babies died of infant diarrhea at the hospital last month and four others prematurely-born also may have had it. Nineteen babies at the hospital now are quarantined and five others axe under observation. County and State virus laboratories were trying to learn whether the outbreak might have been caused by a mother with influenza or "Virus both epidemic in Southern California- for the last month." Fall Kills Miner WAYNESEURG, Pa, Jan. 10 Falling about 40 feet while working on a coal washer at the Robena mine, near Carmichaels, Louis Wel-dig, 52, of Morgantown, was killed Instantly late yesterday.

Important Features On Inside Pages Around the Town Business-Finance Church Page Comic Pages Crossword Puzzle Death Notices Editorial Page Gallup Poll 10 7 5 17 15 15 10 4 18 10 17 15 6-7 17 16 Obituaries Radio Programs Serial Story Sports News -Theaters-Movies Vital Statistics Want-Ads 10 14 18 8 Weather Map-Table Women's -Society Press. Telephones Wont-Ads COurt 4900 Other Depts. COurt 7200 Anderson Visit To Estate Cited In Grain Quiz 4 Hannegan Also May Be Questioned WASHINGTON, Jan. 10 (UP) Senate speculation investigators may quiz Agriculture Secretary Clinton P. Anderson and former Postmaster General Robert E.

Hannegan on their sojourn at Edwin W. Pauley's Hawaiian retreat. This was disclosed today by Chair man Homer Ferguson of the Senate appropriations subcommittee on speculation. The group's hearing was in recess until Monday when the senators plan to call Brig. Gen.

Wallace H. Graham, White House physician. Stassen Made Charge Interest in what went on last Summer at Mr. Pauley's Cocoanut Island estate was stirred up by the testimony of Harold E. Stassen.

The Republican presidential aspirant told investigators yesterday that Mr. Pauley made profits of $30,000 in. hides and $4100 in wheat while Mr. Anderson and Mr. Han negan were visiting him.

Mr. Hannegan was then a member of President Truman's Mr. Anderson already has said there "no discussions of grain during the visit. And Mr. Pauley has denied that he ever talked of his market operations in the presence of.

the two Cabinet members. Insiders Accused Mr. Rtaxsen r.h arced at nrvn. ing session -of the speculation in quiry that about 11 "insiders" had made four million dollars since the war. He said Mr.

Pauley, who "Is special assistant to the secretary of Army, profited to the tune of a million dollars. During the Stassen testimony. Senator Joseph Cv O'Mahoney, Wyoming Democrat, asked whether he meant to imply that Mr. Anderson had anything to do with Mr. Pauley's wheat purchases.

Mr. Stassen admitted the purchases were made prior to Mr. Anderson's arrival. Then he said: "No my purpose was only te show the pattern of dealings and how Government insiders made large profits. He added that Mr.

Pauley did sell some wheat last Aug. 19, during the time of Anderson's visit. Blast Fatal to 5 Laid to Gasoline MERCER, Jan. 10 (Special) An effort to start a fire with gasoline or kerosene was blamed today for a blast and fire which killed five persons at nearby Sharps-ville. The dead were Scott Gill, 36: his wife, Emily, 35; his brother Carl, 27, and the couple's two daughters, Darlene, 2 and Gloria, 5.

Three boys playing outside, Ed ward Gill, 11; Glenn, 10,. and Rob ert, 8, suffered cuts and burns when they tried to enter the home. They were driven back by fire which destroyed the five-room bungalow 'yesterday. Mr. Gill was a night worker at the Sharon Westinghouse plant.

The family had slept till about noon, according to a relative, Mrs. George Gill, who lived nearby. Mrs. Gill said she saw smoke as if a fire was being started, then heard the blast, State Police reported. The fire spread so rapidly It was impossible to save anything.

The three Injured boys were treated at Buhl Hospital, Sharon. Josephus Daniels Believed Dying RALEIGH, N. Jan. 10 (UP) Doctors of Josephus Daniels said here today that the World War I Secretary of the Navy is "desperately ill" and that there is little hope for his recovery. The 85-year-old editor of the Raleigh News and Observer was kept in an oxygen tent, suffering from a severe attack of bronchitis.

"Mr. Daniels family reported that yesterday for the second day he failed to. call for a copy of his paper. Pilot Dies in Crash NORFOLK, Va, Jan. 10 (UP) Navy authorities said today that Lt.

(jg) Thomas P. Griest, 25, of Philadelphia was missing and presumed dead after his attack plane crashed into the waters of Albemarle Sound near here yesterday. days. Details filtering into the Soviet mission here from the scene of the rescue 200 miles east of Northern Japan, were meager. Russian officials here indicated that full information on the makeup of the Dvina's passenger and crew and on the rescue one of the greatest in maritime history may not be made known for some time.

Contact Infrequent Radio contact with a Soviet destroyer and patrol boat -taking off the passengers was infrequent, a mission spokesman said. "Because we know they are busy and don't wish to disturb them." If rescue operations are successfully completed without the aid of Japanese ships standing by or of a U. S. Navy tug en route to the scene, it is doubtful that composi tion of the passengers will be made known, observers believed. 10 Above Zero Expected Tonight Cold Mass Moving In With Snow Flurries A cold air, mass, which may chill the mercury to 10 degrees tonight, is rolling into Pittsburgh.

The Weather Bureau forecast sub freezing temperatures for the nest two days. Snow flurries are due today and tonight. The snow is ex pected to be dry and not cause driving difficulties. The forecast "of from 10 to 15 degrees" tonight is likely to give the City its coldest winter weather so far. On Dec.

29 the mercury hit 15 degrees the low record of the sea son. Cold Combination The cold air is coming in from the Northwest while a high pressure front moves in below it. This com bination is "ideal" for cold weather. The Automobile Club of Pitts burgh reported roads "fairly dry" within a 30-mile radius of Pittsburgh. Outside of this charmed circle to the North, East and South ice was reported on roads including sections of the Turnpike and Routes 22 and 30.

Dingat Silenced The official forecast calls for: "Partly cloudy and cold today and tonight with snow flurries. Sunday partly cloudy and continued cold. High today 32, low tonight 10 to 15, high Sunday 32." Donnie Dingbat fought his. way to The Press through an infrequent flurry with the news. Old Icicle-Beak was too cold to talk.

Man Denies Killing Bride of Week RUSSELL VILLE, Ark, Jan. 10 (UP) Lonnie A. Robbins, 49, of Clinton, denied today that he poisoned his 54-year-old bride of less than a week so that he could marry another woman. Authorities meanwhile ruled out the possibility of suicide in Mrs. Robbins' death.

Robbins was arrested here Thursday just 30 minutes before he was to wed Mrs. Helen Roberts, 43, of Little Rock. Mrs. Roberts told police she did not know Robbins had been married and had become a widow on New Year's Eve when his wife died in agony. Pathologist found "enough strychnine to kill" in the body of Mrs.

Robbins. THE WEATHER Saturday, Jan. 10, 1948 Axt Partly doudv and rolH tonight with snow flurries. Tomorrow partly wi.u iiu wuLiuueu xua. mgn tooay 32.

low tonight 10 to 15. high tomorrow 32. Temperatures at Pittsburgh (last 24 hours) Highest 52. lowest 36. mean 44.

Highest and lowest temoeratures a year ago today. 40 and 20. Cloudy. Hourly temperatures recorded by the United aiaies nesuier oureau: Midnight 33 1 a. m.

32 9 a. 2 a. 32 lO a. 3 a. 31 11 a.

m. 4 a. 31 Noon 5 a. 29 1 p. 6 a.

ra 28 2 p. m. 7 a. m. 25 24 25 27 27 27 28 29 SanriM 7:43 a.

5:13 a. River stag a 1S.7 pool DETAILED REPORT OX PAGE IT By Acme Telephoto. Marines May Go Troops or Civilians To Guard U. S. Offices WASHINGTON, Jan.

10 (UP) Military and diplomatic quarters reported today that it may be nec essary to dispatch Marines to Jeru salem to protect American per sonnel and property there. Agreement already has been reached within the Government on the necessity for "American guards' in Jerusalem during the current wave of Jew-Arab fighting, and In creased anti-American feeling over the U.N. decision to partition the Holy Land. Consulate Bombed The American consulate general building there was bombed re cently. But a decision has not been reached as to whether the guards should be Marines or civilians, the State Department said yesterday.

Navy officials pointed out that there is ample precedent for assigning Marines to guard official American property overseas. The Paris and Rome embassies each have 15 Marines A smaller group is on duty at the London headquarters of the Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean Fleet. Request Denied The question came up following reports from London that both the British and the Palestine governments have agreed to a U. S. request to post Marines at the American consulate in Jerusalem.

The State Department promptly denied that it had made such a request to either government. But it added: "Reports, from London probably arise from the fact that the consulate general in Jerusalem has discussed informally with the Palestine government the necessity for taking measures to increase the security of the consulate general personnel and property. "During the Informal discussions with the Palestine government the question of the necessity for sending American guards arose." Reliable sources said the "American guards" probably would be Marines because of the tense situation. Senator Martin's Son To Be Wed Tonight WASHINGTON, Pa, Jan. 10 (Special) Edward Scott Martin, son of Senator and Mrs.

Edward Martin, will marry Suzanne Coit, a childhood friend, here tonight. The ceremonies will begin at 7:30 p. m. in First Presbyterian Church. Mr.

Martin is an attorney, a graduate of Washington and Jef ferson College and the University of. Pennsylvania Law School. He served in the Army for five years in an armored unit, reaching the rank of major. Miss Coit, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs.

Burton C. Coit, is a graduate of Beaver College. five and possibly, eight Arabs weref killed. Two dead Jews, believed killed by booby traps, were found in the battle area today. The British suf fered no casualties, the official account of the fighting Invaders Driven Back The battle in South Palestine was fought shortly after Arab invaders were driven back in North Pales tine by British and Jewish forces with air and artillery support.

The trouble at Isdud began with a brief clash between Jews from a nearby settlement and the Arabs living in the village. After the Jews withdrew, the Arabs sent out a hoax appeal to the British to restore order. British troops and police who raced to the scene ran into a barrage of Arab fire from scattered pouts in the sand dunes and orange groves. British Rout Snipers The British took cover in nearby Madi settlement until they had organized their forces. Then they opened a shooting battle that continued far into the night.

Forty to 50 Arabs were dislodged from the groves and dunes, after which the British withdrew. British headquarters reported that the Arab force which invaded was arrested when she came the city after a quarrel with his ex- wife, who refused to let him visit the children, social workers said. They reported finding the children last night in a lightless apart ment. Heat was provided by a coal stove. It was red hot and was' definitely a fire hazard, they stated.

I The Humane Society agents, Ruth Zimmerman and Charles E. Hines, signed an information before Squire Marion Arture. Mrs. McBee was taken to the County JaiL The children, varying from six months to 11 years, were taken to the Juvenile Detention Home. Juvenile Probation Officer Walter After Winning $215 Support Mother of 10 'Out for Night' In Jail on Neglect Charge Sharpsburg Woman Cited by Social Workers Who Find Children 4n Danger of Fire A woman who won half her husband's income last October on a support plea for their 10 children 'was in jail today for neglecting them Mrs.

Dorothy McBee, 29, home to the family's third-floor rooms at 3:15 a. m. Humane Society workers had waited at the home at 219 Fifteenth Sharpsburg. They said they had found the children: oldest 11 unattended, and that the mother had been out drinking. Mrs.

McBee had been receiving a $215 monthly Mothers' Assistance grant for support of the children since November. It was awarded after her husband, OrvaL 34, of Brackenridge, left town. A great deal of sympathy had been stirred up for Mrs. McBee at the time Judge Blair F. Gunther awarded her the 50 per cent of her husband's income.

The award amounted to a little Over $40 weekly. Mr. McBee left Rome said, "The physical evidence stewards win be charged with main-( Continued On Page 3, Column 1) taining gambling devices..