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rnn to Its lit IWIB Ifl 1 IL 9 IMF Channel ye ji; '-'i h' fang Ride' Gar Returned To Mobster No Bullet Hole Found in Auto A Hill district mobster, accused of taking part in a "two-way" ride for a pair of minor league numbers racketeers, will get his auto back today. The shiny new Cadillac was seized last night by County detectives who wanted to 4 Programs examine a supposed bullet embedded in the floor. ine Duuet turned out to be a blank however. District Attorney James F. Ma- ill lone Jr.

ordered the car returned to Joseph Zeker, 26, of 2058 Pioneer Way, when the "bullet" was found to be the head of a bolt. Tells of 'Shot The detective had examined the auto after Edward (Canary) Moses, 36, had told authorities that one of the men who threatened him on the ridf had fired a bullet between his legs to emphasize their command "stay off the Hill or die." Moses, whose hobby is shaking down numbers joints, stayed but of the Hill District, but sang to County detectives and City police." His singing brought six Hill "mobsters before Squire leine FerraK of Crafton last j' night on multiple charges involving the midnight ride. They all pleaded "not -guilty" and refused to, testify on advice of their attorney, Lawrence J. O'Toole. All were held for court each on $6000 bond, and then Investigator Matsey had his men take the car.

TRUMAN'S LAST BUDCET President Truman hold copy of budget for fiscal year 1 954. It will be submitted to Congress tomorrow. With the ChieHytecutive are Secretary of Treasury John Snyder, left, and Budget Director Frederick Lawton. IT WAS A ONE-PUNCH said Mitchell Cedid. 28, Baldwin bookie, who was beaten unconscious during a Dec.

28 midnight ride by Hilt- District mobsters. Gedid, whose eyes were battered, declined to prosecute the thugs last night. He hid his bruises from r. Pestered Detectives By Underworld Hoaxes Anonymous Calls Weapon of Revenge; Hearse Sent to Home of Officer Qtr Glazed, Look; More Rain Due Pittsburgh was rapidly losing its glazed look today. Rain and rising temperatures slowly began to clear the ice from streets and highways.

From his unhappy vantage point Donald Dingbat, the careless Weatherbird, was only slightly consoled by the forecast: Cloudy with occasional rain tonight; considerable fog tonight and early tomorrow. Cloudy and little change in temperature tomorrow. Low temperature tonight 33 degrees. High tomorrow 36. Judge Hits Experts On Real Estate Says Some Testimony Misleads Juries Judge Henry Ellenbogen rapped the knuckles today of some expert real estate witnesses.

It is "well known," the judge write in a sharply-worded opinion, that testimony of these experts "has in many cases been unsatisfactory." That is a serious matter, he warned. "Where real estate experts are reckless with the truth, the jury may be misled," he said. The judge's comments came in an opinion dealing with a request of the Pittsburgh Parking Authority, for the appointment of an impartial real estate appraiser by the court. Involved, was the property of John N. and Lucille Berger at 411-413 Blvd.

of the Allies. The Authority had con-(Continued on age 11, Column 3) 1 Blabbermouths Denounced By Lovett Revamp Security, Secretary Urges WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 (UP) Defense Secretary Robert A. Lovett said today national security is being jeopardized by inability of existing laws to protect the country against "traitors, spies and blabbermouths." Mr. Lovett, in a letter to Presi dent Truman, said the problem of security is of "cardinal im portance" and should receive prompt attention.

Make Letter Public His letter to the President, recommending a broad overhaul of the Defense Department, was written on Nov. 18. Mr. Lovett made it public today concurrently with his appearance before the House Armed Services Committee. Committee Chairman Dewey Short, Missouri Republican, said Mr.

Lovetttold the committee at its closed-door session that the world -situation is as tense as ever and that "this is no time to relax" our defense buildup. Mr. Lovett's view appeared at odds with statements by Presi-Truman and Winston Churchill that prospects for peace have improved. Proposes Revisions Mr. Lovett, in outlining a series of propesed revisions in laws controlling the Defense Department and the Army, Navy and Air Force, told the President: "One of the great hazards to national security lies In the apparent inadequacy of existing legislation to protect this country against traitors, spies and blabber-mouths.

"This problem Is not one' peculiar to the Department of Defense, and perhaps matters of this general sort might lie more appropriately in other agencies of government. "However. I mention It as I feel that tt is a subject of cardinal importance and should receive prompt attention." -Mr. Lovett did not say what new legislation he thinks is needed in the security field. Authority Not Clear He told the President the au thority of the Defense Secretary under present law is not clear and that the Joint Chiefs of Staff cant properly discharge their functions because of a mass of paper work imposed on them by the law under which all the armed forces were "unified' in 1947.

Mr. Lovett appealed anew for prompt passage of universal military training legislation. Rep. Short already has said, however, that the Armed Services Committee will not at this time consider UMT, which was roundly rejected by the House last year. An official announcement pre-, pared at the Pentagon said Mr, Lovett gave the committee an optimistic report on U.

S. defense production and, military capabilities. But Rep. Short indicated he was anything but. optimistic about the state of the world.

Rep. Short said Mr. Lovett believes United Nations and Red troops in Korea have fought to a stalemate and "doubts it would be worth the application of the overall force" it would take to drive them ifhe Communists) out of their caves and dugouts." THE WEATHER 1 Thursday, Jan. 8, 195S Local Cloudy with occasional rain tontrht. Considerable foe tonight and early Friday.

Cloudy with little chance In temperature Friday. Low temperature tonUht 33 and blah, tomorrow 36. Temperatures at Flttsbunrh 34 boon cod- In at 7:30 a. m. today Highest 33.

lowest 35. mean 30. Highest and lowest temDeraturct a war XO. 40 and. 37.

Cloudy. Downtown temperature readlnrs reported by the United State weather BureaK Midnlrht 33 fc. m. 35 1 a. m.

33 10 a. m. 38 3 a. m. 33 11 a.

m. 38 3 a. m. 33 Noon 38 4 a. m.

33 1 p. m. 38 5 a. m. 33 3 d.

m. 38 0 a. 33 3 n. 39 7 a. m.

33 4 0- m. 40 8 a. m. 35 BlKhest tempera to re this date sines 18T4. 70 in 1910.

Lowest temperature this date since 1874. 3 in 1883. Barometer reading at 3 p. 39.89. Tallin K.

Humidity at 3 p. 95. Sunrise 7:43 a. sunset 5:11 o. as.

River state at 3 p. feet. MAP AND OCT AILED KKT04X OH FAOj 47 Start in Spring 'Grade A' Picture For 20 Miles Expected Pittsburgh will have a new television station in operation by spring. This was assured today when the Federal Communications Commission granted a permit for UHF Channel 53 to Mrs. Agnes J.

Reeves Greer, owner of FM Station WKJF here. Upon receiving the news, Manager F. G. Raese said he felt sure the television station would be on the air around March. "Our transmitting equipment has been promised for March delivery," he said, "and we should be in operation shortly after that." Under terms of FCC per mit, construction must begin within two months.

But the station; already has a building and t0er-xeady or use. Mrs. Greer, whose home Is In Morgantown, W. Va Is a woman of wide industrial Interests. She owns a limestone plant at Greer, W.

Va, a West Virginia coal and coke company, has coal and steel interests in Ohio, and operates newspapers at Morgan- town and New Martinsville, W. Va. 20-Mile Radius Seen Mr. Raese said he expects Channel 53 will give "grade coverage over a 14-to-20 mile radius of the City. And there will be "grade pictures up to thirty miles from Pittsburgh.

"The terrain Is crucial In ultra high frequency operation, so we have a problem with the hilly areae he said. Until two weeks ago, Pittsburgh's hopes of getting out of the one-station class were just a vague dream, No Opposition But no opposition arose for the three ultra high frequency channels assigned to the City by the FCC. So the Federal agency gave the go-ahead two weeks ago for the construction ofj UHF Channels 16 and 47. Granting of the Channel 53 permit today completes the three assigned UHF channels. These stations won't have the range that Very High Frequency stations like WDTV have.

And engineers say most of the district's half -million sets will require converters. The cost will be in the neighborhood of $30, they said. UHF Channel 16 was awarded to the Television Co. of Pittsburgh, whose backers include Attorney Thomas P. Johnson, William H.

Rea and Henry Oliver Ray. Quit WDTV Two WDTV executives, Larry Israel and Donovan Faust, have quit the City's only station to run the new operation. They promise to be sending out a picture within a year. A second station went to a group of three Dayton, Ohio, (Continued on Page 10, Column 6) weeks to become effective and by that time most will have had had "flu" or been exposed to it. Starting with an outbreak at Fort Leonard Wood, the end of November, influenza in the Army in the United States climbed rapidly.

Cases in Decern ber, 1952, occurred at twice the rate of December, 1951. In Korea it has also spurted up much faster than in 1951 and In Europe it has taken a spurt (Continued on Page 10, Column 2) racketeers, sent sprawling by hit back anonymously as ringing at 20-minute inter CHARLES R. WILLIAMS "The monkeys will get it." United Press Tel-photo Charge Revealed In Case Here A former deputy tax collector here, now accused of an extor tion plot, once filed charges against Collector of Internal Rev enue Stanley Granger. This was revealed today as Stanley Barczak prepared to go before a Federal grand jury to explain his connection with Frederick Altmeyer, a former associate in the tax office here. Barczak was accused by Altmeyer from the witness stand in Federal Court of aiding him in a $5000 plot.

The Barczak charges 'Were made to a representative of a Senate investigating group. Mr. Granger later appeared be fore the King subcommittee probing tax scandals but his testimony and the charges never were made public. There is a possibility, however, that the former collector may repeat his charges when he is called before the Federal grand jury here next Monday. Barczak, along Joseph S.

Baysek, also a former collector, was recommended for indictment on conspiracy charges by Federal Wallace S. Gourley after they were accused by Altmeyer last Monday. Also accused was Harry Feld-man, a Homestead cafe owner, who is accused of giving the bribe to Altmeyer. Barczak, now a senior construction inspector for the Penn sylvania Department of High ways, has refused to reveal the charges which he made to Adrian DeWind, counsel for the King subcommittee. "It's up to Mr.

DeWind to say anything in connection with that," Barczak said. "I told them everything I knew then and nothing was ever done about it." Although Barczak conferred with Mr. DeWind, he never ap-( Continued on Page 11, Column 2) baby food," Miss Miller said. "He took it all right I have proof of that. It may not have agreed with him, but I fed him just like I was supposed to." She took the child to the hospital on Monday and told the attendants he, was suffering from a heart condition.

Larry died within a few minutes. Noting the starved appearance of the infant, authorities notified th sheriff. Granger Accused By Deputy CongressmenDzclt Korea A-Bomb Use But Final Decision Rests with Ike WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 (UP) Dwight D. Eisenhower is as sured of strong Congressional support if he decides to hit the Communists with atomic weapons in carrying out his deeds-not- words Korean policy.

Key members of the House Senate Atomic Energy Commit tee said today they favor use of atomic weapons on the Korean battlefield whenever the military concludes they would encourage the Reds to make peace. They voiced their opinion following new speculation that Mr. Eisenhower might order atomic arms into action to crack the stalemate. One member Rep. James E.

Van Zandt, Altoona, Pa Republican said firmly that the A-bomb could make a "great contribution" to Korean peace. Their remarks came" on the heels of i President Truman's State of the Union message to Congress yesterday, in which he said that the U. S. has the hydrogen bomb ready to use and warned Stalin that it could ruin his regime and his homeland if another war were started. Should Go Ahead Ren.

W. Sterline Cole. New York Republican, declared that "if the war can be shortened by a single day or if any lives can De savea tnen tne atomic bomb should be used." "When a positive decision of that sort is reached, why then, of course, we should go ahead," said Bourke B. Hickenlooper, Iowa Republican. Either Rep.

Cole or Senator Hickenlooper will be chairman of the Atomic Committee in the Republican-controlled 83rd Con gress. Both emphasized that the decision on where and when to use atomic weapons is up to the military. That, in the last analysis, means Mr. Eisenhower, after he becomes President and Com mander-in-Chief of the armed forces. There is some belief here that Mr.

Eisenhower already has given thought to the possibility of battlefield employment of atomic weapons in Korea. Too Big a Punch? On Dec. 15, after his Korean visit, discussing the chances of exacting honorable peace from the Reds, Mr. Eisenhower said: "We face an enemy whom, we cannot hope to impress by words, however eloquent, but only by deeds executed under circumstances of our own choosing." There is considerable military opinion that the A-bomb still is just too big a punch to throw around in Korea. But the Atomic, Energy Commission Is busily stockpiling weapons which it says are specifically designed for use on the jbattlefijld against troops.

zeker was charged with ag gravated assault and battery. The other mobsters are: James K. Martorella, 28, of 1715 Pioneer Brookline, and William Gazal, 33, alias Billy Joseph, of 1526 Cliff St, surety of peace, aggravated assault and battery, pointing firearms, as sault with intent to kill. Anthony Zucco, 30, of 1217 Webster aggravated assaulfcf and battery, surety of peace. James Joseph, 1408 Webster Ave.

and Anthony (Chookie) Martorella. 21, of 2918 Belrose Dormont, aggravated as sault and battery. Dumped at Home Besides Moses, of 4103 But ler they are accused of taking Mitchell Gedid, smalltime Baldwin bookie, along for the bizarre ride. They worked over Gedid, black-( Continued on Page 2. Column 3) Churchill Flies To See Truman WASHINGTON, Jan.

8 (UP) British Prime Minister Winston Churchill arrived today for a visit with his old friend Presi dent Truman. Churchill flew here from New York in Mr. Truman's personal plgne, the Independence. Churchill said he was here only, to say goodbye to Mr. Tru man "a man with whom I have worked a good deal in the past few years." Churchill was met at the air port by Secretary of State Dean Acheson, Foreign Aid Chief Averell Harriman, and new Brit-Isll.

Ambassador Sir Roger Makins. On Inside Pages Around the Town Business-Finance 8 23 45-47 45 Comic Crossword Puzzle Death Notices Editorial Page Fashions Food News 39-40 -14 16 33 45 46 39 47 18 39 25- Hollywood Jacoby on Bridge Obituaries Radio-TV Programs Real Estate Sports News 37 Star Gazer 46 34-35 47 39-44 47 16-17 Vital Statistics Want-Ads Weather Map Women's-Society Press Telephones Want-Ads COurt 1-4900 Oepts. COurt 1-7200 Small-time Hill District County detectives, last night "telephone morons." They kept the telephone vals from midnight to 3 a. m. at the home, of Chief Investigator Michael Matsey.

After lifting the receiver a few times, only to have the caller hang up. Chief Matsey stayed in bed and let the phone ring. The same prankster apparently tried to rouse County Detective Sgt. Charles Williams at 2 and 4 a. m.

with calls. Sgt. Williams heard the telephone ringing, but he ignored it completely. He'd already been "hoaxed" by the small-potato racket boys, but laughed it all off as a battle of nerves. Here's what Sgt.

Williams had to contend with yesterday at his home at 1729 Northfield A hearse which came to pick up the body of his "aunt." A police car from Mt. Washington to investigate a "shooting." A truckload of beer, (he doesn't drink) and the driver's outstretched hand for payment. A telephone call in which the caller grunted, "See you in McKees Bocks tonight" and hung up. Sgt. Williams said a little sadly that he has only one sincere regret about the incident.

"I'd have liked to use that hearse to load with racketeers and take them all to County Jail. Those monkeys are really going to get both barrels from now on." P. S. Here is a tip to the rackets: 1 Sgt Williams, also the County ballistics expert, is a nationally-known marksman and trick shooter. During WorIH War tt, with Navy intelligence, he cracked a Pearl Harbor swindle, dope smuggling and brought in several armed robbers.

A retired City fire captain, he waited 20 years to" become a cop, and loves it. Alaska Bill Introduced WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 Sen. Hugh Butler, Nebraska Republican, has announced that he has introduced a bill to permit Alaska to elect its own governor and secretary. 1 Influenza Epidemic Attacks U.

S. Army All over World Mild Form Expected to Hit Civilian Population of Nation in About 2 Weeks By JANE STAFFORD, Science Service Medical Writer WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 An influenza epidemic is attacking the Army all over the world. It' is expected to hit the civilian population in the United States in about two weeks. Outbreaks have been reported to the surgepn general of the Unwed Mother Charged With Starving Son to Death 10-Week-OId Butler Baby Weighed 8 Pounds at Birth, 5 Pounds When He Died BUTLER, Jan.

8 (Special) An unmarried mother Was held in Butler County Jail today on charges she starved her infant son to death. A post-mortem ordered by Sheriff Earl B. Walker, who is also acting coroner, showed that 10-J-" Army here from the Far Europe and Army stations in Missouri, California, Virginia and Maryland. A one-shot vaccine effective against influenza viruses A Prime and will be given to all men at ports of embarkation, and probably to all troops in Europe as well as to all in Korea, the acting surgeon gen eral, Maj. Gen.

Silas B. Hays, announced here. Troops in camps in the United States will not be vaccinated except in special circumstances be- cause the vaccine takes two week-old Larry Miller died of malnutrition. His mother, Pauline Marie Miller, 32, of Mountain Route 10, was charged with neglect and abandonment, although she she fed the baby. Larry weighed eight pounds, one ounce, when he was born.

But when he died in Butler Memorial Hospital on Monday, he weighed only five pounds, eight ounces. "I bought him canned milk and.