Alton Evening Telegraph from Alton, Illinois • Page 1

River iifC i' THi Sc Per Cbpy Weathtf Showers Li Gene! 'ifr -j So fiat StreS ps As He' Dockj-Attempted RtescueTaiis Eugene J. 37, Firijt National Bank Wllter, idrowned itf the Mississippi a-half-mile 'Up- stieam from CMttoh ferrate 12-30 a. m. fell nto the swift he'' was" pepping from.a boat-tolthe Alibh Vtotorboat Club d0okt He died without, seeing Ms son, born a we'efc ago at Alton' Memorial Hospital, His widow' and the baby are in the'hospital 'where, a recent Sptdetnlc, are not permitted in 'the nursery, Mr. and Morrissey were patents of otte 1 other child, 1 Jean Louise, 6.

a Searhers 'for the bodyi with -a apple lines, today continued to, Frag ths river, bottom' from Clinf ton Terpace. Moriissey sUppedljaftd the boat and tab dock, gaid members of the outWg, party of which he was. One. Unwle swim, was swept downstream, by the swirling current, A member of thespartyl Gordon Kerr, 1107 Washington, saw him icing carried the current. swiftly tore Off hfe trousers dove after Morrissey.

He later said he grabbed the drowning man once but Morrlssey was struggling so wildly Kerr cottjdn't retain his hold He approached Morrissey a second time from the rear, but the drowning man, with arms and leg threshing wildly, bioke from his grasp. Meanwhile, other members of the party threw a. life ring and a life belt toward Morrissey, but he Uad gone under before the current "ould carry them to him. Eleven In Outing Witnesses of the 'tragedy, members of the boating party returning from a steak fry on the shore above Portage des Sioux, were Mr and Mrs. Samuel W.

Duncan, 14 Romon'a place; Mr, and Mrs. Vugil of Godfrey; Mr. and Mrs. Gordon C. Mr.

and Mis. John A. Hine, 3528 Oscar; Mr. and Mrs. Joseph F.

Stork, 1322. Washington. The boat in which the was riding was the by Joseph and and EUGENE, J. MtmfcSE) drowned in, 1 he fejl while stepping Qifton. Boosted 3 to 4 Cents a Po WASHINGTON, Junte The government today added an increase of 3 to cents a pound for coffee to a'steadily price boosts for dinner tabje'Items.

Stabilization, Director" Chester owles prices, nd OPA said tttp, will go into ffect within a soon as tragedy at Motorbpat Club deckhouse thlsiWornihg. They said Morrissey was the only member of the party not accompanied by his wife. They saiOhe party had returned and the boat had drawn up alongside the dock in the dark- less. expressed the belief iat Morrissey slipped and, as he 11, probably struck his head against dock and, dropped, stunned, into the current that sweeps past the dock toward midstream. Did Not for Help According to Kerr, Morrissey did I not shout.

Kerr saw him threshing in the water as' he was swept downstream. KerT doffed his I trousers and dived after Morrissey. was not until after Kerr-dived Siat the others became aware of Morrissey's peril. The drowning I man and Kerr were engulfed in the darkness as the current car- them away from the dock, John Hine said he heard Kerr Kerr had lost Morrissey and had swum to shore down- stream. Hine said he immediate- Jly proceeded to'Clifton where he I made telephone calls for assistance.

Fire Chief Lewis with Fireman at Collins responded with the mhalator and' made the run to about 1 a. Calls Police to Aid Police received a telephone mes- from Lee Cotter qf ihe'Motor- Iboat Club at 12:53 -a. Cotter them of the' accent. that the state 11 police and be asked to aid search Itor Morrissey, He po- Illce to notify Johri "ander of the lrv At 5:30 -the p'oltce report Iftows, Deputy, Sheriff Monken re- ed at the Alton staUonj that npt, recovered. t0d 1 i stork' the-exact amount of the retail increase is calculated.

In authorizing the price hike last night, Bowles said the purpose was to encourage of green coffee from Latin America: To this end, exporters will get two cents more a pound. Importers' ceilings are being raised 2,075 cents a pound. For housewives, the coffee "price boost close on the heels of increases on such important market basket items as milk, bread, butter, cheese and breakfast cereals. And meat prices went up npt long ago. i Bowles said the State Department had "long urgedHhat reti 40 the tiorT costs.

said he had fo the increases "with the greatest Bowles also announced that the present subsidy of three cents a pound paid to will' be continued, provided the OPA extension bill now pending in Congress maintains authority to. make such payments. It it become's necessary to elim- nesday night, in a resolution 30 lights'will'be ln- The resolution provides that the city engineer be authorized to place an order for the new lights with Union of addijd needed at many points in the city there are new nouginffSaevelop'Jnents, is possible under the street lighting appropriation set -up' last spring, said Schaefer, On second reading the council adopted unanimously an ordinance vacating a portion of Virden street south of Lloyd. The measure provides that in compensation for benefits, $50 will be paid by Lynn and Mable Mather; and Edward and Margaret Parks, owners of property. Placing of a'fire hydrant at a location near Winter to be set' by the fi- chief' and city engineer was authorized on resolution of Alderman'Morrison and Dobley.

It was explained the plug be one of a number recently ordered, but for which a change from the first proposed location has been found necessary. On resolution of Alderman Roberts, seconded by Alderman Dietz the council voted that Patrolman Leo Nicole! be paid at the same rate as policemen unde civil service, thus being given benefit of the pay Increase made fbr tegular members of the department last April. Nicolet, former returned to the department three years ago in the war period under a "duration" status, which makes his position technically" that of an "extra it was said. Roberts said object of his resolution was to maintain equal pay status for Nicolet at the same rate as regular men as long as Nicolet's employment continues. Justice Charlie Clajk, the city weighmaster, sent a letter Inviting officials to inspect the enlargement he has made in house on East Broadway at Pear, and thanking them for the permission granted last year" so that he could carry out the improvement, James M.

Phillips of 1213 Norton sent a damage claim to the council in amount of $21.50 because ot damage to a tire of his auto attributed to striking a Grand 'avenue, June 6. Alderman Jte', H. es vJM of; Against OPM Pointing to ton's great; A tional, adults in face of derman (T of ht that? ait" offer that-the 1, quish contrj tidn of'r' may be under a ground the city summer, he said, he terms YSO thatlif avail litUe for -prqgram this would enable (he Recreation. Conrtmission to provide ball diamonds, tennia courts, and adjacent playground facilities for children next" year. In proposing request be made of the rar 1'CS At; learteiiecl ion to agree to trartsfer" apportion of the river park traeOpsnnedy said he was acting'in the fact a recent conference between a special council committee, of which he was a member, and the park board had thus- far brought no response from commissioners.

Uw Flxei Stirtiw i Prior council meeting he asked that aldermen'discuss the matter with voters, of their wards and -seek to determine what might, main community sentiment on the proposal. That the council tftay the pajlitboard'JP approve a transfer 1 of of the river was brought tmt.afte'r^Kennedy inquired of City 'CdupBlor 7 Middleton, "Is therejsmyjepl'reason that the commission' cannot' transfer back some of the pSirk Midrtleton replied added that the park board be required to abide bx re- 'ifT i f-My Ai i. PATufe 'lune 2t Thfr ern Allies rejected-last night Truman II He is JryuunA If i Floor fqr. Russian counter disposition of the" most dlf IB for the Trieste, Ministers today on phase of the ilttutui; offered MolotoV ta ing-' reje to Minister M. follow- French, plan the-Adriatic be urious district ty, placed under, the Of Italy and Yug- The park comihission, he explained, is a separate body from the council, clothesliivitb, its own statutory powers, it as his asked renewed request inate the coffee subsidy, retail 1 prices wlirgoVup another four or five cents, officials estimated.

Sugar Rationing Likely To Continue for Year CHICAGO, June 27 An OPA representative told the National Confectioners' Association today that sugat rationing probably would be "for another year beyond April, 1946." Geoffrey Baker, deputy administrator for prlcje, said in a prepared address tnat may lengthen sugar rationing program: 1. Increased 'emphasis during the past, few nionths on foreign shipments. 2. A decline from previous estimates In 1946 production in Cuba and Puerto Rico. 3, A possibility that the United States will in 1947 be forced to share its sugar supplies with its Allies and liberated areas.

pprtlrtg the cab' Continued on Column 5, 3 BankOffiqial Gets15 Years of the home of (Red) 'of the MeAdams pa above the IMotorboat helped the Circuit Clerks Office Shows Baiee of $1704 June 27 One of the largest profits in the history of Madisdn County Circuit Clerk's office is shown in the audit of the clerk's books just completed by the county officers' committee. The audit shows a balance Of $1704.28 by Simon Kellermann Circuit Clerk, Audit work wail done by James T. Callahan, county auditor, Paul Armstrong, and Gilbert Loyelt. Total earnings of the clerk's office were $8020,50, and total ceipts were Total expenditures were $5346.22, The report covets a six-month period. council to'forego any change In an ordinance provision- drivers to leave business.

Melvin- Davidson petitioned return of a fee for a building permit issued April 22 explaining it had become impossible for him to proceed with a dwelling on the site proposed. Mayor Wadlow made a report on a recent meeting qf Municipal League executive committee in Chicago. Not brought before the council for any action-was a recently announced petition of Alton Railroad to the Commerce Commission for permission to withdraw motor- trains Nos. 34 and 35 on the Roodhouse branch, and main line trains, Nos. 711 and 712.

The. commission has set a hearing for July 2. CutAirMail To Three Cents, HanneganAsks WASHINGTON, June 27, Postmaster General Robert Hannegan asked Congress today to approve a' bill cutting the postage on dpmestic air mail from eight cents to three cents an ounce. He wrote, the' Senate postoffice committee 1 that the reduction constituted an "essential first step" for Increasing use of air mail, and said that it was "highly Important" tliat it should be put through speedily. der that th'3 joint sove oslavlsu'x Both plans were turned down by the -Britain and French foreign ministers on the grounds-that they.we^e unworkable, that they ignored the fact that Trieste Italian and that-the ethnic principle was accepted as a yardstick by the ministers in London last September.

While-the outcome apparently left-the council as far from agreement as ever, some-British circles indicated they were heartened by Molotov's maneuver, which they interpretea as a sign of'Russia's willingness beirgain. These ciuar- thft' two, days) morel' of tions 0 COUf previc (righf)' Judge'F 'Mr of Oak flffl PEO: James INDlANAPOias, June'27. (, Federal 'Judge Walter today sentenced Sterling former vice-president of the Ni tional City Bank of'Evansville, serve'15 years in prison and pay a $5000 fine for his confessed embezzlement of $142,000. Sentence of five years eaph was imposed on 'three counts of the eleven-count indictment against Perry, Judge Lindley placed the banker on probation on each of the eight remaining counts. At the opening of the hearing, Perry's attorney; Edward Meyer of Evansville, told Judge Lindley his client "expects a The $udge 'asked Perry when he had started taking the money, and Perry replied: "It is Awfully hard to remember such things, in I think it was "You got rid Of it fast," Judge Lindley have a weakness for helping Perry answered.

"I became tanglfed in helping people and before I realized it I was in ah awful mess. "When I awoke to the face of what a large amount it was I- tried something that no sane person horses and stock market," ch -continued until past ight. The session was held in an at- tosphere of heighten" by French i-press reports, that lotov was arrival of important message which might bring a sur- June Suddetlv of rAmerlcan bridegroom', fifth timesyesterday. Mis, 71, H. Suddeth (center), 98, Alfretta Hamilton Clawspri ife'married yesterday by County ,15 his bride's third husband, 1 after the marriage cere- by Peoria County Judge icis C.

Vonachen. It was third marriage for Mrs, iwson, mother of seven two of whpm are liv- ByFKANCISJ. WASHINGTON, Senator 3 Moore (R-Okla) let fire with a speech'against. price controls' today f-, clocks ticked expiration hour, 1 of Sundaari night. 1 He gained a the- debate on a comprowiae 7 measure.

I i out'atfthe-CIOjWjd Political" Committee 'championing control to forM economic and throw of ment." 'JNearby In "jAfter the cou- Went tO'Suddeth's home in rby Oak Hill," where they entertained neighbors" at a re- last night. Suddeth two sons. populated 'Senate Senator O'Daniel to take over in his of talking OPA to Downtown, President'' told a news conference that he Js trying to persuade, Chester to remain at his post of econtfmlb stabilizer. Bowies' retirement ji result of restriction contemplated impending intension legislation has lorig talked, The President Bowles has been' trying' quit ever' since took tf' been sip hl 1 on" conferred wlthi the- Mfv.Tru-. -price before the Se Say it was unJor 'been debate he would LONDON, 27 be rationed beginning Jury prise development in the Trieste situation.

--Molotov offered his proposals with the double-edged assertion they were a concession- to show willingness to compromise that his government would nevfer agree to any settlement which was incompatible with Yugoslavia's desire for sovereignty over Trieste. Occupation Notwithstanding SAN DIEGO, Callf June 27 John W. secretary of the local and state bartenders union, was chosen by Prohibition- party voters at.the June 4 primary for a place on the party's county central committee. "I feel highly complimented," said Brown, "even if I can't serve." explained, as did Rex Lord, of voters, that he was ineligible because; he was not a registered Prohibitionist. The voters favoring him wrote in his name on ballot.

Ousted U.S. Newman Flays C6mmunist Balkan Tyranny Undergroiiiid Get 15 Years pir Being Armed Julie '27; A' Uitary court today sentejlced 30 vmH Jewish Ijiient for carrying 'firearms Iftploslves. arid Another member, of the tjon, Benjaittiii 1 Kaplan, was to ton life for at a -British soldier After the uetrtences stood of stanza pttlSt national Of defendants par- Several of the prisoners tried to leave the dock to say' goodbye to their families in thfc' courtroom. Police and soldiers tried to intervene, but succeeded In kissing and embracing their -parents or girl friends. Many shouts In Hebrew of "long live Irgun Zvai" and "our struggle continues" rang out.

Tfhe lone girl among the Sp year-old Devorah Bathe Moshe Kalfus, started a patriotic song which WAS titom UP by of those her. The sentences are to confirmation by Gen, Sir Evelyn Backer, Britl chief in Palestine Bikini A-Bomb Test Shaping Up As Press Flop By DON WH1TEHEAD ABOARD U.S.S. APPALACHIAN, June 27, Operation army-navy show of the century so far has been a journalistic, flop. Unless communications improve drastically, withm the next the newspapermen foresee the world's fourth atomic bomb explosion as an almost exclusive radio show, with newspapers straggling in poor s0obnd with their descriptions o)t the historic event. No aboard the Appalachian able to explaiit fully tho breakdown communications, The communications officer aboard this ship, says the.

Appalachian's signals'ere strong going oiit, but ttfey.aite not'being picked up with any consistency by Pearl Hwrwrpr L. S. CHAKALES ATHENS, June 27, tff) Reuben H. 'Markham, for 20 years Balkan correspondent of the Christian ence Monitor, said today that history's worst repressions of freedom were 'toeing matched by the coni- governments Itv Bulgaria and Romania." Markham arrived in Athens Monday from Bucharest after his, expulsion from Romania despite vigorous protests by the United States government. Acting Secretary of State Dean the expulsion and failure of tnfe government's efforts on Markh.am'8 behalf Tuesday, Markham said in an interview today that "the worst that any tyrant ever dirt the way of violence, personal humiliation, the breaking up of meetings, censoring the press arid pi eventing the expression of public, opinion is now being matched by the communist- dominated governments in Bulgaria and Romania as I personally saw it." Sun the greiJminarefi peraUon havfe failed to produce the eight Cameramen at Blkin! have sor lew handcuffed, by The correspondent, whose recent Balkan assignment last August, said he had been constant attack by the comn controlled press because of hie, dispatches, i (The newspaper Graiul gan of the Soviet Red lished in Romanian in said Wednesday that Mark been expelled for "repeat! lions of the usages of fo; It 17 By NEW 1r gates to the ir Ity Council ter a confused and ac-rim; bate, that the, Spanish.

mains on the agenda and veto has become an-f Respondents, such ps misrepresenting the situation in Romania and spreading provocative rumors pre- lu'diclal to the cause of unity smong the great powers." During the last three months Graiul Nou has published a series of attacks accusing the United States of "expansionist and reactionary" tendencies.) Markham said his dispatches reported "Russian-imposed. lal methods communist-dominated governments," including "concentration camps and executions in the form of legal massacres, the Victims of which are placed in unmarked graves" in Bulgaria. Bulgarian courts, he said, are "a travr esty of justice and people are killed by the thousands," Markham said.he talked to hundreds of peasants and delegations In both countries and witnessed a number of terroristic acts. Around the of March, Mark- aip said, he was covering a series pfV opposition party meetings when "was invited to spend the night the local leader of the peas- party in Bucovina, Romania, er the meeting had been broken by a "band of ruffians." I the "band of ruffians," wearing masks, came into the house at midnight and killed the leader with bursts of ma- gun fire. Markham said.

Markham said only one Amerl- correspondeut was now left In weapon in Soviet A. prom- oyko demonstrated theUanyvques- tion brought before. can be vote permanent the veto three times Brltiih-Australian proposals concerning the quesUoty After the bitterest session Adjourned 8 p. Australian Herbert V. Evatf, chairman of the mittee which investigated, summed up the sltuatlpnl out of the confusion by 1.

The Spanish recorded settled before vlval at the command ot'i ber at any IB, and 2. The Council mitted to "moral of he Franco regime. Evatt challenged the the method by whiqh exercised in unprecedented, by Gromyko and declared bate lasting five hours and constituted a British delegate Sir Alexander Cadogan, In a Nations "charter day" speech, broadcast to the empire last night, criticized the veto power and said it wo.tt}d force U. N. into an "all or nothing policy." His speech was prepared well in advance of night's Council session.

Throughout the ment, in which raised the question of parliamentary courtesy in a clash with Council President Francisco Castillo Najera, of co, the details of the Spanish, issue were almost completely 'owed, The Soviet delegate engaged running argument? Evatt Castillo Najera and used the veto to kill a resolution and a separate amendment on which he had been outvoted by the It Couldn't Happen, SPRINGFIELD, 111.. fftmily of Lt. Col, Bean is getting ready tc- in Heidelberg, Germany, and- have no housing problem, Mrs. Grace Bean, who- expects embark July 9 with the couple'a five children, said there a Germany. Pacharest, Frank O'Brien of the (room house walling fc-if SAusnriniprt Press.

Germany. John Strachey annti this in the House of Commons today. The British did not ration, bread in either of the last two wars. Strachey said flour be rationed. The basic bread ration will be nine ounces daily for adults.

Manual workers will receive 15 ounces and expectant mothers will get 11. Women engaged in manual labor also will receive 11 ounces a day, Instead of 15 that male laborers were allotted. "I need scarcely emphasize that government has reached this decision because they are convinced that to fail to ration bread and flour at. the present time would be to take an unjustifiable risk with the basic food supply of the British people," the food minister of the Labor government said. Ration books good for a year from July 21 now are being distributed.

Meat rations were raised-slightly, allowing Britons to buy meat worth 28 cents a week, rather than 24 cents. Children under one year of age will be allowed two ounces of bread daily; children one to five years old, four ounces; children five to 11 years, eight ounces; and those 11 to 18 years, 12 ounces. Winston Churchill, wartime prime minister who now leads the Conservation opposition, immediately challenged Labor to a debate. "The decision of the government introduce the rationing of bread on July 21 without furnishing any of the facts or figures on the decision is based" makes debates imperative, Churchill This wSVius reply whe'n' asked whethlr he would speak to people hv connectipn or vetoing of the bill. On Capitol Hill, Senator O'DaTilel (D-Tex) sought to get ahd.

hold the Senate floor for a chance to talk OPA to death. 'If he steadily until Sunday midnight, or call up vocal reinforcements, could succeed theory at least. The present OPA law expires June 30, However, there is no present 1 dication that any colleague will team up with O'Daniel in his projected talkation. And the leadership is determined to keep the ate in long-hour sessions if necessary to bring the compromise control extension bill to a vote. As a matter of practical legislation, even a now-Ull-Sunday nqn- stop speech would cause no Capital Cooler DES MOINES, June 27 Mid-morning coffee statehouse iployes, frowned by on by their bosses saved Iowa Secre- of Agriculture Harry D.

Lynn and two other men a thorough chilling -yesterday. They were accidentally. 'locked in a new cafeteria walk-in cooler which tliey were inspecting. But their shouts and kicking on the door attracted the coffee drinkers, who released them. Continued on Page 2, Col.

InWarTwb: WASHINGTON, June 1 8t'( The army today pjftced the nq price it paid for World War II lory at 308,978 dead and missing. This total meant' a fatality rate of. 2.98 percent among thp more than 10,000,000 men-, and women who saw army service during the conflict. The War Department released the figures in its first consolidated, postwar casualty list which covers the period from May 27, date a national emergency was de? Jan; 31, 3946. The roll carries 307,554 as killed In action, died of other causes or officially declared dead aCler having been missing a year.

There are an additional 1421 still listed- as missing, although scant hope now remains that they will be found alive. 'Too 86 Men Strike and Halt Assembly of Dodge Cars DETROIT, June 27 Iff) As- semWy of Dodge passenger cars was halted at noon today because of a strike of 86 men in the pany's main plant who complained of the heat, a Chrysler Corp, spokesman reported, Approximately 5800 other workers were idled by the walkout. j. The spokesman said the who refused to work becauio of the heat were In the major department of the body plant He said their walkout resulted In 1300 employes being sent home at 9 m. Lack of bodies forced nhutdown of the paint, trim and sembly lines at noon, with 4500 workers going home, spokesman said only the nv.

shop continued in operation Dodge plant. Officials United, Kent, the pot be reached for.