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Cloudy Considerable cloudiness with rising: temperature, high in mid 50s today. Tomorrow fair and warmer. HAPPY BIKTHDAY: That slice of cake Miss Colette Cuminiskey cut in tile Bradford Community Chest offices, the other afternoon commemorated 29 years of affiliation with the Chest and the Board of Commerce. Colette started work with the Board of Commerce on Sept. 31, 1921, "tesasferring to Chest duties tour years later.

She has played an important role in Chest activities and campaigns ever since, and la currently looking forward to the campaign next month. Mrs. Evelyn Geckler provided the cake for Colette's anniversary and staff members took a few minutes from their assignments for ice cream end cake in Colette's honor. VOL. 73.

NO. 277. Worthy Wives Mutual story-teller tells the story of John: Adanrj Mrs, Alexander Graham Bel! at 11 on WESB today. (Established 1877) BRADFORD, MONDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 25, 1950. (Full Associated Press PHICE FIVE CENTS Bradford Darkened 2 Hours: Smoke From ankets V.

S. Marines on Way to Seoul Assault OLD DOCUMENT: Pennsylvania's highway planning- commissioners have come across a remarkable document on road planning--published almost 150 years ago. Commissioner W. H. Worrilow found the old survey this Summer hi a Swiss library, of which he is the American trustee.

Writing from London in 1808, a William Deacon took issue with experts in the British Army for the occasions on which British troops had had to leave their stores and ammunitions hi bogs and bad roads. Deacon pointed out that the French had solved the problem with wagon wheels large enough to overcome ruts and'mire. So he called for wider wheels and wider roads as well as improved surfaces. BIKE BUSINESS: With the State of Pennsylvania promoting cycling safety, here are 13 rules passed along to "Round the Square for all you bicycle riders: 1. Obey all traffic signs and teg-.

ulations. 2. Keep to the right side of the road. 3. Ride single file, at a safe distance behind the vehicle ahead.

4. Stop to see that sidewalks or streets are clear before you ride ont of alleys or driveways or from behind parked cars. 5. Get off your bicycle and walk across heavily traveled streets and highways. 6.

Signal your intention to turn. 7. Cany parcels and books--in- a basket or luggage carrier. 8. Never ride two on a bicycle.

9. Never hitch on to other vehicles. 10. Don't stunt-ride on streets and highways. 11.

At nighttime, have a white light on the front yonr bicycte and a red light or reflector on the rear, and wear white or colored clothing. 12. Keep your bicycle in good working order. 13. Park it in a safe and proper place.

KOREAN CIVILIANS watch from sidewalks as U. S. Marines file down Inchon street en route to take TO fightiny positions the outskirts of Seoul, South Korean capital city. (International Soundphoto) US Infantry Strengthens Ring Closing Around Seoul Stalin No! But Others Laud Plea for Peace TODAT'S QUOTE: A localite who likes to manufacture hJs own wise sayings has come up with this one: "The fellow who never has his feet on the groiJhd often yets lost hi the clouds--or the fogr." KENDALL AND ELDRED: In 1880, the old Kendall and Eldred Railroad had 4 locomotives and 65 cars. Earnings that year amounted to more than S103.000 and dividends amounting to a cool 49 percent were paid.

The next year, the dividends rose to more than the earnings of the year That represented 70 percent of, the 1881 earnings i However, in 1882. dividends dropped to 18 percent or aiiu the line was sold for $300.000 to the Buffalo, New York and Philadelphia Railway. Finally, as a retrenchment measure, the Kendall and Eldred was closed on Dec. 9, 1893. The rails were taken up the following July and the road was formally abandoned in 1898.

Warrensburgr, Mo. (JP) Premier Stalin hasn't answered the plea- for-peace letter a Missouri school teacher sent him, but hundreds of Americans have written commending her efforts. It was two weeks ago Saturday that Miss Icie F. Johnson, Central State College journalism teacher, sent the letter, asking Stalin to help "restore a permanent chance for peaceful living for all people." She also sent a copy to President Truman. To date she has received no acknowledgment from the White House.

Describing herself as "unknow except in my own community." she wrote the premier: "Let me pleat with you, and our own President, to sit down together with a determination and faith that you can and will stop this murder of innocent Sunday Miss Johnson displayed a stack of letters, commenting on her efforts. too, have had the urge to do what you have done, but have lacked the initiative," a Virginia mother feel that if all the women all over the world would do as you have done we would have peace. The majority of women do not want war, and since they gave birth to the men who are sent and killed, (Continued on Page 14) Tokyo-(AP)-U. S. Army infantry shoved over the Han River southeast of Seoul early today, forging a fourth link in a steel ring closing on the heavily defended Korean capital.

Doughboys of the Seventh Division landed at the extreme right of one column of Marines. They walked ashore under! the shadow of artillery-studded South Mountain, Red-held hill dominating their river crossing point. 'AP "Correspondent Tom Lambert said the doughboys landed in a dawn mist after a half hour barrage of the mountain. Marine First and Fifth Regiments joined in 'a fairly solid front all along the western side of Seoul. Another Marine force hit the city from the north.

Strong Army Airborne infantry reinforcement poured into Kimpo Airfield, 15 miles' to the northwest They arrived in 150 transport planes after ships had sped the more- than 2,400 infantrymen from the ttaitec States. Two Cars Damaged Iri Nearby Accident Damages of about 8300 resulted from a two-car accident at 11 pjn. Friday on Route 219, about SCO feet north of the Foster Brook Intersection, according to State Police. Drivers of the cars were William Russell Price, Niagara Falls and Joseph Robert Rapp. Erie.

According to the State Police, Price was driving south while Rapp was proceeding north. Both motorists reported that they were blinded by the other's headlights and the cars In Steel Industry Pittsfcurgrh -(if)- Visitors are practically a thing of the past in the steel industry which has put war- I time security measures into effect to guard against sabotage. The industry's regulations in the second world war paid off as espionage and sabotage were virtually unheard of. Steel companies art out to duplicate that record during the Korean emergency and any future international crisis. They're tightening up all down the line because the government thinks the security job is toughsr now.

outh Korean Marines landed in force at Inchon 22 miles west of Seoul, to add their hitting power to the United Nations western force The Seventh Infantry landing aimed another spearhead at the heart of the capital. Dug-in Reds offered some opposition. One Marine unit seized important hill defenses on the eastern edge of the old capital on this, the start of the fourth month of the war. Fierce fighting was reported in the northwestern sectors of the city. United Nations forces hammering up from southeastern Korea pounded the Reds back rapidly toward the anvil formed by the Inchon-Seoul beachhead.

Hard-driving Americans had a gap of only 60 air miles to close-and Communist resistance bristled only. in isolated spots. The 60 miles lay between Osan and Poun, south and east, of Seoul. Elements of the Seventh Division junched 10 miles south from capered Suwon into Osan Sunday. Troopers of the U.

S. First Cavalry Division surged up into Poun from. Sangju-- a 55-mile dash in three days. But there were indications of trouble at the Suwon airfield. AP Correspondent O.

H. P. King reported from an airbase in southern Japan that American cargo plane flights to Suwon had been halted this morning. Red Korean artillery positions Russia Seems Ready to Write Off Korea War Washington-W-Russia apparently is preparing to write off the crumbling Communist campaign in South Korea as an incident of no importance. That 'is 'the view of the best informed American officials.

They say the Soviet position is not completely firm yet but is clearly tipping toward acceptance of the Red setback Pitch Darkness Comes to Large Area at Midday Originates From Blazes In Canada; Pall Slows Flying, Causes Anxiety (By the Associated Press) Thick layers of smoke, coming from Canadian forest fires, spread from the Great Lakes area south and east to cover most of the northeastern states yesterday. The smoke brought the darkness of night to many cities in midday. Envelops Area Western Pennsylvania, Ohio and Michigan had. the thickest smoke palls. But the huge layers of smoke moved from' the Great Lakes area into all the middle Atlantic states, through the Ohio valley and as far iast as southwestern New England.

The New York Weather Bureau said the smoke spread as far south as Virginia and as far west as Iowa. It originated, said the Washing- ion Weather Bureau, in smoulder- ing forest fires in northern Alberta and the District of Mackenzie in West Pennsylvania Darkest By Smoke From Canada Fires Pittsburgh-(AP)-The darkness of night which blanketed much of the East Sunday probably hit western Pennsylvania harder than any other sections. Thousands of persons called newspaper and radio stations in Pittsburgh as thick! layers of smoke from -Canadian Local Opinions On Freak Dark Overcast or forest fires spread over the Great takes area. Nothing Like It The situation was the same in all sections of western Pennsylvania. From Titusville came reports of "the darkest day we've ever seen." The Meadville Tribune newspaper called in a staff member hours early--just to answer the flood of inquiring are just groping around up here," said a police officer at Oil City.

"Motorists are crawling along in Altoona," was another report. It was the same in Johnstown Greensburg, Washington, Somerse and as far north as Erie. Snow Was Expected Baseball fans in Pittsburgh watched all of the second game of a twin bill with Cincinnati by arc lights The lights had to be turned on 2:15, in the sixth inning of the contest. Chilled residents first began to speculate on the prospects of an early snowstorm. on Page 2) Canada.

If so, it travelled more than 2,000 air miles to reach the eastern sea- joard. The New York Weather Bureau at 8:30 p. m. (EST) the -ontinuous smoke cloud was about 00 miles long on. land.

How far it extended out to sea, the ureau couldn't 'tell. On the-doud made the un in Richmond arid ale and obscured, looking like a ull moon. The sun was purple in Philadel- hia. But East Germany Gets Welcome To Red Famil three Philadelphia experts aid they didn't believe it was smoke all. The layers seemed to enter Penn- ylvania at the northwest corner and pread across the upper half of the iate.

Lock Haven- reported being lacked out. Then came reports from (Continued on Page 14) in that area. But the Russian attitude toward northern Korea may be dramatic ally different. There is s. strong belief here that the Soviet forces or possibly Chinese Communist troops may occupy the country north of the 38th Parallel for ths expressed purpose of keeping peace but actually to prevent United Nations forces from getting close to Russian security areas like Vladivostok and the Manchurian border.

Ever since the United Nations landings near Seoul there has been, in the opinion of State Department experts, a gradual change in Russian propaganda on the Korean war. It gets less time on the Moscow radio. is given a more moderate handling. In the last, few days, for example, Russians mildly commented that landings were a sign of weakness an effort to save face on the part of the United States. were reported on hills overlooking the airfield.

The field was used Sunday by the cargo planes. Special Unit Eyed lo Hack Ked Law Skip Alexander, i Washington -(JP)- Attorney General McGrath said Sunday he is creating a special unit to "vigorously enforce" the controversial anti- Communist legislation enacted by Congress. McGrath said in a statement that he is asking the Budget Bureau to Noted Golf Pro, Seriously Hurt Evansvifle, Alexander, Knoxville, professional golfer, was injured seriously last night in a plane crash in a railyard. Police said an ambulance driver reported three military officers were killed in the crash. Alexander, who had played in the Kansas City Open Golf tournament Sunday, was reported in critical condition in Deaconess Hospital.

His injuries included severe burns on the hands, arms and face and a aroken leg. Police identified the dead as an Air Force colonel and two lieutenants. However, the plane was identified is a Civil Air Patrol plane, be- ieved to be out of Dayton, O. The crash, in front of the International Harvester Co. plant, tied up traffic on the main line of the hicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad.

TJie plane crashed on the tracks beside U. S. 41. about a quarter- mile southwest of the Municipal Airport here. Berlin -(ff)- Russian-occupied East Germany was welcomed into the family of Soviet satellite states Sunday.

Simultaneously, the East German Republic embarked on a big new purge campaign against "saboteurs and western agents." The official Soviet the. JSast Gorman had joined "the mighty peace front headed by the Soviet Union." This indicated East Germany had reached full-fledged satellite status. There have been recent hints that Russia may soon grant a separate to East Germany. East Germany definitely had become a part of the Soviet orbit through a series of "friendship" and economic treaties with Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary and Romania and is now negotiating-a similar agreement with Communisfc- ruled Bulgaria. Rundschau asserted the new purge must be intensified to "root out these (western) gangsters these enemies of our democratic republic." Trials and new arrests were reported from widely-scattered points in the Russian zone.

Rundschau said the chief aim of the "gangsters" 1 to wreck the economy of the Eas German Republic and sabotage th Oct. 15 elections. Yellow Smoke Blanket Drifts Red Chinese Air Force Would i Planes Inside The Era Week's Events in Nation, City and County Page 2 Reservations In for Annual Red Cross Fete Page 3 War's Payoff Found in Returning Ambulance Plane Page 3 St. Bernard Ramblers Defeat Youngsville 25 to 7 Page .10 Bulletins 11 Hospital 14 Comics 9 Radio 9 Crossword 13' Society 4.5 Editorial 8 Sports 10-11 Lee B. Walker.

Wilcox, R. D. was found of negligence in the operation of a motor vehicle 1 by a coroner's jury which investigated the death of two-year-old Gregory Suain Saturday night. Walker is free under $1,000 bond following a hit-and-run accident that also injured two other children Wetoesday night in Hazel Hurst. He will be charged with involuntary manslaughter today, according County Detective Merle Dickinson, Walker wa? arrested short.lv after his car struck Karon and Marcla Fllckinger and the Suain boy as they returned from a birthday party.

Karon was treated at Kane Summit Hospital- and discharged. Marcia, one year old, is still hospitalized and authorities reported yesterday that her condition is unchanged. They had previously reported that s.he was slightly improved. Members of the jury were George R. Douglass, foreman, Donald F.

Paulson, Claude Raymond, "ank Bums, Clarence Okerlund and John help to staff the new branch. He did not the number needed but other department sources predicted it would be perhaps hundreds. The unit will be a part of the Criminal Division of the Department, handling the new control legislation which President Truman denounced in a veto message as weakening existing security measures and hampering the FBI. A. Hollander, all of Mt.

Jewett. to tell sbout it. Girl, 15, Says She Killed Elderly Rancher Ukiab, Calif. Sheriff Beverly Broaddus said Sunday a 15-year-old Jlrl iold him she shot and killed a 70-year-old rancher out of "a desire to kill" and then walked 23 miles London Peiping radio said might the Red Chinese Air Force would smash any American warplanes "which dare to intrude over our territory again." The warning was contained in a pledge of support to Communist President Mao Tzea-Tung from the people's Air Force of the East China military area, said the radio'trans- mission monitored in London. The message was one of many to Mao in connection with the approach of China's National Day, Oct.

the Peiping radio said. This date indicated China's Red rulers have abandoned the traditional Oct. 10 or "Double Tenth" holiday anniversary of the start of Dr. Sun Yat-Sen's revolution against the Chinese emperors. The Peiping message contained no explanation of the new date.

Airline Tickets. Emery Travel Service Hotel Emerv Lobby. Phong Toronto-W)-Forest fires in northern Alberta Sunday sent a blanket of yellow smoke, 10,000 feet thick, drifting over Ontario. Department of Transport meteorologists said the smoke stretches from around 7,000 feet up to 17,000 feet. They said a shift in the prevailing wind likely dissipated the smoke by late last night.

In many "towns in northern Ontario and as far south as Samia and Detroit, the smoke was so dark that motorists were forced to turn on automobile headlights. The Alberta fires are burning through hundreds of acres of scrub timber about 340 miles northwest of Edmonton. Mora than 700 men are fighting at least 30 separate fires in the area, Man-Sized Job Facing Solons In November Washington -()- Congress faces a whirlwind one-month "lame duck" session which may -add billions to the nation's tax bill and pin two more stars on the American flag. Returning Nov; 27, dying 81st Congress is confronted by a man- sized list of. issues statehood bills for Alaska and Hawaii, consideration of a.

Jiuge war profits levy, possible demand for Communist control legislation, and a number of problems left over from the session which recessed Saturday. The date of resumption is af t'er Congressional elections, but the casualties suffered in the voting will not leave office until the 82nd. Con- jress takes over early in Thus some of those writing laws in December will be so-called "lame ducks." Taxes will be the big headache-a proposed multi-billion, dollar boost .2 the wartime excess profits of jusiness and industry likely reaching back over part or all of the war period. The lawmakers already have ordered a massive $5,000,000,000 increase mainly in the Income taxes of 50,000,000 citizens as well as corporations. It was in answer to President Truman's request -for a "first End of World, Atomic Blasts, Korean Battle Few of Area Theories The smog product of forest fires smouldering in Canada which struck Bradford and vicinity yesterday afternoon, blacking out the sun gave rise to more speculation among the citizenry than anything that has occurred in years.

Wants Confirmation Prom the time the blackout started (about 2:30 pan.) and for. two hours phones in the offices of the police department, the telephone company, the radio station and The Era rang almost constantly. At least one person thought It. was the end of the world--and promptly called The Era for confirmation of this interesting theory. Several people thought that it was an eclipse--no doubt remembering that stories had been about an eclipse of the moon which is scheduled to take place tonight.

Asked About Storm Some people, genuinely worried, thought that 1 the smoke was ths result of an atomic explosion, somewhere. One man, who said h'e was planning to leave for Erie, wanted to mow whether the darkness was the forerunner of a violent storm, of some type. Others A atm.gspherle' condition caused explosion 5f huge guns "to lict and another theory Tielrf that wo wars (World War Korea) a brief time had fouled up he atmosphere. Dust Storm the fact that there was no. more dust than usual on Bradford streets, some advanced theorists jumped to the conclusion thai- a- (Contlnued on Page 14) Missing Bomber Found; Everyone Aboard Is Safe Halifax, N.

U. S. Air Force B-50 bomber missing since liursday was found Sunday in the wilds of Labrador and all IS men installment" payment on the cost I aboard escaped serious injury, the of defense preparedness. He has urged it be put on a pay-as-we-go Wage and salary earners will feel the withholding tax effects of that boost starting Oct. 1.

The raise for them is 20 percent. Backers of a bill to ban interstate shipment of slot machines, except to states which pass a law to admit them, said they will call it up again in November in the face of another threatened filibuster Senator Malone (R-Nev). Royal Air Force said last night. Skimpy information that-; came-. over a shaky Air wireless service plagued.by unfavorable mospherlc conditions said an RCAF Lancaster located the plane about 85 miles southwest of Goose Bay at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon.

The plane, with four passengers and a crew of 12, all military, personnel, Jiad been missing on. a rou- Red Bill Is Law Despite Filibuster Washington Climaxing a 20- lour and 48 minute filibuster, the Senate Saturday overrode President Truman's veto of a harcj-boiled'set Communist controls. Only a handful of Senators, who ided with Mr. Truman, spoke out gainst the measure. Twenty-six Democrats and 31.

Republicans vo- ed to make the bill law despite veto. by tins flight from Goose Bay to Tucson, Ariz. The U. Air Force unit at Goose Bay started preparations for evacuating the men. This-probably will be done sometim'e today with the aid of a helicopter.

Smoke signals attracted the Lancaster, piloted by Flight Officer J. M. Wallace of Halifax, to the area. There the 16 survivors had constructed a shelter. Signs on the rocky ground 1 asked for food and other supplies.

U. 6. aircraft in the area dropped the requested supplies. No medical suplies were requested. Officials interpreted this as signifying that none was seriously hurt.

Man Dies James Alfred Sluga, son of Frank Slugra and the late Mrs. SJuga of "JndholiE, was burned to' death s'oout 2:55 when his car left the road on Route 6 near Mount Jewett, struck a utility, pole and caught fire. He was born Dec. 19, 1930. He was a graduate of the Hamlin Township High School, class of 1948 and was a member of the Mt.

Jewett 3ommunity Band. He was employed by the Mt. 'ewett Tanning Company. In addition to his father, he Is survived by i'ive brothers Charles, Howard, Edgar and William, Mt. Jewett and Frank, Oiean: five sisters, Mary, New York City: Julia, Buffalo, Mrs.

Owen Romaine, Fairborne, Ohio, Daisy, Bradford, and Norma, Mt. Jewett. A Requiem Mass will be held at St. Josephs catholic Church at 9 a.m. Tuesday with the Rev.

j. A. Fleckenstein, officiating. Burial will.be in Catholic Ceme- itery, Kane. Narcotics Bureau Chief Is Killed St.

Minn.TWA: M. Bangs, chief of the U. S. Narcotics Bureau Minneapolis office shot to death Sunday in a dope raid. Wounded in the.

gun 'fight were 'oseph Winberg, a Federal narcot- cs agent, and a Chinese man who was. not identified immediately. Lt. Thomas Jansen of the St. Paul 'olice Detective Bureau, said 17 hots were fired when Federal igents raided a third floor room in Glendaie Apartment Hotel.

"We don't know much about, the raid." Jansen said. "It appears that a dope ring was using a room in the hotel to prepare dope for retail sale." Smith Agency for Hooker-Fulton: Bids. Phone 8712. i NEWSPAPER NE WSFAPER!.