The Bradford Era from Bradford, Pennsylvania • Page 1

Sen, Myers Confident Local Flood Control Project Will Be Authorized A rcassuiing note was sounded Thursday by Sen Francis J. Myers (D-Pa) In commenting on the recent unfavorable repoifc returned by the Bureau of the Budget t'etaMve to proposed six-million dollar flood control project for the Bradford area. In a telegram to Kenneth Meyer, chairman of the Btadford District Flood Control Axithority, Sen. Myeis said: "I am confident this project will be authomed. I have given you these reassurances before and nothing has changed my feeling one bit i Senator Myers termed as "fantastic" the reason offered by the Bureau of the Budget for reporting unfavorably on the local project The Budget, Bureau had bald the project would give inhabitants of the BiadJ'ord aioa 1 a ialso sense oJC sacuilly lo pi'otoel Mils against its grolpsl flood of i'eeoi'd The buvomi acWocl Mini, way nol- be adequate, however, to protect against some theoretical future catastrophe which may occui I am sine icsidcnls of Bradford," said Scnatoi Myeis, "would picfei to have this pi eject which they know will piotecfc them against any flood as bad as they have had and against Hoods halt again as sevcie They would lather take their chances that no flood would be more severe than that, lather than to have no protection whatsoever--which would be the end icsult of following the Budget Bureau recommendation this case Said Sen, Myers: "I was hoping of coutse that additional data which asked Amiy iSngltiooi's lo present UIP Budget BLiiotiu, fuul flomo Inch which rnysoU' called to the Bureau's attention In iegaid to Biadfoid, would convince the Bureau it should -approve the project, But at no time have I regarded the Budget Bureau's attitude on this project to be or much Impoitanco in the final deleimln- ation by Congies of whether the project should be authonzed The Pennsylvania senator said the Budget Buieau lioquonUy lakes dim view of tho economic justification of projects subsequently authorized by Congicss.

"Foi ali these leasons," Senator Myers concluded, "1 am, therefore, confident this project will go through and I iciterate my firm intention to do ovary thing I tan to expedite its approval and subsequent provision. lor hindH," The Associated Press announced that additional support for the Bradford work came Thursday from Hep Rich (D-Pa), who said he will urge authorization, of the woik despite Budget Bureau disapproval. Rich said he would ask Sen. Martin (R-Pa) to join in uiging congressional approval. "I don't agree with the Budget Bureau," Rich said, "The Bradford work wns recommended by the Army Engineers, and they're the fellows who should Rich, Martin and Myers have been on record for some time as favoring the work.

Fair Fair with rising temperature today, cloudy and somewhat warmer Saturday. Uhc Times Change It xeemi there are -many books based on debunking procedure. We used to think jpeople liked to be bunkoed. VOL. 72.

NO. 104. (ESTABLISHED 1877) BRADFORD, PA FRIDAY MORNING, MARCH 4, 1949. (FULL ASSOCIATED PRESS SERVICE) PRICE FTVTE CENTS. South Perm Secures Additional Interest In Quintuple Oil Co.

$950,000 Paid for Share Held by Estate Of Leta Card Emery; Purchase Gives South Penn Ownership of Over 73 Pet. of Firm Purchase of the interest in the Quintuple Oil Company held fay the estate of Leta Card Emery, widow of Sen Lewis by the South Penn Oil for $950,000 was made public Thursday by George Hanks, South Penn president, Mrs. Emery, who died in 1941, obtained her interest from Senator Emery some tame before his death in 1924. Mrs. Emery's estate holdings In Quintuple OE company -were one- third of one-eighth royalty interest Now Owns 73 Percent The purchase now gives South Penn ownership of more than 73 percent of the so-called Quintuple Oil company.

Ten percent is owned by New York and San Francisco interests and the remaining 17 percent by heirs of W. R. Weaver, Mrs. L. E.

Hamsher, and Grace, Lewis and Earle Emery, most of whom were Bradford residents Quintuple Ofl. Company laruis are to- the west "central portion of the Bradford oil field in Bradford and Lafayette Townships, and comprise 3,669 acres The lands the city of Bradford to near Lewis Run and between Highways 219 and 346. Prom the discovery of the Quintuple pool in 1876 until 1892, its gross oil production is unknown, bur from. 1892 unta the present day its output has been in excess of 20,000,000 barrels. The remaining recoverable reserves are esomaied in excess of 9,000,000 barrels.

1,800 Barrel Dafly Yield Daily average production in the field last year was 1,800 barrels. The Mellon National Bank and Trust Company of Pittsburgh act-' ing as co-trustee of the Leta Card Emery estate, conducted tne negotiations for the sale of the interest in Quintuple. McDowell and McDowell, Bradford law firm, represented the Mellon bank. Quintuple Oil company was formed more than 65 jears ago by a group of men who their day were among the pioneer producers in the Bradford, field. They were Senator Emerj, W.

Weaver, L. Hamsher, James Amm, Joseph Seep, Daniel OTJay, A. Pullman, Frederick Prentice and S. A. Wheeler.

In 1892 and 1896, the South Penn acquired a 40 percent interest by purchasing the equities of Amm. Seep, O'Day, Pullman and Prentice A few of the 28 producers that hold woriang interests an the Quintuple lands today are Quaker State Oil Refining Corporation, Healey Petroleum Corporation, Minard Run Oil Company, Kendall Refining Company, the South Penn Oil Company and the Messer Oil Company State Asks Death For Young Killer Philadelphia The State of Pensylvama demanded yesterday that Seymour Levin, pay with his hfe for the knite-scissors tolling of 12-year-old Ellis Simons Defense attornejs for the 17- year-old outh pleaded for mercy. They argued that a second-degree murder conviction--meaning 10 to Rich Offers Measure For Flood Works Here Washington-CffJ-Kep. Rich (B- Pa) introduced a bill yesterday to authorize construction of flood control works at and'near Bradford, at aa estimated cost of New Troubles HP lague Iras 1 ax Hike 8 Proposal Harnsbnrj -(ff)- New tioubles appeared yesterday to plague the administration backed plans to raisa $40,000,000 more for highway construction with a one-cent boost in gasoline taxes The Senate received two bills which would pare an estimated 812,000,000 from the funds available to the State High-ways Department the next two jears The first measure, submitted by three Republican senators, would exempt farm-used gasoline fiom the state's gasoline tax. It was estimated this would cut motor fund revenues between $5,000,000 and $6,000,000 every two The other measure Tipping state highway subsidies was introduced by Sen John Snowden (R-Lycoming), chairman of the Senate Highways Committee, the group studying the House-passed gasoline tax increase It would boost the present four cent levy to five cents to pnmde $40,000,000 for road construction Snowden's measure would set permanently a flat rate of $400 a mile lor road grants to cities, boroughs, towns and first class town- shins and S120 a mile to second class townships In addition, the smaller townships would be eligible for supplemental grants on a matching basis for construction on primary local roads 20 years' cient.

imprisonment is suffi- On Inside Pages Of Today's Erg TTVO Plead Guilty to Liquor Law Violations. Page 2. High School Students Hear Number of Speakers. Page 2. Continuance of Credit Class Center Assured.

Page 3. Youth to Attend World Day of Prayer Sunday Page 6. St. Bernard Ramblers at Kanty Prep Tonight Page 14. Babson 9 Radio Comics Crossword Editorial 12 16 10 Society Sports Stocks 12 14-15 ...17 Wreckage of Plane Found; Nine Killed Del Rio, Tex.

-(fl 1 )- The charred wreckage of a nussing C-47 Air Force plane was found yesterday rn far off its Califoraia-to- Texas course All nine persons aboard were reported killed A private plane carrying an Army officer returned from a flight to the crash scene yesterday afternoon Its occupants reported they found the plane burned, and those aboard the C-47 dead. C-47 crashed in the Tieiras Coloradas, rugged mountain country, 100 miles southwest of Del Rio. Two Air Force craft carrying a jeeo and a trailer took off from Del Rio They planned to remove the bodies. Life Term Given Man For Holdup Slaying Pittsburgh Francis Deems, .26, yesterday was sentenced to life imprisonment for the holdup murder of Miss Anna Bauer, a giocer, in her store last April 3 He drew an additional 20 to 40- year sentence for other robberies He pleaded guilty to all charges His brother, Audley, 22, who changed his plea of guilty to innocent the murder charge, was sentenced to 10 to 20 years the workhouse for robbery He must stand trial for the murder. Britain Votes Big Peacetime Defense Fund Amendment Claiming Money Not Being Used Wisely Is Turned Down London-(AP)-The House of Commons approved last night Britain's biggest peacetime defense fund after Defense Minister A V.

Alexander saic it was needed "so long as Russia maintains her veto on peace and security." The defense budget for 1949-50 was estimated at 759 860,000 pounds ($3,039,440,000) Amendment Defeated The vote -was 227 to 3 The House beat down 291 to 155 a conservative amendment contending the money is not taping spent wisely Winston Churchill was among the sponsors of the amendment Prime Minister Attlee said he had asked Churchill to discuss defense spending with him privately in order to guaiti against disclosing Bntain's plans to possible foes, but added 'he has not so far informed me of the tune he -would see me In debate, Alexandei said the five- nation Brussels alliance is making military plans for "any sudden emergency Beds to Back Russia He made the statement after a week in which Communist spokesmen of France, Italy, Britain, Gei- many, the United States and Austiia had said Western Communists would back the Soviet Union event of war oetween the east and west Finnish and Danish Communists made similar declarations of lojalty to Russia last night Alexander said the Biussels alliance--composed of Britain France, Belgium, The Netheilands and Luxembourg--is studying the tactical pioblems connected with the defense of Western Euiope It is clear "befoie ourselves and the lest of the woild that oui defense measures have no aggressive purpose," he said adding We regret their necessity but our itVj is clear So long as Russia maintains hei veto on peace and secuiity, so long shall we have to be piepared to carry whatever buiden. is needful to enable us to play our piopei part in the de'fense of the free peoples of the woild Fund Bill Okayed House passed and sent to the Senate yesterday the $3,072817,903 Treasvuy-Post Office, Department appropnation bill for the fiscal yeai starting next July 1 In addition to that amount actual new cash, the bill indirectly appioves an estimated $8260,809,683 in permanent and uncontrollable appropnations for such things as interest on the national debt and old-age and survivois msuiance fund The direct appropnations aie $99,848,846 less than the President requested and $419,598,223 more than he same departments received for piesent fiscal yeai The shaie of the total is $1,027 608,403, a cut of $65,386 946 from budget requests The Post Office Department's allotment is 12,045,209,500, which is $34,462,800 ess than requested 1 Killed, Another Hurt Collision of Trucks Ene, Pa. -PJ- One man died and another suffered senous injuries in a truck collision op. East Lake Road yesteiday William Cody, 24 was killed and James Dean, 28 suffered pos- ible head and back fractuies Both men ai from Chicago Deputy Coi ner John Maik said the Cody ruck crashed into another truck iich had jack-knifed avoid ntting a skidding auto. 55c Special Business Slants Lunch on.

Hotel Emery Coffee Shop. Johnson Named to Succeed Forrestal as Defense Head -Lands Pilot of Globe-Flying Plane PILOT OF THE U. S. AIR FORCE B-50 "tady Luck II," which made history by ending the globe in a non-stop flight, Ca.pt. James Gallagher Is congratulated Af or Air Symington.

In center is tGcn. Hoyt Vandenbcrg, commanding general of the Air Force Capt Gallagher landed the plane at CarswelL Air Force Base, Fort Worth, after a flight in -which the plane was refueled four times in mid-air. (International Soundphoto) Reds Bow to U.S. Pressure, Then Strike Back Quickly Frankfurt, Germany, Friday-(AP)-The Russians bowed yesterday to American pressure and oidered a blockaded Soviet repatriation mission to leave Fiankfurt. The Russians struck back quickly at a two-day siege imposed 'by TJ Army authorities by oidermg U.

giave registration men out of the Soviet occupation zone at once. A Soviet announcement said American giave teams woiking at Sondeishausen in Thniingia and Paichim to Mecklenburg 'have loft the Soviet zone at the request of Soviet military aiilhonties' About 10 Affected Giave legistiation command of- ficeis estimated about seven 01 eight enlisted men and two officeis weie affected by the expulsion They have jeen working in Soviet-held leru- looking for missing soldieis who died the advance acioss erman soil now held by the Russians The eight men the Soviet mission said they would quit the building they occupied here within a few houis--enough time for them to pack then belongings and get out The Russians had been cut off "rom all water, food, gas and electric iowei for moie than 36 houis All Army would offei them was hospital service--undei armed guard--if any one took ill Note Sent to Russia The mission ignored II Aimy 01 dei to leave the premises on March 1 Gen Lucius Clay contended there was not enough le- patrmtion business for Russia to wairant the mission staying any ongei The State Department supported the American miliiaiy governor a note to the Soviet Union This was leplv to a protest fiom Soviet Foieign Minister Molo- that the ordei lo gel, out violated -Russian agieements The State Department said the piotest was packed with "misrepresentation and distortion Ex-Railroader Files Suit for $100,000 ex- ailioad car oiler of Vandeibilt, Fayette County, yesteiday filed a 100,000 damage suit against the Pittsbuigh and Lake Ene Raihoad Federal District Court He chaaged he was permanently inured Jan 5, 1948, when a heavy raihoad coupling jack fell on his land. Truman's Remarks Make Filibusterers Mad Once Again Washington President Tiu- man mads Senate filibusteieis mad all ovei again yesteiday He remaiked to lepoiteis that if he had anything to do with it he would favor ending extended debate by a simple majority vote The south's oiatorical experts-- filibusteung to hold the legislative dikes against Mr Tinman's racial legislation--exploded Their theme, sounded in a shout by Senatoi Russell (D-Ga) The Piesident wants io contiol the Senate The word flow passed ils fouith day Immediately at issue is a motion to considei a change in Senate rules This would permit ending debate on any sxibject by a two-thuds vote Technically the filibuster is against the move to end the fih- bustei Southerneis know that if the rule is changed, Tiuman lieutenants will swarm in with the civil lights bills Theie was no sign of southern weariness but Mi Trurnan. predicted the filibustei would petei out soon 15-Month Rent Law Extension Voted by Board Administration Had Requested Two Years; Tobey Asssails Bill Washington 1 (AP) The House Committee revised the administration's rent control program yesterday, voting 23 to 2 to extend the controls for 15 months instead of the requested two years. Fiesh opposition broke out meanwhile, on the other side of the Capital wheie Senator Tobey (R-NY) said he will vote against the extension unless landlords are assuied a 'fail retuin" on their investment Suppoiter of Controls Tobey, who has been a strong supportei of rent controls, declared that in the "last analysis" they are "un-Ameiican" He said Congiess now must face the issue of when we aie going to get rid of the damn thing" Rent controls aie due to expire at the end of this month Many House and Senate members have voiced then opposition to the administration plea f01 a 24-month continuation with greatei enforcement poweis The 'fail retuin." question Tobey laised also figured in the House Banking Committee's action as it voted on various amendments pre- paratoiy to a final vote on the full nieasuie It rejected an amendment by Rep Brown (D-Ga) which would have requiied the rent administrator to seb ceilings to provide "reasonable retuin on fail value" to the landlord The vote on this proposal was 12 to 11 and Brown said he plans to offei the amendment again on the House flow Proposal Turned Down The House group also tuined down an administration proposal to impose fines up to $5 000 and imprisonment up to one year foi "willful violations" of rent ceilings These penalty provisions were scrapped in the last extension of the control law.

The committee, however, voted to permit restoiation of controls on apartments in lesidential hotels but lejected the plan for setting lent ceilings on permanent residents in Uansient hotels Certain. types of tiailer camps also -were bi ought under the control machinery Norway Accepts Bid To Join in Pact Talks Washington -(tf 3 )- Norway has accepted an invitation to join in negotiations for a North Atlantic defense pact, Ambassadoi Willielm Munthe de Morgenstierne announced yesteiday The ambassadoi told a news conference that he will repiesent his country at a meeting with the negotiators today in the State Department Leaving Cabinet JAMES FORRESTAt Replaced Of Defense Head Truman Blasts Red Leaders As 'Traitors' Washington President Truman yesterday blasted New York Communist Paity leaders as "traitors" for their statement indicating that in case of a Russo-American war they would oppose the TT 8. war effort The mfoimal statement came at a. news conference crammed with other important developments. They included A piediction that the Senate filibuster would run its course and the administration's legislative program would be enacted A statement that he will recommend that credit controls be extended beyond their expiration date of June 30.

He said the price spiral going both ways and the government is trying to meet the situation with ceilings on the upward climbs and a floor under the downward movements Mr Truman assumed a grave expression as he was asked to comment on a statement by Communist Paity Leaders William Foster and Eugene Dennis They said in. New York Wednesday they would take no part in "an unjust, aggressive and imperialistic" or "Wall Street" war and would cooperate with "all democratic forces to defeat the predatory war aims of American imperialism Cardinal Leads Volunteer Diggers New York Shepherded by Francis Caidinal Spellman, 100 seminarians and priests yesterday began digging graves for 600 bodies which have lam unbuned because of a seven-week strike. Union pickets at the gates of Calvary Catholic Cemetery in Queens made no move to halt the volunteer gravediggers led by the cardinal 10 Die in Fireswept Frame Home Muskcgon, Mich Ten persons lost then lives yesteiday when an explosion and fire trapped them 111 then crowded, flimsy home The victims included a poverty- stuckeii mothei, eight of her 13 children and a roomei the house They were among the 22 peisons who peiished yesterday in files aiound the nation and in Canada. Eight of the victims died in a flash fue in Halifax, Nova Scotia In a farmhouse blaze in New York State, four lost their lives The Michigan mother and her children were burned to death in the little resoit community of Lakewood, 12 miles north of heie. Then home, a ramshackle frame stiucture, went up in roaiing flames a few moments after a 1 stove exploded while Mrs Maude Clover, 46, was making breakfast The of her children weie still sleeping, the eldei ones crowded in the kitchen to When the flames struck, only the family escaped--and their burns weie critical The victims -were identified as Mrs Clover; August Taskey, the "corner, about 65; Joan Clover, 15; Roger age David, 9, Haiold, 10, James, Sandy, Nancy, 5, and Clover, aged 3.

Two older sons were in the kitchen Staggered by the blast and teiribly burned, 17-year-old Howard Clover broke a window and dragged out his brother, Ward, 21. Although Ward was burned from head to foot and the clothing seared off his body he tried to erawl back into the house in a desperate escue attempt The first two arrivals at the scene fought him down, holding him until he -was carried away in an ambulance At Hackley Hospital in Muskegon, physicians said Ward's condition was critical. New Secretary Assumes Post On March 31st Lawyer Takes Over Job In Midst of Gigantic Military Preparations. Washington (AP) Presi- dent Truman yesterday accepted the resignation of Secretary of Defense James V. Forrestal and chose Louis A.

who was Array the World War TL, for the key post. If confirmed, by the'Senate, as expected, Johnion -will-take over from Forrtstil on March 31. Fund for Truman The 58-year-old Johnson, a Virginia' and Washington lawyer, becomes head man in the- Pentagon in the midst of America's most gigantic peacetime military preparations. As assistant secretary of "war under Franklin D. Roosevelt lie directed the planning for Army mobilization.

a decade ago. Last fall, he was fund raiser for the Truman campaign for the presidency. Forrestal, now 57, first in head, up the Army, Navy 'and Air Force (Under the unification, act, wai the last remaining member of the Roosevelt cabinet. Reviewed President decision to put a new man in place had long been, rumored. However, as is customary in.

such cases, the White House yesterday made public correspondence in -which Forrestal urged acceptance of hie resignation for "urgent personal considerations" and the President acquiesced. letter reviewed his government career of eight and one half years, first as -undersecretary and secretary of the Navy under (Continued on Fare t) Pilot Makes Belly Landing in Field -OS)- A Capital Airlines pilot safsly "belly" landed his transport in a farmer's frozen field yesterday so gently that his 12 passengers -weren't sure it wasn't a normal landing. Flight 40, from Chicago to Newark, N. was approaching the Allegheny County Airport when both engines- on the 21-passenger DC-3 failed from, an unknown cause. Pilot Capt Ralph EretweH, Chicago, picked out one of the few level places in mountainous Beaver Township, near the Raccoon State Park, and brought the ship down on its belly.

Landings any place but on airport landing strips are clways made with the landing gear retracted. Kentuckian Confesses Killing Millionaire New Orleans Police said i. young KentucJoaa admitted under 'truth serum" last night that he beat and strangled millionaire James Mahoney of Bristol, Term, m. his French Quarter hotel room the night of Feb. 21.

Acting. Police Superintendent Joseph Scheuering said Louis Eugene, Hoover, 25, told him and other witnesses: "I pasted him and pasted him several times. The only thing 1 used was my fist. him a rabbit punch with my hand, on the back of the That might broken Ms neck.".