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SI the Forecast by U. Weather Bureau Philadelphia and vicinity: Partly cloudy with moderate temperature today. Moderate to occasionally fresh southwesterly winds. Considerable cloudiness tomorrow with higher afternoon temperatures. Complete weather data for State and Nation on Page 2.

eutttm 1 U-mnmi CITY EDITION J-JU JJ X. 'AJ JLU IS KIM -t A I hldte Ffrftvrmnmtoa People December Circulation: Daily. Sunday, 1,138,463 122nd Year WEDNESDAY MORNING, JANUARV 17, 1951 Copyright. 3951. by Triangle Publications.

Inr. Vol. 244. No. 17 WFIL 560 First on Your Dial FIVE CENTS Allies Roll 1 6 Mile Captnre unworn 9 9 ll eonl Fliers Rake Foe Fleeln Yongwol As Fighting Flares On Entire Front TOKYO, Jan.

17 (Wednesday) (UP)', The U. S. Sth Army, capping a 16-mile advance, recaptured the ancient Fine Takes Oath; Pledges Policy of Pay-As- You-Go By JOSEPH H. MILLER Inquirer Harrisburg Bureau HARRISBURG, Jan. 16.

A pledge to keep the State government on a pay-as-you-go basis even though it may require new taxes or additions to existing levies was given today by Gov. John S. Fine after taking his oath of office as Pennsylvania's 38th Chief Executive, under the Constitution of 1790. Fine, who succeeded Gov. James H.

Duff, U. S. Senator-elect, emphasized, however, that the new levies or broadening of the base of the present tax structure would be necessary to meet rising Governmental costs resulting from war expenditures, including the creation of a "strong and integrated home defense." A crowd of 10,000 was on hand in front of the State Cap Korean fortress town of Suwon 15 miles south of Seoul Tuesday, and its Chinese defenders were in full retreat this morn is I) ing under heavy air attack. "I1 'f 1 -an- (mJ Offense-minded Allied troops also retook Yongwol, 30 miles southeast of abandoned Won.ju in central Korea, as fighting flared across the entire front. Yongwol, near a mountain pass leading to the old Pusan beachhead, was reentered Tuesday without opposition.

The United Nations forces withdrew to defensive positions south of Suwon at dusk, but sent a small patrol into the blacked-out no-man's land of Suwon during the night. The patrol searched the crooked streets for enemy forces but found and captured only one Chinese straggler. The itol as Fine, standing bare- PENNSYLVANIA'S NEW GOVERNOR RAISING HAND FOR INAUGURAL OATH With right hand raised Gov. John S. Fine is sworn B.

Drew (right), of the State Supreme Court, yesterday, in as the Commonwealth's 3oth Chief Executive on stands Attending the ceremony are retiring Gov. James H. Duff in front of Capitol, Harrisburg, by Chief Justice James (left) and Harvey Taylor, president pro-tem of the Senate. Picture Story of the Inaguration on Page 3. Airport Record Shows Fiery Air Crash Kills 10 on Coast Pilot Got Slush Warning A wire recording of the conversation between pilot and control tower at International Airport, moments before a big four-engined passenger ship crashed and burned there Sunday reportedly showed patrol withdrew from thei town again upon completion of its mission.

As the tank and artillery force withdrew, American B-26s began a night-long series of rocketing and strafing attacks on. Red troops and positions; north of the city. It was a continuation of Tues- day's daylight aerial offensive of 470 sorties that left the roads strewn with countless enemy dead. The attacks resumed at dawn today, TANKS IN VANGUARD Armored forces, leading the U.N.'s limited offensive, rolled almost unopposed through Suwon at the high-water mark of a 16-mile advance in two days. The walled town, headquarters of the first American ground forces in Korea last summer, fell just after 2 P.

M. yesterday to the middle col- umn of three -pronged push up and along the flanks of the trunk highway below Seoul. Gene Symonds, United Press correspondent, reported that the Allied troops ran into about 100 Communist soldiers with one machine gun in the southern outskirts of Suwon. After a token skirmish, the covering force gave up and fled. Strong allied patrols and low-flying air spotters reported that the Chinese were falling back and digr ging in along a line angling 10 to 20 miles south and southeast of Seoul.

PUSH FEELER THRUSTS The first day's advance had carried the U.N. armor into Kumyang-Jang, 23 miles southeast of Seoul. The 8th Army straightened and Continued on Page 2, Column 3 'All-Out or Quit' In Korea Asked INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 16 (AP). The Indiana House adopted today a resolution calling for an "all-out or get out" policy in Korea.

The resolution passed on voice vote after the bitterest party debate in the 1951 Legislature. Republicans outnumber the Democrats by 69 to 31. The resolution now goes to the Senate, where the Republican majority is much less, 26 to 24. headed, while a wind swept through the inaugural stand and the streets, had his oath of office administered by Chief Justice James B. Drew, of the State Supreme Court, at 12:07 P.

M. The new Governor's certificate of election was read by State Senate Chief Clerk William J. Ridge after the inaugurakreremonies were opened at noon by. Senate President M. Harvey Taylor Dauphin).

Standing alongside the new Governor as he took over his duties were his wife, Helene, and two sons, John, 10, and Donald, 8, and a host of prominent Republicans, including Diif and his wife, U. S. Senator Edward Martin, a former Governor, and Republican National Committeeman G. Mason Owlett. In the stands were Joseph N.

Pew, prominent Republican, and members of the Legislature and Congress. The Bible on which Fine took his oath was presented to him by his sons. Prior to Fine's induction, former State Senator Lloyd H. Wood, of inumsuiiici tuunijr, waa awuiii 111 H.5 Lieutenant Governor by Judge J. Continued on Page 14, Column 2 Trainmen Face Contempt Charge WASHINGTON.

Jan. 16 (INS). Attorney General J. Howard Mc-Grath warned today that contempt proceedings would be instituted by the Justice Department against railroad workers if reports of concerted work stoppages were true. McGrath declared that an investigation into reported work stoppages in the Birmingham, area was under way and that contempt proceedings t'and whatever other measures may be necessary" would be started if the investigation disclosed "wilful disobedience." Freight trains of three major railroads were reported tied up in Birm ingham when trainmen walked off their jobs, reporting that they were sick.

Ex-Aide Charges GlSchoolJuggled DatatoMuIctU.S. Br JOSEPH H. TRACHTMAX The Reading Meat Cutters Institute, one of a number of GI trade schools now under investigation by Federal and State authorities, mulcted the Government by juggling attendance records, its former acting director said yesterday. The former school official, who left his post last May, declared that Irregularities in operation of the school reached a point at which even the school janitor and a policeman en duty at a nearby town were listed as GI students. RELATIVE OF CHUDOFF The Reading school, located at 135 S.

5th is operated by Julius Shrier, of 49th st. near Osage a relative by marriage of Representative Earl Chudoff who is a member of the special House committee named to investigate the GI training program. Chudoff has disclaimed responsl fcility for Shrier's operations as well as for those of a brother-in-law. Lee Cowan, who now conducts an automobile agency at 334 N. Broad and who formerly was connected with the operations of a GI training school in Baltimore.

Claude L. Mertz, of 524 Center In the Hyde Park section of leveled the charges against the Continued on Pace 21. Column 1 Ouster of Douglas Asked In Texas AUSTIN, Jan. 16 (AP). The Texas House of Representatives today adopted a resolution demanding impeachment of justice William O.

Douglas of the D. S. Supreme Court because of his stand on the Texas tidelands question. Approval of the resolution, presented by Representative S. J.

Xsaacks, of El Paso, was by voice vote. An effort to send the proposal to committee for study was killed, S3 to 23. Retaken Air Force Halts Enlistments, Save ForVeteran Fliers WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 (API. The Air Force announced tonight the suspension of enlistments except for personnel with previous Air Force service.

A spokesman said the action was taken owing to heavy enlistments and overcrowding of facilities at Air Force indoctrination centers. He said it was hoped the suspension could be lifted about Feb. 1. There are three exceptions to the order, he said. Still being accepted are personnel with prior Air Force service, applicants for the Women's Air Force tWAFi, and 5oung men who have been appointed to aviation cadet courses for pilots and navigators.

PREPARING NEW BASE The Air Force spokesman told a reporter that it is hoped to have the new Sampson Air Force Base at Geneva, N. ready for operation by Feb. 1. He said this would greatly facilitate handling of enlistees. The Air Force recently took over this base, which was a naval train- Continued on Page 2, Column 7 B-36 Flies 51 Hrs.

Without Refueling FORT WORTH, Jan. 16 (UP). A B-36 Superbomber landed today after a non-stop flight 51 hours and 20 minutes without refueling. Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corp. testing the plane prior to delivery' to the U.

S. Air Force, said it took off at 10.05 A. M. EST Sunday and landed at 11:25 P. M.

today. The plane may have established a new record for distance on a nonstop, non-refueling flight. If it averaged 300 miles an hour, it would have covered more than 15.300 miles. The Navy patrol bomber. Truculent Turtle, set the existing record of 11,236 miles in its 1946 -dash from Australia to Columbus, O.

Just about all types of meats, vegetables and other products showed a sizable increase. It was understood that Wilson, as general boss of the mobilization program, probably would order Economic Stabilizer Alan Valentine to issue a general wage-price freeze soon, possibly within a week or so. In this connection, it was reported Continued on Page 6, Column 6 LOST AND FOUND LOST Black 4c White long haired dog. White lace legs, white tiTpd tail. Answer to "Sergeant." Reward.

HO 2-2890. LOST Large German Police dog. black, tan markings, very friendly. Answers 10 "Lokl" Substantial reward. Glass.

EV 2-2995. 226 S. 46th St. LOST Male Dachshund, abt. 10 reddy brown, ans.

to "Graf." Vic Hav-erford Few. Ph. Ardmore 4141. LOST Male Tabbit bound black. tan.

black saddle on back. Vie. Lawn-dale Reward. FI 5-0K31 LOST Black "Archie Vic WA 2-2072 wh. male dog.

Sth-Callowhiil a na. Re. LOST Brown leather wallet, wrh binding. Jan. 11.

Reward. CH 7-6574. Other Lost and Found Page 43 Fine Embroiled In Cabinet" Row Inquirer Harrisburg Bureau HARRISBURG, Jan. 16. Gov.

John S. Fine this afternoon assumed his duties as chief executive of the Commonwealth and immediately became embroiled in a fight with the Senate Democratic minority over confirmation of 15 Cabinet appointments. The battle started as a result of a last-minute maneuver of Fine's predecessor, U. S. Senator-elect James H.

Duff, to retain Attorney General Charles J. Margiotti in the new administration without going through the benefit of a formal appointment. SENATORS TO MEET Several of the 30-member Republican majority bloc were prepared to tell Fine that his only hope of getting confirmation of his Cabinet members was to dismiss Margiotti forthwith and name a new Attorney General. A committee of Republican Senators is scheduled to meet with Fine tomorrow morning to map Continued on Page 16, Column 1 3 Truman Is Host As Cold Fells Wife WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 (UP).

President Truman played substitute host at a Blair House tea-party to day for 60 hospitalized veterans while aara. i ruman was connnea io er Dea upstairs with a cold. Mrs. Edith Helm, White House so- cial secretary, said the First Lady A p- and did "the wise thing by staying in wife, Theresa. 21, and their two children, Michael, 3, and Ernest, 15 months, when Judge John C.

Wick at 4 P. M. ordered the trial recessed until 10 A. M. today.

RETURNING TO STAND Frank Sahl, court-appointed defense attorney, said Ingenito's early testimony today would cover the actual crimes. County prosecutor E. Milton Han-nold is seeking the death penalty. Ingenito is orv trial before a jury of eight women and six men for slaying his mother-in-law, Mrs. Pearl Mazzoli, 41.

Ingenito also killed his father-in-law, Michael Mzzoli, 51, and three other relatives of his wife. Speaking almost inaudibly, Ingenito recalled his unfortunate early years in Philadelphia where he was three times placed in correctional Continued on Page 20, Column I REARDAN, Jan. 16 (UP). A Seattle-bound Northwest Airlines plane crashed and exploded in a blinding snowstorm eight miles west of here today, killing all 10 persons aboard seven passengers and three crewmen. The wreckage of the twin-engined Martin was strewn over a 1000-vard area in a rolling eastern Washington wheat field less than 20 miles from Spokane, where it had taken off minutes before.

PLANE DISINTEGRATES x- Cmdr. F. B. Stafford, in charge of a fire crew from Spokane Naval Air Station, said "there were no recognizable remains. We didn't even look for bodies.

Apparently the plane exploded when it hit and burned. There wasn't a plane part more than five feet in length." Despite Stafford's view, hours after the crash ambulance men still were searching through the snow and wreckage for parts of the bodies. Seven forms, covered by blankets, were laid out in a row in a farm building. The workers weren't sure the others could be found. The Civil Aeronautics Administration said the ceiling was zero and Continued on Page 12, Column 4 Warmer Weathen Forecast for U.

S. WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 (UP) The Weather Bureau today predict ed warmer-than-normal weather over most oi the Nation for the next month, with more rain or snow than usual in the Midwest, the Northeast, and west of the Continental Divide. In its 30-days extended forecast. the Bureau said it would be warmest in the Gulf States and the Lower Mississippi Valley.

In the Northwest the mercury is not expected to vary much from seasonal normals. Only areas slated to receive sub normal precipitation are the Southwest and Western Plains States. 3n Olljr 3uqutrrr WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 17. 1951 Departments and Features Amusements 35 Bridge 34 Business and Financial 39, 40, 41, 42 Comics 28, 29 Death Notices 18 Editorials 22 Feature Page 25 Obituaries 18 Picture Page 3 Port in Storm 32 Puzzles 28, 29 Radio and Television 30 Shipping 42 Sports 36, 37, 38, 39 Women's News 31, 32, 33, 34 Frank Brookhouser Page 27 John M.

Cummings Page 22 Marguerite Higgins Page 25 Judy Jennings Page 33 Leonard Lyons Page 25 Edgar Ansel Mowrer Page "5 Merrill Panitt Page 30 Louella O. Parsons Page 25 Ivan H. Peterman Page 25 Sylvia Porter Page 25 Portraits Page 22 George E. Sokolsky Page 22 Danton Walker Page 25 John Webster Page 36 Walter WincheJl Page 25 that the pilot was warned of snow and slush on the runway, and that he acknowledged the message, it was learned last night. One of a number of officials investigating the crash, in which seven persons lost their lives, was reported to have heard the recording before it was impounded by the Civil Aeronautics Bureau.

WET SNOW AND SLUSH The control tower operator, the source said, informed the pilot there was "wet snow and slush on runway; landing conditions fair to poor." And this was followed on the recording tape by the pilot's voice saying "Roger." The contents of the recording, of which the greater part will remain secret until later public hearings, bore directly on a dispute between Continued on Pare 11, Column Ship Blaze Stirs Waterfront Scare Blazing rubbish on the deck of the Norwegian freighter Teomararie, riding at anchor -in the Delaware River off the foot of Monmouth ZSZZrZ but the flames were controlled quickly. Two fireboats and twCoast Guard ships were sent to the scene after i "F-LUi a 1 CUJ tCU ilC StillU Hill tZ. Crew members, however, quickly ex-j Uinguished the blaze. Wife Fights Thug, Store Owner Shot A 66-year-old Olney delicatessen store owner was shot and wounded critically last night by a bandit after he hurled a knife at the gunman, who was struggling with his wife. The victim, Ernst Hagenmeyer, of 6124 N.

Franklin owner of the Lindley Delicatessen, 5146 N. 5th where the shooting occurred, was taken to Jewish Hospital, where he was given blood plasma preparatory to an emergency operation for the removal of a bullet over the heart. WJFE. SUFFERS SHOCK Mrs. Hagenmeyer, 61, who heroically foiled the attempted holdup by the thug and a companion, was not injured, but suffered from shock.

She told Detectives Raymond Latchford and Samuel Steinberg, of the 6th Detective Division. 22d st. and Hunting Park that she was alone in the store at the time, dressing the window. Her husband, she said, was in a rear room listening to the radio. She said the bandit, tall and slim and about 30, wore a handkerchief Continued on Page 35, Column 1 1 Headline Hopping By Ollie Crawford TRUMAN submits $71,594,000,000 budget.

This is more than a guy thinks his wife spends for hats. The President' budget: That's a pretty figure with noughts behind it. The Reds are to blame, so this is really pouring money down a rathole. When Uncle Sam needs arms, he starts taking money with both hands. It includes 52 billions for security, and that's one of the few things worth that much.

The Prez. says that if he can budget, we can raise it-It's a lot of money, but there's plenty more where that's going to. Truman wants 16' billions in new taxes. This year every U. S.

taxpayer gets a Purple Heart. It's the year a guy can be sorry he has but one paycheck to give for his country. The object is to tax until it hurts and It's a cinch we can't have all this and having, too. It's a lot of dough. If 71.500 millionaires chipped in their wad, they'd still have to pass the hat.

Anybody would give Uncle Sam the shirt off his back, but there's going to be a fight over the pants. Army Won't Call- KfiOlflP KrrillTC WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 (AP). The Army rookie again will be called private, instead of a recruit. The Army announced today the change would be made Jan.

21 for morale and administrative reasons. Since Aug. 1, 1948, soldiers in the first four months of basic training have been called recruits. But under the present accelerated training program, the Army said, many soldiers complete basic work in less than four months and go into specialist training still with the title of recruit. The Army said it found this had a bad effect on morale.

The new privates still will draw $75 a month when they enter service. As heretofore, their pay will be raised to $82.50 a month after four months. Niemoeller Is With Grippe Attack WIESBADEN, Germany, Jan. 16 (AP). Pastor Martin Niemoeller is stricken with a severe fttack of grippe and is confined to bed, members of his family reported today.

The Protestant leader, an outspoken critic of West German re armament plans, became ill during a trip to Berlin and the Soviet zone from which he returned by plane last night. "He came back with a high fever. a member of his household said. His physician has ordered him to remain in bed for at least a week. Ship, Pier Ruinedllngenito Relates Life Stock Margins Boosted In Anti-Inflation Move Of Strif Frustration Illustrated on 3 By WILL SMITH Ernest M.

Ingenito, 26, spent almost the entire day on the witness stand in Gloucester County Court in Woodbury, N. yesterday detailing his unhappy boyhood and strife-torn youth that led to the WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 (UP). The Government raised margin requirements on all stock purchases from 50 to 75 percent today, amid reports that Defense Mobilizer Charles E. Wilson would call Baltimore Fire Illustrated on Page 3 BALTIMORE, Jan.

16 (AP). The eld troopship which took Woodrow Wilson to Europe in 1918 was ruined tonight by a raging 11-alarm fire that swept Baltimore's south waterfront and injured seven persons. The flames, swept by 40-mile winds, also destroyed a $5,000,000 empty ammunition pier, and burned a large tug and barges of equipment collected for work on the Chesapeake Bay Bridge. ONE HURT SERIOUSLY Only one of the seven was reported hurt seriously. Coast Guardsman Robert Long, 17, fell from the upper deck- of the cutter Chinook while manning a hose.

His head struck an anchor and he was placed under observation for a possible brain hemorrhage. The six others suffered minor cuts, bruises and burns. The 40- year-old transport George Washington, which had a replacement value of about $20,000,000, caught fire shortly after flames swept down the 1000-foot tim- Continued on Page 20, Column 1 tomorrow night for an across- the-board wage-price freeze. The Federal Reserve Board issued the margin requirement order, effective at the beginning of business tomorrow, in an anti-inflation move that reduces the amount of money available for stock market speculation. MUST PAY 75 CASH Henceforth, any stock purchaser must pay 75 percent of the cost of his stock in cash.

The order affects all regular stock transactions and short sales which are governed by board regulations known as and The board said the regulation did not change existing rules regarding standing accounts. "It only affects new transactions," a spokeman explained. "No other change is made in the regulations." The order was issued as a Labor Department report showed that retail food prices reached an all-time high on Jan. 2, one percent over the previous top levels of Jan. 15, 1948.

night of Nov. 17, when he mur dered five of his in-laws in Piney Hollow, N. J. Ingenito was outlining the early stages of his separation from his On WFIL Today 560 FIB ST ON IOI DIAL 12:00 Noon Luncheon Club 3:00 P.M. Three Hours of Music, with Tom Moorehead, Howard Jones and Bob Horn 6:30 P.M.

Singin Sam, 8:00 P. M. American Agent 11:00 P.M. Valley Forge Stardust Time WFIL-TV--CHANNEL 6 11:10 A.M. University of the Air 6:30 P.M.

Tom Corbett, Space Cadet 9:00 P. M. The Don McNeil Show.

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