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Says Foreign Policy VOL. 231, NO. 114 200 Feared Dead in Fire At Cleveland 7-Way Probe Begun Is Main Issue of oji Tnrn Tnrh Kimmel Aide Blasts Delay As 'Politics' Admiral King Given Report in Stall Until Nov. 7, Lawyer Says pi (UliL II 11 LU(DLIL JL Boy Injured In'DueUwith Umbrella A slip and a stumble during a make-believe duel, with old umbrella ribs as foils, yesterday afternoon resulted in a critical stab wound to Louis Lepore, 12, of 1501 S. Beulah st.

The boy, whose head was punctured through one of his ears just below the brain, was taken to the Jefferson Hospital where an operation was performed in the hope of saving his life. BOY, 13, IS HELD Police, who said the Injury to the boy was accidental, placed 13-year-old Salvatore Matteo, of Catharine st. near 7th, under arrest as the wielder of the umbrella rib which endangered his playmate's life. The two boys, according to Detective Charles Steinberg, of the 7th and Carpenter sts. police station, left their homes early in the afternoon and, in company with James Carfagno, 12, of 763 S.

7th and President Raps G.O.P. 'Isolation'; Tours N. Y. City Text of Mr. Roosevelt's Address on Page 4 By JOHN C.

O'BRIEN ,1 Inquirer Staff Reporter NEW YORK, Oct. 21. President Roosevelt, callinc- th It 1 fy 1 roll of Republican "isolationists," declared tonight that the question of who would formulate and carrv out the countrv's foreign policy was the issue in 7 the republicans won control of Congress, "inveterate isolationists would occupy positions of commanding influence and power." In a speech delivered at a Association, the President laid paredness of the Nation, when tne republicans in Congress. Senator Hiram W. Johnson, P.

Nye, of North Dakota; Representative Joseph W. Martin, (Acme Telephoto) ROOSEVELT RIDING THROUGH NEW YORK RAIN President Roosevelt, his campaign hat and Navy cape dripping, is pictured with Fala as he rode through New York yesterday in a drizzling rain. The President spoke there last night before a meet ing of the 'Foreign Policy Association. Wlicre Service Vode Will He Tabulated Laile In Gas Blast Origin a Mystery CIXVELAND. Oct.

21 (A. the death toll in Cleveland's great e.t fire soared to at least 83 tonight, the caue of mysterious blasts which converted the East Ohio Gas liquid gas tanks into giant lethal ficm? throwers apparently was locked in smouldering: ruins. Fear that fatalities might reach 2oo tss expressed by Stanley Orr, chairman of the Cleveland Red Cros; ur-it. FATALITIES MOUNT The number of fatalities mounted f.arply from a late-day total of police reported finding eigh; boc'ies in one "small structure nea-the plant and three others beneath a nearby fallen wall. There were 5: bodies at the county morgue, 19 them identified, and Coroner S.

R. Gerber previously reported counting 18 seared bodies in the Strieker, area. Search of the wreckage was; abandoned until tomorrow. Hospital records indicated 165 persons still were under treatment foi Injuries, at least seven of them in critical condition. More than 20C had received emergency hospital tare.

RED CROSS AID The number reported missing dwindled steadily as families were reunited by the Red Cross. From a pait of about 250. this Red Cross ficure. based on registrations at a disaster renter, declined to approximately 100. A separate list, of missing recorded at the morgue totaled' 81.

Seven separate Investigations to determine the cause of the tragedy were initiated but officials reported no progress. Multiple investigations have not produced yet a single clue as to the probable cause of the first blast Mr. Gerber reported. FBI STARTS PROBE Probing the disaster are the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Army and Navy intelligence, police and fire officials, the gas company and Coroner Gerber. An assertion that the fire apparently started in one of the large storage tanks was made by Mrs.

Viola Moore, 37. office manager in the American Gas Association's laboratory, located near the $6,000,000 storage plant. East Ohio spokesmen said they ere "completely at a loss" as to the probable cause. 0 EMPLOYES MISSING Many bodies recovered today were found in or near the wreckage of the East Ohio plant. Company officials compiled a list of more than 50 employes still missing.

Fire Chief James E. Granger said Insurance adjusters had set the combined estimate of property damage. Including plant properties, business establishments and homes, at 000.000. Warren Takes Turn for Worse SACRA MFNTO. Oct.

21 A. Dr. J. B. Harris reported today thpt Governor Farl Warren, who has bpm ill with influenza, had rie-vr)nprd a kidney infection.

Dr. Krri called in a specialist for confutation. Dr. Harris said the Governor's temperature was normal, but the attack had weakened him, making him susceptible to the kidney infection. No other complications ha developed, Dr.

Harris taid. He stated that the Governor spent an "uncomfortable night." EREW1TH. iti tabular fnrm, in the lineup of States which will count their service ballots some time after the election: State Eligible 550.000 75.000 17.250 120,000 225,000 70.000 California Colorado Delaware Florida Nebraska North Dakota Pennsylvania Rhode Island Utah x-Washington 37.000 600.000 53.000 39.212 120,000 Total Ballot Estimated Elec- Dale Vot Sent Vote toral Vote Counted 276.000 100.000 25 Not. 24 36.000 18.000 6 Nov. 22 8,000 3.000 3 Nov.

9 40.000 25,000 8 Nov. 17 72.000 35,000 15 Nov. 9 30.000 12.000 6 Nov. 13 20.000 8.000 4 Dec. 5 600,000 200.000 35 Nov.

22 37.100 18,000 4 Dec. 5 17,426 10.000 4 Nov. 12 60,000 50,000 8 Nov. 17 1.196,526 479,000 118 of Massachusetts, and their Republican followers in Con gress opposed Administration efforts to safeguard the security of the country, the President charged "In the event of a Republican victory in Congress." he added, "it would be Senator Johnson who would be the ranking Republican voice in foreign policies, Senator Nye who would be chairman of the Powerful Senate Committee on Appropriations, Representative Martin who probably would be the Speaker of the House, and Representative Hamilton Fish who would be chairman of the powerful Committee on Rules. NOT RELIABLE CUSTODIANS' "Politicians who embraced the policy of isolationism or who never raised their voices against it in our days of peril are not reliable custodians of the future of America." The President's speech capped a strenuous day of campaigning in the four largest of New York's five boroughs, in relentless rain and raw, marrow-chilling wind.

For four hours, through 70 miles of crowd-lined streets, the President, with Mrs. Roosevelt at his side and his dog Fala in his car. drove In an open car with the rain beating on his face. Mayor Fiorello H. LaGuardia quoted police Inspector John J.

O'Connell as estimating that cheering persons saw him. IN FIGHTING MOOD In his address at the Foreign Policy dinner the President was in a fighting mood. He jabbed and thrust at his Republican opponent with his old campaign-time vigor. Nevertheless, he began his speech by saying that he was going to talk "without rancor or snap judgment," and "without losing my temper or losing my head." an implied accusation that his opponent's speeches were in the opposite manner. Replying to the main points of the opposition's criticism, that he was evading the main issue in the proposed United Nations world security organization, and that the uncertainty of the Allied post-war policy with respect to Germany was forcing the Germans to fanatical resistance, the President sought to clear the air with positive declarations.

It is clear, the President said, that "if the world organization is to have any reality at all, our representative Continued on Page 5. Column 1 (x In Washington State, with 60.000 ballots thus far sent out, officials report the unusual total of 45,000 ballots already returned.) Late Soldier Vote Count Could Swing Election By HUGH MORROW Inquirer Washington Bureau Willkie Decision Denied by Wife RUSHVILJ E. Oct. 21 A. Mrs.

Wendell L. Willkie made a fervent appeal today that all conjecture be ended as to whether her husband would have supported the Presidential candidacy of Governor Thomas E. Dewey or President Roosevelt at the coming election. Mr. Willkie, who was once a Democrat, received more votes than any other Republican nominee in history when he was the 1940 Presidential standard-bearer.

Since his death Oct. 8, there has been much speculation as to the possible effect on the coming election if Mr. Willkie had formally announced his support for either Presidential candidate. WILLKIE DIED UNDECIDED "I am distressed." Mrs. Willkie said in a formal statement, "because many people are saying that they knew how Wendell Willkie intended to vote in the coming election.

"I am sure he had not made his decision. "No one could speak for him while he was living; and I ask. out of re spect for his memory, that no one should attempt to speak for him now." Mrs. WiUkie's statement, followed bv only a few hours a declaration by Governor Raymond E. Baldwin of Connecticut at Hartford, that Mr.

Willkie told him "emphatically" on the final day of the Republican Nalional Convention that he (Mr. Willkie would not support President Roosevelt for a fourth i term. Governor Baldwin, a close political ally and friend of Willkie, recalled that Mr. Willkie turned to him and said: "Well, you can rely on one thing. Continued on Page 3, Column 7 By HUGH MORROW Inquirer Washington Bureau WASHINGTON, Oct.

21. Admiral Ernest J. King, Chief of Naval Operations, found himself on a political spot today as Rear Admiral Husband E. Kimmel's lawyer blasted Navy secrecy on "the truth of Pearl Harbor" as a "specious pretext" to suppress revealable facts until after the election. Secretary of the.

Navy James V. Forrestal placed Admiral King in a position vulnerable to political attack whpn Vip tiirnod nvcr Pearl Harbor report by a Navy rotirt of inquiry, part of it labeled "secret" and the rest "top secret," and asked Admiral King to determine whether those security classification! were not applicable. POLITICAL DELAY OPPOSED "I trust that the Admiral will not be a party to any unreasonable delay on the grounds of military security and that his decision will not be affected by any political consideration," Representativeg W. Sterlin Cole N. declared.

In St. Paul, Representative Melvln J. Maas a member of the House Naval Affairs Committee, declared, "If I had not made a statement about the report, the general public would never have known there was such a report; now they are forced to admit it and to alibi for not giving it to the public." REVEALED BY MA AS Secretary Forrestal disclosed completion of the report last night, 24 hours after Representative Maas had charged that officials in Washington knew of the proposed time and place of the Japanese attack six hours before it occurred, but failed to warn the Pearl Harbor commanders. Charles B. Rugg, chief counsel for Admiral Kimmel, declared in Boston that the accused former Pearl Harbor commander "is entitled to hear the verdict of the court promptly." PRETEXT CHARGED "Secretary Forrestal's suggested procedure is a specious pretext to keep the truth of Pearl Harbor hidden from Dec.

7, 1941, to Nov. 7, 1944." Mr. Rugg said. "The Navy court has done Its work. Its report has been submitted.

Presumably it places responsibility lor the Pearl Harbor catastrophe. "Over a year ago. Colonel Frank Knox (then Secretary of the Navy) asked Admiral Kimmel to waive the statute of limitations. In his letter making this request. Colonel Knox stated that the public interest and safety would then permit proceedings.

He added, however, that there would be a delay because of the difficulty of bringing witnesses before a court. SECRECY STAND ATTACKED "The present Secretary of the Navy raises the question of secrecy. This inconsistent and dilatory procedure is hard to understand. It is nnjust to Admiral Kimmel. He is entitled to hear the verdict of the court promptly." In addition to the copy of the report, before Admiral King, another copy was reported to be in the hands of Secretary Forrestal for study to determine whether court martial proceedings should be initiated.

Admiral Kimmel has long demanded such proceedings, since the Roberts report blamed him and Major General Walter C. Short for the disaster, but neither has had an opportunity to state his side of the case. The War Department remained silent on a similar fact-finding study which it has been conducting. Congress ordered both studies. 5 Die, 100 Hurt In Harbor Fire IOS ANGELES.

Oct. 21 (A. A harbor ire in which at, least five men were killed, more than 100 injured and two landing ships seriously damaged was brought under control tonight, the Navy announced. A spokesman said the Navy is investigating a report that the fire from gasoline afloat on the water around four landing ships, two of which were towed to safety. A series of minor explosions, possibly acetylene tanks, followed the flash of flame which enveloped the other two landing craft, he said.

Approximately 35 cars and trucks and one large crane on an adjacent dock were burned, and 200 feet of the dock was damaged, the Navy spokesman added. City firemen, augmented by Coast Guard and naval crews, battled the flames for more than three hours. More than a dozen ambulances removed the injured to the Long Beach Naval Hospital and others in the harbor district. The Navy did not disclose the identities of the dead. Harry Ready, proprietor of a waterfront cafe, said the odor of gasoline had been noticeable during the day and speculated tht fuel might have collected under the dock.

He said at least 50 men leaped from two of the landing craft after the explosion. WASHINGTON, Oct. 21. Both major political parties today kept anxious eyes on the biggest unknown quantity in the coming election the soldier vote. For the ballots now streaming in and Continued on Page 2, Column Storm Subsides In Phila.

District; Damage Slight The tail end of the tropical hurricane which brought heavy rains and moderately high winds to Philadelphia and South Jersey subsided yesterday in this area after inflicting only minor damage. Meanwhile the death toll reached 54 in the hurricane which lashed Cuba and caused an estimated damage to Florida's citrus industry. Forty-threeof tlie dad were In Cuba, two in Miami, and nine civilian crewmen were reported drowned when a tugboat sank near Bradenton, Fla. STORM CENTER FAR AT SEA Except for flooded streets in some sections. South Jersey shore resorts escaped the fury of the storm which passed the coastline 30 miles at sea.

North Jersey points reported high waves broke over bulkheads damaged in the September storm and flooded ocean front streets. From Seabright to the Highlands in Monmouth county, the waves menaced tracks of i the Central Railroad of New Jersey and high winds piled sand across the right-of-way at several places. NORTHEASTER HITS BOSTON The Weather Bureau in Boston said a northeaster, an offset of the hurricane, swept into New England accompanied by driving rain and winds expected to reach gale proportions of 45 miles an hour. Property damage due to the storm was light in Philadelphia although a number of windows were blown out by the wind and nearly a hundred burglar alarms were set off by short circuits. CLEAR SKIES FORECAST The Weather Man here said more than one inch of rainfall was recorded during the storm.

He predicted today would be clear and cool. On Long Beach Island, an estimated 500 persons who fled their homes to the mainland prior to the storm, returned yesterday after the wind subsided. No damage was reported on the island except in the Beach Haven Heights area, where high water flooded Long Beach boulevard, blocking traffic for sev eral hours. SERVICE MEN TRAISED Although Atlantic City had a record rainfall of 3.31 inches for the 24 hours ending at 1 P. M.

yesterday, damage was negligible. Major Joseph B. Altman and city commissioners praised the work of the Coast Guardsmen and soldiers Continued on Pare 2, Column 4 a nosebleed was wrecked in a multiple collision involving two oil trucks and an automobile. Both the child. Donald Gorman, Mrs.

Elizabeth Gorman, 31, of nosebleed Woodawn 8 vp- Maple Shade, N. were Riven blood plasma at Cooper Hospital and the mother was placed under an oxygen tent. They suffered head and body injuries. DRIVERS ESCAPE INJURY Carl Heilemier 34. of W.

Main Maple Shade, driver of the ambulance, escaped injuries, as did the ther drivers involved in the crash. hich happened at Route 25 and Federal st. The two oil trucks were operated by Russell Van Pelt. 32. of Matawan.

V. whose truckload of high-test spilled over the highway, threatening fire, and Robert A. Crumley. 2G, of Russell Woodbury. The identity of the driver of -tie automobile was not determined, )olire said.

SAYS HE HAD GREEN LIGHT Mr. Crumley's truck, loaded with nil. was some north on Route 25 and, to his version of the acci- Continned on Page 2, Column this election. He added that if dinner of the Foreien Tolicv responsibility for the ucpre- war came, at the doorstep of of California Senator Gerald Central Penna. To Give Dewey Heavy Majority By JOSEPH H.

MILLER Inquirer Staff Reporter HARRISBURG, Oct. 21. Thre south central Pennsylvania coun ties, Including Dauphin, eat of the State Capitol, will return heavv majorities for Governor Thomas K. Dewey, Republican Presidential nominee, despite the fact they are steel manufacturing and railroad pointsjmd the hub of labor organizations promoting the fourth-term bid of President Roosevelt. This was indicated by a survey of the three counties forming the 18th Congressional District which, in addition to Dauphin, includes Lebanon and Cumberland.

HEAVY LABOR VOTE Although there Is a heavy labor vote in the district, the three counties are expected to return at least four times the majority for Governor Dewey that they gave Wendell Willkie over President Roosevelt in 1940. Four years ago. with Cumberland in the Democratic column by 461 votes, the district returned a 3722 majority for Mr. Willkie. In this year's balloting, observers predict that all three counties will be found in the Republican column and that the majority for Mr.

Dewev will be at least 14,500. including a Continued on Pafe 3. Column inois, N. Y. Polls Give Dewey Lead NEW YORK.

Oct. 21 fA. P. Results of newspaper Presidential polls in New York and Illinois as of yesterday: Illinois: Chicago Times poll (Statewide), Dewey. 5751; Roosevelt, 5491.

New York: New York Daily News poll (Statewide), Dewey, Roosevelt, 11,365. By Route 13 Trolley A man Identified by draft as William J. Mulligan. 30. of 13 s.

38th was fatally injured by a Route 13 trolley car as he crossed Woodland ave. between 33d and 34th sts. last night. Pasqualc Mark. 22.

of Robinson st. near 62d, motorman of the northbound car, was charged with manslaughter. He will have a hearing this morning. Olivia De Havilland in So. Pacific A SOUTH PACIFIC BASE, Oct.

21 (A. Olivia De Havilland. American film star touring Pacific army bases, is ill with pneumonia, Army hospital here disclosed to-lay. Her condition was repoired satisfactory. No complication had devioivd (and she was making normal Mother, Child Injured In Ambulance Wreck A three-year-old boy and his mother were injured critically in rnnsauken township.

N. J. last nurht when 1 he ambulance in which she was accompanying him to a Camden hospital for treatment of Body Is Found Wedged Under Car; Driver Held 4 Sperial to The Inquirer TRENTON. 21. Police arrested Harry LoRan, 2o, of Chambers today, following the discovery of the body of a man wedged into the frame underneath his automobile.

Final Campaign Push Mapped by Gov. Dewey ALBANY, N. Oct. 21 (A. Obviously happy over the reception he received in Democratic Pittsburgh.

Governor Thomas E. Dewey spent a rainy Saturday completing plans for his final campaign push through the Midwest. IDJX 1:11 I yet to arrive from the foxholes. the barracks, the warships, and the other stations on land and sea of Uncle Sam's service men and women not only could decide the election they might leave the issue in doubt for weeks after Nov. 7.

And of all the service votes to be tabulated, that of Pennsylvania probably is the most crucial. STATES TO DELAY COUNT Eleven States, Pennsylvania among them, will not count soldier ballots for periods ranging from two days to a full month after the election. Between them, these States will cast 118 votes in the Electoral College, but only in three of them Pennsylvania, Missouri and possibly California could the service ballot swing an important bloc of electoral votes one way or the other. On the other hand, those three States are the most important of the 11, with a total of 75 electoral votes. N.

Y. COULD BE SWUNG In New York State, with 47 electoral votes at. stake, a strong pro-Roosevelt tally among service men might swing that important State "ut of the Dewey column, in which it is now generally conceded to be, although by a narrow margin. However, New York's service ballots will be counted alone with the civilian Continued on Tajre 7, Column I Of Special Interest "The Message of William Perm for Our Time," an enlightening article on the founder of Pennsylvania written by Felix Morley, President of Haverford College in connection with the Penn Tercentenary will be found in Everybody's Weekly. Today's Gold Seal Novel, one of the most unusual ever published by The Inquirer, is "Come Soon Tomorrow!" by Gladys Swarthout, star of opera, stage and screen.

Don't miss these two outstanding features In Tnflay Inquirer West Phila. Girl Injured by Auto A 12-year-old West, Philadelphia pirl wfis injured by an automobile yesterday as she alighted from a bus on I.ansdowne ave. at 67th st. The victim was Thelma Murphy, of 960 N. C6th and police said the automobile was driven by Philander Felici, 42, of Rogers ave.

near Larchwood Upper Darby, who took her to Delaware County Hospital. She was treated for cuts and possible concussion and was detained for observation. A little later, he said, he drove the car to a double garage ownd by Michael Micelli. 43, of 1074 Franklin this city. The body was this morning when Mr.

Micelli opened the garage to take out his own automobile. Both the dead man and the motorist have been employed at the De Laval Co. turbine plant here, the former as a machinist and the latter ns a draftsman. However, Police Captain Johnson Konovcr said, the two were not acquainted. Woman in Movie Loses Memory A well-dressed woman of about 40 was admitted to Hahnemann has.

pital last night after telling an Usher at, 19th and Market sts. movie theater that she could not remember who she was. Dressed in a black tailored suit with shoes and handbag to match, the woman wore a wedding ring and a small diamond ring. She carried a plaid umbrella. The Republican Presidential nominee, who leaves Monday on a swing through Minneapolis, Milwau- kee and Chicago, is expected to de- vote the closing week of his cam- paign to the East Coast'.

TUNED IN ON ROOSEVELT The Executive Mansion was tuned in for tonights broadcast by President Roosevelt before the Foreign Policy Association In New York City. Aides indicated the Governor would be ready to answer any rebuttal by Mr. Roosevelt to Mr. Dewey's foreign policy speech in New York City last Wednesday, in which he assailed the President's "personal secret diplomacy." Despite dismal weather, the candidate and Mrs. Dewey were smiling broadly as they stepped off their special train today alter an overnight run from Pittsburgh, where they received a warm reception yesterday.

In his broadcast. Mr. Dewey accused the Roosevelt. Administration of "playing with the rights of labor The dead man, identified as Daniel W. Mason.

63. of 5 Francis of Trenton, had apparently been struck by the automobile, his hpad had become wedged in the machine's T-frame, and then the dead man had apparently been dragged nearly a mile from the scene of the accident to a garage where Logan kept the car. MOTORIST FELT JOLT Logan, who was held for investigation; told detectives that at about 10.30 o'clock Friday nisht while he was driving with two sisters-in-law and a brother-in-law in the car he felt a jolt at Liberty st. and Olden this city. He was quoted as having said that he stopped the car, and that he and his companions climbed out and looked around, but were unable to find anything the car might have hit except a log in the street.

At that time, police said, the body was presumably beneath the car. After the search around the car, police quoted Losan as saying, he mnri his companions climbed back into the car and drove to his home. IN TODAY'S INQUIRER THIS SECTION Feview of the week. rite SECTION Editorial page. Page 12 Obituaries.

Pae 13 SPORTS SECTION Sports. Page 1-6 Death notices. Page 8 Radio. Page 7 Business and financial. Pages 8, 9 SOCIETY AND AMUSEMENTS 1 6 Pages COMIC SECTIONS 'IB Paeesi PICTURE PARADE lfi PSEesi EVERYBODY'S WEEKLY '12 Faeesi COMPLETE NOVEL 16 Pagesi Continued on Page 3, Column.