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Man Seized As Leader in Wife Pleads Not Guilty in Auto Frauds oman Fined 3d Time SATURDAY MORNING. JULY 22, 1950 9 I lations 7, 1 1 i i ax noiaup Law io I rire 2 Clerks Identify Blackmail Figure -1 vu i i Xi T' I yy. syzzy. Properties On Green St. Again Cited Mrs.

Alice McWilliams, once described as "Philadelphia's worst fire menace," appeared before Magistrate Nathan Beifel for the third time yesterday and was fined $275 plus $44 costs for fire hazards in 11 properties she owns in the 1500 and 1600 blocks oi Green st. The charges involving a 12th property owned by Mrs. McWilliams at 1604 Green st. were dismissed after Magistrate Beifel said he had visited the property and found it virtually padlocked. He ruled that the building could not be reopened without the approval of Fire Mar m.

If T- if 1 JUDGE CARROLL SWORN IN AS STATE DEFENSE ADVISOR Judge Vincent A. Carroll, of Common Pleas Court No. 2 (right), shown being sworn in yesterday as a member of the Governor's Military Advisory Commission at a brief ceremony at City Hall. Judge Grover C. Ladner, of the State Supreme Court (left), administers the oath as Judge Byron A.

Milner looks on. 1 Wildwood Youth Ceare In Death of Phila. Girl State Bows To ight on Road Name FINED AGAIN FOR FIRE VIOLATION Mrs. Alice McWilliams, of 16th and Green stands before Magistrate Nathan Beifel in his office at 707 S. Broad st.

after being fined $275 and $44 costs for fire hazards in 1 1 properties she operates. Seventeen-year-old Richard Peterson, of West Wildwood, N. was exonerated yesterday of any criminal responsibility in connec-tion with the death of Mary Smurda, 22, of 1636 Wingohocking st. Number' Evidi 3 Seized on Fire Police of Inspector Craig Ellis' vice squad found only warm ashes in a bucket-a-day stove yesterday when they raided a locked and barred South Philadelphia basement to obtain numbers evi Made She as Nurse Posed Mrs. Edna Bower, 45-year-old Byberry housewife who allegedly posed as an Army nurse to de fraud "clients" of an estimated $65,000 in payments for auto mobiles that were never delivered, entered a plea of not guilty during a brief arraignment in TJ.

S. District Court, Camden, yester day. Three co-defendants charged with conspiracy Mrs. Bower's husband, J. Stanley Bower, an Eastern Airlines pilot, of Mechanicsville Byberry; the pilot's brother, George and the latter's wife, Mrs.

Emi- lie H. Bower, of Hopkins Had- donfield, N. J. also made not-guilty pleas before Judge Thomas M. Madden.

The pleas were presented formally at a three-minute hearing by Carl Kisselman, attorney for the J. Stanley Bowers, and Edwin G. Scoval, attorney for the other couple. TRIAL IN SEPTEMBER Assistant U. S.

Attorney Grover C. Richman, who stated that the defendants' trial would be scheduled for the September term of the court, and Judge Madden acceded to a request of the lawyers that bail of $5000 for Mrs. Edna Bower and of $1000 for her husband be continued, and that the other couple be permitted to remain at liberty under their own recognizance. Mrs. Edna Bower was indicted on June 29 by a Federal grand jury in Camden on four counts of imper sonating an Army nurse.

She also was accused of interstate transpor tation of money obtained by fraud and of conspiracy. Conspiracy charges against the other three de fendants were based on the Government's claim that they had in troduced her to various victims. SCHEME OUTLINED When Richman asked the grand jury on June 14 to return true bills against the defendants, he explicitly charged that Mrs. Edna Bower, pos ing as an Army nurse, accepted money from at least 14 persons after Assuring them that she could obtain new 1948 Chrysler cars for $700 each from Army surplus through her connections with high Army officers None of the promised machines was ever delivered to the woman's "clients," most of whom live in New Jersey, Richman added. The principal defendant was ar- rested May 12 by FBI agents in Phil- adelphia and held in $5000 bail by Commissioner Ethan Allen Doty here.

The case later was trans ferred to the jurisdiction of the Federal court in Camden. Huntingdon Pike Crash Injures Six Six persons were injured last night when two automobiles collided at Huntingdon pike and Mofeden Huntingdon Valley. They were treated at Abington Memorial Hospital and discharged. Four of those hurt were riding in a car operated by Edward H. Braun, 55, of Claridge near Adams who was bruised.

His wife, Caroline, 53, suffered cuts on the right knee and bruises; Mrs. Ruth Rider. 41, of 411 E. Cheltenham scalp cuts, and her son. Wayne, 5, possible fractured left shoulder.

Occupants of the other automobile who were hurt were Mrs. Grace Middleton, of Akron, bruises on legs and arms, and her daughter. Carol Ann, 12. mild shock. Mrs.

Middleton's husband, John, fr, the driver, was not injured. Thrown Cleaver Routs Robber A would-be holdup man learned last nignt tnat a Dutcher with a cleayer in his hand is a poor prospect as a victim. Flourishing a revolver, the robber entered the butcher and grocery shop of Leo W. Cantz, 38. at 4082 Creston st.

late last night as Cantz was pre paring meat for the Saturday trade. When he demanded the proprietor's money, cantz threw his cleaver at him, ducked behind the meat block. and yelled for help to his wife, Anna, 35, who was in the family's living quarters upstairs. The robber fled empty-handed. Decrease Reported In Syphilis Cases A decrease in the number of cases of syphilis In the Philadelphia area was reported yenterday by the De partment of Public Health.

In its annual report, the Division of Venereal Diseases Control said the five-year average of cases was 7624, more than any other reported communicable disease. The decrease, it said, occured during the last two years and is attributed to the effectiveness of the newer methods of treatment and to case-finding work. Naw Post for Dr. Moss Dr. W.

Glen Moss, former asso ciate professor of pharmacology at Temple University School of Medicine, has been appointed assistant professor of physiology at the University of Illinois College of Medicine, Chicago, Dean Stanley Olson announced yesterday. Laiigh-Qraphs "Nothing to drink just pan water to sit in." Denia All fr. if I Cape May County Prosecutor Al- bert M. Ash issued a statement to the effect that no criminal action is contemplated against the. youth.

Miss SmurGa died of a skull fracture suffered when she leaped from an auto driven by Peterson. The prosecutor issued the following statement: "The stair of the Cape May County prosecutor's office, with the close cooperation and assistance of North Wildwood Police Chief Carl R. Hoffman and personnel of the New Jersey State Police of the Cape May Court House Barracks, have just concluded a complete and exhaustive investigation of the circumstances which were responsible for the death of Miss Mary Smurda. CASE IS MARKED CLOSED "Insofar as the homicide is concerned, this case Has now been marked closed and no criminal action is contemplated. "Miss Smurda died in the Atlantic City Hospital Tuesday afternoon after jumping from a moving automobile on 25th near Atlantic North Wildwood, at 3:30 A.

M. Tuesday. "The autonsv revealed that the primary cause of death was subdural hemorrhage and fracture of the skull. This was caused when the victim struck her head on the edge of the paving after the leap. "I am satisfied that the girl's 17-year-old companion who was driving the auto at the time of her fatal leap is not criminally responsible for her death.

There were no other occupants in the car." YOUTH ADMITS DRINKING There was no evidence indicating the girl was criminally assaulted, struck or pushed from the moving vehicle, the prosecutor said. The driver of the car. however, was charged with driving while under the influence of liquor and pleaded guilty when he appeared before Henry C. Lapidus. municipal magistrate, at North Wildwood.

The charge of juvenile delinquency was also made against the driver and he is being detained pending a hearing next Wednesday at Cape May Court House before Judge David Horuvitz. Detectives yesterday charged a 25-year-old man who figured in a recent blackmail cast with being the leader of the bandit gang that got $17,500 in a holdup at the city's South Philadelphia branch tax office Marci 21. Singled outDf lineups of prisoners by two tax clerks who wire among the victims, Gabriel lccino, of Hicks st. near Mifflin, wjs arrested on charges of armed robbery, burglary and violation of the firearms act, and slated for a hearing this morning at the 24th and Wolf sts. atation.

He had been seized by detectives immediately after he was held in $500 bail Wednesday as a material witness in connection with blackmail charges made by Dr. William F. Schmidt, of 6008 Torres lale against a red-haired woman restaurant worker and her, husbs nd. IDENTIFIED BY TWO Under questioning, Buccino reportedly denied any connection with the holdup of the tax office 1802 S. Broad but detectives siy he was identified instantly in a s-andup at headquarters Thursday mcrning and at another late that night.

The men who picked him out, John Y. Kerby, of 1738 S. 2d eputy tax collector, and Harry Heroi, of 2016 Passyunk tax clerk, each saw him at a different standup and had no opportunity to consult together before making the identification, de tectives said. Both spotted him witho it hesitation as "the man with the reen sunglasses' who directed the afternoon holdup in which they and another tax clerk were herded into the cellar at pistol point. TWO-DAY RECEIPTS The holdup was staged just 40 minutes before a protect! e-service armored truck was to hae picked up the office's two-day collection of city, school, water and perse nal property taxes, all of which lad been placed in a single bag.

At the time, this led detectives to speculate that the robbery was an "inside job." Neither of the two men wl io worked with the leader of the holiup gang could be described, since one had a handkerchief over his face and the other had pulled his hat far down over his eyes. A fourth rr. ember of the gang waited at the wieel of a car parked 25 feet -from the office, on Moore st. No one go a close enough view of him to giv; a satisfactory description. Fast Action Urged On Vine St.

Span Plans for the construct on of a new bridge linking Vine st. i Powel-ton ave. be made immediately, the Citizens Committee for a Greater West Philadelphia urged yesterday. George A. Gurne, of the committee, said the only brilge linking West Philadelphia "anywhere near" a direct route to the Delaware River Bridge was th i Spring Garden Street Bridge.

"This bridge, which was built in 1876, is narrow and congested." he aid. "It is most urgent that immediate steps be taken for the construction of the greatly needed Vine ave. bridge link. This long delayed project will accrur to the progress and development of the vital West Philadelphia aiea and greatly benefit the entire ci Drum, Bugle Corps To Vie Tomorrow Ten drum and busle corps will participate in the Easterr Statts Junior con petition at 1:30 P. M.

tomorrow at McCarthy tBtadium on the LaSalle College sampus. 20th st. and Olney ave. The competition is being staged Inder the auspices of the Liberty ell Post 1906, Veterans of Foreign JR'ars. Among the competing corps will be.

the Raymond T. Osmond PKt 1692 Cadets. Veterans of Foreign Wars, the VFW State and nationa champions, and the Holy Name CidAs of Garfield Memorial Post 255, American' Legion, of Garfield. N. the American Legion national champions.

Busboy Accused As School Vandal A 17-yenr-nlrl buMKiy, etapioyrd In a rliitin re.itautant at 2d and Market was arrested la; night and accused of breaking 31 vindows In the Lea Public School, and Locust Thursday night. Harry O'Connell, of st. near 34th. was arrested by Motor Bandit Patrolmen John Sellers and Vincent Mercurio, who traced him to his place of employment through the license number of his autc mobile. Two of O'Connell's companions still are being sought.

O'Connell as sent to the Juvenile Court. Coffee-Urn Spiil Burns Man Badly Joseph Baretta. 42. of 442 E. Springfield Springfield Delaware county, was severely burned yesterday when he overturned a coffee urn while delivering a can of milk in a store at 5th and Market Chester.

Police said Baretta, an eaiploye ef Perm Dairies, was deliver: ng, the milk behind the lunch counter in the store. The urn tipped over, spilling the hot liquid. He was ttken to Chester Hospital, where his condition was described as fair. Child Bitten by Dog Bitten by a dog on Cadvalader e. near his home.

Chares W. Crompton, 8. of 8323 High School E3kins Park, was treated last tight by Dr. Ralph Hoerner. Chel tenham township police ordei ed the 0or owner to have it examined for possibla rabie.

i Ashes, ence in Charges Bond Set In Threats Harry Riggs, 71-year-old former a $500 boxer, was ordered to post bond to keep the peace in Quarter Sessions Court yesterday, after a young mother charged that he had threatened her and used abusive language because her children's crying annoyed him. The complaint against Riggs. who lives at 135 N. 16th was brougnt by Mrs. Margaret Nichols, 24.

of 133 N. 16th the mother of four children and wife of a disabled Marine Corps veteran. Mrs. Nichols said her. 8-month-old twins are teething and that when one crys, Riggs opens a window across an areaway separat ing their houses and shouts in her kitchen window.

She said this awakens her other children, making them all cry. She charged that Riggs threatened to harm her if she did not keep the children quiet. Riggs. who boxed under the name of Jackson Trainer, denied the charges. Pike County Judge Fred W.

Davis permitted Riggs to sign his own bail bond. Heads Police Auxiliary Frances Page, of Harrisburg, has been elected president of the Pennsylvania State Avxiliary of the Fraternal Order of Police. Other officers include Mary Pinter, of Phoenix -ville, vice president; Marcella Harp-ster, of Gettysburg, treasurer; Ethel Shank, of York, secretary; Alyce Whiddet. of Glenolden. conductor.

and Gertrude McFallen, of Allen-town, guard. shal George Kington. FINED IN JANUARY Mrs. McWilliams was fined $100 in January and $300 in April by Beifel who termed her the 'city's worst fire menace." Samuel Moonblatt, attorney for Mrs. McWilliams, protested the new fines and said that it was his understanding that the city could impose fines only once and must then take other action.

He was overruled by Magistrate Beifel who said that he had "taken great pains to be prop erly informed on this case. "As long as she insists on violating the fire laws of this city, I will continue to issue warrants," Beifel declared. PROTEST BY ATTORNEY Moonblatt protested that because of her age Mrs. McWilliams had difficulty in following out the fixe marshal's orders. "She may be a problem child, Beifel said, "but we are charged with upholding the law and protecting people from burning to death.

That is what I intend to do here as far as the law will permit." Capt. William A. Haas, chief deputy fire marshal, and Assistant City Solicitor Herman M. Modell presented the charges against Mrs. McWilliams and Beifel imposed $25 fine and $4 costs on each of the 11 properties.

After disposing of the case, Beifel turned to Moonblau and told the attorney that Mrs. McWilliams and her previous attorney had agreed to dispose of the properties. PROPERTIES FOR SALE "I've got the properties up for sale and I can't sell them," Mrs. McWilliams complained. "I happen to know more 'about this case than pou think." Magistrate Beifel replied.

"I know that you have been offered $3000 apiece for these properties and have turned the offer down." Mrs. McWilliams admitted this but asserted that the price was too low. "The properties are a little run down," she stiiB, "but if they were fixed up they would be worth from $8000 to $10,000 each." Beifel said he was prepared to put the woman in jail if the fines were not paid. She produced $319 in cash to cover the fines and costs. 22 ARE DISCHARGED Magistrate Beifel discharged 22 other persons after testimony that they had completed changes ordered by the fire marshal.

Ten were held for further hearings after testimony that alterations demanded by the fire marshal were under way. Fines of $25 each were imposed on J. D. Carr, of 1630 N. 12th for a property at 1723 N.

13th and on Ernest Vinson, of 616 N. 3d for a defective fire escape at that address. Beifel ordered Paul Krososok, of 1221 N. Randolph and William Leipert, of 2929 to vacate those properties for failure to comply with fire regulations. The hearings were the first involving fire hazards since a ruling cn July 7 by City Solicitor Frank F.

Truscott that the maximum penalty that can be imposed for such violations is $25 for each property. An act of 1911 repealed an earlier' law city authorities wished to utilize, which had sanctioned fines of $50 for each day a fire hazard was permitted to go uncorrected, Truscott said. Chemicals Ignite Shop Chemical fumes and dense smoke hampered firemen yesterday as they fought a blaze in the electroplating and silversmith shop of Louis J. Meyer, 205 S. 9th st.

The fire, discovered on the 2d floor of the three-story brick structure, was blazing furiously when a motorist turned in an alarm. Four engine and two truck companies responded. Chemicals burst into flames and spread quickly to wooden rinse tubs and the flooring. Acrid smoke arose in dense clouds making it difficult for firemen to enter the rooms filled with acid tanks and vats. Two of the firemen were taken to Pennsylvania Hospital after they had oeen splashed with chemicals.

The blaze was confined to the second floor. The third floor was damaged by smoke while the first floor, which contained the showroom, was damaged by water. Golden Wedding Day Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Mandes.

of Rosemont, are celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary today. They I have seven sons, a daughter and 13 I prandrhildren Mandes is a stone mason. Two signs proclaiming Route 309 as the Joseph W. Hunter Memorial Highway will be removed from Montgomery county as the result of protests from residents throughout the area to-whom the road is still Bethlehem pike, the Montgomery County Board of Commissioners announced yesterday. The signs, one located on the side of the highway north of Valley Green Whitemarsh township, and the other near Ambler, will be removed with the permission of the State Highway Department, Fred C.

Peters, president of the board, said. "We received so many requests to keep the old name that we thought it would be a good idea to prevail on State Highway Department officials to take the signs out of the county. We told them our problem and they agreed," Peters said. Nevertheless, Route 309 will still be the Joseph W. Hunter Memorial Highway from Philadelphia to the New; York border, according to C.

H. Buckius, assistant chief engineer of the Department of Highways. The new name was given to the highway in honor of the State's first highway commissioner. Peters said the board recommended that the name be given to a new-road, such as the highway that will link King of Prussia with the Pennsylvania Turnpike. Mrs.

Ringe Hurt In Auto Collision Mrs. Thomas B. K. Ringe, 40. of 424 W.

Mermaid lane, Chestnut Hill, was treated yesterday for minor injuries at Crestnut Hill Hospital following an automobile collision at Wilow Grove ave. and St. Martins lane, Chestnut Police said Mrs. Ringe. wife of the attorney and member of the City Charter Commission, was involved in a collision with Samuel Miller, 54, of Chelten ave.

near Musgrave who said the brakes of his machine had failed to hold. Patrolman Frank (Mullen reported that Miller's car went throueh a stop sign. Small Sons sons under one arm ond IpndlniT woman fled from her home last fire swept up the rear wall of the house, threatening destruction. Mrs. Sarah McBride, 26, began to scream as soon as she had carried the youngsters, Joseph 6, and Thomas, 4, to safety from the burn ing dwelling at 680 N.

33d and ner cries bought quick help. DRAGS GARDEN HOSE Robert T. Burns, of 229 Bucking ham place, a city fireman who was off duty and on his way home, ran to the house next door and dragged a gar den hose to the rear of Mrs. Mc-Bride's home. He was pouring water on the mounting flames when three fire companies arrived, summoned by an alarm turned in by a neighbor from a box at 33d and Wallace sts.

They fought the blaze for more than half an hour before it was ex tinguished. Before their arrival, flames had swept a wooden bay on the second floor and spread next door to a wooden fence behind the home of Mrs. Margaret Miller. The back of the Miller home was scorched by the heat. HOUSE DAMAGED The kitchen shed at the rear of Mrs.

McBride's home, and the second floor rear bedroom, were severely damaged. Mrs. McBride said she had put the rubbish out beneath the shed just a short time before the fire broke out. Firemen said a cigaret t.os-ed into the yard may have set it afire. Local Accidents Kenneth Nagy, 9.

of 516 E. 10th Chester, was injured yesterday when he fell 12 feet from a tree while playing near his home. The boy's father, Ellick, took hi mto Chester Hospital. Physicians said the boy suffered a possible skull fracture, concussion a fractured right arm. The five subway-surface trolley routes serving West Philadelphia were delayed for 17 minutes yesterday when a trolley-pole rope broke on a Route 34 car at the west end of Market st.

bridge at 7:25 A. M. General Members of the Delaware Valley Milk Goat Association wil hold their eighth annual goat show today at Braemar Farm. Wrightstown, Bucks county, beginning at 10 A. M.

and continuing until 3 P. M. The show is held to bring together persons interested in the dairy goat industry, such as breeders, milk producers or individuals keeping goats for their personal use. The Eagl Fije Co. of Bucks county, will sponsor a week-long carnival beginning tonight, on the grounds of New Hope High School.

The proceeds will be used toward purchasing a new fire engine to service the borough and Solebury township. It is the company's 12th annual carnival. A color film of Rainbow Bridge, a natural arch that spans the Colorado River, will be presented at the Tuesday luncheon meeting of the Engineers Club, 1317 Spruce by J. W. Anderson, general superintendent of the Philadelphia division, transmission and distribution department, Philadelphia Electric 'Co.

Swerving Auto Strikes House An automobile driven by George McMillan, 42 of 1509 W. Susquehanna went out ot control at :30 P. M. yesterday and rolled arroN two lawns before crashing into the corner of the three-tory brkk-and-stucco home of Mrs. Charles Cooper, 7821 Verree rd.

Mrs. Cooper, who was in the kitchen, was shaken by the crash but not injured. McMillan also was unhurt. He told police of the Rising Sun ave. and Benner st.

station that a speeding truck which did not stop forced him to swerve and lose control. He was not arrested. Bricks oi me nouse were loosened and a brick pillar supporting one end the porch roof was knocked down. Now You Can Dig Clams For a Fee To the amazement of many Penn-sylvanians who thought it was free all along, the State of New Jersey yesterday announced that non-residents may now get licenses to gather clams. Up' to this time, none but bona- fide Jerseyites were allowed licenses, but the State Department of Con servation and Economic Develop ment revealed yesterday that Gov.

Alfred E. Driscoll recently had signed a bill extending that privilege to outsiders. Word Rime BESTIAL (BEST-yal) A BESTIAL man is always vile Because he's mean and brutal. Attempts to change this icicked beast Are almost always jutile. dence.

But tkey brought their suspects in anyway. The charge? Violation of the Fire Marsnai regulations. Three men found in the establishment, on Bancroft st. near Reed, were identified as Antony Dintino, 29, of 10th st. near Carpenter; Joseph Cavalese, 27, of the Bancroft st.

address, and Rocco Donato, 28, of 16th st. near Dickinson. They will have hearings this morning in Central Police Court. HAMMER DOWN DOORS To enter the place, the raiders said, they had to use axes and sledgehammers to break open a barred and padlocked cellar door. After that, they had to pry open an inner, sliding door, also reinforced with iron.

Within were the three suspects, with three telephones linked to a small switchboard and other gambling apparatus but no signs of numbers plays. However, at the rear of the basement was a small stove, which was still warm, and within it were bwrned papers, still smoldering. RULED A FIRE HAZARD The raiders informed Fire Marshal Gcofce Kington, who inspected the place and determined that lighting a fire in an establishment from which the only means of exit was doubly locked and barred constituted a fire hazard under the Fire Marshal's regulations. Detectives, led by Acting Inspector John T. Murphy, raided what they described as a large numbers drop yesterday in West Philadelphia, ar rested two men and two women and seized a huge quantity of numbers slips.

$3000 DAILY ESTIMATED Murphy said that almost every room of the building on Fairmount ave. near 47th st. yielded numbers slips and he estimated that $3000 a day in numbers plays was handled there. Arrested in the raid were Nathaniel W. Coles, 23.

of 51st st. near Aspen; Floyd KitHton, 22. of Meredith st. near 47th; Marchrista Stemete, 26, of the Fairmount ave. address, and Armeita Selby, 28, of Olive st.

near 47th. All will have a hearing today at the 50th st. and Lancaster ave. police station. Fast-Running Thief Flees With Purse Mrs.

Edith Dunbar, 42, of 8126 West Chester pike. Upper Darby, lost her wallet containing $5 and keys to a fast-running thief last night. She told police she chased the man for two blocks but he disappeared. Mrs. Dunbar told Detective Walter Lister the wallet dropped from a pocket of her dress while she was buying a newspaper at the Cedar Lane station of the Red Arrow Lines, West Chester pike at St.

Laurence rd. A man seated on a nearby bench picked up the wallet and fled. Mrs. Dunbar said he was about 32, six feet tall, 160 pounds, and wore a green sweater. Man, 70, Injured By Motor Scooter Gus Mayer, 70, of Shady lane, Rockledge, was treated last night at Frankford Hospital for cuts of the left arm and leg suffered when he was struck by a motor scooter at Rising Sun ave.

and Comly st. Frank J. Maurer, 63, of Orianna st. near Diamond, was held for hearing this morning on a charge of assault and battery as the operator of the vehicle, at the Rising Sun ave. and Benner st.

police station. Mother Flees QMtize (Korea Serriee 30 en Granted Free Postaae Members of our armed forces on active duty In Korea may send letters home free of postage. Postmaster Raymond A. Thomas announced yesterday. The letters will be transmitted by air provided With Tit Clutching one of her small the other, a West Philadelphia nigni as names from a rubbish Truck Theft Laid to 2 Two men were held in $1000 bail by Magistrate Elias Myers yesterday in the theft of a tractor-trailer loaded with $10,000 worth of produce.

Charged with larceny, the two were identified as William Moultrie, 26, of 19th sr. near Berks, and Larry Robinson, 22, of Norris st. near 19th. Police said Moultrie was seized in the vehicle about an hour after it was reported stolen. Patrolmen Joseph French and Harry Dolan, of the Motor Bandit Patrol, spotted the truck traveling west on Norris st.

near 21st, and forced it to the curb about a block west. Police said Robinson leaped from the tractor-trailer and ran. He was arrested about three hours later by Patrolmen Armond Grasso and Martin McNish. Robinson admitted, they said, that he had been in the vehicle with Moultrie. The driver, David Silverman, of 1248 Levick told police he had parked the vehicle on Delaware ave.

between Walnut and Dock sts. The cargo was intact when the truck was recovered, they weigh one ounce or less, are marked "Air Mail" or "Via-Air," and provided air transportation is available. EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY The free mailing privileges are effective immediately and will continue until June 30, 1951 unless terminated earlier by Congress or by the President, Thomas said. The free mailing privilege was granted United States service men in the Second World War on March 27. 1942.

The privilege was terminated Dec. 31, 1947. Applicable only topersonal letter mail and post card messages, the franking privilege is primarily for the purpose of making it easier for Americans in combat zones to keep in touch with their families and friends. MUST BEAR WORD 'FREE The regulations which applied to free mail in the Second World War are those which generally apply at this time. Letters sent by service men in Korea must bear the word "Free" in the upper right corner of the address side of the envelope.

Also, the sender's name, rank, serial number and service designation must appear in the upper left corner of the envelope. It. is provided that the free mail privilege also may apply to any areas which the President may hereafter designate as combat zones or thea- ters of military operations. All free letters must be sent to persons in the United States nr territories nf the United States to qualify as free mail..