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THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER, SUNDAY MORNING. MARCH 10. 1957 5 a Fumes Peril Ohio Area Eye Jewish Revival NEW YORK, March 9 (AP). Leaders of all three branches of and Reform will hold a two-daf session here March 24 and 25 to explore "the current Jewish re vival." Judaism Orthodox, Conservative IRONTON, March 9 (UP). A chemical plant fire sent coluds Official and Three Hurt as Car Skids Special to The Inquirer SHENANDOAH, March 9.

The chief burgess of Shenandoah and three members of his family were injured shortly after noon today when his automobile skidded on a patch of ice and bit a utility pole on Route 122 at Police Checking Cap And Sketches for' Clue To Slain Boy's Identity A tan Ivy League cap, purchased 10 months ago in a South Philadelphia store, and the pencil sketches of a sleeping child made aboard a bus by an amateur woman artist were the prime mum SPECIAL OFFER BRAND NEW A of "toxic" reddish-brown fumes wafting over Ohio's "Ruhr Valley of America" today. Several hundred persons were evacuated from the area and Civil Defense officials in two other States were alerted. A huge store of fertilizer still smouldered in a warehouse hours (ttt v.1W Frackville, four miles south of about 800 feet off the ground and could smell a peculiar odor. Civil Defense officials immediately made plans to evacuate the city, but Mayor Eugene Willis said winds broke up the clouds in time to prevent harm. Residents of parts of Kentucky, as well a i Ohio, were alarmed when they smelled the fumes, which Allied officials described as "toxic." Company officials, said there was no danger to residents in surrounding areas and that the regular Saturday shift of workers was on the job in undamaged plant buildings.

No one was reported injured by the fire or fumes. The plant usually em midnight in the Allied Chemical and Dye nitrogen division plant in South Point, about eight miles from here. The plant is in the heart of an area known as the "Ruhr Valley of America'' because of a concentration ol heavy chemical industries similar to those along West Germany's Ruhr River. The Ohio State Highway Patrol said several hundred persons fled from Ironton a few hours after the fumes spread over the area. The smoxe spreaa rapidly over the countryside.

It drifted south over Huntington, W. eight miles away, and set off a flurry of alarm. Huntingdon residents said they could see the clouds billowing here. Those injured were Adam Val-kiewicz, 42; his Mary, 38; Iteming ton Royal or Smith-Corona jclues yesterday in the police search for the identity of a slain their son, Daniel, 11, and a sis WITH CASE -mm- mi I Open Wed. Eve.

f- after the fire was set off by spontaneous combustion. But i favorable winds broke up the MO PAYMENT DOWN ter-in-law, Mrs. Regina Brutto, 27. All were taken to Ashland State Hospital for rays and treatment of head and body injuries. The accident interrupted electric service to Frackville and Mahanoy City for several hours.

acrid clouds before they could harm residents of nearby Kentucky and West Virginia, as well as Ohio. The fire broke out shortly after ploys about 1200 workers. boy whose body was found in a Fox Chase lot two weeks ago. DESCRIBES PURCHASER The cap was sold by Mrs. Hannah Robbins, who, with her husband, operates a store at 2603 S.

7th st. She described the purchaser as 5 feet 11 inches tall, blond and about 25. Chief inspector John J. Kelly said a similar cap, "practically new," was picked up about 15 feet from where the boy's body was found stuffed into a cardboard packing box last Feb. 26.

The pencil sketches, Kelly said. I 1 I were made by a woman who saw, This is a sketch of the man sought in connection with the missing child. the boy sleeping in the arms of a man aboard a bus running from this city into South Jersey. Kelly said the artist and a woman companion were among six persons who identified the body of the slain boy at the city morgue. LANCASTER MAN SOUGHT Kelly said that a pickup mes Ask Honest Quiz In Darcy Case By JOSEPH II MILLER sage was still out for a Lancaster county man who disappeared with his son from 'a rooming Continued From First Page house in the 300 block of N.

2d of interest" exists because Mc- Camden, two days before the Bride represented Darcy during body was found here. Kelly said a his unsuccessful new trial plea be-man, presumably the brother of fore the State Supreme Court. jthe father, accompanied the pair. The Jenkintown Improvement) He said that Mrs. Robbins re-Associatiori protested the action called selling the cap to a man of the Governor and Pardons 'for $1.50 because he requested Eoard in commuting the deathjthat "a belt be sewed into the sentences of Darcy and his accom- back.

Mrs. Robbins did the job plices at its 47th annual meeting, Jherself so that points up her recollection. Kelly would not disclose the identity of the amateur artist and her woman companion, who gave another lead to the searchers. He said the artist had turn Nov. 13, 1956, less than two months after the killers were spared from electrocution.

After reciting the facts of the Darcy case, the crux of the civic organization's resolution read as follows: "Resolved that the Jenkintown Improvement Association through its membership decries the actions of the Pardon Board and the ed over to police a "tablet of sketches" to aid them in their search. UNKEMPT APPEARANCE Kelly said the two women, 4 look ahead with fashion! FABULOUS COATS-ANNIVERSARY PRICED! 100 Wool Tweeds! Caslimerc-Wool Blends! Wool and Nylon Fleeee Governor of the State of Penn sylvania as being detrimental to headed for Turnerville, N. the common good, as a perversion boarded the bus at 9th and of justice and the processes of law, Market sts. At the YMCA stop in as without consideration for the Camden, Kelly continued, the innocent victims so brutallylman came aboard with the boy, wiped out by ruthless criminals, "half asleep," resting in his as reflecting unfavorably upon arms. Both, according to Kelly, the State of Pennsylvania and its were unkempt and their condition citizens, and therefore subject to dtew the attention of other bus the condemnation herewith ex-riders.

pressed." The pair, Kelly said, rode about SECOND DEATH RECALLED i12 mUes t0 Glenheim, near Al- mm monessen, where one of the The resolution pointed out that 55 women had intended to leave the Specially purchased for Penney's anniversary celebration! A brand new collection of lighter weight coats with the designer look without the designer price! Rich spring fabrics! High-style details! Top fashion silhouettes. Fully lined in iridescent rayon taf-. feta! See these exciting values now! Sizes 8 to 18. in he stood outside the scene of the bus" Becauf( he ominous ap-holdup, but during the bold rob-Pearance the an sad' bery inside the Bucks County woma" decided t0 nde on to Tavern, Allen HeUerman, one next the' victims of the robbery, was'. Meanwhile police were center-shot.

HeUerman died two years! lng 3 Lancaster county-after the shooting, but the Charles Speece 36. an killers were not prosecuted vvno uvea 91 the slaying least a month in a Camden rooming house with his son, an 8-year-old boy, who closely resembles the dead child. The board of directors of the civic association decided that since a joint House-Senate corn- mittee was namer! ta invpeticfatJ Speece, the boy and another ANNIVERSARY innnnrvi A the Darcy case, copies of the 1956 man vanished from the Camden resolution should be sent-to all neighborhood Feb. 23, two days PRICED! ft 4 members of the legislative probe. The board of directors consists of Thomas J.

Donohue, P. Robert Holmes, William F. Jackson, before the boy's body was found i Fox Chase. KNOWN IN ALLENTOWN Investigation into the move- Girls9 Washable NYLON COATS Robert McCurdy, D. W.

Miller William J. Murdock', llarold the tri, turned f-ar-t ir rm L- rv i i A linn V. George H. Roberts, Hibbard W. Roberts.

Charles II town about a month iore they Schaefer, Charles A. Thomas, and William F. Weniger. Donald Ritter, a buyer and son Other officers of the association X1 ine owner 01 Kocn Brothers Store, Allentown, said Speece pur include E. D.

Bennett, vice presi 7 chased $200 worth of clothing on credit there Jan. 14 and 15. The clothing, according to Ritter, was in sizes to fit a boy 6 to 8. Through Ritter, investigators found that Speece had lived in an apartment at 36 S. 15th st.

since early January. Ritter said a second man, presumably Speece's dent, and Nelson D. Redding, secretary-treasurer. TWO-WEEK DELAY SEEN Although the legislative probers have held public hearings for several weeks on other leniency decisions by the Governor and the Pardons Board, they do not expect to reach the Darcy case for at least two weeks more brother, was turned down by the store when he, too, attempted to 1 Meanwhile th mitf0 ronrentratP ihr cnmmiit'i i clothing on Speece's credit Wonderful little spring coats that stay fluffy and even after numerous washings. Delight your 7 to 14 miss with this soft beauty.

SHEERS f4 VwJ Jh Full UMoned ny- 1 'M'. 1 Ion nose in new s- A' i QUALITY LUGGAGE or men and women BOUGHT TV SET Police said Speece established himself in Allentown by telling a TV shop he had lived there 16 years. He purchased a TV set on credit and used the purchase as a reference at the Koch store. Rit- tions to determine whether political influence was exerted to bring about clemency. The probers are to meet again at 9:30 A.

M. Wednesday, when McBride will attempt to refute charges that influence was used in shortening the prison sentences 55 55 Woman's 21 -Inch Pnllman Cata 14 9 Wechcnd Cat W.mw'i 14lnch Train Case Mn' 21'lnek Companion Com Man't 24-lneh TwaSuitar Fed. Tax Plul T. Speece borrowed some victed prisoners. prisoners $200 from a local finance agency before leaving the city.

On Friday night, after six witnesses had identified the dead boy as Terry Lee Speece, the mother of the child came to Philadelphia and, after viewing the body, said she was "positive" it was not that Among those McBride will summon is Mayor Arthur Gardner, of Erie, for the purpose of counteracting a charge that he was called by Gov. Leader to ascertain public reaction if former Mayor Thomas W. Flatley, who pleaded guilty to accepting graft from a gambling ring, were released six Spring shades An- '-3 filTwl)v niversary priced! Oi I jkx Jt-" s. svi to 1 1. rT of her son.

At her home near Lancaster yesterday, however, Mrs. Speece told a reporter she had based her A decision partly on her failure to find a "pinpoint" birthmark on the body of the victim. HAD LIGHTER HAIR "I can't remember if it was on Terry's right or left arm," she said, "but it was a little purple pinpoint. I didn't see anything like it on that boy." months before his minimum IV2 year sentence expired. 62 Are Invested At Villa Maria Sixty-two young women were invested with the habit of the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, at ceremonies conducted yesterday by the Most Rev.

J. Carroll McCormick, Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia, at the Villa Maria motherhouse at West Chester. Bishop McCormick was assisted by the Rev. Charles F. Martin, of St.

Stephen's Church, Philadel Mrs. Speece, who reportedly had not seen her child during the year she was estranged from her husband, said she believed Terry Men's Gabardine Slacks Women's Casuals had lighter hair than the dead youngster. "They look very much alike," she said, "but I am sure it is not my own boy. I hope I'd know my Boys' Sport Shirts $1 298 355 Towncraft Plmas 298 Man's ihirft! 100 warlj fameua Pima cotton broadcloth with 7 point contour tailoring for ditciplinad fit. Sanforizad.

own boy if I saw him. Any mother Stroller 999 Slaapar ttrollar fit up back slaap! Folds flat for carrying. Lightwaight but sturdy! phia, and the Rev. William C. Faunce, of St.

Agnes' Church, West Chester. The sermon was delivered by the Rev. Bernard J. Ristuccia, assistant superior of Mary Immaculate Seminary. Northampton.

Students of St. Aloysius Academy, Bryn would." Pepular 3-buHon UnivenJfy ityltd inert slv ihirts. Fabuloui stripas. Smooth, rich ltfhr uppan, ruggee tolet. Brawn.

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av! 2 Killed In Paris Cafe PARIS, March 9 (INS). Two Mawr, served as acolytes The ceremonies were concluded North Africans were killed today UPPER DARBY 69th St. at CHESTNUT Mon.t Fri. 10 to 9 Sat. 10 to 5:30 GERMAN-TOWN 142 W.

CHELTEN Open Wed. 4 Fri. 10 to 9 Tim- Thuru 10 to 5 Sat. LEVITTOWN SHOPPING CENTER Open Mon. 12 to 9 Sat.

10 to 5:30 Thursday and Friday 10 to 9 CAMDEN BROADWAY FEDERAL Open Friday 9:45 to 9 Other Days 9:45 to 5:30 incl. Sat. with Benediction of the Most; when four young Algerians fired Blessed Sacrament, celebrated byjon a group of people in a resUu. Bishop McCormick. The William J.

Fenerty served as dea-irant 10 Pans suburb- The cafe con and the Rev. John H. one frequented by North Afri-was subdeacon. leans living in Paris..