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BATTLE CREEK MEMBER OP THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Fall Leased WLr Report of THE UNITED PRESS The Weather Snow Flurries And Colder I RE and NEWS VOLUME LI NO. 307 BATTLE CREEK, MICHIGAN, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1946 CITY EDITION PRICE 5 CENTS I 1014 A Emergency Controls Eased As N. Y. Tug Strike Ends THE WES mm wiw A SSiWFES I IMS San's Expansion Accord Reached PROVED, JURIST RULES President Is Put On Spot By Ickes Cabinet Member's Resignation Brings No Joy to Party; Quick Move Called for. Directs Verdict of Acquittal After Trial Lasting More Than a Month; Crush' ing Blow to the Prosecution.

8V XL 1 X. Sa Fort ESKIMO JACKSON (U.R) Circuit Judge John Simpson today granted a directed verdict of acquittal, freeing former Michigan Republican boss Frank D. McKay and four associates on charges of conspiring to corrupt administration of Michigan's liquor control system. Climaxing a month-long trial which was the focus of statewide attention, Judge Simpson declared: "All of the facts here show no criminal offense committed. Therefore, under the law and my burden duty, I must grant the motion for a di lr.

7 pSiAsiili I 1 Churchill I I STARTING POINt MANITOBA fx 1 ONTARIO 1 Miles "4 0 300 1 Vjwinnipeg Miles OPERATION Ml'SK O.V TO STUDY ARCTIC With the belief of military men that rocket weapons and jet planes of the future mizht bombard North America over the earth's narrow "roof," former Arctic "wastelands" take on new significance. The Canadian army plans a 3.100-mile winter trek of reconnaissance across the top of Canada. The expedition, consisting of 47 army personnel and official observers, will also try out new winter clothing and modes of transportation. Map above shows the projected route of "Operation Musk Ox." It's Really Rough in Canada; Weather Delays Snowmobiles To Cost New Power Plant Will Be First Major Project in Building Program. KELLOGG HALL ADDITION A building program, costing about $400,000 and designed to increase facilities and room space, is now being planned by the Battle Creek Sanitarium.

Although some improvements are in progress, the first major construction will be a new power plant. Alter that the south wing of the building will be enlarged to provide additional diningroom, kitchen, treatment room and guest room space. Although George G. Zannoth of Detroit, formerly with the Albert Kahn associates, has been engaged as the architect, and plans are developing, no detailed description of the projected building and improvements can be given except to say that construction of the power plant will be pushed as soon as practicable. The Sanitarium, which occupies the former John Harvey Kellogg hall, together with the Battle Creek college library building and newly constructed connecting corridors, gets its heat from the Percy Jones General hospital power plant according to arrangements made at the time the former Sanitarium buildings were sold to the government for the army hospital in the summer of 1942.

During the period the hall was used as a Battle Creek college dormitory and then as an apartment building it received its heat from the then Sanitarium plant. Because of wartime conditions, which made it impossible for the Sanitarium to install a new heating plant, the present arrangement was made with the government. Separate Power Plant The new power plant will be de-, tached from the main building, but iactly where on the property it kxCTf has not yet been aetermined. Nor has It been decided what type of fuel will be used. Plans for the new construction and improvements are proceeding slowly and the greatest of care is to be used In selecting locations of facilities, their size and other details to assure their long-range utility and to eliminate any future need for reconstruction as far as possible.

All construction will be within the present Sanitarium area, which lies between Manchester (Please Turn to Page 2. Column 2) Russian 'Opposition' 99,812,292 Behind MOSCOW (JP) Out of 101.450.946 votes cast in the Soviet Union's elections last Sunday, only 1.648.654 were recorded against the Communist and non-party bloc candidates, according to tabulations today. (With seats to be filled in both the council of the Union and the council of deputies, only one candidate was nominated for each position. Voters who wished to register opposition turned in blank ballots). More than 380,400 votes were declared invalid.

The largest percentage of votes not marked for Communist and nonparty candidates was in the Baltic republics, ranging up to 5.64 percent in the voting on deputies for the council of nationalities in Estonia. The republic with the highest percentage for the bloc for both councils, 99.82 percent in the case of the council of nationalities, was the Georgian republic, the home of Generalissimo Stalin. In the last general elections in 1937, a total of 1.156.000 blank ballots were cast, the total vote that year was 10,717,686 short of the 1946 turnout. 409 other 300 miles north. A party of 10 left Churchill two weeks ago with bulldozers and other equipment to build on airstrip but late last night they still had not reached the site.

The party of 42 Canadians and five Americans traveling In 12 vehicles will be supplied entirely by air. Four C-47s and a small fleet of single-engined Norsemen will do the job. The purpose of Musk Ox Is to give vehicles, clothing, food rations and troops a thorough test in an Arctic proving ground. Scientists accompanying the men will get weather data and study the effect of the Magnetic North pole on communications and navigation. Third and probably most important is a study of air supply and air ground cooperation in the Arctic.

The itinerary will take the party 900 miles north from Churchill to Cambridge bay. then west 900 miles and down the Mackenzie river valley 1,200 miles to Edmonton. Only on the last 700 miles the Alaskan highway are there roads. On Arbitration Settlement of Auto, Steel Tie- ops Now Prime Objectives of U. S.

Aides. PAY -PRICE PLAN DELAYED By the Associated Press) New York City's paralyzing tugboat strike was ended today, leaving settlement of the nation's two major work stoppages in the steel and automotive industries-prime objective of federal officials. The 10-day strike of 3,500 AFL tugboat workers, which caused a drastic fuel shortage to the city's millions and resulted in a shutdown of business for 18 hours on Tuesday in a move to conserve shrinking fuel supplies, was called off after union officials and operators agreed to arbitrate a wage dispute. The union ordered the strikers to go back to their jobs of operating tugs in the world's busiest harbor. Although schools, closed to conserve fuel, reopened and the brownout of electric lighting was to end tonight, the fuel oil rationing controls were not immediately lifted and other emergency regulations were continued.

After Mayor William O'Dwyer announced the end of the strike last night, heating of subways was resumed. Three-Man Board to Rule The wage and hour issues in the dispute, the mayor said, would be arbitrated by a three-man board headed by Edward F. McGrady, former assistant secretary of labor. The board will study the union's demands for wage increases ranging from 45 to 69 cents an hour for licensed personnel and a flat $1.35 hourly pay for unlicensed workers, as well as retroactive pay and vacations. Meanwhile, there was no indication that the government, which seized the tugboat industry last week, would relinquish control immediately.

Other major developments along the labor front were in Detroit and Washington relating to the steel and General Motors walkouts, but other strikes continued and the idle because of labor disputes throughout the country totaled approximately 1,430,000. In Detroit, Federal Mediator James F. Dewey laid the groundwork for resumption of negotiations between General Motors and the CIO United Auto Workers following a breakup of discussions Tuesday, when the union rejected GM's of fer of an 18 4 -cents-hourly wage increase for 175,000 workers on strike for 86 days. Sees Settlement Near After conferring with Dewey last night, R. J.

Thomas, UAW-CIO president, predicted that the dis pute would be settled "in the not too distant future." He added that "I don't see how it can go on forever, unless GM wants to go com pletely broke." But there were no predictions as to the end of the country's biggest work stoppage as 750.000 steel workers remained idle for the 25th day and government officials reportedly were in disagreement on the ad ministration's new wage-price policy designed to curb industrial strife. The steel price increase of about $5 a ton had been believed agreed upon by government officials. But announcement was delayed when a last-minute hitch reportedly centered on whether the hike should apply only to carbon steel, and not to alloy steel. The OPA is in favor of the price applying only to carbon steel, which represents about three-fourths of the industry's output, maintaining that alloy prices do not need bolstering. President Truman' economic staff however, hopes to iron out the differences in meetings today.

FORD SAYS PRICE LIMITS MAY HALT AUTO OUTPUT LOS ANGELES (JP) Charging that OPA price ceilings are holding up production, Henry Ford II, president of the Ford Motor declared yesterday that manufacture of new cars might soon be halted entirely. "If the manufacturers who supply us didn't have this OPA ceiling they could raise wages and hold their men." the young auto maker declared at a news conference. "As it is. they close down and that stops production for us." He stated competition could be counted on to keep prices down If ceilings were removed. Operations will be suspended Monday at Ford plants in Long Beach and Richmond, he said.

A shortage of parts has kept Detroit production lines idle. NYLONS ARE VALENTINES BALTIMORE (JP) Here's the latest wrinkle in m-lnn An Fact Baltimore department store an- nouncea it would place 400 pairs of nylon hose on sale at 6 o'clock tonight for men onlv Tho nhwt? For the men to give them to their iaay inenas as Valentines. PAULEY CASE IS PUZZLER WASHINGTON (JP) The explosive exit of Harold L. Ickes from the cabinet shoved President Truman today onto the toughest political spot of his White House career. In abrupt language, Ickes declared the President's cabinet was one in which he could no longer serve and "retain my self respect." In even blunter fashion, Ickes called upon the justice department to investigate the truth of testimony which Edwin W.

Pauley, Mr. Truman's nominee for undersecretary of navy, has given in senate hearings on his qualifications. Ickes categorically charged that Pauley made statements under oath which were not true. Poses Many Problems This slam-bang leave-taking of the man who has directed the de partment of interior since 1933 posed these immediate problems for Mr. Truman: 1.

He has to select a new secre-tary of the interior, and he was re- ported to be seeking an appointee of such top caliber that the nomina tion would tend to offset the cir-cumstances of Ickes' resignation. 2. He faces the job of repairing whatever damage has been done in party ranks. Congressional elections come up this fall, with a presi dential contest ahead in 1948 and Ickes long has had a substantial following in the New Deal wing of the party. 3.

He must decide whether to press for Pauley's confirmation to the navy post, despite the fresh handicaps posed by Ickes' bitter at tack. 4. He has to neutralize the politi cal dynamite which Ickes created in a post-resignation statement that he-did- not care -to continue in an administration "where I'm expected to commit perjury for the sake of a party." May Have More to Say The end may not be yet. Ickes in dicated he may have more to say about his charges that Pauley, California oil man, suggested to him in 1944 that $300,000 could be raised from interested oil men for the Democratic campaign fund if the government did not push its suit to establish title to off-shore oil lands. was rresiaent Truman comment that Ickes could have been mistaken in this testimony that brought the resignation.

The senate naval committee re sumes hearings on the Pauley nomination next week, with Pauley scheduled to offer a rebuttal to the Ickes testimony. Ickes told report ers his own reappearance before (Please Turn to Page 8, Column 1) Who Fishes Where? That's the Question LANSING (U.R) Michigan and Ohio appeared headed for a boundary dispute today over who is going to fish in whose territory. The question was brought to the floor of the house of representatives yesterday in the shape of a resolution, asking for revocation of a resolution adopted by the legislature in 1945. The adopted resolution turned over an area along Maunee bay in southern Michigan to the state of Ohio. Rep.

Eugene C. Betz, Republican of Monroe, told the house that the 1945 resolution gave 70.6 square miles of water to Ohio, tremendously affecting the fishing industry in Monroe and other Michigan fishing centers on Lake Erie. Betz pointed out that Ohio has 220 miles of water extending to the national boundary, and said he saw no reason for the additional allocation of water. He said apparently the legislture didn't understand the consequences of the resolution passed last year. The new resolution, however, met some controversy and was turned over to the committee on rules and regulations for further study.

HOW SMART ARE YOU? (Let each member of the family write down his or her own answer, or if at school, let each pupil write down the an swer to each question. Of the 10 question! four correct answers is a fair aver-ace for adults, three for children under 12. The correct answers will be found on the newa notes page.) 1 Where Is Swaziland? 2 What is perception? 3 How many merchant ships were sunk by enemy submarines off the east coast of the United States during the war? 4 Of what Is stucco finish for the walls of a building made? 8 Where la Petaln Imprisoned? 6 How many balls are used In the game of billiards? 7 The Copts are descendants of the ancient natives of what country? 8 What is the boldest bird of prey in the world? 9 What sort of child it a scapegrace? 10 Wnat did the last amendment to the united states Constitution do? rected verdict of 'not guilty' as to all of these defendants. No Fraud or Bribery "The information as now constituted, does not show that the defendants committed any criminal or wrongful act. As heretofore stated, all of the testimony is devoid of any criminality.

"And, therefore, there is no proof to substantiate the same. "Therefore, I will dismiss jurors No. 13 and 14 and require the jury to stand and unto the direction of the court, issue a verdict of 'not guilty' as charged in the people's information. "From the entire evidence in this case, there is no testimony, direct or circumstantial that they did a criminal act, as we know that term. There is no fraud or bribery or any other criminal act charged." The judge's decision to dismiss the case came as a crushing blow to the prosecution led fay Special Prosecutor Kim Sigler who had sought to show that McKay, once a powerful overlord in Michigan politics, corruptly controled operations of the state liquor control commission through "stooges" whose will was bent to his orders.

Blow to Grand Jury It was the first major, and perhaps killing, blow to the state's one-man grand jury which was launched in August 1943 under Judge Leland W. Carr, now a member of the state supreme court. In addition to McKay, the defendants' freed include William H. McKeighan, former mayor of Flint, Fisher L. Layton, former state highway department personnel chief, and Charles and Earl Williams, both of Detroit.

Floyd J. Poole, Jackson county clerk; instructed all of the jurors to stand after the judge finished his decision. He asked each singly if they agreed to the directed verdict. All said yes. McKay, who had been acquitted once before in federal court on almost identical charges, declared: "I hope this is the end of the end of my political persecution." He highly praised Judge Simpson for his "integrity -and courage" and issued a statement assailing the Carr-Sigler grand jury which indicted him.

Greeted With Shrug Sigler, who listened to the judge's opinion slumped in his chair, his face expressionless, greeted the ver dict with a shrug and said, "Oh, well it was just another lawsuit. We will hit the next one." Of all five defendants, only Earl Williams was absent. He had been excused earlier to attend to business in Sebewaing, Mich. Vindication of McKay and his four friends brought a mild demonstration in the Jackson county building auditorium where the historic trial began on January 16. The smiling Grand Rapids politician-banker shook hands with his co-defendants and attorneys and received the congratulations of many friends who had followed the case closely.

Although there was advance notice that the judge would rule this morning on the motion of dismissal, the courtroom was far from filled when the judge took the bench. On other days, a crowd of 600 persons had jammed the spacious room. The directed verdict marked another capstone in the long and distinguished legal careers of McKay's (Please Turn to Page 8, Column 3) Highlights Charge to Jury satisfied that a crime has been committed from the evidence as given. "Now what are the facts in this case? As testified by Senator Murl H. DeFoe, who was a commissioner during the years that this conspiracy is charged, the state Is in the liquor business.

There is no question about that. "The state is in one of the largest businesses we have in Michigan the operation, purchasing and distribution of the liquor business. "Likewise it is not claimed by the prosecution that these defendants corrupted the liquor commission. "Their record, minutes and other evidences shows that they purchased liquor that was required for the needs of the state. And also, as testified by Senator DeFoe, there is City Digging Out Following Storm Six Inches of Snow Recorded Here; Mercury to Drop.

Battle Creek today was digging out from under the worst snowstorm in several years as weather forecasters sounded warnings of a new cold wave that is likely to send the mercury dropping to sub-zero levels tonight in some areas of southern Michigan. The storm raged furiously here and throughout Michigan late Wednesday afternoon and into the night. Six inches of snow fell in Battle Creek, according to government weather officials at Kellogg Field. Nearly five inches of snow fell at Jackson; six at Kalamazoo, Cadillac and Saginaw; five at Muskegon and four at Flint. Grand Rapids and Traverse City reported 10 inches each, and Sault Ste.

Marie had 16 inches. Heaviest fall was at St. Ignace, with 20 inches. Chicago-bound buses from Battle Creek canceled their trips last night due to road conditions, but other buses operated although all were very late. Trains last night and today still were running as much as one hour late.

Flights Canceled American Airlines flights from Battle Creek were canceled again today because snow is in drifts up to one and one-half feet on the runways. The flights were canceled Wednesday afternoon also because storm conditions made it impossible to operate from Detroit and Chicago and other midwestern cities. At the peak of the storm the wind reached a velocity of 40 miles per hour. The wind is continuing today with a velocity of about 25 miles per hour, and is expected to continue into the night. At Buffalo today a 60-mile-an-hour gale is raging.

Another cold wave is expected to hit tonight, with temperatures ranging from two below zero to eight above forecast for most of lower Michigan. American Airlines weather observers at Kellogg Field, how- please Turn to Page 8, Column 5) Vets Refuse 'Land' on Star, Get Down to Earth WORLAND, Wyo. (JP) Any plans Herman Rauchfuss of Worland and Henry Schmidt of Lovell had for raising cattle on the planets of Mars or Pluto have been more of less left in space. The two war veterans applied to the U. S.

grazing service for land on Mars and said they were offered instead grazing rights on Pluto. Now what with Pluto so far off (and considering other disadvantages) the two have obtained equipment and will go into the road construction business. Says Rauchfuss: "We are getting down to earth." Here Are Some Of Judge's JACKSON (JP) Judge John Simpson, directing the Jackson county circuit court jury to find Frank D. McKay of Grand Rapids, and four co-defendants innocent of liquor conspiracy charges, read an extensive document summarizing the state's case and defense arguments, presented during the five week-long trial. Highlights of the Judge's charge to the jury which included a disser tation on the law of criminal con spiracy, follows: 'The actual criminal or wrongful purpose must accompany the agreement and if that is absent, the crime of conspiracy has not been committed.

Now before this court can let this case go to the jury it must be able to say that what the defendants did Kelly's Program Sailing Smoothly Fiscal Measures Quickly Adopted by State Senate. LANSING (JP Passing its first test vote in the senate without a ripple of opposition from city-aid forces Governor Kelly's fiscal program moved steadily through legislative channels today. Bills appropriating $3,300,000 to the University of Michigan, to Michigan State college and $5,700,000 to state mental hospitals for new buildings appeared headed for a house-senate conference committee today to settle a difference of opinion between the chambers, but there was no dispute over the actual grants. Rather, the senate and house differed only as to what agency should allocate the funds to the institutions. The house refused to accept a senate amendment giving that power to the administrative board, and clung to its own creation, a new postwar victory building board which included the ad.

ministrative board and legislators. City-aid forces failed to oppose the grants as a maneuver to force a compromise in their demand for a share of the sales tax, but they still were negotiating in the senate in an attempt to pry the Higgins bill cut of committee. That bill would give local government a share of sales tax beyond $90,000,000 a year, but sponsors said they were willing to raise the state's initial "take" to $108,000,000. In the house. Rep.

Tracy M. Doll, Detroit Democrat and CIO official, introduced his resolution seeking a public vote next fall on a soldiers' bonus. The resolution was sent to committee, where it was given a poor chance of success. The senate passed and returned (Please Turn to Page 8, Column 3) KINDNESS PAID BUTTE, Mont, Dr. R.

E. Dodge is sold on being a "good Samaritan." He picked up a stranded motorist by the wayside and hauled him and a can of gasoline to the stranger's automobile. The man whom he befriended gratefully handed the doctor three pounds of butter. request an unprecedented collective audience with the pope after the consistory. They proposed that all old and new cardinals also attend.

If granted, the audience might equal in importance the four consistory meetings themselves. The pope might choose the occasion to make a public statement, since he would have the attention of all princes of the church and the world's diplomatic representatives. Private audiences with cardinals and cardinals-elect, meanwhile, were giving the pope his first opportunity to unify worldwide church policy with his chief representatives. Since the college of cardinals does not discuss church matters during the consistories, the audiences would give members an opportunity to report to the pope on religious and Turn to Page 8, Column 6) CHURCHILL, Man. (JP) The start of Exercise Musk-Ox an 81-day experimental military trek through the trackless Arctic was postponed until tomorrow because of a howling wind which swept the treeless wastes today with punishing 40-below-zero cold.

Hie icy wind, kicking up the worst weather of the wiriFcfuithe north country, made it impossible to start the 3000-mile overland trip at the scheduled time. 8:15 (9:15 EST) this morning. At Eskimo Point, 200 miles north of here, it was 50 below. "We can't travel in blowing snow," said John Wilson, base commander. "Weatnrr like this will stall us no matter where we are." The first stop on the Musk Ox route is Eskimo Point.

The party will travel over Hudson bay ice which rises and falls 15 feet with the tide but safely supports four and one-half ton snowmobiles. The next stop is Baker lake an Stales Asked To Raise Mililia 01 622,500 WASHINGTON (U.R) The war department today called upon state governors to raise a national guard of 622.500 officers and men, including a total of 24.015 troops for Michigan. Tentative allotments of guard personnel in the nation totaling more than twice as many as were in the prewar organization provided for reactivation of all guard units existing before World war No. 2 and formation of many new ones. Michigan's allotment included ground personnel and 1.416 air personnel.

These would be made up of the 46th Division, one light bombardment squadron, one control squadron and two fighter squadrons. For the country and its insular possessions, the proposed force would have 571.000 officers and men in the ground forces and 47.600 in the air forces. This compared with a prewar strength of 295,000 in the ground forces and 5.000 in aviation. FDR Soldier? Its Key Question in Tax Case NEW YORK Attorneys for the estate of Franklin D. Roosevelt today were seeking a state tax department ruling on whether the late president was exempt from 1945 state personal income taxes because he was commander-in-chief of the armed forces when he died.

William F. Snyder, member of the law firm of O'Connor and Farber. said yesterday that the state tax department was asked whether Mr. Roosevelt's position made him a soldier within the meaning of the income tax law. Sm-dcr said the ruling was asked February 5.

The law grants a year's tax exemption to servicemen who died while in service. Mr. Roosevelt died at Warm Springs, Ga- last April 12. At Albany, the state tax department declined comment, explaining it could not reveal whether such a claim was filed on behalf of Mr. Roosevelt as an Albany source reported had been done because of secrecy provisions of the income tax law.

Valentines Shower Miss Valentine, 1 1, Invalid for 7 Years CHICAGO (U.R) Little Miss Valentine said today that she guessed just about everybody wanted her for their Valentine. She had more than 32,000 Valen tines to prove it. She is only 11 years old, but Evelyn Valentine has been an invalid for seven years. Most of the time shes been bedridden. Kind people throughout the country help her forget the pain of rheumatic fever every February 14 by sending her Valentines.

She said she'd received the 32.000 Valentines since she first became ill. This year she already has received several hundred. "They're nice," Evelyn said. "But I'd rather ride a bicycle. "The doctor says none of my friends can visit me.

He said I'd have to forget about school for a while, too. All I have is my Valentines." Evelyn, blond and chubby, said she hoped she would be able to go to school next year. She was to have started last Valentine's day. but she got sick again and couldn't go. "I finally got to go one semester, but now I'm back In bed again," she said.

Debt Reaches New High, Your Share Is WASHINGTON Valentine note: Treasury figures today showed the public debt again had touched a new high. The total stands at an increase of $44,215,451.25 over the previous high, reported 10 days ago. Average share in the debt of each American is $1.92021, on the basis of a population estimate of at the start of this month. FOUR DIE IN HOME FIRE ZION, 111. (TV-Four members of a family burned to death late last night when they were trapped by fire while asleep in their second-floor apartment of a frame dwelling.

Four persons living in the first-floor apartment escaped. The dead were John Korunka, 40, a boiler company employe: his wife. Alberta, 34, and their children, Diana, 2H years old and John, Jr, 11 months. Pontiff Welcomes Gathering Prelates Despite Flu Attach ROME (U.P) Pope Pius XII was reported almost recovered today from a slight attack of influenza as the date neared for the consistory at which 32 new cardinals from 19 ljtions will be elected formally. rhe pope was sandwiching private audiences in between work on two major speeches a Latin address for the consistory February 18 and a broadcast in Italian February 21.

Audiences scheduled this morning Included Archbishop Edward Mooney of Detroit. Only Russia and Japan will not be represented at the great conclave of Catholic prelates, while Germany will be represented only by three new and two old cardinals. All other nations will have official diplomatic representatives at the consistory ceremonies. As a sign of their respect, the whole diplomatic corps attached to the Holy See decided last night to was criminal. Tho court must be (Please Turn to Page 8, Column 4).