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JSIOL EdlTM 14S IFDMIL lEUDflTnODK 16 PAGES TWO SECTIONS LOCAL WEATHER Generally fair and mild today, turning cloudy tonight. Tombrrow possible showers and mild. Yesterday's high, 64; overnight low, 34; noon reading, 65. FOUNDED 1884-67th Year PLAINFIELD, NEW JERSEY, SATURDAY, APRIL 7, 1951 FIVE CENTS turnip m. m.

I .4 A. A ly 4 Wi Jul l-l an Ueit Ask Jury Probe In Rail Fatality Dunellen A Grand Jury investigation of facts relating to the death of 17-year-old William, Pangborn Tuesday at the Washington Ave. grade crossing of the Jersey Central Railroad was demanded by local service clubs last night in the Elks clubhouse. The demand was included in a resolution, sponsored by the Dunellen Lions Club and unanimously approved by representatives of 12 organizations, which will be sent to the Middlesex County Prosecutor, Governor Driscoll, Central Railroad officials and the -Public Utilities Commission. Crossings Declared Hazardous The resolution points out that for many years the citizenry of Dunellen "has protested the failure of the Central Railroad to eliminate the grade crossings." It notes that "the citizenry has recognized that the grade crossings have been, presently are and will continue to be in the future a hazard to pedestrian and vehicular traffic." The resolution points out that two school children have been MT Photo by Harold Morse to right: Hubert F.

Johnson, Kiwanis; Dr. Paul G. Dennis, Rotary; R. W. Satterfield, dinner chairman; Senator H.

Alexander Smith, speaker; Charles L. Kling, Old Guard; William T. Sperry, Lions, and Stewart A. Baker, Optimists. SENATOR ADDRESSES SERVICE CLUBS Presidents of local clubs gather around the speaker's table in the Park Hotel Thursday night at the annual inter-club meeting.

They are, left Secretary Contempt quested by R. Stanley Dollar and his associates. They claimed Sawyer and the others had not complied with a court order which said the Dollar interests should be given "effective possession" of the common stock in the American President Lines. Yesterday's argument here It jsi 'Mt I'' I Student Deferment Plan Review Set killed at crossings in the past nine years. In addition to the Pang-born youth, a 14-year-old boy was killed May 1, 1942 at the Pulaski St.

crossing. The resolution requests the aid of Gov. Driscoll, the PUC, and of officials of the railroad "toward the end that the grade crossings be eliminated" and also "resolves that the Prosecutor of Middlesex County be requested to present to the Grand Jury of the county the facts of the latest fatality for that body's investigation. Residents to Sign Petitions The measure, signed by the 12 club "delegates, will be accompan ied by petitions signed by as many GETS DEATH SENTENCE Oscar Collazo (center), between two unidentified U. S.

Marshals, enters court in Washington yesterday to be sentenced to die in the electric chair for the attempted assassination of President Truman and the slaying of a presidential guard last Nov. 1 Washington (JP) New liberalized plans for draft of l. i i i lii i i nigii suuuui giauuaies auu cuiiege siuaems, announced mis weeK, will be reviewed at a special meeting Monday of the House Armed Services Plane Carrying 22 Lost in California Santa Barbara, Calif. (JP) A Southwest Airways plane carrying 22 persons is missing and feared lost in the mountains or at sea near here. Ground, air and sea searches are underway for the Douglas DC-3, missing since shortly after 8 o'clock last night.

On it were 19 passen ZafforskiGets 29 Years New Brunswick A jury of six men and six women found George Zagorski guilty of murder in the second degree shortly before 7 p. m. yesterday following delib erations of three hours. Zagorski! thus escaped the electric chair which had been asked by the state for the slaying of Victor Vetterito, state prison guard in Raritanl Township Feb. 28 Consecutive Term Commerce Cited for Washington (JP) Secretary of Commerce Sawyer has drawn a contempt of court citation for his part in the long, bitter fight over control of the 568,000,000 Ameri can President Steamship Line.

The citation was made yesterday by 'the U. S. Court of Appeals. It said Sawyer had failed to carry out the court's order to return the shipping line to its former owner, the Dollar Company. The government contends it owns the line's stock because of loans granted the Dollar interests.

The Dollars have disputed this during years of litigation. Government lawyers were unable to recall any previous contempt citations against a cabinet officer in connection with his official duties. The Commerce Secretary and nine other persons cited with himj were given until Thursday toj "show cause" why they should not be found in contempt of court. There was no comment from any of those cited. Another Ruling Meanwhile, in San Francisco, Federal District Judge George B.

Harris ruled that Sawyer, other government officials, and officers of the President line named in the citation were not in "civil con tempt of court" there. i Harris' ruling was made only a few hours after the citation here. It had no bearing on the Washington contempt proceedings. But another phase of Harris' ruling brought the two courts in sharp conflict. He issued, at the government's request, a temporary injunction stopping the Dollar interests from trying to take over control of the company pending further litigation.

The court here, 6n the other hand, wants "effective possession" of the stock turned over to the Dollar interests pending the outcome of the government's suit for its possession. Injunction Granted In addition to the citations, the court issued an injunction to restrain Sawyer and the others from any moves "inconsistent with strict compliance and obedience to orders heretofore entered in these cases." The contempt citations we're re South Korean General Missing in Action U. S. Eighth Army Headquarters in Korea Maj. Gen.

Kim Paik II, commander of the South Korean First Corps, has been missing in action since Mar. 28 and probably was killed in an airplane accident. The South Korean Department of National Defense said today'Kim last was seen after a front line conference with Lieut. Gen. Mat thew B.

Ridgway. He left in a light residents as possible. The petitions will be distributed throughout borough stores today to obtain signatures. 'Photostatic copies of the resolution and petitions will be sent to the above mentioned officials. At the suggestion of Matthew Lund of the New Market Lions Club, the group voted to notify the Middlesex County, state sena-' tor and assemblymen of the resolution.

The meeting of the clubs was called by the New Market Lions Club because, according to Walter Bruun. "we feel that with a group of civic organizations and residents showing themselves in back of the crossing elimination, the Grand Jury is more apt to see it our way." i We feel, he said, that the Borough Council "can attack through its own channels, but if we can get the prosecutor to turn the facts over to the Grand Jury, that body Med 'Dope Charge Jails Two Five-year federal prison sen-! tences have been imposed on two Plainfield men for the sale of narcotics, i They are James Tanner, 29, of 1203 North and Robert Brown, 34, of 444 W. Fourth two of 11 men and women arrested here last Apr. 24 and 25. Tanner and Brown were convicted by a federal jury in Newark Mar.

20:. They were sentenced yesterday in Newark by Federal Judg Thomas F. Meany. The arrests here last year followed a two-month investigation by a special police detail and federal narcotics agents. iIissiii General Clue Reported Taejon, Korea Delayed (JP) A bullet-pierced helmet-liner bearing the two stars of a major-general was found Mar.

29 in the area where Maj. Gen. William F. Dean disappeared in action last July. The liner carried the taro leaf insignia of the U.

S. 240 Division, commanded by Dean when he disappeared. Search and recovery teams began a new search of the area where the liner was found'. General Dean was awarded the Medal of Honor for his gallantry in the defense of Taejon. Last fall he was reported by Korean sources to have been a prisoner of the Reds, but the report was never confirmed.

mander-in-chief, should not be re stricted in the use of American forces for the defense of the nation, regardless of whether formal war has been declared. Kee told reporters he has no plans for committee consideration of senate's measure, -Republican leaders believe their 'chances of getting Foreign Affairs Committee approval of the Senate resolution are slim. But they are fearful that an amendment to the draft bill might be ruled out of order because it deals with a dif- ferent subject. rtQ 1 Sfti! nrLn nf nf years and no less than 29 years to run consecutively with his present terms for robberies of 28 to 37 new i standing Facts Asked On Korean Arms Lack Washington (JP) Two Republican senators demanded to know today whether arms shipments are being diverted from Korea to Europe. Senators Bridges and Knowland (R-Calif.) said military officials will be asked to explain to the Senate Appropriations and Armed Services Committees why sufficient equipment isn't available to arm more than 100,000 South Koreans who could be pressed into the fighting.

Their demands came on disclos ure that Gen. Douglas MacArthur had said that the release of 120,000 South Korean reserves last month involves basic political decisions beyond my control." Equipment Lacking Reporters in Korea said the South Koreans were released be cause the Korean government lacked clothing and equipment for them. MacArthur said in a cable yesterday that he had nothing to add to information given Mar. 31 in news reports of the move. "The issue is one determined by the Republic of Korea' and the United States government and in volves basic political decisions beyond my authority," MacArthur said.

State Department officials here said the release of the men came as a result of "a domestic decision made by the government of the Republic of Korea." They added that it was their understanding that the men were not combat troops "but a kind of a home guard." Something Wrong Bridges told a reporter he thinks there is "something radically yrrong" when South "Koreans are permitted to go home while Amer icans are being drafted to fight in Korea. "This just adds to the confusion of recent draft decisions which will defer college students and high school students," the New Hamp shire senator said. Knowland said he understands that the South Koreans were told by their government to go home and plant crops when it became apparent that they couldn't be given fighting equipment. "I'm interested in knowing what percentage of military supplies are shipping aboard goes to Europe and what percentage is going to Korea and other areas in the Far East," he said. MacArthur said earlier in the week that he is fighting the critical battle against communism in Korea while European diplomats talk brought some world-wide repercus sions.

Missing Boy Found in Army Englewood (JP) A half-year search for a missing 14-year-old boy has ended. The lad, John Joseph Sabatini, who stands six feet tall, was found yesterday in the U. S. Army. During the frantic family search which was joined by police and the FBI, young John was with an armored light infantry regiment at Camp Roberts, Calif.

He has been in "the Army for four months. Charles Sabatini of East Pater son, the boy's uncle, said John ran away in September, 1950, while visiting his grandmother in Sche nectady, N. Y. "He always wanted to be a sol dier," Sabatini said. The boy faces a discharge from the Army because he is under age.

His father, John Sabatini, is flying to the West Coast for a reunion with his boy. Cave-In Traps Two Iron Miners Eveleth, Minn. (JP) Two crews of 20 men each worked throughout the night to reach two iron ore miners trapped by a caye-in at the Spruce underground mine yester- day. At 8 a. m.

the fate of Frank Put; zel, 53, and Anton Korcha, 53, both of Eveleth, was unknown. W. J. Kaiser, Oliver Iron Mining Company official, said Putzel and Korcha were imprisoned at the 564 foot level. They had been working in a tunnel eight feet high and eight feet wide when the cave-in occurred.

OF thousands of dollars in Men's clothing and furnishings during Birthday Sale at George Richards. Ill Park ('except fair-traded items. Through error in Wednesday's Courier-News an asterisk and reference to fair trade items was omitted. U.S. Pilots Rout 40 MIG Jets Tokyo (JP) Allied troops pushed warily through minefields and booby traps today in pursuit of Reds retreating deeper into North Korea.

The United Nations advance was over central and western battle fronts pock marked with sudden death minefields, booby-trapped mortar shells and con cealed pits designed to catch tanks. The Reds sent 40 Russian-made Mig jets flying over Northwest Korea near the Manchurian border. They were jumped by 50 U. S. F-84 Thunder jets in a wild dogfight above Sinuiju.

American pilots claimed two Red jets were damaged one of them probably destroyed. All the Thun-derjets returned safely to their bases. UN ground forces were all north of Parallel 38 except at one point in the center. Their main problem was consolidating the gains won, with no opposition other than the traps. Almost all across the front the hills had been cleared of Red Chinese and North Koreans.

Hard Fighting The only hard fighting was in the area immediately north of Yongong and up the Hanggye-Inje road east of Chunchon. Stubborn Reds were dug in both places. Before suddenly pulling back to the high ground north of the Han- tan River the Communists sowed trails and roads with mines. Their fade back was in the face of heavy Allied artillery that helped American troops clear five hills on the Hanggye-Inje road for slight advances. Friday's action was light.

U. S. Eighth Army headquarters claimed only 800 Communists killed or wounded and 37 prisoners taken. UN troops were inside North Korea all the way from the Imjin River in the west to the Sea of Japan in the east, except for the gap held by the stubborn Reds along the Hanggye-Inje road. American troops in that road sector still had not crossed 38, but were approaching the border.

Light Opposition A British brigade swept over 33 into North Korea against light opposition, but bumped into mines. Thai (Siamese), Greek and American troops encountered Chinese mortar shell mines south of the. hydroelectric power reservoir town of Hwachon, a few miles inside North Korea. The Thai troops took a booby-trapped hill from the withdrawing Chinese south of Hwachon. The Chinese seemed determined to defend Yonchon, a road junction six miles inside North Korea.

They threw up rugged tank defenses, which included deep craters and roadblocks, and blew the highway bridge just south of Yonchon. Falls 1 Story From Window Westfield Leonard Spina, 3-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Santo Spino of 605 Drake suffered a possible fracture of the skull yesterday afternoon when he fell from a second story window of his home to the ground beneath. He was taken to Muhlenberg Hospital, Plainfield, in a police car by Police Officer Frederick Gill.

His condition is reported to be good. X-rays were taken this morning to determine the extent of the child's injuries. Mrs. Spina said the child, who was alone in the bedroom, evident ly opened the screen and climbed upin the windpw, and lost his balance. An older son, Ignasio, who was on a couch in the living room, said he heard a noise outside when the child fell to the ground and rushed out to see what had happened.

Unable to locate a physician, Mrs. Spina called Police Headquarters. ILatte Kews Nickel Coin Wins Aintree, England (AV-Nickel Coin won the 105th running of the Grand National Steeplechase today as the favored American-owned 'Arctic Gold and other highly-regarded jumpers fell during the gruelling four and one-half mile race. tiagwioivi TYiHwii do rvt VJl uv 111C court if he had anything to say before sentence was passed replied: "I want to thank the jury, the court any my counsel as well as the county of Middlesex for my treat-j ment during my trial." Sawyer of Court brought out that the San Francisco suit was filed at the direction of President Truman. Judge Bennett Champ Clark said he is an old friend' of the President, but: "He has no more standing in this court than any other citizen.

He has no right to influence litigation." Committee. Critical Point This reappraisal, with Maj. Gen. Lewis -Hershey, Selective Service director, doing the explaining, comes at a critical point during House consideration of the highly controversial military training and service (UMTS) bill. Reportedly, the House Armed Services Committee in approving the draft-UMTS bill okayed the student deferment plans in outline Several members have since found they didn't realize how liberal they would be until spelled out.

SuDDorters of the UMTS hill HiH double-gulp when, amid arguing jin the House the necessity of re- me present aratt age trom read front page stories of the student deferment regulations. would Permit students to continue either 'SfT Past Jfholastlc or a record of 70 on spe- this summer. Amendment Planned Representative Kilday a member of the Armed Services Committee, announced he would offer an amendment! to kill this U. S. Educational Commissioner Earl James McGrath said today only about 220,000 of the nation's 1,059,000 college men currently are "eligible" for the draft.

McGrath defended the deferment plan against charges it is undemocratic. "Through the use of tests and the student's previous academic record, those who possess special abilities are given the privilege of serving in the nation's need. They will be selected on an objective, and, therefore, democratic basis." But McGrath added that defer ment may become undemocratic unless certain defects in the education system are corrected. He said: "The fault lies not in deferring college students, but in deferring only those who have the money to get to college." Mild Weather Is Expected Today is expected to be generally fair with temperatures climbing to 60 degrees or better and turning cloudy tonight. Tomorrow will be mild with a chance of showers developing during the day.

A year ago today, the temperature was" seven degrees below freezing with a high wind and a maximum high of 56 degrees, according to Mrs. R. R. Scherer, daughter of Cooperative Weather Observer S. K.

Pearson. Mrs. Scherer is pinch-hitting for her father, who is vacationing at Clearwater Beach, for two weeks. Yesterday'shigh was 64 degrees and the overnight low, 34. Degree days yesterday was 15 and the total so far this month, 114..

Fleniington Market EGGS Flemincton Plemington Auction Market egg prices sale of Apr. 6: Grades White AA larse. AA medium. 50-533: A large. 50'2-53: A medium.

4834-93'; filets. 43'-47'i: peewees. 32; ducks. 65-75: goose. 80-82V2.

Gndes Brown. AA larBe. 52-52 AA medium. 51-MV: A large, 51-533: A medium, 48'i-49Va: pullets. 393i-42; peewees.

33-35V. Cases sold, 3,577. Francis N. Reps, Zagorski'siplan gers and three crewmen Cleared Airport The southbound plane cleared Santa Maria Airport and made rou tine radio contact at 8:18 p. m.

That was the last heard from the airliner, which had enough gaso line to stay inthe air-until about 11:15 p. m. Eleven Air Force. Coast Guard and sheriff's planes, some of them amnhibians. are participating in the search, badly hampered by fog.

The civil air patrol has 20 otner planes on call. A sheriff's patrol was sent to the Gaviota Pass region between Santa Maria and Santa Barbara after a woman resident of the area re ported she had heard a crash some time after 9 p. m. Two hitchhikers told the sheriff's officers that they had seen a plane circling at about 200 feet, 10 or 12 miles south of the pass. A search plane left immediately from San Francisco Airport, and two Navy and Coast Guard planes cruised the Pacific off the Gaviota Pass area.

20 Planes Alerted Some 20 other planes, including craft from the Civil Air Patrol, were alerted to join the search at dawn. California highway patrolmen and volunteers joined the sheriff's officers in a ground search. The lost plane left San Francisco at 5:45 bound for Los Angeles. The passengers, including 10 servicemen, were en route to Saita Barbara, Oxnard and Los Angeles. A Coast Guard ship and plane began searching the sea in the area.

The passenger liner ordinarily follows the coastline and could have fallen into the ocean, unseen in the fog. can conduct its own investigation regardless of whose toes might be stepped on." George Spayth commented that the matter has "already been presented to the prosecutor. "Then we'll add weight to it," answered Mr. Bruun. "Whatever we do, if we succeed with the Grand Jury, will help the town, officials and residents.

All we want is action," he told Mr. Spayth. Edward Moraller, president of the Lions Club, pointed out "this is no counter action to Council." One is political and the other is (Please Turn to Page 16) Gabrielson To Speak Warren Township Guy Gabriel-son, Republican national chairman, will be the speaker at tonight's Somerset County Republican meeting and dinner dance in Martins ville Inn. About 500 are expected, to attend. Other speakers will be State! plane.

United Nations planes have Senator Freas L. Hess, Malcolm failed to locate the missing air-Forbes, his opponent; Assembly-: craft. counsel, had asked consideration for Zagorski from the jury, maintaining the defendant did not know what happened on highway 25 in Raritan Township when Vit-terito was slashed in the chest and neck and Lester Throckmorton, another prison guard, suffered stomach wounds. Zagorski had admitted carrying the knife and having it in his hand but he steadfastly maintained he was not a killer. Death Sentence Okehed Prosecutor Matthew F.

Melko had demanded death for Zagorski on the grounds that the possession of the knife was sufficient to establish premeditation. War Dead Returning Tokyo (JP), The Ocala Victory sailed for the United States today from Moji port on Kyushu Island in Southern Japan with the bodies of 125 more American war dead from Korea. Prite ceumgj. tor and lawyer of a bank, agreed that banks will "put their money where it makes the most interest." His own and other banks he said will follo'w this "Voluntary agreements be" damned; we just don't abide by them." W. Randolph, Burgess, chairman of the National City Bank of New York, countered with the predic tion that the voluntary control will be "reasonably effective." DiSalle let others do the talking on the first day of.

the meeting, which is under sponsorship of the University of Chicago Law School. The debate ran late last night as delegates sought agreement on a proper level of federal expenditures. No agreement resulted. man Anderson Fowler, and his opponent, Donald Bryan; Robert Adams, freeholder director, and Carl W. Kuehne and Harry Evans, local candidates for the Township Committee.

The meeting is sponsored by the Warren Township Republican Club. Taxes, Tighter Money Held Inflation Cure White Sulphur Springs, W. Price Stabilizer Michael V. a. 1 1 li a.

a i Senate Troop Curb Bill Seen Stymied in House 1(V BO RD B0T DROWN fisaue louay iaceu an aauu on government price control irom econo- Belgrade', Yugoslavia (JP) wno hold that steeper taxes and tightening of the money supply Washington (JP) One of the Senate's two troops-for-Europe resolutions, was in a House Foreign Affairs Committee pigeonhole today and Chairman Kee (D-WVa.) indicated that it would stay there for some time. It might stay there forever, some of Kee's associates on the committee told reporters. Passed by the Senate after weeks was a straight Senate resolution. of hot debate, the resolution ap-l tlAste aJ contend that the President, as corn- uo uie The position was taken by sev- eral University of Chicago economists at a conference here on "the economics of mobilization" attended by about J70 government officials, lawyers, economists, and business and labor leaders. Another group, led by economist Otis Brubaker of the CIO Steel Workers Union, argued that direct controls not only should be re- tained but extended specifically, to restrain bank lending.

The recent voluntary agreement among banking groups to curtail inflationary loans won't work any better, Brubaker held, than "volun- tary" price and wage Representative Cellers who identified himself as a direc ferrvboai on the river Tisa cap sized yesterday and drowned 10 of its 13 passengers The Couricr-Ncivs TODAY AngeloPatri 12 Births 6 Church News 4-5 Classified 12-3-14-15 Comics 8 Crossword 12 Dr. Bundesen 12 Editorials 10 Letters 10 Menu Obituaries Patterns Radio Real Estate Transfers School News Social News Sports Stars Say Television Theater- 12 1 16; 12 16 6 "11 12 7: 7 MARKETS PAGE 2 proves me use oi six divisions in General Eisenhower international European army but says Congress should be consulted before the number is increased. House administration leaders want no part of the resolution which, even if finally passed, would be merely an "advisory" to the President and would not have the effect of binding law. Although the two resolutions passed by the Senate are alike in form and effect, only one called for jconcurrent House action. The other.