The Daily Mail from Hagerstown, Maryland • Page 1

WEATHER and windy tonight. Wednes- day rain ending In morning. Little ehangt In Vrfcl MO tke Mail WU. HAGERSTOWN, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1950. Miners Still Defying Government And Lewis HugeB-36 Feared Down Off Vancouver Island Bomber With 16 Aboard 'Ditched' Because Of Ice Crippled Ship Radioed Of Being In Trouble; Light Seen In Queen Charlotte Sound And Ships Are Sent To Rescue.

Seattle, Feb. 14 --A crippled B-36 bomber reported early today it was in trouble and might "ditch" in the Queen Char- lotte Sound area off Vancouver Island, B. C. The six engined plane 16 men. Mackay radio said it picked up a message at 2:54 a.

m. (PST) in which the plane, en route from Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska to Carswell Air Force Base, Fort Worth, said: "One engine on fire, contemplating ditching in Queen Char- lotte Sound between Queen Charlotte Island and Vancouver Island. Keep a careful look- out for flares or wreckage. At Fort Worth, Eighth Air Force headquarters said it received the name report at 4:30 a. m.

(CST). plane's third distress message "At 17,000 feet In severe icing. Instrument and engine trouble. Se- vere emergency. Going to let down through overcast to lose ice." The last message gave the plane's position as roughly 300 miles northwest of Seattle.

Con- tact with the plane was lost after the third message. A Seattle radio amateur report- ed he listened to a radio repotr from the Royal Canadian Air Force that it had sighted an unidentified light in Queen Charlotte Sound and was sending planes to investi- gate. The State Patrol office In Seattle said it had been Informed a B-36 had taken off from McChord Field to assist In the search but icing conditions forced it to turn back. The Coast Guard at Port Angeles, about 300 miles southeast of the approximate position of the dis- abled plane, dispatched a seaplane with life rafts and other emergency rescue equipment. Col.

Force Cecil public Scott, Eighth Air relations officer at Fort Worth, said the ship took oft two days ago for a training flight to Alaska. On the return from Al- aska he said the plane intended to consume about 25 hours flying around the United States before handing at Fort AVortn. Anti-Picketing Suit Dismissed Court Rules On Injunction Sought By Union At Berkeley Springs. An injunction i broucht by the United Automobile Workers (CIO) against the Town of Bath (Berkeley Springs) was dismissed by Judge D. H.

Rodgers yesterday in Berkeley County Clr- Joint Meeting Is Planned For Thursday To Hear Prominent Engineer. The Mayor and Council and mem- bers of the Hagerstown Zoning Commission are scheduled to meet on Thursday evening to Jef- ferson C. Grinnalds, prominent zon- ing engineer, outline the steps the city should follow to set up a ing ordinance. Water Is Reported Ideal For Opening Of Fishing Season Suckers are "running" and there was a rush this morning at the Wolfe tackle snop In Williamspbrt by fishermen to get for tomorrow's opening. "I've never seen the Potomac or Conococheague In better shape for the opening of the dipnet and hook and line fishing as of today," said George (Hooper) Wolfe this morn- ing.

"They are keeping me busy issuing licenses this morning." Wolfe said that there has been the rain which dipnet fishermen always welcome and the weather has been just mild enough to arouse suckers and other fish from their winter slumber. "I have had reports during the past few days from fishermen that the suckers have started 'running' and that's a sign they'll be caught In good numbers." said Wolfe. The season opening tomorrow Is for any but game fish, such as trout and bass. It is legal to fish with either dipnet or hook and line for suckers, carp, eels, etc. Heavy Rainfalls Up Flood Threat While Snow Blankets Other Areas New Evacuation Of Started In Southeast Milsouri; Chicago Hit By Worst Ice And Snow Storm In Several Years.

(Br The i was closed by the glazed condi- Rain splashed over the middle lower Mississippi. Valley today, rising the threat of new floods in the area already hard hit over- flows this winter. Heavy rainfalls were reported by the U. S. Weather Bureau in Ar- kansas, Louisiana and Mississippi.

More rain also fell in parts of In- diana, Illinois and Missouri. The Mississippi and Ohio rivers, as well as smaller streams were reported rising in many areas. A new evacuation was started by the worst ice and snow storm tions. Temperatures, generally, over the countpy were not severe. The only sub-zero readings were in parts of North Dakota and north- western Minnesota.

Northeastern Indiana was hard hit by ice and rain storms. The Wabash River was rising rapidly in Wabash and Peru and was near flood stage at Peru. Some schools were closed. heavy damage cuit Court. The suit was brought hv the Tornadoes Cause Million Damage Final Death Toll Placed At Forty-Seven With Hundreds Ripley.

Feb. 14 (ff)--Four states skip-bombed by a series of small that snatched at least 47 figured a mounting; toll of destruction today. The deadly twisters slapped 20 small communities In Texas. Ar- kansas. Louisiana and Tennessee and left a mllllon-dollar-plus hop- skip trail of damage.

The latest whipped hard at Hur- ricane Hill near here yesterday. Nine lives were snuffed out--a family of eight and a Negro farm woman. The erratic cone of 500-mile-per- hoiir winds sucked up the home of Wilson Carroll, a 34-year-old ten- ant farmer, threw it through a dense woodland and left the bodies Grinnalds played an active part'of Carroll, his wife, and their six in drawing up the toning ordinance of Cumberland. Belair and Baltl- TJAW. representing employes moi Victor Products Company plant atj Claude Potterfleld, chairman of Berkeley Springs, to enjoin the tne Hagerstown Zoning Commis- from enforcing an anti-plcket- Ing ordinance recently adopted by the council there.

Judge Rodgers dismissed the proceeding on the ground that It premature in that thus far there has been no occasion for the town to enforce the ordinance and make any arrests thereunder. A strike is now threatened at the Victor Products plant in Berkeley Springs and the union officials were acting to forestall any possi- ble arrests for picketing in the event that the strike takes place. small children scattered over a wide The Hurricane Hill twister also touched the home of Alice Wright. 57. wrecked it.

and left her In the sion. said the decision to call a ruins with fatal injuries. joint meeting of the commission and the Mayor and Council was made last night at the fourth meet- Ing of the group. "We are feeling our way," Pot- terfleld said, adding that "toning is something we can't do In a hurry." Potterfleld said the activities of the commission in toning various areas of Hagerstown for Industrial and commercial activities "will be ana twisters Two towns. Laporte and Alvin, were the first hit In the 24- hour series of storms.

Nine were killed In the Lone Star State and 152 injured. State Police at Austin reported damage estimated at more than $1,500,000. The largest death toll was In Louisiana--29, according to Red Most of the Loul si- centered in towns some 3,000 persons from the new Madrid flood way below Charleston, in southeast Missouri. The rain belt extended from Ten- nessee, Kentucky and Illinois east- ward to the Atlantic Coast. Ice storms and snow dealt dam- aging to wide areas over the Midwest and in southern New York and northern Power and telephone service In hundreds of Midwest communities was disrupted.

Highway travel In several years. Thousands of homes In city and suburban areas were darkened last night as power lines snapped under the weight of ice and A blanket of fresh snow covered areas over Iowa, southern Minne sota, northern and central Wlscon-i sin and lower Michigan. The snow spread into much of New York and the southern New England states The fall at Des Moines, meas ured 12 inches. Judge Tells Grand Jury It May Call Witnesses On Own Volition John V. Jamison, 111, Named Foreman Of February Grand Jury; Judge Bruce Reminds Of -Secrecy Of Massachusetts Vote Is Being Watched As Straw In Wind Haverhill.

Feb. 14 (M Party leaders looked for a straw in the national wind in Sixth Congressional District spec- ial election which sends the sons of two famous fathers In the wire Naval Lt. Comdr, William Bales (R) 32, and former Cam bridge Mayor Richard M. Russell (D), 58. are seeking the post.

The seat was vacated by the death of Bates' father, U. S. Rep George L. Bates, In an airliner crash nt Washington last Novem her. Russell is the son of William Russell, once governor of Massa chusetts and a former Cambrldg mayor.

of both parties took an active part In the campaign. Lodge and Snltonstall and Rep Martin, all Massachusetts Republl cans, urged Secretary of 1. (D) and Gov. Dever (D) tor Rus- sell. tn hit charge, to the February Grand Jury which convened today.

Associate Judge Oliver Bruce said the jury entitled to summon witnesses on own volition and investigate such matters that may arise In the course of its duties even though the Attorney has not investigated them. Judge Bruce pointed out that most of the cases that will come before the jury will have been In- vestigated by the Attorney, but the jury not limited to those cases. Chief Judge Joseph D. Mlsh. who kept secret.

"NeiVher the accused nor Old Time Nazi Held In Plot Quoted At Saying He Intended To Murder Democratic Hannover, Germany. Feb. 14 (fP --An old-time Nazi was under ar here today on charges plotting to kill West German Presl dent Theodore Heuss. Chief of DeteotivW-Frlderlch Pm ter of the Hannover police quoted the arrested man as saying: lne "I lost my job my bread general public should know what 1 Mate and I going on in the Grand Jury rootn to murder the representative of thl The person accused or lnvestlgatelj i has not right to demand an ap-i ll revealed man ha pearance before you. Yourn, i rrwl for ever, is the right to call him; 1 hU anlly if you should do so, you I wa8 ked in compel him to testify against American zone six days a Heuss hud visited Hannover las Nov.

30. Police found Grind" Jury "whose" members" have outlining hU plans preconceived notions or complexes 1 i a homb tile He told the jurors that they should be free from on the mar kill Hens presided at the opening of --or a highly charged February term, named John V. with emotions, can become a public Jamison. Ill, Hagerstown indus- trialist, foreman of the Grand Jury. Judge Bruce told the jurors that nuisance." The innocent and law abiding must have your firiM, the fundamental principle govern- iJudge Bruce "the ing their conduct as Grand (Continued on Page 2, Col.

1) Cross count- stepped up" following the meeting around Shreveport Sunday. Thursday evening. The Shreveport Times, which The commission set up a rule at counted three less than the Red The ordinance provides for $100; the first meeting that its discus- lines for any marching, loitering or walking in picket lines within 500 feet of any plant in which there is strike. State Corn Crop Increased Greatly Due To Research The investment of the State Gov- Huge Coal Reserve Reported Found In Allegany And Garrett Counties Some 600,000,000 Ton, Discovered, U.S. Depart- ment Of Interior Reports; Suitable Only way Htatlon.

When questioned, the man sal last, minute he decide' aKMinst the bomb attempt becaus It "would have killed hundreds others at the the chief of detectives The man's name Diggers Want Contract Before Resuming Work Men Quoted At Saying They Intend To Remain On Holiday Indefinitely; Observing Valentine Day Pittsburgh, Feb. 14 whistles shrilled in vain as striking soft coal miners defied work orders from )oth the Government and John L. Lewis for the second day. Rebellious diggers, holding out for a contract before resuming bituminous (soft coal) production, stubbornly refused to work. In Pennsylvania, where 1,700 pickets have been patrol- ling highways, there was no activity at all Silence closed in around deserted pits after come-to-work whistles blew.

A miner in nearby Library, up early to hunt for outside work said: "Our local isn't even going to meet for a while. We may vote Saturday on what to do about Lewis' orders to go to work. We don't care about the court order that says we have to work. We won't work without a contract." Earlier, midnight shifts failed to report in such key coal states as West Virginia and Pennsylvania. There was talk yesterday that the nation's 372,000 idle United Mine Workers might be staying home to celebrate Lewis' 70th, birthday, it Is not a legal holi- day in the bituminous fields.

Today is also a holiday--Valen- tine's Day. However, it appears more likely the miners are backing up their "no contract, no work" Officials Hope For Coal Peace New Bargaining Ses- sions To Get Under Way Tomorrow. Washington. "Feb. 14 (Jp)--Gov- ernment officials looked hopefully today on newly-arranged bargain' Ing between John L.

and soft coal operators. They felt there a chance, at that the starting Wed- nesday can produce a new coal contract and prevent further wrangling In the having sent his official word to get back to work he was directed to do by a Fed court Judge, simply sluing back and watching how worked out. But the stayed Idle for second day In a row fiftdfcto-work under Taft4Tart1ey law and despite Lewis' that he had been given no choice but to direct them to return to the This continued defiance by the miners may eventually he cited to Federal Judge Richmond B. Keech a contempt violation of his strike-end order. But for the time being, anyway.

Justice Department werej waiting longer to how min- responded before starting tempt hoped of the min- ers, at least, may start drifting back to the In the next few days. Some of President la- bor said they expect the situation may be considerably 1m- dltlon. One West Virginia digger, asked if the men were observing the UMW leader's birthday, promptly declared: "Yes. and the miners probably will be celebrating John L. birthday for two more weeks." The miners did not seem much concerned with President Truman't Taft-Hartley court injunction.

Nor with Lewis' telegraphed instruc- to UMW district to the men back to the mines. A Russelton, miner summed up sentiment thus: "The Injunction won't coal and we know it. That Taft- Hartley. business is foolish. No contract, no work." "fhe federal government is mark- Ing time on enforcement of court orders to halt the strike.

It adopted a wait-and-see attitude, at leant for the time being. was not an- Pater said he personally believed (the man wag sane and a member For Open-Pit Or Strip Mining. together tomorrow in another try at wrltjnc a contract to the pad that expired June 30. Lewis, acting on court instruc- tions to rf revive collective bargain- ing 'In good fnith." invited the op- erators to start new talks. The Southern Coal Producers As- sociation was first to accept, agree- ing to meet with the union at 11 proved by Wednesday, especially m.

(Eastern Standard Time) to- If Lewis is able to report after the! morrow. Northern and southern first that there Is hope operators quickly followed suit. of toward a contract. These advisers they were In- clined to consider the mass stay- of a Nazi underground movement In West Germanv. but he did not of Mon(t du to traditional A 4 In.

TK have any proof of this. Washington, Feb. 14 A of Geology, and coal reserve has been Water Resources, explored them. sions would not be open to the public or the press. Still Searching For Lost Navy Plane Corpus Chrlsti, Feb.

14 fc Rngas where a tornado wrecked I would be high. discovered in Western Maryland! the Interior Department announced. I The Department said more than Cross, said nine were killed at Roy- town, six at Slack Air Force De- pot, four at Sligo. two at Hood's Quarters, one in Shreveport. and four in Grand Cane.

something of a damper on the! In Texas, one each was killed at find. i I porte, Jericho, Haslam and Cor-j Thev said the coal is suitable! ley; two at Fellowship and for open-pit or strip miningi thlck wer incl 1 1 jn th Says Fish Were Never Scarcer Local Dealer Can't Recall When Fresh So Hard To Obtain. 36 inches thick and more twice that In beds 24-36 inches' thick. Onlv beds IS Inches or at Salem. None was killed in Ar-Jand that the cost of getting it out study.

the mild winter, fresh fish were never scarcer and higher in than they are today here In birthday. celebration of Lewis' which came on Sunday. A West Virginia asked about this, declared. "Yfv, and the miners probably will be celebrat- ing John L- birthday for two more weeks. One coal operator told a reporter that many in the coal fields are saying they will return to work (Continued on Page 2.

Col. 2) George H. spokesman for the National Bituminous Coal Op- erators negotiating committee, sent this --Another dawn to dark search be- two houses near Mount Holly. i Roy Shipp. oldest seafood retailer The coal is semi-smokeless and here In point of years, said this The new reserves were found in 1 ranks 8 low volatile i that never before since Pinesburg School Girl Falls From Car This Morning gan today for a Navy plane, miss-1 Available Louisiana property Allegany and Garrett counties, the Department added.

Tests show) he or his father before i Gladys, eight-year-old daughter, ing with nine men since Friday. damage estimates totaled They are in beds beneath the wJ yteld strong coke. Some a neen operating here, have of Mr. and Mrs. Milton Monts.

of 5 ndle "For the purpose -of resolving (Continued on Page 2, Col. 1) W.M. Yardmen Here Furloughed Fifteen Dropped As Coal Traffic Over System Drops To Trickle. Fifteen Western Maryland yard- men here were furloushed yester- day as coal traffic over that rail- road dropped to a mere trickle as a result of the miners strike. The latest layoff on the Division affects those who freight in the Western ernment under Governor Lane in Jed an area of more than Thirteen planes yesterday corab-j However, this was incomplete and two that have provided most of th may be suitable fiRn hwn H0 Rcarc the toll was expected to go higher, production research on hybrid corn has re-1 square miles in the Gulf of Mexico.

fl suited in an increase in the trace of the craft was found- nr ne corn crop of-more than 2.500.000j The plane was last heard from, bushels, according to agricultural 1 south of Port Arthur, Tex. Its experts of the University of Mary- radio report was received at thej COntlOllC anf naval Dr. T. B. Symons.

Director of Ex- Friday, tension Service, estimates based on current prices, this means! near Pinesburg, was severely in-: Maryland's yards here. naval air station here at 3 p. m. $3.250.000 increased revenue the farmers of Maryland. Democratic Club, To Elect Officers for For Selling Wine Entering a plea of guilty to a charge of selling wine without a For Another Day There were no signs on the map of any decided change for the next 24 hours in the current showery weather.

Nor will there be in the Georges Creek blends to produce metallurgical -j UM received a quotation on about, the head and legs this At Cumberland through cokc tn Department said. sonie rork ont of Thf this morning when she fell from an au-j al freight is passed to the Interior Department said! It pointed out that while rccov-j morning. They are asking 50 cents tomohile. Western Maryland, there were only little was known about the coal i of coal from mines now oper-iapound wholesale." said Shipp. Lloyd Crilley, brother-in-law of' 1 2 cars of coal loade1 over th the lower beds until its Bureau of jating In the field 50 to 60! Most of the fresh fish during i the child, was transporting a group This compares with 600 Mines and Geological Survey, in cc-! percent, modem methods could season of the year come from 1 of children enroute to the pi neg cars per day usually handled during operation with the Maryland De- boost recovery to 75-80 percent.

Shrimp Bonanza Off Key West Expected To Drop Price Here Officers will be elected and cuit Court today. license. Mrs. mont Street, Chief Judge Joseph D. Mish in Cir- Ruth Savior, Free- was fined $250 by change In the temperature for the; Tnft pric ig shrimp due for southern waters--around Florida burg School, when Gladys is be- normal and the They are dis- lleved to have leaned on the handle! Tn Western Maryland is partic- tributed through Norfolk, Va.

of the car door, causing the door hit because approxi- Fishermen report, that they are to unlatch. She was thrown to the just not catching them this winter, Hide of road, that, they never saw them scarcer, i it feared that she may have And, reports Shipp. all kinds ofJKuffered a slight concussion and seafood from Maine and other New her kneecaps were painfully lacer- Jumbo sized shrimp have been England states are also scarce, 'ated. She was given medical at- mate-ly half of all freight handled by that railroad is coal. next day or two.

Yesterday the; tne biggest drop since the war. i retailing here in recent weeks i oysters in abundance. tention. reached 4 5 reported; viite jj Keedysville weatherman J. A.

where off Key West. from to 90 a pound. ne jjd winter has hit the oys-; fishermen have Tbe shrimp that are being caught ter business hard; people don't eat! number of important matters dis- cussed at the regular monthly meeting tomorrow night of the Men's Domcratic Club at the W. 0. W.

Building. Following the busi- ness session refreshments will be aerved. President C. William Hetzer, who is unopposed to suceed him- self, will preside and said today ler, and last night dropped to gtniclt She was handed a six months de reef! Tnc forecast calls forj ucwwi a Ig expected to bring the! type and are pink before they are sentence in the Maryland State' mbont the me imu today, jprice down about 15 per I steamed. Most shrimp are a green- bonanza of the small eras-'off Key are of the Brazilian RO many oyg ters when the weather is like It has heen this Shipp said.

As a result the price; Making an Entered Women's Prison, 'but the prison Tne rainfall during the last 12 1 pound, according to wholesalers, jlsh-blue or brown and 'housewives 0 oysters is off around 30 cents fkAllTMft I mmA flT tt Tt A A 1 4 I 1 sentence was suspended upon con- dition she pay the fine. RIOT Johannesburg, South Africa. Feb. 14 fp)--In one of Johannesburg's worst riots In years, about 100 na-j Firemen were summoned aronnd hours totaled .29 of an Inch. Insulation Over Wiring Ablaze of the sea.

i pink color of the Key West shrimp The first shipment of the shrimp comes from the sandy beds. The announcements and conse-jcars and a railway station lastjlin Street, to extinguish a fire arrived in Baltimore last night darker-colored shrimp feed In the that, he will make import- Itiveg attacked police and stoned 9 a. m. today to 11114 West Frank- The discovery over a week ago determine freshness by the color, of shrimp In almost nnlimtied A pink shrimp is commonly consld- quantities where no shrimp had i ered to be on the verge of spoiling, ever been seen before has'caused but the color of the shrimp caught trawlers from four states to Key West Is a consequence of to the scene to net the "pink the feeding ground and the light quently desires a full attendance. Tne meeting has been called for night.

I which started in the Insulation of and the wholesale price for large mud. First reports made no mention of exterior electric wiring, shrimp dropped from between 70 Wholesalers said that the taste any was (and cents a pomad to f7 cents, on Page 2. Co). a gallon. The prices of most seafoods are higher now than during the war.

TV Stocks Continue In Heavy Demand Of U. S. Coal Strike Moscow, Feb. 14 (VP)--Prarda. the Communist.

Party organ, charg- ed today the United States Govern- ment has come out for open judicial reprisals against, striking American The Becker Pretzel Company, coal miners. rear 10ft block Wayside Pravda said the U.S. Government was broken into last night and thej is giving mine owners its active thief or thieves carried away six support and. "frankling meddling" boxes of peanut bars, two boxes ofiin talks between the strikers and oatmeal cookies and two boxes is forcing the miners to french fried potatoes of a total val-! "settle their with ue of $10. City detectives investi- the owners." gating the case said there was; The newspaper noted that de- New York.

Feb. 14 6P--Heavy every indication that young boys spite United Mine Worker Chief demand for selected radio-television! are the culprits in the case. John! John L. Lewis' order to end issues continued In the stock mar-jEnglehrecht, of Myersville, is op-i strike, miners In many Areas ket today. the pretzel factory.

it! inued their work stop;.