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HAGERSTOWN, MONDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1953. SINGLE COPIES, 5 CENTS. Belligerents Asked To Decide Fate Of POWs Gouzenko Thinks Hundreds Of Red Agents Active In U.S. Former Embassy Clerk Suggests Ways To Combat Man Who Broke Canadian Spy Ring Is Interviewed. WASHINGTON, Dec.

28 Gouzenko, -whose testimony Bracked a Soviet spy ring in Canada, says he thinks there may be hundreds of Red agents operating in the United States. And he recommended, in a copyrighted interview with the magazine U. S. News and World Report, made public today, that the government "make it worth while for some of them to quit and come out with their docu- ments." That is what Gouzenko himself did in 1945. He was then a code clerk in the Russian Embassy at Ottawa.

He smuggled out docu- ments which led to the cracking of an atomic espionage ring. Since that time, he and his wife 4 I41.JW I I 1 1 1 and two children have been living more involved than the failure to quietly in Canada, under assumed recerve usual ehristmas bonus names, and with government pro-; wn cn he said was based on the tection. ratio of one cent for every dollar The Senate internal security sub- learned by the workers.He said that paid holidays and a right to be rep- resented by a union as collective bargaining agent were also in- volved. He said that workers last Federal Silk Mill Workers Refuse To Enter Plant Today Spokesman For Employes Of Williamsport Plant Says Operator Failed To Pay Christmas Bonus; Also Cited Fight To Be Represented By Union. Over 300 employes of the Federal Silk Mills at Williamsport refused to enter the plant this morning.

Gene Carter, a spokesman for the employes, said that the work- ers are dissatisfied with the failure of their employer, David Goetz, to them a Christmas bonus as iad been customary in the past. "He (Goetz) told me he couldn't pay a bonus this year, that we lidn't cooperate the past year and hat the company didn't make any money and therefore he wouldn't pay any bonus," said Carter, who said Goetz left'for Florida last Tuesday. Carter estimated that between 365 and 375 women and men are employed by Federal Silk. He said hat about 50 persons are employed by the Holland Woven Label Mill, another company in the same factory building at Williams- ort. He said that he was informed hat the employes of the Holland Mill will receive their bonuses.

Barter said the Holland workers have an entire week's holiday this week, but that Federal Silk Mill workers were scheduled to return to their jobs this morning. Carter also said that there was committee is now arranging to in- terview Gouzenko in secret; in a search for leads in its search for subversion in the U. S. govern- ment. Gouzenko, asked to estimate how many Soviet agents might be working in the United States now, replied: "I think it might run into hun- dreds.

As some indication, they spend several million dollars in telegrams alone." Many of these agents, he said, work through rings, perhaps with embassy contacts, and others are "agents resident (who) would work independently and direct con- tect with Moscow by radio." He advocated a five-point pro- gram to encourage defections among Red agents. It would in- clude (1) prompt U. S. or Canadi- an citizenship, (2) lifelong protec- June had voted in favor of the Tex tile Workers of America CCIO) represent them, but that electioi was recommended set aside by National Labor Relations Boarc hearing officer. The election to select a bargain ing agent was held under the su pervision of the Regional Directo for the Fifth Region of the NLRB last June 24.

Objections to the conduct of thi election were filed by the employe: two days after the election wa: held, alleging that the union gave money to an employe or employe who were not working for the union prior to the time of such employe's voting with the inescapable inten to influence their vote, or at leas to make their attitude toward thi union more friendly. The Regional Director on July 7 following investigation, issued a report on the objections, finding Jiat the payments by the union for car expenses were not excessive and did not constitute a basis for setting aside the election, and rec ommended that the objections employer be overruled, anc that the Textile Workers Union of America (CIO) be certified as the exclusive representative of all em loyes. The employer then filed an ex- ception to the Regional Director's report on objections and at a later hearing, the recommendation was reversed in favor of the employer. An appeal has been taken to this recommendation by the Christmas Celebrating Results In Fines And Jail Terms Here Today Pennsy Man Fined After Christmas Office Party Here; New Auto With 43 Miles On Speedometer Wrecked In Another Case; Others Get Fines. The aftermath of some Christmas celebrating was cleared up with fines or jail terms in City Court to- day.

Howard T. Grove, of Brunswick, who did a little celebrating in the bus terminal on Christmas Day while en route from Chambersburg tion, (3) material security, 4 Brunswick, was given a $15 help in finding employment, anc (5) formal acknowledgment "that his service assistance and help." entitled him to all Cars Damaged In Collisions A car operated by Charles B. Bradley, Washington, D. was damaged when it struck a pole along Rt. 11 north of Hagerstown last night when Bradley attempt- ed to avoid striking an unidenti- fied motorist who pulled from a driveway.

Bradley told State Trooper Glenn L. Bowman that he applied the brakes to avoid hitting the car that took away his right of way, and in doing so, the car swerved sharply to the right. Two autos were damaged in collision last night in the 600 block of West Washington Street, when one car struck an auto that was being parked. Ernest W. Kimble, 31, 500 block Cuilford Avenue, was attempting to park in the 600 block of West Washington Street, when a vehicle operated by William H.

Wood, 23i Funkstown, struck the left side of the Kimble car. Wood lost control of his auto and careened aross the street and struck a utility pole. Careless Smoker Blamed For Grass Fire Early Today A careless smoker, who tossed 9 lighted cigaret or cigar out of an automobile, was believed re- iponsible for the grass fire which menaced a residence on Raven- wood Heights, near Funkstown today. Members of the Funkstown Vol- unteer Fire Company succeeded in extinguishing the fire before it reached the Schlosser house. The blaze started in a plot of grass along Alternate Route 40 just helow the Schlosser home, and burned through a field adjacent to ttie F.

H. Cushen home. Funkitown firemen were called t. m. fine with a choice of four days in jail.

Magistrate Paul Ottinger told the defendant that he did not want the defendant to be in jail on New Year's Day because of the possi- bility that he might want to cele- brate New Year's Eve or take the pledge. Earl Johnson, who with his father, John Johnson, of'Roxbury, was arrested for being in an intox- icated condition on Christmas Day, was given a $15 fine or a choice of four days in jail. Magistrate Ottinger told Johnson that perhaps he might want to do some celebrating, in which event he would probably see him next Monday morning. The elder John- son was fined $30. Johnson said he was not drunk and said police seem to have a hab- it of arresting hhn every time he takes a few drinks.

Leonard W. Buck, 100 block East Baltimore, was fined $50 for reek- less driving as a result of a crash early Christmas morning while returning from a Christmas party. Buck's auto, a 1954 Mercury with but 43 miles on the speedometer, failed to negotiate the turn at North Prospect Street and Penn- sylvania Avenue. He admitted he was driving the wrong way on a one-way street. He suffered a cut on the eye.

The auto was dam- aged to the extent of about $1500. Buck told the Magistrate that he Magistrate Ottinger told Martin that he was fortunate that he was not arrested in Pennsylvania for drunken driving because he would have wound up with a stiff fine in addition to several months in jail. Martin said he would never again be induced to take a drink. He said he didn't have much, but the little he did have proved to be too much and he was grateful that po- lice picked him up before he got attended a Eve. party pn Christmas Ira L.

Martin, 31, Greencastle, who was charged with drunken driving, said a Christmas Eve par- ty proved his undoing. Martin, foreman of a group of plasterers, told Magistrate Ottinger that his fellow employes kept insisting that he take a few drinks with them. Martin was described by Sgt. Srason Doarnberger as one of the drunkenest men he ever saw taken .0 police headquarters. Holiday Market Schedule Given The City Market will be open on Tuesday and Thursday of this week and will be closed on Satur- day, January 2, on account of'the New Year's Day holiday on Fri- day, City Clerk E.

L. Kerney an- nounced today. into serious trouble with his car. Magistrate Ottinger in fining Martin $200 and costs, said he (Continued on Page 2, Col. 4) Jaundice Cases Reported Here Several cases of infectious jaun- dice have been reported in Wash- ington County, although the illness is not serious enough or the out- break large enough to cause alarm, according to Dr.

W. Ross Cameron, county health officer, About ten persons are known to have the malady. The cases have occurred in Funkstown, Smiths- burg, Hagerstown and the vicinity of Williamsport. The illness is described as rela- tively mild, but recovery is some- times slow, and a few persons have been ill for several weeks. Its symptoms resemble some- what those of influenza, with pa- Holiday Mishaps Take 681 Lives; No New Records Traffic (Fatalities For 78-Hour Weekend Total 495.

(By Tbe Christmas holiday deaths took a total of 681 lives but dwindled in the final hours of the three-day weekend to lessen possibilities ol new records. Leading the death parade for the 78-hour weekend beginning Thurs- day at 6 p.m. and ending Sunday at midnight were 495 traffic fatali- ties. Another 76 persons died in i Miscellaneous accidents caused 110 deaths. Belated reports were expected swell the figures and the 510 traffic deaths estimated by the National Safety Council remained within possibility.

By early Sunday the traffic toll was moving at a rate of seven deaths an hour and experts be- ieved the final figure would ex- ceed the three-day record of 545 deaths set in 1950 and possibly that of 1952 when 556 traffic deaths resulted in a four-day period. Alabama 14 3 Arizona 6 0 0 Arkansas 6 2 2 California 42 4 13; Colorado 2 0 0 Connecticut 8 1 1 Delaware 2 0 0 Florida 12 0 11; Georgia 12 0 Idaho 1 0 2 Illinois 26 2 Indiana 12 0 Iowa 13 0 lansas 2 0 0 Kentucky 20 7 Ixiuisiana 3 Maryland 9 1 5 Maine 3 0 0 Massachusetts I 3 Michigan 23 5 Minnesota i 0 Mississippi 5 5 3 Missouri .8 0 Montana 2 0 1 Nebraska 3 0 3 Nevada 1 0 0 New Hamp- shire 2 0 1 New Jersey 22 4 New Mexico 5 0 0 New York 34 2 North Carolina 20 2 )hio 23 3 Oklahoma 8 1 1 )regon 411; Pennsylvania 19 3 Rhode Island'0 1 South Caro- ina 4 2 South Dakota 2 0 0 'cnnessee 16 4 Texas 21 8 Jtah 1 0 0 Vermont 4 0 0 Virginia 7 5 7 Washington 5 0 0 West! Virginia 17 1 Wisconsin 12 1 District of Columbia 0 1 0 400 Homes Are Evacuated When Fire Threatens 55 Lose Lives In This Area )ver Holidays (Hy The Aiuorlnleil Traffic accidents, fires and niis- ellaneous mishaps brought death 65 persons in the tri-state area Maryland, Virginia and West irgmia nd. over the holiday week As usual, the automoDile was the biggest killer of all. Traffic ccidaits killed 43 in the three tates, Virginia and West Virginia pth 17, and Maryland 'me. Fires took 11 lives, five each Maryland and Virginia and one West Virginia.

Miscellaneous ae- idents killed 11 also, including even in Virginia and two each Maryland and West Virginia. Three persons, one in each state, ied Strong Winds Whip Forest Fires Out Of Control. LOS ANGELES W--Two forest fires whipped by strong winds blowing from the desert raged out of control today, causing evacua- tion of at least 400 homes in a half dozen communities. The wind lashed a 75-mile area from San Bernardino to the San Fernando Valley, knocking down trees and power lines and tempo- rarily closing some highways be- cause of the dust. Both fires are in the San Gabriel Mountains.

Flames swept into in- numerable canyons and leaped from peak to peak. Burning down into the foothills, one fire crept into he outskirts of Monrovia, Arcadia and Sierra Madre. There were no reported casual Jes. Fire fighters also said the lames had been kept away from louses, in the communities up to 3 a.m. PST, when the wind had subsided, but the fate of many va- cation-type cabins farther up in he canyons was undetermined.

Forty bed patients of the Pot- sanatorium and clinic, Mon- rovia, were evacuated as a safety measure on orders of the chief of staff, Dr. F. M. Pottenger Sr. The sanatorium has about 100 patients.

Ambulatory patients remained, some helping the sanatorium stafl to patrol the grounds and wet down cottage roofs to prevent fires from starting from embers blown from he forest lire. "It looks like snow around here, rom the falling ashes of the forest ire," said one night nurse. Elderly Woman Dies In Fall Down Steps Mrs. Jessie Virginia Schlotter- beck, aged 71, was fatally injured this morning when she fell down the steps of her apartment at 25V4 West Franklin Street. According to a police report, she was carrying a garbage can up the steps of her home, when she lost her balance and fell.

She was pronounced dead of a fractured skull upon arrival at the hospital by Dr. S. R. Wells, county medical examiner. The accident occurred shortly before 11 a.

m. Strotfg Opposition Developing Here To Changing Charter Of Fair Ass'n lirn IfoJ, ft c. i lUIIICu Uutn III Two Commands Stockholders Getting Strongly-Worded Letter Urging They Vote Against Proposed Changes; Opponents Say Changes Not Needed. Expect Rain By Late Afternoon; No Icing Likely Rain is expected to start this af- ternoon and continue until tomor- row afternoon. But the tempera- 0 accidental jture is expected to remain just should says the firearms.

a woman died of received Christmas Eve in le explosion of Christmas fire- works, there was one drowning, and four persons were found dead of asphyxiation in a car which tients having fever, loss of appe- 6 ot in the mud of tile, nausea and headache. The! in Richnlond most noticeable characteristic is a I An ong the victims Maryland yellowish tint to the skin, partic- lwas 1 Sllvfi Spring girl who ularly about the eyes. A serum recently made available is being recommended for innocu- lating members of families of per- sons infected. This serum is more concentrated than the one former- ly used and produces practically no adverse reactions in persons to whom it is administered. Large scale innoculatlons at this point are not desirable, although the situation is being carefully watched and ail necessary steps will be taken to prevent its spread, Dr.

Cameron said. Dies Kneeling At Brother's Casket DBS MOINKS UB-Mrs. Rosina Nicoliho, 60, -went to a funeral home here last night to view the body of her brother, Salvatore Pe- Francisco, 87, who Saturday night. She was stricken with a heart at- as she knelt by the casket and was pronounced dead on ar- rival a hospital. above be no icy and highways, Stockholders of the Agriculture and Mechanical Association Washington County (Hagerstown Fair) are being urged strongly-worded letter to vbt against the proposed amendment to and restatement of the associa lion's charter at the election coming Saturday.

Signed by J. V. Jamison, Jr. Henry A. Bester, F.

H. Cost and L. E. Downey, the letter warns tha if approved the proposed changes would create a situation that woulc enable a small group to acquire sufficient stock for actual contro and permit the payment of salaries to chosen officers and directors. The letter emphasizes that the charter of the association as it exists today will defines the rights privileges and powers of the asso- ciation and rights of stockholders and contains all the provisions necessary to guard against con centration of control and prevent a small group of individuals using the corporation for personal gain and profit.

In other words, 1hi letter im- plies, there is no actual need for any restatement of the charter since the proposed capital increase will not produce any additional working funds for the association, and the equity of each of the pres ent shareholders will not be increased. The letter also emphasizes the association as it presently exists has now and has had for its duration the power to declare divi dends on its stock. The propose! changes, the letter adds, would noi give any further rights to the cor Duration than it now enjoys in that it has all the powers conferred by he General Laws of Maryland on corporations and thus the associa- tion can exercise any and all pow ers generally exercised by ordi nary business corporations. The letter discloses the first actual organized opposition to the lan 'which was approved some ime ago by a majority of the di- rectors of the association. Since the Fair Association is more or less a quasi public institu- ion, one in which there is general lublic interest, the letter to stock- lolders opposing the changes, is here printed in full: Dec.

24th, 1953 To the Stockholders of the Agricultural Mechanical Association of Washington County: You have received a copy of the Weather Bureau. Farther west in Garrett and Al- leum companies was not known Gasoline Price Takes Drop Here The price of gasoline took a-drop of one and one-half cents a gallon over tbe weekend in one group of Hagerstown service stations hand- ling Sunoco products. Sunoco handles only one grade of gasoline, which the company calls its high-test, and which had been selling locally for 29 cents a gal- lon. The new price, effective Sat- urday at the five Sunoco stations in Hagerstown is cents. Whether the price cutting would spread to other service stations handling products of other petro- legany Counties, it is likely that the rain will be mixed with snow.

But in this county, the mercury is not expected to drop under 32 de- grees during tonight. was fatally injured when her horse stumbled and fell as she tried to jump -it over a hurdle. West Virginia recorded all its fatalities in the first two days of the long week end. No accidental deaths were reported in the 24 hours ended at midnight Sunday. Mother Shows First Look At INDIANAPOLIS Op-Mrs.

Mar- garet Hartley took her first look at her two-headed baby ion Sunday and decided ta take him home when he can be released from RHey Hospital. The 27-year-old mother and her husband, Cecil, 44. have three daughters, all normal, in their small home on a backroad near Petersburg, Ind. They range in age from 2 to 5. The Hartleys came to Indianap- olis to see the baby and were ad- mitted to his room alone.

They showed no emotion when they A mass of colder air is moving into Western Maryland tomorrow night and it will continue cold Wed- nesday, say the forecasters. Yesterday's maximum tempera- ture here was 44 and it will be about the same today. Last night's low here was 31 degrees. Emotion After Baby came out in a short time. The baby's condition remains satisfac- tory.

The hospital indicated the baby, born by Caesarean section Dec. 13 at Washington, may be released soon. Examinations have been completed, doctors said, but periodic oxygen treatments have been given because blood circula- tion hasn't been normal on the left side. Each of the baby's heads is set squarely on a pnir of shoulders, set at the normal shoulrirr position on each side of the single body. Tha btby has four this morning.

Said the manager of another oil company: "We have our scouts out check- ing. We've been closed since last Wednesday and this came "during that period." Companies other than Sunoco sell their regular gasoline for around 29 cents a and their high test for about three cents ad- ditional per gallon. There have been gasoline price wars throughout the East during the past year. In the Chambers- burg area earlier in the year, the price of gasoline dropped to as low as 18 cents a gallon. But the price cutting did not spread to this city at that time.

It is rarely that premium or high test gasoline has figured in these price cutting wars. A number of petroleum companies sell a regu- lar grade and a premium grade Check Here For Race Track Taxes The check for this county's share of race track tax receipts was re- ceived today and amounts to 924.52, substantially more than an- ticipated. The sum will be distrib- uted between the county govern- ment and the nine incorporated towns of the county with Hagers proposed amendment to and re- statement of the charter of your corporation which has been con- sidered and recommended by reso- lutions adopted by the majority of the Many of the stock- holders of your Association vigor- ously object to the amendment and restatement at proposed. While it is true that at the pres- ent time the charter of the corpo- ration consists of acts of the legislature passed since 1854, there is no uncertainty as to the rights, privileges and powers of the Association, and the rights of stockholders thereof. The under- signed stockholders respectfully submit that the constitution of the United States and the constitution of the State of Maryland have been revised and amended many times without the necessity of rewriting the entire constitutions.

Your Association was organized For an entirely different purpose than most ordinary business cor- porations. In 1870 the charter was amended to provide that no -single person should vote more than 5 shares of stock. In 1910 there was an amendment to provide that a stockholder must attend the meet- in person in order to vote. These provisions were to guard against concentration of control and prevent a small group of in- dividuals using the corporation for If the proposed changes are ap- proved, a situation be created whereby, it any future time a small group may acquire sufficient stock for actual control, and per- mit the payment of salaries to chosen officers and directors. The following provisions in the pro- (Coniinutd on Page 2, Col.

4) Police Force In Hagerstown Islarger (Special to Mail) NEW YORK, Dec. 26--Hagers- own has a larger police force, in irbportion to its than have most cities in the United itates. This is brought out in tudy made by the International City Managers Association, based on data gathered from with populations over 10,000. As of the early part of the year, lie figures show, there were 55 ull-time police employees, includ- ng civilian workers, on the Ha- payroll, equivalent to U. S.

Favors Of 22,000 On January 22. PANMUNJOM, Dec. 2g (IF) --A three-member majority- of the Neutral Nations Re- patriation Commission today turned back to tha U. N. and Communist commands the question of what to do with mere 22,000 war prisoners who have refused to go home.

An Indian command spokesman said if the two commands reach no agreement by Jan. 22 "we do not appear to have any legal' right to fcold them (the prisoners)." The report was signed by the Indian chairman and by Czechoslovakia' and Poland. Switzerland and Sweden filed a minority report saying it was "ap- propriate" to refer the prisoner problem back to the two- com- mands. But the Swiss and Swedes said they could see no reason for a formal report at this time. They refused to sign the 44-page major- ity document which also charged SouthvjfoRifh interference, in Commumst compounds and crifi- cized Command.

.47 employees for every 1,000 people. This was more" than was found in most cities, the median being .35 cops per 1,000 residents. It was more, also, than was shown or most cities of its size group, 25,000 to 50,000 population, for the median was 1.36 em- loyees for every. 1,000. It is pointed out that more po- department employees does ot necessarily mean more police rotection.

In various communi- IBS there are special traffic or ther local conditions that call for dditional policemen. Comparisons are also made in le study of the (relative cost of olice protection. In Hagerstown is somewhat lower than in most other cities. The expenditure lo- cally in 1952 was $240,000, amount- ing to $5.95 for each resident. This was below the national median figure of $7.97 per capita.

It was also, below the median cost among cities in its own size group, $5.97 per'capita. Included in these figures a(e ex- penditures for new equipment, but specifically excluded are pension payments to retirement funds and to former employees. About 90 per cent of police de- partment costs represents 1 salaries and wages, on the average. It varies from 82 per cent in small cities to 94 per cent in cities over 500,000. Throughout the country general- ly, police forces, confronted with an increase in crime, are taking steps to improve their efficiency and equipment to cope with the situation, the report shows.

TURKISH LEADER DIES ISTANBUL, Turkey lid-Sukru Saracoglu, a veteran political lead- er who hold a number of top posts in the Turkish government Includ- ing that of World War Prime Minister, riled yesterday at his town gettina wound $20,000, WM M. Official sources said little prospect that the majority report would lead to settlement Of the bitter prisoner dispute. The Allies hold that the armistice provides specifically that unrepa- triated prisoners be freed as civil- ians 30 days after the close of a 90-day period for explanations. That would mean the prisoners must be freed Jan. 22.

The Communists just as firmly contend that they are entitled to 9G days of actual explanations rath- er than a 90-day period which end- id Dec. 23. They have used 10 days. The Reds also insist that msoners remain in custody pend- jig action by the peace conference, regardless of when a conference convened. In addition to turning the prison- er question back to the two com- mands, the majority report said: 1.

A secret South Korean head- quarters in Seoul reached into all 55 compounds of tbe South camp holding anti-Communist Koreans and Chinese and exercised a powerful influence over the prison- ers. 2. South camp compound lead- ers used "coercive methods" and "acts of violence were committed against prisoners wanting to jfi borne." 3. The commission could "fin's no evidence" of such a similar organization in the North camp lousing Americans, South Koreans and one Briton--although prisoners there seemed "under strong disci- 4. The commission could not say that even the prisoners who went through the explanation tents were 'completely freed of force or threats of force." 5.

Both commands were entitled to hold explanations "for a period of 90 statement inter- preted by the Indian spokesman to mean what the Allies claim it to mean: the 90 day period ended Jec. 23. (A footnote signed only by the Czech and Polish delegates contended the Communists are en- to 90 days of actual explans- tions.) Nine Share In Tip Awards There was no outstanding tip OB news last week, but there hree of those entered in the Daily Mail News Tip Contest that were of equal news value and also of greater news value than tbe re- mainder. So these three tips win $2 e'ach: A Maugansville man for tip oo burglarizing of safe in the eleva- tor and lumber company office there. A Hancock man for tip on de- struction by fire of Clc-o's Restau- rant, north of Hancock.

A West Franklin Street man for tip on forest fire near Lantz, Md. These tips win $1 each far 'ollowing: A Hugerstown Routs 3 housewife for tip on theft of a Dual Highway Christmsn tree, which cut down in front yard. A Broidfording Road.