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fiALIDlSi LOCAL WEATHER iitotitfelp IF II MAIL JEflDflTniflDM '36 PAGES FOUR SECTIONS Thunder showers and squalls ending tonight. Tomorrow partly cloudy with less humidity. Yesterday's high, 82; overnight low, 70; noon reading, 73. FIVE CENTS PLAINFIELD, NEW JERSEY, WEDNESDAY, JULY 9, 1952 FOUNDED 1884-69th Year Vital Delegate DisBute Ilea MWMtHMMia Ill mm a mi iiu i vmwwynviiLWi.f I i 1 1 1 i 4" I vff -O 1 For Convention Floor Battle it -X, 4 -1 Credentials Unit Ifee Forces Start ii 'I Still to Rule on Texas, Louisiana Chicago (P) The Republican national convention's spotlight-stealing sideshow the contest over seating delegates headed into its last act today. The Credentials Committee, passing judgment in the disputes, returned verdicts in six of the eight cases during a marathon of words that ended early today.

I To Fuel Bandwagon (Other Convention News on Page 19) Convention Hall, Chicago (P) The 25th Republican national con- 1 vention votes today on a torrid delegate dispute that may make Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower or Senator Robert A. Taft of Ohio the GOP presidential nominee. Even before a scheduled late afternoon showdown, backers f.

Eisenhower were fueling a bandwagon they hope to start chugging if they win a vital floor contest over the seating of 68 delegates from" Georgia, Louisiana and Texas. They counted on Gov. John S. Fine of Pennsylvania to take the -driver's seat with an expected declaration for the general at a state delegation caucus on the floor. The caucus is planned after Fine ad- Photo by Harland S.

Frost Hears Six Cases It sat and listened for 12 hours and 45 minutes, with time out only for meals. In the six cases, it Elizabethan's GhangeRocks Jersey Group (awarded 43 delegates to Ohio's DESCENDANT OF FOUNDER Tax Collector Walter S. Boeman, shown above as he checks over some of his tax collection books in his confectionery store in Main SU is the grandson of Nicholas Boeman, one of five men who moved to the site of Annandale in the summer of 1852 from Whitehouse to start the town. The first village lot was purchased by the tax collector's grandfather on which he built a hotel, the present Annandale Hotel property in Main St. The deed for the transfer of land is still in the possession of the local man.

Senator Robert Taft and two to Gen. wight Eisenhower, chief rivals for the GOP presidential nomination. Then the weary committee members agreed to a recess dresses the convention. Pressure Exerted Eisenhower backers put pressure on Arthur Summerfield, Michigan national committeeman, to plump for the general. Summer-field said he is considering announcing his view, but would not hint at the stand he will take.

Hoover Rips At Curtain of Tax --Spend Chicago (JP) Elizabeth publisher Robert C. Crane to- 1-iitl until todav. still before the committee rocked New Jersey's delega- Town 100 Years OIl two major pieces of business a tion b-v saying he would go along It vote in tne Louisiana comesi t.o.,.;, V1 n. a debate and decision in the Credentials Committee The bandwagon movement if it develops appeared certain of impetus from some of the 25 delegates committed to former Gov. Harold E.

Stassen of uiet Annandale hptween two rival Texas disputed delegates. Chicago (JP) Aging Herbert Hoover bade farewell to Republican convention delegates last night with a plea to rip away the Demo- I Tin i itiniT GtoccAn'c ry tvi in the Louisiana case but decided ua.il uaiui. uiaojui uvui r.l.1.. IlaPPr said he is advising "uo" Looks Back on to postpone a vote until today statesmanship" Tffi delegates who have indicated they a 1 a "lost Louisiana Battle won't stay with Stassen more than aboard The battle is between a pro one round in any event to jump Hoover, th nnlv livintr v. iTaft delegation led by John E.

Crane, a delegate-at-Iarge, had been considered a snug member the state's Eisenhower camp. He said he and State Senator David Young of Morris County bid agreed to ahide bv whatever th committee decided. Youn? could not be reached immediately for confirmation. Governor Driscoll appeared taken aback last nisht when told of Crane's statement. The Governor had worked all day wifh Eisenhower strategists on plans to 1 Jackson and a pro-Eisenhower unit Century of History to another candidate on the first ballot if fhey choose.

He wouldn't estimate how many might do so. President and the last Republican to hold that office, attacked the Democratic administration with a vigor that belied his 77 7 years. headed by John Minor Wisdom. Jackson seeks to win convention Photo by Richard C. Gaine A PIANO OF HIS OWN Walter Romanchek looks over his music By HOWARD P.

LANCE JR. or his delegation. All of Annandale The village of Annandale reaches its 100th birthday its 15 members are backing Sen-this summer. Although there is no definite date on which to pin the ator R0bert A. Taft of Ohio for anniversary, it would be in early summer, a short time after the com- tft Republican presidential nom- neiore gelling oowo io practicing vius new pu.

suumhuuiii i mT I part of the $1,600 cost of the pian was paid. by savings gleaned i OminatlOll Uelay Seen His calm statements at the out. Chicago OP) The Repub set and at the end of his speech from the two newspaper routes Walter services for The Courier- lican convention's main event- News. The 16 year-old son of MjC and Mrs. yWHliam Romanchek pienon oi xne ew jersey utiuiiii xwmudu iu mga duujc.

ination Early historical records show the date of the completion of the; wicHm i ctrivint tn Pat thplaction in appeals on the conven-i 446 W. Sixth St. studies" at the French S'cho! of Music and railroad to High Bridge, then its western terminus, was June 20, 1852. .3 SUDDOrters Gen Dwight floor- i devotes up to seven hours daily to practice. to combine that he did not expect to address another GOP convention because of "the inexorable course of nature" were met with roared "jao's." He mentioned neither of th'foft nomination of a presidential candidate may be delayed until tomorrow.

It was scheduled originally But jrelini. inaries are taking more tluu, The opening of a steel suspension bridge over the South Branch of tne Eisenhower in his delegation. Driscoll View careers in science and music after college days IDeails on Page 22.) Driscoll tdd newsmen: fiarnan ner jlm rasi ti xngn unugt ciowum, iimu imu Texas Dispute nearby borouah derives its name, was the forerunner of. jpushing the, t. nn th nmTnifj: attended hearings of theTSv their accorded time rails into the village of High Bridge contenders for Republican Dresi-" tee calendar is the battle over dentials Committee because I Mas' Steel Tieup Causes dential nomination.

But his firmlv- AL. the 38 seats that will be filled by, very anxious to hear at first hVsal 2 Years in Building boeman. inis piace. wno is a Eranu- i v. The steel bridge was under con- of the town-s first resident.j Tem delegation headed by! sentd struction approximately two years The document is dated July 23.

Hpnrv 7.u,-piffl stands this wav: 30 4n tU. There were new rumors of offers worded viewpoint on foreign poli-to Senator William Knowland of CJ' hewed close to that of Ohio the vicepresidential nomination if Senator Robert A. Tait and collid-he would try to swing California's ed- roughly at points, with that of i vi 1 1 1 i 1 1 i ii i nr i lit i 1 11 if -c- nee lSo2. and records the transfer of Tt t- vmiiniia- 4i Spread of Layoffs 1 1 Z.C-S? rviici 11 hoj in iul lalli iviui wi iJioi.miuT.wi oiu JKI, lne suspicions i nave naa wiini Calif or- "en- Jwigni u. tisennower.

respect to the recognition by the? 70 votes to Eisenhower. onlv a short time it was found the f0If orv four for Gen. Douglas MacArthur. L- sl rt in the e'tati of Abra.m The other delegation, led by Jack National Committee of the con-! ArfHitinnal lavnffs in the raiiroaH inHnstrvlnia's Gov. Earl Warren, himself a 'Phantom Army' uiiuc, v.im.11 i.uuu -I a.

Boeman tor sjmi. Portpr and Alvin Lane, lines ud tested delegates were based cnji00med today as the result of the nationwide strike of 600,000 CIO candidate, has made it clear he a phantom army" was the ta-4 fact, were based on what I have iiTnitorl CtPPlunrtprc Nrparlv 50 finn ilrnadprs havp hppn fiirlmiehpd V.antS tO See the first ballot Hoovpr annliprf tn IhA riivisinne length would need strengthening, was signed Til cnlntinn rparhpH was a de- Abram W. by Maria Young, jor Ejsenhower and five for Yoimg, George read, what I have heard and whatisince the strike began June 2. Thev re part of the 422,405 workers inlthrough. a-building in the Allied defense cision to fill in the valley with iuiam A Young Mary The credentials group voted to lhpllp Vnimff anil Inhn A Vnnm I -j.

nae scuaiea. allied industries off the job because of the steel strike stnn. anrf soil This heean in 1860 -f 7. 1A j. seat tnese lau oeiegaies.

rionaa was convicea me lucker-Tut ine store is now operaiea Dy Ji. and continued for about five years La Wall Harvey, and the building 18, Georgia 17, Mississippi 5, Puerto Rico 3. It awarded two Plug Own Causes 'program launched under Eisen- The general plugged his own hower's leadership. Hoover called cause in talks wilh delegations a powerful Air Force to "re-terday with an assertion the the advantage of military im-publicans must have a to us" a frequent Talf majority" in November. thesis.

tie delegates (of Georgia) should yy 1 1 have been seated and the decision I ffi 7kf m- 1 1 1 ffi of the Credentials Committee 11 1 CI 11U1 IvVI 'was owned by the late Mrs. Laura before it was completed. seats to Eisenhower backers one So the start of the village of An- 11 built by KangaSj one rom MissourL (against the delegates) is erroneous and prejudicial." Deoends on Jersey To Death ine prouenv ai uiai lime! Tk nandale revolved around the com- included the residenrp in The sessions were televised and nr th thPvin tne residence mjh ld comparatively dull day pletion of the railroad, the way in Main adioming Harvev store,) ti- i at the convention, which many villages were brought now tenanted by William Khnsleri Pennsy Hit The Pennsylvania a il a which laid off 10,000 men June 5, says it is being forced to furlough "several thousand" additional workers. A spokesman declared, "the strike is having serious progressive effect on traffic. Now it is cutting off shipments from many concerns which depend on steel for their own production." Earlier in thp Hav Cnv family and owned bv Mrs.

Ber- into existence during that period. "I don't want a see-saw battle "I do not propose that we retrea' that will give us the executive into our shell like a office (the Presidency), lose theiHoover said. "I do propose tho and give us a small ma-'deadly reprisal strategy of a rat-jority in the he declared. tlesnake." Taft's theme was that he was' He accused the Democrats, in of-willing to take organization people fjce since Hoover's futile try for from the other side into his camp reelection in 1932. of corroriin? iha S.

Seals. Young also built and Judge Delays man Adams of New Clinton Frank Dewar, 52, of Eisenhower's new floor manager' i Newark, was fatally injured last: told a reporter: night when he was thrown from his "We look forward to New Jersev skidding car in Rt. 30 near the Wee! as a key and influential state to Inn between High Bridge Rd. and; -u A- operated a grain warehouse. fthen flmton Station was the western terminus of the rech.

the station agent lived Tr, A turn-table was used at the local in the railroad station built during, JLieai lllli The same situation holds true L1UI1 llliVl.l LI UC -1 overturn the reDort of thp rvpripn. Glen Gardner. Then the driverless ilroads throuh-on a ta ir and e(luaable basls "f'the grandeur of the people (by station to turn the trains coming summer. The first passenger! 4 A 1 A on manv other ra -mm Committee." hA HHn rfrin rfrin fmm Aitnnnr ne tne party nuininaiion. he gets the party nomination.

frr i.rtpc ritv fnr thpir rp. "din pasea inrousn Annanaaie, itianvuie Hearing oi care r- cmochoH uui uie couiinv. manv are movine; i Mm ne naa conveyect nasseneers mail exnress and! lne DacKarPs tne conven- high Hpkiciah i- r- a infn i miurH rail Thpir lnmriPS Winy IJdSbCll Hers, nidll. CADI eS anu a i .1 quickly today to fight- turn trip It was located where 5in2 from Xew York westward, driving charges against Magistrate the lumber yards owned by Brad-'0" J1' 4- 1852- (William B. Rosenberg of this bor- lev Farrimrton now stand.

When The village was named Clinton and Anthony DeAndrea, Sage "Behind this plush curtain ot perishables as the production of Taft." were not serious. ni; aicua a.ici a uictmaiii unci- and spend," Hoover said. when f.i ilude last night vi me sien sniive. I n7 rtr 77 -f rr i I iA a c- the trestle was completed at High station ior almost 20 years as the soum nainiieia, wnose cars' Bridge, trains continued there fornearby village of Clinton used the collided here July 2, was postponed (- fl a turnaround until the rails were 'oca 1 town asrailroad access night. It is expected an out- llclllC Ul tL i Meanwhile, representatives of "7- are mixing poison for the Ameri the iron ore industry say can people.

a i4-rn nn nvannn Dewar suffered a broken neck, broken ribs and other injuries and died as he was being taken to Somerset Hospital, Somerville, in the High Bridge Legion ambulance. Examined at the hospital and released were the pas to ask the steelworkers if a T. 3 Sinister Ghosts a naa iuc xii.b Liiiic tile iidiiicru After 22 Years Raritan Borough The addition ore now stockpiled in theie egatf 3 chance w'hooP "They are the shades of Musso- 11 U'ltVl V1C Kill A 1 i (qrni e-v 1 Upper Lakes region. All ore ship-. rftlinfl th' nUof Karl Marx, and his socialism- ces' reeion.

All ore shiD-i1- up anu ne.y wen.1 "app.iy siomp- sengers: 3Irs. Christine i-itz- monfc olAnrf ri i rrvr tA i i cx ml0Ck" TtromPson gerald, 36, of Colts Neck, who si. ana nomas Vescovi to the land of Lord Keynes, with his per-jpetual government spending, deficits and inflation." 7. familiar tunes. have been suspended and industry; officials are fearful an iron ore' shortage next winter will cause 132 1 f- suffered a sprained right shoulder and abrasions of the thigh; borough Police Department, approved by the Council Mondav Mrs.

Olive Fitzgerald, 62, of night, represents the first change; Belleville, who was found not steel plants to shut down. No Sign of Settlement With no sign of a settlement in I The Democrats' domestic plan of I these, plus "give-away programs'' added to "the lost statesman-jship" of dealing with communism injured, and Mrs. Dewar, 45, who injured, and Mr Decision Due xuxec lo occur in years, The two men qualified for appoint-j suffered shock. ment Oil THP hacic rf ra.anf extenae on wesiwara uniu me vnv uuu ra. magianoic wm umi mc road was eventually completed to Clinton was founded 40 years -case.

Easton, Pa. 'earlier, about 1810. and was first Judge Rosenberg, meanwhile, The town took form durin the known as Hunt's Mill. About 1325 presided over last night's session, summer of 1852 as the rail service the name was changed to Clinton imposing a fine of $50 and costs on got under way. Nicholas Boeman, hono of ovfrnor DeWitt Clin-j Carl Unangst, 183 W.

Cliff a tavern keeper at Whitehouse; jt0" iNew ot t. jSomervUle, on a charge of allow- George M. Freeh, the station agent! e. na.me C1tint1notatl0n an unllcensed operator to drive for the railroad at Whitehouse; Ja-iused. -locf11y en the his car.

cob Young, a merchant and James the New Jersey Cen- Fines totaling $4 and costs of $6 Kenna and Thomas Kinney rail-' John J. Johnson, were dealt Louise Davis and road employes, moved from "fon being! Ulysses Johnson, both of Manville house (then spelled White House) lasked' through channels, by the! Homes. Each was charged with to be the first residents of the new I townspeople to select new name careless driving and not having town, called Clinton Station. for the town. their car registrations available.

xv.h cforTH In fact. a public meeting or two; George Hennock, 246 N. Seventh Freeh was transferred to this was called to select a new name for paid $5 and costs on a speed-place as station agent, Boeman the village but no agreement could ing charge Edward Pucya New SSS 1 sti arhPn hLss be reached one name sug-j Brunswick, was assessed $3 or build a store and begin bus.ness was -odell." It is believed 'driving in the wrone direction in and Kinney and Kenna to handlejthe railroad president chose the a one-lay streelT dir6Ctl0n freight at the station. present name from a village near-! the walkout there are these de-j 1 maxe ireaom tne dominant issue South Plamfield A decision of fhp Plprtinn Knnvor saiH petitive examinations. The force'-, The accident at t8 mH' vclopments: is hpj (Troopers Harold Wackwitz and 1 Tnhn Hirstny rf TTWi: i I vviLii paiDn svminotnn rpnnrted ine case 01 me t-ieiaei construe- "This election mav wpII he thp State reomrpmpnts naipn minBion reporieu, wneu 19 charnn Pa has Anl5 maj wen oe me iu 111c cl-iHHcW nn tho tIon nmnanv of Phs Dewar, going south, skidded on the latham, devel- last chance for survival of freedom Pnrnnrt nn growing population.

asked Sharon Steel Corporation, wet road at a curve. employing 7,000, to resume of the Geary Park Estates, America, he declared. I 1 1 a hPPn in th. ine Doay was -laKen to tne fllc- tiations Fridav. Sharon Steel with violating the build-: Hoover appearance at the ior Kiernan Funeral Home in Belle- narked invention hall sp! off 1(i nJ 4U.

icciuy una icjcticu uiuuu unci mg coue, wni De given louay ai to -settle the walkout on the same i8 in Municinal Court arrnrd ovation. It far eclipsed terms agreed to by mx volume and length the one ac-" Steel, the first comparatively to Mag15rate Joseph E. Kelley corded the night before to Gen. me towns two patrol- ville men, Ralph Petrone and Andrew Babey, joined the force close to 23 years ago. In recent years tho riVC HearillJIS Due When they arrived they found by his birthplace in Scotland three officers have Hpph hiv 1 a company to sign a contract since uougias AiacAnnur, me conven- ice umcers nave neen on duty, Five petitions are scheduled tou- I tion's kevnotP snrakpr the present site of this town occu-, Theodore Risler was the first i UN Troops r- i 1 I IUC SLlifvC Uf Kdll.

J. lit lUIll l- tl lid II lUKild. pied by the farms of the widow of postmaster. He was suc- wuidiea nours a week. come before the Plainfield Board Philip Murray, president of both'a Geary Park resident of 148 Gar- J'eter oung, the widow of James ceeded in turn by Josiah Cole and! A 1 Huffman and John H.

Cregar. Boe-; John Lair. The "first house in the A SSrlll It 1 1 1 1 to field, has resided in Raritan eight commencing at 8:15. Each request! LLy" ilrp Dr- charged the company had RlCS rii i- 11 1 I I years while Mr. Vescovi was born is for pyppnr nn i ri i nt nnr tiniii ipn inp mnr rrni ro- man purchased the first village lot village, already here when the and built the first village tavern, Whitehouse town-builders arrived, Seoul, Kor-ea-()United Na-and raised in the community.

Both zoning ordinance. Public hearings aLiTJ; of a four-inch concrete base Wllld lO Howl which he operated from 1852 to was that of the farmhouse of Peter tions troops today drove on Northjare Navy veterans of World War will be given each 137.9. It is the present Anandale, Young and occupied by his widow.jKoreari Communists entrenched on! panics he accuses of violating cellar floors. The attorneys in More downpours with wind trust laws. lrot el property owned by Mr.

and It is the property in West St. a ridge at the Eastern End of the' 7 7 7" s-y 31rs. Roy Rinehart and family. iowned and occupied by Miss Edna Korean battle line but lost a keyif -rOT -thVI ft fl 111 the case, Edward Santore, repre- squalls may be expected this after-senting the builder, and Borough "oon.or evening with rain ending during tonight, Cooperative Attorney Morris Roth, appearing Weather observer S. K.

Pearson for Mr. Loggia, recently submitted savs. Hoffman. Mrs. Garrett Voorhees hill to counter-attacking Chinese in Womiaii Hurt Tavern Deed (also is a tenant.

Tax Collector the i Ftnnm Tq Dm tin rn Cm rVrriv Fall from Car The deed for the transfer of land Boeman also holds deeds which for the tavern is now in the posses- show lands were owned in the vil- briefs to Magistrate Kelley. The U. S. Eighth Army reported allied infantrymen 4n the East killed 42 Reds and wounded 6 sion of Tax Collector Walter S. Less humidity and more comfortable conditions are indicated for tomorrow with partly cloudy skies, he predicts.

Rainfall in the plainfield area up to 6:30 a.m. today amounted to Paging the NEWS U. S. Marriages Drop But Divorces Do, Too Washington (JP, The Ameri Somerville Mrs. Frank Ross, 180 Mercer suffered minor injuries early today when she fell from a car operated by her husband after the vehicle skidded and crashed into a tree at Mercer and Plainfield police are starting a two-edged campaign to end the horn-blowing tours of wedding parties after weddings.

The police will first appeal to the common sense of the prospective horn-blowers. If that produce results, the horn-happy party will be slapped down -with a summons. lage of that period by Postmaster Risler. Began Expanding After the first few businesses and people to operate them settled down as "town builders," the village got off to a good start and be others in an action that was still under way at 3 p. m.

(1 a. m. EST.) Steel slopes slowed the UN advance but troops moving in from two directions were reported only 50 yards apart. 1 There pan matin rail was mntpd lastU-56 inches, he declared Births 14 Classified 33-34-35 Comics 32 Coming Events 5 Crossword 33 year. Marriages were away downas lef rainfall in the vieini-So were divorces.

of Newark and New York City. Between 350 and 400 Chinese in The police have turned over to the Board of Health a stack ofE. Cliff Sts. leaflets, and one will be given to each prospective bride and bride-! Ross told Somerville police that groom that applies for a marriage license. ihe and his wife had left a diner in gan expanding.

Less than 30 years! Tha iiirlif hoalth cprvire caMr" 30060. later, by July, 1880, the town's jhand-to-hand fighting recaptured a puiiiv, v. This short note appeals to the" population was counted at 380'. S. Bridge St.

about 2 a.m. when he noticed a car following his couple to think of others before hill UN troops had wrested from them 24 hours earlier. The hill, in the Pukhan River Valley, was captured by UN troops Yesteray's high was 82 degrees and the overnight low, 70. Flemington Market Eighteen passenger trains a day passed the local, station by this starting a speeding, horn-blowing; The other part of the campaign, with its lights out. Ross said he yesterday the 1951 marriage rate apparently dipped to the lowest point since 1938 1,594,900 marriages, 10.4 per thousand population, and a reduction of 72,300 from 1950.

There were an esti parade' after the ceremony. The carries out this threat. Orders are stopped to permit the car to pass Commodity Markets 24 Editorials, Letters 20 Obituaries 4-36 Radio-Television 28 Real Estate Transfers 36 Social News 14-15 Sports 23-30-31 The Stars Say 15 Theaters 31 time (1880s) and many coal and milk trains. The railway shipment 24 hours before. Communist casual- police, the note reminds them, don't want to throw a wet blanket Fleminrtan Auction murkft fr prices.

July 8' Whites AA Large 67-81. AA Medium S6'i-2'. A Large -T0'4. A Medium of milk-from the local station in tne counterattack were not this period averaged 80 cans a day. estimated, but in fighting for th'e hill yesterday 65 Chinese wm mated 371,000 divorces in 1951 2.4 per every 1,000 persons UUCKS .11.

jsrowns AA ft TRC rowns AA Larae being issued to all men on the and that he was starting to give force, that as of July 15, they will 'chase when his car skidded on the issue summonses to all drivers of wet pavement, cars taking part in the horn-toot- Pslice are checking to determine ing wedding parades. 'ownership of the other car. i on the occasion. However, the couple is warned that the police will crack down if there is horn AA Medium 534-57iv A Large A 3. Pullets 40-48.

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