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TTvi THE WEATHER For Wisconsin: Fair and colder tonight. Tuesday partly cloudy, warmer west portion. Drive With CARE Don't Take CHANCES ism mm Local weather facts for 24 hours preceding 7 a. Maximum 28; minimum 24. Precipitation .10.

A CONSTRUCTIVE ffiN PA IJ Thirty-Eighth Year No. 11,685 Wisconsin Rapids, Monday, November 26, 1951 Single Copy Si ven Cents COUNTy DEPT. True Liim 3Cra Mppsdi; ted Frc Sowed Afteaek ymmj fr Three Other -( i 'j'V 1 Taft Brands Big Spending Charge False Washington -UP)- Senator Taft (R-O.) denounced as "completely false" today an assertion by President Truman that "special interests" poured money into Ohio to reelect Taft to the senate in 1950. Taft said his opponents spent $3 for every dollar laid out in his behalf. Lashing back at Truman r.t a senate hearing, Taft said the campaign against him had the character of a "sinister conspiracy" and that "much of the activity was directed right from the White House." Hhe was subjected to "the most vitriolic attack probably ever conducted against any candidate," Taft declared, saying it had "a peculiar Communist undertone" and used "literature which should bring shame to the faces of those who devised it." Taft was the lead-off witness at public hearings by a senate elections subcommittee on the 1950 Ohio campaign.

In the election, Taft defeated Joseph T. Ferguson, See TAFT Page 11 COOTIES 'NABBED' Saturday night was initiation night for Cooties of the Heart of Wisconsin Pup Tent No. 20, fun organization of local Post No. 2534, Veterans of Foreign Wars. And, as this picture shows, it was the occasion for some hilarious hi-jinks.

Shown "under arrest" at the county jail are (left to right) Sam Hyde, Eau Claire, seam squirrel (commander) of Pup Tent No. 4 and installing officer; Frank Friedick, Eau Claire, state seam squirrel, who presented the charter to the local group; Donald Steuck, seam squirrel of the Wisconsin Rapids Pup Tent; and Larry Decker, Eau Claire recruit initiated along with the local Cooties. "Arresting officers" were Deputy Sheriff Walter Wittenberg (left) and Traffic Officer David Sharkey. (Tribune Staff Photo) Pound at U. N.

Line Through Snow and Cold Seoul, Korea -UP)- Communist troops today attacked savagely through deep snow and bitter cold at both ends and in the center of the Korean battle line. In the west, advancing U. N. troops were hit by a reinforced Communist battalion south of Panmunjom, the site of cease-fire negotiations. Some 20 miles away, near Yonchon, Allied forces Sunday had shattered an attack by up to 24,000 Chinese against "Little Gibraltar." Eighth army headquarters said Allied troops were pusjnng toward high ground south of Panmunjom when the Reds counterattacked, shoving the U.

N. forces back toward their main lines. Allies Pull Back East of the Pukhan river on the central front, where the U. N. com ma launched a victorious two-day line-straightening offensive November 17-18, a Red battalion drove Allied defenders out of three advanced positions.

Southwest of Kumsong, in the same general area, U. N. forces mounted an attack of their own and recaptured an advance position recently lost to the Reds. Two Communist attacks against a hill position northwest of Yang-gu were beaten off, the Eighth army said. Trying to Change Line The U.

N. command has expressed belief the Reds were trying to grab strategic positions while truce negotiators at Panmunjom are attempting to map the battle line. Victory in such a campaign would have far-reaching effects since the line being drawn will become the permanent cease-fire line if an armistice is signed within 30 days after the line is adopt NEW STATE LEAGUE HEAD Dan Cisco of Marinette, left, is congratulated by Ray Burchcll, president of the Wisconsin Rap-Ids baseball club, after Cisco was elected to head the Wisconsin State league for the 1952 season as president, secretary and treasurer. Cisco got the triple-decker job after league directors voted to combine the offices of president and secretary-treasurer as an economy measure. (Tribune Staff Photo) 18 Killed and 60 Hurt in Headon Rail Crash in South; Hunt Bodies Church Thronged for Dedicatory Services Peter Paul and vicar general of Woodstock, Ala.

-UP)- The crushing, headon collision of two New York-New Orleans streamliners killed 18 and injured 60 yesterday. Additional victims were hunted in the wreckage today. The silvery northbound Southerner pulled from a siding here into the path of the onrushing southbound Crescent. The sledgehammer crash turned the first car of the Southerner into a giant coffin. The trains met on a high railroad trestle 29 miles southwest of Birmingham.

The Crescent was using the Southern railway tracks because a bridge was out on the Louisville and Nashville lines near New Orleans, 320 miles away. The Southerner had stopped after pulling out from the siding. The Crescent rounded a curve and roared into it. "We were slammed back 80 feet," said George Newton, Seminary, a passenger in the third coach of the northbound train. "Everybody was running through the train screaming." All of the known dead were on the Southerner, most of them in the first car, which was smashed like an eggshell.

Trainmen said P. J. Powers, Birmingham, engineer of the northbound train, was killed and his body caught in the wreckage. It had not been recovered. Fifteen Negro dead were removed from the ill-fated car, the "Mississippi," a combination baggage-passenger coach with 22 seats.

Points Will Be Taken Up Munsan, Korea -UP- Allied and Communist staff officers tonight agreed on the exact location of a 145-mile line across Korea where the shooting will stop if an armistice is signed within 30 days. Only signatures of the true negotiators are needed to complete settlement of the second item on the armistice agenda fixing a cease-fire line. The subcommittees will meet in Panmunjom tomorrow at 10 a. m. to approve the proposal.

The full five-man armist ice 1 c.tions will open a plenary session one hour later. Formal adoption of the buffer zone clause is expected to be a more formality. 3 Big PointH Then in a race against the 30-day deadline and while the fighting goes on, the negotiators will work on three other points that must be agreed on before a full crmis-tice can be signed. The staff officers pinpointed the last sector of the cease-fire line after a marathon session lasting almost hours. The cease-fire line approved by the negotiators will be the center of a demilitarized buffer zone miles wide if an armistice is signed within 30 days of the approval expected Tuesday.

The fighting will continue until an armistice is reached, and if the negotiators fail to reach agreement within the time limit, the line will be redrawn just before the truce goes into effect to cover battle changes. Inspection Issue After the buffer zone clause is formally approved, the truce dele gations first will try to agree on measures for enforcing the armis- See TRUCE Page 11 Pleas Remove 9 Cases From Court Docket Defendants in nine criminal cases, scheduled for trial in circuit court, pleaded guilty here today. Five of these were sentenced, along with another man who pleaded guilty previously. Sentencing of three others was postponed while investigations are made. Placed On Probation Earl Denniston, 35, 2851 Third avenue south, was placed on probation for a year after he admitted stealing $2G0 from his employer.

Denniston took the money during a one-year period from the Kirschling Fuel service of this city. He worked there as a truck driver. Most of the money was taken in small amounts, such as $10 bills. Denniston was apprehended when city police set a trap for him. District Attorney Donald Reil-and recommended probation because the employer expressed confidence in his future actions and because he had no previous arrest record.

Circuit Judge Herbert Bunde sentenced Orville Roginski, 29, 2710 Gaynor avenue, to 30 days in county jail under the Iluber law. Earleir the defendant had plead ed guilty to leaving the scene of an accident, and a pre-sentence in vestigation was ordered. The of fense occurred on October 15 in the town of Seneca. Roginski was arrested by county police. Two Chicago youths Franklin See COURT Page II It was telescoped by the car behind K.

Rescue workers cut into the car with torches to bring out the victims. One of the first was a plump, unmarked baby girl of 2 or 3. She was still warm, but dead. K. C.

Shults, division superintendent of the Alabama Great Southern (a division of the Southern Railway) said there was no indication that safety signals which should have stopped the Southerner on its siding were not working. The northbound train had gone into'the siding to allow its southbound companion train to pass. The 13-car Crescent was a few minutes behind the other southbound train. Shults said the Crescent probably was running at about 60 miles an hour when it hit. Seven cars of the Crescent left See WEECK Page 11 Body of Cpl.

Rickl Returned from Korea The body of Cpl. Clarence E. Rickl, 25, son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Rickl, Route 2, Milladore, is being returned for burial in his home community, the department of defense announced today.

Bodies of 615 Americans who lost their 'lives as a result of fighting in Korea were aboard the Allegheny Victory which arrived at San Francisco on Sunday. Cpl. Rickl was killed in action with the 38th regiment, 2nd Infantry division, on July 31. He had been in Korea since last March. Memorial services were held September 15 at St.

Kilian's Catholic church in Blenker. Caudle Blames Chief, Agents In Tax Probe Washington -UP)- T. Lamar Caudle, ousted assistant attorney general, testified today that he was "afraid for my life" because of his efforts to stamp out rack ets in Charlotte, N. where he formerly was U. S.

attorney. In an emotion-charged appearance before a house ways and means subcommittee investigating his prosecution of tax fraud cases, Caudle said he was the victim of the "malicious intent" of Charlotte Police Chief Frank Little-john and two federal agents. Just before Caudle took the witness stand the committee and Attorney General McGrath reached agreement on opening up justice department files dealing with tax fraud prosecutions. Representative King (D-Cal.) chairman of the house ways and means investigating subcommittee, told news men the attorney general had agreed to make the dispute files available this afternoon. The development came as the subcommittee called up Caudle in the public hearings on justice department handling of tax cases referred to it by the internal revenue bureau.

It occasioned a delay in getting the expected week-long hearings under way, and King said they would be recessed during the afternoon to permit investigators to go to the justice department for an examination of files relating to the Caudle hearing. McGrath issued a statement last night promising the committee cooperation after committee members had taken the fight over access to the files to President Truman in an effort to break the impasse. King said the agreement worked out with the justice department did not mean that the files would be given into the committee's possession. But he said McGrath agreed to let staff investigators check through the records at the justice department for such Information as the committee specified. I to reach such an agreement without success.

Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Y. Vishinsky told reporters he had not yet decided on an answer to the Asian-Arab move aimed at easing east-west tension. India's Sir Bengal Rau Jed off the Asian-Arab peace drive with suggestions for a "study group" to try for a permanent end to the Korean war and for an assembly sub-committee to try to reconcile the western and Russian disarmament proposals. Pakistan's Sir Mohammed Zar-frullah Khan then introduced a formal resolution in the 60-mem-ber political committee to establish a conciliation group to negotiate in private on disarmament. Syria and Iraq joined Pakistan in sponsoring the resolution sub- mitted by Zarf rullah Khan.

Disalle Says New Laws to Hike Prices Washington -UP)- Price Director Michael V. DiSalle testified today that new higher price ceilings re sulting from existing laws "will be harmful to the economy." DiSalle appeared before a joint congressional committee on de fense production, which is inquir ing as to how controls are work ing. The plump and jovial price boss told lawmakers that failure of congress to remove certain amendments to the price control extension makes it difficult to enforce the law and curb inflation. He recounted in great detail various price orders issued in different fields and said that as they were issued "one at a time they did not seem nearly as bad as when the entire collection was examined." Senator Maybank chairman of the senate-house group as well as the. senate banking committee, told DiSalle that he and other congressmen want to review the results of controls now, as a basis for possible legislative action in the new session that begins January 8.

Senator Capehart author of an amendment that has been vigorously criticized by DiSalle, President Truman and others, and Rep. Paul Brown (D-Ga.) were the only other committeemen present. Maybank noted comments of President Truman recently that "that inflationary spiral has begun again." The senator said such a development would greatly increase the cost of the multi-billion dollar defense program and nullify higher taxes. In advance of the hearing Senator Aiken (R-Vt.) said the new tax increase law is "working in reverse by breeding inflation instead of retarding it." John. Stench, 61, Succumbs; Funeral Rites Wednesday John Steuck, 61, 1310 Mc- Kinley street, died at 2:45 Sunday afternoon at his home after a year illness with heart trouble, lie had been employed as 8 calendar operator by Consolidated Water Power Paper company for 24 years prior to December 1, 1950, when failing health forced him to retire.

Funeral services have been ar ranged for 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at the Moravian church with the Rev. Warren A. Sautebin officiating. Interment will take place in Forest Hill cemetery. Mr.

Steuck was born in Sanborn, on July 28, 1890, the son of Mr. and Mrs. John Steuck. lie married Amanda Erdman in this city on June 28, 1916. Surviving are his wife and two sons, Donald and Lyle, both of Wisconsin Rapids; one brother, William, Bcloit; one sister, Mrs.

Joe Bristol, Worthington, and two grandsons. Friends may pay their respects at the Krohn Berard Funeral home until 12:30 Wednesday and at the church from 1 o'clock until time of services. A magnificent stone structure became more than just a mere building here Sunday as the new SS. Peter Paul Catholic church was dedicated to the noble purpose for which it was built "a house of service to God." More than 1,000 persons gathered in the $100,000 edifice on First street north Sunday morning for the celebration of the dedicatory mass. The worshipers, numbering more than the pews could hold overflowed into the dining hall in the church basement.

Consecrated By Bishop Under heavy, gray skies, the Most Rev. John P. Treacy, bishop of the LaCrosse diocese, led a sol emn procession into the sanctuary for the first service. In a pontifical hieh mass he consecrated the structure as a house of worship for the SS. Peter Paul parish.

In a "mass of thanksgiving" this morning, the altar of the church was consecrated by the Rt. Rev. Msgr. C. W.

Gille, pastor of SS. Nepco to Pay 65c Dividends A regular dividend of 40 cents per share and a special dividend of 25 cents per share have been declared by the board of directors of Nekoosa-Edwards Paper company. Announcement of the board's ac tion was made today by John E. Alexander, president and general manager of the company. The divi dends are payable December 12 to shareholders of record at the close of business December 3.

The newly-declared dividends will bring the total dividend pay ments for the calendar year to $1.75 per share, the same amount paid Nekoosa-Edwards stockhold ers in 1950. The company's net sales for the first nine months of 1951 reached an all-time high of $17,622,298 up 21 per cent overthe same period last year while net profits rose 12.1 per cent during the nine- month period. Book value at the end of the third quarter was listed at $5109, up $3.45 per share over the $50.64 shown a year ago. temperatures, Hilton had floundered vainly through deep snows seeking a telephone or someone who could help. He made only three miles before dark, then holed up in a deserted cabin.

A five-man rescue party, bucking 10 and 12 foot drifts in a surplus army "weasel" (snow tractor), made its way 53 miles up Highway 88 from Jackson and found the Hilton car buried in deep snow. Ralph Hilton's party left their San Jose, home a week ago Sunday, en route to Reno to seek work. On Tuesday, two of the Hilton's sons, Robert, 21, and Jack, 16, started for Reno in another car. Robert is the baby's father. They had agreed to meet at the Reno postoftice.

Friday, Robert and Jack became worried and notified authorities. A doctor who examined the four after their ordeal said they were in fairly good shape, except for hunger and exhaustion. the diocese. Sunday afternoon more than 400 persons attended the dedicatory dinner in the spacious dining hall of the church. Some -50 Catholic clergymen from the, diocese also attended.

Bishop Treacy, principal speaker the after-dinner program, commended the parish on the momentous occasion and spoke briefly of the building program of tha entire diocese. Of the 150 parishes in the diocese, he disclosed, 110 have made major improvements in the past six years. "Brilliant Example" But no parish, the bishop stated, has set a more "brilliant example" than SS. Peter Paul. Declaring that the parish has "achieved an eminent position," Bishop Treacy added: "It has been a privilege to work with you.

There is no place in tha diocese that I see more achieve ment than' in Wisconsin Rapids." Paying tribute to the "courage of the parents who sent their children to the Catholic High school" (the Tri-City Catholic See DEDICATION Page 11 Mrs. MaeMcVicar Dies; Hold Last Rites on Tuesday Mrs. Mae Gumm McVicar, 77, 201 Sixteenth street north, died at 9 o'clock Saturday morning at St. Joseph's hospital, Marshfield, following a three weeks' illness.8 She had been a resident, of the city for 45 years. Funeral services will be con ducted by the Rev.

Gerritt De- Motts at 2 o'clock Tuesday after noon at the Baker chapel. Interment is to take place in Forest Hill cemetery. Mrs. McVicar, whose maiden name was Rodha Mae Stone, was born at Sussex, Waukesha county, on August 20, 1874, the daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs.

Albert Stone. She was married there to Herman Gumm in November, 1893. He died July 20, 1930, leaving his wife and five children. On July 15, 1947, she married Dea McVicar at Merrill. He preceded her in death on August 14, 1948.

Survivors include three sons, Milton Gumm, Wisconsin Rapids; Gilbert Gumm, Milwaukee, and Delbert Gumm, Arpin; two daughters, Mrs. Dan McConnell, Mar-cola, and Mrs. Edward Schelvan, Arcadia, Cal; one brother, Harry Stone, Antigo; two sisters, Mrs. Pearl Brown, Cleveland, and Mrs. Earl Clauson, Sae-gertown, 10 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.

Mrs. McVicar was a member ot the Royal Neighbors of America. Friends may pay their respects at the Baker mortuary until time of services. County Democrats To Meet at Nekoosa The Wood county Democratic Organizing committee will meet at 8 o'clock Tuesday night in the American Legion clubhouse at Nekoosa, Dorothy Gallery, secretary, announced today. This meeting will give DOC members an opportunity to make recommendations for pool workers, the secretary said, and learn of plans for 1952.

ed. In the air, Allied and Commu nist jets tangled Monday in a new air battle over North Korea. The Fifth air force said 17 F-86 Sabre jets tangled with nearly 60 MIG-15s and damaged two in ac tion swinging from 35,000 feet down to 19,000. It reported that all the Sabres returned safely. One Injury in Six Accidents A six-year-old boy suffered minor injuries and more than $1,000 in property damage was caused in six weekend traffic accidents in this area.

Fredrick Esser sustained a cut and bump on his forehead Sunday night when the car driven by his mother, Mrs. Agnes E. Esser, 2631 Fourth avenue north, left the road in the 2300 block of West Grand avenue. City police said the accident occurred when Mrs. Esser's vehicle became caught in a rut in the road and slid into the ditch.

About $100 estimated damage was done to the car. Emerging from a driveway, an auto driven by Leon Baughman, Rudolph, collided with a car operated by Edward W. Vruwink, 20, Arpin, Sunday night. The accident occurred four miles north of Wisconsin Rapids on Highway 34, causing $120 property loss. As a car driven by David W.

Barry, 50, 851 Lincoln street, turned into a driveway on Highway 13 south of the city Sunday, it was struck by an auto driven by Joseph E. Rehlinger, 27, Milwaukee. There was $125 damage to Rehlinger's automobile and $45 loss to the Barry vehicle. Autos operated by the Rev. Raymond H.

Browe, 58, Chili, and John F. Miller, 71, Marshfield, sideswiped Sunday morning north of Lindsey on County Trunk V. County police estimated the total damage at $600. Damage estimated at $75 resulted Sunday morning from a cillision at the intersection of See ACCIDENTS Page 11 PICK ILLINI Chicago -UP)- The Big Ten today unanimously selected new champion Illinois to represent the conference in the Rose bowl football game New Year's day. 7 Human Rights Show to Be Staged Here An evening of unusual entertainment is in store for residents of the Tri-Cities area when "Mr.

Human Being," a show designed to teach the values of good human relations, is presented at Lincoln fieldhouse next Saturday, with curtain time at 8 p. m. The show, produced by the Wis consin Idea Theater in cooperation with the Governor's Commission oh Human Rights, had its pre miere preformances at Madison last week. Wisconsin Rapids was chosen as the first stop in the troupe's projected tour of the state. No Admission Charge The showing here is being sponsored by the Mayor's Com mittee on Human Rights.

There will be no admission charge, but a free will offering will be taken to help defray local expenses. "Mr. Human Being" is an ex fperimental show in the style of the epic theater. It combines en tertainment with a challenging plea for recognition of human rights everybody's rights emphasizing its theme through a variety of theater and other art media. Tied together by the running commentary of a narrator, the production includes a description of the work of the governor's com mission, ballad singing, dramatic sketches, a cartoon movie, poetry, and a dance by Orchesis, Univer sity of Wisconsin student dance group.

Directed by Kamarck The show is under the direction of Prof. Edward Kamarck, assistant director of the Wisconsin Idea Theater. Its presentation here Saturday evening will be prefaced by introductory remarks by A. W. Zellmer, chairman of the Mayor's Committee on Human Rights and a member of the governor's commission.

Invitations to the show are being extended by the sponsoring committee through the service clubs and other civic organizations in the Tri-Cities. The general public is likewise invited and urged to attend. No ticket of admission is required. MURRAY MUM Pittsburgh -UP)- Philip Murray, le tight-lipped Scot who leads the CIO and its million-member United Steelworkers' union, will meet government controls headon tomorrow when he opens new contract negotiations here with the United States Steel Rescue Family Trapped for 5 Days in Sierra Mountain U. S.

Agrees to Talk Over Disarmament With Russians Jackson, Cal. AIT)- Heavy snows trapped a family of four for five days in the high Sierra with almost nothing to eat but a can of syrup. The syrup was rationed to a year-old baby. Searchers found the four late Saturday night in two deserted cabins near 8,600 foot Kit Carson pass. All were reported recovering today.

The timely arrival of rescuers probably saved the life of Ralph Hilton, 41, who had set out afoot in search of aid. He had left behind in a mountain cabin his wife, Lillian, 40; their daughter, Betty, 16, and their year-old grandson, Ronald Hilton. They had almost no food but they could keep warm. The four had taken refuge in the deserted cabin last Monday after their auto became stalled throe-quarters of a mile away on a mountain roadway supposedly closed for the winter. For 13'a hours, clad only in thin overalls and light clothing utterly unsuitcd to the freezing Paris -UP)- The United States agreed today to get together with Russia for private disarmament talks as suggested by a group of Asian-Arab states, but expressed doubt as to the usefulness of the move.

Iraq, Pakistan and Syria submitted a resolution to the 60-mem- ber United Nations political committee asking that the Big Four-Russia, the United States, Britain and France meet privately un der the presidency of assembly President Luis Padilla Nervo of Mexico to try to reconcile the western and Russian disarmament plans. Ambassador Philip C. Jessup lat er told the committee the U. S. was ready to do this if the committee voted it.

He pointed out. that the deputy foreign ministers of the four countries had tried for 14 weeks last spring I.