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THE WEATHER For Wisconsin: Cloudy, windy and colder tonight, oceattional snow, mostly north and central. Saturday mostly cloudy and cool. FISHY DIET LOS ANGELES UPt- Soma burglar all set for a fancy party. A market owner told police Thursday the following items, altogether worth $479, were minsing from his store: Six cases of fan-tailed shrimp, four cases of lobster tails, and two cases of frog legs. Local wJithAr ne.tm for 14 hours tire- (ceding 7 a.m.: Max.

45; mln. S3. Precipitation .54. A I HH APE RHJI 2S iru uv Thirty-Ninth Year No. 12,107 Wisconsin Rapids, Friday, April 10, 1953 Single Copy Seven Cents Tot Burns While Prisoner Ira Ms koy CCeep Policy off SflremigiHhi, Unify U.

N. Ds Urged Af mi stiee Korean cease-fire, Gross repeat President Takes Action Import Curbs on Butter, to Extend Dairy Items U. S. Envoy Warns Western Actions Forced Red Move UNITED NATIONS, N. Y.

UP)-The U. S. warned the free world today, against abandoning its policy of strength and unity because of conciliatory gestures from the Kremlin. U. S.

Delegate Ernest A. Gross told the U. 60-nation Politi- cal Committee that it was the West's very policy of strength and unity which had brought about such gestures and that ed the Western stand that there can be no cease-fire in that war torn land if it is based on the forcible repatriation of unwilling prisoners of war. He said that there was hope that an exchange of sick and wounded would soon take place and urged that nothing be allow ed to interfere with the progress of Panmunjom talks. Gross pointed out that there See U.N.

Page 11 eventually it would oblige the WASHINGTON GP)-President Eisenhower took steps today to extend existing import restrictions on butter and other dairy products, some food fat and oils after June 30 when presently-used legislative authority for such limitations expires. He directed the tariff commission to make an immediate investigation of imports of these products and recommend action for replacing existing restrictions. At the present time, imports of butter, dried milk, dried cream, high fat malted milk compounds, peanuts and peanut oil, flaxseed and linseed oil are banned, and imports of cheese are restricted under quotas. These controls are authorized by section 104 of the Defense Production Act which expires June 30. The Senate Banking Committee has said that it will Want Ike tO Take Soviet government to change its policies completely.

Must Modify Policy "Most of us feel the time will come when the Soviet government will find it necessary to modify its policy. If so it will be because of our policy of strength and unity. We must not abandon that strength," he declared. Gross deplored re-introduction of an omnibus Polish peace pack age and said that the U. N.

has already rejected all major points in it He specifically regretted the bringing up of the Korean problem here at this time. "No resolution on Korea is ne cessary or desirable at this. time," he declared. "We must avoid any action which might jeopardize the talks at Panmun-jom." Speak of Vishinsky Gross said a speech by Rus- sia's Andrei Vishinsky Thursday which caused considerable con fusion proved how futile and unhelpful it was to debate these issues now. Taking note of the Polish pro posal's demand for an immediate Hiring Boom Is Seen For Area A shortage of qualified man Immitimt-'mmmmtmilttlSim tii msmm Parents Are Out; 9 Others Saved RACINE UP) Lawrence Irvin, five months old, died today when flames believed to have started from a faulty oil burner, swept his room while his parents were shopping.

Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Irvin returned from shopping to find their son dead. Another child, Eugene, 3, was believed to have perished in the fire, but he was found asleep in a neighbor's home. Firemen said the damage was confined mostly to the room in which Lawrence was sleeping.

The oil burner also was in the baby's room. Nine other children who lived in the three-family building were removed safely after the fire was discovered. will most likely be a year before our hearing can be set." Withdrawal of one applicant Rib Mountain Radio, was announced about six weeks ago, That corporation has since ap plied for and has been granted an uncontested UHF channel at Des Moines, la. Two Others Another applicant, Congress man Alvin E. O'Konski, owner of WLIN, Merrill, filed about ten days ago for the Wausau chan nel, thus returning to the original status of three applicants con testing for the single channel.

See TV Page 11 Measle Cases in City Arf on the Decline The epidemic of measles in Wisconsin Rapids appears to have reached its height and has started tapering off, Dr. F- Pomainville, city health officer, reported today. Measles cases reached record proportions in March when 233 cases were reported in the city, Dr. Pomainville said. He added that it does not appear that there will be as many cases in April.

The monthly report of the city health officer showed that there were 22 cases of chicken pox re ported in March, 13 cases of mumps, and nine of scarlet fever. Also reported were 70 births, 12 deaths and two marriages in Wisconsin Rapids last month. i -V. STATE FORENSIC ENTRANTS Above are the four Lincoln High School students who qualified for the state forensic contest at Madison Saturday. Making the trip will be Lois Coleman, (standing at left) entered in the humorous declamation division; Ron Barnet (standing at right), extemporaneous speaking, and Nancy Kolstra (seated at left), non-original oration.

Marilyn Mader (right) also qualified for the state meet in the non-original oratory division but will not compete due to a conflict with the district solo and ensemble music contest in which she is also entered. (Tribune Staff Photo) Delay Is Expected in Region's TV Hearing power in the Wisconsin Rapids Ofcrea appears certain to develop the near future, Walter G. Winn, manager of the district office of the employment service, said today. "The outlook for the next 60 days is that the 25 index firms used in compiling our labor market statistics will require an additional 300 employes," Winn said, adding that the number of such workers is dwindling. Most of the employment opportunities are coming up in manufacturing establishments, he pointed out, with small gains in Want Hall Elected To National Chairman Job WASHINGTON UP)-The Re publican national committee to day unanimously elected former Rep.

Leonard W. Hall of New York as its national chairman. The committee accepted, with expressions of regret, the resig nation of C. Wesley Roberts of Kansas. It gave voice approval of a resolution expressing deep appreciation for Roberts' work and praising him as a "friend of integrity whom we hold in high esteem." Roberts resigned after a Kan sas legislative committee held he had violated the spirit of a state anti-lobbying act by accepting a fee in connection with the sale of a hospital to the state in 1951.

He had no official Republican party position at the time. Hall got the approval Friday of President Eisenhower, Vice President Nixon and Senate and House party leaders. Hall's election put the 52-year old New York surrogate judge at the of the party for what speakers described as the critical See HALL Page 11 Doubt Soviet To Okay Free Reich Election WASHINGTON UP) Top American officials today saw little chance Russia would ac cept an American German challenge to permit genuinely free elections in Communist-ruled East Germany. President Eisenhower and German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer, in a move to test Russia's current peace offensive, urged Moscow to agree to this and also free some 300,000 German war prisoners still in Soviet hands. Formal Appeal The joint American-German ap peal came in a formal communi que announcing the results of three days of intensive talks be tween Eisenhower, Secretary of State Dulles and a German dele gation headed by Adenauer.

Adenauer arranged to leave by plane today for San Francisco, to begin a 9 day cross country tour before, returning to Germany. As he prepared to wind up the first visit a German chancellor ever has made to the U. Aden auer could point to these chief achievements during his conferences: 1. A pledge the U. S.

will sup ply guns, tanks, planes, other military equipment needed to arm 12 German divisions which will join the six nation European army, once created. Aid Considered 2. A promise the U. S. is sym pathetically considering financial aid for beleagered Western Ber lin and thousands of refugees flocking into Western zones from Eastern eGrmany.

In return, Adenauer gave these pledges: 1. Controls aimed at choking off shipment of strategic mate rials to Communist nations will be tightened by "supplementary measures aimed at barring transshipments through Germany. 2. An early agreement with France will be sought to settle the bitter dispute over the future of the industrial Saar border ter ritory. being given to the major issues.

They include: 1. If there Is peace In Korea, what attitude should the U.S. take toward the two sets of Chinese rulers the Communists on the mainland and Chiang Kai-shek on Formosa? 2. If the Chinese Reds prove loyal to Moscow but seek to de velop friendship with such coun tries as Britain and India, should the U.S. give Chiang all-out backing at virtually any cost? 3.

How far should peace In Korea be used to support de mands for peace in Indochina, which the Elsenhower admin istration has treated as part of the same Far Eastern pattern? 4. In Korea itself what kind of terms should be insisted upon for a peace settlement as opposed to a military truce? The official United Nations policy is to seek unification, of Korea. Both Sides Are Set to Sign on Pact on III GIs MUNSAN, Korea (JB -The Communists agreed today to trade sick and wounded pri soners beginning about April 21, then proposed resumption of the long-stalled armistice negotiations. Both sides were expected to sign today the agreement calling for the exchange of 5,800 ailing Reds for 600 Allied prisoners, of which 120 are Americans. No Sign of Yielding But in calling for a return to the armistice table, the Communist officers gave no sign of yielding on the principle of forced repatriation of some 50,000 prisoners who balk at returning to Red rule.

It was Allied refus al to return such prisoners that ruptured the negotiations last October 8. Communist liaison officers at Panmunjom, in proposing the resumption, declared "the principle of repatriation of all prisoners of war" after an armistica "is unshakeable." And the Communists reiterated that "the Korean-Chinese side does not acknowledge that there are prisoners of war who are allegedly unwilling to be repatriated." Reply to Clark The Communists' proposal, which they called "very important," was in reply to a letter April 5 from Gen. Mark Clark, the United Nations Far East commander. Clark had asked for more de tails of the compromise plan for an armistice which was proposed March 30 by Premier Chou En-lai of Communist China. Actually, the Communist reply was mainly a restatement of Chou's proposal except to make even clearer that the Reds by persuasion, or other means, expect to bring back all balky Chinese and North Koreans.

Restate Points The letter to Clark, from Gen. Nam II, senior Communist negotiator restated Chou's three main points: 1. Let all prisoners go home who choose to return. 2. Turn over to a neutral country yet unnamed all prisoners who are listed as not wanting to return to their homelands.

3. Let the Communists give "explanations" to prisoners "afraid" to return home. More Explanation The Communists went into a little more explanation of Chou's third point this way: "Our side maintains that these captured personnel of our side See PRISONERS Page 11 Nab Short Change Artists at Wausau Two St. Louis, men. call- ing themselves Russell Lane, 53, and Roy Lane, age not given.

were arrested by Wausau police at a.m. today after allegedly short changing cashiers in two Wisconsin Rapids business places Thursday evening. Police Chief R. J. Exner said today the pair was picked up in Wausau when they attempted a similar trick there and after the Wausau police had been alerted by a state-wide radio call from Wisconsin Rapids.

Fast talk and trickery enabled the two to get $10 while change was being made for them in the Davis Restaurant, 114 2nd St. about 7 p.m. and $10 a few minutes later in the J. E. Daly Drug Jewelry 112 2nd St S.

Wausau authorities told Exner they believed the men had given false names and that an investigation was proceeding. The two are also wanted by Stevens Point, Rhlnelandcr and Marshfield police. 2 Bound Over to Court for Trial Two tavern operators charged with furnishing beer to minors were bound over to County Court for trial at the conclusion of preliminary hearings held Thursday before Justice Gerald Hierl. They are Jack Compton, 38, 121 21st Ave. operator ot Club 9 in the town of Seneca, and Albert Zastava, 37, Rt.

1. operator of Al's Yukshlmaush tavern In the town of Grand Rap-Ids. Both were released pending trial under $250 recognizance bond. They and a third tavern opera tor who waived preliminary hearing on the same charge- Bernard Smith, 42, Rt. 1, Nekoosa, operator of, the Sand Bar in the town of Port Edwards were arrested by county authorities who said the alleged offenses occurred 'March 21 and 22; Supplies of Shells Are Up, Stevens Says WASHINGTON UP) Secretary of the Army Stevens told sen ators today the ammunition sit uation in Korea now is very sound.

Supplies are "well up all along the line," he said. He testified that on a recent trip to the fighting front he! found virtually all supplies were at or above a 90-day level, which the Army considers safe for anything that might happen in that part of the world. Stevens was called to report on current supplies in a senate investigation aimed primarily at sifting charges that shortages had hampered Korean operations in the past. The names of Gen. Douglas MacArthur and George C.

Marshall had been brought into the hearings Thursday. Stevens' testimony was virtual ly a repetition of statements he had made while he was in the Far East, and upon his return to this country. The secretary said it appeared to him that the 'problem is solved" to the point that the Far Eastern Command now is cutting down on its orders for certain types of ammunition. He added that only two types of shells not yet up to the 90- day level were for 81 millimeter mortars and 105 millimeter how litzers. Building Sunday and the Schroeder Trucking Co.

has the excavating contract. A considerable amount of the finish ing work is to be donated by members of the congregation. To Start Soon It is anticipated that the build ing will be completed by late fall, excavating to start within the next couple of weeks. David Fredrickson Is chairman of the building committee and serving with him are W. C.

Kru ger, E. E. Belter, Bobb Manley and Robert Kester. The finance committee has Nels Justeson as chairman and other members are Belter, Kru ger, W. P.

Mortensen and F. H. Muehlstein. Members who served on the original plan ning committee were Justeson, Belter, Mahlon Bates and Joseph Horock, with the Rev. Mr.

Saute-bin serving as an ex-officio member of all three. The building committee has engaged Donn Hougen as the architect. Has Sweet Voice But Gets in Nasty Words SEOUL CD-Sweet and low the woman voice crooned over a Communist loudspeaker Thursday night to U.S. Marines in the Panmunjom sector. Then came the song, "I Dream of You." Finally the gal signed off with this kicker: "The war is over.

To hell with Eisenhower." Sales and Records grades, despite ceiling prices. Cash dividends of $2 per share were paid during 1952. Operations for the year yielded a profit of before taxes, a drop of $691,397 compared to the 1951 figure. However, after allowing for state and federal Income taxes, amounting to net earnings came to In 1952, down slightly from the 1951 net of $1,832,630. Dollar revenue from overall sales in 1952 was about 2 per cent greater than that realized in 1951, although total tonnage of paper sold came to 86,270, some 200 tons less than the previous year.

In the printing and business papers division, sales continued to grow. Both tonnage and dollar revenue were nearly 10 per cent greater than 1951 Establishment of a new produc tion record was accomplished with the mills operating at only 95 per cent capacity. The prevl See NEPCO fage 11 transportation and construction fields. Wholesale and retail bust nesses predict little change in employment levels. Winn stated that during March the local office hade 162 place ments, which compares with 156 made in February, and 158 made in March of 1951.

Almost 2,000 persons contacted the office for information and advice during the month. Of these, 25o filed ap plications for employment. not recommend extension of this section. Thus, if nothnig is done, the restricted products will be free to enter this country after June 30. Because of the high level at which they are being supported under farm-aid programs in this country, a large volume of foreign supplies could be expected to come in.

Followed Request Secretary of Agriculture Benson said today he had received a letter from the White House stating that the President at Benson's request had taken action under Section 22 of the Agricultural Adjustment Act providing for import controls in event foreign suplies interfere with government farm price support programs. The AAA act permits the President to impose import restric tions if they are recommended by the tariff commission after hearings and investigation. The Defense Act, on the other hand, directs action by the secretary of agriculture without such hear ings and investigations. Eisenhower's letter to the tariff commission said, in part, that Benson had advised him that "He has reason to believe that, on the assumption that Section 104 of the Defense Production Act expires on June 30, articles now restricted under Section 104 are certain to be imported under such conditions and in such quan tities as to render ineffective or materially interfere with price support or other programs un dertaken by the Department of Agriculture." Benson told the Senate Agriculture Committee Thursday that the AAA provision should be strengthened. He suggested an amendment giving the president power, in an emergency, to lm pose import restrictions on an in terim basis, pending a decision by the tariff commission.

Storms Kill 2, 30 Are Hurt By The Associated Press Early spring wind and rain storms spread into the East and South today after sweeping across Illinois and Indiana Thursday night, killing two persons and injuring about 30 others. The storms lessened in severity as they moved into Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee and parts of Western New York and Pennsyl vania and the Central Appalachians. Small tornadoes skipped across areas in East Central Illinois and across Indiana to the Ohio border Thursday night. The twisters flattened houses and trees in several small communities and rural areas in both states. The area near Albany, about 12 miles northeast of Mun-cie, appeared the hardest hit.

Mrs. Stella Green, 47, and her son, Ar nold, 10, were killed when their small frame home was demolished. Three other members of the family were injured. A dozen other persons in Albany, a town of about 1,800, also were injured. Eight persons were hurt in the tornado which struck the area north of Danville, 111., while two others were injured as tornadic winds hit Lincoln, 111.

The strong winds and tornadoes were accompanied by heavy rain and by hall in some places. The twisters were part of a fast-mov ing storm which developed in the Central Plains states and extended over the Great Lakes region, Ohio Valley and Upper Missis sippi Valley, Doerfer to Be Right In Style With Hat MADISON WJ-John C. Doerfer is going to Washington next week in style. The former Public Service Commission chairman, recently named to the Federal Communications Commission, was honored by PSC staff members today and was given a Homburg hat. President Elsenhower gave that type of headwear national prom- Unence during hi inauguration.

Vacation in State MADISON UP) President Eisenhower was invited today to establish a summer White House in Wisconsin. The Wisconsin Senate ap-proved a resolution inviting the chief executive to spend his summers in Wisconsin, "the muskellunge capital of the United States." Wisconsin, the resolution stated, served as the site of a summer White House in 1927 during the term of the late President Coolidge. It added that President Eisenhower, of his own choice, had picked Wisconsin as a vacation ground prior to his election. The state offers "unparalleled opportunities for rest, relaxation and work in an invigorating 1 i a the resolution added. Moravian's Plan Starts Ground breaking ceremonies for a religious education building, first unit of a completely new church plant being planned by the local Moravian congregation, will be held Sunday morning in connection with the regular 10:15 worship service.

Contracts in excess of $80,000 have been let for construction of the building just to the rear of the present church edifice. No es timate has been made of the total cost because of topographical features of the site. Led by the Rev. Warren Saute- bin, pastor, the choir and others participating in the ceremony, the worshippers will leave the church at approximately 11 o'clock and march to the site. Representatives of the building committee, official board and var ious church organizations are to take part flan 2 Floors Built of suntan brick, the struc ture is to be 45 90 in size and have two floors plus a complete basement.

All Sunday school activity is to be transferred to the new building when completed. It will Include, in addition to the Sunday school rooms, a church office and a pastor's study, as well as a social room with adjoin ing kitchenette for organization meetings. The general construction con tract has been let to Fred Piette and Sons, Appleton. Louis Her man has the heating, ventilating and plumbing contract, Elmer Tenpas will do the electrical work Nepco Sets Production The Nekoosa-Edwards Paper Co. reported an all-time high of $24,107,158 in net sales for 1952 and in the same year established a new production record of 88,850 tons of finished paper.

Net earn ings for the year were $1,777,739, down less than 3 per cent from 1951. These facts were disclosed In the company's annual report to employes and shareholders. In his annual message, John E. president and general manager, stated, "during the year productive capacity of the paper industry increased to a point where the demands in nearly all lines of paper could be met. In fact, during the summer months there was a lull in business as inventory liquidations and adjustments were made.

Despite this, however, in general it was a satisfactory year." The firm's average net selling prices increased slightly due to Lcreater toanaecj; of higher priced A Federal Communications Commission hearing to determine which one of three appli cants for VHF television Channel 7 at Wausau shall be granted the construction permit and license to operate a TV station will probably not be scheduled before sometime in 1954. This informaVion was disclosed today by J. C. Sturtevant, Wau sau, president of Wisconsin Val ley Television Corp. The firm is owned by six newspapers and two radio stations in the Wiscon sin River valley, including the Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune and Wisconsin Rapids radio sta tion WFHR.

"Our Washington attorney has advised us that because of Wau-sau's relatively low position in tne JfCC processing line-up, a hearing during the remainder of 1953 is an improbability," Sturtevant said. "The earliest we can expect a hearing, under existing procedures established by the FCC, would probably be a year from now. Down List "The Federal Communications Commission has just completed processing of uncontested applications throughout the country and is beginning to establish hearings on a priority schedule based on population of communities having channel assignments," he added. "And Wausau is far down on that list. With only ten examiners to conduct hearings and scores of hearings scheduled ahead of Wausau it U.S.

Runs Differences Because employers, especially those looking for clerical help, have found last year's crop of workers almost gone, the local office conducted pre-employment tests for nearly 60 individuals during March. This, Winn said, was greater than the usual num ber of tests given. The tests are used to determine individual aptitudes which indi cate the type of work the indi idual is best suited to perform, Official County Vote Total Given The board of county canvas sers which reviewed the results of Tuesday's election reported the official tally on the voting today. There were no appreci able changes from the unofficial figures carried Wednesday in The Tribune. On the reapportionment refer endum, the official county vote was 8,072 for and 4,711 The "yes" vote carried in the state, authorizing constitutional amendment to allow redisricting of senate seats on an area-and-population basis, rather than population alone.

The vote on the judicial refer endum was officially 6,029 "yes and 5,060 while in the Su preme Court race Perry J. Stearns received 5,773 votes to 4,762 for Justice Timothy Brown. Members of the canvass board are Mrs. Anna Bean, Mrs. Agnes M.

Bauer and County Clerk J. A. Schindler, all of Wisconsin Into New Problems in Over Far East Issues By JOHN M. HIGHTOWER WASHINGTON UIVThe United States seems to be heading into a new period of trouble and controversy over critical Far Eastern issues. Some authorities think that is one reason the Communists have peace line in Korea at the narrow point of the peninsula about 80 miles north of the present battle line.

But there was no denial that problems of grave import, in sig nificance reaching beyond For mosa and Korea, are being posed by the Red peace offensive as applied to the Far East. On the contrary, authoritative officials recognize that, if and when the U.S. joins in a confer ence to make a permanent Korean peace and perhaps a broad er Far Eastern settlement, it will face troubles with friend and foe alike. shown such interest in renewing talks about peace in Korea that they hope to create a situation in which they can exploit differences of view within the U. S.

and between the U. S. and its allies. The situation was pointed up by a dispute over published reports on decisions made or under study concerning the future of Korea and Formosa in event a Korean truce is arranged. The White House denied Thursday that the Eisenhower administration has given any "consideration" to a United Na tions trusteeship for Formosa.

It also said no policy had been Jiormed on getting a permanent Fifth Atomic Test in Oeries on Saturday LAS VEGAS, Nev. UP) The fifth in the spring series of atomic tests is scheduled for Saturday at the Nevada Proving ground. The Atomic Energy sion set its customary day-before press conference for this after noon but gave no further infor matlon. Some consideration already is.