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ANYTHING TO SELL? Try Want Ads Phone 47 -t- Complete United Press Wire Service flftumrtetrillc Monday, March 3, 1952 90th Year 8 Pages 5 Centi The Weather Cloudy, windy turning much colder Monday night with rain change to snow central and south. Cloudy and colder with snow dimlshing to flurries Tuesday. High Tuesday in 20's. High today 45; low, 35. Commies Have Conceded To UN For First Time U.

S. Accused Of Dropping Fleas Near Truce Site Chinese Reds Say Fleas Carried The Bubonic Plague TOKYO, -Tho Chines Communists luivc licensed American planes of chopping fleas carrying bubonic plague near truce headquarters at Pammmjom and elsewhere Jn Norlh Korea. The accusation, made In A Radio Pciping broadcast heard in Tokyo, was based on dispntclic.s by Communist newsmen Ainu Wilmington and Wilfred Btirchett. At the same time, a United Press dispatch from Hoiig Kong said an epidemic of bubonic plague, cholera "aad "other contagious diseases ol serious proportions" appears to have broken out in North Korea. The Pelping broadcast, blaming "American Planes" for dropping the fleas, quoted Bwchott as sayIng: "Plague bearing fleas were dropped near which may only be the pilot's error, but it could be part of A i a Joy's threat two days ago a i the (truce) talks could be speeded up by applying i i a pressure.

Bubonic plague spread as fast and as far a.s the rat: a carry it), and the American aim seems to be to spread It lo as many centers as possible. Two-thousand- odd United NaUons prisoners will have to take their chance i lite rest of the Korean village dwellers with horrors of the plague epidemic." The United Nations command last week denied i charges a the Allies were a i bacteriological a a Wlmilnfiton said Communist medical officers In Karsong, former truce conference site, planned to i Innoculale residents agalnsl bubonic plague, a a reported out- brook only 28 miles away. New Small 'Copter Unveiled Recenlly-releaseci Army photo shows XI1-2G, one-man helicopter, which is being developed for parachuting from transport planes into combat areas, alongside Jeep for size comparison. Powered by two jet engines, 'copier has top speed of 80 MPH and can fly 90 minutes i refilling. (NBA Tolcpholo) Three Cows Get Loose On East Vandalia St.

Three cows, fugitives from a stock truck, roamed the 400 block of East Vumlalia slrcct for a briet period Sunday afternoon the truck's eiulgalo fell to the pavement i the aid of Edwardsvillc and passers-by, Driver Lee Daw son of nivermni, made "roundup" and continued on lis way The incident omiriecl iboul'U p.m. County 4-H Tour Held Saturday First place for the best decorated cars to the Kostcrburg Ag. 4-H club Saturday as Madison count 1 4-11 members toured i i in nearly 20 autos and trucks, Judging club displays In various i dows in conjunction with a i a 4-H Week. All of the vehicles detoral- ed. Tho Fostorburg i had their cars decorated i i i and white crepe paper and balloons.

A large sign ovoi the lop of one of tho cars carried Iho name. of the club and tho had the signs of tho 4-H head, a a a health, a i ii Umphghcnt I-H won place, also i a a en try. First pl.icc for best window was a i i Clover- loaf Homo Economics and a 4-H clubs, who a together in a window project in SI. Jacob Second place in i contest wont to Oniphfihont 4-H which decorated a i in Other i in the wore decorated bj the Troy Makers. Helvetia Hustlers and Good Producers.

a Girls, More Merry Maids, Busy Beavers Quercus, Sand Prairie, Alluunbia Morning Glories, A a a Always Alert, Center Grove, Pleasant Rldgo Pals, a i Starduslcrs, and Foslorburg Ag. club. There art- throe docoraled i dows in a i Tho Busy Beavers decorated a i in the Big Boy's Supply company; the Quercus club docoraled a window fit the Edwardsville Ice Cream Shop, and the Center Grove club decorated a window utMhc Illinois Iowa Power company. Tho Busy Beavers, Qucrcu.s, Con tor Grove, Hcthalto Boys, Cloverleaf Clovoiloaf Home Banner, Maryville Slardusters, Troy Merry Makers, Ilillorost and the Federation council had vehicles In the county tour. The tour totaled approximately 120 miles, leaving the 4-H ball diamond off Marino road about p.m.

and visiting the communities of Highland, St. Jacob, Troy, Collinsville, Kdwardsville, Dorscy, Fos- torburg, Betlialto, Moro and Alhambra, A wiener roa.st was" held at the home of Harold West, assistant youth advser, following the lour, and a square dance followed at tho Junior high school gymnasium hots. James Finnegan's Trial Begins LOUIS, Mo (UP --James P. Ii'tmiogan. former St.

Louis collector ol Internal Revenue and one- i a i a workhorse, was to go on trial Monday on five charges of misconduct in olt'iee The i a was the i a i of congressional hearings and a a grand jury i i a i which i a resulted in the i a i of i i a lioyle Jr. a.s Demo- a i a i a i chair- a i i a i i i i around the now-lamous A i a Ltthol'old Corporation and the association Klnnegan and Boyle i the St, Louis i One of the live charges against Fi'nnegan alleged that lie took $3, 001) from A i a Lithofold for helping Ihe i i company to get loans from the Reconstruction i a C'oip, Finnogan. considered at one time power in Democratic circles In President a home state, a i lo the congressional comm i a lie received Mfi.OOQ as vice president Ihe i llojlo was carried on Its mil. All told, A i a Lillinl'old ob i 000 in HIV loans A i L. Kobui't- headeil Ihe proscenium i in (lie Kederal Collrl ol liubey M.

i a lormor a DcmixTiilic committee chairman. i i a i a i l''innegan was rclurned lasl Oct. 11. also a charged on two ol accepting bribes i $3110 I i Ihe mnv deliind Karol Kelt Garnicnls, Ine, to in- i lilanlon's loinier as- his decision to press for delinquent i i and Social Security taxes. Milton Fire Dist.

Extension Voted Expansion of Ihe Milton fire pro lection district by a i Icrri- lory south and east of tho present boundaries was approved by a vole of 42 lo 2 in a special clod Ion Saturday, hold at Arsht's i store on the outskirts ot Alton. The i to be added in- ludes area extending cast of the present district lo Wood crook, and lite urea below tho dls- riti's boundary between Alton oily limits and Wood Hiver crook to Cut at Alton. Tho tllslricl was organized in 19'12 and volod a $25,000 bond issue a year to finance the purchase of i now i'u'o truck and creel an addition to the fire station. A $1,000 was retired recently. The dis- rict's lux rate last year was t'ivc nills per $100 assessed valuation.

Residents in the area lo be an- )oxcd will bear a proportionate share ol the bonded Indebtedness. Douglas Fears Ike May Lose WASHINGTON, -Sen, Paul II. Douglas, who once proposed thai both parlies nominate Gen. Dwighl JOlsonhowcr for president, said he now fears Kisenhower may wind up without either party's nomination "General Kisenhower doesn't wiuil the (Democratic) nomination he can act, imd apparently is going lo have great i i getting the i a 1 in i a i he a Douglas told a reporter. "He a be In the process of a i bolwet'ii two stools, lo the great loss ol the nation." Douglas, an Illinois Democrat who long boon on the outs with President a suggested In (i speech last yenr that bolh parties back Kisenhower as a unanimous choice for (lie presidency.

Ills Idea was received coldly by Democratic supporters of Mr. Trum a as well as by i a suppliers of Sen, Robert A. a Douglas Indicated dial IIP has no hope i i the proposal. "Wliv should I waste my energies on something a i lake he asked Douglas made his comments as political attention was tinning to New a i and the final week of llio campaign there for the nation's leadoft presidential primaries on March I I The Taft- Kisonhowcr a held the spot- i Taft supporters claimed a big boost U.r I i "underdog" campaign in the Conn of a roundabout public endorsement from Gen. Douglas Mil ('Arthur.

i A sent a a i i i note to Slate Sen, ,1. Wesley Colhiirn, who had heatrd the "drall a A i I in Now I i (he general i drew li a the race, The said, "Under Ihe i a I sug- ge.sl support Tal'l." Candidates and emissaries of a i i a luive laid out a large invasion of New Hampshire lliis to make i i a bids. Rev. A. Muskus Is Critically Injured The- Rev.

A Muskus, 4G, pastor of St. Cecilia Catholic church at Glen Carbon, was i i a Injured Sunday niijlit in a virtual head-on auto collision two miles west ol Peters Station on Slnlllngs road. A a at SI. a hot- i a i City, said he suffered a possible skull a and tcrmeil his condition Monday as crllienl. The accident occurred about 11:30 p.m.

as Fr, Muskus was driving back to Glen Carbon from Venice. The driver of the other car, William J. Young, 27, of F.dwards- vllle route 4. was given emergency treatment at the hospital and released. In another serious accident Julius Werner 63, oC 201 South Main street suffered a loft shoulder, Irtl hip, compound fracture of the left leg and a lacerated left elbow when he apparently lost control of his machine at the cum- mlt of Sunset hill on U.

S. Highway CO anil crashed I a tree, The mishap occurred about 9:15 p.m. Saturday. He. was Ukeu by Straube ambulance to SI Elizabeth hospital, French Airliner Crashes Killing 36 Aboard American Ballerina And French Stage Actress Among Dead NICE, franco, (UP)--A beautiful American ballerina and 3(i other persons aboard a French air liner were killed when the plane hit a flock of birds on its take-off and crashed in flames, The 38th person aboard, a wo- a was desperately injured, Harriet Toby, 22, a native oi New York city whose a in private life was Harriett a had danced her way into European fame in her brief career.

Sunday night she had dunced in the Spanish ballet "Of Love and Death." The dead also Included Use Toparl, 24-year-old French stage Actress. The iour-englned Air France liner, carrying .34 passengers and a crew ot four, had Just taken off from Nice airport when it ran into a flock of birds. Two of the plane's motors cut off. Its pilot tried desperately to make it back to the airport. A winglip brushed the ground.

The plane crashed in La Valentine valley, only half a mile from the airport, and burned The passengers included, besides Miss a a -11 Britons, two Belgians and an I a i a The rest were French. Most were returning to Purls from a winter holiday on the Riviera, Mi.ss barely caught the plane She missed the regular bus from Nice lo the a i So she raced to the field in her own car, and arrived just In i for the a Alter scoring a triumph in the Martinis dp Cuevas ballet at Cannes, Miss a was to have opened an engagement at the Kino A Theater in i Tuesday i Mi.ss Kiitzmann's Mother, who lives on the i i a was on the way to the a i to pick up her daughter's car when I ho plane crashed. Shu joined the smoke- scnrched for (he Iwislod bodies of the i i in tin- ol metal in the valley. Miss Kalzmann's a who owns a a i of shoe repair shops in Pails, i'jft for Nice The one person who came out alive from the plane wreckage was Mine. Marguerite Dolpy, a Frenchwoman.

With both legs mangled and suffering from burns, she managed to drag herself out ol' the plane, Ho desperately was she injured a French officials announced her death. Bui she was taken to a hospital where surgeons sale 1 her condition was iriibt grave and a her mangled logs weio In a "pitiliil" stale. Plane Gets a Brake This is the first picture released of the Air Force's Scorpion K-89, showing the new "speed brakes" (arrows) operating in flight, The brakes, known as "decclorons," make is possible for the plane to descend from 40,000 feet to land in a phenomenally short time while maintaining full control of its speed, to Give Testimony WASHINGTON, (UP)Sen. Homer Ferguson (R-Mich) said Monday intends (o question Far expert Owen Lattimore closely on lis 1945 memorandum to President Truman about U.S, policy on China. As Lattimore was recalled Monday afternoon for his sixth day ot testimony belore the Senate Inter- uil Security i Ferguson told newsmen he is particularly anxious to find out If Lattimore recommended a this country urge Generalissimo Chiang Kai- Shek to form a coalition government i the Communists.

Latlimore, a Johns Hopkins University professor, told the i last week a in 1945, he visited President a at the While House, a with him for I about three i and left with nim a memorandum on policy on Auto Collision Fatal To Granite City Airman Wesley Frickcr, son of Deputy Sheriff and Mrs, Jack Fricker of Granite City, was killed Sunday in a head-on auto collision near Maxwell Air Force base, Montgomery, Ala. The accident also look the life of Sgl. Ivor W. Hcgger, Elgin Air Force base, Fla. Sgt.

Fricker, who was a i engineer and crew chief, served four years in the Navy during World War II and had been in the Air Force three years. At the i he explained, Mr. Truman was preparing to go tc Potsdam for his Big Three cortfer- ence i Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Soviet Premier Jose! a i Laltimorc, i a i i any influence over the i House or the Slate a told the committee i the visit nor the mem or.tmluin "had the slightest ei'fecl on American policy." He gave a copy ol his memorandum lo Die i but it has not been read i the record. The committee is i i a i he I i of Pr.cific Relations --a private research organisation-- ,11 an effort to determine if subversives played any part in the formation of US. foreign policy in the Par F.nst a i was an IPR rustee and a former editor of 'Pacific Affairs," an IPR periocl- cal.

Parking Meter Ads Gaining But Legal Status in Doubt ELO, A revenue plan to out more money Irom parking meters has received a a i i in a I i i eilieh, a survey showed Monday Not only does I ho oily collect coins from i who park where meters are installed--It also sells advertising space on the meleis. The Illinois Municipal League polled i i a of the 129 downstalo Illinois cilles that have a i meters and received 8(i replies. Ite- Milts thai at least 13 cities have contracted to sell tul space on inoters and a dox.cn moie arc considering (ho plan. Two main types of plans are used, Under the first, (he elly Is paid a specified amount per meter by an advertising firm, which pockets whatever profit It can make. For example, Danville gels (15 rents per meter.

Under Ihe other selup, the clly gets a fixed percentage of the gross revenue. In Becalm 1 Nokomis, Rock Island and Pana tho oily is paid 20 per cent of the gross rc- oeipls. The revenue plan is relatively new so complete figures aren't available on how much a city can make. However, Moline has a contract under which il is guaranteed a minimum of $450 per month, or at least $5,400 a year, enough to pay a salary or two. A legal question has arisen, however, which could provide a stumbling block lo this city revenue plan.

An export on municipal law holds Iho plan is Illegal, Thomus Maltlicws, consultant to the Municipal League, said re- the league publication that he oclieves a previous Illinois Supreme Court decision moans parking molers can ho used only to regulale a i and prevent congestion. lie filed a Supremo Coitii decision holding a a oily hasn't power to penult advertising on i a trash boxes. "A distinction could be drawn belwoen this and placing ndvcrlisc- monls on parking meters installed by U)s city, but in my own opinion the principle laid clown on this decision would make it unlawful lo permit iiclvorlising on such parking Matthews said, It iu likely however, that cities will continue to permit tuls on meters at least until the courts rule otherwise, Cilio.s whoso officials reported a they now permit advertising on niters included Alton, Danville, Docalar, Gibson Clly, Lilchficld, Molino, Nokomis, Ollnwti, Pana, Rock TIaud, and West Chicago. Chicago Heights and Macomb plan to soil tho space but haven't started yet, Quinoy and also will sell space on its motors, The a was reported under consideration at Harrington, Edwards- villc, Elmhurst, Evanston, Freeport, Galena, Jollot, Ml. Carroll, Murphysboro Springfield and Tus- coltt, Stands opposing advertising on motors have boon taken at Carbondale, Champaign, La Grange, Mattoon, and Sy- amoro.

(The Edwardsville Chamber ot has gone on record as opposed to parking meter advertising on the grounds Dial the signs would be hazardous and unsightly,) Mac to Back Taft in Primary CONCORD, i (UP)--Supporters of Sen. Robert A. Taft for president backed his campaign with new i i Monday following Gen. Douglas MucArlluir's apparent decision to back the Ohio senator in the stale's March 11 primary a a had feared a Ihe presence ol Mac A candidates on the i a ballot might Taft's chances in his first formal 'contest with Gen. Dwlghl D.

Eisenhower. a A 13-word note to one of his candidates, former Slate Sen. J. Wesley Colburn, advised him to support Tuft "under the circumstances." But Kisenhower backers said the note was ambiguous and Mat-Arthur refused to elaborate on the "circumstances." Colburn wrote to Ihe ousted Far East commander asking him what course to lake in the primary campaign In view of MacArthur's refusal to seek the nomination. "Thanks for your note.

Under the i a I suggest you support a a A i replied. In New York, a MacArlhiir aide i a the general had made Ihe suggestion lo Colburn, bul added a i MacArtluir "has i lo add and will a no i a at i i i Taft will hegiii a whirlwind speaking tour of the stale Thursday, thus giving impetus- the growing drive on his behalf while his principal opponent remains at his post as commander the A a i treaty organ- i a in Paris. Meanwhile, Sen, Henry Cabot Lodge Jr director of the lational Eisenhower movement, described the coming primary as contest for delegates to the GOP convention at Chicago in July anil minimized (he "popularity contest" which voters also indicate their rc(crence for presidential cundi- On Their Right To Veto Russia As a Neutral Hurl Blistering Insults At Allies in Prisoner Exchange Discussions PANMUN.JOM, Korea, (IB--Communist (nice negotiators have ad- 1 milled (hat the United Nations has Ihe right to voto Red nominations of Russia as a neutral truce inspector but hurled blistering insults at the Allies In prisoner exchange discussions. Maj. Gen.

Lee Sang Cho, Norlh Korean truce talker, accused tho Allies of blackmail, lying, stalling, massacre of prisoners and "com- plclc lack of sincerity." However, the Reds told the Allies in armistice terms discussions that the U.N. could reject Russia if Ihe U.N gave valid reasons for the Soviet Union's unfitncss to sit on a neutral commission. The Allies stood on reasons the Reds already have rejected--Russia's record of "pact parllciatlon in Korea" and her geogiaphlc borders Korea's northeast corner. 11 represented the Reds' first re- Ireal on this major deadlocked issue. Only last Saturday, the Reds had said that Russia must serve on the six-nation neutral armistice inspection commission, with or without the Allies' consent.

Even this back-tracking by tho Reds, however, did not revive fading Allied hopes for a Korean armlslico. Tho Communists already have rejected the Allied reasons for the voto--Russia's close goo- Morris Threatens To Quit Job WASHINGTON, Corruption ItiuUor Ncwbold Morris is going (o "wash his hands" of his now job If President Truman refused to fire government employes who don't answer financial questionnaires which Morris plans to send them. Morris also said on a television program Sunday a if lie had boon in (he President's shoos he would not have appointed former New York m.iyor William O'Dwyer as ambassador to Mexico, and would not a kept Maj. Gen. 'gTapiueVf proximity lo'Koroa Tiid Harry II.

a a as a While House military aide. in count Morris was interviewed on Ihe her record of past participation National Broadcasting Company's lelevision profram, Meet the Press. Morris said he plans to send i a i a questionnaires to "about 25,000" top government employes, and thai the questions on incomes, gifts and favors will be "very searching." He said officials will be given a bom two weeks to answer, ami any who refuse i have to stand and bo dismissed by president i a order." "I'm jure any give would not be sound lo (hem," Col. Don 0. Darrow, UN.

staff officer, said after the 50-minute meeting. lie said he had told Norlh Korean Col Chang Chun San that nothing the Communists would say would "change the fact that the Soviet Union was unacceptable lo our side--that I already had told him our stand was irrevocable and i Darrow the Communists i bo stalling, just to assure Asked how he know Mr. a jthemselves a the U.N. command a i although lie McCi'rath's special a i a He said that i he would use Flit men he would not depend on the Justice a i is one of the a i a of his corruption mint, to supply the legal talent he needs to get I i Collinsville Youth Shot by Friend Three Arrested Here With Load of Junk Arrested in Edwardsvillc early Monday morning will) a trucltload of scrap-iron allegedly stolon at Sorento, three SI. Louis Negroes wore turned over to Bond County Sheriff John Brown later in the Jay to face larceny charges, The trio gave their names as Frod Hawk, 27; Eddie King, 29; md Charles Baltimore, 38, Clarence Reid of Sorento pursued the men and truck to Ed- vnrdsvilla whore ho enlisted the lid of local police, The three, together wilh the truck, were np- irchcnded at the Buchanan-Van- Inlla street Intersection about 3:45 i.m, They were held at Iho Madlon county jull until Sheriff Brown arrives.

would fire any a i a i i a Morris replied that he has "assurances" to a effect. Ho added that if the President fails to act, he will wash his hands of the whole investigation. His statements about O'Dwyer and a a wore made in reply lo questions. O'Dwyer, who defeated Morns in tho 1950 Now York mayoralty campaign, was question- xl by the Senate Crime committee ast year about alleged political los with tlu- underworld. Vaughan figured puiminciuly in he 1SWO Senate i i a i of 'five percenters" and homo jifls.

Morris disclosed a ho hoped borrow a staff of trained FBI igents to help him track down gov- ernmoiK "wrongdoois." Morris then weiu lo great lengths lo stress his independence" of a Mois nominally meant what it said about never agreeing lo Russian membership on Iho neutral commission. In the armistice subcommittee Loo Sang accused the Allies ot lying, blackmail, slalling. massacring prisoners and a "complete lack of sincerity." Retorted tho UN's Rear Adm, R. K. Libby: "Wo do not lie.

We have not lied, and wo shall not lie At one point in a Ice tirade (Continued on Page 2) Roxana Board Ponders Finances i the oinstmolion bids approximately SliOO.OOO higher I a provided under an authorized $1 500'000 bond issue, tin 1 Rox.ina community unit Hoard of Education mot Monday noon to (he possibility of hewing ils build ing program lo the amount of funds available. Supt. Lathan K. Harris told Tho Intelligencer Ibis afternoon Hint no decision was reached at today's meeting, hold at Roxana Coin i high school, bul said another board session Is planned A IC-year-olci Collinsville youth fm laler Ul ttook aftcr )r was shot and killed by a playmate Saturday as the two youths wore playing a game of "cops and robbers. Deputy Coroner Herbert A.

Kassly, Collinsville, said the inquest into (ho death ot Joseph Seiner, was pending. According lo police, lie was killed by Jerome Carroll, 11 a next-door neighbor. Seiner was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph J.

Seiner, 146 Courtland avenue. Police said tho two boys were playing with a bow and arrow in the roar of their homes shortly before noon Saturday. Young Carroll, deckling lie wanto'd to use his .38 caliber revolver In Ihe gamo, went homo and got it from bene.U'i mattress, Polloa said Carroll pointed the Rim at Seiner and said, "I'm going to shoot you," pulling the trigger. Seiner was struck iu tho head by the bullet when discharged from the gun. Carroll told police he did not know the gun was loaded.

Seiner Is survived by his parents, two sisters, Jcallne and Caroline and an uncle, Albert Seiner, posals for reducing the project have boon more fully explored. Electors of the Roxana unil district ratified tho $1,500,000 school expansion bond issue last Nov. 3 to finance the construction oC four elementary attendance centers and an addition lo Ihe high school. The bond issue first was approved by the voters the preceding March 31, but its legality was chat- longed in the courts. An Illinois Supremo court ruling handed down Juno 18 sustained the validity of (ho issue.

However, in tho meantime the bond market had changed, which necessitated the second referendum. Last Thursday evening, when construction bids were opened, the board found them to be roughly $500,000 higher than allocated for the work, including funds already on hand. Thus tho program, unless trimmed, would cost approximately $2,200,000. It was snld that the project may be brought into financial focus by eliminating A gymnasium or auditorium from one qf the buildings. A decision is expected when the board meets again this week.

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