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ewsHe The Marshfield RALB VOLUME 29, NUMBER 264 ASSOCIATED PRESS LEASED WIRE NEWS SERVICE MARSHFIELD, WISCONSIN, SATURDAY, JANUARY 14, 1950 12 PAGES SINGLE COPY 5 CENTS Stated Decap am Is ausau The Recorder By uDurnaaie raon all Cold Snap and Heavy Snowfall Hit Wisconsin (By the Associated Press A cold snap throughout Wisconsin and a heavy cover of new snow in the north, was evidence of winter's new deal today. Westerly gales brought in the cold air mass late Friday to end another unusually mild day. The snow started in the north Friday afternoon and piled up to 14 inches at Land OXakes and in the Rhinelander area, 13 inches at Marquette, 12 inches in Vilas County, 9 inches at Park Falls, and 6 inches at Eau Claire. The north escaped a real storm since the cold and high winds came after the snow. Some drifting snow was reported today but stats highways generally were open.

The night's lowest temperature was 11 below zero at Superior, while Milwaukee's 47 was the mildest reading of the day. The cold wave brought drops of up to 35 degrees. ill If I II I I rvoi G.O.P.-Dixie Group Seeks Rules Change Coalition Fights Fair Dealers for Control of House Washington sident Truman's Fair Deal program was at stake today in a struggle for control of the House between administration Democrats and a coalition of Republicans and Southerners. The G.O.P.-Dixie team struck the first blow yesterday with a move to restore to the Rules Committee its former power to bottle up House legislation. While the immediate aim of the Southerners is to block action on a bill to end job discriminations, they made clear that they are prepared to join with the Republicans against other major parts of the Truman program if their strategy is successful.

Directly at issue is a rule pushed through the House last year by administration leaders who felt that too much of their "must" legislation was being stalled in the rules group by Republican-Southern teamwork. 21-Day Limit Formerly such bills could be jarred loose only by a hard-to-get petition signed by more than half the House members. The new rule enables committee chairman to call for a House vote on any bill which has been before the rules group of 21 days. Under that rule, the administration-backed Fair Employment Practices tFEPC) bill a key item in Mr. Truman's civil rights program is due to be voted on in the House Jan.

23. But yesterday the coalition forced through the Rules Committee by a 9 to 2 vote a resolution which, if approved by the House, would knock out the 21 -day rule and restore to the committee its former tight grip on legislation. By resorting to technicalities, Rules Committee Chairman Sab-ath (D-Ill) can block a House vote on the proposed change until after Jan. 23. He indicated to newsmen that he will do that.

Up to Rayburn That would enable Chairman Lesinski (D-Mich) of the Labor Committee to call up the F.E.P.C. bill if Speaker Rayburn recognizes him. But there are eight other bills that can be called up the same day under the 21-day rule, and Rayburn an F.E.P.C. opponent-can recognize some other chairman first. If that happens, the F.E.P.C.

bill will have to wait two more weeks before Lesinski gets another chance. The coalition hopes to change the rules in the meantime which would leave F.E.P.C. where it is now: Bottled up in the Rules Committee. Rep. Allen of Illinois, committee Republican, told newsmen abolition of the 21 -day rule would save an estimated $5,000,000.,000 because bills calling for that much spending just won't be able to win Rules Committee approval.

wreckage was strewn along the railroad tracks for about 200 feet. Moore apparently failed to hear the warning bell at the town road crossing and struck the 56th and 57th cars of the 97-car Minneapolis-bound Soo Line train. The train crew continued to Marshfield before learning of the accident. The fatality was the first for Wood County this year. FIRST 1950 FATALITY Lester James Moore, 31, Wausau, was killed instantly about 7 o'clock last night when a liquor truck he was driving rammed a freight train just east of the viaduct at Auburn-dale.

Investigating officers reported that the man's head was nearly severed from the body and that Snow and Winds Batter Central and Western U.S. Striking Miners May Not Heed Order by Lewis Not Certain That 69,000 Will Return To Pits Monday Pittsburgh (X) Will the striking soft coal miners resume their three-day work week? The coal hungry Nation should get its answer Monday. Coal people are almost unanimous that the Nation is short of the precious fuel despite President Truman's assertion to the contrary. John L. Lewis, United Mine Workers president, suggested a few days ago the striking miners resume their three-day work week on Monday.

A Lewis suggestion always has been tantamount to an order in the past. Will it work again? For the first time in many years there seems to be a doubt in some minds that all the miners will heed their leader's suggestion. Lewis, suffering a personal loss in the death of his mother, made no comment on the situation. He assumed the usual "I have spoken" attitude. The rumblings of discontent came from some sections of West Virginia and Pennsylvania.

Meetings Scheduled Many mine locals will hold meetings today and tomorrow to decide whether to follow Lewis' suggestion. Some U. M. W. leaders say they can't predict what will happen.

"The situation is sort of cloudy," said John Busarello. district No. 5 president at Pittsburgh. "It is strictly up to the locals whether they follow Lewis' suggestion." The Morgantown (W. Va.) post says "a revolt against John L.

Lewis" is developing in several northern West Virginia coal mining counties. "They (the miners) want a contract," the newspaper said, See COAL Page 10 Plunge Fatal To Millionaire Los Angeles (JP) A nine-story plunge from a Wilshire boulevard building took the life of Thomas Stewart Lee, multimillionaire head of a California radio, automobile, and television empire. The 43-year-old Lee, mentally harassed, dropped from a 12th floor fire escape yesterday. His body was found minutes later on the third floor roof of the Wil-tern Theatre Building. He had been flown here from Palm Springs in his private plane for a dental appointment.

Lee was nominal head of the Thomas S. Lee Enterprises, including the Don Lee Broadcasting System, founded by his father, the late Don Lee, the automobile distributing agency bearing his father's name, and television station KTSL. which the younger Lee himself pioneered and built. An only son and a bachelor, Lee was the heir of a $9,430,213 estate. But he was declared mentally incompetent in 1948 and guardians were appointed for the estate.

He had been under frequent treatment in sanitariums. or months. It depends on wheth- er the hulk will hold enough air to make it buoyant, or whether it must te lifted with pontoons, Frogmen are expert swim- Liquor Truck Is Hit by Freight In Snowstorm Trainmen Unaware of Crash Until Miles Past Wreck Scene Auburndale (Special) A two-engine Diesel povertMl freight train struck a truck loaded with liquor at a crossing just east of the viaduct here last night, instantly killing the driver. Dave Sharkey, Wood County traffic officer, reported that the tragedy occurred a-bout 7 o'clock at the height of the sleet and snow storm. Lester G.

More, 31, Wausau, driver of the truck, apparently failed to hear the warning bell at the crossing, and investigating officers report that his head was severed from his body. Wreckage Strewn 200 Feet He was headed north on a north-south town road when he rammed the 56th and 57th cars of the train. Undersheriff Arthur M. Boll said that the wreckage wi strewn over an area of nearly 200 feet along the railroad right-of-way. Joseph Pankratz, village marshal and deputy sheriff, notified authorities of the crash and called the Marshfield office of the railroad to have the train stopped.

Boll said that a comparative estimate of the monetary damage would be about $5,000 since a considerable quantity of alcoholic beverages were destroyed. Body Brought Here The truck was owned by the Gateway Liquor Company. Green Bay. After the crash the 97-car train continued to Marshfield where the train crew first learned of the crash. The train was headed from Chicago to Minnesota and the crew consisted of H.

S. Phipps. Steven Point, main engineer; Harry E-wald, Stevens Point, engineer; and W. F. Wade, Stevens Point, conductor.

The body of the driver was taken to Wausau by ambulance from Marshfield. The fatality was th first in Wood County in 1950. Although the crossing at which the accident occurred has a warning bell, there are no flashing signals. Dispute Cancels Sailing Pari The owners of the French luxury liner lie de Fiance decided to lay up the bin tiansAt-lantic ship because of a labor dispute. i WE WEATHER Sat urday, Jan.

14, 1950 Wisconsin Partly cloudy and colder today with slowly diminish ing winds. Clear- ing and told to night. SundayL- snow lorth portion and over south por tions by evening. West to north west winds 30 to 40 m.p.h. dimin-1 lshing today.

COLD High today 5 to 10 ab northwest to 15 to 20 southeast. Iw tonight zero to 10 below northwest to 10 to 15 above southeast. Marshfield temperatures: At 10 a. rn. -5.

Maximum a year ao 32. Minimum last night -9, a year b-go 19. Marshfield Skit 6LSDA JANLARV II SunrlM 7 35 a. ni. Hunet HI p.

ra. The moon ride low and rle Monday 40 a. m. PromlDtna atara The Twin. rl at aunaet.

Vega, low la uorthweat 6 47 p. Vl'iole planet Jupiter, sett 5 22 m. Venue. et 6 24 p. m.

Saturn, riles 8 46 p. m. Mart, nearly aiatlpri-ary ainonK the star In the constellation, Virgo. MONDAY, JANUARY 1 Funrh-e 7 34 a. 4.

Kl. moon wlh be i.ew tomorrow nlnt 6Ui loo titbr lhe sun t0 b(! vi.sh:e pianeu-Jupiter. low in et at unft. will ouappear In a few flays Venus. seltlnK 6 IS p.

will lfve the evening sceii next Wfrk Two everilni? 4tar will be left. Saturn, rlhlnK at 9 42 p. and 1atx. at 11:18 p. to.

Discussed in 1900 Two Views Presented Wars and Rumors I INTERNATIONAL affairs of paramount interest half a century ago are featured in two copies of Collier's Weekly brought to us by James Turner, Pittsville, which emphasize the truth of the saying, "History re peats itself." In the limelight then, as she is today, was China, and conditions in that country were discussed in an editorial in the issue of June 30, 1900, which reads in part as follows: "During the last week the situation. has changed greatly for the worse, and at the moment when we write, a state of anarchy is threatened. Should the Empress Dowager, who a-lone personifies supreme authority since the virtual deposition of the emperor Kwang-Su, prove unwilling or unable to protect the iives of Europeans, Amsricans. and Japanese, or even uphold the inviolabity of diplomatic representatives, a very serious problem will present itself to the powers interested in China. So far as the U-nited States are concerned, our course, if it were modeled upon the precedents established by the State Department, would be this: "We should not, because our citizens, or even our diplomatic representatives, had suffered insult or injury, undertake the task of assisting a particular political faction to acquire control of power in China, but should let the Chinese fight out their quarrel among themselves and wait for the restoration of at least a semblance of law and order before pressing a demand for an adequate apology and a pecuniary indemnity.

We now stand at the parting of our ways in the matter of our Chinese policy. "If we send a considerable military force from Manila to Tien tsin and employ it in con-Junction with the troops of other powers on the specious pretext of restoring order but really for the purpose of establishing there a sovereign presumably acceptable to his creators, we shall find ourselves committed to endless complications and expenditures There is another view of this affair which will come home to our people. Scarcely had General Otis taken ship for San Francisco than his successor. General MacArthur, cabled for reinforcements. We have then MacArthur's testimony that there are not enough soldiers in the Philippines as it is, and if part of these are sent to China, their place will have to be made good forthwith by the dispatch of fresh contingents from this country.

Is it not perfectly evident that if we had let the Philippines alone, nobody would now expect us to take part in a European concert arranged for the purpose of intervention in the domestic concerns of China?" (The General MacArthur mentioned was the father of Gen. Douglas Mac-Arthur, now Supreme Commander for the Allies in Japan.) Arguments for the other side cn the question of intervention were presented by Charles Den by, former minister to China, in a lenstny article on t-etun. uie Imperial City," in Colliers for July 21. 1900. "Radical measures must be adopted." asserted Den-by.

"There must be a new dynasty Chinese this time. The Manchu. with his tyranny and his vices, must be driven out. and we must help do it. Therein' comes the rub for us.

In the face of imminent peril and overwhelming dirty, traditions must give way as they have often done in our history. It is delicious to live always away from foreign complications. unembarrassed by the world doings: but great ness brings with it its overpowering obligations. "It may be disagreeable to the Administration to engage in what may prove a war of some magnitude but we cannot abandon our lellow citizens who are in China under the stipulations of the treaties. Sentimentalism must give way to common-sense.

If a government does not protect its people, what does it do except collect taxes? We have never taken any portion of China for our own. That same position should now be maintained." In the same magazine is this editorial comment on the situation, commonly known1 as the Boxer Rebellion, which led to the allied attack on Pekin on Aug. 14. See RECORDER Page 4 1 U. S.

Property Is Seized by Reds All American Officials Recalled From China Washington 'JP) The State Department announced today that the Chinese Communists are seizing U. S. government consular property at Peipinir. It said the United States is recalling "all American official personnel from Communist China." Chinese Communist police and civilian officials, the announcement said, "invaded the American consular compound" against angry American protests at a. m.

Jan. 14 China time p. m. Jan. 13 CST).

There are 36 American official personnel in Peiping. including Consul General O. Edmund Clubb. Communications with this group have not been interrupted so far. The 36 had not been arrested at the time the announcement was made.

135 Americans There are 135 American officials and dependents throughout Communist China at Peipin, Tientsin, Shanghai, Tsingtao, See SEIZURES Page 10 Dr. G. E. Miller Will Practice In Tennessee Dr. G.

E. Miller, 802 W. Fifth street, who has been on the staffs of the Marshfield Clinic and St. Joseph's Hospital since 1946, is leaving today for Johnson City, where he will be associated with the McKee-Wilson Hospital. His wife and three children will remain in Marshfield until living quarters can be found in Johnson City.

Dr. Miller, the son of Mr. and (John Keel. Photographer) Dr. G.

E. Miller Mrs. D. L. Miller.

802 W. Fifth street, graduated from the Northwestern Medical School in 1942. and interned at St. Paul City and County Hospitals, St. Paul.

Minn. He entered the Army Air Corps. Medical Department, in August. 1943, and was discharged from service in June, 1946. During his service in the Army, Doctor Miller served in the eye.

ear, nose, and throat departments of the regional hospital of the Amarilio. Texas, Air Force installation, and at the Keesler Army Air Field, Biloxi, Miss. Dr. Miller became affiliated with the local Clinic Sept. 15, 1946.

and on Jan. 1, 1947 he entered the University of Wisconsin Medical School for a postgraduate course in eye, ear. nose, and throat. He completed the course in July. 1947 and returned to Marshfield to again be associated with the local clinic and St.

Joseph's Hospital. Ki, -f i 1 :TL.Jt Surpluses Will Be Given Away Dried Milk and Butter May Be Handed Out Washington With more than $3,500,000,000 invested in surplus farm products, the government is planning to start giving away perishable items which might otherwise go to waste. The Agriculture Department said last night it is setting up a system for handing out the perishables. Under terms of the 1949 farm act they can be given to federal agencies, public and private relief agencies in this country, and foreign relief organizations. Probable Produces The department's far-flung Production and Marketing Administration will handle the giveaway job, which is expected to involve such commodities as potatoes, dried eggs, dried milk, and butter.

The bulk of the government's surplus stocks are storable com- corn tobacco, soy bTans. drfed beans, and other grains, bince these can be held for long periods, it is unlikely they will be given away. Under the law, the Munitons Board and other government a-gencies which might exchange the products for materials not produced in this country will get first choice. School Lunches Next in line are federal-state school lunch programs, the Bureau of Indian Affairs, federal, state, and local public welfare a-gencies, and private welfare a-gencies operating in this coun-See SURPLUS Page 10 that no one still in the ship could be alive. The underseas raider lay 54 feet under the Thames Estuary shippir.

channel some 15 Former Local Boy Is Killed Pvt. Rodney Toepel Among 13 in Crash A former Marshfield vouth was among 13 of Uncle top-flight rough and ready fighting men who died in an unexplained Air Force glider crash at Fort Benning, yesterday. Among the 13 killed was Rodney Toepel, who was born in Marshfield Feb. 18, 1932. The family moved to Wisconsin Rapids when the boy was six years old and he attended schools there, graduating from Lincoln High School with the class of 1949.

Late last summer he enlisted and received paratrooper training at Fort Riley, prior to being transferred to Fort Benning, Ga. Besides his mother and stepfather, Mr. and Mrs. George Robinson of Wisconsin Rapids, he is survived by three half-brothers: Harold, Wisconsin Rapids, and Wayne and Donald Robinson, La-dysmith. Arrangements are being made to return the body to Wisconsin Fee TOEPEL Page 10 Leaders Predict Close Vote on Oleo Proposal Washington OTi Spokesmen for opposing sides today predicted a close vote in the Senate showdown next Tuesday on a proposal to ban yellow-colored oleomargarine from interstate commerce.

The proposal is backed by dairy state Senators as a substitute for a bill passed by the House at the last session of Congress to repeal federal taxes on oleomargine. The substitute also would erase the taxes but it would prohibit in terstate shipments of factory-col- ored marearine. An agreement was reached yes- terday to start voting on the substitute and any "germane" a-mendments Tuesday. If the substitute is rejected, the House bill still will be before the Senate for debate. Senator Fulbright D-Aik), leading the fight for straight repeal, predicted the substitute will be defeated.

But he told reporters that the vote probably will be close, especially if many Senators are absent. Dairy-state spokesmen said they are uncertain of the outcome. They simply said they expect a close vote. Tied up in the dispute is the Issue of scaling many excise taxes down to 1942 levels. An amendment by Senator But- ilar iD.Mthl tn rental trio wnrtimo levies on such Items as furs, jew-f elry, luggage, telephone bals, transportation ticicett.

ana aa-! missions has been accepted as! nort iVid ciihct i tn tj hv Keratnr i Wiley R-Wis, one cf its chief! sponsors. (By the Press) The winter season's worst storm deal staggering blows o-ver wide areas of the western and central parts of the country today. A Tw storm, after strik- liig Willi lull aixuod nic; a. cific Northwest, roared into the Pacific Northwest, roared into the Rocky Mountain states. Oregon, Washington, parts of Idaho, northern California, and northern Nevada reeled from the impact of the blustery weather.

At least 5 deaths, attributed to the storm were reported in Washington. Blizzard conditions were forecast for Montana and Wyoming. The storm hit western Montana last night, with strong winds and blowing, drifting snow. Temperatures ranged from 20 to 25 below zero in northern Montana. A blizzard blew into Minnesota and colder weather spread a-cross most of the north central region.

The storm which struck over the northern Great Lakes region was accompanied by winds of 40 to 50 miles an hour throughout the north central states and gusts of 60 to 80 m. p. h. Heavy snowfalls were reported in Upper Michigan. The cold weather covered the Pacific Northwest, the northern; Munf" states I nnrtliprn firfn Plains: a the northern Great Plains, and the upper Mississippi and Missouri Valleys.

19 Below The below zero readings extended into Washington and Oregon. The mercury dropped to 19 below at Ellensburg, in central Washington where there was 14 inches of snow on the ground. Spokane's snowfall measured 21 inches and the mercury dropped to 6 below. At Pendleton, the low was -2. It was lower in jMinot.

N. -26. and -24 at 'Great Falls, and below zero temperatures were generally throughout the storm belt. Visibility was reduced to zero as winds of 55 m. p.

h. whipped up 4 to 8 inches of snow in south See STORMS Page 10 Egypt Orders End to Newspaper Censorship Cairo (P) Cairo's newspapers have been told censorship is over but outgoing cables still must pass official scrutiny. Censorship of the local press, authorized May 15, 1948. when E-gyptian troops entered Palestine, had been suspended when the na tional election campaign began in December. it was reimposea Thursday.

Yesterday the Interior Ministry said censorship of local newspapers had again been lifted. Today's Chuckle Golf is a game in which a man spends a lot of gcoi time having a bad one. Phoenix Flame i 1 i i Sub, Ship Collide Lisbon, Portugal (JP) The Portuguese submarine Delfim, with Vice-Admiral Oliveira Pinto aboard, collided today with the patrol ship Santome off Setubal Bay during maneuvers. Both craft were damaged but there were no casualties. Deadline Extended Washington Because Jan.

15 comes on Sunday this year, 1949 income tax estimates due to be filed on that date will be accepted up to midnight Monday. The 24-hour extension of the filing deadline was announced today by the Internal Revenue Bureau. Frogmen Enter Sub; No Signs of Life Chatham, England Jt after its collision with the Swed- tained," a naval officer said. Frogmen crawled inside the ish tanker Divina. He meant that salvage opera- broken submarine Truculent inj An Admiralty spokesmen tions will not be slowed in any its ocean grave today and found i said the salvage might take days way because of the statement no signs of life.

Their report put the seal of fi-; nality on a British Navy state- ment that there could be no hope for the 55 men who were report- ed missing when the underseas mers who go down in black rub-j miles east of the naval base here, raider went down Thursday night ber suits with rubber 11ns at- The Truculent went down within the Thames Estuary. tached. They carry portable oxy-; in a minute after the little Di- The toll stood at 65 lct and gen machines and lights. Yester- vina sliced her bow in clear 15 saved. Ten bodies have been day they tapped the outer hull of; weather Thursday.

She had 80 picked up at sea. Some of the, the sub but got no response! men aboard 62 navy men and survivors estimated that as from inside. Today they gropped 18 dockyard workers, many as 40 of the 80 aboard! their way into the ship, then shot! The bodies of 35 or more men spewed out through escape to the surface to report finding were believed still to be inside hatches into the icy waters. only tangled wreckage. the Truculent.

Many were known to have been A naval board of inquiry held Fire on Conning Tower swept away on the tide. a brief secret session this morn-! Of the 15 rescued, five were Badly Holed ing to organize its investigation, on the conning tower when the Divers and frogmen were try- Salvage Goes On blow came. The other 10 were ing to find the best way of rais-j "We are still working on. in within and bobbed to the surface ing the sunken submarine, holed spite of the official announce- tlirough an escape hatch from so badly that it sank 60 seconds ment that no hope can be enter See SUBMARINE Page 10.