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ORLANDO STAR Weather Continued rt. Mild TWELVE PAm ORI.ANDO, nCTTDA, TUESDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY 8, 1948 VOL. B3-NO. 2117 inapier nu -win meet 1 home of Ml C. P.

Dickinsons Magnolia Thursday aid York I Western Union' Ties up. New noon, Jan. 10 at 1:30. Albert Hugbea. aviation editor th Christian Bclenc Monitor.

who haa written many articles Maniac Sex Murdere d. Mid By Bomb Secrets 'Safe' All Messages, But Most ViiaK Stop; 'Phone Strike Seen Western Union employes in New York C'ty beggft wtt ing off their jobs at 7.10 a. m. eastern standard time) to dav, four hours ahead of the time set for strike expected virtually to halt telegraphic and coble communications tn Savage Man Hunt For Kidnaper Who Dismembered Child Chicago AP Coroner A. L.

Brodie said today that a physician's autopsy showed that Suzanne was raped before Fbe was strangled to death by a fiendish killer who dumped dismembered parts of her body in sewer catch basins near her North Side home. Brodie, reporting to Supervising Police Capt. Joseph Goldberg, said a coroner's physician, Dr. Thomas Carter, in the examination found fingerprints on the throat that indicated she had been strangled to death, presumably after the raping. The coroner also said Dr.

Carter decided the dismemberment occurred after death. Meantime police investigators? 'Vi V4 Byrnes in London Says Problem Can Be Worked Out London API Sec. of State Byrnes said tonight there was "no doubt" th', the atomic safeguard issue which has come up within the American delegation to the United Nations assembly would be worked out satisfactorily. Byrnes said he expected to have an early talk with Sen. Vanden-berg a member of the delegation whom he described as his friend.

He also sent word to Foreign Minister Ernest Bevin of the nation communications capital. A company spokesman, however, said "there nothing to" reports that Wt stern Union was bringing In strike breakers. A union official sai I at 9:30 a. that the strike "100 per cent effective with 7,000 employes out." The headquarters Sice surrounded by 1 ,200 pickets. Its power tubes, curriers of messages, were shut off, and a number of offices, including some in New engaged in Chicago's greatest concerning the activities of the AAF School, la visiting the Center today, according to Capt Harry Hammer of the publlo relations office.

Dan Dollar win tell the public of the progress ot the Orlando War and Community Cheat drive for fund. Situated on the thermometer at the comer Intersection of Orange and Central, he wUl Indicate the day by day total amassed by the workers. fcaj. L. L.

law ef Til W. Princeton, Orlanf has been promoted to the rt ik of lieutenant colonel, according to word received by his wife today. Law will arrive in Orient soon on terminal leave after ,0 mont'is In the Philippines and Calnea. The rendition i Leonard L. Fletcher, who was carried to the Orange Oeneral hospital Saturday following a heart attack, was reported today to be unchanged.

His condition is serious, but not critical, it was explained. He Is not permitted to have visitors. Claude W. Me Daniel haa been appointed commercial agent for the Atlantic Coast tine Railroad Co, in Orlando. The appointment Is effective as of Jan.

l.The notice of the position came as a relief to McDaniel as he was afraid of being transferred to Blloxl. Miss. The anfortunate peeple who have not had their income tax from their salary and will have to put the cold cash on the line by Jan. IS, will find the office of the Department of Internal Revenue open all day Saturday In order to receive the final quarterly tax payment. MixlmuMi temperature In Orlando yesterday was II degrees: the minimum this morning 61 degrees; the barometer at 7:30 a.

m. today was 10.06; the relative humidity .98 per cent; the wind I mph In the east, and there had been no precipitation In the 24 hours ending at midnight The Aaaerieaa Veterans ef World War will hold a very Important meeting at p.m. tonight tn the San Juan hotel. Post Comdr. O.

Beverley McEwan announced today. Discussion on the clothing drive, reports, committee appointments and routine bust-nasa will occupy the session. "Bad) Nick" KkbelaM reported that things are Dusttn' out all over down to his Idle Bay Island In southwest Orange County. "Lime etarted blooming about fhe trsiite ef Dwtbif," he "And-iM every is banging heavy felons, Looks like 1 might a real early crop of times this rear. hope so," TX (Dead! Letts was present at the Jaycee luncheon yeaterday In civilian clothes for the first tlma In about three year.

past president of the organization and entered the armed aerv let during his term of otfic. An expert with ahotgun and rifle, he wui no doubt be getting In his share of bunting before the close xA tr season. 'i Jersev. were closed. reasonable alibis as to their whereabouts at the time of the fiendish crime.

In the Western X'nion strike. 25 operators at the New York Curb Exchange walked out halt Msvor Edward J. Kelly and all Britain through a foreign office ing the sending of ouotatlm of the top-flight officials of the po- i official that he hoped to see him securities over the curb tick tr sys tomorrow tlce department, coroner's office. Receiving newsmen tn his hotel manhunt for the fiend who snatched the child from her bedroom, leaving a 620.000 ransom note early yesterday, found a refuse cart, stained apparently with blood, in the basement of building at 6690 Ken more a few feet from where Sucannea head was found in a catch basin last night. Capt.

Goldberg said the cart was sent to the police crime detection laboratory to determine whether Steel Prices Will Be Hiked, Says Truman President Sticks To Fact-Finding state's attorney and sheriff's offices maintained all-night headquarters at the Degnan home, de- parting early today but leaving a detail on guard. about half an hour after he arrived here by plane. Byrne was asked whether he thought the atomic question, which haa become tem. The Associated Press, using leased wires, suffered a bref interruption ot service on atveral regional circuit after Union said someone pulled a plug In Its power ro-wn. The four major rad' networks said their operation would be affected only slightly.

a major issue insofar as secrecy safeguards are concerned, would be worked out aatisiactoriiy. the stains were human blood. "I am sure it will be," he replied. In St. Louis FBI Agent Gerald The strike, a corapany pokes- 8-Sgt.

Irving Feldman, two millionth veteran to return from the Pacific, is carried on the shoulders of T-4 Jake O. Millbauer of Bari-boo, and Cpl. Adam C. Koran (right) of Rochester, N. as they prepared to take him ashore from the transport Garrard In San Francisco, Jan.

2. I Associated Press photo.l Washington I API Pre. Truman said today that some Increase tn the price of steel prooably would B. Norris said a man arrested In the St. Louis Union station, and booked as rover Casey.

IS. ot man said, would halt all hut the "There can be no doubt ot that. Whenever people have the same objective they never have trouble Troy, had demanded tMXTln most vital "life or death mes- be glinted as the reuit tf diacua-sages In and out of the tiation'a si0ns not. under a ay. largest city.

Supervisory personnel Atkr m.h.thl.r Increan The investigators listed these important dues In the brutal killing which followed the kidnaping and the leaving of a 620,000 ransom note: Fingerprints on the window sill of Surannea room, a burlap bag In which the UtUe girl's torso Was found, a paper shopping bag with ren crayon markings found wlUi the light leg. the ransom note, a worn gray-green fedora hat found near one aewer, two shoe-site footprint In the earth near the Deg-nsn back porch, the ladder used by the kidnaper to enter the girl ronro, a white laundry bag initials 8." fmmd In a finding language to reach the ob three telephone calls to Susanna's father. James Degcan. jective." However. orris said: "So far It would handle busj mrasa res, i would round the pmtdrnt Mid.

I K. aa nnt the ticurva Daley Urges Contributions Union toeate In eight, latema- Und that he would not yhihn ttonal Cable awl Radltf deenase tt hma ot pawned looks like nothing more than an attempt to chisel in on the folks up there, but we are Investigating every possible angle." firms, tn a 'sympathy wH a. voted 10 nit to 'i from Western VnUm tslabugrnmt 8 Accidents Worry Police In Orhndo Pedestrians Hitr Drivers Warned Eight motor accident on Or One hundred picked pnlteene a BHr-t- hnuMu stnre- t-tr rrh fur the BtaniMi ffwit t9 j'vit Use country durlr.g the to Ike. The walkout was calfed fey ike CIO American Comtrwjnctintn Aisso. in protest egelrwt ft Wjsr Labor 'tfc Nn i.bor ttv.md on u-a rhea of the torso.

Boon wu. re esiai( uvea. Needs of World Cited in Drive The "clothes- for courage Ortm. Infuriated officers set Htwk f.n:W to V- --e trfct-ln-iins iwith a la-siy ff i. -0, 1 the to P.ceit sir-', Asked tor hi rei ti(n to tlble eomiifoiit-w eUrcinatihg lit cooling off period, he 4 thought such legulattoa wouldn accomplteh anything.

He said hfs proposal to coranresa was founded Board directive, i about to Interview everyone living Efforts by i Mayor William tn the neighborhood. Every janitor round-up all the clothing, shoe lando street yesterday added to and storekeeper, under direction of Supervising Capt. Joseph Gold ODwyer to avert the work stoppage failed. The CIO worker are protesting decision them a 13 cents an bo ir wage! the city's already serious traffic and bedding you can spare were berg who told them; problem, even as Chief of Police He said he had issued his statement that the American veto In the United Nation Security Council could, be used to protect American atom bomb information tn enter to help out reportera tn the Untied States. -two er thrre renortersid t.vb-mutid aixint lli aKmite boiiib re-sfijuiii'n ahtth the big Doners will sponsor at the United Nations meeting.

Byrne said. Byrne devoted all of yesterday in Washington trying to convince Americans- at home and abroad 1. The projected United Nation atomic energy commission would have no power to demand scientific information which the United State did not furnish voluntarily. 2. This country would use Its veto power to block any attempt by th UNO security council to gain such Information.

3. If th council voted with 0. 8. concurrence to promote exchange of such information, the final decision on the extent of American participation would be made by congress. urged this morning by Chm.

Alex Daley, head of the AMVET cloth "Men. the police force la on on raiiroM legiMstton. wnan aald had been aatbfwtory tn industry. Roy Larson was issuing his warn boost The AFL Commerc al Telegraphers Union, represent! og some trial; nothing must be left undone to solve this cane." 50.000 Western Union wort er out ing to motorists ana instructions to officers concerning the police The gruesome discoveries last nicht of the child's head, chopped crudely from her tiny body, and dismembered parti of the blond, blue-eyed girl, came after one of the biggest man hunts in the city's police history got underway. The head, torso and legs were found tn tour different catch basins in the vicinity of the Degnan home at 6943 Kenmore are.

in the Edgewater Beach district on the North Side. Only the two arms of the little victim were missing as nearly 100 policemen and crews from the city aewer department continued their all-night search. Anyone who called at the county side of New York, have itccepted war on auto law violations he has started. The president aald was In position to talk now about possible inereaae In reel since the matter Is still utwkf cusston. He wa asked how an bf morgue, asking to see the child's body was subject to Immediate ponce Interrogation.

a WLB grant a' 11 cut an hour wage hike and have decided not to strike. A half dosen men. mostly lenl- 4 4 4 UMIIIlMli MHfllM m11m4 i ml nt mw anuiirAvr. might tit Into his ing drive. Quoting from a statement by Pres.

Truman, Daley said that clothing collected throughout the nation last spring rendered a service to world peace but that a further collection of clothing Is imperative. Millions are still in rags and must be helped. "The last drive befriended 25 million war veterans. Let's not forget the others. Give coats, boots and shoes tied in pairs, dresses, underwear, suits, shawls, work shirts, sweaters, blankets, quilts.

to the country's turbulent Indus- program. He said that there I were taken Into custody, for questioning, although Capt. Walter Storms, chief xtf detectives, said all six had trial strife was afforded If devel- tiement at proper urn Sand that, until then, he was not opments In three labor Ssputes. mm.iumt. Two pedestrians were slightly Injured In separate accidents yesterday, according to police reports.

Margaret Flske, 24 Ridgewood avet was knocked to the pavement and suffered a bruised elbow when she was struck by the automobile of William K. Rawls, of Plymouth. Police reports which show a charge ot reckless driving was placed against Rawls, Indicated that he cut the corner whert turn-in from Pine st, into Court st. uHunauons ui a poskhb ureas Mild Through Friday In controversies In the automotive, oil and steel Industries came Lakeland I API Continued warm shirts, mufflers, caps, mittens and through Friday was the forecast today for peninsular Florida from as government orVtaia worked to prevent nationwide strikes in the steel and meat Indus ties and as a country wide walkouv of telephone workers appeared overcoats to the clothing collection sponsored by the United Nations Rehabilitation Relief Ad the Federal-State Frost Warning Service. Tonight and Wednesday will be partly cloudy, the service Young Doctors Called by Army Arthar Laadstreet, ef Memphis, former manager ot the AngebUt hotel In Orlando and International president of the Hotel Orewters Amo, dropped In the AngebUt this morning to chat with Jun Conley, current manager.

Reporta are that hr's golfing this afternoon with B1U Sharkey and Don Evans. Landstreet la here only for the day this time, but will be back Jan. 14 to attend the meeting of the Orlando chapter ot the Hotel Oreeters, Ralph C. Heed, yeang Orlando marine now on active duty tn Japan, writes home that the Japs are fast to pick up the American language and customs, and so far here been fairly courteous to Uie occupation troops. Some trouble however, has been realised from the children who eal food and etiareta from the Yanks.

They First Day's Returns Cheer Drive Head Duncan Explains Boy Scout Needs Expressing optimism that the first day ot the Orlando War and Community Cheat drive for funds about 10 am. yesterday. iA 0-year-old man was hit by a car, driven by a negro woman about 10:30 a.m.. yesterday as he jaywalked across S. Parramore st, and was treated at Orange Oeneral hospital, for bruise, police aid.

ministration," he said. Old clothes may be left at any school tn the city, In receptacles at the U. S. Posoffice here, and any fire station. The clothes win be collected daily and forwarded for shipment overseas.

Washington. fUPl Mar In Detroit the CIO Un ted Auto Worker Union, which his sought 30 per cent wage increase i tor automotive workers, readied an agreement with the ne Kaiser-Fraser Corp. which called tor an "unprecedented" wage rtte. Citrus Report VM Sim. 4A llMl U4 BUM Citrus Wage Stabilization In Balance Action Ncdcd Per Next Season Lake Wales (API Th Florida clti as industry will hsv to decide eHUiin the aext SO days whether It want citrus harvest wag stabilisation continued through next season, Kramer ot Lakt WsIps, chairman ot the Florida reports show.

Three cars were tit rear-end CllnM IMUMM SVM4 44 14 A. U. crashes while waiting for traffic ywong medical ffieera trained under the army specialised training pregraM will be called active duty July 1 1 replace medical eerpe fftcera eligible fee discharge, the War departasent an-aeaneed today efrvtt CMimm Yin kr miit ii.m U4 is lights to change. Damage of $100 to the car of Roy H. Browning.

DeLeon Springs, resulted when it was struck by an unidentified car had passed the 125.000 mark. Track 4hlMMOt4 S.40S 1-420 Taut 4MMB4M JJ1M Ul.m S1.4M er 4n 41 1 W7.s est Pres. Buell Duncan today declared hie aatUfactioa over the result obtained and urged the drive at th Robinson and Magnolia intersection. Police are seeking the driver of the other car. Soldier Doctors Home Again, workers to continue their efforts Juvenile Delinquent Helena, Mont, API "Send two policemans to my house," said an urgent juvenile feminine voice over the telephone.

"A little boy just stole my candy." Police Desk Officer Larry Kane put down the "phone and sighed. A few momenta later it rang again: "Never mind, dont send the policeman. He just gave back the candy." in re-doubled teal to finish the. Ray Simpson, negro, was arrest A union leader said th new contract which provides for a new wag rate of 1.19 per hcur at the outset would be ofiered as a model tor settling current dispute with automotive firms. 'The company also haa agreed to meet any Increase granted by Oeneral Motors as a result of th current strike Involving some 200.900 workers.

Another provision called Turn to N. tPsg 1 caught one Jap boy making away witn some canned fruit and gave him a spanking. The next day the young fellow was caught stealing clgareta and upon hi capture tm- (Twra to Ibert Stork. Page S) campaign In short order. Duncan pointed out that more than 115.000 had beta secured by But Cramped for Office Space ed on charge of having faulty brakes after crashing into the rear of John I.

Denson's car at the Mill and Robinson Intersection while Denson awaited the light's change. Damage was light to both car. Dr. Rocher ChappeU and Dr. Weather Tommy Butt opened their office singular tn the Florida Bank building today.

nmiu-fuiit tW 44 tmittxwe Alhort TVAmrln anldfer mm When these two surgeon and USDA Wage Board, aald today. Kramer aald th United Butea Department ot Agrtcul'ur wjuld have to know what- the tnduMry wanU so that the deal can be Included In tlx new fiecal year budget which wUl be prepared early In February for routine subnusalon to the secretary and then to th Budget Bureau. Th Wag Board, which administers th was stabihtation plan, haa bren nighty f' Its wirk tn holding rage wtthtn bound and preventing labor Pi the Orlando Army Air Base, was arrested on a reckless driving Now the war Is over and the doctors are back horn againIn a single llttl office. The place Is so small on ot them work office calls in the morning, the other tn the afternoon, Itl all due to the left-over boom created by the war. There art no of flee to rent.

If anything Is shorter than houses, It's office space. the special gifts, the special handling and the wholesale committees, and that ha believed the first day of the city-wide canvass had netted another 110.000. Explaining the Increased needs of the Orlando Day. Nursery -and the Eoy Scout Council, be aald, that for the first time In history there waa a waiting list at the nursery school. The funds donated to the chest will be used In part to help the school provide care tor the children of working mothers.

In many eases the moth- charge after his car, said by Red Atomic Bomb Doubted In London Scientific Circles general practitioners went oft to the wart four year ago ft almost took a compass to lead on through their reception rooms, consultation rooms, private offices IM IM tlWIMl. WaM WMW ar a luM 4tr4 eaiMM it ftted ronit-4 MiM Ui KWMM MM a4 W(. rtaeiaameta tat a. i a. m.

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Loulle a. Herrin. 207 S. Rdbinmn sve. who was waiting for a light to change on Orange- av.

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For High School Air Classes era are the- wive ot service men and due to the Increased cost ot living are obliged to work tn order to supplement their Income. It the day nursery discontinued It activities these mothers would have to quit their Jobs, Duncan ootnted out. 1 M. toa Vn 31 a vt r. m.

take th Morris said, "but had to limit It to Seniors tn th trigonometry and physic racy and th other evil that pre ceded the government sponsored control plan. Th board th airman nald that adjustment mrf to date are nor than doubt those made during th eomparabl period ot butt season, pointing out that (rattered blooan and atat gered maturities, have mad It impossible tn many instance to gel the grove picked over tor th standard wage. For th month ot December th board mad arparat adjust-menu Involving 045 111 box ot fruit on almost 12.300 acre. Th adjustment brek-toij ehowt 181 area and IUJ1I bcxt of or-angea; IMi acre and M3.J1 boxe ot grapefruit ind IT acre and 109 Kit boar ot tangerine. 3 4 et I London, (API Source close to the British government today expressed skepticism of reports that Russia had developed a new atom bomb which makes th western powers' weapon "obsolete." Th report was made last night by Dr.

Raphael K. O. Armattoa, director ot Lomeshle research cotter for anthropology and human biology at Londonderry, northern Ireland. Armattoe declined to disclose the source ot his Information aside from saying that mem-bens of the center's staff were affiliated with Russian scientific societies. Usually well Informed British sources aald they had not aeen Dr.

Armattoe statement made an Interview, but when informed of It contents said they doubted It very much. If th Russians hare developed an atom bomb, they said, they thought "only a small circle ot "The Soy Scout Council haa planned a program ot expeneton in the rJty and county that It unprecedented. If completed, this The plan was purchased, upon approval by th school board, by business men in Sanford and was jwxrtlt kT WMt ltlnrM SOAR W1 Cll atrvthia eu'lal 1 iiMMt vt hum cn 1 AnIM Tl 14 MnHit 47 OrMM 44 X' Vml 4 14 1 fnxthtitt 4 at tM4 All 41 i Mll4 st flown to Florida from Newport Three other minor accidents rounded out the day's record ot mishaps. Harriman Asks To Resign Post Washington tUPl Pres. disclosed today that W.Ttverell Harriman.

ambassador to Russia, wants to resign. But the president told reporters he hoped Harriman would not quit In hurry. Th president aald that Harriman had been trying to resign sine shortly after V-E day. Mr. Truman, however, urged him to remain at hi post The president said he was valuable and bad background that could not be duplicated at the time.

Harriman la expected back In locality will be on of the out atom bomb" already had been tested and waa found to have a horizontal pulverise Uoc range of S3 miles and a vertical lift of 6J mile. "The temperature generated waa In the neighborhood of several million, degrees csntlgrade." Dr. Armattoe asserted, adding that the purported bomb could be manufactured on a "nasa production scale The destructive character of the Anglo-American tomb expends upon a deterattiied sta ef Dr. Armattoe continued. Th Russian bomb, hxwever.

develops It fore hy spin or angular motion, nvtkli it more applicable for engineering work." Armattoa asserted that Russian scientists. If they hd lwt already don so. -pcotbty eould soon be able to increase. oc ffmlnisa the blast rang of the boitb at will. He aald th Russian.

In view ot what he declared a high degree of control, detetoped atomic energy la expke tve. wwttd be able to use It In IndMstrial Project involving large acait busting. 41 tl 41 41 44 t) News. Va. standing -Seoutlng la the state and nation.

Juvenile authori Tew, who was an Instructor tn A Qnimman Hellcat navy fighter plan has Joined the textbooks at Sanford Kith accord Ing to Prin. H. B. Morris, who said yesterday that the plane -purchased from the government a a "surplus commodity, cost 1100, and was valued when new at 000. Nineteen student Including three girls ax taking a ground school course in flrtns) at the high school, but the government specified when the plan waa bought that it could not be taken oft the Instructing the class Is L.

K. Tew. former navy filer, who plan to continue the court this summer, using hta own plan, ao that thoe who have the "ground-work ran really learn to fly. -PracltcaUv every boy and girl la th high school wanted th navy, la teaching mechanic, engine, maintenance, and "everything you can learn about a plan without flying It," conjunction with navigation, meteorology, and ties credit the Scout' movement with being one of the greatest fee-tore tn the control ot iuvanl'a delinquency. With the help of the Community Chert, the council wiff ErGENCT CALL! gB-tMe arwiaM 4ta ann taaily iJ.

part-tine nm weather which la taught la the Physic and trig class, Th ex-navy filer now haa his private plane at an Orlando airport, and hop to us th Sanford airport thla summer, sine The Mead Garden rwvhon of Rart Orchids, JucgH Tralia Lovely Pool. At Kstlmskaw hi ttftfif SJom AdtniMton be able to fulfill It plans and continue to hold Juvenile crimes her to a minimum." Duncan outlined. The cheat prtaldent announced that drive worker would rather at the Tremor cafeteria at I 11 a. tn morrow foe a report breakf and csmpiete rures on the drive Aild people toside Russia would know about it" They added they did Ssttry how Armauoe preolcitrit told reporter he rwped not understand ORANT.R r.rvg PAL tot would know. the navy la scheduled to release i the aotbassadrif would not be I Dr.

Armattoa, said lh Russia tt muokv-al airport there, is harry to guit.

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