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VOL CXVII No. 236 22 PAGES SM lre said although emphasizing that this did not mean he was opposed to the turnpike extension. Strickler declared the project deserved "immediate attention be cause it is one of the most heavily traveled sections of Pennsylvania highways, and is a main artery from the capital city to the important large inland city of Lan caster. He added the high crowned, narrow road bed is especially bad in Highspire, Middletown and Mt. Joy and a number of other com munities en route.

"I would appreciate it if you will let me know about this mat ter so I can inform the many interested persons," the letter con cluded. Ray F. Smock, State Secretary of Highways, was immediately unavailable for immediate State Hotels Pledge Support of Program The Pennsylvania Hotels Asso ciation, with 225 member hotels, pledged full support today through its president, Thomas F. Troy, to irumans lood conser vation program. Troy, in a statement, urged member hotels to observe meat less Tuesdays and poultryless and eggless Thursday.

He said that no bacon or ham will be served for breakfast on Tuesdays and that no eggs nor poultry will be served at the morning meal on Thurs days. Troy added that all member hotels will return to the wartime practice of serving one roll or one slice of bread with one piece of butter at each meal. Additional bread or rolls will be served upon he said. Explorer Pleads Guilty Akf Governor Urged To Widen Road Between City And Lancaster Lt. Gov.

Daniel B. Strickler called today for "immediate action" by the State Highways Department to rebuild what lie termed "the antiquated strip of highway" between Harrisburg and Lancaster on Route 230. "This highway should be placed on the top priority for rebuilding as a State project, regardless of any allotment of projects to the counties," Strickler said in a letter to Governor James H. Duff. "This section of the highway has been negelected a long time and should be modernized by not less than a three lane highway the entire distance from Harrisburg to Lancaster," Strickler wrote in the letter, adding that plans recently announced by the Highways Department to improve a few "of the worst spots will not be a satis factory answer." Nor will the extension of the Pennsylvania turnpike from Carlisle to Philadelphia lessen the need for the improvement, Strick To Narcotic Charge New Haven, Oct.

6, (IP). Retired Naval Commander Fitz hugh Green, 59, who served in the Intelligence Service in both World Wars, author and explorer, plead ed guilty in Federal Court here today to a charge of buying nar cotic drugs. A New York detective earlier pleaded guilty in the same case while Green's wife, daughter of the late William C. Durant, noted automobile manufacturer, is also under indictment. Thieves Break Windows In 2 Uptown Stores Thieves smashed the front door of Brown's Drug Store, Sixth and Harris streets, early David S.

Brown, 2439 North Sixth street manager, told police. Brown esti mated damage at $40. The store was not entered. The plate glass door of the American Store, James and Ver beke streets, was also broken early today, but the place was not entered. R.

L. Grove, Camp Hill, manager, said a pinchbar had been used an effort to force the lock. Heart Attack Fatal To Linen Firm Aide Mrs. Alice Blessing, 56, 1942 North Cameron street, died of a heart attack early today while working at the Associated Linen Supply Company, 28 North Cameron street, Dr. George M.

Klitch, deputy Dauphin county coroner, said. Gay Leaves Berlin, Oct 6, (IP). Gen. Lucius D. Clay and Ambassador Robert Murphy left by air for Washington today.

uvuAiuv arms in his freshman year. When picked to work the opener, he be came the first rookie ever to be so honored in a World Series by an American team. Al though removed for a pinch hit ter and followed by Lefty Joe Page. Shea was the winner. Coming back with Shea alter only one day's rest, Harris, of course, was gambling but this was a gambler's game.

There would be no more until next April. The young righthander who celebrated his 25th birthday last Thursday, did a beautiful job on the Brooks Saturday, allowing Ministers Eat European Meal As Aid Appeal Philadelphia, Oct. 6, (JP). Pres byterian ministers sat down today to a luncheon of bean soup and dry brown bread as an appeal to congregations for cooperation for President Truman's voluntary food rationing program. The meal, containing between 1100 and 1200 calories, demonstrated the meagerness of the average European meal today, said the Rev.

Dr. Allan Maclachlan Frew, chairman of the Presbytery's committee on foreign missions. This compared with the average American calory diet of 4000 a day, he added. I Keep Mouth Shut, Beauty Warned In Big Gem Theft New York, Oct. 6, (JP) Beauti ful Mrs.

Sari G. Hilton has had three anonymous telephone calls, one warning ner to keep your mouth shut, or else since a well dressed robber walked out of her penthouse apartment Satur day with a fortune in jewels, po lice disclosed last night. The estranged wife of C. N. Hil ton, hotel magnate, estimated at between $600,000 and $700,000 the value of the gems which a kid gloved gunman took after holding up Mrs.

Hilton and her maid and threatening to shoot her six month old daughter, Constance The 20 or more pieces were set with diamonds as large as 20 carats. Spreading their search for the robber over 12 states, police said they would distribute photographs taken of Mrs. Hilton the day be fore the robbery showing some of the jewelry. Detective John Kenney and Mrs. Coleman Drowne, godmother of Constance, said the unidentified telephone caller once told Mrs.

Hilton: "Meet me and I'll tell you where your jewels are." Another time, they said, he asked, "is it true that you have one diamond ring left?" The Hungarian born beauty did not answer, they said. Allowance Asked Tokyo, Oct. 6, (JP) Railway workers, declaring that the high cost of living and the low state of wages were preventing many railroaders from marrying, demanded today that privately owned railroads provide "wedding allowances" for their men. Pi Harris Pins Hope On St.ee Jo Wip Series For YcanEts 1 2 3456789 RHE THE LINEUPS: Brooklyn New York Stanky, 2b Reese, ss J. Robinson, lb Walker, rf Harmanski, If Edwards, Furillo, cf Jorgensen, 3b Gregg, Mechanicsburg housewives have added their protests of "No, it isn't true" to the hundreds of women throughout the area who object to being charged with wasting foodstuffs.

Mrs. William Bennett, 21 West Main street, who cooks for two adults two children, denies the President's charge vociferously by declaring, "It hard enough to make ends meet by stretching and saving every scrap of food. Cer tainly I don't waste anything." She continued, "I buy just enough for a meal, and nothing goes into the garbage can but the peelings, and those are mighty thin. Even the crumbs go to the birds. "I augment our next menus by substituting eggs, macaroni, cheese souffles and the like, for with round steak at 80 cents a pound (Continued on Page 4, Col.

8) 92,385 Enrolled For Nov. Election, County Reports Dauphin county's registration for the November 4 general election will be 92,385, the County Commissioners said today as they certified the report of voters to the Secretary of the Commonwealth. While clerks in the Registration Bureau, under the direction of Frank H. Wagner, are continuing to work on the district figures, the final totals were released as fol lows: Republican, Democrats, Non Partisan, 1281; all other parties, 236, for the grand total of 2,385. In the two major parties the increase over the Primary Election registration totals 3988, detailed as 2872 Republican and 1116 Democrats, Commissioners said.

Most of the new voters enrolled in a last minute rush in the last three days during the two week period the books were open fol lowing the Primary, until September 29, when all registration for, the general election closed. Van Wagner Named Bavarian AMG Head Berlin. Oct. 6. (JP) Murrav Van Wagoner, former Governor of Michigan, was aPDOirvted director of the Office of Military Govern ment ior Havana by lien.

JUicius D. Clay today: Van Wagoner came to Berlin re cently as an engineering consultant to Clay. He succeeds Bris. Gen. Walter J.

Muller. who is re turning to United States for re assignment Fw3 Brooklyn MHi2ULXIU0 UUU New York HHQXDDCD Yankee New York, Oct. 6, (P) Manager Bucky Harris of the New York Yankees made a last minute Ditching switch to Kookie rank (bpecj anea toaay insieaa of Bill (One Hit) Bevens to oppose Hal Gregg of Brooklyn in the Seventh and final game of the World beries before another big 72,000 crowd. Bevens would be first in line for relief duty in the bullpen followed by Charley Wensloff, Harris said. All three are righthanders.

Shea, winner of two games, the opener and Saturdays fifth con test, took his swats during batting practice and so did Bevens. The Naugatuck, nugget won 14 and lost five despite a sore Stirnweiss, 2b Henrich, If Berra, rf DiMaggio, cf McQuinn, lb Johnson, 3 A. Robinson, Rizzuto, ss Shea, Umpires Rommel (AL) plate; Goetz (NL) first base; McGowan (A) second base; Pinelh (NL) third base; Magerkurth (NL) left field line; Boyer (AL) right field line. only four hits, none at all in the first four innings. A stout hearted Irishman with plenty of courage, Shea did not figure to be awed by the occasion.

There was a chance that Johnny Lindell might see limited action (Continued on Page 4, Col. 6) Housewives Insist Wasting Food Impossible on Present Budgets Harrisburg area housewives are unanimous in their declarations that wasting food in the home is not prevalent as they declare it impossible to waste any food with their household budgets at present as they constantly search for new economies to stretch their food dollars and provide nutritious meals. JV HARRISBURS, MONDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 6, 1947 (Continued on Page 4, Col. 1) Suspect Kills Self As Mob Gathers After Vet's Death Chester, S. Oct.

6, (JP). A 32 year old Negro, questioned in the "Lovers Lane" slaying of white man, blew his head off with a shotgun early today while 200 officers and several hundred citi zens assembled nearby, Sheriff William H. Peden reported. Peden said the Negro, Dave Dunham, a farmer ''undoubtedly" was the assailant who beat to death Clarence Wallis, 22 year old war veteran, last night. Wallis was slam while he fought valiantly to permit the escape of his attractive girl friend, Betsy Ross, from a Negro who had ac costed them on a secluded road known as "Lovers Lane," Sheriff I'eden said.

Peden said the Negto struck Wallis a terrific blow on the head and then dragged the girl from the car by the throat. Wallis recovered sufficiently to grapple with the at (Continued on Page 4, Col. 1) Blast Breaks Windows Paris, Oct. (JP). Premier Paul Ramadier's office reported today bomb or grenade broke some windows in his Decazeville home yesterday.

Ramadier was not there. Duff Approves Salary Increases For Liquor Aides Chairman Frederick T. Gelder, of the Liquor" Control Board, said today that Gov. James H. Duff has approved a cost of living salary increase for the 3500 board employes, retroactive to Septem ber 1.

Gelder said the increase aver' aged slightly "under 10 per cent." and was "pretty uniform" for all employes. He added the retroactive amounts probably would go out to employes with tneir next pay The increase was in line with a general cost of living increase of approximately 10 per cent, ordered by the Governor for all State employes, effective September 1. mm Loss Totals $7700 Iraq Aide Attacks As Gunmen Rob 10 Country Club Residents Safe Ambler, Oct. 6, (P) Four masked gunmen terrorized and robbed 10 persons today in a daring predawn raid of the Oak Terrace Country Club. Their loot was estimated at $7700.

The robbers used telephone wires, neckties and bathrobe cords to truss up seven men and three women following a roundup in a room to room tour of the old style mansion clubhouse. Clarence Grieb, 50 year old manager of the country club, said he was forced from his bed by the intruders and at gunpoint opened the safe which contained $7000 in weekend receipts. An additional $700 was taken from pockets of the victims. He said a thin faced man, leader of the gang, routed him from bed and then noticed a vial of me dicinal tablets nearby. "What, are you sick?" the rob ber asked.

"Yes, I've got a very bad heart," Grieb replied. Well, then you better take your pills now," the robbed told him. Grieb told oolice the club's front door is never locked as convenience to members who live there and that the four men had no difficulty entering and walking to his second tloor room. One of the gunmen flourished a pistol and said in a low voice as Grieb and his wife, Dorothy, awakened: "This is a holdup. We want no trouble.

If you cooperate and work along with us no one Zionist Methods At U. n. Hearing On Palestine Lake Success, Oct. 6, (Pi Renewing the Arab figh against proposed partition Palestine, Foreign Minister Fadhil Jamali of Iraq today attacked Zionism as an, "ag gressive and virulent po litical movement. He said it was "very much like Nazism." Jamah declared that Zionism "has nothing to do with Palestine except in its aim to penetrate the Middle East, using Palestine as a gate." He added that "it follows the same methods of propaganda and the same method of aggression and penetration as those of the Jamali also delivered a vibor ous attack on the United States for what he called "interfering'1 in Palestine affairs.

He said this interference was just as bad as interference of the Soviet satellites in Greece which the United States was trying to stop. Jamali and Nuri Pasha Es said, Premier of Iraq, spoke before the 57 nation Palestine committee of i the United Nations Assembly in a double barrelled appeal for an Independent Arab state covering all of Palestine. Heart Attack Fatal To Jap Freed in Trial Tokyo, Oct. 6, (JP) Former Colonel Noriyoshi Harada, re leased for lack of evidence on war crimes charges, walked out of the gates of Sugamo prison toward the car of friends who had come to meet him. As he reached the car, he fell dead, a victim of a heart attack.

2 Motorists Hurt In Progress Crash As Car Hits Home Six persons were injured, sev eral seriously, in automobile ac. ciaents in me mrrisburg area over the weekend, city and State Police reported. When the car in which they were riding came out of the Pax tang bypass at Progress, crossed walnut street and crashed into the house of G. B. Burkepile.v 3310 walnut street, early yesterday Donald Hugh Lanetot, 27, 1224 Market street, suffered a possible fractured skull; and Christian Brown, 24, 1711 Regina street, se vere cuts and bruises, State Police said.

Burkepile and his housekeeper Mrs. Kathrine Yohn, said the crash almost knocked them from their beds. The car snapped off a porch post of the house and knocked the house out of line. A. D.

Seiders, 108 Short street, working at a service station, said he saw the crash and noticed (Continued on Page 4, Col. 4) Observance Urged Washington, Oct. 6, (Presi dent Truman today proclaimed Sunday, Octotber 12, as Columbus day and invited the American people to observe appropriately the discovery of their homeland. Chile Uses Troops To Break Reds' Hold on Miners Santiago, Chile, Oct. 6, (JP) The Chilean government moved today to break what is called a Communist dictatorship over the nation's mineworkers, striking in the coal fields for higher pay.

Military planes were sent to join troops and warships at Conception, a center of the strike. Fuel rationing was ordered. Cen sorship was" imposed upon the Communist newspaper of Santiago, El Siglo. An official statement said Presi dent Gonzalez Videla was "disposed to put a definite end to the control which the Communist (Continued on Page 4, Col. 7) Meet the Dripples! Dotty, Horace, Taffy and Pepper are members of the newest comic family to join thelong list of outstanding favorites in the HARRISBURG ggfc TELEGRAPH Their antics will inspire chuckles from all members of your family.

Get acquainted on Page 14. AlfflSBUMG TPTlTTr TFrTTIJ A. TO)' FAIR EDITION Only Evening Associated Press Newspaper in SINGLE COPIES Harrisburc News Around the Clock rOUB CENTS WE President Ccalls on Ncrtion To Go Wftfaeutf Meef, Eggs And IPouufrry ne Day Week Ensminger. CHILD RECOVERS FROM NEAR DROWNING Two year old Sherrick looks contentedly at Nurse Sara Mickey from his Harrisburg Hospital bed today. He was saved from drowning in the Susquehanna river at Forster street late yesterday by Oscar T.

Winfield, 1504 Howard street. The child, unconscious, was given artificial resperation by his father, David Sherrick, 229 Briggs street, then rushed to the hospital where he revived three hours later. flew Communist International Opens No Compromise Fight Against U.S. Moscow, Oct. 6, UP) Leaders of the new Communist international organization linking the Communist parties of nine European nations rallied their followers today for a no compromise fight against what they described as United States "imperialism." Formation of the new organiza tion the first such group to be supported by the Russians since they declared the Comintern dead in 1943 was disclosed yesterday in a statement issued in its name.

In effect, the statement served notice of the Communists' intention to wreck, if possible, the Marshall plan for European aid and the Truman doctrine to combat totalitarianism. It proclaimed that Uptown residents were assured the world had been divided into two camps led by the Soviet Union and the United States and called upon European Communists to defend the "national sovereignty i 01 weir peoples against u.o. gression." Pravda, Communist organ, said that formation of the new interna tional organization was completed (Continued on Page 4, Col. 6) City Buys Ground Labor Endorses For Athletic Field Sunday Movies, At 7th and Radnor Urges Ratification today of a permanent recreation center with announcement that the city has signed, an agreemen to purchase the athletic field at Seventh and Radnor streets Councilman Robert C. Leitner said.

The ground, used for a number of. years for uptown twilight league baseball by amateur teams will be purchased from Ritter Brothers, contractors, for $23,000 the same amount the firm paid when it took title from a Hams' burg bank several weeks ago. William L. Windsor, III, State American Legion commander, and Robert S. Ogilvie, commander of the Legion Post 27 here, had urged City Council on September 23 to buy the baseball plot or.

a similar tract in the uptown section of the city. In commenting on the purchase, Leitner said: "This makes another great ad dition to Harisburg's park and playground system. We continue in our leadership among all comparable cities in Pennsylvania of less than 100,000 population." Leitner also announced the city will provide a new baseball dia mond for the American Legion junior program; which is now being developed by Harrisburg Post 27. The diamond, with fa (Continued on Page 4, Col. 5) Policies Unchanged Warsaw, Oct.

6, (JP). A government spokesman said today that Poland foreign policies were un changed, and that the Communist declaration was "purely a party matter." 4 1 Harrisburg labor has again en dorsed the showing of motion pio tures on Sunday. Following unanimous passage of a resolution endorsing Sunday movies, the Central Labor Union today issued a statement asserting that Sunday motion pictures ought to be legalized here "as they have been legalized throughout prac tically all of Pennsylvania." The statement pointed out that the Sunday movie issue is a civic issue "overwhelmingly important in the field of civil liberties." It commended the action of 9170 Harrisburgers who petitioned to have the issue placed on the vot fing machines this November and called upon the entire population of Harrisburg to approve the ret erendum with "a tidal wave of votes on election day. The text of, the Central Labor Union statement follows: The Central Labor Union once more takes a public stand on be (Continued on Page 4, Col. 2) Woman, Slapped During Attack, Swallows Ring Miami, Oct.

6, (JP). Un necessary roughness cost vandals the top prize in an attack on a 32 year old woman, the victim told police. Miss Helen Gill, insurance clerk. saiu live men Kianappea ner, stripped oif her $75 wrist watch and all her clothes. One of the men, Miss Gill said, saw her sliD a valuable diamond ring into her mouth and then slapped her so hard she swallowed it.

1 Washington, Oct. 6, (JP) An unprecedented "self denial" offensive, against hunger in western Europe was touched off today by President Truman's call for food sacrifices as an American "contribution to peace." Mr. Truman asked all citizens to go without meat on Tuesdays, without eggs and poultry on Thursdays, and to save a slice of bread a day. He "demanded" of the grain exchanges the raising of the down payment requirement on grain purchases to 33 13 per cent, to thwart what he called the inflationary operations of "gamblers in grain." If the exchanges refuse, he warned in a nationwide broadcast last night, the government may step in and "limit the amount of trading in wheat and other grains. A distiller described as a "bolt from the blue" another drastic White House request that the liquor industry shut down for 60 days "at the earliest possible moment." Two whisky makers predicted the answer would be yes.

Going direct to the people by radio and television, Mr. Truman joined his citizen's food committee chairman, Charles Luckman. in a grave and sometimes sharply voiced plea for conservation lest prosperity at home and peace in the world be "needlessly lost." And as Luckman today began mobilizing an organization, inside and outside the government, to wage a campaign of near wartime dimensions at least one influential Republican legislator gave ungrunding endorsement. "It's a good program," said Rep. Hope (R Kan), chairman of the House Agriculture Committee.

"It is something tangible that the people can understand. It was well presented and should have the support of every American." And Chairman Bridges (R NH), just before the broadcast called his Senate Appropriations Committee to meet November 18 on the Presidents $580,000,000 proposal for emergency aid to western Europe. This is the money which. Mr. Truman says France and Italy must have to assure that they will survive the winter as free and independent countries.

The President asked housewives to memorize His "simple and straightforward 1. Use no meat on Tuesdays. "2. Use no poultry or eggs on Thursdays. "3.

Save a slice of bread every day. "4. Public eating places will serve bread and butter only on request." Mr. Truman revealed that the First Lady has issued those instructions to the White House staff, and he has ordered the Army, the Navy and all government run eating places to follow suit. "The battle to save food in the United States," he said, "is the battle to save our own prosperity and to save the free countries of Western Europe.

Our self denial (Continued on Page 4, 3) Winds Delay Flight Of LightJPlane Pilots Shanghai, Oct. 6, (JP) Two Americans piloting cub planes on round the world flight were prevented by strong headwinds from taking off from Amoy today for Shanghai. Reports reaching here said they planned to leave tomorrow. Sixty mile an hour headwinds forced the airmen, George Truman of Los Angeles, and Clifford V. Evans of Washington, D.

to land at Amoy yesterday after taking off from Hong Kong. The leisurely global flight started at Tetterboro, N. August 10. Value Soars' Shanghai, Oct. 6, (JP) China's wildly inflated currency soared today to a new black market high of 73,000 Chinese dollars to $1 U.

S. When the market opened this morning, the rate was 59,000 to THE WEATHER (V. S. Weathe; Bnrcio) Sunrise, 6.08; sunset, 5.42. Harrisburg and Vicinity: Sunny and pleasant today.

Clear and mild tonight. Foggy early Tuesday morning becoming fair and mild in the afternoon. Winds gentle southwesterly today and Tuesday. High today and Tuesday in the low 80's, yesterday, 76; low tonight, 52; last night, 46. River today and Tuesday, 3.1 feet..