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El negotiators Seek flew Salary Pact To Avert Strike By Bus Operators A walkout by Valley Trans portation employes loomed today as last hour confer ences were being held by union officials and bus com pany heads in the office of Sterling G.McNees.the firms attorney. The union contract expires at midnight tonight. O. S. Taylor, president of Di vision 1377, Amalgamated Association of Electric, Street Railway and Motor Coach Employes of America said, "if a settlement is not reached today, I am afraid the men will not work as our present contract expires at midnight." The fact that the bus drivers have threatened to strike has been frequently heard by passengers during the past week, a number of them reported today.

Mr. McNees said that the morning discussions reached no definite agreement although the company and union were "not far off on many points." The conference resumed shortly afternoon and was expected to last until late evening. Should employes walk out bus transportation would be crippled in all the immediate West Shore area communities and to Carlisle, Mechanicsburg, Marysville and Duncannon, Landon Reveals Letter Predicting Wallace 3rd Party Washington, June 30, (JP) Alf M. Landon, 1936 Republican Pres idential nominee, predicted more han two years ago that Henry A. Wallace would head a third party "financed by the PAC." "The New Dealers," said Landon in a letter made public today, "will figure that this is the only way they can demonstrate to the Democrats that they cannot win without them and that the Republicans will not be equal to the problems of reconstrucion.

"Therefore: in 1952, he New Dealers can take over the Demo cratic party as of old." The former Kansas Governor wrote the letter April 26, 1945, two weeks after the death of President Roosevelt. It addressed to Raymond Moley, Assistant Secretary of State in the early days of New Deal and in 1945, as now, a writer for Newsweek. Landon made the letter public after a weekend luncheon here with newspapermen who traveled with him in his losing 1936 campaign. The Kansan called on President Truman Saturday for a brief chat (Continued on Page 4, Col. 3) Police Increase fladius of Search To Identify Baby City police and detectives continued to check hospital records and footprints of babies born within the last three months, increasing the radius of their search to nearby towns today in efforts to identify the child left in the car of Mrs.

Dorothy Watts, 134 Sylvan terrace, Friday. Chief of Police Oscar L. Blough said, "This work takes time. We have no new developments, but are continuing our checks, spreading out to include hospitals in the larger cities near Harrisburg." Captain of Detectives William Truby said, "We may try to check through Army dependency records, tne veterans. Aaministra auu vljici Lfiaucro wiicie le I ports might show a recent birth.

We have to move slowly though, to be sure of every step." The three month old boy was found by Mrs. Watts, a registered nurse, as she entered her car near the Harrisburg Hospital. The Associated Aid Societies placed the child in an unidentified foster home to await final dispo sition of the case by police. The child was declared in excellent health by hospital physicians after a twenty four hour observation period. Suspect Nabbed Manila, June 30, (JP) The Eve ning Herald today reported the arrest of a Hukbalahap (armed peasant) suspect with a letter in riiratinp a nlnt in assassinate President Roxas on Independence Day, July 4.

There was no im mediate comment from Roxas: office. Five Fishermen Rescued From Desolate Island San Diego, June 30, (JP) Five weary and sun blackened California fishermen, blown 10C0 miles off their course, were en route back to civilization today after six weeks of near starvation on a desolate Pacific island off the Mexican coast. The five fishermen, missing, with the 45 foot boat Thistle out of San Pedro since May 19, were rescued late Saturday by the tuna clipper Normandie from Put Point Clipperton Island, a five square mile coral atoll, some 1700 miles south of here and 500 miles from the Mexican mainland. First word from rescuers to the Coast Guard and Navy here indi cated the men were in "fair condi tion," but did not elaborate. The Thistle was shattered on the shore, but none of the crew was hurt.

The Navy requested the Nor 4 mandie, a San Diego vessel, to (Continued on Page 4, Col. 2) Governor Signs Bill to Establish State Tax Board Legislation creating a three member State tax equalization board with broad powers to scrutinize local financing of public education in Pennsylvania was signed into law today. The measure, a major plank in Governor James H. Duff's education program, set up the board to determine the true market value of real estate for tax assess ment purposes. The Governor also approved a $10,000,000 appropriation for flood control work in the headwaters of the Pennsylvania streams another major administration The previously signed a companion measure creating a thirteen memtfer advisory flood control board to aid the State Department of Forests and Waters to develop the program.

The members of the 'State Tax Equalization Board to be named by the Governor will receive $10,000 each with the chairman $500 additional annually. The new law, among other things, will: Require county commissioners to supply the board with monthly (Continued on Page 4, Col. 7) Transport Sinking After Collision With Freighter Boston, June 30, (JP) The 7500 ton Army transport St. Albans Victory and the Danish freighter Bolivia collided in fogbound waters off Nantucket today and the transport's crew of 70 and 10 troops and a woman were taking to lifeboats in moderate seas, the Coast Guard reported. Loaded lifeboats from the fast sinking transport were sighted by a circling plane as fog began to lift at the crash scene 60 miles off Nantucket.

The St. Albans Victory's master reported pressure from water in the hold was threatening to break up her bulkheads. The ships crashed about 17 miles southwest of the Nantucket lightship and both suffered "ex tensive damage" with a seven foot tear in the bow of the Bolivia. The Coast Guard dispatched a seaplane from Salem in an attempt to pick up some of the life boat crews. Three cutters were sent out and one was expected alongside about late today.

The transport was inbound to New York from Leghorn, Italy, and the Bolivia was enroute from New York to Copenhagen. mm Four Generals. Others Accused Of 'Dictatorial' Plot in France Paris, June 30, (Inter ior Minister Edouard Depreux announced today the discovery of a "very widespread" plot by an organization known as the Black Maquis to overthrow the French Republic and set up a mili tary dictatorship. Depreux said Gen. Guillaudot, inspector general of the French gendarmerie: Mai.

Jean Lous tauneau Lacau, a Rightist resis tance leader who before the war acknowledged that he was member of the Anti Republican Cagoulards (Hooded Ones), and other, officers and civilians had been arrested. A usually reliable semi official source said earlier that lour French generals and several civil ians had been implicated. The Government operated French press agency said the "soul of the Plot" was reported to be a former oficer and friend of former Marshal Henri Philippe Petain. now confined for life at the Isle D'Yeu as a traitor. The agency did not identify this man by name, Depreux told a news conference that whole units of the French army might have been involved.

He said first details of the clan. destine organization of former (Continued on Page 4, Col. 6) Youth Drowns Trying to Assist Friend in Creek In an attempt to assist his com panion who was unable to swim, George S. Garman, 19, Carlisle R. D.

4, was drowned Sunday afternoon in the Conodoguinet Creek at Meadowbrook. Garman and Lonas Wetzel, Greason, swimming in the creek, decided to cross the stream. Wet zel was unable to swim, but was assured of assistance by Garman, he told rescuers. i In about eight feet of water, Wetzel said Garman cried out for help and sank. Floundering to avoid the same fate, WetzeJ shouted for help and when nearby swimmers tossed him an inner tube, he reached the shore safely.

Responding to the cries for as' sistance, other swimmers joined in the search for Garman. Two Carlisle brothers, Earl Wilson, 25 and Bruce Wilson, 21, dived several times at the spot where Gar man sank and finally recovered tne body. Garman failed to resDond to artificial respiration and was pnv nounced dead at 6.15 p. after two and one half hours of at tempts to revive him. State Police at the direction of (Continued on Page 4, Col.

2) 'Red' Siege Ends As Fresh Troops Enter China City Mukden, June 30. (JP). Na tionalist relief columns pushing up from the south entered smoldering Szepingkai today to end a punishing 17 day Chinese Communist assault on the Man churian railway center and send the Reds into retreat. Reinforcements under DeDUtv Manchurian Commander General Cheng Tung Kuo joined the weary garrison just southeast of Szepingkai this afternoon and Nationalist Air Commander (Continued on Page 4, Col. 8) Refreshing as a Summer Breeze PAUL GALLICO Paul Gallico Old Friend of thousands of readers of this newspaper who knew him well when he wrote a sports column and later a daily column on gen eral topics rejoins the Harrisburg leiegrapn tomorrow.

He dreamed up the Golden Gloves boxing bouts," one of the most successful amateur sports events in all history. Gallico has gone far since those days. He contributes to many magazines, the movies, has written several books. He will be thrice a week contributor to the Telegraph on Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday in columns that sparkle with humor, satire and entertainment. TED' SHOWERS JTWM! founded 1931 VOL CXVII No.

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11 II VX. LX I I in Lull Engineers Battle To Bolster Levees At St. Louis As Mississippi Rises St. Louis, June 30, (JP) The Mississippi river climbed to a new 103 year record here today and U. S.

Army engineers warned that the battle for the remaining "crit levees in this area was "far from over" with another crest pouring down from the mouth of the Missouri nver, A brief earthquake yesterday brought the threat of breaks to watersoaked barriers holding back the Tiver from thousands of acres of rich farmland on the Illinois side but the engineer: said no levees were reported damaged by the tremors which lasted about five seconds. The Chouteau Island levee. guarding 2000 acres from north St. Louis, broke at two points to dav but engineers said other bar' riers would" keep water out of the nearby Venice and Granite City industrial areas. Fresh appeals for volunteers were made by the engineers in their efforts to save dikes south of east St.

Louis and 100 miles south at Chester, 111., while hun dreds of persons were evacuated from their homes ahead of the flood. The river reached 39.3 feet here and Harry F. Wahlgren, (Continued on Page 4, Col. 8) State Fishermen Await Opening of Bass Season Thousands of Pennsylvania fishermen eyed favorite fishing spots today and settled back to await the opening of the 1947 bass season which gets underway at mianignt. Fish Commissioner Charles French predicted "good fishing" in most sections of the Common wealth and announced that streams have been stocked with more than 1,000,000 bass in the past two years.

French said the limit each day is six bass and the minimum legal size is nine inches. Bass season closes November 30. The season also opens tomorrow for lake trout, muskellunge, pick erel ana pute perch. May Sacrificed U.S. Patriotism.

Prosecutor Says Washington, June 30, (JP) The government charged today that former Congressman Andrew J. May "substituted profits for pa triotism" in war time dealings with munition makers, Henry and Murray Uarsson. Assistant Prosecutor John T. Redden told the Federal Court jury in the May Garsson war bribe case that May, as wartime chair man of the House Military Com' mittee, took more than $50,000 as pay for his influence in behalf of the Garsson munitions combine. Redden said: "I tell you the defendant May substituted profits for patriotism; it not a pretty picture but that what happened." The government attorney said May had pleaded as a defense that he restored to the Garssons all (Continued on Page 4, Col.

1) Utility Commission Legal Aid Named Appointment of Charles E. Thomas as assistant chief counsel to the Public Utility Commission was announced today by Attorney General T. McKeen Chidsey. Thomas was named to replace Samuel G. Miller who resigned to enter law practice here.

Miller, a native of Blairsville, Indiana county, had been associated with the Commission since No vember 1, 1929. Thomas, origin' ally from Stoneboro, Mercer county, has been with the Com mission since February 2, 1941. State Police Search For Escaped Prisoner Bellefonte, June 30, (JP) State Police combed the nearby woods today searching for a prisoner who escaped from Rockview Pen itentiary's dairy barn. Deputy Warden C. C.

Rhoads identified the missing man as 25 year old Raymond R. Foster, who was serving a two to four year sentence for burglary after a conviction in Greene county. Rhoads said the prisoner started serving his sentence in February, and would have his minimum sentence completed February 18, 1949. I CUB SCOUTS PRESENT CIRCUS Members of the Cub Pack 59, Paxtang, circus in the Park drive ball field, under the supervision of H. W.

Corl, cubmaster. Performers were Cub members and circus acts included clowns, jugglers, animal trainers and side shows. Among participants are, left to right, Marlin Lane, Eldon Sheffer, James Laverty, Bryce Warton, Robert Mills, Thomas Williams, Richard Myers, Howardj Corl, Dane Foreman, Peter Wilson, Robert Eck andRalph Hoover. Way Sought to Finance U.S. Bureaus Until Passage of Appropriations Bills ft Washington, June 30, (JP) Congressional fiscal experts went into a huddle today over ways of financing federal agencies as the fiscal year neared an end with only one of twelve regular appropriation bills cleared by both the Senate and the House.

U.S. Gives 2500 Idle Coal Mines Back to Owners Washington, June 30," (JP) The Government lowered the Amer ican flags over more than 2500 soft "coal mines today and formally restored the pits to the private' owners after. 13 months of Federal operation. The contract dispute which prompted Federal seizure of the mines May 22, 1946, still was unsettled, however, and another strike at conclusion of the cur rent 10 day vacation July 8 is a defimte prospect. With the Government stepping aside as operator, it will be up to the owners themselves to make terms with the miners.

If they don't succeed by July 8, the miners are expected to stay home. The Government gives back the (Continued on Page 4, Col. 3) Uptowii Tavern Reports Theft of $80 to Police John Giovanis, 2333 North Third street, manager of the Eng lish Tavern. Fourth and Market streets, toda told police his es tablishment was entered through an unlocked door last night and $80 was taken from the cash register. Shannon D.

S. Askey, 205 Har ris street, today the theft of a ring valued at $75 from the bath room of his home. Mrs. Gladys Meyers, 2125 Penn street, told police her pocketbook containing $12, was stolen from a carryall bag while she was in charge of a rummage sale at 439 Verbeke street, Saturday. Adams County Moves Prisoners to Gty Seventeen prisoners from Adams county to be housed in the Dau phin county prison were brought here today by Adams Sheriff John H.

Millhimes. Dauphin County Warden Derick W. Fahnestock admitted the Adams prisoners, eight this morn ing, and the additional nine this afternoon. They are in a special cellblOck, Fahnestock said. Agreement between the Adams Commissioners and the Dauphin County Prison Board provides the nearby prisoners will be kept here for one dollar daily charge for each.

Clothing Workers Get All Industry yacalion New York, June 30, (JP) All production in the men's clothing industry in the United States will halt from July 3 to July 14 to permit 150,000 members of the CIO Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America to have paid vacations at the same time. In making the announcement yesterday, Union President Jacob S. Petofsky said an additional 200,000 union members in various branches of the industry also would receive paid vacation? in the next two weeks. He estimated the cost to employers would be $19,000,000. Only two of the departments will have cash with which to operate past midnight unless something is done quickly.

The two are the Treasury and Post Office Departments, whose ap propriation bill for the year be ginning tomorrow is on President Truman's desk. Both Senate and House have passed a stop gap measure allow ing unf inanced agencies to incur expenses in anticipation of their pending appropriations. But there (Continued on Page 4, Col. 5) 12 Persons Hurt In Three Crashes On ValleyRoads Two youths were injured when the car in which they "hitched" a ride to Gettysburg College collided with another auto at the intersection of the Gettysburg pike and the Hanover Carlisle road at York Springs today, State Police reported. Treated at the Gettysburg Hospital were Hervey W.

Froehlich, 23, 1111 Market street, whose par ents are vacationing in Florida; and Patrick Moses. 24, Fifteenth and Water streets, New Cumberland, Dr. Bruce M. Wolff, hospital phsician, reported. Froehlich suffered severe cuts of the forehead and nose and multiple bruises of the hips and right knee; Moses suffered multiple cuts and bruises over most of his body and a foot injury.

The driver of the car in which the boys were riding was Charles (Continued on Page 4, Col. 2) Ex Solon Stricken As Granddaughter Is Lost in Woods Quincy, June 30, (JP). rne two and a halt year old granddaughter of former1 Cali fornia Congressman John H. Tolan disappeared yesterday in the region south of Lassen Vol cano National Park and Tolan, suffering a severe heart attack from the shock, was rushed to a hospital in a critical condition. The missing child was Greta Mary Gale, daughter of Mr.

and (Continued on Page 4, Col. 5) Phoenixville, June 30, (JP) A quarrel over Communism ended in double suicide for a much dec' orated Army Air Force pilot and his 53 year old father. Police Chief Fred K. Maclnnis identified the dead as Michael Souch, a worker at the Phoenix Iron Works; and his son, Charles. 26 year old former Army captain who flew 265 fighter missions in Europe and China.

Maclnnis, in reconstructing the shootings, said the two men began quarreling over the merits of Capitalism and Communism in a dispute over family financial Showdown Hears In Paris Sessions On Marshall Plan Pans, June 30, (JP) The For eign Ministers of France, Britain and Russia met late today in critical third session which may decide whether Europe can or ganize economic co operation transcending political and ideolog ical differences. Informed sources said there was no agreement between So viet Foreign Minister V. M. MolO' tov on one side and Britain' Ernest Bevin and France's Georges Bidault on the other concerning tne Marshall aid Europe plan. These informants predicted showdown, saying the French and the British planned to re state their proposals for European economic recovery after week end disclosure of, the Russian view that! the task of the conference was merely to decide the amount of financial aid needed from the United States and whether such aid could be obtained under the proposal advanced by Secretary of State Marshall.

French sources said the Foreign Ministers were confronted with a virtual impasse and saw little hope of their reaching agreement. The gulf between their views (Continued on Page 4, Col. 4) Parley to Decide Strike Extension On Atlantic Coast New York, June 30, (JP)f Ex tension of the present strike of CIO shipyard workers to embrace an estimated 58,000 to 69,000 more men in additional east coast areas and. Gulf Coast plants hinged on the outcome of new negotiations today but union leaders were pessimistic on the prospects of averting the spread of the walk' out. Some 42,000 ship repair and construction workers in 10 Atlan tic coast yards, members of the Marine and Shipbuilding Workers Union, struck last Thursday to enforce demands for a 13 cent hourly wage increase, six paid holidays in a year and three week paid vacations after 20 years' employ ment; They have set midnight as the deadline for operators to meet new contract demands or face extension of strike.

Involved in the new talks are six shipyards but union spokesmen indicated there was no evidence the dispute would be settled on an overall rbasis before the deadline. Under present contracts labor Continued on Page 4, Col. 1) Argument Over Communism Ends In Suicide For Ex Flyer and Father "You don't know anything about Communism, Maclnnis said sev eral guests in the house heard young Souch tell his father. A clash of views followed, then the former flyer smashed a model airplane with his fist and shouted: "So this is what I fought for this democracy." Then, Maclnnis said, he took a .32 caliber German war souvenir gun and walked out on the porch. The, father followed him.

A mo ment later there was a shot. Lewis Hegadus of Johnstown, a cousin of Michael Souch, said he rushed out on the porch in time to see the youth's father pick up the gun and fatally shoot himself. President Writes Lengthy Message Criticising Law As Inadequate9 Washington, June 30. (IP) President Truman today signed into law an extension of federal rent controls but said Mts provisions "are plainly inadequate." In a message to Congress, Mr. Truman said he was confronted with choice of "this bill or no rent control at all." The new lay extends Federal controls eight months and permits landlords to negotiate rent increases up to 15 per cent, in exchange for leases running through December 1948.

As between the rent control voted by Congress and none at all, the President said: "I have chosen the lesser of two evils!" The new act, Mr. Truman said, "marks a step backward in our effort to protect tenants against unjustified rent increases arising put of war conditions." He added: "For millions of families it will result in substantial increases in rents which until now have been held at reasonable levels. The cost of living is already too high without this additional burden. "Without any rent control millions of American families would face rapidly soaring rents and wholesale evictions. "We are still suffering from a critical housing shortage.

Even this inadequate law represents fewer dangers than with the complete lack of rent control." Mr. Truman said he was forced to sign an unsatisfactory price con trol law last July 25 order to prevent complete destruction of price control." "But," he said, "effective price control was impossible under tne new The President said that if he (Continued on Page 4, Col. 1) III Health Drings Parole For Man In County Prison The Daunhin County Court to day paroled Vincent Ciafolo, Harrisburg, R. John Shout Lingle, 1922 Briggs street, and waiter Burris, 226 Boas street. Ciafolo was sentenced June 4 to serve three to 12 months and pay a $500 fine for setting up a numbers' lottery.

He was paroled today provided' he pay his fine and costs amounting to $529.60,, and that of his wife, sentenced at the same time, of $530.85, by Wednesday. Ciafolo presented two aiti davits from physicians telling of the man's stomach disorder and arthritis, and stating his health was impaired by confinement and prison food. Lingle was sentenced! to months on June 4 when he was adjudged guilty of a statutory charge. Burns, sentenced June Zl, to two months, had pleaded guilty to aggravated assault and Industry Reaches Peacetime Peak, Survey Reveals State College, June 30, (JP)'. A' monthly business survey conduct ed by the Pennsylvania State Col lege disclosed that industrial activity in Pennsylvania reached its highest peacetime peak during the month of May.

The index of industrial activity for the month stood at 182 as contrasted with 157 a year ago, and 179 in April of this year. The index is based on coal production, man hours in manufacturing, and industrial power sales, with 1935 39 as the basis for 100. New car and truck sales were the best since 1941, while new records were set for bank debits, telephone and postal receipts. The survey showed that factory employment, payrolls and industrial power sales were at record levels for a peacetime year. THE WEATHER (O.

8. Weather Bureau) Sunrise, sunset, 8:40. Harrisburg and vicinity Part ly cloudy, warm and humid to day and tonight with scattered thundershowers this afternoon and tonight. Considerable cloudiness but continued warm and humid Tuesday with risk of occasional light showers by evening. Light variable winds.

High today 90; tomorrow, 85; yesterday, 90; low tonight, 70; last night, 70. River today and tomorrow, 3.8 feet. r..