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S. Pt Off. BOSTON, SATURDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 27, 1948 14 PAGES-FIVE CENTS VDU CUV No. 150 Copyright 194B By THE GLOBE NEWSPAPER CO. mm II UVU mvm mm Pot mm Individual Tax Bills Proposed Shortens ECA Fund Time Limit 3 Months "If Ports Aren't Available We'll Tow Some Over To M.fA Deficit Extend Debt New Congress Will Be Asked for Billion More Admiral's Proposal Jeered But It Became a Reality Channel Coast of England Turned Into Vast Army Dump Today Gen Eisenhower describes the vast logistic organization behind preparations for D-Day, and to solve an apparently unsolvable problem, the "fantastic" project of constructing artificial harbors on the Normandy coast was undertaken.

Five Years, Mayors Urge 43,000 to See Favored B. C. Play Purple Eagles Seek Pbsl Victory Since '41; Rain Predicted i Also Ask Law for Separate Bill for School Tax iwjin, nil mui fitti uiuhm pweqiwMMK? -A J. 'T'. i TRAGIC END TO THANKSGIVING REUNION A Wollaston man was critically injured, his two aunts and mother-in-law killed when this car hit a tree on Route 1, Attleboro, yesterday.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 26 (AP) President Truman night ordered full speed ahead Bn European recovery. He authorized use of the full in Marshall plan grants by next April 2. The action shortens by three months the period for which, the money was appropriated, It means that the new Con- 1 gress will be asked for a sup-plemental appropriation about $1,250,000,000, by estimate of r. Economic Cooperation Adminis- trator Paul G.

Hoffman to carry E. C. A. through June 30, the end of the fiscal year. The E.

C. A. administrator disclosed last month he would seek the speed-up and, in fact, has geared his spending to that expectation. Hoffman told reporters "substantial" progress now is being made in boosting European production and exports, and that "now is the time to hit and hit hard for recovery." Congress last April 3 voted the $4,000,000,000 ior recovery grants, plus another for repayable loans. It specified the money hould cover costs up to next July 1 or 15 months except that the President might authorize its use in 12 months if he deemed it necessary.

The White House disclosed that Hoffman asked for the speed-up Oct. 29. His letter declared it to be E. C7 judgment that only such action would meet "the pressing minimum needs" of the 16 Marshall plan countries, the Allied zones of Germany, and Trieste. Mr.

Truman's reply, dated today, said: See AID Page Concerned by the impending $9,000,000 deficit of the Metropolitan Transit Authority, the Massachusetts Mayors' Club yesterday filed legislation to permit the 14 cities and towns served by the railway to issue separate tax bills to cover each individual taxpayers' share of this deficit. At the same time the club filed with the clerk of the House another bill which would permit the 14 cities and towns, if they wished, to spread the "record-breaking deficit" over the next five years. Another measure, supported by the Mayors, would permit communities to issue separate tax bills to cover the cost of public school education. This measure was rejected last year by the Legislature. Commenting on the M.

T. A. separate tax bill, Mayor Peter J. Jordan of Revere, who is also a member of the House, said be taxpayers of the 14 cities and towns realized what this deficit means in their tax rates they would probably show more interest in conduct of the operation of this transportation system." See BILLS Page 3 1 3 Women Die in Attleboro Crash By JERRY NASON In advance of a football contest renowned for its annual decimation of the official odds, Boston College's varsity is a wavering 7-point favorite to defeat Holy Cross and crown its season amid red flares at Braves Field this afternoon. (Kickoff at 2 p.

Today's favorites have not won since 1941, a victory forged in the final 70 seconds of play; were rated from 18 to 6Vz points superior in the professional book in 1942, 1946 and a year ago, and lost all three games; have failed to score against H. C. on a premeditated running play in its last three games under the aegis of its coach, D. E. Myers.

On seasonal performance B. C. in a solid favorite; on precedent its future is fraught with peril and A sellout throng of 43,113 will witness the game. The call from the jveather-mam is for more rain, after a sunny, breezy Friday. Preposterous playing conditions will make it a "dog fight." No team, regardless of its style of attack, functions normally under adverse conditions.

The Braves management, and their crack superintendent of grounds Al Oliver have labored with unceasing diligence to provide a fast, firm tooting for the combatants. See H. C. Page 4 Auto Hits Tree; Wollaston Man Critically Hurt "THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF ENGLAND be-came one vast camp, dump and airfield" These are stacks of aircraft ammunition packed in camouflage tents. By Dwight D.

Eisenhower (Published in this territory exclusively in the Boston Globe Copyright, 1948, Doubleday Inc. All rights reserved.) Chapter 19 Is Weather Man Neutral? Two considerations, one of them decisive in character, combined to postpone the target date of the invasion from May to June. The first and important one was our insistence that the attack be on a larger scale than that originally planned by the staff assembled in London under Lt Gen Frederick Morgan. Early Attack Handicap to Air Force Another factor that made the later date a desirable one was the degree of dependence we were placing upon the preparatory effort of the Air' Force. An early attack would provide the Air Force with only a minimum opportunity for pinpoint bombing of critical transportation centers in France, whereas the improved weather anticipated for the month of May would give them much more time and better opportunity to impede the movement" of German reserves and demolish German defenses along the coast line.

See EISENHOWER Page 11 Birmingham was driving" them to their Rhode Island homes after a holiday gathering in the Birmingham home at 75 Davis st, Wollaston. Birmingham was taken to Sturdy Memorial Hospital, where his name was placed. on the danger list and his condition termed critical. He was unconscious at a late hour tonight, doctors said, with severe internal and skjall injuries. The car, according to Attleboro Police Inspector Howard OHare, went off the road about three miles north of the Rhode Island State line.

There were, no brake marks near the scene of the crash. Accordingly, O'Hara said, police believe the driver was either blinded ATTLEBORO, Nov. 26 Three elderly women were instantly killed and a prominent Wol-. laston businessman was critically injur! on the Boston-Providence road this afternoon when their automobile crashed into a tree in a tragic climax to a Thanksgiving family reunion. Charles T.

Birmingham, 59, former executive for a clothing chain and owner of the Hobby Shop, 11 Depot Quincy, was the driver, police said. The women, pronounced dead at the scene, were his two aunts, the Misses Harriett and Rose Birmingham, both in their late 60's, and both of Warwick, R. and his mother-in-law, Mrs. Mary McLaughlin, 82, of South Providence. Other family members said Gas Rate Boost OK'd in Beverly, Revere, Winthrop aAJ 2000 Singing B.

C. Rooters by the sun or stricken ill at the CHARLES T. BIRMINGHAM, Stymie Downtown Traffic wheel. itt, critically injured in fatal Attle- See ACCIDENT Pate oro crasr Seek to Link N. H.

Skeleton Irish Dail With Woman Gone 12 Years At varying points the throng came to a complete halt, defying angry motorists and pleading The origin of the demonstration was at the college gymnasium at the Heights. There 1500 gathered to listen to speakers, then moved into a torchlight caravan that wound into this city. See RALLY PI 4 Over 2000 students and friends of Boston College staged their annual pre-Holy Cross game invasion of downtown Boston last night with a spirited enthusiasm that surpassed most previous night-before rallies. The chanting and singing throng stymied traffic officers' attempts to keep motorists moving as the parade swung through the major thoroughfares. Approves Cutting Gas rate increases for 24,978 customers of the Beverly Gas Electric Company and Subjr-v ban Gas Electric Company, Revere and Winthrop, totalling $241,200 or approximately $10 a year per customer were authorized yesterday, by the state Public Utilities Commission.

At the same time the state agency approved a merger of the Eastern Massachusetts Electric Company with the New England Power Company. An increase of $139,600 was sought by the Beverly Company for its 7061 gas customers in Beverly and 2703 gas customers in Danvers. The amount was reduced to $128,600 by the commission, which ordered" the proposed rate schedule to be revised. The Beverly company buys all its gas from the Salem Gas Light Company. See RATES Pare 2 lice Sergeant Stuart Currier talked to the parents-in-law of Mrs.

Elsie Whittemore of Plymouth, who vanished from here .12 years ago, on June 29, 1936. The young wife of Edward Whittemore and mother of an 18-months-old daughter was never heard from after that date. Why Was Churchill Left Behind on D-Day? In tomorrow's Sunday Globe, Gen Eisenhower tells why he wouldn't let Churchill go with the invasion forces, and how the Prime Minister planned to sidestep his order by joining a British ship. Read also how D-Day came within an ace of being a gigantic failure; how Ike grappled with a soul-racking doubt that he was sending thousands of soldiers into a "useless slaughter." Don't miss this chapter in TOMORROWS SUNDAY GLOBE PLYMOUTH, N. Nov.

26 Massachusetts State Pathologist Alan R. Moritz and his assistant joined state and county officials today in an investigation of a human skeleton, believed to be that "of a woman, which was found today in the wilderness of Mt. Prospect a few miles north of here. Discovery of a black pocket-book and makeup articles near the remains prompted the theory the bones were those of a woman. A pair of moccasins "also was found nearby.

Before going into a detailed check of New Hampshire's missing persons files, County Solicitor Robert Jones and state po See SKELETON Page 2 Tie With Britain DUBLIN, Eire, Nov. 26 (AP) The Irish Dail (Parliament) approved tonight the cutting of the last legal tie with Britain and King George. Sean MacBride- External Affairs Minister, said preparations are being made 'to celebrate Independence Day on Jan. 21, the day the "Republic of Ireland" bill goes into effect. The date is the 32d anniversary of the declaration of the Irish Republic by the first Dail in 1917.

The Dail approved the measure on the decisive second reading without a record vote. All opposition had ceased. It Hub Judge Ordered Diapers Pinned on Teen-Age Rowdies Effective to Curb Vandals, Says Juvenile Court Magistrate By DOROTHY WAYMAN Doctors Abandon Hope for Sophoulis ATHENS. Nof. 27 (Saturday) AP) Doctors early today aban-' doned hope for- Greek Premier Themistokles Sophoulis and aid.

he was sinking fast. Forrestal Says A 'Bomb Report Withheld for 'National Security9 $3,200,000 Hike Asked in Boston School Budget Christina Shoppers and Children Jam Downtown Boston Evidently bent on getting their Christmas shopping finished early, thousands of people poured into Boston yesterday to give the city business district one of the busiest days in history. With the adults were thou-" "sands of school kids, taking advantage of a day off from school, to see the colorful Christmas displays and toys they hope they will find in their stockings. Forrestal made the statement in Washington in reply to Cambridge manufacturer Bradley Dewey, who charged the report has been, "suppressed" at the White House since last Spring. See A-BOMB Page 2 An official report written to acquaint the public with results of atom bomb tests was withheld from publication for "national security" reasons, Secretary of Defense James Forrestal said yesterday.

now goes to a committee for a perfunctory review and then a routine third reading. See EIRE Page 2 babies for 24 hours. The parents cooperated with us very finely. A probation officer made rounds to see the sentences were carried out irtfull. "Those boys were dressed in diapers.

They were fed only by nursing bottles and nipples and spooned baby food. They were rubbed with olive oU and doused with tacum powder. If they wanted to go out, they had to play in a baby-pen. See JUDGE Page 3 VA Building Sold Boston Workers Set to Vote on to U. Court Sets Price at $1,117,338 Holiday Purchases Terming the "riots" this week in the subway a form of gang rule that will end the pleasant American tradition of Thanksgiving Day football games, Judge Connelly of the Boston Juvenile Court yesterday revealed his court has taken a stand for "old-fashioned prompt punishment" to nip rowdyisnj and vandalism.

"During a wave of vandalism in school buildings a year ago, it was impressed upon us that probation and restitution were not proving deterrents. So we took a drastic step. We moved at once to impose punishment on offenders and warning to other youngsters. "This court 'sentenced' four boys guilty of malicious vandalism to be treated literally as Dock Tieup Today See SHOPPERS Pate 2 'I I Listen to the BOSTON GL0BE--WC0P QUIZDOWN LOWELL SCHOOL READ The WANTS in the GLOBE Every Day An increase of $3,200,000 in the 1949 appropriations for the Boston school budget was recommended yesterday to the School Committee by the Board of Apportionment. The Committee must act by 5 p.

m. Wednesday, the deadline for filing bills with the Legislature. It plans to take up the report Tuesday at 3. The board's recommendation was contained in a report by Deputy Superintendent of Schools Michael J. Downey.

It recommended the following increases in appropriating power: $2,000,000 for general school purposes (last year's limit was $750,000 for land and buildings, and $450,000 for alterations and repairs of school buildings. See SCHOOLS faje MAKE THEM EARLY Read the Store advertisement in tomorrow's and in the Daily Glob next week. Advertiser, to get the best results, advertise regularly in the columns the Daily and Sunday Globe. To Buy, Sell, Hire or Rent Anything, use the Globe's Want and Classified columns. Advertisements may be ordered at the Globe Office or by telephone.

Call LA 3-2000. The'building at 17 Court Boston, occupied by the Veterans Administration has been bought by the Federal Government from the Boston Edison Company for $1,117,338, it was disclosed yesterday in a judgment recorded in United States District Court. The final judgment issued by Judge Charles E. Wyzanski ended nine months of litigation over the price. United States Attorney William T.

McCarthy began condemnation proceedings last February. See BUILDING Face Opposition to a new tentative wage agreement designed to end the East Coast's A. F. of L. longshoremen's strike last night arose in Brooklyn, N.

while three balloting places were set up in Boston to handle today's secret vote of the 1700 dock workers in this city. In the first hostile act against acceptance of the paft, 2000 Brooklyn members of the International Longshoremen's Association voted, by a show of hands, to reject the proposed See STRIKE Pace PHILLIPS SCHOOL WATERTOWN 7 TO 7:30 TONIGHT WCOP fys 0 Bfore im Christina iQr 1..