Public Opinion from Chambersburg, Pennsylvania • 1

UBLIC OPINION 3FrmtfeItK 2tiroBifanj GOOD EVENING The success of a bard-boiled egg depends on cooking it long enough not to mention soon enough. "Our Republio and Its Press Will Rise or Fall Together." Joseph Pulitser 83rd YEAR Entered is Second Class Matter at tha Poat Offlea at Chambersburg, Under tha Act of March 1, 1ST CHAMBERSBURG, SATURDAY, MAY 10, 1952 Published Datly. Kxcapt Bandar by Tba Publlo Opinion Company PRICE FOUR CENTS HONORED AS OUTSTANDING MOTHERS II SENATORS STEELSEIZURE Gen. Dodd Released Unharmed hy Reds Of Kjoe POW Camp TO ADDI1ML OFFICE SPACE HE WITH IF 'Iff BHIEFS FILED PITS ,1 Mm I i sf 2 y-' vi ESCAPED REDS Some 'Minor Requests' Side With Taft on Cut Ground Breaking for But Congress Makes No Progress in Dealing With Situation WPffi OP, i-" r.A -ST, 5 Kf Mrs. Rosa de Gonzales Videla (left), wife of the president of Chile, and Mrs.

Toy Len Goon, Chinese-born Portland, resident, appear together before ceremonies honoring them at the annual awards luncheon of the American Mothers Committee in New York. Mrs. Gonzales, who has two daughters and five grandchildren, was named "Mother of the World" in recognition of ber work for welfare and social progress. Mrs. Goon, mother of eight, was selected "American Mother of She and two daughters operate a laundry in Portland.

TANK-INFANTRY PATROL SMASHES INTO RED LINES RIMARY RESULTS WSB PLANS TO EASE SOME PAY CONTROLS WASHINGTON Lf Congres sional resentment over government handling of the steel wage- price crisis simmered today but there were no immediate indica tions that lawmakers planned to do anything about it. On the steel front itself, indus try, government, and the CIO Steelworkers Union were to file briefs with the Supreme Court today in connection with the legality of President Truman's seizure of the steel Industry. Arguments are scheduled for Monday. Two House committees looking into the steel matter recessed their Investigations yesterday on an angry but inconclusive note: The House Armed Services Committee left the fate of an anti-strike receivership bill up in the air, with Rep. Kilday of Texas, a senior Democratic member, accusing the Truman administration of staging a "sitdown" strike against the bill by declining to furnish witnesses from the Labor and Justice Departments.

The House Labor Committee re leased Nathan P. Felnslnger. chairman of the embattled Wage Stabilization Board (WSB) which one legislator said was stacked in favor of labor after three consecutive days of a grilling examination on the boardVs controversial recom mendation for a 26-cent-an-hour wage increase package and the un ion shop. The group calls in industry members of the board start ing Monday. The first witness is expected to be George Armstrong, president of the Texas Bteei won Danv of Fort Worth.

While Congress continued to raise dust over the WSB's steel rulinsr and its historic aftermath. there were these developments in the steel and related labor picture: 1. Labor members of the WSB urged public and industry members to adopt immediately a policy permitting additional wage increases to cover higher worker (Turn to page 7, please) IKE REPEAIS HE Ceneral Says If People Like Him for President They'll Know Where to Find Him OSLO, Norway Ml Gen. Eisenhower said last night that if the people like him for President "they will know where to find me" but repeated that he has no Intention of campaigning for the Republican nomination. Oslo was Eisenhower's last stop farewell tour as supreme Allied commander.

His assignment ends June 1 and he plans to return to the United States then to be avail able if he is nominated by the Re publican convention in July. He discussed his political plans with reporters during a coffee and brandy hour following a state din' ner given him by the Norwegian eovernment. But he asserted that "I have said before and I say now that I do not plan to make any cam- Daien. The general will retire to civilian life when he returns but will remain a five star general under a rule which gives a life career to generals of the Army. As long as he holds the rank.

Army iraai' tion calls for him to remain as aloof as possible from political partisanship. He said he will resign lus gen eral's commission If he is nomin ated so that he can speak without such hindrance. WONT CAMPAIGN New Building Set for Armed Forces Day SHOPS STRUCTURE ALSO IN PLANNING Thirty-thousand square feet of of fice space are to be provided by a new administration service building soon to be constructed at Letter kenny Ordnance Depot, according to plans and specification being drawn by architects. Ground breaking exercises at the site of the new office building will be a feature of Letterkenny's ob servance of Armed Forces Day on May 17. Participants In the program will include Col.

Thomas F. Donahue, commanding officer of the military installation, and Con Eressmen Richard M. Simpson Huntingdon, and James F. i York. The new office building, to be constructed from an $11,000,000 expansion fund set aside for Letter-kenny under the current military budget, is being planned by Madyeski Masters, a Harrisburg architectural firm.

Designated a "permanent" structure, the building's principal construction will be of concrete block. It is expected that the district engineer's office in Baltimore, which will supervise construction, will receive bids on the project late next month. The U-shaped building will be located just east of Gate 1, the main entrance to the depot near Salem. At least a portion of the building will be located outside the fence that surrounds the depot, making the building and some of its offices easily accessible to small business representatives and to those seek' ing employment. At the present time these depot callers must enter the reservation, making it neces sary that they be cleared through guard offices.

Among offices and branches to be assigned space in thg new building will be the signal office, reproduction office, civilian personnel, safety director, guard captain, purchasing and contract branch, salvage and sales branch and payroll office. In addition, the dispensary and a' cafeteria will get space In the building. Other construction operations pending at Letterkenny include a mammouth base shops building, which will Incorporate under one roof all depot maintenance division shops now located in seven separate warehouse-type buildings. Bids for this project, which reported exceed $2,000,000, are now in the hands of the district engineer in Baltimore. Plans also are advancing for construction of two warehouses at the depot to be used by the General Services Administration.

75 Riders and 50 Horses in Annual Event Penn Hall Leads Intercollegiates Approximately 75 riders and 50 horses competed in the two day tenth annual Horse Show of the Penn Hall Riding Club yesterday afternoon and today. Nineteen trophies and 126 ribbons were offered in the 21 classes, which were open to team and individual competition in novice, intermediate and advanced classifications. The highlight of the show was the intercollegiate modified Olympic three-phase event, which included the modified dressage phase yesterday afternoon, the cross country phase this morning and the ring jumping phase this afternoon. The intercollegiate event was being closely contested between teams from Penn Hall and Penn State. At the end of the second phase early this afternoon, Penn Hall led by a 11-point margin.

The host school had been awarded 371 points to Penn State's 360 In the first two phases of the event. The weather, until shortly after noon today, when an overcast closed In was Ideal for the show. Last night's rain laid the dust in the Penn Hall paddock, where a large part of the activity took place." Saturday a. m. Results Hunter hack Sponsored by Mr.

and Mrs. Jacob Holle, Maplewood. N. J. Hard to Get Gertie, ridden by Ann Singrich.

Junior Beauford Hunt Club, Harrisburg; For Lou. Ann King Bailey, Junior Beauford Hunt Club: Easy, Carol Eicnier, Penn Hall; Queen B. Nancy Wild, Penn State; At Last, Evelyn Gomez, Penn Hall; Headache, Carol Holle, Penn Hall. Pairs of hunters Sponsored by Mr. and Mrs.

R. E. Corridini. Madt son, N. J.

Koolwyne and Tom Thumb, Evelvn Gomez and Suzanne PENN HALL HORSE SHOW UNDER WAY Of Prisoners Granted By U. N. Officials RED PROPAGANDA MILLS GET BUSY SEOUL, Korea. WV-The U. S.

Eighth Army announced tonight that Brig. Gen. Francis T. Dodd has been released In good health and good spirits by Communist prisoners of war on Kjoe island. Dodd, then commander of prison camps on the island, was seized by Red prisoners Wednesday as he conferred with them at the gate oi compound 76.

An Eighth Army statement said the General's release came after meeting of Communist ring leaders of the compound. It was attended by prisoner leaders from other compounds on the island. The conclave of Communist POW leaders came after Gen. James A. Van Fleet, U.

S. Eighth Army Commander, made it clear he was preparing to use force if the General were not released unharmed. The terms worked out at the conference of Reds were not immediately disclosed. An Army spokesman said Dodd would be flown to Seoul tomorrow and would hold a new3 conference. The spokesman said also that cor respondents would be allowed to visit Koje tomorrow.

The island Is 30 miles off the southeastern tip of Korea. Dodd will spend the night with Brig. Gen. Charles Colson, who was appointed commander of the Koje camps the day after Dodd was seized. Dodd was snatched Wednesday afternoon and dragged inside Compound 76, where 6.000 North Korean die-hard Communists are held.

He and another officer, Lt. Col. Robert Raven, Newton, were standing by the wide, main gate of the compound, talking with leaders of the prisoners. The pair evidently had been lured there by Communist leaders fop a conference. Suddenly the Red POWs grabbed Dodd and hustled him insida the compound.

Raven managed to fight his way from the arms of the Reds and escape. For three days, the Reds held Dodd prisoner, meanwhile negotia ting with him for settlement of the prisoner's grievances. American meals were passed in to the 52-year-old General and he was allowed free use of the telephone inside the compound. Over this telephone he asked camp authorities to refrain from using force to get him out until the Red leaders had completed a list of their demands, Saturday morning the Army said they had granted some of the Red demands "minor requests" which Included use of a telephone, writing paper and the admittance of prisoner leaders from other compounds on the island. Approximately 80.000 Reds are held on the island most of them are among the 70,000 prisoners who have said they will return to communism.

Koje has been the scene of two bloody earlier prisoner riots. Crammed behind the barbed wire are many Red die-hards who demonstrate, shout and sing Communist songs. On Feb. 18, a batch of Reds rioted and 75 prisoners were killed and 135 wounded as American troops opened fire to stop it. One American soldier was killed and 38 wounded.

Dodd was named camp commander two days later. Another riot erupted on March 13 and 12 prisoners were killed and 26 wounded. While the Reds held Dodd captive, Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway, on the eve of his departure for Europe, issued a stinging blast at the kidnaping.

He ordered Eighth Army Commander James A. Van Fleet to use "whatever force is necessary" to get Dodd out. The Red propaganda mills seized immediately on the incident and Ridgway order. North Korean 'General Nam at the Panmunjom truce talks, charged the V. N.

was preparing "another massacre" on the island. Ridgway said at a news conference in Tokyo the Dodd kidnaping "may very well affect the Korean truce talks." Weather Forecast Eastern Pennsylvania Cloudy with scattered showers likely tonight, low 46-52. Sunday, mostly cloudy and cooler. THE HIGH AND LOW A YEAR AGO May 9 80-48 May 10 6452 May 11 5849 Mav 12 6245 Mav 13 7338 Mav 14 7435 May 15 82-42 Mav 16 8750 May 17 8853 May 18 70-53 Yesterday's High and Lo 73 38 Rainfall JH oi an loch. In Funds for Foreign Arms Aid Program SAY EXCHANGE OF VIEWS FAVORS TAFT WASHINGTON Taking Issue with Gen.

Dwight D. Eisenhower, two Democratic senators said today President Truman's foreign aid program could be cut by two billion dollars without endangering the military build-up abroad. Sen. Allen J. Ellender of Louisiana and Sen.

Walter F. George of Georgia thus sided with Sen. Robert A. Taft of Ohio, a candidate as is Eisenhower for the Republican presidential nomination. Taft has said "I do not at all agree" with Eisenhower's statement that any cut materially greater than one billion dollars "might endanger the proposed military build-up now visualized." The sharp split in viewpoints be tween Taft and Eisenhower, leading Republican contenders for the nomination, indicated foreign aid spending would become a major campaign issue.

Commenting on the political aspects of the Taft-Eisenhowep state ments. Ellender said he believes Talt "stands to benefit politically much more than Eisenhower in this exchange of views on foreign aid spending." He added: "On the basis of my mail and the talk I've heard, the overwhelming majority of the people are in favor of trimming this program as deeply as we possibly can. I think most people like Taft's position better than Eisenhower's" Eisenhower, soon-to-retire European defense commander, set forth his views in a message Thursday to Sen. Tom Connally (D-Tex), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. That committee and the House Foreign Affairs Committee have voted to slice one billion dollars off the administration program.

Eisenhower said reduction "of the order of a billion dollars would be heavily and seriously felt," and that any cut at all would "tend to curtail or retard the build-up of forces. John Eutzy Is Treated for Fractured Collarbone After Running Into Orchard John E. Eutzy, 39, of Shippens burg, R. R. 3, was released from the Chambersburg Hospital yesterday after treatment of a fracture of the collarbone and a laceration of the head he reportedly suffered late Thursday night in a one-car acci dent on a township three miles south of Shippensburg.

State police, who are continuing their investigation of the accident, said today that Eutzy claimed that an oncoming truck's lights blinded him and caused him to run oft the road and uproot six peach trees in the orchard of Ferd C. Bikle, Fay etteville. R. R. 1.

The accident happened, police said today, at 11 o'clock Thursday night. The Eutzy 1934 Chevrolet coach, valued at S100, was demoi ished. Town Man's Car Damaged Police are also continuing their investigation of a one-car accident at 5:45 ajn. today on the Lincoln Highway, five miles west of town, in the 1949 Cadillac convertible coupe of Parker McKeehan. 146 Glen SU was damaged to the extent of approximately $1,000.

Police said that McKeehan was traveling east when he lost control and traveled on the right berm for some distance before hitting three guard posts. Cars of William L. Chapman, Fayetteville. and Clyde King, R. R.

2, were damaged to the extent of approximately $25 and $40. respectively, in an accident Investigated by borough police at 9 o'clock last night at the intersection of Edgar and Norland avenues. Patrolman Glenn Rife said that both vehicles were traveling north in Edgar avenue and that Chap- (Turn to page 6, please) COIN'S AND ON DISPLAY AT BANK A display of XT. S. coins and currency has been set up in the lobby of the Fanners Merchants Trust Co.

by the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia. The display may be inspected during the bank's open house which extends until 5:30 this alter noon or during regular banking hours on Monday. This afternoon's open house event marks the com pletion of a $110,000 expansion and modernization program undertaken by tha bau. BUNDED DRIVER INJUR DIN CRASH DEATH OF WIDOW CORONER'S JURY Driver of Auto Testifies He Didn't See Mrs. Cora Funk Walking on Highway A verdict of accidental death was returned yesterday afternoon by a coroner's jury in the death on April 22 of Mrs.

Cora Funk, 75, a widow, of 471 S. Fourth St. The inquest was held at the Barbour funeral home, and was conducted by Coroner S. D. Shull.

Mrs. Funk was struck down and almost instantly killed at 7:45 p. m. by the 1936 Buick sedan driven by Paul B. Newcomer 17, of 573 E.

King St. The jury found that Mrs. Funk died as a result of injuries received when struck by an automobile driven by Newcomer, and that, "We believe, from evidence presented before us, that Mrs. Funk met her death accidentally." As the first witness. Dr.

A. Mary Brown, chiropractor, of 1049 Lincoln Way East, stated that Mrs. Funk left her home at 7:40 the evening she was killed, intending to board a bus for her return to Cham- bersburg. Dr. Brown testified that she cautioned Mrs.

Funk not to go onto the road "as long as you see a car coming." She stated that she did not see the accident, having gone back into the house. Dr. Louis C. Gordon, 1051 Lincoln Way East, in front of whose (Turn to page 6, please) LONG-TIME DRUG STORE SITE SELLS FOR $39,500 One of Chambersburg's oldest business buildings went under the auctioneer's hammer at public sale this morning on the courthouse plaza. Offered by the estate of S.

Miller Greenawalt, the three-story brick business and apartment building on the southwest corner of Main and Queen Streets' was purchased by William B. Steinbach, 635 Lincoln Way East, at his bid of $39,500. Mr, Steinbach operates William's Spec ialty Shop at 26 S. Main St. The property has been the site of a drug business for more than 80 years.

The late Charles H. Cressler corner store room in the early 1870's. Mr. Greenawalt continued operation of the drug store until his recent death. In addition to the store room formerly occupied by the drug store, the building also includes a West Queen Street business room now occupied by a barber shop.

The second floor houses a four-room apartment and the third floor a five' room apartment. Auctioneer Howard A. Cook was in charge of the sale for Bertha A. Greenawalt. executrix of the estate, who was represented by Attorney Thomas K.

Scheller. ACCIDENTAL, SAYS SEOUL, Korea IS-An artillery-supported Allied tank-infantry patrol smashed into Communist lines and fought an all day battle Friday with 1,000 Chinese on the Korean Western Front. An Eighth Army spokesman said the patrol pulled back at night after the heavy engagement northeast of the Panmunjom truce site. The Fifth Air Force in a weekly summary said Allied planes shot down 13 Communist aircraft, prob ably destroyed one and damaged five. The Air Force said it lost 10 planes in combat, one in an aerial fight and nine to Red ground fire.

GREENE SELECTS Delays Announcement Until Appointee Agrees to Serve-Two Others Chosen Final nominees were chosen to' day for the high school building authority of the Chambersburg Joint District. The Greene Township school board, meeting this morning at the local high school, picked a repre sentative but deferred announce' ment of its selection until confirming the appointment with him. Previously Chambersburg had nominated five and the other four districts, one each. The authority is to have the same number of rep resentatives as the joint committee which operates the present high school. The building authority will have the task of issuing bonds for the proposed $3,000,000 school.

To safeguard the privilege of local banks serving as trustee for the building authority bonds, persons connected with any of the banks have been excluded from the au thority. This policy is in accord' ance with recommendation of the legal advisers who will pave the way for marketing of the bonds. Only one district had selected a banker as its representative. In view of the legal advisers' counsel, J. Norman Statler, an official of the Farmers Merchants Trust Company, has withdrawn as Hamil ton's representative.

He has been succeeded by Harold Miller, of R. 6, a heavy equipment contractor. He is a former Hamilton school di rector. J. Floyd Swanger of Roxbury lias been selected to represent Lurgan, and William L.

Caltrider of Pleas ant Hall, to represent Letterkenny, Caltrider is employed by the L. Smith Division here. Guilford earlier announced M. Lee Hartzok, township tax collector. as its representative, and the Chambersburg board cn Thursday night selected Dr.

Gordon P. Van Buskirk, Dr. Owen Hartman, Attorneys E. C. Wingerd Jr, J.

Stew- (Turrt to page 6, please) cracked the cement slab 6.4 times more than an 18.000-lb. axle load, On trucks with two sets of rear wheels and axles, 44.800-lb. loads caused 12.3 times as much crack' ing as loads. Highway engineers and the truck people have bitterly disputed for years the damage done to pavements by heavy loads. Neither side has been able to put up much scientific evidence.

Now. for the first time, the en gineers have findings from a test AUTHORITY Col. Wilbur Raven (above), of Newton, Texas, escaped from Communist prisoners of war on South Korea's Koje Island May 7, when prison camp commandant Brig. Gen. Francis T.

Dodd was seized as a hostage. The Colonel was identified as the officer involved by ational Broadcasting Company correspondent John Rich. SUPPLIES OF GAS GOES INTO EFFECT Restrictions Imposed in 32 Eastern and Midwestern States and in D. of C. DENVER LT5 A government or der reserving supplies of motor gasoline to maintain essential transportation went into effect to day in 32 eastern and midwestern states and the District of Colum bia.

The order, Issued by the Petrol eum Administration for Defense (PAD), concerns operators of bulk gasoline plants, terminals and large filling stations. About one-half of all service stations in the area, stretching from the Atlantic seaboard to Kan sas and Oklahoma, will be in' volved, the PAD estimated. That was the latest step result ing from the 11-day-old strike of refinery and pipeline workers in the oil industry. Previously, step3 had been taken to cut down on use of high-octane aviation gasoline in commercial. private and military fields.

Meanwhile, an extension of the nationwide strike to California was cancelled early today by CIO oil- workers. At San Francisco, union inter national representative James Thornberry said a strike at the Shell Chemical Corp. plant at Pittsburgh was called oft at the request of union headquarters in Denver. The decision came as the refinery was closing down part of its operations. National union headquarters previously had asked California workers to stay on the job because of the role California refineries play in the war effort.

It was said, however, such immunity could be ended any time. The new PAD order, which went into effect at 3:01 a.m.. EST. today, holds that supplies may not drop below "3.000 barrels of motor fuel or a quantity equal to 5 per cent of total storage capacity, whichever amount is smaller." The Inventory re- (Turn to page 6, please) The stiff-faced guards gave no reason for their action. "They didn't tell us our docu ments were not in order." said one of the soldiers who was turned back.

He said the Russians did not display a "tough" attitude, but merely handed back the papers and refused entry. Allied use of the Autobahn is prescribed in four power agreements just like that setting off corridors for air transports to follow to and from Berlin. The incident gave Berlin another case of Soviet jitters. There was immediate speculation whether the action might be a forerunner of more serious Soviet attitudes. ORDER RESERVING ARE CERTIFIED TO McPherson Top Vote-Cetter in Franklin County, Official Count Discloses Results of the official count made by the Franklin County commissioners of the votes cast in the county during the April .22 primary election were certified yesterday to the State Elections Bureau in Har risburg.

Without exception, the results of unofficial tallies made immediately following the election were con firmed generally by the official count. Top vote-getter on' the Republi can ballot was Donald P. McPherson, Gettysburg, who received 4,888 votes in his successful, and unop posed bid, for renominatlon as State senator from the Adams-Franklin district. Harry M. Montgomery, Allegheny County, received 1,064 votes as a Democrat in seeking re- nomination as State Supreme Court Judge to pace candidates on Democratic ballot in the county.

Mont gomery's name also appeared on the Republican ballot. Democratic voters of the county, without any candidate appearing on their ballots for President, wrote in the names of 14 candidates. Lead' ing this group was Sen. Estes Ke fauver with 331 votes. Among write- in candiates receiving less than 10 votes were Gen.

Douglas MacAr- thur, 5, Vice President Barkley 3, Sen. Harry Byrd 2, Dr. Thomas In-J field 1, Sen. Russell 5, Sen. George 1, Gov.

Earl Warren 2, and Paul Douglas 1. The official count: REPUBLICAN resident Eisenhower 3.135 Stassen 499 Taft 1,764 MacArthur 43 Warren 5 V. S. Senate Sccblick 610 Clark 646 Martin 3,941 Supreme Court Arnold 3,338 Montgomery 1,566 Auditor General Barbour 4.790 State Treasurer Heyburn 4,777 Congress Simpson 4,763 (Turn to page 6, please) HALF OF STATE FARMS NOW IN SOIL DISTRICTS HARRISBURG Owners of more than half of the 146.887 farms in Pennsylvania now have opportunity to cooperate voluntarily with coun ty-wide soil conservation districts, according to State Secretary of Agriculture Miles Horst. On receipt of notice this week from the commissioners of Cum berland County that a suitable resolution declaring that county to be a soil conservation district had been adopted by the commis sioners.

Horst said 51 per cent of the state's farms are contained in such districts. Cumberland is the 29th Pennsylvania county to be established as a soil conservation district under an act approved by the General As sembly in 1945. A part of Franklin County has been operating as a district for some years under an act of 1936. the secretary explained. The southeastern section of the state is now almost completely blanketed by 10 soil conservation districts, he added.

They include Adams. Berks. Chester. Cumber- land. Dauphin.

Lancaster. Lebanon, iLeiugh, Perry and York- Soviet Guards Bar Regular Allied Military Patrols From Autobahn Road Engineers Report Findings on Truck Weights and Highway Damage BERLIN Lfl Russian guards barred regular Allied military patrols today from the 110-mile Autobahn carrying Allied traffic through the Soviet zone of Germany between Berlin and the Allied zones. Regular truck and private vehicle traffic continued to roll ahead as usual, with only the normal stack-up of truckers at each entry where fussy Soviet guards check their papers and cargoes. Border guards at Helmstedt. at the British zone end of the superhighway, and at Babelsberg, on the Berlin end.

abruptly turned back the patrols after checking papers. BALTIMORE. f.W A group of road engineers today advanced the first solid evidence for a theory they long have preached about the way big loads break up highways. The theory, roughly: Twice as much load does several times more than twice as much damage. For proof, the engineers cited tests run more than a year ago on a 1.1-mile stretch of U.

S. 301 near La Plata. 41 miles south of Washington. The first published summary of the tests showed these main findings: A axle load on trucks (Turn to page a. please) (Tutu to page please) .4.