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Jacksonville Journal VOL. 272 OS om Mattox Posi 01 Crazed Killer Of 5 Loose In New Jersey; Six Others Wounded JACKSONVILLE, MORNING, NOVEMBER 18, 1950 TWELVE CENTS Allies Move, Forward With Little Opposition GunmanFlees Rural Murder Scene In Car BULLETIN Vineland, N. Nov. Ernest canito, New Jersey gunman, billed Michael Mazzoli, 44, his other-in-law; Mrs. Peal Mazzoli, 44, his mother-in-law; John Pioppi, 46, his uncle; Mrs.

Thereso Pioppi, 64, his wife's grandmother, and Marion Pioppi, 28. Wounded were Ingenito's Tessie, 23, and a girl, Jean Pioppi. 0th- wounded, all reported in cri- ical condition at Newcomb lospitol in Vineland, were identified as Mrs. Hilda Mazzoli, 34 and her husband Frank, 35. SITLAnON IN HAND With First Marine Air Wing.

North Korea. Nov. W. W. Hazleil Muscatine.

Iowa, and First Lt. W. E. of Austin, were ilying near the Changjin at dusk today when they a great irpurt ilame below. any they radioed the ground air control oliicer.

came the reply, couple of the couldn't get their campfire started -o they did it with a Vineland, N.J., Nov. Five people were killed tonight a berserk gunman identified by New Jersey State Police as Ernie Inganito, about 26. At least SIX others were reported wounded in the tragic shootings in Pincy Hollow, a farm and scrub section of South Jersey. Reports coming in from state policc throughout South Jersey described the gunpian as about 25, married and separated from his wife At the Malaga station, officials said they were jnable to explain the reason for the killings. Tlu crazed wa'? armed uith a Tlioinj)son machine gun.

one barrrck.s nported, and was on in ilie wooded iic ii of the area. Hr made r.H-ape in a green, four aoor Ford 1941 modfl. Malaga the ii.Ks took place at two diiierei.i and a Pmey Hollow and about two mik" from the house. were to if tiieie was anv relraon the vicum.s anri (heir The dead were 'denufied as Marion Pioppi. 28.

John Pioppi. 40, Mike Pearl 45. and Thf're a Piopni. ape Three otlier.v were in Ntwcomb I he were nl the Sept. 7, 1949 of by Howard Unruh in Cam- about 20 miles trom the scene of machine Unruh.

a war veteran, now in the New Jersey 5 tate hospital for the turned loose a German Luger cr; n.s unsu.vpecting victims. bizarre affair took plart, ilong a of Harding liighwav, lear little Piney Hollow in Cumber- and county. State police immediately mobilized throughout the state in an intensive search for the killer At Newcomb in Vineland, olficial.s reported four of the in- nired as Hilda and her husband. Frank. Ingtnto and an unidentified patient.

One ol the dead. Mrs. Pearl Mazziua. dieo in the emergency room of the hns- pital. The others were killed in- Ntanily by the burst oi Vet Recognizes Stolen Clothes Worn Bv Trio Long Beach.

Nov. Navy veteran Robert S. Lee of New York had a tire blowout near Dry- deri. Sunday night, and wiiile he auay from his auto to iiet helj), hi.s bag of clothing Today Lee wa.s standing in line at the department of employment when ne he recognized some of the clotiiiiig. One man.

he was wearing his jacket, another his ana a third shoes. So he stepped out of line and called police. Officers arrested Ralph T. Brackner. 28, of James E.

Faulkner, 22. of Harvey, and Jamev a. Brabham. 23. of Baton Rouge.

and tX)oked them for in- ve.vtigation of auto theft, burglary and kidnaping. In their apartment, officers said, they found 19-year-old Rosa Lee Leiiew 0 Harvey. a wh.o complained that she was plied with liquor and torced against her will to accompanv the trio here. FBI were notified and are investigating the young kidnaping Police said thev found additional rlothine in the apartment which Lee claims was stolen from cai. They ''aid the men are unable to satisfactorily account for the auto thev nrove here.

Groups Urge Larger Profits Tax Washington. Nov. 17 Two big labor organizations urged today that the administration seek up to Se.OOO.OOO.OOO or S7.000.000.000 a year revenue from an e.xcesb profits tax on corporations. Sjx)kesmen for the American Federation of Labor and the Congress cf Industrial Organizations' prai.sed the aim of President 4 OOO.OGO.OOO a year program, but It didn't go far enough. The CIO told the Hou.se and means committee that between 6 .000,000.000 and S7.000.000.000 a year in profits must stripped from the corporations.

The AFL said such a tax ought to net not less than 5 ,000.000,000 to S6.000.000.000. Their recommendations were in 'harp contia-t to the ideas oi bUM- who appeared Ix-fore the conmnttee yesterday. Although the Democratic majority on the committee insisted that the testimony be held to the exce.ss profits rax and nothing else, the businessmen man- ased to make it clear they think the extra revenue shoulci be obtained from other Some of the sources have been suggested are hislier indiMdual income normal tax for corporations, new or higher taxes and even a federal tax. Arthur A. Elder.

AFL tax consultant. told the committee that a properly profits tax would involve serious hard- for considering their present level of earnings. By The Associated Press Seoul, Korea, Saturday, Nov. U. S.

tank column smashed a Red trap in frigid northeast Korea Friday and roared northward in a bid to reach the Manchurian ix)rder in three or four days. On other fronts, allied patrols probed forward two to three miles agamst little or no opposition. Springfield. 111.. Nov.

Behind-the-front war flared in Illinois supreme court asreed today central Korea. Thirty Red to hear Republican oi vote set Kapyong on fire and put its 8.000 count errors in the Nov, 7 Cook civilians to flight in chilly weather county judge election. Three hours later, reinforced South It blocked, for the time being, any Korean police drove the raiders out announcement bv the Cook county of the town 32 miles northeast ol Seoul. GOP Protest On Jorecki To Be Heard Civilian Supplies Of Copper, Brass Will Be Curtailed U. N.

Adopts Western Resolution For Peace canva.ssing board of the outcome oi the contest. It set a hearine on the matter for January 2. This was a victory for Republican Grenville who, on basi.s of unofficial was Red Trap Fails In the northeast, scene of principal action, two battalions of communist troops tried to trap a the column of tanks and infantry from de- the U. S. Seventh division.

The site marmn wa; feated by the Democratic bent. Edmund K. Jarecki. judge.ship. Jarecki's iinoificial 17.000 Beardsley has challenged the un- oificial He claims a check of the mechanical counters on 2,300 voting machines with the tally would show him the winner.

He had obtained from Judge John Sbarbaro in Cook county superior court an order directing the canvassing board to make such a comparison. Jarecki lia- been county judge more than 2.5 years. county iudae he is head of the election board and member of the canvassint; board. Earlier today in Chicago, the election board obtained an Illinois appellate court ruhng. temixirarily upsetting Judge order, winch was issued Tuesday.

lawyers immediately asked the Supreme Court in Sprinii- field to take over the cH-e. This the high tribunal agreed to do. incum- was a narrow gorge six miles south- for the west of Kapsan. which is 21 miles south of the Yalu river border between Manchuria and Korea, The Americans killed 128 of the machinegunning Reds in a three- hour battle' and the resC fleeing. Whether the Reds were or Koreans was not clear.

The Americans suffered some dead and wounded. Col. Harbert B. Powell, commander of the 17th regiment, which made the advance, told Associated Tom Stone he expected to reach the Manchurian fron- New York. Nov.

U.N. as.sembly today condemned fifth columns as aggressive weapons, called aggression the gravest crime against peace, and once more urged the nations to accept the U.N. majority plan for control of atomic energy. backed by the Uinted State.s and the West as the N. to the Sov -1 Stockholm peace ap -1 peal.

50 To 5 Tlie vote on the section on fifth ana 50 to 5. Y'ugoslavia abstained. The Pending Cut Washington, Nov. iThe National Production Auth- 'ority today notified the copper and brass industries it hat; drafted an order curtailing The assembly by overwhelming Soviet bloc it, civilian use of copper votes approved a two-part resohi- instead the assembly adopt the Cut, not announced, reportedlv tion for peace through deeds. It wao Stockholm plan ideas which would will be 25 or 30 per cent.

----------------------------------label as a war criminal any country Jhe action W'lll reduce sup- usmg atomic bombs first. manufacturers of radio and television sets, makers of cars and household appliances, and the electronics one comrnunications industries. At the same time, receivec union bloc of five, plus India and complaints from the telephone, telegraph, radio and cable Railroads Need New Released Convict Found Dead ilh 2nd Bodv Andover. Nov. five moiuhs ago.

A. Lemieux full prife in the oi III 'tate for -trarolinr a woman in 1P42. 1 to eight to 10 he got out of prison in 0 year- early for good conduct. Conditions attached to his parole duty of rerorting regularly to a probation lifted of ear Lrmieux was a man. Todav, the 37-year-ola convict was found body of hi -ecord woman -tuffed in trunk of his ear.

Medical Examiner Julius J. said Lemieux urdered Mrs. Pauline At'pins. 36. and th.en took his own ding this tjine a suicide he attempted after cl.iiiiiinn his first cigh: vear- Pahce him in 1942 after he jumped inta a Lawrence Peiping Radio Derides Pledge Of Truman, r.S, London.

Nov. Onna's Peiping radio tonight derided assurances by President Truman that the United States no agcre-sive intentions against China, Statements by the -ec- retary of State and otiiers "are r.ot here." said a broadcast heard in London. find Truman asain offerins reassurances and imploring that the Chinese ('ould not Pacific said the can be reassured. There is no America has lied and smashed her wav across the world to Chinese territory and into it. has seized Chine'C Taiwan Formosa' and i- threatening another Vietnam, people are not deceived by what they see throuch this curtain of and bellicositv." Pittsburgh Papers Back In Operation After Strike Nov.

17 Pittsburghers heaved a sigii of relief tonight as this steel and coal daily went back into operation after a seven-week strike. The morninii Post-Gazette was the fir't to get under way. The afternoon Sun-Tclegraph and Press made ready for editions tomorrow. The long shutdown of the dailies oflicially ended at 5:25 a.m. with an agreement after all night negotiations with non-strikers demanding back pay for the time they were idle.

The issue was submitted to binding arbitration. Actually the strike involved 200 mailing room workers. They w'alked out pet. 1. demanding a 13: cent an hour pay boost.

They got 10 cents in a settlement Tuesday night with another three and a half cents to come in nine months. The mailers previously got $78.13 for a hour week. tier in or four Going To Yalu plan to go to the Yalu river then pull back and he said. are if they fire across the river at us. we'll hell out of American fishter and bomber pilots said the immediate objective, was gutted and still burning from two days of air attacks.

The fhers reported no sign of life in the streets. Kapsan was once a marshalling center for Red troops. An observation pilot from the Seventh divi.sion who flew his little plane along the south bank of the Yalu Friday reported: did -ee anv enemv not 'S New York Nov, 17 rail- will need an 267.00v lew frei 2 ht cars by Jalv 19 3 to their coal of having l.soo.oor in William Fancy today. Faricy. who re-elected V- president of the Railroads, made the esti- nate in a news conference following he annual meeting lere.

The estimate of needed i- ncre than twice the 122 000 the railrcads now 'lave on order. Faricy noted. Sufficient steel for building lO.OOvi rars a month ha- been the incustry beginninc in January, but th.e A A head said hr did rot expect that be reached before Ot TOBFR A( IDENTS 182 LIVES Sprincfield, 111,. Nov, traffis accider.t,- 182 lives in Octo'oer. a percent inciea-e oi October a year aeo.

the State Division reported today. Survivors Unable To Explain Crash Nov. 01 ti-'e era of I'l ige an iorce d.r-'T'c: aeiial werr vnable tcclay to explain Tliiiteen deser: and 10 bailed out and landec atour 1 The 'UrM'vOr'i. none nun. related their e.ioeriences in ceiling out ol the era-nine planer today Foi'ce bn-t here.

All asreed reiuehr.i: oper. "ior. a air foii eciniicr.e. -eemed tc b( progre'Sinrr the planes their The flow of tr.e B-29 aerial gas -tatmn and the B-5t bomber had not beeun. Naw ill Honor Hero Of Pacific.

Captain Cromwell Annapolis. Nov. 17 Memorial services will be held at the naval academy for Captain John Cromwell next Sunday exactly years after his death. The medal of honor winner pur- po-ely remained on sinking submarine while his crew abandonee 'hip to avoid capture by the Japanese at Truk. of honor at the ceremonies will be the captain's son.

Mid- 'hipman John Phillip Cromwell. Jr. Vice Adm, Charles A. Lockwood. Pacific Fleet commander wiien Cromwell died, will unveh the bronze memorial plaques which vvill later adorn the quarters weil occupied while at the academv.

Born in Henry. 111.. Sept. 16. 1901.

Captain Cromwell is sunived hii Mrs, Margaret R. Cromwell of Palo Alto, Calii. Peace Congress Applauds As Red Denounces IJ. S. Warsaw.

Poland. Nov. 17 Delegates to the second world peace eongress applauded wildly tonight as Soviet Writer Alexander Fadeyev declared the United States is a warmongering aggressor saturating Korea with the blood of children. new war is knocking at the said the grey-haired Fadeyev, gesturing vigorously. But he added quickly that it is not to late to save international peace.

He proposed that there should be a nation-wide tour of the United States by Gen. Douglas MacArthur. commander in chief of the United Nations forces in Korea, and five Korean mothers, each pleading their The congre.ss. which is topheavy with Ru.ssian delegates and surrounded with Communist fanfare, cheered Fadeyev lustily. Delegates sprang to their feet in demonstrations of enthusiasm.

Later, dozens stormed around Fadeyev to get his autograph. VIorse Presses Bid For Policy Seat; Quotes Vandenberg Nov. 17 Senator Morse (R-Orei pressed his fight for a seat on the Senate Foreign Relations committee by producing today a letter from Senator Vandenberg of Michigan. In it Vandenberg. top-ranking Republican on the committee, told Morse path is now clear for you to cash your lOU on a Vandenberg added that he would be happy over such an outcome.

A fight appeared to be on between Morse and forces backing Senator Knowland (R-Calif) for the coveted committee vacancy in the new congress. The outcome may have an important bearing on the course of foreign policy. Vandenberg has been a leader in an effort to carry out a bi-partison foreign policy. Morse probably has been more often in corner than has Knowland. I A quiet boom came to licht this week lor Knowland.

sharp critic of administration handling of foreign affairs, particularly in the Far East. Morse has the advantage of seniority. a point cherished by the Senate. The attitude of Vandenberg has been a big question mark. The a.ssembly next approved.

49 to 0 the second section of the tion condemning all propaganda against peace and hitting at Iron Curtains hindering mutual understanding between peoples. The Sov- Israel abstained on that section. vSubmit The assembly cleared its decks of the last big item on jx'ace and finally defeated the major Soviet program for this session. The Ru.ssians. however, tossed 'oefore the U.N.

today another version of their program in amendments to Secre, tary-General Trygve 20-year program for achieving peace through the U.N. Lie was reported to have declined to include the Soviet points in his program when he showed it to Prime Minister Joseph Stalin in Moscow- last spring during his visits to the capital' of the Big Four. This was reported on gcx)d authority here to liave been one of the rea.sons for opposition to extension of term. Spy Savs Motive as To Giv Aid New York. Nov a quiet, little chemist, today the mixed movives that him a rjle he said he undfrtcok to advance and to aid Riissian people.

He told a federal court that he think his vartime woula harm the United States, anci hat he had no de-ire to help the Soviet poNernrient. did it to help the peo- 1.200 Men Listed Draft Delinquents In Chicago Area Chicago. Nov. 1.200 men are as draft delinquents in 16 of 81 draft boards. Illinois selective service headquarters disclosed the figure today.

It most of the 1.200 are men who failed to report for prnnduc- tion tests. Most of them failed to get notices because they failed to keep the boards informed of their changes in address. Their names then were laid aside by the boards In the rush by the boards to meet induction quotas. Available men were used to meet the quotas. The 1.200 figure is in sharp contrast to the total of 175 delinquents reported throughout the state through Oct.

31. Of these 173. only two were from the area offices in charge of the 16 And both these two cases were pre-Korea cases. Selective service officials last Fi'iday ordered a new crackdown on the delinquents. A similar order Nov.

3 failed to bring results. Businesswoman Saves From Prosecution St, Louis. Nov. plea to a circuit court grand jury by a St. Louis busine.sswoman has saved her iormer bookkeeper from prosecution on charges of embezzling 21.000 from her firm.

that they are not receiving cient wire and other keep up maintenance ol the communications Seek Priority They asked that NPA recognize the essentiality ol the communication industry and grant it a priority either just below that of the military or equal to it. NPA Administrator William Harrison assured representative.s of those industries at a meeting that his agency will channel enough supplies to maintain pre.sent communication networks. He serv ed notice, however, that NPA can make no guarantees of aid in expansion oi tlie industry. The indu.stry sixikesman told Harrison that nearly all branches of communications have back-logs of demand still unfilled as a result of World War II. Will Handle Emergencies Hanison at tiie idea of priority, but NPA can and will issue special when ne- ces.sary to take care of emergency or hardship cases in which a breakdown of communications is tiireat- ened.

In cases might, take precedence over military orders. he said. Although the pending copper order will affect the communication firm.s, tlie discu.ssion of it today centered in a session of NPA offi- The pleading was made by Bee Moon Sleeper, president of the cials with the bi'cuss mill, copper and Truck Equipment company in wii-e mill and forg- half of Warren C. Peterson, 29. I Mrs.

testimony before the grand jury previously was instrumental in bringing about ii'idictment, which was subsequently quashed after her request that Peterson be given another chance. faced the music and I feel he will make good use of the opportunity to start life anew. He has three children dependent on she said. Police quoted Peter.son as saying he took the money becau.se he had been unable to get a raise from a $300-a-month salary he received when he started work for the firm in 1946. ings industries.

Tlie order is necessary, Harrison, said, to assure that available jjlies of copper products are equitably distributed among civilian u.sers after stockpile and military are taken care of. The order will curtain the sale of civilian copper by a certain percentage of the amount consumed by each company in the first half of 1950. Trustees To Heai LI Of Dispute Miner Convicted In Lincoln Death New Armed Force Reserve System Being Considered RESIGNS Washi'-'Cton. n- d.tv i '-r to Ai linr'i'vie: Aires about a year, tours of duty to Poland ind Egypt- In his letter of resignation. Grif- iis said that nine ve.ars in i ne locked a pcr.ou of rest and 'leo! I 1 1 .1 New in 1 preM 'U' Washington Nov.

The Pont. gon IS considering a plan to ouilc a trained armed force of 3.200.000 men an.d tr.en reduce the oer on contir.uou- active duty to To "il.t defense- in an would be suificicrt and loral Guard units filled with full; trained men. In Bradley Speech Roi'-tble ''UKt- di'closed 1 i under i i a Oer On the i.e- vt ioprner.i rt -y'teir :1 iLad; rc 'ive ird unr'. In a speech tc the A sm Press Managing Fditors association, at the chairman of the chiefs cf staff the ue modu.ed to scnke be' demands ma.ipi'V.c/ Until reserve and uniti can be to an improved oi readiress A.r.eiica’' to la xed to amied i HiP 5 On Informed heie that the Pentagon studying a to build active the to 1 ve, 'rt 1 ver, eu i.i.' 1 pi new ea Welt Id continue unn! the midlle of next year, after which It would 06 irair.ta.ned at -bout the Siime size a general -vVtr develop. nr force urd vO ior VPPOINTs 1 Sprinaiield.

Ill Nov. 17 David oi Peona take over Dec. 1 state atiene Cummings replaces William McKinnev of Chicago who re-i 2 ned today. The chance was announced bv Governor Stevens-on at a new- or.ierence. Steven'On he ui.der-tood McKi: nev.

pun a 2 sir ce 1949, was quitting to enter private business. Cumnnngs. 47 year old banker and auto part' been of state merr the 15 MICHIGAN MAN DIES OF HINTING WOUND Michigan City. Nov. 17 Sept.

10. The cabin was fre- Fred Spears. 27. New Troy. quented by Pivykopanski, PaiLse.

and died todav in Clinie Lo.spital of a several other men. gunihot wound in a liunt- he shot In he said, the government." ing accident Sunday. self defense. He also the emotional ms confession caused his Tamily. Aiier baring his to the FBI la-t May.

Grid 'aid he informed hi' father brother, who at firs' refu.std belie 3 him. He quoted his brother as jerk, how could you have done You have done it: 0 trviivj to protect one Champaign. Nov. 17 Tlie Univensity of Illinois College Commerce controversy headed today toward a full airing before the U. of I.

board of trustees. The executive committed' decided jmmerce Dean How- Llncoln, 111.. Nov. 17- A wJ R. Bowen and the college's exe- Logan county circuit court jury to- cutive committee should be Invited day convicted L)ui' Przykopanski.

give their opposing views at the 54 of murdering a man he next P'riday. as his lifelonrr friend. Tliree Republican dls- The jLirv fixed the unemployed the matter v.ith the coal mii.er's sentence at 14 yeais. today. They are Senator E.

The victim, Adolph Pause, 38, was R- Peters. 3. Jo.seph, and Reps (Shot to dectii at a cabin near Lin- Charles W. Clabaugh, Champaign. Civil Defense Conferees Seek Annual Expense Fund and Ora Diilavou, Urbana, Paul Stone, Sullivan Democrat elected Nov.

7 to the lllinoi.s House. attended the closed All are from the 24th senatorial district in the university Is situated. Afterwards, trustees president Kenney E. Wiliamson said that until now the board had considered the rommerce school dispute an ad- mattei. LOWS ENDS LIFE Pail'.

Nov. 17- Gcr- rtii circus clown ho made thousands laugh witii his an- fell to his death in front of a Pans subway train today. Pari' sail he left a intention of own Me PiHJ( SI MMONKD TO ILL HKCLI SK 17 4'' Poliee broke int a barn- adrd. rub- bish-iilied unhealed home and carried out a half-starved woman p.no had not ventured outride in 'hree Tr.e identilied a- Mr A.I'.-. a M.ir'.f-l, 3 'aken last hospital where lier coi.Gi'ioM 7 a de-cribed a err; bites arid vo.

co'. and Neighbors summoned police alter notmg that food left on ihe porch of the had 'oeen un- loucned for div-. They broke a floor ana iound Chicago. Nov. de- leaders from eight midwestern decided today to annual operat.iig budget- oi 150.000 5300.000 in each state.

The money will 'oe from 'tate to pay the of the civil defense organization and the salaries of the staff. Maj. Lohr. Illinoi- civil who chair.man of the onr-day parley. aloO suggested that each legi.slature apprpri- ate an additional -um of million Thi- would a standby f-in'i hi-h the eovemnr rc ild Ill 'A an atonnc For iO-Vear Period hr a fuh-tii-" tv iur a 10 perioo.

Each director, he -aid. -hould have a comparable to the pay of depart.ment The prime purpose cf the se-'ion for 'al co- re teams would be from one More than JOG and towns In WEATHER state to another. The state that re- the I'nited States bear the names ct ceived the aid under this arrange- feedstuff would pay the costs. -------------------They also agreed that could treat the wounded in another state without a license if the governor proclaim.ed a state of emergency. Reject Draft Idea The conference rejected the idea of drafting men and women for civil deiense work.

It took the view that the bulk of such workers for 5 me time to come would be volunteers. civil defense workers be commented B. MilUr, Minne civil The leacif-r' agreed to f-r! jcate cit- a of what -o haij an atom bombmg. T. Cretors.

deputy of ciul defenj.e of Indiana, said: should acquamt the people uith the urgency of civil defense, ihould scare them to death with rs a.nd then tc -1 them ccu i coLueices agreed ma; Tlie Norbury Sanatorium, cooperative observer for the U.S. Weather Bureau, yesterday reported official temperatures for Friday as follows: high, 46; low, 20; and at 6 p.m. 37. Sunset today, sunrise Sunday. 6:52.

Forecast for Illinois 0 11 and warmer. Occa.sional raiu tonight. River Peoria 11.9 Havana 5.8 Beard.stown 9.6 Grafton 14.7 St. Louls 3.4 St. Charles 13.8 The Illttjoia river wiFI 0.4 Rise 0.1 Rise 0.4 Fall 0.4 Rise 1.0 00 not chanif ihe next 36 nouri..

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