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M. 19 5 I Noon 31 I flllllllMllltlllllllfllllllllltllllllllllKIUIII KME, AIR VIEW SHOWS TERRIFIC FLOOD DAMAGE IN ENGLAND IQQ las btopped U. So 7tn rrn It rjsr China Communist Mieraing FERVID RUSH i TO SAVE FLOOD SORVIVORS UNITY In 1ST GERMANY Oil HI CUT President's Far Reaching Order Already in Effect WASHINGTON (UP) President Eisenhower's order that the U. S. Seventh Fleet stop shielding Red China has been put into effect, it was learned today.

Authoritative sources said formal instructions to abandon the "neutrality patrol" of Formosa were dispatched to the Far East a few hours after Mr. Eisenhower informed STRIKING AIR VIEW of Canvey Island in the 'Thames England, shows the heavy damage caused by devastating storms and floods One hundred persons lost their lives here, and 500 more men, women and children are unaccounted for. Several thousands were, evacuated from Canvey, hardest hit British community. (International Soundphoto.) New Twin Jet Night Fighters Knock Out Six Commy MIGs SEOUL, Korea (UP) The U. S.

Navy lifted the sec recy ban today on the new Marine "Skynight" twin jet might fighter and said it already had knocked six Communist MIG 5s and a propeller driven war plane out of the Korean skies. i Anthony Kacin of James City Died Today Anthony Kacin, aged 70, long time resident of James City, died this morning at his home at 9:45 a. following a two years Mr. Kacin, born in Austria on June 8, 1882, came to James City 33 years ago, formerly living in Sheffield, lie was a member of St. John and St.

Stephen church and the S. N. P. J. Lodge.

He was formerly employed by the Kane Manufacturing Company being last employed by the I lolgale Brothers Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Josephine Kacin at home, two daughters, Mrs. Joseph Simcic, of Olean, Mrs. Mary Bizzak of Warren. Two grandchildren also survive.

Qne son, Anthony, preceded him in death on April 11, 1050. Friends will be received at the residence in James City after noon on Saturday, from where rosary will he said at 8 p. m. on JSunday. Monday morning at 9 o'clock requiem high mass will be held in St, Callistus church with the Rev.

Carl L. Lippert officiating. Interment will be in St. Callistus cemetery. GEN.

STRICKLER ILL, 'WASHINGTON The Air Force said that Major General Daniel B. Stricklpr, former commander of thf Twenty Eighth' Division Pennsylvania National Guard), is being flown from Germany and will be admitted to Waller Reed Hospital. Stiicklcr. Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania from 1947 to 1951, left Germany yesterday. Expect To Reach However, a chugging propeller driven Corsair stole the show in Dulles Arrives In Bonn Warning German Soldiers To Join Army.

BONN, Germany (U.rj Secretary of State John Foster Dulles appealed urgently to the West German government today to ratify the pact which will bring German into a six nation European army. Dulles said that the organization of a powerful and united Western Europe will lead ultimately to the peaceful unification of Germany itself. Arriving here from London, Dulles' opened negotiations with West German leaders at a lunch given ny Acting U. S. High CammiKlon er Samuel Rebcr, with West Gew man Chancellor Konrad Adenauer and State Secretary for Foreign Affairs Walter IQlstein as fellow guests.

Dulles was understood to have emphasized to Adenauer that a Mix nation European army Including 13 German divisions must become a reality this year. BONN, Germany iUR Secre tary of State John Foster Dulles nrriTca nere toaay to try and convince West Germany a European army with German soldiers must become a reality this year. Dulles was reported to have warned that Western Europe must make substantial progress toward unity within the next 75 days or risk cuts in American aid. Informed sources said the secre tary of state informed the allies he must know what they are going to do on the subject by the time he returns to Paris for a meeting of the NATO ministers April 23. After the meeting he will have to give a conclusive report to Congress in order to get new defense aid, the informants said.

This was reported to be what Prime Minister Winston Churchill was told Wednesday in London by Dulles and Mutual Security Administrator Harold E. Stassen. Presumably Dulles intended to make the same points in Bonn in hopes West Germany will start raising and arming its contribution to the six nation army before the end of the year. He and Stassen continue on to Holland Friday and Ihcn to Bel glum and Luxembourg to complete their nine day tour. They are schedule to return to Washington nexl Monday.

In London, Dulles asked and got assurances from Churchill that Britain will associate itself as closely as possible with the European defense community, it was British sources said Dulles also told Churchill the U. S. is determined to take a "positive" approach toward ending the Far East stalemate despite British hesitation about taking the wraps off Chiang Kai Sheks Chinese Nationalist forces. Dulles was reported satisfied that Britain understood the American decision on Formosa. (Continued on Page Eight) S2A 5 IS TO GRANT PRESIDENT HIS FIRST BEQUEST By United Press After some false starts, Congress was finally ready today to give President Eisenhower, the liberal government reorganization powers he asked for in his first major legislative request.

The Senate Government Operations committee overrode its chairman, Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy (R Wednesday to endorse the House passed bill granting Mr. Eis enhower the same authority held by former President Truman. Sens.

McCarthy, John L. Mc Clelan (D Ark.) said they will op pose the measure when it comes up for Senate debate Friday but their move wasn't iven a 'chance. Origjnally, both Senate and House committees wanted to make it easier to veto presidential reorgani zation plans. But under the House bill now, plans can "be struck down within GO days only by a constitu tional majority of either the Sen ate or House 49 senators or 218 representatives. Meanwhile, with both Senate and House In recess, most of the action on Capitol Hill centered in commit tees.

PRISON RIOT PROBERS GO TO ROCK VIEW NEXT PITTSBURGH (UPJ Gov. John S. Fine's special five nidn investi gating committee whs recessed, today after looking into conditions i at Western State Penitentiary next week. In probing for causes of last month mass riot at Western Pen, the prison investigating committee personally questioned convicts. prison officials and guards.

The investigation began Tuesday monv ing and ended at noon Wednesday CONDITION UNCHANGED Condition of Miss Tomassina iNifoiuzzo, critically Durnea in an explosion and fire Saturday which fatally burned her father, Frank Nicolazzo, was listed as unchanged at the Community hospital at, noon today. 150 Pint Quota Visit Here Today spite hundreds of transfusions and no charges for plasma. Only charges are usual hospital service charge which have been reduced as result of the blood program. Supplies of blood are maintained locally at all times and emergency replacements moved to. Kane from Bradford or Buffalo as needed.

There is no limit to the amount that can be supplied here as result of the local cooperation in the ARC blood program. In charge of the work today arj Drs. It J. McGhee, M. W.

Cox and William Grasley. They are assisted by a large corps of local nurse volunteers as well as a regular staff accompanying' the unit. In addition, many volunteers are serving in registry, canteen and other services and a crew of volunteers is aiding in setting up and taking down the equipment. Mrs. A.

Rf Nelson, registrar, reported the exact number of volunteer donors will not be known until late today as car loads of volunteers, from Marienville and Ludlow will come here and, the totals are not known. She expressed belief that the 150 pint quota will be reached here today. William Bunce, Bloodmobile chairman and M. Donovan, assistant again stressed of "walk In" persons who find at the last minute that they may be able to give blood. Special arrangements are made to handle such donors, they reported.

Korea today when its pilot damaged a speedy Russian built MIG 15 jet. Captain Carlton Green, of Presque Isle, was credited with damaging the MIG. Greentnnd three other slow fighter lombers tangled with four jets. "It looked like his tail came off," Green said. "lie didn't go down.

4 disappeared int thq sin and I lost him." The' Navy said the new "Sky knight" was capnble of flying 600 miles an hour and had been in ac lion in Korea for seven months. vIt carries a crew of 'two men. Fifth Air Force Shooting Stars, rneanwhile, bombed ship in Cliin nampo harbor on Korea's west coast while other fighter bombers attacked front line positions. trench war stayed quiet. In the cast, where the Hods have filiDwn unusual interest in Allied defenses, only three light probes were reported during the night.

The Reds, however, fired between 1,500 and 2,000 rounds of artillery and mortar at Allied troops. UN officers announced a new Republic of Korea division has gone into the line on the eastern front. The new division, the 15th, is the 13th ROK division now in action. Gen. James A.

Van Fleet said two other South Korean divisions are ready to be sent to the line as soon they are properly equipped. George Kane Dies In Hospital George J. Bcrtch, widely known Kane contractor and trucking business operator, succumbed to an extended illness of a heart ailment and' complications at the Kane Community hospital early tooy. Mr. Bcrtch had been, hospitalized three times In the past few years for critical illnesses and was again admitted January 17.

His condition had been grave for several days with death occurring at 1:20 a. m. Mr. Bertch was born at West field, April 9 1883. He mm? to Kane in to work for hi unties me mei ler Brothers Drtl I ling Contractors ana later worket for the Oil Wel'i Supply Compan in Kane and at Bradford.

In 1911 he entered the draying business, purchas ucorge J. Bertch ing a team from the late P. J. Maher. Three years later he bought the first truck for hauling.

From that start he developed a large business, handling contract work for the Bell Telephone company and numerous industries. Also lie trucked Richgas for the local plant and coal. For a number of years he also was a building contractor, handling sub contracts for many buildings in this section including the Community hospital, the present Kane Bank and Trust Company building, First Methodist and First Congregational churches here and schools at Lafayette and Wilcox. At the same time he continued interests in the oil and gas field business. Mr.

Bertch was active in all phases of his interests until three years ago when ill health forced his retirement. At that time, his son in law Ted Johnson was taken inio pm tnerslWp. Mr. Bertch was married to Sadie A. Sieger in Kane on.

February 13. 1909 and he couple made their home here continuously, for a number of years at the present address at 5 Park Place. lie was a member of the I.O.O. Moose and Elks lodges and served as charter member of the Community Hospital Board of Directors. Besides his wife he leaves one daughter, Mrs.

Frances Johnson; three grandchildren, John, CynthU and Dennis Johnson three brothersJames and Ernest of West field: Frank of Rochester, N. Y. and a sister, Mrs. Emma Bardwell, of Rochester, N. Y.

An uncle D. A. Rietter of Kane also Friends will be received at th? John F. Hill funeral home after 7 clock this evening." Final rites will be held at the funeral home Saturday at 3:30 p. m.

with the ReV. Sherman H. Epler of First Methodist church officiating. Burial will take place in Forest Lown cemetery. EDEN AND EXCHEQUER HEAD TO COME HERE 'WASHINGTON (UPJ Br i Is Foreign Minister Anthony Eden and Chancellor of the Exchequer R.

A. Butler will come here in March for "exploratory" economic discussions, the state department said today. The visit will be made at the Invitation of Secretary of State John Foster Dulles and Secretary of Treasury George M. Humphrey. Dulles extended the invitation while in London on his unity prodding visit of European nations allied with the United States.

The State Department announcement said the conferences here beginning early next month will be informal and there is no intention at this stage to negotiate any agreement with the United States. WANT LAW CHANGED WASHINGTON CUR) Leaders of the National Council, of Catholic Women today sought an immediate change; in the new McCarran Immigration Act. The group said the law, sponsored by Sen. Pat McCarran (D has reduced the number of immigration quotas available "to some of the very persons that need them most." AN ERIE STICKUP ERIE, Pa (UPJ A man handed Charles Bardo, Erie fruit market operator, a crumpled slip of paper last night and. asked, "Will you please fill this order." The "order" read: "This Is a stickup." At gunpoint, Bardo handed over $105 from the cash register and the "customer" fled.

SEARCH' STILL ON At Klnzua today, additional crews of volunteer searchers jwere being organized to hunt for Stanley Wilson, aged 70, who has been missing from his home for ten days. Deep pools in the Allegheny below Kin Jua are being dragged. rs it UL Feared Thousands Cannot Survive Another 24 Hours of Exposure. AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands 1B The bepan to retreat from Holland' flooded lowlands today but daiurrr till threatened. Revised tlgurm ghv a total of 1,770 persons killed hi the hurri can driven flood that hit the Netherlands, Great Britain, Belffiura, Germany and Franca Sunday.

BY ROBERT MUSEL United Press Staff Correspondent AMSTERDAM, The Nethcrlnmls (UR Boats, planes and aniphl bious vehicles poured into flooded southwestern Holland today to en suit: the safety of thousands of survivors who it Is feared could not survive another day and night of exposure. The floods, which last Sunday hit the kingdoms of The Netherlands, Belgium and Britain, already have caused an unofficial total of 2.002 deaths. It was estimated the finul total might be as high 'as 3.000. The Dutch newspaper Devolks krant quoted rescue workers as saying there were an estimated 1,000 dead on the littio Island of Schouwen Duiveland alone. Gen.

Matthew B. Ridgway, Allied supreme commander In Europe flew over the flooded area of Holland enroute from his Paris headquarters to The Hague to discuss the effects of the Hood on Holland's defense budget. The floods caused millions of dollars worth of damage to property and loss of livetolu This ihJWOi bly will force The Netherlands to reconsider its commitments to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization defense setup. The most impressive international, operation ever undertaken in peace time sent an army of men, ships, planes, and vehicles rolling into the flood area again today on the heels of a dying new storm. American officers aiding the huge rescue operation believed all the marooned survivors some of whom have been exposed to cold, winds, rain and hunger for five days would have to be rcscuvi by tonight.

They said they did not be lieve the survivors could live through another freezing day and night. The new storm ripped holes in the centuries old Dutch dikes rnd imperilled hundreds of lowland residents An appeal for immediate help from Schouwen Duiveland island said three new breaks had appeared in the battered island's dikes. The new storm appeared to have spent most of its force by dawn. But as 20,000 rescue workers from many nations, Including the United States, rushed back to evacuate and aid survivors, it was feared new tolls had been taken by the high winds and noundina seas. The rescue army's 130 planes and 20 helicopters took to the air again today to aid some 3,000 boats in evacuating thousands still huddled in isolated communities or marooned on farmsteads, crumbling dikes and high spots of ground.

Leaders of the rescue army said the new storm during the night had created "extremely critical" situations In some areas, such as the village of Nieuwe Tongen on Goe ree Overflakee island. Seventy five bodies already have been recovered from this island. Hastily rebuilt and plugged dikes along the Belgian coast apparently held throughout last night's storm. Brussels reported that there were no new floods, but the North Sea was running in heavy swells from Ostend to the Dutch border. Last night's storm blew Itself out (Continued on Pae 8) STATE WEATHER TO BE PAIR THRU SATURDAY By United Press Pennsylvania can expect fair weather at least through Saturday afternoon.

After that, the weather man isnt so sure. It may get very cloudy and rain might be in the offing. But the next two days look to be like "almost perfect' so far as the weather goes. A large high pres sure system now crested over West ern Pennsylvania and West Virginia has brought sunny skies to all of the eastern half of the fhls condition will continue through Friday antf at least most of Saturday as the high pressure system moves slowly eastward. Temperatures this morning were oeiow normal in a number of places, but Pittsburgh and Erie had higher than usual readings, Congress of his plan.

A Senate leader suggested mean while that removal of, the Seventh Fleet barrier to Chinese Nationalist operations might result in Formosa based air attacks on Red rail lines. Mr. Eisenhower announced in his State of the Union message. Monday that he was "issuing instruc tions that the Seventh Fleet no longer be employed to shield Communist China." His press secretary, James C. Hagerty.

said Wednesday that White House policy was to say. no thing about actual issuance of the order. But it was learned from other sources that the Joint Chiefs of Staff dispatched the order to the Seventh Fleet late Monday. Adm. Arthur W.

Rradford, Pa cific Fleet commander, who has refused to see reporters since his White House visit Monday morn ing, was believed to be working on matters related to the Seventh Fleet order. An advocate of a naval blockade of the Red China coast, Radford is scheduled to re turn to his Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, headquarters in a few days. The suggestion that "de neutralization" of Formosa might result in Nationalist Chinese air attacks against mainland communications came from "Chairman Alexander Wiley of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. He referred to a rail line which he said supplies Communists in Korea and Indo China. "If Chiang Kai Shek has an strength at all and he's cettinsr planes he'll disrupt that railroad," Wiley said.

Nationalist China at present lias only piston engined aircraft but should soon begin to receive jet propelled fighter bombers. In addition to cutting rail supply lines, Fo' mosa based air strikes could result in diversion of Russian built MIG 15 jets from the Manchuria bases from which they venture into North Korea. The Red jets at present arc concentrated almost entirely in the Mukden area. MISSING PLANE HALIFAX, N. S.

(UPJ All 39 persons aboard a missing British airliner were presumed dead today as authorities called off an international air and sea searcn that had been under way since Monday. Four U. S. Coast Guard cutters hunting the airliner were ordered to resume normal schedules. Five RCAF Lancaster bombers and seven American planes were called back to base to end 60 hours of fruitless searching.

The Air Force said the airliner, a four englned York, was presumed to have crashed and sunk in the ocean early Monday, killing its six crewmen and 33 passengers jntluding 13 children. An RCAF spokesman said thu hunt had been abandoned because it was "beyond the realm of possibility" that any of those aboard the plane could have mrvived. The airliner, ferryina British servicemen, wives a' children from England to Jamaica, B. W. vanished on the l'g frort the Azores to Gander, Nfld.

It sent two SOS messages from a point 250 miles southeast of St. Johu Sr at 1:30 a. m. Monday, and was never heard from again. SOME PLASMA HAD BAD EFFECT IN KOREA WASHINGTON UPJ Military medical experts assured the public today that the life saving qualities of blood plasma far outweigh the danger of jaundice in battlefield transfusions.

They admitted use of plasma In Korea has caused some hepatytus an inflammation of the liver which often leads to jaundice. PRESIDENT TO MEET PRESS WASHINGTON (UPJ President Eisenhower will hold his first White House news conference next week. Presumably it will be Thursday, although Hagerty said he could not name the day. Thursday has been the customary day for presidential news conferences for a number of years, SHORE! TO DEFY ORDER TO RESPECT PICKET LINES NEW YORK (UP) AFL Longshoremen refused to crow, striking tubmen's picket line today and it appeared ship and cargo movements would he halted in the nation's largest port. Two trans Atlantic liners were due in with more than 1,000 passengers and there was no immediate indication how or whether they would dock or debark their passengers.

If the He de France and Constitution manage to edge into their piers without tugs, passengers will have to carry their own baggage. Longshoremen at both piers refused to answer the shape up call. NEW YORK (UPJ Violence threatened in the five day old tug boat strike today as a group of rebel longshoremen vowed to defy an order by their president, controversial Joseph P. Ryan, to re spect the tugmen picket lines The wide open revolt against the president of the AFL International Association came 'from workers on Greenwich and Chelsea docks in lower Manhattan The order was the first that Ryan had issued since he appeared last week before the state Crime Com mission to tell what he knew of racketeering on the crime ridden waterfront, John Dwyer, hiring boss on Pier 45, and a leader of the insurgent longshoremen, issued the revolt call Wednesday night on the eve of the day Ryan's order was to go into effect "All my men are going to work," he said. "We will not respect picket lines If Ryan's order was fully effee tive it would add a crippling new blow to the city's water commerce.

already hampered by the strike of tugboat men, who are seeking wage boost. TWO KILLED IN A TRUCK TRAIN CRASH CHARLEROI, Pa. (U.PJ Two men were killed and a third was injured when a coal dump truck in which they were riding was struck by a southbound Pennsylvania Rail road freight train today at Dun levy Crossing two miles south of here. Pronounced dead upon arrival at Cliarleroi Monessen Hospital were Sebastiano Mancini, 61, and Harry Usher, 45, both of Dunlevy Bon ough. Mancini's son, James 28, driver of the truck, suffered back and' head Hospital au thorities said he was in "fairly good condition.

Within 48 Hours Secretary James Hagerty charg ed Hany Weiss, executive director of the Wage Stabilization Commit tee, with "unwarranted assumption of authority" in saying that wage controls would be ended "immed iately." The decontrol of meats is not expected to bring any general price rise since all but veal are selling well below ceilings. Meantime officials moved to carry out a sweeping consolidation of defense mobilization agencies or dered by President Eisenhower Wednesday in the interests of bet ter Mobilisation officials said the meiglng probably will also bring some staff layoffs through elimina tion of some duplication of work. The President abolished the De fense Production Administration, which is concerned with production planning, land transferred Its func tions and staff to the Office of Defense Mobilization, which is re sponsible for policy making. By also giving Acting Defense Mobilizer Arthur S. Flemming jlha temporary job of heading the National Securities Resources Board, Mr.

Elsenhower put the responsibility for both short term and long term planning under one tent. At Bloodmobile Wages In All Industry May Be Decontrolled BE CENTEBiTI FIRE PHILADELPHIA (UPJ A flash fire swept a four story mens clothing store in the center city area today and firemen believe that "one to six were trapped in the burning Witnesses said one man opened window on the fourth floor of the rick building and toppled back into the flames. Deputy Fire Commissioner George E. Ilink, who headed the firemen battling the three alarm blaze, said several other persons nay be trapped In the flaming building. The fire started in the building lit 718 Cherry Street, a block and half off Market Street, heart of the city's department store industry.

The man known to be trapped was. identified as Louis Kligman, 83. He is the father of Benjamin Kligman, 51, owner of the Kligman Manufacturing Co. which has its offices on the building's fourth floor. The fire 'apparently started in the Jean Sportswear Co.

on the second floor. ELK COAL CO. CITED HARRIS BURG (UPJ The state Sanitary Water Board today cited 32 coal mine operators for violations of the state Clean Streams law. Among the operators ordered to correct the violations were: Perry Van Slander, Jay Elk County; and the Comp ton Coal and Caltagarone brothers, both in Jefferson county. Kane's first Bloodmobile visit ol 1953 was underway today with more 175 volunteer donors scheduled to give a pint of blood and with other volunteers on the "possible donor" list which may start the new calendar year with a 150 pint quota.

The unit arrived here from Buffalo, N. Y. this morning and was set up in First Methodist church where three local physicians will be in charge in what is termed a "test" arrangement in event of an emergency. The. "test" today is merely an arrangement designed to show that a Bloodmobile unit can function here without usual personnel from the regional headquarters at Buffalo.

In event, of emergency and such ARC personnel was not available, the Urgent need for continued regular supplies of whole blood makes it vital that there be no interruption in service. i. Blood is used for armed forces, for free emergency use in local hospitals and for local area residents in hospitals away from home and now also to provide the derivative gamma globulin for use in combatting polio and its' crippling effects. Since the blood service program was established 18 months ago, many Kane and vicinity residents have received free blood in hos pitals, in Kane and through this region. Jarvis Rockwell, Kane chapter chairman, stated no charg es have been made for blood de WASHINGTON (UPJ Wages In all industries will be decontrolled within the next 48 hours unless the White House vetoes present plans of government stabilization officials it was learned today.

Informed sources said orders also are in the works again subject to presidential approval to lift, price ceilings by the end of this week on cattle, all kinds of meat, restaurant meals, household textiles, children's clothing and numerous other department store items. Most of them are now selling well below ceilings. Price Stabilizer Joseph Freehlll announced Wednesday that controls will be taken off meats at oil levels and a "number" of other commodities week, probably Friday, in line with President Eisenhower's policy for an orderly end to price wage curbs by April 3a Informed sources said the stabilization agencies feel it is impractical to decontrol any large number of consumer prices without lifting all wage controls at the same time. But therewas some feeling that the White House may order a delay in wage decontrol because of Tuesday's snafu over the matter. On Tuesday White House Press I.