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FRIDAY, JANUARY 7 PAGES FIVE CENTS A COPY MARSHALL. LOVETT RESIGN Dean Acheson Is Named To Be Secretary Of State President Asks Powers To Curb Inflation Now Grant Street Fire Causes General Alarm Early Today Economic Report Message To Congress Outlines Many Powers Desired SEEKS STANDBY PRICE AND WAGE CONTROLS By ROBERT G. NIXON 1 1. N. S.

Starr Correspondent) WASHINGTON, Jan. 7 President Truman again asked Congress today for sweeping anti-inflation powers and in a surprise move called for increased Social Security taxes as an additional safeguard against depression. The chief executive also asked extension of rigid rent controls for least two more and repeal of the controversial tax on Oleomargarine. Mr Truman, in his third annual economic report, repeated his call for standby price ceiling and wage- control authority as part of his eight-point program to end the threat of perilous inflation. Narrowly Escaped Recession The president, declaring that the nation narrowly missed a last spring, also asked power to impose priorities and allocations on scarce materials.

He said the four billion dollars in new taxes asked in his State of the Union message is most effective weapon against At the same time. Mr. Truman promised tax reductions to counter serious recessionary that might develop. The president declared: have been granted a breathing spell, but in 1949 we are entering a period of harder tests. The momentum of war-created demand and war-created purchasing power has waned curbing inflation is the first step toward preventing depression Thn chief message was read to the House of Representatives.

He did not appear The president recommended an eight-pronged attack on inflation including standby price ceilings and limited wage controls, and priorities and allocations on scarce materials. Three New Proposals Mr. Truman called for three actions not included in his State of the Union message: 1 An increase in social security taxes under existing and extended as an anti-inflation measure. New Storili Is Driving Toward Blizzard Area Death Toll In Previous Storm Is Now Placed At 17 Persons Famed Mauna Loa Is Again In Eruption On Island Of Hawaii Castle News Photo Shown above is the exterior of the tire gutted Riverside Inn building on Grant street, near the Shenango river bridge, which caused a general tire alarm early this morning, due to threatening proportions of the blaze in Us early stages. The interior of the first floor was gutted and rem.iindei building somewhat damaged.

Fire On Grant Street Causes General Alarm Terrace School For Craftsmen Graduates 58 In First Class Riverside Inn Damaged To Extent Of $8,000 Or More Early This Morning idllic UJ3 nun 2 Extension of rigid rent for least two more years 3 Repeal of the controversial tax on oleomargarine The President said that it is possible that he may not be forced to use the standby anti-inflation controls, but he added "We neW to have available a range of governmental measures which can he applied as a brake or as an accelerator according to need Weapons Needed times like the present, when the economic situation has mixed elements, the government needs both anti-inflationary weapons and anti- deflationary weapons so it will be ready for either contingency It may even be necessary to employ both types of measures concurrently in some combination, for some (Continued on Page Two) Fire which broke out at 2.30 a m. today from an over-heated furnace caused damage estimated around $8.000. at the Riverside Inn. 506 West Grant street, of which Di Giammarino, 1502 Delaware avenue, is the proprietor. The cellar and first floor, or barroom and side-rooms, of the three- story frame structure were gutted.

On the second floor are apartments, but according to Fire Chief Herman Sleinbrink. the apartments were empty, the occupants having moved not so long ago. General Alarm A woman telephoned an alarm of fire at 2:35 a.m. Another alarm was sent in by firemen at 2:40 a.m. and when the blaze proved stubborn for the firemen already there, a general alarm was turned in at 2 45 a.m.

and all paid firemen. excepting those temporarily stationed at Central, responded to fight the blaze. Chief Steinbrink reported when the firemen arrived, (Continued on Two) Fifty-eight craftsmen were uated Thursday in The Castleton hotel when the first commencement of the Terrace School for Chraftsmen was held. It was the first commencement of its kind ever to be held in the county it is believed There were no caps and gowns, no class yells nor songs about ivy covered halls, but there was an apparent seriousness about the young men as they marked the completion of their two year's training to become carpenters, cabinet makers and upholsterers. Many Guests Present Present in addition to the graduates and school faculty were rep resentatives of the Shooting Ends In Negev Desert DENVER.

Jan new storm swept south from inada today toward the blizzard-stricken Rockv mountain region today as the death toll from the earlier snowfall reached 17. Fifty-mile-an-hour winds drove the storm out of the Pacific northwest on the heels of one ot thi worst blizzards in the nation history while frantic rescue worker: tried to free ihose still trapped by mountainous drifts in Wyoming and Colorado The Denver weather bureau predicted the new blow would strike northeast Wyoming bv tonight. The forecasts spelled gloom (or livestock raisers whose losses already are believed high. Continue Aid Meanwhile, air force rescue units planned to continue their tion to parachute supplies of food blankets and medicine to I trapped motorists and isolated inhabitants in the region. Further flights in lamb" are scheduled to get hay and feed to livestock marooned in the snow covered wastes of the area Winds up to 32 miles an hour nit Casper, early this moining and piled the already-fallen snow into high drifts to add to the hazards and difficulties of rescue crews.

May Cripple The latest storm threatened to cripple Chicago-west coast rail transportation again just after it had been unsnarled Many ot the lop streamliners had beer blocked at various points between Cheyenne, Wyo and Omaha, Neb since late Monday and early Tuesday. The latest casualty list lrnm the (Continued on Two) (BULLETIN) HONOLULU. Jan Two streams of deadly hot lava flowed down the sides of Hawaii's famed and fearsome Mauna Loa today and menaced Hilo and Kona coast. The towering volcano began belching forth high-shooting flames and billowing smoke from its crater on the island of Hawaii toward dusk last night. The huge fire and smoke column was seen 200 miles away by the crew and passengers of the incoming Pan-America Airways Clipper Cathay.

Two Lava Streams The clipper's pilot. t'apt S. Harrell, said there were two lava streams. One was flowing down the eastern slope toward the city of Hilo The second was moving down the western slope toward the Kona coast The western stream had reached a point seven miles from the peak of the volcano. There was no early report of any casualties or destruction that might have been inflicted by the eruption on villages near the base oi Mauna Loa A number of villages and towns lie along the Kona coast on the west side of Hawaii island, the largest and southernmost of the Hawaiian archipelago Hilo, the chief city, lies on the east coast.

Senator's Love? Resignations Are Announced By President Today James E. Webb Is Named As Successor As Undersecretary Of State Telephoto One reason why Sen. Warren Magnuson, was unable to attend the joint session of Congress to hear President Truman deliver his state of the Union message. according to reports published in Washington. D.

is he is busy on the wwt roast court- ting Toni Seven. Thousands Homeless In Southern Floods Shooting Comes To Halt At 7 A. -Hopes Seen For Holv Land Peace BULLETIN) TEL AVIV, Jan Maid Of Cotton Veterans Ad- Israeli government cease-fire or- ministration, United Brotherhood der brought peace today to i embattled Negev desert of Carpenters and Joiners, and contractors. The commencement luncheon opened at 1.30 with Rev V. Stan- celewski.

pastor of St. Philip and James church offering the invocation. L. H. Luxenberg, president of the school presided.

Principal speaker was L. M. Rittenour, chief of the Training Facilities Section of the Administration Regional Office of (Continu'd on Two) that the Wage Controls To Be Unnecessary Trumans Belief Truce Hopes In China Appear ToBe Doomed Reports reaching Tel Aviv said that all shooting between Arabs and Jews came to an abrupt halt at 7 a. when Israeli instructed its land, sea and air forces to lay down their arms. A similar order to Egyptian forces in the disputed Negev region of southern Palestine was expected from Cairo momentarily.

Immediately moves for armistice talks between the young Jewish State and her Arab were reported underway, reviving hopes of a real Holy Land peace after 14 months of bittar warfare. United Mediator Henri Vigier, losing no time, began a series of consultation- in Tel Aviv with Dr Walter Kytan director- general of the Israeli foreign ol- liee. i internutlenal Service) Two persons were missing and feared dead today and of others were homeless as rampaging rivers and streams spilled over their banks in four southern states Major rivers in Mississippi the hardest hit of the in abama. Georgia and Tennessee were expected to crest late today. Meanwhile hundreds of farms and homes in Indiana were threatened bv the flooding White river and more than 300 persons were Annual homeless in the Columbus area after Haw creek and Flatrock river erf lowed Five Counties To Send School Musicians Here School Festival Orchestra Concert In Cathedral January 22 collapse Ot a hridgespanmng the New Castlo will again the rain-swollen Hiwassee a tor annua, fMtival orches- U.

route 11 nea aut0mobile tra concert to be presented ai the swept a truck and an Cathedral jan 22 into the stream lh4. Each vear the Pennsylvania Mus- A motorist who had Educators Association sponsors a bridge safely a hort tarlher, of concerts the told authorities two waS i state to promote better school mus- the cah of the truck more fullv the missing and believed swallowed MARSHALL QUITS BECAUSE OF HEALTH (BULLETIN) WASHINGTON, Jan. Truman announced today the resignation of George C. Marshall as Secretary of State and the appointment of Dean Acheson as his successor. At the same time, Mr.

Truman announced that Robert A. Lovett has resigned as Under Secretary of State and that he will be succeeded by James E. Webb, now budget director. resignation, announced exactly two years after he was appointed to the cabinet post, is effective Jan. 20 Quits Because Of Health The career soldier who as American chief of staff was one of the principal allied architects ot victory in World War 11 quit for of Marshall, is 68, underwent a major operation laet month Acheson.

who resigned from government service two years ago after serving as under secretary and assistant secretary of state, pledged himself to carry out Mr. Truman policies in the global cold against communism. The incoming secretary is a native of Connecticut, a former under secretary of the treasury 1 yer by profession. He is 55. The president's momentous announcement.

made at a specially, summoned news conference, was dramatically unexpected Deep Emotion Mr Truman made no attempt to conceal his deep emotion He once called Marshall the "greatest living and has a profound affection for the soldier-statesman. Frank Pace. Jr of Arkansas, as- (Contlnucd an Page up in the swirling waters LAUNDRY SERVICE BEING RESTORED Telephoto Suzanne llowell of Bakersfield, 19, a blond with a smile as radiant as the sunshine of her native state, is the 1949 Maid of ot PITTSBURGH. Jan Full laundry service will he restored in Pittsburgh Monday. Some 250 striking laundry driver- of the AFL General Teamsters I oca! 249 ended their 25-day walkout Thursday after voting 99 iu ui vwf vvamuui 11 I 1 ton at Memphis.

Tenn. The Uni- to 46 to accept a versity of California co-ed won wage increase, a over 17 finalists from nine states. week and other benefits Pa Newc Observes Sign posts and lamp standards have been the target for erring motorists during the past day or so. Workmen were called to repair a broken sign post in the vicinity of First Methodist church this morning and Thursday afternoon, one of the lamp posts on North Mercer street, near East Washington street was demolished. Milder temperatures over the past few days have played havoc with unpaved rural roads.

Many of the roads and lanes leading to homes off the main highways are quite rutted and present problems for some of the newer lower slnug automobiles. WASHINGTON, Jan President Truman assured Labor today that he believes it will be unnecessary to apply wage controls in the battle against inflation. 1 mam WIMP Tan 7 The President, in his economic mau report to the 31st Congress, re- Chinese communis peated previous requests for stand- regulate Report Chinese Communists All-Out Assault On Shanghai-Nanking Mauna Loa Volcano Near Honolulu In Eruption by authority to regulate prices and wages but expressed hope such power wnll not have to be used Mr. state of the Union message two days ago drew criticism in union circles on the subject ol wage-freezing In economic document, however. Mr.

Truman said: "I firmly believe that the normal processes of collective bargaining ill result in sound wage ad- justinents without the actual application of any governmental authority related to wages if business and government make gen- uine efforts to hold down excessive prices and profits and to reduce the cost of Daily Weather Report United States weather statistics for the 24-hour period ending at 9 a.m. today follow: Maximum temperature, 39. Minimum temperature, 30. Precipitation, triice of snow. River stage.

10.1 feet. (INS' reportedly launched their long-awaited all-out assault on (he Shanghai-Nanking area today, virtually dooming truce hopes. Reliable milUary sources said that seven Red columns struck at Nationalist lines from above the Hwai River, 110 miles north of Nanking Part of one of the columns was reported to have crossed the Hwai It was said to be engaged in a bitter battle with Chiang Kai-Shek's troops. Earlier, government officials virtually conceded that their pleas for a truce had failed when the Communists replied to their peace offensive with a bombardment near besieged Tientsin The outbreak of fresh fighting the holiday in North China aflei lull brought one bit of consolation for the govenment, however, with MOTHER OF SON the report that the Red high com- LAUREN BACALL Statistics for the same date a ago follow: Maximum temperature, 34. Minimum temperature, 18.

HOLLYWOOD, Jan. Movie tough guy Humphrey Bogart and his actress wife, Lauren Bacall, welcomed their first-born child today. The baby, a six-pound, six-ounce boy. arrived late last night at the Cedars of Lebanon hospital. It has been named Stephen Humphrey Bogart.

The Bogarts were married in May, 1945. at the Mansville. Ohio, farm of novelist Louis Bromfield. mand had suffered a serious blow in the death of its ace leader. The Nationalists announced that the one-eyed communist Gen.

Liu of all central front Red armies, had been killed in an attack by a nationalist bomber on the east central front. From a high nationalist military and administrative leader. Gen, Chen Cheng, came the admission that prospects of peace with the communists are now "very ir and to utilize more fully the facilities made available by statewide music associations More than 5,000 student musicians take part annually. Hundred To Play One hundred musicians and directors from 21 high schools the counties of Beaver, Butler Clarion Lawrence and Mercer will take part in the concert here Theodore Karhan. former assistant conductor of the Harrisburg symphony orchestra, will be the guest conductor ior the occasion.

Guesl soloists include Joseph Cala- luea, New Castle High School cornet player, Slippery Rock cellist, who has displayed outstanding ability while playing with the Youngstown Symphony Orchestra Arrive January 20 The student musicians will arrive Thursday. Jan. 20. and will depart late Saturday evening following the concert In the past, it has been (Continu'd on Two) Armed Bandit Holds Up Store Police last night and detectives todav searched for an armed bandit who robbed the cash register in the Smith Confectionary store 1028 avenue at 6 55 m. Thursday.

The bandit pointed a 32 or 38 calibre revolver at Norman Smith the proprietor and ordered dim to over the Smith fled through a rear door to the Vine street fire department where police were telephonri Whil Smith was summoning police, the bandit went to the cash register from which he toor $50 rash, in five and ten dollar bills, then fled into Vine street. Hunt Slayer Of Athens, 0., Woman In Three States Clailifted Crow Word Comics Obituary Editorial Radio Society It Theatrical Arthur Mometer ATHENS. O. Jan Police in three states were engaged in a manhunt today for a brutal killer who bludgeoned a 55-year- old spinster to death in her home near Athens. Miss Eleanor E.

Gifford, a field worker for the Episcopal church, was beaten about head with what Ohio police believe to be a tire iron yesterday. She was robbed and her 1948 Chevrolet sport 3edan is missing. Dr. John Elias, Athens County Coroner, said Miss Gifford had not been raped DEATH RECORD Friday, January 1949 Telephoto Flames rise in the air as molten lav.) flow down from the crest of Honolulu. The famous volcano is erupting today with three streams of lava flowing from the erater.

Mrs. Charles wood City. Herman West State street Bunney 57. EU- Majesky, 72. 604 I hear this hackneyed phrase.

"Unacceustomed as I I look around to find my hat and try to take it on the lam. 1 know what follows will just stress the statement that the man has made as he begins his little talk, his address or a long tirade. He soon proves what he said at first, and rambles on at tedious length the while the guests nod in their tea and mutter, give me If speakers ad would learn to know that sitting down would help their play, their talk would get a bigger I warm and forty-six today. St.