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4 A 5 MMiO- --V fVfWW NEW CASTLE NEWS SIXTY-NINTH No. 310. FBI NEWS NEW CASTLE, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 18, PAGES NEWS FIVE CENTS A COPY, Fat Killed In Auto Crash At Harbor Mayor Promises Police Skakenp T. L. Hummer, Mrs.

Ida Duncan Die When Car Hits Truck On New Route 422 FAILS TO STOP AT INTERSECTION Two persons were fatally injured at 2 Tuesday afternoon, in a collision between a passenger car and a truck, at the intersection of old and new Routes 422 at The Harbor, it was reported today by Coroner Charles E. Allen and state police, who investigated the collision. The dead are Mrs. Ida Mae Duncan, aged 54 years, wife of Earl E. Duncan, of 522 Spring avenue, Ellwood City; and her father, Frank L.

Hummer, aged 82 years, same address. The victims were pronounced. dead on arrival at the Jameson Memorial Hospital, both having suffered fractured skulls. Enroute To Youngstown According to the investigation Lt. Cecil Suber Reduced To Patrolman Rank, Other Changes Loom Denham May Seek Coal Injunction Sometime Today NLRB Counsel Expected To Announce Decision Of Government Against Lewis AIDES PREDICT COURT REFUSAL PITTSBURGH, Jan.

18. district official of the United Mine Workers today said the union beginning to lay the to get 83,000 striking top coal miners back to work Monday. John P. Busarello, president of District 5 of the UMW, said no new order has been received from UMW President Jolm L. Lends.

Mayor John F. Haven today announced that, within the immediate near future, he proposes to shake up the city police department, and as a forerunner of changes, has relieved Lieutenant Cecil F. Suber, of his authority. The mayor, who, by virtue of his office, is superintendent of police, said he would, on Monday, during council meeting, recommend that Suber be demoted to the rank of patrolman. Lack of Harmony The mayor added that lack of harmony was one of the causes why Suber was relieved of his authority.

and said; "I am mayor for two Officials Mrs Duncan, was! more years, and I insist that har- drivimi the passenger car. and was mony reien in the department." enroute to Youngstown, O. on a The mayor said: are some business trip with her father, in mighty good policemen in the de connecUon with the death ot her partment. They do their work, mother Mrs. Verdie Hummer, who However, there are some police- nassed away two weeks ago.

She men who only look for pay-day. was traveling west on old 422. and This situation must end. according to witnesses, failed to He pointed out that speeding is observe the stop sign at this point, prevalent, and he will demand that The Dassenger car went out onto police check it immediately, the highway and crashed into the do not want one arrest made side of a truck owned by the City which is not justified. I only want Cooperage Co of 3237 Loveland arrests made for violation of the SMSr aged police liehe is for out .1 ihe, piu in of 25 Hine street.

Youngstown. parking violation and otheis do growing i ia Mr Hummer and Mrs. Duncan i want all motorists treated fairly, were thrown from their machine, (Continued Two) which went off the road onto the berm on the south side, while the truck was forced down over an Acme Telephoto dollars. By PHILLIPS J. PECK (I.

N. S. Stuff CorroojHindent) WASHINGTON, Jan. The government may announce today a decision in the eoal case that could spell victory or defeat for John L. Lewis in his long battle for a new mine wage contract.

Robert N. Denham, general counsel of the National Labor Relations Board, is expected to decide today whether to seek an Injunction to end the three-day mine work week instituted by Lewis last Dec. 5. Strike Grows The action was anticipated as lore than 83,000 miners stayed Y.W.C1 Elects Board Members Body Of Missing JGOP Blames Dans Taxi Driver Found BANDITS Boston Express Robbery Nets Yeggs $1,5 Largest Cash Holdup 1 Police Of 14 States Join FBI In Dragnet For Vault Scoop Up Bags Of Paper Million Suspect Thought To Be Burglar Proof-, Nine Men In Bound And Gagged. By FRANK THOMPSON (I.N.S.

Staff Correspondent) agents and police of 14 states joined today in a hunt for nine men who robbed a Armored Express Company vault in Boston of $1,500,000 last greater cash holdup in the auuaU of L. crime. The bandits left another million dollars behind. Boston police worked without stop to round up all suspicious characters, parolees, and ex-convicts. Foad blocks were set up tor 30 miles around the citv.

FBI agents all over the state were mobilized. rru T.T CROTHERSVILLE. Jan. 18 body of a Crothersville taxi driver believed to he a murder victim found today east of the county line1? Annual Election Conducted The VjCtim was identified as Lawrence Covert who had been missing since about 6 p.m. yesterday.

State Lists Navy Vets Boms Aids HARRISBURG. Jan. Adj. Gen Frank A Weber The collision was witiJa today disclosed methods navy vet- Glen Anderson, of 304 Pasadena erjmg may use t0 substantiate ap- "Ov i i am embankment on the other side of the highway. The Cooperage Company truck was being operated in an easterly direction.

Both vehicles were virtually demolished by the collision, the state police state. No Other Injuries for their bonus when avenue, Youngstown; and Biello. of 414 Taylor avenue are miss Girard, who were enroute est; original 5" I mThe alternative methods are to feet from the scene of the collision when it occurred. With Saunders in the truck was Louis Fish, of 2419 Elm street, Youngstown, O. (Continued on Two) fcW 6 BSERVES Some of the taller television an tennas about the city show the re suits of the strong winds which passed through the city a few days ago.

The antennas are on a lean and will require some little worn to straighten them. Pa Newc is in receipt of a note from a Shenango township resident concerning stray dogs which are sent to that township about this time of year when a drive is on to have all dogs licensed. Two stray dogs have come to this particular home turned loose by persons who did not wish to purchase a licenae for them. Although St. day is more than a month away, loca school children are getting ready In advance for the day when missives containing sweet sounding words will be placed in the specially prepared boxes at local schools.

The kiddies are observed milling about the valentine counter of local stores. Walks on the South Jefferson street bridge could stand considerable repairing by the proper authorities. The cement on the walks has crumbled and left many uneven Places which are liable to throw pedestrians to the street. Local lost no time in getting their bonus applications in the mall they received them Tuesday. A few hours after their arrival In the city, the blanks be(Continued on be used only when original dis charge and notice of separation from U.

S. Naval service (Form NAVPERS 553) are missing. Weber such cases, former enlisted men may submit a certificate in lieu of lost or destroyed discharge (Form NAVPERS-663A) and standard statement of service (From A PERS-566 Use Separation Notice Former enlisted men also may submit a navy certified copy of notice of separation (Form NAV- PERS-553), Weber said, If this form was not issued at time of separation a navy letter in lieu of said form will do, he added. Members of the navy fleet reserve and retired enlisted veterans should submit original orders to (Continued on Two! official declared was a revolt by- rank and file coal diggers against the operators. UMW Vice President Thomas Kennedy declared the miners were not rebelling against Lewis, but against the mint owners.

Coal industry representatives predicted that Denham would apply for the court order and NLRB sources expected such action, but Denham declined to reveal his plans in advance If a court should enjoin the abbreviated work schedule and force a full-scale resumption of mining, it would be a stiff setback for Lewis. The United Mine Workers president ordered the three-day week to further reduce coal supplies and bring added pressure on the operators to meet his demands. Major producers have refused to bow to the terms although Lewis says some independent companies producing about JO million tons annually have signed the new contract. If Denham should not seek an injunction or a court should refuse his petition for one, it would (Continued on Two) By Local YW At Smor- gasborg Dinner-Meeting Tuesday MUSICAL PROGRAM IS ALSO ENJOYED At the annual meeting of the Young Women's Christian Association Tuesday night, eight members were 0 6 ct 6 cl to the board of rectors, one of whom. Miss Alice Sterling, was reelected to serve her second term of three years.

Other elected to serve a first term of three years were Mrs. J. Balentine, Mrs. Irvine A. Balph.

Betty Brown. Mrs Orville Brown. Mrs, A. L. Hoffmaster, Miss Ruth Jamison and Mrs.

Thomas Nelson. Elected to the nominating committee for 1951 are Mrs. Paul F. Butz, Mrs. Roy A.

Long from the board of directors, and Mrs. John E. Elliott, Mrs. Charles Foster and Mrs. James W.

Moorehead from the membership. A total of 332 ballots were cast, a 50 per cent increase over the returns of last year. A goal of 500 ballots returned had been set and although it was not reached work has already- been started to attain it next year. Dinner Enjoyed Mrs. George D.

Morris, as general chairman of the affair, rang (Continued on Two) ViAA Vflrcn Police Commissioner Thomas F. Sullivan disclosed I ICC I Cl Sd the full enormity of the loss after a conference with eom- panv officials earlv this morning. I in the loot were $430.000 of federal funds, Washington, Jan. 18. Senate' apparently from Federal Reserve Bank.

This nrtrl i Owlett To Crash Doli Meet Ja 28 Gruiyiy Leader Insists All GOP State Leaders Be Invited To Meeting brought the FBI immediately into the case. The bandits staged one of the smoothest crimes in the history wearing gaudy, rubber black and orange Halloween masks. Two remained behind in get- awav cars as lookouts while seven passed through six By JOHN PAGET (I. S. Stuff CorrrspondfnO Republicans and Democrats accused each other today of tossing bipartisan foreign policy out the window in a political fight over President China stand.

Out df the charges and counter charges came two concrete pro, calH.tleader^of daily offensive believed to have been locked to reach the I on the senate floor against the u.ma*in vault, on the second floor of the garage s' that the headquarters of the company armored car service. United States take a strong initia- Suspect Inside Job live in arousing opposition among strongly suspected an Democratic countries to the seat- They funded an alarm ing of Communist China in through New England, and later United Nations. He said that such extended it t0 New york. New Jeran leadership v. Pennsylvania.

Maryland. Wash- pay dividends in contrast to the Delaware and policy on ginia China in the past. Their one solid clue was a chauf- pnvately have ex- cap leit behind in the Workers Digging New Mine Tunnel HARRISBURG. Jan. Senators privately nave cap jeft behind in the counter attack with party concern over the Brinks It was a new cap, 1C PllflTl monv as its goal was aimed today i when Red China seeks admission lhj? iabe, of the manufacturer J4Kxl 111 I mony to the UN.

and distributor had been ripped 1U ItWVWW uaiva Sen, Ferguson pro-fQUl MAHANOY CITY. Jan. 18. (Continued on Two) behind in the vault were Rescue cmvs today two steel boxes and dozens of bags doggedly drilled holes in the wall Schweinsberg Asks Walker To Resign Daily Weather Report WEATHER FOREC AST Snow squalls and much colder tonight with lows of 10 to 15, Tomorrow Home cloudiness and cold. United States weather statistics for the 24-hour period ending at 9 m.

today: Maximum temperature, 41. Minimum temperature, 30. Precipitation, .03 inches. River stage. 11 feet.

Statistics for the same date a fear ago follow: Maximum temperature, 51. Minimum temperature, 34. Precipitation, traces. City Mechanic Counoilman Asks For Resignation; Chris Walker, in charge of the motor shop, has been asked to resign by Director of Streets and Public Improvements E. Gene Schweinsberg, according to Walter.

It is also reported in city hall circles that Mr. Schweinsberg has asked J. Harold Wood, inspector of sidewalks, and who is affiliated with the city depart ment, to resign. Mr. Wood could not be contacted today because he is out of the city When Mr.

Schweinsberg was asked if he had asked for resignation, he replied: know a thing about it. He asked how the rumor got started. A News reporter informed him the report was in circulation. you ask him personally to resign he was asked. have no comment to Mr.

Schweinsburg replied. Walker informs me, you asked him to Mr, Schweinsberg was told. am the rumor got out, I have no comment to Following this, Mr. Schweinsberg was asked if he had requested Mr. Wood to resign.

Mr. Schweinsberg said he had no comment concerning this report. A telephone call to the engineers department resulted in the attaches reporting that Wood is out of the city As director of streets and public improvtMnents, Mr. Schweinsberg has jurisdiction over both the city mechanic and the sidewalk inspector. However, prior to their hemg dismissed, they either must present their resignation or be voted out of office by a majority vote of council.

Bridge Bids Asked For Turnpike Span HARRISBURG. Jan The Pennsylvania ike Commission today called for bids February 7 for construction of a bridge over Beaver river a. part of the western extension of the turnpike in Beaver county. The structure will span the river about a hall mile east of Homewood in Big Beaver and North Sewiekley townships. The project will include and river piers, abutment vation and construction crete substructures land exca- of con- Bonus Bureau Has Headache HARRISBURG.

Jan. Personnel of the State Bonus Bureau are getting more problems than they bargained for. One woman has asked the bureau to help locate her husband who deserted her but who. she feels sure, will apply for his bonus Another woman phoned the bureau to say her income tax withholding form was sent to the state along with her husband bonus application and she wants) it hack One veteran wanted to know if he could have a photostat made from a photostat of hi-, original diicharge papers to send in with his application The bureau politely informed him photostats were unacceptable regardless of how I they were made. at Gov.

James H. U.S. senatorial bandw-agon by the top field commander for former U.S. Sen. Joseph R.

Grundy. National Committeeman Mason Owlett. leader of Republicans allied with Grundy, outlined his tentative plan to invade the January 28 meeting of Duff forces at Hershey and called for invitations for scores of old line party followers. Duff is an announced candidate for the senatorial nomination in opposition to five-term Cong. John C.

Kunkel, of Harrisburg, favored by many leaders associated with Ex-senator Grundy. Sends Letter Owlett, who captained the fight against opposition to Gov. Thomas E. presidential nomination during the 1948 GOi national convention, sent a letter to the governor, State Sen. M.

Harvey Taylor and other Republi- (Contlnurd on Two) Coal Injunction Will Be Argued By PHILLIPS J. PECK P.M. (I, N. S. Staff WASHINGTON, Jan.

The government announced today that it will seek a court injunction to force John L. Lewis to end the current three-day work week in the coal mines. Robert N. Denham, general counsel of the National Labor Relations Board, said the petition will be filed in t. S.

District Court in Washington this afternoon. The government will me court to order Lewis back into collective bargaining with the coal of coins. One steel box held a newiy-dug tunnel to reach sanawavs in an anthracite mine CHICAGO, Jan. John D. Allen, head of the Armored Express offered a $100,000 reward today for the capture of the bandits who stole $1,500,000 from the Boston vaults last night.

Allen reportedly added: rather have them dead. where Edward Burda, 25, has been entombed since Friday afternoon. Volunteer crew's said they had dug 110 feet underground, some 10 feet from where Burda is believed trapped in the independent mine outside New' Boston, three miles southwest of Mahanov Citjr. They admitted there was only chance in a of finding the buried miner alive. It was HEAR ZERO WEATHER FORECAST TONIOHT (By Service) One of the coldest snaps of the winter was.

moving into western Pennsylvania today. Weather observers said tempera- age a lures ill drop throughout the country' as result of the day and tonight, hitting'lows of w0rk week which the 480.000 0 from zero to 10 degrees above in and hard-coal diggers began 000 payroll of the General Electric hoped Burda might have dodged Company, the second $121.000 of the cavein by fleeing into the maze the receipts of the Filene 0f underground passageways. Department Store. Police said that Operations are continuing at the the coin bags held at least an- rate 0f about a foot an hour. The other $50.000 possibility of collapsing timbers or The robbery, at 7:10 p.

m. EbT, anPther slide and the narrowness was a perfectly-planned and execu- 0f tne shaft further slowed the ted operation. Commissioner Sui- pace livan said the bandits spoke omy Burdas brother joined in thq three the door rescue work. Casmir, 32, and Jo- raiding what was supposed to be (30 escaped death in the a heavily guarded, robber-proot -1 cavejn Casmir scrambled to safety tablishment. and Joseph was reached by They tied five after 4Q hQurs of diKging- operatore and pre.ont from i( and.

working asl the area. Some --now squalLs will accompany the frigid spell, the forecast said. Tomorrow's maximums are to be in the twenties, followed by minimums in the teens tomorrow night December 5 Denham explained that he win not seek an immediate five-day work-week order but will ask the court to decide, after hearing arguments from both sides, whether an injunction should be issued. Ole On Rampage Thousands Flee Homes As River Hops Banks iBtMnaUmal of in MUtheastern Missouri 1 their homes today in fear of the Mississippi river worst rampage since 1937 and Army engineers raced to bolster straining 200 miles of river bank In the flood-threatened area. An estimated 7,000 warned that Birds Point-New Madried Mississippi floodway mlght be opened to spare highly-populated riverside areas, Jammed the highways in a mass evacuation.

Highways Crowded A caravan of cars, trucics, and paled high it household possessions swarmed onto highways leading from the floodway. One-way traffic was ordered on some roads to speed lie movement of vehicles hampered by last-minute attempts of some farmers to shift herds of livestock. In Memphis. U. district engineers said no decision to open the 200 square mile floodway had been made as yet and residents would be given another warning immediately before any action is taken.

Engineers recruited volunteer workers to reinforce thioatened levees along both sides of the Mississippi from 40 miles north of Cairo to a point south of the souri-Arkansas A spokesman at Red Cross headquarters in Charleston, the (Continued (Continued on Nine) Directors Named At Local Banks Stockholders of two New Castle banks reelected incumbent Board of Directors at annual meetings held Tuesday afternoon. Organization meeting of the of each financial institution will be held in the near future Officers of the board of the Law' renee Savings and Trust Company will be elected Saturday and the Bank directors wnll name their officers February 7. A surprisingly large delegation of stockholders attended both meetings The board relected at the Lawrence Savings and Trust is as follows: Butler. Preston Flaherty, Thomas Hartman Charles Johnson, Thomas Johnson, William Milsom, William F. Mooney F.

Moore McGill, Dr Pern-. James S. Newton. Harold Gordon, Charles Brenneman, A Tvn- dal. and Robert A.

Weingartner. Bank directors for the year are John A Butler. Errol Fullerton, Adolph Green. Herman Green, Genkmger, John Kennedy U. Leivo, h'tries Matthews.

Jr, J. F. Perelman. Harry E. Reed.

Alvin Shew man Lauren Thayer, D. D. and J. E. White ex.

to (te st Wildlife Federation Honors Bing Crosby WASHINGTON, Jan The National Wildlife Federation named Bing Crosby today as honorary- chairman for the 13th annual observance of National Wildlifo Restoration Week. Crosby is not only one ol of most popular entertainers, but he is also interested in outdoor sports and conservation of the nation's recreational upon which recreation Inside News Cross Word IS Classified 17 Comics 15 Obituary i Editorial Radio. V.V. 15 Sporta 14 Society 3 Stocks IT Theatrical IX Arthur Mometer When the winter whistle down the street and the ground is covered with snow, 1 wor.der what football coaches do, I wonder just where they go. Do they sit around with a booh in hand, and study advanced technique, or do they go for a well earned rest, by a sun drenched moon bathed creek.

Do they hunt for old tackles and shifty backs who will struggle for old Slwash, question that pussies and has for VINCENNES, among Swollen 'from kVtchens. to strengthen the levee here. Their effprH may and the Mississippi Is on Its worst ram- Flood waters have spread over Illinois. Kentucky and lenneasee and me in.ss.ss.pp pagein IS DEATH RECORD Wednesday, January 18, 1950. Mr, Fr.n» S.

N.i.h, E.rl E. Dunr.n. 54. EH.ood City. Frank L.

Hummer. 82, y.ttf- Ellwood said of their favorite sport. I tool,.