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kKLiJN AND OIL LT4 PA. The Weather plain Says State (Taff Kerr if Evening Thought Beauty I have learned from the ugly, charity from the 1M1'fJ peace from the turmoil of the world. Frederick Ward Katos. ALD Showers and scattered tb era ana scattered i I 'emccral Delegate- UnlniiMed Wire Serrice of The United Press. rt storms Wednesday er.

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IT TT s-i'I jj ji 5 Driver Escapes As Emlenton Stalin Says War No Closer Than Three Years Ago NEW YORK (UP) Russian Premier Josef Stalin expressed the view today that a third world war is no closer than it was two or three years ago. The Soviet leader made the statement in answer to questions cabled him by a group of 50 American editors who returned this morning from a tour of Western Europe and the Middle East. The question concerning another global UP News Roundup Pennsylvania Weather By UNITED PSESS A large storr- over the mid-section of the country was expected to bring showers and possibly scattered thunderstorms to Pennsylvania today and tonight. The weather bura said highest temperatures woulcV be near 60 throughout the state today and drop to between 45 and 50 tonight. Cloudy and colder weather was ex- Span Buckles Gives Way Under Big Tractor-Trailer With Load of 14 Tons A 30-year-old Apollo truck driver, James Levier, escaped death a few feet late Monday night i when a 35-foot section of flooring conflict read: Is a third world pected tomorrow, preceded by showers in the eastern and central sections of the state.

on the Emlenton bridge collapsed and plunged into the Allegheny River beneath the wheels of his heavily loaded tractor-trailer. The big dual wheels of the vehicle dangled in the air in an open gap in the bridge roadway and war closer now than two or three years ago?" Stalin answered: "No, it is not." Stalin also gave these answers to three other questions: 1. It is possible that a meeting of the Big Power chiefs of state would be beneficial. Skunk in Attic Would Cheer China Invasion Kimball's Statement Conflicts With Truman By RICHARD APPLEGATE NORTH VANCOUVER, B. fUP) Encyclopedia salesman H.

Saunders said today he has failed to find the answer to a very pressing problem, even in the books he sells. Saunders wants to get rid of a pregnant skunk that the outfit loaded with 14 tons of sugar balanced precariously on a section of the bridge flooring over the middle pier. Levier, shaken but otherwise uninjured, lowered himself from the tiited cab and hurried to inform Emlenton officials of the dangerous situation. Road blocks were quickly thrown up on both sides of the bridge to prevent motorists from driving onto the damaged has converted ms attic to a 2. The present moment is oppor-j tune for unification of Germany.

3. (Unofficial translation) "The peaceful co-existence of capitalism i and communism is fully possible, I given the mutual desire to coop-i erate, readiness to perform obliga-1 tions which have been assumed, observance of the principle of; equality and non-interference in the internal affairs of other states." i maternity ward. TOKYO (UP) Navy Secretary Dan A. Kimball said today that the U.S. Navy "probably would The skunk has twice shown her disdain of Saunders' feeble attempt at trying to trap her.

Once she sprayed the household. The second stand on the sidelines and, cheer any Chinese Nationalist attempt to time she scared saunaers into invade the Communist mainland lalline into a laundry tub. from Formosa. "I'm setting desperate," Answers In Two Forms. Stalin's answer was given to the editors in two forms: one was in He also said he thought the Navy would "clobber the hell out of" Saunders said.

"All I've learned from the encyclopedia is that Skunks have litters of from six to any Chinese Communist attempt to a cable handed to them when they arrived here at Idlewild Airport this morning and signed by Russia's ambassador to London. invade Formosa, even after a Korean truce. 10." Kimball emphasized he was ex George Zarubin; the other was 'No Different' at 104 pressing only his own opinion, but his remarks seemed to conflict with President Truman's Far Eastern policy directive of June 27, handed to them in person by two members of the Soviet United Nations delegation when James L. WHITEWRIGHT, Tex. (UP) Wick, Niles, leader of the edi 1950 two days after the Communist invasion of South Korea.

tors' group, arrived at his New York apartment. On that occasion, the President ordered the U. S. Seventh Fleet to The Soviet representatives were This photograph taken early today on the Emlenton bridge shows what happens when a heavy tractor-trailer, loaded with 14 tons of sugar, attempts to cross a bridge with a posted capacity of ten tons. Two sections of the bridge deck collapsed at 11:30 p.

m. Monday under the weight of a truck being driven south by James Levier, 30, of Apollo. Levier, who escaped unharmed, told State Police he was traveling from Buffalo to Toledo, by a circuitous route. The horizontal bridge beams and flooring plunged into the Allegheny River, but the' tractor and part of the trailer remained suspended on a section of the bridge supported by the middle pier. Traffic across the river at this point is expected to be halted for "at least two weeks" while extensive repairs are being made by State Highway Department workers.

(News-Herald Photo.) "prevent" any Communist attack on Formosa and to "see that" the Mrs. Mandy A. Mangrum rested from her 104th birthday party today, still surprised over "all the fuss and bother" made over her. Now almost totally blind, but still able to hear, Mrs. Mangrum protested, "I'm no different from any other body." She celebrated her birthday at the home of her "baby boy," 73-year-old Joe Mangrum.

Two other of her six children still are living: Mrs. Ida Graves, 77, and 76-year-old Albert. Semyon K. Tsarapkin, deputy to chief Soviet delegate Jacob A. Malik, and A.

K. Startsev, second secretary of the delegation. Nationalists ceased all operations against the Chinese mainland. Wick is chairman of the board Kimball conceded that his re of the Daily Times at Niles. marks had been construed to "rep The editors first sent a cable resent a drastic change in U.

S. foreign policy," bu added: flooring. The driver told State Police of the Franklin sub-station he was making a run from Buffalo to Toledo, O. His gross weight was estimated to be 50,000 pounds, or 5,000 pounds over the limit allowed on Pennsylvania highways. State Highway Department workers spent most of the morning attempting to strengthen the section of bridge flooring supporting the abandoned truck and trailer.

"We are afraid another section may drop out," Highway Maintenance Superintendent Elwood Deeter admitted this morning. "It isn't safe for us to move it (the truck) or to make any repairs until it is moved," the superintendent asserted. Posted for Ten Tons. The bridge is posted for a gross load of ten tons, with of course a "safety factor." The tractor-trailer outfit itself would be above the posted limits and it had a "pay load' of 14 tons. The heavy vehicle snapped two of the bolts that support the tjeige beams on the upstream siae.

When the beams dropped, the stringers and deck plunged into the river. The truck was being operated south on Routes 38 and 208 and entered the bridge from the Emlenton side. It had reached the center pier when the mishap occurred. The two sections of bridge flooring, each 17 feet, six inches in length, adjacent to the middle pier on the Emlenton side collapsed under the excess weight. With through traffic blocked in both directions, Emlenton can be reached via Rockland and Van, but from Istanbul asking the Soviet leader for permission to come to Moscow, to interview him on the1 Ten MIG's Shot Down; Gabreski Becomes Ace "I am not the person who makes Fairless Meets With Price Boss or changes foreign policy, but that is the way I feel about it after my international situation.

Rate Hike Suspended HARRISBURG 'UP) Public Utility Commission visit there When there was no reply to this, a second cable was sent from The has Two States Hold Primaries Today Wisconsin, Nebraska Residents Go to Polls By UNITED PRESS SEOUL, Korea (UP) American Sabrejet pilots destroy-: ed 10 Communist MIG 15s, probably destroyed three and damaged 10 others todav in eieht thunderin? air battles re- i ordered a last-minute suspension of a $3,022,000 rate increase pro Wage Talks Held Up posed by the Equitable Rome containing four questions suggested by Eliav Simon, United Press correspondent in Jerusalem. The cable offered either to come to Moscow to receive the replies in person or to receive -cabled answers at Wick's New York During Price Argument; suiting in the second largest bag of Red jets in the Korean! Pittsburgh. The PUC ordered a six month Have Potent Force. He said in a prepared statement summarizing his conclusions after a tour of the Far East that the Chinese nationalists on Formosa "represent a potent force to combat Communism." "They have a cause to fight for, and they are willing to fight. They are presently getting along with what little they have in the way of arms and equipment.

I hope suspension of the increase, estimated at 12 per cent by equitable, war. Five of the high-altitude dog-fights with the swept-wing jets took place this afternoon and three this morning. In one Residents of Wisconsin and Ne- NEW YORK (UP) Steel wage negotiators stood by today to resume bargaining talks aimed at averting a nation-wide strike April 8 as a top industry spokesman and ordered an investigation into its reasonableness. The boost of the morning battles, Col. Francis S.

Gabreski, Oil City, presidential primarieS today, in aownea one iviiu De- Wisconsin, Sen. Robert A. Taft would have gone into effect today had the suspension not been order come the eighth iet ace in; laid his presidential hopes on Rock Removed ed. the line against former Minnesota history argued the case for steel price boosts in Washington. A high government source said today was the "key day" in the crucial wage-price dispute which' that we can give them some addi tional assistance "In Formosa, I was asked what our position would be in regard to protecting them in case the peace talks in Korea reached a conclu threatens to choke off vital steel; I production.

Steel mills will start; Gov. Harold E. Stassen, Gov. Earl Warren of California and a "stand-in" for Gen. Douglas Mac-Arthur.

Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower did not appear on the Wisconsin ballot and election officials have turned thumbs down on any write-in The 23 MIGs shot down, probably shot down and damaged comprised the greatest loss for the Reds since Dec. 13, when the Fifth Air Force destroyed 13 Red jets. On Jan.

2, 10 MIGs were destroyed. Ground action was limited to New Bomb Test Held in Nevada A-Bomb Dropped From High Flying Plane LAS VEGAS, Nev. (UP) An atomic bomb dropped from a high flying U. S. Air Force bomber over From Hillside In Oil City banking furnaces Friday if no! 'break comes in negotiations.

there is no way of crossing the river in the Emlenton district. Banker Pleads Guilty FAIRMONT, W. Va. (UP) -Samuel E. Swiger, 56, Cairo, W.

pleaded guilty yesterday to embezzling $50,000 from the Farmer and Merchants National Bank in Cairo. The former bank president told federal judge Harry E. Watkins that 25 years of "starvation waees" had prompted his defalca Highway Department officials ap In Washington, President Benjamin Fairless of United States Steel largest of the basic; sion. "I told them thai the people of Formosa are our friends, that we are all enlisted in a common cause against the Communist threat, and pealed to motorists today to stay clear of the area, fearing a traffic patrols and light probing attacks votes. involving onlv a few men.

I Sen. Estes Kefauver of Tennes- A four-by-five foot rock, weigh steel producers, conferred with ing approximately 1,000 pounds, "Part of the Business." Price Chief Ellis Arnall jam. However, crowds gathered on the scene during the early morn hillside removed irom tne Arnall said only WC die UdVUlii' that it was my opinion that the United States should continue to protect them, no matter what overlooking Main Street. Oil City, Gabreski, commander of the 51st Sabrejet Wing, called his fifth victory in jet warfare "just part a discussion." Apparently they! Frenchman's Flat Proving ending a threat to traffic, pedes- ing hours and it looks like a boom day for the little town and its restaurants. tion.

Sentence will be imposed Grounds 75 miles north of here duT trians and buildings. of the business. later. A heavy hauling firm in Butler exploded and shook this resort city gently today as merchants 'Our teamwork, superior train Swicer oleaded guilty to six see was matched against two pro-Truman stand-ins on the Democratic ballot which was robbed of much of its vitality with President Truman out of the 1952 running. In Nebraska, Stassen appeared on the GOP ballot in opposition to another MacArthur stand-in, Mrs.

Mary Kenny. On the Democratic ballot in Nebraska, Kefauver was opposed by counts of fraudulent conversion. ing and terrinc ability of our crease oig enougn to compensate The rQck protruded from the for the 26 cents an hour wage! opposite the Kellogg Paint and fringe package increase and the office of Alderman sought by the union. Clyde Stuck and had become An industry source said the steel to create the hazard. happens.

Pressed for further comment, Kimball told newsmen he thought the Navy would "clobber the hell out of" any Communist attempt to invade Formosa from the mainland, but would "probably stand on the sidelines and cheer" any pilots really paid off today," he said. "I'm damn proud to be able were opening their doors for the day's business. The air drop was confirmed by atnmir pnprtrv nffirials whn arp to fly with the 51st." companies negotiating committee i citv workers Ed Kresinski and During World War II. Gabreski charged with "a new series of A- expected to hear from Fairless this Ciair Yingling dislodged the rock uiiuusi was contacted by the driver this morning and plans were being made to attempt to lighten the load in the trailer and remove the vehicle. Highway maintenance men estimate "a week to ten days" before the damage can be repaired.

Meanwhile, temporary routes have been mapped out through Foxburg and St Petersburg, officials said. afternoon Fairless' reoort would u- down 28 enemy planes and L.0" this morning. The two men chmbedlri.rnvp. nn destroyed three others on the tests, launched with this morn 'Prays' Under Pew ATLANTA (UP) Jailed on suspicion of burglary after police found him hiding under a church pew yesterday, John F. Hefner, 57, explained he had gone there "to pray." iNauonausi auacK on tne main land.

determine whether the 30 feet on a ladder to a nar- Sen. Robert S. Kerr of Oklahoma in the first Democratic test of strength since Mr. Truman with would meet with steel workers row ledge underneath the loose cnieiiain rump lviurray laier in j.QC dug a trench in the ram- ing's detonation. They would not reveal the type of bomber or the height from which it was dropped.

No troops or an'mals participated in the test, the AEC said. drew from the race. the day. soaked shale and gravel for a The contract boost was recom foothold and pounded at the rock Nebraska, however, has ruled in favor of write-in votes and both mended by the Wage Stabiliza- with a 12-foot heavy iron rod Eight shock waves shook the city TDJ rTr 7 4. ground.

The battle in which Gabreski became a jet ace was touched off by the MIGs' third attempt of the day to interrupt Allied fighter-bomber attacks on roads and bridges between Chongju and Sin-ukuk. Gabreski's flight of 26 Sabrejets surprised an element of 16 MIGs before the startled Communist pilots could drop their wing tanks. After working at one side of the Unions Stage Protest Strike in Tunisia TUNIS, Tunisia (UP) Two unions staged a 24-hour strike today protesting French rule of Tun minutes after the blast. No reports I a 77 Steelworkers has said it must get of damage were received. head rock for half an hour, they climbed Stocks Turn Easier Afler Firm Opening Taft and Eisenhower backers were busy up to the last minute in an effort to duplicate the history-making showing Eisenhower made against Stassen in Minnesota.

off its such a hike to threatened walkout down the ladder to the other side and proceded to work again. Traffic was rerouted by Police $100 Damage Caused In Coefields Crash Cars operated by Donald E. White, 1341 Sassafras Street, and Harold C. K. Smith, IOV2 Mylan Street, Oil City, collided at Coe- Postponed Temporarily.

Thousands of curious tourists flooded the streets and were packed sardine-deep on rooftops, all eyes focused north to witness the blast. Most of them were dis- isia but their walkout was only a Both states expected record partial success. Wage bargaining talks between NEW YORK (UP) Stocks re turnouts. Nebraska weather was fair and cool. Wisconsin was! the union and the industry were to'r uC aT" i.

The brief, vicious dog fight took place at 30,000 feet just south of the hazardous task. Motorists appointed, expecting a much more; have resumed yesterday after a versed their procedure of ester-day and turned easier after a firm opening today. cloudy and drizzly. spectacular show crossing the Center Street bridge were told to turn around or take three-month break for the wage But about 290,000 voters werelfield.s Corners at 11:30 a. m.

today. The AEC said the test was the Uijo near the Manchurian border. It was the first time in months that 51st Wing Sabres had numbers board to maKe its recommenda causing $100 damage to the vehic In the previous session they Route 8 by-pass, and traffic head first held at Frenchman's Flat tions Strong units of infantry and field gendarmerie patrolled the streets of Tunis and other cities, ready to cope with any violence. But in Tunis the strike was almost unnoticed, and authorities said public utilities were operating normally. Employes of streetcar and suburban rail lines refused to take part in the strike.

nt towards the bridge was ordered since early in 1951. The last series on their side in a tangle with MIGs. of "shots," detonated last fall, 'The MIGs never saw us," Gab were held on Yucca Flat, border "temporarily, pending further de-i0" slowly and in single file, velopments," on the motion of A 1W number of pedestrians John A. Stephens, top industry I stood in the drizzling rain to watch negotiator and U. S.

Steel Street Commissioner A. E. predicted in the Corn Huskers primary and Wisconsin counted on about half the state's 2.000,000 eligible voters to show up. Thirty GOP and 28 Democratic delegates will be elected in Wisconsin. Nebraskans will elect 18 Republican delegates and 12 Democratic delegates.

reski said. "We dived right down ing Frenchman's Flat, and inclu les. City police said the White machine was traveling east on Grant Street and making a right turn onto Thirteenth Street, and the car driven by Smith was traveling north on Thirteenth Street and making a left turn onto Grant when the collision occurred. their tail pipes ded atomic troop maneuvers. started easier and then moved higher.

Trading increased to the most active since Feb. 20 with Canadian Pacific again the leader in volume. That issue sold at 40 5-8 and then dipped to 39 3-4, off 3-4 point. Northern Pacific, up at the opening, declined to a net loss of nearly 2 points. Santa Fe lost more than a point.

Oils also turned down. Texas president. atanton directed xne worK. Stephens did not elaborate, but. Patrolman Cotter noticed the it was clear the "big six" steel-idangerous hazard and watched it markers who invited the union! during the past week.

He informed to bargaining talks were awaiting; Chief I. L. Joslin at 10:30 a. m. Top Secret Papers Are Found on Street Mobilizer Leaves With Warning; Will Go Fishing word from the Capitol on the price; toaay tnat tne rocK snouia De re- moved as the rain had loosened question.

Pacific Land Trust, up a point at the opening, showed a one-point CIO President Philip Murray, who also heads the steel union, LONDON (UP) Police reported it considerably. At 11:30 a. m. after strenuous wnrk nn thp rtrprnrinns lpdffp hv Truman Takes Interest in Investigation of McGrath WASHINGTON (UP) President tionnaire submitted to him and the way production is rolling, now today that atomic papers marked said he expected a meeting today loss around noon. Standard Oil (Indiana) also was down a point.

Jersey Standard lost nearly a point have the balance of world power. but industry men indicated thevithe two men, the rock roared 'to! "top secret" were found in a sub- iL. i ctroot hv turn srnnrl hnvs hilt WASHINGTON (UP) Charles E. Wilson packed up to "go fishing" today with a final warning that the fate of the U.S. dollar hangs on President Truman's solution of may not De reaay to taiK street Deiow, spmung mio a spokesman for the Supply Minis Steels, motors, mercantiles, chem icals and metals slipped back.

The outgoing mobilizer was less optimistic about the future of the tomorrow fragments as it fell. Truman took a personal interest cther top government officials by the steel wage-price dispute wage-price stabilization program, try said they apparently were the work of an April Fool prankster. The papers also were labelled of Attorney General J. Howard Newbold Morns- tee President Wilson officially threw up his job as defense mobilizer last night He told newsmen he still believes steel pay raises of 26 cents an Stephens, who is traditionally the chairman of steel union-industry bargaining conferences, asked Murray for the delay amid a tense atmosphere brought on by the resignation of Defense Mobilizer corruption hunter. McGrath.

"Harwell" the name of Britain's principal nuclear research estab rather than go along with Mr. Want Briton Named Successor to Ike hour, recommended by the Wage Stabilization Board and approveed He invited chairman Frank L. Chelf (D Ky) to the White House Truman in sanctioning a steel lishment. Charles W. Wilson.

The former to discuss the inquiry being con Scotland Yard experts were called in quickly after the boys wage raise without a compensating increase in steel prices. The 65-year-old industrialist, who by Mr. Truman bver his objections, are a serious threat to the stability of the American economy. head of the nation's rearming ef ducted by a House Judiciary sub took the papers one a blue McGrath also refused to say whether he will comply with the subcommittee's request for a look at his income tax returns. Republicans Kenneth B.

Keating (N Y) and Patrick J. Hillings (Cal) predicted that either Morris or McGrath will have to resign to fort said the size of the wage- committee LONDON (IP The Labor par print and the other a sheet of I haven changed my mind one Chelf said Mr. Truman took the has helped rearm America in two national emergencies, bowed out with an angry blast at the Presi bit on that," he said emphatically. ty urged Prime Minister Winston Churchill today to nominate a fringe hike suggested by the wage board together with President Truman's apparent decision to paper with scientific calculations inscribed to the nearest police initiative in arranging the meet Wilson, who gave up a British general to succeed Gen, a-year job as president of General station. ing.

He hoped that the talk would lead to some modification of Mr. Dwight D. Eisenhower as su break the "impasse" which Mc back Arnall in denying big price increases violated his "senses The spokesman said the papers dent and a reassuring word to the nation as a whole that the mobilization job he undertook in the dark days after Korea is two-thirds Grath's attitude has created in I Truman's recent order forbidding Electric Co. to become defense mobilizer, said he has no plans to return to private business. preme allied commander in Europe if he resigns to run for presi of justice." Morris efforts to track down cor- ruption.

dent. I haven any more plans than were found along witn a Norwegian newspaper and apparently were the work of someone with a fair knowledge of nuclear matters. It was reported the matter What he'll have to say federal agencies to release information to the subcommittee without prior White House approval. The subcommittee is investigat Churchill replied to the Labor I believe that we are fast over a baby, except to go fishing," he Keating recalled Morris' earlier statement that he would ask Presi- suggestion in the House of Com Bomb Threat Phoned NEW YORK (UP)-A 24-hour said. will be whohsome and Presidential Assistant John R.

dent Truman to fire any federal fl official who balked at answering might be brought up in the House of Commons later today. mons by stating that Britain would certainly favor an American commander for the Western ground forces if that is what the United taking Russia in the quantity of production of war materials," he announced to a hurriedly summoned news conference just an hour before his resignation became effective. ing McGrath's management of the Justice Department, and charges by GOP presidential candidate Harold E. Stassen that McGrath became a millionaire in public of A preliminary investiga guard has been set up around Bellevue Hospital to prevent a threatened bombing of the institution. A switchboard operator yesterday received a call from an uni States wants.

tion showed the papers were not British, and police were trying to viucauuuo auuub Ilia lllldllUicU ai- fairs. If Mr. Truman failed to oust lithe official, Morris said he would turn in his own resignation. 5 Steelman took over as acting defense mobilizer and called immediate conferences with Economic Stabilizer Roger L. Putnam and Price Controller Ellis Arnall to search for a way out of the steel dilemma, which threatens to erupt earthy.

You'll be hearing from him soon in The News-Herald fice. "In quality of production, I be trace them down. McGrath told the investigators It is now back in the Presi- f. lieve that we already have passed dentified man who said: "I've got NEW SHIPMENT. The papers, written in English, 8-piece party sets $1.39.

Camp- bore the designation, "top secret- them dent's lap," Keating said. "There yesterday he is "not sure" whether he will fill out a financial ques- a bomb and I'm coming in now to blow up Bellevue." 1 bell's Basement Store. lti to be burned after reading." "We and our Allies, in view ofiin a nationwide strike April 8. may be some resignations.".