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TWO Meona natter at the font Newport. R. nnder the act of March 3, 1879 THE NEWS--NEWPORT, R. SATURDAY, APRIL 25, 1953 Dally Except At 140 Street, Newport, R. I.

VETERAN 7 WAVE GETS COMMENDATION--YN Helen Frances Harney, right, master-at-arms of the Naval Station enlisted women's barracks, received a letter of commendation Friday for outstanding service. Reading from Naval Base commander is Capt. Joy Bright Hancock, left, director of WAVES. Lt. Eleanor A.

Thomspon, Naval Base women's representative, is in center. tUSN Photo) Winston Churchill Knighted By Queen Elizabeth Navy Woman Receives Letter Of Commendation A 54-year-old Navy enlisted woman, veteran of two world wars, received a letter of commendation here Friday for her "outstanding leadership and exceptional competence." Yoeman First Class Helen Frances Harney of Brighton, Mass. heard the letter read by Capt. Joy Bright Hancock, WAVE director, in a surprise ceremony at the Naval Station enlisted women's barracks. The commendation came from Capt.

T. Henry Hederman. Naval Base commander. Yeoman Harney and Captain Hancock are believed to be the only "yeomanettes" from World War I sMll in active service. The letter cited Miss Harney for her performance as chief master-at-arms of the enlisted women's barracks and praised her for working long hours at additional duties.

"Her devotion to duty has been an inspiration to all who have served with her," Captain Hederman had written. The veteran was so overcome that she could only reply, "Thank you, Captain Hancock," She served two and a half years during World War long before the WAVES became an organized component of the Navy, and re-enlisted for active duty in the Naval Reserve in 1950. Her first duty here was as master-at-arms of the WAVE barracks at the Naval Hospital. Captain Hancock, who is retiring in June as leader of the WAVES, completed her stay here Friday and went to Quonset Naval Base women's representative. WINDSOR, England Queen Elizabeth knighted Winston Churchill last night, elevating him to the highest order of British.

chivalry with the touch of a golden sword. The British prime minister, 78, knelt before his young Queen in the drawing room at Windsor Castle to receive-- for his decades of service to the empire and the throne the accolade he declined from her father, King George VI. "Arise Sir Winstoon," she said. He rose as the Right Honorable Winston Churchill, knight of the garter, this half-American grandson of the seventh Duke of Marlborough. As a knight, he gains nothing substantial except the title "Sir" and! the right to walk ahead of plain misters and knights of lesser William F.

Caswell Dies, Was Jamestown Official William F. Caswell, 87, retired Jamestown post master, a former Republican Representative in the state legislature, and a toun offi cial, died Friday night at Harbor View after a long illness. Born in New York City, Oct. 25 1S65, son of the late Albert anc Adeline F. Langley Caswell, he came to Jamestown as a young man.

His wife, the former Robie Knowles, died several years ago. Mr. Caswell was elected to (he state legislature in the early 1900's He served as town clerk, and assis tant postmaster, uhen the clerk', office and post office were in th same building. His first appoint ment as postmaster was during President Taft's administration He was appointed again by Presi dents Harding and Coohdge. His reappointment under Presiden Herbert Hoover in the last year his administration a not con firmed by President Roosevelt.

Mr. Caswell was a member the Town Council; tax collector for two years and town moderator for many years- He served as treasurer and loca manager of the Jamestown Water Co. when that firm was owned by Bradford Norman. He was a member of the Centra Baptist Church and Excelsior Lodge, IOOF, of Newport. Surviving are a brother, Grant Caswell of Newport a daughter, Mrs.

William Beldan of Centerville, three sons, Sher man C. Casuell of i a and William Stuart Casvsell and Frederic Caswell, ot Jamestown, 14 grandchildren and eight great grandchildren. Robert Robinson, 82, Dies, Owned Lunch Cart Robert Robinson, 82, of 6 Warner who for many years, operated a i wagon on Washington Square, died at Newport Hospital Friday after a short illness. His wife, Mrs Annie Stewart Robinson, died several years ago. Mr.

Robinson was born in Philadelphia. and was a member of the First Presbyterian Church here. He leaves a son, John Robinson of Newport. two daughters, Miss Agnes Robinson of Newport and Mrs. Arthur Eaton of Santa Clara, two sisters, Mrs.

Marearet Hall and Mrs. Agnes Black both of Wildewood, N. and i grandchildren. Providence Sea Captain Charged With Slaying JERSEY CITY, N. J.

(JI-A sea captain from Prowdonce, R. is being held in Hudson County jail on charges of killing a member of his ship's crew a year ago. He is Capt. Michael A. Moretti, accused of shooting old George Perkins Jr.

Van Nuys, aboard the S. S. Fort Stephenson on Feb. 15. 1952.

Morreti was arrested by the FBI in Newark yesterday and arraigned before U. S. Commissioner Lynch here on a charge of manslaughter on the high seas. He was ordered to jail in lieu of $5,000 bail. Moretti was accused of shooting the crewman while the Fort Stephenson was making a run between the Canary Islands and Tripoli.

Libya, in North Africa. The charge was filed against him by the FBI on March 30. I at I CODDEVGTON HIGHWAY TEL. 6690 rank on formal prime minister, occasions. As he already outranks other knights of the garter in this "order of precedence.

But investiture with the Order of the Garter, founded by King Edward III six centuries ago, was the greatest honor Churchill could accept without giving up his cherished role as Conservative leader in the rough and tumble politics in the House of Commons. Mrs. Thomas Creasy Of Middletown Dies Mrs, Bertha L. Adams Creasy, mother of Mrs. Louis Lally of Prospect Avenue, Middletown, died Fridayl an the Rose Hawthorne Home, Fall River, after an illness of several months.

Born in England, she had lived most of her life in idenco until her husband, Thomas Creasy, died a few years ago. She had lived with her daughter in Middletown for five years. Mrs. Creasy leaves her daugh- tera, a sister. Mrs.

Walter Crocker of Providence, and three grandchildren. Services will be held at the Carpenter-Jenckes Funeral Home, 131 Elmwood Providence, Tuesday afternoon. Interment will be in Providence. Wrong-Side Driver Fined After Broadway Mishap Watson B. Clark, 37, of Metropolitan Drive, Riverside was fined 335 and costs in police court today when he pleaded guilty to a reckless driving charge stemming from a minor accident on Broadway early this morning.

Police told Judge Arthur J. Sullivan that Clark was driving south on Broadway on the wrong side and at Everett Street bumped the fender of a car operated by Joseph Parvo of Caswell Avenue. Parvo follosved the Clark car down Broadway. The defendant halted near City Hall and police were summoned. Thomas N.

Moran, 24, of the USS Roberts appeared, for sentence on a reckless driving charge, to whicn he had pleaded nolo when ar- raignpd last Saturday. Judge Sullivan fined him S25 and costs. Moian had sideswiped another car on Church Street on April 17. Lillian R. Feeley, 22, of Seabury Street, Providence, was surrendered by Miss Irene Murphy, women's probation officer, and received two concurrent sentences of six months each in the Women's Reformatory.

She had been on probation here for vagrancy and disorderly conduct, but had violated the probation terms. Two men were fined $10 and costs each for speeding on East Main Road. Middletown. Fred B. Tremhlay, 19, USX, of Danvers, plparied guilty and Eugene Pawlicki, 30, pleaded nolo.

of Sodus, N. Y. Open Defiance Looms In N. Y. May Day Ban NEW YORK (ft-- A threat of open defiance loomed today over the city's action prohibiting the customary leftist May Day parade.

Sponsors said marchers will turn out despite the ban-- and at the risk of riot. Police said there will be no parade. For years, the May 1 parade las been held on city streets, but city officials, branding he affair a Communist demonstra- imposed a ban backed up a court order. Leon Straus, chairman of the Jnited Labor and People's May Day Parade Committee, responded vith a call to supporters to march anyway. He conceded the parade probably would lead to lolence betuecn he marchers and the police, but added: "As law-abiding citizens we will do all in our power to prevent We v.

ill march on the 1 irst of May." Said i Commissioner eorge P. Monaghan: "The police vill take whatever action is necessary." Yugoslavia, Vatican Break Off Religious Law Talk BELGRADE, Yugoslavia (Si-The official Yugoslav press reported today that consultations betueen a special government commission and representatives of the Roman Catholic Church on a new religious law here have been broken off. The press reports said the split came because of interference by the Vatican. The first meeting was held two a ago to discuss terms of a new law spelling out the privileges and limitations of religious activity in this Communist country. The law a to be submitted to Parliament this year.

for approval later Tanjug, the officials news agency, and Borba, of the Communist party, said the Catholic Church group came to the conference with instructions from the Vatican to oppose in principle the separation of chinch and state affairs. The contended the Vatican has permitted the high churchmen, including two archibishops and bishops to attend the conference only as a method for presenting new claims designed "to increase tension" between the state and church. The reports said some of the churchmen like to see better relations but feared to work for that goal because of "interference anrl instructions from the Vat'can." The account said, "it uas clear that under such conditions it was not possible to continue talks with the Catholic Church spokesman here unavailable for comment. Yugoslavia broke off diplomatic relations with the Vatican last December, charging it i interference in affairs. this country's internal I I I NO BETTER WAY TO ENTERTAIN TH THE SUNDAY NIGHT BUFFET SUPPER HOTE I I i varied nnsortmcnt of dtllcloiin foods, I i i Pny- Honst Hnm.

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Boston--Cloudy this afternoon and not so warm with a few sprinkles of rain. The highest temperature will be near 60. Cloudv with showers and possibly scattered thunderstorms and little perature change tonight and Sunday. Lowest tonight near 50. Moderate southerly wind this afternoon increasing to 20-30 m.p.h.

tonight and Sunday. Eastport to Block Island In-' creasing south to southeast this afternoon reaching 20-30 m.p.h. tonight and becoming squally in scattered thunderstorms late tonight and Sunday. Good visibility lowering to occasionally fair to poor in showers tonight and Sunday. Small craft warnings may be displayed alter today.

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M. 12:47 P. M. POW Exchange (Continued from PaKe 1) Command refuses to return some 50.000 Chinese and North Korean prisoners have said they do not a to go liomr. The Comm i insisted on the rc- of a prisoners of a Red China's Premier Chou En- lai proposed last month that pi is- Bridges Plans Probe Of Slow Plane Production WASHINGTON W-Sen.

Bridges (R-NH) today disclosed plans for a special Senate investigation into why Russia ha, been able to out- produce this country in some new t-'-es of aircraft. In an interview, Bridges said this is one of many issues in an armed services subcommittee in- vestigaton of aircraft production and procurement for the Air Forces, Navy and Marines. "We a broad authority to look into anything we wish," asserted Bridges, chairman of the group. He indicated that much of the testimony probably will be taken behind closed doors because it will involve top secret U. S.

plans and data on foreign nations. He said investigators already are looking into reports that identical aircraft cost $250,000 from one manufacturer and more than one million dollars from another. Sen. Symington (D-Mo), secretary of the Air Force and advocate of greater air is a member of the group. He recently said he quit as first Air Force -ecretary in the Truman administration after a slash in funds for greatly expanding and moCernzing that new service.

Pentagon spokesmen said that, of more than 156 billion dollars appropriated for the armed forces since the Korean War began in mid-1950, nearly 39 billions went for aircraft and parts. Yietminh Aims Assaults At Capital Of Laos HANOI, Indochina LB Communist-led Vietminh troops advanced across Laos aimed two invasion spearheads at the little kingdom's royal capital of Luangprabang today. One moved southu ard a crushing stubborn resistance from French and Laotian defenders at the mountain post of Mungnpoi, in Northern Laos, 60 miles from the capital. The other force came from the east. It included rebel units that participated in the a of Xiengkhouang, 90 miles southeast of Luangprabang.

The French estimated the enemy column driving from the northwest was about five days from Luang- prabang. The distance is only 50 miles but progress is slow over I the narrow mountain trails I pierce thick jungles and are cut by swift streams. 'At the Plains of the Jars in the heart of, Laos, enemy forces con- tinned today to pump heavy mor-1 tar shells into Franco-Latoian de-' fense position 1 They have not yet attempted an infantry attack. oners who refuse repatriation be command said. turned over to a neutral country pending a decision on their future.

He made it clear, however, that the Communists expect all of them ultimately to return home. The U. N. Command in agreeing to resume the truce talks sug- ested Switzerland as the neutral, aut re-emphasized that there can be no modification of its stand against forced repatriation. The talks broken off last fall after failure to settle this point.

As the transfer of disabled prisoners continued Saturday, another 38 Allied repatriates were flown 'rom- Korea to Japan for hospital treatment before returning to the United States. Meanwhile, 'the U. N. prisoner of war command said Chinese prisoners on Cheju Island have turned on Red agitators inside their stockades in recent days. Fifteen agitators were beaten so severely that three died later, the RUMMAGE SALE Ladles' I I I a Fleet i i i TUESDAY--APRIL '28 A.

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Notice of a later, CREASY--In Fall April 25, 1953, Bertha L. Creasy, mother of Mrt. Louis Lally of Prospect A i H. I. Funeral from the Carpenter Jenks Funeral Home, 131 Elmwood Avenue.

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ROBINSON--In i city, April 24, 1953, Robert Robinson, husband of the late A i Stewart Robinson, In his S3rd year, residence 6 Warner St. Services at the Hambly Funeral Home, 16 Mann Ave on Monday. April 27. at 2 P. M.

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