The Daily Republican from Monongahela, Pennsylvania • Page 1

DAILY I THE WEATHER THE REPUBLICAN FOUNDED IN 1846 NOW IN ITS 105th YEAR EPUBLICAN Some cloudiness and quite warm today followed by a few widely scattered thundershowers late this afternoon and tonight. Tuesday partly cloudy and not so warm. MONONGAHELA VALLEY'S OLDEST NEWSPAPER VOLUME 104 NO. 25 MONONGAHELA, MONDAY, JUNE 26, 1950 FIVE CENTS A COPY mm If li IB mm UU ZS l-J I 1 I II I UU UULUU I I 4 1 116th Suit Filed U. S.

MILITARY ADVISER HEADS FOR WAR AREA LOCAL MmMflSTS C7ITHIE3 ES IF SEOUL FOUR Hi President Pledges Digger And Faster Flow Of Military Supplies To Republic WASHINGTON, June 26-(UP)-President Truman today denounced the "unprovoked aggression" against South Korea and pledged a bigger and faster flow of military supplies to the Com-muist-invaded Republic. Describing the invasion as a "lawless action," the President said that those responsible for it "must realize how seriously the government of the United States views such threats to the peace of the world." He said in a special statement that "willful disregard of the obligation to keep the peace cannot be tolerated by nations that support the United Nations charter." SEOUL, Korea, Tuesday, June 27- (UP) Tank-led North KoreanTUommunist armies drove to within four miles of this capital city of South Korea early today and reports from the front said Republican defense forces were able to put up "almost no Maj. Gen. Frank A. Keating (inset-upper left), new United States Army Korean military adviser, is en-route to the demarcation line on the 38th parallel in Korea where, in 1938 (below) the division between Communist-dominated North Korea and the Southern Republic was set up.

In the picture below, an American GI, Norman B. Hare, stands guard at a spot where the invasion of Sunday rolled into South Korea, quickly engulfing a number of towns. (International Soundphotos). WASHINGTON, June 26-(UP)- Embattled South Korea appealed to President Truman and Congress today for all possible military aid to help it stop the Communist invasion, Korean sources said. Informed quarters said that the appeal from President Syngman Rhee of South Korea was cabled through the Korean Embassy.

WASHINGTON, June 26-(UP)- Senate Republicans agreed today that the Korean fighting should not be considered a "provo- SON INJURED IN PITTSBURGH Cora J. Anderson Patient In Shadyside Hospital With Back Injury Mrs. Cora J. Anderson, of 422 West Main Street, an employe of the local postoffice, and her son, Frank Jv 21, are in the Shadyside Hospital. Pittsburgh, today as the -esult of a automobile accident Saturday evening.

The accident happened at Neg-ey and Fair Oaks Avenues, Pittsburgh, while Mrs. Anderson and our others in the car were en oute to the home of Mrs. James Foung of 7052 Edgerton Avenue, a of Mrs. Anderson. Mrs.

Young's daughter, Nancy, vas married at noon Saturday, ind Thomas S. Downer, of Tenth had driven Mrs. Anderson nd her two sons, Frank Jarrett nd Neil into Pittsburgh for the eception at the University Club. I girl had volunteered to show hem the way to the Young home nd was in the car when the col-ision occurred at an intersection iuring the heavy storm about 7:30 Mrs. Anderson sustained a back and Jarrett a broken collar one.

Neil Anderson and Downer ere shaken up and bruised but 'ere able to return home. Jarrett, who recently returned rom three years service in the J. S. Navy, probably will be dis-harged tomorrow or Wednesday. 1UT0 CRASHES iTORE FRONT 600 Damage, No One Hurt In Mishap At Webster Intersection No injuries but heavy damage suited when a car swerved out control at a Webster intersec-on last night and crashed into display window of the Raymond Naylor grocery store.

Naylor estimated damages at out $600. He said a huge dis-ay window was shattered and le front of the building smashed. According to reports, the car as operated by Mrs. Francis oss of Monongahcla R. D.

1. le apparently attempted to make left hand turn at the intersec- near the Donora-W idge. While making the turn, rs. Moss's car sideswiped a fhicle driven by Francis Deschio of Webster. The Moss car wasi thrown off road and into the front of the ulding.

No injuries were report-and damage to (the two ve-cles was described as "not too avy" by witnesses. emperatures High, aw In 24 Hours Maximum 89 degrees. Miniumum 61 degrees. N'ooh S3 degrees. Precipitation None.

Wind velocity 4 mph. Chairman Eugene D. Millikin of the Senate Republican Conference told reporters after a G. O. P.

meeting that there was a "unanimous opinion" that the United States has "no obligation" to go to war over South Korea. He said the conference felt that the United States has "perhaps some moral commitments to help the Koreans help themselves to wit witlr military supplies." "''''kS no- tii. f. 0 I' T'l 1 in. JCorep In Smog Disaster PITTSBURGH, June 26 (UP) The 116th Federal Court damage suit growing out of the 1948 Donora death smog was filed Friday.

The total amount of damages sought reached $4,263,850. Mr. and Mrs. Herman Kahn, Donora, brought action seeking $35,000 from American Steel Wire charging fumes from the firm's Donora plant injured their health. PLAYGROUND ACTIVITIES IN FULL SWING Attendance As Great Or Greater Than In 1949, Supervisors Say Activities at all city playgrounds moved along on schedule with the supervisors taking every advantage of the splendid weather.

Attendance at all the grounds has been as great or greater than last season. Lincoln playground has had an especially large attendance. Many spectators have been attending the junior softball games at the high school field in the afternoons. The boys and girls on the playgrounds arc learning to make worthwhile articles, i The supervisors use part of the morning sessions for handicraft, and it has become so popular that more work tables had to be ordered. Lincoln school children have been busy making picture molds from plaster of paris.

Next week a weaving project will be begun, with the first step being the mak ing of small looms- Westminster boys and girls have! been busy, weaving. From this they make skull caps, pot holders, coasters and table mats. The children are decorating all sizes and shapes of bottles (Continued on Page 2), (Column 6) Firemen Drag Creek For Body Of Youth PITTSBURGH, June 26 UP) Firemen last night dragged the swollen waters of Turtle Creek in search of the body of a 17-year-old North Braddock youth who drowned yesterday afternoon. Police said the youth, i ri Davis, fell into the stream near the Port Perry bridge while attempting to recover a ball. Army Worms Destroy Eight Acres Of Grass Army worms destroyed approximately eight acres of timothy and other grasses on the Owen Hertig farm in the Dutch Fork district of Donegal Township before the "invasion" was discovered.

Infestations were reported on the Earl Burig farm, south of riaysville. and on the John Clarke, Sarah Clarke. John Walker, William Hunter and Kenneth Hunter tracts along the Prosperity road. Te Deum" by Buck and Malotte's "The Lord's Pravr." Soloist was Vincent Kroen, tenor, who sang the beautiful, "The Voice in the Wilderness." Marcellus C. Findley, of Dor-mont, formerly of Monongahela, gave the introductory remarks as Thrice Potent Master of the Gour-gas Lodge of Perfection, sponsor of the service.

He reviewed the courage and character of St. John after the presidential election. i irti Sales to a rate of nearly 5,000,000 shares for a full session with first hour turnover of 890,000 shares, most since. May 15, 1948. :2 WASHINGTON, June 26T(UP) The South Korean Government is moving to Taiden, 90 miles south of Seoul, diplomatic sources told the, United Press today.

Death Toll Mounts In IV. Va. Floods CLARKSURG, W. June 26 (UP) The1 death toll in West Virginia's worst floods in history 1 State Police Capt: E. Stout pre dieted the fatality list would hit 33 before the day is through.

A United Press from police and Red Cross reports showed the total drowned had reached 29 at; ooon including six members of one family at Smith-burg. Three victims were not as yet identified, Stout said. PITTSBURGH, June 26 UP) Clean-up crews labored to remove mud and debris from many sections of the city today after a week-end cloudburst killed two persons and injured 11 others Herman Schmidt, 52, Gibsonia, Sharpsburg Borough, was fatally (Continued on Page 2) (Column 6) Wife Of New Jersey Governor Stops Here En Route From W. Va. Monongahclaris were surprised last Friday afternoon to see a sleek, gray Cadillac with New Jer-1 sey license plates bearing the nu meral "1" parked in front of Peter's Restaurant on Main Street.

The low-slung automobile took up one-and-a-half ordinary parking spaces, and had a large red spotlight on the front bumper. It was the latest model Cadillac, replete with all the accessories. Inside Peter's Restaurant were I By UNITED PRESS South Korea struck back at the Communist North Korean invaders today while the United States and Russia sat warily in the second's corners and the rest of the world suffered a bad case of World War III jitters. Gen. Douglas MacArthur's headquarters in Tokyo reported WAR IN KOREA MAY SPUR DRAFT BILL AGREEMENT Stand On Own Version, Committee Chairman Urges House WASHINGTON, June 26 UP) Chairman Carl Vinson, Ga of the House Armed Services Com- mittec urged the House today to i stand pat on its draft bill.

The Communist invasion of southern Korea was expected to spur efforts to compromise differences between a tougher Senate bill and the watered-down House version. But Vinson said he was determined to make almost no concessions to the Senate and called on the House to send the question to conference. The House bill would keep selective service machinery alive for two years but would bar inductions until Congress specifically authorized them. The Senate voted to continue the draft for three years with the President empowered to start inductions whenever Congress is not in session. Elsewhere in Congress: KOREA A nervous Congress viewed the Korean war as a major test to the United a tion s'antf i.

i 3. (Continued on Page 2) (Column 3) WATER BACKS INTO CELLARS Storm Loss Light Here However; Washington Area Hard Hit Water backed up into cellars and covered some streets in the First Ward here during Saturday's sud den cloudburst, but apparently little, if any, damage was done. During the weekend, the temperature soared at 90 Saturday before dropping to 72 during the rainfal. Sunday 'the temperature hit 88 after climbing 18 degrees from the morning1 low of 70. In the County, much damage was caused throughout the Washington district one of the heaviest rain-storms in months, 2.43 inches of precipitation falling Saturday night and Sunday morning.

Falling in torrents, flooding waters in that area forced a number of persons from their homes, washed out gardens and yards, poured into cellars, ran full from curb to curb and flooded street intersections. Members of the County Seat Street Department. Washington Firemen and the Washington Police Department were deluged with telephone calls. Out-Of-State Cars Crash At Eighty Four Route 31 at Eighty Four at 6:30 m. Thursday was the site ot a two-car collision in which no one was injured.

According to State Police, cars operated by Thomas W. Smitn, Fayetteville, N. and Harold C. Connecticut Court, rinfinnati. were headed east at the time of the crash.

Peterson was stopped at a section under construction, cars coming in the opposite direction, and Smith was unable to stop when he applied the brakes, running into the rear of Peterson's car. Street Car Blows Fuse; Firemen Called Here A general fire alarm was sounded here at 10:05 a.m. yesterday when a Pittsburgh Railways Com pany street car blew a fuse in East Main Street. The call came in over the box, at Nelson and East Main Streets, but firemen received a telephone message that their services would not be required before leaving the station. of to a that the North Koreans drove ital of Seoul from the 38th parallel border before being stopped.

That would be about 18 miles LOCAL SCOUTS DEPART FOR VALLEY FORGE 47,000 Boys From Every State, 17 Foreign Nations Expected Four Monongahcla Boy Scouts left this morning for, Valley Force, where more than 47,000 Scouts from every state in the nation and 17 foreign countries are expected to attend the National Scout Jamboree, the largest youth gathering ever held in the western hemisphere. The young men, Ernest Dcvore and William Parsons of Troop 155 and Charles Robertson and Rob ert Taylor of Troop 157, were driven to the jamboree by Howard J. Peterson. field executive, of Fourth Street extension. The Washington Greene Counties Council will be presented by forty-four Scouts and six leaders.

Noah Thompson, of Ga.ston-ville, also will attend. (Continued on Page 2) 'Column fi) Milk Strike Stalemated PITTSBURGH, June 26 UP) Efforts to end 17-day-old milk strike in the Pittsburgh area were completely stalled today. Peace negotiations were at a standstill in the dispute (hat has cut off milk deliveries to nearly three million persons in seven counties of Western Pennsylvania. More than 3.000 members of Local 205, AFL Milk and lee Cream Salesmen and Dairy employes have been on strike against 67 companies since June 9 to back up wage and hour demands. Bargaining talks were broken off Saturday afternoon.

A series of windnw-smashings yesterday in the Mt. Washington district of Pittsburgh was attributed to the dispute. Police believe strikers were responsible for breaking windows at three establishments accused of selling "bootleg" milk and ice cream. Wondows were broken at the Wells Drive-In Restaurant on No-blestown Road, at, the store of Helen Zeiters on Sweet briar Street and at a business place operated by Thomas Flannery on Edith St. Penitentiary Convict Leaps 44 Feet To Death PITTSBUURGH.

June 26 (UP) A Western Penitentiary convict leaped 44 feet to his death yesterday he left his cell for breakfast. The prisoner, Lawrence F. 48, Brooklyn, N. was serving a three and a half to seven year sentence after a 1947 burglary conviction in Allegheny County. Thomas H.

Gemmell, Brother Of Two Local Residents, Dies Thomas H. Gemmell, aged 59 years, brother of David S. Gemmell and Mrs. Julia Barker, of this city, died Saturday in Mercy Hospital, Pittsburgh, after a four-months illness. He resided at 985 Pennsylvania Avenue, California, and was employed as a tipple foreman at Crescent Itfo.

1 Mine at Daisytown. The deceased was a member of the California Methodist Church. Surviving are his wife; two brothers the local man and James F. Gemmell of Beallsville; another sister in addition to Mrs. Barker-Mrs.

Henry Cominsky of North Charleroi. I THREE MISHAPS ON CITY STREETS Donora Boy In Hospital After Running Into Side of Auto A three-year-old boy is a patient in the Memorial Hospital today, injured in one of three accidents on local streets over the week-end. 1 The boy, William Richardson, of Seventh Street, Donora, city police said ran into the side of an automobile operated by Floyd A. Payne, Box 98, LaC about 6:50 p.m. Sunday in Main Street, near Third Street.

Eye-witnesses told Patrolman William Urban that the boy darted between two parked cars near Book's Shoe Store, and ran into the right front fender of Payne's auto, which was traveling west. Payne took the boy to the hos- pital where he was detained after receiving treatment for brush burns of the left forehed and Xwo Minor lishaps Reports In District Two minor week-end mishaps were reported in this district by State Police. Damage totalled $00 but no one was injured, they said, when automobiles operated by Princess M. Landstaff, 31, of 245 Thompson Avenue, Donora. James D.

Rupert, 35, of Chicora, R. F. D. 2. Butler County, collided in the Monongahela Charleroi road.

Route 88. Saturday at 9:20 p. m. The accident occurred a mile north of Charleroi. The second mishap occurred Sunday at 2:20 a.

m. ten feet north of the Donora Borough line in Route 837, the Monongahela-Don-ora Road. It involved cars operated by James D. Conwell. 68, of 837 Fallowfield Avenue, Charleroi, and Robert L.

Jones, 22, of Box 423, Donora. Damage totalled $50. I "half way" to the southern cap from Seoul. Northwest of Seoul, other southern-forces. -on isolated Ongjin PPrf'-insula counter-attacked into Norths ern Korea and captured Haeju.

a manufacturing center just across the border. At sea, the South Korean Coast Guard announced that it had sunk four Russian-made troop ship presumably on their way to reinforce North Korean invasion beachheads on the East Coast. A Russian-made North Korean plane fired at an American fighter sent to protect ships evacuating 700 American women and children from Seoul, but the American aircraft escaped unscathed by evasive action. MacArthur announced he had sped American help to the beleaguered Southern Koreans by sea and by air. He said he had been authorized to turn over to South Korea 10 F-51 Mustang sin-gle-engined fighters capable of carrying a small bombload.

His headquarters also aa- Continued on page two) (Column 3) S. History have been hit by lightning. A retired Naval officer who lives on the lake shore said he saw the plane crash while attempting to elude the storm early Saturday. "Suddenly there was a big flash and the plane was gone," he said. The four-engined craft lay on the lake bottom in 110 feet of water today.

Thunderstorms threatened the area but fair weather was expected laer. Three Coast. Guard cutters patrolled throughout the night, their powerful searchlights picking out the tragic flotsam. "Two other cutters joined them at dawn. Elizabeth Firm Low Bidder On Road Job HARRISBURG, June 26: (UP) The State Highways Department Friday named the $217,873 bid of Rothey Elizabeth, unofficial low on a contract to resurface a total of 2.06 miles of Legislative Routes 26008 and, 26010 in German Fayette County.

The department also named these unofficial low bidders on other road improvement projects in Western Pennsylvania: Cambria County Trump Washington, $27,844 to widen 0.47 mile of Legislative Route 11048 in Carrolltown Borough. Designer Of Homestead High Level Bridge Dies PITTSBURGH, June 25 (UP) Funeral services will be held tomorrow in St. Raphael's Church, Morningsirle. for John M. Rice, 65, designer of the Homestead high level bridge and the ultra-modern Highland Park bridge.

He died in his East End home Saturday. Worst Plane Tragedy In U. lusic, Service Outstanding 00 ATTEND FEAST OF ST, JOHN HE BAPTIST IN LOCAL CHURCH the wife of the governor of New aDrasions of the ieft side of the Jersey, Mrs. Alfred E. Driscoll, I face left forearm and knee, and the governor's personal chauf-.

A sedan operated by Peter Pos-feur, Sergeant Schaub, of the New kon of Courtney, police said, hit Jersey State Police. They were re- a parked Car owned by Cornelius turning from the Governor's Con-j erence in White Sulphur Springs, (Continued on Page 2) West Virginia, and stoppe'd for din-; (Column 7) ner en route to the Pennsylvania SPOT WHERE PLANE CARRIED 58 TO DEATH IN LAKE, FOUND me hpuu, pauun auu 01 ma- svlvania. Haddonfield is only sev-sontc Organizations, in explaining eft miles from Phllade)phia. the annual observance, and com-1 four hundred persons attended observance of St. John the ptist Day yesterday afternoon in i First Methodist Church here.

VI a i organizations from ttsburgh and practically every vn in the valley were represent-at the service, held under of the Ancient Accepted attish Rite of Free Masons, Val- of Pittsburgh. The entire service was impres-e, with the music and sermon jecially outstanding. Walter Fawcett, eminent Pitts-rgh organist, was heard in a spell recital from 2:15 until 2:45 fifteen minutes longer than leduled due to a delay in the -ival of Pittsburgn district offals because of week-end storms. also was accompanist for group ging, led by Arthur M. Tanner.

The Scottish Rite Choir, aug-nted by eight female voices and der the able direction of Percy Dorrlngton, presented several mbers. The group's rendition their selections was most im-sive, especially the "Festival Turnpike. Governor Driscoll returned to New Jersey Thursday afternoon by National Guard plane. The governor and his wife were driven to the Conference by way of Baltimore and Frederick, Maryland. Mrs.

Driscoll decided to re turn to the Driscoll home in Had- donficld N. by way of Penn-' VVater rnces Just, Fayette Judge Rules Judge H. Vance Cottom decreed last week that the water prices of the Belle Vernon Municipal Authority are just and reasonable and dismissed an appeal by the Price- dale Water Company. Judge 1 Cottom ruled that the Pricedale Water Company must comply with the terms of an agree-1 ment of Oct. 1, 1927.

I BENTON HARBOR. June 26 (UP) Coast Guardsmen found the spot today where a DC-4 Northwest Airliner crashed into Lake Michigan, carrying 58 persons to death in the nation's worst airplane tragedy in history. Divers waited for clearing weather at the point 12 miles northeast of here where "portions the victims' bodies and bits of wreckage were bobbing to the surface. Coast Guard Capt. Nathaniel Fulford said the plane appeared have been blasted to pieces by thunderstorm.

He said it may mended General Chairman George of this city for success of the program. The sermon was preached by the Rev. James T. Orr, pastor of the Dormont Presbyterian Church. Two Monongahela ministers participated in the service.

The invocation was given by the Rev. Leonard H. Hoover, pastor of the host church, and the benediction by the Rev. George D. Massay, pastor of the First Christian Church..