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The Daily Republican Western Pennsylvania: Fair to THE REPUBLICAN FOUNDED IN 1846 NOW IN ITS 107th YEAR day with a high about 75 in the north and 75 to 80 in the south portions. Some cloudiness tonight witn an expected low of 54 to 58. Thursday rather cloudy and warm I with scattered thundershowers by MONONGAHELA VALLEY'S OLDEST NEWSPAPER night. VOLUME 106 NO. 14 MONONGAHELA, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 11, 1952 FIVE CENTS A COPY ANNOUNCING STEEL DEADLOCK TT Toy AgoDLTD mb ted SDS(LaLT LQW UN MAY WALK OUT AGAIN AT TRUCE TALKS US.

MPs Seize Red Leaders In Camp Slayings KOJE ISLAND, Korea (UP) American military police today Allies May Quit Parley Unless Reds Bring Up Concrete Proposal PANMUNJOM, Korea (UP Allied truce negotiators, backed by a stiff note from Gen. Mark W. Clark to the Communist high command, said today they might walk out again if the Reds have nothing to offer except" propaganda. Senior delegates from both sides met today for the first time since the United Nations called a three-day recess Saturday. North Korean Gen.

Nam II immediately inquired if the U.N. intended to settle the prisoner of war question "by negotiation and consultation or through massacre." He referred to deaths of 38 in Compound 76 on Koje HOUSE VOTES EXTENSION OF U.S. CONTROLS All Restrictions Lifted On Installment Buying, Down Payments Senate 'Requests1 President To Use Taft-Hartley Law After Coalition Blocks Seizure Proposals By BETTY PRYOR United Press Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON-(UP)-The Senate made another stab today at putting through legislation that would empower President Truman to seize the strike-idled steel mills pending settlement of the wage dispute. A coalition of Republicans and southern Democrats, within six hours after the President personally appealed for such a law, yesterday rejected three proposals containing such authority. Instead, the Senate pushed through a proposal to "request" him to invoke the Taft-Hartley Law and obtain an anti-strike injunction against 600,000 CIO steelworkers who struck June 2.

Churchill Sees Britain In Peril Of Losing Glory LONDON (UP) Prime Minister Winston Churchill said today that Britain is in peril of losing all her possessions and glory because she is dangerously near economic bankruptcy. Churchill gave his warning dramatically during a speech at a luncheon of the British Press Association. Britain, he said, is standing on a "treacherous trap door" which may fall beneath it at any time. He was urging newspaper men to put the facts of Britain's cco- I I Tax Court Gets Lias Records MOPPING HIS BROW, John A. Stephens, U.

S. Steel vice president, presents management's views to reporters in Washington during press conference after John Steelman (nest to Stephens), presidential assistant, announced, "I find the parties completely deadlocked." Beyond are Philip Murray, CIO and United Steelworkers president: Vincent Sweeney (standing) of the union, and (far right) David McDonald, Steelworkers secretary-treasurer. Stephens said the "sole matter" remaining in dispute was the union shop. Murray said there are other issues, including wages. (Inter national Soundphoto) seized seven top Communist lead- ers from prisoner Compound 77 where at least 15 victims of kangaroo courts were murdered brut-tally just before the compound was evacuated.

Paratroopers were searching for "possibly hundreds" more anti-Communist victims of the Red commissars. while troops probed the earth for mnn hnrlinc namn fifjflriiinr tcrs announced the death toll of the savage fight in Compound 76 yesterday had risen to .38 prisoners. Seven died in a hospital today. One American was killed and 14 wounded, and more than 150 prisoners were wounded. The seven were grabbed in one of the new 500-man compounds as they were returning to their barracks from an hour of athletics.

They had been transferred this morning along with some 6,000 other North Korean inmates of No. 77. MP's marched them away for questioning. It was assumed they would be held in solitary confinement as arc some 20 other leaders of the Red fanatics. The murdered prisoners had (Continued on Page Three) (Column Seven) Two Monongahelans Among 26 Valley Men Enlisting In Army, AF Two Monongahelans Clyde P.

Glenn of 434 East Main Street, and James T. Montgomery of 438 Alexander Street are among 26 valley men whose enlistment in the U. S. Army and U. S.

Air Force has been announced by SFC. Arvellee Smith of the Char-leroi Recruiting Station. Two New Eagle men also are in the group, Kenneth E. Anders and Carl A. DeBerardinis.

Enlisting from other valley towns were: Donora Harry H. Casson, Joseph E. Brletich, Paul E. Vojtas, Albert M. Buchak, Richard S.

Kucia, William O. Cox; Charleroi John P. Hatala, James L. Wadsworth, Frank J. Se-zawich; Coal Center George W.

Luko; Monessen Alfred N. Amantan-gelo, Aloysius W. Boron, John A. Piper, Edward L. Barrow.

Perryopolis George B. Katrink, Michael Sztron; Star Junction Walter M. Mat-ras, Donald L. Bog Danske, Peter P. Matras; Belle Vernon James K.

Adams, Fayette City Joseph E. Tar-quinio; Wickhaven David A. Pagesh. Invalid Father Of 1 1 Falls To Death From Window In Canonsburg I White House sources considered it "extremely unlikely" that Mr. i Truman would put Taft-Hartley WASHINGTON (UP)-The Senate today defeated another attempt to give President Truman seizure power in the steel dispute.

It rejected by a 53 to 26 roll call vote a proposal by Sen. Wayne Morse (R Ore.) to give the President authority to seize plants for 60 days subject to Congressional veto when national emergency strikes occur or threaten. machinery into motion on the basis of yesterday's Senate action. They indicated the President was hopeful the Senate might reverse itself, or that the House might take a different view. The Senate took up a proposal by Sen.

Wayne Morse (R-Ore.) to authorize Mr. Truman to obtain an immediate anti-strike injunction and seize the steel industry for 60 days. Chairman Burnet R. Maybank said he will try to send the entire economic controls bill back to his Senate Banking Committee unless the Senate gives Mr. Truman powers to deal with the steel crisis.

He said Congress might as well let all economic controls lapse at the end of this month if it is going to deny the President "effective" weapons to get steel production rolling again. Acting Defense Mobilizer John R. Steelman announced meanwhile that he will call in union (Continued on page Four) i Column French Defense Plants Fire Reds PARIS (UP) Hundreds of Communist workers were fired from national defense factories and arsenals today for joining in Red-incited protest strikes. Firings were ordered in arms-producing plants throughout the country. Both nationalized factories and privately owned ones were included.

As the anti-Communist crackdown by "strong man" Premier Antoine Pmay entered its third week, the government also sent out a nationwide alarm for a Red 1 i i leauei uuui iuuiuii, names greatest naval base, and resumed lightning raids on Communist A thunder-bolt during Monday's storm caused a fire which damaged the electric rooi of the Weiss Packing Turkey Hollow Road, at about 3:15 p.m. Donora Firemen, who were summoned, estimated damage at about $1,000. The fire was extinguished in about 15 minutes. Island yesterday when they resisted movement to smaller enclosures. Brig.

Gen. William P. Nuckols, U.N. spokesman, said after the meeting that it was entirely possible that the Allies will walk out again unless the Communists bring up a concrete proposal. SEOUL, Korea (UP) Fifth Air Force Sabrejcts, outnumbered more than two to one, shot down three Communist MIG-15s today as the Reds stepped up the tempo of attacks in the air and on the ground.

Twelve Sabres ripped into a flight of 25 MIGs at dusk near Sinuiju in far Northwest. Korea. Communist ground forces threw a strong attack at United Nations lines along the classic invasion route to Seoul. A battalion of Reds approximately 750 attacked behind a artillery barrage near Chorwon, almost directly north of Seoul. The attack, the third in the same area in three days, was thrown back after a three-hour fight.

Extra Blanket May Be Needed By UNITED PRESS An extra blanket may come in handy tonight. Two high pressure areas squeezing Pennsylvania from the north and south will mean cooler temperatures during the night. A low pressure system, which caused above-normal temperatures during the past two days, particularly in the eastern half of the state, moved off Eastern Canada today. But the warm weather, and accompanying humidity, probably will be back tomorrow. Along with the higher temperatures, there'll be increasing' cloudiness over the entire state tomorrow, with a chance of afternoon thunderstorms in western sections.

The thundershower condition may spread to the eastern half of the state by Friday morning. Temperatures tonight will range in the 50's and 60's, and in the high 60's and 70's tomorrow. Rt. 71 Improvement Project Progresses Blacktop Construction Company of Washington, contractors for the newly improved stretch of Route 71 between Alien's Crossroads and Sweeney's, was rapidly completing its work S'de grading is underway near Rankin's Crossroads and the final blacktop surface was being put down there yesterday. This work will require some time, but the job should be finished long ahead of the July 25 Department order date.

WASHINGTON (UP) The House Banking Committee voted today to extend price, wage, and rent con trols until June 30, 1953. and to oKffclicli all rncrrlot irrx nn in of 1 11 ment buying and down payments Oil hOUSeS. In a surprise move, it also adopted an amendment which would force the government to keep price supports at present high levels of 90 percent of parity for basic farm crops next year. The committee's action on consumer, credit would junk all remaining credit curbs on purchase of housing. These curbs are contained in Regulation X.

This regulation was relaxed, effective to- day, by the government and per mits lower down payments on houses. The committee also would abolish the present voluntary credit restraint program and prohibit the government from restoring installment buying curbs which were suspended recently. The committee's actions were, taken as it drove to hammer out new legislation to replace the present Defense Production Act which expires June 30. Aides said the committee may complete final action on the bill tomorrow. The Senate already has voted to extend controls over prices, wages and rents for eight months until Feb.

28, 1953. The controls measure" on which the Senate still is working provides, however, for a one-year extension of allocation and credit control authority. The Senate is tied up on its con trols measure with amendments dealing with the steel crisis. The House committee rejected a move to accept the Senate version of the duration of the extension. It also beat down a move to limit extension to nine months.

President Truman had requested a two-year extension. Missionary Here Tonight The Rev. Robert G. Johnson, a missionary to Burma since 1946 under the American Baptist Con- vention Foreign Mission Society, will speak at 7:30 o'clock tonight in the First Baptist Church here, the Rev. L.

Glenn Hazel, announced today. Mr. Johnson, now home on leave will show colored slides of his work at Haka, in the Chin Hills on the border of India and Burma where he works among the Chins. The Chins are an animistic (devil or spirit-worshippers) people. Christian work began 52 years (Continued on page Four) (Column Four) Finleyville Woman Found Dead In Home Mrs.

Mary Jones, 73, of Finley villc, R. D. 2, who. with her husband, operated Phil's Tavern in Finleyville for a long period, was found dead at her home yesterday of a heart ailment. Her occurred several days ago in the opinion of a physician who was called and Deputy Coroner John L.

Simms. Mrs. Jones, who lived" alone, was discovered in a chair in her Jiving room early yesterday morn ing by neighbors. Her husband, Phil Jones, died in 1951. Greene County Doctor To Get 50-Year Plaque WAYNESBURG A doctor who has been practicing medicine for 62 ears will present an award this week to a doctor who has completed half a century of medical practice.

Dr. S. Clarke Steele, of Brave, Greene County, will receive a 50-year testimonial plaque from his fellow doctors at the June meeting of the Greence County Medical Society at the Memorial Hospital, here on Thursday evening. The presentation will be made by Dr. Lindsey S.

McNeely, of Klrby, who was born in 1860 and began his practice in 1890. 1 nomic plight before Britons and the world when he startled his hearers with his warning, The 77-year old Conservative I leader, whose public life goes I back to the glories of the Vic-l torian era, said that he looked with a great stirring of emotion last week when young Queen Eliz abeth II rode a horse at the "trooping of, the Color" parade in her honor by her brilliantly uniformed Household Troops. But he could not escape, he said, "the terrible question: On what does it all stand?" "That is the question," he said. "And it does seem indeed hard that the traditions and triumphs of a thousand years should be changed by the ebb and flow of markets and commercial transactions in the vast swaying world I which has sprung up and is grow- ing ever larger around us; and I that we have to watch from month 1 to month the narrow margins on which our solvency and influence depend." I (Continued on Page Three) (Column Three) Allegheny County Coroner Boomed As Governor Candidate BEDFORD, Pa. (UP) Dr.

William D. McClelland, Allegheny County coroner, was tagged today as a potential candidate in the 1954 Democratic race for governor. A boom on his behalf was initiated by Prothonotary David B. Roberts last night at the annual conference of the Pennsylvania State Association of Township Commissioners. McClelland was the principal speaker at the conference.

In introducing him Roberts said that "if he desires it, Dr. McClelland will be the next governor of Penn sylvania." Roberts said he strongly will urge McClelland to run for the state's highest post and will give him "my full and undivided support." Two days ago, the county coroner was hailed by U.S. Sen. Estes Kefauver, candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination, as "one of Pennsylvania's outstanding Democratic leaders." McClelland filed as a Democratic primary candidate for governor two years ago, but withdrew from the race for the sake of "harmony" when state leaders swung their support to Richardson Dilworth, present district attorney of Philadelphia. Crippled Children's Society To Meet Arrangements have been completed for the annual meeting of the Washington County Society for Crippled Children and Adults to be held at the YWCA Auditorium, West Maiden Street, Washington, at 8 p.m.

Tuesday, June 17. The annual meeting held in June is primarily for the election of new directors and officers. The Society has invited the Rev. Harold Wilke, armless ex-Army chaplain from Crystal Lake, 111., to deliver the evening's address. Former Local Rector Heads Charleroi Pastors The Rev.

Joseph N. Wittkof-skl, rector of St. Mary's Episcopal Church, Charleroi. recently was elected president of the Charleroi Ministerial Association for the 1952-53 term. He is a former pastor of St.

Paul's Church of Monongahela. The Rev. Robert Laing, the out-going president, at the meeting. The Rev. Stephen Hurnyak, pastor of St.

John's Lutheran Church, was re-elected to the secretary-treasurer office. WASHINGTON (UP Thick account books and thin account books were placed on the Tax Court record today in an effort to show that William G. Lias, West Virginia promoter, kept honest books and does not owe the government some $3,000,000 in back taxes. David S. Goldberg, chief accountant for Lias, identified a small mountain of records in U.S.

Tax Court. They concerned three Lias enterprises Zeller's Steak House, Laconia Inc. and Reuther's Inc. Goldberg made only one statement not concerned with the accounting records in 90 minutes of testimony. He said that when the Wheeling promoter patronized Zeller's Steak House he paid for his meals like everyone else.

Piled high beside the court clerk was material which included income and excess profits tax returns, cash receipts and disbursement books, general journals, purchase journals, bank statement records, and payroll check records. Goldberg testified yesterday that Xdas had never instructed him to cheat the government or defraud anyone in any way He was led through his testimony today by Thurman Hill, one of the lawyers for Lias. Pittsburgh Mayor. Asks FCC To Reconsider TV Channel Assignments PITTSBURGH (UP) Mayor David Lawrence asked the Federal Communications Commission today to reconsider its assignment of commercial TV channels to the city of Pittsburgh. In a letter to the FCC chairman, the mayor bitterly assailed the "unfair treatment" of Pittsburgh and said he hoped the commission would be "prompt to correct" the situation.

The commission has assigned Pittsburgh two very Jiigh frequency and three ultra high frequency channels. The latter would require adapters on present TV sets. The mayor contended the city should have more stations which could be received on present sets without converters or special attachments. Monessen Company Sued By Philadelphia Firm GREENSBURG, Pa. (UP) Philip L.

Cheerr and Sons, Philadelphia, filed suit today seeking to collect $1,320.63 from the Magura Clothing Monessen, which the plaintiff claims is due for interfacing cloth sold the firm last February. One nationally-known Republican figure, a declared neutral in the Eisenhower-Taft scrapping, said the safest prediction in the nip-and-tuck GOP contest is that Knowland will get the second spot on the ticket regardless of whether Taft or Eisenhower gets the presidential nomination. Meanwhile, the Taft camp cheered and the Eisenhower camp deplored the selection of Gen. Doug-last MacArthur as convention keynoter. Taft called it an excellent choice, but Sen.

Henry Cabot Lodge (R Eisenhower's campaign manager, said (Continued on Page Three) (Column Six) 0. EPPLER LAID TO REST Services Held For Late General Manager of Plant Here Impressive services were held this morning at the Church of The Transfiguration for the late George W. Eppler whose death occurred suddenly Sunday night at his home in Country Club Road. Officiating at the solemn High Mass were the Reverend Joseph Janok, assisted by the Reverend Edward Ricards, priest at St. Francis R.

C. Church of Finley-vlle and the Reverend Marcus O'Brien, assistant pastor of St. Jerome's R. C. Church of Charleroi.

The long cortege of cars proceeded through Main Street, lined with flags lowered to half-staff in tribute to the World War I veteran whose remains were laid to rest in Monongahela Cemetery. The East Monongahela plant of Combustion Engineering Superheater Company, where Mr. Eppler held the position of general manager was closed today out of deference to the deceased. Last evening services were held at the L. M.

Frye Funeral Home by organizations to which Mr. Eppler had belonged, members of the Holy Name Society and Monongahela Council, No. 2 6 0 0, Knights of Columbus, saying The Rosary; and Frank Downer Post, No. 302, American Legion, headed by Commander L. L.

Spalla, (Continued on Page Six) (Column Two) Iron Age Sees 'Shop1 As Issue NEW YORK (UP) The magazine Iron Age, national metal-working weekly, said today the union shop issue is "probably" the only major stumbling block to a settlement of the steel dispute. Iron Age said Philip Murray, president of the United Steelworkers and of the CIO, wants to dup licate as far as is now legally possible the feat of the United Mine Workers, which, in 1941, won a closed shop from the administration while the mines were under government control. The magazine noted that Dr. John Steelman, presidential assistant who is sitting in on the current steel dispute talks, was a key figure in that concession to the mine workers. On the subject of steel prices, Iron Age said that throughout recent negotiations there has been no question of steel prices.

This indicates, it said, that secret assurance was given the industry that an adequate price advance would be approved upon settlement of the wage negotiations. 1 9-Pound Baby Fails To Set Weight Record SALISBURY, C. (UP) Doctors learned today that the 19 3-4 pound baby born to a Negro woman here yesterday failed to set a new weight record at Rowan Memorial Hospital. The record was still held by a 21 1-4 pound baby born two years ago to the same mother. Six-Foot Woman, Doing 'Bumps Lands Tavern Keeper Before Board PITTSBURGH (UP) A six-foot-two-inch, 225-pound woman, who threw her weight around after a few drinks, landed a Uniontown female tavern keeper before a state Liquor Control Board examiner yesterday.

At a hearing before Alexander Mcllvaine, Mrs. Roxie Cristopher was cited for serving liquor to in toxicated persons. Enforcement Agent Charles Beierschmitt testified that when he visited the establishment on the night of Jan. 17 there were six women patrons in the place. ''One was known as Annie," he said.

"She was a tremendous woman, about six feet two, and 225 pounds, about 25 years old." After a few drinks, the agent said, Annie staged an unscheduled floor show. "She roamed around doing putting her hands behind her, rolling her hips." When he returned on Jan. 26, the agent said, Annie was there again. She was sitting holding her head in her hands, but still drinking straight whisky, he said. Westinghouse Plans Big Plant In South PITTSBURGH (UP) Westing-house Electric Corporation announced plans yesterday to build the nation's largest plant for the manufacture of industrial and commercial lighting equipment at Vicksburg, Miss.

The multi-million dollar plant is scheduled for completion by fall of 1953 on a 55-acre site adjacent to Vicksburg Airport. Westinghouse said the plant will manufacture fluorescent lighting fixtures for commercial and industrial use and industrial incandescent fixtures. Susquehanna Flood Control Dams Approved WASHINGTON (UP Army engineers yesterday approved four flood control dams for the west branch of the Susquehanna River in Pennsylvania, Sen. James H. Duff (R -Pa.) said the project would cost an estimated $74,930,000, plus $120,000 a year for operation and maintenance.

The engineers' plans call for dams at Curwensvillc, Kettle Creek, Blanchard and First Fork. although "the Law won't work." Kolsun also praised the President's request for seizure legislation and said that Mr. Truman "sure sticks by the working man." pipefitter Andrew Hricik was blunt and vehement in denouncing the labor law, don't want to work under that law," he said flatly. "But, if. it's enforced, well we'll just have to go back to the mills." But in Birmingham, steelworkers union leader R.

E. Farr issued a crackling statement ap proving President Truman's ac-(Continued on Page 3) (Column Eight) Shortly after he had talked headquarters, with his son about getting a wheel-chair so he could be out- Lightning Causes Fire side and enjoy the weather, an invalid father of 11 At Turkey HollOW Plant Industry Sources Hail Senate 'Request' Sullen Steelworkers Agree They'll Work Under T-H Law Hottest Tip In Political Books Knowland May Win GOP Vice-Presidential Spot children fell to his death from a i second-story window in Canons- burg just before noon yesterday. Dan Kotyk, 66, died about 10 minutes after falling from the window in his son's bedroom in their home at 203 Lincoln Avenue. Deputy Coroner John Yoney, Canonsburg, said death resulted from a fractured skull. Yoney said the accident occurred about 11:30 a.m.

It was surmised that shortly after conferring with his son Harry concerning the wheel chair, Mr. Kotyk leaned out the window to watch another son, Frank, who was cleaning a swing in the yard. He apparently lost his balance and toppled from the window, the deputy coroner stated. Harry had left the room before his father fell. Police Push Sale Of Circus Tickets Because fifty per cent of all advance proceeds will go into their uniform fund, the Monongahela police force today was pushing the advance sale of tickets for the July 17 appearance here of the Hagan-Wallace three-ring circus.

Tickets may be bought at local drug stores for afternoon or evening performances. PITTSBURGH (UP) Sullen CIO United Steelworkers agreed today they would return to work under a Taft-Hartley injunction. As industry sources hailed the Senate's "request" that Mr. Truman use a Taft-Hartley injunction to halt the nine-day old strike by 650,000 steel workers, the men on the picket lines grumbled their disapproval. But they had plenty of praise for President Truman.

Steve Kolsun, white-haired veteran of 43 years in a Homestead milt, echoed the sentiment which swopt over Pittsburgh, Birmingham and Chicago yesterday by saying he would go back to work WASHINGTON (UP The hottest tip in the political books today was the booming chance of Sen. William F. Knowland (R-Cal.) to win the Republican vice-presidential nomination, regardless of who gets the top spot. The bitterly-warring forces of Gen. Dwight D.

Eisenhower and Sen. Robert A. Taft have both been eyeing the husky, 44-year-old Californian with fervent interest since he led even Gov. Earl Warren in the recent California primaries. Knowland won renomina-tlon for the Senate on both the Democratic and Republican tickets under California's "cross-filing" system..