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irn, to the ted tni- in hil- i of at- ar- ur- was eth, Cyl- Im- -iles otal five jar. nth 1,000 5 of that tton Local Temperatures At Greenwood Station Yesterday's High: 50. Last Night's Low: 16. THE PROGRESS Western Pennct. Weather: Windy, rising temperatures and rain tonight.

Sunday mostly cloudy, windy and turning colder with rain changing to snow flurries. VOLUME 46r-NUMBER 16 CLEARFIELD, SATURDAY EVENING, JANUARY 19, 1952 FIVE CENTS PER COPY Korean Airlift Plane Crashes Into Sea 40 Enroute Home From Far East Are Aboard Big Plane Churchill Ends His Conferences In Washington British leader Said To Be Satisfied With Results WASHINGTON. Jan. --Prime Minister Churchill leaves Washington today after a series of conferences believed to have brought closer understanding between Britain and the United States on the part each will play in their partnership against Com- 'munist aggression. The aging apostle of British naval prestige withdrew his objections to appointment of an American commander of Western sea power in the Atlantic as his final official act here.

It was a major concession, even though he reserved the right to propose "modifications" later. But Churchill apparently gained as much or more than he yielded in his two week visit For one thing he had the pledge of one million tons of U. S. steel in exchange for British tin and aluminum. And even in the matter of the Atlantic command he concessions from this country.

The 77-year-old British statesman was to leave the capital by train for New York City and a long weekend visit with his old friend Bernard Baruch. Churchill sails on the Queen Mary Tuesday night. Britain will pay a still undetermined sum of American dollars for the steel Churchill asked to speed British defense production. Churchill told Congress in a speech Wednesday he was asking for no gold from the U. but (Please Turn to Page 4) U.

S. Will NOT LAUNCH ATOM BOMB PLANES FROM BRITISH BASES WITHOUT A BRITISH 0. K. AGREE TO COUNTER COMMUNIST AGGRESSION THREAT IN ASIA, CIVE FULL SUPP.ORT TO THE UN FORCES IN KOREA, SUBJUGATE DIFFERENCES OVER RED CHINA WHICH BRITAIN RECOGNIZES WHILE THE U. S.

DOES NOT U. BRITAIN WILL CONTINUE TO GIVE FULL SUPPORT TO ESTABLISHMENT OF A EUROPEAN DEFENSE COMMUNITY WHICH GERMANY CAN JOIN AS FULL PARTNER AGREE ALLIED MIDDLE EAST DEFENSE COMMAND SHOULD BE SET UP "AS SOON AS POSSIBLE" TO BRING STABILITY, TO AREA. EGYPT URGED TO JOIN THE ABOVE MAP INDICATES the four points of. agreement reached between President Truman and Prime Minister Winston Churchill. They also agreed on the mutual sharing of vital materials such as American steel and British tin and aluminum, which the United States needs for defense production.

Truman's Remark Is If Tipoff Jo Some Of WASHINGTON, Jan. 19-- (JP) --President Truman's reported remark he has "never quit a fight" was seen by Senator Anderson today as a new indication the Chief Executive will seek another term. Anderson talked of a "strengthened conviction" Mr. Truman is going to run again even as Senator Humphrey entered the March 18 Minnesota presidential primary as a "Favorite Son" candidate--at the President's request, Humphrey said. Humphrey insisted he has no White House ambitions, and said the votes of his state's Democratic-Farmer-Labor delegation would be cast for Mr.

Truman at the July nominating convention Severe weather, the hunting season and the holiday season combined to reduce production of strip and deep mine coal during December in the 27th Bituminous District, which includes practically all Clearfield county mines. The figures, released this week by District Mine Inspector E. A. Girod. showed that total production decreased 58,250 tons last month over the November figures.

Of this amount, deep mine production was down 5.954 tons and strip mine tonnage decreased 52,296. Total deep mine production for December in the 27th District was 128,040 tons and strip mine production totalled 192,072 tons. A total of 2,274 men worked 1,009 days last month. Mr. Girod said the probable productior for the district for all of 1951 will be nearly 4,500,000 tons.

No fatalities occurred in the district during December and none occurred underground during 1951, the report indicated. The probable tonnage per fatal accident for 1951, therefore, will be about 4,500,000 tons, the inspector said. "This status of producing 4,500,000 tons per fatal accident, as achieved Oy the operators and miners of the 27th District, is remarkable and evidence of sincere efforts in their endeavor daily to reduce accidents, produce safely and attain such a splendid accident record which is commendable," Mr. Girod commented. if the President bids for re-election.

If Mr. Truman doesn't bid, Senator Kefauver would make a "very wonderful" presidential nominee for the Democrats, Humphrey said. However, Humphrey said he was going into the Minnesota race with commitments to no one in the event Mr. Truman is not a candidate. Mr.

Truman continued to keep his own counsel about his plans, (Please Turn to Page 4) 139 Sign Pledges To Give Blood At 35 County Men Face Induction Into Armed Services Wednesday Approximately 35 of the 50 Clearfield County men called for induction January 23, will be sworn into the armed forces in Harrisburg next Wednesday. Ralph Spencer, clerk of the County's Selective Service Board, said that the reduction in the number of draftees is due to transfers or enlistments prior to the mailing of the draft notices. The men, comprising the first group from this county to be inducted in Harrisburg, have been asked to report to the Clearfield YMCA at 5 a. Wednesday in order to reach the induction center on time. They will make the trip to Harrisburg by chartered bus.

It was pointed out that the YMCA will be opened in plenty of time to accommodate the early arriving draftees and that coffee, doughnuts, and milk will again be available at the canteen operated by the Red Cross. SEOUL, Korea, Jan. 19--(JP) -Communist jets and groundfire blasted 10 Allied warplanes out of North Korean skies in the a seven days, the U. S. Fifth Mr Force announced today.

The announcement came as F- 36 Sabre jets bagged one Communist MIG-15 and damaged ai- other in a brief duel over Northwest Korea. The battle pitted 18 Sabres against elements of a 99- plane Communist jet formation. Snow flurries fell along the quiet 145-mile battlcfront and heavy clouds hampered Allied air strikes. U. N.

pilots pounded (Please Turn to Page 4) Southern California Counts 19 Dead, Heavy Damage From Storm LOS ANGELES, Jan. 10--UP)-Flooded Southern California began digging out today from its worst deluge in 14 years. The continuing storm which dumped 7.37 inches of rain on Los Angeles in three days left 19 llnown dead and sent damage estimates soaring into the millions. It was the worst downpour since the disastrous flood of March, 1938, when 11.06 inches of rain fell in five days and caused 95 deaths. It was the worst January downpour since 1916, when 13.30 inches was recorded for the entire month.

The U. S. Weather Bureau said that mark may yet be broken, because more rain, although not as much, is forecast for the weekend. Johnsonburg Man New Elk-Cameron Judge HARRISBURG, Jan. 19--(fl 3 )-Joseph L.

Trambley, of Johnsonburg, Elk county, has been named by Gov. John S. Fine to be judge of the cotirt of common pleas of the new Cameron-Elk county judicial district. The new 59th district was created by the 1951 Legislature which removed Clinton county from an old district composed of Clinton, Cameron and Elk. Clinton now is a new separate judicial district.

Tramblcy's appointment extends until the first Monday of January, 1954. iurg PHILIPSBURG --Members of he Philipsburg Elks Blood Recruitment committee today reported that 189 pledge cards'have been signed for the Monday visit of the Red Cross Bloodmobile unit here Monday afternoon. Kenneth W. Chandler, chairman of the Elks committee, said that if all persons who have signed keep their appointments the community should rerlize its goal of 150 pints of blood for the day. If the goal is reached Monday, it will mark the first time that amount has ever been donated here.

The previous high was 125 pints. Mr. Chandler said that despite (Please Turn to Page 4) SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 19 -(JP)-- Senator Knowland (R- Calif) declared today, in an endorsement of Gen. Douglas MacArthur's policies, that the United States has no business fighting in Korea unless it expects to win.

The California Senator, a supporter of Gov Earl Warren's bid for the Republican presidential nomination, brought MacArthur's name before the GOP national comm'ttec for the first time in its closing session. Four candidates for the Republican presidential nomination, including Warren, either have spoken for themselves or have been represented here. As a possible indication of the general feeling of Republicans toward MacArthur, Knowland declared in a prepared luncheon speech that the five-star general was the principal "stabilizing force against advancing communism the Far Pacific." Another admirer of General MacArthur, former Gov. Harold E. Stassen of Minnesota, told the national committee la.sl night that General Eisenhower ought to come out from behind his "Khaki Curtain" and openly seek the Republican presidential nomination.

Stassen said recently that MacArthur should be restored to his Pacific command, a position which seemed to put him in line with many of the supporters of Senator Robert A. Taft of Ohio, another avowed presidential can(Please Turn to Page 4) Reds Charge New Bombing Of Truce Zone U. Jets Accused Of Strafing Armistice Convoy on Road MUNSAN, Korea, Jan. 19 (ff) --The Communists charged today that four American jet planes bombed and strafed a plainly marked armistice convoy on highway between Kaesong and Pyongyang yesterday afternoon, in violation of a joint agreement. It was the fourth time this week the Reds have injected an "incident" into the deadlocked Panmunjom truce talks.

Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway, Supreme U. N. Commander, flew back to Tokyo after secret conferences with truce negotiators.

There was speculation that he delivered new instructions which might get the armistice talks rolling again. The Communists agreed in principle Saturday to a meeting of staff officers to draft safeguards for prisoner of war camps. The U. N. Command asked for such a meeting after the Reds charged that U.

N. planes bombed a prison camp near Kangdong Monday, killing 20 Allied prisoners and injuring others. The U. acknowledged that (Please Turn to Page 4) The memory of nine members of the Clearfield Fire Department who died during the past year will be honored at annual memorial services in the Trinity Methodist Church Sunday night, January 20, starting at 7:30 p. m.

The members of the Fire Department will attend the church services in a body and will hear a memorial sermon presented by Rev. R. R. Croyle, church pastor. All members of the department are requested to report to the No.

1 Fire Company building at 7 p. m. The deceased firemen who will be honored at the memorial services include: Fred B. Lee, Blake B. Shugarts, Howard J.

Brown, William Brice and Harry Meise of Company No. Robert G. Leavy and Hillary Shillen, Company No. Frank Sheppard of Third Ward Hose Company; and Robert M. Hisong of Elk Hose Company.

In addition to the memorial services the members of the local fire department are also making plans for the sponsoring of the next Clearfield visit of the Red Cross Bloodmobile Monday, February 18. (Please Turn to Page'4) Her Shier Dierf of er Youngster, 5, Will Give Her Six Puppies To Polio Auction By BETTY HAMILTON Progress Staff Writer BIGLER--Parting with a litter of pups is usually a sorrowful experience for a youngster. But when Sharon Lee Dixon, five- vear-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Dixon of Bigler, gives her six puppies away next week, she'll do it willingly and cheerfully.

For Sharon Lee's gift of the month-old cuddly terrier pups will help fight polio, the disease that last December took the life of her eight-year-old sister, Shirley Ann. They'll be among Ihe items auctioned off at the "March of Dimes" auction sale to be staged by the Clearfield Chapter of the National Foundation Infantile Paralysis in the Clearfield YMCA Thursday night, January 24. The puppies are Sharon Lee's very own, the offspring of her toy terrier, "Tricks." The idea of giving them to the March of Dimes auction is her very own, too. It all started last week with 1he Progress story of the auction requesting that persons having suitable articles contribute them to the event to raise funds for the Foundation. Sharon Lee, who has resided with her childless uncle and aunt, Mr.

and Mrs. Archie Dixon, in Bigler for the past three years, won't be starting school til next year. But this fact doesn't keep her from being interested (Please Turn to Page 4) AREA GUEST--Jarnes J. Davis, above, Commander, Department of Pennsylvania, Veterans of Foreign Wars, is a visitor in the Philipsburg-Clearfield area today and will be the speaker at a dinner in the Dimeling Hotel sponsored by the F. Michael Sicks V.

F. W. Post and its Auxiliary of Clearfield tonight. His talk will be tape-recorded and broadcast by Station WCPA at p. in.

tomorrow. Damage, Injuries Result From Two auto accidents occur- ing within a mile of each other on Route 322 late last nighi and early this morning resulted in extensive property damage and minor injuries to at least two of the persons involved. Ralph Clark, 20, and Kenneth Cathcart, 20, both Olan'ta residents, were treated for injuries after the car in which they were riding went out of control at Dead Man's CJrve at 2.50 a. m. today.

The car, a 1941 sedan was driven by Lee F. Clark, 20, of Curwensville, R. D. 1, who was arrested by Clearfield Borough Police on a charge of reckless driving following the accident. The car, a 1941 sedan, was demolished, the police reported.

According to information filed following the accident, Clark, traveling on Route 322, was unable to make Dead Man's Curve and his car went off the highway and struck a tree on the lawn of the A. R. Hinkle residence at 725 South Second street. The other accident took place at 11:10 p. m.

Friday at the intersection of Route 322 and 17098 near "The Windmill" It involved a taxi owned by the Curwensville Motor Service and a station wa- (Plcase Turn to Pago 4) FIVE-YEAR-OLD Sharon Lee Dixon clasps two of her prized puppies in her arms while the other four lie in front of her. The little Bigler girl, whose sister, Shirley Ann, eight, died of polio last December, will give the six puppies to the "March of Dimes" auction sale in the Clearfield Y. M. C. A.

next Thursday. (Progress Photo by Jack Zipf) Prudential Agents Are Cool to Latest Offer of Company NEWARK, N. Jan. 19--(ff) --An offer by the Prudential Insurance co. to meet in modified form a reduced wage demand by striking district agents met its first rebuffs last night.

George L. Russ, national president of the International Insurance Agents Union (AFL), said Prudential had told only part of the story announcing the union had reduced its demands from $20 to a flat $7.50 a week increase in the 50-day-old strike. At Waterbury, and New Briiain, union spokesmen said Prudential's proposal of a (Please Turn to Page 4) J95J Parking Fees, Fines Het Boro $27,293 60 Funds collected through the burgess' office in Clearfield last year amounted to $27,293.60, according to an annual report released today by Burgess Milford Bratton. Of this total, the largest single item was that of parking meter receipts which amounted to $21,515.45. This is $2,249.07 more than collected through the meters in 1950.

Fines paid for parking meter violations totalled $1,215.15 in 1951. Other fines obtained through arrests made by local police during the year amounted to $4,563. Stop sign violations accounted for $1,379.50, the largest amount collected for any violation. The figures as prepared by Burgess Bratton were compiled from the separate reports he made at 'each council meeting during the year. Former Centre County Official Dies at 73 BELLEFONTE William H.

Brown, 73, Bellefontc justice of the peace and former Centre county recorder of deeds died at the Cresson Sanitarium Thursday, Jan. 17, at 2 p. m. He had been in ill health for some time. A native of Spring township, he is survived by his wife, the former Mary Jane Koontz, and a daughter, Mrs.

Donald Woomcr of Pleasant Gap and a brother, George, of Bellcfonte. Funeral services will be hold from the Kuhlman Funeral Home here Sunday. Madera Man Injures His Foot At Work MADERA--Andrew Timko, 30, of Madera suffered an injury of the right ankle when he slipped and fell while working on a power shovel at a stripping operation of the Stinard Coal Co. near Mahaffey yesterday morning. Mr.

Timko told attendants at the Clearfield Hospital where he was taken that his right foot became lodged under one of the caterpillar treads of the shovel. X-ray examinations are being made to determine the full extent of the injury. His condition today was listed as "satisfactory." Housing, Food Are Farm Show's Big Problems HARRISBURG, Jan. Weary State Show officials agreed today the biggest problems of the record-breaking 1952 exposition were food and housing. Miles Horst, agriculture secretary, told a reporter "We -will have to iron out these two problems before next year's show so that more persons can participate and attend." The show, which closed yesterday after attracting a record- 685,000 persons as well as a record number of livestock and commercial exhibits created housing and food headaches from the opening day.

On improving the show, Horst remarked ''it's going to be hard to top this one. We had some Chicago livestock show officials here and they told us they haven't seen a better grade of livestock anywhere." Highlight of yesterday's activity was the sale of the grand champion steer of the show for the price of $1,791.40 to Romaner (Please Turn to Page 4) SEATTLE, Jan. Korean airlift plane carrying 40 military passengers home from, the Far East crashed into the sea early today three-fourths of a mile from an airport in the Queen Charlotte Islands. Besides the soldiers, the plane carried a crew of three. Several small boats were dispatched to the scene and one reported it had brought seven survivors to shore.

An hour later there still was no report of any rescue of additional survivors. The Coast "Guard in Seattle said the plane floated for a time but that it later sank, leaving only one wing and the tail section in sight. There were no direct telephone connections with the airport and all information on the crash was coming from radio reports to Seattle officials. The crash occurred at Sandspit Airport, 480 miles north of Seattle. Two planes were dispatched to the scene, one a Coast Guard plane from Anne Island 110 miles to the north, the other an RCAF Lancaster with drop- pable lifeboat from Patricia Bay, 400 miles to the south.

Northwest Airlines, which was operating the four-engined DC-4, said all personnel aboard were outfitted with self-infiating life vests. It said the aircraft also carried two 20-man life rafts and one 10-man raft. The Coast Guard here said it was advised that all seven persons rescued were brought in by one rowboat. It said the operator of the rowboat reported he saw- no other survivors but was going back for'a second try. It was not known how many other boats were available.

However, a Pan-American plane which flew over the scene of the crash shortly after the plane went down reported sighting boats going to the scene. The plane then was floating. Northwest Airlines said the plane developed engine trouble en route from Alaska to Seattle and the pilot had feathered one engine. He was heading in for an emergency landing at Sandspit. NWA said, and apparently missed the field.

He made a turn over the water in a snow squall and then disappeared from sight of airport watchers. They called the plane by radio but received no answer. The plane, owned by Trans- World Airlines, had been leased (Please Turn to Page 4) Hockview Inmate Nabbed in Port Matilda BELLEFONTE, Pa. Jan. 19 -(JP)-- A 44-year-old Venango county man is back in custody- today after escaping from the Rockview penitentiary.

Prison officials said Austin F. Cameron, serving a two-to-four year sentence or assault and battery with intent to ravish, walked away from the prison creamery yesterday afternoon. W. S. Ketner, a truck driver who makes daily deliveries to the penitentiary, heard news of the escape last night as he was driving through Port Matilda, 15 miles east of the penitentiary.

He spotted Cameron, picked him up and returned him to the penitentiary. Houtzdale Booster Association Gets New Name and Officers HOUTZDALE--Progress being made in obtaining new members of the reorganized Houtzdale Businessmen's Association will be reported at a meeting of the group next Friday night. Formerly the Houtzdale Booster Association, the organization was given a new name at a recent meeting during which 1952 officers were William Smith was named president; Dewey Causer, vice president; Luther Wilkes, treasurer, and Richard Rounsley, secretary. The association is attempting to enlist the wholehearted support of Houtzdale area merchants and businessmen in order to increase the effectiveness of the group in promoting better business in the area. County Led District In Accidents For 1951 Clearfield County with 231 accidents led the other five counties patroled by members of Squadron 1, Troop of the Pennsylvania State Police in the number of traffic accident during 1951, the year-end report issued by the Pennsylvania State Police showed today.

In comparison with this county, Elk county had 209 accidents; Clarion, 180; Forest, 55; Jefferson, 136; McKean, 165; and the northern part of Indiana County included in the Troop area, 19. In the 231 Clearfield County; accidents, five persons were kill- ed, 153 others injured, and property damage caused to the amount of $141,943. Elk and Mc- Kcan Counties with eight fatalities each had the greatest number of traffic deaths during 1S5.1. Elk C.ounty, in which 161 persons were injure 1 ranked first in the number cf injured, and McKean County with a total of $147,770 was first in property damage resulting from traffic accidents. The number of accidents and fatalities and the amount of property damage in the Troop area increased in 1951 over that of the preceding year.

Nine hundred and ninety-five accidents in 1951 brought death to 47 persons, injuries to 694 and property damage amounting to $581,828. In the preceding year 992 accidents occurred. These resulted in death for 46 persons, injuries to 'iST others, and property damage totaling 3502,042. Pedestrian deaths were cut (Please Turn to Page 8) EWSFAFERI.