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The: Gazette Vndf Yorlc' Tuefeday' May 25, 1943 2- Assails Kerr; Dies VfT AFRTC SS PRO Photo TRAINS SOLDIERS TO DON MASKS By his own design Lieut. Elmore Grim, son of Mr. and Mrs. Oreb E. Grim, Newberry and North streets, has one of the most unique jobs in the Army.

Lieut. Grim, who is known to his former York friends as "Mustard' runs around Ft. Knox, in the "peep" shown above and cuts loose with a spray of skunk-like gas on unsuspecting soldiers. The purpose is to train men to don their gas masks quickly with a minimum of excitement. And although Grim's own popularity is comparable to the despised bugler, his novel plan is having the desired results and the men at Ft.

Knox will never be caught unawares in a gas attack. The lieutenant's gas-spraying apparatus works like this: 1 1. Liquid tear gas and compressed air are put in a small tank, which is strapped on the rear end of a peep. 2. One end of a small tube is attached to the valve of the tank, and the other end is stuck into the peep's exhaust pipe.

3. The liquid gas is forced into the exhaust pipe when the tank's valve is opened. 4. The hot fumes from the peep's motor vaporize the gas and spray it backward in true skunk fashion. In fact, Lieut.

Grim said his idea for the apparatus resulted from of times by two very mean skunks. That happened when Lieut. Grim, a graduate of Penn State, was Army Still Discriminates Against Early Hitler Fighters MotionForNew Trial Withdrawn Attorney Henry Kessler withdraws previous motion for Mrs. Inez Rebecca Smith, 19-year-old mother convicted of manslaughter charge. Woman committed to Industrial home.

Ralph Keech's cost in nolle prosequi case amounts to $34.45 now. Inez Rebecca Smith, 19, 386 Simpson street, convicted April 23 by a jury before Judge Walter I. Anderson of a charge of manslaughter as, the result of the fatal stabbing Feb. 27 of Augustus Abreght, was committed by the court yesterday to the State Industrial Home for Women at Muncy, Pa for an indefinite period. When the young woman, mother of two, children and expecting another child early this summer, was presented to the court for sentence yesterday, her counsel, Attorney Henry C.

Kessler, told the court that he formally withdrew a pending motion for a new trial. District Attorney Ah-stine told the court Mrs. Smith has no prior criminal record. In imposing sentence, Judge Anderson said that in this case, as required by law where females are involved, the sentence is that the defendant be committed to the State Industrial Home for Women at Muncy, there to be dealt with according to law. Nolle Prosequi Entered A nolle prosequi in the case of Clarence Klinedinst, Red Lion R.

was returned to the office of Clerk of Courts Ashmer C. Owen, Saturday afternoon. It was permitted by Judge Walter I. Anderson and is dated -May 18, 1943. Petition for the nolle prosequi, signed by The W.

J. Boll company, per Charles W. Borgel, manager, in which Klinedinst was charged with felonious entry' and larceny, with Borgel as prosecutor, was presented to the court on May 10, 1943, by District Attorney Anstine. It was claimed that the man, now serving a term of 5 to 11 years in penitentiary on charges, had stolen an automobile of the Boll company on Jan. 25, 1943.

At the time the petition was first presented to the court by District Attorney Anstine, inquiry was made by Judge Anderson whether this was the case in which the district attorney had expressed the thought that the costs were excessive. The D. A. replied that it was, but that he thought the county controller could look into that. Judge Anderson at that time did not sign the permission to enter a nolle prosequi.

This was done on May 18 and turned into the clerk's office on Saturday. The costs as act down in the information $11.55 for First Ward Alderman Walter F. Owen, before whom the information was made, and $44.45 for Constable Ralph W. Keech. The latter amount appears to have been incorrect.

Bill Presented A constable's bill of costs in this case was presented yesterday by Constable Keech to the office of County Controller Jennings B. Hartman, bearing the notation, "May 18, 1943, nolle pros. ent. Co. to pay legitimate officer's costs." The amount of this claim is $34.45, as follows: Serving warrant, Red Lion Dv miles traveled, 26, 52.60; commitment, ,2, miles 40 cents; serving subpoena for hearing, 12 traveled 188 miles, York, Stew-ertstown R.

D. and Baltimore, search warrant, miles traveled, 32, discharged to jailor, miles traveled, 20 cents; (Continued on Page Fourteen) See Local Court AttarkOnWata Psychological Assn. Defends distinguished psychologist and propaganda analyst against character assassins wrongly? accused by Dies committee, (By Science Service) Washington, May 24 Defen; of Dr. Goodwin Watson, psycholo gist and propaganda analyst of thi Federal Communications Commis sion, against charges by the Ker; Committee and the Dies Commit tee was voiced in a unanimou, resolution by the Eastern Psychoid ogical Association. The Eastern Psychological As sociation is a professional society of psychologists located in th4 eastern area of the United States! The members, in the resolution; vouched for the "scientific integ4 rity and professional competence of Goodwin B.

Watson, and in thj value of his present work ai anaylst for the Foreign Broadcast Intelligence Service." They alsq "regard him as a loyal citizen oh the United States and not subvert sive in either speech or conduct. The psychologists expressed the opinion that Dr. Watson had been wrongly accused by the Dies Com4 mjttee and received inadequate hearing before the Kerr Committee. The present action against Dr. Watson, the scientists feeL "en dangers the freedom of other! scientists to make their contri4 bution to public weiiare as enw ployees of Government bureaus." I They "deplore any political per-) secution of civil servants, and call! upon representatives and senators! to see that the American tradition! of fair play is upheld, and that IJVll ILH gi TV.I1 11 V-tlJT UUVVjUU hearing or that the charges.

Dr. Watson was born in White water. and tea graduate of, the University of Wisconsin with; A and Ph T). rlpcrrpAC frrmv Columbia University as aneduca-l tional psychologist since 1925. Hei has been with the FCC.

on leave? from Columbia, since before' Pearl Harbor, Nov. 15, 1941.. The( professional societies of which Dr.l Watson is a member includes American Psychological Associa tion, -American Association for: Applied Psychology, Society for, the Psychological Study of Social Issues, American Educational Re search Association, American Sociological Society, American! Political Science Association, xuuei nail uiuiupsyuuauit iation and American Society fori Public Administration. 7 excessive Speed Cause Qf Jersey Train Wreck Delair, N. May 24 UP) A Pennsylvania railroad spokesman said today that "excessive speed" caused a crack 15-coach Atlantic City to New York passenger train to lurch off the tracks on Delair's and injuring 89 others the rail- road's worst wreck years.

w- C. Higgmbot torn, general manager of the line's Eastern di- I viclrwn nroliminarv invpstu' vision, said a preliminary invest? gation indicated the engineer exceeding the 15-mile speed-f on the 14-degree curve whei locomotive shot 25 feet oft right of way and derailed sti coaches, all loaded with servitti men and week-end visitors to the! sea shore. A total of 1,281 pas- senders was on board. Early checks show that nie equipment and track were in good said, hbcuvuh "but definite indications are that the train was moving faster than the authorized, speed limit. Meanwhile, as the work of removing the piled, twisted Wreck- age continued, the bodies of four women still remained unidentified.

Six of the injured are In a serious condition. the fact he was sprayed a couple a forester in Vermont. House To Debate On Poll Tax Bill representatives Southern squeal as House discharges group of anti-poll tax measures irOHl HlieS COmmiliee. VOW 268 to 110 for action. Victory for antipoll taxers apparent in House.

Washington, May 24 UP) Over almost solid southern opposition and amid threats of a Senate filibuster and political reprisals against the New Deal, the House went on record as favoring aboli- tion of poll taxes as a prerequisite to voting in any election involving a federal office. By a roll-call vote of 268 to 110 it took from its rules committee jurisdiction over a group of bills aimed at outlawing the poll tax requirements of seven southern states and then ordered two hours of debate tomorrow on the legis- Privately conceding the of iheir case in the House but confident another Senate filibuster such as has halted the legis lation in past years again would develop, leaders of the opposition By T.co J. Margolin Special to The Gazette and Daily) New York, May 24 PM presents facts that show someone in War rSartoent "policy of not dis- wareparun eni im.y 1 wuiuiwuiig "6' against who served with the Loyalists in the Spanish Civil War. These same facts also show that the policy of discrimination has been extended to include labor union leaders, assorted liberals and anti-Fascists of various shades. John W.

Martyn, administrative assistant to Secretary of War Stimson, has issued a flat denial for the War Department to the Veterans of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade. But here are the facts. Someone has set experienced, intelligent soldiers to such tasks as cleaning latrines, counting hospital linens, spring cleaning, grass-planting, clerking in a warehouse, alternate kitchen and guard duty, and just plain thumb-twid- 1 3 I 1 15 1 1 it lido uciuocrvi jivuvi Luuvii Offers' Candiuaie Schoois to be schools since 1930 recommend-yanked from their classes a day nresidencv of state brought into today's twenty cena iasi nignt, rvf riphat thp namp of rying 14 persons totheir deaths themselves with glory. Efforts of officers to find out wViv thoco havp hfpn rip- prived of their right to fight the f.nemy how that immediate of- ficers do not subscribe to the nnnv nffiPr! hav travel- policy. Some officers have travel ed specially to Washington and were told little except perhaps this: "He was prematurely anti-Fascist." (Spanish War veteran.) "He is politically unreliable." (Ditto.) "Unsatisfactory by reason of civilian occupation." (CIO labor organizer) Tne War Department officially (Continued on Page Twenty-Three) See Discrimination Ferguson May Go To Millersville Superintendent of York school by Dr.

Francis B. Haas, If Gov. Edward Martin follows recommendation of Dr. Francis B. Haas, superintendent of public instruction, Dr.

Arthur Wesley Ferguson, superintendent of York public schools since 1930, will be the next president of Millersville State Teachers' college, Millersville, Pa. This was learned from an authoritative source yesterday. The salary of the president of the school is $6,500 a year, but there other emoluments, among are which is free use of a residence on the campus, which brings the salary to approximately $10,000 a year. Dr. Ferguson's annual salary as head of the York schools is $7,500.

Tanear. who retires after 14 years' service in that position. Accordingly, recommendation was made and submitted to Dr. Haas for appointment of Dr. Ferguson.

Dr. Haas has aproved the recommendation and suggested the appointment of Dr. Ferguson to Governor Martin, it was learned. The latter action, according to an informant, occurred last mid-week, but the governor has not taken any action as yet on offering the appointment to Dr. Ferguson.

Dr. Ferguson had no comment to make to a reporter for The Gazette and Daily on the situation, preferring to await further possible action by. the governor. Dr. Ferguson is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania.

He came to York from Swarth-more, where he served as schools, or two Detore graauaiion sent honor men in gunnery and signal schools to Army service (labor) battalions, and immobilized men with a determination to fight in noncombat outfits. Of course, it is quite true that such has not been the lot of all labor organizers and liberals. The policy seems to have taken effect last Fall. Those who got into the Army and were shipped overseas before the purge have acquitted Potato Ceiling Here 60c A Peck Trustees of the Millersville. col-Those lucky enough to find lege at a meeting a week agd yes- terday, it was learned, unammous- them are not supposed to pay agreed that Dr.

Ferguson would more. Some have gone as high' make a capable head for that in-. stitution. to succeed Dr. Landis Mrs.

Franklin R. Roosevelt as one of the sponsors of the bills. Colmer's statement was chal- lenged by Representatives Baldwin xt t-i Asserted support for the legislation came from organizations throughout the nation and from 250 protestant ministers. Sounding the opposition key- note, Rep. Colmer said the power to determine the quali fication of voters was lodged in ctiAc nnW tha Tim'trwi Qtatoc constitution A veiled prediction of a Senate filibuster came trom Keoresenta- tive Hobbs who told the House the legislation was an invitation to Congress to "forget its oath of office" and might prevent the Senate from "functioning for a long period of time." Answering Hobbs, Representative Celler said the Senate would be responsible for its own adding that "the crime is at their door, not our," if a filibuster developed.

Celler insisted Congress had the power to outlaw poll taxes as a voting requirement in federal elections, contending that if a state could impose such a tax, it could pre scribe the color of a voter tie. The roll-call vote found 176 Re- rmblicans suDDortiner the leeis- Iation and only ten opposing it, with 88 Democrats voting for it and 100 opposing. The bulk of the opposition came from delegations from the poll-tax states, Virginia, Arkansas, Georgia, South Carolina, Texas and Alabama. Rep. Chester Gross of the York-Adams-Franklin Congres-j Ail 1 persons Kineu were nu- -r, ing in the first coach after the tender, a converted pullman observation car in which wooden slat seats had been installed.

The engineer, Pitcock, 48, of Lambertville, N. escaped serious injury. After being treat ed for head cuts he went home, but was placed under technical arresi on an open cnarge. sional district voted aye on the motion to discharge the Houss Rules committee from jurisdic- tinn rtf hills in nntlaw th TvVH as a mcKei eacn. If housewives are lucky enough to find any potatoes to buy, 60 cents a peck is the most they should pay for them.

This is the ceiling price on local potatoes held over the winter, according to the Harrisburg Agricultural Adjustment agency. The ceiling price varies, considerably, depending on methods of transportation and but they may not go above that level. The local AAA office explained that potatoes for table use are scarce because the increased planting program has taken so many seed potatoes. In York people have been known to pay 25c for a quarter peck while in some instances the spuds were selling for three cents and a nickel' Youth Found In River Identified By Brothers The body of Peter Krostek, 16-year-old high school student of Edwardsville, Luzerne county, which was discovered-yesterday below Safe Harbor I dam, apparently drifted more than 150 miles in the bus-quehanna river fronT Ed- wardsville to the point of discovery. The1 identity of the youth, who was' drowned in a boat-! ing accident near his home, was identified by his two brothers as it lay in the Burg Funeral home this morning.

I i- I' I tax. law. UNITED STATES IS AT WAR Scrap Metal, Rubber, Rags, Waste i Paper Fats A re Needed I 4.