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Finance Section Comics 2 Magazine Section Sports 2 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING SECTION HARRISBURG; THURSDAY JANUARY 29, 1948 PAGE NINETEEN Kiwanians ear Plea By Bournemouth Teacher "Americans and Britons should Policeman Buys Horse Rode on Patrols Brooder House, 400 Chicks Burn Liquor License Revoked; 22 Others Suspended The State Liquor Control Board today announced the revocation of one liquor license and the suspension of 22 other licenses. The periods Cousin Accused i Of Slaying Tot onuses Police Order To Fight Firing In Middletown Middletown's political squabble over the firing of one policeman and demotion of the police chief has brought charges from the Fraternal Order of Police through Dauphin County Lodge, No. 89, Wallace Names Farmer-Laborite To Head Backers By Associated Press NEW YORK, Jan. 29. Formation of The National Wallace-for-President Committee was announced yesterday by Henry A.

Wallace, third party White House aspirant. Elmer A. Benson, of Appleton, former Minnesota governor and United States Senator is chairman. Benson is a leader of the Democratic Farmer Labor party, the official Democratic party of Minnesota. Wallace announced C.

B. Baldwin, executive vice-chairman 'of the Progressive Citizens of America, will be his presidential campaign manager. Co-chairmen of the committee are: Rexford Guy Tugwell, University of Chicago professor, member of the late President Roosevelt's original "brain trust," Under Secretary of Agriculture in the early days of the New Deal, and former governor of Puerto Rico. Jo Davidson, of Lahaska, sculptor, intimate friend of Wallace and honorary chairman of the Progressive Citizens of America. Paul Robeson, of Enfield, opera singer.

National treasurer of the committee will be Angus Cameron, of Lexington, editor-in-chief of Little, Brown and Company, publishers. Temporary headquarters of the committee were opened at the Mc-Alpin Hotel, and Wallace said permanent National campaign headquarters will be established in a midtown building in about a week. Jylj get to know each other instead of being guided by past prejudices," Miss Margurite Court, of Bournemouth, England, exchange teacher at New Cumberland High School, today told Kiwanians at their weekly luncheon at the Penn-Harris Hotel. The American soldiers who were stationed in England did much to promote good will between the two countries, she said. W.

Orville Kimmel, president, was in the chair. The program was in charge of Paul W. Bowman and Jesse. Wells. Zoning Proposed For Billboards Preservation of scenic beauty along State highways was urged today by Alfred H.

Williams, presi dent of the Federal Reserve Bank, Philadelphia, in a talk before the annual meeting of the Pennsylvania Roadside Council. Sessions were held in the Senate Caucus Room. Williams outlined plans for limitation of billboards by careful zoning. Doctor Williams, also is a member of the State Planning Board and is chairman of the administrative board, Institute of Local and State Government of the University of Pennsylvania. Following the meeting, members attended a reception and tea at the Executive Mansion as guests of Mrs James H.

Duff, wife of the Gover nor. Mrs. Duff is serving as honor ary chairman of the Blue Star Me morial Highway Committee, which is carrying out a memorial tree-planting project alongi Route 22 from Easton to Harrisburg and the Pennsylvania Turnpike from Har risburg to Pittsburgh. Calling for "an orderly and grad ual transition," Doctor Williams asked that efforts, be doubled so that the beauty of the State's new or rebuilt highways may be preserved in all but a few restricted areas His interest in the campaign, Doctor Williams said, springs from the fact that he is a businessman and is concerned with the general welfare which includes the preservation of resources and our natural scenic beauty." The ultimate aim, Doctor Williams said, is to restrict "advertising signs and other eyesores to specific por tions of the highways by establish ing separate zones. "It is not our purpose, he explained, 'to curtail the outdoor advertising business but merely to change it through zon ins." Emphasis must first be placed, he said, on new highways so they are not defiled from the beginning, then take action on old highways and "bring them up to a higher plane." The speaker pointed out that zon ing laws have been introduced at the last four sessions of the State Legislature but no action has yet been taken.

Pressure groups, ne may be "partially responsible for delaying passage of these bins, but this is due to a lack of understanding. When these groups realize what will be accomplished through zoning, they will' know that they are receiving as much value, in return, as everyone else. If the Legislature passes a zoning law affecting new highways, results will speak for themselves." Daughter to Inherit Mrs. McKissick Estate The $8500 estate of Mrs. Ellen A.

McKissick, late of this city, will be inherited by a daughter, Mrs. Viola M. Jones, of Pleasantville, N. J. Letters of administration were issued to Wilmer I.

Bough-ner, Dauphin. George R. Steck, late of Middle-town, bequeathed his estate to two children. A son, Garland G. Steck, Middletown, was named executor.

The estate consists of $3000 in realty and unestimated personal property. Three sons and three daughters share the estate of Mrs. Martha By Associated Press GREENSBURG, Jan. 29. A sanity test is expected to figure in the trial of Joseph F.

Thompson, 29-year-old Hempfield Township man accused of the rape-slaying of his 3-year-old cousin here seven years ago. Thompson was formally -charged with the murder yesterday before Alderman J. V. Buckley. District Attorney John M.

O'Connell said Thompson's brother, Edward, 25, was held as a material witness. O'Connell said the latter, in a signed statement, declared he watched his brother rape and kill Evelyn Grace Thompson August 26, 1941? and that he helped bury the child in her back yard. When last seen that day the lit tie girl was playing near a rain swollen stream and she was pre sumed drowned. Bones dug up at a spot indicated by the two brothers await pathological examination to identify them as human. A psychiatrist, probably from the State mental hospital at Tor rance, will administer a sanity to the pair next week, O'Connell said.

Court records show the two brothers were sentenced to two to four years in May, 1943, for a sex offense against a sister. BURNS ARE FATAL From One Moorhead returned to her parents' home to await a divorce from her husband, Thomas A. Moorhead. The couple was married April 21, 1945, at Miami Beach, where her husband, then a lieutenant in the Army, was stationed with the Army Air Transport Command. The wedding was a social event of the season at the Florida resort city, although the father of the bride, then a brigadier general in the Army, was in Europe as director general of railroads in occupied countries.

The family resided in this city from July 1, 1933, to April 1, 1935, when Appleton was general super intendent of the Eastern Pennsyl vania Division of the Pennsylvania RailroadSince he left this city Appleton has received several promotions, and yn October 1, 1946, was, made vice-president in charge of operations, with offices in Pittsburgh. Mrs. Moorhead made her debut in Philadelphia in 1940. She attended the Seiler School, this city, and was graduated from the Gar-, rison-Forrest Schbol at Garrison, in 1941. She joined the staff of the Eastern Airlines in 1943, serving as office manager at Wash ington.

The tragedy occurred in the 1 brary of her father's home. A sister, Barbara, 21, awakened by the screams of Mrs. Moorhead, rushed downstairs and quenched the fire with an extinguisher. Property damage was confined to the chair in which Mrs. Moorhead had been sitting and a radio.

Mrs. Moorhead is survived also by another sister, Mrs. Patricia McLane, of Los Angeles, and a brother, Jack A. Appleton. $40,000 From Page One ley Woods, 47 when the thieves rang the buzzer to her apartment.

She said she recognized the buzzer signal as the one to her flat and opened the door. Two of the robbers forced her to admit them to her apartment, while two others went to ie superintendent's office and held Woods, his wife, Florence, and Mrs. Minnie Heller at bay. Mrs. Lewis said the thieves went straight to her bedroom, forcing her and Miss Davenport to lie on the beds, and took the jewels and money from her bureau and purse.

She told police they apparently knew that she had drawn the cash from the bank earlier in the day. She said the jewelry included an eight and one-half carat diamond ring. Police believe a fifth confederate may have been waiting for the rob bers in an automobile. They thwarted Woods' attempt to escape for help through the back of the building, and ripped the cords from the telephones. iSlllliliiliilSlftj VlllilllPSllpS GRANTHAM, Jan.

29. A brooder house and 400 chicks on the farm of Curtis A. Miller, Glen Allen, were destroyed by fire about 9 o'clock this morning. Discovered by a neighbor, Mrs. John W.

Ma- goun, the blaze was fought by firemen of Grantham, Mechanicsburg and Dillsburg. The chicks destroyed by Jhe flames were four weeks old. Fireman found the booster tanks on several trucks were frozen, but the Grantham company pumped water from the Yellow Breeches Creek. Approximately 1000 feet of hose was laid. Ohemicals and water were sprayed on a small building near the brooder house to protect it from flying sparks.

George. Leonard, fire chief of Grantham, estimated the loss at $2000. AUTOPSY From Page One association's policy committee last Saturday. He spent the week-end at the home of Dr. James B.

Conant, president of Harvard University, at Boston. Stanford University officials, who were stunned by news of the presi dent death, said Doctor Tresid der had complained of a cold be fore leaving for the East, but otherwise had been in good health Mrs. Tresidder was informed of her husband's death at Sandy, Utah, where she had been vacationing. Doctor Thesidder had been presi dent of Stanford since September 1, 1943. He had been closely identified with the educational and administrative policies of the uni versity for 20 years, and had served as a trustee from 1939 to 1943.

Doctor Tresidder was president of the Yosemite Park Curry a commercial organization operating hotels and other facilities in the Yosemite National Park. He was, born and reared in Tipton, received his A. B. and M. D.

degrees at Stanford, and in 1920 married the former Miss Mary Louise Curry, daughter of the founders of Camp Curry in Yosemite Park. Former Area Resident Awarded $200 Alimony By Associated Press WEST PALM BEACH, Jan. 29. Temporary alimony of $200 a month has been awarded Mrs. Nancy Rheem Talbot, of Washing ton, and Plm Beach, who alleged her husband's attentions to movie actress Lana Turner caused her "great mental anguish." Circuit Judge Joseph S.

White signed the order' yesterday upon agreement between attorneys for Mrs. Talbot and her husband, John Alden Talbot, Jr. Mrs. Talbot said in her bill of complaint last Saturday that her husband ceased contributing to her support when he started going around with Miss Turner. For two years prior to her mar riage, Mrs.

Talbot lived with, her step-father and mother, Colonel and Mrs. George Millholland, of Red Hill, near Dauphin. Colonel Millholland was formerly Regular Army instructor with the Pennsyl vania National Guard. MARRIAGE APPLICATIONS George M. Kasper.

24, Lykens, and Marie E. Williams, 24, Wiconisco. Foster M. McPherson, 21 North Fifth street, and Mary C. Carden, 204 North Second street.

Benedict A. Matulaitis, 24, Middle- TT TV IT OA in Australia Earlier, Braund, who has been living in Sydney many years, offered his system of treatment and his secret formula to the government for nothing, if his claims are found to be justified in a test supervised by a panel of physicians. Thus far, no official test has been made. A Sydney cancer specialist who watched Braund remove a growth from a woman's back yesterday told a reporter the operation was "remarkable." He said the growth could not have been treated by "orthodox surgical metnods." Braund said he had brought the cancer to the surface of the woman's body by massage, treatment of her. blood stream and in jection of his special 'secret of-suspension range from five to 90 days.

"The revocation was in the case of Helen Vallone, Wind Gap, who employed a known criminal. In six cases the licensees per mitted gambling or maintained gambling devices and in four cases sales were made to intoxicated per-sons. Wallace Rally At York Mar. 7 By Associated Press YORK, Jan. 29.

Formation of a party in Pennsylvania, backing Henry A. Wallace for the Presidency, was in full swing today with a Statewide convention slated to be held here March 7. The new Dartv. which declared it self dedicated to placing the name of Wallace and "other Progressive candidates" on the November bal lot, announced the convention date last night and said more than 2000 delegates from all parts of the State are expected to attend. The convention will be held in the William Penn Senior High School.

were made earlier to find a suitable place at Harrisburg to hold the convention, but a spokes' man for the group said the place? requested had been "denied. Gerald Schaflander, of Conyng. ham, executive secretary of the Pennsylvania thirtd party move ment, said the main objective of the convention will be to initiate a Statewide petition campaign to place the name of Wallace and others on the general election ballot. Under Pennsylvania election laws, circulation of petitions may begin March 8 and must be filed with the Secretary of the Commonwealth by April 7. The new party will need 7974 signatures of qualified electors in order to place the name of Wal lace before the voters as an snde pendent candidate for the Presi dency.

Schaflander said regular Wallace movement organizations will' be per mitted to send one delegate to the convention for every 15 members with a maximum of 25 delegates. He added that persons who desire to be represented but are not connected with an organization, will be seated upon presentation of 15 signatures, delegating that person as their choice. A statement released by the or ganization and signed by J. W. Gitt, York newspaper publisher, and sev eral leaders of State labor groups.

declared; "The control of the destinies of the American people is falling into the hands of a small minority of powerful financial and military giants who do not speak in the peo ples interest. "While there is still time," the statement concluded, "we, the peo pie, must mobilize." License Appeal Taken to Court Denied a liquor permit by the State Liquor Control Board yester day, W. C. Marshall, who operates Marshall's 8 Evergreen street, for which he has a beer license, appealed to the Dauphin County Court today. In his petition.

Marshall informs the court that he was advised by the Liquor Board the liquor per mit has been refused because the license quota has already been ex ceeded in the city. The Liquor Board pointed out there are al ready 126 liquor licenses "in the city, and that the quota is 84. Marshall contends that under de cisions of the Dauphin County Court, which directed liquor li censes to be granted the Harris' burg Country Club and others under similar circumstances, he is also entitled to an exchange of his beer permit for a liquor license. The appeal was allowed by Judge Woodside and the matter will be presented again to the court later. Ten Companies Protest Supplemental Tariffs Complaints have been filed by ten companies with the Public Utility Commission against supplemental tariffs filed by the Pennsylvania Power and Light Company in con nection with the" proposed fuel ad justment clause of the utilities.

The companies filing the complaints are: Wilbur-Suchard Chocolate Company, Lititz; Hamilton Watch Company, Lancaster; FJys- burg Silk Throwing Company, of Elysburg; Bloomsburg Mills, Silk Company, Columbia Silk Throwing Company, Silk Throwing Company, and Magee Carpet Company, all of Bloomsburg; William F. Grove, Selinsgrove, and the DUplan Corporation, Hazle-ton. CUSTOMER CONFERENCES Plans for a series of customer relations conferences at. various parts of the State this Spring and Fall were discussed today by the customer contract committee of the Pennsylvania Electric Association at the Harrisburger Hotel. that Middletown council's action violated civil service laws.

The county lodge, meeting in Steelton borough hall last evening, delegated its-secretary, Samuel Painter, and Henry Hill, of the Middletown police force, to authorize the police order's attorney, Solomon Hurwitz, to protest the firing-dismissal action at the next meeting of the Middletown Council on February 9. Painter and Hill said they have arranged to confer tomorrow with Hurwitz, who is empowered to take such further ae tion as the situation warrants. Middletown has a four-man po lice force. At the January 12 meet ing, the reorganized borough coun cil voted to drop Paul Eeigle, father of nine children and last man added to the force. It also voted to demote Police Chief Ben jamin Dolson and give his job to a former police chief, Harold Houser, who resigned in 1941.

Reigle became an extra policeman in February, 1945, and a regular policeman in May, 1946. His dismissal was voted January 12, but he was not notified by letter until January 14, and then told it was effective next day. The Fraternal Order of Police contends civil service laws apply to municipal police forces having three or more men and that dismissals and demotions must be done according to law, by charges and after hearing by a civil serv ice board. Adding to the awkward situation, according to, some of the members, the Republican borough council is today divided on the subject in about the same way as on January 12 when police changes and the dismissal and transfer of other employes was authorized by a vote of five to three, with one member not voting. KNUTSON From, Page One courage production to combat inflation, it is today.

"If there ever was a need to provide relief to the individual income taxpayer from the oppressive war income taxes which are stifling initiative and preventing busi ness expansion, it is today." Last year President Truman twice vetoed bills by Knntson, who is chairman of the Ways and Means Committee, 'to trim taxes $4,000,000,000 a year. Enough Democrats held the party line in Congress to uphold the President. Knutson argued that the President himself has been "amazingly inconsistent" on the tax Mr. Truman has given every sign that he will veto any measure along the lines of Knutson's. Instead, he has suggested a $40-a-person "cost of living" tax cut.

To balance 'this, he asked of new taxes on corporations. Before the debate began, Speaker Martin, Republican, Massachusetts, said an income tax cut this year is in the bag, Weather Report FORECAST FOR HARRISBURG AND VICINITY: Increasing cloudi ness and not so cold this afternoon and tonight: Friday considerable cloudiness and colder. Gentle to westerly winds becoming northerly Friday. Predicted tures: High today, 34: low tonight. 10; high Friday, 18.

High yesterday, 24; low, four degrees below zero; noon temperature, 25. River stage today and tomorrow, 3.6 feet. River Bulletin Feci St Tentha hit j- 1M Birtghamton Corning 3.3 3.0 2.8 Towanda 2.5 I. "Clearfield L9 Renovo Lock Haven Williamsport I Mapleton D. -Newport Sunbury Harrisburg 6.1 1.7 5.9 5.4 2.1 3.6 3.6 shore ice.

floating ice. fixed ice prevents accurate stage reading. I frozen, but onen at euaue. Little change in -rivers next 24 hours. With abolition of the Harrisburg mounted police unit, horses of mounted patrolmen were sold at public auction yesterday.

In the top picture, Mounted Patrolman Carl E. Schreiber, in civilian clothes, feeds his horse, Happy, a panful of oats after the six-year-old gelding was sold to C. E. Wagner, 904 North Second street, for $267.50, the highest price paid for any of the mounts. The bottom picture shows Sgt.

Daniel leader of the dis-, banded unit, on his 18-year-old gelding, Hummer, whih he purchased at the sale fo $50 after none of the other 200 prospective buyers offered to bid against the patrolman. Camp Hill, purchased A life of ease will be provided for "Hummer," the 18-year-old gelding of the abandoned mounted police squadron, which was purchased yesterday by his rider for the last three years, Sgt. Danny Carmichael. The policeman said today that "Hummer" will be retired on William Norton's farm northeast of the city. He plans to let the horse "take it easy." Carmichael said he may ride him once a week or several times a month.

"Hummer" was sold to Car michael yesterday during an auc tion of the five police mounts at the National Guard stables. Other prospective buyers, aware of the sergeant's devotion for the animal, refrained from -bidding after Carmichael offered $50. The auction eer, L. M. F.

Hocker, invited higher TT II 1 a .1 TRUMAN From Page One stantial cut in the amount of grain used by the distilling industry. He said that because of the large stock of whisky now on hand, no additional increase in the whisky reserve is justified. "The industry can withstand a substantial depletion of its present stocks without undue hardship," he said in his message. He said that under the allocation plan which would be put into ef fect if Congress grants his request, distillers would be permitted to use 2,500,000 bushels of grain a month. The average monthly use during the 1947 fiscal year was bushels.

23 Reduction The President said that the. proposed reduction in grain consump tion by the distilling industry would amount to about 23 per cent. In asking for the grain allocation powers, Mr. Truman requested that it be for all grain used in the production of ethel alcohol for beverage purposes. He said this also would affect, however, some types of industrial alcohol.

The President asked for continuance of inventory, as well as allocation Controls. He said efforts to have the distilling industry make a voluntary reduction proved fruitless. The President said he saw "no possibility" of getting the distilling industry to' agree on how a voluntary allocation system should be developed. Yes! We Have an Almanac Uncle Sam's Almanac for 1948 is a Goverhment yearbook in miniature. It gives a well-rounded picture of what the Federal Government accomplished in the year 1947 and the answers to hundreds of everyday questions that come up during the year.

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I enclose 20 cents In coin (carefully wrapped in paper) for a copy of Uncle Sam's Almanac 1948. Street or Rural Route City State (Mail to Washington, D. uius on nummer, DUt tne bushel, urged that he be sold to the po-i m.ces 0i As he led "Hummer" from theiZweifel. $45: Harold Slenian. Har- Ramsey, late of Williamstown, m- Dean' nunes-timated'at $1500 in realty.

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'Millersburg. "Charley," a 10-year-old gelding ridden by C. Preston Price. He intends to use the horse as a per sonal mount. Top Price Is $267.50 The top price of the auction, $267.50, was offered for Carl Shriver's 6-year-old gelding, "Happy." The buyer was C.

Wagner, 904 North Second street, who said the animal will be ridden by Mrs. Wagner. Carmichael sold one of his own horses, "Hoppy a 7-year-old jumper, for $160 to J. Paul Smith, Dillsburg. The five horses brought a total of $837.50.

Five saddles were sold for $262 and a set of clippers went for $10.75. A quantity of oats, estimated at between 150 and 200 bushels, was disposed of for $1.65 The purchasers and saddles were A. W. iiiucia, uu ouuuu ocvuiiu aneci, put, risburg, R. $56; Lester Miller, 351 Crescent street, $55, and Mrs.

Wagner, $62. Policemen who rode with the squadron have been assigned to other duties, $875 Watch Stolen With Rings in Window A diamond wrist watch valued at $875 was included in jewelry loot, stolen from a display window at Matthews' jewelry store, 333 Market street, Tuesday night, a check re vealed today. Police said they were notified today by the proprietor, Matthew Fink, that an inventory check disclosed that the" watch was stolen along with two diamond rings valued at $1000. A patrolman dis covered the robbery at 1.20 a. m.

yesterday. TWO COATS STOLEN Theft of their topcoats, each ffom the checkroom at the YMCA between 5.30 p. m. and Claim of Cure for Cancer ring, Carmichael threw his arms around the horse and planted a kiss on the big gelding's, nose. He sergeant also owns "Blue," a Do-berman pinscher which originally was purchased for police work in the city.

Promise Is Kept Keeping a promise she and her husband made to the late Rov Keller, Mrs. Arthur H. Zweifel, 3237 North Second street, bought "Pal" for $249 in the most spirited bidding of the day. was ridden by Keller for two years and more Recently by Policeman Charles Rodemaker. Keller once asked the Zweifels to buy "Pal" if he were ever sold and to take him to their farm'along the York road.

H. Coble, Mechanicsburg, paid $111 for "Mike," a 16-year-old horse, which was ridden by Ray Monaghan until Mayor Robins re cently ordered the squadron elim inated in an economy move. The i jj new owner plans to add the mount To Be Probed By Associated Press SYDNEY, Jan. 29. John Braund, 78, an Englishman who, claims to have a cure for cancer, today was offered $64,000 to establish a cancer clinic in Premier James McGirr, of New South Wales, the Australian state in which Sydney lives, said that his government will set up a committee to investigate Braund's claims.

Braund is attempting to win of ficial recognition of his methods of treatment Several Sydney peo ple swear he has saved them after doctors had pronounced them incurable, He has attracted the attention of the medical profession and at least one favorable comment from that direction. The offer of funds start a clinic was made by, E. Hall- Automobile Accident i 5 Report in 2 Citv 5 s- 5 Accidents; 1 71 88 Riders Hurt 0 6 19 Riders Killed 0 0 I Walkers Hurt 0 15 9 Walkers Killed .0 11 Tbe table li based on data from I the Police Department and i tabulated oj the Motor Club of Harriibnrf. to his riding academy stable at.ponce -by 'Hendrickson, illiams Grove, Carlisle, and J. F.

Ebersole, Lan- With a bid of $160, B. J. Rob-j caster. jstrorn, a Sydney philanthropist..