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The Gazette and Daily, York, Monday Morning, January 3, 1944 Death Gar For Two Men Inflation Home Front Problem Iamararegg? i' If cw I Mini Urge Anti-Negro Bias On Rail Work Be Ended By FDR Washington, Jan. 2 UP) In. celebration of the 79th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's signing of the emancipation proclamation, the National Negro council and United Government employes adopted resolution today asking: That President Roosevelt, as Commander in Chief of the armed forces, direct railroads now under government control "to abolish union discrimination against Negro railroad workers and thereby insure equal employment opportunities." That the President "abolish as a war necessity all Jim Crow practices in traveling accommodations in the southern states." That the government assure aid to the famine stricken people of India on the same as "the so-called liberated countries." 1 Photo oy The Gazette and Daily Deflates Food Shortage Wind- Sen. Guffey says Gov. Dewey and pals make political hay of farm problems.

No feed short- age in New York or Northeast. (Special To The Gazette And Daily) Washington Jan. 2 Joseph F. Guffey Pa.) in Washington Saturday accused Gov. Dewey and the "New York Farm of making food and farm problems a "political football." In a strongly-worded statement to the press, Guffey said: "This" country has been filled with false rumors about the food situation throughout 1943.

Those who engage in that type of propaganda, regardless of motive, are playing the game of the enemy just as surely as though they were on Hitler's payroll. "A notable instance," said Guffey, "is the way Gov. Dewey and the New York farm crowd have made a political football of food all year, and still do. They have cried about feed shortages, milk shortages, and reduced living standards of the people at the very time they have urged farmers to hoard feed and reduce production. "There is no shortage of feed supplies in New York and the Northeast.

Supplies are almost double those of three years ago. "Yet Gov. Deewy, through his Food Commission and their allies at Cornell University and in the Grange League Federation, aided and abetted by Frank Gannett, has stirred up farmers and city consumers with stories of impending famine and suffering of dairy herds and have discouraged production. It is the rankest kind of partisan politics, absolutely inex Two York men were fatally injured and a third is a patient at the York hospital in a serious condition as the result of an early morning crash on New Year's day when the car in which they were riding struck a concrete abutment at the College avenue bridge. Fatally injured were: Anthony J.

Hatterer, 31, 764 West Mason avenue and Paul Smeltzer, 22, 525 Vander avenue. Seriously hurt is J. Parker Ebersole, 615 East South street, who is suffering from shock, probable internal injuries "and lacerations to the face and hands. Ebersole's condition was given last night by hospital officials as fair. City police believe the death car was the same vehicle which figured in a hit-and-run accident at Duke and Princess streets a very short time earlier.

At 12:17 a. New Year's morning, Officers Roberts and Al-wine were detailed to investigate the hit-and-run accident at the intersection of Duke and Princess streets. Upon their arrival there, TO New Sedition Indictments To Reveal Hitler Line Peddlers War Mobilization Dire Byrnes says keeping economy stable in 1944 wilj difficult. Warning agai pressure groups, he sees as crucial. Washington, Jan.

2 UP) Ja E. Bynres, director of War i bilization, arrested in a year-i statement "1044 will be a crui and hard year on both the ba front and the home front," tagged prevention of inflation No. 1 problem for civilians. "In 1944 all of us hope to victory in Europe," Byrnes "but the sure way to blast a that hope is for us at home to mit disunity to replace the ui of our people which has broi; us so far since the dark days a Pearl Harbor. "We shall always look bj upon 1943 as the year the Un States hit its stride in produd for war.

It was production American factoroes and fa that turned the tide of bal swept one dictator from his thri and enabled the Allies in 194Jj reconquer 454,989 square nvle; land with a population of 51,1 000 people. "The American people can ei the new year proud of their complishments in 1943, both the battle front and home fr But the fact that we have done well is no license for any Ameri to rest on his oars or conduct self as if the war is already 'Thus far sacrifices on home front have been small, deed, in comparison with the ships on the battle front. "In 1044 the American pe will face their greatest problen home and that is preventing in; tion. Thus for, Government wi fine public support has don truly remarkable job in kee our economy stable despite he war expenditures and shortage manpower and materials. Bu the pressure groups gain the per hand, we may lose the pc right here at home.

"Our people must realize 1 total war means sacrifice at hd as well as on the battle fr They must not measure war terms of what profit they get of it. They must measure it terms of what they put into it. group which places the persd grievances and ambitions or members above the common of the country, should be alio to hamper or disrupt the effort. "Our boys at the front are fighting for increased dividend increased prices or mcref waces. They are fighting to home is to desist the tempta to profit out of the war and sure our ficrhtinfr forces that vv they return home they con resu a normal life tree trom aepres: anft rtpsnair.

Tt the will of the Ameri people that we win this war. War Bonds Today Speed Victory On And Mean Prosperity When Victory's Won Improvement Noted in Grippe And 'Flu Situation nr Ravmond Lauer. Ci TTonlth Dirprtor. noted a coi tinued improvement in tli flu and grippe situation yej terday. A number of physic ans that ne naa comae it wpre of the ODinion that the work is getting lighter.

Trj lpn-( nf the diseases still "spotty" with a numbj of cases here and there bi not as wide-spread. He cautioned parents advise their children to nipntv of rest ana see tns they get the proper foods, they have a temperature, roiieh. or anv acute respir tory difficulty, he said the should be kept away froi school. I "If any children come i school with colds they will sent home," stated Dr. Artl ur W.

Ferguson, superintem ent of City schools, as tt schools prepared to open day following the Christms holidays. The teachers ha been also instructed to ser pupils home again if they turn too early after illness. cusable wartime. It is demoralizing to the home front, a disgrace to the great State of New York, and a blot on the record of the governor. "As we face 1914 the best fed nation in the word, these same prophets diaster contine to chant their outworn starvation song.

It is time for the country to wake up to what goes on, and why. It is time to rejoice over a successful food war, as well as a successful military war." "I have before me the latest figures of the Department of Agriculture on the food production of 1943. They show that total food production exceeded that of the miracle year, 1942. Livestock products, including milk and eggs, were eight per cent above 1942, and thirty-one per cent above any earlier year. Crop production was six per cent below 1942, but five per cent above any other previous season.

"All the false prophets from Dewey to Louis Bromfield should hdVC this iuTU'iCCTit AiiiciiCaii farm record thrust down their throats. Crop production might have been higher had it not been for the failure of New York farmers, under Dewey guidance, to reach their most important 1943 croo production goals. "What a contrast is the record of New York farmers with that of farmers in sister states of the Northeast. Take my own State of Pennsylvania Every important crop production goal was reached or exceededUntroubled by a man with White House aspirations our farmers nlanted and cultivated and harvested bountiful crops. They (Continued on Pape Twenty-seven) See Sen.

Guffey John E. Kennery, 221 East Philadelphia street told them that he was operating a Ford coach east on Princess street and at the intersection his car was struck at the front end by another automobile. Kennedy informed the officers that the car continued south on Duke street and turned west on College avenue. While the officers were investigating this accident, a radio call from police headquarters sent them to the College avenue bridge. There they found that a Plymouth coach, the property of Hatterer, and apparently being operated by Hatterer, had evidently been traveling west on College avenue at a terrific rate of speed and crashed into the right concrete abutment of the College avenue bridge.

The policemen found Hatterer wedged between the steering post and the seat of the car and removed him only after much difficulty. Other passengers 'were Ebersole and Smeltzer, who was sitting between Hatterer (Continued on Page Twenty) See Fatal Accident Gazette And Daily) WECHSLER leading practitioners of the Fascist trade. Although the Grand Jury proceedings have been cloaked in secrecy, it is known that there will be some changes in the seditionist cast and at least one street-corner orator well-known to New York listeners will probably be included in the new line-up. Also present, it is reported, will be the man who has described himself as the nation's leading "intellectual Fascist." However, the names of the leading characters may be less important that the theme of the trial which O. John Rogge.

lanky, hardhitting special assistant to Attorney General Francis Biddle, will stage. Well-informed sources assert that Rogge's key objective in the case is to conduct, for the first time in American annals, a public unveiling of the Nazi technique of propaganda warfare. In preparing his case Rogge, it (Continued on Page Twenty-seven) See Sedition Indictments Four Men Are Overcome By Leaking Gas Main Three employes of the Colonial hotel and an employe of the Ritz theatre were overcome by illuminating gas from a broken gas main located in Mason avenue Saturday morning shortly after 9 o'clock. At 9:30 a. Clayton H.

Heilman, 10 East North street was removed from the Ritz theatre in the city ambulance to the York hospital after being overcome. The three men of the Colonial hotel overcome were Elmer Ehrhart, 69, Stony Brook; Robert Neater, 223 South Beaver street, and Benjamin Varn, 724 East King street. The resuscitator of the York County Gas company, in charge of Charles Hause was used on both Ehrhart and Varn to revive them. Neater did not need the resuscitator. Men from the York Gas company located the leak at five o'clock Saturday afternoon.

The pipe causing the trouble, was cut off from the rest of the system by 9 o'clock the same evening. Speakers Score Racial Prejudice Rev. Charles F. Bourne, Small Memorial A.M.E. Zion church, declares "the fruits of American democracy still remain to us a in speaking at Emancipation day celebration in his church.

Rev. Charles F. Bourne, pastor of Small Memorial A. M. E.

Zion church, debunked yesterday afternoon what he termed "the common belief that even the lowest white man is better than the most talented Negro." Speaking at the Emancipation Day celebration, held at his church under the auspices of the Pennsylvania State association, Independent Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, of the world, Rev. "Bourne claimed that even in the northern states, beyond being permitted to attend public schools and vote for public officials, "the fruits of American democracy still remain to us a dream." In concluding his talk to the large assemblage of representatives of civic and social organizations, as well as a crowd of interested Yorkers, the pastor asked that we. turn from our "persistent bigotry and selfishness" and de-terme that we will never rest until our America will stand high and free from all that falls that block our democracy." Rabbi Leonard J. Rothstein, pastor of Temple Beth Israel, (Continued on Page Twenty-Six) See Racial Prejudice Elmer Davis Hits "Daily News" OWI chief says Patterson- McCormick press aims to undermine confidence in nation's military leadership. (Special To The Gazette And" Daily) Washington, Jan.

2 OWI Chief Elmer Davis in a New Year's Eve radio broadcast singled out the Patterson-McCormick press, which he said was attempting to "undermine the confidence of our military leadership." Noting that Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower had predicted victory in Europe in 1944 if all civilians contributed their full share, he said: 'Two newspapers, the New. York Daily News and the Washington Times-Herald, call that an alibi in case our military plans go wrong. "It is worth remembering that the Times-Herald was also one of the newspapers the other was the Chicago Tribune which three days before Pearl Harbor published to the world the plans of which our Army proposed to fight if there had to be a war.

"The enemy who was already nearing Pearl Harbor for that sneak attack must have been grateful for that information; as he will certainly be grateful for this endeavor to undermine confidence in our military leadership." Davis added that the quickest and surest way to lose the war now that victory is in sight is for the home front to "sit back and take it easy." (Special To The By JAMES A. Washington, Jan. 2 The U. S. A.

is about to receive a major education in the men, methods and machinery employed by the Nazis to wage their propaganda offensive on American soil. A District of Columbia Grand Jury isexpected to return an indictment Monday nairrng 30-odd citizens who carried on Jolf Hit ler's business here. indictment will replace an earlier one obtained by the Ju. tice Dept. more than a year ago against some American Troops Land On Saidor Strike third lightning blow in 18 days against Japanese in Southwest Pacific.

Rush inland immediately to capture airfield on Hemholtz Point, New Guinea. Encounter slight resistance. Advanced Allied Headquarters, New Guinea, Monday, Jan. 3 UP) Gen. Douglas MacArthur landed veteran American army troops, including elements of the 32nd on the beach at Saidor on the north coast of New Guinea, without opposition yesterday to strike the third lightning blow in 18 days against the Japanese in the Southwest Pacific area.

The troops, commanded by Brig. Gen. Clarence Martin and Col. Slade N. Bradley, pushed inland immediately to capture the airfield and reported shortly after landing that they had encountered slight resistance.

With the Japanese still reeling from offensive thrusts at Cape Gloucester and Arawe, both on New Britain island, all since Dec. 15, MacArthur caught them again by surprise by landing soldiers behind the enemy's lines only 55 miles southeast of Madang, the Japanese big base on Astrolabe bay. By this amphibious operation MacArthur cut off a considerable force of Japanese still battling the Australians and a few miles north of Blucher Point, which is (Contimif'd on Pae Seventeen) See Pacific Front i i 1 Strikes Should Not Re Charged Against Workers, Says Thomas Philadelphia, Jan. 2 UP) Norman Thomas, four-time Socialist candidate for President, told the Frankford Friends forum today that charges of strikes impeding the war effort were false and that "facts don't bear out a condemnation of labor." "They point instead to the fact that workers are doing what every other group in America is doing trying to get a better share of the increased American wealth," Thomas said. Condemning the statement of "a high Washington official" that labor disputes may have delayed the end of the war, Thomas said Hitler in his New Year's day address made no references to American labor difficulties..