The Dixon Telegraph from Dixon, Illinois • Page 1

Dixon Evening Telegraph Fair and Manner; iotv tonight 6. high Saturday 30, low Saturday night NINETY-EIGHTH YEAR Number 61 Telephones 4 and 5 DIXON, ILLINOIS, FRIDAY, MARCH 12, 1948 14 PAGES PRICE FIVE CENTS Twelve Killed in Chicago Plane Crash Fire Sweeps Rockford Block 3m be leg tained by contract. The union preside against a lederal court injiii which the government has Judge Luther M. Swygert to against him and the ITC Winthrop Johns, representing the National Labor Relations Board, confronted Randolph with various statements he lias made erHBCHIVE led-, telling a onsrrrsMona 1 committee last May before the Taft-Hartley law was passed, that the ITU will continue to function on a closed shop basis it can make contracts or not." Randolph said the union "may" decide to make use of the union shop provision of the new law "but I am opposed to it Johns a.iked the witness whether the ITU would approve a strike by a local union caused by a refusal to work with a non-union man. Randolph: "I can't answer that without study and advice of counsel.

That is still one of our perplexities." Johns asked what Randolph would do a member of a local union that is operating without a contract should he expelled for some reason other than non-payment of dues, and the employer refuses to fire him. Randolph: "The first thing I would do would be to consult a lawyer." He declined to answer further. Find Nelson Baby Dead in Its Crib Nelson, March John Harold Draper, son of Mr. and Mrs. ter Draper of Nelson, was found dead in the home this mot about 4:30.

The child was found in its buggy in which it had been sleeping, lying on its face and the covers over its head. A physi cian from Dixon was summoned, who pronounced the child dead upon his arrival. The body removed to the Randall funeral home where an inquest was scheduled to be held this afternoon at 2:30. The child was born at the KSB hospital. Aug.

13. 1947. and beside; the parents, is survived by brother. Walter, at home. Memo rial sen-ices will be conducted NEA TelepV Firemen search the wreckage of a Delta Airlines plane that crashed and burned shortly al taking- off from Chicago Airport bound for Miami.

The four crew members and eight of the passengers aboard were killed in the crash, which occurred during snow storm. Relief From Frigid Weather Appears on Way Toward Plains Wide Sections of U. S. Suffer Hardships in Bitter Temperature Chicago, March (AP) Relief appeared on the way today from the bitter cold which has overspread wide sections of the country from the Rockies to the North Atlantic coast and into the Texas Rio Grande valley. But below seasonal temperatures and snow storms which swept over the area at the fag end of a bitter winter season caused widespread hardship and threatened to cause heavy damage to crops.

Huge drifts of snow blocked highways in many sections of the midwest and southwest. Thousands of cars and trucks were stalled in Ohio, Oklahoma and other parts of the snow belt. Schools in some areas were closed. The falling temperatures caused gaa shortages in some states. In dustrial and business activities were curtailed in Kansas, P( eylvania, Ohio and Kentucky.

Texas Hit Hard Texas was hard hit by severe weather, which was coldest on record for March. Two persons died because of the cold. There was heavy damage to live stock and crops. The state department of agriculture said 150,000 acres of cotton in the Rio Gr valley were in danger of destroyed in event of free weather. Tomatoes, corn and (Continued on Page 6) ITU Goal: Freeze Out Non-Union Men Indianapolis, March 12-(AP) A main objective of the International Typographical union is to keep non-union printers out of the nations composing 10 President Woodruff Randolph said in federal court today.

Under cross examination 1 govi attoi fichtim Monday at 1:30 p. m. at the Randall funeral home, the Rev. J. H.

Hughes, pastor of the First Bap tist church or uixon, omciaung, and interment will be in Chapel Hill Memorial park. Gunfire Greets Fleeing Czechs at Border, Report Hof. Germany, March 12 AP) Czechs fleeing from their home land -caid today the sound of gunfire is heard day and night inside the Czech border as frontier guards try to block escape. An 18 year old boy was killed yesterday and a woman wounded when Czech guards spotted them heading for bordei, said one unshaven who reached this city. He said those captured in tr to escape to the U.

S. zon, Germany are sentenced to to 20 years in prison. WEATHER FRIDAY. MARCH 12. 1948 FORECAST FOR DIXON AND Fair and warmer to night and Saturday: low tonight high Saturday 30, low Saturday night 20; southwesterly winds 10 to 15 miles per hour.

For the 2-1 hours ending at 7:00 p. m. Thursday maximum temperature 18, minimum 0 (year ago 45 and 28); clear. sun rises at 6:03, it 5:51. EXTENDED FORECAST Illinois: Temperatures will aver-igc near normal north to below normal south, normal naximum 48 north to 5S south, lormal minimum 28 north 35 south isinc trend Saturday throue-h Tuesday, below norma! Saturday ing to near or slightly above rmai Monday or Tuesday, turn: a little colder Tuesda; 'leveland Detroit rage 28 20 Inuutnapobs 21 Marquette 19 Memphis 30 Milwaukee 20 Bismarck 24 Moines 7 Duluth 8 Kansas City li leanolis.

St. Paul 7 Omaha -16 St. Louis 23 Atlanta 66 Boston Jacksonville 78 Miami 81 New York 37 KrownsviIIe 68 Fort Worth 25 New Orleans 62 Denver 34 Havre 36 Angeles 71 te Green Charges His Opponent Not Aware of State Problems Says Stevenson's Time Has Been Spent Largely in foreign service (By The Associated Press) Governor Green swung back to day at Adlai Stevenson in another campaign exchange between the two candidates for the state's chief executive post. Green asserted that his Democratic opponent "has spent so little time in Illinois, he could not be expected to know" about state problems. At a Decatur rally, the Republican governor added in a prepared talk: "His (Stevenson's) interests heve been elsewhere in Washington and New York, in London and Paris, on first this and then that assignment which he received at the hands of various agencies and bureaus of the new deal government in Washington." Says Blow Didn't Land Stevenson, a Chicago lawyer and United Nations and state department official in recent years, declared that Green had aimed 'a "campaign uppcrcut" but "it didn't Wednesday speech at a Fairfield GOP meeting where Green said Stevenson was "on leave from the striped-pants brigade of the Roosevelt-Truman state department." At Decatur today, Green ac- Continued 1 nc the New York offic threatened power parleys were brought 11 eiliation efforts.

So far the Ai: ill! 6) U. Chill May Hurt Partition Plan New York. March 12 (AP) Worsening relations between the United States and Russia may deal a death blow to Palestine partition. Some United Nations delegates said they believe Palestine may become only a minor item in the overall American-Russian diplomatic conflict. They figure Palestine might quickly be lost in the shuffle of I'lllll if the conditions noted by President Truman 1.1 Washington yesterday can not be righted by sudden The United States is becoming more cautions daily in its approach to the problem of forcibly putting through the U.N.

-approved split-up of the Holy Land into Jewish and Arab nations. The other gre; their delegation, -day dimmed Amer-peaceful future for et Deputy Foreign rei A. Gromyko out of the big if Arabs and Jews 1 for further con- mediation unless partition scrapped first. The Jews want par tition. The United States stakes its hopes for a peaceful settlement on getting the Arabs to the confer- tabli.

American sources still expect support from France and China in the conciliation move but dmittedly no acceptable decision could be teached without Russian support. Beyond conciliation Ameri'-an are reluctant to discuss their next move. $4.7 Billion Slash Ottawa Court Says onlncomeTaxesIs voted by our Woup Committee Cuts Nearly I wo Billion From the House Tax Measure Washington, March 12 (AP) Senate Republican leaders today taooed their 54.700,000,000 bill for action next week. Chairman Taft (R-Ohio) nounced that goal was set meeting of the Republican policy Debate may not bcgii until the middle of the week but the aim is to get final action by the week's end. The senate finance committee voted 10 to 1 last night for a tax slash of that size.

In doing- so, it whittled $1.800 000,000 from the S6 500.000.000 tax cut bill passed overwhelmingly by the house Feb. 2. The purpose of the senate strategy is to try to win enough uemocrauc votes to pass a over the presidential veto Republicans expect. That take a two-thirds majority in both me senate Rnd house. One Major Change Except for one major chanjre which trimmed the amount of the the senate measure is prac- ucany uie same as the house bill.

I he senate bill provides for per centage tax cuts ranging; from 12.6 per cent for those with net incomes of up to 7.4 per cent on incomes of from $2,000 to $136, 1 19; and 5 per cent on incomes over $1.36,719. The range of house bill re ductions is 30 per cent on incomes up to 30 to 20 per cent between $1,000 and $1,395: 20 per cent between $1,395 to and er per cent on the first $4,000 and 10 per cent on the In all cases these cuts are ap plied to Income after deductions and exemptions. Bills Nearly Identical Chairman Milhkin (R-C0I0) of he senate finance committee said 0.5 per cent of the tax relief provided by the senate bill would go to persons making $5,000 or less after deductions but before personal exemptions. The house bill would give 71.81 per cent of the $6,500,000,000 cut to those earning less than $4,000. under both the senate and house bills: 1.

The cut would be effective of last Jan. 1. The personal exemption for each taxpayer and each dependent ould be increased from $500 to $600. Husbands and wives in all states could split their income for tax purposes. This now can be done only in the 12 so-called community property states.

This "come splitting plan would bene- (Continued Page 6) Charge Jap Served Liver of G-I Flier Yokohama. March (AP) A Japanese medical officer was accused today of boiling the of an American flier in soya sauce before it was served with sake luon at at cannibalistic war-it lunch. Lt. Tatsuro slashed and dis sected the bodies" of eight U. mi, said Prosecutor Paul K.

Von Bergen. "He mutilated them so the organs were of no use in further expenments. "Then he was inspired --inspncd serve the human liver ot one an at the hospital mess for officers and their dependents. It was cooked in soya sauce and served with sake." A Japanese army nurse and 29 men are accused in the medical experiment deaths of the eight at Shiguko Tsutsui, first Japanese Kyushu Omperial university, woman to face war crimes charges, is charged with assisting in the experiments. Ottawa, 111 The Appellal Heniy electric fence and other wns a farm near" Elgin, ng to Factly, Judge base, despicable The decision.

day upheld said that Factly: Detai nnounced yestci lower court injunc 1946. The decisio ed Ch Tied a bull to house and "provided the bull a plaything which caused his mother many sleepless nights. He tied a milk can to the tree, leaving it suspended in the air. and placed in it some rocks so that when the bull butted the can, terrific noises would result." Placed an electric fence across the driveway, "so that his unsuspecting mother might receive a suaaen shock. Caused the water supply to be snut on.

Chased the chickens from the chicken house and placed pipes in the weeds nearby, that his mother would stumble ana fall over them Dug up her flowers and garden. According to testimony, Henry and his wife, Rosa deeded the 94-acre farm to theii son in 1936. and he signed ar agreement they could live in the farmhouse all their lives. The latner died in 1911 Henry, farms the property but his mother ana her son-in-law and daughte Mr. and Mrs.

Raymond Fillmor reside In the house. Grandmother Divorces Cheating Husband, 51 Los Angeles, March (AP) Katherine Devin, 66, and a grandmother, was granted a divorce after telling the judge her husband kept dates with another grandmother. one with seven grandchildren. She related in Superior court yesterday how she "listened in" over an extension on a telephone conversation between her husband. Walter, 51, and the other woman, referred to in testimony She said -she heard her husband say "Kit hasn't caught on vet." Then, Mrs.

Devm added, she cut and said: "You're mistaken, I caught on." Mrs. Devm testified that 1946, her husband told ler he was going to San Diego on fishing trip. She learned, she he went to San Diego with the other woman. The Devi were ned 2' Provancher in Motion to Quash Indictment Fails Rockford, 111., March 12 (AP Circuit Judge William Cai roll today overruled a motion quash an indictment chargin John A. Provancher, 33, with mur der.

former Rockford detective, is accused of sin Andrew Sorenson, 57-year-old Chemung, tavern owner. Literal Blnefield. W. Va Mar. 12 i A -arter of the Blueflcld Daily 1'elegraph noted a help-vantcd ad which stated to write stating exper- noiight an envelope bearing address: Stating Experience Box 32, Daily Telegraph City.

Truck Driver Killed as Steering echanism of A not her Truck Fails One truck driver was killed another was seriously injured when their loaded semi-trailers crashed head-on on state route 2 near Lyndon yesterday. Robert Seiberly, 30, Rock Island, suffered a crushed skull when a load of steel bars on the truck he was driving slid forward in the crash. James Duffey, 35, also of Rock Island, suffered a broken right leg and crushed, chest in the ac cident, and wu taken to Sterling Public hospital, where his condition was reported as good. Both trucks were owned by the Pioneer Motor Service. Rock Island.

An inquest was to be conducted at 1 p. m. today bj Dr. C. M.

Krye, Whiteside county coroner, at the Gardner funeral home, Proph-ctstown, where the body of Seiber ly taker Duffey told state highway po lice that something went wrong with the steering mechanism on his truck as Seiocrly approached him, and the two met headon. U. S. Fight Against Commies Spreads, Embracing Chinese Truman Says Nation Will Oppose Red Control All Over World the Wit v.rld. State Mnr- other, both the president and secretary of state spoke out extraordinary frankness on state of affairs resulting from the between Russia 1 pouei For the firs Chief executive 1 faith in the attp world peace ha; shaken He sni of 1 so at a White House news conference late yesterday.

Mldtt of Great Crisis Marshall, appearing last night before a meeting of the Federal Council of Churches, declared flatly that "the world is in the midst of a great crisis, inflamed by propaganda, misunderstanding, anger and fear." The president was in the audience and heard Marshall couple with his pronouncement of and appeal for moderation, thinking and cool judgment part of the American people. Mr. Truman himself had earlier that Americans should be careful not to let their pas get the better of them before they Know an tne racts. Out of the president's news cor ference comments and Marshall brief speech came the nattern of admini the cri stration policy for meeting Italy Officials" Swn as Clin expert that crisis to reach a climax first and most directly in the Italian political campaigns leading up to elections tlierr April IS. Here are the noints which the president, the secretary ed: 1.

The European gram -which is now in the senate but debate should be omptly. irried 2. The United States encn the formation of what called a political assooiat: Europe as the first step -o restoring stability. 3. The spread of Communist governments anywhere in the world, ncluding China, is opposed by the government.

And Mr. lruman indicated this country will do everything in its power to block Communism. Remain Conl: Marshall 4 The United States will continue to work for world peace wherever possible, but the problem is now more difficult than at any time since the end of the war. 5. Meanwhile, the American people must keep their fears and their "passions" under control in spite of what Marshall called the "distractions" of election year campaigns here at home.

"At no time," Marshall told In: (Continued Page 6) Awarded $100,000 for Loss of Eye E. Emmick. 35, a rai in from Washington, warded $100,000 damage for I of eye road-gasoline truck col; 10, 1945. The verdict was returned bv a jury in Superior court against the Baltimore Ohio Railroad Company and Girton Brothers, a Brazil. Ind trucking firm.

lie accident occurred at La ville. when the truck a Girton Brothers truck. Both the engineer and the truck driver were killed in the resulting explosion and fire Em mick. fireman on the train, suf fered the loss of his right eye and severely burned. accused the railroad with negligence in allowing boxcars to obstruct the engineer's view.

He charged the trucking firm was reless in that the truck crossed the tracks against warning signals. Emmick, who was hospitalized days, had asked 1200.000 dam- Former Lee County Youth Injured in Fatal Auto Crash The Vetera led fi cy i St. ere. where all the injured aKen, after brief trcatim to her home, other passenger in the Davies. suffered a cut oi icrged to bp dismissed the hospital today sister of the Degnor youth, Wilbur Klenke, lives in Ash- Swift Current Slows Hunt for River Victims 1 l05 xrnt Natche; Vllle.

Miss of 13 lives. A spokesman for the Federal Barge lines said today a board of survey of the New Orleans Coast Guard is convinced thr. II be April brxiies Is sufficiently i the mts of the 13 it b'dnrr permit start rescue operations. The boat not been located and sound-is show the depth of the water vary from 00 to 125 reet. the 'a No attempts will be made salvage the, wrecked boat.

boats recovered one body miles downstream last Sundny. men still are missing. Stable Bread Prices Sought in Davenport Mai 12 -( AP) avenport grocers have called neeling lor tonight in nipt to stabilize the pnci tohiie food store was tiering bread at two 15 cents. Another in Rock Island to be selling three loaves for 25 cents. In Davenport the prices range Din 11 to 16 cents.

Most was the rule of two for 23 to price cuts followed an--ement of a five-cent cut by tors of several supermarkets which recently took over the entire output of a Rock Island bakery. Urbana's Flatiron Building Destroyed Adm nl tin ratio offua Illinois Public Aid Comnns-n. the Elks Club, and numerous offices. ludino ihat of H. I.

"en, widely known attorney. Burning papeis were strewn throughout the downtown district by the fire, which destroyed many records However. VA officials said they had saved most of the records of their office, which handled the affairs of about 20.000 veterans, including 11,000 at the University of Illinois. The fire was discovered by passersby about 11:35 p. m.

and was fought for hours by fire departments from Urbana, adjoining Champaign, and the University of i 5 Establishments, Including Theater Are Badly Damaged Fire Chief Says Loss Will Run Into Many "Thousand Dollars" Rockford. March 12 -(AP) depar He said he closer -estimate able to enter of the Weise All of Rockford's fir fought the blaze for hour before it was coi irolled. RIVER TAVERN Bt'RNS Keokuk. March (AP) The Mississippi tavern on the Missisippi highway along the eastern Iowa border burned to the ground today with a loss estimated by the owner at $25,000. Al Cook, owner, said the fire apparently started from an overheated furnace.

The Hamilton, 111., fire department answered the call but was unable to save the The Columnist Pearson "Liar" Says Trruman Washington, March 12 (Ar) President Tiuman yeelerday branded as "a lie out of the whole cloth" Columnist Drew Pearson's report that the chief executive once had termed New York Jews disloyal. Pearson, whom the president did not identify by name, insisted later that his version was "all too accurate." He added: "But I'm plnd the president has now reconsidered his intemperate words." Truman opened his news conference with the denial and said his remarks rnuld be quoted directly, a depnrture from usual procedure. told the reporters to read the New York Mirror to find out about the column. The newsmen heard the president use the term "gossip paper." but the word "gossip" was Itted in this official White HmiM'" version of his remarks. irst, I want to pay attention vicious statement that was by a columnist in a New York paper, in which he said I had made the statement here to an editor of a New York paper that the Jews in New York were dis- (Contimu Russia 1 Page 6) Norway A denial of the report was carried by the Copenhagen newspa per Nationi.ltidende, quoting the Norweigian foreign minister, Hal- Tnc report apparently first appeared in "Nationaltidende" and another Copenhagen morning paper, the "Socialdcmokraten," under a London dateline quoting "informed political sources" and A similar report was carried later by the Columbia Broadcasting system.

It said British officials expect Prime Minister Stalin to ask Norway for a pact. It added that Norweign Defense Minister J. Hauge mode a "secret" trip to London and talked two days with war office officials. The official Norwegian spokesman here said that Hauge'a trip here was "far from being that it was announced in Oslo at the time of his departure. The trip took him to Germany to in spect Norwegian troops stationed Illinois.

How the fire started has in the British zone of occupation, not been determined. and his talks later here were in i iic nunauiK wu owned dv me tnat connection, Elks Cluk 'mM. Expect Russ to Ask Norway for Treaty London. March 12 CAP) Wide London, March 12 Wide circulation was given today a rumor that British officials expect Soviet Russia to ask Norway for a treaty of friendship soon There was no confirmation of the report, and both the British foreign office and the Norwegian legation j-vud they know nothing of such a erHRCHIVE.