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me picxets sanp as they walked to and fro. Six Helicopter Chases Elk Running ahead of a low flying helicopter, these elk were chased from orchards near Yakima, Wash, to avoid threatened slaughter by irate farmers. Dark band (bottom) is from helicopter window frame Mob Wrecks Radio Station After ars Invasion' Story Picketed negroes parUcipaUn, in the Amer Army Troops Use Tanks, Tear Gas To Restore Order QUITO. Ecuador, Feb. 13 (P An enraged mob that hurled gasoline and flaming balls of paper took bloody vengeance here last night for a panic caused by an Orson Welles type radio dramatization of an 'invasion from Mars." The mob attacked and burned the building of the newspaper El Com ercio, which housed the radio station, and killed at feast six persons and injured 15 others.

Armv trnooa wer aiioi tk. Over Two Bills Due This Week B9 Appropriation Measure, Export Curbs Are Issues By WILLIAM F. ARBOGAST WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 (PThe first big appropriation bill of 1949 and a bill extending the President's export control powers promise to stir the House to battle this week. They top a congressional work docket otherwise devoid of controversial matters.

The appropriation bill carries about wOO.OOO.OOO to finance various federal agencies until July 1 when the new fiscal year begins. But it also contains several fighting items, notably a provision for money for a steam generating plant for the TV A at New Johnsonville, and repeal of an 80th Congress ban against paying Michael otraus and Richard Boke salaries as Reclamation Bureau executives. No TVA Money Provided The last Congress refused to provide the TVA money. It ordered Straus, head of the Reclamation Bureau, and Boke, a regional director at Sacramento, stricken from the payrolls because they were not engineers. They continued to serve.

President Truman said their jobs did not call for engineers. The money bill is slated for House debate Tuesday, with a vote not likely before Wednesday. It will be followed by the export control measure, which continues until June 30, 1951, the President's power to require licenses for exports and to regulate their shipment. The present law expires February 28. Republicans are dissatisfied with the extension bill on the ground it Rives too much arbitrary power federal agencies handling the program They claim it might vn be used as a lever to institute price tomrois aomestically on some items WAA Bill To Come Vn The House tomorrow will consider bills extending the life of the War Assets Administration from February 28 to June 30, and providing for acquisition ana operation of the Freedom Train by the National Archivist.

There is no concerted opposition to either bill. Later in the week the House may get around to debating a bill giving the Federal Security Agency departmental status with a Cabinet officer in charge. The Senate had no major bills on tap for floor action but may reach a Rules Committee proposal to amend the Senate rules to halt time consuming filibusters. Its Foreign Relations Committee will resume hearings on the economic cooperation program (the Marshall Plan) tomorrow, and its Labor Committee continues hearlnes on new labor legislation. French Minister Of Justice Quits In Diplomatic Melee Awaited May Oust Hungary's Envoy In Retaliation For Chapin's Recall By JOHN M.

IIIGIITOWER WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 (0 The United States government is exuect. ed to decide this week whether to' expel Hungarian Minister Andrew! Sik in retaliation for the forced i recaii ox the American envoy to Budapest, Selden Chapin. Diplomatic informants here spec nlate that acUon against Sik might be the next important move in the whirlwind of bitterness between Washington and Budapest growing' out of Communist Hungary's trea son trial of Cardinal Mindszenty. i The United States has denounced' the trial as religious persecution.

Hungary retorted that United States officials are conducting a "war of slander. They accused Chapin ofj being involved with Chapin denied it and so did his I superiors, heatedly. In the diplomatic melee, Hungary has sent twe United States representatives packing. The United States has ousted Siks first secretary. At the moment, however, the State Department has not finally determined its latest reaction.

The department broke the news yesterday that Chapin was being ordered home for consulation after Runmv demanded his recall. It announced that it reserved its position in the matter. The State Department had rot to recall Chapin at this time. He was regarded as a strong representative of American Interests in Hungary and a shrewd observer of the aeady suppression of all on position to Communism in that Iron curtain country. Neither the United States nor Hungary seems bent upon an actual break in diplomatic relations.

Hun gary said it would "welcome some body besides Chapin. Politically officials here expect that each coun try will continue to speak formally to the other. However, American officials say there is a common pattern of ami American action on the part of the Balkan government generally aimed at blocking off virtually all efJective American diplomatic work in the area. The trial of Cardinal Mindszenty, for example, appeared to authorities here to be directed almost as much toward convicting" the Unit ed States in the eyes of Eastern; European people as at convicting the defendant. In Bulgaria soon the Communist government will begin trying charges against 15 Protestant churchmen.

Diplomatic i 1 als here fully expect that once more the courtroom will be used as a forum la which the government prosecutor can attack the United States. The belief here is that these trials like others that have gone before them serve several purposes, of which the attacks on the United States and other western nations ara only one. Other purposes include 1) smashing antl Communist leaders and movements, (2 intimidating other individuals who might be inclined to develop opposition to the government 3d 3 breaking particularly the power of religious groups which alone still seem able to resist the steady growth of Communist power in the area. Official Recall Notice Not Received By Chapin BUDAPEST. Hungary, Feb.

13 W) Selden Chapin, the United States minister to Budapest, has not received official notice that the Hungarian government has demanded his recall or that he has been summoned home by the State Department for consultations." K. Lewis Revay, press attache of the embassy, said today that in the absence of any official notice the minister has made no plans. Although it was Sunday the legation was a busy place this morning, with most of the staff at work. The minister also put in an appearance. He declined, however, to make any statement.

used tanks and tear gas to restore trlaI of Cardina Mindszenty. will order, T'Pen at :30 a. m. (3:30 a. East Curse Might Be Invoked Today Cardinals In Rome Will Attend Secret Consistory Today By FRANK BHUTTO VATICAN CITY, Feb.

13 OP) Vatican circles said today anathema the most dreaded and awesoma form of excommunication in tht Roman Catholic Church conceivably may be invoked against tht foes of Josef Cardinal Mindszentv at tomorrow's extraordinary papal consistory. Spokesmen said they do not expect the invocation of anathema but that it should not be ruled out as impossible. The Vatican has not disclosed its plans. In ancient days anathema meant extermination. Under modern church law it Is a grim ritual in which the person who has incurred the death of the Roman Catholic Church is excommunicated and condemned to "eternal fire with Satan to save his soul on judgement day.

The church already has excommunicated all those who had a part in the arrest, trial or conviction of Cardinal Mindszenty. While excommunication or anathema are especially significant to Catholics, the church does not differentiate. Either could be applied even to Russian leaders who have been baptized but no longer profess any ligious faith. Secret Consistory The Catholic Encyclopedia says "all who have been baptized are liable to excommunication, even those who have never belonged to the true (Catholic) church, since by their baptism they are really her subjects, though of course rebellious Tomorrow's secret consistory, called by Pope Pius XII in connection tne Hungarian government's ern Standard Time. Only the Pope, the cardinals in Rome and any other princes of the church who may arrive, will attend the session in the closed Consistor ial Hall.

The Fontiff will recite the Adsu mus, an ancient prayer invoking tht holy spirit, as the cardinals remain standing. He then will ak them to be seated and deliver his allocu tion. The Pope may. and probably wilL ask for the cardinals opinions, informants said. And it is en that the possibility of invoking ahathema could arise.

The consistory Is considered her 10 without parallel. Vatican spokesmen said they recall no sim ilar one, nor similar circumstances impelling one. Never before has a prince of the church been jailed, tried and sentenced while wearing the purple of the Sacred College of Cardinals. Nearest Parallel Recalled The nearest parallel, they said, was the arraignment in Westminster Hall June 17, 1535, of John FUher, Bishop of Rochester, England, on treason charges after ha had been named a cardinal. The cardinal designate already was under sentence of life imprison ment in the Tower of London for opposing the desire of Henry VIII to marry Anne Boleyn and aenarata the Church of England from Vaticai authority.

He was beheaded June 22. (Continued on Psrt a. Col i) Kv I nrrKn il CJIlV "7 VUIUIIIUI OUCIIIIIdll HAVANA. Cuba. Feb.

13 York today assailed "anti Christian tyrants" for vicious persecution of tne louowers of Christ. in a uons and names hava nA he declared, "but tha penalty remains the same for those who like Archbishop Stepinac and Cardinal Mindszenty, in defiance of tyrants, refuse to deny their Divine Master. They, too, are marked for j5 XntloS Tio become the whiaV of "1C wneat or mock trials, destined like Ignatius nhrisf. Spellman wM the chief speaker at today's closing program of the Inter American Congress of Catholic Action. was driven off the road by snow and temperatures ranging to 19 be low zero.

Fifth Army headquarters in Chicago, acting on an appeal from Gov. Fred G. Aandahl of North Dakota, declared the counties of Bowman, Hettinger, Adams Grant, and Sioux in the southwestern part of the state as disaster area No 5. Headquarters were set up at Fort Lincoln near Bismarck to co luuiuaie rescue and relief tions. opera Generally the Army said high winds had restricted both aerial and ground operations.

It gave this pic tare of rescue operations for the 24 hours ending to midnight Saturday: People rescued or relieved 4.163. Pounds of food delivered 9 725 Tons of hay to livestock 1174 2oTons of 00511 10 distress areas Sheep and cattle fed 106.845 Miles of road opened 2,861. The mob wrecked the newspaper building, its equipment and the radio station. Damage was estimated at more than $350,000. Indiotmenta were drawn gaiter; ieonarao jpaet, director of art at the station, known as Radio Quito, and Eduardo Alcaras, Chilean who is the station's dramatic director.

Heads of the station said the two men prepared and directed the dramatization without their knowledge. Police detained 10 suspects and arrests of several more were oi dered. The populace had been terrified by a radio dramatization of H. G. Wells' fantastic novel, "The War of wonas.

localized to describe strange creatures from Mars landing nearby and heading for Quito. It was carried out much after the fashion of Orson Welles' famous "Martian invasion" broadcast in 1938 which caused panic in some parts of the United States. Hysteria drove most of the population of Quito into the streets before the program directors learned how much consternation they haa caused. Frantically they appealed to the people to be calm, and assured them it was all fictional. When the people finally were convinced, they swept upon the El Commercio building.

Ecuador's nrin. cipal newspaper, showering it with siones and driving occupants me upper iioors. Groups set fire tb the building at vacuus points, ana some of the; occupants leaped i to resigned ESki? MarIthe sertos traffic) tieups that oc lesignea tonight as Minister of rurroH 1 Republicans Will Fight Universal Health Insurance Sen. Taft Readies Voluntary Aid Plan By JACK BELL WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 Republicans charted today an all out fight on President Truman's call for universal medical care insurance.

Sen. Taft (R Ohio told a reporter he expects the Senate ibnr Committee to take up the health insurance question after it has acted on a substitute for the Taft Hartley labor law. The Ohio Senator said he will be ready with his own version, under which the federal government would help states finance voluntary health insurance programs. The form of President Truman's proposals may be known soon when he sends a message to Congress. President Is Quoted He said in his budget that a eomnrehensive ntirrai health program should be established, centering in a national system of medical care insurance.

And in his state of the union message: National health insur ance is the only workable way to assure that all individuals have cess to the medical care they need. lie earner endorsed a in ver plan drafted bv Federal Rritv Administrator Oscar Ewing. em oraemg nealtu Insurance, but he has not yet proposed soecific WRiu. tion for all phases of a health program. He put a $15,000,000 item in the budget to start off a medical insurance system.

He may give more details at a White House conference with House Ways and Means Committee members Tuesday. GOP Together On Issue Split wide apart on some issues, Republicans apparently are 'solidly determined to fight what they call a proposal for socialized medicine." Gov. Thomas E. Dewey, of New York, teed off on the question here last week. He called the pending Murray Wagner Dingell bill for universal health insurance an "evil invention which would reduce our doctors to servitude.

Sen. Vandenberg (R Mich) said in a Detroit speech that 'socialized medicine would produce wholesale mediocrity in the skills which serve the sick and saddle, us with a new and appalling bureaucracy He said he expects Republicans to support a voluntary plan for medical care insurance. Danes Calm As Cold War Draws Closer COPENHAGEN, Denmark. Feb. 13 (P) A good many Danes, from the man in the street to some government officials, predict the pull and haul of the cold war may next fall on this little country.

The prospect, however, leaves them calm. Big headlines speak of the Scandinavian "crisis" but there is no air of apprhension among the 'placid Danes The reason Danes think it possible they may soon get a Russian request for a "nonaggression pact centers around the obvious stategic attractions of the country. They are similar to those of Norway, where Russian pressure seems to have failed. Jutland's west coast faces the North Sea and the Atlantic. German built fortifications mark the coastline.

German airfields spread oyer hundreds of acres. If armed they could guard the bottleneck entrance into the BalticRussia's water gateway to the Atlantic. Denmark's east coast facts Sweden and the east. At points, it is little more than a rifle shot across the narrow channel. Shore control would be useful for either side, if the cold war grew hot.

Philadelphia's Transit Strike May Be Lengthy Talks Deadlocked, Union Leader Says PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 13 Michael J. Quill, international president of the CIO's Transport Workers Union, told a cheering crowd of striking transit workers tonieht that "you wiU be on strike Wednesday, Thursday, next Sunday and a week from next Monday." We will stay out," Quill shouted, "until we get a settlement that vou can ratify by secret ballot." He said there isn't "one chance in a hundred thousand that the strike wm be settled tonight." Quill addressed the executive board of Local 234 to report on the negotiating conferences which have been going on between representatives of the union and the Philadelphia Transportation Company since the strike began Friday. Company Offers 3 Cent Boost "After 20 negotiating meetings, he said, "we are just about where we started." The union president said that "we will not take the three cents" offer ed by the company to be a pattern for other unions in the cauntry." The union is seeking a 20 cent wage increase. The company has not budged from its three cent offer.

Meanwhile, negotiating sessions resumed shortly after 8 p. m. with Quill stating that if necessary "we will stay at it all night." In the nation's third largest city where all subway, bus and trolley lines which carry 3,200,000 passengers a day were closed down, the people were still walking and auto traffic was fairly heavy. Staggered Working Hours Asked The Chamber of Commerce asked 3.000 firms in its organization to stagger working hours binnin tomorrow. The chamber explained it Cfl fill 0110 FflT AllCar! In Pnrfll0I Plortmn 111 1 Ul lUgdl LlttllUII T.TSRnw of.i wneimmg margin to President Antonio Oscar De Fragosa Carmona.

Victory was expected for the 79 year old candidate supported by Premier Antonio De Oliveira De Salazar, the real political power in the country. Carmona has been i fin, Th initial i.w.i... telo De Vede 746 out nf fl VpoIc i SSE Marl I Pm. 1.446 out o( 1,967 I B. IntemdtlOnc) IZlUlOn fit vjr CIO" ui juuMiitjiu upposeu JERUSALEM, Feb.

13 (hPrime Minister David Ben Gurion served notice on the United Nation's Palestine Conciliation Commission tonight that Israel will oppose the internationalization of Jerusalem. He declared Jerusalem would remain a Jewish city. The first official declaration of Israel government policy on the status of the Holy City was aimed directly at the commission, which has been ordered by the United Nations to work out a plan for internationalization. pected to include somewhat larger I quantities of livestock nroducts.i particularly pork; more food fats and oil and about the same quanti ties of dairy and poultry products as last year. consumption or buttr.

cereal' dried potatoes sweet potatoes is expected to con tinue below the prewar average. Food consumption per person last year was down about three per cent from 1947, but still was 12 per cent above the prewar rate. Most of the decline last year resulted irom smaller supplies of meat, poultry, eggs and milk. 1 Justice and was succeeded by Rob 1 Premier Henri Queuille said the resignation was due to ill health' but the move brought the Queuille government out from under a bar rage of criticism. I 29 Killed In One Of Spain's Worst Railroad Wrecks TARRAGONA, Spain, Feb.

13 iP) Twenty nine persons, including one American and three Englishmen, were killed last night in one of Spain's worst train wrecks. Authorities said that so far they had recovered 24 bodies from the twisted wreckage of four passenger cars of the Madrid Barcelona Express which had plunged down a 40 foot embankment. They said they expected to find at least five more. The express jumped the tracks 40 miles west of here between the stations of Mora La Nueva and Mora De Ebro. Police gave no official explanation for the wreck, but reliable sources blamed sabotage, saying that several rails had been removed.

AMA Offers Own Health Care Plan CHICAGO. Feb. 13 The American Medical Association today offered organized medicine's alternative to compulsory health insurance. The AMA plan would create a new "Federal Department of Health headed bv a doctor of medicine with Cabinet rank. The new agency would be charged with coordination and integration of all federal health activities except in the armed forces.

The 12 point program includes expansion of voluntary hospital and medical care plans and "establish ment in each state of a medical care authority to receive and administer funds with proper representation of medical and consumer interest The AMA plan is a counter proposal to the compulsory health insurance bills of Sen. Murray (D Mont) and Rep. Dingell (D Mich.) now before Congress. Announcement of the AMA plan was made by Dr. Elmer Henderson, Louisvllje, Ky chairman of the AMA board of trustees.

He said no steps have been taken yet to secure congressional action on it. The AMA has been outspoken in its opposition to compulsory health legislation. Last December, the AMA House of Delegates voted to assess each of the association's 140.000 members $25 to finance what it described as a campaign to educate Americans on the progress of medicine. Sen. Murray termed the AMA fund "a $3500,000 political fund" to oppose his compulsory insurance oui.

said. It is made from products here. it is composed of an equal amount of sausage and proteins. The proteins are extracted from soya beans, yeast and fish solvents. It can be given the flavor of fish, poultry, lamb, beef or pork by adding extracts of these products.

Garnett said the ration will be divided between real and ersatz meat at a rutin vet. tn Ka Aoma jr mvvuvu A number of factories already are putting it out," Garnett said. Garnett stressed that "it Is not a foregone conclusion that th product will be successful. But he saia tnat irom tests he is convinced it has 'all the nutritional qualities meat or better. He added: "If it is successful, it could be the greatest innovation in food since people began cooking.

It could be a great program to raise the nutritional standards of Western Europe. "In tests it has been found that children who drank this nw ersatzi milk were as well nff with whole milk." Angler's Catch Is In 300 Foot Class MIAMI, Feb. 13 (JP) Dr. E. C.

Jourdan, Blue Mound, 111., went fishing today. His reward was a sure enough eye catcher in the 300 foot class. No, it wasn't a whale; only a huge sign advertising a night club. It apparently had fallen from an airplane which flies over the area towing advertisements. Labor Hearings Resume Today wAoniwuruN, Feb.

13 (P xnree JJemocratic senators predicted today that the administrations labor bill will come out of committee practically Intact, with no injunction provision to block critical strikes. Meanwhile, foes of the bill planned to carry their fight for the Taft Hartley law's 80 day injunction leature to the Senate floor. They say they are confident that at that tar they can preserve the court order section and many other provisions oi me Jaw. Sen, Taft (R Ohio). senior min ority member of the Senate Labor Committee, told a reporter he still ine injunction method of naitmg "national emergency" strikes ana is planning now to vote for it again.

Taft said, however, that i ing to study a compromise proposal uv wiw. Morse ut Oie and Ives iY which would scrap the injunction section for a simple cool mg off procedure and rely finally on emergency action by Congress in crisis situations. The administration bill would repeal the Taft Hartley law and replace it with an amended Wagner Act. The bill is sponsored by Sen Elbert Thomas Utah). chairman a lie group resumes Hearings schedul ed to end February 23.

I he orecast that the bill will come out. of committee practically as drafted came from three Democratic members Sens. Humphrey (Minn, Pepper (Fla) and Murray (Mont). Those three and Thomas all predicted that any effort to write national emergency injunction power into the bill in committee will fail. The Democrats have a three vote China Peace Mission Flies To Peiping SHANGHAI, Feb.

13 (Pi An unofficial mission of three elders flew to Peiping today to urge the Communists to talk peace with the Chinese government. The flight comes at a time when the bottom has all but dropped out of the government's efforts to obtain accepiaDie surrender terms from the Reds. wnetner tne mission headed by the 73 year old diplomat, W. W. Yen, ia anyming to improve the prospects depends on factors beyond its control.

While the mission is unofficial the Communists declined to accept it on any other basis) it includes Shao Li Tze, chairman of unsuccessful peace delegation which Acting President Li Tsung Jen appointed January 22. 7 Members Of Family Plana Pi nek VlrlJmr vldbn IClllTlS MAXVILLE. Feb. 13 (IP) Seven members of ft here. mmm VAI The dead are Wallace C.

Siple. Beaconsfleld. president of the Siple Aircraft Company, of Montreal; his wife, Annie Irene, and their five children. All the bodies were badly burned. Siple was piloting the plane, a single engine monoplane.

llliS Criticism caillP from hh'm w. nmtv.iir.4cfo 4 ronugais presi SLSL 't'o" today gave aover assailed the Premier Denounced story windows as them. Eyewitnesses said about 100 ner sons were in the building when the wTdowrJiV? inJ the Spellman of New rear door, but others were lorreri bUIUMHIl H. upstairs by the rampaging mob. As the flames cut oil escaue iA cupHius iormea a human chain frnm 1 mm winaows.

smo of these people were dashed to the srouna wnen the "chain" broke. Others leaped. Police aid was slow to rallv be cause mobile police units had been sent to nearby Cotocallao. scene of the rariin rPTwrtoH the auiu i eponea "invasion, to XeT.1 scene or the broadcast, which save wvvuvu tV n) l.I If realistic eyewitness accounts. i because Marie failed to prosecute a French construction firm which helped buUi the Atlantic Wall and some of the ramps from which buzzbombs were launched against London.

Marie was a Radical Socialist. Jjecourt (MRP). is a Pooular Renuhliran borne sources had aid earner that the French Cabinet ES2dSfSJ; re! TM nnSn Wn? I was this group in the Cabinet that Premier Queuille was most afraid might quit unless Marie was re moved. 549 More DPs Due In New York Tuesday WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 Ne homes in 16 states await 549 displaced persons due to arrive in New York Tuesday aboard the SS Marine Jumper.

The International Refugee Organization said the group will be the ninth shipload of settlers coming to the United States under the 1948 Displaced Persons Act. Cheap, Ersatz Meat Is Developed By Allied And German Scientists Storms Hit 'Operation Snowbound New Disaster Area Is Declared No Sharp Decrease In Food Prices Expected This Year FRANKFURT, Germany, Feb. 13 Allied and German scientists havt developed an ersatz meat which will sell hi Western Germany for less than the real article. This was disclosed today by American officials who said the synthetic product tastes much like real meat and probably will be added to the German meat ration next month. The scientists have also developed a milk substitute which is now being sold in the British zone, Gwynn Garnett, deputy chief of the Anglo American Bipartite Food Office, said in an interview.

Garnett was in charge of the program to develop meat and milk substitutes for food short Western Germans. For months they have been unable ti hnv tir fnii and milk rations due to the mammoth diversion of meat and dairy products to the black market. "No more imports of meat will be needed by Western Germany as a result of this new Garnett I By The Associated Prssl The Army attacked a new snow disaster area in North Dakota today as the national weather picture presented a kaleidoscope of snow, rain, and mild temperature. A freakish gust of wind plowed through Alvarado, early Sunday, blasting windows, lifting buildings from their foundations and scattering a few dwellings over wide areas. There were no deaths or serious injuries reported, but the gust wreaked damage estimated at $50,000.

In the blizzard stricken West, the Army's Operation Snowbound started digging itself out of the worst 24 hours it has had in two weeks. Maj. Gen. Lewis A. Pick, command ins? the relief operation, said progress was cut 50 per cent in some parts of the disaster area and came to a complete halt in others.

He said Saturday was the worst day since February 2. At Valentine, 80 per cent of the equipment WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 () The Agriculture Department said today no sharp drop in food prices is anticipated this year. However, they are expected to average somewhat lower than last year. "No major change in food supplies is expected and the factors affecting the general level of purchasing power that is, general economic activity, employment, and wage and salary payments probably will continue strong throughout the year," a food situation report said.

The food supply this year is ex.