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WEATHER Colder tonight, freezing rain; Tuesday windy and colder, snow. he ogan aily ews Full Leased Wire Service of The Associated Press HOME EDITION ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTEENTH YEAR, NO. 7 LOGAN, OHIO, MONDAY, JANUARY 10, 1949 PRICE FIVE CENTS LEWIS PMCE NAMED SERVICE DIRECTOR PIIM STARLET Wanda Hendrix and Audie Murphy, most decorated GI in World War II, are shown after they obtained a marriage license in Glendale, Calif. been engaged for a year. The wedding was while Wanda was in Italy a movie.

International) 1,1 1 Mason Holloway Riles Tuesday Prominent Farmer Claimed Saturday Funeral services for Mason Holloway, 47, prominent Hocking County farm leader who died unexpectedly Saturday noon at his home near Logan, will be held at 1 P. M. Tuesday in the Methodist Church. Rev. Henry Carr and Dr.

R. B. Wilson will officiate and burial will be made in Range RTownship Cemetery. Sedaiia, by the Funeral Service. The body will remain at the residence on U.S.

Route 33 south of Logan, where friends may call until time for services. A native of Mason County, W. Vlr. Holloway was one of the most active farm leaders in the county. Ho was congressional spokesman for the 11th district the Farm Bureau, and was a member of the board of directors of the Hocking County Farm Bureau and secretary of the Hocking County Farm Bureau Cooperative Association.

He also was active in agricultural conservation work in Hocking County and was master of the Miller Chapel Grange in 1948. He also was a director of the Hocking County Health and Tuberculosis Association and a member of the county fair board. Survivors include his mother, Mrs. Rebecca Holloway of the home: four brothers, John of Dayton, Blain of Columbus and William and Robert of the home; three sisters, Mrs. Irvin Blain of London.

Mrs. Clyde Davis of Columbus and Miss Louise Holloway of the home. Faces Court Today on Narcotics Charge LOS ANGELES, Jan. Robert Mitchum, handsome hero of many a celluloid story, today begins a real life role that may H)cqual in drama his best histrionic efforts. He is scheduled to appear for trial on charges of possessing marijuana.

The 31-year-old actor was arrested with actress Lila Leeds, 20, dancer Vickie Evans, 25, and Robin Ford, 31, a real estate agent, in a nocturnal raid by narcotics officers last September 1 at a secluded cottage in the Hollywood tills. Mitchum will be defended by Jerry Giesler, prominent West Coast criminal lawyer. Grant Cooper will represent the other three. President Asks Record Budget For Peacetime Half of Amount To Finance Cold War With Soviet Russia WASHINGTON, Jan. President Truman today handed Congress a record $41,858,000,000 peacetime of it to wage the cold war with Russia.

And he warned that the price of bulwarking freedom in the world is going higher still. The spending program Mr. Truman charted for the 12 months beginning next July 1 is $1,678.000,000 higher than this also a peacetime record. Still to come it the cost of rearming Western atep the President said he will propose before the year ia out. to boost the total still further.

Even in the absence of that outlay, the Chief Executive declared, teh nation faces an $873,000,000 1950 deficit piled atop a $600,000.000 red ink entry for unless taxes are raised. Soberly Mr. Truman declared that future budgets have to be bigger yet to meet mounting Responsibilities in the world and to pay the bill for a greatly expanded military establishment at home. Thus the President renewed with emphasis his plea that Congress jump taxes $4,000,000,000 a counting higher levies for increased social security benefits and a new' health insurance program he wants to start the New Deal ball rolling again. Te President suggested advancing to next July six months speed scheduled rise in social security payroll levies from 1 to 14 percent on employes and employers alike.

Also, he proposed making the tax apply to earnings above $3,000 a year, the present top. without saying hat I the new limit should be. In message Mr. Truman said: United States must I tinue to exert strong, positive effort to achieve peace in the world and growing prosperity at And when he spoke of Europe today instead of picturing what would happen if communism took over, he asserted: States aid to Western European countries and the mutual selfhelp which it has stimulated among them are already resulting in substantial progress toward economic recovery and political At home, the President told of his plan a national defense position of relative military readiness, coupled with a higher degree of mobilization military forces recommended in this he said, the most powerful this nation has ever maintained in But he bespoke readiness for expansion should the need OVIRCOMI with grief, Mrs. Agnes Nicolettl sobs hysterically as she learns from her sister, Mrs.

Patricia Adams, that her husband, Gabriel Nicolettl, 37, had just hurled himself and their two children from New Brooklyn-Queens Kosciusko Bridge. Broken line in photo (right) shows where the 125-foot fatal plunge occurred. One of the youngsters, four-year-old Gabrielle, was found alive but is not expected to survive. International New Cold Wave Heaps Up More Misery in West Los Angeles Has First1 Snowfall In Sixteen Years LauscheCompletes Comeback British Mass Forces To Back Arab Allies WASHINGTON, Jan. 10 The United States urged Britain and Israel today to treat the shooting down of five British planes as a incident LONDON, Jan.

appeared today to be massing martial strength behind her Arab allies as she concentrated warships and troops in the tense Mediterranean. The move came on the heels of to Israel against the shooting down of five RAF planes Friday. Britain's protest was contained in a brief memorandum handed to a representative of the Israeli foreign office at Haifa by British counsul general Cyril Marriott. The protest stated that Britian reserves all her rights with regard to claims lor compensation and to all possible subsequent Spectrum Raided To Color Men's New 'Bold Look' CLEVELAND, Jan. The In men's wear is beinq demonstrated to more than 300 northern Ohio retailers attending a three-day merchandise fair here.

Sport shirts in a 20-co'or range, loud ties, louder underwear shorts, and beachwear that screams is the outlook for spring and summer clothes, said the merchants. Belts with bigger buckles, fancy knits and bold designs in sweaters, the retirement of the white shirt as number one in business wear are other forecasts made by the merchants. A Tel Aviv dispatch said the Israeli representative refused to accept the British protest because it was addressed to authorities in Tel and not to the provisional government of Israel. A Roy Crawford Breaks Leg Saturday Night Roy Crawford, Logan oilman, guttered a fractured right leg night when he fell over a railroad tie while walking across a vacant lot between Orchard and Culver Streets. He was taken to Hocking Valley Hospital, where the fracture was reduced.

Hospital attaches reported today that his condition is Dedication Slated WARREN, Jan. High School will dedicate its new $200,000 gymnasium-auditorium Sunday. The structure is first permanent memorial to service men and women of World War II. Rain Brings End To Balmy Weather Mild spring weather continued today in Logan and Hocking County, as the mercury climbed to 49 degrees by noon. However, rain which began falling about noon may turn into sleet before night, the weather bureau said.

The warmest weather of the winter season was recorded Sunday when the temperature rose to 62 degrees, according to the official thermometer at the state highway garage. Weather observers reported that this was the highest mark registered in Hocking County on January 9 in many years. It was the second such Israeli refusal in two days. The first was by the Israeli delegation to the U. N.

Security Council in New York lor the same reason. Britain does not recognize the state of Israel. If the British government wants the protest to reach Tel Aviv it now may be required to transmit it through a third as the United States or which has diplomatic relations with both Britain and Israel. Meantime Britain hastened deployment of her Mediterranean forces. Two British frigates sailed early yesterday from Malta to Cyprus, near the Palestine coast.

An admiralty spokesman said the aircraft carrier Triumph and the cruiser Phoebe, which have been cruising the Mediterranean, have been recalled to rejoin other British warships concentrated there. By The Associated Press A benumbing cold wave heaped more misery today upon the western plains and Rocky Mountain regions which still were counting their losses from last paralyzing blizzard. Citrus fruit growers in Southern California were fighting again to save the remainder of their crops from another freeze. Snow fell in Lot Angeles yesterday for the first time since 1932, and in Long Beach for the second time in 50 years. It melted rapidly.

Temperatures os low as 19 decrees were forecast for tonight or early tomorrow in the fruit area which suffered a $25,000,000 damage last week to the crop. Fresno had a low of 28 degrees early today and Los Angeles 34. The frigid blast in the Great Plains and Rocky Mountains was coldest in 10 years It brought renewed fear for the survival of livestock already weakened from the lack of feed during the blizzard which brought death to at least 22 persons and tied un rail and highway travel for three days. Blizzard conditions aagin were reported in some Wyoming areas and in northeastern New Mexico. but snowfall throughout the area generally was moderate with railroads and bus lines operating on or near normal schedules.

At Livingston. the mercury had skidded to 26 zero early today. International Falls. had a -18. Bismarck, N.

a -11. and Casper, -14. Readings generally zero were in prospect for the entire region as far south as northern Kansas. The Red Cross set up a blizzard relief service yesterday at Rapid City, S. and send out planes in search of victims of last week's storm.

Snow there had drifted as much as 10 to 20 feet deep. Amazing At inauguration Today COLUMBUS, Jan. John Lausche of Cleveland became the 73rd governor of Ohio today and immediately pledged himself to a better social The voice of the 53-year-old former Cleveland mayor deepened wdth emotion as he took the oath as governor for the second time in his life. He governor in 1945 and 1946. Thomas J.

Herbert, the Republican who piloted the state tor the last two years, stood by as Lausche in a formal inauguration speech said: imposing new taxes and within the limitations of the moneys that are available, we shall endeavor to meet the problems of our state so as to make certain that the greatest progress possible be Lausche's hopes are bolstered by a House and Senate controlled by his own Democratic party, and aided by a nearly unanimous roster of Democratic state officials. His inauguration capped an amazing political comeback. The onetime Cleveland street lamp lighter had refused to believe his first term as governor (1945-46) didn't deserve another. The inauguration ceremony was conducted in a drizzle of cold rain that soaked the traditional platform on the steps of the stone capitol. The air was murky with smog and low-hanging clouds, behind the sun hid throughout A Girl Scout party of 14 was marooned in the mountains 60 miles east of San Diego, by a blizzard which also was blamed for the crash of an airplane killed five persons.

The girls reported they had shelter against the 75-mile-an-hour wind but that their food supply was low. Residents of San Diego were urged to use gas sparingly for heating purposes in order to assure an adequate supply for cooking. Sleet and freezing rain were falling in a narrow band from Oklahoma northeastward through Missouri and into western Illinois. Indiana had a general rain. The East and South had fair weather with temperatures near noimal.

the day. Visitors from all Ohio jammed Columbus for the ceremonies. Hotel rooms were at a premium and restaurants did a rushing business. Also taking the oath of office today state auditor Joseph T. Ferguson, secretary of state Charles F.

Sweeney, attorney general Herbert S. Duffy, all Democrats, and treasurer Don M. Ebright, only elected Republican left among state house officials. Lausche left the capitol two years ago disappointed by his defeat. He convinced his administration was a good one and believed a general Republican trend had caused the votes to run him out.

He campaigned this time on his record. Most political experts credited his personal magnetism with carrying Ohio for the Democrats, who were election underdogs. His second term may run smoother than his first. The Democrats control both houses of the legislature for the first time in a decade. And the Democratic state committee, frequently at odds Lausche in the past because of his political independence, is run by his hand-picked chairman.

Eugene Hanhart of Dover. The 53-year-old Lausche took the oath of office from Chief Jus tice Carl V. Weygandt of Ohio, placing his left hand on a family Bible brought to Columbus last night by Mrs. Lausche. Inauguration activities occupy the entire day.

starting with breakfast for Lausche and ending ith a ball in the Neil House. During the morning the Dem ocratic-controlled legislature was called to meet only briefly to per mit members to participate. During the session George D. Nye of Waverly, who served as Lieutenant Governor during first term, returns to that office. Health Council Meets Tonight Planning Committee Recommendations Due Railroad Executive Is Winner Of Rich Radio Program Booty SPARROWS POINT, Jan.

F. Oaks, 63-year- old railroad executive, won $30,500 in prizes last night by identifying the Bridegroom as the mystery melody on the the radio quiz show. It was the richest award in the history of the American Broadcasting Co. program. The winner is an official of the Patapsco and Back River Railroad, a small carrier operating mainly within the Bethlehem Steel plant here, about 10 miles from Baltimore.

told the announcer I was railroading Oaks chuckled. mention that I was superintendent and vice He said he and his have no hit on the answer after it and following an announced hint into the book of St. One of the many telephone calls they they finally took the receiver off the from a listener in Cincinnati who wanted to buy some of the prizes. I even know yet just what Oaks replied. White House Denies Forrestal Quitting WASHINGTON, Jan.

The White House denied today that Secretary of Defense Forrestal is leaving the cabinet this week. At a news conference, a reporter told presidential press secretary Charles G. Ross that Robert S. Allen has published a report that resignation would be accepted this week. is Ross said.

Hawaiian Volcano's Eruption Subsides HAWAII NATIONAL PARK, Jan. Loa, the giant volcano rumbled spectacularly to life Thursday, appears to be going back to sleep. A snowstorm left a gleaming blanket on the upper slopes over the weekend, contrasting sharply with the main lava stream which has cooled from fiery red Upturning black. Buck Gridder Held On Theft Charge COLUMBUS, Jan. Jack Jennings, 21, Ohio State University football tackle, was one of three OSU students arrested yesterday on petty larcen charges filed by a department store where they work.

The store charged them with stealing six one dollar T-shirts and six pairs of shorts valued at 59 cents each. The two others are Clarence J. Eyerman, 21, and Willis W. Anderson, 21. All three are from Columbus.

They were released on $100 bond each. Appointment Is Announced By Mayor Friend Highway Department Employe to Succeed Wright January 15 Lewis Price of 420 North Orchard Street has been appointed city service and safety director succeeding Boyd V. Wright, resigned, Mayor Roger W. Friend announced today. Mr.

Price's appointment becomes effective January 15, date of Mr. Wright's resignation. Mr. Price, former superintendent of state highways in Hocking County under the John W. Bricker administration, is presently a special projects engineer with the state highway department, working from the Marietta division office.

Before rejoining the state highway department, he served approximately two years as deputy sheriff under former sheriff Floyd Duffy. For many years Mr. Price operated a transfer and storage business in Logan. Mr. Wright, who held the city post for one year, has not yet disclosed his future plans.

The newly organized Hocking County Health Council will hold its second meeting Monday at 8 P. M. in the courthouse auditor ium. Several pressing health pro blems of the county are sched uled for discussion, including the new county milk regulation, the rabies epidemic, fund-raising campaigns of voluntary health agencies, the Red Cross blood bank, the annual Blue Cross enrollment, etc. Members of the council include representatives from all Hocking County agencies and organizations which deal directly or indirectly with health problems.

The council has been set up to coordinate the various health activities and to map a program of action in solving the health problems. First meeting of the council was held in November. A planning committee has held two meetings since that time, and will have several recommendations to present to the full council tonight. Supreme Court Denies Appeal of Communists WASHINGTON, Jan. Supreme Court today refused to interfere with the indictment and scheduled New York trial of 12 leaders of the American communist party.

The 12 asked the supreme court to: cancel indictments against them, order a stay of their trial scheduled to begin in federal court January 17, and throw out a list of prospective jurors from which their trial jury may be drawn. The supreme court issued two brief orders announcing its refusal to interfere in the cases at this stage. It gave no reason. The members of the national board of the Communist Party in the United indicted on charges of conspiracy to advocate the overthrow of the United States government by force and violence. tWO- Mrs.

New Shotgun Blast Fatal To 7-Year-Old Boy CINCINNATI, Jan. shotgun blast fired accidentally by a playmate yesterday took the life of seven-year-old Meredith Kennedy. Detective chief Clem Merz said Harold Bauer, 8, picked up a shotgun in the kitchen of the Bauer home and playfully ordered the younger boy to The gun went off, tearing a hole in the chest. February, March Draft Calls Off WASHINGTON, Jan. No will be sent out by draft boards in February or March.

Because voluntary enlistments and re-enlistments have averaged 35,000 a month in the past two months, Secretary of the Army Royall announced over the weekend that no draft calls will be made in the next two months. Donald L. Weaver Funeral Arranged Donald Leroy Weaver, year-old son ot Mr. and Lawrence Weaver, near Plymouth, died at 9 P. M.

Saturday at his home following an extended illness. The family resided in Brown Township, Vinton County. Funeral services will be held at 2 P. M. Tuesday in the Woodard Funeral Home.

Rev. C. H. Bennington will officiate and burial will be made in the Starr Cemetery. Survivors besides the parents include two brothers and a sister, all of the home.

Senator Denies Reported Wedding To Film Actress WASHINGTON. Jan. says Senator Warren G. Magnuson (D- Wash) of reports he had married a 25-year-old actress-heiress. Reports linking the 43-year-old senator romantically with June Millarde, known as Toni Seven, arose last week when he was listed as at the opening of Congress.

The weather, not romance, delayed him, Magnuson told a reporter upon his return to town yesterday. He started to drive from Seattle to Washington, he said, but heavy snowstorms in the west forced him to leave his car in San Francisco. Body Identified AKRON, body of a man identiifed by police as Joseph Wolf, 58. was found yesterday in Little Cuyahoga River. Meter Income Up WILMINGTON, Jan.

(JP) i Fred Hale, deputy auditor, reports collections from parking meters increased sharply here during the past year. The meters produced $17,029 in 1948 as com- 1 pared with $13,931 in 1947. Bookish Youth Held for Slaying Neighbor Boy PHILADELPHIA, Jan. slim, bespectacled 16-year- old youth whose room was found littered with comic books about crime was held on a homicide charge today in the scissors slaying of a 12-year-old neighbor. The battered and slashed body of Ellis Simons was found behind a garage in the fashionable Wynnefield section yesterday, clad only in shorts and bound hand and foot.

Police said he apparently put up a before he died. A hearing was set for Seymour Levin at municipal court today. George F. Richardson, assistant superintendent of police, said that Levin made an oral statement admitting the killing. Richardson said that Levin related in his statement that he met young he know a news stand and invited him to his home to look at his chemistry set.

i Later on, the statement continued, Levin told the younger boy to leave when said it was a cheap saw a small knife in his the statement said. started to fight. We had a struggle in the bathroom. I went out of the bathroom and got a couple of aspirins. returned and then saw blood.

After I saw the blood, I drew a complete A blood-stained, long-bladed pair of scissors was found in his room. Levin, a student at a select private school, was quoted by Richardson as saying that he now would miss his chance of becoming a doctor. guess done he was quoted. I guess go to the electric.