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WEATHER Cold today; mostly cloudy, rather cold tonight; Saturday cloudy with rain. he ogan aily ews Full Leated Wire Service of The Prett EVERYBODY'S MARKET PLACE Read the Doily Classified Ads ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTEENTH YEAR, NO. 270 LOGAN, OHIO, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1947PRICE FOUR CENTS VOLUNTARY FOOD RATIONING PLAN URGED Four Britons Killed As Violence Flares Anew In Palestine JERUSALEM, Nov. police and two slain today in a continuing wave of Palestine underground violence which cost a toll of 11 dead and 30 wounded in three days. The police were killed on the Jaffa Road in Jerusalem.

Two soldiers were slain in Tel Aviv by bullets from a speeding car. Police said the Stem Gang, a Jewish underground organization, probably was engaged in a campaign of reprisals. Authorities said the two Jerusalem policemen, both constables, were unarmed and in civilian clothing, on their way to their assignments in the Mustapha police station, when they were shot in the back. Police fatalities in the current wave of violence now total four. One was killed and three were wounded in Haifa Tuesday when a gunman, believed by police to have been a Stemist, fired into a coffee shop.

Another was killed and one was wounded in Jerusalem last night when bombs were tossed into a cafe. A British soldier also was killed, and 27 persons in all were injured in that attack. The Tel Aviv shooting this morning came during funeral services for five young Jews who were killed Wednesday when British authorities raided a house near Tel Aviv believed to have been a terrorist training school. Police expressed belief the new outbreak of violence was ed in reprisal for these killings. Prior to the funeral, pistol firing youths, tentatively identified as members of the Stem Gang, circulated through Tel business area warning shopkeepers to close up during the ceremonies.

Tension created by the wave of bloodshed was heightened by reports that a small ship carrying 1,000 uncertified Jewish immi- grants w'as expected off Haifa some time tonight. A Jewish Agency spokesman expressed and at yesterday's underground attacks here and Haifa, during which four British oil men and one policeman were killed, a British soldier was fatally wounded and 27 other British soldiers and a policeman were wounded. is cold-blooded the spokesman said. is gravely endangering political efforts made by the Jewish people in Lake Success The British oil men, all es of the Shell Petroleum Company, were cut down last night by a burst of machine gun fire in front of a Haifa movie house. Two were killed outright and the others died later in a hospital.

Meyers Asks Court-Martial On Accusations II Aircraft Htad of To Doyton Company BULLETIN! WASHINGTON, Nov. Gen. Bennett E. Meyers said today he had aeked the U.S. Army for a court-martial to eatabliah hit innocence or guilt aa to alleged procurement irregularities.

Laurelville Man Armistice Casualty The war end on V-J Day, Emmett Smith of Laurelville discovered the painful way Tuesday night. His misadventure began, Smith told police, when he stopped at a Haydenville night spot, after participating in Armistice Day parades at Logan and Nelsonville. Here, it developed, the war was still in progress. Smith became a casualty. Patrolman Everett Hewlett said that Smith apparently was struck and cut by a bottle.

Smith told police that he reentered his car and drove to Nelsonville seeking a. physician. Weakened from loss of blood, officers said, Smith was unable to control his car, which collided with a parked truck. Patrolman Hewlett said that Smith was taken to the office of a Nelsonville physician where 17 stitches were required to close a gaping wound in his neck, and three more for a lacerated ear. British Cabinet Crisis Feared Hood of Traosury Ousted from Office I ONDON.

Nov. harassed Labor Government rallied today to stave off the possibility of a ruinous cabinet crisis resulting from a budget scandal which forced the resignation last night of Chancellor of the Exchequer Hugh Dalton. Prime Minister Attlee promptly appointed Sir Stafford Cripps the economic czar, to succeed Dalton as treasury chief. Sir Stafford often called emerged as the undisputed of the Labor regime. One Conservative Scotsman declared the fact Sir Stafford now holds the reins of both the treasury and the drive for economic recovery "marked him out as labor's man of more than heretofore he will be the near-dictator of this Just what repercussions the swift and startling cabinet break would have remained to be teen, but Conservative newspapers in the provinces unhesitatingly predicted it would have effects on the waning prestige of the socialist In the House of Commons, Winston Churchill, the opposition leader, disclosed that he had demanded a full investigation by a select committee of the incident which led to resignation.

Some observers saw in this the possibility of a full-blown effort to oust the Attlee cabinet. resignation marked the first break in Labor's big five Cripps, Dalton, Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin and lord president of the council Herbert Labor came to power in 1945. It followed his apology to the House of Commons for grave in disclosing details of tax secrets to a newspaper reporter a few moments before he announced the emergency budget in Parliament Wednesday. WASHINGTON, Nov. D.

Bell, president of Bell Aircraft testified today his firm awarded $1,053,000 worth of wartime subcontracts to an Ohio company which Maj. Gen. Bennett E. Meyers told him was owned by friends. Bell told the Senate war investigating committee, in reply to questions, that Meyers never indicated to him that he had any financial interest in the Dayton, Ohio, firm, the Aviation Electric Co.

The committee did not diately disclose wether it hae information as to whether or not Meyere did have any financial interest in the company. Meyers, now retired, was wartime deputy chief of procurement (purchasing) for the Air Forces. The committee is inquiring into Meyers' acknowledged $4,000,000 wartime speculation on' government bonds and his other wartime financial affairs. Bell said that in the fall of 1940 his company received a large order for planes from the British and that it was necessary for his company to do considerable expanding. He said Meyers suggested to him that the Aviation Electric Co.

might be interested in accepting a subcontract. told him I would be glad to consider it," Bell said. He told the committee he has known Meyers for to 15 years. As things developed, Bell his company awarded subcontracts and electrical wiring turned out by the Dayton firm was used for U.S. planes as well as the British planes.

POLICE push back mob of rioters at Palace of Justice in Marseille, France, during Communist-Inspired uprising which preceded general strike call in city. (International Radiophoto) World War I Vet Dies af Dayton Irvin Rutter, a veteran of World War died at 5:30 A. M. today in Veterans Hospital, Dayton, where he had been a patient for the past several days. He had been in failing health lor some time.

Never married, he had made his home with his brother, Valley, of near Logan, since the death last summer of his mother, Effie. The brother is the only survivor. Funeral arrangements are being completed by the Leonard Funeral Service. Warren to Seek GOP Nomination SACREMENTO, Nov. Governor Earl Warren, only chief executive of California ever to be elected as the nominee of both the Republican and Democratic parties, was a candidate for the Republican nomination for president today.

Warren entered the race with only two reservations. He will not make an active personal campaign and he will not seek delegates in other states. Mrs. Samuel Chute Dies at Age of 60 Mrs. Martha Ann Chute, 60, wife of Samuel Chute, died at 10 A.

M. today at her home, Logan Route 3. She had been in failing health for some time. Funeral services will be held at 2 P. M.

Monday in the Leonard Funeral Home. Burial will be in the new addition of Smith Chapel Cemetery. The body will be taken to the residence Saturday morning, where friends may call until time for services. Survivors besides the husband include three sons, Eli of Columbus, Ray of Logan Route 3, and Hugh of the home; two daughters, Miss Ruth Mae Chute and Miss Grace Rosalea Chute, both of the home; three brothers, John and William Herrold of Nelsonville, and Eugene Herrold of Detroit; four sisters, Miss Daisy Herrold of Detroit, Mrs. Alletta Tracy of Pasadena, Mrs.

Rose Horton of Detroit, and Mrs. Gay Sharp of Nelsonville. Italian Leftist Uprising Near Suppressed Anger Breaks into Open ROME, Nov. powerful left, seething with suppressed anger since Premier Alcide De Gasperi kicked it out of the cabinet last May, was openly and admittedly on the warpath today, sounding warnings of During turbulent constituent assembly debate last night over prolonged violence sweeping the entire peninsula, Communist Giuseppe Di Vittorio, leader of the big General Labor Confederation, grimly declared: you want to save the country from the misfortune of civil war, it will be necessary for the government to observe the democratic legality of dissolving Fascist organizations rather than imbuing them with the hope of rising again and taking over power The Communist Party chief, Palmiro Togliatti, pointed up the warning later when he told reporters in the assembly corridors that the Communists would keep up their fight against De Gasperi on a parliamentary long as that is Inside the chamber the debate grew so raucous at one point that Speaker Umberto Terracini, a Communist, ejected Deputy Edoardo also a Communist, for refusing to quiet down. One new death was reported today, swelling to five the known toll for 10 days of riotous disorder the length and breadth of Italy.

Ferruccio Gatti, ex-general of the Fascist militia, who was shot as he sat at lunch in Milan November 4, died of his wounds. The clubbed, the stabbed, the trampled numbered scores, however, and strikes added to the black picture. Late News Bulletins U. N. Defies Russian Threats To Approve Freedom NEW YORK, Nov.

United Aaaembly today disregarded Russian boycott threats and approved a United States plan for establishing Korea as an independent nation. The vote was 43 to 0, with six Soviet bloc countries refusing to ballot. U.S. AIR FORCE BOLSTERS STRENGTH WASHINGTON, Nov. United Statea Air Force is bringing 650 combat B-29 bombers and 400 of storage to bring its strength up to 55 operational by December 31.

200,000 RAILWORKERS GET WAGE BOOST CHICAGO. Nov. railroad operating brotherhoods and the railways announced today a cents an hour wage boost for the 200,000 members of the two unions. Five Killed as Superfort Crashes Mountain Peak SPOKANE, Nov. men were killed in the crash of a B-29 Superfortress on Mount Spokane during a last night and two other men, riding in the tail section which fell to the earth just before the plane hit, were injured.

Three deputy sheriffs later suffered severe facial burns when inside the exploded during their investigation of the accident. Judges Ask Raises YOUNGSTOWN, Nov. 14- living costs sent three municipal judges to the city council yesterday with a request for a pay hike of $1,200 a year. Present salaries are $6,300. GIS Escapee Hurt In Fall From Cliff DELAWARE.

Nov. A girl who had escaped from the Girls Industrial School fell from a cliff and was injured last night after breaking away from officers who tried to question her. The girl, Marie Zachary, 16, of Cleveland, suffered back injuries and severe body cuts. She was removed to the institution hospital. Cool IRONTON, Nov.

A slate fall at the Waterloo Coal Co. mine yesterday killed 65-year-olct Frank Miller of Arabia, O. Agriculture Program Wins Approval WASHINGTON, Nov. Elmer Thomas (D-Okla) asserted today that farmers are unanimous in support of the present farm program and they want it made Ranking minority member and former chairman of the Senate agriculture committee, Thomas has just returned from a series of twelve hearings by the various parts of the nation on a long range farm program. Farmers the rural trification program retained, tinued and Thomas told a reporter.

He also said that the farmers heard by the committee favor continuing a soil conservation program. take the viewpoint that during the war we over produced from the land and now in many places, the soil is depleted and worn out. farmers cannot pay the ifhigh prices for fertilizers, even they could get In addition, he said, a majority of the farmers appear to desire a continuation of farm support prices by law at the end of next year. Most farmers want the Commodity Credit Corporation retained as a permanent agency and they want a guaranteed floor under prices made permanent, the senator added. The plane struck the ground about 800 feet from the top of one knob of the mountain.

It broke into flames after the crash. John Linder, who was operating a snow plow on the road when the plane struck out 100 feet away, said the plane crashed with a loud The plane, in flames, dropped almost in front of Mrs. Frank J. Dutton, wife of the superintendent of Mt. Spokane Park, said.

Dutton reported the two men who survived were in the tail section which broke off when the plane hit trees before plowing along the ground to a point some 300 feet away. Dutton said the two survivors reported the pilot was on instruments in a terrific The two injured men were carried out through 30 inches of snow and taken to the lodge by truck to await the ambulance. Congress Group Sees Need lor Tax Reduction Report Suggests Increose In U.S. Work Week WASHINGTON, Nov a control law ready for use if such a system proposed by a congressional body today as one means of combatting the high cost of living. The Senate-House group, headed by Senator Flanders (R-Vt), also called for a reduction in taxes on Jow-income individuals and voluntary restraints on profits and wage increases, as well as a return to installment buying curbs.

In a report to the joint economic committee headed by Senator Taft (R-Ohio), the Flanders subgroup also said that further investigation is needed of the 40- hour work week, adding: often refer to the miracles of production In the war, but they ware not accomplished on a 40-hour week. We may be facing the necessity of a temporary increase in the work week If we are to furnish the products required for European relief and reconstruction without lowering our domestic Besides Flanders, Senators Baldwin (R-Conn) and Myers (D-Pa) and Reps. Rich (R-Pa), Kilburn (R-NY) and Hart (D- NJ) signed the report. Flanders told reporters in releasing the findings it is his personal opinion that there will have to be a resumption of meat rationing. He contended this would force meat prices down.

The subcommittee recommendations, made after an investigation of the cost of living in the eastern part of the United States are expected to be consolidated with those of committees studying I conditions in the central and western areas of the country. The three may form the basis of a committee study Taft pre dieted will be ordered by the group after President Truman lays anti-inflation recommenda tions before the special session of Congress starting Monday. Criticizing the present food Ohio State Willed Money by Ex-Dean COLUMBUS, Nov. E. Hagerty, late dean of the Ohio State University college of commerce, willed $8,000 to the state school, President Howard L.

Bevis disclosed today. The OSU president said $5,000 of the sum will be applied to a James E. Hagerty graduate scholarship in marketing. The remaining $3,000 will support a James E. Hagerty graduate scholarship in criminology.

Full House Greets Waltonian Minstrel Virtually every seat in Logan High School auditorium was filled Thursday night for the second evening performance of the 1947 Izaak Walton Minstrel. The responsive audience found the program highly entertaining, and the performers won consistent applause and laughter throughout the evening. Another full house is anticipated for the final performance tonight. Seats will not be reserved tonight, as they were for Wednesday and Thursday -night shows. A third matinee show, for children of county schools, was presented this afternoon.

Most enthusiastic audience of all greeted the minstrel cast Thursday alter- noon in the performance for Logan senior and junior high school pupils. AFTER admitting responsibil-. ity for a to a London newspaper, Hugh Dalton, British chancellor of the exchequer and one of the key men in the Laborite government, resigns his post, (Intl.) Bowling Alley Blast Injures 19 Hundreds Flee Explosion, Fire PROVIDENCE. R.I, Nov. nine persons were injured, two critically, in a fierce explosion-punctuated flash fire that swept the sprawling Recreation Center bowling building last night.

Several hours after the fire had been controlled, Eugene A. Noc- ente, 17, a bus boy at a steak house in the building, was reported missing by his father. Police said, however, they had been informed he had been seen outside the structure during the blaze. Police said that many of the 400 persona who fled from the structure escaped were blown through windows jammed with bowiera seeking exits as the fire spread with through the 150 by 120 foot building. program directed by Char- believed for a time les Luckman as and in- scveral persons had lost their the Flanders report lives in the mad scramble for Restocking Planned COLUMBUS, Nov.

liquor director Dale Dunifon said yesterday the state liquor department would replenish store shelves with $11,558,542 worth of liquor in anticipation of a Christmas holiday rush. Cold Belt to Get Rains Over Weekend By The Associated Prese Temperatures modified over the mid-continent cold belt today but a wet weekend was in prospect for the area with forecasts of snow and rain. In contrast to subzero and near-zero marks in parts of the midwest the lowest early morning reading was 9 above at Pellston, Mich. North coldest spot was Fargo, where the mercury was as compared to a low of 7 below in Grand Forks, N.D., yesterday. said higher-income individuals or families should be urged to cut down their overall consumption of meat, butter, eggs and poultry.

low income consumer needs no voluntary the report said. la already being involuntarily rationed (by prices.) The higher income consumer can follow the rules given by the Luckman committee literally and faithfully without making any reduction in his total intake of meat and The subcommittee said voluntary rationing should be tried first but added it may not work sufficiently in quickly or effectively, the Congress might well give consideration to setting up the mechanism for limited rationing of important foodstuffs Pointing to a particularly in the cities, which it said is not getting enough to eat because of high prices, the subcommittee proposed that income tax relief be given to their class by increasing the allowance for dependents. While the Flanders group called for voluntary restraint on profits and wages, it urged an increase in the present 40-cents-an- hour minimum wage level. safety, but reported, after a thorough check, that no one apparently perished. One of the most seriously injured was Dr.

Nicholas Kournar- as of Cranston who rushed into the flaming building to administer first aid to persons later dragged from the structure. He suffered severe facial burns and shock. A steak house, super market and liquor store, housed in the massive structure, were ruined, along with the 42 bowling alleys. Damage was estimated unofficially at more than half a million dollars. Fire Chief Thomas H.

Cotter said the fire apparently started in the steak house and within minutes charged through ventilators to other portions of the big building. Thirty steak house diners walked calmly to the street. Arson Admitted HAMILTON, Nov. Fredericks, 40, was held for grand jury action yesterday after he had pleaded guilty In municipal court to a charge of arson. Police said he was accused of setting fire to a shed in the rear of his home after quarreling with his wife.

Retail Food Prices Hit Record High in September Hospitals Get Funds COLUMBUS, Nov. of $391,237 to 35 hospitals in the first partial distribution of the state tuberculosis hospitalization fund was disclosed yesterday by State Auditor Joseph T. Ferguson. WASHINGTON, Nov. Retail food prices in September hit a record high, sending the cost of living up another two percent for moderate income families, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.

Preliminary estimates placed the price index at a peak of about 164 percent of the 193539 average. The September index is 12 percent higher than a year ago, 23 percent above June, 1946, when most OPA controls were abandoned, and 66 percent over the August, 1939, level. The food index for September was 203.5 percent of the 1935-39 average. This was 40 percent higher than June, 1946, and 10 percent above the June, 1920, the postwar peak of World War I. The consumers price index is based on surveys in 18 cities of retail prices of goods and services purchased by moderate income families..