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The Waather Final City Edition mm an USE 3-FOR-51 ADS THE BIGGEST WANT AD BARGAIN IN TOWN Partly cloudy, warm and humid with possible showers. Low, 65; high, S3. Weather Detail en Page 77 of America3 Great civ spa per a Telephone ATIanlic 1-6100 THURSDAY MORNING, JULY 26, 1956 VOL. 290. 309 In In Three Sections Ami 1200 area Abandoning Involved in Sea Collision its Stockholm trike Steel -1 Italian Liner The Andrea Doria, which Accord Seen Within Hours Agreement Supposedly Already Reached and Only Formalities Delaying Presentation to Union By CHARLES II.

ALL.ARD Post-Gazette Staff Writer NEW YORK, July 25 The end of the 25-day steel strike seems to be only a matter of hours away. Union and management representatives met here this morning and again until late tonight, but it was generally believed an agreement already had been reached on a new wage contract to settle the strike. The meeting will continue at 9 :30 a. m. today.

David J. McDonald, president of the United Steel-workers union, however, said he has had no new offer from the industry. McDonald's remarks were believed technically cor was seriously crippled last night in a collision, is shown. One Jet Fires New Castle Apartment 12 Residents Escape Fiery Death; 2 Pilots Bail Out Swcial to the Post-Gazette NEW CASTLE, July 25 Twelve lucky residents of an apartment building escaped a fiery death at about 7:40 p. m.

tonight when jet training plane crashed into the building, destroying the apartment house. However, six people were sent to New Castle Hospital, all but one to be treated for shock. The other, a mother, feared her small child was in the burned building and burned her foot searching the wreckage. The child eventually was found safe outside the building. Pilots Tarachute to Safety The two pilots bailed out safelv a few minutes before the Diane crashed.

Fire touched off'by the crash left only one wall of the two story brick building standing. The crash threw one chunk of the fusilage a block where it landed in a backyard. Balls of fire, flaming gas or oil, flew all over the neighborhood. Thev set fire a number of roofs, but quick-witted neighbors beat out the flames before they spread. The pilots told police they first ran into mechanical trouble, then ran out of fuel over New Castle.

Their ship, a T-33, came down on top of the apartment building, whose first floor houses a grocery store. Lieutenants Gordon McLeod and William Ryan, the pilots, stationed at Perrin Air Force Base, Sherman, were flying from Stewart Field, N. to Chanute Field. 111., on a routine training flight. Victims Hospitalized Those taken to the hospital Mrs.

Florence Shotzbarger, 20, of 1901 Hamilton Street, where the plane hit. 31 rs. Goldie Shotzbarger, 24, of 317 Sycamore Street. Audie Dell Shotzbarger, about 2, daughter of Mrs. Florence Shotzbarger.

Harold Anthony Shotzbarger, (Continued on Page 1, Col. 5) Lady cops Quiz Safety Director on Morale Fact-Finding Committee Wants Something Done About Ward Bosses' Interference Fifteen school guards were perfect ladycops yesterday but they were firm in wanting "something done" about what they termed "falling" oi morale in their membership. Public Safety Director Louis Rosenberg found them waiting for him when he re- In Heavy Fog Off Nantucket Italian Ship Lisling So Badly She Can' I Lower Life Boals: Vessels Racing lo Rescue BOSTON, Thursday, July 26 (AP) The transatlantic liners Andrea Doria and Stockholm collided last night in a dense Atlantic fog off Nantucket Island. The Coast Guard reported the Andrea Doria listing so badly life -boats could not be lowered. The first SOS flashed from the stricken Andrea Doria, an Italian liner out of.

Genoa, about 11:30 p. m. Pittsburgh time. The ship was due to dock in New York City today with 1,134 passengers aboard. Minutes later, the Coast' Guard said, the Stockholm, operated by the Swedish American Line, sent out a distress signal.

Stockholm's Bow Is "Stove In" The Coast Guard said the Stockholm, a 510-foot motor ship, had its bow "stove in" and its Number One hold flooded. But the vessel appeared to be in less danger than the stricken Italian ship, built in 1953. The Goast Guard first reported that the Andrea Doria passengers were abandoning ship. The Stockholm was reported lowering life boats. Another liner, the Cape Ann, was reported at the scene and lowered all eight of its life boats in a rescue operation.

Four Coast Guard boats from the Metropolitan New York area were dispatched to the scene, 60 miles southeast of Nantucket Island. Liner's Steel of Special Quality The Andrea Doria sailed on her maiden voyage from Genoa, Italy, on January 14, 1953. When she was introduced into trans-Atlantic service, Italian Line official's said she was capable of making the Genoa-Naples-New York run in nine days. Her hull is of special quality steel. The Stockholm was built in 1948 at Goteborg, Sweden.

She is said to be the largest motor ship ever built by Sweden. The Stockholm sailed for Goteborg yesterday (Wednesday). At 1:30 a. m. the Coast Guard received this message from the Andrea Doria: "Danger immediate.

Need lifeboats, as many as possible." The Weather Bureau said at the time of the collision the visibility in the collision area was "probably less than a mile." The bureau based its "poor visibility" reckoning on condition reported from Nantucket Island. He de France Rushes Aid The bureau said there was a haze over the island about an hour after the collision was reported, with winds westerly at 13 miles per hour. FIVE CENTS SEVEN CENTS Allegheny County Blsewher Also rushing to the scene, along with Coast Guard craft along Atlantic coastal stations, ws the huge luxury liner Ua de France. The Andrea Doria reportedly had messaged the French liner for enough life boats to handle 1,000 passengers and 500 crew members. The Cape Ann, a 390-foot Munargo Line boat managed by the United Fruit Company, radioed to the Andrea Doria: "Have launched life boats.

They are coming: to you. Vou play lights on." Minutes later, the Coast Guard in New York monitored this message from the Cape Ann to the Andrea Doria: "When are you going to send our boats baek with pas-sen gers?" It was not immediately determined whether any of the Andrea Doria passengers actually had been taken off ship. The number of passengers and crew members aboard the Stockholm could not be immediately determined. The Coast Guard said earlier that some 2,000 passengers were involved in the collision but gave only the number of passengers aboard the Italian liner. JJoria I ITT 1 i hi Die in Crash The wife and daughter of a Pittsburgh school principal were killed yesterday in the head-on crash of a bus and an automobile near Bellefonte.

The dead were Mrs. Margaret Watters, 45, of 1133 South-vale Road. Ingomar, and her daughter, Emily, 17. Mrs. Watters' husband, Leslie, 49, ex-principal of A.

Leo Weil grade school in the Hill District, was among five persons injured in the crash, which also involved another car. He is scheduled to become principal of Latimer Junior High School in the fall. Mr. Watters was taken to the Centre County Hospital reportedly in critical condition. Mr.

Watters, who was driving his car, suffered fractured ribs and internal injuries. Mrs. Watters, a substitute teacher, died shortly after being admitted to the hospital. Her daughter, the Watters' only child, was dead on arrival. The crash occured after a chartered bus carrying 33 children on a tour of the Bellefonte area ran out of control on a steep grade.

Mr. Watters also is minister of the Lemington Avenue Methodist Church. rect that no offer had been put on the table but never-1 theless an understanding had reached on term.1? of settlement. Only Details Remain Negotiators reportedly were haggling over only the details of an agreement that is expected to end the strike of some 600,000 steelworkers in basic steel plants. Besides the strikers, another 100.000 workers in related industries and transportation companies have been made idle by the strike.

The understanding here is that the industry has made a deal with the union for a Sec Hungerford's cartoon, "The First Encouraging Sign Page 6. three-year, no strike contract, which will give the workers an estimated boost in their hourly benefits of approximately 50 cents an hour over the three years. Most of the steel companies, it Was learned here, are making plans for an average price increase of about S9 a ton to cover higher costs under the anticipated settlement. Committee Meets Today Tomorrow, President McDonald will report to his 170-member wage policy commit- Continued on Tage 3, Col. 2) turned from lunch.

Thev made it clear that 'he gathering was not a protes meeting, but a fact-finding committee session. Questions Listed Among the facts they wished to elicit were: 1. Would changes be made in the control and administration of the 200 ladycops? 2. Would Lieutenant Gene- Clemente Apain Pirates Win InMerriwell Finish, 9-8 The Pirates staged a Merri-well finish last night to defeat the Cubs, 9-8. at Forbes Field.

Roberto Clemente clouted an inside the- fpark home run with the yE3 oses loaaea in the ninth A inning, pull ing the con test out of the fire. Bobby Friend had pitched shutout ball until the eighth inning, when the Cubs exploded for seven runs. In boxing, Archie Moore battered Canadian James J. Parker for a ninth round technical knockout at Toronto in a bout that was billed by promoters as the "world heavyweight championship fight." Details on Sports Pages. Inquiry Set On Tax Effect For Industry Legislators Seek To Learn If State Is Driving Out Plants' By FRANK M.

MATTHEWS Post-Gazette Staff Writer An intensive legislative study to determine whether Pennsylvania's tax structure is attractive or detrimental to industrial expansion in the state was organized yesterday in Harrisburg. The Executive Committee of the General. Assembly created an eight-man legislative "task force" which will work with the Joint State Government Commission to establish the true facts of taxation in Pennsylvania as compared with, that of competing industrial states. Will Advise Legislature The Joint State Government Commission, a powerful and continuing arm of the Legislature, is expected to complete the study and make recommendations to the 1957 session of the Assembly. The inquiry will be bipartisan in effort.

Its scope is such that it should confirm or disprove frequent contentions that Pennsylvania's tax structure is driving industry to other states. The first of a number of public hearings at which witnesses will be heard by invitation of the task force committee is expected to be called within the ensuing two weeks. The General Assembly's Executive Committee named the following legislators to the task force: (Continued on Page 4, Col. 4) Comic Dictionary GOLD DIGGER The woman without a heart who always makes a fool out of the man without a head. once asked Hodge during the interview why he could not tell complete details.

"You had so many warrants vou can't remember them. That's the situation, isn't it?" Coutrakon inquired. "I was very busy trying to do a good job in the auditor's office and this particular part has always been hazy to me. My mind does not function when it comes to this angle," Hodge said. After releasing Hodge's story, Coutrakon said it "sounded like Hodge was shielding someone" because of inconsistencies in the statement.

Coutrakon said the implication of Hodge's statement was "I'll take full responsibility." "He could be shielding Epping. He could be shielding Hintz. It could be somebody we don't know about," Coutrakon told reporters. Edward A. Hintz formerly Wreckage Marks New Castle Plane Crash vicve McTnerney he retained, despite her recent resignation effective August 31, the beginning of the school year? These points were the only ones discussed with Director Rosenberg, although they voiced other gripes while waiting in his anteroom.

One Ward Chairman Li Clear Among the complaints voiced to reporters by spokesmen were charges that the reason for Lieutenant Mcln-erney's resignation was too much interference from ward chairmen and other channels. They made it plain they wished Lieutenant Mclnerney to remain. One ladycop, who begged not to be identified asserted that the only ward chairman who did not interfere with the ladycops in appointment and transfer matters was Steve Ford, of the Sixth Ward. She said the 15 representatives present yesterday came from "every" police district, adding that another matter concerning the ladies was the possibility of forming a union. However, when they got into Rosenberg's office the complaints were limited to the two about a change in direction and Lieutenant Mclner-ney's future status.

A lawyer and former assistant city solicitor, Rosenberg asked for an account of their wishes, which he promised to consider as soon as he received it. Rosenberg said he declined to ask for their names, wishing to assure them that the visit would not entail any type of reprisal. (Continued on Page 2, Col. 6) Additional fictitious warrants and evidence of a manipulation of a property trust fund involving state banks was revealed after Hodge's statement was made, raising the total in dissipated funds to more than one million dollars. Coutrakon could throw little light on Hodge's motives except to say: "He said he needed more money because he had never gotten any kickbacks from payrollers." Coutrakon read the statement of the once influential Republican state officer to a Sangamon County grand jury two days ago.

The jury returned 46 indictments against Hodge, each based on one of the warrants. Hodge is to appear here tomorrow for arraignment on the charges. The prosecutor described Hodge as vague and contradictory at times and said he Too Busy 'Trying to Do Good ioV as Auditor Hodtae Can't Recall Own Frauds headed the Southmoor Bank and Trust Company of Chicago. In accounting for the money, Hodge known as a lavish spender said: "Well, I foolishly bought bad investments and I paid my expenses, which were very high, and I have some of the money in investments." Epping, Hintz and Hodge were indicted by a Federal Grand Jury in Chicago on charges of conspiring to mishandle $872,000 in federally-insured bank deposits. Coutrakon said he asked Hodge: "How much money could you say was cashed altogether at the Southmoor bank by you or someone at your direction that is, on warrants payable to someone else that the payee did not get the money "Somewhere between 000 and $550,000," Hodge said.

SPRINGFIELD, 111., July 25 UP) Orville E. Hodge, deposed state auditor, said he was so busy "trying to do a good job" in his office that he lost track of the phony state warrants he issued to embezzle more than a half million dollars in state funds, a prosecutor said today. State's Attorney George P. Coutrakon said Hodge shouldered full blame for the embezzlement and claims he got all the money, but said he left details of carrying out the scheme to his office manager, Edward A. Epping.

Coutrakon made public a summary of a 176-page typewritten interview he had with Hodge last week. It included a statement from the former state official that "I must have been temporarily insane" to arrange for the cashing of 46 state warrants or checks. The warrants have been valued at $637,465. -Post-Gazette Photos by Harry Coughenour via AP Wirephnto bailed out because of engine failure. All twelve occupants of the two-story building were outside or away from home at the time of the crash.

The pilots were unhurt. AFTERMATH A military policeman in-hpwts twisted wreckage of Air Force jet trainer which crashed into a Cast! apartment house last night after the pilots.