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Final City Edition 91 WOT, UU Tho VJcathcr Cloudy and mild today. Low, 32; high, 38. WH0T. r4 cnWmi. Pf USE ADS THE BIGGEST WANT AD BARGAIN IN TOWN One Great Newspapers JANUARY 3, 1956 Telephone ATlantic 1-6100 VOL.

29 NO. 133 fa I II IV Interference Call Sets Up TD Ofrf Fi7l7i Avenue Mansion Is Illicit Distillery 300-GaL Slhadlysidle Still Found I '''1 In Four Sections Curtained residence at -1 I a 'in 1, w1 America's TUESDAY MORNING, illegal liquor distillery. Record Set By New Year Figures Still Far Below Those Of 'Black Christmas' By the Associated Pre Death on the. highways set a record in the closing hours last night of a three-day New Year's holiday. A nation-wide survey by the Associated Press showed that at least 329 were killed in traffic mishaps between 6 p.

m. (local time) Friday and midnight (Pittsburgh time), last night. The previous record of 317 was set in 1953-54. In other violent deaths, 67 died in fires and 67 in miscellaneous accidents. The toll from all causes was 463.

The counting covers the period from 6 p. m. (local time), Friday to midnight last night. The new record was the second of the year-end. The traffic toll of 609 during the three-day Christmas holiday set a record for any holiday period.

Ned H. Dearborn, president of the National Safety Council, said, "it certainly is discouraging that here is anotner record broken in the wrong direction." However, Dearborn noted "the toll still apparently is going to fall well below our pre-holiday estimate of 420. The toll by states (traffic, fires, miscellaneous) included: Pennsylvania 13-1-5, Ohio 15-4-5, and West Virginia 4-2-3. I II Costly Stamps 'Sought As Cecil Bank Loot Christmas Tree In Window To Disguise House Pictures on fam Daily Magazine. An elaborate still that recalled to veteran police officers the riotous era of prohibition was found yesterday in an old Fifth Avenue mansion near Shady-side's finest homes and luxury apartments.

The still, the pipes and coils of which extended over two floors, was inadvertently lo cated bv firemen in the run down residence at 5127 Fifth Avenue, across from Wilkins Avenue. Summoned by a still alarm no pun intended at 12:16 p. they entered the house as a man raced out the back door shouting. 'There it is." Expertly Disguised The intriguing use to which the red-brick house had been put was so expertly disguised that a four-foot Christmas tree, with burning lights and ornaments, had been placed in a living room window and could be seen from the street. Only two first-floor rooms were furnished and peeling wallpaper covered the walls.

But a highly-professional job of plumbing and steamfitting had converted the house into a distillery. Old residents said the house was built about 75 years ago and was for many years the home of the socially prominent John Herron family. Shady-side pioneers. For more than 15 years it had fallen into use as a rooming house. Activity at Night Neighbors said they had recently seen no one enter or leave the house during the day.

But they said cars stopped at the house at night and they saw men leaving and entering, carrying tin cans. The neighbors thought the new occupants were "do-it-yourself' devotees carry ing paint, they told police. A newspaperboy said the occupants canceled their subscriptions about a year ago and he had not since been able to get response when he knocked. The 16-room, three story building was discreetly curtained on all floors. (Continued on Page 4, Col.

2) Cloudy Shy, MUd Day Due The weather will mark the end of the long holiday weekend with cloudy skies and mild temperatures according to forecasters at Greater Pittsburgh Airport. The forecasters predicted the mercury would drop no farther than 32 degrees overnight after yesterday's high of 4L The forecasters expect the temperature to climb to 38 degrees today. According to the forecasters, the rain and sleet scheduled for last night, marked the passing of the front where warmer air mixed with colder air from the north and west. VJ1 An offside advanced it to the one-half -yard stripe and Mitchell went across on a sneak. Coach Bobby Dodd's proteges thus accounted for their school's fourth straight Sugar Bowl success and seventh postseason bowl conquest.

In doing so, the former Tennessee star had his boys try only three forward passes, none, of which was completed and one intercepted. That steal, by Ray Di Pasquale on the Pitt 3 early in the final quarter, ended the only serious threat of the Jackets, aside from their penalty-aided TD. On the other hand, Pitt rolled to 19 first downs to ten, led on the ground, 237 yards to 155, in the air, 94 to zero, and totaled 313 to 142. But a mere six yards, one in the first half, and five in the second, as the periods were ending, spelled the difference between a great victory and a tough defeat. Corny Salvaterra, who alternated with starter Pete Neft (Continued on Page 19) Some of $700,000 Unaccounted or May Have Been So Used by Cashier By GUY V.

MILLER -Post-Gazette SUIT Writer A fabulous stamp collection may hold some of the FIVE CENTS SEVEN CENTS liwirtifi Right Wing Tax Rebels i Also Score Center Coalitions Split Balloting For Assembly PARIS, Tuesday, JaiL 3 (AP) Centrist parties clung to a National Assembly majority in returns early today from the French general election. But the Communists and tax rebels of Pierre -Pou-jade showed a surge1 of strength that dismayed the moderate elements. With the centrists badly split in the previous campaign for the new assembly, France obviously was headed for a continuation of the shaky coalition governments that have plagued her since the wrar. Centrists Must Get Together It became increasingly clear that the central groupings torn between Premier Edgar Faure and ex-Premier Pierre Mendes-France would have. to get together if anyone was to form a government.

Whether this would be possible after the heated, bitter campaign Faure and Mendes-France had waged was an open question. Unofficial figures from the interior ministry covering 398 of metropolitan France's 544 assembly seats gave Mendes-France's Republican Front 115, while Faure's right-center coalition was credited with 137. The Communists had 108 and the Poujadists 36. Writh numerous Red strong' holds not heard from, the Communists already had. topped their previous' total assembly strength of 99 seats.

Pou jade's followers also were certain to capture more places. Most pre-election estimates had given them only 4 to 8 seats. Poujadists Surprise An unofficial tabulation of 5.261,000 votes, representing all sections of France with only a scattering from the Paris region, gave these per-centages of the popular vote for the main groupings: Communists 22.8 Republican Front (Mendes-France) 33 Right center coalition (Faure) 31 Poujadists 10.7 Magistrate Found Dead in Home PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 2 Magistrate Jules Forstein, 49, was found dead in bed at his home yesterday just 24 hours after he had been sworn in for another four-year term. Forstein was a Republican.

He had been appointed to the magistrate's court in June, 1943, by former Governor Ed ward Martin. Four Sections In P-G Today Today's edition of the Post-Gazette contains four sections, of which the second is a tabloid section for the Bosenbaum 'company. The Daily Magazine will be found today folded In the middle of the third section. In their statement they spoke of the "deeply disturbing circumstances" of the dispute and what they described as "the apparent failure of collective bargaining despite many weeks of The senators noted that Governors Leader, Pennsylvania; Harriman, N. and McKeldin, Maryland, recently had proposed that both union and management submit issues to arbitration, but that Westinghouse had refused- Westinghouse had no comment to make on the senators' proposal.

(Continued on Page 2, Col. 4) IV answers as to what the. late Associated Prs Wirephoto KEY PLAY Officials ruled Pitt's Bobby Grier, lying on ground, pushed Georgia Tech End Don Ellis in the end zone as he reached for a 32-yard pass from Quarterback WTade MitehelL Tech Was lin and scored the game's only touchdown two plays later. JjS JfC Georgia Tech Beats Pitt In Sugar Bowl Tilt, 7-0 Penalty, Sets Up First Quarter Score; Panthers Fall Short in Two Fine Drives By JACK SELL Post-Gazette Sports Writer NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 2 A snarling pack of Pitt Panthers overcame a horrible start and roared back with two great rushes at the very end of each half, but Georgia Tech's Engineers still managed to escape with a 7-0 victory in the 22nd Sugar Bowl here today.

the fortune he embezzled from the First National Bank of Cecil. Of the $1,762,356 Wagner is known to have taken Mershman Reaps Fruit Of Victory Rocks Boss, Back In Power, Sees His Majority in Action McKees Rocks Burgess David Hershman, a much-abused boss in his own bailiwick for the past year, last night reaped the rewards of his election day triumph and again took the reins of the borough's government. With' a new working majority of 7-2, the burgess sat back and watched his supporters vote to: 1. Abolish four, police ser geant jobs and the police chief post held by his one-time close' friend Nick Antonelli, who goes back to walking a beat along with the sergeants. Fire Official now Hose man 2.

Abolish the job of assist ant fire chief held, again, by a former intimate, Nick Ray-docich, who becomes a hose- man. 3. Fire Louis A as borough solicitor and replace him with Norman Groudine. 4. Fire the entire Civil Service Commission and replace it with the same three persons who previously had been fired by the anti-Hersh-man majority that prevailed in 1955.

5. Rescind and "make null and void" a $250,000 bond is- Other borough and township stories on Pages 9 and 10. sue the 1955 majority had passed over his objections. 6.. Fire John Cappuzzimatti as street commissioner in favor of John G.

Rehtorik. 7. Fire George Douglas as engineer. He 11 be replaced later. Four Backers Sworn In AH of this became possible after the burgess swore in four councilmen who cam paigned on a pro-Hershman platform.

They are James M. Tierney, Edward McNabb, Adam Prendergrast and Louis Gelb, all Democrats. They joined the three Hershman incumbents, Stanley Borkowski, Walter Kolasa and Peter Darkoch to elect Darkoch president. That left Robert Caughy and Charles Chamberlin, both Democrats and leaders of last year's majority, with very little to say about anything. Chamberlin has already lost his job with the county as a result of his fight with Hershman and he lost control of council when four Republican members of his coalition were defeated in November.

Comic Dictionary KNOW IT ALL The fellow who blows his horn the loudest because he is in the biggest fog. THOMAS W. PHILLIPS JR. Fought against prohibition. 1(7 SI 27 Fifth Avenue, scene of John F.

Wagner did with W. Va. Prison Riot Checked MOUNDSVILLE, W. Jan. 2 (IP) An estimated 20 some of them armed, rioted and held a guard hostage for an hour 'today at the State Penitentiary.

Five of six guards were beaten, three of them requiring hospital treatment. Assistant Deputy Warden Roy Adkins said the trouble broke out about 1:30 p. m. and lasted about an hour and 15 minutes. He reported shortly before 5 p.

m. that the men believed to be involved had been returned to their cells and no more trouble was anticipated. Guard Burdell Kirland was held hostage for an hour by the rioting convicts in the prison's South Hall, but received only a minor head cut. Adkins said the three guards were "just roughed up." Guards Tom Poldelco and Noah Gilkerson were in good condition at Reynolds Memorial Hospital, Glen Dale. Guard Gay Criner was treated and released from the hospital.

Blues Composer Sick in New York NEW YORK. Jan. 2 JP) W. C. Handy, 82.

composer of The St. Louis Blues," "Memphis Blues" and dozens of others, is in Sydenham Hospital recovering from an intestinal ailment. "His present condition is complicated by hypertension and a mild stroke which he suffered over a year ago," said his physician. Handy, now blind, was admitted to the hospital Saturday. The doctor said he has improved somewhat since then.

Inside Pages Deaths 22 Editorials 8 Sports 18-19-20-21-22 Theaters 17 Want Ads 22-23 Weather Detail 9 Women's News 14-15-16 MAGAZINE SECTION Comics 2-3 Goren on Bridge 2 Radio and TV 3 Obituaries 4 from the bank where he wasr cashier, before he committed suicide on September 25, 1950, an estimated $700,000 never has been traced. As far as the Federal De posit Insurance Corporation, still trying to liquidate the affairs of the Washington County bank, can determine, the missing money does not appear to have gone to Wagner's various business associates who were involved in his defalcations. Except in the stamp collec tion, it also does not show up anywhere in the known assets of his estate, now in the Gov ernment's hands. The total value of Wagner's stamps still has not been determined but the FDIC has learned that the Cecil man, an avid collector, paid out $125,609 to various New York dealers for certain rare stamps he acquired. Shortly after the bank cashier shot himself, his widow, Mrs.

Margaret Wagner, surrendered what then was assumed to be the entire collection to the FDIC. But the Government agency has now revealed, for the first time, that it realized only about $15,000 when it sold (Continued on Page 3, Cot. 1) weighed between three and four pounds each and added that their weight was in their favor. The four were not named immediately. Hohenwarter said his wife didn't believe him when he first informed her of the multiple Dirth.

The $65-a-week postal worker said Dr. Long-well told him to sit down before he broke the news. "I asked if he was kidding," said Hohenwarter. "Not this time," the obstetrician replied. Hohenwarter said he had a standing joke with his wife that they planned to raise enough children for a football team.

"It looks like it's well on its way," grinned Hohenwarter T. W. Phillips, FoFmer GOP Congressman Dies Head of Oil and Gas Firm, Three-Time Candidate for Governor, Succumbs at 81 A near capacity, i t-t sleeved crowd of 80.175 saw Coach Johnny Michelosen's Blue and Gold Eastern champs stopped on the one-yard line as the first half neared its end and halted by the clock on the five as the hard-fought battle reached a thrilling finish with the Pitt squad massed on the sidelines pleading for a TD. Only score came late in the first quarter. Quarterback Wade Mitchell of the Yellow Jackets went over from the one-half-yard line after two successive Pitt penalties, then place-kicked the extra point.

Ironically, the scoring hero was injured in that stanza and never returned to the game. was the day that segregation ended on the playing field as far the Sugar Bowl was concerned and it was a hectic one for the pioneer who broke the spell, 1 1 a Bobby Grier. The Massillon, senior answered the opening whistle, had to get first aid for his trick knee two or three times, but led all the individual ground gainers with 51 yards in six attempts. But he com- mitted the foul which was to prove the turning point in the low-scoring struggle. Covering a pass plav from Mitchell to End Bon Ellis in the end zone, Bobby was accused of interference, a correct call as viewed from the press box.

That moved the pigskin from the Pitt 32 to the one. Hunter of Pitt Becomes Father Six minutes after Pitt Gridder Harold Hunter took the field in New Orleans yesterday his wife gave birth to a girl in Canons-burg, hospital. The seven-pound, 15-ounce baby, named Heather Doreen, is the second for the guard and co-captain of the Blue and Gold football squad. The first child, also a girl, was named Heidi Lynn. Mother and daughter are reported doing fine.

Premature Quadruplet Boys Born in Lancaster Expecting Twins, Post Office Worker Hardlv Believes Ears When Given News Senators Propose Probe Of Westinghouse Strike 10 Democrats Say Shutdown Constitutes Threat to Welfare of United States Special to the Post-Gazette BUTLER, Jan. 2 Thomas W. Phillips, Jr 81, oil and gas leader, who served two terms in Congress and was three times a candidate for the Republican nomination for governor, died tonight at his home, Phillips Hall in Penn TowTiship. Mr. Phillips had been in the oil and gas business since 1897 and was president of the T.

W. Phillips Gas and Oil Company. He was a member of Congress from 1923-27. He was a candidate for governor in the 1926 and 1930 Republican primaries, campaigning on a platform calling for the repeal of prohibition. His last attempt for the GOP gubernatorial nomination was in 1934.

Mr. Phillips was born in New Castle, the son of Thomas W. and Pamphila Hardman Phillips on November 4, 1884. Mr. Phillips was married to Alma Sherman who died in 1945.

He married the second (Continued on Page 5, Col. 1) LANCASTER. Jan. 2 The New Year got away to an impressive start today for Norman C. Hohenwarter, 27-year-old post office worker.

Mrs. Hohenwarter gave birth to quadruplet boys at Lancaster General Hospital. Hohenwarter, who is employed in a post office sub station, had been partially prepared for the day's big event. His 26-year-old wife, Regina, had expected twins. Doctors placed the four new-arrivals born one month prematurely in incubators and gave all four an excellent chance to survive.

The Hohenwaners have two other children, a boy and a girl. Dr. Robert H. Longwell, who delivered the quads, said they A United States Senate inquiry into the 80-day Westing-house Electric Corporation strike was proposed yesterday by ten senators, all Democrats. They issued a joint statement in Washington saying "the stalemate seriously harms not only the best interest of the company, its stockholders and employes but also the welfare of the country as a whole." The ten were Senators Douglas, Murray, Lehman, N.

Humphrey, Neely, W. Morse. McNamara, Mich. Kilgore, W. Mansfield, Mont, and O'Mahoney, Wyo..