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CALL pen Probe Of DAILY THE I'l ltLISIIED EVERY AFTERNOON (EXCEPT SATURDAY) AND SUNDAY MORNING Train Disaster UNITED PRESS LEASED WIRE SERVICE LEAD, SOUTH DAKOTA, FRIDAY, APRIL 4. 1947 VOL. 53. NO. 199 Pilgrims Flock To Holy Land President May Have Lead Gets New Unit For Street Department To Take Over Two Killed, 34 Hurt In Freak Accident Outside Of Chicago i (By the United Press A IhriMi.wa in.Vf.stipsktion underway today in ucicrmine uic cause of the freak railioad acci- dent that brought ith t.

pagers and injury toll others in suburban Chicago Itat The accident occurred at Down-I era Grove, 21 miles outside Chi-i' ower elephones. Soft 71 i vV 4i MR Wallace's London Appearance Is Causing A Stir LONDON, Apr. I. I UP)- Henry Wallace's forthcoming visit to i London is causing quite a stir. His sponsors report that more than 10,000 Britons have paid up to $1.50 to hear him speak, and another 10,000 are trying in vain i to get tickets.

I The sponsors said this enthusiasm threatens further embarrassment for government leaders who are trying to put down a revolt within the labor party by members opposing the cabinet's pro-American, anti-Russian stand. 1 The foreign policy rebels in parliament have views roughly para-lelling those of Wallace on Big I Three relations, and spokesmen for the revolting group said the interest in hi, tisit nLi. tn thi tion with the government. Wallaces sponsors said they have received more than a dozen reouests for eakine aDDearances requests for speaking appearances, addition to the four already rZZ ZiZ i or in inc inuustriai iviiuianus, ana the fourth has been eiven a Drize Black Hills Reserve Officers Plan Meeting At a meeting held at the city hall in Lead at 7 o'clock Thursday crashed into-a tractor which a rd toppledom a freight train into 'hovel. lu the path of the speeding stream- unit has a crane dractme.

clamshell, pile driver and Ucnch Flaming diescl oil from the loco- motive shot sheets of wind-whip- travel at a rate of 10 miles ped flame back along the length an hour. of the train, searing paint from City commissioners place the or-the coaches. The engine turned der lor the hovcI early hut fall for night, members or tne BiacK h(, Sieves President Tru- Soft Coa! Industry Faces July Strike; Hope Mines Safe (Bv the United Press) The House today said the Labor Committee temporary strike ntrol legislation it has drafted to deal with the threatened tele- nhone strike also would gi would eive resident iruman power to nan a Peacetime soft coal walkout. xh memure annrnved hv tne lne measure approved oy luk labor committee would give the rml11 rm.rt in innr-tinn. ap-airnt anv thrm the public health, welfare or safety.

It was H(itcnpri snopi fipa 1 1 fnr thp 1- -r- tionwide telephone walkout schej- 15-minute spot on the British uled tnr Monday, but the comm it-Broadcasting System Corporation tee 8aid ln its report to the Hiuse: neserve vjiuceia Aaauciauon up cussed plans for tion of the South state conven-1 South Dakota Reserve Officers Association to Be neid at Lieutenant Colonel Charles Gardner of Deadwood will be in charge of the committee to take nf the Black Hills Reserve Officers representation at the con- venUon. Any reserve officer in state of South Dakota may attend the convention. Major Henry uaviuson, association president, conducted the meeting. The next meeting will be held at DISPUTE SEEN IN SETTLING RUHR TROUBLES Expect Disagreement Between USSR And U. Cancel Session Today -1 i i Christian pilgrims to Palestine are shown kneeling in the subterranean rhapel of the house of Veronica, the sixth station on the Way of the rim, t'eronica was the Roman unman said to have wited the blood and sweat from the face of thrift as he carried his cross past her home.

(NEA T( It-photo) "Under the bill the President Ala would have power to initiate proceedings to enjoin and a district S.in,lav nicrht 11 Two Aberdeen Men Killed In Wreck i ABERDEEN. April 4 (UP) Aberdeen men were killed in stantly Thursday night when the Riots Cease In Holy City As Easter Nears truck in which tncy were riding inous min are snut this careened out of control and hit aweek for a "memorial" peri or-1 telephone pclc. dered by Lewis in mourning for I rley Larson. 42. and 31-year- the fentralia, 111., mine explosion i old Otha Schoen.

both of Aber-! victims. th en, were the victims. Highway1 Secretary of Interior Kriie Patrolman A. J. Markuson said has ordered 517 hazardoiin mim-H arrange a settlement ai wmi coo-MOSCOW, Apr.

4. I UP) An- rerence. other big dispute between Russia Proident Trnman told his and the United States is shaping Itws conference Thursday that up behind the scenes in Moscow. I ne didn't think he had power over and passenger cars were pil- ed tip against the Downers Grove station. The Du Page county state's attorney and County Coroner Paul Isherwood have launched their Investigation of the accident and jmilar Investigations have been planned by the railroad and the International Harvester, which was shipping the tractor.

Mrs. Edith Helland of Minneapolis died at the Hinsdale sanitarium and hospital in Hinsdale. 111., after amputation of a foot in the wreck. 'Lloyd Wright of Chicago, a salesman, was killed at the time 'of the accident. Thirty-four other persons were injured but only four still are hospitaliz-ed.

and they are expeciea 10 oe reieascu some umc today. The engineer of the passengi-r train, Clarence Thurston, told rescuers he saw the tractor fall from the westbound freight train seconds before the crash. "'i The first and second coache3 were left jackknifed into one corner of the Downers Grove station, which had been closed to the public at 7:30 p. m. Passengers from these coaches stepped from the train directly into the station and helped remove the injured to a temporary first aid station.

Downers Grove firemen and police wh'i "Vitnessed the accident summoned add Immediately. Thurston said he slammed the emergency brakes as he saw the 'bulldozer roll off the freight train, bounce across an Intervening track, and come to rest in the path of the hurling streamliner. "We gave her all the brake we could, but there wasn't anywhere near enough room to stop," Thurston said. The engineer blacked out as the huge diesed locomotive smashed Into the obstruction, lifted it in the air, and ground straight through it. The engine and all even passenger cars left the rails and plowed down the right of way.

scattering tracks and ties in all directions as flaming oil swept back over the entire train. Francis Case Would 'Emancipate' Indians WASHINGTON. April 4. (UP) Representative Fruncui Case of South Dakota wants to the American Indians. He baa introduced legislation tn Congress to permit the "emancipation" of any Indian who wants It and meets any one of certain conditions.

The circumstance under which; Case would "free" the Indians in-1 and it is expected to come out int tne The controversy centers around! the all-important question of what finally will be done with the in dustriallv-rich Ruhr Valley in western Go-many and the indus- a of Kilnxm which now is rin 1 area of Silcsin, which now is under Polish control. PLACED I NDER I court would have jurisdiction to enjoin a nationwide dual strike." John L. Lewis cannot call ar.y strike until July 1, when the gov ernment's control of the soft coal in(llstry will en(l bt the bituni. to remain closed until union or government officials certify them as safe. In addition.

th-managers of more than MUM) other mines must certify their safety before reopening. Government officials hope that manv or me nis mines win be cer tifiod ns safe by Mnn.lv.- Coal Mines Administrator N. H. Otitis- son rerKtrts that a few ceitilUste already are coming into his office, Some mine operators a operators have charged Knig with closing miru-s at random in his new safety oi- ders. An official of one company.

Hillman Coal and Coke, which had three mines 'closed, declared that "It looks as if somebody in Wuah- VH 1 inose ois mines out or a nat. 'JIT mines have had an exceptional safety record." RI LES ON PAY The Illinois department of labor has ruled that Illinois soft coal miners may draw unemployment compensation for such time as they cannot work until their mines are declared safe. Samuel Bernstein, commissioner of the division of placement and unemployment for the Illinois Labor Department, made the ruling today. He said closing of the coal mines by Krug lends credence to the miners belief that thev are en- dangcring their own lives and thlt It has been learned that nf th National Feder- United States is ready to pro pose that both territories be plac- ed under United Nations admin- jstration and control An American paper outlining '(uUr phone workers, unions aii-the plan is understood to be ncar-'nounce tney have ordered their ly completed. It might have been memrjers to ignore picket lines in The- jfxri city street department an ad.

equipment. The um wil tt the Brld The pecdcr shovel is rquipocd delivery in January oi uu year, but scarcity of parts delayed deliv ery on the date scheduled. M0L0T0Y GIVES REACTION TO GREEK AID Doubts If American Help Will Restore Democracy In Greece (By United Press) Russian Forcien Minister Molo-i tov ha pivf nia firsl public re-j action t0 President Truman anti- communism policy in the eastern Mediterranean. By strong implication. Molotovj makes it clear he doesn't like it.

and said doubts very much that. Mr. Truman's proposred aid to, Crcece will restore democracy there. FOREIGN INTERFERENCE' Molotov labeled the American move as foreign interference in; the internal affairs of Greece, said renunciation of such interference is the best way to restore demo-. cracy in the country.

The minister's comments were in the form of written interview, with the questions being done by Johannes Steel, who published an Amrrkan newsletter. Steel not one of the American correspondents Included In the quota covering the Big Four conference. He arrived In Moscow on a vsia granted outside the quota, after the conference wa underway At about the same time Molo-1 tov answered the questions on the Greek aid program, the American state department announced that Russia would not be Justified in, looking on American intervention 1 in Greece and Turkey as an un-j friendly act. FORESTALL WAR Tho department said the program will forestall armed conflicts and serve notice that America rtands ready to help any other nations threatened by communist minorities, whether Inspired from within or abroad. WEATHER FORECAST Lead Maximum temperature for the preceding 24 hours up to 8 a.

m. todav 41: minimum tern- IKlalllrc for lhc ganlc period 29; 8 a. m. today 30. Deadwood Maximum tempera- lure for me nreccuine zi nours Low i Lcniinoii 13 Mobridge 56 32 itapiu v.uy ii Aberdeen ,52 10 Huron 43 38 Pierre 55 38 Sioux Falls 53 45 Bismarck 52 36 Dickinson 43 32 Mpls.

St. Paul 41 36 Here are the forecasts: South Dakota Occasional rain becoming mixed with wet snow over west portion tonight: little change in temperature; low tonight 30 to 40 degrees: 13 to 25 miles per hour easterly winds. Saturday cloudy, light rain or snow west portion, occasional light rain or drizzle east portion, be-! coming cooler; 25 to 35 miles per hour northeasterly winds over, west and central portions. North Dakota Occasional light ruin fir ilrtT.zlft eAst anil lieht ruin or wet snow west portion, little! chance tn temperature today and tonight; low temperatures tonight 28 to 35 degrees. Increasing east and northeasterly winds today.

becoming up to 30 miles per hour wmgni. aaiurnay ciouuy, occa- slonal light snow and somewhat colder west Dortion. Llcht rain or wet snow east Dortlont 30 to 33 miles per hour north to north- considerable cloudiness and contln ued cool with occasional snow 1 flurries. I I i I Coal Attorney Genera! Not Putting Seizure Machinery In Action WASHINGTON. April 4 tUP- -aI Tn clajk man has authority to take over the telephone industry in the event of a strike next Monday morning.

Clark, however said he is not put- Ung any machinery in mo. necessary to Clark made statement after bmet meeting. He said he did not discuss the telephone situation with the Presi-r dent, but that he did talk it over telephone situation with the Presi dent, but that he did talk it over with Secretary of Labor Schwellen- bach. INFORMAL OPINION The attorney general gave OCIlwclienuacu an I1UU1U1.I vi.ii.iu.. ion the seizure powers of the President and Clark believes that the i Federal Communication Act of 1 1340 makes government seizure i power good until six months after the termination of the war.

Although the President already has proclaimed the end of hostilities, the war will not be considered officially over until the peace treaties are sisned. The government's number one attorney said that Schwellenbach told him he plans to meet with company and union representatives Saturday or Sunday and hopes to the industry, bat that the Question mas being looked into. fcl.k uhninist ra -frjciai gald there little ih. will rannanies. I.

11 a4 irhMt i uifd, it still may noi oe.euureij n-tionwidc. Southwestern Bell, serv- ung SIX aies, is neguuouoB ltion of phone Workers. Indiana have new stale aws prohibiting in public nilitica. and in Seattle, officials of the event of a walkout The Bell company of New York plans to maintain partial service with a skeleton staff. MEET TODAY A spokesman tor me naiiou.ii Federation of Phone Workers said the union policy committee is this afternoon to consider what do If the government seiiea the industry.

Union attorneys already have warned NTTW president Joseph Beirne not to defy any federal Although the union lawyers deny that the government has authority to seiza the CMilaaea tw) Hesse Jewel Trial Returns To Germany WASHINGTON. Apr. 4 (UP) Armv officers today said the court martial trial of Colonel Jack Durant for alleged theft of the Hesse crown jewels will be returned to Frank, Germany, early next week. The proceedings were nioveJ to Washington early In February to enable the court to hear Amer rn 5Twkdlki 50 haVfA Rt ican witnesses. Since men.

mor secution said the United States phase of the trial will end today or Monday. The final American witnesses will include two attendants in a Chicago railway station check room where Durant went after hi arrest, allegedly to recover some missing Jewels. Army officers believe the trial will end In Germany late this month or early in May. iBus Strike Would Tie Up Service In 13 Midwestern States OMAHA. Apr.

4 (UP A strike thnt would tie up Overland Grey hound Bus Line service In 13 states Is threatened unless the company agrees to a pension system for employes. F. C. Power, union leader it i Omaha, said a strike call has been voted, but that no date has been set for the walkout. According I to Powers, union and manage-jment officials will meet Monday.

I States which would be affected by the Greyhound dispute Include Nebraska, Iowa, Minnesota, Colo-i rado, Illinois. California, Arizona, Nevada, Utah, Wyoming, Kansas, I Missouri and South Dakota. they are justified In staying away should be considered final. the safety of the mines is "in Bnl tne United States claim determined. the final decision on Poland's bor- der was left for peace treaty set submittcd tomorrow, if today's Dig Four meeting had not been postponed because of a deadlock on a provisional government for Germany.

The American plan foe the Ruhr and Silesiu is almost certain to draw Are from Russia. It is counter to Foreign Minister Molotov's demand for a four-povtrr regime over the Ruhr, anil to let Poland keep Silesia. Molotov has gone on record as supporting the Poles, who contend that the decisions at Potsdam tlement. MF.ETINi; CANCELLED The Big Four cancelled today's meeting three times each time Imping that a speHal coordinat-infr rniiinnttea- mieht resch snme abollt g(ATlnniPI1t fr Germany. Finav Ule gave up for tnp (U1Vi raej a for tomorrow 'Instead.

The recommendations for a Ger- government will be taken up tomorrow, if thev are ready, which means that the American propos al for the Ruhr and Silesia prob- will have to wait for the next Holiday Three Great Religions Begin Observances Under Vigil Of British Troops (Bv the United Press) Palestine is quiet for the first time in many days as three great religions begin observance In the' uiv nil. Holv Citv Christians have gathered at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre for their annual Good Friday pilgrimage. The Jews have begun their eight-day feast of Passover, and the Moslems honor the Prophet Moses in the Nebi Mu.sa feast. UNEASY CALM British authorities have not relaxed their vigil in the uneasy calm. Armed patrols are staying at their sand-bagged posts, prc- pared for any disturbance on the I Holy Day, but so far, no outbreaks have been reported.

Good Friday was celebrated. quietly at the Vatican. Pope Pius did not descend to the Sistlnc Chapel as lie has on other Good' Fridavs. Instead, he read mass in privutc chapel adjoining the Papal bedroom and then spent! most oi me (iy in prayer unii meditation. The President of (he I'niled State and his family, like millions of Americans, are hoping for a warm sunny Easier Sunday.

The Truman plan to spend a quiet Easter In Washington; hill if the weather Is warm, they intend to take an afternoon cruise aboard the Presidential yacht, Williamsburg. The Hist lady and their laiigli ter will attend earlv church ser u' 5ccnrdlnK to re- pol.t, Uu.v wi not display anv Economic experts In Washing- ton are carefully taking the pulse 1 t. to And out just how healthy the retail business trade is at Easter time. SLIP IN BUSINESS There is a report from New York that prc-Easter clearance sales indicate a slightly business trend. lipping Dollar volume sales arc below those set by Easter buyers at this same time last year.

Tabulations show that the gradual slump in retail trade began near the end of February and has been continuing since. J-JpnrV Gfcldv Yvill flPt Nomination ITm Tll Dnf 1 Ul AUUId V5l WASHINGTON. April 4. -Acting Secretary of Slate Dean Acneson aiu uxiay rtesi.ieni iru man noniiniuc nenry urany San Francisco to be the first Grady has solved in many gov crnmcnt ptsts. He was assistant Secretary of State from 1039 to Acheson said his nomination to the dpllomatic post probably will be sent to tbc Senate soon.

I I 1 i in R.SII Gainsville, April 4 (UP) A Greyhound bus emoute from Atlanta to Washington. D. C. col-1 lided with a car at a highway in-1 tprsection P.llforil todav. th and of ca, ttW WILL ARRAIGN COUPLE ON MURDER COUNT Police Find Receipt For Dynamite In Youth's Movie Camera SANTA ANA.

April 4 (UP) Scvcntecn-yeai-old Beulnh Overell and her 2 1 -year-old liancc George Gollum. will be arraigned it Santa Ana today on charges if inuidcring tier wealthy pircnts Miss Overcll's attorney said he will enter plcar of Innocent and innocent bv reason of insanity and plans to ask fur dismissal Collum's lawyer lias not rcvenlec' what pleas he will enter. RECEIPT I 'OK DYNAMITE The prlice chief at Newport Beach, said he has found a receipt for 50 Flicks of dynamite and dn-tailed for its use hidden in George Collum's movie camera. Police Chief It. It.

Hodgkinfon revealed that the movie camera was in Collum's possession when he was arrested Mau 19, but It was not examined until Thursday. Police found the receipt In the film nuigu.lne. The receipt dated March 1 1 from the Trojan Pnuder ('iiiniiiinv's halsworth. office. Eailier.

a clerk at a Highland powder miiKiizine ideiititl.c1 Miss Overell and Gollum as the young couple who bought 27 sticltr of dynamite from him on March 2. and authorities announced that laboratory tests showed on Collum's clothing was the same type as Overell blood As police build up their evidence Gollum, leading invest! gator his come up with startling theory about Miss Overt-UN part in the esse. Ho s'llil the girl may lie in a state of semi-hypnosis In- idiieed by Gollum. nitOOIl(i CO-ED Doctors win examined the, brooding co-ed In her Jail cell said iher behavior supports that theory. I I The Investigator quotes the doc-! ce! tcred entitelv on the bov i una eminiy on me ooy.

In view cf Gollums pre-medical background, he said, authorities are invcsiigaiiiig wnciner ne ns uciven into nypnosis. The young sweet Varts were Jr.v Hmr-homh slaying 1 of and Waller Overt II. Overell believed to huve been beaten to death hefort thr ex plush sunk the family cruiser In Newport Harbor shortly after midnight March 16. Medical men said his wife may have been kilbd bvfore the blast, too. Miss Overell and her fiance had left the boat a short time before the dynamite, exploded by a tlmi I clock, sent the boat to the bottom.

I i the truck first struck the tele- phone pole and then went Into ditch, In Good Standing With Union; Gets To Fire Gun Cincinnati. April 4, (IT) Safety Patrolman Robert Sherwood and 38 caliber pistol will poin the Cincinnati Symphony Concert for one performance Sunday nght. Sherwood ill tire his pistol in the climatic moment of the lullet called "Slaughter on 10th Avenue." lie was the only mlki'nuin the symphony could find who Is in good standing with the musician's union. Holdup Artist Has Unique Getaway DENVER. April 4.

(UP)-Den-vcr police are looking for a hold-tp artist with a unique getaway technique. The gunman robbed a Dcnvci hotel of $25. then he pushed tlx night clerk into an automatic elevate pushed the starter buttor ind strode out, calling over hi: boulder: "Take a ride on me, buddy." Quick Thinking Saves Paratrooper From Death Plunge FAIRBANKS. Alaska. Apr.

4 UP) An army paratrooper owes his life to a buddy whose quick thinking saved him from plunging to the earth. The mid-air rescue occurred during the final parachute jump conducted by Task Force Frigid in Alaska. Private I lc) Ray mond Kcnyon of Greenwich, R. was floating earthward alongside a chute carrying Corporal Charles Harris of Waltonvilla. III.

A sudden crosswind collapsed the chute Harris was using and he started to plummet to the frozen ground below Kenyon desper ately lunged for Harris and grasp- ed ht BUk ghroU(g 0f hia para. cmite. The two men then floated safely to the ground on the strencth Kenvons oarachute. According to the armv. this is the second rescue ofjla kind on record.

The first occurred over Long Island, N. in 1911. The Strain Was Just Too Much ror War veteran HASTINGS. April 4 I IT) A lil-year-old- World War II veteran showed no nulward of nervousness when he applied for a marriage license at Hasting. Thursday.

Gordon Bnwen of Prescott, answered the routine questions in the usual manner, but when (lie clerk handed him the affidavit to sign, Rowen fainted. He regained ron'rinusness after two minutes, signed the paper tnd left. There are 81.853 greenhouses in the United with 6496 or them being In California. i elude, anyone who Holds an hon-lllp t0 a. m.

loUay 12; mmimum orable discharge from the armed temperature for the same period force in time of war. who hasi 30: today 33. German Miners Continue Strike On Good Friday (By United Press) The observance of G.od Fridiy imong German coal miners in tho Ruhr Valley Is causing th? con- idleness of every coal mine in the region. Nearly 300.000 minets walked mt of the pits Thursday in pro- to food shortages, and British uncials in the zone believe the vork will nU resume before Tues- lay. bccau.se of the Easter holi- lays.

Mine Workers Take rm has passed the requirements for naturalization of aliens or who noius a recommendation or com petency approved by the superbr tendent of an Indian reservation. Accuses Superiors am A ri I- 7 i r.g I Ai1' I easterly winds. I ml. and curly In lhc war he Drlecoir Scan Ian (above), state Montana, east of the Divide went to India to nirvej means of mine Inspector, made charges Occasional snow tonight mostly Inn-easing Hie cmmtiy's pioduc-that deuiy In the rescue nttempts 0ver west and south portions, lit- tion for the allies. Gi ady 1 pre-at the Centralla, ndne where tie change tn temperature; low to- sldcnt of the American President 111 men died last week, was 'night 20 to 30 degrees.

Saturday Lines. George Frye, Library, miner, buys an Easter hat from Ruth Lewis at Library, after leaving mine for six -day holiday ordered by John L. Lewis, mini) union chief. Work stoppage was ordered In niemnry of III miners who died in Inst week's tragedy at Centralla, Illinois, (EA Telephotn) caused by his superiors In the Bo Is department of ndne and minerals. (NEA Tclepboto).