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70 SUNDAY, JUNE 25, 1950 On Guard for Over a Century H2 Pages Vol. 120 No. 52 Fifteen Cents 1 2 noon 8( Launch Korean Reds All 58 Aboard Lost Airliner Presumed Dead Vast Lake Michigan Hunt Fails to Turn Up a Clew Fre Press Wir Services Zone Invasion of Pro Peace at Briggs MILWAUKEE A day-long search failed to reveal a definite trace of a Northwest Airlines DC-4 plane, carrying 58 persons, which vanished on a flight across storm-tossed Lake Michigan i early Saturday. Rail Lines to West Cut Service Switchmen's Strike Due at 6 a. m.

Today CHICAGO (U.R) Railroad service from Chicago to the Pacific Coast was crippled as lines began halting trains in advance of the AFL switchmen's strike at 6 a. m. Sunday (local time). Four thousand switchmen were poised to strike against five Western and Midwestern carriers. The strike will affect other roads which move trains on tracks of the struck lines.

rr i i (t was? i II sf-r jmfJtf VRrfe EMIL MAZEY WALTER B. CONNOLLY Handshake marks milestone in pension parade Briggsy XJAW Reach Complete Agreement They Approve 3-Year Pact on Pensions, Wages, Union Shop Briggs Manufacturing Co. and the UAW (CIO) reached agreement on a three-year contract at 6 p. m. Saturday.

The settlement provides a five-cent hourly wage boost, $100-a-month pensions, insurance benefits, unqualified union shop and A PROLONGED strike could also affect industries along the lines and slow movement of the winter wheat harvest to market. Four of the strike-threatened lines planned to halt all trains, laying off nearly 60,000 non-striking employes. They were the Rock Island, Denver Rio Grande Western, Western Pacific and Chicago Great Western. Only the Great Northern Railroad, with 28,000 employes, planned to try to maintain regular service. The line's officials apparently hoped supervisors could act as switchmen and that other workers would cross the strikers' picket lines.

CHAIRMAN Francis A. O'Neill of the National Railway Mediation Board talked with officials of the Switchme n's Union of North America and the Association of Western Railroads a last-ditch effort to prevent the strike. The switchmen called the strike to enforce demands for a reduction in their work week from 48 to 40 hours with no loss in pay. Actually, there still was some doubt that the switchmen were on firm legal ground in calling the strike. Railroad owners said the case never had been considered by an emergency presidential fact-finding board as required by the Railway Mediation Act.

THE UNION CASE was handed to a board which was studying a similar demand by the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen and the Order of Railway Conductors. Meanwhile, four other railroad strike possibilities appeared in the near future. They involved trainmen, conductors, Pullman conductors and yardmasters. Huge Sum Asked for Tiny Error MEMPHIS (U.R) Mr. and Mrs.

Charles B. McGahey, filed suit for in connection with the birth of their first child. The parents said they had been given to understand that they had a boy. Later, the McGaheys went home with a baby girl. The McGaheys name the hospital and obstetrician as defendants.

CLOUTY WEATHER What They Are Saying WILLARD E. GIVENS, executive secretary of the National Education Association: "Church versus State is an issue, but it is not a school issue. We should have in Congress a bill to provide Federal aid to public school employes so the issue of aid to education will be clear-cut." MRS. 'FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT: "I am optimistic about the future of the United Nations.

Every time we meet we learn something, we make a gain." 'I'LL KILL YOU' Bandit, 10, Robs Girl of 9 at Knife-Point Police seized a 10-year-old boy accused of robbing a nine-year-old girl of 30 cents Saturday after terrorizing four small children with a knife. The boy fled when the girl, Diana Washburn, of 20108 Pelkey, threatened to tell her mother on him. Diana told police she was accosted while en route to a grocery near her home. SHE WAS accompanied by her brothers, Tommy, 8, and Ralph, 18 months, and her sister, Laura Lee, 4. The young thug stuck a knife at Tommy's throat and snarled in a high falsetto, "Give me your money." Diana said she handed over the cash.

When she said she would "tell," the boy replied: "I'll kill you if you do. Then he ran. Through the girl's description, police arrested the suspect a short time later. "I didn't do it," he screamed. He was taken to the juvenile detention home.

Okinawa Swept TOKYO (JP) A typhoon moving 250 miles northwest of Okinawa sent winds of 35 miles an hour whistling across that big United States air base and headed toward southern Japan. Reported 3 Mi. South of Border Front Dispatches Say Tanks Back Troops SEOUL, Korea (U.R) The Pyongyang radio of North Korea said the North Iiorean Communist Government had declared war formally on South Korea effective at 11 a. m. (8 p.

m. Detroit time) Saturday. SEOUL, Korea (U.R) Troops from Communis t-dominated North Korea launched a series of attacks across the border into American-backed South Korea early Sunday, fragmentary reports from the frontier said. Reports from the 38th. parallel, which divides the Northern and Southern parts of Korea, said that attacks were launched generally along the border.

THEY SAID the North Koreans were supported by tanks in the Chunchon area, 50 miles northeast of Seoul. Early reports did not indicate how many troops were involved. One report said that the head quarters of the South Korean Army's 1st Division at Kaesong, 40 miles northwest of Seoul, had fallen. Enemy forces were reported to have penetrated two to three miles south of the border on the Ongjin Peninsula. BELOW KANGNUNG, on the Eastern coast, invaders were said to have been landed in 20 small craft and to have cut off the coastal highway.

The border area has been the scene of frequent guerilla clashes between North and South Koreans. The frontier was set along the 38th parallel for mutual military convenience when American and Russian occupying forces entered Korea after the surrender of the Japanese there. The Russians occupied the northern half and American troops took over in the south. BUT NEGOTIATIONS between Americans and Russians regarding the restoration of full freedom to Korea broke down in May, 1946, and the border now completely separates the northern and southern Korean republics. The South Korean National Assembly requested United States troops to stay in the country.

In Washington, Gen. Omar N. Bradley said there were only 200 or 300 American officers and men part of a military mission in South Korea. Bradley would not comment on whether the United States had a commitment to defend the South Korean Government in case of attack. Detroit 4 New York I Tigers boost league lead again by beating Yankees second straight.

For details of Houtteman's ninth victory see Sport Section. Brown Heads Bridge Group Prentiss M. Brown, chairman of the board, Detroit Edison was named chairman of the newly appointed Mackinac Straits Bridge Authority Saturday. At a meeting at Mackinac Island Brown appointed three members to a special committee to study a list of engineering firms for consultation. They were Fred Zeder, vice president of Chrysler Charles M.

Ziegler, State highway commissioner, and former Gov. Murray D. Van Wagoner. Lawrence A. Ruban is the authority's temporary secretary.

A Snappy Cruiser a smart sailing craft a sound fishing boat. Any type boat you want, you will find listed for sale in today's "Boats for Sale" Classification, in the Free Press Want Ad Section. It is easy to place a Want Ad. Just dial WO 2-9400 and say, "Charge It." Conced es FRANK P. GRAHAM Victim in political upset Truman Foe Wins in Carolina 'Fair Dealer' Beaten in Senate Runoff RALEIGH, N.

Willis Smith, Raleigh lawyer who campaigned as an opponent of President Truman's "Fair Deal," was nominated in North Carolina's Democratic senatorial runoff primary Saturday. Smith held a commanding lead of 24,758 votes on returns from all but 237 of the State's 1,990 precincts. It appeared impossible for his opponent, Truman friend and supporter, Senator Frank Graham, to overcome this lead in the re maining precincts. RETURNS FROM these 1,724 precincts gave: Smith 258,565, Graham 233,807. Graham conceded the victory to Smith at 9:43 p.

m. While a statement was being typed in his headquarters on the fifth floor of the Sir Walter Raleigh Hotel, here, Graham went down to the first floor to congratulate him. uranam defeat was a major political upset and another South ern rebuff to the President. Smith is a former president of the American Bar Association. In the first primary on May 27, Graham led a field of four candidates by 53,000 votes but lacked a majority.

SMITH campaigned as a defender of "real Southern democracy" and as a middle-of-the-road candidate. He asserted that the Truman Administration was taking the country toward socialism as he voiced his opposition to the Brannan farm plan, "socialized medicine" and the FEPC. Although a friend of the Truman "Fair Deal" in general, Gra ham also opposed these proposals. Graham told the voters he was opposed to "Federal compulsion in race relations." In the State's single runoff race for a congressional nominee, State Rep. Woodrow W.

Jones apparently had clinched the nomination in the 11th District. Lansing Driver Held in Hit-Run Death of Boy LANSING (JP) State Police arrested a Lansing man in the Friday night hit-run death of 11-year-old Carol Hawk, of Dewitt. The boy was run down while riding his bicycle on US-27 eight miles north of here. Taken into custody was Leonard Gillison, 51. Detective Sgt.

Joseph Pierce said Gillison told him he thought he might have hit something, and when he arrived at his Lansing home he noticed a bent fender on his car. Navy May Shift Ship in England LONDON (U.R) The United States Navy said it might transfer the heavy cruiser Columbus from Plymouth, where British agents are investigating six suspected cases of sabotage against British warships. The announcement said the Columbus, flagship of the United States East Atlantic and Mediterranean fleet, probably would be moved to Portsmouth "to be nearer the American Embassy in London." vCL; Posse Bags Suspected Killer-Bandit Big Manhunt in Ontario Ended Special to the Free Press LANGTON, Ont. A posse of 60 farmers and provincial police Saturday captured a suspect in the $23,000 bank robbery here last Wednesday. The bandit killed two men while making his getaway.

The suspect was seized in heavily wooded area near Staf-fordville, 10 miles from here. JUST BEFORE the capture, Inspector Frank Kelly, of the Provincial Police, had called his men together for a last systematic search of the area before giving up the effort. The posse was attracted to the suspect's hideout by a search plane overhead which began circling a wild section of trees and underbrush. Witnesses said a flurry of gunfire came from the tangled thicket. Then the gaunt and unshaven man surrendered meekly.

An abandoned cabin was found near the ravine. The captive was not identified, although officers said he was a Canadian. Police rushed him to a near-by house. When an angry crowd gathered, among them friends of the slain men, police took the suspect by auto to Simcoe, 20 miles east of Langton. A blanket concealed his face as he was moved past the crowd.

The capture ended a 72-hour search for the man who held up the branch here of the Imperial Bank of Canada. Posses numbering up to 600 police and armed citizens had scoured the district. The bandit killed two local citizens with submachine-gun fire as they came upon his ditched car while pursuing him from the bank. The bandit car was stolen from Windsor. The bandit fled into the bush, abandoning the car and the $23,000 loot.

AUTHORITIES were questioning the suspect at the Simcoe jail late Saturday night. No charges had been filed against him. Provincial Police said his identity would not be made known until Sunday. But they said he answered the description of the wanted man. Victims of the bandit were Arthur Lierman.

33, a real estate dealer, and William Goddyn, 30, a shareholder on Lierman's farm. Veteran Pilot Sets Record for Distance WATERTOWN, S. D. (JP) Al Mooney celebrated his 25th anniversary, in aviation by setting a new distance record of 1,312 miles for a light plane. The previous record of 554.495 miles was set by Ernest Cassin, of France in 1949.

MOONEY, vice president of the Wichita (Kan.) aircraft firm bearing his name, said he accomplished the flight here from in 10 hours 44 minutes. "I had about nine gallons of gasoline left, enough to get to Grand Forks, N. he said, "but the weather reports were not encouraging." Quake Noted BERKELEY, Calif. (U.R) An earthquake, probably in the New Hebrides, was recorded at the University of California. On Inside Pages SECTION A Financial 9-10 Pictures 8 SECTION Sullivan 7 TV 6 Town Crier 1 Wilson 7 White 5 SECTION Living 1-10 SECTION Amuse'ts 16-17 Music 17 Society 1-20 Travel 18-19 SECTION Classified 5-10 Sport 1-4 Books Brady Bridge Crosby Crossword Editorials Horoscope Lippmann Radio Rose Ruark 7 7 8 6 8 4 3 5 6 6 7 TO CALL THE FREE PRESS: WOODWARD 2-8900 For Want Ads Call WOODWARD 2-9400 Wire Firm Faces Bet Crackdown Western Union Ordered to Court Special to the Free Press ANN ARBOR Prosecutor Douglas Reading has started a court fight to block Western Union Telegraph Co.

from transmitting horse race bets from Washtenaw County to big-time gamblers. Authorities estimate that more than $100,000 yearly is sent out the County. Circuit Judge James Breakey, issued a temporary restraining: order against Western Union. He ordered the company's appearance Tuesday to show cause why it should not be the subject of an antigambling injunction. THE ORDER restrains Western Union's Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti offices from: 1 Further transmission of money bets on horse races to C.

J. Rich and John Mooney in East St. Louis, 111., and money won on bets from the two firms back to Ann Arbor. 2 Allowing "disorderly persons, namely gamblers, from resorting on tha company premises." 3 Removing, destroying or disturbing its records relating to the bets. READING announced the crackdown after entering a bill of complaint against the company in Circuit Court and obtaining the restraining order.

He charged that "Western Union knowingly accepted money bets on horse races with full knowledge that it was thereby aiding in unlawful gambling and transmitted money won at gambling from East St. Louis, 111., to Washtenaw County." He told how officers placed bets through Western Union facilities and both won and lost money on June 16 and 17. Reading aid Washtenaw authorities had been investigating for several months. It started in February when a local restaurant dishwasher, Anth ony Laing, started a Circuit Court suit against Western Union seek- ing to recover $301.50. LAING CLAIMED he placed a $10 bet to Western Union to bet on a horse with Mooney, that the horse won but when he returned the next day to claim the money he was told an employe "forgot" to send the money order.

He was given a refund of $10. The case is pending. Reading said the court hearings would allow a "final determination of the scope of the gambling here and the outcome of the court action will determine whether the large avenues of gambling revenue for big-time gambling syndicates will be cut off." O'Dwyer Grabs Prowler NEW YORK (JP) Mayor William O'Dwyer seized an 18-year-old youth who invaded his bedroom in Gracie Mansion, his official residence. O'Dwyer held him until police arrived. Police said the young man, identified as Michael McDermott, scaled a high iron fence, entered the rear of the mansion and made his way to the mayor's bedroom.

McDermott was admitted to the psychiatric division at Bellevue Hospital. More Winners in Snap Contest Three Detroiters and one outstate photographer have been selected as winners of the fourth week in the Free Press Snapshot Contest. I national competition later, the weekly winners have a chance to win as much as $1,500. Be sure to see these outstanding pictures in GRAPHIC of next SUNDAY'S FREE PRESS All occupants of the plane were presumed dead. As far as was known, none was from Michigan.

THE FOUR-ENGINE craft, en route from New York to Minne apons, disappeared at nignt in a blinding thunderstorm in what may be the Western Hemisphere's worst air disaster. When the greatest air and water search in the history of the Great Lakes was discontinued for the day, not a single definite trace of the giant plane had been found. Capt. Henry Schmaltz, of the 5th Air Rescue Squadron from Selfridge Air Base, who had assumed over-all command of the air search, said pilots would report for briefing Sunday. Schmaltz said Coast Guard Navy and Air Forces would be as signed segments of an area 60 by Passenger list on Page 6 170 miles for a concentrated search of the area offshore where the plane is believed to have gone to the bottom.

AS DUSK DREW a curtain across the area, hundreds of sur face craft, including Coast Guard cutters, picket boats, patrol craft, crash boats and even private yachts, were ordered in. The Coast Guard cutter Woodbine, however, continued patrolling through the night. The craft is equipped with underwater sound gear, radar and a fathometer. Searchers believed that the plane, which weighed about pounds, had plunged to the bottom and was buried in The first day of the search was marked by rumors, hopes and dis appointments. Reports that life rafts had been sighted proved erroneous.

The airliner had carried none. NUMEROUS OIL patches and bits of debris were spotted on the choppy water. But none could be linked definitely to the lost plane. The destroyer escort Daniel Joy, a Naval Reserve vessel on maneu-Turn to Page 6, Column 5 Police Speed Nuptials They First Delayed A bride-to-be was left waiting at the church for three hours Satur- jday evening-while the bridegroom answered questions of an unro mantic nature at Police Headquarters. The husband-to-be, Howard Che-nault, of 1162 Wellington, was involved in an accident at John and Vernor while hurrying to keep the appointed hour.

NO ONE WAS hurt. But police routine demanded that Chenault and two members of his party go in for questioning. Meanwhile, the zero hour passed. Finally the frantic bride-to-be, Dorothy Owens, of 20515 North- lawn, located her missing man in the welter of police red tape. When she made her plight known, police sent the bridegroom flying on his way, with their bless ings.

Despite frazzled nerves, the happy event came off at last Plane Hunted in Mountains MIAMI (JP) Search for a missionary plane missing since June 9 with 15 persons aboard shifted to the mountainous areas of Venezuela. The twin-engined plane disappeared as it neared the South American coast on a flight from Miami. Planes of the Venezuelan, Colombian and United States air forces have been conducting the search. Five of those aboard the missing craft were children. All the others, including the crew of three, were missionaries.

2 Prisoners Walk Away Two prisoners walked away from the House of Correction farm Saturday night, police reported. The were identified as Kenneth Umbenhower, 35, of Baseline, and George Namitt, 31, of 3993 Seventeenth. Umbenhower is serving 4 to 20 years for robbery armed and Namitt, 1 to 15 years for breaking and entering. dues checkoff. The union immediately called off a strike slated for 10 a.

m. Monday. HERE ARE THE main terms of the contract, which runs to May 4, 1953: 1 $100 monthly pensions (including social security) to work ers retiring at 65 after 25 years of service. 2 Company will pay 3 cents an hour of worker's premium for sickness, accident and life insurance. 3 All hourly employes will receive a 5-cent-an-hour raise starting July 3.

4 All new employes must join the union 40 days after their employment starts. 5 Dues checkoff. The contract can be reopened for wage talks July 1, 1951, and July 1, 1952. In addition to the five-cent hike, the 3,000 Briggs employes at Evansville, will get an additional 3 cents an hour because of a wage differential. Emil Mazey, UAW sec- y-treasurer, said the 27,000 Detroit Turn to Page 6, Column TYPICALLY, Luck said, the air is more rarified in the summer.

But on cold, dry winter days, he explained, "the ball bat would have a somewhat higher elasticity." "In other words, they would be stiffer and It would be slightly easier from the atmospheric standpoint to hit a ball a greater distance," he said. THERE WAS a good deal of question in Luck's mind about whether in the space of 400 feet (the distance from home plate to the bleachers) even very thin air would have made a difference. "It is more likely that a projectile's flight over a distance of two or three miles would be influenced by the density (weight) of the air," he said. Homers on Humidity? Hardly, Says Scientist BY ROBERT GOLDMAN Free Pre Staff Writer Did atmospheric conditions Friday night have anything to do with those 11 homers hit by the Tigers and Yankees? Some advanced the idea that "thin air" helped carry the ball into the stands. Arthur J.

Luck, of the Michigan State College physics and astronomy department, was asked his opinion by The Free Press. WHEN IT COMES to hitting homers, Luck declared, the muscle and sinew of the batters, plus a pitcher who grooves the ball "are much bigger factors than atmospheric conditions." The scientist said offhand it would seem to him that "temperature and humidity Friday were negligible factors in the ball's flight.w Compared to winter conditions, the air Friday night apparently was not uniquely suited to long-ball flight, he said. Temperatures during the game ranged from 85 down to 82 and the humidity varied from 62 per cent to 68 per cent..