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295 Five Cents FULTON OVRSLER ffu The Greatest Story Ever Told J) Chapter II The Betrothal JziLziLIzilJ 1 AT For this night's negotiations Joseph had made great preparations. Thoroughly he cleansed himself and trimmed his beard and washed the sawdust out of the stiff tangles of his curls. Carrying a gift of Damascus sweets, he set off through the crowded Street of the Coppersmith. Joseph was greeted at the door uLni Describes Picked Up Sheriff Desert Capture by Joachim. Inside were Anna, Mary's mother, and a strange woman he had never seen before.

This was Elizabeth, kinswoman of the family. Once, sometimes twice, a year thy had a visit from Cousin Elizabeth, daughter of Anna's much older sister. BETWEEN MARY and Eliza-heth, there was a difference of more than 40 years. It was like being cousin to your own grandmother. Most )f these 40 years, the older cousin hsr" been married to a country priest in a village not far fiom Jerusalem.

Cousin Zaeh-iry was even elder than his -vife. His back was so stiff that he found it hard to stoop over and trim his oenails. They were very poor, and the village of Ain Karim where Zach-ary labored in the synagogue was small and obscure. There he served the townspeople, married and cir-cumcized rhem, advised and buried them a busy and peaceful life. No Relief in Sight in Coal Pinch Ford to Close for Day Friday As frigid weather swept the State Wednesday, Michigan's rockbottom supply of coal dwindled away to threaten homes, schools, hospitals and factories.

No relief from the acute coal of Clawson Slayer BY JOHN GRIFFITH Free Tress Staff Writer "I kept him covered. "I told him to come out with his hands up. "He had a couple of guns in the car but he didn't have 1 4 crisis was in sight, news Soon Zachary was to be weather Bureau said no pulled out of his obscurity. break in the weather was expec. To any little village priest the ted untiI Friday when tempera-honor might come.

Now Zachary tures were scheduled to rise to was called again, after years, as a jne 30s. f'. lw 4 CARSON JAMES An unsuspecting suspect Appointed Free Press Photo DONALD S. LEONARD On crime committee Leonard to Assist Crime Fight He's Appointed to National Committee BY JAMES M. IIASWELL Of Our Washington Bureau WASHINGTON Michigan State Police Commissioner Donald S.

Leonard was named to an ll-man executive committee to head up the nationwide drive against organized crime and gambling syndicates. Mayor QuiggJNewton, of Denver, chairman of the attorney general's conference against syndicated crime which met here last week, announced the appointments. THE GROUP represents top officials of five national associations of local officials. They are the Unied States Conference of Mayors, the National Association of State Attorneys, General, the National Institute Law Officers, the of Municipal' 1 mu- nicipal Association and the International Association of Chiefs of Poiicc. The attorney general's office said the committee will meet shortly to pick members of a legislative committee which Mayor Thomas d'Alessandro, of Baltimore, will head.

The legislative committee will prepare a program of recommendations for new Federal laws, which it will submit to Congress April 15. The executive committee will develop a program for concerted action against gambling. The executive committe also Is expected to turn the spotlight of public inquiry on the regulations of the Federal Communications Commission concerning the broadcasting of horse-race results, and the televising of gambling odds from race tracks-Mayor Newton named the following to the crime conference executive committee: Mayor W. Cooper Green, of Birmingham, Mayor David L. Lawrence, of Pittsburgh; Mayor Delesseps Morrison, of New Orleans; Mayor Fletcher Bowron, of Los Angeles; Corporation Counsel John P.

Mc-Grath, of New York -City; City Attorney Robert S. Morrison, of Lynchburg, Attorney General Allan H. Bible, of Nevada; Attorney General Harry McMullen, of North Carolina; Police Chief John M. Gleason, of Greenwich, and Leonard. 50,604,000 of Us WASHINGTON (P) The "United States population reached 150,604,000 on Jan.

1 after increasing by 2,553,000 in 1949, the Census Bureau said. Under Knife HOLLYWOOD () Actress Ann Sothern had a tumor removed from her thyroid gland. ONLY ONE WINNER Of the Builders Show house. Only one person could win, but every person can find a home of his choice advertised in the "Real Estate for Sale" columns of the Free Press. For Want Ad Service, Dial WO 2-9400 I priest of the line of Abia.

if you please, to cetwbiate the sacrifice at the holy place, ir the Temple of Jerusalem. "You tell me Great news indeed!" Anna closed her eyes and remembered the glory and the magnificence of the great temple. Joachim entered and cleared his throat. a "THIS IS JOSEPI the husband announced awkwardly. "He comes to tell you how much he loves our child." Anna sank to the floor and crossed her legs and made a sad, low, crooning sound as if an adum- Turn to Page 11, Column 1 What They Are Saying o.

ui Cornell LTniversitv. pleading for DR. IRVING S. WRIGHT, of cufirti lujiua iui 1 t-t ai en in neai disease "It seems inconceivable that our Government will spend bil lions tor destruction and not a cent for new research facilities for the studies of the greatest killers of mankind." KENNETH K. DUVALL, president of the First National Bank of Appleton, warning against persons running too far into debt: "If the economy runs onto the shoals of depression because of presently unwise credit and debt, it will most likely be due- to the financial indigestion of the individual consumer." Canada Suing Match 'Trust' OTTAWA (JP) The Canadian Government will prosecute an alleged monopoly in Canada's wooden match industry, Justice Minister Stuart Garson said.

Garson said the Government had studied an antimonopoly report made public Jan 9 and decided to prosecute the Eddy Match of Pembroke, and its subsidiaries. Eddy and the following subsidiaries were said to be associated with an international cartel Commonwealth Match Company of St. Johns, Canada Match and Federal Match of Hull, and Valcourt Co. of Montreal. 1 i Two Guns in Car Left Untouched Sergeant Refuses to Discuss Murder Carson James luck ran out Wednesday on an arid highway in Arizona's Mojave Desert.

The 27-year-old Marine sergeant was arrested as he sped along US-66. still feeling sure the world did not know that he killed his father in Clawson more than two years ago. The slaying to him was still a "perfect crime," known only by his family, when an alert Western sheriff pulled alongside Wednesday afternoon and ordered James out of his car at gunpoint. JAMES MADE no attempt to use two guns he had in his car. The arrest was made near Selig man in the desolate Arizona desert country.

James was whisked under heavy guard to the county seat at Prescott, 70 miles away. Sheriff Clare Hubbell, of Oakland County, Immediately wired Arizona authorities to hold James while extradition steps were being made. At the Prescott jail, James signed a waiver of extradition. He refused to discuss the slaying. THE AJRKEST brought to a climax one of the most bizarre murder tales in modern history.

The story might never have been known had not James' sister in Washington told her husband of the family's gruesome secret. The husband's telephone call to Oakland authorities set off a search beneath a cow shed at the rear of the James' home in Clawson. Digging into the early hours of Wednesday, the weary searchers brought up the body of Stanley James, 52, from beneath five feet of soggy dirt. The elder James had been shot twice through the chest. AT THE SAME time, a nation wide hunt was launched for Carson James, named by his family as the slayer.

Carson was reported en route from Washington to a Marine Base at Cjina Lake, Calif. He was driving his own car to the California assignment when the Arizona sheriff intercepted him. He was alone. His mother, Mrs. Ruth James, 54, and his four brothers and two sisters broke a pact when they admitted that Carson killed his father.

But they day not blame him. They all insisted that Stanley had "deserved to die" because he was brutal and miserly. Since Stanley's death after a Thanksgiving Day reunion in 1947, the entire family had known the man they hated lay beneath the cow shed just steps away from their house. APPARENTLY without remorse, they had tramped over the grave every day to take feed to their cow and hens in the shed. "He was a terrible man, cruel and harsh," Mrs.

James said. "He deserved it." "I wouldn't have done what Carson did, and I don't think he should have done it, either, but it is done and that's that. We are happier since his death. I hope they won't be too hard on Carson." AS THE father's body was removed from the mucky soil, Carson's brother, Justice, 25, a senior at Wayne University, paid no attention. He was studying his next day's biology lessons in the cinder-block house a few yards away.

Donald Menzies, undersheriff of Oakland County, who had known the slain man for 25 years, identi fied the body. An autopsy revealed that one Turn to Page 16, Column 5 No and Yes LORETTO, Pa. (JP) The honor list at St- Francis College included Leo Dumm, of Altoona, lnd Leo Smart, of Cassandra. Is This France? PARIS The French Cabinet banned the sale of of pornographic magazines. in West Associated Press Wirepholo by President Truman.

The long lines department of the American Telephone Telegraph Co. announced in New York its acceptance of the Presidential request. THE UNION AND the company agreed to Mr. Truman's proposal four hours after he all but demanded they postpone the walkout to protect the general welfare and give more time for peaceful settlement of their wage contract In strongly worded telegrams to the company and the union, Mr. Truman said they had a "duty" and an "extraordinary responsibility" to settle their differences without tying up the nation's phone service.

It was the second time the union postponed its strike. It previous ly had scheduled a walkout for Feb. 8, but deferred it at the re quest of Cyrus S. Ching, Federal mediation director. AT THAT TpiE, it set a new strike deadline for 6 a.

local time, Friday. But Mr. Truman stepped into the dispute when Ching notified him that "insufficient progress" has been made in negotiations. The union is demanding a "package" concession amounting to 15 cents an hour including higher wages, shorter hours and shorter training periods. In New York, Stanley Bracken, president of the Western Electric also agreed to the truce and the reopening of bargaining talks.

Western Electric, the manufacturing and installation unit of the Bell system, is one of the key companies involved in the labor dispute. 1 chance to use them." In these words, Sheriff Frank L. Porter described how he captured Marine Sgt. Carson James, wanted in Clawson for the murder of his father. I TALKED with Porter by telephone minutes after he halted and captured James at gunpoint 70 miles northwest of Prescott, Ariz.

The sheriff spoke with a typical Western drawl. I reached him ln Seligman, 10 miles west of the point of capture, where he had halted to tell other authorities that James was in custody. "I WAS COMING back from Phoenix where I transported a load of prisoners, when I heard the radio broadcast that the wanted man was in the area," Porter said. "I kept a pretty good lookout. "Carson was three days out of Washington and we figured he must be traveling througrh Arizona.

"Ten miles east of Seligman I to this car. I put the siren-on him and hauled him over. "I kept him covered. "1 told him to come out with his hands up. "HE HAD a couple of guns in the car but he didn't have a chance to use them.

"He wanted to know what he was arrested for. "I told him and then asked him if he wanted to tell me about the murder. "He said, 'Well, now, Sheriff, I'd rather not if it's all the same to you. It'll all come "I didn't try to force him. "Sometimes if you push these young kids they ean be pretty bad." PORTER'S headquarters is in Kingman, Mojave County, west of the point of capture on ua-bb.

James was turned over to au thorities at Prescott who held him on instructions trom uaKiana County Sheriff Clare Hubbell. Later, I talked with Robert Lamb, of The Prescott Courier, who met James at the Yavapai County Jail in Prescott. He quoted him as saying: have nothing to say absolutely nothing." With these words James turned on his heel and strode into the jail. JAMES, dressed in his Marine uniform, was turned over to Yavapai County Sheriff Orville Bozarrth and Deputy Sheriff Jess Walker at Seligman by Porter. "On the way down, James was very quiet," Bozarrth said.

He refused to say anything about the charge on which he was arrested. "He gave us no trouble. James was in very good spirits and seems to be a nice enough boy. He is a blond, husky boy of about 170 pounds and is nice appearing." James signed a paper waiving extradition after the journey from Seligman. He will be held in the County Jail until arrangements are made to return him to Michigan.

Ground Broken for New School PLYMOUTH Ground-breaking ceremonies for-a $350,000 elementary school were held Wednesday. The building, which will contain 14 classrooms and a small gymnasium, is the first unit of a proposed $1,350,000 school-building program. It will be completed by September. Plea by Truman Wins 60-Day Phone Truce Union Calls Off Friday Strike; Earnest Bargaining Is Pledged WASHINGTON (U.R) A nationwide telephone strike sebfor Friday morning was averted when the Communication Workers of America agreed to a 60-day postponement requested Mom Voivs Love for Errant Son Mrs. James Holds Hope for Future A mother's love went out to her son who has been named as the slayer of her husband.

"Please oh, please, tell him that everything is going to be all right," said Mrs. Ruth James in Clawson when informed by the Free Press that Carson James had been arrested in jVrizonR "Am I glad 7 she asked In answer to the question. "Well, maybe if everything does turn out all right." MRS. JAMES said the family has arranged to get a lawer Thursday for her son. She said another son, Harold, a Michigan State College student, had been assured by a law professor that Carson had good legal defense.

Mrs James said she had not seen Carson since last summer when he visited her on furlough. SHE SAID she had received a telephone call Wednesday for th husband of her daughter, Mrs. Muriel Hockensmith, of Washington, who had informed authorities of the murder of Stanley James. "He said he was very sorry for his act," Mrs. James said.

"He admitted he acted too hastily. He doesn't know us. We never met him. "He said he made a mistake, but it can't be helped now." Other Stories of Major Interest on Inside Pages Truman Says U.S. Would Fight.

Page 7 FEPC Filibuster Ties Up House. Page 7 Gag Is Clamped on Crommelin. Page 12 Amusements 22 Beauty 19 Bingay 6 Bridge 34 Camera 23 Childs 6 Classified 31-33 Comics 34-35 Crossword 36 Donovan 29 Editorials 6 Fashion 19 Financial 29-30 Food 21 Guest 6 Horoscope 34 IQ Test 10 Marriage 19 Merry-Go-R'd 6 Racing 28 Radio 35 Riley 20 Sports 26-28 Star Gazing 22 Theaters 15 Town Crier 36 Wilson 36 Women's 18-21 Wayne Actors Present 'Alice1 The children's favorite, "Alice in Wonderland," has scored a hit again bigger than ever. Thank the Wayne University Theater's children's unit, which converted the play into a 90-minute show. See "Alice Comes to Wayne," a picture story on the fine points of a high art, in GRAPHIC of SUNDAY'S FREE PRESS THOUSANDS of auto workers were to be laid off unless new coal supplies arrive.

The Ford Motor Co. announced it would lay off 40,000 employes for one day Friday. Production would resume Monday and continue as long as passible, a spokesman said. The move would cut short the company's new six-day week production schedule. The spokesman Generous Delroiters offer fuel to iNeedy.

Page 3. Move starts in Congress to seize coal mines. Page 17. 1 production would have to con tinue on a "day-to-day" basis. The Packard Motor Car Co.

said it will be forced to shut down March 6 unless dwindling fuel stocks are supplemented. The closure will idle 6,500 employes. General Motors Corp. and Nash said there was no immediate danger that they would have to close. State and local agencies geared for extreme measures to keep fires burning in homes and public institutions.

ln Lansing, state hue; Admin- In Lansing, State Fuel Admin- mat tne entire state had an ave-! rage of only seven to 10 days'! supply left. HE ASKED community leaders to meet with coal dealers to work out a system of priorities. Industrial and commercial plants with more coal than current needs were asked to share their surplus with public utilities, hospitals and domestic users. Despite the "average" supply reported by Leonard, the pinch already was being felt in Detroit and other cities. Emergency measures were under way in Detroit.

MAYOR COBO approved a plan to take from the Public Lighting Commission and turn it over to the school system to keep it running. "At the present time it would appear the City will be able to allow enough coal to heat the schools for strictly educational purposes during the whole of March," Co bo said. Schools already have been noti fied to shut off showers and swimming pools. Public swimming classes attended by 12,000 persons were closed by the Department of Parks and Recreation. Home owners apparently have not yet begun to suffer from the shortage in large numbers.

DANIEL J. RYAN, Detroit emergency fuel administrator, said Turn to Page 4, Column 1 MRS RHODA SCHICK, 58, of 1121 Casgrain, was killed when the car in which she was ridiner col- lided with a second auto at Dix and Sibley, Brownstown Township. Although bus runs from Detroit were starting on schedule. Greyhound Lines reported incoming buses were from one to two hours late. Buses from Chicago, where the storm struck heavily, were badly delayed.

ALL FLIGHTS from City Airport were canceled at 4 p. m. Wednesday. However, at Willow Run there was no change in flight schedules, the airport manager said. The Automobile Club of Michigan reported all roads south of the I 325 Pupils Routed as School Burns HAMMOND, Ind.

(JP) Fire destroyed the Prrrish grade school Wednesday morning after driving 325 pupils out into a snowstorm. Three teachers suffered minor burns as they stayed inside to((jiSpUte, AIRPORT CLOSED; BUSES RUN LATE 2 Die as Snow Snarls City Traffic make sure all the children got out. Principal Helen'Broadhurst, who suffered arm burns, said the Tire apparently started in the attic of the one-story, eight-room wooden schoolhouse. Muskegon Bay City tremely slippery." line' ex- M-53, NORTH of Imlay City, was blocked because of snow Roads north and south of St. Clair were reported impassable by the State Police.

There was 7V2 inches of snow on the level, they said. Similar conditions were reported in the Thumb and Central Michi gan. The Weather Bureau predicted continued intermittent falls of snow throughout the night Wednesday, with lighter flurries Thursday. Over the United States, snow, sleet and rain took at least 32 lives. Blinding snow slowed traffic by land and air to a virtual standstill in Detroit and Michigan and brought two traffic deaths in the city.

Four inches of snow fell in Detroit within a 24-hour period. It was one inch less than the year's record snowstorm of Feb. 13. Henry Kalajian, 62, of 5182 Martindale, died in Mt. Carmel Mercy Hospital of injuries received when he was struck by a car at Joy near Wyoming.

Kalajian and Herman Eicholt, 60, of 5208 Maplewood, were both side of a car driven by William G. Kelly. Eicholt was seriously hurt. Kelly, 35, of 8110 Rutland, was not held. Oakman, to Speak PLYMOUTH Charles G.

Oak-man, Detroit councilman, will be guest speaker at the University of Michigan Club banquet Thursday night at the First Presbyterian Church. i..