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in II am. 1K 12 noon 23 2 9 31 FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1950 On Guard for Over a Century 32 Pages Vol. 119 No. 296 Five Cents 6) IT) ri BY FULTON OVRSLER The Greatest Story Ever Told Chapter III Unknown Messenger ran For readers who may have missed one or more of the fiit four chapters of "The Greatest Story Ever Told" there will be a synopsis of this portion of the book in Sunday's Free Press. Then suddenly Zachary came out in a wild rush from the sanctuary, and something very serious was wrong with him the whole multitude could see that.

Swaying dizzily down the 12 steps, he staggered to the rim of the open part of the altar. mi As Zachary tottered there, Attention Getters Mercy Death Plea Claimed by Doctor Sheriff Says Sa er Told of Spouse Begging Him to 'Eliminate' Wife BY EDWIN A. LA1IEY Free Press Special Writer MANCHESTER, N. H. Dr.

Hermann N. Sander gave Mrs. Abbie Borroto that knockout needle of air bubbles on Dec. 4 at the desperate entreaty of the woman's husband, Reginald, the case jury was told. But Tories Score Gain of 15 Seats Record Balloting Indicated in Britain LONDON () The Labor Party won 159 seats in the House of Commons, returns from 258 of Britain's 625 constituencies showed.

The Conservatives won 98 and the Liberals only one. The popular vote showed a per cent swing toward the Conservatives. Experts believed the swing would have to be twice this amount to give Conservatives a victory. Arthur Creech Jones, Labor colonial undersecretary, was defeated in his bid for re-election in the Shipley district of Yorkshire. The winner, by 81 votes, was conservative G.

Hirst. 14 Associated Presf WirfDhoto M'f Vv! I I I i i I I 4- II I I il i- si. 1 1. I -'4 'i 1 5 i ill 1 1 1 Annas, the High Priest, leaped forward and put strong arms around him. IX THE stillness of the sunset air they could all hear the crisp voice of Annas asking or an explanation.

But Zachary, cheeks pale, eyes glittering, hair mussed, could only stamp his right foot and wave his arms in frantic movements. He was pointing to his open mouth as if he had swallowed the mystery and therefore could make no sound. There was nothing to be done but for Annas to leave him standing there while he, as High Priest, took over the service, made the final prayer, and dismissed the people. THEN AND then oniy could Elizabeth get out of the Court of Women and beat her way to the outer square where Joachim held Zachary waiting. The old wife sheltered her man in her arms.

"We're going home, Zachary," she niHrmured. "Don't weep. Don't try to talk. We will go home now." Not until they were back home in Ain Karim did Zachary divulge the facts. He sat at the table motioning for parchment and quills; Zachary would talk with them, by writing; the first great fact was that he had been stricken dumb.

"AH! AH! FOR once in his life he could celebrate the sacrifice in Jerusalem and he was stricken dumb!" Elizabeth sobbed and groaned; surely they were under a curse of God. But Zachary admonished her with uplifted finder. Slowly, and forming the inky characters with great exactitude so that his meaning could not possibly be mistaken, Zachary wrote on the parchment: "I have been listening to an angel!" When she read these words, Elizabeth gave a low moan and Turn to Page 12, Column 1 What They Are Saying SENATOR BYRD Va.) calling for an end to deficit spending by the Government: "In our fiscal affairs the President is taking the easy course of procrastination, waiting for some unspecified time in the future to do what he should and can do now." HENRY FORD speaking before the Buffalo Chamber of Commerce "We will produce and deliver only to the extent that there is somebody on hand to pay the bill. Eventually the check has to be picked up by the people and that includes all of us. The Government isn't Santa Claus any more than the corporation or the labor union, for that matter.

The customer Is Santa Claus." TTpr Ancu'Pr Vpc C1 ACS LOS ANGELES (JP) Quizmaster Bob Hawk Mary Rechner, 40, former film studio secretary, obtained a marriage license. i Radio! 42, and New York are, from left: Mary Seidl, Medical Specialist Corps; Patricia Crant-ford, WAC winter uniform; Mary Cottrell, Nurse Corps, summer; Ruth Seshun, WAC, summer; Elaine Arnold, WAC jacket, Army bigwjgs decided the service needs more glamor. So they ordered these new "oomph" uniforms for Army women. The outfits, which will hecome regulation next year, are the first ever to be worn without a necktie. Modeling the chic new getups in House OK's Substitute FEPC Bill All Teeth Taken from Truman Measure WASHINGTON OP) In a bitter defeat for the Administration, the House passed a sub- stitute FEPC bill, legal It was barriers stripped of the against racial discrimination in 'employment that President Tru- man has demanded.

The vote was 240 to 177. Some of the sponsors of the original Administration measure voted against the substitute. IN DOING SO they had to vote as did the Southern Democrats jwho superintended the wrecking of the original bill. FEPC. the initials which have taken on a huge significance for Negroes and some other minority groups, stands for Fair Employment Practices Commission.

The bill the House passed and sent to the Senate would establish such a commission, but that is about all. The board would be directed to work with state and local agencies to discourage discrimination in the hiring and firing of minority groups. THE COMMISSION could hold investigations, and make recommendations but it couldn't issue cease-and-desist orderr enforceable by the Federal courts, as the Administration bill provided. A Democrat who holds a very high position in the House sum-Turn to Page 8, Column 1 Boy Drowns in Sewer AKRON Terry Wayne Hoover, 6, drowned in a sewage manhole shortly after a four-year-old companion was rescued from the same water. A friend, Timmy Pippitt, fell into the eight-foot-deep water but James Suspect Is Jovial in Jail but Won't Talk Law Officers Depart, for Arizona to Bring Back Clawson Killer The wheels of justice began turning Thursday for Marine Sgt, State Cities Desperate for Coal Williams Declares Crisis in Michigan Michigan communities prepared extreme emergency measures as continued cold weather ate up their small coal piles.

Flint and Jackson were among the hardest hit cities. Flint City Manager Harold Kinder warned that the city's supply would be gone by Saturday. Gov. Williams officially declared the, shortage at the "critical" stage Thursday. He urged communities to work with the State in locating and distributing scarce fuel supplies.

AT AN EMERGENCY meeting Thursday, Kinder said Flint would ration the remaining coal. Dealers will be permitted to deliver only a half-ton to a customer. The Genessee County Red Cross prepared to establish mass dormitories and feeding stations in churches and other oil-heated buildings. Three more schools will be closed Monday, adding to the four already shut. St.

Joseph Hospital began to borrow cOal from the City Water Department. Other hospitals will follow suit when their slim supplies are exhausted. MAYOR George Wills indicated that Flint might seize coal from businesses and industries if the emergency should continue. Rationing already was in effect in Jackson. All household coal was ordered held in the dealers vards.

i I All persons have been required to order their coal through the City Hall. Police were assigned to visit each home and business place to determine if the need was urgent. Grand Rapid3 City Manager George H. Kranenberg released 25 tons of City coal to help home owners in acute need. HE ASKED the Welfare Department for workers to cut up thousands of cords of wood in the "City's "stump yard." The unsold supply of coal In Battle Creek Thursday afternoon was less than 20 tons.

Within 24 hotirs it had dwindled from Wednesday's reported 2,500 tons. Many home owners were said to have stocked up heavily before the situation became acute. There suffering was apparently by home owners no in Detroit. Emergency Fuel Administrator Daniel J. Ryan already was operating a coal-sharing plan to assure supplies to fuelless homes.

"WE ARE GETTING co-operation," Ryan said, "and have not yet heard of any suffering." He insisted that domestic users he down to one dnvs simnlv heforei psking for aid. Two phones, WO I 5-5724 and WO 5-5728, have been, installed to handle the flood of calls. Other Stories of Major Interest on Inside Pages No New Taxes, Legislators Say. Page 21 Red Wings Tie Canadiens. Page 23 Amuse'ts 10-11 Beauty ig Bingay 6 Brady 31 Bridge 30 Chatterbox 14 Childs 6 Classified 27-29 Comics 30-31 Crossword 32 Donovan 17 Editorials 6 Fashion 15 Financial 17-19 Food is Guest Horoscope 6 31 4 IQ Test Merry-Go-R'd 6 Racing Radio Riley Rose Ruark Sports 14 Schram 21 Star Gazing 10 Theaters 25 Town Crier 32 Women's 14-16 TO CALL THE FREE PRESS: OODWARD 2 8900 30 32 This startling aspect of the "mercy killing" of the cancer-ridden Mrs.

Borroto was brought out for the first time Thursday in testimony in Superior Court, where Dr. Sander is on trial for first degree murder. The defense itself dropped a surprise in court. It intimated that Mrs. Borroto already was dead when the air was injected.

SHERIFF Thomas F. O'Brien, who displayed complete mastery of the double negative, gave the jury an account of all the self-incriminating statements Dr. Sander had made on Dec. 29. The sheriff's claim that Reginald Borroto had asked Dr.

Sander to "relieve" his wife's sufferings caused a stir in court. One of the big unanswered questions of this sensational case was whether Dr. Sander acted on hisl own initiative. LOUIS E. WYMAN, chief of defense counsek said that he would present medical evidence to show that Mrs.

Borroto already was dead when Dr. Sander injected air into her veins shortly after 11 a. m. on Dec. 4.

Wyman's revelation came during the routine examination of the first witness in the case, Dr. Harold I. L. Loverud, chief of staff at the Hillsborough County Hospital, Prosecutor William L. Phinney, acting to block such a defense, quickly asked Dr.

Loverud: "Do you know of any conceivable reason for Injecting air into, the veins of a person who is dead?" "No," Dr. Loverud replied with emphasis. A NURSE, Miss Josephine Connor, testified that Dr. Sander dictated to her his "progress report" on Mrs. Borroto.

From her shorthand notes. Miss Connor read Dr. Sander's report that Mrs. Boroto had been given 10 cubic centimeters of air intravenously four times and that the cancer-ridden patient had died 10 minutes later. "In answer to my question how the air injection worked," Miss Connor said, "Dr.

Sander said it worked pretty good, that the patient died easily." O'Brien related th-i Dr. Robert E. Biron, the county medical referee, told him of the air injection. Dr. Sander was present at the talk.

"What did Dr. Sander say," County Solicitor William H. Craig asked the witness. "DR. SANDER said Mrs.

Borro-to's husband had to him about doing something to relieve her pain," O'Brien said. "The doctor told the husband that drugs didn't seem to help much. "Mr. Borroto kept bringing it up with Dr. Sander, and finally said that it would be a help if Dr.

Sander could eliminate her life," O'Brien continued. "Dr. Sander told the husband he couldn't do that, it was against the law, but Mr. Bor-. roto kept bringing it op and Dr.

Sander said that In a weak moment he agreed. "On Dec. 3, Dr. Sander told me, Mr. Borroto stayed all night at the hospital with Mrs.

Borroto, until 5 a. m. Dec. 4. Then he went home and started drinking and had a hard time.

"DR. SANDER said he went to Mrs. Borroto's room that morning and injected the air, and that she died in 10 minutes. "He called Mr. Borroto and said that he had taken care of the situation, and Mr.

Borroto said, 'Thank God, I'm glad it's over'." BRING A SMILE to your wife's face when you suggest that she investigate the many beautiful homes that are listed daily and Sunday in the Free Press "Real Estate for Sale" columns. For Want Ad Service, Dial WO 2-9400 Free Press Wire Services LONDON The Labor Party, with strong lead in election returns from more than a third of the nation, claimed victory in its fight to keep Britain on the road to socialism for five more years. Leaders of Prime Minister Clem ent R. Attlee's party predicted a sure though sharply reduced ma jority in the new House of Commons. The party winning a majority in the House runs the Government.

AN AIR of gloom pervaded the Conservative headquarters. But a spokesman for Winston Church ill's hard-fighting party said the issue was still in doubt. Early returns showed that the Conservatives had made a net gain of 15 seats. The Laborites had lost 13. Other parties had lost two.

The party standings were: Labor and affiliates 149 Conservatives and affiliates 81 Liberal 1 Total 241 The popular vote was: Labor and affiliates 4,975,388 Conservatives and affiliates 4,318,200 Liberals 901,384 Communists 51,308 Others 34.563 Total 10,280,843 The Liberals and Communists were lagging so far that many of them forfeited their election deposits of $420 each because they failed to poll one-eighth of the total vote. LABOR SPOKESMEN said a clear-cut victory for their party was inevitable. One leader said Labor would have a 60-seat majority in the 625-seat House. In the old House of Commons, made up of 640 seats. Labor had a majority of 148.

Indications were that a record 26,000,000 voters cast ballots in Thursday's election. A total of 34,410,306 was eligible to vote. The final outcome probably will not be known until Friday afternoon. The 265 constituencies that were being counted Thursday night, however, were expected to establish the trend. Prime Minister Attlee won re-electiort to his seat from Waltham-stow.

He defeated his nearest op ponent. Conservative John Paul, by a margin. OTHER LABOR ministers re elected included: Harold Wilson, president of the Board Trade; Philip Noel-Baker, secretary for Commonwealth relations; James Chuter Ede, home secretary; George- Isaacs, minister of labor; George Tomlinson, minister of education; Charles W. Key, minister of works; Winifred Paling, postmas ter general; Sir Hartley Shaw-cross; attorney general; Sir Stafford Cripps, chancellor of the Exchequer; Ernest Bevin, foreign secretary; Dr. Edith Summerskill, food minister, and Aneurin Bevan, health minister.

John J. Astor, 32-year-old son of American-born Lady Astor and a Conservative, was beaten In the Sutton district of Plymouth by Mrs. Lucy Middleton, Labor ite. Randolph Churchill, son of the Conservative leader, lost out in an attempt to unseat Michael Foot, Laborite, in the Devonport district. The elder Churchill's son-in-law, Duncan Sandys, marked up a Conservative victory in the Streatham part of London.

Carson James, He is held ties in the slaying of his father, James is accused of pumping five bullets into the body of the elder James on Nov. 28. 1947. A compact of secrecy on the murder was then allegedly sworn by the family after the 'body was buried in a cowshed behind the family home in Troy Township. TWO OAKLAND County officers were on their way to Pres-cott, armed with the murder warrant obtained from Prosecutor Clyde Underwood on the recommendation of Oakland County Sheriff Clare Hubbell.

It was estimated that about 10 days would be required for the round trip by auto to bring the husky, blond serviceman back from the Yavapai County Jail. A new development in the case Thursday was a statement by Carson James ex-wife, Cynthia Pike, 31, in Boston that James had threatened in early 1947 to kill his father. "I didn't believe him," she said. "I thought he must be insane or unbalanced. That was one of the reasons why our marriage broke up." MISS PIKE divorced James late in 1949 on charges of desertion.

They were married in 1945 and lived together seven months before the Clawson (Mich.) man left her, she said. Her statement was ridiculed by Mrs. Ruth James, mother of Carson and four other boys and two girls. She has told authorities of years of mistreatment at the hands of her husband. was pulled out by his brother, 'Terry, 6, firemen said.

2 Unions Join for Drive at GM UAW and IUE Unite for Contract Fight DAYTON, O. (P) High officials of two of the nation's largest CIO unions announced they intend to join forces on demands for new contracts with General Motors Corp. The unions are the United Automobile Workers and the International Electrical Workers, which claims 28.000 members in GM electrical divisions. THE ANNOUNCEMENT was made by James B. Carey, national administrative chairman of the IUE, after a meeting of IUE and UAW officials.

He said the two unions formulated a three-point program under which they will: 1 Seek increased wages. 2 Insist on a pension and social insurance program which will give "adequate security." 3 Urge GM to lower the price of its products. Carey said that simultaneous meetings will be held in Detroit next week by the GM conference boards of the 'two unions. Actual contractual proposals will be prepared then, he said. THE GM electrical division contract expires April ,28.

The UAW contract with GM expires May 29. Carey said members of both unions will receive a recommendation that neither union make a contract with GM without prior notice to the other and without consultation and agreement. The meeting here was attended by T. A. Johnstone, director of the UAW's GM division, and E.

S. Patterson, assistant to Johnstone. JOHNSTONE AND Patterson said they were fully able to speak for the UAW. (The IUE is a new union formed after the CIO high command expelled the former UE because of alleged Communist domination. (Twice in the past the UE settled its contract with GM before the UAW and set a pattern to which the UAW was compelled to accede.) in Arizona for Michigan authori Stanley James, 52.

Fire Razes Courthouse at Manistee Special to the Fre Prrss MANISTEE The Manistee County courthouse burned to the ground at midnight Thursday. The flames spread to a garage and two houses adjoining. and were still raging early Friday Fire apparatus from Manistee and four neighboring towns fought the flames in 10-above tempera tures. NO ONE WAS injured. Five prisoners in the jail, in part of the 80-year-old building were released soon after the alarm sounded, and helped firemen fight the flames.

All county were destroyed. The fire broke out shortly after 11 p. m. and raged fiercely for nearly an hour and a half. At 12:30 a.

m. Friday, One wall of the structure crashed to the ground. Crash of the remaining walls was believed imminent. Cause of the blaze, which broke out in the second floor of the building, was undetermined. No estimate of the value of the building was immediately available, but it was believed the structure could not be replaced for less than 5300,000.

Detroiter Tells of Visit with Pope How does Pope Pius XII greet Holy Year? What sort of person is the pontiff-? Walter Pierre, Free Press news editor, recounts his recent audience with the Pope in. a colorful story on the Church Page of SATURDAY'S FREE PRESS UNANIMOUS AGAINST SPLITTING IT Leave Cass Park as Is, City Plan Board Says The City Plan Commission voted unanimously against a proposal to cut Second through the heart of Cass Park. The plan had been suggested by the City Traffic Engineer's Office as a measus of easing a traffic bottleneck around the park. In a matter of minutes Terrv Hoover fell in, firemen continued, and could not be saved. light at Temple and Second may help reduce accidents, Emery reported.

Ten business firms in the neighborhood oppose a road through the park, the Commission was told. Emery said the John C. Lodge Expressway will take some of the load off cond. EMERY SUGGESTED that the slowdown of traffic rounding the park tends to alleviate jams farther out Second. The Commission's action will be presented to the Common Council.

Several councilmen have said that they favor the cut-through. The Plan Commission said it said favored rounding off the corners around the park but leaving the park as it is. GEORGE F. EMERY, Commission director said the present corners cause no more than a 10 second delay to traffic headed out Second. He said that the park does not constitute a serious hazard.

"I don't see how Carson could Turn to Page 8, Column 2 Cleaners Taken on Their Day Off LONDON (JP) For nine months 90 London street cleaners battled for a five-day work week. Recently they got it. Thursday they asked, for permission to work 56 days. They said their wives were making, them do household chores on Saturday morning. i He pointed out that in four years no one has been injured seriously in that section.

gOut of 158 accidents there In that period, 127 were property-damage collisions, he stated. A proposal to put a traffic.