Chester Times (Newspaper) - January 11, 1947, Chester, Pennsylvania BASKETBALL basketball competition for county teams tot rolling Friday night For details of the games see page 9 Wit Leased Wire or United Press UP and International News Service INS Last City Edition CLOUDY WARMER Chester Partly cloudy today and tonight Warmer today and not so cold tonight Sunday cloudy with moderate temperatures CHESTER PA SATURDAY JANUARY 11 1947 PUBLISHED EVENING EXCEPT SUNDAY Congress On Strike PRICE THREE CENTS COUNTY LEGION PAYS TRIBUTE TO COMMANDER Griffith Recommends Expansion of Vet Job Program More than 400 members guests of the American Legion at tended a dinner at Manoa Fri day night in honor of Paul H Grif fith of Uniontown first commander of the legion from Department of Pennsylvania Th dinner was sponsored by member of the Eighth District which in eludes Delaware and Chester Coun Griffith was introduced by Clydi fc Rankin of Philadelphia Penn Department commander while William J Rhoads of Nor wood past department commande and chairman of the reception com opened the meeting Griffith in the principal of the evening attacked the gov eminent for failure to enforce veterans employment preference act of 1944 and recommended the expansion of government policies fo the re-employment of veterans Griffith was welcomed to the dfs by Dixie D Dryden of Chester Department and Charles J Zenone District Com- mander of Haverford Township The toastmaster was Congressman Paul B Dague of Chester a former finance officer of the Statt Legion organization and Rev ard H Gurley was chaplain Brief addresses were given E Wallace Chadwick of Rose Valley Howard E McKay of Springfield chairman of the planning committee for the dinner Mrs Raymond M Heald director Mrs Francis Gerber vice-president and Mrs A Bruce Denniston state president of the Legion Auxiliary Fred F Evans chairman Delaware County Com- Thomas E Plummer man Chester Courity Committee Harry K Stinger national executive Edward A Linsky adjutant state department and Joseph I Finnerty finance officer state department Music was furnished by the Junior Drum and Bugle Corps of Upper Darby Post 214 Committee bers from Delaware County in- cluded McKay general chairman Leo A McDonald Yeadon 5 Rhoads Dryden and Mrs James S Desmond of hester reception committee and aroki DeLand Albert H Reading and Thomas all of Chester arrangements and seating committee During his address Griffith re- that Legion membership has grown since last year and put forward a goal of five million members by the end of 1947 kin reporting on Pennsylvania membership announced that a goa of oOO 000 has been set for this year The state now has the largest gion membership in the nation TWU AND VISCOSE DECIDE ON WAGES ator John Murray announced to day that representatives of the tile Workers Union CIO and the American Viscose Corp have reached a wage agreement to ap proval of the union membership Murray refused to give any of the agreement which covers workers at seven plants located at Meadville Lewiston and Marcus Hook Front Royal and Ro and and Nitro W Va The union had asked lor an 18 cents an hour increase Warden Denies Flash Had Chance to Flee Warden John J Cain denied today that Delaware Flash bandit had a chance to escape while he was at meadows farm awaiting trans- fer to the Eastern Penitentiary where he's now serving a 50 to 100-year sentence The Flash Clifford P den the bandit whose career of crime covered tne later the year ago was reported to have said that he had an opportunity to escape while he was at the county jail The report was revealed from the bench yesterday by Judge Aloert Button MacDade who He has Informed the Sheriff that he had an op- to escape Both District Attorney C- liam Kraft Jr who prosecuted the case and Lloyd Goman who represented the Flash said tney knew nothing of any cape possibility Warden Cain added his com- when he declared that Redden had no chance ot getting out There's nothing to no with him at he explained PAUL H GRIFFITH PROPOSED WAGE TAX IN HOOK MAY BE ILLEGAL Tax Experts Say Quaker City Law Will Not Apply Serious doubts of the legality of Marcus Hook's proposed wage tax were expressed today by a number of local attorneys and tax experts but borough officials said that the proposal to set up and approve a payroll levy ordinance would be carried out The wage tax which would affect approximately employes of he Sun Oil Company American Viscose Corporation and other large industries located wholly or ally in the county borough was proved in principle by Marcus Hook's eight councilmen at a meeting early his week and has also received the backing of Burgess William J Clure Although the tax rate has not yet been decided local officials said it would be at least one cent on all wages paid in the borough attorney pointed out there is no specific authorization from the State under which a borough could evy such a tax on non-residents Philadelphia is the only community specifically authorized to tax non- residents and is the only city in the state having a wage tax at this ime The Philadelphia wage tax was passed by the City Council on Dec 3 1939 and became effective on New Year's Day 1940 Although specifically authorized by the ing Act of 1932 the wage levy nevertheless faced a long court fight it was finally approved by he state and U S Supreme Courts Authorities pointed out that burgh the state's second largest city was not authorized to tax rolls and expressed serious doubts hat Marcus legally do O- It was admitted by all critics of proposal however that the Soroush could enact such an nance and then await a court de- on its legality as the pre- vious court decisions applied only o Philadelphia Local industries would be ex- to the tax in the if the ordinance is enacted However officials of the American Viscose Corporation said today that hey had not yet had time to dis- uss the proposal and had not come o any decision their at- the payroll tax Sun Oil Company officials were not available Turn to Page 2 Number 7 Honor Mrs Mason Upland Baptist Church To Dedicate Memorial Chimes A memorial that will carry music over the hills and across the fields of the neighboring countryside will be dedicated in the Upland Baptist Church on Sunday It will be a memorial in the form of chimes dedicated to the late Mrs Margaret Bell Mason who was born in Upland was a member of the church on Jan H 1946 in ths old homestead in which she was born The Maas chimes tured in California consist of a series of tubes or pipes set into the wall near the organ in the choir Joft i the rear of the church A keyboard of 24 keys connected with the organ is used to play the instrument The chimes which have six levels of volume are said to become sweeter of tone with use High in the steeple of the church will be four amplifiers The chimes can be played just for the tion they can be played over the amplifying system which will carry them a distance of several miles or they may be heard both inside and outside Rev Dr Reuben E E ness interim pastor will from the pulpit at the 10.45 service on Sunday ing Rev John Farmer Gates who recently retired as pastor of the Upland church will cate the chimes on behalf of Mrs Mason's husband Averill E Mason Sr and her four children Mrs Clyde Carson of Ocean City N j Miss C Mason Averill E Mason Jr and H Mason all of Upland Dr will cept the chimes for the con- H church will be at the console and will play special musical numbers which were favorites of Mrs Mason The choir will der an anthem and at the close of the service Mr Hibbs will play a number of selections over the amplification system On Sunday night at 7.30 there will be n special program on the chimes Rev Harold B Dilker assistant pastor will con- duct the while Mrs Minnie A Hoffman organist at the Church of the Good herd Philadelphia will be at the organ and chimes Mrs Hoffman will play a number of selections over the amplification system while a male quartet from the Chester YMCA Glee Turn to Paf e 2 Number 4 SILVER JUBILEE DRAWS THRONG TO POLICE BALL guests more than ever before in the 25-year history of Chester Police Association dances thronged St Hedwig's Hall Friday night for the Silver Jubilee men's Ball The affair opened with the and colorful grand march led by Chief of Police Andrew J Desmond Jr and Mrs Desmond Assistant conductors for the grant march were Sgt Howard H free first assistant Sergeant ward F McGuire second assistant Officer Carl P third ant and Sgt John fourth assistant With their wives these police cers followed the Desmonds onto the floor where Tony Caruso's band played the National Anthem Mavor Ralph F Swarts gave trie address of welcome and Mrs Swarts was pre- sented with flowers from the ter Police Association Dancing began following the Ad- dress and presentations with ruso's and Bert band Sgt John F and De- active Frank Toole were general chairman and of the The annual ball is presented for benefit of several police programs including the police jension fund hospitalization fits and the special program programs were for this year's dance which photographs of the entire police force the committee heads and various city hall scenes lad black and silver covers and contained good wishes from 230 ad- and friends BAR ASSOCIATION MEETS ON MONDAY Members of the Delaware County Association will hold their an- nual meeting at the Media house at 4.30 p m on Monday it was announced today Officers will be elected to serve or the coming year and reports Mil be received from all committee Paul Lane Ives Chester who now heads will preside Martin Opposes Tax Cuts Asks Lower Federal Costs By HARKEY REITEB Chester Times Washington Burean Washington Senator Edward Martin former governor of ania and new Republican member f the Congressional upper chamber aid today in an interview for the Chester Times that he believed in he lowest possible federal ure and continued high taxation or the present In times of he said we should continue our high rate f taxation and keep government osts at a minimum in order to ave the largest possible amount or difficult times ahead Our most job is to reduce the onal debt even if only by a billion this He added that federal funds for out stream Responsibility Of the Christian College i responsibilities of the Christian College will focus the at- of of related schools colleges and aries m a conference at on January 15 and 16 This ill Conducted by the Baptist Institutions in of the of and National Christian director of the Department of Schools Colleges e u- and Publication Northern Baptist Convention and executive secretary of the ANBEI explained that the major event of the mid- favorite project with the former not be allocated as of today States and must carry the burden of im- proving our water supplies In opposing tax reduction for the present Senator Martin places self m opposition to Senator ert A Taft and other leaders who are advocating reductions up to as much as 20 per cent on income tax One Senatorial advocate reminded ms associates that when the of the Treasury Andrew lon reduced income taxes business spurted and the government took in larger sums than under the rates That can happen again Or go the other way The new senator and his staff cannot be said to have settled and opened for business in their new offices 260 Senate Office Building George I Bloom tive assistant to Mr Martin Is ing In Harrisburg to advise and temporary Governor John C Bell who has a few days in office and is not familiar with the routine there Mrs Martin is back in ington Pa the senator's taken her famous collection of inat tne major event of the mid- pitchers there for mY n Li 1C Ul cipal address will be delivered bv Nash Apartment of Education Health School of Education New York University on Student Health Services The midwinter conference will open with a dinner nn 5 jn With committees as resource gro to Page 4 Column 11 The senator has left to join her at their home this week-end and to settle some personal affairs staff here Is Mrs M Boeshen of who has been stenographic secretary to the for many years She joined him when was auditor general r of Turn to Paje 2 Number 3 U S GIVES VETS GREEN LIGHT ON HOUSING Washington ment assured veterans today that they still have first choice on ing or renting the permanent dwellings started under the defunct veterans priority system The Office of Temporary Con- pointed out that maximum sales prices and rentals set on those homes by the Federal Ad- ministration also still apply despite recent changes in housing tions The old regulations apply to ill units started under authorizations granted before Dec 24 1 On that date the veterans system was changed to a eral permit system under which are permitted to build for their own use The price ceiling on new homes was also re- moved and rent ceilings were re- The OTC said that It is drive through Its 630 rent offices to see that erans preference rights are ob- Turn to Page 2 Number 8 V1 Stanford University Calif are Dr Hubert S LorinR ami Dr E whoso success y hils announced by e y They arc working at the centrifuge which an part heir experiments Production of purified virus is the to find a vaccine against poliomyelitis national Budget Cut Hearings Set For January 20 President Truman's 000 000 budget was headed for the Congressional ing table today with set soon after Jan Chairman John R announced that his House Appropriations Committee would begin hearings Jan 20 on four appropriation bills the Navy Office Labor cunty Agency and the Interior Department Taber made it plain would carry an economy sea pel into room The President hns allowed very liberal he said We'll show him how they can be trimmed down and increase the efficiency of the ment Despite strong Republican sentiment for cutting ment expenses a doubtful future was in store for the 20 per cent income tax reduction sored by Chairman Harold Knutson R Minn of the House Ways and Means Committee Many members of his own com- Republicans and alike were unwilling to commit themselves In favor of the measure Most Republicans on the GOP controlled committee said they favored some tax reduction but felt the question should wait until it is shown how budget will be cut Some Turn to Page 2 Number 5 Capt Ts V Cooper Media Promoted to Rear-Admiral Thomas V Cooper USN of 133 East Fifth street Media who retired on Jan 1 after serving over of active duty in the Navy was promoted to the rank of Rear Ad- miral it is announced by John L aullivan Assistant Secretary of the The naval officer who served as Assistant Chief of Staff for Fourth Naval District the seven months received the etter of his promotion a few days after he was placed on the retired ist A graduate of the Naval Academy n 1916 Rear Admiral d at sea during both Wars In World War I he was signed with Battle Squadron Six aboard the battleship New York the North Sea When was declared he was assigned in the submarine ce After serving nine years with sub- marine forces he was ordered on the tan of the Marine Corps School at Quantico Va From 1935 to 1937 he commanded a destroyer in the China and a year later became a member of the Senior War College n 1939 Cooper was assigned to re- a division of World War7 destroyers at San Diego Calif As commander of these destroyers he was sent to the North Atlantic at he scene of the Atlantic Charter His division escorted Winston back to Iceland During World War n he spent Turn to 2 1 HOWARD HUGHES CARY GRANT IN Dayton O UP Officials at nearby Wright Field said today that millionaire airman Howard Hughes took from the field lost night with screen star Gary Grant as a passenger in a surplus bomber and has been contacted since he radioed Indianapolis Airport at p m Hughes reportedly was bound for Amarillo Tex where he was posed to arrive at p m but civil aeronautics authorities there said he did not arrive Two other persons were In the a co-pilot named Van Dyke and an engineer named Martin who could not be further identified The plane Is a fast engined bomber built by Douglas Aircraft and purchased by Hughes is government surplus It carried private license number Hollywood Howard Hughes and actor Cary Grant who took off from Wright Field O last night in a Hughes executive plane heading for for a brief vacation RKO studio said today SUPREME COURT TO HEAR LEWIS CONTEMPT CASE Justices to Scan legality of Fine In Court Today Washington INS John L Lewis will lay before the Supreme Court today his case for reversal of a contempt conviction resulting from the recent coal walkout At the time the Justice De- will ask the high tribunal to uphold a Federal District Court fine of three million 510 thousand dollars levied against and the United Mine Workers Union The UMW and government brief were scheduled to be filed at 10 a m Oral arguments In the case will be heard by thes Supreme Court justices next Tuesday Federal District Judge T Alan Goldsborough found Lewis guilty Inst month of violating a restraining order aimed at preventing the day walkout of soft conl miners The court order directed the UMW chief to withdraw a notice terminating the miners wage ment with the government Lewis immediately pasted bond and appealed the lower court tion He also called off the mine walkout so the Supreme Court be free Irom public pressure super- Induced by the hysteria and frenzy of an economic crisis UMW arguments In the Supreme lourt were expected to follow closely those made before Judge ough Lewis major contention has been that the lower court's restraining order was illegal and that he did not have to obey it H that he Act prevented the issuance of such an injunction Judge Goldsborough overruled this argument He held that the statute injunctions In labor putes did not apply to the ment which sought and obtained the restraining order against the mine shutdown Another aspect of the legal battle has not yet been tried In the lower court This Is the dispute over whether Lewis had a right to terminate the contract ering government operation of the mines Infantile Paralysis Virus Finally Isolated Called Miracle Of The Aqe Palo Alto Palo Alto Cal A stone in science's fight against in- paralysis was marked day in announcement of the Iso- lation of a nearly pure polio virus Two Stanford University is were credited with successfully isolating the vims in an ment which may lead to discovery of a vaccine effective against tain types of the dread crippling disease The chemists Dr Hubert S ing and Dr C E Schwerdt have been working for the past three years under a grant from the tional Foundation for Infantile Their experiments resulted in a virus which was declared eighty per cent pure A virus Is a non-fllterable of Infinitesimal sions The Stanford researchers found by means of photographs taken through an electron micro- scope that polio virus is a ical particle about twenty-five of a meter in diameter It reacts chemically as a protein Doctor Loring pointed out that with the discovery of a relatively pure virus the experimental door is open to further research The chemist cautioned however that a long and exacting mental path lies ahead in the search for a successful vaccine against polio It was explained that the virus must be rendered and must be tested on rats mice and monkeys before it can be safely applied in the final human vaccination cure the scourage He Now further experiments mav be carried out to reach 100 per cent purification that it achieved further work will be needed to prepare a vaccine which when perfected can be given to people Just as smallpox vaccine Is administered as a pre- When that great day comes It will be the answer to the prayers of thousands of polio victims and their relatives Chicago Cook County physician today lauded the tion of a nearly pure litis virus by Stanford University scientists as a discovery able to the production of the atom bomb Dr Edward Cook County health physician It's perfection will be one of the greatest miracles of the age Dr himself an expert on infantile paralysis said the Stanford discovery was the ing wedge toward procuring a cine with which to prevent and In Today's Amusements 10 Babson 6 Birthdays it C Brown 6 Churches Comics i 1 Cross Puzzle S Deaths 11 Editorials fi Household Arts 7 Letters 6 Marian Martin 7 Lie Obituaries Pearson Radio R E Page Stratton Sunday School Times Files Tucker Women's PBM 7 BALKAN ISSUES DOMINATE UN'S AGENDA TODAY Albanian Mine Case Trieste Move On Lake Success relations in the dominated the business of the United Nations Security Council today 1 Britain pressed for speedy of its dispute with Albania over the mining of Corfu Channel in the Adriatic a UN got to work on preparations for taking over the free of Trieste and beginning the delicate insk of maintaining peace one of the hottest cor- ners of Europe special Balkans Commission rushed final ments for its comprehensive spot investigation of arens where the Greeks have been having trouble with the elements of Bulgaria slavia ami Albania The tour will begin Jan 30 In Athens Government finally filed Its complaint against Albania ast night only n few minutes after the Council as a first birthday gift to the world unanimously to assume responsibility for the free territory of Trieste In he UN for the first time ln efforts to a dispute brought Albania Into the Council as a result of tt of conflicts over activities In the Corfu Straits The most grievous complaint grew out of the disaster 01 last 41 British sailors killed and two British destroyers damaged by mines planted in the channel The Council's show of unanimity approving the Four Foreign Minister's plim for Trieste was marred only by Australia's refusal to vote Australian delegate N J o argued o the Inst that the council not empowered to sume responsibility which the Four asked the UN to assume Then Himself in Pact of Death N Y ccs will be held tomorrow for beth Warner partner in a pact whose companion Pvt 19 shot fatally after he rmd killed the girl I hope God I can keep my nerve so I can return to her side and shoot myself wrote in a note to his father To his commanding officer at Lowry Field Denver Colo where he was scheduled to report for duty Sunday after a furlough Beames of my officers say Us butter to bo a- dead soldier than to be AWOL died yesterday In ial Hospital He was found a bullet In his head next to the girl's body She had been shot through the head BOTH PARTIES IN DUAL WARNING AGAINST HASTE Ball's Law Would Cut Indus Bargaining Washington licans and Democrats alike warned today that Congress should take a long hard look before passing legislation to outlaw industry-wide strikes and bargaining first concrete proposal for abolishing industry-wide collective bargaining came from Sen Joseph H Bail D Minn who is ing a to end it by Ing the power of labor unions members of Congress In- some of the most staunch labor supporters conceded that strikes In basic industries have created problems But there appeared no unanimity about how to handle them Among those cautioning a slow approach to labor problems were Senators Wayne L Morse R and Claude E Pepper D usually as defenders of organized aboi Introduced a resolution to carry out President man's proposal for an Investigation of labor problems by a commission Sen James E Murray D Mont former labor committee chairman told the Senate the resolution em- the problem created by nationwide strikes In basic Ball however disdaining the com- m ss on Idea handed the Senate a to end bargaining and with it the strike He opposes Mr Truman's sion proposal on grounds that con- gressional labor committees were the proper groups to investigate labor problems Ball's measure would define two new unfair labor practices under the Wagner 1 An employer could not bargain with a labor organization which represented employes of another company In a labor ket area 2 A labor organization negotiate for the employes of more than one company in different labor market areas r Ball did not write to force the breakup of the present international unions He would however deny the International union authority to control tions of bargaining units within the union A division of the United bile Workers CIO still could sent all General Motors employes in company wide bargaining all GM plants The United Steel Workers CIO could do the same for all employes of the U S Corp However the same union officials could not represent employes or more than one company unless those companies all were located within me same labor market area Ball defined a hibor market area as a metropolitan district geo- Turn io Page 2 Expect Byrnes Valedictory At Cleveland Forum Tonight Cleveland J Byrnes will make what probably will be his valedictory address as United States Secretary of State in Cleveland's public auditorium tonight Nearly persons arc expected to hear Byrnes principal speaker in the final session of the first annual meeting of the tute on world affairs Francis Cardinal ator Arthur H and Mrs Mildred McAffee president of College will share the platform with Byrnes The outstanding Americans are expected to give an authoritative definitive answer to what the United States going to do to the expectations of- the rest of the world The on the topic of the United will be pre- ceded by an afternoon discussion in the city's music hall on the sub- ject of Central Europe Afternoon speakers Paul Auer Hungarian Minister to France Jari G Masaryk Czechoslovakian For- eign Ahmed Emin man Turkish newspaperman and B Alcide De Gasperl Premier of Italy Gen Omar N Bradley erans Maurice mann president of the Popular Re- Turr o Fape 2 Number 2 I News How It Looks To Us BY THE EDITORS At income lax man is already ing down the necks of thousands of Delaware as the Jan 15 deadline for another payment draws the Upland Baptist Church will dedicate chimes for a well-known former resident cloudy and warmer weather is forecast for today and Sunday Jack son reports that in Harrisburg politicians and newsmen are completely in the dark regarding Governor-Elect Duff's plans for his new cabinet District Attorney C William Kraft's charge that newspapers glamorize criminals is answered on today's editorial page 230 county notaries public are awaiting confirmation in risburg over 5000 attended the Stiver Anniversary Ball of the Chester Police Department The Babson nationally known economist places the blame for juvenile delinquency on parents in his column on the editorial page both parties warned Congress to go slow and study the labor tion before drafting bills which will curb labor Henry Wallace says that the present U S policy may be re- sponsible for starting a war with Russia John L Lewis is scheduled to have his contempt of court case reviewed by the Supreme Court the nation is hailing the dis- covery of a isolation method which will greatly aid the fight against the dread disease The widespread transit strike fs cutting off vital food supplies Jn London
