Chester Times (Newspaper) - April 12, 1951, Chester, Pennsylvania TEENAGE TOPICS The popular Elizabeth Woodward column appears today on 16 75TH YEARNO 22935 Covers Delaware County First Chester area Rain thU afternoon and cloudy Friday rather cloudy and a little I cooler 48 PAGES 32021 CHESTER PA THURSDAY APRIL 12 1951 County Assessments On Property Range From 9 to 100 Pet By TED Wide variations in property assessments throughout the county a low of 9 to a high of 100 of market value were disclosed in Media Court on Wednesday The disclosure was made by Preas B Snyder professional appraiser and real estate broker during testi mony in the assessment appeal case before Judge Henry G Sweney Sweney expressed amaze ment at the astounding spread which also electrified the courtroom No Standard Percentage R Winfleld Baile Up per Darby School solicitor who had called Snyder to the stand the judge wanted to know if the board of assessments in making its assessments didnt use a standard percentage figure according to cus tom They use no percentage as far a ive can find out Baile replied The disclosure came at the close of the case which had continued over a week Attorneys will submit briefs after which Judge Sweney will hand down an opinion fixing the assessment for the million Upper Darby development Snyder one of six professional ap praisers who gave their opinions on the market value of the 1224dwell ing unit project told the court he had appraised some hundreds of properties in the township and nearby communities as an aid in arriving at his conclusions Since January 1950 he said he had placed values on 339 properties 295 of which Asked to break down the Snyder recited the appraisal and the assessment on each of the prop erties on his list showing the wide range Half of the 339 were assessed be low 291 of valuation and the other half ranged up to 100 there were flve properties he said which had that high assessment Income Tax Revived Set For New Vote Democrat Leader Charges Bribery Attempt Made By JACK H THOMPSON Times Correspondent H a r r i s b u r g Governor Fines proposed state income tax was voted back on the house calendar Wednesday and set for another final vote in the lower chamber dur ing the coming week four Republi can members plus Rep Edward S f place Assessed That property he told the court he valued at basedon sale Ho said it had an assessment of or only as of Jan uary 1949 The highest assessment on that list Snyder said was the Drexel Court Apartments Woodland and Morgan avenues He valued it at based on sale It assessed at the time he inspected it In 1949 at or 333 of value After the case closed Judge Sweney was asked if the courts had any jurisdiction over the board of Turn to Page Z Number 2 Ridley Twp Rejects Zoning Appeal for 208 Twin Homes Ridley Township Commissioners Wednesday night rejected an appeal by a building firm to change the zoning for 30 acres of the old Tully Secane Country Club from C residential homes could be built The plea was presented at a spe cial board meeting by John J OBrien representing Suburban Counties Realty Corp OBrien pointed out that the area In question is bounded on the north and west by row houses in Darby Township and on the south and east by a federal housing project OBrien firm planned to build semi detached homes selling for and up OBrien explained that the twin homes would look like single homes because one unit would have a front entrance while the other would have a side entrance He pointed out that the firm planned to allot five acres for play areas When OBrien finished E Charles Spevak president of the board asked Roy Hocker secretary to read let to A residential so 208 twin ters of protests received which had been letters from the Rid ley Township and the Spring Hill Home Owners Asso The meeting room on the second floor of the Folsom firehouse was jammed with more than 250 resi dents of the township most of whom were opposed to any change in the zoning code Commissioners George Remington back on the calendar by a vote of 115 to 91 A move to amend the motion to reconsider the was defeated by a vote of 88 to 119 with all the Democrats in favor plus Republi can Representative Swartz The amendment would have had the reconsidered for the purpose of a public hearing It was introduced by Rep Hiram G Andrews Demo cratic floor leader Charges Money Offered A charge that money had been offered to some Democratic members of the house to change their stands and vote for the income tax was made by the minority floor leader Representative Andrews No member of the minority will vote for reconsideration of this for the the offer of cash money declared as the speaker called for a vote on reconsideration Asked later to explain his state ment Andrews said it stands in the record of the house and will not be expunged On Tuesday Rep Albert S Read inger Democrat of Reading had and Walter Ashworth asked that he would vote for the in if he realized the burden the tax his vote was posed development would put the needed by the Re Publican Administration to pass the measure He voted against recon sideration of the Caucus Called After successfully resurrecting the income tax which was defeated Wednesday a week ago by a vote of 101 to 105 the called house went into caucus Returning to the chamber they on the postponed cal endar for a vote next week Caucus action is secret but the fact that no attempt was made to call for a final vote on tne was taken to mean that the 105 votes necessary for passage had not been rounded up Turn to Page 2 Number 6 school facilities OBrien answered by saying that the development would mean 208 new taxpayers in the township Ashworth then asked Gordon L Garling tax collector and treasurer what taxes could be expected from the proposed homes Garling esti mated per unit that wouldnt pay for the garbage collection up there flared Ashworth Later in the meeting it developed that Commissioner James J Harp Dougherty had contacted three other commissioners in recent weeks showed pictures of the pro posed homes and tried to sell his colleagues the idea of changing the zoning code for the good of the township But when Remington motioned that the appeal be denied Dough erty voted in favor of the motion to make the decision unanimous Robert W Beatty attorney for the building firm hinted after the ses sion that he may take the issue to court pally Leased United Press International News INS and PRICE FIVE CENTS Y MArthur Contests Charge Fired Him to Save According to How You Look at It President Leaves Way Open For War Settlement left the way Washington dent Truman open today for a negotiated peace in not at any price In a major defense of his foreign policy and his dis missal of Gen Douglas Mac Arthur Mr Truman warned Russia and Red China Wed night that the United Club Shows Its Investment Dividends By ORRIN C EVANS The that 60 members of the Citizens Club invested in an idea paid off in lavish dividends Wednesday night That was the amount each of them put up so that Chester resi dents of Polish extraction could have a modern clubhouse in which as Rev Peter J Klekotka rector of St Church put evening of education and fellow ship frequently could be enjoyed There were scores of other mem bers of the club who had in lesser amounts so that the annual banquet of the organi could be held in such a 000 establishment as the club now Star Performers Fail to Appear At Club Banquet By JOE FITZGERALD The star performers couldnt ap pear for the annual banquet of Eagle Citizens Club 8th street and Elsinore place on Wednesday night But the absence of Gov Fine and Superior Court Judge Blair F Gunther didnt dent the distinctly political atmosphere of the affair Rotary Music Festival Will Open Tonight Tonight Chester has an appoint ment with the Rotary Club and 12 musical organizations asso with churches of the county at Smedley School nth and Upland streets at 8 o clock It is the sacred music night first of two nights of entertainment that make up the service clubs initial music festival The affair may become an annual event Tickets are with the tax In cluded They may be purchased at the YMCA YWCA Hotel Club house and McCoys haberdashery on Market street below 6th Gains 14 in Chester For February General business the Chester area in February gained 14 over business reported for the same Planes Destroy Or Damage 22 Jets Tokyo S and jet fighters de or damaged 22 Red today in two major ail battles over Northwest Korea one of them the greatest jet Penn State College MacArthur May Fly Home Next Week Washington UP House Re publican Leader Joseph W Mar tin jr of Massachusetts told re porters he had received indirect word that Gen MacArthur may fly home next week to tell his side of the story Martin said MacArthur had planned lo return by ship in about three weeks Without giving his spurce Martin said there is now a possibility the will fly home stood peak combat in history In the first encounter the Reds threw 95 latest air strength of the Korea a futile effort halt the bombing of a major Yalu River bridge Three smy planes were destroyed two probably destroyed and 13 damaged About 125 U S bombers and et fighters were involved in the two battles were recorded in bank The swirling battle hit a bridge from power sales telephones and curred over of Antung Manchuria to in postal receipts Sinuiju American Employment and payrolls were j destroyed two MIGs and damaged at 348 for a new February New records for the month States will continue to fight in Korea as long as necessary to defeat the communist goal of controlling all Asia from the Kremlin The president took to the radio and television for 13 minutes to explain his firing of MacArthur and to outline the United States and United Nations objectives in Korea and the world fight against commu nism Mr Truman said he fired Mac Arthur because the cause of world peace is much more important than any individual and he made clear he considered the Generals policies stood n the way of achieving peace Policy Is Prevent War The president said U S Far East ern policy can be boOed down to to prevent a third world war He said We are ready at any time to negotiate fora restora tion of peace in the area Real peace he said can be achieved through asettlement based on the following factors Turn to Page 2 Number 4 Tokyo Douglas MacArthur today indirectly contested the charges to his dismissal and contended that he had complied with all Washingtons directives oh the Korean War Maj Gen Courtney Whit ney the generals closest ad viser issued a formal state ment setting forth for the first time views on the arguments cited by President Truman in firing him as supreme TJ S and United Nations commander general feels that he has complied meticulously with all di he has received not only recently but throughout his entire military C He said MacArthur did not be lieve he had exceeded his authority either in his March 24 offer to dis cuss a military truce with the com munist commander in the field or his controversial letter to U S House Republican Leader Joseph Martin on possible use of Chinese Nationalist troops The general has interpreted both as dealing exclusively with the military situation and within the area of his uncontested authority to speak Whitney said The one bore not the slightest relationship to the up from 1950 but building operations declined slightly Although a new level was reached for February business the volume was below that of the preceding month The index is based on bank debits Come out and hear the voices of j payrolls and industrial pow over 150 choir members Your church will be represented Friday night 15 acts of local origin will be presented in a variety show program occupies at 851 Elsinore pi Join in Tribute Draft Deferment Test Blanks at 4 County Boards er sales It uses the years 193539 i The bureau reported that ary business in all Industrial areas of the state showed strong gains over ago Statewide the index moved to 349 in contrast to 274 for February 1950 Average hourly earnings in fac tories were compared with one The bombers on the first en Application blanks for the test The club celebrating Its first year thc Delaware county bench And on Wednesday night with to be given college students seeking every bit of space occupied draft deferments will be available the mayor of Chester members four Delaware County draft Ridgway Confers With MacArthur Tokyo Gen Matthew B Ridgway arrived in Tokyo late today and conferred with Gen Douglas MacArthur whom he re places as United Nations supreme commander by order of President Truman Immediately after the confer ence Ridgway flew back to the Korean front while MacArthur went possibly for the last time tchis downtown Tokyo year ago Average weekly j ters Turn 16 Page 2 Number It wells to several persons Northwest Korea Between 30 and 40 bombers rid ing through thick flak and enemy fighters to reach the target claimed to have destroyed one jet The U S and sabre jets claimed two destroyed two pos sibly destroyed and 13 damaged The Reds flung 40 of their jets into a losing battle last Saturday the greatest number seen in combat other Whitney issued the statement after announcing quested retirement from active in order to accompany MacArthur on his departure from Japan Whitney has been chief Arthurs government section and is one of his closest friends He Turn lo Jage 2 Number S NEWS Ober Law Upheld Washington Su Court today upheld the constitutionality of Marylands Ober law which requires a loyalty oath from candidates for city and state office Republicans Renew Attacks On Truman Label Speech Weak Defense of Action By WILLIAM THEIS Washington Republicans renewed and termed his explanation a weak a shabby buildup of air strength on Democrats on Capitol Hill applauded the presidents re port to the nation in which he said he fired MacArthur Be we are trying a world to start airfields The dropped 200 tons of bombs on a main river bridge the heaviest attack on a bridge target in the Korean War 5th airforce headquarters in Ko rea reported no U S fighters were damaged Turn to Page 1 Number 3 5 Russian Divisions In China Friday vill be held May In the modern gleaming civic professional and The ters started a boom for its presidenttcrntl1 leaders joined in tribute June 16 and June 30 at Joseph Mielcarek who aspires wno choose the date they wish five H u i f o f Vi A By DONALD J GONZALES Washington j There is no hard intelligence in last weekend denied that any Soviet one Senate GOP Leader Taft announced he would answer the president today He is expected to speak from the senate floor But other GOP leaders were quick with their denunciations of the presidents radiotelevision ad dress Telegrams Back MacArthur Backed by a flood of telegrams and telephone calls county commissioner and paid trib ute to other avowed Republican candidates Crawford A Candidate Even thc Democrats got a play Albert J Crawford jr minority county commissioner seized thc oc casion to let it be known he was a candidate for a second term There was so much spadework in the early part of thc program that Governor Fines inability to show up was accepted as a matter of course Arthur C Thorns Delaware County Republican chairman said the states chief executive had called Turn to Page 32 Column 6 frugality had saved to the where such an institution could be the examination Locally the tests will UP to 75000 at PMC Villanova in the Therefore John G Pew jr west Chester alea in president of the Sun Shipbuilding Drexel Temple and Dry Dock Co was not referring to the University of Pennsylvania thc membership of thc when the results of thc examina ican Eagle Citizens Club when he tions are compiled they will be for trained ifc is ha in terrible Danger because the GQP trained Asians are presidents impeachment sians are concentrating here and Present total marks an increase Rcd troops in the there and everywhere said Mart in Mass Martin Farland D Ariz said the president had confirmed his own views that America must avoid allout war if at all possible McFarland said this also was confirmed by information I have obtained from the highest and most reliable military sources Split Lines Other congressional reaction gen was along party lines Even Democrats admitted thab their flood of telegrams and tele phone calls was strongly in favor House of MacArthur as against the a vear ago about miles from Korean border it was learned today U S intelligence experts diplo i Official speculation is that Rus sia tossed out the denial as a blind to cover any new Soviet moves in the Far East or perhaps that Mos Todays Chuckle am sorry to hear that your matrimonial troubles have begun so early but you must remember that you took your bride for better or for worse parson but shes worse than I took her for City to Use Sirens For Air Raid Alerts Twenty manually operated sirens will be used in Chester when air raid tests are conducted between 2 and 4 p m Saturday and Sunday According to R Paul Lessy CD publicity director persons as signed to operate thc sirens will be notified of thc red alert by two blasts of the fire sirens They will then set the sirens in Red R Soviet ship 14 1 V wanted to indicate that Russia thc Russians to enter the war determining thc draft To bo fw M i I Far Eastern naval head college course and be under 26 Subs at The tests are aimed at securing deferments for enough promising students to provide the nation with a backlog of young men skilled in the sciences and professions Approximately 100 Red sub Red Links Three Others reported near Korea Collins testified a member of his communist cell but dropped out about he was a Hollywood communist for nine years and cited writers o that 18 Chinese Red 5th and Market streets Media I visions had moved into Korea from I Board 60 113 South av Media since April 3 The com Darby Board 59 Municipal now have an Rh g jr as fellow 1941 after the communist press panned bestselling noval What Makes Sammy a sharp satire on Hollywood j Collins told the House Collins said Laroner also was a iney win men set the sirens in Per Board 59 Municipal now have an saia Laroner also was a motion with a fluctuating blast for Building Garrett road and 695000 troom in North Committee that member of the communist party f v i f Oil Peace is the objective of all of us We can have that peace with out putting all Asia and most of the world in bondage to communist Russia Intelligent leadership in our conduct in Asia and Europe can not only save both areas but at the same time avert a terrible war A leadership that says we can aban don Asia we can save a small slice war dent The Republican congressional committee made a survey of members in congress and reported that they had received 8419 tele grams and phone calls Wednesday for MacArthur and only 47 against him GOP members of the house and senate also received 5173 requests for Mr Trumans impeachment The White House said it received flood of communications and that the worlds history Senate GOP Floor Leader Wher ry termed the speech a weak Wherry said the presidents speech made it apparent he is pre pared to write off his mission in Korea as a failure unless a mir acle turns up and the communists humbly appeal for peace He MacArthur decision removing In Todays three minutes The all clear be three steady blasts of thc siren with two minutes elapsing between each blast lane Upper Darby and Board 58 National Bank Building Baltimore pike and Lansdowne av Fishing Store on Sproul became active in the The presence of Soviet troops in i miters guild around 1937 but lost area jn the guilds 1947 elections Sovit r Soviet troops m Manchuria he was the Which thc made its first areno of communism in the film capital Lawson and Lardner were two of the Hollywood 10 sentenced for Turn lo Page 2 Number 7 All Fishing Surplus 5 tore on Sproul Adv Amusements 35 Patterns 33 40 Bedtime Slory 40 Pearson 5 40 6 Cross Puzzle 35 Radio 42 called the presidents address dci Deaths 2 41 In Service It Helen Hunt 7 Sports 31 34 SS Horoscope 39 Letters 17 fl Lewis 8 Tucker Marriage Lie 15 Womens 15 Movie Clock 35 Word a Day 3 But Sen Connally D Tex for eign relations chairman said the chief executives address was a splendid outline of our in Korea Senate Democratic Leader Mc
