Dunkirk Evening Observer (Newspaper) - August 13, 1946, Dunkirk, New York TODAY'S ISSUE 14 PAGES EVENING OBSERVER ESTABLISHED LEASED WIRE SERVICE OF THE UNITED Press The Weather cloudiness rain tonight and Wednesday DUNKIRK X Y TUESDAY AUGUST prr Single 4 CMO JEWS TROOPS BATTLE ABOARD SHIPS Wild Donovan For U.S Senate Appears Mounting GOP Sentiment Jews Seek Entry Into Palestine McBOWELL Meat Institute re- 500 warned today that of Price on invite return of the Bl I KING Owego N Y Aug Support for Col William Wild Donovan veteran of two wars lor the Republican U S senatorial nomination appeared j mounting today as Governor ey conferred with party leaders j on plans for the November i While the governor maintained a policy concerning the I designation Donovan's name was advanced by several Southern Tier i GOP leaders ARE ATM QUESTIONED said that re- of ceiling on meat warning with statistics the institute said that The support came as a complete surprise Donovan's growing j strength in the Southern Tier is considered a serious blow to porters of former assembly Re- i publican leader Irving M Ives of to return with and BY GEORGE E REEDY JR Washington Aug A special house questioned officials of the War sets Administration to learn thcr Benjamin F Fields Washington the same favoritism from and labor argue that prices would soar have little being nominated of the new state industrial and labor re- I lations at Cornell university has i not actively campaigned for the Slated to testify before the com- is William J Gilrein for- nomination but is willing to make the run And he would be the average consumer's able to aSa to pay They also The Ives campaign however SF statistics family budgets received a severe jolt when average family i vm Eaton a powerful Chenango and after meat price leader withdrew his support in back their favor of Donovan Eaton it was learned on devoted authority has advised Ives that he intended to support The three-man board invited the war hero to be the principal speaker at a day celebration in wich tomorrow Hill William Hill Broome njs were hearing was to the meat price heard more than 20 ae on grain price controls and Thursday it will B to price arguments on milk and cottonseed Ite decision whether to price ceilings on meat county leader is remaining tal on the senatorial nomination grains milk dairy despite his invitation to Donovan soybeans and cottonseed to speak in Binghamton He cist be made by Aug 20 Under however that Wild a new price act controls on the many friends in the area Donovan seems to have the pole position but anything can happen between now and the state one leader who re- quested his name be withheld said The Republican state tion will meet at Saratoga Springs Sept 3 and 4 to name the 1946 i GOP ticket and the only spot still in doubt is that for senator food items will be A automatically on those com- Aug 20 unless the board jJa otherwise By United Press So Robert M LaFollette of the old Progressive faced what may be micial test of his lone career in the Wisconsin FIFTH AND PERHAPS AUJO IS READY Washington Aug w back into the GOP last y a running for nomination tta Republican banner for tine tte possibly last price increase on phia office Gilrein allegedly ex- an order by Fields for 539 rolls of source wire order which slipped through otit required certification Hugh D Wise Jr committee counsel said that Gilrein was dis- charged from the WAA Anthony J Flood a hardware section sales manager in the adelphia office said Gilrein brought Fields order to him after the closing date of the sale and explained that it had been over- looked added that Gilrein asked to include it with the other Overlooked It Flood said he overlooked the fact that the order did not carry the proper certificate required by law This certificate is a statement by the purchaser of the purposes to which he will put the property and a guarantee that the buyer is a wholesale dealer Fields spent an exhausting clay before the committee describing his transactions in bronze wire screening refrigerators and other surplus war property He told the group that he sold the 539 rolls to C B Warr Oklahoma City con- tractor who needed it so badly he was given by Fields and his associates Fields ex- consisted of carrying all checks vouchers and allocations by hand from place to place in an effort to expedite a transaction Ho Testified that it saved erable time in any deal with the government H G TODAY Old Age Pension Goal of Pepper Who Leads Fight Thousands of Jewish refugees are living aboard ships and small boats in the harbor of Haifa Palestine detained there by British authorities to prevent further illegal entry of Photo above shows typical refugees aboard one ot the ships its decks crowded with their possessions Molotov Accuses Certain Powers of Seeking Mediterranean Monopoly I Chicago Aug j Doris 36 waited at home alone today hoping the testimony she gave to acquit her husband of a murder charge would bring for- for the illicit romance which prompted the slaying I A jury of eight women and four men last night acquitted Donald Murray 41 of the murder of his best friend The verdict was atl after 43 minutes of tion The had been in- that only one of two verdicts was on the state's charge of murder or acquittal Tryst in Hotel They voted unanimously for alter Mrs Murray told of an eight-hour tryst last May 27 in a room with closest friend Maj John Fletcher of the Canadian army Fletcher was supposed to have left town on that day but he arranged the meeting with Mrs Murray instead Her husband suspicious made a check of Loop hotels and found Fletcher tered at the Morrison He burst into Fletcher's room An argument ensued Murray said he shot in seif defense and his wife corroborated his She said Fletcher attacked her husband with a chair Mrs Murray heard the news of her husband's at her downtown office where she op- erates a secretarial service By R H SHACKFORD Paris Aug Foreign Minister V M Molotov charged today that certain great powers were trying to obtain a monopolistic position in the terranean area I can't believe it's she exclaimed It's too good to be by Secretary of Slate James F Byrnes as current chairman after a long wrangle with the t Byrnes opposed the debate but 1 Awaits Phone Call was forced by Andrei Then she went to her suburban to reverse his ruling i Wheaton 111 home to await a and permit it Molotov refrained from session opened the the powers he had in said they were trying to push France historic i mind He a letter written by telephone call or a visit from her husband Murray heavy-set deputy by Greek Premier Con- and salesman showed no emotion r ranee ana categorically as the verdict was announced He terranean the Jugoslav that he j shook hands with the jurors anci around dividing Albania be- j thanked them for setting him 1946 automobiles It would dealers their i handling charges Piled atop previous boosts it ceilings states Vermont and Sou h 1942 the most new increase following most Republican and at is at Republican stronghold is tantamount Ralph E Flanders manufacturer and 8 Waterman St K are running for senate seat vacated who was delegate to the security council R McCarthy cent average price rise by OPA was to London G Wells famed writer died today Wells health had been failing for some time He died this after- noon at his London residence Wells housekeeper said he died at a m Details were not dis- immediately ground In a speech answering Italian Premier Alcide de Gasped tov said Italy had a strong re- sponsibility for her role in the Axis bid tor power Nevertheless he said he new Italian republic could not be relegated to the role of tween Greece and Yugoslavia free The spectators who jammed I The decision for unlimited courtroom cheered ary debate both heightened the Murray said he did not plan suspicion between United States to leave Chicago anci Russia and virtually ended j Fll stay here and try to face hope of concluding the peace con- the he said I whether he would re- is wife he said t know That will take BY JOHN L STEELE Washington Aug Sen Claude Pepper Fla said today that he will lead a fight in i the next congress for minimum old age pensions of monthly for everyone over 60 and a tax on gross income to pay the Pepper revealed that an mal bloc of senators already is preparing to try to liberalize cial security benefits His proposal similar to the Townsend share the wealth program contemplates monthly for married couples over 60 and liberalized benefits for the unemployed disabled and ed The federal government alone would foot the Pepper in order to assure uniform payments in all states The con- means test would be dropped as a prerequisite to re- of aid I Predicting that sweeping re- forms the present relief for the aged program would be voted next year Pepper We raised our own al salaries S5.000 a year and old i age pensions a month If we can't do better than that then woe unto congress The liberalized program said Pepper should be financed by a tax on the incomes of workers i employers corporations and i The present system of pay envelope deductions from workers and payroll taxes for em- placed an unfair burden i on the workers said j Proposed benefits would include for each single person over j 60 for couples a month for the disabled for widows with dependent children and a federal program of care for children Congress passed what leaders termed social security revisions on the last ilay of the recent session The action which boosted federal old age five dollars monthly and froze cial security taxes at one per cent won't begin to do what should j be done about social Pepper maintained Pepper also foresaw a vote on the national health insurance gram during the next session of congress The was the sub- ject of extended hearings this year but never reached floor de- bate He said that congress is ning to realize that every should be entitled to access to hospital doctor and dental care REFUGEES TAKEN TO CYPRUS OBJECT VIOLENTLY before Sept 23 On that Asked r the United Nations general j turn to 1 a second-rate state i assembly is to meet in New York I do Nor should she be deprived of her j Man persons who witnessed time position as a Mediterranean i yesterday's squabble felt that Byrnes considerable face He took a determined stand in the face of angry protests cent It is likely to add SSI an the convention also nas made W the senatorial race self-styled 3 is term i ex- for- general to the cost of a low-priced car j The action is dictated by the I new price control act which also prompted yesterday's boost It prewar markups to dealers i who had been skipped by the first i three increases which went to I manufacturers Yesterday's increases ranged from on a Chevrolet coupe to on a Cadillac imperial sedan I It averaged per car With pre- vious increases it brought prices 1942 levels by as little as much at on a series 75 Cadillac STREET SWEEPING Molotov condemned the present Italian government for its alleged failure to outroot the remains of fascism He charged that de peri's speech last Saturday shows to what extent the aspirations of the present Italian government are removed from a democratic foreign policy entirely the result of a Fascist which built up misunderstanding on Byrnes part its prosperity by expansion has as to what the conference earlier he continued The had agreed to discuss new Italy in so far as she bases It pointed up the basic distrust Lost His Job Murray his job as ma n for a moving equipment CIO IN ON then had to back completely I comPany his arrest i after studying the conference lasl but his she was certain he could get a new The clash in which the Russian accused Byrnes j -I at people of insulting the Soviet Union Jobs for she Mrs Murray testified as a court witness Neither prosecution nor defense wished to be bound by her testimony It was over Murray's protest her future on the development between the western powers and she stoly GOP on a ai r AMOVES LIMIT GAS SALE Commission limitations on the I gas in New York by the Xew Corp placed on 1944 They limited its customers and that could be re- to sale of LEAVES HOSPITAL TELL DOCTORS Hollywood Aug Millionaire Aviator Howard Hughes critically injured more i than a month ago in an airplane accident was convalescing at a friend's home after leaving the hospital without consulting his physician Attendants at Good Samaritan hospital said they did not know Hughes whereabouts They said he had arranged to leave without consulting them or his doctor The doctor said the wealthy movie producer and was doing very well but j still would have to spend mos of the next several weeks in bed M IN BERLIN EXPLOSION Berlin Aug Six American military policemen were killed and three others were eri severely last night in a flash which followed nn explosion n an MP headquarters building in southeast Berlin Tho cause of the explosion was not immediately Nine men were scrubbing the floor of the building which houses com- pany B the motor pool operated by tho MP battalion when the blast occurred according to Lester Sloan of O of tho dead and injured were withheld lion of their families Rochester Minn Aug J Gallagher 71 re- tired street who proved that anything can happen to erica's man by being elected to congress in 1944 died early in St Mary's hospital i Gallagher had been ill since January but had insisted upon remaining in Washington until the congress adjourned 1 Hospital officials declined to I reveal the nature of Gallagher's illness saying they preferred not to give their diagnosis until after consulting his family The mild-mannered man had on a pension when he was elected con- on labor ticket i Gallagher had run for one of- fice after another without before defeating Richard P I Gale in the November 1044 tion It proves that anything can happen in America he had said They say this is the time for the common man and I'm about as common as they and white-haired wnh shrewd button eyes Gallagher made no effort to conceal his con- tempt for what he termed politicians At limes lie colleagues for doing nothing talk talk talk important legislation was being sidetracked DROWNS Aug 13 UP Stanley R Jr 24 when Strieker ill in the bathtub of his home here yesterday The victim's mother said she heard cries from the bathroom but not enter because the door I was locked When another son finally broke down the Stanley dead are from the tree to be I burned as of her internal resources Russia Byrnes clearly suspected have support the Russians of trying to stall the Molotov's speech opened a conference Thc Russians thought ary session on the treaty i which was authorized freedom to spca her husband had surprised her in i thc nude with Fletcher She re- j mained calm throughout most of i LARGER SUPPLIES Thc Russians thought was seeking to gag questioning out broke down at end and left thc T LAKES STRIKE OF BREAD CEREALS MAT STILL BE AVERTED IN CAPITAL Late News Bulletins Washington Aug A agriculture department cial said today that despite pccts ot record grain there is no hope ol larger supplies of bread cereals and other wheat products before fall This oficial department absolutely will not change its regulations restricting the use ol wheat for food feed anci purposes until it can evaluate fully need grain ai home and overseas Not until the corn crop is in the bins late in or early in will the department made any decision on he said Other have predictions ol record corn wheat arc fulfilled probably nave to i continue nn the use of wheat Tor beverage and livestock feed after those fir food products are Present restrictions limit millers to 1 per cent of las year's flour j output prohibit the use of wheat for beverage alcohol require a 10 per cent smaller bread loaf and i sharply curtail wheat as a stork feed In flour rate is pegged at UO cent in- stead of the customary 72 per cent This causes a slightly darker bread Washington Aug Three strike issues remained un- 1 settled today as federal conciliators into the home stretch of their efforts to avert a Great Lakes shipping walkout tomorrow mid- night Conciliators arranged meetings between thc national maritime union CIO and at least six of the IT com- panics Inland Co Chicago joined the negotiations for thc first time on official assurances that it j could deal separately with the II boycotted earlier meetings i because it feared forced wide bargaining Government officials that one of the Hair issues appeared to have been settled so far his the mattP of passes for representatives to enter company clocks anci ships Tho unsettled for the union said it would strike are preferential hiring for union bers reduction of the work week 56 to 40 hours and higher j i GROWTH Coal ha very definite states of development i is next lignite then i bituminous Inter cite 1 discharged War i Assets administration official ad- today that he probably j was negligent in handling an i order for scarce wire screening by Benjamin F Fields ex-convict contract expediter But he denied giving Hie order any consideration strike scheduled to begin today in the Campbell Soup Co plant at N J j was averted by a compromise reached one minute before the strike deadline foreign spokes man reported today that Russia and Romania have sent unsatisfactory replies to request for cooperation in halting of lews to estine and that further delay D a r v n 11 y had lieen incurred in obtaining an American reply to British partition plan for estine S action on the knotty Palestine problem rested squarely with President Truman Fultonville N Y Aug Two year old ardson was burned to death when a long dress she was wearing was ignited by a rubbish tire Her mother Mrs John ardson Buffered bums when she Mazing garment I with her own body BY JOHN B McDERMOTT i Berlin Aug 13 cers of the army Criminal Division said today that j signed letters had proved beyond all shadow of doubt that David Warner of New York and his sons in Paris Berlin and j hai were engaged in illicit j ness enterprises involving huge amounts money The letters some of them round-robin reports to all bers of the family were read to a crowded press conference night as the army announced that I Lewis Warner one of the j ers was being held for lion One letter written from New York and signed ed the Warner BOH in Berlin j his father had just shipped him some American cigarets in a val laundry bag by American Overseas Airlines The letter quoted David ner as saying he had Lied to toms officials by stating the bag did no contain cigarets It said that he did not like to evade torn duties so frequently Lewis Warner Berlin of the alleged global black market ring signed a ment he had sold 100 er for SI 00 each the CID ed CID agents said also that Oscar Warner had signed a statement in Paris admitting that ho gold rings into the city illegally by using his military rank to evade customs He was a navy before entering the business in Paris j A CID spokesman said 1 ers outlining the family network were found in Oscar's rooms in I and in Lewis in Merlin Ho in forms of market merchandise including Ion hose rinas about you can One letter from Robert Warner ii Shanghai written July 23 re- 1 ported difficulty in buying erican checks to get his revenue into the United States The CID spokesman said the letter re- that Robert had certified check from nn can missionary Robert identified thc missionary and said check was drawn on a San bank Haifa Aug tish forces fighting with smoka bombs hysterical Jews armed with bottles cans and sticks today herded hundreds of Jewish refugees into barbwire pens on transport ships for ment to detention camps in prus Casualties were numerous One woman was killed and 10 men severely wounded as crowds from the Jewish suburb of Hadar answering the mons of the underground radio Voice of Israel tried to force heir way into the port area to save the Jewish refugees from deportation Thousands Answer Call Thousands of Jews ordered confined to their homes under the strictest curfew answered the rallying call of the clandestine radio which instructed them to get out your houses and into the streets They swarmed down toward the harbor from their village hall way up Mount Carmel which overlooks Port Haifa As they attempted to approach the port they met a strong tish military cordon The tish ordered the Jews to turn back When the crowd refused the troops opened fire killing woman and wounding 10 men Closed Area The British military declared the port region a closed area No one was lowed either to enter or The outbreak came as two tish troop transports with wire cages on deck hoisted an- chor and prepared to sail for prus with the hundreds of Jews who had been removed from their squalid refugee in hand-to-hand pitched battles Hundreds of Jews tought back with their fists against troops and marines who ordered them to the transports Scores suffered minor injuries The bitterest battle was fought uver the little Henrietta Szold aboard which several hundred Jews had made their way to estine A boarding party of marines was met by a bottles cans and sticks The marines re- plied with a shower of smoke bombs The Jews tossed the bombs back at the marines nally with the aid of infantrymen the Jews of the Henrietta Szold were removed SEEN IN SWEDEN BY MATS LUNDQUIST Stockholm Aug Another mystery rocket edly zoomed over southern den last night and anxious citizens urged tlie government to mine immediately what country is responsible for filling Swedish skies with the man-made meteors A spokesman for the Swedish defense staff said people out the nation had been seized by a real and that preliminary investigations had proved useless Tlie newspaper Dagens Nyheter said the latest missile was ed moving across southern den from the northwest last night Shaped like a giant torpedo and emitting a blinding light from its foremost part it moved lessly with great speed and at a high the newspaper said On Sunday Similar cigar-shaped missiles were sighted Sunday over central Sweden Still another rocket was reported at two different points uJong the cast coast of southern Sunday night In formed sources said ment officials were watching all developments closely and were waiting for supplementary ence upon which to base possible diplomatic protests Press com- ment indicated the government might be forced to take resolute steps to clear up the situation Humors hat the sians were experimenting with rockets and flying bombs possibly in Estonia on the Baltic but there no confirmation from dish army officials who have been conducting secret tions New of the erican Communications tion CIO and Press Wireless Inc were called into a meeting today by the States conciliation service in a new effort to settle a strike which has resulted in tailed newt transmission from
