Indiana Evening Gazette (Newspaper) - March 1, 1949, Indiana, Pennsylvania Thought For The Day Science is a firstrate piece of furniture for a mans up per chamber if he has com on the ground floor Oliver Wendell Holmes An Indiana County Newspaper That Serves Every Member Family A COVERING THI WORLD FROM THE COMMERCIAL CENTER OF WEST CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA TEDDY Its a tragedy when a loses his best friend simply by marrying her VOLUME 166 TELEPHONE 600 501 INDIANA PENNSYLVANIA TUESDAY MARCH 1 TWELVE PAGES FOUR CENTS GOP HELP ASKED TO END FILIBUSTER Local Man Spearheads Fight On Tax Hewitt Hits Gas Levy By New Offer HARRISBURG Mar Echoes of a revolt against boosting gasoline taxes appeared in the House reechoed in the Senate The big bone of contention ap pears to be how much state money should be allocated for local streets and township roads Reps John H McKenney R Earl E Hewitt called last night for a drastic reshuffling of ias policy in allocating the money The two recalcitrant Republicans spearheaded an unsuccessful drive to kill in the House two weeks ago an administration plan to increase the gasoline lax from four to five cents And in the Senate chairman John G Snowden of the highways committee intimated a delaying action on gasoline levy He said public hear ings may be called next week pre the possibility of an im mediate Senale vole The plan in the House would virtually strip the Slale Highway of its lo build roads when and where it wants to As a reason the cosponsors cited The Highway Departments pol icy is one of spending huge sums of motor funds to tear up or by pass good roads to build betler prices Department policy Driver Escapes Indiana Cruiser An automobile reported by In diana Borough police as owned by Orlo Birge Shelocta R D 3 was charged today with reckless driv ing fast driving and failure to stop when signaled by an officer Police said the offenses were committed early Sunday morning The man driving the speeding au did stop once police said but recognized the police car im mediately speeded Police said the cruiser car speed which gave chase to the fleeing motorist showed 78 miles per hour when they had to stop at the borough line Co Safety Unit Wins State Award The Indiana Council of the Joseph A Holmes Safety Associa ion will be awarded tha State Safe y Banner for 1948 according to in received from S A Ma president of the associa they added is resulting in financial neglect to miles of roads and streets maintained by municipalities These roads and streets carry half the motor traffic in vania and yet received only million a year for a preamble to the said Municipalities get an average of form to a mile in state aid the said adding The Department of Highways is spending millions of dollars for the construction m new highway buildings and grounds when there are miles of equal state high ways still in the Burgess Proclamation WHEREAS the war against man by the elements causing floods fires tornadoes hurricanes and disasters goes on year after year without letup and WHEREAS the American National Red its congressional charter for disaster relief and re aided the victims of 308 domestic disasters during the fiscal year 194748 and stands ready to aid the victims of those sure to come and WHEREAS the Red Cross is carry ing out its charter obligations to ac tive service men at home and abroad and to veterans and WHEREAS there is a nationally recognized need for blood and blood derivatives health and hospital by medical authorities for the conservation of human life and the program of the American Red Cross is to provide blood and blood derivatives without charge to phy for treatment of the ill and injured THEREFORE 1 J Roy Maloney Burgess of the Borough of Indiana proclaim the month of March 1949 as Red month and do here and now urge all citizens of this community to contribute without reservation to the 1949 Red Cross Fund through our local chapter and I further urge that all men and wo men of good will remember that this great humanitarian organiza tion must he kept at full strength in peace as it was in war so that this symbol of mans humanity to man may remain as a guide to all those who turn to it in time of need ion President said a meeting of the executive committee has been call ed for tonight at p in the conference rooms of the Rochester fe Pittsburgh Coal Company in In iana The purpose of the meeting to formulate plans for a dinner lext month at which time the ban ner will be presented the Joseph A Safety into the competition seeking the honor of being the State Banner II was understood thai a repre sentative of the U S Bureau of Mines would Ihc banner at the dinner A special program of entertainment will be planned for that evening House Votes On duffs Road Plan HARRISBURG Mar James H Duffs proposal for institutional and highway building program comes to a vote today in the House with little or no outspoken opposition Both Republican and Democratic leaders have endorsed the legis lation which would set up a state building and a state highway and bridge authority to carry out long range construction The general authority would take over the administrations mental hospital expansion program and also build new buildings at state educational institutions The high way authority would be limited to construction totaling and was proposed in place of a boost of a second cent in the states gasoline tax The commonwealth is now com an mental hos pital building program and the authority would add another million in construction at these This will include a Eastern Psychiatric Institute Philadelphia to aid in the sludgy o mental illnesses Fire Raies Kenyon College Dormitory Nine were killed and several injured when fire the Kenyon College Mens Dormitory at Ohio early Sunday Authorities believe tide fire started from sparks from open fireplace in the main hall Some deaths and most injuries resulted from jumping to escape from upper windows of the building In the Senate leaders also did some wor on Ihe GOP side on program The Republican spent several hours yesterday dis cussing the mental pro gram You cant tell who is mentally to back nex week or next yelar when we have more GOP commented the hospital dis cussion Action also loomed this week ir the Senate on the administration tax Coal i Operators Postpone Banquet The annual banquet of the West srn Pennsylvania Coal Operators Association scheduled for Pitts burgh Thursday night has been postponed because of the death of Police Pension Funds To Boros A total of has been ap proved for distribution to police pension funds in 536 municipalities in Pennsylvania including the State Police retirement fund Of the total amount approved for j ONeill was carried in payment the Slate Police fund Gazette j Indiana County communities CRASH INJURES 64 ing in the distribution were LOS ANGELES Mar ONeill president of the Pennsylvania Coal Pro dycers Association The story of the sudden death of yesterdays ville Borough Clymer Homer City and Indiana Borough 32 Sixtyfour passengers were injured none seriously in the headon crash of two trolley cars in the downtown section last night Mardi Grips Carnival By Schools Could Be Run From Capital STATE COLLEGE Mar county school superintendents have been served notice here tnat the dulies they perform could be administered hair Dolly Ann Uie capital Harrisburg of Dr and NEW ORLEANS Mar New Orleans quit work todal and played lets I It was Mardi Gras 1 For glorious hours Ihe of the resl of the world and pf the other days were solved by making believe they exist By scores of thousands peo ple stepped out of the norma hum drum lives into the charac ers of their dreams and fancy They appeared as acrobat ballet dancers clowns devils elv fak irs gypsies highwaymen jockeys knights mins nymphs orangutangs pirates queens roustabouts souses tramps Uncle Sam Vaqueros witches yeggs and just plain Zanies There would have been some be ginning with too if anyone had known what a or a Xosa is The carnival season lias beun cele since Jan 6 with bails and for the past ten days with parades Bui Mardi Gras Shrove Tuesday the day before Lent the city joins in a genera holi day of public masking and frivolity Visitors estimated roughly at JOO joined the uncounted residents went out to have fun or watch others having it Monarch of the king of and lord Lester F Alexan and boat builder His queen was a beautifu debutante with blue eyes Souchon Traditional high point of the re was the passage of par ade of painted canvas floats through the streets at mid day Russians Set New Pace For Europes Cold War LONDON March declarations in Western Europe that an invading Soviet army would be welcomed and assisted set a new pace in the cold war today Medical Group Bolts NEW YORK Mar Th argest member group of the Ameri an Medical Association has with drawn its of the AMA plan to fight compulsory insurance The New York County Manhal an Medical Society took the ac ion last night The meeting also defeated a offered by the to approve the 12poin the AMA has offered as constructive answer to the gov proposed compulsory insurance plan This resolution however will be at a meeting March 8 The vole at last nights meet ing was 432 lo 333 against the AMAs per member assess ment to raise for campaign in behalf of tary health systems At its last meeting Jan 24 the society adopted a resolution the assessment and gen rally backing the AMA stand Ap roval at that time was by a clear after spirited debate but consideration was scheduled for ist night Debate again was heavy Climax of ride was the champagne toast lo his queen as she sat among her maids in a bunting draped stand at the swank Boston Club on Canal Street Yet Rex had to share his with other spectacles There were two long processions of decorated trucks Each truck bore members of club fraternity or oilier group costumed alike or ac cording to a central theme A couple of dozen marching clubs moved on foot through the crowds One of the most spectacular page ant was that of the Zulus negro organization which appears in the splendor of the jungle Bandleader Louis Armstrong return ed to his native New Orleans to be kins of the Zulus today But the parades were only cal reasons for the citizens to con in the streets dancing ing strutting pushing stomping laughing at each other and at them they ever had Gales Claim 19 Lives In Europe LONDON March Gales whipped Europe and Britain today killing at least 19 persons Scores were injured and heavy property damage resulted from the tail end glory lash of a mild winter buildings collapsed in Germany killing 17 persons ten of them in Cologne A man died in Rome when winds toppled the walls of a building The roof of a York shire house was blown in killing a woman to selves forgetting a worry or will Army Reserves Activate Tonight World War II veterans and mem Ibers of the Army Reserves were re j minded today of the organization j meeting scheduled at the Indiana County Court House tonight starl ing al 8 p in Five reserve units will be organ tonight and veterans wishing to participate will have of selecting the an oppor unit they join e officers have been selected ius vacancies yet remain Communist parly leaders in France German and Britain in the past nave spoken the same line in marked reversal of Ihe conciliatory tones of Ihe recent socalled peace offensive Their Masters Voice The opinion that a masters voice was speaking and thai Die new course of Communist strategy indi cates Ihe introduction of a more vigorous policy was expressed in American quarters here British sources said obviously the various statements were in spired by a central Tke latest Communist spokes man lo voice threats is Harry 1ollitt general of Ihc British Communist Party He was quoted by the Communist Daily Worker last night as de claring British Communists will try to sabotage any imperialist aggressive war against Itus sia In event of such a war against the lie said British Communists would or strikes and councils of The marching tune was called ast Tuesday by Maurice general of the French Communist Parly He suggested thai if Ihe French people in spile of their wish find themselves at war wilh Russia and the Soviet Army had to chase the enemy in mlo our soil the Communists would welcome he On Saturday Palmiro talys No 1 Communists became jolder The Italian people he said vould have the duty to aid in Ihe most efficient way any Russian Army which might be required to an aggressor into Italy Tuberculin Tests Begin Here Monday The Indiana County Tuberculosis Society launched its tuberculin testing program in the schools of Indiana County or Monday 26 1949 The grades that are lo be giv en the lest are the sixth eighth and twelfth grades representing al most four thousand school child rue The program was initialed at Arcadia and Cherry Tree and when it is completed will have touched al Ithe high school areas in the county Most of the townships that do not have high schools will send students lo the nearest high school area where the students will be given the test There are a few thai will nol be reached this spring but they will receive the lest in the fall Tlie Mantoux lest which is given by injecting tuberculin under the skin with a needle will be admin by a doctor and Hie school In April all positive reac ors lo this lest will be given an X See Continued on Page Two Southerners Prepare For Talkathon To Save Their Historic Weapon WASHINGTON March Lucas of Illinois called on Republicans today to help still the sound and fury of a Southern Democratic filibuster against a Sen ate rules change As Senator prepared to carry tht Dixie banner into the second day of a filibuster to save fili busters Democratic Leader Lucas laid out a time table for Sentence Seven To Jail Terms Seven prison sentences wen landed down in the Indiana County Court here yesterday all of which vill be served in the Indiana County ail Merle I Hewitt Indiana who guilty to the theft of three was sentenced to serve a jail term fined and to pay the costs Pauline Landis also known as Chappell of Ernest follow ng a plea of guilty lo a charge of to the delinquency of a linor was lined plus costs and to serve six months in jail Five youths from Indiana County sentenced on charges of mali ious mischief and ordered to serve months each in the county ail and fined each plus j The youths were charged with reaking windows and a door glass vith gas tank caps in various com in th Co Man Appears fn Cambria Court An Indiana County man Law rence E of Gipsy ap pear in the Cambria Counly Court yesterday and was ordered by Judge John H McCann lo mako re of to the Johnstown Pipe and Supply Company He was also placed on probation for three years and ordered lo pay Ihe costs of prosecution admitted that he sold a machine to the Johns town concern for which had been stolen from near Gipsy He and Steve T Voytus had previous ly been sentenced in Ihe Indiana Counly Court for the theft They had been sentenced to serve 23 months in the Allegheny Counly Workhouse Bingaman was paroled after serving two months a showdown early next week Before the Senate is his motion to take up a resolution which would alter the Senates rules so that two thirds of those voting could clamp a limit on debate al any lime oppose this as an opening for passage of President Trumans Civil Rights Program Lucas who heads Ihe adminis trations forces in the Senate said the southerners will be allowed to talk along until Thursday in their effort to prevent the Senate from passing on this proposition He predicted thai a to invoke the procedure will be filed then It will be up lo Vice President Barkley to rule whether there can be any limitation of debale on a motion such as Lucas to take up a resolution Thais Ihe point at which Lucas said he wants some Republican help August Senator Vandenberg RMich ruled as presiding officer that the debate limitation didnt ap ply in a similar case This was in an effort by Senator Wherry R Sce SOUTHERNERS Continued on Page Two Plane Is Missing SAN ANTONIO March Air Force sought a miss ing plane in sparsely West Texas today Nino persons were believed aboard the craft Air rescue officers from Bigg Field El Paso said that three planes and a helicopter took of from there last night to begin the search The C17 took off from Biggs Field yesterday morning and was scheduled to land at Kelly Air lUse here al A M Officers fear the ship may be down in Ihe rugged of the area or the lone some prairies in the San Angelo vicinity The Air Force lias nol released names of those aboard the plane which was on an administrative flight The plane was based at Hamilton Field Calif Indiana Gets Clinic Mar 16 March The Slale Health Department plans 21 orthopedic clinics to aid crippled children in March and April The clinic will be held at Indiana March 16 Greensburg March 17 WilkesBarre and Hade lon March 23 March 25 March 29 Butler March 30 Washington March 31 Oil City April 5 Punxsutawney April 6 April 7 Hunting don April 8 Sharon April 12 New Castle April 13 Meadville April 14 Warren April 19 Ridgway April 20 Johnstown April 21 Coudersport April 26 April 27 and Sunbury April 28 Joe Louis Quits Ring By Letter MIAMI March Louis today formally resigned as heavyweight champion of the world He requested and received per mission from the National to sponsor a fight be tween Charles and Jersey Joe Idaho Legislature Defers To Romance BOISE Idaho Mar Appropriations and filibusters look a back seal to love in the Idaho of Representatives yesterday The slates business was dron my ahead when Rep E A Snow council Idaho lican rose on personal privi lege Will the lady Iroin Ada County yield to a question He asked Comely Republican Edith a Boise City Judge roi willing to marry me Miss Miller blushed She sat down Acting speaker Larry Mills gaveled the laughter to silence and ruled that the question is leading The lady does not have lo this Sometime later Miss Miller look Ihe Afler serious con tJie intoned I ac cept the proposal of the man from Snow was prompt in SUch an he Walcott to determine the worlds champion The new champion will be crown cd at a 15round fight to be held in Chicago in June Louis submitted his formal resig nation by lo NBA Commis Abe J and Flamen B Adac president of NBA The Idler of resignation was pre sen led by Harry Mendel the Brown Bombers publicity agent Louis not present Forms Promotion Club Louis notified the NBA that Arthur Rl Whiz and James D Nor ris had formed Iht Boxing Club which will offices in New York and It will slage Ihe fight to determine the new heavyweight champ Louis said he had obtained the signatures of Walcott and Charles for the heavyweight crown and that both boxers had agreed to defend their tille within 90 days after the June match with either Lee Savold or Gus Lesnevich Louis as in all his career It as approached this cli max in his ring activity in the same honorable and fair ap proach which marked his bril liant and outstanding tenure as said Commissioner Greene Dewey Faces Fight ALBANY N surgent Republican legislator brought their revolt against tax in creases to boiling point today by demanding that Governor budget be slashed by Although some conceded private ly they would not be able to force all of the cut the rebels were confi denl would drive a sizeable portion of it through the GOP legislature Senator Waltar J Mahoney ot Buffalo leader of the ber Erie GOP bloc voiced the bud demand in a 30minute ra dio address last night over a state wide National Broadcasting Com pany hookup His speech was a reply to Gov Deweys challenge to the nels over the same network Sun day night lo state where they would cut his budget without impairing es services Mahoney listed five places and claimed no services will be curtail ed over those of last Girl Convicted Of Intent to CINCINNATI March Pretty Louise Sharpe accused oi firing the shots which made hey druggist boy friend a cripple yea lerday was of assault and battery by a Hamilton County Jury Thn 23yearold brunette charged wilh shooting to kill anc with shooting lo wound Pa Streicher 36 The pec ed Sept 30 1947 in apartment after he reported refused to marry Miss The pretty defendant on the charges last to agree
