Mansfield News Journal (Newspaper) - April 9, 1951, Mansfield, Ohio WEATHER Low tonight Tuesday OHtO STATE ARCH HIST SOCIETY HIGH STS COLUMBUS 10 OHIO MANSFIELD VOL 67 NO 34 TELEPHONE 72314 MANSFIELD OHIO MONDAY APRIL it United PMM International PRICE FIVE CENTS BURGLARS STEAL SAFE SI 600 5 Week-End Plane Crashes Kill 45 31 Perish Flying To Funeral Crewless Smashes Home Five week end airplane crashes left 45 persons dead five injured and two missing today Thirty-one of the dead were servicemen along with three of the injured and the two missing Three crashes occurred while the pilots Were flying on ments Nineteen Air Force men were killed and two others injured yesterday when their C-47 trans- port crashed on a ridge Charleston W Va Three persons were killed and three when a three men parachuted at and the unmanned plane crashed into a bouse at Md a suburb of Washington All of the dead and injured were in the house The airmen landed safely More than a hundred airplanes searched the California line from Fort to Santa Cruz today for an Ai jet fighter missing on a flight from Hamilton field with two men aboard The ship disappeared yesterday At Goleta Calif authorities attempted to identify the bodies of 22 persons killed late Friday night when a airliner crashed in high Re- fugio brought out heavily eted area yesterday after a dozer cut a crude road into the area David B Woodcock 31 for- merly of Elkhart Inc was killed early today when his plane crashed in -a cornfield shortly after he off from port Witnessed said the plane struck several while banking a from the airport AIT of the men killed or in- jured in the West Virginia crash were residents of Charleston or the surrounding territory and the city Wf nt into virtual mourning today They were to the on Page 2 Spies Speed WASHINGTON U sia's atomic weapons program was shoved ahead at least 18 months by a trio of confessed spies one an American and an H-bomb scientist who re- fled fo the Soviet un- ion That is the Atomic Energy committee's evaluation of espionage damage by the four To one of them convicted British atomic spy Klaus Fuchs the committee assigned the kingpin role of deadliest betrayer in all history A committee report issued last night said this country's atomic espionage defense apparently have not been pierced since mid 1946 British security has been breached since then as well as before the committee added -In New York U S Attorney Irving Saypol said last night his office is starting a whole new series of arrests for Behind Fuchs as the No 1 atomic committee rated native Italian Bruna who last fall disappeared behind Russia's Iron Curtain The other two who helped ad- vance Russia's atomic program 18 months or more were listed by the committee as Dr Allan Nunn May British scientist who was convicted in the Canadian spy expose of 1946 and can born David Greenglass sentenced in New York last day to 15 years in jail Greenglass confessed passing atomic data to the Reds he was a World War II army sergeant assigned to the atomic bomb project at Los Alamos N M He got only 15 years because he helped convict his sister Mrs Ethel Rosenberg and her band Julius The Rosenbergs last week were sentenced to die Saypol who prosecuted the Ro- senbergs said the new case he mentioned involved persons con- with them LEAVES TODAY MONTREAL W dent Auriol of France leaves for today Korean Vet 16 Years Old Due Home CLE ed veteran of of 16 years on his way home from the war He's big Jim Wallace 235 pounds and an er but too young to soldier any more The Army dis- charged him as a private first class last week at Seattle Wash after his age was dis- covered Why did Jim join the Maybe because he slipped up on his studies in high school in Wheeling and became gible for football said his mother Mrs Katharine lace Thousands Battle To Hold Levees Homeless In Mankato Minn By United More rain was forecast today for a area where floods drove almost persons from their homes in the past week The weather bureau predicted squalls and showers over Iowa and the Dakotas as thousands of volunteers fought to hold ees against the pressure of swollen streams More than persons were homeless and the Minnesota er threatened to isolate West Mankato About persons began re- turning to their homes at Sioux Falls S D as the Sioux river began receding slowly Naval reserve unite were called out to sandbag dikes near Waterloo la as the Cedar er drove 150 families to higher ground The refugees were tered in two rest centers The Salvation army cared for 20 families at Charles City la Canada also was having flood troubles Junction creek burst its banks near Sudbury Ont forcing 96 families to abandon their homes It was the worst flood m 20 years More than 700 volunteers manned the levees near tc in an attempt to prevent the high water from engulfing the road to West Mankato The Minnesota river was ing an inch an hour at New Ulm Minn north of Mankato and officials warned that the worst is yet to come Mankato residents fought throughout Saturday night to keep the river out of town as it rose to the stage six feet above flood and the highest since 1881 at dawn the river broke through and the workers fled for their lives as the flood en- gulfed more than three-fourths of the city Two companies of the state militia aided Red Cross disaster crews and city officials warned residents to boil all drinking water Showers After Bright Cool Tuesday Bright but cool weather for Tuesday followed by higher and showers That's the prediction Low readings tonight are ex- to be between 34 and 38 with the mercury rising to be- tween 45 and 50 tomorrow as drier air moves in from the west Forecaster said the mercury will start climbing again Wednesday but another period of showers will accompany the rise Showers fell in scattered tions of the state today but the heavy fog which shrouded some sections lifted with rising The fog was heavy around the land airport where several flights were cancelled or during the night Flights Resumed CLEVELAND INS Air flights in and out of Cleveland's municipal airport resumed today when a heavy fog which dosed in last night was dissipated by daylight The fog forced lation or postponement of about half i dozen flights and ed aome 300 persons BLOSSOM s springtime in Washington with cherry blossoms in full bloom and Maldi Tarns 25 of Rock Springs Wyoming named as the 1951 Cherry som Queen Maldi a secretary in the Department of Interior proudly points to her native state on the which made her the winner ever 51 other contestants Xt right the famous Japanese cherry blossoms frame the Jefferson Memorial which is clearly reflected in the waters of Washington's tree-lined Tidal Basin International He's Against Raise Too No Other Course Mansfield's increased water rates are as big a concern to Mayor Thomas B Wright and Service Director Charles er as they are to any other zen of Mansfield the mayor today Declaring that a Sunday news story put the wrong tion on his position m the water rate situation Wright I'm just as much against an increase in water rates as anybody else la fact I'd be glad to sign of the testing petitions myself He added however that in view of the amount of money required to operate the water works department with the tion of the Clear Fork reservoir project and the increase in Costs generally there just isn't thing else we can do but collect enough money department I would be to operate the very happy to say that water rate increase or a much smaller one would enable us to get along but it just Wright declared He added that when he told a reporter that there was nothing he could do Page Open Probe Of Job Trade JACKSON Miss INS A Senate sub-committee opens an investigation today into charges that ern Democrats exchanged al jobs for political contributions to the 1948 Presidential Sen R Haey N C the Senate's committee on executive expenditures said his sub-committee wilt hear witnesses in three days of mony but refused to identify any of them prior to their an- The charges were levelled by Mississippi Democratic Senators Stennis and East land who joined the state's congressional tion in calling for the inquiry Blue Monday For Gamblers Columbus Cincy Hit Race Bookmakers BULLETIN Gov Prank J Lausche lias directed the Ohio Public ties commission to take action to knock out telephone and telegraph service to hone race bookmaking establishments fy United Press Today was one of the bluest Mondays ever experienced by Ohio's betting fraternity Those bookmakers who haven't already lost their tele- phones and telegraph machines were scheduled to do so today in Columbus and Cincinnati and several smaller cities Without those methods of communications the bookmaker is going to find it to provide his customers with entries last minute odds scratches and most important immediate results In Cincinnati long one of the of horse race betting in the state police were scheduled to against suspected books The telephone company was expected to be handed a list of suspected for service disconnection action lice estimate that some 200 makers operate in greater It was the same story in lumbus and Franklin county The Columbus safety director turned over to the sheriff eight addresses of alleged horse hookies outside the city The list in turn was mailed to Ohio BeU Telephone Co for removal action Open gambling had all hut dried up in Cleveland Deputy inspector Mike head of Cleveland's anti gambling squad said the city's gambling scene was the quietest it has been in 17 Akron too was as clean as a police said All bingo houses were dark and bettors found it difficult to find someone who would take his money on the bangtails Belmont County Sheriff dloyd L Barricklow his ties to launch a drive today to eliminate all forms of bling in the county Slot machines vanished from Fayette county for the first time in many years Sheriff's deputies said owners of the one-armed bandits toured the county during the past few days removed the machines and put them in storage A committee of the Ohio House of Representatives meanwhile was ready to consider the third of three anti gambling bills pending in the state legislature The up for consideration by the committee tomorrow would allow the governor to order the attorney general to padlock gambling establishments known to be common nuisances last week passed a giving the governor the er to initiate removal ings against sheriffs tors and mayors who fail to en- force the laws Another anti- gambling recommended for passage by a house committee March strengthen alties for possession of slot chines and equipment other gambling Merrill Fired HOLLYWOOD U Rob Merrill Metropolitan opera tone fired for coming to wood instead of joining the spring tour is shocked and de- pressed He said yesterday I believe that the present issues will not be worked The singer said his New York manager was supposed to have told the general manager Rudolf Bing about Merrill's lywood trip two weeks ago BirtJ said Merrill had been billed in advance to appear in the spring tour scheduled to start today Chinese Open Dam On Allies Flood Fails To Halt Drive UP nese Reds abandoned their stronghold today after opening the flood gates of the huge voir in a futile attempt to delay the allied invasion of North Korea Pursuing U S forces ignoring the threat of floods reached the southwest side of the reservoir 13 miles north of the deepest American tration of the communist land in this second battle of North Korea The Tanks were believed to have seized hills overlooking formerly the eastern anchor of the central Korean triangle hi which the Reds were reported missing a or more troops for spring The reservoir is the third largest in Korea The Yanks reported that the river into the reservoir empties rose feet at mid-day but by dusk had dropped to only one foot above normal The dam gates were about a mile across the reservoir from the nearest allied units at dusk Engineers ventured no tion for the fall of the river's west the possibility that the Reds may have closed all or some of the gates before finally retreating north But in abandoning the on reservoir the Heds gave up their best defensive position in central Korea V N officers said the floods might hamper but would not seriously affect the allied march north of the parallel They were con- that none of the can preach Thai or South rean troops in the area would be trapped The American forces which thrust north to the reservoir it- self reported no sign of the Chinese communist army which had been reported moving large forces south out of for the start if the long-expected en- emy Gives Data On Prices A meeting for all Mansfield area merchants selling dise covered by price regulations issued April 5 will be held in the municipal court room at the city building at p m tomorrow The meeting sponsored by the Retail Merchants Assn and the Office of Price tion is befog held to explain the price regulations which cover the retail sale of musical instruments radios television sets phonographs household wares small electrical ances hardware notions leather goods sporting goods bicycles silverware dishes Jewelry and similar items R J Magee of the Office of Price Stabilization will attend the meeting to explain the lations and how merchants must prepare price charts These price charts must be filed by April 30 CIRCUS ROUTE SET COLUMBUS The Mills Bros circus will play at Newark Newcomerstown Zanesville gan Middleport and Pomeroy after its opening Saturday at the Ohio State fairgrounds Ohio Mystery Solved Divorcee Missing 4 Months Just Took Trip WASHINGTON C H W Sheriff Orland Hays expects Ohio's missing divorcee will show up soon for the keys to house and car she left be- hind when she dropped out of sight nearly four months ago Mrs Minerva Braddock flew in from Dallas Tex late night and expressed prise at all the concern felt for her disappearance She re- fused to say why she suddenly left a home without telling anyone why she a 1949 on a Cleveland street or why she never Christmas presents that were already wrapped The woman spent Saturday night in Columbus with a sister Mrs Don tor The sisters went to the farm home of their parents Mr and Mrs Clarence er two miles north Sunday Sheriff Hays who has the keys to Mrs Braddock's house and car thinks she will show up today to claim them The car is in a local garage It has 1950 license plates and can not be driven until 1951 tags are attached Mrs Braddock told her ter she had been in Dallas Tex since she left home on Dec 18 She added she intends to return there in several weeks Before she left Mrs dock wrapped up about 15 or 20 Christmas presents but never mailed them The iff has them at his home Sheriff Hays said Mrs dock left the house as though she intended to return before too long But when she failed to show up the sheriff ex- pressed the opinion she might have met with foul play Mrs Braddock is the former wife of Fred Braddock ington C H truck lines er Less than two weeks ago she wrote her mother that she would return to Ohio in 10 days Mrs Painter did not tell where the letter was mailed Other relatives said the letter probably told where Mrs Braddock was staying Sheriff Hay's wife Lula who also is a deputy sheriff said the case probably will be closed after the sheriff talks with Mrs Braddock Mrs Hays We and her husband talked it over and agreed that Mrs Braddock had a right to go away tt she wanted toJ C I KIMMEL Kimmel Dies At 69 Charles I Kimmel 69 com- missioner of the Johnny seed Boy Scout area for 21 years djed at General hospital Sunday night after a long ill ness Mr Kimmel was widely known throughout Ohio for his interest in Scouting and game protection He was Richland county game protector for 35 years and was instrumental in the planting of more than a million trees in this area through his Boy Scout ties He was active ment of Camp Avery Hand and was instrumental in obtaining the camp in lor Scouts of- this area Mr Kimmel was -a charter member of the Richland Fish and Game Assn and for a oum ber of years was secretary of the Ohio Game Protective Assn He was a member of the First tian church the Redman and Moose lodges Mr Kimmel was bom in Pa Nov JO Until his illness in January he had been camp ranger at Camp Avery Hand the last job he held with the area Scouts For his and enthusiastic interest ia Scouts he had been awarded the ver Beaver highest Scouting award Surviving are his wife Fannie Copeland Kimmel of the home Dreiser Rd two Paul Copeland of Yakima Wash and Jack Copeland of Mansfield and a Charles Kim mel of Phoenix Ariz Funeral services will be con ducted at 2 p m Wednesday a the Jones Memorial by his tor Rev Ben F Hagelbarger with burial in the Lexington cem etery Friends may call at the funer al home prior to the services Hungarians Slain Claim LONDON sources in Sweden were quoted today as saying that trouble has flared up in ed Hungary between Soviet and Hungarian troops These sources said 270 Hungarian cadet Cers were reportedly executed The London Daily Mail in a Stockholm dispatch said thi diplomats reported the inciden happened when new Red army troops relieved the Soviet pation garrison outside of Pecs in southern Hungary near the Yugoslav border Soviet officers the per said discovered that anti- Russian leaflets printed in Russian were being among the new troops The paper quoted ts diplo matic sources as saying that the Russians in retaliation made a series of mass arrests at a near Enter 3 Business Places Get At Wholesale House Safe crackers got an mated from the Central Fruit and Grocery Co 35 West Sixth St and hauled a safe containing away from the Amato Superette market in Shelby over the end The wholesale grocery was be- entered at p m or a m Sunday Of- said the burglars tripped over a cord to an electric clock and dictaphone and the clock stopped at that time Police said the safe was ripped open resembling the work of burglars in fire other safe crackings in the city last month Today's reports bring loss totals from safe crackings to in the citr and a tal of in the county Richard B Sturges 374 Davis Rd manager of the Central Fruit reported the theft at a m yesterday to police Police said entrance gained by breaking a window on the west side of the building Every office on the second floor of the building had been sacked Exit was made by ing the lock off the inside of a loading platform door on the east side of the building The ing door found standing open about a foot BONDS TORN Sturges said several war bonds owned by company em- ployes were torn in half by the burglars He said a can jof peaches had been pried open with a knife from a desk drawer and eaten during the burglary Several cans of pickles be- taken thieves Believed hauled away between and a m Sunday the safe at the Shelby found along Mott Rd two- south of Shelby off State Route 39 Police said a sledge had been used to open the safe Burglary of the Canada Dry Bottling Co 1581 West Fourth St Rd was reported at 10 a m Sunday but nothing warn Be- taken there Methods of entry at the tling company duplicated the burglary on March 4 when an adding machine was stolen from the office Police said an east window at the rear of the house was used for entrance in both cases Burglary was reported to lice at 10 a m yesterday A desk was broken into and sacked Ballots Available Absentee Voters Can Mark Them To May 3 Mansfield voters who will out of the city May 8 can tain absentee ballots for the mary election in the Board oi Elections office in the house Deputy Clerk Thomas Zeigler said today Today was the first day the ballots were supplied by the board may vote absentee until p m May 3 Servicemen may obtain ab- sentee ballots until Hay 5 Any registered voter may cast an absentee ballot if he will be out of the city or state on day of election The voter can either mail the ballot to the board of elections or vote at the board office in the courthouse before the deadline Disabled voters may apply for absent voters ballots from April 23 until p m May 3 All civilian absentee ballots sent through the mail must be in hands of the board by noon May Members of the armed forces can personally cast a vote in tha by Hungarian officers training board office until neon May 5 school and that 270 No ballots will be mailed out were reportedly taken out and after that date shot Tests Perk Up Students United Press College students are studying harder and their morale is er as a result of the draft ment examinations ordered by selective service a survey today But the survey showed many prominent persons including college presidents are opposed to the plai as undemocratic A spot check of more than a dozen schools showed the ment exams have snapped male students out of a damn attitude and started them working in the hope they'll be able to finish their studies NEED or to or itrl and do housework mother Week ends Mr ffi ferred 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