The Newport Daily News (Newspaper) - March 22, 1951, Newport, Rhode Island Weather Data Friday Sun rises Tides high A. A. V. M. 40: low Local Forecast and to thin Detailed Report On 1 ESTABLISHED 1840 Vol 44 R. MARCH 32, 1961 FOUR PAGES PRICE FIVE CENTS U. S. FIGHT WAY OUT OF RED TRAP NEAR BORDER West Sector Foe Digging In For Desperate Mass Soldiers 10 Per Cent Wage Increases For City Employes Reported As Council Plan March 22 today out of n three miles from the Red Korean Tanks were moving up one side of the river north of and the infantry were plodding along the opposite bank when the Reels opened From high they penned rifle and mortar fire on all sides of the let us walk into the trap and then they sprang said Cpl. Charley Virginia Va. tanks opened up on the hillside they but it didn't stop the fire all around us everywhere we We finally scrambled across to the tanks and they the on one side while we moved The pulled back to the Along central tor the bulk of the Communist j troops appeared to have slipped north of 38. But in the the Reds to be digging in for a perate stand in South Field despatches said some 000 Communist troops manned defense positions in depth for 15 miles south of the These included two divisions of the Chinese Third Field idle since the Hungnam action in Tank Patrol Fight Hot An Allied tank patrol ran into a hot fight Wednesday on ths pi caches to north of The tin ust of was the closest announced Allied approach in foice to the Red Korean border during the current Allied tanks and infantrymen occupied Wednesday without n AP coi Leif Eriekson from U. S. Eighth Army that Allied forces in in position today to the 38th parallel any time they choose to move after the withdrawing Reds the political Knst nf Chum him ican troops finished wiping out 4.400 Reds of the Reel Korean 10th Division that had slipped behind Allied lines in Only about 300 remained of that had been hacked to pieces by U. S. planes and Eighth Army headquarters re- ported 1.300 Reels killed or ed in action This brought to about the total Communist casualties since the Allied offensive began Jan. 25. A in In- nil rlly with for police and firemen to include last year's and a portion of the Increase given in was re- liably today as the final pay schedule adopted for the budget for presentation to the Representative Council April 3. The committee agreed at its last meeting not to release official budget A study of all city wages will follow it was A number of reports on the committed hnd It was said to have resulted In several firemen submitting or In- lending to submit applications to join the new Police and salaries cording to would include the bonus given lust April plus addition to last years basic On top of this would be the reported 10 per cent in- I a A or M first class whose basic salary last year was would receive this de- whose basic salaries were last would receive this and the other grades would vary according to their basic Salary in all ments tiro -on h. temporary basis pending a complete survey which will begin at The tux rule will not bis known until Iho city has tabulated the new 'the last item on which the budget committee and the final bottom line of the budget is It is expected that there will be n between the tax rate limit which can legally be set and the final tax The present rate of JH ex- to be boosted about Spring's First Snowfall Surprises Weather Experts The first of a ficak that sin prised even weather melted on city streets and walks but mantled flowers and automobiles with mid-winter The S Weather bureau in Providence said the snow should stop this and predicted that temperatures would drop to the upper 20's tonight in the port Tomorrow will be cloudy and The snow melted almost in- stantly on and county and police reported ble traffic Meanwhile local kids who have had barely any snow this managed to scrape enough snow off parked cars to make few DE LA SALLE LOSES 3 McGee Injury Sidelines Butler Three De La Salle Academy ulars will not play in the Eastern States Catholic Basketball ament hero next week as a result of disciplinary action by the school and a decision of the Rhode Island Secondary Principal's And a fourth player is currently sidelined by injuries and may not be available for action when the tournament gets under way -a week from Danny and Roger were dropped from the squad day for disciplinary And Richie who reached the Rhode Island age limit of 20 late in is not eligible to represent De La Salle In the the Association Tho injured player is George Butler who has a sprained ankle which has kept him from practice this He may be ready for it was 1cm ned at school this Since the the participation of who were eligible on February 1 cording to their state it was felt McGee was eligible for the Eastern States Catholic Rhode Island rules state that a player shall be under 20 years of age to represent a school in any contest whether not the opponent subscribes to these The loss of these players re- duces the Crusader squad to two Captain Willis Donald Dennis a capable who played in all will be moted to a slatting John may be another possible Another Donald received a cut in his head during Wednesday's mage that required two John Kane and Arthur Junior Varsity have been added to the Varsity team for the Brother athletic di- announced this LINER BUFFETED BY STORM N. 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March 22 Atlantic arrived here day and crew members told of a raging Atlantic storm in which one woman was killed and some 20 passengers treated for minor Mrs. Claire B. 68, of died from sion after she stumbled and fell while the ship was thrown about in mountainous waves Monday the ship's doctor Jamestown Split On Ferry Separate Public Meetings Planned The split in Jamestown between groups contending for and against state control of the ferry widened today as each side planned to hold its own public meeting to discuss aspects of the authorizing state operation before it goes to a vote next The committee em- powered by the town to negotiate for state lease of the ferry system announced today it would report on the at a public meeting Tuesday night in the recreation hall Attorney Genet al William E. and his staff will be to Colonel Thomas W. committee The committee had planned to hold tne meeting day until it learned day that the hal had been re- quested earlier by John F. ferry company for an- other public F. recreation said Boone appeal ej before him and commission bers Thomas F. and George Wednesday but declined to identify the group that was sponsoring the meeting for which he had requested the The commission then informed Boone they would sanction only a joint a meeting at which both sides were given an equal chance to be Boone then submitted a written request for an on the posed ferry Boone later told a newspaper correspondent he was not at erty to say who was sponsoring the but said the ator would be either M. James a ferry and ferry company or Richard Cory Jamestown Meanwhile the com- announced this they plan to hold their meeting Tuesday night with Leroy W. town as meeting One of the speakers at the meeting Monday will be Frank a retired naval it was learned will reportedly speak on ferry company MAGAZINE SELLERS FACE CRACK DOWN Mayor Asks Police Act If Nuisance Committed The police were directed by Mayor Dean J. Lewis at today's Board of Aldermen meeting to take prompt action against azine solicitors Washington if they are committing a nuisance or obstructing Let the burden of the of the action be placed on the magazine companies to he Mayor Lowls said after ing complaints he Had the police Police Chief Edward C. Sullivan reported most of the solicitors were young girls and he believed there is a question whether the who make a ever receive the magazine or their deposit Ho pointed out the constitutionality question had been raised but said Fall had recently adopted an ordinance requiring Audit Awarded The city audit was awarded to Donald V. local certified public on his low City Treasurer John J. Sullivan u tabulation of re- showing Hoff bid for the general for the trust fund audit and for the Water Works Bauer and Hanover bid for the general and the same for the other cording to the The bids received last showed Hoff at that time as ding on the general audit and Bauer and Hanover ting a complete bid on the three Gasoline bids were from Johnson Newport Oil Corporation and cum Oil Company and continued for one was the apparent low The boaid approved a tax note to the First National Bank of Boston at 1.95 City Sullivan said it amounted to 95' 100 of one per which Is er than last Bids Awarded for furnishing items to the Welfare presented by Mrs. Howard T welfare showed the T. J. Murphy on Page 6) ADMIRAL DISPUTES TIPSY DRIVING CURB PLAN i Would Discriminate Against Says Statement Admiral the today took with a suggestion of Judge Patrick P. of the court that commanding lo curb navy drunken designate one man to do the driving for each and order him not to drink while on the trip Admiral said Judge Curran's suggestion would dis- criminate against man In uniform and is capable of interpretation by implying that all navy men get drunk on is further from the admiral The judge said his sole thought waE to if Injuring b'y judicial decisions the tion of individuals who have many times offered their lives for their After conferring in chambers for over an hour with Commander Thomas F. legal and Commander Allan R. information of the destroyer and Norris L. legal officer of the Naval Judge Cm ran Issued his ment which also Statement any impression has been created from what I heretofore have either from the in open court or to In that T believe or have any reason to be- lieve relations between the police department and other lic officials of the city of port are not that im- pression is has been demonstrated in in chambers that the between the of- and De- Both parties to be lated upon this have reason to believe that the police department and other officials cooperate to the fullest extent with the navy officials and mid that Is cooperation on the part of officials and Admiral statement also have thousands of naval personnel in the Newport For the most part they are and respectful of the law by the very nature of their obligations and It is doubtful that their traffic In- fractions as a group would exceed the violations of any equal number of comparable age and economic and under similar driving the proposed being applicable only under military would dis- criminate against the man in If it ever is written Into civil and enforced against the navy will support it. East St. Louis Gambler Names Two As Bosses Of Illinois City r Moran Quits N. Y. Job Under Fire Air Lines Soar Ahead In Fairly Active Deals NEW March 22 Air lines soared ahead of a rising today in fairly active Air lines spread across the tape in large blocks at the opening and then continued more active than the rest of the market with gains running to nearly a dollar a Oils stepped out with substantial in the wake of the air Higher prices under re- federal controls was gested as one cause for the en- Chemicals and aircrafts trailed and there were a few vidual issues worth Scars Roebuck showed the most activity in the group with a The company showed net profits amounting to for the year ended Jan. 31 as against a share the 12 AVCO heavily traded for a once in a block of at prices unchanged to a small fraction above the previous The company reported earnings equal to 40 cents a share for the quarter ended Feb. 28 as against 15 cents the year Among on the upside were Braniff Trans-World Air American United Air sion Gulf Standard Oil Kennecott Mclntyre Allied du Eastman American General American U. S. Douglas craft and National O'DWYER TAX FACES PROBE March 22 A House sub-committee ordered the Internal Revenue Bureau day to check on possible tax evasion in connection with cash payments to New York Mayor William The announcement was made by Rep. chairman of a ways and means tee that has begun an tion into enforcement of the eral tax JUDY GETS DIVORCE LOS March 22 Garland divorced movie director today with testimony that himself and wouldn't explain why he would be away and leave me alone so Water Official Bows To Demand 1 Of Impellitteri Fire Fighters Union Calls On John P. Crane To Yield Vice Presidency NEW March 22 Water Commissioner James J. Moran today bowed to Mayor cent demand that he resign his lifetime he accepted from the head of the Uni- formed mayor's was made yesterday after P. head of the Uniformed toHl the crime committee under oath that he gave the money to then first deputy eo he'd be on Moran had denied in testimony before the Senate committee that he over received any money from Moran was appointed to his time Job as water commissioner by his old former Mayor liam just before O'Dwyer resigned to accept the post of ambassador to Tells of Crane told of the Moran gift immediately after he had testified he gave in cash by He said he handed the money to O'Dwyer on the porch of Grade the mayor's cial in two days of mony before the lier had sworn that he never got any money from He said he repeated the denial yesterday before a New York County grand jury investigating the Uniformed Crane lost his city job when he to waive im- munity before testifying before the same grand jury some time City employes are required to sign He has continued as head of the Crane threw verbal harpoon into the testimony of who had denied at the Senate hearing that he ever received money from Crane said he passed in cash to Crane Told To Get Out March 22 The AFL International tion of Fire Fighters today de- manded the resignation as a vice president of John P. who figured In the Senate John P. president of the International Association of Fire gave Crane until noon tomorrow to resign as vice president in charge of the New York city Redmond said in a telegram to actions have been mental to the best interests of our association and the fire fighters I do not have your tion prior to this time I shall proceed in accordance with the constitution and to suspend you from GREASY AT HEARING March 22 Jacob re- one time payoff man for lha Chicago Capone came to the Senate crime hearings School Committee Remains Firm On Memorial Boulevard As Site The School Committee voted unanimously at a special closed meeting Wednesday night to stick to their earlier decision for Memorial boulevard for a high Dr. Nickolaus New Yoik educational had recommended a double the 20 acies bounded by Memorial Red Cross and Glbbs on Wellington avenue facing the the committee said it felt the cost of un- rocky land along the harbor would be Dr. hardt said he considered the Memorial boulevard which includes St. Michael's too but added it was the best site of that size in the In a report to the committee by Rogers Principal Peter E. nelly and Frederick W. Dow ot the science science equipment were rated well above the average for high but facilities were described as only Donnelly said that no graduate who had taken a college preparatory science course in the past three years had failed and that many former Rogers students had won places on dean's lists and honor The Very Rev. Robert S. O. president of Providence Col- will be the Rogers com- speaker June 13. Rogers is planning an outdoor graduation at the first in its BOWS TO RESIGNATION DEMAND Water James J. holds telegram in his Brooklyn home Wednesday in which Mayor Vincent demanded Moran's resignation and to suspend him un- less he The mayor his action Moran was promoted by disclosures by John P. head of the city Uni- formed before the Senate crime probe that Crane gave Moran to have him on Moran resigned PRESIDENT HEADS BACK Boards After 3-Week Vacation KEY March 22 Truman left for ington today aboard the after a three-week The White House plane took off from the Boca Chica Naval Air Station at P. M. Col. Francis the said the trip likely would require about four hours because of unfavorable The deeply tanned and appeared physically fit tor the encounters ahead as he joked with reporters upon his re- turn lust night from cruise to Fort Jefferson in the dry aboard destroyer He apparently didn't know but he narrowly missed being overnight on on which Fort Jefferson The skipper of the 63-foot crash which ferried the President to and from the island to the anchored two miles told the water got so choppy after we put the President aboard the that if we had waited five minutes more we wouldn't have been able to get him off the Quartermaster Joseph D. Elmore of told The said it was a fine Hiss To Begin 5-Year Term In Prison Today NEW March 22 one-time bright young star of President New Deal surrendered day to begin serving a five-year prison term for The old former high State Department official his appeals to the higher courts re- gave himself up to eral Judge Henry Hiss was convicted Jan. 21, 1950 on two counts of The in branded hirr a liar and traitor who be- trayed his country by turning government secrets to taker admitted courier of a Communist spy The U. S. Court last week to review the con- Hiss said then through his attorney he would not con- test the verdict But he maintained innocence and expressed the belief in time his name would be Hiss was convicted after two the first of which ended in a deadlocked The second jury believed the startling story told by the government's star witness who said the former government official over secret ments to GOVERNOR SIGNS CITY AUTOIST Parking Violators May Now Pay Fines Here to the March ernor Dennis J. Roberts today signed n permitting to pny fines foi overtime parking at Newport police station in- stead of going into the district Meanwhile both branches of the General Assembly recessed ly after they met this with the house Idle while senate members decided in caucus what to do about the giving each legislator a year for cal The measure was on the calendar for senate action but opposition was reported within both parties with neither wishing lo take responsibility of limiting it a party expectation was that it on a voice vote no there would be no lecord oi any member voting for a measure out of which he would benefit To do bo is a violation of the Governor Roberts has ted to legislators sponsoring the that he would reserve the right to the or allow it become law when it reaches his if the house approved the appropriating on Page 6) Carroll Tells Crime Probers Of Huge Profit Business Lak With Either Goto March 22 James J. Carroll told Senate crime investigators today a a. jear gambling operation In St. 111., produced gross profit in 1949. for many years at St. Louis odds maker with a national said the East St. Louis operation was earned on by John Mooney and Michael He acknowledged he had been associated with Mooney and Grady and said he got in one year for and Carroll did not nay what year that His lawyer had declared earlier that Carroll is now re- tired from the Betting Under Carroll ied he had ever received police protection or had discussed with police Cart session with the emus investigators brought two points where questions were raided as la whether there was One was about his relations with bookmaker Frank ot New He denied he did business with Erickson or that they were members of a wide Cottello He also said he does not know New racketeer Frank or West coast gambler Mickey It was brought out then that testified to another all' committee April that he did business with is now m jail OR state conviction of violating gambling Asked about the apparent con- of Carroll do not do business directly with Mr. said Enckson business with Mr. The committee has said Carrotl some part m ness Carroll said that many people believe they are doing on Page 6) Railroads Reject Union Plan For Ending Dispute March 22 The nation's railroads today re- a union proposal for ment of their two-year old dispute with the Brotherhood of Railroad D. representing the announced the railroad's decision to the Senate labor com- at a public Senator I the committee had called on the carriers earlier to accept the settlement proposal put forth by the Murray had said he was hopeful that if the carriers and the mevi could get it to a settlement of ferences between the railroads and other operating Mobilization Leaders Debate Calling Full Labor-Management Conference Maich 2 Mobilization leaders studied today whether to call a full-dress management here in a final effort to get the stalled wage control machinery lunning Industry said it is parent such a in representatives of and Uie be called before the crippled Wage Stabilization Board can be revived as a settling Eric economic ization answered questions on the issue by have some things in mind but not ready to labor demands that the Wage paralyzed by the walkout of its three labor be re- organized to settle labor disputes as well as to fix wage Johnston so far has failed to get either labor or management to agree on a He has proposed an 18-member board of industry and public having limited disputes settlement taking to the radio tonight 10.45 P. reported to be a strong appeal to labor and groups to resolve their differences and settle the Some officials have predicted President Truman will issue an order carrying out Johnstons compromise But a problem under the defense production Mr. Truman could act without first having called a formal management The law specifies tiat the President shall act only after re- recommendations from conferences among public and government Some officials be- lieve that the frequent meetings called by Johnston in the Ust month in his efforts to solve tae dispute would fill this legal re- Others contend that a full-dress conference must be Despite unofficial that the Justice Department holds the latter Johnstoa told reporters he does not believe question has been decided
