The Newport Daily News (Newspaper) - December 7, 1951, Newport, Rhode Island Weather Data rises seta A. P. low A. P. M. Thursday's temperature high 68; low 52. Local Forecast Mostly cloudy with some tog and not so cool Saturday partly cloudy and Detailed Report on Pace 3 ESTABLISHED 1846 Vol. 54 E. DECEMBER 7, 1951 SIXTEEN PAGES PRICE FIVE CENTS U.N. SLAPS DOWN SOVIET BLOC TRY TO SEAT RED CHINA General Assembly Urges Italy Dissolves Balkan Watchdog Group Dec. 7 United Nations General Assembly slapped clown a new Soviet bloc attempt today to seat Red China and oust the Meeting in plenary the 60-nation group 1. Urged the Security by a vote of 54 to 5, to approve Italy's application for U. N. It was considered un- likely the move would lead to Italy's Russia has Italy three times in the ity Council cast a negative vote forecasting a Italy now participates in the work of the U. N. Trusteeship without a in the ad- ministration of the territory of but not in other U. N. 2. Decided to disband its ial commission which has been ing an eye on the explosive Balkan situation and give the job to a stand-by group which will sit in U. N. headquarters in New Four Meet Again The vote on the Chinese issue came on a Russian resolution denouncing a report from the U. N. Credentials Com- declaring the Nationalists represented China legally in the United The Soviet move was defeated 39 to 7 with four Meanwhile th Big Four were preparing their final disarmament positions for outline at a secret meeting they have scheduled for late There was little optimism that Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Y. U. S. Ambassador Philip C. British Minister of State Lloyd and French Delegate Jules Moch would come School Body Delays Reconsidering New Site Pending Court Decision The School at an executive session Thursday delayed deciding on the question of reconsidering the new high school site pending a tion by the courts of action brought against the New High School Although representatives of the trustees of St. Michael's School had urged the committee to reconsider naming the site which includes the school erty on Memorial it was reported that the trustees were joining in the injunction suit without the com- A temporary injunction had been obtained against the New High School Commission day noon by Christine T. An- Charles Margaret and W. Harold residents of that It has been set for a hearing Monday Charles R. Haslam of chancellor of the Protestant Episcopal of Rhode Island and attorney lor St. Michael's said the school corporation will seek to become a party complainant in the The School Committee named its Edward J. Mrs. Florence K. Murray and Judge Harry Feigelman to re- present it in the It was learned after the meeting that some committee members had received vicious letters because of stand on the One committeeman was overheard to remark that while most of those opposing had no personal interest in the public those who should be most the parents of school children and others interested in their have been strangely WOMAN FINED FOR SCALDING GIRL Faces Civil Suit After Halloween Incident On Page 6) 28 Air On Two Overdue Planes Dec. 7 Pt An American with 18 aboard is overdue hero on a flight from the Azores and a search for the Superfortress is under U. S. Air Force officials said The plane left Lages Air Force base in the Azores at P. M. Thursday and was at Kindley the U. S. Air Force at 10 A. M. There has been no radio contact with the which carried enough fuel to last 15 Two planes took off from here to search for the missing Three are standing by to assist if Dec. 7 U. S. Air Force cargo plane with 10 persons aboard dis- appeared last night after radioing in only 40 froni its The a was believed down in the terrain along the French east of or perhaps In the It was coming in from the U. S. air field tt A C-47 normally carries a crew Of and the other six aboard were presumed to be The plane was attached to the U. S. Third Air Force Base at Bentwaters Eng. Mrs. Angelina E. 44, of Farewell was fined and costs by Judge Arthur J. in district court this on an assault charge ing out of a Halloween treat As she left the she was handed a mons in a civil suit brought by the girl victim's Mrs. Greenwald was charged with throwing hot water on 11- year old Rosemary daughter of Stunner B. of 21 Elm when the with made a treats call at Mrs. Greenwald's home Halloween The girl was treated at Newport Hospital for first and second degree burns resulting from the hot In giving the Judge Sullivan described her act as vicious assault that an ordinary can't imagine anyone He said no evidence had been given that the children had caused any trouble and said that the act could have the death of the Paul F. Murray is attorney for the and Judge Harry Feigelman represents Mrs. Case Discontinued Cases against Earl G. 21, of the U. S. S. and John T. of the U. S. S. on charges of malicious mischief of throwing a bottle through a Neon sign on Long Wharf Nov. 17, were on payment of The offense took place on a rainy and the restaurant proprietor had run He saw two sailors and blamed them for the act. An officer from the Keppler said that Teague had heard the but had walked away because he wanted to keep out of any because he was going on The two sailors were not the officer and the charge had hurt the reputation of the sailor and the as well as costing Teague for lawyer's fees and other costs for an offense he had ing- to do Adjudged not guilty after a hearing was Robert E. 25, of Park on a charge of operating on Park On Page 6) Board Delays Housing Unit Request For Sound Truck Pending Study A request of the Mayor's ory Housing Committee for a sound truck license running through February was held up by the Board of Thursday for further information as to the manner in which it is to be Last Tuesday night the board reluctantly granted a license for a week's Thursday the new application was re- Alderman Arthur A. rellas remarked that it be- come quite a The he is not against what the committee is trying to but there is no indication what they are going to do with the sound can't visualize what they can be doing on the he Alderman Alexander G. Teitz said the board would like to know where they are how much noise they are going to make and what they are going to In holding the application up for a it was suggested that future applications be made for a week at a Assistant Electrician J. Simmons of the fire de- was granted his ment request upon the dations of Dr. Michael H. his own and Dr. John L. city Taxi operator permits were granted Wayne E. Russell C. Robert C. Nathan Cruss and Louis Jr. A new victualling house license was granted Johnny's Diner 1 Bridge upon approval by Rufus E. D. Additional renewals of victualling house licenses also were A request of Lieut. Joseph A. traffic for renewal of the spotlights for traffic officers on Bellevue avenue at Catherine and Levin streets was referred to the fire chief for investigation and report by his Radice also recommended lation of an overhead caution light at Farewell and Walnut as requested by Lieut. Comdr. Herbert E. whose property has been damaged by cars at that The police lieutenant was asked to obtain an estimate Teitz also inquired about the possibility of fixing traffic particularly that at Touro and Spring to show red on both for a period as an aid to It was believed that it would be more feasible to place them on red and yellow at the same as a walking The matter will be Radice said that Newport drivers have a it of driving on a traffic light's caution The city treasurer was to seek bids for equalization and refunding bids to be in at noon Dec. 18. Teitz also asked about the conference the Newport Gas Light Company regarding its application for increased on Page 6) HOOP PLAYERS GET SUSPENDED TERMS Judge Blasts Bradley President For Scandal NEW Dec. 7 Judge Saule Streit today gave pended sentences to three former Bradley University basketball stars in the bribery scandal and assailed David Bradley whom he said gave sanction to their al In Owen said he had no immediate comment to The former players were Gene George and William They had pleaded guilty Oct. 24 to a. charge of conspiracy to fix a March 19, 1949 game with Bowling Green in Madison Square They faced a maximum sentence of three years in defendants at the bar were corrupted and demoralized by a system which set athletic success above Streit College Head Assailed Declaring Owen to guard the preeminence of academic Streit his acquiesence in their sub- and his extensive ling with the members of the team while their studies were he gave official university sanction to their moral The general sessions court judge coupled his denunciation of Owen with an attack on that want the best team can It was the second broadside Streit delivered in the past month against commercialism in college Streit on Nov. 19 hit college football and basketball as sordid big business while sentencing five former players to jail and ing of nine others in the hoop From Normal Homes The judge noted that all three Bradley defendants were products of home reared by religious and God-fearing Streit told of cash paid to the three players by the Bradley booster club and said they took snap courses and got credits for activities ranging from tary to a co-ed ing Returning to the judge is interesting to note that un- On Page 6) Fog Blanketing Island Makes Driving Hazardous Thick fog blanketed the island last night and early this morning creating extremely hazardous driving Despite pery road state police reported no i Block Island was isolated from the mainland by fog for the past 24 Ferry Sprigg Carroll attempted to make the run to the mainland but was forced back because of fog and heavy ground The Coast Guard station here reported visibility was very The Jamestown ferry its regular No special orders were issued to Navy nor were any reported as having as they their regular runs from ship to Temperatures climbed to 57 after the fog cleared and port once again basked iin un- seasonably warm weather which broke all records this 14 SHOPPING DAYS TO CHRISTMAS ANONYMOUS DONOR TO CHEST DRIVE Fund Campaign Total Now Additional Contributions Expected A gift from an mous donor lifted the Newport Community Chest figure to the highest total in five years it was announced The quota was for 17 member v William J. campaign announced the final figure and gave special thanks to the anonymous whom he identified as one of the staunchest supporters since its The gift was in ad- dition to the substantial annual gift from this he When the formal drive closed Nov. 16, the total on hand was Since division team captains and workers added to the total in further canvass of Civilian employes at- the Torpedo Station added last bringing the total Navy tions to More Donations Expected Donovan said additional tions are While the goal set was not the campaign chairman deemed this year's effort The member agencies will receive substantially all of the quota allotted he In 1946, the Chest collected about In every year since then the total has dropped until this which was marked by an upward trend and an all time record in the number of made our best showing in five Donovan cipal thanks are due those who be- lieve in the Chest and who con- Also I want to thank the campaign officials and workers who gave so freely of their time and effort to make the 1951 effort the success it Stock Market Higher With Rails Still Leading NEW Dec. 7 roads today dominated a higher stock the second straight session of rail Support for the rails was fairly general in the rest of the but there were scattered soft Trading started fast with prices a carry-over from day's final and the pace continued at the heaviest rate in more than a Steels also were active and and there was a moderate of activity and strength in the motors and some Building materials and aircrafts had a sizable share of minus Canadian Pacific was the out- standing performer today as it was It opened on a block of shares up at 36% and then gained more than 2 points before falling back in the 1 to 2 point It has millions of acres in oil producing and producing areas in Northern which has ex- tensive land holdings in the rich Williston basin in the also was out- activity at prices from a point higher to a point Table on Page 6) AND THEY'RE NOT Fuel practicing for their Christmas were heard plaintively singing this What is so bad as a day in With temperatures ranging like those in We dealers in fuel see an un- happy customers ain't buying our ONLY 50% OF YANKS MISSING ARE RED WRITER HINTS Allies Drop Demands For Joint Inspection Teams In Truce Terms Dec. 7 A Communist correspondent hinted that no more than Americans Korea are came from a newsman at Pan- where Allied truce half of the reported missing in prisoners of The report Chinese negotiators today opened a effort to reach agreement on a compromise program for policing an The Allies dropped their demand for joint U. N. Com- munist inspection They also told the Reds the of withdrawing troops from Korea could be up and discussed But they said troop withdrawal early in the armistice definitely is Chu a Communist correspondent covering the istice told Allied newsmen he knew of no war in which more than half of the soldiers listed as missing were Not Seen Confirmation do not see why the Korean war would be different from other wars in this he Chu referred to the fact that only part of those reported ing in action are taken The others are killed in action and their bodies not Allied correspondents did liot construe his as confirming the recent report by Col. James M. chief of the U. S. Eighth Army's judge that the Reds had slaughtered proximately American Other Red correspondents at Panmunjom said all Allied ers are being held in big camps in Korea near the Manchurian He said none have been taken to Plan Rewritten Allied truce negotiators launched their effort to obtain agreement on a program for en- forcing the truce by the Communist plan to include U. N The two-man subcommittees reached general agreement on three left three for er and were sharply divided on two when the hoxir session The will meet again Saturday at 11 A. M. P. M. EST Before Friday's meeting broke U. N. delegates told the Reds they were to any the Communists might have for breaking the Maj. Gen. Henry I. U. N. told Communist delegates Friday the Allies will talk about withdrawing troops from Korea after negotiators see eye to eye on enforcing an istice and exchanging prisoners oE TOWN SCHOOL SITE SUIT A suit for the court to determine value of land taken over by town for a new school on West Main road was filed with Chester A. clerk of the super- ior by William P. Mrs. Earl H. with her Mrs. Roy S. At- of the MacKaye part of which was taken over by the town Sept. 6, filed the suit stating that the owners have not been able to agree with the town a price for the PRICE RISE OKAYED Dec. 7 The government cleared the way last night for a third round of increases in auto prices in a Two boosts okayed previously were estimated to have raised prices an average of to per cent. Oliphant Fails To Appear At Today's Hearing On Charges Against Tax Men Officer Wishes To Delay Several McGRATH SAYS HE NOT RESIGN Attorney General J. Howard former U. S. Senator and Rhode Island told the Federal Bar Association yesterday that he has no tions of resigning and that he has complete confidence in the integrity of the government's legal Obviously moved by the fire directed towards his department in the current tax fraud McGrath made the statements in an off-the-cuff speech be- fore the At 6 Air Force Bases Reported By Senate Subcommittee Dec. 7 Senate armed services on preparedness reported today it had found many instances of at six Air Force tolerate these minor wastes is to sanction inevitable large-scale the group's 34th report days of luxury are over for our military The subcommittee was set up soon after the Korean war to check on the nation's mobilization Chairman Lyndon B. Johnson said subcommittee investigators had found appeared to be other more glaring instances of at the bases than those covered in the But he ed that further investigation of these is required before making a public report on Six Bases Listed The six bases are Langley near Carswell near Fort Lowry near Mather near March near and Keesler near Miss. The the group's first devoted to a survey of a number on Page 6) RECALL PEARL HARBOR DAY AT WORLD WAR 2 Gold Star Mothers re- membered 10 years ago at noon today when Japanese bombs fell down on the Pacific ing at the roll of those who died in World War 2 left to Mrs. Florence Mrs. Gertrude vice and Mrs. Helen Standing at salute in. background are Donald J. and James F. PN from the Naval News RED FLIERS KEEP SAFE IN MANCHURIA U. N. Jets Look In Vain For Communist Planes Dec. 7 few Allied jets hunted through storm clouds today for Communist hoping to ex- tend their record breaking 11 day series of victories over the The Reds remained safely On Page 6) Red Dec. 7 Charles after ing an immediate public hearing by House tax failed to appear today at a committee session called to hear He sent word he wished to delay his appearance 42, resigned two days ago as chief legal officer of Bureau of Internal He said then he felt un- able to endure any longer the to which he had been subject at hearings by a House ways and means The group is looking into charges of irregularities in the tax collecting Oliphant particularly at the ing his name to an alleged of Washington which a witness had sworn he waa told was on the look out for Story Denied This story came from Abraham Chicago who said two men tried to shako him down for on the representation that they would save him from through their connection with the alleged He named the two men as Frank Pittsburgh promoter and and Bert K. business Since Oliphant was not ready to the committee Chairman told re- porters later that might testify at the afternoon story was followed quickly by angry denials from of- Nathan took the witness chair and un- der that it was a Attorney General McGrath ordered that the whole ter be placed before a federal grand Demanded Bight to Reply Only last Oliphant the right to reply from the committee's witness chair to the bringing of his name into the In a letter to Oliphant said he had to accept a subcommittee invitation to a closed He time for closed sessions has What I am entitled to is that your committee afford me ample opportunity to repair the damage done my reputation your Adrian W. counsel for the subcommittee investigating tax said Oliphant would be questioned on number of Grunewald Not Located One of he was loan Oliphant listed as owing ry Washingtonian who as a public tions Another was an ex- Continued Page 6) New N. A. M. Head Against Favors Limited Foreign Taft NEW Dec. 7 new president of the National Association of Manufacturers is against price and wage in favor of continued but limited foreign aid and thinks Ohio tor Robert Taft should be in the White So said Milwaukee industrialist William J. Grede following his election last night as dent of the manufacturers' group numbering The NAM's big concern for 1952, he is The newly elected chief of the NAM criticized the defense saying production was moving along fast in some but not fast enough in Questioned as to his tial preferences for 1952 Grede said he believed Taft would make a good but emphasized he was speaking for not for the The NAM not in the political he William H. told the convention day that the entire nation must share responsibility for a moral climate which allows political graft and corruption to is not enough to stand aghast at revelations of mink coats on government he is not enough to recoil at exposure of internal revenue scandals and corruption in RFC to be revolted by crime syndicates protected by prominent or shocked by basketball we are true to our can we will look behind the sensational headlines and see how far we have The N. textile manufacturer thus the dominant theme of the three-day NAM conclave which brought industrialists and men to the Picking up where previous speakers had left Ruffin said greatest shadow across our way is cast by the widespread abandonment of those and immutable principles of private which in his first inaugural address warned must be the of our national he one does riot have to be a public official to be less to the public nor a to a ting blow at is gross immorality to cry publicly for rock-bottom omy in the federal and at the same time lobby quietly for federal local he The relationship of industry to education came in for special emphasis at today's A. president of Bodine said it must be Industry's re- sponsibility to help provide cators with needed for the physical their tools new adequate equipment and factual information about on Page 6)
