Herald Press, The (Newspaper) - January 24, 1952, Saint Joseph, Michigan Phones NEWS ROOM BUSINESS OFFICE THE THE HOMES IN BERRIEN Weather Colder High In the put 24 24 nowi WM 10 t m. SIXTEEN PAGES FINAL EDITION Full Prm ST. JANUARY 24, 1952. Audit PRICE FIVE CENTS BOY TRAPPED IN STORE DIES Two File For Seats On Commission SCAN INQUIRY IN JUSTICE WORK House Committee Alleged Favoritism And Influence an inves evidence of Jan. 24 The house judiciary committee was called into session today to consider an investigation of At- torney General McGrath and and in the justice Before the committee was a lution by Rep. Keating ing for a full-scale inquiry into Grath's administration since he was appointed attorney general in 1949. It follows closely on President Truman's selection of former Democratic national com- to direct a of government corruption lighted most recently by the al revenue bureau There were indications the com- decision might cut across party Touch And Go Despite the preponderance of Democrats on the man Celler told newsmen the vote might be and The committee lineup is 17 crats and 13 Celler said he did not want political based on rumor and an based on One Rep. Walter of said in advance he support the Keating won't vote for any fishing ex- Walter if there are any specific charges I certainly think an investigation is Specific Charge Keating said there will be specific all expect to present six or seven specific cases of alleged favoritism and influence as a basis for my re- he These include cases in which legations already have been made justice ment activities in California and St. some ing allegations are of an ex- he They are for the most part a follow-up to disclosures by house tax These disclosures led to the firing of Assistant Attorney General on Lamar chief of the tice department tax RETAIN CHIEF IN GUN ISSUE Carr Voted To Hold Job After Cage Game Gun Incident AND LINDENFELD TO BE CANDIDATES Wallace And Johnson To Retire From City Commission Lutheran Hour Rally Planned Here June 1 FLAMES HOLD BACK MOTHER FROM RESCUE Dowagiac Grocery 6-Year-Old Caught In Storeroom LAUNCH C OF C annual drive of the St. Joseph Chamber of which will continue through opened with a kickoff dinner Wednesday noon at the comb Forty C of C members are a vigorous campaign to add new to the organization's the drive is B. F. manager of the Montgomery Ward chairman of the membership Pictured at the table were to F. Atty. John the Ray the and Leon past president of the Compare Rights Of U. S. Office Workers Jan. 24 Since the birth of office employes have I treated as well as the fellow in the building across the The National Office Management association of Philadelphia attempted today to answer this It conducted a survey of more than business firms in 120 cities and came up with a report outlining the average office GRAND Jan. 24 Warren B. Carr retained his job as Wyoming township police chief day by a four to three vote of the township Four justice of the peace members of the board decided last night that an altercation in which the chief was involved at Van Buren had not impaired his There were indications that for- mal charges against Carr of creating a disturbance at a high school basketball same would be Offers Resignation Carr had offered his resignation because of re- from the He was accused of drawing his service re- volver in an argument Jan. 11 with a 22-year-old youth whom he of insulting Covert school Superintendent mer Van Dyke filed the Following the township meeting Carr issued a joint See Page 14 MERCURY TO DROP LOWER Predict Low Of Zero In Highways Clear But Slippery The mercury is scheduled to take another step lower here with the weatherman predicting a low of zero for this area The lowest reading at the twin cities airport last night was 10 Except lor occasional light ries this the weather bureau prediction was for a tion of the Highway crews have been able to keep the throught the area fairly free of packed snow and ice. but virtually all other roads and streets in the area remained very slippery this ing to highway agency Snow fell intermittently over the area last the cold wave ed from the Rockies to the eastern seaboard and as far south as ern Temperatures were be- low zero over most of the Iowa and waves from Lake Michigan splashed onto a stretch of Chicago's South Shore trapping hundreds of A stretch of the drive was closed until late last Michigan's coldest spot was ston in the northern part of the lower Pellston reported 13 Chicago had zero and Minneapolis 21 ed Perhaps the most question is the office rule on The NOMA report discloses that less than three per cent of the companies interviewed forbid ing Almost forbid smoking by More Lenient Smaller organizations tend to be more the southern states report that three in every four companies allow un- restricted smoking by both Firms In Canada and the west central United States are least friendly to About 30 per cent of the ies surveyed do not care how much a worker smokes or where he does it. snacks are another item enjoyed by some office workers and forbidden to The ing coffee has come to be a tradition in many places of bosses allow this bit of About 85 per cent of the ies polled officially sanction the be- snack period and over See Page 14 Episcopal Bishop Of Western Michigan Submits Resignation GRAND Jan. 24 The Rt. Lewis B. Whittemore has formally submitted his as bishop of the western Michigan Episcopal feel that the rugged physical demands of the work require that a younger man should take the den upon his the 68- year-old bishop told the 78th an- diocesan convention Petitions nominating Patrick J. McMullen and John B. Lindenfeld as candidates for the St. Joseph city commission in the coming spring election were filed today with City Clerk Ira D. With the filing of petitions for McMullen and Lindenfeld came disclosure that two long-time city commissioners would not seek re- They are Alex J. Wallace and Dr. Clell K. Mr. Wallace gave health reasons for his decision to retire from lic He talked about retiring a year or more but was ed by fellow commissioners to com- plete his which expires this coming Dr. Johnson gave the press of ALFRED BARTZ IS CANDIDATE Boomed For Presidency Of State Supervisors Association business and personal affairs as the reason prompting his retirement from the Both Dr. Johnson and Mr. lace have rendered faithful and ficient service as city commissioners for a number of Mr. Wallace for about 15 and Dr. Johnson for about seven Mr. McMullen and Mr. feld are well known in St. Joseph business and civic sales manager for the has ed St. Joseph as a member of the ARREST THREE IN LOOTINGS Uncover Merchandise In Apartment Near Niles Alfred chairman of the Berrien county board of supervisors and vice president of the Michigan State Supervisors is being boomed as a possible date for the post of president of the state it was stated The state association convention is being held in Lansing this Bartz is representing the Berrien county board of supervisors at this Plans were perfected at the mid- winter conference of leaders of the Lutheran held in St. to hold a Lutheran Hour rally at Dickinson stadium on June 1, it was announced The rally speaker will be the Rev. Armin C. who conducts the Lutheran Hour rally heard over a world-wide radio Hy hammer of St. Joseph and A. W. Krieger of Bridgman will serve as co-chairmen of the sponsored by the Southwest zone of the theran Edward H. of Lake Shore the Trinity an has just returned from St. where he attended the The Lutheran league is a national organization of more than Lutheran Approximately 600 members are enrolled from the Trinity Major project of the organization is the Lutheran a global dio program currently broadcast over more than stations in 55 nations and employing 36 It was announced at the meeting in St. Louis that Dr. Eugene R. radio director of the is presently on a three-week trip to Central and South America to expand Lutheran Hour ing in Latin Other league projects discussed by the conference Vicksburg a specialized institution owned and operated by the league in the Mississippi Valparaiso which the league ports with scholarships and a located at Concordia St. and the production pf full length feature films with a positive Christian four of which have been produced to The league also operates a ment service conducts theran and promotes Christian education on all E. C. Jacobs of al presided at the two- day The group also heard Prof. Oldsen at an informal and attended the Mutual work broadcast from the studios of station week's During the mid- Village of Take notice that a Shoreham village caucus will be held at the Brown school on uary 29. 1952, at 8 p. m. for the pose of nominating the following 3 trustees and Celia L. village 24 Luncheon served Brass 11 a. m. 'til 2 p. m. Both lift State st. and 60S Ship st. 23, 24 The Tae Shop's new Barber Shoppers Will Give Program Feb. 3 For Polio Campaign The Fruit Belt chapter of the will lend its vocal ents to the 1952 March of Dimes campaign in the twin Ray president of the stated The barber shoppers will present an hour-long program In the St. Joseph high school auditorium on Feb. 3. The program will start at 3 p. m. There will be no admission but a free will offering will be taken with all donations turned over for the fight against infantile Robert chairman of the March of Dimes program in St. will speak on the pressing need for aid against polio in the county and the According to the program will include selections by the 35- choral under the di- Jan. series of ings of service stations and business establishments in western Michigan and northern In- diana was reported solved today with the arrest of three Dowagiac youths near Niles Monday Under arrest are two Clarence 21, and Louis 17, both of 505 New York and Charles 18, who has no home but has lived with a brother in They are charged with the series of breakings and Warren Cannon of the state police post at and Block and Inspector Arthur Pears of the Niles city police ed on the case for several weeks and were instrumental in making the regarded as the leader of the trio and reported AWOL from military was traced to a three-room apartment he had just rented Niles day Officers found all three youths in the room when they entered the Inspector Pears of the Niles police said a amount of See ARREST Page 2 Village Of Shoreham Sets Caucus Jan. 29 The village of Shoreham will hold its caucus at the Brown school on Jan. 29, at 8 p. according to the announcement made today by Celia L. the village The caucus will be called to inate candidates for the office of village assessor and three members of the board of winter meetings of the county treasurers and registers of deeds associations are being held at the state County Clerk Frank County William Bartz and Miss Catherine the Berrien county register of are attending their respective ings in Bartz probably will be advanced to the office of president at the election scheduled for Saturday afternoon if the supervisors follow their usual The Berrien solon served as second vice dent and is now the first vice The association usually ad- vances the first vice president to the top Bartz has been a member of the Berrien county board for 12 years and like his the late Clarence won the honor of He has served as a member of all the important com- of the county board and has been active in all civic and church He is chairman of the board of trustees of the First Baptist church of Report Second Revolt In Nepal Is Crushed NEW Jan. 24 ambassador to India an- today that government forces had crushed the second revolt in 14 months in the strategic tain Maj. Gen. re- ported the capture of but said their K. I. was still at He put the death toll in the revolt that began on Tuesday night at one rebel killed and two said normal radio communication had been Berrien county board of supervisors for several His present term as supervisor has one more year to In the event of his election to the city he will be obliged to resign his supervisor McMullen has also served as ident of the Twin Cities ity Chest and as a director of the St. Joseph Chamber of Mr. Lindenfeld is one of St. best known younger and progressive business He is a member of a family here and for several years has successfully operated a real tate and insurance agency and has been actively identified with many civic He is a member of the St. Joseph Lions It is his first bid for public The commission seats being by Dr. Johnson and Mr. lace are the only ones at stake in this coming spring The terms of St. Joseph's four elective supervisors do not expire this Deadline for filing nominating tions for city offices expires next ing radio station GRANT PRICE HIKE TO GM Boosts Range From To On 1952 Models Survey Committee Of Coordinating Council Plans More Research The survey committee of the St. Joseph and Benton Harbor ordinating council met at the home of Mrs. William A. North Shore last The group assembled to analyze and approve the material written and collected for a third edition of an informal survey of local com- munity It is slated to roll off the presses around the first week in Mrs. committee Sec Page 14 Jan. 24 The government today authorized General Motors to raise basic retail prices on its 1952 automobiles by amounts ranging from to At the same the office of price stabilization approved boosts in basic dealer prices on 1952 Hudson ranging from to Dealers for General Motors and Hudson may put the increases into effect at The increases are based on higher ceilings approved late last year for 1951 The new ceilings include higher factory wholesale prices plus the customary markup of each In computing delivered the dealer adds tion state and local and charges for extra ment and The increases reflect higher tory wholesale costs recently proved by OPS as a ceiling as required by the Capehart ment to the economic controls This requires that OPS allow ad- dition of all cost increases from the Korean outbreak to last July 26. The range of basic retail price hikes for the several GM lines of See CAR Page 2 PREPARE LAKE EROSION BILLS 5 Measures Ready For Introduction To Legislature Jan. 24 bills designed to combat Great lakes beach erosion were ready for in- in the legislature The measures were sponsored by members of a special legislative study committee which reviewed the problem late last The bills Expand the powers and duties of the water resources commission to include sponsorship of studies and research on erosion and to permit the commission to act as the ordinating agency in control grams by state and local Permit counties to adopt zoning ordinances to establish safe setback lines behind which new lake front structures must be Permit local governments to use any general fund or special purpose money they had on hand to build control structures without a vote of the Permit local governments to nance control structures by special Exempt control structures from the law which forbids dumping gravel and the like in public Jan. 6-year- old boy was burned to death in a fire that destroyed the grocery of his parents here yesterday ing at 5 The victim is John Douglas son of Mr. and Mrs. Leo Carpenter of Ths boy died in a back store room as his frantic mother tried to claw her way to Flames prevented her saving Firemen said that the fire ently started in a loom at the rear of the one-story frame The dead boy was ting up pieces of cardboard in an adjoining A 9, ran to his shouting that there was a- fire in the back of the Mother Is Burned In the few moments it took Mrs. Carpenter to reach the back room it was already too Firemen said she was burned about the face and hands before she gave up and ran to a corner alarm An auxiliary Lester donned a smoke and went in after the He said he found him near a window as if he had been overcome in an attempt to The home from his job in a South Bend factory just in time to see policemen carry his boy to the The youngster was pronounced dead on arrival at Lee Memorial hospital Mr. and Mrs. Carpenter had bought the grocery store just months before the John is survived by his brother and Funeral services were set for Friday at p. m. at the McLauchlin funeral home with burial in the Riverside Tall Niles Jan. 25, p. m. Niles 23, 24 Juveniles Admit To Joseph Stores A 13-year-old St. Joseph boy was placed on strict probation and a 15-year-old Benton Harbor youth was turned over to the state vocational school after they were said to have admitted breaking and entering several places in St. The youths appeared before Judge Malcolm Hatfield in juvenile Judge Hatfield said the older boy was turned over to state authorities because he had broken The young pair was apprehended after they were tracked through the snow from the Canteen company warehouse on Highland at the St. Joseph city down the New York Central railroad tracks to a i point near the old Paramount Die Sec Page 14 BEGIN EXAMS IN FAG CASE Five Detroiters Charged With Violating State Tax Act Examinations before Justice seph R. on charges of con- to violate the state cigarette tax act as unclassified be- gan today for five were recessed at noon and were to be continued this afternoon and possibly The all arrested after the seizure by state police and sheriff's department officers of a of cigarettes near Buffalo Dec. 15, are Durrell Dominic Carl Angelo Bonacci and Peter alias Peter After previous examinations be- fore Justice driver of the truck which was was bound over to circuit court to face trial for illegal transport of and Asta and In- fantino were bound to circuit court to be tried on carrying concealed weapons Prosecutor Joseph E. Killian brought out during the morning See BEGIN Page 14 Enterprise Ph. 6905. ed with capital of the remote Himalayan state that is a buffer between bet and Band benefit St. Joseph's Catholic Fri. Jan. 25. Free with athletic 24, 25 One group sizes 4 to 12, 26 to 30 and Salary and Ph. 9371. Knaak downtown of Director James Big grand opening Jan 30. j and selected numbers by three or 24, 26, four forget Family Night tonight 34 i at SNA PPY Chamber of team ga into action to show the speed and thoroughness they will use when they operate two twin city gas stations Saturday for the polio Recipient of this attention is Duke station the will Checking thf auto arr: Left to right George Robert George and Robert Besides the Standard Oil 220 Main will to Watermelon Is Flown To Dying Girl Jan. 24 Wa- an airplane and some kindly human hearts went together into a recipe of happiness for a dying girl The watermelon was flown from Cuba to the hospital tray of 17- year-old Lucille near death from a kidney Lucille had mentioned last Friday that she would like to eat some wa- Her Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Dotson of suburban began the hunt for a They relayed their daughter's re- quest to Ed manager of a Lincoln Park A P Hurst set the grocery chain's into A message carried the order to A big watermelon was located put on a plane and flown in to Willow It was on menu for lunch never asked for her mother would gone anywhere to make corne lag fun ftf
