Zanesville Signal, The (Newspaper) - February 1, 1953, Zanesville, Ohio Your Sunday Comics and Plenty of Pictures SUNDAY TIMES SIGNAL 70TH FEBRUARY 1953 FIFTEEN Price Wage Controls to Die April 3 0 MacArthur Lauds Fleet Moving Plan Order Binding Chiang Described by General As Fundamental NEW Jan 31 Gen Douglas A Arthur tonight lauded the reported intention of dent Dwight D Eisenhower to order the Seventh Fleet out of the Formosa Strait The former Far Eastern com- mander said the action would one of the strangest alies know to military The original Seventh order Issued by former President Harry S the man who fired MacArthur from his high was described by the general as a error which has con- the entire Far Eastern MacArthur's comments on dent Eisenhower's purported de- to take the Seventh Fleet out of the Formosa Strait and open the way for Chinese Nationalist raids on the main- land were made m a statement sued here for him by his Maj Gen Courtney Whitney Gen MacArthur said Truman's action placed a on the activity of the free Chinese and public notice that the Chinese were to enjoy un- precedented sanctuary in the gle for Asia between the forces of communism and those of the free The General's statement then ad- was undoubtedly this deci- sion with its implications which emboldened the Chinese munist forces to Intervene in liv creasing the strenght In Korea in Tibet and the entire periphery of their aggressive advance in has been thur the purpose of the order to the Seventh Fleet to prevent the spread of war but the result has been just the The former Far Eastern com- mander then j the Seventh Fleet's orders should be by all loyal Americans irrespective j of party It certainly is time for this In Washington earlier today Fleet Adm William D World War H chief of staff to President Roosevelt and said it would be a if anybody wants Generalissimo Chiang Chinese alist forces to us settle the problem on the China Russians Try To Lure Death Toll in Steamer Disaster Set at 128 This is a picture of ill-fated British steamer Princess Victoria which capsized and sank in raging seas off the northern Irish coast carrying 128 persons to their deaths via radio from Northern Jan 31 British sea ferry ship Princess Victoria sank in a howling hurricane ing 128 women and children to death in raging seas within sight of land Dazed survivors said the ton vessel plying between Scotland and Ireland went under after hours of She was battered by hour winds Huge waves splintered lifeboats before they could be launched Terror-struck all fitted with plunged into the seething waters as the Capt James gave the order to abandon ship It was bare- ly five miles mouth of fast harbor Irish Sea Survivors reaching this port said the Princess Victoria capsized and down within minutes after Ferguson abandon ship order The sturdy little ferry was ing 177 passengers and 54 it ran into the worst storm to sweep the Northern Coast of Britain in years Turn to Page Section 1 Speed Defense Ike Tells In Handling Western Allies Alien Property Feb 1 U S airlines pilots in Japan dis- closed today that Russian radio transmitters on land and sea are trying to lure American fliers off course For many false radio signals from Siberia and the open from submarines baited aircraft over ern the pilots said Planes which would follow such 31 President Eisenhower has told Italy and directly fyt rest of Western Europe that is highly interested in speedy formation of the European Defense Community Premier Alcide de closed this tonight after a two-hour meeting Secretary of State Dulles and Mutual Security Harold Stassen Dulles delivered the message frora in the form of a from the President to De an old Eisenhower friend De Gasperi said Dulles can as- sure the President have the very same desires in this are especially close to the United States in our feelings on the defense the Pre- mier added Dulles himself had little to say other than had good long talks in areas of common interests be- tween the two I The secretary promised a ment before he and Stassen take off tomorrow for Paris on the next leg of their tour of West The Belgium and Luxembourg The European Defense to weld the armies of Western Europe into a joint one- uniform defense force was signed eight months ago but has not been ratified by any of the participating countries Dulles and Stassen arrived this morning in Eisenhower's personal plane 18 hours after leaving ington am not here Dulles to preach or to listen and so that our government may make its decisions wisely with to the direction in which arc Talking to the beams would be in danger said that European De- crashing into mountains or ing lost over the vast Pacific The existence of the mock was confirmed by U S Air Force pilots at a Northern Japan airbase NEWSPRINT PLANT fense Community has caught the imagination of the American ple United States government and people have come to look upon this plan as a vital part of the over-all for co-operation between nations of the Atlantic Jan 31 for j Pact community of a Louisiana plant to manufacture newsprint from sugar cane fiber were announced here today are particularly interested in learning what progress we can anticipate in this European De- fense Community Charge Delay Jan 31 ate investigators today charged in- efficiencies and delays in the handling of from the in World War They called inquiry to determine whether actual doing occurred A preliminary report on of the Justice Department's Alien Property submitted a Senate judiciary said many aspects of the adminis tration of the multi properties require additional committee is in possession of some facts and of many rumors and allegations pertaining to malfeasance and of political appointments to tive job all of which re- quire further and in some in- extensive the report said The under the chairmanship of Sen Willis Smith the investigation last July 1 Only yesterday the Senate voted to give it on top of originally to continue the inquiry until June 30 Who will succeed Smith man of the subcommittee now that the Republicans have taken over control of Congress has not been announced but Sen Wiley is in line for the Wiley was the original sponsor of the charging the Alien Property Office had been used as to t provide plums and tronage for friends of the Truman administration German Japanese and other en- or controlled properties in this country seized during World War n included large industrial concerns as well as real patents and copyrights The APO handles the ment and sale of these and the funds it realizes are marked for the war claims fund for the benefit of American who were prisoners of war ox civilian internees The subcommittee's preliminary report said that salaries of officials appointed to seized companies quite large in somt in- It added that in at least one case an APO employe with a Turn to Page Section 1 Revival of Local Civil Air Patrol Is Aim of Meeting Thursday Night Pound Red Supply Depot Port of Wonsan Blackened Mass After Big Air Raid Feb 1 Hard-hitting U S last night followed up a carrier plane and naval gun pounding of Wonsan on the North Korean east coast with a first-time raid on a Red supply center 10 miles south of the port city The opened their bomb bays over a collection of 110 single story and plaster buildings at Pusan The air said returning crewmen reported fires and sec explosions lit up the entire area after the attack There was no Red fighter opposition The navy said now by the longest siege in U.S naval was pounded by 16 inch guns of the battleship souri and swarms of ers from three aircraft carriers un- til it was blackened marked only by columns which for- merly were the smoke stacks of busy industrial Two U S destroyers also joined in the Navy's first big joint attack on the big supply and com- center since last April Wonsan has been under val siege since Feb The commander of the U S Fleet Vice Adm James watched the ton Mighty Mo open up at sunrise wiping out one Red gun emplacement and er with its first shots the siege far previous record set in the Civil War Navy siege of which lasted less than a year Navy took off from the decks of the carriers Oriskany and Sea for several dred missions over the wrecked rail which once a tion cf The Navy termed it an aerial Wonsan is considered a likely target for an amphibious assault should the United Nations decide to push north Any landing there would menace thousands of North Korean troops below it on the ern end of the front Gen Collins Defends Controversial Attack Ike to Change Pardon Policy Jan 31 Gen took an implied crack today at the Truman policy on pardoning con- and announced that President Eisenhower will low a goldfish bowl policy Brownell declared that Truman granted 26 pardons and two commutations between tion day and seven of without any recommendation tor clemency from his pardon at- torney Brownell all pardons and commutations will be a matter of public recced The names of sons recommending the pardons and commutations will also be a matter of public record This new was approved by President D Gen J Lawton army chief of talks with Gen John E Hull vice chief of and Robert T B nominee for army at Washington airport yesterday upon his return from Korean Inspection trip Jan 31 Army's chief of back today from stoutly defended Op- Smack as sound and and a shooting show staged for brass hat ob- servers Gen J Lawton Collins told re- porters who met him at the airport he was astonished that anyone would think Gen James A Van the Eighth Army would expend lives in a stration cannot emphasize too Collins Gen Van Fleet is more concerned over any operation that causes the loss of a single life than anyone except a parent or relative of a Van Fleets headquarters already denied that the attack last day on Uttie Spud Hill in North Korea was any staged show Of about 220 U S 7th Division men ki the three were killed and about 60 wounded Collins has been asked to tell about the carried out before visiting generals and war in p public hearing Tuesday of the House Armed Services committee Boundary Line Dispute Goes Before Appeals Court April 2 Briefs in an appeal from a court decision locating the Ohio Power company's new plant in Morgan instead of Washington are being by at- for Washington county who said yesterday they hoped to submit them to the court of appeals at its next session in McConnelsville April 2 The headed by E E Erb of are planning to give brief oral argu- ments in support of their claims for an appeal from a ruling by Common Pleas Judge Clarence J Crossland of this city who decided last July 29 that the plant being built on the Muskingum five miles upstream from Beverly and is in Morgan county Prize in the originally fil- ed by the Franklin Real Estate Co a subsidiary of the Ohio Power against Hiram chairman of the Morgan county board of commissioners and is an estimated tax revenue of a quarter of a million dollars The appeal briefs will be based on 13 alleged errors which red during the trial held in in 1952 with Judge Crossland presiding by cial assignment The Washington county tor claims Judge deci- sion was contrary to law and the weight of that he erred when he ruled that a private cor- can challenge county boundary lines and that a private Turn to Page Section 1 A move to revive the Civil Air whicn has not functioned In Zanesville since will be made Thursday night when Captain Ronald Greene of will attend a meeting at o'clock at municipal port Russell Hissam of Commerce airport said yesterday that one interested in the and its work is invited to attend the meeting The patrol members need nor be airplane though former air force including cations personnel and ground are invited to attend the meeting Captain who will ex- plain the present functions of the is the U S Air Force liaison officer for the Ohio wing It is proposed to activate the Zanesville unit in connection with the nation's civilian defense program Search and rescue work are important features the CAP duties these days Eight planes of the liaison type have been assigned to the Ohio CAP and it is probable that one would be used jointly by the and Cambridge units the Cambridge trol is taking shape under the command of Everett berry He and his as well as other from the Cambridge are invited to the Zanesville meeting day night A commander has yet been appointed for Zanesville sam and Earl Casner are taking leading roles in the effort to re- activate the local unit At full the patrol would have 30 ing ten officers When the patrol becomes it is hoped to sponsor a cadet training program here The cooperation of school will be sought in this Hissam explained Russia and Iran Partnership Jan 31 Russia lost her partnership today n a Caspian j cries company that provides much of the Soviet Union's caviar and other seafood With the expiration of 25-year pact for joint Iran is taking full control It is understood the Iranians plan to pay the Russians in fish for their half of the physical ties and give them the right to buy all the company's output Start Today A new weekly Community Survey of Advertising starts today and ends Saturday Clip your ballot form and see how much fun it to there are cash awards Each day advertisements are listed and you are asked to tell which ones you The list of ads will be found on page Sec 2 Giants Player Felled by Bat NEW Jan 31 taxi driver beat Henry New York Giants ball about the head and face with a sawed-off baseball bat in an argument after a pre-dawn automobile collision police reported i a was taken xr i i Mother Cabrini Hospital where Faked Insanity And Prisoner Says Jan 31 in- mates of Ohio's penal institutions faking their way into the Lima State Hospital for the Criminal In- sane or are they actually suffering from mental Neville Lloyd recently recaptured in Texas after ing the hospital May says he faked his way into Lima because he understood it was easy to cape Dr R E hospital says the 24 old Slusser was not faking when he was transferred here from Mansfield Reformatory June 15 1951 Bushong calls it a clear case WM w UK u of or split economic factors wiu be on the way to re- covery is Dr ong much rather say he was faking than admit he had an actual mental The patient's claim he was fak ing is a sign he's at the same time a sign he hasn't ully recovered Bushong said He said a fully recovered ient would probably realize he was really mentally and admit No Decision Yet On Standby Laws Taft Sees Continued Curbs On Strategic War Materials Jan 31 The Eisenhower ad- ministration intends to let controls die April but still is undecided about maintaining standby Sen Taft of Ohio indicated the Senate Republican made it clear that he himself is opposed to enacting any standby controls as suggested by Chairman Capehart of the Senate Banking Committee don't think we should give legal recognition to the principle of Taft should have a free economy in peacetime If a big war emergency Congress can act Under a standby plan Congress would grant President Eisenhower wage-price control powers to be held in abeyance unless a big in- upsurge threatened Taft said he thinks it may be necessary to continue controls over the allocation of some strategic materials because of the Korean War He said rent ceilings should be handled by the states Taft discussed his views with newsmen in advance of the State of the Union message President Eisenhower will read to a joint session of Congress Monday The President is expected to pose eventual balancing of the budget While Taft wouldn't discuss Eisenhower's possible tax income the Ohioan said he is personally in favor of making sure there will be cuts in spending be- fore any action is taken to reduce taxes It is his he that Eisenhower's Cabinet congressional propose spending own handling this Issue on a piecemeal basis instead a formal budget Michael V leaving his job as economic stabilizer Issued a linal report urging Eisenhower not to abandon price if military activity is to be stepped up DiSalle said efforts to curb in- by indirect controls through deflation of credit and are fraught They might start a he said In the Taft Congress will have to look to Eisenhower for guidance on major reductions whole matter boils down to what is essential for national curity and that is for the President to he observed gress has an obligation to make but it is difficult to perform the President makes the proper With indications that the standby control question still is up in the Eisenhower talked the matter over with Capehart and Rep cott chairman of the House Banking at aj White House conference today opposed the standby commit Hurricane Lashes Coast Of England LONDON Feb A raging hurricane whipped up death dealing seas off British Isles today and spread peril arid tion inland Flood waters swept over coastal towns and threatened London in the Thames Estuary The fierce winds sent the River Thames spewing across an mated half square mile of London's east end Police loudspeaker vans toured the streets before dawn warning riverside that they might have to flee their 4 The mounting pressure forced some canal gates open and the swirling floods rose two feet deep over a wide area in London's land A small tidal sweeping two miles marooned 685 ot tbe coastal village of Cley In Norfolk called out to rescue stranded by the were unable to get mile of the town The summoned to stricken near In Suffolk county scene of destruction in the fishing port of It has a tion of 46.000 Wartime rens wailed a fense workers and to help the stranded Many streets were under four feet of waters The town was plunged into darkness as waters seeped into generating plant In southeast ped tides flooded of Rescue parties worked through the night moving out trapped inhabitants Hundreds trapped in the village of on the north Kentish coast as waves poured over the new sea defense wall still under construction Large areas of the which has a population of 15.600 were turned into a six-foot lake Telephone f vice failed louse committee Waterfront Probe Begins Jan 31 Chairman Tobey of the chairman Commerce Committee t he has the tient almost invariably has gained more or less complete insight into the various manifestations of tal Dr Bushong said sutures were required to close his wounds He is an outfielder and a third baseman Police identified the taxi NEW Feb 1 as William and Winfrey also a Forty-three hundred Tugboat arrested him on a oil barge workers ki New charge of felonious assault He pleaded innocent when arraigned in court and was paroled Philadelphia and struck for higher wages early threatening to immobilize I the busy ports ing a hearing Feb 3 The police said a cab memories of a by Winfrey and an auto driven walkout seven Thompson collided at St Nicholas years faced power and THAI Avenue and Street in Harlem They said the cab six feet three inches tall and weighing 190 and the ball player got out of the cars and began arguing Winfrey pulled the out of the cab and struck Thompson they said Winfrey contended at his V arraignment that him Thompson as- fuel shortages The city quickly began to vey public utilities to see how long their fuel supplies would hold out A relatively small group of 350 workers of four companies took to shore in with a pledge from another dock workers to observe their picket lines they seemed capable to tieing up the en- tire busy Hampton Roads harbor fore us from now He appointed a sub- Wolcott said the question of rent controls and materials allocations would have to be considered by from as counsel a former FBI served as associate counsel of the old crime investigating committee Report Fans Hopes For Missing Plane Jan 31 were reported seen this afternoon coming from the level of Fire Truck Kills a heavily mist-shrouded 4 mountain The Navy sent a two at Cleveland at once to investigate this CLEVELAND 31 new clue in the search for lives were claimed tonight when PIane missing since fire answering an The carrying 10 dis- smashed into three j appeared on a flight from cars and a school building California Naval Air Congress separately Both conferees said they expect Eisenhower to spell out his ideas on the controls situation in the Monday message Under present law wage-price controls expire April 30 other persons were hurt to Island 50 miles Fireman Chester 50 north of was off the truck and Residents of the Baring instantly Terrence Sweeney driver of one of the died later in tcrs Hospital THE WEATHER area 40 miles northeast of Seattle had reported hearing a plane in and searchers had been hunting in that region It was there the flares were reported seen ARMY JETS CRASH windy Jan 31 much colder Sunday and Sunday The Waukesha County night Monday cloudy and cold fice tonight said two with snow likely by afternoon or jot planes had crashed in night Yesterday's 6 a m Yesterday's 2 p m m today County and that law of the area had been alerted such craft who had balled out their planes
