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jCloudy and windy, turning cold* Sunday. ' Noisy around 3 p. mu58 PAGES TODAYEntered ai Second Matter at the Poatoffic*of Middletown. Ohio, Under tii* Act of 18lt;8MIDDLETOWN, OHIO. SUNDAY, MARCH 2;$, 19.“2.SUNDAY ONLYPRICE TEN CENTSHB iRedSHint AtTreasure* In New ProposalCant Find Any,IX Camp SaysBy SAM SUMMERLINMUSAN, Sunday — (AP) Puzzled but patient Alliednegotiators today gaveanother careful look to the newest Communist plan on prisoner exchange in hopes of finding a solution to thetruce-blocking issue.The Reds insisted their two-sentence proposal of Friday contained something new and embodied a solution to the exhausting deadlock.Allied negotiators had another chance to question them in talks which began at 11 a.m. today (9 p.m. EST, Saturday) at Pam-munjom.Diligent searching earlier had fruled to unearth any switch in tee old Communist demand forforced patriation of all prisonersof the Korean War.Ohio's I()o2 ('lass State ( hamosTin)6:5nunA. t’.N. COMMAND spokesmanSaturday night railed it “almost aludicrous situation“We have a fine treasure hunt going on,M the apokca-man ukt. “The Communist* keep saying there's a treasurein their proposal. We say we've looked and ran’t find it. They say look again—it la there.“We have yet to find it. That is why we are being much slower to give another categorical rejection. It is the job of the staff officers to ferret out that something new.1 The proposal’s exact wording I*4 “After the armistice agreement is signed and becomes effective, the Korean People’s Army and the Chinese People’s Volunteers shall release and repatriate all of the 11,559 prisoners of war in their custody, and the United Nations command shall releaseand repatriate all of the 132,474 prisoners of war in its custody.“The lists of the names of the prisoners of war stated above shall be finally checked by the staff officers of both sides7’THE FIGURES are the number of names carried cm the respective prisoner of war liststraded Dec. 18.This proposal carried a broadhint by the Reds that they werewilling to wipe off the books many thousands of men on both sides whose names faded to appear on the December lift.Those “missing” include: some 53.000 South Korean troops whom the Communists once said they held but now' say were “released at the front,” and 44,000 person* the Allies once carried as POWs hut mort of whom the UN. nowsays have been reclassified as in-terncd civilians,lt;hJor Sinche:bbcrtieictory Rlasts 28-Game H inWStreak BySteubenvillei reBy JERRY NARD1ELLOJournal Sports Editor %COLUMBUS—(SpectaD—A great thing happened to agreat bunch of kids last night—they won the 11152 Class Astate basketball championship!And Middletown's Middies made it look easy as they put on a tremendous burst in the first half to run up a 63-53 victory over previously undefeated Steubenville before 8,» 4H6 fans at the water-logged Fairgrounds Coliseum here.Thus, for the fourth time in nine years, the Middies returned state Class A basketball pennant to Middletown, and it s the second time that Coach Paul Walker has wontheHIoDAhonorThe Middies also tied Dayton Stivers in the number of “A” crowns annexed. The Dayton fivewon four other times in the earlyyears u ft he state classic before it was divided into Class A and B divisions.0 • 0NEVER BEFORE this season(have the Middies been as |K)tent jit they looked in the first half j against Steubenville’s Big Hed.With Don Barnette and Dirk Vice —the graduating co-captain* on walkcr’s great club—turning inanother brilliant jteeforbiaitct inbowing out, the Middies were theCfttSS th ro u g h no t,Barnette drew the assignment of guarding Steubenville's all-state guard. Bill Ron, and he not only held him to five point*VieforcBoss went back to the bench on .fouls, but he hit six out of six tn jCfHIflt Of the fit*t half to spat k the Middies’ i victoryReadveleomeJiamns| Mavbt* championships forMiddletown’s Middies are a common thing. At any rate,tin evident celebration waspretty well tamed down herelast night. Quite a few horns blew and there was rejoicing wherever groups had gathered to listen to the radio aothe Middies’ greatColumbus. ButatTHAT MIDDIE MAGIC PAID OFF—Completely happy about their 63-53 triumph over Steubenville in the Ohio Class A finals at Columbus last night are these Middletown High cagers. It was the 114th victory—and the biggest one—for Coach Paul Walker. Fans shouldn’t have worried. Confident Bill Weith, Journal photographer, “Cooked up” this picture of the Middies several days ago. Back row, left to right—Walker, Manager Ed Cross, Lacy King, Tommy Dillman, Owen Lawson. Manager Don Snyder, Eric Back, Ralph Phtbbs and Assistant Coach Bob Kramer, Kneeling — Leonard Johnson, Dick Vice, Ronnie Stokley, Cliff Hafer, Don Barnette, Paul Walker, Jr., Mascot, and Paul Johnson.sat g»,Vme, who broke the tournamentC i»«M A record with 31 point*Friday Against Cincinnati Withrow. t ame up with 14 point* m thefirst half last Right and added a ten! shot ta bring hi* tourneytotal to 59 point*-—tops among the 1 kotos la the meet.nothing out of theoccurred.t*ordinary”E»n* *re really exported tobreak loose today, however when the lt;hamptonthip eager* of Coach Paul Walker make a triumphant return tothe city.in... .win-—*• mhumTornado’s Deatlisea •»lieseiv Storms H StrickenI rea«••^519re Reported Killed InTHE VIIIHUES* great spree to ; the car* v Qiurttrt—^uiling nut to 'toads of f-2, i-4, If-#, is ? andli*9 after the first eight minutes- completely demoralized the Big Her? And In their yen I to get back i in the game, the Slubber* were ‘aught with f# fouls. Three ofwav-will meet the at 2:30 thist hem to theA motorcadethe soufhKlkI rka nsasLITTLE ROCK. Ark — (AP)— A new flurry of tornadoes, small out destructive and deadly, struck the south late Saturday asa widespread area from deep inDixie northward to Missouri} • » *counted 242 persons killed by ARKANSAS, hardest hit by thestorms and rampant flood waters, vtoiotis storms, reported 149 ki.il-Alabama, from mid-state north-,ed and between 2,ODD and 3.000stricken first late Friday afternoon, several thousand, persons In ViVA Of Tim*were homeless and more than a thousand went' injured, manyseriously.Th# nu lion's worst— -Smalt-SizeRed Attackwestward almost to the Tennessee j border, shouldered the onslaughtof the latest storm*—three within a few hours.The toll: three dead 50 lefthomeless.In the six-state storm area,homelcSmash4HI 4Hlt;mI CrossSEOUL. Korea. Sunday F —Allied infantrymen smashed a company-sired Communist attack on the western Korean front Saturday. An Eighth Army spokesman •aid the Reds fled in disorder,Overcast skies limited aerial action to a few close-support strikes against Communist positions on? the eastern front. Fifth Air Force,pilots reported several Red supply buildings near Kosong were destroyedThe Eighth Army reported that] a reinforced Red company —about 250 men—attacked Aided advance positions west of Cborwon in pre*; dawn darkness SaturdayWithin 10 minutes, the Reds had cut communications to the main Allied line.. They used recoil?#** rifle fire, hand grenades, mortars and machine guns.Allied reinforcements rushed up and artillery blasted the Reds, 1 Frontline officers reported the Communists broke and ran,Two minor probing attacks by North Koreans on the eastern frontalso were repulsed. Elsewhere only patrol contact* were reportedHeady Willi \idWASHINGTON 4* — The Reconstruction Finance Corporation yesterday declared the five southern state* struck by tornadoes and flood a disaster area, opening the way for government loans to the storm victims.The RFC has approximately ho million dollars in loan authority to aid storm victims. It disbursed more than 20 million dollars in loans to victims•f floods in Kansas and othermidwestern areas last summer.The American Red C ross an-nourned meanwhile it ha* al-loted one million dollars forimmediate emergency assist-ance to victims in the (Restate storm area.To meet the added cost of relief and rehabilitation for tornado victims, the Red Cross said it was Increasing its national fund goal by five million dollars.The goat had been 85 million dollars.The latest town I® be added {$the growing and ghactljp lift ofstrickeft communities urns Hurt* telle, m northwest Alabama. The three dead were reported by the Alabama highway patrol In aravaged gectton about two mileseast of HartseJIe. 12 dwelling* were toppled fry mighty winds. In Hartsell# itself, between 30 and 40 homes were churned intodebrisENGLAND, Ark if)—W M Eads, 78, who live* a milt west of here, sdrnoniihad his fanuiv early Friday to fifwbhbuilding a storm shelter they’dstarted work on several weeks•Id-After supper time, just as they applied th# finishing touches, they climbed into the shelter and escaped a tornado that snuffed out eight lives here.KEY WEST — (AP)President Truman last night dire* ted in immediate federalsurvey of tornado damage with a view to extending relief to the mid-south area.Mavor John Burleson said the dead included two prominent | citizen*,j Karl er, Jemison In CentralI Alabama and Tuscaloosa to the I[west were struck by tornadoes. |[Damage was reported bat no;I fatahtteg.The roster of the dead, by state*, was:Arkansas, 149, Tennessee.59; Missouri. 13; Mississippi.11; Kentucky, ?; Alabama. 3. The dread task of counting andburying the dead, and, andsearching thorough the twisted wreckage of home- and other buddings, continued throughoutFritter.IN CINE AREA alone, centered it D* ersburg. Terns*, the propertydamage was estimated by CityJudge Lynvm tfigiam as edgingtoward (ifMJR*, This huge loss included # quart#- of a mill tondollars worth of property leveledfry the high winds and tire at themunicipal tirpcr*.There, the hangar was de-j mtUStkm, together with the ffI small planes it housed. National• Guardsmen aided the weary and ‘ bewildered populace,Kentucky's death toli was corded at Scottxv ille where seven member* of one family drowned when flood waters ofGarrett’* ( reek washed away their home.from Mississippi.A series c*f tornadoes raged , through Arkansas, bisecting the ; stole front the southeast cottier to| the northwest tip on a 45-degreeJangto,| Smut} tornadoes were aim j spawned In Texas and Kentuckyj where they ran % short but de-mm:Um but kii»il to• # «ARKANSAS N T 440 mUmmhGuardsmen rm active duty in the stricken amo, while schools,churches wad arm® vie* — anything with a roof — were converted into aid stoikms.Rapittls were filled to ovei -flowing as emergency crew- of doctor* wd aarm worked deftlyto patch th# injured. The Red Cross sent 50 disaster workers, in* eluding medical teams, into thet§ afflicted counties.In addition, ih# Red Fro** j hoo?#* furnished the fuel.shipped in 224 units of whole S blood and *4 unit* of pUsma,A motor cat avan? team at FrankUoafternoon to eteoricity via Route 3. will he formed atlimit* of Franklin and will enterMiddletown ever Tytns Ave. to(Mam St., eaat am Central to Balti-I more, south on Baltimore toAn, V.rr.rn’ti w*n- w.v- F,tr?rd •’ * ' «• CStmd to the«t out of -he ,•»« ,m penonali. Ih,«h K,m”the Middies tost only Vice. ‘ Thousands are expected to eon*Steubenville** i«W»te ***** ter a one-hour rallywhich the sponsoring tT: I sttferubenvllle’* fast-movfng club,tornado vhich hid averaged go point* adisaster occu-rfed March II, 1935, when to a single day #89 peopledied In Missouri J Illinois andIndiana,• • •I II# TORN %ltt# s j.IuLm d into Arkansas through “Tornado Alley*' glv#a that mum® bwtus# lit ttmf of ill# Wg windsin tli€ jinn!* Titty lb# stetein a lint running fmm lb# south*w#tt ctmtr to th# northwest tip*Heart of the iitricken area was.si near ftoartf*Wmm hn-re Jack Haiis. As-fame alldies** tifh! ----- . o„, found thr Mid: (£,»«*• ChMrtw of C mm MdiQtwtftortaiek Club have mid miltm ^ I tag* one hour ^witti # minlsB^B*m when aR is ennddcrcd. Uf ^it '(th# Aliddirs’ inufitii «limiting in th# first Half th^t tnrn#d th# tid# Th#v s#nr#don 11 of th#ir first 21 shots,w#ll ahov# th# '.00 mark, andhad *| out of It fr## throws to h#lp pro\ id# th# #rush#m.’ B WH a great night tor the Middies, and they received a wonderful ovation * from ' the A -iiast on# hour witli # m speeches ’ from 1 ’ dign itariesBand mrnitorm ar# to m##t at (h# school at 1:30 p. m. w her# lh#y will board a truck to h# furnished bv th# llau-sriman Transtmrtation ('•. and be fa ken to Franklin.Th# rally at the gym is ex-peeled to get underway some Utot after 3 p. m.Air Crash FatalI o Mi»li«j !iriver(( ontinurd on Pag# TlAssociated Fresa staff wri * c i Kay Stephens, a combat veteran,reported from Searcy, Ark-, to —White Cotmty where 92 died, that \ gy ,£yMthe scene resembled one of w af. Xiioh' Storms.... , a»*J49# fans who helperl swell the•oeiatod Press photographer, re- total tournament crowd to ttgfla ported that half the town was I a new reeerd ’wiped coil and that, overall, IS I • « «per cent of it was damaged. WAI KIR AND hi* club return^ AKRON-(AP)-A midget auton‘ rnw 'ich to*^ Middletown Sunday and willirA€# driver w»s killed and hiswas making pictures, Uogwi -j:immediately swing into th«* rtmpanion injured seriously J hr could see families grouped “recognition circuit, with , around small fires seeking to keep motorcade planned *mm » t-wann Broken timhers^ of their skirts of F it fc? n (v !lt; p m \ •• the high school gym. After that I At Searcy Ramon Greenwood, a j will com# a number of banquets i mpmWr tor III# JurlwufMHomes in th# six afflicted stateswere ripped apart by the swirlingblac k angry winds, Tangd skeinsof power lines were gtrewn pell“Refugees, he said, ’tore treamlug Into 'White County from all directions. Am Army detachmentis directing traffte and won’t let an,w»i# pas* except emergencySOI”ll(ItrehfefkHL Traffic ita Highwmile* on ? ■of Searcy.”»w #T? southS OKIIStallsmelt, spring crops were inundated,' walked th*lt; p*The storms hurst out of black skies Friday with a terrible fury.There were at least a dozen separate tornadoes in west Tennessee alone. They came skipping upstreets as in a da*#,lost everything butSome hadtheir lives.It was the worst stormhit Arkansas. The deed 11 vious storm was Jungwhen AS died.In ToiIra*!* JournalDullesoru manies Slick StiStoi•vWASHINGTON —lt;AP—John Foster Dulles, publican foreign affairs expert and the man whothe Japanese peace treaty for President Truman, is cutting his ties with the Truman administration this weekend.topput overRe- In the future. Dulies will be available to Acheson and other*officials for occasional eonsulta-and probably will be intouch with the State DepartmentWith the presidential campaign heating up, Dulles rt- about .me# a week. Hi* nome andter* are in New Yorknere he is a lawyer.Having sticker trouble? A picture series on page 31 will tell you how to attach those decals substituting for 1952 license plate*.portedly wants a completely free hand to attack the admin- mmSquvt istration’s foreign policies, where he disagrees with them, ityTwo nrviots wilt b« held today to itedteate th# mew First Presbyterian Church., What youl) see what) you visit the church are shown #s page 83.and to influence as far as he can the shaping of Republican Party proposals in this field.He* is an advocate of an hi**timatum policy toward R sssia— tion. Senate approval on Thurs-rf warning the Kremlin that tf day ut the Japanese peace treaty, it starts any more Korea-ty;*; wmch the President is expected wars it will face conflict with to ratify formally this week, clear, the United States. ed away the final obstacle to• • * 'Dulles' action.DULLES IS understood to have A.”, official announcement on advised Truman and Secretary of Dulles’s status, probably in the State Acheson of his decision last form of an exchange of cor res-1 week to break off any fixed of- ponderce, is expected early this jficial links with the adnunistra* week..IN HIS OWN party. Dullr, ha, not vet declared for any candidate tor the nomination He hasmg been lt;loseiy associated withKew York Gov. Thomas K Dewey, w ho is a supporter of Gen. DwightD. Eisenhower. Had Dewey been giecteo President four or eight years ago it was understood that Guiles would have become his Secretary of State.Du lies has been a key figure, ((outinued on Pax# 7)The Sorg Piper Company is celebrating its 100th anniversary this jNHift The officials who have made It garost, and other ttorte*appear m a *p**aj csmp’ttuiatory section, befinnirig on page 41,By IvvHiilfd Pr#*The U. g Weatiier Bureau InWashington w%rtmi to.it night thatweather ronditions were rtpp for wr to toeky, Alabama, Virginia and West194#, A raging bUsaard Saturday gavewthwest Kansas. Nebraska andmunication lines were down in noithweft Kansas, where 12 persons have been -ttranded on a italled bus near Goodlarx) since■ Friday night. A ,*now plow sent to *beir rescue giro was stalled1 h# pasv#ng #r H*t lt;»( th# ntall#d bus included Pvt. liar f#f Y«*d#r of Alillrrvhurj;. O.Heavy snow and howling gale i braska. Many communities re*JM miles an hour had been blow*I tog atiNidily for 3k hours at somemnment reminder of their greatarh:c\#ment.I which the Midcife* held threetefiliy whtn i lifpu^I mmrvmrlJames St. Matthews, 40, » weld-i Injured was John Rarie, 24, alioNtlRfBg IN (ni l jsjoN* CABOT, Ark An automohils hurrying five Little Rock twit**t# a torttado-stricken area coRidadwith a truck near her#.The truck driver was killed, fit •state truo|er driving the automo*the five nurses were in-Si,,,mroSatunluA Driif OIasl A. M.tuL4(hitj board of liquor control acted Fri- fore 2 Sw a{night clubs after 2.39 a, m. onj The old regulation read that drinks could not be served afterj silent on how long you would have! The liquor board changed this ;t amended th** regulation to read[drinks, must be consumed by then.It it the cuitom of some wightdowned be*■ - *: the lawHie regulabkm change, togetoef fective April 7 The changes wereSomeday you may went to be taug§ed arid 'prtntiHmtlflrrtioo ptonposes, toil most people prefer not to b#Police DepartmenFf- Rogue's Gallery. The systemmodernized, and the details are on iOMte Id.i« the beingBahson iUiilding Pag#1 ditorial Pag#MeetingsMBS RoundupMiami Valley **♦ * *e • • * m * *• ** # * » wf# linn■m #3*24i40fSmlAClt;Kk PithRadioStH’Ifty i*onsrdimTfem rf I'iff ,v*5lit***«#####*•1519tl21Northeastern Iow a wa* snow- j clubbers to order just before the bound by one of its wont spring ' 'ar etoses and sip their drtoks as blizzifds to years,. {kto# •* the manafer would letThe snowfall ranged up to 19-15 them, inches to the Ktfiias - Nebraska area and up to eight Inches lit. The state lit low*. Nebraska ■ reported some ' • rase agaitis snow drifts 15 feet hteh. lt;-Jub when the owner was able toThe weather bureau issued storn prove drink* he was charged with warnings for Michigan, Minnesota, 5 serving, after hours had been; merit by fe.mi.ie imfMrronatort to ■ licensed liquor spots so long a*the shows are not f‘impronar,j action means it i$ not cotsdeiJintog ‘Die present re-fulaitoB bans suchIn another change, the btteld dfr cided out-of-state resident* «hd* * *quor dtptrtin#»t lost move w» (*t;;lt;» % ».u *«■ at.oaedst a CMumbus night fte iirin^ iM*%m mm mm*'Th# toafd sMd the cha.nB|.tjBf9pvmtM import*tton of liqiior tor 1 He-. , :;i VIt a is legalid Iowa. Heavy winds poured isefore 2 su a, m. lit ■ pt0* hiPyiiig into Ghto toin inches of smiw were : The department pointed out the bring ifteir pnriMd liquor if theythese flutes, iintent of the regulation wa* that declare it tPd fita Im,
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