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W f l t e n t * Established 1880 North Tonawanda-Tonawanda, N. V n Wednesday, February 18, 1953

Manpower Shortage Cripples Operation Of Fire Department

Shortage of manpower today crippled the Tonawanda Fire Department, preventing the prompt use of one of the five trucks.

Two of the department's 22 paid members are ill, leav­ing 20 to man the equipment around the clock. —-—-— ' O As a result, Acting Chief Carl

Lewin disclosed, an alarm requir-

Wide Search

For 4 Students

In Sixth Day The search for four Niagara Uni­

versity students, missing since Fri­day in a small private airplane, diminished in intensity today as fears grew that none of the four collegians was still alive.

Gloom spread on the Niagara campus as the search entered its sixth day. Faculty members re­ported little interest in the tradi­tional basketball game between Ni­agara and St. John's University in New York's Madison Square Gar­den tomorrow night.

Another group of 80 Niagara stu­dents joined the continuing ground search today, but participation of Civil Air Patrol planes in the air search was tapering off. The air search was centered in the area near of Ithaca, N. Y., but snow squalls hampered the air activity.

In Western New York, State Po­lice appealed to residents of the Springwater area, 35 miles south <>f Rochester, to be on the lookout for the plane. They acted on a tip that the craft was seen over the sec­tion last Friday.

In the central part of the state authorities singled out two areas for intensive search— the Speeds-villa area on the Tompkins-Tioga border and what is known as the Connecticut Hill s e c t i o n where Tompkins, Schuyler and Tioga counties meet.

The possibility that the missing plane might be down in the central section developed after reports trickled in of a plane being sighted by several persons last Friday.

The university students who took off in % light rented plane to "bomb" the rival St. Bonaventure campus near Olean with leaflets were James G. Sweeney, 19, the jnlot, Elmhurst; Richard N. Hens, 21, Hamburg; Donald L. Nickel, 22, Rochester, and William J. Murphy, Lockport.

Clarence Achmoody, a ground observer supervisor in Southern Cayuga, said he saw a blue Stinson flying southeast at an altitude of between 500 and 1,000 feet. He took the plane's number, which the Air Force filter center at Syracuse •aid checked with that of the stu­dents plane.

Native of Holland

Aids Relief Fund

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ing all trucks could be answered immediately by only four. The fifth could not go out until volun­teers appeared to drive it.

Meanwhile, The NEWS learned today that a report by the New York Fire Insurance Rating Or­ganization urgently recommended additional men be hired in the de­partment. It also recommended that the number of volunteers be increased.

The organization surveyed the city last year, it was learned. More Men Recommended

The recommendations called for at least two paid men and eight call or off-shift men to respond with each piece of apparatus to all fires except grass or automobile fires.

At present, the department has but one man for each truck ex­cept the ladder truck, which re­quires a tillerman.

Chief Lewin today agreed the manpower situation is serious, but disagreed with the report's com­ment on volunteer firemen.

"The situation is such that one of the trucks is laid up until we can summon a volunteer to come and drive it if an emergency comes up," he said.

"But since Jan. 1, when I took over the department, the response of the volunteers has been aver­aging from 12 to 15 men, which is very satisfactory." Officers Praised

The fire insurance organization's report gave the city a good rating so far as the competency of its officers and adequacy of its equip­ment is concerned. It noted, how­ever, that salvage equipment is lacking.

The department's salvage equip­ment includes four covers, which are adequate to protect the furni­ture in an average home. They

2^^x^r"i"t'lie^- ^ »«<» — ™w The report criticized the ADT

(American District Telegraph) sys­tem, which requires the local de­partment to wait for confirmation from Buffalo before an ADT, call is answered.

Jets Guiding U. N. Planes i f : : •

Down 7 MIGs in Air Duel

Walter Ver Hague Sr.

A man who was born by the very dikes shattered by recent storms made his contribution today to the Holland Flood Relief Fund, sponsored by The NEWS and the Twin Cities Ministerial Association.

He is Walter Ver Hague Sr., of River Rd, a native of Haamsted, The Netherlands. He has lived in the U. S. 62 years, 20 of them in the North Tonawanda area.

"I remember driving a horse and buggy along those dikes that have been ruined," the 76-year-old Mr. Ver Hague said. "The dikes form­ed natural pasture areas for the cattle. Of course with the sea water in on them now the areas no longer will be good for graz­ing."

The son of a lighthouse keeper, Mr. Ver Hague recalls that his family many times sheltered re­fugees from the North Sea.

"Despite the warnings of our**

Fund Totals $258 The Holland Flood Relief

Fund today totaled $258. These contributions have been re­ceived since yesterday:

Mr. Ver Hague, $5; Ran­som Class, First Church of Christ, $5; Mrs. Vera Keller, 209 William St., *5; Catherine Kohl, 220 Falconer St, $3; Miss Winifred Rohrdanz, 582 Goundry St., $2. A donation al­so was received from Lydia W. Baker and Pauline B. Rein-bolt, 89 Minerva St., who re­quested the amounts not be published.

GOP in House Push Tax Cut, Defy Warning

By REX CMANET WASHINGTON (UP) —

House Republicans, defying a veto threat from President Eisenhower, served notice to­day they will fight for ap­proval of a bill to cut per­sonalincome taxes about 10 per cent on July 1.

GOP members of the House W-iys and Means C o m m ittee, which approved the tax cut bill 21-1 earlier this week, filed a tor-mal leport directly challenging Mr. Eisenhower's stand that bud­get balancing must come bet3re tax relief Tax Cot First

They argued that a tax cut "needs to precede, not follow, a reduction in expenditures."

Mr. Eisenhower took exactly the opposite position at his first White

Association Elects 379 Bombers Plaster Red Training School

WILBUR BRAVER

Firemen Name BrauerasHead Of New Group

pet. a r p l a n e s ,

By ROBERT UDICK SEOUL, Korea (UP) — United States Sabrejet pilots

shot down seven Russian-made HIG-1B jet fighters over North Korea today while defending a near-record site United Nations bomber fleet

The Communist w a r p . swarmed over from their Man Q f/ \ R I Q m p churian Sanctuary in a vain at- ' s w i l » l l i ^ tempt to break up bombing at­tack by 371 U.N. planes on a sprawling Red tank and infantry training school near Pyongyang, the North Korean capital.

It was the firth straight day of blazing air battles between the American Sabrejets and the Rus­sian MIGS. The Allied bombing at­tack was the biggest in months.

Grass Fire Threatens

Remington Rand Plant Quick action by two Tonawan­

da policemen early today saved the Main St. Remington Rand Inc. plant from possible damage by fire.

Officers Lyh? Gipp and Leonard Foels spotted grass burning along the railroad tracks near the plant. They immediately summoned fire­men who extinguished the blaxe be­fore it could reach the factory.

Acting Fire Chief Lewin said oil along the tracks added to the fire danger.

Chief Lewin said, however, that •he has ordered his men to take all ADT calls from the register in headquarters and transmit them over the regular local alarm cir­cuit. Traffic Snarl Cited

Location of the Delaware Hose House also was under fire in the

Loss Is $2,250 off the coast," he said. "My fami ly and our neighbors would bring the suvivors to our houses and put them up overnight. I can remem-J . . . -^ ber as many as 15 or 20 people A c r I l*P K O L l t S sleeping on the floors and every- j ^ ^ ^ i ^ ^ ' • * * , ^ where after a ehipwreck."

When Mr. Ver Hague was still a youngster, his parents moved from Haamsted to Zreikzee, an­other town ruined by the recent flood. There his father became a blacksmith, and Mr. Ver Hague himself learned the trade.

"I could shoe a horse when I report. It said the present traffic was 12," he declared. Tha rain-situation hampers unobstructed'ing aided him in later employment performance of equipment there. It in the U. S. He has been retired recommended the house be moved to the south central part of the city. This recommendation was made before the 'No Standing" signs were removed from Dela­ware St.

Also an "urgent recommenda­tion" was that a million-gallon standpipe be erected and that, in

four years, his latest employment being in Niagara Falls.

Mr. Ver Hague still has relatives

House news conference Tuesday.. He said with great emphasis that Wilbur Brauer last night was the nation canrot afford to reduce elected president of the newly-taxes until federal spending has!formed Fire Association of North , been cut drastically and a bal- T n M W ] i n H i dition to those definitely downed, anced budget is at least in sight. °" ^ l i f h hi™ « . r . ~ J**-& £^1°™ m** ** l m

And he clearly implied that he will) N a m e d W l t h m m w e r e Harold mediate report veto any tax cut that he considersj Rhodes, vice president; Lester] New Ace premature.

Mr. Eisenhower found more sup­port for his tax views in the Sen­ate than in the House.

Senate Republican leader Robert A. Taft said Congress should know Company featured the first meet by May 1 whether it can cut taxes

For Inflation In ROK--Rhee

l y VICTOR S D M I K SEOUL, Korea ( U P ) - President

Syngman Rhee said today the Unit­ed States is responsible for infla­tion in South Korea and must agree

In the five days of aerial com-!to a *pay as you go" system lor bat high over North Korea the buying Korean currency. American pilots have shot down 14 Rhee said the Republic of Korea MIGs, damaged five so severely has printed "quantities of useless they probably crashed, and in- pnper money" to meet U. S Army flicted less serious damage on if. demands.

It was assumed in today's action! t h e

some MIGs were damaged in ad-

Kinzly, recording secretary; Will Que new ace was crowned to-• t m PissjMl. r U T f s M i h l • y ' l d a y - ^ M t . Manuel J. Fernandez

Jr., Miami, Fla., who shot down tary, and Herman Schultz, trea

The election at the Active Fire

this year and still balance the budget. He added that "the key is military expenditures—some peo­ple who want to cut taxes don't want to change the military bud­get" Favor Relief New

While they did not go as far as

ing of the group, formed by volun­teer firemen to improve fire pro­tection in North Tonawanda.

A meeting is planned Friday night with the mayor and Common Council to discuss training and co­ordination of fire-fighting activi­ties.

Family of Five A fire of undetermined origin I,

yesterday caused $2,250 damage! ™&t . M r Elsenhower*s views on and chased Mrs. James Phillips t h e t i m m « * * tax cut are "more and her four children from their home at 429 Old Falls Blvd.

Three of the four children were home with the 'flu.

Fire department officials said the blaze started in a clothes closet, and spread quickly to the attic and roof. They estimated that $1,500

in Holland but he has lot track of damage was caused to the build-them. 'I'd like to go back now, to [ Jn .̂ and $750 damage to the con see if our old house is standing *

Firemen Revive Woman

Overcome by Gas Fumes Mrs. Gertrude Clark, was over­

come by gas fumes yesterday af­ternoon in her home at 33 Grove St. She was found by a neighbor.

Tonawanda firemen revived her. She also was attended by a phy­sician. Firemen said a gas jet had been opened accidently on the kit­chen stove.

and to see the terrible damage the flood has caused. During my time there nothing ever happened to the dikes."

His voice still indicating his Dutch origin, Mr. Ver Hague made his contribution to the flood relief fund with'full understanding of the ruin the waters of the North Sea have inflicted on his native land.

connection with the electrification of the pumping station, piping and valves be so arranged that no sin­gle pipe break or valve repair would result in a major interrup­tion of water supply.

City Engineer William Gidlow pointed out the report was in er­ror because of an oversight on the part of the inspecting engineers. They failed to observe a sectionjPSC A p p r o v e s C h a n g e of the pipe layout which remedies this situation, he said. Site Purchased

City officials have purchased land in the Wheeler St. vicinity which will be used for the erec­tion of the standpipe called for in the report.

The report to the mayor and other city officials said the city's

Continued on Pace 19

Mrs. Phillips reported that the fire was discovered by her six-year-old son, Douglas, when he went into a bedroom and found

to serve on the association's coun­cil.

arut Each of the city's six fire units the Ways and Means committee- _ elected three remit**ntativ*« men in disputing Mr. Eisenhower's Tl!!!^J!!7tISSSS?ZT position, top House Republican leaders made it clear that they still favor tax relief this year.

Speaker Joseph W. Martin Jr. said tax reduction by July l "is not ruled out if we"can make the savings (in federal spending) to justify one."

House GOP floor leader Charles A. Halleck of Indiana commented

000,009 for won currency and still owes $87,000,000.

The debt figure is based on South Korea's demand that won he paid for at the official rate of 9,000 In the dollar. The U.S. is pressing for a settlement at 19,009 to the dollar.

"This amounts to the black mar­ket rate," Rhee said, **wtet coun­try uses the black market rate far its official transactions?"

"We stopped advancing won Dee. 15. flint means no more loans to

Slum Clearance

Topic of Meeting Removal of certain slum areas

in North Tonawanda will be con-conservative" than those hel. by s i d e r e d toni*ht »* * ******* <* "some of us." the North Tonawanda Housing Au-

Republican m e m b e r s of the thority and the Board of Health. Ways and Means Committee, led The meeting, which will start at by Chairman Daniel A. Reed iR- 7 p.m., will be in the Board of N. Y.), minced no words in their Health's offices in City Hall.

two of the MIGs to raise his total to six. Ha is the 28th American jet ace of the Korean war.

Two of the other destruction claims went to first Lt. Peter J. Frederick, 123-13 11th Ave., Col-1 the U.S. We said, *pay what you lege Point, NY., and First Lt.jowe, then if you need more won Ivan J. Ely of 1318 Quarriet St., you can buy it with dollars'" Charleston, W. Va. The government called hi all won

Second Lt. John L. McKee of **• w e e k i n d "• ! • • hwrtW • new 809 Windsor Court, Ashland, K y . l f " ™ ^ * • wJh«n* P«I*«d at 90 and Second Lt. Robert J. Strezier to thi dollar. It was hoped the of Watonga, OkU., shared one Mil. » w hwae *<*M halt Inflation

In one action, the Sabres were «hee aaid shortages of food outnumbered eight to one as four *m<m« Korean troops was due par-of the Allied Jets tangled with 32 ™J» t0.^mflatIon; M MIGs H* 8 a K * t h e n*t*<» •8*8* »n ecoo-Today's target for the U.N. ™**J#** ^i* *•»'• *»»«« «»

fighter-bombers was a big t i B i - ! 1 1 1 ™ ™ ' u " economy, he said, infantry school near Kangso, west l^***?* * " £ ^ ^ S f S of Pyongyang *•* u s » "* , , , d » w l U P*F

Fifth Air Force said the giant k t e f ? * J0?1 • * W ° ° w "

report contending that Midyear tax relief is essential.

They said the excess profits tax should be allowed to die on sched­ule because it "encourages waste and extravagance by discouraging the corporate incentives to hold down costs."

Mr. Eisenhower had indicated that he does not want the excess

The principal area to be con­sidered is the so-called Block One which has been earmarked for slum clearance since 1949.

Allied raid came in two separate strikes, one in the morning and one in the afternoon. Heavy Bombini

U.N. fighter-bombers slammed more than 750,000 pounds of ex­plosives on the sprawling target. The Air Force said that was more than the amount of ammunition thrown out in the big week-long

Rhee said two unnamed persona in Washington, "one military, one civilian," are blocking payment of the debt at the official rate.

The government authorized an emergency ration of rice Tuesday to help overcome temporary sbor-tages during the currency ex­change period.

In Route of Busses

mediately to the I e s s s o m e 0ther» source of revenue is substituted to make up the tax nearby Rescue Fire Company

hall to summon firemen, while Mrs. Phillips led her other three children, Dennis, 6; Elaine, 9, and Jay, IVi, to safety.

Neighbors housed the children temporarily yesterday afternoon, and the Phillips family spent last night at the home of a relative, Benton Suter, 847 Lee Ave.

Fire Chief Norman Compton, in listing the fire as of undetermin­ed origin, said the electrical wir­ing system in the one-and-a-half

loss.

Legislature Gets Bills

To Harass Bootleggers,

Strengthen Liquor Law

authority, said today. "The meet ing tonight will start the ball roll­ing to that end."

BISHOP APPOINTED

attacks against a vital bridge

complex at sinanju last month. Charges Art Dismissed Pilots reported destroying 139

buildings in today's twin raid,'Aflflifi'lfr H o t e l Gnemtnr ' "The State Division of Housing [They said they also touched off •*9Qtm* n p w i .ViperOTOr has urged that immediate slum I "many" secondary explosions. Charges of selling alcoholic bev-clearance action in North Tona- The training school target was'erages to minors against Mrs wanda be undertaken/' Everett at Kanso, directly west of Pyong- Genevieve Kulinski, 42, of 152 Main Kinzly, executive secretary of the yang, the North Korean capital. St., North Tonawanda, were dis­

missed yesterday by City Judge Fred C. Root after a lengthy trial

a v I to safety after being jumped k%| Judge Root ruled that iniuf-six Communist jet fighters. | fJciemt evidence had been brought

The Marine planes from thei against Mrs. Kulinski. American carrier Bataan w e r e ! The charges were laid by Frank

VATICAN CITY (UP)-The Vati-1 overtaken Tuesday by the RedJLacey, of 14€ Wheeler St., who al-can announced today that Pope 1 MIG-ISs near Chinnanampo on the leged that Mrs. Kulinski had sold Pius XII*has appointed Monsignor I Korean west coast, the Navy said, the alcoholic beverages to his Lawrence B. Casey, parish priest I The slower Corsairs maneuvered! daughter and another teen-aged of the Cathedral of Rochester, N. out of the Red jets' gunsights in a girl in the Main Hotel and Grill

Earlier, the Navy disclosed that five propeller-driven Marine fight­er bombers had fought their way in City Court.

Y., auxiliary bishop of Rochester, f "sharp, but short" duel and the Dec, 12. ALBANY (UP)—Five proposals 1 Msgr Casey was appointed also to j MIG's finally took off for the

to "harass bootleggers" and "put!tpe t i t t u a r archbishopric of Cea. north, the Navy said.

story house was in good condition^ i t c e t n m t o " t h e date's liquor law

Churches Observe

Start of Lent The start of the Lenten sea­

son will be officially noted in Twin Cities churches at special Ash Wednesday services to­night. In Roman catholic churches, however, distribution of ashes was carried out at the close of the morning Masses.

Several churches are combin­ing to present joint Ash-Wed­nesday services. Members of the First Church of Christ and of the Broad St. Baptist Church will have their services tonight in the First Church of Christ.

Members of Grace Methodist Church and the First Presby­terian Church will meet in Grace Methodist Church.

You Won'* Want to Miss

These LOCAL Features! In observance of Lent, The NEWS again is pre­

senting a daily series of special messages prepared by the Twin Cities Ministerial Association. The first of these appears today on Page 2A.

Also in your big NEWS today is the first in a weekly series of articles on National Guard activities, prepared by Company K. Tonawandans, whether mem­bers of the Guard or not. will find these articles highly interesting. The first is on Page 4.

What would you do if the Tonawandas came under atomic attack without warning? Adults may hesitate in answering, but not so the school children. They've been trained to react quickly. Read the article on Page 1A, prepared by the Tonawanda Teachers Association, which reveals the high degree of civil-defense training given pupils^

The Public Service Commission today certified a change in the route of the Carpenter Bus Lines, Inc., Wurlitzer busses.

Officials of the bus company said a n d c o u l d no* h*ve caused the [ enforcement were before the Leg the route change, which is an f i re- islature today. "around the block1' operation, went Mr. Phillips was at work at the Backed by the State Liquor Au-into effect about 18 months ago. t i m e the house was on fire. He | thority, the "most important" bill

was summoned home, to find the would fix responsibility for enforce-house gutted. m e n t ^ t h e A l c o h o l i c Beverage

*We were just starting to re- Control Law. Another measure would make it

a misdemeanor to possess distilling

Pope Takes First Walk

After Recent Illness VATICAN CITY (UP)-Pope Pius

XII took a stroll in the Vatican

res Court Appeal, Clemency Plea

NEW YORK (UP)—Emanuel H. Bloch, attorney for ; atom spies Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, said today he would j MoyOTS P r o c l a i m

for^&Tsame or ahnular offense, •*•*• a s e c o n d a p p e a l t o t h e W h i t e Uoum for executive 1 # c , would make the charge a felony.'|clemency if the U.S. Supreme Court again refuges to eon- JQlUte TO OUQra

CHIEF'S CONDITION *GOOI>* The condition of North Tonawan­

da Police Chief Patrick Grtmaldi was reported as "fery good" to­day by officials of Kenmore Mercy Hospital. He underwent surgery tost' Friday.

John F. O'Connell, liquor Au­thority chairman, explained the nine-year-old ABC Law had failed to "fix by statute" the responsi­bility for the law's enforcement

sider the condemned couple's case. The Federal Court of Appeals*-

gardens today, leaving his apart- "72^71^71 ~uJi tTZutZZ^il **rgs, scheduled for the week of ments for the first time since he J * £ " g i f f ? * * * t T * \ 5 S a », to permit Bloch t? make

here Tuesday postponed indefinite-|,ction from the Supreme Court, ly the execution of the Rosen- Bloch said he again would file

with the Justice Department an

contracted influenza Jan. 22. misunderstanding among local po- , lice agencies, sheriffs and district * ^ a I a p p e a l to " * S u p r e m e

Court.

appeal for executive clemency on the ground that "important mate­rial" was withheld from President It was a bright spring-like day. j attorneys," he said,

me absence even of a breeze made Under the amendment "all law' T*14 Supreme fourt previously Eisenhower when he received a it an ideal occasion for the Pope enforcement agencies and officers h a s twnMd ^ ^ t w o »PP**!» »•*' tile on the case the first time, to resume his daily afternoon walk, j s h a l l ^ charged with the duty of t*1* Rosenberg case. However, the The President turned down that

His appearance on the tree-lined diligently enforcing provisions" of j *ttorney said his third appeal appeal, paths of the Vatican gardens put the act. seeking a reversal of conviction { Bloch referred to a communica to rest recent reports that his con­valescence had been slow.

CASUALTIES UP 274

O Connell said that present state fand * n e w t r i a J w u W &* b a s e d tion last Decembef from Pupe laws do not prohibit the possession o n different grounds. j PJU, x n to the Justice Depart of distilling equipment. He said the The defense attorney said he ment that the Vatkan had re-"time-lag" between arrest and con- would contend hte Rosenbergs"; ceived a considerable number of viction of a bootlegger ranges from j first trial in March, 1951, ending pleas for pap*i intercession in the

WASHINGTON (UP)—American'six months to three years. in their conviction of conspirmgj Rosenoerg case James McGran-battle casualties in Korea now to- "In the meantime, persons ar- to transmit atomic secrets to Rus-jery, then attorney general, said tal 130,093, an increase of 274 over: rested for bootlegging are free on1 si*, was based on "fraud, per- the incident was not referred to last week's report, the Defense j bail and in a position to resume (jury and unfairness." the White House because it had no Department said today. 1 their illicit activities," he said. If be fails to obtain favorable bearing on the merits of the case.

Mayors Joyce and Gath to­day .issued -a joint proclama­tion setting aside the period from Feb. If to Feb. 25 a* "Salute to the National Guard Week" in the Twin Cities.

In their proclamation, the mayors pointed out that the National Guard is the tradition­al guardian of life and property during domestic peacetime di-asters, and is a vital part of the nation's M-Day secuni> forces.

The week will inaugurate an intensive recruiting campaign by Company K, 174th Infantry New York National Guard TTie proclamation urged that all cit-oens of the Tonawandas parti­cipate in any and all activities in honor of the National Guard units.

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