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WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY, JANUARY 9, 1949
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China Wants Big Four To End War
Nanking, China, Jan. 8. <UP) — The Chinese government has niade a formal approach to the Big Pour powers regarding the possibility of Big Four aid in settling the Chinese civil war,  It was reported today.
Identical notes were sent to the ambassadors of the United States, Britain. Russia and France, un¬ confirmed  reports, said.
Informed quarters said the notes did not Include a direct request for mediation, but that they sought to determine Big Four views on [Nthe government's policy of seeking • peaceful settlement with the , Communists.
Whether the gcvernment will ask
for Big Foar mediation wil! d»pen/1
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RAF Told to Attack Any Israeli Plane over Egypt
Chiang to Leave
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Shek plans to leave, possibly with¬ in three days, for an "indefinite vacation" in Formoaa.
Chiang, It was understood, will discontinue active direction of China's national affairs during his vacation, and will turn over the government to Vice-President Ll Tsung-Jen.
This report coincided with in¬ formation that progressive elements In Chlang'i KuominUng party art organizing a movement to force his resignation and Install Mme. Sun  Yat-Sen  In his place.
Mme Sun. widow of the founder of the Chinese republic, nov Is living in Shanghai. She la Mm*. Chiang's sister, and haa been a frequent critic of Kuomintang policies. Resi'gnaUon t'neertahi
It was not known whether i Chiang Intends to resign before he betrins hta vacation, but re¬ liable sources said a hoase in Tot- mMMi was being renovated for hit use, and that preparations already were underwajr ther* to receive him.
During   Chiang's   abaence   from
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win  head  a  group  of  govemment
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Says Group Hunted Deer Out of Season; One Attacked Him
Wew Bloomfleld, Pa., Jan. 8 (UP) —A Pennsylvania game -protector ahot and killed a 26-year-old Mld¬ dletown, Pa., construction worker •arly today after the man allegedly resisted arrest on suspicion of Il¬ legal  deer  hunting.
State Police Det. George Funk identified the dead man a* Harold Brehm and the game protector as Clinton Oanster, Marysvllle, Pa.
Funk said Ganster aurprised Branm and two companions, iden- ttifled as Wilbur J. DavU and Wil- I'Uam E<dwards, botb 7f, both of Marysvllle, about 2 a. m. today near Marysvllle and ordered them to surrender to arrest on suspicion Df deer stalking out of season.
Funk quoted Ganattr as saying that Brehm attacked him as he approached the Mlddletown man'a automobile and forced him to the ground. Ganster succeeded In freeing   his   gun   and   shot   Brehm
turing the struggle. Brehm died efore an ambulance summoned from Harrisburg Hospital could reach   the  scene.
Perry County District Attorney William Morrow said Ganster, DavU and Ekiwards all were releas¬ ed on their own recognizance to¬ day pending an inquest here Jan. 18 before Dr. Harold Botdorf. Mil¬ lertown,  Perry county  coroner.
The shooting occurred in Gan- •ter's game protection  area.
Shown above is Frank Elencik, RD 1, Trucksville, with 16 gray foxes he reoently presented to the game commission for boimty. Elencik took the foxes In a 14-day period in Lehman and Jackson townships, from Oct. 11 to 24. He will receive $64 from the gama commisston and*his furs will be returned to him and then sold In the fur market. Bounty payments to the hunters and trappers of Pennsylvania for the month of November amounted to $25,697. Luzeme countlans received $780 of this amount for payment on 160 weasels, 108 gray foxes, 34 red foxes and 18 great homed owls. From June 1 to Nov. 30, 1948, total payments amounted to $48,173. This is $7,000 more than was paid out for the same period tha previous year. 'ITie amount has been paid for 3,078 weasels, 4,620 gray foxes, S,718 red foxes, 15 goshawks and 930 great homed owl*.
'Worlds Greatest Road' To Span State in 2 Years
Gov. Duff Promises Turnpike Extension Before His Term Ends
HarrUburg, Jan. 8 (UP) — Gov. James H. Duff promised yesterday that Pennsylvania will ba spanned from east to west by the "world's greatest road," a $225,000,000 toll- financed trafflcway, before hU gubernatorial Um anda la two year*.
ITie governor's pronouncement foUowed kta dlsdoaur* of the "pro¬ bable" route of Die western eoc- tension of the famed Pennsylvania Tumplka to tt« Ohio line.
Ilia rout* mapped extends north¬ westerly from Irwin, present west- em terminus, to tht Allegheny River at Oakmont, tht Beaver River at Homewood, and on to the state boundary opposite Petersburg, O., about 10 mllea southeast of Youngstown, O. Great Industrial Area
Tht rout* would pass about 10 mllea northeast of downtown Pitts¬ burgh.
Tht western axtansion will be 60 to 70 miles long and bring the high-speed traffic artery to the upper end of the highly Industrial¬ ized section of Beaver Valley. Duff said that "one of the greatest In¬ dustrtal developments In Pennsyl¬ vania" Is under way In the area.
The major segment of the four- lane superhighway U the 161-mlle central section of the turnpike com¬ pleted Oct 1, 1940 at a cost of $75,000,000.
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SUPER-SECRET PLANE ORDERED FROM GOMPANY
«t LouU, Jan. 8 (UP)—McDon¬ nell Aircraft Corp. announced to¬ day It haa been awarded a $1,000,- 000 contract to produce a top secret,  experimental  flghter  plant.
No details of tht craft were glvei> and the branch of tlie armed forces for which It is Intended was withheld. The announcement said only that the contract was for "a verj' advanced, new type experi¬ mental flghter plane" for the gov, ernment
The contract was won In a de¬ sign competition with eight other major aircraft companies. The an¬ nouncement did not so state, but presumably the new plane Is a jet-propelled craft alnce McDonnell haa been a pioneer in development of jet engines and guided missies.
Womon Wfio Ordained d-Year-Old Against His Marrymg People
Los Angelea, Jan. 8 (UP)—Sister Essie Binkley West "Angel of Skifl Row." aaid today that ahe never Would have ordained Marjot Gort ner, aged 4, aa a mlnUter If ahe had known he waa going to per¬ form a marriage ceremony.
"I am not In favor of children conducting auch ceremonies," she »aid. "I think Marjoe ia anointed child who haa divine inspiration In his preaching—but they ahould have told me about the marrage."
The motherly Mrs. Weat won the name, "Angel of Skid Row," be¬ cause of her reacue mission. Her admiration for the baby preacher is boundleaa. Still Doesn't Like It
"But I'm atill not In favor of having children conduct mar- rages," she aald. "Marjoe waa th* "Mt child ordained by our organl-
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"That'a why wc ordained him. He U a modem miracle and we felt he ahould be given the title and rights of a minister of the Gospel. But it never entered our minds that ^e would cohduct a marriage ceremony."
The ceremony was conducted last Sunday at Long Beach Chapel. The blond, curly-haired baby mar¬ ried Seaman Raymond Miyer, 23, Alma Brown, 21.
"The boy'a father, the Rev. Ver¬ non Gortner, had his aecretary call me and ask if Marjoe could per¬ form a marriage ceremony, Mrs. West said,
"I told them ministers ordained by our group were licensed to marry people. I thought it was just   a   casual   question.
"That was the last I heard from them unUl I read where Marjoe had gone ahead and performed the marriage rites. If we ordain any more children it will be with thc understanding that they will ((Omtinued on Pagt A-8)
Susquehanna Getting Cleaner
Harrisburg, Jan. S. (UP)—"ni* state'a clean streams program began to show resulta In tht Susquehanna River watershed to¬ day.
Th* atate sanitary water board reported that Swatara Oeek, a tributary of the Susquehanna, U ninning clear for the firat time in SO jrear*. Tht creek draina part of Schuylkill oounty and emptiea into the Susquehanna near Middleton.
All but ont of tli* U «oal breakers operating along branches of Swatara Creek have built »ilt ponds to take cart of oulm and waste. The remaining breaker emptiea ita waate Into an abcm- doned mine. The operatioru art located on (3ood Spring, Lower Rausch, Middle and Lorberry creeka and branchea of Swatara Creek.
Th* atream haa been stit laden since the beginning of mining operations along Ita banks 60 years ago.
Every coUiary in the Bohuyl- klll River basin now has silt dams or waste interceptor* In operation. The aanitary water board estimates the desilting sys¬ tems are cleaning mor* than 2,000,000 tons of aiit a year that formerly entered  the  Schuylkill.
Can Aid Financially Only When Candidates, Bar Association Rules
Reading, Pa., Jan. '8. (UP)—A code of ethics prohibiting Judges from making financial contribu¬ tions to political organizationa ex¬ cept for their own campaign, was adopted by the Pennsylvania Bar Association today.
The provision was included In the canons of judicial ethics of the American Bar Association which were adopted by the PBA at the closing session of Ita mid-winter meeting here today.
However, the state baJiv mad* on* amendment to permit Judgea to contribute to their own eamipaigna. The ABA eanona banned any con¬ tributions.
As adopted by the PBA, judges also are forbidden to make political speeches, endorse candidatea for political office and participat* in party conventions, or any partisan activity.
The delegatea also adopted a res¬ olution calling upon the (5eneral Assembly bo reapportion legislative districts immediately on the basU of the 1940 census Inatead of the 1920 census.
Bedford Springs was chosen as the meeting place for the aummer meeting June 28, 29, 30 and July 1.
In an address last night State Attorney (Jeneral T. McKeen CSiid¬ sey scored the Electoral (College system as an "undemocratic" way of naming a President
QUADRUPLETS' PARENTS MARRIED AT LAST
Versailles, France, Jan. 8. (UP) —Louise Dore and Juan Leal were married in the town hall today. After the ceremony, the couple walked to a clinic emd gave each of four children a big hug.
The children, Jean, Robert, Re¬ nee and Jacqueline, are quadrup¬ lets born to th* eou{>l« Sept ft,
IMLI AT UN REFUSES TO SEND
Jews Claim British Buzzed Their Lines; 5 Were Shot Down
London, Jan. 8 (UP)—Israeli plants and anti-aircraft batteries ahot down flv* British planea near the Kgyptlan-Paleattne border yea¬ terday, and RAF planea were ordered today to attack any Uracil afrcraft appearing over  Kgyptlan territory.
As   Israeli-British   relations  dipped  to  a  critical  low,  the  Londo,n govemment announced that It had aent apeclal troopa to Akaba, a i port In Trana-Jordan Juat acrosa the border from  botn Paleatlne an* j liigypt, to forestall any threat of a Jewiah attack on  Trana-Jordan. I    Th*   BrltUh   charged   that   th* ¦
Israeli attacka on th* RAF planea w*r* unprovoked and occurred over Egyptian territory befort thc laracl-Bgypt oeas* flr* waa to have begun at t pjn. (7 a.m., EST) yeaterday.
Th* Britidi r«prtaentatlvt on the United Nationa Security Ouncil was instructed to lodge a strong proteet with th* Israeli repre¬ aentative at tht UN. Th* RAF plan** wer* aald to hav* been on reconnaUanc* missions, obaerving Israeli-Egyptian troop movements. Isra^ Version Dlflerent
Amid changing and conflicting reports, however, ih* laraeiia had a different veraion of tbe aerial battlea, A military spokesman in Tel Aviv said a consensus of front lin* r«port* Indicated that at least thre* planes wer* shot down In incident* which "^cgan, were fought and wnded ovar Israeli territory,"
Two of ttl* Ib'ltish pUots w*r* o*<.pi.S«r»vl, oii« •ii«liUy**'*ouiideilr after thty parachuted Insld* Israel, th* spokesman said. Another British pilot waa found dead in th* oharrad wreckage of bia plant n*ar th* Jewish colony ot Nirlm, nin* n.ile* insld* Palestin*.
A United Nation* oflwervtr who Inspected th* wreckage of th* plant n«ar Nirlm showed a United Press reporter liv* 20 mm. ammunition tak*n from on* of th* four cannons mounted on th* plan*.
H« said th*r* waa bo adgn of photographic *qulpment although it oould hav* been removed b»fore his arrival. H* did not say, how*v*r, whether ammunition had )>*«n *r*d by th* British plan*. ii>
TeU of -DogOgtttM-
Aocordlng to th* Israeli spoket- man, som* of th* action took place after th* 2 p.m. cease flr* deadline.
A Britirii officer In Cairo spoke of "dogflght*," hinting that British plane* returned tb* flr* of Israeli flghtsr*. Th* IsratU spoktsman (Oontinutd on Paff* A-14>
Lakt Succe**. N. T., Jan. 8 (UP) —Arthur Ijourlt, .Israeli represen¬ tative at th* United Nationa Se¬ curity Council, refuaed tonight to transmit to his government a "aharp" Britlah proteat against tbt ahooting down of five Britlah war- planca by Israeli flicra and anti¬ aircraft guns. Lourl* aald thc pro¬ teat waa Improperly addreaaed.
A Britiah spokesman aald the protest delivered to Louiie In per¬ son by BrltUh UN delegat* T*r- *nc* etion* thU afternoon, waa "strony fmd brier' rod eontJifned chargea mad* *arli*r by tht Brlt¬ Uh foreign offlc* that tht attacks wert "unprovoked" and occurred •xclualvely over Egjrptlan territory-.
In a not* to Shon*, Lourl* said h* was "not In a position" to a*nd the protest to hia govemment In Tel Aviv beoaiu* "It contain* a requeat to the "JewUh del^atlon' to transmit tto* protest contained in that dociunent to 'th* Jewish authorlOe* at Tel Aviv*."
"In th* abaenc* of any •peclflc Indication" as to who waa meant by those designations, Lourie said, he could not transmit th* note as requested.
Lourle's attitude stenun«d from the unusual chanaals cbcvftn bg: Britain for lodging Its protest against th* attacks. Britain haa refused to r*oognl2t th* ytning Jewish state. By directing th* pro¬ test through the XJN delegations, it presumably Intended to avoid an apiproach that mig'ht be Interpreted as dealing with Israel an a legal entity.
Earthquake in Hawaii As Volcano Flow Stops
Honolulu, Jan. 8 (UP)—A aharp earthquak* orack*d beneath *rupt- Ing Mauna Loa today, jolting the entire laland of Hawaii aa a flery •traam of lava giuAilng from the volc«mo appeared to hav* halted Its seaward surge.
Sdentlata aald th* shock oould b« *ith*r th* for*runncr of another giant blaat of th* ainokini, lava- spouting volcano or a signal tiiat tfa* aruptioa 1* *Rding.
Ill* quak* was strong snough to awiak«n •l*ep«ra In HUo, 40 mlla* away. Bringa Neiw H»e*t
It brought a ntw threat to ntrr- oua lalandera who w*r* beginning to r*tum to th*lr hom** along the Kona ooast after fleeing whan th* iiot aheet of lava swept a 20-mils flaming path down Mauna Loa'a anow-covered aldaa toward the ooaatal  village*  and  plantatlona.
Dr. Thomas A. Jaggar, world- famoua volcano expert, said If th* earthquak* originated under Kl- lauea crkter it might mean that th* Mauna Loa "flreplt" was pre¬ paring to erupt atter 14 yeara of inactivity. Kilaueo U a "alsCer" crater to Mokauweoweo, which apllt wld* open Thuraday after¬ noon and spewed great rivera of molten rock toward the Kdna coaat
However,   volcanologiat   Ruy   H.
Finch minimized th* chances for an *arly eruption of Kllaueo, say¬ ing h* thought th* aarthquake meant tli* auperheated ateam pr*a- aur* underneath th* mountain haa bten released and tfa* 14,000-foot volcano wa* "aettling back to nor¬ mal."
Finch said tbe quaira n^ to aharp it lniock*d tb* •*laniograph out ot operation st 8t Mary'a School in Hik>. It waa >*coTd*d at 12:08 a. Wk. (lO.iM pjn. PST kurt night).
Steani q>rout*d fronn Mauna Loa'a crater* Irom a h*avy tropi¬ cal rain timt pour*d into their hot lnt«rloi«, and th* slowing lava river waa surrounded by anow that covered th* volcano above th* 10,- 000-foot level during th* night Aerial Traffic Rules
Acting Gov. Oren E. Long asked the Hawaii aeronautic* commission to aet up a ragular traffic pattern for aircraft in an effort to avoid colllsiona among th* scores of planes taking alghtaeera over Ma¬ una Loa.
Search continued for three sight¬ seers In a hght Stinson cabin plane which officials feared may have been caught in tb* hot turbulence over Mauna Uoa and crashed. The plant haa been missing sine* yes¬ terday.
DEAN ACHi:SOX
What Is the Matter with Wyoming Valley High Schools?
Wliat is the matter with Wyoming Valley'i high flcliools ^
Why do 80 many "graiJuates" show so f«w signs of being educated? . . . Why is it so difficult for others to get into colleges—unless they spepd another year or so at a preparatory school?
Why should these things be, with all the millions spent on schools in Wyoming Valley?
Is the trouble basic and fundamental and as such almost impossible to correct? ... Or is it a matter of misdirecting most of the energy of students and teachers alike while studies suffer? •
Are the schools themselves in large part responsible for keeping children out every night in the week—with the old "home work" idea almost completely forgotten?
Finally, ehould the fault more properly be placed on the parents? . . . Don't they care any more?
Next week the Sunday Independent will give the answers to these questions—the authoritative answers as given by a veteran school teacher.
You will have to read this vital article If you are a school director, a teacher, the parent of a child of high school age or a high school pupil who really wants an education. - ..,     „
Watch for it In the next issue of the Sunday Inde¬ pendent.
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Washington, Jan. 8 (UP)—Sen. Arthur H. Vandenberg, Michigan, and other leading Republican* to¬ day demanded a full investigation of Dean Acheaon befora tht Sen¬ att approvea hia nomination as the ntw Secretary of State.
Though   there  appeared  no  tm mediate threat to Senatt confirma¬ tion of Oen. Oeorgt C. Marshall's successor,  senators  demanded  full dUelosure* on these points:
1. Acheson'* attitude toward So Viet Ruania and the East-Weat cold war," plua hta viewpoint on State Department offldala de¬ scribed by some oritics a* bad se¬ curity rlska.
3. Hla law firm's eonnecMona with the Communist govemment of Poland, «md Acheson's peraonal relations with Alger and Donald Hiaa, who hav* be*n eh(U'g*d with m*mberahlp in a prewar undercov-
' OimmimUt ring.
CStalrman Tom Connally, D., Tm., of tht Senate foreign rela tlona eommlttee immediately moved to comply with theae re¬ queat* and tentatively planned public hearlnga for next week Connally predicted that Acheson win be conflrmed without much opposition. WanU CSiambera Called
Sen.  Karl   E.   Mundt  R..   8.  D. (Continued on Page A-8)
COnON, SOYBEAN PRICES FALL ON EXCHANGE
Oiloago, Jan. 8. (UP)—Cotton and aoybean pricea fell sharply at major trading  eentsrs today.
Wheat rye, oats and oom prices also were lower.
Cotton price* which had been steady during tb* w**k eloasd BO cents to $1.25 lower than last week.
Soybcana dropped aix to 7H cents a bushel on the CThicago Ex¬ change. At one point, the price fell the permisaable 10 cent limit for one day.
The price decline* In other com¬ modities were not as great com¬ pared to yesterda^a cloae. Wheat was down as much as 2<4 cents for some futures, com waa Hi to 1T4 lower, oata were down % to one cent a bushel, and rye was 2% cents a bushel lower,
Financial circles attributed the decline* to increaaed shipments' from the country and uncertainty over the administration's farm price-support policy.
AnotherBlizzard Hits Mid-West; Crop Loss Heavy
Chicago, Jan. 8. (UP)—A new blizmrd raced from Wyoming tfn rough the Dakota* today In the path of the West's moat crippling storm In history and while' a cold wave waa spreading over north central states.
The western plaina had not yet recovered from the dUaatroua bliz¬ zard which raged Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. Many communities were atill anowbound and many persona were still unaccounted for. The known death total was 23.
The Chicago Weather Bureau said thc new blizzard was a hit- and-run kind in contrast to the previous one which remained vir¬ tually stalled over the northern Rocky Mountain and western plain states until It exhausted Itaelf.
The new blizzard awept down from Canada Into Wyoming and Montana and pushed high winds, drifting anow, and aub-zero tem¬ peratures eastward Into the Da¬ kotas. Temperatudes In the Da¬ kotas fell 10 to 16 degree* in aix houra today. IS Below Zero
The cold wave warning of tem¬ peraturea as low aa 10 and 15 degreea below zero was Issued for parts of Nebraska, Iowa, Wiscon¬ sin and Minnesota. Winds of 30 to 40 milea an hour with light snowa but heavy drifting also were forecast
E^ast and teuth of the new storm area the mercury wlll fall sharply from the unseasonable 40 to 50 degree temperatures prevail ing the past two dayi, th* Weather Bureau  said.
The new blizzard struck In some placea only two daya after the Wd atorm lifted. Rescue operations were still under way. In Nebraska, about 20 planes made mercy flights today   to  drop   food   and  aupplies
Valley Scene
Pringlg tavern owner elat¬ ing place to attend ton't wed¬ ding and hanging tign on door reading: "On tk* receiv¬ ing end today."
West Side Carpenter grab¬ bing bag of applet inttead of tool* frnm kitchen table, be¬ wildering home owner who thought the man teemed to re¬ quire "an awfully big luneh."
Trackleit trolley operator tpilling guartert all over a crowded but when he had to make quick tnm in midst of trying to fill his coin changer on the run.
Children nf valley gathering up Christmas trees for bon- firet, including tome still on tale for Ru.ssia.n Christmas.
to Isolated areaa and rescuer* pressed their aearch for rural reai¬ dents still unaccounted for or marooned.
The   loss   of   livestock   killed   tai Wcstem  areas  was  as  yet unesti- mated, but thousands of cattle and sheep froze or atarved to death. Serioua Warnings
In warning of the new blizzard, weather forecasts carried a not* of urgency.
"Warn all travellers, stockmen and others to take the necessary precautions In western Nebraska as aoon as possible and tbrough thc eastern part of Nebrtwka by to¬ night." the Omaha weatherman said.
The Ohicago Weather Bureau Is¬ sued a special, unscheduled fore¬ cast for the cold wave In Iowa, Ne¬ braska,  Minnesota and  WUconsln,
At Fort Ojlllns, CJofcj., 50 adulta and 20 children were still snow¬ bound. They reported by telephone that milk, bread and meat wert running out. Drifts 30 feet deep surround the town, but anowplowa Ti-eri? Rp^rnschfr'5:-    -, ¦ —.•.-•  -
Aa the new atorm rushed In, TO persona were atill unacccunted for in Nebraska and 16 were missing In South Dakota.
The death toll from tfie first blizzard waa seven In Colorado, nine In Wyoming, four in Nebraska and one each in South and North Dakota
New Cold Wave For California
Los Angelea, Jan. 8. (UP—A new cold wave today threatened south- (CJontlnued on Page A-8)
KOREAN DIPLOMAT SAYS U.N. SAVED HIS NATION
Washington, Jan. » (UP)—Ko¬ rea's new ambassador to the Unit¬ ed States said today that the Unit¬ ed Nations had aaved his country from Communist domination.
Dr. John Myun Chang aald hi an interview that the UN On¬ eral Assembly's overwhelming recognition of the Korean repub¬ lic aa the legal government for Korea forstalled a Soviet-backed plan to seize the nation.
Chang represents the govem¬ ment seated in the American-con¬ trolled, southern zone of Korea. The United Nations by a 48-to-6 vote recognized the government as the legal Korean govemment, Re¬ jecting Soviet claima that its pup¬ pet govemment In the north should be recognized.
CHiang, who ia 49, waa educated at Venard Preparatory C:^Ilege, Scranton, Pa., and Manhattan (3ol. lege. New York. He fled his coun¬ try in 1919 to escape the Japa¬ nese terror, and did not return un¬ til 1926.
High Enlistments Stop February, March Draff
Washingtn, Jan. 8 (UP)—Be¬ cauae of the high rate of volun¬ tary enlistments, the Army an¬ nounced today it will draft no men in February and March,
Voluntarj- enlistments and re- enlistments have averaged 35,000 a month for the past few months, the Army said. This has made Selective Service calls unnecessary for the next two montha.
Army Secretary Kenneth Royall notified the munitions board, which controls draft calls for all services, that the Army's previoua 5,000 man draft eall for February should   be   cancelled.   In   addition,
the Army told thc munitiona board it would make no calls In March.
In explanation, Mr. Royall re¬ ferred to the Selective Service Act of 1948, which requires the Army to limit its draft calla to the difference between requirements and Intake through voluntary en¬ listments.
About 60 per cent of the gains in the last three months have been re-enlistments and extensions of existing enlistments.
"As long as voluntary enlist¬ ments remain sufficient to main¬ tain the strength of the army," Mr. Royall said, "there will be iu> calls for inductions.
Safety Record Set by State Motorists Despite Big Increase of '48 Driving
Harrisburg, Jan. S (UP)—Penn¬ sylvania's motorists tacked up a new state safety driving record In 1918 despite mileage nine per cent greater than that In 1947.
The 1948 traffic death toll was pegged at 1,555, three more than during 1947.
T. Elmer Transeau, director of the state highway safety bureau aaid the death rate per 100,000,000 motor vehicle miles traveled un doubtedly would not exceed aix or 6.1, compared to 6.9 for 1947 and a national average of 7.5 for th^ flrst ten montha of 1948
The heaviest toll of human life was taken on rural roads despite the fact (.hat fatalities on non- urban routes si.'mped during the most hazardous driving month — December.
State  Police   reported   yesterday that 67 persons were killed by rural traffic last month, compared to 91 during December.  1947. Two Citle* Praised
<3ov. James H. Duff's highway •nfetjr ndvisorjr eommlttee landed
the records of two cities—Phila¬ delphia and Wllliamsport The committe credited "intensive safety campaigns" for a drop of 40 deaths in Philadelphia last ye^r from a 1947 high of 197 and for a 401-day period of fatality-free trsiffic In Wllliamsport
Duff, who released the report, said that the saving of human lives was thc most Important part ot the state'a conservation program. He disclosed that $1,320,056 of thc $115,935,000 collected from thc gas ollne tax this biennium U being spent for the highway aafety pro gram. He aald the state "must have $200,000,000" from the levy the next two years.
"Thua," Duff said, "it would ap¬ pear that highway safety is an¬ other important argument In favor of an Increase In the tax on gaso¬ line which has been requested of the general assembly."
Suggesta Weeding Out Hardened Violators
Harrisburg,  Jan.  8   (UP)   —  Dr. Max H. Weinberg, PitUburgh. to¬
day urged that thc state enlUt tb* aid of careful drivers to a|qr *n traffic violators.
Weinberg, writing in the current issue of the Pennsylvania Mtdieal Joumal, called on the 1949 Legisla¬ ture to Incorporate hia suggc-stions in the motor vehicle cod*. Ht cited statistics to show that traffic acci¬ dents are the nation'a tenth lead¬ ing cause of death.
The Pittsburgh physician aald the difficulty of detecting traffic violators might be overcome if ob¬ servers were recruited from ttie ranks of Pennsylvania's careful drivera. These observers would re¬ port on "all traffic violatora whom they observe during their driving."
However, Weinberg cautioned that the Information gathered by the observer* should be uaed onljT to bring the careless driver to the attention of p>olice.
To detect the "more hairdened" drivers. Weinberg would have -the state issue three kinds of operators' license*.
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