WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15, 1953
Allied POWs Roll
Toward Freedom
GOP-Delays'
Sales Tax .
Decision
HARRISBURG, April 14 (fl 3 )
A lack of seven votes forced the
House Republican leadership to
day to put off again a vote on the
two per cent sales tax.
Rep: Albert W. Johnson, Re
publican floor leader, said 98 GOP
votes are now available for the
controversial levy. The ' constitu
tional majority to pass a tax bill
is 105.
"Don't consider the sales tax a
dead pigeon," he told a newsman.
"It's definitely - .11 alive."
Johnso: told reporters that the
Republican- representatives "want
another week of study" on the dis
puted sales tax issue.
"We're going back home to ge
more opinions from the people,"
he said.
In other developments, long
awaited bills to re-apportion the
House and Senate districts were
introduced in the respective
branches. The General Assembly
last .was re-apportioned in 1921
although the Constitution call:
fOr it after each 10-year census.
The House measure would in
crease the membership from 208
to 210. The Sen-fl membership
would remain at 50 as provic-
by the, state Constitution but one
new senator would be given each
to Delaware an d Montgomery
counties by abolishing two pres
ent districts.
New TV Station
To. Begin Operation
NEW CASTLE, Pa., April 14 (/P)
—WSKT-TV begins limited 'pro
gramming tomorrow night, serv
ing the area between Pittsburgh
and Youngstown, O.
Death of
WASHINGTON, April 14 VP)—
A quick end to most federal rend
controls was proposed in, the
House today, in the face of ad
ministration recommendations—
and a Senate committee's ap
proval—for keeping them in force
longer.
Chairinan Wolcott (R-Mich.) of
the House Banking Committee in
troduced a bill to let the controls
die on schedule April 30 in all
cities except those designated as
critical defense housing areas.
He said hearings on the measure
would start-tomorrow.
Bill Would End Ceilings
A critical area is one where a
housing shortage is created by an
influx of workers or military per
sonnel drawn -by Army camps or
defense plants built or expanded
since the start of 'the Korean War.
Passage of Wolcott's bill would
abolish rent ceilings a little more
than two weeks hence for 4,300,000
dwelling units in 1400 cities in
cluding Chicago, Philadelphia, St.
Louis, Boston, Baltimore, Minne
apolis, St. Paul and Cleveland.'
Industrial Expansion
Controls on another 1,300,000
units in 131 critical areas would
end June 30 unless the Eisenhow
er administration finds they are
necessary under a new definition
by Congress.
For one thing, expansion of pri
vate industry could no longer be
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MUNSAN,' Korea, Wednes-‘
day, April 15 (?P)—About half
the 600 Allied sick and wound
ed prisoners to be repatriated
next week were presumed
rolling southward today
t o ward home and freedom
from stockades near the Man
churian frontier.
A Peiping broadcast heard in
San Francisco said all three con
voys left the prison camps at
6 a.m. Tuesday, Chinese time and
would reach Kaesong Thursday.-
Reds Announce Route
"The motor convoys are speed
ing southward alon g highways
which U.S. bo,mbing has failed to
wreck," Peiping sa:d in a dispatch.
from Kaesong. It added that the
hood of each truck was covered
with a red cloth and each vehicle
carried, a red flag.
The Communist high command
notified the Allies of the exact
route and point of departure of
three Red convoys. But there was
no inkling of what nationalities
were included.
The Reds agreed to turn over
120 Americans, 20 Britons, 15
othdr non-Koreans and 445 South
Koreans in groups of 100, begin
ning Monday.
Clouds Hide Trucks
The Fifth Air Force flew a
watchful aerial guard of honor
over the winding "freedom road"
route to make certain that none
of the convoys was attacked by
Allied warplanes.
Clouds obscured the 65 Red
trucks in the three convoys but
air officers said special precau
tions made a "mistake" bombing
virtually impossible.
The three convoys were due to
reach the Communist armistice
base town of Kaesong tomorrow
after an overnight stop near the
Red Kor e an capital of Pyong
yang.
Allied and Communist staff of
ficers arranged to meet again to
day to iron out any technical de
tails that might arise.
Rent Control Urged
used as a reason for declaring an
area critical. Only a housing short
age caused by constructiort or ex
pansion of Defense Department or
Atomic Energy Commission instal
lations could be considered.
If an area is recertified as crit
ical under the new provision, Wol-
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. . ' STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA
HARRISBURG, April 14 VP)—
: Close to 200 forgetful veterans
are trying to collect a second
Pennsylvania bonus.
"Why I've got 23 applications
on my desk from today's mail
and every one is from a vet who
already- received his bonus," Said
Clyde E. Rankin, director of the
World War II Veterans Compen
sation Bureau of the State Mili
tary Affairs Department.
He blarn,:d confusion over pend
ing legislation to extend the time
limit on World War II service
bonus applications for the latest
trouble.
A bill passed by both the House
and Senate and now pending be
fore Gov. John S. Fine would
make Dec. 31, 1953 the final date
on which applications may be re
ceived for the World War II pay
ments of up to $5OO.
2d Vet Admits
Conspiracy
With Russia
WASHINGTON, April 14 (/1 3 )--
A second ex-GI pleaded guilty to
day to eonspiring to slip Ameri
can military secrets to Russia,
and a government official said
there may be more arrests soon
in the Communist spy plot.
In a surprise move, Kurt L.
Ponger, 39, changed his plea from
innocent to guilty when brought
before U.S. District Judge Alex
ander Holtzoff today and threw
himself on the mercy of the court.
He faces • a possible sentence of
up to 20 years.
His brother-in-law and co-de
fendant, Otto Verber, 31; followed
the same tactics yesterday.
Both men are natives of Austria
who joined the American Army
during World War 11, served in
m iiit a r y. intelligence and won
U.S. citizenship on the basis of
their 'war records. They were os
tensibly studying at the Univer
sity of Vienna in Austria under
the GI Bill of 'Rights when col
:ared by American agents last
January.
cott's bill would extend rent con
trols to April 30, 1954.
The Senate Banking Commit
tee approved last week an ex
tension of rent controls to Sept.
30 in all areas where they are
now effective, and to. April 30,
1954 in critical areas.
Forgetful Vets
Ask 2d Bonus
Soldier-Laden Plane
Crashes at Seattle
SEATTLE, April 14 (!P)—A crippled airliner loaded with soldiers
smashed into a snow-covered mountainside today but rescuers re
ported 19 of the 25 aboard apparently survived the pre-dawn crash.
In late afternoon Coast Guard
Comdr. Robert T. Norris gave this
report from search headquarteis:
17 "stretcher cases" at the wreck
scene, 'four known dead, tv,to res
cued, two unaccounted for.
Rescuers rushed doctors with
blood plasma and morphine to the
isolated scene to aid the injured.
22 Soldiers Aboard
"It's possible we will be drag
ging those people out all night,"
Norris said.
Twenty-two of those aboard the
IC3 were soldiers, picked up Sun
day midnight at Washington, D.C.,
and early Monday at Scranton, Pa.
The first two survivors, rescued
by helicopter after hiking through
the snow separately from the iso
lated scene, said they left many
mainied and injured behind them
as they set out for help.
19 Survivors Possible
Odell Matthews, of Washington,
D.C., one of the 22 soldier pas
sengers on the chartered Seattle
bound plane of Miami Airline, said
the pilot and co-pilot and four
passengers, at least, were killed.
If those should be the only fa
talities. it would make a total of
19 survivors.
The plucky stewardess, Mrs.
Adra Lona of Berkely, Calif., was
the second rescued survivor.
The plane crashed into heavy
timber following a final 2:22 a.m.
radio report'after one engine had
failed. The trees almost hid the
wreckage from the view of aerial
searchers during the wide scale
hunt by more than a dozen air
planes during the day.
Lottery Proposed
To End Tax Woes
HARRISBURG, April 14 (!P)—
A state-operated lottery with the
proceeds earmarked for hospitals
was proposed today in the House
as a way of solving Peinsylvania's
tax problems.
Rep. Edward Dunn (R-North
umberland) introduced' a bill to
have the commonwealth run four
lotteries each year with the tick
ets sold by state liquor stores.
"It's impossible to estimate how
much such a plan would bring in
but I'm sure it would go a long
way toward solving this tax
mess," Dunn told a newsman.
Paul Sheedy* Switched to Wildroot Cream-Oil
Because. He Flunked The Finger-Nail Test
"LISTEN, BIRD-BRAIN, don't get soar, but I cooed never love you," said Sheedy's
little chickadee. "Your hair's strictly for the birds ! Better remember the tree
cardinal rules for social success so you won't be an also-wren. 1. Hop to a toilet
goods counter. 2. Peck. up a bottle or tube of'Wild
Cream-Oil, America's Favorite Hair Tonic. Contair
Non-alcholic. Grooms the hair. Relieves dryness,
goose, ugly dandruff. Helps you pass the Finger
3. Use it daily and peeple will love you." Paul goi
Cream-Oil for himself and a diamOnd wing for hi
pie. Better buy a bottle or tube today. Or ask for
barbers. If you don't you're cookoo
* 01131 So. Harris Hill Rd., Williamsville, N.Y.
Wildroot Company, Ink. , Buffalo 11, N. Y
Ike Asks Sale
Of Synthetic
Rubber Plants
WASHINGTON, April 14 (IP)
President Eisenhower today ask
ed Congress to denationalize the
government's $550 million syn
thetic rubber industry by author
izing the sale of the plants to pri
vate enterprise.
The President's recommenda
tion, in a special message to Con
gress, marked another move to
ward restoring the nation to a
free-wheeling economy.
Officials called it the govern
ment's first such "denationaliza
tion" venture. Congress original
ly set up the government in the
synthetic rubber business to over
come shortages t h at developed
when Japan's far-ranging armies
cut off this country's supplies of
natural rubber from the Far East
early in World War 11.
In a message from his golfing
vacation headquarters at Augus
ta, Ga., Eisenhower said that ade
quate stockpiles of rubber have
now been built up to cope with
foreseeable needs, and he de
clared:
"After consultation with the
National Security Resources
Board, I recommend the prompt
enactment of disposal legislation."
British Taxes Cut
LONDON, April 14 (EP) —Prime
Minister Churchill's government
cut income taxes, sales taxes and
industrial taxes today in a na
tional budget airr.•?d mainly at
speeding up manufacturing for ex
port.
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