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Liit 6 lib 334276 mis, lilsU v7rn Complete DM 1 1951 PULITZER PRIZE WINNER "for fn most mrfonoui public M'vico rtndcrocf by an American newspaper during fho yoar WEATHER-air and cold tonight and tomorrow. 1 i-OAILY and SUNDAY BROOKLYN 1, N. THURSDAY. DECEMBER 27, 1951 111th YEAR No. 35- stour SraoUya P.

O. Out I 5 CENTS EVERYWHERE qu PASSES Something Rotten in Hungary: 5 JJnv- ul Late, But What's a Date for These Happy Terror Bombers Set Off 2 More Blasts at Miami Follow Threats Phoned After Explosion Kills Negro Leader Miami, Dec. 27 (U.R) Two new blasts rocked suburban sections of Greater Miami last night and early today, sending police cars and explosion-conscious citizens scurrying through Xmas Comes IT'S STJLC CHRISTMAS "-'3v am in ii I JZ-j. J7" til hi nwmMaiMkMv'' 1 RED LEADER HALL GIVEN 3 YEARS the streets. Police Department switch- boards were flooded with calls.

The first of the new bombings came just 24 hours after assassins blew up the home of Harry T. Moore, a Negro leader, in the hamlet of Mims, killing Moore and gravely injuring his wife. It went off at midnight, in Hialeah, site of the famous race track. The second went off in Coral Gables at 3:30 a.m. They followed two telephone threats from persons believed responsible for 10 other bomb ings and attempted bombings of Jewish synagogues, a Negro housing project and of a Catlw lie church since June.

"We Just want to let you icnow we ve got plenty of dyna Santa-in-blue, "Patrolman Thomas Whartan, while her erutcneiv and Robert Suzuki, 7, right, who is obviously a future Youngsters were assembled by neighborhood P. A. L. and Red joyous youngsrera, guisjis or onrn rrecincr uo-oroinanng t-ouncn tqt annual party in St. George Playhouse rody, ore Louise Scarola, 6, left, seriously doing hef nails' with "gift manicure' set; Marie Caraola, 8, a patient frorfi St, Charles Hospital, happily discussing ormful of toys mite left," one of the callers, furnished transportation tor speaking with-a heavy foreign accent, warned Coral Gables Safety Director William Kim- brough.

"We have no ence at to what kind of church Murray Will it is. We intend to go on bomb Korea Front Quiet-As Deadline Passes Ridgway Charges Blackmail to Reds, Says They Gird for Surprise Attack Panmunjom, Korea, Friday, Dec. 28 (U.R) The 30-day time limit for signing a Korean armistice expired at midnight yesterday and Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway put the responsibility CANNOT TELL WHEN THEY'LL BE RELEASED Budapest Says Case Is in Hands Of Competent Aides Vienna, Dec.

27 (UP) Hungarian Foreign Office officials told the United States Charge d'Affaires in Budapest this afternoon that they could not, tell him when four American fliers held by Communist government would be freed. This news was given Charge d'Affaires George M. Abbott at a time when it was believed confidently here that the Ameri can Air Force men, held in $120,000 "ransom" for straying across the Hungarian frontier in their transport plane, would bejree in a lew hours. Abbott and American Minister Christian, M. Ravndal had.

been conducting tfegenvnegotl. ations. wltBv -ike Hungarians during the day, hoping that the fliers might be freed and brought aoroi the frontier into Vienna' by -tafcfghf Hungarian; Foreign Under Secretary Istvarr Beraf told Ab bott that the matter is in the hands of competent authorities" and that no decision had been made about release of the fliers. The United States had agreed to pay the "fines" of $30,000 each levied against the fliers Sunday by a Hungarian Communist military court. All arrangements had been made here to meet the fliers at the frontier and bring them to Vienna.

United States Air Force planes also were ready in Germany to fly to any designated point to pick up the American airmen. The four men held are Capt. David H. Henderson, Shawnee, the C-47 transport's pilot; Capt. John J.

Swift, Glens Falls, N. T. Sgt. Jesse A. Duff, Spokane, and Sgt.

James A. Elam, Kingsland, Ark. Their plane was forced down by Soviet fighter planes based in Hungary Nov. 10. Fliers 'All Right' As negotiations for their release continued, it was disclosed that Charge d'Affaires Abbott saw them on Christmas Day and found them "all right." Walter J.

Donnelly, United States Ambassador to Austria, handled all arrangements here and kept in frequent telephonic contact with Ravndal and Abbott in Budapest. Ask 'Gray. Passes' Donnelly and his deputy, Walter Dowling, made application to the Soviet Russian occupation authorities here for a number of "gray passes" for American officials to go to the Hungarian frontier in event the fliers were delivered there. Vienna, like Berlin, is an enclave inside the Soviet occupation zone. Permission of the Russians is necessary for travel through Soviet territory.

Ravndal telephoned Donnelly the news that the Hungarians Continued on Page 8 WHERE TO FIND IT To Call Off Steel Strike Policy Committee to Act Today Following Truman Request for Continued Output Pittsburgh, Dec. 27 (U.R) C. I. O. President Philip Murray FOR CONTEMPT Communist Jumped Bail Must First Serve 5 Years for Conspiracy Convicted Communist leader Gus Hall was sentenced today to serve three years for.

con tempt of court in addition to his present five-year prison terra. Federal Judge Sylvester J. Ryan, who had found Hall guilty on two counts of con tempt for fleeing to Mexico in stead of surrendering to start serving his original sentence, sentenced him to three years on each count. The sentences are to run concurrently follow ing completion of his first Jail term for conspiracy to teach and advocate violent overthrow of the government. Harry acher, Hall's attor pey, moved to set aside the ver dict because of lack of evidence.

Judge Ryan denied the motion. Sacher indicated he would appeal. Ryan on Dec. 19, found Hall guilty of contempt, although in nis opinion he acknowledged there was no legal precedent for the court to punish a fugi tive tor contempt. Hall fled the jurisdiction of the court last July when or dered to surrender with 10 other Communist leaders to be gin serving their conspiracy sentences.

He was apprehend ed in Mexico in October and turned over to FBI agents at L.areao, Texas. Three others of the convicted 11 are still fugitives. The others surrendered and are serving their prison terms. Gives Town $100,000 Whitinsville, Dec. 27 (U.R) The Whitin Machine Works, explaining it had "very good year," gave $100,000 in cash to Whitinsville last night to "show our interest in the town." Youngsters ipnppied children from it.

Sabrejels Down 2 MIGs, Hit 3d in 82-PIane Battle 8th Army Headquarters, Korea, Dec. 27 (U.R) American Sabrejets shot down two Communist MIG-15 jet fighters and badly damaged a third in an 82-plane dogfight over northwest Korea today. On the ground front, United Nations infantrymen fought through knee-deep snow on the eastern front in an attempt to relieve a Communist-encircled outpost. However, there was no sign either side intended to mark the end of a 30-day trial ceasefire line agreement with a large-scale attack. The general lull in the ground fighthing continued.

Not a single Ameri- Continued on Page 2 limped in from the Dela ware River breakwater under its own power. The injured and missing were members of a nine-man crew of the Pyrate Tank Clean ing Corporation of New York. They boarded the ship at Philadelphia Tuesday to clean the vessel's tanks while it was en route to Baltimore for repairs. It was not yet determined whether the missing men were buried beneath, tons of steel blown into the bottom of the No. 4 tank or whether they had been blown hrough a gaping noie torn ut the port bow by I the Blast.

Among' 1 ,7.00 Crosswhich Charles. All Nephews Will Please Heed This! Uncle Santa's Gifts For Tom, Eugene Found on Street Note to Tommy and Eugene: If you failed to get your regular Christmas gifts from Aunt Marion and Uncle Joe, don't feel too disappointed. Fact is Aunt Marion and Uncle Joe DID get presents for you and Mr. Al Kirschner of 1230 E. 46th St.

has them for you, all nicely Christmas wrapped. Mr. Kirschner got them, he reported today, by pure acci dent. On his way to his office this morning he was passing Avenue near Flatbush when there he saw two Christ mas-wrapped packages on the street and picked them up. One, containing a pair of roller Continued on Page 11 wirh" are forgotten, hoop.

star. FOR 'THESE HAPPY KIDS Tell Union his United Steelworkers Union New Year's Day strike of 650,000 basic steel industry, informed sources said. Compliance was virtually cer tain. The union's executive board and 170-man wage policy committee will act today. A spe cial convention of 2,500 dele gates will vote on ratification Jan: 3 at Atlantic City.

Murray will be complying with President Truman strongly-worded request that steel production be continued in the "national interest" until Government stabilization boards can hear the union's demand for an 18-'4-cent an hour wage increase and the companies' plea for price relief. To Modify Resolution The wage policy committee, which acts on all important Continued on Page 11 squarery on the Communsts. A broadcast by the Voice of the United Nations command, the supreme commander's radio, said' the Reds deliberately de layed the truce talks here and that they seemed to be using blackniail to try to get conces sions, especially by dangling be fore the Allies the possibility of an exchange of sick and wounded war prisoners. "The Communists still want to weaken Korea with an inef fectual armistice, weaken it so that any future Communist sur prise attack will be a success instead of a failure," the broad cast said. Officially, the Korean war be came wide open again at midnight Thursday (10 a.m.

Thursday, Brooklyn time). Actually, no outbreak of heavy fighting is expected. Talks to Continue The truce talks will continue, in subcommittees, on the means of enforcing and supervising an armistice and on the exchange of prisoners of war. Both deadlocked truce sub- Conllnued on Page 2 ing churches." Warning Over Phone Half an hour before the Hia- leah explosion some one else called the safety director's wife and warned her thatv'We're going to blow up the Jewish Center at Galiano and Zamora tonight." A quick inspection of churches and synagogues in the areas where exposions were reported disclosed no damage. Warner said his headquarters showered with calls from 'dozens of residents, and "about 100" automobiles filled with bomb-conscious curiosity-seekers poured into the area.

"With all those cars and people out there, we didn't have half a chance to tell who looked suspicious and who didn't," said Warner. "We'll never get the men responsible for these Continued on Page 11 MILITARY STATUS OF DON NEWCOMBBE IS UP TO WASHINGTON Whether Don Newcombe will pitch for the Brooklyn Dodgers Bext season or serve in the armed forces will be determined shortly by the offices of the Adjutant General and the Sur geon General in Washington, It was revealed today by officials 1st Army Headquarters, Col. Stuart Smith, surgeon of the the 1st Army at Fort Jay, said that the entire file on New- combe's physical status had been forwarded to Washington and that an announcement should be forthcoming from there shortly. FEAR 350 WILL DIE IN HOLIDAY CRASHES Chicago, Dec. VI (U.R) Traffic accidents may kill 350 persons daring the four-day New Year's weekend, the National Safety Council said today.

For pictures and story on the Brownsville Boys' Club's giant Christmas-Chanukah in-terfaith party being held today for 10,000 Brooklyn children be sura to rpad tomorrow's BROOKLYN EAGLE Fire Perils Historic Wantagh Hostelry will tell top policy-makers of today to call off the scheduled workers in the defense-vital Former Priest Weds Girl Who Gave Up Home Milan, Dec. 27 (U.R) Claire Mary Young, 21, of Chicago, who renounced home, country and religion for love, was married in City Hall today to Luciano Negrini, 42, a former priest who broke his vows to take a wife. By the civil ceremony, Claire, daughter of a Loyola (Catholic) University professor in Chicago, and Negrini, a former missionary priest in China for 15 years, were automatically excommunicated from the Ro man Catholic Church. Claire, who renounced her Continued on Page 11 "I told her 'don't hit my But the actress "told me never to Interfere," and Mrs. Cronin also instructed her not to interfere.

Never Had Mink Coat Josie's mother, Mrs. Rene Pearson, also called as a de fense witness, said she had gone, on two occasions, with Mrs. Cronin to buy liquor for Miss Bankhead, and saw her purchase $40 or $50 worth. The defendant herself, recalled to the stand after completing three days of testimony yesterday, swore that, contrary to an allegation in a newspaper col-Continued on Page 11 downtown section. The 2 Boro Men Missing, Evyleen's 'Daughter' Says Tallu Hit Mom 2 Hurt in Oil Ship Blast Vantagh, Dec.

27 Three unteer firemen were overcome by smoke today while battling a rapidly-spreading fire which threatened to gut the historic Wantagh Hotel and Restaurant on Wantagh about 50 feet from the Long Island Rail Koad station. Some 75 firemen from the Wantagh and Bellmore depart ments, with about a dozen pieces of apparatus, fought the blaze in the rambling three-story frame building. The fire was discovered at about 9:15 a.m. when a passerby noticed smoke coming from the roof. A short time later flames hot up high through the dor mer windows in the roof of the structure, the first floor of which houses the restaurant one of the best known eating spots on the South Shore.

Nassau County police directed firemen were in cnarge or isi Deputy Chief Herbert Roepke of the Wantagh Fire Depart ment. Firemen brought the blaze under control about two hours after it started, and Fire Department officials estimated the damage to the building at $15 000. The entire top was gutted. they reported. Argentine Red Killed In Coal Mine Dispute Rio de Janeiro, Dec.

27 (U.R) Police said today that a Communist leader was killed and three policemen were wounded when miners tried to obstruct a coal mine railroad at Puerto Alegre by putting, their wives and children on the tracks. The miners were believed to have been instigated by Com munists, police said. Police Another witness today pictured Tallulah Bankhead as a tree -swinging slueeer. who dominated her white-haired, 59- year-om secretary-maid, Evy leen Cronin, bj frequently "hit- iing ner. The testimony came just be- lore tne defense rested in Mrs.

Cronin's trial on charges that she stole $4,284.60 from her mistress by raising more than 100 checks for household expenses. The defendant's adopted daughter, Josie, 22, swore on the witness stand that she personally saw Miss Bankhead strike Mrs. Cronin "manv times." She protested, shi said, andl Chester, Dec. 27 (U.R) Two Brooklyn men are missing and believed dead and two other Brooklyn men are under treatment today for injuries suffered in an explosion on an oil tanker. Taken to Chester Hospital were Viktor israelson, 20, of 105 Emerick and August Anderson, 43.

of 112 Hoyt St both with fractures of their ankles. Listed as missing were lohn Hoffstetter of 112 Hoyt St. and Helge Ohlsen of 137 St. John's Place. The injured men were taken from the tanker Bulkpetrol at nearby Marcus Hook after the Pag Pag Around Boro 16 Nit Lils 9 Bridg 23 Obituaries 11 Calendar 16 Patterns 14 Comics 22 Radio 15 Crossword 1 Ral Estate 1 5 Dr.

Brady 10 Society 13,14 Editorial 10 Sports 17-19 Food News 4-7 1 Television 15 GI News 15 Theaters 8,9 Grin and Bear It 10 These Women 15 Horoscope 23 Tommy Holmes 17 Just Between Us 1 4 Tuclcer 10 Lindley 10 Uncle Ray 23 MaryHawoith 13 Want Ads 19-22 i Movie 8,9 Women 13,14 IMusi 0 irainc arouna me ourning'were cailea to clear tne way building in the center of Wan-and miners attacked them..