Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 48, Number 34, Decatur, Adams County, 10 February 1950 — Page 1

Vol. XLVIII. No. J 4. •

FUCHS CONFESSES GUILT ON SPY CHARGES

Federal Judge Ready To Order Miners To Pits Expected To Order Lewis To Return Miners To Work Washington, Feb. 10 (UP) — Federal Judge Rb-hmond B Keech i* expected to order John UTgr la today to return 4(H).imh> striking soft coal miner* to work until the United Mine Worker* Upton drape several ■•lllegal' . contract demands. The actual (xiurt order la being prepared by attorney* for the haHbtjaj -dilior rowton* board — JRRf order will go Into effect . immediately and will have the effect of requiring the miner* to return to work full-time utiles* or until the union abandons three of It* new contract demands The union could strike legally for otherreasons If tt drops the "Illegal" demand* as defined by the TaftHartley act. '' The union could appeal the court Injunction to the court of appeal*., '>:.«ul attorneys said It wa* 'doubtful" any appeal* judge would suspend, the injunction. ■ tn 1»4« when .Jaejs'i* delle.l .' a temporary court injunction, he was later convicted and fined for contempt of court tor not obeying the court ruling The walkout of the United Mine Worker* has reduced the nation* coal stockpile* to their lowest level UT ST years. arut ha* Idled 30.0n0 other industrial worker*. Keech's Injunction represent* the flr*t in a one-two punch hasted ’at Lewi* under the Taft-Hart-ley act. ' — A Taft Hartley hut finding board completed hearings on the eight month old dispute yesterday and hoped to make It* report to president Truman by tomon »w at the latest . Thl* would pave the way for Mr. Truman to seek u Taft-Hart-ley m t "national emergency" tio. junction ordering latwi* to send hi* tnhier* back to tin- pits for at least Str days An appeal from this Injunction would not suspend Its efftylixe ness • Such a court order would compel U-wis to comply immediately or face a possible citation for contempt Os court. Lewis and the union have paid over 32.9"" <WHI in fines t<rr Ignoring two antistrike injunction* in recent year* The Keech in mm tion comes under the unfair labor practices section of the law -not the national emeigency provision The or der t* de-tuned Io give cOal operators "temporary relief' from what they ami "XWIR "geiiFraT counsel Hohert I ten ham , all union tiolaiions «i the law — lie»lde« directing lewis to drop, his illegal" demands and call off the Strike until h- does. the'-Keech Injunction will order him to resume bargaining "in g<H*l faith” at the operators' request. If not held up by an appeal, the order will remain In effect until Lewi* compile*, ft also would be c ancelled it the five member NLRB overruled Denham and the mine owner* The board I* expected to begin hearings on the Issue on Feb. 20. Itenham agreed to the operator*' charge that Lewi* I* guilty tTwrw Te Faw* *•■) Security Markets Will Close Monday Ry United Pres* All of the nation's securities market* and many of it* commodity markets will be ctoseu Monday. Feb. IS. In observance of Lincoln's birthday. All New t-ommodity markets a* well as the Chicago board of trade and mercantile exchange ami the St. Ixrui* drain exchange will be shut down. The New Orleans cotton -exchange also will observe the holiday. leading livestock. poultry and dairy market*, however, will conduct buxines* ax usual. .. WEATHER Partly elaudy and mild tenight and Saturday. Low tonight JO te 39 north; « W M south: high Saturday 40 to 45 not th. 45 to SO south. _

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

Indianapolis Man Is Killed By Auto Indianapolis. Feb. 10. - (UP)General Hospital officials reported today Mike George. 70, died yea- - terday of Injuries suffered when he walked into the side of an automobile In the street In front of bin. home. Korean Aid Bill Passed By Congress Senate Passes Bill Without Debate, Aid To Formoso Added . Washington, Feb !<». (UP) - ‘I Prijddrtit Truman finally got his Kort an aid Nil today with an as to Formosa alfad&ed Tli»- -tnatf' wi!h«*ut dMMlte piuw*- > st nt to the. White Hous* a btif to 1 Give the U S supported South Knit a i<| iibJi"' friO.oiHt «hh» in ; economic aid to help h resist com I . ttitinUt prHMrtire from Sovh t-bax k-j , ed North Korea w ’ 2.' Hand the Chlßea? nationalists « at ha> on the Island of Furnnyif Utf.SfMMHHi for fertiliser,' raw mat er and far#* pn»du<!«. but n.»; ‘ afWtt Tft+K'ThU'm- wili ‘Oh:<■ an. ' unspent balance of about |l(n,««>.• Odd in China aid funds approjir laird in past aeaaion.u The senate axdion wound up a ’ j long ad ttiiniM ration fight <<» K*t l j help for South. Kort a. Three weeks 1 aao the ho<BF. with many of its I ■ nirnibtr’ anfirt rd- lep Mr -TrufliMi-a | i«fua<y i<> help Formosa with arms » defeated aid terKorea by one vote tw tiAE * her eoaKTrneional dr\ flop- ! . men tn: N<» bint Chairman Brien Me-! {. Mahon- fct._Conn« the sfiiatr-' house atomic committee' told re i } Miners he couldn't Rive them even , >7 a blur -<o to bow ranch it will com ■ . to develop the hydr»’«*Ji iwonb lie! indliiitrd that President Truinan ! won’t ask anx 11-by tn b money for the time loing Military construction* -The de-depart4n+4H—Las--*Lupped tak , 1 Ing applications from. private build ‘ . »-ts foj housing projects* at penna military base* This dlMflo •xiire prompt* <T «“b»iewviH+ f'aEi. Vin J f son. P . Ga . of th** house arno*d /Services comfintt**- to hold up a • 15*10.nilliiaty construction ! ’ bill passed this week by the seirate 1 i SK<’ Cleveland financier Cytusj Eston charged that several impor . taut people” on the securities A Ex -change commission . were st<H-k holders 4n Ihe Kaiser Fragcr Corpwhile SEC wax investigating his 1 firm's KaiserFraier stock oprrai tiomi The only -SKC official he | named was stcretary Orvai' L.' imbots Hf srid lmtHH« held !»•<• ‘ “ Postal rates. The senate po«» of | Hr* conunirtee had a double bar j ■ teled reminder that President Tru j *.jjnan wants more postal revenue The committee received a new 1 postal rate bill from the house and! filed ii with a similar senate mensiTxrx T« FUwe UtsU legion Oratorical Contest Feb. 17 Two Students Will Compete In Contest Two students from the Adam* couni y *<ho<>ls haw qualified for th* American legion oratorical context ’which is Io tw- held next Friday. February 17 In th* Ilccatur high school *XKHlorh»m, _x-<-tM:dJM. ■to Ed Jabcfk. chairman of the event. ■ ; - ' ~ ‘ The public ii invited, he added, to attend the contest, which is scheduled to begin at CIS a.m. Jibefg dated that three contest ant* had originally been certified with the state, but one had dropped out. leaving but two student* to share the three prises u j Judges for the oratorical contest . have been selected, though they lare to remain anonymous until after the debate has ended Thl« i I* The only logical way. Jaberg in- • fefted, in which the judges can re main Impartial, and In which there can be no undue Influence before hand The speaker* themselves will be introduced by name and number, and not by the school they represent; thl* too l* Intended for fan partiality .

GOING, GOING... i • ACv fl uIM A '• k ■ TMff HOME OF C. H. Ftaher In Rreckavllle. near Cleveland. Ohio. *tatMi* bn the brink of a precipice as a landslide . aimed by a broken watermain and quicksand ynulualiy ero.le« the earth from under It. Th |>orch stair* (arrow I already have fallen from the house and MH) feet of road has fallen away. : Workmen will attempt to move the residence to safety.

City Utility Shows Increased Earnings Profit Increase Is Reported Last Year The electric and water depart-1 ment* of the municipal plant had combined net earning* of 1154;7XJ.2tt Jn 1545 compared to Jki',. 442.1 S in 1945. the annual report* 'of rhe two utlHtle* prepared by ■ Edwin Kauffman, auditor, show: . The slestrlc department accounted fur th. largest share of th. . profit, totaling 1135.520.05, an in- ’. crease of 37.1 p*-rceht over the ;u-«; inn* year. An adjustment in the coal inventory bi 1848. reduced | that year's net profit, which in turn upped the credit side in: 1949, lawter Pettibdue. sujmrin-, tendent. explained The water department * net was f14.9C2.12, a decrease of 22 4 per ceni with the previous ' year * net of *15,342.50 The department pumped 2.79.535.400 galbins of water In 1919. an in reaw of 7 4 percent over 1949 Total sale* amounted to 383.995.23, approximately IS.iS’O tinder the, [ IMS rolnme The department I transferred 112.'JC2 12 to the sur j plu* ai-ioant. aft<*r donating 12.3001 .to the city's general fund. Asset* J. and liabilities at the end of the I year totaled J 430.530.41. KkutiU' sale* (limited to Mlßc_; M 2 2C last year compared with 5053.9X9 55 111 1949. Thl* is an Increase of 5 3 percent The department produced 37.1 nss.tww kilowatt hour* of electric ~<m.-ig.y and pur. an addition , lai C.-ISp.iXki from the Indlana- ' Michigan Electric Compwny. for a total of 43.775.ffh* KWH. Thl* I* a decrease of 2 9 pen ent com- . pared with 1949. The combined KWH production in the previous year was 45.<*11.000.t—- - the department consumed 33.344 ton* of coal at a cost id 1314.735.05. or Jfi.44 a ton. The pounds of coal per KWH gen-1 erated figures 1.7* pounds, coin-' pared with 205 pounds In 1549. | This saving largely account* for the tn.reased earning*. Mr. Pettibone said. The electric department had asset* and liabilities of J2.C32.574.54 at the (Rise «f the year and December billing* of 572.796 65. with 12.170.45 of past due accounts. The department waived *9.945.36 In charge* for street lighting and donated 17.5(H) to the general fund? . '—" Dairy Caravan In Decatur Tuesday • The Adsms. county gold medal dairy caravan will be held in the < Decatur high school Tuesday. Feb. 14 The session starts at 10 a m Visitor* can ask . questions of agronomy, dairy, health and home t economic spicislixt* They can see 100 feet rd Purdue display*. A tree lunch will be served at; the mum hour through the courtesy ■ of rhe .firms buying mtlk in the county. The local high school will enter - tain with a few numbers at the be- . ginning of the afternoon session ■ I This will be followed with a panel i dbrussion and short talk* by tha apeclalisu. ' ■>. '/' I

OHLY DAILY NCWEFAMR M AMM* COUNTY

Decatur, Indiona, Friday, February 10,1950

Court House Will Be Closed Monday .County of fliers and employes have a long W-rkend coming up as all Offices ,n the court will be-closrS Mitiida.v (or the legal holiday conjjho moral tug LI acoln ' s hirthda/ anniversary. More Workers Idle From Coal Strike 559,000 Are Idled By Two Big Strikes Chic ago. 'Feb- -4A— .(.UR)—..... Al. least 3,mid more railroadmen and industrial workers were laid ott tie ' day as their companies cancelled i trains and shut down plant* to i save coal until the miners return to work ■ At ituttalo. N V . mayor Joseph Mruk said the city would have to deelate a "brown-out.” closing down all theater*, cate* and other non-essential user*, unless householder* cut coal <on sum pl iofi drastically Gov. Paul A Dever declared a "coal emergency" through (out Massachusetts But the first actual brownout." i at Lansing. Mich., was falling due 4o lack of cooperation Household ] ers went along wilh a city -request to dim lights but most TiusThesS 4 . firms failed to switch off advertl*Ing sign* Indiana labor commissioner Tho mas R Hutson appealed to the state's cities to order similar brown outs but Gov Henry Schrlckl er said he considered the "fejinest as "premature" bi cause only a fewages. . .. Railroads were hastening to com-' ply with an interstate commerce f commlsKlon order giving them permission to reduce schedules In the midwest, the Chicago and Rock bland railroad dropped I<> i trains, the Milwaukee road 19 and the Chicago and North Western 13. Throughout the land today. 559, j <HH> person* were Idled by two big strikes. About 4VtiJ*M' soft coal worker* were off the job due to the united mine worker* Mrlke and the (V*»*w Te r*ae s*v*l

Polio Hot Pack Is Made Available To Residents

The Decatar Women of the Moose have announced the purchase of a polio hot pack for the u»e of st rickeo • resident * of Decatur and area. The hot pack can be need for , other than polio victims, it Is ea plained, and so will hot be confined solely to aid victims of infantile paralysis. Funds for the purchase of the polio hot pack Were derived by members of the organisation through the sale of magasine subscriptions ■*'. The equipment will be kept at the Noose home and will he loaned • to the public without any charge Miss Jean Shockley. Adams conn ty health nurse, attended the meet Ing of th* Women of the Moose Thursday evening, when announcement of the purchase was made, and explained the use of the equip meet '■ ~ * Miss Shockley emphasised that the hot pack is to bo used only on

Stephenson Parole Petition Studied Clemency Board'To Report To Governor Indianapolis. Feh. 10. —(CP>--l>. C. Stephenson's parole petition come* before the Indiana clemency' commissioiTtoday. hi* latest bid for freedom from a lite term in prison tor killing a woman who worked in the state capitol. — The '.*> year old former grand drtwmi of 309.000 Hoosier Ku Klux ■Clansmen In the cro*»burnlng 1920's ha* tried more than 50 time* through every conceivable legal I timive io~gaih~htr-fTei d<un — "For nearly 25 year*. Stephenson ' has been in Indiana stale prison, biding ht*-ttme : studying lawbooks and often charging in hl* appeals for Cle'uiriM y that he was "railroaded ' behind bars and-kept there as a "poliik-al prisoner ” His fate now rests-In the hands I of Gov. Henry F Schrlcker. Who in his first term ..pine years ago refused to extend a Hve-week tejn porary parole granted by his pre dec< ssot so Stephenson could enter; a private hospital for an operation i Schrlcker will receive from ihe. 1 clemency commission after lodar’s hearing at 2 p m a recommendation on whether he should grant or deny the parole petition If the answar Is no. Stephenson must wait two more year* before lie can file another appeal. Stephenson was convicted in IMS of second-degre>e murder in the death of Mi** Madge Oberhdltser. "29. a statehouse employe who lived ‘ near hl* hixulions mansion in eas’ ludiauapoiis. The luausiun ...was. I built with part of a JI.000.0(H) kitty Stephenson was said to have rei ceived from commissions on Klan memberships and robe and hood i sale* during the four years he work ed as an organiser The state contended during hi* trial al Noblesville. Ind., that Stephenson raped and wounded Miss Oberholtxer on a train during a trip to Hammond. Ind., then fail es to get her" medical attenlloa when she allegedly took poison be c ause of her humiliation. She died <Tries T* Faw* Six i

doctor's orders, and warned of harmful effects- should the equip ment be pat to use without primer jams • *-es -j— Hwrut'tnnn - irom _ inr inrnuiTrK physician The hot .pack Is easily handled, is compact and is operated by eJec- • tricity. The equipment will hold two to six hot packs, dependent on the nine of the' packs, and may be placed directly at the patient's bedside. thus saving many unnecessary* steps — _ .In addition to treatment of .polio victims, the pack is also of aid in other Illness resulting In muscle ! spasms Doctors of the city and area have been notified of the availability of *-the equipment Persons desiring to obtain the hot pack may do so through their physician or by call Ing Mrs. Ralph Smith It is empha vised that tber« is no charge for its use. but the equipment was purchased as s community project i by the Women of the Moose.

British Atom Scientist Confesses Selling A-Bomb Secrets To Soviet Russia

City's Coil Supply Is Reported Ample Retailers Report Little Coal Here With some cHle* throughout the nation faced with critical coal shortagm. impending dim -out*, and po«alble curtailed utility operation*, 'he city of Decatur is faring pretty L. C. Pettibone, in charge of the city's electric department. Htated that Decatur ha* at lea*t 39 or i<> days' supply of coal on hand, and should be able to withstand a fur ther threat to the city * operations , while coal miner* and operator* negotiate. The city and county school* are also equipped to face the rest of the winter with little concern over coal. Walter Krick, superintendent of the Decatur echnol*. said that the IJncoln school ha* enough to >nst "easily unjll mid March'' It possible that should the mild weather continue there will be no need to buy any more for the Liu j coin school, but official* contem plate getting one more carload m the xpring. Krick added that there is "sufficient" coal for the high school so that none wltt have to be purchased for that buildM*. “• HansH Foley, cnanty superintendent of schools. Mated that the county school* "are in good shape ' The trustees, he added, have Iw-en 7 thtntlffrrfirt; -smphny e -aslhe scare ,= For Individual homes, however, : ||A picture i» a little'different A ! telephone survey of the various i dealer* In Deistur'COn<tu'<fed by the Dally Democrat reiealed there wa* very 'little coal on hand ami order had taken care of most of tha: There was al»o no knowledge of; when more coal could i>e obtained ' ’hough dealer* slated that th. y had , ! their bid* in for delivery. I One dealer could not be reaib- i' .bv telephone during the *urv» y It was supposed he was out looking lor coal. Boy Seoul Banquet HeW last Evening 40th Anniversary Marked At Banquet The annual banquet for the Decatur Boy Scout*, which this year marked the 40th annlverxary of the founding of the Boy Scout* ofi America, was held at the Mason), hall Thursday evening, with move than 175 men. women and boys in attendance. The banquet was sponsored and attended by the four organlxa--1 lion* sponaorlhg Boy Scout tn*>p« in the city, the Rotary club. Lions club. Adam* Post 43. American Legion, and the Lincoln parent teachers association. .Phil Eskew, principal of the Wabash high School, as the principal speaker, delivered an Inspiring address on youth and the value of the Boy Scout movement The educator stressed the value of making friends, fine*** <* *h* ability to_ think propeVly fort! : twder and tight.' or »tlok-4oUivV. nes*. as among thg leading con- - tributkui* made to youths through the Boy Scout- movement. ' 1 George Bair, activities chairman 1 tor Adams county Boy Scout*, spoke briefly before introducing ■ Clarence Ziner. county district chairman, who presided as toastL m#*t.-r The tosMmsSfef introduced the . various Scout leaders In attendance and asked all to stand In a . moment lit silence as tribute to [ the late Dr Fred Patterson, tor > years sn active worker with Boy i Scouts ' <, 4 ■ " R L ysnUnrn. Anthony Wayne area executive, speaking briefly. ' praised the leaders for the splen- > did work they have done through ; the years in placing Adam* conn . (Twra Te raps Friel I

Miners Assert Return To Work Is Up To Lewis Direct Order From Lewi* Effective Pittsburgh. Feb. 10. — (UP) — Striking miner* indicated today that only a direct order from John L Lewi* will reopen the nation's 'soil coal mine* Details ot a court injunction to be granted the national labor relations board and a national emergency Injunction sought by Pre*! dent Truman didn't worry them. "No matter what kind ot injunc > lion |s. issued. It's not going tn! get the men -back to work." said Joe Serdlch. president of the 1.84 b-j man Grant Town, W A’a local , . Serqfcb a leader in bt«r I month's “rebel” strikes against the | three-day work week A miner at Library. Pa. «poke tor a group Idling In a taproom. "If Lewi* say* we'll go back, we'll go back And that'* the only way we'll go back. Injunction* don't mean a thing.”, he aaid The angry temper of the miner* erupted Into'violence tn West Vir glaia yesterday Six foremen of the Big Glenco mine in Logan county were way-! tabi irlftl beatew by about 4P pick'. Is when the supi rvlsiir* tried to enter ; the mine to d<i maintenance work i Two of the foremen fled, but the; I other* were slapped and kicked by the pickets They were starting into the pit to check for slate falls and water seepage State police said no warrant* had been i*«we4-v4nce-the foremen. I could hot identify their assailants ! Police des, rlbed the picket* a* "outsiders" from otjier district* or beyond the state borders. A southern .Illinois coal operajor from the Herrin area reported that roving bauds of picket* had forc«<| about five small mines to clyse in ' bloody Williamson county" bur he sabt no violence had Iwvn reported. . _ A miner near Coverdale, P» said I don't think will hack down one inch from what he is asking and I know for certain there won't lie any coal mined with an Injun, tion hanging over our head- ' Engineers Prepare To Open Spillway ft " Divert Floodwaters Around New Orleans ! Chicago. Feb. 10- il'P) — Army , engineers prepared K open a Wtanr spillway today to divert Misslasippl river floodwater* around New Orleaks: Flood* elsewhere In Dixie drove additional hundreds from homes along the Cumberland river In Tennessee and threatened to overflow several communities along the lower reaches of the Ouachita riv' er in Louisiana Continued rains in the Ohio rivet valley raised new Hood threats on - the Ohio and Ila tribal ar lex.' A rain belt Mrdtched from the ,-entral gulf state* northeast tn the middle Atlantic, and temperatjtre* were unseasonablv mild -nvepimoat of the country - -U. 8. army engineer* moved a giant power crane up to the 7.o9ftf,sd long Bonn'-’ Carre spillway 33 miles Northwest of New 'Orleans They said the crane would be gin pulling the 350_jM»oden “needles" th the cement structure thl* afternoon. The move will di •vert part of the Mississippi crest into lake ' Pontchartraln from where the water will flow tato as other lake and eventually to the Gulf of Mexico. - " Federal law require* that .the spillway be opened when a 20foot i cr4*t approaches N>w Orleans. ■ and the river's level neared that • (Twee Te mane Friel j

Price Four Cants

Delivered Atomic Secrets For Seven Yeors; Scientist Watched For Weeks Umdon. Feb TO- (UP) - Dr. Klaus Fuchs. German-born British atomic physicist, admitted today In a signed confession that he sold Russia allied A-bomb secret* for •even year* while he lived the life ot a Dr.'Jekyll and Mr Hyde. British authorities revealed they had known of his Itrachery for -**■ least tour months and had played a game ot cat and-mouse to break him down Each* confession that he delivered atomic secret* to the Russian* , for sev.t, year* starting in IMSz "for a symbolic IW) pound* i'J4]pft)“ was road tn Bow Street magistrate* court thi* morning.. Then Fuchs, described by the ; prosecution as a "great brain . . j one ot the finest theoretical pbyri- ! cists alive.” was ordered held for trial at Old Bailey criminal court !at the session beginning Feb 18. .Michael Perrin.. director “of. Bri- . tirin'* atomic: • reariare.h' laboratory at Harwell, testified that Fuchs on one instance passed atomic secret* to the Russian* in Boston. Mg»» ? in Februafjr. 1945. — During th* period In which he disclosed the allies mo»t treasured secrets tq the Russian*. Fuchs deliberately split his mind into two i compartment*, according to hia own confession One was the spy. meeting Rus > sian agent* In *earet rendezvous la : New York. Isw Alamo*. Boston and -!i!iud>n from the middle of 1848 : ; until' about I part of hi* mind was Ute- loyal British scientist trusted and ad ! mired by bii ' acguainfairee* and fellow worker’ . The break came abou' a year ■ ago when he admitted he began to "disapprove of many action* ot lhe Ku-sjan’ ; " I He stopped giving them atomic *<;,Te'* bn: Ma pa»: local) to .a l, up with liifn a* American FBI and British agents, conscious that ll>< Hu--::.! - *ir2 geitirg allied ’atomic secret*, narrowed their list 'of suspects down to on* man — : Fucb* e— __e.~ . They watched him but there wa* . mvmppprutailj io confront him with lan accusation until last October, when Fuchs 75 yearold father was .offered a post al I-eipxu University—in the Soviet sector of Germany Fu<hs informed a security officer at Harwell ot hi* father's offer and said he hoped it would not ‘3tT>cr trt* wnrir at Harwell The ■I officer —win* . cnmnianrtr r . Arnold. _. knew that Fuchs had been supplying atomic secrets to the Russians Arnold immediately saw an opportunity te break the case against Fuchs by questioning him concern ing his own views in relation to bls father's new jhmo Fuchs was questioned again and ,-again, according to testimony and i statemenii- made by prosecutor Christman Humphreys and two wit _ neaxe* at a two-hour hearing thl* morning. ———- -, Finally he reached what Humprey* called a clear "mental crisis” on Jan 26. and madeTa eomplete confession He was arrested the same day tn hi* confMxlen Mi took pains to-describe .ho* he put the great power of his mind to work to split ft into two compartment* one loyal to the allies and one loyal Io Russia 1 used my Marxian philosophy Ty faikwnl ms i hough)s h» tw a xepa rate ntimpartmenti " he said in hl* confession as read in court by prosecutor Humphreys - Prominent Hofei Man Dies This Morning Chicago Feb Ernest Ryflefd. 6” ua'ionallv known hotel man and host at Chicago's exclusive Pwmp Room died of a heart ailment today at -St Lukens bo«pi lai - Bvfleld wa* preside®: of the eorporatlon controlling the Ambassador East and Sherman hotel* ■ Under hi* direerioa. the Pump Room in the Ambassador East be cams one of the nation's best j known night spot*