Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 49, Number 18, Decatur, Adams County, 22 January 1951 — Page 1

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Bradley Sees Little Danger Os U. S. Invaded Says Air Defense Is Sufficient To L Washing! on. Jan. 22 — (UP) — * <i*n.' Omar N Bradley toid congre«< 'today there, is “little real \ daftxrr now of. the continental l't(|ted States being invaded and overrun." Bradley, chairman of the Joint —- of stuff, told the senate lli&parrilHess ('otni)ilt (ee: i<>ur «»wn program of defense umilmd air attach, combined with flhk efforts of the ('utiudlam* will provide” am-h air defense so)- tills continent > that complete <ll liMtei 'Will tod overtake ns 1 " \ • : j I i iKuinmltiM up the military's < u>m W drafting 18 year <dd» tinder' a iihlvefsal milllmy- trulhhiH and "'Vsetvh'i* ptoginni the general >ald • Ilf TlMlloti tniiMf fme 'Mlie hold .i>ii i" that current world tmalmK ■_ majf last, sos 111. 15 Hf even ' year*. • ■ ;The ohly solution, he siild. Im to have our j-lllzeiK adequately ( |>iepat<*d uni oraairped to take up ou r. defense.** ; ■J He Haiti he believes the army, •navy and air for« e.'d that are plan -Hied are sufficient |"(o avert dtlsas- ; ter for our youniry.” But he ;warned that; thia does not mean the United States is safe from be/.Ung JiQjjubed. d’a ■ ' ' If a determined enemy is Wilphng to expend the effort, some will get through.” he feaid. “In out planning for de- . and for civil defense, we , (rymust recognize tljiis possibility ’W&nd, provide for mefeting it.’’ Tglr Bradley appeared before the onimiHee to endorse the adminion's universal military ser- ' vjce and training bill calling for a

<£■ draft -of 18-year-olds. I|ej said the 'fr'ttat foil's military planning has ihrtje specific K 4 To c reate the pdwer “toprevcn)l disaster in the everit we are • ■’attac ked.” . '! 2! To bo capable imhiediately ■ <dhi.iii.ck hnd strong retaliation." /S\ 31 110 hake reserves leady for qulftk mdzilization to "take up the ufl't>|isive and overpower! the ag__gre«s6r." T|ie initial i retaliation, he said, ’i Wilf be possible !if the United A stales has the air power, plus aru|y and qftvy Support, .to seize ' and’ hold operating bases. '] fi ‘f'he closer the. basek are to the enetny the easier it-will be. and I thejless costly it wiH be,” he add- - 0,1 ' ’R -Vw; Bradley ©aid U.]R, strategy In - , of attack does jnoi include "a retraction of all ©if our military politer,to thle continental limits of . ihf|North American‘continent I ft- described as "pribftbly the /mt'iitt Important tihjbfdlve of them aiuf the ability <" 4n>bilize quickly l.teserveH and the nntioiml . fftiajd In the past/ lie said, i<i|<id o<|«iHih and strong allies ■|oiv|» . ptelected us dtirlnr nnddll £ iJrit ijtrtrt, the tlomk pf war ntai give little warping and wc f ooif have iiufllnin for tills fhiid I ipill'itant thtrf of, out security ” Ith said .It "usdd to he,all right" I tn Walt nlnjp moliths\to a year to ton(ly <1 national guard ,ior reserve \ uyl| for coijiluit duty. “ifdw opr national guard and , : reserve units mpst bi ready in>3o <Uyfi io three months rather than the? ncirmal 10 to 12 months." he saiij “Thia contribution to rehdiWl must be considered .and: prb- ' vided for in any sound manpower program." Bradley said a force of at least ■ ' 3,5(f), 000 men—the present man-, - power goal—must bi maintained “aw* Inng as the threat endures.” Sf the situation gets worse." aid. "we may have to enlarge \■■[ ■4 r /.• ; , ; Iliradley said he has “no fixed dp IA Ion" on how long the period of Service should be,- But he said .Hi* present 21 months provides TBiatiyely short return for the cdubiry’* Investment" and th© exrlx.months as proposed hr th© defense department would add SO perfeut to tn® military' usefulness of ©ach men ! , hI < i

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State Legislature Resumes Sessions Extension Os Bonus Deadline Expected Indianapolis, Jan. 22 '(UP) — The ponderous machinery, of lawmaking swung to a faster tempo Unlay as state representative < and senators, refreshed fropi their third weekend at home. returned to ptohlbnis confronting Indiana for the. next two years. \ 'Htil e(jn boards of both chambers were cov< red wi|h notices <>f cofnmiitee hearings, the alhimppriant groups .which decide, In the main * which of (he / myriad pieces of legislation (iflered are worthy of piAsthle consideration and. perhaps, vnuctimeni hrto law Th* senate was hxprided Io dll pl|t til i* hoii.se/ action of last Friday, Hdispenslnn ot rules mid final passau’ of a bill to exteml the vHenum' Imnus u\»pli«ailou filing dale io April <HUj lle|i Cli\|| |en t|’, Mlnei ~' It , . Garfell, I.id bri third '•abolition" hill • eioly for house Infrudm.tlun, • dir t > kilts h out Ipe stitlc iicro naiith m commlsslmi ‘ \ lie tori'ller had Ifflrmlmmd mru Ml|<**m to ellmlllllte the Hhilo eio numb - rmuni II and liafiilt Miiedy i iitfiinlrndon and hul|l lie liiiew "pt lait'd lwo nllioi ’ iignm h a he w;ilh gjolug to try to übolhli, Mlaer rehiwi d to tliiiiie Itlleim howtur'i A bit! to Im rvase hoiiPHts to tern lo r« already retired from |r.fi Jo |so per month whs ready for introdu<’li«in by Rep Pay Norris. It. linlUnapollM. It yiso would increase the retiremctit age from till to US, providing leal hers wanted to Htay until the latter ago and seliooll boards wished Jo retain them. ? Alsc j«et for house intrbdnction was ai bill extending 4 state bonus benefits; to Korean war ve|brans and another clarifying' theit flatus tinder the soldiers and sailors ie lief act.; I The, bonus amendment provided for iiinmediate payment til next-of-kin of Korean armed forces members killed in action and- to vets liiabled ip the fighting. It also treated a legislative eommis■sidn, composed of rwo members' of each' legislative house bn a bipartisan basis. *

commission would lip charkled with! fixing the date of cessa- | tion of hostilities in Korea and arranging bonus; payments to veteran* of that campaign. .June 25 already has been decided upon as the effective bonus date and a minimum of 30 days’ service to qualify also was set. Rep. Ralph G. Hines, | R., Portland, chairman <of tiie veterans as<Turn To Puarr FisAo Annual Meeting Os ! City C. C. Tonight Banquet, Program Here This livening A chirk* n dinner pn\uik‘d by the Adiitmi countv chorus, music mid a threvact comedy! by the Port Wuyili' (’lvie I heftier phi.wi H, lire ibv nit imt ions olT*i*d by the (’iiiimbrr of Cummeitr for the ot,gMHitni|lull's iinnuul mctilng to Il IM h 1 ul Ihf lln.o Ul hull ‘( I I iTm. . Horving of the hiimiiiet will begin it tl ;u pin Oicjiii nm< will be given by Mrs Eml ('\ltise, fol lowed by Mevcilil vocttl niimbeiit by u m<mp of itreiitin hlglt Mihool under lite dlivrlhui of MN* Ihlut lliiiibold \ The tlliiy. "The Sllvbr Whplle." will be picsentKl by, ;i tfiinembei cast from .the Cii'lc, theater The progiam. w ill be pii svnleil by Reid B. ErekeVii. director of wales train ing air Central Soya company and former director of the t'ort tVjayne Civic theater. -Louis A< Jacobs, local druggist and president of the Decatur Comniunity Fubd, Inc., wfll be the toastmaster of (he. evening. Postmaster Kirsch will lead the audience in conimunity singing. Instead of verbal reports covering Chamber pf Commerce activities last year and plans for ISSI, Glenn Hill, retirihg president and Roger Kelly, newly elected president, have arranged for distribution of, printedl repot ts. . R. W. Pruden, executive secretary, said 350 personst. Including wives of members, were expected at th© program A few' tickets re malned unsold) at noon today.

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Young Rockne Near Death Frojn Wounds Son Os late Grid Coach Is Critical ' Wichita, Kan . Jan. 22 (UP) — William I). Rockne, 35, son of the l|ate football coach Knute Rockne Os Notre Dame t lay near death today from two bullet wounds rectlvfd while trying to break into the home of a wealthy uked car dealer. \ Doctors at St. Francis hospital Said Rockne had? “only a poor chance to recorer" /i;om the damage of the bullets wliiclr pierced his right thigh and cbeit, injuring his h*\art. lungs and liver. He was shot late Saturday night by au’o dealer Joe Noviftcek. who told police he first hit Rockne with a two-by-f mr plank and then fired thre© shots, when Rockne started to run ipid refused to stop. Rockne. at rested several times on minor charges in the. far west in the last eight years, was injured so severely be had ■ not been expected to survive Jhe surgery performed last night ip an hour-long operation, doctors said. South Bend. Ind., police identified the wounded man as the son of Notre Dame’s famed football coach. The woutided man also told hospital attendants he was Rockite’s son. llend authorities \sald young Rockne, who was buvm d stverely playing cowboys and In (jlans wheh he wps five years-old, was in and mil of trotihle while living there. They also sitld ne hud !)(•< n sent to t rvri ttl'inentalJnHtitut imis - . ' z .,\ • . Novaci k told shci lff I'v Lo< k< Il Unit Itijckne tiled Io intel Ria home t)As|eu. . ' .I ; < '.’th k|< had nt my haek dom iibmn II pm,' ’Novmrlt «pid "L it Id him'to go away and be left, It* tinined iibotß |HBfi p,nr, nurd ghirit’d khklitM. itii flic doot Mgiiln I struck him a two hy fmii and told my wljv to.rail ili« shin nr * office In the iimttnilm)>, I iiimltl nt'self with mi phlol. - Noviiiek said the Inlrtnh't’ picked him • If up ami ti led again to get ill and "I sti ui k him ujghlii.. Me started to tun and I told him to stop or I would shoot. He shouted that I didn't dare, I folloiyed him and fired three times." Lockett said k Rockne hiid been drinking heavily before the inci dens. I Rockne, who came to Wichita three months ago as an oil company einploye, spent a night as a "'sleeper" in the police station about a tporrth i. go. ' , Novacek was released by the sheriff’s office afti r quest inning. w WEATHER Cloudy and windy with ris- , ing temperature* tonipHt and Tuesday. Chance of ©bowers south and central portions late Tuesday or Tuesday night. Low tonlffht 18-20, high Tuesday 3540 north, 40-50 south.

Decatur, Indiana, Monday, January 22, 1951.

Burk Funeral Rites Held Here Sunday The Rev. Hamih'l Knierick, pasJor ofi (hr First church, p mTdm ted Intieral rites for Mrs, Avon jhirik. well known Hekatur j lady. h( the Z.wick funeral mine ! Sunday afternoon. Burial was in i thq Decatur cemetery. A ijpmber of friends , and r«K brtives’ of the city attended .the M. S|ijrer, Virgil Krick Fred ’'Sniitli Paul \ylseman. William Fta>we|) and Arthur R. Holthlonde.

Two Breakins Here Over Past Weekend Little Loot Token In Two Breakins Two brdakins over the weekend -were being investigated by city police. <>ne of the breakins climaxed by shots in tl)e night at a car rushing frohi the scene. instances the tike was negligible. ;■ City police, on patrol, notices! the' door to the scales at the Burk Elevator compauy open Police entered. noted the safe door open, and, all w indows > locked and keo ired. The tear door to the bundling was hKo‘ <>|i hi. but there was nb tioil that entry had been i lade there There was nothing rifled in th©* office. : \yiiite hlvesllgating the brriikln, a new Rnictk. ditty and bearing !()hio Hmmse plates, I roared through the drtve past th© elevator. Ordep-d to halt, the rairyltig iwo jpiisHrngt rs. front the si-one Pbliee tired nt lh» mr while imilllng Io tin piilrol <ar Uy i lit-p. h<• wt \ or, ihr r< iuwa> > ■ ftj con hr hot be ovtrliikrn ii( Hie Ruik Elevuip) I’lHiipaiiv aiutD.l Hull n Hkrlctim kyy cmihl pptqi (Im (loot ihnmftlii wIiRI) • nfiy hud lovn imidf one timv »mld, w»» hi*hlr tin* door wllvi (lie .i. valoi wax < loHcd. but thin was fmind itilHulii'l . ' \ Anqthtr bnmkln imctitHd iq the i’oif»-i Ttir (ompany, on j Niotth Second street when MmiNhiir dur Ing fne night.mpparently. ©nfr> was <T,» rit Tw, Petre Fieri ' it ’ if t . ; . i : t '!■ t -' I Chyrch Building Fund Is Now $200,993.56 The building fund of St. M iry.’n church totals 5205.9P3.5d, the Very Rev* Msgr. J. J. SeiUnetz pastor, informed the congregation at Sunday masses. The fund Is invested in fiank certificates. U. S. blonds and loana to the Fort Wayne diocese, through Bishop Noll. , the pastor stated No definite plans as to starting work ion the new- church, verk announced by Msgr. Seimetjz. During 1950 there were 23 ftineralg 68 baptisms and 3H map riagen In the pa.rlsh. The annual report also shows of 151.489,02 for the year

Government Uses Huge Office Space 1 Personnel Report Made By Committee ■“Washington. Jan. 22 (UP) 4— ! The federal government uses far i more office spftce than could be supplied by. an Empire State building in each ofj the 48 stites, a congressional committee reported today. ’ \ ' l”n<ier pressure fit>m , the preparedness program, the goverjli-j ment is expected to want even more space and already is bavirig trouble getting it. Xl’he report came from the joint (•pngrestional committee, headed/ by Sett Harry F. Byrd. 1).. Va.. on! reduction of non-essential federal) 'expenditures." It)'jvas released today after ah-i othftr. report from the same com-1 tnitt©© last night gave a countyby county .breaKdown on federal j employes and warned thi.t “the bottom of the manpower barrel ■ is in sight.” On the basis of incompi?te figures. the committee estimated to--day before ■ the rearmament prograin boosting payrolls the govefnment was using moire than 251),000,000 square feet of .office space! ' The area of office space reported to centralized governmentwide records, before khe impact of the outbreak In Korea Was felt, would average more than the office area of an Empire Slate building for eiidb sttite,” the repofi vi ii id Ami' more spine was eAchided fiojn Hie i eiiiiiilized govm iimentvlcim iidmlnlstHrlkm I him Whs rka Ido recordtaDif the* geneful aerlulled Io lhein "' 1-Al ImllhM oftlce spm e mi mill uirv iTsnrvttllthis uml iliil for other tyims of federal m fiiiiv the roporl showed tile go) ••Jmqeht octfiiplod 37,Ki1l h| lldlbge us of Ihmi Jiine :io in t ltlra of more i luim ilk opt) The <• liirhnled t 2 ■ t fi'ilm ally owned, 22 493 lra«»’d' mid V.'s o< <'uj>|ihl rem lli'e ; • |“ The report also added up'budget, bureau estimates of the govern-ment’-s rent and utility bills for the current fiscal year. Not counting the defense department, the Tennessee Valley Authority, and the atomic energy commission, the total Was 1116.524.030. Including those threk the bill) was s22l>603,915. ■ \ In its personnel report last night, the committee said .civilian employment in the government had leveled off at. about 1,900,000 heforft the Korean war. However, it said/ the government added about 1,000 persons a day during the three months ended lust Sept, 30. and’ the rite is expected to h© stepped up. Among 3.ofi( counties In the United Rintes, tjxe report showed only nn*. Anjnstrong county. R D„ has no fccler.il employes, 1 4

Roaring Avalanches Os Snow Boost Three-Days Toll To Near 200 Mark

Lad Confesses To Strangling Youth Held Boy Captive In Shed 24 Hours Joliet.,ill.. Jan. 22—(UP)- Kenneth Schjolz, 17, will be charged today for Mtruhkliug l.'l-year-old Billy llodenbng whom he held captive In a shed near his house at nearby (ict,. Ji), ft,i more than 24 hours, Scholz, a husky, hespectach-d t’reie high school senior, Waited calmly for arraignment an statef's iiltornev John 1,. Pearce dehult-d wlolhci to II I, the dcitlh Hcnlenco hi hl» ciim' PrMi\e suhUhe wks sludyltig the < vldcm e |o determine what imimlty io nsk ruder Illinois daw, tlm death prnuliv was pnaalhlc In th |n,i|r.' cum’ hut juth's liuve tended to send 'inch )oulhlnl oil-iiders .to InsliHit Hr hoi« fimilly broke down tlftlH witluiid and told iitttltorllles (hr "true story'* of hoW hr strangled Hilly, irt normally, enngetle rightrradcif. for fear pth« .youngster w«mld “tell” how he |md imprisoned him . He said Billy dietjl, still sobbing and pleading for ■ txdcase. but ”1 knew I'd have to kill him even though J didn't want ter.*’ Sdholz wasn't ’on why he .held 1 Billy canfive. and he denied his earlier statements that he had attempted to molest the boy sexually. Billy's body showed no- evidence of seXiual molestation. But officials were convinced that Scholz’ motives lay deep in big frustrated personality. They said Scholz was “all mixedmp inside" due to an inability to gain recognition from his fellows by normal means. At School, he, was known 4o be shy and introspective. He was poor in studies and had little interest in He Bought younger companions so that he might at'least be a “big frog in a little pond.” “I like smaller kid£ because they don't laugh at me or make fun of me,” he said. ’ Pearce said that “for a person of Scholz’ type sex motivation could coihe in other ways than an actual advance.” ' Scholz became the chief suspect in the case when he reported that two mtn threw’ Billy’s body from their car less than 30 feet from his home. Un de rm uest Pining, he broke down apd confessed the slaying.

Six Violent Deaths Recorded In State Fort Wayne Man Is Drowning Victim A By I'nlhd I’itHN Hl.tty milieu said hidjty ut least six prisons tiled vhdent deaths In imiiuim durhiM Hi* weekend, five In limn. mid on* by tliownhiM liuv Guin Fort Uiivih*, wiih drown* d ,w|iil*< fishing through the lev «»r I,nk»’ ICvimk'U hi Allen roulil> Hui tn dur 1 Mnrjotlle Uonk wrlght. 16, Evank vllle, wu killed Huturdny and line** companions Injured slightly when their car .ran off Ind. 67 about a mile north of Somerville and overturned. Danny Ray Taylor, slx-year-old son of Mr. and Mr*. William Taylor of Bloomington, was struck and killed by a car yesterday. Police said the auto was. driven by Vernon Freeze. It, Mishawaka, former all state high school football player. Mrs. Emily Hussar. 65, Chicago, was Sunday’s other traffic victim. She was killed in *a two car collision on icy U.S. 20 near Michigan dity. '. Other victims included Melvin Goodwin Grendle. 28, Jeffersonville, killed Saturday, when the car in which he rode hit a culvert and overturned northeast of Jeffersonville, and Mrs. Jessie A. Wiseman r 83, Indianapolis, who died Ba tun duy of injuries suffered when she W*» hit by an auto Thursday,'

Allied Forces Strike Deep In No-Man's Land Fail To Meet Main Body Os China 4th Field Army Forces Tokyo, Tu. Pm (HP) b'ive (Hnkllppid allied task forces sit tick deep Inio the no inun’s-laml <rf WtHlern Killen Momlav whlii.iii III' > ling the IPIIIII limlv ui ih« <*ln •nt e ('ommutilM Uh field unnu llio .ohlllin 101 IlfHHH'li Wlllljtl .Ji nip anti -mi lo hl H Monday tpKht. Thu tiihrrnt iomiuhl ihrmtMii i ht, O uiii Kmuvuiiv i.iiir li hori m. u ;di iir/fti mlb" umth uml «mithon«i of N*<»ul nml then hlurmd to theit ttjttlll IlncH fur tlm night Their mli don wu« to - »*»-V uni, find and (Irstroy Mie enemy," Hut only one skirmish wti* reported, In which 22 Beds Were killed. No opposition was met in Osan. Kinnyangjung or Ichon, When it became, evident that’the Chinese did not plan to tight, the task forces pulled back late today to the main United Nations defense line; - 1 14. Get), Mathew B. Ridgway, commander of UN ground forces in Korea, 'tnade a surprise inspection of the' central front Monday and pronounced the situation “perfect —getting better all the time.” Ridgway conferred with Maj. Gen. Clark L. Ruffner, new commander of the U.S. 2nd division, paid a vjsit to French battalion headquarters and was briefed on the tactical situation at a forward regimental command post by Grig. Gen. Gedrge B. Peploe, of San Antonio, Tex. Later Ridgway flew to Wonju, landed at the Wonju airstrip, and inspected dominating hill recaptured by the company Ridgway commanded 25 years ago. Although 15 Chinese divisions—--150,000 men at full strength—were believed arrayed below Seoul, their forward defense is lightly woven and the Reds apparently pulled back in front of the advancing UN troops. As in the past, the enemy probably filtered back to his bld outposts in the wake of the army’s late today. Other 3<b army forces on the central front recaptured Wonju airstrip tor the second time in two days finally dislodged a North Korean regiment from nearby hill 233 overlmiklng the field after a two-bay battle. A reinforced enemy platoon tried iTurn t« Page Waves!

Reserve More Steel For Defense Needs Leu Os Vital Metal For Civilian Uset ( WndiitiMltm. Jan. 33 HTi The Kitvcmiimnt m»i aside more etrd vttpaciiy for defense purposes today lit a move which means less of the met al will Ro Into autos, Vefrlgera tors and other civilian uses. At the same time, it announced a strict '.system for tungsten, which is used to harden steel, to reserve additional amounts for, emergency production. Tungsten also is used in pigments and inks. The steel ordre was an amendment to a previous national production authority regulation which guaranteed non-defense consumers 75 to 95 percent of normal steel production. This is reduced nnw to 65 percent in* some cases such is hot roiled bars used in ammunition shells. Producers of thefce types of steel are required under the new to accept defense orders covering up to 35 percent of their normal capacity:

Price Five Cents

Four Countries In Europe Suffer From Avalanches; Yankee Troops Aid Areas Zurich, Switzerland, Jan. 22 — (UP) — Roaring avalanches of snow killed 31 more persons in Austria today, zooming the threedjuy death toll In four countries to INI. Ninety-seven were Rilled in Austria. "S In. Switzerland, six In holy ami three hi France. Autliorilies said the toll may puss 200 wiii»ii all re|H>rts are in from cut ii.finoiinialn vitluash. <jiie now AmiHtriun siMiwsiide W(Hl| feet Wille* killed 14 Him c pci eons tmar Hud Gastein tislay wimn It burh’d thair furmlttmsw Kight nimn were kllletl In a KCmip In the KlllpriMl valley In the Tymls Am<<rliun iiiid I‘Talivl| o><tipn Jimi Iroops were ordered hi help In roMriie operations for ihmi*niiids of othrm, liiclndhiit Amorlcsn umrlMs, iruppud by; the cmiilniiliip. aviilrim licit ami inoitnbilmm« drifts from u snmth«>rins «nowf;i’ American bulldozers wetfl to , work clearing rounds to reiinite> villages. Snow continued hi the Alpine Countries today i and the Swiss meteologlcal institute forecast new avalanches. The death toll frbm snow avalanches was the highest ever rei'ordec. the Swiss avalauche research institute aabl- Nearly smi persons were killed ’’by a rbek landslide at Goldau 150 years ago. the institute added. Two hundred workers were trapped on the slopes of 12.461-foot Grbssloekner mountain Carinthia, Austria. < “They've little chance to survive t,his disaster,” police said. -‘An avalanche hit their camp but we can not penetrate to them." Swiss ski troops pushed their way to Vais, Switzerland, which was buried by a giant avalanche, and pulleb five bodies out of the snow. Thirty one others there are missing apd 12 were rescued. At Zuos. in the upper Engadine. the tumbling snow smashed a farmhouse and trapped a family of six. Rescuers heard the screams of the children as they approached but by the time' they reached oie sceneonly one youngster was alive. Another avalanche smashed five houses in St. Antonien, burying io persons,. Nine were resdued ■At St. Gqtthard. successive avalanches smashed into the heart of the village. kiHing at least 1(1 persons and gravely injuring three. Others still were trapped in wrecked buildings. At Eisten, near Brigue, six farmers and -two children were hurled to their deal Ik in a ravine by tumbling snows. . Near Heillgenblut, Austria, .14 fanners were burled alive. /Only one was rescued Early today un airlift started flying supplies tn Isolated reghms. hi Hwltzeiland, the snowfall that caused lhe avalanches wua the heaviest Iti Itlstory, pllliim ni> t*» u depth of 12 feet in gpme Htrrttts. hi Italy six fret of. snow fell ip two (T-ve Ts» rev? Miahn /

Town Hall Meeting At Monroe Saturday ■A town hall meeting to ’Which all <-1 Harms ami interested tax payers are-invitod. will be b*H (Saturday evening at the Monroschool house, it Was announced today. State senator Von “Pat * Eichhorn of Uniondale and Rep. i Remy Bierly of this city will be the speakers. They will- answer questions relative to bills introduced in the legislature and drcuss subjects of interest to the audience. Although the meeting is sponsored by the, Democrat central committee, it, is a non-partisan pffai-. Harry Hehble, chairman, stated. Gene, Hike, town clerk of Monro * will be chairman of the meeting, He joined in extending an invitation to farthers, and all Interested citizens to Attend the public forum and hear the reports from the at at r legislators.