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Local Highlight Post Office to inaugurate aft- ernoon Star Route service Wednesday. Page 5 J Weather Forecast Colder tonight. Tomorrow fair and cold. Republican Established 1830 Journal Established 1858 OGDENSBURG, N. V., FRIDAY, MARCH 11, 1949 Price Five Cents U.S. Promises To Scrap Small City, Rural Rent Curbs Senate Nears Showdown On Barkley Filibuster Ruling i Senators Balance Of Power h Critical lest Washington — (AP) — A half dozen senators held the balance of power today as the Senate neared. a critical vote on a ruling by Vicepresident Barkley opening the way to halt a I 0-day southern filibust- In The Mi< er. At the climax of eight hours of sometimes fiery argument, Bargley held valid last night a debate-limiting petition filed by Senator Lucas of Illinois--, the Democratic leader, and 32 col- leagues. Sena: or Russell (D-Ga) gen- eral of a Dixie band fighting a long range battle against Presi- dent Truman's civii rights pro- gram, immediately appealed to the Senate to reverse the vice- President's decision. Appeal Pending 1 Russell's appeal was pending as Senators began the 11th day of a word war over a proposed eh?'-- - : n )•••'\-•. This rule change would permit two-thirds of the seru: v.-tinfl to sag debate at any tine. Barkley held that the affirma- tive vote of two-thirds of those present is enough to clamp a : limit on tbe c\~' ate UT.C has been ,• going on over Lucas' motion to br'n- L'n t!~p rules c'-ange. His ruHn? did n't go E-'t. far as the rules change propose!. ddle Royall Report On Army Flays Russia For Diplomatic Duplicity, Falseness Attorney Da vies Gets Protestant Parley Reduction Of Sentence With ^ U ^ Challenger BARKLEY Wounded Train Robber Has Good Recovery Chance Washington — (AP) — Secre- tary of the Army Royall today accused Russia of duplicity and falsification. He called her j blockade of Berlin a \Gay to day threat to the peace of the world.\ Rojrall's discussion of Foreign Affaiirs, in plain-spoken unvarn- ished words, was contained in his annual report on the status of the Army Department. He used it as a preamble explanation of the burdensome occupation duty of the American Army. He reviewed what he called \Soviet intransigence,\ set down the record of attempts since 1945 to coime to agreement with Rus- sia, said that \from the begin- ning of the blockade and up-to the present time the situation in Berlin has been tense.\ And he aserted: During all this period the ef- fort has been made to stand firmly for American rights with- out being truculent. Often the decisions have been close ones Washington—(AP) - A thrill- ^ here an f rror on either side seeking \rich kid\ who helped was entirely possible. Fortun- hold up a crack pas.enger train ate] y, U P to this time war has in the West Virginia hills was b . een avoided and America's po- given a good chance today to| sltlon has been maintained xxx. survive a police-inflicted bullet i « It has been apparent that the To Be Freed wound. Soviet: authorities had no inten- tion either of respecting past Barkley hekl in a 25-m.inu-e by police in a pawnshop near the opinion that the Senate had nev- White House. Ramsdell's buddy, He is 23-year-oid Luman J ,. . Ramsdell, who was shot down i agreements or of composing the after being cornered yesterday er confronted the situation it now ,.;',poor boy\ George faces. ~$ave up meekly. he said, debate L. Ash ton, growing differences. On the con- trary, it has been their manifest purpose to cause all possible Always before, limitation . had been denied against a mo ion such as Lucas' to rrr'ie up a bill because there- was son^e oilier pending busi- ness before the Senate. So. he s/id he d'dn't feel that orevkus decisions were binding •in him. Mum On Vote \This is the only time that an uncomplicated bald, stark mo- tion, without anything else on the calendar—without anything else before the senate—has been presented,\ he said. Observing that the motion to take up a bill \is an indispens- able process\ in enacting legisla- tion. Barkley told the Senate: \The chair cannot believe the Senate xxx intended to freeze its own rules in perpetuity so that it could never vote to confusion and conflict short of wm\ ia an effort to drive us from Berlin and dimmish Amer- when Ramsdell ican influence in Europe and in the world, xxx Police fired drew a gun. At Gallinger Hospital where Ramsdell underwent a 90-minute operation, Dr. A. J. Sweeney said he is \doing well and bar- \The future, of the Berlin sit- uation—just as the future of oth- er situations involving the Soviet is hard to prophesy. It is ring infection within the next 24 (V?}!? 11 ,.,,,. :o 48 hours, should recover nice- difficult to deal with a nation •y \ 'whichi has no compunction fact that Ramsdell and • against the use of threats and The his 21-year-old fellow gunman got little or nothing to eat in their flight from the robbery scene near Martinsburg, W. Va., •onay have saved Ramsdell's life. The copper - jacketed bullet from Police Pvt. Elwood G. Lo- .max's gun ripped into Rams- dell's stomach and nipped the liver. It missed the heart by two inches. Infection Averted Dr. Sweeney said that stomach contents, if there had been any, force and oppression to attain its desire. \We cannot and will not sur- By Charles ; Somerby James H. Davies, local attorney and former special City Judge who was found guilty of grand larceny by a County Court jury on June 25, 1946 and sentenced to from five to 10 years in Clinton Pris- on, Dannemora, today had his sentence reduced to two year, eight months and 15 days by the Appelate Division, Third Department. District Attorney Arthur B Hart today received word that while the conviction by the Coun- ty Court was affirmed, the sen- tence had been reduced. Hart said he would now prepare an order directing Davies' release which would be sent to the Ap- pellate Division. The Dannemora warden will then be officially notified to release Davies. Davies has served two years, eight months and 11 days of the sentence as of March 9, 1949. The judgment was modified .on the law and facts to reduce sentence imposed to read: \It is adjudged that defendant Davies be confined in Clinton Prison for an indeterminate sen- tence; a minimum not less than one year or maximum not more than two years, eight months, and 15 days and is so modified and affirmed.\ The judgment of qonviction was handed down in £lie?'Sf. Law- rence County Court in June of 1946 and was of grand larceny, first degree. The appellant relied upon reported, technical irregu- larities in the proceedings prior to indictment and refused to par- ticipate in the trial. Davies refused to allow coun- sel for his defense to participate, but at the end of the trial made certain objections to the courts instructions to the jury. The court pointed out that the irregularities before indictment ciples. We will continue to do everything decently possible to avoid war.\ Cleveland — (AP) — A pro- posal for an unprecedented con- ference on religious liberty be- tween top Protestant world lead- ers and the Vatican comes before representatives of 35,000,- 000 American Protestants today. Consideration of the plan is expected near the close of a four-day conference on Christian influences in international af- fairs. Sponsoring the meeting is the Department of International Justice and Good Will of the Federal Council of Churches in America. The plan was conceived, a resolution said, because \recent actions of *>* Hungarian Gov- ernment leading to the convic- tion of Cardinal Mindszenty and (Lutheran) Bishop Ordass have shocked the conscience of free- dom-loving men all over the world.\ MAHONEY Action was postponed night after lengthy debate. last Cut In Dewey Budget Is Rebels' Aim Albany — (AP) — Republican tax rebels balked today at ac- cepting less than a $48,000,000 cut in Governor Dewey's budget. Vow Is Desperate Bid To Keep Big Cities Controls Washington-- (AP)—In * desperate bid to save rent con- trols for hig cities and defense areas, the Administration to- day promised to scrap rent ceilings in more than 1 00 rural and small city areas. Rep. Patman (D-Tex) an- nounced the decontrol plan. At the same time he predicted **a wave of strikes\ over the coun- try, if Congress fails to continue rent controls for industrial areas where there are housing shor- tages. \The workers simply cannot stand rent increases from 50 to 500 per cent,\ Patman said, 'Vote For Strike*' •is U A vote to Mil rent eonkols a vote for strike.\ Some delegates approached the question of conferring with the Vatican gingerly. They said they were dubious about reach- ing agreement on definitions or religious liberty. James H. Davies a verdict of guilty as charged, change them so long as there would have spilled into the body was a determined group of sena- tors opposed to any change.\ Whether Barkley will be up- held or reversed in this decision appeared to rest with half a dozen senators—most, of them Republicans—who won't tell how they are going to vote. Passenger Rocket sing Chicago — (AP) — Zoom! And straight up some 25 miles man will ride in a proposed rocket powered -winged missile. The rocket, says a Chicago re- searcher, will reach its peak al- most at the limit of the earth's atmosphere. Then, he said, it will glide safely back to earth. It will be called the first \space\ ship. The man - carrying rocket is being developed by'Eugene A. Maynor, veteran rocketeer and chemical and mechanical en- gineer. Plans for development and launching of the winged rocket were disclosed by Maynor to a war veterans group last night. He said his rocket ship should reach a speed of 1,400 miles an hour on its upward flight, under impetus of 80 seconds of power. It should continue upward for another 60 second at 700 MPH, indicating a possible maximum altitude o£ between 30 and 36 miles. After the fuel is exhausted and its speed slower, Maynor said, the rocket will become a fully controllable glider. The pilot could disengage the rocket mo- tors and glide down to a land- ing at a speed of 46 miles an hour. and possibly have started .infec- tion. In Youngstown, Q., where the pair lived, friends and relatives described Ramsdell as just \a wild kid\ who had plenty of money and didn't need the cash stolen from terrorized passen- gers aboard the Baltimore and Ohio's Ambassador Express. Ashton, on the other hand, was pictured as a poor boy who i had been influenced by \bad companions.\ According to Ashton's account, the train robbery was a spur-of- the-moment affair that sprang from an idea of sticking up the train's steward. The two had gotten into an argument with the steward about a drink that had been served them on the dining car. , The pair fled here by bus. They went to the pawnshop to get clothes. Ramsdell reached for his gun when police entered. But Lomax shot first. Ashton surrendered without resistance. It was just 15 hours after the train robbery. The Federal Bureau of Inves- tigation has filed train robbery charges against both men. Ash- ton is held under $50,000 bond. Both men admitted they yanked the Baltimore and Ohio's fast Ambassador express to a stop by pulling an emergency cord, robbed its 147 passengers and crew members at gunpoint, and later held ern. In the section of the report on Army operations, Royall noted that by last June the total strength of the Army had slumped to 538,000. B,ut, the sec- retary noted, the effect of the peacetime selective service law on voluntary recruiting had a strong effect, both in the Regu- lar Airmy and in National Guard and reserve recruiting. (On February 1, this year, ac- tual strength of the Regular Army was 702,000. The Army now is dropping down toward the 677,0010 level proposed by Presi- dent Truman in his budget rec- ommendations for the next fiscal year beginning July 1.) \The seriousness of world con- iditioms in early 1948,\ wrote:, \indicated the need increasing our armed forces if this illation were to support the responsibilities and leadership to which it was irrevocably com- mitted. Even with about half our Army committed overseas, the maintenance of order and stabil- ity im the worn-torn countries of Europe and the Far East great- ly overburdened these relatively small forces assigned to occupa- tion duties.\ sitions before the magistrate and did not affect validity of indict- I ment or proceedings after in- ! dictment and a Special Term was justified in denying the ap- pellant's motion for change of venue. The Appellate Division report- ed that County Court Judge An- drew J. Hanmer imposed the maximum imprisonment for the offense of from five to 10 years. It was pointed out in the judg- ment that Davies' previous rep- utation was good; never pre- viously had he been convicted of a crime.- It was the maximum penal sentence for person of pre- vious good character and was of undue harshness and sever- ity in the case of a first offend- er. The record, according to the : Appellate Division, indicated a proper case of exercise of power of appeal to reduce sentence conferred by the Code of Crim- inal Procedure, Section 543. The new judgment was signed by Presiding Judge Foster and by Associate Justices Heffernan, Brewster, Santr^ and Bergan. The County Court trial was held during 1946 on but one of 13 indictments returned against Davies by the Grand Jury. When Davies was asked the usual ques- tion about whether he had any- thing to say why sentence should not be passed. He said he had and presented three reasons to Judge Hanmer why, he claimed, sentence should not be passed. The three points he raised were: (1) That he had not been provided equal protec- tion of the^aw; (2) That the pro- The resolution sdld tli£ confer- ence was needed \in order that clear understanding be reached as to what each (Protestant and Catholic faiths) means by relig- ious liberty for all men, every- where and under every form of government, and as to the meth- ods whereby the full observance thereof should be sought.\ A spokesman for Senator Wai-] ter J. Mahoney of Buffalo, lead- j er of the Erie County legislative bloc which has joined with the Westchester GOP delegation to fight Dewey's $936,200,000 budg- et, said the insurgents \won't take one cent less.'* .Meanwhile, it was learned that Mahoney has rejected flatly a Dewey administration compro- mise offer of $28,000,000. The of- fer was made at a private con- ference between Mahoney and Republican Leader Benjamin F. Feinberg of the Senate. That amount was understood to have the tacit, if reluctant, , ., ... „ ,, ! approval of Governor Dewey. Meanwhile, a majority of the j delegates was on record as ap- proving a statement that the U. S. \must maintain sufficient strength to convince Soviet Rus- sia that attempts to impose an ideology by force cannot suc- ceed.\ Some dissented and ex- pressed their views in an ap- The Mahoney spokesman also said that a report that the in- surgents were willing to accept a $34,000,000 compromise slash was \without declared the foundation.\ He $48,000,000 figure ceedings were without due pro- ' pended statement. cess of law; and (3) That the j findings of the jury were on il- legal evidence. During May 1946 the St. Law- | rence County Grand Jury re- turned 13 indictments at Can- ton against \Davies. Prior to his trial, he was taken into St. Lawrence County custody by Undersheriff Henry Denner and Deputy Harry Ayers March 29 at San Diego, Calif. He was originally charged Cease-fire Signed line Rhodes — CAP) — Israel and Trans-Jordan signed a formal cease fh;e agreement today for their entire front in Palestine. The agreement is necessary prelude to . a full armistice. It with having appropriated $13,- pledges Israel and her neighbor 000 to his own use in Ogdensburg and Canton, but was found guil- ty of grand larceny in depositing to his own account a check for $2,052.20 belonging to the Ed- mund J. Linck Estate. Just before the start of the trial, Supreme Court justice Ryan denied a motion asking for a change of venue claiming that he could not obtain a fair trial in the county. At that time he ] made a vigorous attack on the j Ogdensburg Journal and an out of town newspaper charging that stories concerning his case had the jury trying the case returned given the wrong impression. across the Jordan not to attack one another. There was no immediate indi- cation of the effect of this upon the Aqaba situation. United Na- tions observers were checking reports from Amman, Trans- Jordan's capital, that Israeli troops were attacking in the area between the Dead Sea and the Trans-Jordan Red Sea port of Aqaba. Israel has denied this. Reports from Amman quoted the Trans-Jordan Government as saying early today that fight- \ ing still was in progress in the Aqaba area. was an \irreducible minimum.\ Rank and file Republican senators were \reported annoyed at their leaders for not pressing for a quick settlement to heal quickly the intra-party breach caused by the 20-day-old stale- mate. Insurgents said the $48,000.- 000 figure was a practical com- promise in view of Mahoney's demand Feb. 28 that the budget be cut $102,330,000. \Forgiveness\ Sought The S48,000,000 would allow the legislature to eliminate the one cent a gallon gasoline tax boost asked by Dewey, and permit a 10 per cent \forgiveness\ in per- sonal income tax collections, vi- tal to the high-income people of Westchester.' ? Dewey has called for a 100 per cent collection of the income levy to bring in a total of $285,- 500,000 during the next fiscal year. He estimated the one cent boost in the gasoline tax would yield an extra $20,000,000. The Administration'^ move came as Republicans with the help of some democrats threat- ened to take over the reins in the House and limit any rent control extension to only 90 days. It confronted President Truman with his biggest test of power in the new Congress. Leaders Galled the house isito session two hours earlier than usual, to set up a showdown vote by nightfall. Speaker Brayburis. (D-Tex) predicted defeat for th« Repub- lican 90-day proposal and said he expected rent controls te be continued for 15 months. But barring an overnight change of mind among same Democrats, the issue remained in doubt. A check showed 50 Demo- crats opposed to any further rent controls. If Republicans voted solid, with such support the 90- day extension could pass. Demo- crats hold 262 house seats, and the Republicans 171. Claim Rents Will Jump Democrats claimed that rents would jump 50 to 500 per cent if controls were lifted. Republicans retorted that such controls in peace time were \socialism.\ All rent controls on 14,000,000 dwelling places die March 31, unless renewed. Even if the ad- ministration is victorious in the House, there is the threat that controls may expire before the Senate can end its civil rights filibuster and act on rents. While the TJr ouse grappled with the iss\ the National Associa- tion of Real Estate Boards is- sued a statement saying short- ; ges of apartments are being re- ported by fewer cities than at any time rince November, 1949. Rome — (AP) — Italy's Gov- ernment has approved participa- tion in the Atlantic Pact, Prem- ier Alcide De Gasperi told Par- liament today. He said the cabinet had ac- cepted unanimously an invitation to help in the final draft of an Atlantic defense system. Foreign Minister Carlo Sforza had in- Axis Sally Convicted, Awaits Penalty A 10 per cent forgiveness in f orme d the cabinet earlier in the the income tax would reduce the day of the principal conditions budget $28,000,000, which added of the projected alliance. to the $20,000,000 from the gas- j The Chamber of Deputies was oline levy woul'd add up to the j crow ded as De Gasperi made GLANCING INSIDE Page Local News 4, 5 & 13 Entertainments 2 Sports 8 Editorial 6 Classified, radio 7 Comics 11 Washington _ (AP)—Mildred . tion asking Federal Judge Ed- E. (Axis Sally) Gillars was con- ward M. Curran to set aside the ' verdict and order a new trial. Laughlin has five days in which to take this action. If his motion is denied, Laughlin told report- ers, he will carry the case to higher courts. Miss Gillars, 48, fully swore from victed of treason yesterday but her punishment probably won't be known for a week or more. , A mixed jury found her guilty up a nearby tav- ( o f bireadcasting propaganda for the wartime German radio. The maximum possible sen- who tear- the witness tence, is death in the electric stand that she always loved this chair 1 ; the minimum five years,' country and never intended to betray it, heard the verdict with- out visible emotion. Attired in the same black dress she had worn almost every da\ of the long trial (it started Jan. 24). Miss Gillars stood erect as the jury filed in at 4:53 p.m. yesterday. in prison, a $10,000 fine and loss of her American citizenship. Even in advance of sentenc- ing, Miss Gillars' attorney served notice that he was not through fighting. His first step, said James J- Laughlin, will be to file a mo- , Her expression did not seem, haired Judge Curran, like Miss to change when the foreman, Gillars a native of Maine, took Henry G. Davis Jr., said in a low voice that the jury had found her guilty, thus rejecting her story that she was forced to do propaganda work for the Nazis. At Laughlin's request, each juror was atkeo separately how he or she voted. In turn, the 'the bench at 4:50 p.m. Marshals brought Miss Gillars in two minutes later, and the jury en- tered a minute after that. When the polling of the jury had ended, a marshal pulled on Miss G'llars' chaix as a signal to go. She took quick steps, once turning sideways to look at her se_yen men and five women said half sister, Jtars. Edna Mae Her- Guilty.\ All the jurors looked sJemn and some answered in a voice'so low as to be almost in- audible. The entire conviction pro- ceeding, once it got under way, took only a few minutes. White- i rick of Conneaut, Ohio. She looked as long as she could but her expression did not change. Tears rolled down Mrs. Her- rick's cheeks. A paper cup slipped from her hand, spilling water on her tan suit. $48,000,000 figure. It was expected that, except for informal talks between Fein- berg and Mahoney, the budget battle would not erupt into head- lines again until the legislators returned to Albany Monday. GOP legislative ' leaders doubted if the 14 budget bills would face any floor action in either House before Wednesday, at the earliest. Capitol observers, meanwhile, speculated on the possible po- itical implications of the victory j of the tax rebels in handing Dew- ey his first major legislative defeat his first office in 1948. One fact was evident: Dewey's iron-fisted control over Repub- lican Party policy in the state has been shaken. The revolters have made him share that con- J trol for the first time. his announcement. The Premier said the clauses of the new treaty were not yet public, but that they included provisions for mutual assistance, consultations if any member of the alliance is attacked, collec- tive measures and contributions to defense, The collective defense meas- ures. De Gasperi added, do not automatically bind a signatory nation to wage active war. When the Premier ended his talk, Pietro Nenni, leader of the Socialist Party's pro-Communist wing, launched an attack on the Government and the pact itself. He termed it \not defensive, but offensive.\ ''The decision of the Govern- ment today,\ he declared, \Is as grave as the Fascist Govern- ment's decision of 1939,\
