' The Weather Thursday: Colder Details page two 112th YEAR Radio Message Stirs Hope That Some Survive Craft With 7 Aboard Is Down in Wilderness North of Berlin‘ NORTH CONWAY, N. H. () — Wreckage was sighted early today and a radio message was picked up which , was identified as from a Northeast Airlines plane missing since yester- day. It placed the plane in wilderness about five miles north of the Berlin airport, its destination: The radio message would indicate that there was at least one survivor of the seven persons aboard — the plane. airline vice president, message read: “Emergency — down five miles Northeast of Field Hill but —.” Here the message faded out. Turner said the voice message was transmitted “blind,”” mean- ing it was intended for anyone who could pick it up. It was transmitted on an emergency fre- quency, Rescue. forces immediately rfshed to the indicated locality, Turner said the message was identified as from “792,” the flight destination of the missing plane , More than 20 search planes immediately converged on the area, which includes Bald and Black mountains, both more than 2,000 feet high. Bald Mt., 2,370 feet high, one of the lesser mountains pt the White Mountains range, is be- tween Berlin and the Bertin air- port, eight mites outside Berlin to which the DC3 was flying when it vanished yesterday noon. | Report of the w reckage sighting came almost simultaneously with reports from Northeast's Berlin office that faint radio signals had been picked up there The radio signal came about 8 a.m. from within a five mile radius of Berlin to which the plane had. been fiying from Laconia, 68 miles away yesterday in a Boston-Berlin flight with seven persons aboard. A bread air search directed by Air Force officers which had (Continued on Page 2, Col. 4) U.N. Resumes Korean Debate Western Powers Rally to Oppose Inclusion of Red China UNITED NATIONS, N.Y, ww — The U.N. Assembly's top Political Committee turned to the stormy Korean question today. The West- ern Powers rallied to oppose ex- pected Russian demands that Red Ghina be given a voice in the de- bate. As the 60-nation committee prepared to take up the contro- versial question, American sources said U.S. Delegate James Wads- worth would calj for inclusion of South Korea in the debate but would stand firm against any bid to Petping or North Korea. For the past four years the United States has opposed Soviet bids to include the Chinese Reds in the Korean debate. It has been the Kremlin's policy to let Peiping take the initiative on the Korean question. Soviet For- eign Minister V. M. Molotov, one of the three chairmen of the abortive Geneva talks on Korea, let Red China’s Premier Chou En- lai carry the ball ali during the Korean phase of those. negotia- tions. The talks finally broke down last June after weeks of fruitless bickering between the Reds and the West. The United States has been, sounding out delegates on a pro- posed resolution which would ac- cept the report on the Geneva con- | ference submitted by the 15 U.N allies. It would also have the As- sembly reaffirm. that its objective | is peaceful achievement of a uni- fied Korea under a representative government. WRON 1468 on Your Radic. On aif tomorrow 5:30 a.m. f _ | said the fragmentary | * * * ‘Wilson Stresses Co * * ® * * * Missing Plane Sighted in New Hampshire inental Defense Pentagon foUp Amount Spent Launch. Station | | | | * DAVID NORTON WPON Is On Air Early Thursday New Radio Station Here on 1460 Kilocycles, Has 500-Watt Rating Gerity Broadcasting Co. today announced it would start operation at 5:30 a.m. Thursday of its new 500-watt Pontiac radio station WPON. It will broadcast music, news and sports from 5:30 a.m. until midnight. Friday and Satur day nights hours will run to 1 a.m Its news broadcasts will be every hour on the hour, with two sports- casts each evening. at 6°30 and 11:30 p.m. The station will have Associated Press wire service. and ~ will broadcast on 1460 kilocycles Offices and studio are in the Waldron building. There are five business offices, control room. sttu- dio and wire room, All are det orated in melody green, with fluor- escent lighting and air condition- ing. Transmitters are located at Telegraph and Square Lake Roads dames Gerity Jr., is owner of the station. 0. W. Myers is vice president and general manager of all Gerity broadcasting prop- erties, David Norton is manager of the local station and Larry Payne is assistant manager and | secretary-treasurer of the bread- casting company. Susan Hayes Likely to Testify Before Nightfall Sheppard Murder CLEVELAND (# — Susan Hayes, pert, freckle-faced, a key witness in the Sheppard brought to the Criminal Courts building today, and ‘may testify before nightfall. She was escorted to the Sheriff's office and kept under guard. Chief defense counsel William J. | Corrigan said he “‘might’’ get the | | defense testimony under way late | today by calling members of the | not plan a long cress-examination of Miss Hayes. Only two state’s witnesses are left before she takes the stand Her story, prosecution lawyers say, is a climactic point in the trail ef Dr. Samuel Sheppard, boyish-looking Bay Village osteo- path, who is accused of murder- } ing his wife. In their opening statement to the | Jury, state's attorneys said Shep- os was “‘infatuated” with Miss | Hayes, and that they lived together |for five days in California last | March Hence, they are banking on her | | to develop what they claim is the | “other woman” motive in the case. | Sheppard, from the first, said he ; Was innocent. He has told a story of a power. fully-built intruder who broke into [his home in the early morning |} hours of July 4. He says he heard | his wife. Marilyn, cry out in the bedroom, was knocked unconscious by the assailant. When he recovered his senses, he says, he found his wife’s skull crushed from repeated | blews by an instrument that never has been found nor posi- tively identified. Miss Hayes was brought from, California last summer to testify. She is 24, auburn-haired, and vi vacious. At one time, she worked as Sheppard's assistant in the sani- tdrium near Cleveiand that his family operates. . Preceding her; attorneys called two relatives of Marilyn Sheppard, | her uncle, Worth E. Munn. and a cousin, Thomas Weigle The state's last major witnegs was Miss Mary Cowan. medical technologist in the coroner's office She described the examination of Sheppard's blood-stained trousers, of her efforts to “type’’ the stains of blood in the Sheppard home Prepare for Saturday's Christm | State Banks on ‘Other Woman’ as Motive in murder mystery, was! Sheppard family, This was taken | as an indication the defense does | rushed to her aid, and - Gerity, of Adrian, is a Michi- gan manufacturer. He is president of Gerity Michigan Corp., a chrome plating firm serving the | automotive and home appliance in- | dustries. , He entered the radio field in 1948 when he bought an Adrian sta- (Continued on Page 2, Col. 1) | Business Booming at City Parking Lot Business is booming at the city’s first municipal parking lot. Fi- nance Director Oscar Eckman re- ported today “Weekly receipts are running a little over $300." Eckman said. “From the experience we've had, it will probably average around $400 a week.” Expected receipts from the lot, located at Pike and Parke streets, were estimated around $200 a week, “The lot is a proved success;’ | Eckman added WPON 1460 on Your Radio. On air tomorrow 5:30 am Oomen's Tel-Heren Store Open every evening ‘til 9 {as clowns wil] frolic along the 5 pt | WPRON 1968 on Your, Radia. ‘ On air tomorrow 5:30 a.m, } } i 4 j * 2 to Three Inch Snow Forecast | | Pontiac Area Gets it Expected Today in Senate , nacre Judge to Issue WASHINGTON ( — A vote to censure Sen. McCarthy (R-Wis) seemed in the cards as the Senate approached Heavy Fall of Season | Today Decetiber came in style today, with an inch of snow covering the ground and promising more to come. The U. S. Weather Bureau three inches will hit this area. This is the first heavy snew _ Early December Snow r. FIRST HEAVY FALI—Waterford Hill was turned into a winter Brings Hi Big: 1 < Wee Sa ee “= * wonderland by the season's first heavy snowfall today. One inch Al snow was recorded in the area. Predictions of from four to seven | on uIINg inches were later changed to a forecast of two to three inches. McCarthy Censure Vote the hour of decision today. himself predicted a says that by tonight from two to, against him. meee cat French Search privately they expected of the season, following a com- paratively mild Nevember which averaged close to pormal in all respects. Fourteen day sof freezing temper- atures are normal for that month and this year November fell short by only one. The average high | for the month was 47.3 degrees compared to the normal of 47.1 Low averaged 33.7, just slightly | above the monthly norm of 33.1. Rain quite a average precipitation for Nov ember | is 2.18 inches, but this year it reached only 1.36. The heaviest | rainfall of the month was on the and snow fell short by | 18th, totaling .40 of an inch. On! the first, .27 of an inch of rain mixed with snow fel] The highest temperature of the month fell on the 17th, with the | mercury reaching. 67. However, this is a long way from the all- time high for November, 81. sect) in 1950 . On the 23rd, the thermometer reading dropped (to 27 degrees, the lowest for the month. This, (Continued on Page 2, Col. 5) | - ~ SAFETY CLOWNS—Before the Christmas parade | little one slips! into gets under way at 9:30 a. m. Saturday, 23 Pontiac | over some Clown | Junior Chamber of Commerce members decked out Byron Zink, the path of a float. Looking phernalia (above) are (1 to r), of 241 N, Perry, Mei Eller, of 1057 downtown route, | James K., and William Whitlow, of 4373 Sedum | making sure no | Glen, \ r »” | their ranks to hold virtual- ly solid for censure. Repub- licans were forecasting a close division in their line- up. , Since GOP and Democratic strength in the 96-man Senate is about equal a. Republican split could swing the majority vote needed for censure. Michigan's two Republican sen- bit, however, Usually the| ators are tight-lipped about how ; (Continued on Page 2, Col. 2) AP Kenousaet COE All-State 11 Today The Associated Press all-state, Class C-D-E high school football team is announced today on the sports pages of the Pontiac | Press. This is the first of three selections to be named this week. Class B will be presented Thurs- | day and the big Class A team on Friday. Coaches and AP sports writers from all ever Michigan made the selections. as Parade | i With voting slated to start late in the day, McCarthy “completely one-sided” verdict. -- nt of Christmas Pentise Press Phetey . for Five Boats Fear Storm Death Toll May Rise to 111; British Gale Already Killed 51 LONDON (UP) — French naval planes searched the stormy Eng- lish Channel today for five fishing boats missing with 60 men abroad. It was feared the toll of death might rise to 111, Forty-three persons were dead or: missing in three shipping acci- dents in the waters around Britain and eight persons were killed on land. French officials feared the missing fishermen also perished in the storms The missing fishing vessels are the Alain-Yvon, Tourville, Berceau de Moise and Perle d'Arvor from the ports of Concarneau near Brest and the Tendre Berceuse from the nearby port of Douarnenez. The little coastal steamer Ard- glen docked in Milford Haven, Wales, today with the bedy of Capt. William Winters, 59, who | survived three World War II sinkings only to drown in a gale yesterday with 23 of his men. Captain Winters’ ship Tresillian foundered in a 9%0-mile per hour hurricane. He gave the order “every man for himself'’ and then plunged into the sea. | The Royal Navy searched raging | | seas today for 20 missing men, | | but the admiralty said there was little hope they would be found Four bodies were recovered and 16 men wére rescued Winters, who planned to retire at the end of his voyage, was almost in sight of home when the cargo | of grain aboard the Tresillian | Shifted and sent the 7,300-ton ship | to the bottom. | Justice Convicts Self NASHVILLE, Tenn. (UP) —Jus- tice of the Peace Clay E. Smith yesterday fined three men $25 and court costs for illegally hunting |deer with buckshot. Smith was one of the defendants. In Today's Press Royle seeceles b | a8, 39, 40, 41, 42 “ | WRON 1666 on Your Radte, ‘ Om alr tomorrow 8:30 o.m, % . { to Guard Nation But Total Expenditures May Run Half Billion ~ Less in 1955-56 WASHINGTON (# — The Pentagon plans soon to in- crease its spending for con- tinental defense and guided missilés. Secretary of Defense Wil- son included those items among several he said would call for heavier out- lays in the 35-billion-dollar expenditure budget he fore- sees for the fiscal year be- ia , ee - _ radar networks in the ey: ve “| United States, Alaska and Can- ; \ | | ada—are expected to be about - 1 | 900 million dollars, Slated Friday ision Affecting GM and U.S. Rubber CHICAGO (UP)—Federal Judge Walter. J. La Buy will issue his long-awaited decision Friday on the biggest anti-trust case in his- tory. ; His decision could be of far- | reaching importance, It could | | break up or keep intact a | $5,000,000,000 industrial combine | comprising three giant corpora- “He is a very brave and bold tions—Du Pont, General Motors man to come into another country and U.S, Rubber, | and give some advice.'’ alted b Another query was by The ruling is aw y every oe aa ack a Air large business concern in the na- address which | Secretary Harold Talbott discussed tien, for its ramifications could the difficulties of continental de- affect them, too. ; a | fense, including the use of anti- The government's historic civil aircraft guided missiles, Talbott suit, filed June 30, 1949, charges! did not specifically mention the monopoly and conspiracy. It seeks | Army's Nike missile, although in ito strip the E. I. du Pont de | the text of his talk he spoke of @ Nemours Co. and the Du Pont! missile used against an obsolete family of their holdings in General | propeller-type bomb. | Motors and U.S. Rubber, | * ¢ government has charged Asked if he thought the Nike had that the Du Ponts conspired to | been ‘‘oversold,”” Wilson replied gain control of the other two firms | that while on a recent inspection to provide the Du Pont Company | trip on the West he had seen the with a “‘protected'’ market for its | Nike fired, “and it looked like products, such as paint and uphol- | quite a weapon to me.” He said stering materials, the test was against a drone plane time when recent mergers, such * *PCed of 200 or 300 miles per | hour as those in the automobije in- | : : éusiey have made “big busi. | In an address today, Gen. ness” ‘bigger anlevar Against | Charles L. Bolte, Army vice chief this backgroud the decision | staff, said the Army now is | acquiring atomic weapons ‘‘in gains added importance, | quantity, The defendants have denied the Bolte referred only tersely to government charges that they con- that point, without specifying what spired to stifle competition. They| (Continued on Page 2, Col. 3) contend that the government is at- ~ ————— tacking ‘bigness’ as if it were a crime in itself, e FJ ad uf i i i ir ! i | Pope's Condition Same The suit seeks to force Du Pont | to dispose of its holdings in General Motors, consisting of about 23 per cent of the outstanding stock, It also seeks to divest the Du | |hiccups, was reported VATICAN CITY, W—The condi- tion of Pope Pius XII, suffering from a recurrence of gastritis and little The 78-year-old changed today, | Pont family of its stock in U.S. | head of the Roman Catholic Church Rubber, estimated at about 18 per | is confined to bed and is on a strict cent, . | diet. - Plan Is Drawn U p to Spur | Investing in Latin America QUITANDINHA, Brazil (?—Heading into its last 24 ‘hours, the Inter-American Economic Conference gave preliminary approval today to a plan designed to swell U. S. investments in Latin America and at the same time save the U. S. investors millions in taxes at home and abroad. | The program, originally suggested by U. S. Treasury Secretary George Humphrey, calls for Latin America to eliminate discriminatory taxes on foreign investments, The United States in turn* would negotiate special treaties with the individual ‘nations looking toward ‘elimination of double taxa- |tion on income of U. 8. firms from investments in 'Latth America. | At present the United States taxes corporate income even if j taxes are paid on it elsewhere. | The Latin Americans contend this | (Continued on Page 2, Col. 4) WPRON 1440 on Your Radice, On sir tomorrow 5:30 a.m. * . uv” ? ee SS oe es ER ag sty an et al a - as > i> y in Birmingham “hetvities Group Is Ferinal by Handicapped Residents From Our Birmingham Bureau | said today. Indicative of the area's BIRMINGHAM — A very special group of people will gather at the) local YMCA this Sunday at 4 p.m when wheelchairs, crutches and | canes are the order of the day. For these persons and any others in. the handicapped category 18 | years old and up, are invited to| meet with the newly-organized | Metropolitan Activities Club. Activity is what is being looked by the club, but activity for are handicapped. Anyone interested in any of these “sports hag been invited to contact a club member, and new ideas wil! be welcomed at Sunday's social get-together. Those faced with a obstacle’ are asked te contact Jean Gibbs, president Mrs. Mildred Littleson, second | vice president, or Harriett Decker, recording secretary. Other officers are: first vice president, chairman; Verna Marcel Ber- Fred Pyyk- i Nucci. konen, corresponding secretary: | Mrs. Eula Jones, treasurer; and * Charies Judson, fistarian. # festive air wilt srevell at the Congregational Church tomorrow. when eight months of work is cul- minated with the Sleigh-Bell Fair Women's Fellowship. An ar- AL at will operate all day Tt ait a program of chord, spinet and concert organ playing and Floyd Bunt will jead the singing. * @ *& The last of 26,500 new telephone — were delivered to residents here yesterday, Albert H. Warner. local Bell Telephone Co _Manager New Radio Station ls on Air Thursday (Continued From Page One) tion, WABJ. He also owns a con trolling interest in a Bay City tele- vision station, WNEM-TV. which began broadcasting this year Mr. Gerity is a trustee of Michi- gan Colleges Foundation and vice chairman of the laymen's Commit- tee on Religion in American Life, a group devoted to encouraging regular church attendance Meyers has had experience in | the advertising and merchandis- ing field. He attended Wabash College and Northwestern Uni- versity, and gained his radio and television experience in Toledo. He joined Gerity in ,)948. Payne has had dio experience and wil] be program supervisor. His previous experience was with WJR in Detroit, and at Marquette, Jackson and Toledo A native of North Dakota, Nor- ton first entered the broadcasting field in 1934 after attending the University of Michigan and the University of Minnesota He later joined the University of Michigan Broadcasting Service as a tech nician. During his ef Norton, married with two childr served on station staffs in Oregon North aan and Minnesota The Weather PONTIAC AND VICINITY —