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If I Had My Way- 9 WeWould Startle Nation By Notable Social Deeds The ONLY Newspaper With Want Ads New Council Split Seen In Tube City Mayor-Elect Admits Clash With Man Who Could Shift Majority McKeesport's municipal gov WEDNESDAY MORNING, Kv LILBURX Minister. First Baptist SECOND SECTION Evans Family Has Costumes, Shoes, Music And President, Hralth and Welfare Federation TF I HAD MY WAY, that would be very bad for me and A Pittsburgh. Being checked in judgment and fortified in planning by other people is the best road to progress. The checks and balances imposed by the home, the church, the school, the community, management and labor, block our individual Local Dance Team Recalls Crash Swearing Of Judges Is Started Judge Lencher Takes Oath, Six To Follow Today Six judges of Common Pleas, Orphans and Juvenile Courts will take the oath of office today in the climax of a two-day program of swearing-in ceremonies for judicial officers started yesterday in County Court. In the opening ceremony in the court's assignment room, President Judge Benjamin Lencher of County Court took the oath for the fourth time.

President Judge William H. Mc-Naugher of Common Pleas Court presided. As he has each time in the past when his long-time friend and law associate was sworn in, Attorney Jacob Shulgold presented the commission from the Governor certifying Judge Lencher's election to another ten-year term. Smart Begins New Term Three new judges Anne X. Alpern.

Premo J. Columbus and Loran L. Lewis today will begin their tenures in Common Pleas Court. They will be sworn in along with Judge Walter P. Smart, who is beginning his second ten-year Common Pleas term.

All four are Democrats. Judge Smart will be sworn in first in a ceremony set for 10 Chicago Date No The Evans family didn't 0m i urn i Post-Gazette Photo dance at Miho air base in Japan Thanksgiving night: ernment, rocked by party splits and coalitions for nearly five years, seems destined for more of the same next year even before the Democratic council- majority takes office January 4. This was confirmed by Mayor- elect Andrew J. Jakomas terday shortly after he an his new police administration. The Republicans were to surrender control of the city as the result of the Demo crats' recent landslide victory.

The new mayor elected first as a Republican councilman and then as mayor on the Demo-; cratic ticket last November, admitted he is at odds with Councilman-elect Guy Rodkey, who with Councilman elect Harry Helmstadter, would form the three-man Democratic council majority. May Vote with GOP He said Mr. Rodkey, a former councilman and police over the mayor-elect plans for assigning of councilmanic de pal uiidiia anu ouuic opjim- ments. "I haven't seen Rodkey for three weeks and it looks like he might vote with the Re publican councilmen, Ellwood Rankin and Ben Rosenberg I don't know for sure." Differences over policy and ajjjjuiiiuueiiia cuau nave wucu trouble between Mayor-Elect Jakomas and his chief backer. County Aviation Director John B.

Sweeney. This is true, too, of City Democratic Chairman Thomas Heatherington who was defeated in the Democratic primary. Appointments His Own Mr. Jakomas was, emphatic that he "consulted no one" on his choices for the police department changes. His" appointments to the police, effective January 4, are: Police Chief, James Loizes, now a patrolman; police lieutenants, John (Duke) O'Hara, Robert Ludwig and Frank B.

McKee, the latter a former chief under the Democrats; Detective Captain Walter Lofstrom, present police, chief under the Republicans. 1 Dies, 2 Hurt In Auto Crash A Tenn Township man was killed and two companions, one a Duquesne University basketball player, were injured early yesterday when their auto struck a utility pole at Bennett and Oakwood Streets, Brushton. Killed was Thomas Devlin, 23, of 10322 Linden Avenue. He died of internal injuries, Pittsburgh Hospital officials said. Charles Weitz, 20, of 7126 Wiltsie Liberty, the driver, was detained at the hospital.

Fred Cohen, 20, of Philadelphia, the only member of the Duquesne team who did not go to the New York holiday tournament, suffered minor injuries and was released. Compensation Asked For Prison Injury Ex'Convict Claims Employe Status When Hurt; Precedent Is Against Him An ex-convict at Western Penitentiary yesterday asked the state to give him workmen's compensation because he injured his right" hand in an accident in the automobile tag shop. I It was the third known case in which a convict sought wishes and redirect our thinking. We don't like that. But it is good for us.

And it is the hope of society. But I have the delightful opportunity of day dreaming. I have been invited to speculate as to what I would Dr. Moseley do in Pittsburgh if I had my way in 1954. would see Pittsburgh astound the nation in a new way.

All America knows about the vast rennaissance in building and construction. Our record in social concern and community planning has not been outstanding. I would like to see Pittsburgh proclaim in social deeds the purpose of all this building. Let the churches proclaim in 1954 the greatness and the dignity of man. Let all of us see that the debasement of one personality debases us all, the neglect of one life handicaps us all, the exploitation of one group cheapens us all.

If I had my way in 1954 all the churches and synagogues of this community would incarnate their creeds in a brotherhood of life. I would let this community know what the Red Feather agencies are doing in terms of people: the dependent young, the crippled, the blind, the ill, the aged, and even the privileged. I would let them see what a playground means to the body and character of a child. I would show a home that was on the verge of disintegration, and with proper guidance, on the way to unity and happiness. If the people of this great community could see what health and agencies are doing, and what, ii properly financed and staffed, they could do, they would oversubscribe our modest Chest goal.

Soon we would overtake the social lag and express to the nation our true spirit. The Health and Welfare Federation as a co-ordinating, research and planning body for both public and private agencies would come to be recognized as vital to the wholesome development of the community's life. -Health and welfare are no accident. They come as a result of careful research, sound, long-range planning, and community-wide co-operation. That is the reason that my "day dreaming" is not enough.

If I had my way I would let this city know what public-education means to a child, to industry and government, to our American way of life. Does any one suppose democracy can survive without the public schools? Is there any better investment than in the growing mind of a child? The billion dollar rehabilitation of the physical side of Pittsburgh's life will have meaning only as its purpose is expressed and implemented in terms of the growth, the culture, the enlightenment of a people. To permit the standards of our schools to decline is to wither the roots of our culture. If people understood what this means for their children, they would be willing to cut the smoking and drinking bill of this county by a fraction in order to support more adequately our school system. Large gifts to our universities and colleges show that there is an awareness on the part of many of our industrial leaders of the importance of higher education.

I would like to think that some of these men have received sufficient satisfaction in their generosity in 1953 to seek B. MOSELEY Church of Pittsburgh further 1954. joy. in this field in If 1 had my way in 1954, I would bring together in common service many different religions, races and classes, not to demonstrate our broadmindedness or to make an exhibit ot brotherhood for the world to admire. I would bring these people together to do a job in Pittsburgh, to get them acquainted with each other, to learn together the rich and varied life that is ours.

If I had my way, I would introduce people to the meaning of God as the Father of us all. As an inevitable corol- lary, our neighbors would become our brothers. This would not require or desire agreement, but it would demand respect for one's backgroundthose things that enrich and give meaning to one's life. This attitude would lead us all to seek to understand and to share. To the group, we would bring the best in our heritage.

From the group, we would receive new insights. If I had my way in 1954, I. would see that every citizen of Pittsburgh is protected equally under the law from "guilt, by association" and "conviction by slander." We have law courts and long-established procedures which can be relied upon to safeguard our institutions and at the same time preserve personal liberty It is not American to ruin reputations by smear, and destroy the means of livelihood by innuendo. The person who resorts to these tactics has other motives than love of America. If I had my way, I would help these peor ple recover emotional balance, a faith in the jvays of democracy.

a love of people that would banish fear, and restore integrity. In such an atmosphere Communists could not survive. But American democracy could. Will this day ever come? It. has already come, for all of us who accept God.

as our Father' of "all The human race, right down to its last dregs, becomes our family. We may not like all the members of the family. But if it is our family, there will be a difference. Such an idea can make us salute 1954. "Thy will be done" in US in 19541 Tomorrow Dr.

Paul R. Anderson, president of Pennsylvania College for Women, views the city's cultural needs. U. S. Moves To End Parole The Government yesterday moved to revoke the probation of Mrs.

Irene Williams, 28-year-old Hill District woman who faces trial next week on Federal narcotics charges growing- out of last October's mass dope raids. MrsV Williams, who also has two state convictions on narcotics charges. Was placed on probation in 1951 by Federal court for peddling heroin. A. Webster recommended the revocation.

If Mrs. Williams Is convicted next week, she faces a manda tory five-to-ten-year Federal sentence under the Boggs Act as a "two-time loser." Attorney to Speak The East Liberty Lions Club will hold a meeting at 12:15 p. m. Saturday in the Penn Shady Hotel. The speaker "will be from the speakers' bureau of the Allegheny County Bar Association.

Abrams Four Know Perils In Pacific After Big Plane Sinks Last Thanksgiving a C-46 transport carrying 29 persons including 10 entertainers, four crewmen and 15 GIs labored through rain and fog toward Miho air base in Japan. Attempting an instrument landing, the pilot overshot the strip, gunned his motors as he saw the Sea of Japan gleaming palely through the mist and managed to stay aloft for four miles. Then the C-46 slammed into the water. For five minutes it stayed afloat, while 29 frightened people some of them injured clambered about the wings, trying to inflate life rafts. Plane Crash, All Right Four of those 29 persons, the Evans family of 4802 Interboro Avenue, Homestead Park, a dance team, re-lived the experience yesterday.

They were Evan E. Evans, his wife, Helen, and their son and daughter, Lester and Marietta. "My first thought," Marietta said, "was: This is a plane crash and I'm alive. I got out of my rigging (Mae West and parachute) and crawled toward mother and dad. A GI had opened the escape hatch.

My brother had taken mother onto a wing and gone back and got father." One small life raft was thrown out and six persons crowded into it. Another life raft, larger, couldn't be inflated at first. After it was, 17 crawled in. The C-46 sank, leaving three persons floundering in the sea. 23 Left Desolate Twenty minutes later, a small crash boat poked through the blackness and picked up six, including three injured nnd three from the water.

"The rest of us Were left. It was a desolate moment. In another 20 minutes a launch came out and we all piled in. The gunwales were only a couple of inches above the water," recalled Marietta. That night there was no Thanksgiving show at Miho air base.

On December 12 the Evans family shipped from Yokohama. "We didn't want to fly. We didn't want to press our luck," said Lester. Lack Costumes, Shoes, Music "We lost everything. I came out with a pair of slacks, a jacket and one- bobby pin.

We have a show at the Chicago Theater January 7 and we have no costumes, no shoes, no music," his mother chimed in. "It'll take us a month to get our act working again," said Mr. Evans. The Evans family has spent as much time overseas as many a soldier. During World War II, they entertained GIs in Europe for two solid years.

In 1951, they entertained the occupation forces in Germany and 'Italy. They went to the Far East on August 30 and put in nine weeks in Korea. Borough Plans New Building Fox Chapsl Borough officials yesterday announced plans to open bids in January for a new borough building to replace the remodeled garaga which has served as headquarters for the past 20 years. Burgess A. J.

Diebold said preliminary plans call for the building to be erected a cost not to exceed $125,000. It will be financed, he said, by a coun-cilmanic bond issue. A one-story structure, the new headquarters will provide office space for borough officials on the ground floor and facilities for fire equipment in the basement. The Georgian buff-brick style building will be erected on the site of the present headquarters at Fox Chapel and Field Club Roads. Officials hope to begin work by spring.

DECEMBER 30, 1953 Bellevue Man Sues Strikers Over Beating Accuses Pickets Arrested After Strike Scuffle A damage suit filed. Common Pleas Court yesterday by an insurance agent against two members of Local 249, AFL Teamsters Union he accused of taking part in an assault on him after he left Home's store on the night of December 7. The union and Thomas L. Fagan, its president, Melvin W. Humphreys, vice president, and John J.

Atkins, business agent also are named as defendants in the suit by Walter L. Mc-Naughton, of 170 Kendall Avenue, Bellevue. The two union members who were identified as pickets in the department store strike are Raymond J. Winters, of 2612 Norwood Street, and John J. Kolupajlo, of 916 Chateau Street The suit asking damages in excess of $2,500, alleges that Winters, Kolupajlo and three other men assaulted Mr.

Mc-Naughton, and that he was beaten and kicked before he was rescued by police. Nightshirt! or Solid 'ATIantie 1-6200 HMii imii; rt i i- be considered an employe within the terms of the state compensation act. Attorneys Herbert M. Lurie and Harold L. Rothman, representing Dennis, argued he had the status of an employe.

In a 1920 case of a prisoner at Huntingdon Reformatory, also injured in a tag shop accident, the board ruled "A prisoner injured in an accident is not entitled to compensation, even though earning a small wage, because there is no contract for employment and no employer-employe relationship exists." Dennis is now on relief receiving $32 every two weeks. Observers said that in event compensation is granted, the most he would get is $18 a week for 160 weeks or $4 more weekly than he would on relief. Shades of Gram pa's a. m. in the assignment room on the seventh floor of the City-County Building.

Attorney Mal colm Hay will present his com mission. The commission of Judge-elect Alpern, former city solicitor, will be presented by her husband, Attorney Irwin A. Swiss. McNaugher to Give Oath Attorney Samuel V. Albo will read the commission of Judge-elect Columbus.

Judge McNaugher will ad minister the oath to Judge Smart and Judges-elect Alpern and Columbus. The commission of Judge-elect Lewis, who has been a County Curt judge, will be read by Supreme Court Justice Michael A. Musmanno. He will be sworn in by Prothonotary David B. Rob erts.

Orphans Court to Be Scene His own courtroom on the eighth floor of the City-County Building will be the scene of the swearing-in ceremony for President Judge Hugh C. Boyle of Orphans Court. Judge Boyle's commission will be read by Attorney Leo M. Dillon, and he will take the oath from Judge Austin L.Staley of the Third Federal Circuit Court of Appeals. Following a luncheon at Juvenile Court, attended by judges of the various courts, Juvenile Court Judge GustavL.

Schramm will be sworn in at 2:30 p. m. Attorney Frank B. Ingersoll will present the commission for Judge Schramm's third term, and Judge McNaugher again will read the oath. Clerk, Coroner to Take Oath Two other election victors will take their oaths for county offices tomorrow Thomas J.

Barrett, as clerk, of. courts, and William D. McClelland, succeeding himself as coroner. Starting his fourth term, Coroner McClelland will take the oath first at 11 a. m.

in the courtroom of Judge A. Marshall Thompson, who will read the oath. John G. Daub will present the commission. Judge Smart will administer the oath to Mr.

Barrett in the Criminal Court assignment room after the- commission is read by Attorney J. H. Lembersky. Two Places Go For Wage Tax Verona Borough and Mc-Candless Township have jumped aboard the wage-tax bandwagon. Lawmakers in both municipalities passed resolutions to advertise their intent to enact a wage tax at meetings Monday night.

In Verona, Borough Secretary Clyde Burkhart said the borough isn't "hard up for money." The council doesn't want Verona citizens to pay taxes to Pittsburgh, he added. McCandless officials found a windfall in the nearly county-wide rush to the wage tax. The township needed money for roads, more policemen and an addition to the municipal building, but authorities were reluctant to raise the six-mill real estate tax. Rocks Puncture Roofs of 2 Autos Rocks, apparently thrown from high in a nearby building, crashed through the roofs of two autos parked at Ninth Street and Penn Avenue, last night. Police.

said the rocks went through the roofs of autos owned by Edward Moschetti, of 1429 Hawthorne Street, and Harold Linder of 244 Church Road, Bethel. compensation for a prison in jury in Pennsylvania. The work men's compensation board re- fused the first two. The claimant yesterday was John Dennis, 40, of 1310 Pasture Street, who served 12 years On burglary charges from 1941 to last September. He was liven a hearing before Referee Curtis Haines, who reserved decision.

Dennis was injured June 20, 1945, when his hand was caught in an embossing machine which stamped numbers on licenses. Four fingers were amputated in the penitentiary hospital. Key question in the case is whether Dennis, who received wages of 37 cents daily for operating the machine, could Gunman Robs Candy Shop A gunman, described as about 20 years old, held up the Loft's Candy Shop at Murray Avenue and Bartlett Street about 7:45 last night and escaped with $50. In another holdup last- night, Florence Werl of 500? Kincaid Street lost $50 to a man who threatened her "with a pistol in her grocery store at 5100 Kincaid Street. Approximately 1 9 4 was stolen from a desk drawer in the second floor offices of Allen Shoe 248 Fifth Avenue, Downtown, police were told.

Frank Thomason, a company official, said the loss was discovered last night. Woman found Dead in Home A Mt. Lebanon woman was found dead in her home, apparently of natural causes, last night when police entered the hbuse at the request of neighbors. The woman, listed as Kather-ine Stifel, 70, of 401 Gilkeson Road, was believed to have died about Sunday. Neighbors called police when they failed to see her about as usual.

hillside dice game on June 14. 1952. Convicted on October. 24 of that year, Verbanic was put on a year's probation. Judge Bell signed the order to return Verbanic's money after Defense Attorney Jacob Shulgold claimed the money belonged to his client.

The commisisoners turned Judge Bell's order over to the County Law Department for advice on whether they should pay or appeal. Studded Shirt Tail Dress 16.95. Have it in Stripes i in i initial sporfs fans enjoy Sidelights on Sports i cji ii tit www by Al Customer of County Asks for Money Back $362 Seized in 1952 Shaler Dice Game Ordered Returned to Whitehall Owner The boy shirt with its tails graduated to dress length and sparkled. No fitting problems, gather it with the belt at your own waist. So smart for traveling south or saving 'til summer.

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His "Sidelights on Sports," appan daily in the A dissatisfied customer's appeal to get his money back landed in the laps of Allegheny County Commissioners yesterday. County Treasurer John M. Kane sent the commissioners a court order, signed by Judge Ralph T. Bell, ordering the county to return $362.02 to Joseph Verbanic of Provost Road, Whitehall. County detectives confiscated the money in a raid on a Shaler OLIVER at Liberty 'PITTSBURGH'S HOST INTERESTING NEWSPAPER.