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4 A THE SUNDAY PRESS Blnghamton, N. April 9, 1950 CeiBssas EBitieBn, StEBBig. ScoMeal UBsat. Moe CoiiBiilEBg. (Sees Steadily Real Bras out Battle dDn is tA Shapes in Congress Over Defense Fund New York VP) Sweating and trembling, his pantlegs in tatters, Billy Smith hung on for dear life at the top of the flagpole.

"Easy, son," cautioned the man in the cabin above him. "Easy does it." "Easy, Billy shouted back. "Get me into that cabin!" Two strong hands came to his assistance. A second later. Billy lay gasping on the wooden floor 60 feet from the ground.

"OK." he said at length to flagpole sitter Odell Smith, 30. "now let'a get on with the census." So it was on foot' and by auto, in dogsleds and in helicopters that 145,000 men and women were counting and iS) tit By the Associated Press Washington A real knockdown-dragout is shaping up in Congress over the administration's defense budget. The question is how much defense it will buy. Chairman Vinson (Dem. Ga.) of the House Armed Services Committee, backed by members of both parties in his to settle family arguments.

In Philadelphia a man banged a young lady enumerator over the head with a frying pan said he didn't like questions. In Newark, N. a male census-taker was hit on the head by a case of eggs dropped accidentally from the floor above. He went home, combed the makings of an omelet out of his hair, changed his suit and started over again. Mostly, of course, the census people made their rounds without risk to life or limb.

Often they were cordially received, asked to stay for dinner, delicately quizzed about what they'd been told by the neighbors. They had strict orders, however, to keep all data secret. The penalty for spilling information is up to $1,000 fine and two years in jail. Census-taking isn't a soft Job. -It leads to sore feet and aching backs.

Thirty canvassers quit their jobs in Miami in the first four days, weary of lugging bulky, 10-pound, red-white-and-blue portfolios from door to door. They didn't know how tough the Job could get In Alaska some census-takers made their rounds by dogsled. Near New York City helicopters were used ta reach the Island of Pumpkin Patch Marsh. Fishkili Hassock and Ruffle Bar- In Detroit Mrs. Dora DeMarco donned her husband's hip boots to carry her through muddy outlying areas.

"They told us we were to be dressed up when we made our calls." she said, "but I'm going to get permission to wear slack to finish the Job." In Verdi, Nev snow up to her eyelashes didn't stop pretty Marion Panelli, 22, from making her appointed rounds. She borrowed a sno-cat, a powerful four-wheel drive vehicle with caterpillar tracks, to reach a couple marooned on a mountain top since last December. In Chicago one problem was counting the homeless, down-and-out frequenters of Skid Row. Officials hope they can do it by throwing a free party next Thursday at a Salvation Army mission. Coffee and doughnuts will be on the house for those who answer census questions first.

Most people, the census-takers find, are willing if not eager to talk about themselves. Thousands have telephoned census headquarters to make sure they won't be skipped. If anybody is missed, he can report on himself by mailing in a "missed persons" form, to be made available at postoffices in a few weeks. But some people won't talk. Like the woman who telephoned census headquarters in Spokane, Wash.

"I know, dearie, you have a job to do. I just wanted to tell you, thought, that there's no use sending anyone here. I wont answer questions, not even for the President of the United States" A Chicago woman ripped up a questionnaire and threw the pieces in a census-taker's face. In various parts of the country there were some objection to the income question asked of every fifth person. In New York one man refused to tell the census-taker much as "hello." But he willingly answered all the question in writing.

How come? "Can't talk out loud." he scribbled, "because are microphones hidden all over the room." In Philadelphia an attractive young woman census-taker was pushed out of a doorway by a young bride. "Tell them," the bride directed, "to send a man." If you're over 14, you can be fined ar.d sent to jail for 60 days if you refuse to answer census questions- The bureau says nobody has been prosecuted yet. Orders are for the enumerators to try persuasion first. Africa's Gold Coast is sixth, among the world's gold-producing regions. market by flashy European continental automobiles.

They expect the French, Italians and perhaps Germans to start sending high-style motor cars over here. Their appeal will be in their rakish design and low price. quizzing their neighbors last week in the blggest-ever tally of i the American people, like Not many were 'hauled Americans who admire foreign looking cars and want their neighbors to admire them are the sales target. The big British manufacturers, who currently have the American market sewed up, intend to stick to traditional design end high quality. Acm TELEFHOTO.

HOAX OR REAL latest version of a "flying saucer" found near Horseheads, N. yesterday is examined by Police Chief Marcus Dilmore while farm owner Royal Douglass and Stanley Moss look on. 22-year-old Billy Smith of Atlanta, by block-and-tackle to the top of a flagpole in the course of their labors. But even stranger things have happened since the nation's seventeenth census began April 1. And still wackier happenings can be expected in the three weeks before the countrywide nose count ends.

Already census-takers have been bitten by dogs, routed- by bees, scolded by housewives, drafted as baby-sitters, Invited AROUND THE WORLD Vienna The Austrian Govern Tne swampy land upon which tate much of Washington. D. is Ups built makes tunnel'or subway con struction almost impracticable. ment will renew its demands that the occupation powers reduce their forces but is not very optimistic. It feels the Western Powers may take some small step but that Russia will ignore the demand completely.

Saucer A Hoax? Rome A proposal before the 5 floors of fashions for your homt Chamber of Deputies would adopt the death penalty in Italy but only for crimes against children that cause their deaths. Jerusalem The Israeli Parlia committee, gays not enough. He has proposed $600,000,000 more be spent for military airplanes. A spokesman for the other side is Chairman Mahon Tex.) of the House Military Appropriations Subcommittee. He contends "our enemies want us to spend ourselves into defeat." He argues for research and industrial development ahead of more planes.

Vinson says grimly, "We'll have a lot of fun when the amendments come up." Secretary of Defense Johnson has asked the Joint Chiefs of Staff to review plane needs of all services but gives the impression he doesn't expect to call for so much more, if anything, as Vinson. When the defense fund reaches the Senate it will run into demand that more money be ear-marked for anti-submarine defense. Senator Bridges N. says Congress set aside more than $20,000,000 for this last year but that it was diverted. He says twice that much should be earmarked this time.

Senator Maybank S. backing Bridges, says the Navy already has plans for converting destroyers, carriers and submarines to enti-submarine work. Admiral Sherman, Navy boss, supported this last week- with a statement that destroyers and patrol planes are the Navy's first priority. LOYALTY FILES Washington Despite GOP needling that the Senate would be "backing down," neither the Senate, its Foreign Relations Committee or Tydings Foreign Relations Subcommittee is likely to issue any contempt citations against officials for refusing to turn over loyalty files on state department employes, CAPITAL BRIEFS Washington The Treasury will prod sharply into why income tax receipts from farmers, professional people and others whose pay is not subject to withholding are falling far below estimates. Horseheads An object de ment is considering a bill to scribed as resembling a "flying authorize the trial of Nazi war saucer was found on a farm on the outskirts of this village today.

criminals and collabortors. A few men and women, mostly Jews Whether it was a hoax was un certain. have been turned over to police by concentration camp survivors, but there is no law under which they can be held. The object was described by a veterinarian as silver-colored, about four feet in diameter, flat on London Some members of one side and a raised surface on Parliament are putting pressure the other and made of a sub on the government to allow adver stance resembling heavy cardboard tising On the British radio. or papier mache.

Brazzaville, French Equatorial RADIO TUBE The veterinarian, Dr. Morris Africa "Commando" units of 10 African DDT-sprayers headed by a European will start this year to battle malaria, which kills about 700 persons a year in this colony. Blostein, said a radio tube bear ing an American trade mark was The friendly 9 informal charm of SlaMtautt pine inside. On each side of it, he said, were radio coils. Found beneath the object was a charred fragment of a fuse ap parently made in England, said Dr.

Blostein. It was described as about an inch in diameter and an hri fT Wrlh Stale's Tax Unit Braced For Deluge inch and a half long. At Buffalo, the Federal Bureau from 135 fr chair, to of Investigation expressed belief it was "strictly a hoax." "Investigation by the Elmira Police Department indicates it was Sunday Press Bureau strictly a home-made project." Albany Less than 1,000,000 said an FBI spokesman. "Some state income tax returns for 1949 body was having a little fun. 240 fr a magnificent breakfront have been filed to date, as the in RAILROAD FLARE come Tax Bureau headed into the "It looks like they put together final week before the filing-pay some corrugated cardboard, loose ment deadline of Saturday, April wires and a radio tube.

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Guesses run from outright chis-ling to defects in the estimating system The administration somewhat appealed at the action of Chairman Cooley N. of the House Agriculture Committee In assailing the Brannan farm plan as an untried idea based on i 1 le of consumer subsidy" American officials are reported urging Britain to concentrate on industrial atomic development, leaving bombs to the U. S. Senator Russell G. says Southern filibuster machinery is ready to go if the admnlstration introduces an FEPC bill this week as tentatively planned Early reports indicate census takers will encounter no trouble over income questions GIVE AND TAKE Washington As U.S.

officials see it, the critical point in their proposal for a Western European Union is whether Britain will join in wholeheartedly. The British are afraid of any ties that would Interfere with their commonwealth relations. But. without Britain, France is likely to balk at accepting Germany as a full-scale partner In any new European setup. The U.

S. wants all three nations in the union and feels it's essential that Germany, although an unarmed Germany, be Included. BUDGET OUTLOOK Washington Bitterest arguments in forthcoming House debate on appropriations will twirl around the federal payroll and the Vinson proposal for a $600,000,000 increase for fighting planes. Republicans say $7,000,000,000 of the proposed $29,000,000,000 omnibus appropriation bill represents payroll. They contend $1,000,000,000 can be knocked off.

Some Republicans are backing a 10 per cent cut in government personnel. open until 6 p. m. Monday, Tues All reports had the following in day and Wednesday, and until I common: p. m.

Thursday, Friday and Satur The object was round, had day. In the metropolitan New York bluish-white light, made no sound area, offices will be open until was high in the air, and traveled p. m. Monday through Friday, and north to south. until 9 p.

m. Saturday. Billy Wappler, 11, said he first In the tax department's Albany mail room, some 200 employes sighted the object as he went after a high fly ball while playing 50 regulars and 150 temporaries- baseball. His mends also said will be almost exclusively engaged the next few weeks in just open they saw it. This One Looks lng and sorting great mounds of tax mail.

It will be at least six weeks befdre the returns are tabu lated and the payments banked. Like Flying Hotel Spot-checking of returns already Duncannon, Pa. (INS) This one in hat assured the bureau of one was a "flying bowl." thing that it will not have to Railroad Engineer Harry make an excessive volume of re Peary; of Tyrone, said he spied a funds due to overpayment because of failure to take the 10 per cent "bowl-shaped" object the size of a lour-motorea plane as nis train reduction. passed Duncannon yesterday. Michael S.

Conlon, of Altoona his fireman, says he saw it too, Slum Clearance Contract Awarded They described it as at wingless object with no visible means of propulsion, flying at about 9,000 feet. Chairman Cannon Mo.) Washington (ins) The Housing and Home Finance Agency yester Iodine Placed day awarded Its first contract for federal aid under the $1,000,000. 000 slum clearance program to In Dad's Drink Dallas. Tex. The agency announced that Ad Jt 1 hsm Chair 19.95 Tavern Tbl.

2940 4 M4 hi? I i-. Webster, Mass. (UR) A reform ministrator Raymond M. Foley ap proved a preliminary advance school parolee who allegedly tried to poison his father, by putting iodine in his whisky pleaded guilty contract of $60,950 for initial sur veys and plans for two proposed in District Court yesterday" and slum clearance projects in Dallas was ordered held In $10,000 bail for the Worcester County Grand Noiirse Pictures Jury. John II.

Leigh, 16, of South bridge was arraigned on a charge of mixing poison with the whisky Economic Collapse with intent to kill or injure his 40-year-old father. Washington (ins) Govern The youth's only explanation ment deficit financing coupled of the Appropriations Committee ays he thinks the budget is just about right but would be willing to cut "where it can be consistently shown that It can be has urged both Democrats and Republicans to resist any increases an obvious dig at Vinson. MORE CAPITAL BRIEFS Washington CIO-AFL merger, possibly bringing in other major labor groups, may not be far off. CIO President Murray's trial-baloon proposal for a Joint working committee brought com-i ment from AFL President Green that merger chances are "better today than they have been in the past six years Secretary of Commerce Sawyer is still cautious in commenting on the Census Bureau's report of a 561.000 decline in unemployment in March. But note that the census report is based on March 11 and the Labor Department's Bureau of Labor Statistics sees further improvement later in the month President Truman's request that Congress adjust "shortcomings" of present farm laws shows that Agriculture Secretary Brannan is still solid at the White House The Navy is offering a corresponding course in atomic radiation medicine to.

reserve and regular Navy doctor FOREIGN CARS for his act was "family troubles. with farm price supports and in police said. dustrial troubles were blamed yes terday for an "unhealthy" pros Leftwingers Lose In GM Union Vote perity that may lead to economic collapse. This bleak picture was drawn by Dr. Edwin G.

Nourse, who resigned last fall as chairman of the Pres ident's Council of Economic Ad Chicago (ins) The election visers after a strong attack tm ad committee of a United Auto Work ministration economic policies. erg Local for two General Motors Nourse said the nation has plants in the Chicago area an abandoned its course of healthy nounced yesterday that left wing elements were defeated in an at disinflation and substituted a plan of "staying fat on stolen sweets tempt to take over leadership. or reserves drained from the fu Chair 79.50 End Table with Lamp 39.50 Coffee Tab! 34.50 ture." George Kraft, chairman of the committee, reported some 10,000 members of Local 719 in the GM plants at La Grange, 111., and The average adult hippopotamu weighs about 5,000 pounds and South Chicago -voted two to one Wew York Importers look for eats about 400 pounds of fodder against leftist elements seeking am invasion of the American aauy. election to osicer positions..