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SUNDAY INDEPENDENT
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41ST YEAR, NO. 4 — 52 PAGfJS
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WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1946
PRICE TWELVE CENT
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Reds Reject Lewls, Any Plan to
Limit Veto
Molotov Adamant on Russia's Old Stand; Byrnes Gives up as All Efforts Fail
C/MW May Cef $200,000 Daily Fine
John L Must Answer In Court Monday; Shortage
Now Yorl<. Nov. 23. (UP)— Rus.sian Koieign MinLstcr Vla- cliCMiav Molotov toniKht refused to accept any proposal by the Ma.shiiigton, Nov. 23 (UP)—The government plans to wesiern aiiirs to limit tlic veto recommend Hnes of $200,000 daily against the United Mine srurity council ^''""'"Workers and John L. Lewi« personally in the event he is
Delegates of tlie i,ig five powers i'»»""<• K"''*y »' Contempt of federal di.strict court, it was United  suites,  Great  Britain, i learned authoritatively tonight.
An administration .source .said tlie plan was discussed at a \\'liite liouse conference attended by Attoniey General Tom C. Clark after President Truman returned late toda.v from a ^^iorida vacation.
Tlie Justice Department refused to comment on the report.
The administration  source explained  that  the $200,000
daily fine would lie the total levied ajirain.st Lewis and the
UMW together.   He did not explain how the fcum would be
divided.
The source also said that in the event the court should find Lewis jfuilty of contempt and would ask the government for a i*econimendation on punishment, a jail sentence will be sujrge.sted.
The Unllcd .Mine Workers chief
Rilssia, France and China - met at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in another attempt by Secretary of State James K. Byrnes and British Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin (o reach some agreement to lessen the use of the much-criticized veto power.
Rejecting both American and British proposals to appease small natioiu fighting the veto power, by exercising restraint in its use, Molotov stood fast to the position Russia has talten from the outset. Bymea Cilvex I p
Byrnes ended the meeting abrupt¬ ly    by   saying    further    discussion          _ _  _    ^.„ 	
would be  useless  .and the attempt  lain  is  scheduled   lo appear  .\lon-      *'¦"• Truman, tanned and refresh to   .stop   u.se   of   the   veto   in   any- day   in   federal   district   court   to i^i^ ''>' *»'"¦''.''.>' ^¦'=i''.'°" '" f'""'!?' thing but a grave international sit-  show cause why  he should  not   be | JJ^[""20[^^<1 uation collapsed. held  in   contempt.    He  is   charged  "''"•* "~"'
Byrnes    and    Bevin    wanted    to  "'''*'   failure   to   abide   by   a   tem- adopt    some     "code    of     conduct"  l'°'"»>"y   no-strilte   injunction   issued which,   while   it   would   in   no  wayl'^^ ^'"" '""'"'^ '^'*' "¦^''''• prevent or even restrict  use of the  Suggesled .t.'i.nOU.OOO Fine veto   in   important   matters,   would;     Early   reports   said   the
govern-
his advisers to the White Mouse ahortly after he step¬ ped from his private plane, the .Sacred Cow, at Washington na¬ tional  airport,
Tho.se who attended were Secre¬ tary of Interior J. A. Krug, Attor¬ ney General  Tom C. Clark, Secre
stop    its    u.ie   in    relatively   minor, ment   would   suggest    that    l^wis w^^j. „( ^^1,0^ Lewis B. Sohwellen
one.s.
Molotov Remanded that the Big Five call on the UN assembly to reject all proposals for new veto power  rules.
Byrnes, summarily rejecting this demand, .said the United States wag
Shots Fired at Coal Truckers; Call on FBI
Glen Robin. O., Nov. 23 (UP)— | Three coal truclK drivers, under an independent contract to haul coal for a strip mine near here, reported to State Police today that they were fired upon when their trucks were being weighed in at the mine scales, police said.
None of the group was struck, police said, but tires on two of the trucks were punctured by the .12 gauge bullets. The men said that the shots were fired from an abandoned strip mine 600 yards away.
Police at Post No. 7 of the Ohio State Highway Patrol at Bridgeport, who reported the in¬ cident, said that the ca.se was being turned over to the Federal Bureau of Investigation because It occurred on  federal  property.
VATICAN FRIEND
Demands Priests Stop Using Sermons 'For Political Ends'
Warsaw. Poland. Nov. 23  (UP)-
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—At*   lloffniBn
GIANT t'RAMC PLVIN'U ITM IS9-POOT HKIGHT on the Veterans Administration Building. North Main street. The shaft scales nine ¦tones of new structure, six floors having already been completed.
•''OUl.I.N'O THK EXPERTS—The I which   rai-sei   reinforcing  slecl   and sidewalk    superintendents"    don't  building   forms   is   constructed   in, Uke this «t all.    The self-appointed ;„^.^i„„, „, .j,, by aix tubular piping' r.Yperti are really diaappointcd. 1 ^   ^     . , \.        I
.,       ^      .   ,. , ., „ supported   by  diagonal  cross  brae- After standing   by  and   "aiding        ff '      -•
the   conntructlcn   of   the   Veteran* ]'"*•
Administration building since tbci Operators of this giant hoist,I first piece of clay was unearthed which w!u lift all material needed on North Main street, and con-] for construction of me nine-story tinually offering to help with all | structure, are Roy Wagner and kinds  of sugge.stlons.  the sidewalk ' Robert   LaVrlle. 1
.iiiperintrndents    found    themselves   |jo Now on Job {
Ignored    by    the    construction    en-      ^.^ ^-^^        •guperinlendenl
gineers  last   week.        _ ' ^^ ^^^ „„^rt„„, Construction Com-
.\ol   t.\rn   .%Kkrd | pany    which    ia   erecting    the    VA
WiUioiit the slightest warning, building, said yesterday that more til'- Sordoni Construction Company! thnn I.V) employees are now em-' erected «   I.W-foot  tubular  elevator ployed in the building construction.
power would not be used any more
except   in   an   emeigcmy.     Molotov
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BILBO FACING TWO INQUIRIES LOSS OF SEAT
and his union be lined a total ^ach. Reconversion Director John of .$5,0()0,0(K) a day following a find- r steelman and Clark Clifford, ing    of    guilty    until  %they    had lt,,e president's legal adviser.
purged     them-selves   of   contempt. 1     ^-^e  fight  will   be  renewed at  10 But reliable sources discounted this  a     ,„     Monday    when    the    mine „^    . ._, „ ,   ,      „.      .    ^      . statement and ..aid: , ,e„j„    must    appear    in    district i f"»"!.^"'B"".''"'* ^lerut. charging
•If  the   time  comes  for  such   a  court  here  lo show  cause  why  he  'r"     the   Vatican   is   a   friend   of
.Kjermany. demanded today that Catholic priests "slop using their sermons   for  political   purposes."
In an interview which appeared on newspaper front pages through¬ out Poland, Bierul declared "these attacks  from  the  pulpit  form one
willing to join in a Big Five stale- recommendation lo the court, il ] .should nol be punished for con- menl assuring small countries and I ^'''"''* ^^ '" "^® neighborhood of! tempt. He was cited bciause ^j the world  in general that the veto  ¦^'''"•''''*'  ¦   •*">¦"
failed to call off the scheduled walkout in response to an injunc¬ tion obtained 1^ the government.
White   House   .Secretary   Charles U. Ross said the flve officials were
This report emerged after an 80-niinute conference that Presi¬ dent Truman held with five top advisers late today after taking personal command of the govern¬ ment's efforts to break the three- day walkout ot 40,000 members of John L. Lewis' United Mine Work¬ ers.
The conference was held as the government asked each American communlt.v from coast la coast to consider whether it should restrict
amusements   and   close   schools   t^i    There   was   no   confirmation save dwindling fuel supplies. 1 Continued  on  Page  A-14)
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tower   in   the   rear  of  the   building snd  out  of  sight  of  the  sidewalk
sattelite!<.
Yesterday workmen completed a greater section of the sixth floor and     it   is   planned   lo   slart   the
New Senate Group Will Study -Gifts' From War Contractors
Crippling Effects of Sfrike Hitfing New York
Hfiirv Simpson of Parsons who Bcventh sometime this week ha> been one of the outstanding' "''""""¦r permitting. Concrete In and loyal white collar "ho.s.scs" was ' the basement of the building was quite prrtnrhed. He has followed'''""'iP'Ptcd yesterday, ever.s rnnvemeiil skyward and finds Eye-beams will he strung out himself among hundreds of others from the third floor of the building who hnve been ignored nn one of tomorrow to permit bricklayers to the most important upward de- continue their work up along.side velopmrnls. the shell of the structure.
The   nine-story   "monster''   .ihafl.      The   VA   building   i5   expected   to wliirh .«iipports s giraffe-like boom  be completed sometime in May.
I4'Year-Old Boy Murders father, Mother, Sister
New York, Nov. 23. (UP)—The flrst crippling effects of the soft coal strike hit New York today and a spokesman for the Com¬ merce and Industry As.soclatlon warned that the natlon'.s largp.st cily faced ••complete paralysis with- Mi.ssissippi I ill  a matter of days."
I     Thomas   Jefferson   Miley.   secre-
Washlngton, Nov. 23 (UP)—A iSenate war Investigating sub-com¬ mittee voted today to oiien public I hearings Dec. 12 on charges that I .Sen. Theodore G. Bilbo (D.. .Miss.) ' received money, a car. and a "dream house" from war contractors.
The   Poplarville,   Miss.,   champion j tary  of the  Commerce and  Indus of white supremacy thus was con-1 try    A8.sociation.    said   that    "cur- fronted    with    the   likelihood    that| tailed or suspended coal shipments Senate investigations of  his  publicinre just a drop in the bucket com- jind   private   life   will    be   running  pared to the overall picture." siniultancoiisly   in   both   Mississippi      -Xr.w York Cily is unique among
Roikvillp. Md., Nov. 23. (UP) - A 14-yrar-old boy wa» lield by polKP tonight after his footer fathri H prominent Wasliington tax sUorncy. hi.^ mother and his 12- year-old sioter were found dc.id from kliotgun wound-s on their lai in  near here.
Rockville police said they first learned nf the slaying al .'i:30 p. m. when the hoy, Robert Snyder, walked into the police station at Betlie.^da. Md. They said he gave hlm>elt up lo a justjcc af the peace «'lio immediately contacted authori¬ ties here.
At the Snyder /arm. police said wey found the bodies of Ross Snyder. .V), his wife. Jane, and his adopted daughter, Jean Ann, ripped
wilh    shotgun    slugs.     The    bodies
were   taken   lo   the   funeral   home
in   (laitlicrburg,   Md,
Roy Admilo It
Police .said   the  triple slaying oc- ;curred   about   4:.'i0  p.  m.   (EST>   al
the .Snyder form on the Darncs- llown-SenecB <Md.) road, about six .miles from here. They suid the I three victims died almost instantly I from the shotgun blasts.
Bethc.sda.    Md,    Police    rcpnitcd
that RobiMt  walked in al .%:30 p. m.
and surrendered to a justice of the
peace.   They   snid   he   admitted   the
slayings and asked to be taken into
cu.stody. Both  Robert and his sisier were
adopted children, according lo close
friends of the family.
Iind  Washington by mid-December. \ole Hearing Der. 2
Tlie .Senate lanipaign investigat¬ ing coinniittce, concerned with al¬ legations that Bilbo sought lo bar .N'cgro voting in his stale's primary election, is slated to open hearings on tho.se charges in Jackson, Miss., Dec. 2.
Senate Republican leaders have announced plans to use any evi¬ dence   uncovered    by   tlie   two   in-
large manufacturing centers," Miley said, ' 'in that Us many plants do not attempt lo generate their own power, but purchase it from public utility companies. Their coal re.serves appear lo be sufficient  for the  next 60  days.
"But with the flow Into the city of raw materials and other needed commndilios completely cut off, everything in the metropolitan area must come  to a  standstill.
called in lo give Mr. Truman "thejof the greatest barriers to good full picture" of developments dur- j relations between the church and ing  the  President's  vacation.   The; the state."
conferees eluded reporters after Pointing oul that there never the meeting, | has been a religioiu war in Poland
Secretary of Commerce AveriU comparable to those at various Harriman also waa to be asked to ^jnes in France. Spain and Russia, the conference. Ross said, but wask^e Polish president said he could out of town.   . ! gpp no grounds for conflict between
the church and the Polish state.
Bierut declared what he described as "a certain feeling of distrust existing between the forces now in power in Poland and the church" adding that "I think such feelings lon the part of the Catholic church in Poland are groundless, because Polish democracy does not exclude the possibility of working together." Charge* Frirndlinesa to Oemiany
"We say quite openly—although it is disagreeable for us to say it —that the Vatican Is a friend of the Germans." Bierut conlinued. "Dur¬ ing the war. during the most ter¬ rible persecution of the Polish (Continued  on  Page  A-14)
Reach Victims Of Alps Crash Rest for Night
Rosenlaui. Switzerland, Noov. 23 (UP)— A Swiss rescue parly of 7> men reached the wreck of a C-.">3 transport on lOOOO-foot Rosenlaui Glacier after a 10-hour climb today, found all 11 Americans alive and bedded down for the nighl in the snow to rest before bringing tha victims out by toboggan in daylight tomorrow.
The rescuers, with their short-range walkie-talkie radios rendered useless because of the mountain peaks and ridges, spread out ground signal panels in the fading hours of daylight to tell a circling Swiss army plane that they have render-1
soon afterward, struggling upward through soft snow covering the glacier.
The Ficsler-Storch. which Is the Swiss equivalent of a Piper Cub, droppcfl parcels of tea, sugar, bacon, bread, condensed milk, cig¬ arets, sardines, woolen blankets, socks, shoes and caps. It requested American planes lo stop dropping supplies, lest they, being unable to fly slowly, hit the marooned Ameri¬ cans or the Swiss plane.
American-dropped relief, the pilot of the Swiss plane said, was scat¬ tered badly and the marooned were unable to move far from the wrecit (Continued on  Page A-14)
ed firsl aid to the injured and would bivouac around the wreck for  the  night.
Later, the pilot of the circling plane saw the rescue party digging holes in the snow for their bed¬ rolls around the wrecked transport, which has provided shelter from the bitter Alpine winds for the four nights the Americans have been marooned. .May Try Ski  Plana
First reports from the plane when it crashed Tuesday said that five of the seven passengers and four crev^'men had been injured, but reporta from the scene said that eight now are In need of med¬ ical treatment.
If some of the victims are too badly injured to be carried down the icy mountainside, Swiss Capt. Victor Hug said he and another pilot were prepared to go to their rescue wilh a ski plane tomorrow morning Athens.  Greece,  Nov.  23   (UPI —
Brig. Gen Ralph Snavlely. com-. Premier Conslamin Tsaldaris an- mander of United States Army Air I nounced tonight that the govern- Forces in Austria, who.se wife wasj ment had received the Yugoslav on the transport, said such a mis-^ note protesting alleged flights by slon  would  be  "suicide.' [oreek    fighter   planes   across   the
Hug   agreed   that   it   would   be Yugoslav  frontier, dangerous,   "but  I   made  over   200     -T   ,. ^  .. .. ,.
Alpine    skl-planc    landings,    some!.  Tsaldaris said  the  matter  is be- under  worse  condition  than   this" '"«    investigated     and     a    Greek
U.   S.   Headquarters   in   Frank- ""**""  """^   ''*  '^^"^•''^'l Sunday, furl  announced  the victims would |Slmultanoously,   he    cancelled   his be flown to the flSlh General  Hns-i'"K'^'   reservation   from   Athens   to pital   at   Munich   after   they   arej^^^  ^'°^^  tomorrow, evacuated from the mountain. Authoritative sources said he will
Hard, Treacherous Climh not  leave  Athens   until  a decision
The climb to tha glacier wa.» has been reached — « Is expected made  through   three   feet  of   new, soon   —  on   whether   to   place  tha
YUGOSLAVS PROTEST GREEK BORDER FLIGHTS; REPORT FIGHTING ON
I powdery snow and across yawning border crevices.
Besides the obvious dangers of traveling on the treacherous slopes at night, the rescue party, after 10 hours on the trail, was un¬ doubtedly wearied.
The  Swiss   rescue   party  carried
Radio to Replace Closed Schools
Denver. Nov. 23 (UP) - Denver youngsters will learn their three R's between soap operas next week when the city's five radio stations take the place of public schools closed by the coal short¬ age.
Classes combining Instruction with entertainment will be broad¬ cast for one hour a day hy each of the five stations. Superintend¬ ent of Schools Cliarles E. Greene announced. Each station will carry a different program at various hours of the day.
In addition lo being given daily assignments by radi<v chil¬ dren will report lo their individ¬ ual schoolrooms once a week to turn in homework and receive assignments. The radio teaching method is scheduled for tho dur¬ ation of Denver's critical coal shortage.
workers    in    New    York    will    be
industrial   workers, Miley predicted that 200.000 metal Igarment indostrj-.
Nab Two Escaped War Prisoners In Chicago^with Wives, Jobs
t^hicago, Nov. 23. (UP) Two Itslisn war prisoners who escaped •11 Arkansas prison camp more than a year ago have been plucked ffom the wives and steady jobs Which holh found here, and turned 0)'er to military authorities, "the *Mer«I Bureau of Investigation snnniinced   today.
F"edera; officials faced a fight IK*!"'''^ «ny efforU to repatriate Tlie   wives   of   both,   one   a
ve.sligations    in   a    move    to   deny  ^,,„  „,    Thousand.
Bilbo his seat in the 8nth Congress, i" ,.    ,
The   war   investigating   subcom-      "The  city   is  ju.st   about   recover^ .      , ,
mittee decided lo open hearings oni'ng from the body blows It received tlu^wn out of employment, some Ihc war contracl charges after during the prolonged trucking 6 000 employees of railroads servhig questioning Senate Sergeant-at-|and maritime strikes. Now it faces the New 1 ork area and about 3,000, Arms Wall Doxey for 1'-.,  hours in a situation even more drastic." |industrial   workers,   mainly   in   the
a secret session. !
Bilbo meanwhile wired the com¬ mittee requesting a "bill of par ' - ulara" on tlie nllegations aga"^t him. *
Calls on  'Fair  Play' I
The scrappy Missi.ssippian said,' "The old American spirit of fair. pla.v entitles me lo it."
But      subcommittee       chairman 1
James  M.  Mead   (D.N'.Y.)   declined;
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Coal Strike Paralysis Hitting Jobs of Others
TRUMAN WILL RENEW UNIFICATION DEMAND
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The two  were Anthony  Dionisio. .'U.   and   Nil holas   tJambichi,   23. ( uptured in   Africa
Both men said the.v came from Rome, where Dinisio said he waa an automobile dealer and his com¬ panion   was  a  student.
Captured by the British in Africa. they were sent to Camp Grady. Ark., on Nov. .%. 1945, they cut the wire   of   their   fence   and   escaped.
Both headed almost immediately for   Chicago.
In Jnnuniy. 1946, Dionisio. repre¬ senting himself as a New Yorker of Italian parentage, went to a{ church wedding. Tliere he met Dcrna Papini. a telephone operator, who   also   was   a  guest.
Aftor    a     courtship    of    three, montliji. he pcr.suadrd hrr lo marry (Continued  on  Page A-15) |
Washington.    Nov.    23.     (UP) President Tniiiian  will   recommend
Pittsburgh. Nov. 23. (UP) -The nation's unemployment figures rose slowly tonight as coal-dependent industries mapped plans to con¬ serve the fuel shut off by a strike of   4(X).0OO soft  coal  miners.
Many comiianies, particularly basic steel producers, planned im¬ mediate   cutbacks   of   as   much   as
'.".'11'"^'.^,".'. V"".' "^"^125    ucr   cent.    Heavier   production
to the 80th Congress an integrated _.._...'i„,„„. national scciirily i)rogram includ¬ ing unification of the armed forces and universal military training » iiigli War Department source said  tonight.
The iiniflcntion legislation the President will propose will be es¬ sentially the same as the |)lan out¬ lined in his letter lo congressional leaders of June 15. the source said. There may be minor revisions based on conferenira now going on be¬ tween top Arm.v and Navy lead¬ ers.
The President's unification plan as stated last June calls for an Army. Navy and Air Force operat¬ ing as equals under a single De¬ partment of National Defense. Il would substitute a seiretary of n«-
make    further   and   more   drastic; curtailments.
Under the government's brown¬ out order there will be stringent curtailment of normal services, throwing many more thousands oul of work.
Reduction of train schedules by 25 per cent will cause further lay¬ offs among railroad workers al¬ ready hard hit by a tie-up of coal trains.
The pinch of the fuel shortage was being fell in every industry dependent upon coal, in schooLs and in homes Denver's public schools were ordered closed until further notice. |C4>al Field* Quiet
The   coal    fields   remained   quiet.
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version before either tha United Nation's Assembly or the Security   Council.
The ministry of Information said a battle waa underway in the Descale region between the Greek mth Division and guerrilla units. Minor    clashes   were    reported   in
food, medicine, clothing and walkie-: Macedonia and Thrace, talkie radios to the marooned, j No more information was avail- Strung out behind the leader, sixjable on possibility of a decision on Alpine guides and a physician, placing Balkans border disputes be- were 66 experienced climbers. fore the United Nations, but It waa
At 2:21 p. m. a Swiss Fiesler-1 recalled thai Tsaldaris recently an- Slorch army plane circling the j nounced that he was prepared to (o wreck, reported that the two firsl jlo New York to present the issue in men of the rescue party had arriv-iperson if that course seemed un- ed. The other rescuers joined them, desirable.
Flying Helicopter to Europe To Aid in Alps Crash Rescue
Redding. Calif., Nov. 23 (UP) — Four men were electrocuted and six were injured today when the steel boom of a crane contacted a high tension line at a Pacific Gas and Electric Co. sub-station near here.
The accident occurred while a crew of workmen was unloading the crane from a truck. The crane's boom touched a line carry¬ ing 220.000 volts  of electricity.
Doctors, ambulances and firemen were rushed from Redding and Red Bluff. Resuscitations were be¬ ing applied at the scene in an ef¬ fort lo save as many of the victims as .possible.
Three of the injured were imme¬ diately taken to the Mercy Hos¬ pital at Red Bluff. They were Fred H. Jackson and Coy E. Foster, both employees of an Orland trucking firm, and Bud Krall, Redding, a PG&E employee. The condition of Jackson and Foster was described as critical.
Nam%s of the other men. includ¬ ing the four dead, were not imme¬ diately available.
Westover Field. Mass.. Nov. 23 (UPl -An Army Transport Com¬ mand C-82 "Flying Boxcar" carry¬ ing a helicopter took off for Munich at 8:50 p. m. (EIST) tonight to aid, if possible, in the rescue of 11 Americans found alive on an Alpine peak four days after their transport  plane  crashed.
Not before Monday night Is the helicopter expected to reach the scene. The flight lo Ricm Airport in Munich will take about .30 hours. An additional 12 hours must be allowed after the C-82's arrival in Munich so the dismantled heli¬ copter can be reassembled, officials said.
The C-82 has two flight crews since none of the men are allowed
to work more than 15 hours at a stretch.
One hour after the takeoff of the ••P'lying Boxcar" a C-54 with a crew of 16 men experienced In high altitude rescue work was ex¬ pected to follow the C-28 to Munich. Officials said the C-54 will fly an average speed of 185 miles an hour — about eight miles faster than the C-82 Thus the two aircraft should meet In Munich not more than  20  minutes  apart.
Aboard the C-!S4 is a set of high altitude rotary blades, the only on«» of their kind in existence, which were flown here from Cleveland where they were being exhibited at an air show.
curtailment   will   follow  in  case  of a  continued   coal  tieup.
In Pittsburgh alone, lOO.OOO per¬ sons will be oul of work before the end of next week. Many of these will be in basic steel plants and others in the steel fabricating plants. .\|finy  l.ot>ing Jobs
The strike of miners in the Pitts- The miners were watching for news burgh   area   alone   resulted   in   im-  from    Washington.     Many   of   the'
mediate   layoffs   for   1,200  truckers nnd   ."lOO barge  workers.   Carnegie- Illinois   Steel   Corp..   largest   basic producer of U. S. steel, closed seven of    its   27   blast    furnaces   in   the Piltsburgh-Youngstown area.   This means staggered  working days for thousands of mill  workers. The full impact, however, will not ilonal     defense     for     tlie   ' present | be   felt   for   another   four   or   five Army  and  Navy  cabinet posts.      ' days when mills will be forced  to mal needs.
coal men, unable to save enough money for such an emergency, are seeking emploTincnt elsewhere un¬ til the mines reopen. Their grown children are taking after-school jobs to  help  the  family  budget.
A few independent mines and strip operations were producing coal but their output was small and less than one-tenth of the nor-
Valley Scene
Ifrliyfvl Kinrjiton polireman chartfjing  a   lire   on   nutomobile.
DiKflustfd hut prrtti/ hlonrlr ohaerriitff hff niud-ncnrred nt/- /oi?" after grttinn on hun at rnrnrr of South Fronklin nnil .Xorthntriitnjt Fridtiu morning nt 9. . . . Rr/tortrr aho ohfifrring nvtl   finding   nothing   to   nrong.
Biuihi ritnhed man getting on Liurrnr-Conrldnlr fciis Mondaii morning—thtn rlinrovrring that inKtenrI of bin vhitr trarf hr hati fti.t irifr'f vhite ftocking urapi>f<t around hi*  neck.
Making thrmsdrrs the nnlu comfortabh fanx at rallrji foot- hnll gnrniK Vfetrrdnji, thone in c/im nt \rfhitt Stadium—fo ner Srniinaru nnd Bucknell JC— irilh hrntrrn on.
Smith Main utrrrl nirrrhnnt looking et hia pretty Chrjufmnii lighting ond thinking of the brownout order.
States Attorney Punches President of Columbians
Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 23. (UP) — I that he would swear out a warrant Assistant Slate Attorney General! againsl Duke charging assault and Dan Duke felled Emery Burke, battery and file a civil suit for president of the race-hating Colum-i damages.
bians,   Ine,  in   a   courtroom   today, i     Judge   Pomeroy   had   granted   ¦ He  used  a  right   hook. \ second   postponement  to  Burke  in
Burke had just made a slurring j the slate's suit to revoke the remark Duke interpreted as a Columbian charter, reflection upon his antecedents. | "1 hit him after he told the His fist lashed out and caught the judge he was glad lo find at least anti - Semitic, anti - Negro propa - one pure Anglo-Saxon man around," gandlsl over the left eye Burke: Duke said. "He was referring te made no move to fighl. He sank ; the judge. His followers have been to the  floor. I libeling  me every sihce  I   flled  the
Apologized l« tourt T'"*'*  """'   '"   K^'  '''«^''"  charter."
,,  , 1  _     J      . .        Burke, who is 32 and a railroad
Duke     apologized     at     once     to  j^^,j,^„„   ^^jj p„^^ ^^^^^^^ ^,
Superior Court Judge Edgar E..,,„^ behind and without notlce." Pomeroy and later apologized! ^^^ g,,,^,^ .. .^^ j^^ p„^, „ through the press to the public, i „„j „„,,^ mcapable of performing He said he had lost his temper^;, ^„t,„ ,, ^ ^^^^^ g^^j, „„p,,« and it was that which he regretted but also is proof that 'whom the and also that he had disturbed ^3 ,^.„^^^ destroy, they flrst make the decorum of Superior Court. I ^^j •.. Ho refrained specifically- from 4 harter Hearing Friday apologizing for striking Burke. , xhe charter revocation suit wlH Pomeroy made no comment in j,,, heard Friday. Columbian found- adjourning court. Court attaches I p, h„^„ ,^ j^^j, j^ 33, ex- picked up the bleeding Burke and pnnceton student, brought Atty. tarried  him to a  doctor  who sew-   —     -
ed   up   the   gash   beneath   his   eye. Threaten!* Suit
Duke said he would pay Burke's medical expenses Bu4 Burke an¬ nounced   after   he   bai   recovered
Phil W.   Davis  jr. of Tulsa, Okla., here to defend the order.
The husky. 34-year-old Duke le assigned to the pending state suit to revoke the charter of the Ku Klux Klan.
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