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WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1946  »
PRICE TWELVE CENTS
LEWIS ENDS MINE STRIKE
' RKMtXI'M OF PHIL.ADCLPIIIA WIND—Btrons (Uits of wind ¦ blew tbe top half of a liO-foot amokaatack from tli* Mt. SInal I Hoapital la PbUadalpbia en to tti* roof* af these two adjoining ' homes, Miuuhlnc th* roof* aad trapping and ln}url«g flve men. ; Tlire* w*r* r*l*a**d after tr*atm*nt far atiock and cutx. Th* oUw^r two aiajr hav* auffarad Internal Injurle* It was rep«rted. Wind   i»kHiH>   raaeh*4   a   rveord   height   for   th*   Quaker   nty.
Embargo, Brownout Ended
Miners Will Work Until March 31; Gives Court Time To Study Case
120 Die at Aflanta in Worst U.S. Hotel Fire
Byrnes Asks Big 4 Powers To Cut Occupation Armies
B«M U. S. Mot* to SUrt E«rep« Toward Normal SarfNiaM CoMcaffvaa; SagffasU 620,000 Man, Farthar Cats
New York. Da*. T (UP)—Th* Ualtcd Mat** today aaked the Big Four powers to reduoa their oiwipatioa Iroepi In Kurope to a total of 6W,000 man by April 1, 1947, and te mak* a further reduction of 36 te W1/3 per eent by April 1, KM,
Secretary of State Jam** F, Byrnes lubmitted the American propo«ai - a bold move to itart all of occupied Kurope back toward normal—at a meeting of tho Big Four foreign ministers at which preliminary talk* were started on a future German peace treaty.
The    American    troop    propo.^al. ——^^¦^^——"^——————
which aaitimex tiiat it will be "<>' pr*P*red to comment on it at poaaible to withdraw American and:°»«   •le^t that RuHian  Foreign
Britiili   troopji  from  Italy  by next April 1,  aiki that a« of that dat* allied oecupation troop* shall num¬ ber: In Germany - - MO.OOn men corn-
Minister V. M. Molotov said il would be difficult to talk about It here beeause of lack of tim* and that h* would have lo eall on hia AiMtriasi  aapart*  before  he  talked
prieing:     Russia    MOOOO,     tJnIted I *>*»"    wlthdrawhig    troop*    from fkat*e   and   Great    BrIUin   140.000('"" otmntwy.
each, France 70,000. Worked out in  the moet  oareful
In   Austria   --   40,000  men   com-'<l«l*",  the  plan  aubmitted  a  pro-
priaing 10,000 for each of the BigiK™"" '<"" preliminary work on the
Four. German peace treaty Including the
In   Poland     -  20.000,  all  Russian.
In Hungary and Romania — S.OOO earh,   all   Russian.
This would reduce Ru».sian occu¬ pation   troop.i   to  K   totsl   of   240000
question of a provisional (;*rman government, discussion of a treaty with Austria and the drastic re¬ duction of occupation forces.
ByrneHS   plan   was   under   three
men in fJerniany. Poland. Romania headinKS • the German treaty, and HiinRRry against 380,000 west- the Austrian treaty and limitation ern   allied   troops  In   Germany  and   of   occupational    troops.     Ha    pro-
Wanhington, Dec. 7 (UP) John L. l.«wiN surrendered dranatically today by calling off his crippling 17-day soft coal strike and sending hii* l'nited Mine Workers baek to the pits on the government's terms.
I>cwis announced at a sud¬ denly-summoned news confer¬ ence that the 400,000 soft coal miners will return to work Monday under terms of the Krug-Lewis agreement nego¬ tiated last May—the contract
he terminated Nov. 31—and will remain at work at least until March 11,
It has been th* gov*riiment°s position throughout that there could b« no dealing with Lewis until the miners honored that con¬ tract.
Ij*w1s' surrender came while the Supreme Court deliberated a gov- erivment request for a swift and flnal decision on the conviction of I.ewis and the UMW for contempt of federal court in falling to call off the strike. The district eourt fined l/ewls tlO.OOO and th* union SS.KOO.OOO.
The UMW ehief said he was sus¬ pending the strike so the Supreme Court could consider the contempt rase   "free    from   public   pressure | superlndiifsd   by the  hysteria  and| frensy of an economic crisis." and l also  because  "publie   nece.%«lty  re-| quires''   that   eoal  be   prjdueed   In the interim. ¦allread Uae Freed
The Office ef Defense Transpor¬ tation quickly lifted all railroid passenger limitations and ttie rail¬ road freight embargo wM*h had caused sever* restrictions In the automobile and other induatries, effective iiamediately. The poet- office followed by cancelling re¬ strictions on parcel post paekagss.
The 21-state brownout was ean¬ celled. Coal operators estimated that the minea would be In full production by Tuesday and steel mills were expected to resume full operation a few days thereafter.
I^wls said the UMW "will be willing lo negotiate a new wage agreement for the bHuminous in- dustrj'" with anyone who demon¬ strates authority to do so—a gov¬ ernment agency or th* private operators.
President Truman cancelled a nationwide radio address he waa preparing for tomorrow night. The< President had Intended to appeal over Lewis' head to the miner* to go back to work and save the na¬ tion  from economic cqjlapsc.
It was th* third time a erippiing strike   has   been   called   off   as   a (Continued   on   Page A-20)
of Horror at   , Catastroptte Scene
Atlanta,   Oa.,   Dec.  7.—(UPi —Fire  swept   the   upper  floors  of  the "flreprooT' Winecoff Hotel early today and killed 120 persons. Of the 100 injured,  many were  expected  to die. It waa the worst hotel flre in the history of the nation. In a matter of minutes, flames were roaring  through  the concrete.
A Mother and Her Three CItildren Were Like Blackened Statuary
Atlanta, Ga., Dec, 7 IL'PI—On the llth floor of the Winecoff Hotel, a woman knelt in a bath¬ room RatherinK her three  children
lobby and the mexzanine didn't give much hint of the horror that stretched above it. Tablea and chairs on the canopied terrace had
into her sheltering arms. The  fire] been snia-shed  by  bodies  plummet crystallized  them  that way, like a I ing through the canvas  But I could brick  and  steel  structure  of  1ft  stories   from  the  fifth   to   the   tenth , piece of blackened statuary. Ihave sat  down  to dinner  In  corn¬
floors.    A witness said he was "certain" some type of gas had exploded      That whs only the .¦starkest of a I fort in the main dining room, where
to start them.
The causes of the disaster were | the   objective   of   a   sweeping
I hundred tragedies I saw on a hor I rifyinK a.scent from the  bottom of
the silver  sparkled  and  the  table-
The front ef th* Winaeoir hat been the death trap for Mhiqr. But a lot of tham Jumped te a quick ending. In thoae small back rooms in the upper stories men, women and children died ia eheh* ing and searing agony. Four Bobby Soxers
Fotn- girls of bobby-sox ac* Uv
_          __   ,.jty,doors    to   the   enclosed   aluirways-the   bla<k.   smoking   ruins   of   the
fhvestigation   even    as   po)Vce   and Heading from  the  top of the  build-   Winecoff  Hotccl.
volunteer     workera    still     carried jiiK 'o  the  bottom  and  to  prevent      Each   room,  each   corridor  each
those stairways from acting a.s flight of »talr.s had its own ffagedy. flues. Why? . , . This i.s Atlanta's . And on each flight 1 pa.ssed a grim third major fire in a decade ... brigade of firemen and Red Cross after   each   there   was   a   flurrj-   of  wfjrkers    bringing   down    "another
public demand for better regulation   dead weight." That w«.<i the phrase, ,.„„.,.,„.   !,„.,„   „„.   .h-  ,.,^„
of  fire hazards        and  then  a  re-: they   used   to  denote  their   burden ""^./"P""   """t  "h.ft     ..^-ne
was beyond help. ;dow«,     futile,     makeshift     escape
cloths   gleamed.   The   bar   and   its; sprawled In one room.   They ware
bodies  from the  blackened  rooms.
Terror-tsrickcn guests leaped or fell from windows or were suffo¬ cated or burned to death in their rooms.
All employeea of ths hotel were called for exhauative questioning by fire offlcials.
City Flre Marshall Harry Phillips said the Winecoff had been in¬ spected during the past week and had met fire department regula¬ tions. Atlanta hotels are Inspected once a month. He said he did not consider   any   building   "fireproof."
bottle    slock    were    only    slightly
damaged.
Needed Blowtorch
p-roni there on up I walked in the wake of a blowtorch. Not a door or window frame stood. From every   room   wet   sheets,   blankets
only fire resistant.    The hotel^ had j* *'''*' no fire escapes, aty Arouacd
General indignation was exempli¬ fied by a front-page editorial in the Atllanta Journal entitled: "No flre escape*; why?"
"If the Winecoff Hotel  fir* does
newal   of  apathy."
The     disaster     came    only    aix months   after   the   La  Salle   hotel
fire In Chicago last June in which -     -.
61 died . I b*''"   ''"   windows.    Water   ran   a
The Winecoff, loi ated on famou.--! f""'   '^^^P   '"   "•«   '"bby.   coursing Peachtree atreet in the he, city, was filled to capacit guests  who had  come  lo  to\vn   loi i letide week-end. for Christ
dows,     futile,     makeshift
From "tiTe'ou'tside, th* hulk of i """P" f^"""" "»"'¦•**•" »'"°"''*'"' the Winecoff stared down from thel*** ^ut some curtains still fluttered hundred    black   gouges   that   had l""»<'<'fi'hed    through    th*    gaping
windows.
Every wall was burned off to the
not burned and the horror still distorted their faces. Blood from nose and mouth showed tbey had died of asphyxiation.
Personal things told th* trafadx of *ach room. A pair of nylena hung over a dresser. A boxful tt children's Christmas playthings scattered over a charred floor, A picked turkey, ready fer eeeMng^ wasn't even singed.
Burst radio sets, whiskey bottlas by   th*   scores,   fragments  ef  the
letters  and  cards  that people had eart"JlT'the i''«'•**''"  "'*" firehoses and  through! "I«^ base. Every mirror had shatter (written   for   mailing   in   the   mom>
v with 2801 '    »'"mbled   the    bearers   of   the led under the heat. Water ran ankle | ing:   "Having swell time hera ."
'dead.   The   water   swirled   past   a'deep through every corridor. Eleva   Each article or remnant magnlflad
¦Wletii ihvpin
fnaa sh^iping and for conventions 49 Youngsters There
Forty-nine youngsters, delegates to thc Georgia State Youth Con¬ ference, were registered. Their closing meeting had been planned for this morning and most of them
bulletin hoard advertising "Theltors had buckled and stuck in their I,Song   of   the   South"   and   "Three I shafts.   Somebody   remarked   with
Little Girls in Blue" al nearby'grim humor that the "13th floor 'theatres. | isn I   damaged."   Like   most   hotels.
I climbed upstream through the'the Winecoff had no 13th floor, for ! cataract    coming    down    into    the I superstitious reasons.
the disaster so much more.
And that mother ana her thrae
small   children   clutching   at   bar
nightrobe  as she  kn*lt in a flnal
protective gesture—maybe they had
ibeon  threa little  girla In bhM.
not    arouse   Atlanta's    civic    con-! had relired early. i
science, that conscience will never      The   final   meeting  was  held   on' be   aroused,"   It   said.   ,   .   .   There schedule,   but   it   was   a   memorial i wer* no fir* escapes In the bull#- ser\'ice for the one youth known toi ing.   Tha elevator shafts were well I be   dead    and    ihr-   2^    listed    as enclosed   but   there   were   no   fire (Continued on  Page  A-14)
Nation's Industries Ready for Comebatk
NEW YORK OFFERS Franto and Disarmament
TWO MORE SITES
Bog Busy Session of UN
Aii.^tria
Cnlleagues  Surprlited
Byrnes' prnpnsal tame so sudden¬ ly the others of the Big Four were
He Lived Through Mine Shaft Fall
Mexborough, England, Dec. 7, 'UPl -Charles Cirler, 18, fell down a l,,^00-foot mine shaft today    aud   only   broke   his   leg.
A shaft cage was descending at «0 miles an hour. Carter fell »n rapidly from the top of th* shaft that he overtook the cage when It was about halfway down.
"The speed of the boy's fall '•¦as about the same as* that of the cage during the last 7,'iO feet. It acted like a cushion," official   said.
an
posed:
On Germany —. The Big Pour shall name deputies now to start work on German problems. The deputies shall hear*the views of Belgium. Holland. Luxembourg, Denmark, Cxechoalovakia, Poland, Yugoslavia and other Interested United Nations. Allied control authorities in Germany shall work out suggestions for a provisional German government and central¬ ization of Germany under Allied control.
Would Disriis* Boundaries
As part of the German problem the Big Four at their next meet¬ ing would discu.sa the future boun¬ daries of Oermany, including the Saar coal region which France .'eeks; the continued demilitariza¬ tion of (Jermany under the Amerl- ifontiniierl  on   Page  A-14)
TRUMAN SILENT AS LEWIS MEETS HIS TERMS
PIMaburgh, Dec. 7. (UP) — The 20.000 workers would be furloughed nation's industries geaaed tonight ithis weekend in the Pittsburgh- for  a   production   snapback. Youngstown   area.     Company   offl-
Wlth the soft coal miners due cials pu-shed a survey of conditions back In th* rits iMonday and rail jto determine what schedule changes embargos lifted, near-normal oper-1cap be made.
ations    Were    predicted    for    most I Avoid  Drastic (Hits ,
strike-curtailed plants within a few   , Republic   Steel   reported   It   had days. planned dr«.stic cuts for next week.
Employment, which had dropped but in view of the end of the coal by more than 888.000 as a result Walkout, would continue its present of tjie Unitfcd Mine Workers walk-irate
I U.V Assemhlv Hall. Flushing. ..V. Y. Dec. 7. I UP) -The United Nationa General Assembly met in .plenary sMsioii here tonight as I delegates went on a virtual round- the-clock schedule to wind up their {business within a week and get Ihome   by   Christmas.
'Super-City Devclopment;Lo^'„Te?,^ of th'e"Tomicr 'at
¦security committee labored over ; resolutions on Spain and dis¬ armament — both«wlth little suc¬ cess. Spaniah  Question  Bog*
The    subcommiUce    working    on
Governor's Island, 'Super-City' Develoj Philadelphia Is Rival
separate commissions and not by the Security Council. The commit¬ tee adjourned until Monday with out a decision.
Top matters of business were tha adoption of a resolution calling for a census of the armed forces ef ilU members and another asking tha governments of South Africa and India to get together to better tha conditions of Indians living la South Africa. Troop Census  Ftght
The resolutions already had been approved by committees made uy of   delegates   from   all   M  membar
ou(#ls   expected   to   climb  quickly.!     Jones * f.Aiighlin KteaJ. bi^ Pitts- A     Pittsburgh      eoal      compiuiy  burgh    independent,    had    dropped
Lake .Success. N. Y., Dec. 7 (UP)
New   York   City   made   a  strong laiit-minuie  hid   today  to  land  the United    .Nations    permanenl    head- nuartcr.s      wlien      Mayor      William Spanish O'Dwyci-   offered    the    U.V   Vvcra: i vilien    it new site.'!  including a 30-acre Man-  issue   —
haitaii   tract   destined   for   a   hugei'ions   should   break   relations  withjtem  to  gaiirantee the accuracy ef
~ .     —, ,     j^^   figures  supplied   to  UN,    Th»
nations, hut Britain was ready to question bogged down j start a new fight on the troop hit the main point atirensus proposal by pushing an whether   the   United   Na-iamendment for an  inspection sya-
citv-within-a-citv. lthe Franco gos-ernmcnt.   The  sub
-The Mavor was said  to feel that I''""""''l''''   ''"'   '';'="'•   ^   *'¦''   f.'j'
spokesman   p»dlcted   mo.-t   of   thejonly   1,200  of   ils   20.000   employ'ee. ¦ the    L'nited    Slates    should    rnake'f^""";"    '*«''*'     '""^ ."TTv    i.n
400.000  .striking miners will  return L„rt wa.s  reported  in  "good  shape." historic  Governor's   Island   in   NeW;i" »n.\   »Kcn^y ^'¦I^?,'"..^i' i**"
... .      ^ ,.-,.  >..,— I    _.     _ . York  Harbor,  at   the  tip   of   Man- """> Sonnally, D.   Tex    U. H. dele-
immediately.    Time worked  before Dec. 15 will be Included In C^hriat-' mas pay checks. lUll* Soon Normal An Offlc* of Defense Transports
The Tri-Stat* Industrial Associa¬ tion, which represents steel fabri¬ cators employing 200.000 in Penn¬ sylvania, Ohio and West Virginia had  planned  hig  cutbacks  because
hattan. available to the UN. In a'«"'•¦ »»1<1 "'^ """^'' *"»'" *°"''' conference todav with Warren'"«' «<> "'^"K "" »"y »chcme to Austin, chief American delegate! "reak relations, but It was later to  the U.V.  O'Dwyer was  reported I'"P'"^'"*''   l"»'   did   not   mean   the
"    "     '"   --'   break   relations
tion spokesman said rail passenger I of the rail embargo. But a spokes-Ilo have urged that Governor's:"- ». wouin not nreai traffic should be normal by Mon-iman said the members now werejisland. a ITS-acre Army base, be.T u.-s ^"2.,.„..„.„f .i, day   and   freight   hauling    'prettyiready  for normal  operations Mon- "ffcrd   on  a  basis  similar  to  thel     '"' ^°'~„ TT,  .i,."^
U.S   is opposed to that.
With the current session mora than six weeks old, delegates wer* working night and day to complet* their schedule ef busineai. Thay originally were due to wind up hjr Friday the ISth.
day _
naar  normal."    That   means   work j day
for most of 150.0(K) furloughed rail Saves Kugar BeeU
workers.
bcommittee American offer of San Francisco's ''*"te'' "ver the third paragraph Presidio   army   reservation.
I of a U.S.  resolution without decid- !ing  on  a   final   wording.   The   U.S.
  j     Utah   Fuels   Admini.strator   Bur-      The U.V General Assembly, meet-j^^^ g^„„i„ ,^,p^ ,^„i„ („ pi„ ^^^n
Sleel producers faced a more dif-1 nev   Farnswortli   .said   end   of   the ing al Flushing tonight, put on itsl py^^j^   „„   saying   the   veto   could flcult problem because hundreds of strike would save most of tlr. west-1 agcnri.i   for  discussion   tomorrow   « ¦ ^^t   be   applied   to   control   of   dls-
Uki-ainian  resolution that  the n*"'i armament
assembly session be held in Kurope I     Soviet   Deputv   Foreign   Minister
William     Zcckendorr.     executive Un^rel   A.   Vishinsky   argued   that
vice-president of Webb and Knapp,  the  veto   could   not   he   applied   he-
Washington, Dec. 7 (UPi—Presi¬ dent Truman read the While House news ticker with more than ordinary Interest this afternoon. It told him that John L. Lewis Rad called off the soft coal strike—on the  President's  terms.
The first flash wa* rushed to the President in the White Houae proper. Then he read the tent of Lewi.s' letter to the miners as car¬ ried on the ticker.
Up until the last minute, the President was prepared to go ahead with his speech on the coal crisis originally scheduled for 9:30 p.m. tomorrow night. It waa to have been a "tough"' speech with no note oU pleading to the miners.
Shortly after 3 p. m., the decision to cancel the Sunday night speech was  made  and  announced.        •
Pearl Harbor Remembers
Honolulu. Dec. 7 (UP-Pearl Harbor remembered today.
The American Flag that was tat¬ tered by .lapanese bombs was raised at nearhy Hickam Field at 7:M a.m.- the moment, five years ago, when .Tapanese Zeros made their "sneak" attack on this naval hase.
Military personnel, onlv one-fifth
In Today'a Igaue
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of ils war-time peak, walked In the sunshine along the harbor and saw the battered hulks of the battlcshliis Oklahoma and Arizona, grim reminders that the United •States was not always prepared. Memorial Services
A crowd of 25.000 filled Honolulu Sladium for war memorial services, followed by the Shrine benefit Aloha Bowl football game between lhe Univeriities of Hawaii and Nevada,
At the Hickam Kield leremony, Ll. Gen. John E. Hull, command¬ ing general of U.S. forces in the mid-Pacific, said Dec. 7, 194B, should   be   remembered   "a*  a   day
iof   warning   as   well   aa   a   day   of
I pride."
"It's my fervent hope tiiat the [initial cosOy'losses will serv* al- jways as a reminder to our people that they muat remain physically and mentally alert." he said, "that the vast cflstances that once were a complete protection to our nation are no longer a complete barrier to attack."
It was just five years ago that Lt. Charles E. Dunn, olticer of the, day, reported:
m., supervised raising of
"5:40 a the flag.
I    "fi:0O a.  m.,  checked   floodlights.
i "Following items are reported: Japanese pursuit and bombardment avaiation attacked his field at ap¬ proximately 7:R,'5 a. m
I   Pearl Harbor remembered.
blast and open hearth furnaces hiid ern sugar heet crop which wa.« been cooled and coal reserves de-1 faced with ruin because of lack of pleted by maintenHncc require- i coal for proces-sing. menta. But many operators had i Lay of fs probabl.v will be Averted maintained high levels of opera-'for about 500.000 automobile work- tion In a "gamble" that the .stride,ers. Only 22.000 had been Idled up would end. ito today,  ("ancellalion  of   ciilhnckf
On the other hand, Carnegie-'also were expected in the electrical, nilnol.s Steel Corp., largest auhsid- textile, tobacco and aviation in- Inry  of  U.S.  Steel, had   announced  du.«tries.
Civil War Under Way, Reports From Iran Say
(Continued  on  Page A-14)
COURT MAY DECIDE
TO HEAR LEWIS APPEAL
8 JUMP TO SAFETY FROM BURNING HOTEL
Easton. Pa , Dec. 7. (UP)—Eight persons, including three children, leaped to safety from second-fleer windows today when (Ire destroy¬ ed the Jacksonville Hotel, eight miles from here. The eight, entar occupants of the two-story -hetal, were uninjured.   They leaped aftar
Tehran, Iran, D*c. 7 (UP)—Re-ifrom Russia, that the vital high- newed skirmishes were reported (way junction of Ardebil In Azer- along a 200-niil* central govern-j baijaii had fallen and that the ment front facing Azerbaijan to-1 Iranian elections would be fur- night and it was believed thatither delayed flooded Tehan tonight Appeals orders for troops to march into thej but none could be confirmed, semi-autonomous northern province' A traveller from Azerbaijan said may already have been issued by ithe Azerbaijan provincial govern- Shah   Mohammed   Reza   I'ahlcvi.     I ment had received several bomber.-!
War Mini.'iter Ahmad Ahmadi,f''on' R"-""* "¦"'^ "°"' coniniaiidud conferred st length with the Shall, l"" »'¦• '<"¦'« »'JS" P'«"". manned reportedly on marching orders for '" ">¦"<> «^»*" ^y pilots trained in government troops which were said S"."^'
Washington. Dec. 7.    (UP)—Thel 	
Supreme   Court   may   decide   Mon-;
day whether it will agree to  hear  By l-'REDERICK C, OTH.MAN        I press    will    please    refrain lhe   appeal   of .John   L.   Lewis   and I     Washington, Dec. 7.   I UP.-Every  breaking    any   doors.    W*    eannet the    iMited    Mine    ^\''rK"«    from „^,«j,„'      ,,^j^.^„j.,j,„^,i  provide   the   facilities   for   yeu   «•
their     '""vUtions     ""    .^^^"^P^^P^ \ chi^ndcUer in John L Lewis' offlce,   •''pop  each other.' chaiKcs „.  Federal District (x>urt, j^.^^    biasing.    The    Unite<i    Mine!      Y«»'    Le*'** «•'<«.
Workera   were   not   trying   to   save, .    ,      „
on   coal   and   that   was   the   tip-off  ' Rive  permission.
Nearly 100 reporters w»re leelM in.    Lewia   read   his  letter,   eallli
Chief   Justice
Fred    M.    Vinson | met  twice   today  with   government j and   United   Mine   Workers   attor-: ,    .
Ti,«   ..........v,..,t    1.   .-,,!„„ 0"   what   was   coming.
nevs.      I tie   government   is   trying
to" by-pass   the   Circuit   Court   ofl     Men   stood   in   the   marble   halls
TU i** «e R sny^ilhat the dnors are not opened antB
illnf
off   the   strike     Fifteen   briniaai lamps on th* celling mad* th* nt
I.iewis   concluded: "Sincerely.     signed     by
to need  only  the  signature of  the Shah to become effective. Some re¬ ports   said   the   Shah   had   signed the orders. Reports Conflict A general staff communique, how-
Trlbesnien  Active
No details were available on the reported fall of Ardebil in western Azerbaijan where 10,000 fierce Shah-Savan tribesmen, bitterly op posed to the Azerbaijan regim have been reported fighting againsl
of   the    UMW    headquarters   with
Vinson s    second    meeting    withjthelr  hats on  and directed   ¦''P"'''-l,nd   black   squares   glisten
Jo.seph    Padwav.    general    counsel f*   down   to   the   basemen   board i ,....:.    ,..'....
of   American   Federation   of Labor, I fO'"-    Cartoons  showing Lewis  in
and Wellv Hopkin.-i, ITMW counsel,  a    complimentary   light    lined    the,
was   held    after    l.ewis   called   off I wall'-     His   lawyers   arrived    flrst |»,'^»"j;|__
the   17-day   coal   strike.
Several     ."ourccs    reported government attorneys at the morn-^ was   going   to   happen, ing   meeting   with   Vinson   pressed       Promptly at 2 p. m., Lewis walk- for nn enrlv hearing date.   Padwayied, with a half-smoked cigar rlamp-
jhul    in    reply    to    que.slion.i    thcyj*"'"*   Signals   Ml«ed ti,Ht insisted   they   did   nol   know  what!    "'»    »8slstanU    passed
sought  a delay until  February.
ed   between   his   teeth.    The   movie
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copies of the letter to repartaM. The cameramen began te werk again. Reporters with the hettaal story of the winter In their haii4a
e Valley Scene
cameras .licked   The photo flashes   milled   at   the   doors
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ever, said that for the moment " '  the   Azerbaijan   garrison. i
was quiet on the Azerbaijan front J    (jjf,^^  rumors  said  Dr.   Moussavi I Other reports from the north saifl z^jei,   niini.ster of justice and vice
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there was fighting at two points on the line.
One report said central govern¬ ment forces had cleared Azcsbai- jan troops from the frontier town of Razhin in Khamseh province and tnat a hig demolition mine had been removed from a strategic bridge just outside the town.
Rumors that   Azerbaijan had   re
ceived   a   small   fleet   of   bombers;Dee. 11.
chairman of the gevernment's Dem¬ ocratic   party,  had   said   that  elec-] lion councils slill need time to com¬ plete their routine work, perhaps as much «.'  15 days.
Gleetinns    originally    were    sche¬ duled   to   start   toftay   but   Premier Ahmad Ghavam es-Sultaneh recent-; ly announced that the start of bal¬ loting   would   be   postponed   until
f!(iil f/(tillriiian dinitui Hnr- yrKlrr Cigar I nick, holdiiiij up Imth litirn nf jnmmfH trnfiir on South H'os/iiiiofoii flrft tn let iiintnriftt utiirk in Jffryunn Lann hnrl: out.
All I'oiiKW nl W'Ukru-Bnrrf Union* bnnkcthnU oprner irem- inp rnKm inr^fVlrH hu thr trnm to rneh  on tntcring  109th  hnll.
Sit   down."  Adams  erled.
"Open th* doors," L*wl* i manded.
The doors swung wld*. but aome* body got his signals crossed, lliraa men In the corridor wer* caught in the rush    Valiantly they fought
I came so fast Ihey looked liked fire¬ works.     Unbiinkingly,     l.,ewis    sat quietly for three minutes whii* his picture  was taken. Cilves  the Rules
Then  he announced  the  rules ef the    press   conference.     He   would |'
read his letter to the mine workers, jto hold  back  the  reporter*. He would answer no questions. He,   ' L,»t 'cm out," Lewis yelled. 'Tret would   read   the   letler   himself,   he '»m   out   now."
said, to prove that it was his letter;    The   outer   guard   collapsed,   tk* and  his  alone. reporters   raced   to  the  phones   up«
It is a poor thing." he quoted {stairs and Lewis subsided at hia from an unidentified poet, "but 'tis!desk for a session of posing ¦etO* wholly  mine" more   for  the  cameramen
"Hey.' said K C, Adams, editor "Just wait until I get my eiga* of the Mine Workers' .foiirnal "I lit ' he said Then the cameraoMS just want to say the gents of the'went  to work again.
cause control would be handled by lthe stairway was blocked by flamah
Lewis' Cigar Stayed Half Smoked Until AHer He Gave fhe Hews
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