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40TH YEAR, NO. 19 — 48 PAGES
WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY, MARCH 10. 194«
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I'RICE TEN CENTS
John   L.   Lewis   to   Renew     Years and }yars Can't Stop Czech Locomotive
Wc Royalty Demand for Health and Welfare Fund
Adds to Friction Of Negotiations Which Open Tuesday; Wage^Hours issue
(UPl   - of   the
Washington, Mar<h fl Tresldent John I.., Lewis United Mine \Vorl<cr» (AKLi will renew hia»dnmand for a $60,000,000 annual royalty on soft coal when bituminous wage negotiations be¬ gin here next Tuesday, it wU learned tonight.
The disclosure came as the UMW and   producers   prepared   for  what appeared  lo be shaping up as thc most protracted and bitter struggle j over coal  mine working conditions ' In many years.
Considerable tension already (fas been
EP
IN ST. LOUIS
His Dying Wish; Plane Will Bring Body Home Wednesday
Dublin. March 9  (UP)—High of¬ ficials     and   humble   people   filed rcatf^ over the riiiing (if the]'hrough tho prcsidrntlal  palace to
National Labor Relations Board granting thc UMW hargainlnE rights for supervisory employees. Both the royalty and supervisory bargaining rights were bitterly ront>!Stpd hy mine operators in the 1945 negotiations. For Health t^ind
T.c>yi3 las' ycir demanded 1.1 rents a ton on all roft conl mined lor a union hea'th ,ind wrlfare fund. Hr fought for thte demand •,or 2R day.s before droppi.it; it. He wiil ask for the same amount this year in resrionsc to resolu¬ tions sent to Lewis by local unions rid district conventions, it was laid.
A    in-rcnt5-a-ton   royally   would
night to pay their respects to ,Tohn Joseph Cardinal (Jlcnnon, the Iristi villager's son who bcramc a prince of th'.' (hurch and whose d.ving wisi- was to hc buried in Mt. Louis "among the people 1 love sn well and where I have spent my life and labors."
A steady procession of officials diplomats, priests, and plain men and women, knelt al thc bier where Cardinal Glennon's body, clad in the scarlet robes of his office, lay in  state.
One by one. In accordance will- Irish custom, they stepped wllhlr the square formed nroiind thc bier by four six-foot candelabra, to the silver   ewer    of    holy    water,   and
virld   JfiO,000.0flO   I'nnually   or   thc i sprinkled a few drops b.nsis    of    prriduc'ioii    during    the   Plane to Bring HIni Home p.ist srveraj years. Th« fund would'     A    C-,'i4    .Skymnster    of    Trans- he   used   for   hosnitnlizalion,   aeci- ; World Airlines will leave Kire with dent nnd  illness rompcnsation and Cardinal   Glcnnon's   body   Wednes- fnr    welfare    purni.ses.     Operators I day   afternoon   to  complete   thc   g3
rejected    thc    demand    bccHuse    it vas   to  hc  administered  solely  by .te   union   with   ro  accounting   lo the producer!!. Wage Roost, Shorter Hours
The demand for what Ivcwis calls "labor's parti.ipation royalty" is reported   to   be   one   of   the   three
year old prelate's homeward jour¬ ney frnm Rome, where hc reeeived his red hnt last week, to St. Ixiuis, where he waa archbishop for 42 vcar^.
He died quietly al S:.")! a, m. (2;,^I a, m, B3ST) today, scarcely two weeks   after   his   elevation   to   the
Britain Lines up (|.S. Firni With America on Bulger Question
In Stand on
Also Has Protested Refusal To Permit Free Elections, Moscow Promise of Posts in Cabinet For IKon-Communists
This 8J-J ear-old locomotive nuffs down the main line at Brno,   Czechoslovakia,  delivering
a trainload of UNRAA hospital supplies. "Old SO.T' was built in 1863 in the days of the Austro-
Hungarian 'Empire  and survived two  world  wars.
London,   .March  9   (UP)—Great  Urilain  aligned  hcr.«elf firmly   behind --American polic.v  in  Hulgaria as a Koreig^i Office spolie.sman denied that either Britain or the United ! State.s liad infringed on the Mo.scow conference as charged : in a Soviet note to Wa.sliington. '
The   spokesman   declared   thc   British   government   had   been   com¬ pletely  infornifU  ou   iioliiical   moves   in   Huljana   and   that   "theic  was; nothing to indicate the American representative had gone beyond  his , proper  position." ]
Thc    Soviet ' note    iharged    that' 1
U. S. Representative .Maynard i'«">'re to broaden the governmen' Barnes had incited thc Bulgarian 'n accordance with the decisions of government opposition leaders to 'he Moscow conference was due ex- disregard terms of the BiilgHrian clusively to the opposition's stiff settlement reached by the Big »nd iinni eeptable demands. Three foreign ministers at .Moscow.' David Jorohaiu, a member of the Britain  Alto Attacked lentral    committee    of    Bulgaria's
Thc spokesman said the British j •''O'^lal Democratic parly, ami Isa,i( and American positions in Bulgaria Francez. Communist councillor of were •'parallel" Hc added that I'le Sofia municipality, said ihc Barnes' British c o u n I e r p a r l,i "PPOfcition's conditions for partici- Richiu-d B. Tollington, has "also Pation In thc government aimed at taken steps to bring nbout polilical "•''ssolut'on of parliament and a agreement within Bulgaria insofar:'"hange of the fatherland Front's as hc waa able." program."
He said political negotiation.,  forj Barnes Outspoken establishment of a Bulgarian gov-      It   is   known   among   diplomatic ernment    acceptable    to    all    Big observers   hero   that   Barnes    has Three     powers     had     "completely  been   vigorously   outspoken   in   hi.s broken down.'" I criticism    of     the     current     Sofia
Thc breakdown came, hc said, regime and to have actively con- after thc Bulgarian government - I suited leaders of both sides in an presumably with full Russian sup-1 effort to broaden it. port -- had refused to discuss thc I Barnes came to London at the opposition parties demands for free ,ime of thc foreign ministers" coun- elections fr«e speech and a guaran-L.jt last fall. He reportedly lold lee    that    two    key    cabinet    posts  u, S. Secretary  of State James  F.
major issues to be presented to the I College of rartlinals.
coal operators. The others arc for a general wage increase coupled with a reduction of thc present 54- hour work wcek and bargaining rights  for .supervisory employees.
The full list of UMW demands, which totaled 18 last year will be adopted at a meeting of the unlon"s 200-man wage policy committee here Monday. Anti-Strike BiU TiUk
Meanwhile, some .senators were reported preparing to carry to the Senate floor a fight for a vigorous anll-atrikc bill, Thcy said that thc Senate labor committee planned only a token anti-strike bill and probably would report only the title of the strong, Houac-approved case measure.
Pro-labor senators were said to ftel that a vigorous measure was unnecessary but admitted that "the    picture    rould   change   com-
Tonight his bodv lay In a semi- raised poaition In the brightly lighted reception hall of Irish President .•'ean 0"Kelly"s official residence where he died. He was dressed in a lardinal's vestments for the apostolic high mass— a pur¬ ple chasuble and white lace stole, and beneath them the brilliant red cassock, red stockings and red buckled shoes. Fmre Is  Serene
On his head, crowning the ser¬ enity and peace death left upon his kindly face, was the white damask mitre, the headdress of a cardinal bishop when celebrating mass. On the mantleplece of the huge fireplace was the red biretta Cardinal Ulcnnon received from the Pope.
His hands folded around a silver crucifix upon his chest, and on the right hand waa the great cardi- nalitial ring set wilh a  topaz and
SEN. SALTONSTALL SAYS SEAWAY WILL
33 Soccer Fans Killed When Stands Collapse
pletely"'  if I.«wls  goes ahead  with  bearing Plus XII's coat of arms.
a nation-wide coal strike on April 2.
Lewis has notified the govern¬ ment that the UMW may strike by April 2 to support its new contract demands.
BY-ELECTIONS TODAY IN ARGENTINE STATES
Buenos Aires, March 9. <UP)/— By-el«-ctioiis thnt may affect the outcomo ot Argcn'.ina's pre-idcn- ll.ll contest v.-ill be held tomorrow In six distrirts of Buenos Aires stale and 10 dist.lct.s of Tui umaii t:iate, owing to Irregularities In the  original   Feb,  24  election.
The 88 electoral votes of Buenoa Aires slate could decide whether Nallonalist-Li.borite Col. Juan D. Peron or Democratic candidate "Or. Jose P. Tabjrini will be the next president. No returns from any district of this vital state have teen  counted  thun far.
Tamborini must win both In Buenos Alrca state and clly to be tlertcd.
When hU clcc'.oial boards—cx- rtpt in Kntrc Rioj state—cloKcd at noon until .Mondwy morning, thc popular vote stood: I'cron ,'i04.31.", lamborini 4i;'o77. Peron hnd def¬ initely won fir, .'lectoral votes in 'he stales where the count was finished and whh leading in others w th    1.^L'   ad<'itional   votes,   for   n
Before leaving the room, each mourner bowed reverently and kissed the ring.
The palace, where the body will lay in state until 6 p, m. tomorrow, ia not easily accessible to tha av¬ erage Dubliner, But among the first mourners tonight were maids from the palace and neighboring mansions, policemen from the palace guard post, nnd chauffeurs from   the   presldent'.s   garage.
At   one   side   of   thc   room  stood
Sister Angela, one of the nuns who
nursed   thc  cardinal   in   his   illness
and   who   has   volunteered   to  kce',)
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827,700 U.S. WORKERS ARE STILL ON STRIKE
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The natlon"s labor troubles were eased Saturday with settlement of the «5-day-old Western Electric strike and announcement of a ten¬ tative wage agreement between the CIO United Autoniohlle Workers and Nnsli-Kelvinator Corp.
In addition, thc threat of an Im¬ mediate strike nitainsl maior rail- ro.ids hud heen removed. However, a transit strike partlallv disrupted transportation at Louisville. Ky.. and across the nation 827.700 workers were Idle In,labor disputes. The Western Electric strike was settled Friday night when the rotenlial Io'kI of 218. Tamborini | Western Electric Employees Asso- bid won 20 cleclo'al votes and had j elation accppted an 18.2 per cent a potential total  ^f 70, general  wage  increase.
New Cameras, PItonographs Will Record A-Bomb Blast at Bikini
Rochester, N, Y, March 9, (UP» -The EHsti.ian Kodik Company ennounced today that it has developed ca:nct:ts without lenses ",o capture an accurate rci'ord of tbe atom bomb te?t at Bikini Atoll, even if the explosion of the bomo ll 1,000 times brighter than the (un.
The company said It had been Working on photographic tech¬ niques to provide coverage of the l.last since Januuiy In co-npera- t'on with the Army and Navy I'li'iity of CaiiicraH
It will send lo the .scene of the   ert 24 high-tpeed motion picture cameras, ahositlng at 3.000 frames per .second; 10 spectroscopic nnd pf'otometric lameras for coverage of radioactivity nnd scores of •ifrlal and goi'cral purpose cameras with special filters and lead case. The shutters of the camern- will l<^ synchronized at 2,") one-thou- aandths of a second.
The lensc-li ss cameras fcrmerly *'cre   standard   a,'rlal   units   used
In  Today'a Issue
Kports      _  R—I
Kdltnrial 1—2
llutdnnr     A—IB
''^rlal     R—8
Radio  A—18
>Iovlr«          n 7
UasslAed   ,.  Ji—II
during the wer to produce accurate pictures of terrain  from low-ilying i'lnnes.    During tho lest tho lenscs rtill   he   rcmo\t<l  :ind  thc  cameras instnllcd   in   four  Army   and  Navy p'nncs  which   will   be   circling  the j'oll at a distance of 10 mile.i and 1  heiftht  of 30 000 feet,    Thc cam¬ eras   will   be   (lirec'ed   at   the   gen¬ eral area of the explosion ii-ul the 1 film moved n. hlj;'i speefl be!:ind a j.<lot   over   which   step   wedges    of I varying dens.ly and  filters will  be 'nttachcd.
Kodak said present plnn.s railed ' for complete photographic covcr- iagp from nil sides of the atoll, both jfrom the air nnd ground. Some of 'the planea carrying the cameras Iwill be rndio-opernted nnd thus jcrewless. Cameras in these planes I will also be radio operated.
Records   of  Blast,  too
New York, Mn,-.-h 9. (UPi-The riuotonc Co. announced today that the Navv planned to use 400 of the company's plionogrnph dl.-ic? to cap¬ ture Ihe sound of the explosion ^t the atom bomb test at Bikini Atoil In   Mav,
Stephen JJcsler, Duotone presi¬ dent, said orders fnr the discs re¬ quested recorda without a center hole, nf exceptional flatness and smoothness, entirely free of any marks and scratches "'so that all vibrations may be  recorded."
Debates Pettinger, Who Says Opposition Is Stage-Coach Type
Washington. March 9 (UP)—Sen. r.«vcrett Saltonstall (R.,Mass.) said tonight     that     tlie     proposed     St. Lawrence Seawa.v would  be  injur¬ ious  to  "the  ports,  the  trade,  the i industry,     and     particularly     the 1 workers " of Ncw England, I    Saltonstall made the statement In I a radio debate with  Rep.  William 'a. Pittengcr   (R.,  Minn.)   Pittcnger I argued    that    thc    projei t    wBuld "open  up   the  heart  of  the   conti¬ nent  to   deep-sea   trade"   and   pro¬ vide a great source ot cheap elec¬ tric power.
Saltonstall contended that the seaway—now lesa than half-com¬ pleted pending further action by Congress to approve it would cut off thc seaborne commerce of New- England ports and have a harmful effect on  New England railroads.
Hc said Massachusetts Is spend¬ ing more than $6,').000.000 lo develop Boston harlior and the Boston airport.
"Whilo   we   are   spending   this."" he   said,   "you   are   asking   us   to apend   more   millions   to   by-pass ourselves."' Uke Stage Coach Opposition
Pittenger tald railroad opposi¬ tion to the project reminded him of the wny stage coach companies rnd private toll roads oppoacd thc flrst  railroads,   •
"The camjaign agninst the St. L?.wrencc " h" added, "is just nbout us  futil.T na 'hat, in the long run.'"
Turning to the phy::icnl iispcci.s of the project Ssltonstall saicl tho .'."awav woulJ be frozen five months of tho year nnd ciuring the clear .sra.son would not be ileen enougli for  most  sea-going vessels.
Pittengcr nid i'.to winter season 's the lowest freight season of the y< ar in anv case. As for the depth of the channel, he said, the M.'iri- tlme Commission hps reported that most ships p' the American mer- ol nnt fleet would be ablo to luc il. S«js  I. S.  "Sucker"'
A Senate foreign relations sub¬ committee earlier in the day heard a charge that completion of the seaway would put the United Statea on   "tho  sucker llat."
Thc charge was made bv Tom J. McGratli. representing the Nn¬ tional St. I^awrence Project Con¬ ference, He told 1 Senate foreign relations subcommittee thr* pro- (Continufd on Page A-10>
FRENCH AND BRITISH WILL VACATE LEBANON
Bolton, Lanca-shlre, England, March 9. (IH')—Thirty-three per¬ sons, one a woman, were trampled to death today when a barrier col¬ lapsed in the main grandstand at an English Cup soccer match here.
It was the worst diaasler in British football history. Thousands of persona tumbled through the stands into a screaming, milling moss. The barrier gave way be¬ neath thc weight of crowds strain¬ ing forward to watch a particu¬ larly exciting moment of play.
Chief Constable W. J. Howard said that four of the scores Injured still were In hospitals. Many others were treated and sent home. Seething Mass, Screaming
"There seemed to be a seething mass of people screaming for what seemed to be 20 minutes," said Clarence Welsby, an ex-soldier among the spectators. "I was pushed forwarci and fell on top of a group of spectators three deep,"
Fire tenders, using police vans, six ambulances and private cars removed dead and scores of Injur¬ ed.
Crowds pushing against the rail¬ ing of the 30-cent section steeply terraced grandstand caused the barrier to collapse. Hundreds fell onto spectators in front and below them, .Some hurtled 20 feet to the playing field. In the melee that followed   acorea   were   trampled.
Like Stacks of Domlnoea
"People near the top railing were thrown down a 25-degrce embank¬ ment onto spectators In front of them," a policeman said. "They piled up on each other like stacks of dominoes,"'
Hundreds of women In the crowd of 65,419 were treated for hysteria.
Casualties   were    taken   to   thc royal    Infirmary,    where   an    tfln- ployce said no figures were avail- (Continucd on  Page A-14)
British Carrier 9th Ship To Suffer Fire Damage
By BRUCE W. MINN
London, March 9. (UP)—Britain's series of baffling ship fires — nine in 10 days — spread to tho aircraft carrier  Victorious   tixiay.
One man was killed and seven Injured seriously when an explo¬ sion followed by fire seared a minesweeper off Dover.
Three unidentified aliens were being hunted by police In connec¬ tion with yesterday's fire aboard tho world's largest ship, the liner Queen Elizabeth, at Southampton. Fires on Carrier Mlechanlcal'
British Adr.iiral'y apokesmen said there were no suspiciou,s circum¬ stances surrounding the fires aboard Ihe 2,'i,0O0-ton Victorious nnd thc 1.000-ton minesweeper Steadfast. Naval engineers .said the boiler-room blaze on thc Vic¬ torious was "purely mechanical."
Thc London Daily News said additional   sabotage   warnings   had
been flashed to the Queen Mary and the Pacific Steam Navigation Company's Orontes before they docked today at Southampton.
Chief Constable T. F, Tarry, at Southampton, said he might ask for army troops to supplement guards In the dock area. He feared a shortage of police protection In view of the several large ships now berthed at Southampton, The Aqui- tania is sceduled to arrive Monday, 'Su-eeper Navlgatea
The cause of the flre and ex¬ plosion aboard thc Steadfast was not known. The little ship steamed into Dover under ils own power and the injured were removed. An Admiralty investigation is under way.
Detailed     dcscription.s     of     the
aliens sought for questioning In the
Queen Elizabeth flre were circulated
among    reinforced     police    patrols
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would not BO to the Communista, Repented Protesia
Diplomatic .sources said Britain had protested repeatedly to Bul- gatya in recent months that the Moscow-sponsored regime had failed to carry out armistice terms.
The spokesman also said that Tollinton had Informed the Sofia government that Britain "associat¬ ed itself with tJie United States memorandum of Feb. 22." In that aide memoire, Washington again asked that the Bulgarian govern¬ ment be broadened lo Include op¬ position parly rcpresentatlvei.
Byrnes that a great majority of the Bulgarian electorate was with¬ out representation in the current government nnd that it owed ils existence solely to the presence of the  large  occupation  force.
The Londot. Daily Mall the News Chronicle gave prominent play lo the Sovivct note tcxiay, but other pupers gave it less space and none carried editorials or special dip¬ lomatic articles on the subject. Aak Big S Consultations
The Times, however, devoted Its lending edlt'.rial to the "deflnite worsening""    of    Anglo • American •
Two   Bulgarian   politicians   now Soviet   relatkns,   calling   for   re m Liondon aaserted that Bulgaria's' (Continued on Page A-14)
Paris, March 9 (UP) El-aeua- llon of more than 17,000 French and British troops from Lebanon will bcnin March 30, the Foreign Oftice revealed in un otflcial an¬ nouncement   today.
The 9,500 British troops presently in I.*banon will bo evacuated to Palestine bv June 30 of this yenr while the last of the 8,000 French troons is expected to leave by April 1, 1947, at tho latest, it was diacloacd.
A Foreign Office spokesman said thc relative slowness of F'rench evacuation waa due entlrclv lo the neceaaity of tranaportini; all troopa and vast stocks of matcrinl back to France by sea. The Britiah have agreed to provide a number of cargo ships to help speed French cvacufitlon, he said.
In addition, he said, large mili¬ tarv Installations must be disman¬ tled and shipped back to France.
Butter Price Rise o/ 6-12 Cents Urged As Spur to Production
By LEE NICHOLS
Washington. March 9. (UP)—Tho House fond investigating commil¬ tce tonight proposed a butter ceil¬ ing price increase of fi to 12 cents a pound us a means of increasing production.
In a report critical of thc OfBce of Price Administration, the com¬ mittee recommended that all price control over dairy products be taken away from OPA and given to  the  Agriculture  Department,
"The oflicials of tho OPA have shown little interest in the prob¬ lems of production, and appear to be guided only by the nnw .<!.»? lercd policy of holding the line," the committee said. Wants   End  of   Subsidies
In addition, thc committee called for gradual reduction of dairy auh- sldies beginning July 1 and thair complete elimination by Jan. 1 1947. Price ceilings, it said, ahould be raised ns subsidies arc removed and taken oft the in'flustry etfarely "not later than the spring of 1947.'"
Thc report, made public after several delays following ft week of hearings, sided with thc Depart¬ ment of Agriculture in its long undercover fight with OPA over raising the price of butter lo the consumer.
Secretary of Agriculture Clinton P, Anderson has for aome time been urging a butter celling price incre.iso of at least six cents a pound.
Representatives of both agencies will meet Monday to review the House committee's report and de¬ cide on recommendations lo eco¬ nomic  stabilizer  (iThester Bowles.
Thc OPA was expected to stress subsidies aa a means of giving butter producers a higher return for a roll-back of skimmed milk prices to balance any increase in butter  ceilings.
But the fcx>d committee, headed by Rep. ,Stephen Pace (D.,Ga.l said "subsidies are not getting produc¬ tion nnd are unncccssarv in view of  increased   conaumer  demand.'"
In    addition    to     higher    butler prices and elimination  of controls by    next    .spring    the    coinmlttee, recommended:
1.—Immediate Increase in manu¬ facturers" prico ceilings of evapor¬ ated milk, {
2.—Authorization for milk deal-1 ers to reduce the bulterfat con-! tent of milk one-half of one jier j cent and ice cream manufacturers; to reduce bulterfat 2'a per cent I without anv reduction lu celling i prices.
3.- Immediate elimination of sub¬ sidies paid lo milk handlers In 13 urban areaa from New York to Omaha with a corresponding in¬ crease of one-half fo one cent a quart in distributors' ceiling prices of milk.
4.—Revision of the parity formula for dairy fai men to include the farmer'a labor costs.
U.S. COMMUNISTS CANNOTSERVEAS ARMY OFFICERS
Barred also from Radar, Atom, Codes, Aviation Training
Washington. March 9. (UP) — American Communists were barred today by the war department from holding commissions or undertak¬ ing any of the Army's "sensitive" respon.sibilitles. Radar and aton*.' energy, especially, will be off bounds.
The now policy was announced last night under pressure of in¬ quiry. The department's re-exam¬ lnation of its policy relating tn disaffected or subversive soldiers apparently coincided with discov¬ ery in Canada of Soviet Union espionage operations. Barred from Code Work
Duties In connection with secret or nonfidcntlal codes also were speclflcnlly barred to soldiers either diaaffectcd  or  subvcraive.
The department deflned subver¬ sive personnel as any engaged In activities ot any sort directed against thn nation's military ae¬ curlty. Disaffected soldiers arc those who lack loyally lo the gov¬ ernment and Constitution of thc United  States.
Thc  department's   announcement did   not   mention   Communlals.    A ! department  spokesman   said,   how- j ever, that membership in thc Com- ¦ munist  party would  be  considered as  a  disqualification   for  the  sen¬ sitive   duties   covered   by   the   ncwi policy.     It    Is    possible,    too,    that] former party membership would be conatriipcl    aa   disqualifying   Army j personnel. Forbidden  Air Training
Thc  ncw  policy  has  been   trans¬ mitted to all interior and overseas commanders, Thcy will  be respon- (Conlinucd  on  Page A-14)
PRAVDA DECLARES Fl
IS'
Discloses Russia At Potsdam Asked Break in Relations
By HE.NRY SHAPIRO
Moacow, March fl. (UP)—The Communist party newspaper Prnvda said today that the three-power declaration on Spain was "in¬ adequate" because it still lett Generali.sslmo Francisco Franco's government in power,
Pravda admitted that the Ameri¬ can-British-French statement was a certain step forward from thc standpoint of condemnation of the Franco regime , . . but quite in¬ adequate since it leaves open the question of liquidation of the fascist regime." Proposed Potsdam Action
ITie newspaper disclosed that Russia, at thc Potsdam conference, advocated a Big Four statement recommending that the United Nations break relations with Franco's Spain and support demo¬ cratic forces inside the country in, setting up a  popular government.
Pravda said the Soviet proposal 1 wns based on three arguments:' (1) Thc Franco regime seized con-' trol aa a result of Axis Interven-1 tion, 12) Despite a reign of terror | thc Spanish people have demon-1 <Continued  on  Page A-14> i
Red Dispute
Relations Badly Strained as Views On Bulgarian Pact Differ so Widely
Washington, March 9, (UP)— State Deparlment officials said to* nighl the United States will stand, firm in its newest diplomatla wrangle witli .Soviet Russia—a sharp difference of opinion over ths government of Bulgaria.
The new dispute found relation! between Ihe two countries strained aa never before since thoy became wnrlimc" allies. Differences over situations arising in Manchuria and Iran were unresolved, and Russlal has exhibited disappointment for this country's position regarding the Franco government ot Spain. Interpretations Conflict
The Bulgarian Incident appeared to stem from widely-varying in- tcrpretationa placed by the twa( coiintriea on the words agreed to by the Big Three foreign minister* in Moscon'.
At that conference Russia, th* Uniied States snd Great Britalnl agreed that the government of Bulgaria, former Axis satellttea would be broadened lo Inelude rep- reaentallvcB of elements opposing thc Fatherland Front which had formed a cabinet aatisfactory to Moscow,
Shortly thereafter, efforts by tha government and opposition leadera to reach agreemenl on the broad- ened government failed. On Feb. 22 the United Stales sent an alda memoire to the Bulgarian govern¬ ment urging inclusion of two op* position leaders on a basis mu« lually acceptable to them and to the Bulgarian government. Moscow Disagrees
The note explained that tha United Stales interpreted the Mos¬ cow agreement to moan that op¬ position elements who went Into the Bulgarian cabinet would do so on a basia aallstaclory to them at well as to the government itself.
This, however, did not colneid* with Russia's Interpretation of tha Moscow  agreement.
Last night the Moscow radia broadcast a note delivered 24 houra earlier lo the United States In which Russia awuied this govarn- ment of violating the Moacow agreement. It said that agreement did not slate that the terms undtr which the opinosition leaden en- lered the Bulgarian government must be acceptable to both aidea —onl.v that they should be suit¬ able and should work loyally with the government. V  S. Prepring Reply
State Dep rlment officials said a reply to "iis document Is now ocing prepared nnd probably will 1-0 handed to R issia some time next wcek. Il is expected to iiffirm the U. S. interrrelalion of tho Moscow agreement and to insist fiat this country was entirely wlth- (Contlnued  on  Page A-14)
FUMES FROIVI HEATER KILL FOUR IN FAMILY     u
Batd^a, N. Y., March 9 (UP>— Fumes escaping from a basement water heater In their home were blamed tonight for the deaths of tour membera  of the same  family.
The victims were identified Rl Jamea Warren, ,10, a recently dis¬ charged serviceman; his wife, Ruth 27; their 15-month-old daughter, Sandra, and the wife's mother, Mrs. Edna McPhail,  48.
Coroner I. A. Cole declared that the quartet had been dead about 10 or 12 hours when the tragedy wns discovered, ahortly before noon today. Hc said that carbon monoxide gaa trom the heater caused   their  deaths.
Two men whn were attempting lo deliver furniture to thc house made the discovery. They opened an unlocked door when no one re¬ sponded to their knocks and saw Mrs. McPhail sprawled on a living room davenport. The pair silM> moncd police, who found the three other victims lying fuUy-clolhed in an upstairs bedroom.
Bluebeard' Says 63 Victims Were Germans, Gestapo Agents, Spies
JERSEY CENTRAL WILL GO ON STRIKE MONDAY
Cleveland. March 9. (UP)-A. F. Whitney, president of thc Brother¬ hood of Railroad Trainmen (Inc.), .said today that iJtOO union mem- bere employed by the Central Rail¬ road of New Jersey will strike Monday.
Whitney said the trainmen h,id voted not to bargain or abide by the emergency board set up by P^esldcnt Trujnan under the Nn¬ tional Railway I^abor Act. He said Ihe national office of the union would back up thc Ncw Jersey trainmen's  decision   to  strike.
However, Whitney said trainmen employed by thc nation's oUier railroads so far had ogrecd to de¬ lay their scheduled Monday ptr''' deadline pending findings of thc emergency   board.
Appointment of the board by 'he President had been expected to delay the railroad trainmen and locomotive "nglnccr strike for 30 to  60  days.
By HKRBEBT ii. KINO
Paris. March 9 'UPi Dr. Marcel Pcliol, sinister "Bluebeard" of oc¬ cupied Paris, will be brought to trial March 18 charged wilh at least 266 murders.
Police said Petiot has admitted complicity in 63. Hc as.serted that ,10 victims were (.icrmana nnd the remainder were Gestapo agents and Nazi spies. Hc said he "'erad¬ icated" them in behalf of a secret 'fly-lox" underground resistance organization which, hc said, he led.
The trial will culminate the most sen.satlonal case in mrKlcrn crim¬ inal history. Among tiie evidence aro partly consumed human re¬ mains discovered in quicklime in thc garden ot tho doctor's villa in the Rue Loaoeiir, Plenty ot Kvldence
Police have 39 suitcases crammed with clothing, believed to have be¬ longed to the victims. They In¬ cluded shady characters such as convicted murderers thieves pros¬ titutes know bv .such picturesque names as "Jo the Boxer," Francois the Corsican." "Adrlen the Basque." "Marceilles Jcweph' and Paulettc the  Chinawoman."
According to the police. Petoit claimed they all were agents of the  German  Gestapo.
On March 11, 1944, Jacques Mar-
cais, a resident of the fashionable Rue Lesucur. telephoned police that clouds of thick hlack smoke of an iinplea.sant odor were belching from the chimney of No. 21.
Police    had    to    break    into   tha housc.     They   found   it   desetred, with a thick layer of dust covering everything.    In  the basement they j found   a   furnace   with   a   pile   of human   remains still  burning,  and I slacked on   the   floor were  two  al. i most complete skeletons as well aa iskulLs.   feci   and   hands. 10 Bodies Identified j    In the doctor's study they fotind a   tiny   window   looking   out   Into llie yard, where there was a larga ! trench   filled   with   quicklime  con- I taining more  human  remains.  Po-! lice  identified  at  leas:   V  bodies- five men and five wonien. ; I    Petoit   had    disappeared.    Threa' I weeks later, at the village of Cour-' son    lea    Carrlcrcs    outside    Paris,! ! police   found   39   suitcases   hidden I in a stable.
I The night of Oct. 31, 1944, « j swarthy figure in the uniform of Ithe FFI, The French underground i army, emerged from a subway j station. Two French army aecuritr! officers came out of the shadow! ' and snapped handcuffs on hia i wrists. Dr. Petoit had been caught. I For 17 months he has IMiui I questioned. i