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WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY, JANUARY  5, 1947
PRICE TWELVE CENTS
^^^^Filibuster for Bilbo Ends; i ne ^^pQ^fpQfiQ Fight on Ouster
rSNOCKNT   BVNTANOEK ^Wounded   Victorlano   Diaz   slumps
over a seat in foreground aa other street r.ir pusscnicers stare at
a bullet hole In  the roof of the v<Mrlc.  In  I^s Angeles.    Police
/ believe a New 'i'mr s reveler flrrd the shot  from a  nearby  roof.
2 FBI Arresfs May Give Georgia Massacre "Clue
Atliens, Ga., Jan. 4. ~(UP>--Two brothers ivefe arrested by FBI sjtenls loday and arraigned before a, V. S. commissioner on a chnrpe ftf beating a Ne^ro who ap|)«wed brfore a jfrand jury investigating the  lynching  of  four  Negroes  near  Monroe,  tJa,  last summer.      ^
The Negro. t;olden L.:iinar .Howard, 19, told his siory to AtianW FBI Chief Kdward p'oltz. The agents went to the villafe of Gratis, Ca. (pop. 107). and arrcatfd Januj, Bradley Verner, 38;««IU>d his (brother, 'I'om, aS.
Howard  alleged  that Uie Verner
brotliers   approached   hira   at   the
iJan. 2  under  altsplue* of a Negro
ionroe.   Ga.,  Ica t^nnpanv,  wl.ere i "'"""P ^"'"^ "i! ^' '^^ ff"' "^*»- ¦)» worked, on New Years Day.       P-^P" Publisher. Bi.d t«W his story
^BMil> Beaten
They   aaked   him   what   he   had told   the   jury   he   said   and   when
to Foltz of the FBI.
He  sa3d  the  'Vcrners  had  previ- ou.sIy threatened him and  for sev-
he told them hc had given nn ,.f,i| days he htayeU away from his information about the lynching be-1 job. He returned .Monday, Dec. 30, I ause he knew none one of thejanj two days later the brolher.s brothers cur.sed and added "Vou'r* ^.^,„^, back lo the ice plant, he a liar." he .said. Then, he con-igjjid tinued. one of the men began  hit-\^.^^ „,„,  „„,  p^j^.
\\'i!l Perry, manager of the ice j plant, waa allegedly a witne.'^s to {the   beating   that   started   in   the
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ting him in the face and later he was taken to a shed (utaldt tne ice  plant  and  Iwaten  mnre.
The   brothers   wr.e   brought     to,^^,;^^      „g   ^„   ^^^^  ^g  ^^^^ Athens   ny   the  1<BI   m. n  and  ar-jj,,^  Verncr  boy:*:   ':i>ont  beat  him raigned before i;   .S. i'omn(ils».oner        ,    »^^        ^.^^
.1. T, Middlebrooks. They were represented by eoun.-.ei and waived hearing. Their cases were set for trial In the next ses.<iion of federril court. They were relea-ved on |10.- 000 hond  each.
The     heating     Charg's     opened saiain the sensations! Monroe coun-
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Perry would not talk to reporters saying pe had madp a statement to FBI men who grilled him yester¬ day,  "and  thafs all I'm saying."
Howard said he wa.s dragged from the ice plnnt office to a cow .stall   in   the   i :ind   the   beating
wa.s resumed    ""   holh men strik-
IV lynching case tiJat had momen ,. tar.lv .-ubsided after a federal I'^K him in the . . o w,th their fists. grand jury said it could not name The FBI said .lames Verner ad- the  mobsters  and   failed  io  return milled beating Howard but claimed
Indictments.    The  jury waa  called into  session  afe-  a  score  of  FBI agents    roamed    the    county    for months  in  search of evidence. Four   .>lurdered
Two Negro nun and their wive> *ere victims of tne lynching by « white mob thai accosted them on • lonclj rFver bridge last .summer. They were taken from the ca' «f a white farmer who had juat balled one of the men "ut of jail. Tied to trees tn a wood Jind ilear ing.  they  wera  ahot  to  death.
The brothers were ^pecitlcally charged! with "unlawfu y, wilfully and knowingly const ring anu Mree ing with each oth< - and wit' viris'is olher i unknowt i persons" t« injure Howard bejfiiuse of his appearance before the Krand jury Howard   was   tjiken   lo   Atlanta
it was to settle an old personal grudge and had nothing to do with Howard's appearance before the jury.
HOPE TO AVERT
NEW YORK TUG STRIKE
Are Rushed
Sweeping Revision Of Labor Legislation Called for as'GOP Congress Starts Work
Wa.shingU)ii, .lan. 4. (UP)—The Republican »l>th Congress tonight rushed legiilation to curb strikes and.control  labor unions.
While fhe House counted ],t labor bills put in the hopper on the fir.sl day of the new .session. Senate Republicans approved a re¬ vised version of the Ceise anti-strike bill which Preaident Truman vetoed la-st year on the grounds that it wa« too drastic.
As bolh houses placed strike- control legislation near the top of lheir legi.slative agendas, tliere were these developments:
].—Sen. loseph H. Ball, R., Minn., announced he would introduce a bin to outlaw the closed shop. He seeks, hc said, a better balance be¬ tween legal rights and responsibili¬ ties,
2.--.Sen. Scott W. Lucas, D., HI., proposed a awetping revision of labor legi.slalio.. with a view pri¬ marily of finding means of abolish¬ ing the power of union leaders like John L. L«wis "to shut down the American economy at will." Green   Asks  Co-operation
.T- AFL, President Wiiliam Green called for labor-industry co-opera¬ tion to strengthen collective bar¬ gaining and block legislative "compulsion for any one group" which would "inevitably lead lo compulsion   for .all." ¦
4. -Sen. Robert F. Wagner, D., N. Y., author of the labor relations act, proposed a new federal media¬ tion board ;o stave off "drastic amti-labor legislalion" which he said would usher in a "reactionary era,"
5. -The Labor Department sought to strengthen ils strike-prevention machinery by appointing three former war labor board chairmen lo its "blue ribbon panel" of con¬ ciliators.
6.- Republican   Senators   ordered a   study   of     portal-lo-porlal     pay suits  which  one  House  bill  would outlaw. Morse Uppowd
Sen. Wayne Ij. Morse, H, Ore, I opposed the Taft-Smilh-Ball ver¬ sion of the Case Bill at the con¬ ference. He said he would intro¬ duce soon a measure lo set up an independent government media- lion, arbitration and conciliation tribunal.
Submission of labor disputes to this tribunal. Morse said, could be on  a ^voluntary  basis.
The Case measure would estab¬ lish in the Labor Department a five-man mediation board appoint¬ ed by t:ie President and confirmed by tlte Senate. TJie board would try to setlle labor disputes affect¬ ing interstate commerce Ihrough conciliation, mediation and volun¬ tary arbitration.
A 60-day cooling off period would be enforced while the board operated. Kmployer violators would be punished under the Wagner I^abor Relations Act for unfair labor praciices. Employee violators would lose lheir rights under the Ivabor Relations Act. Could Hue l'nions
The   Senate   measure   retained   a Ca.se   Bill   provision   to  deny   fore¬ men   bargaining   rights   under   the (Continued on Page A-14)
3 MORE FIRMS FACE PORTAL PAY SUITS
Says He'll Come Back; Vandenberg Elected
Washington. .Tan. 4 (UP)—Sen. Elect Theodore G. Bilbo; bowed  tonight  to a  determined   Republican   drive  againsi .seating him, and Southern Democrats called off a two-day filibuster that had tied the chamber in knots.
The Senate unanimously accepted a compromise proposal put forward by Sen. Alben W. Barkley. D., Ky.
Barkley told the Senate that the little Mifesissippi Demo¬ crat wa.s suffering from cancer of the mouth and would leave Wa.shington tonight or tomorrow to undergo an oper-; ation in New Orlean.s.
Kilbo said later hc would leave Washington tomorrow afternoon. He said he would come back as soon as lie could "with my-fighting clothes on."
Witll the deadlock ended, the remaining 35 senators-elect immediately began marching down the ai.sle to take their oaths of oflice. Tlie procession was abruptly halted yesterday when the GOP challenged Bilbo after only one new senator
had been sworn in.	
The swearing-in ceremonies con-| , .     . j-  ,  i      d„„i,i«.„
sumed 17 minutes.   The  final „ath j Washington   immediately,   Barkley
wa.s administered al .1 p. m. isaid: 	
The decision to bypass Bilbo arfa    _ "I   ask   unanimous   consent   that ond  lhe.fjljhii.sier cleared tbe way Uhe    credentials    of    Senator-elect for the .Senate to elect Sen. Arthirr | Bilbo   lie   upon   tiie   table   wiinou H.   Vandenberg,   R.,   Mich.,   presi-1 Prejudice and  without^aclion until dent   pro   tempore,   and   adopt   a
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Bernard Baruch Resigns From UN Atomic Board
Feels His Work Has Been Finished;
>N ants V. S. to Make Bombs. Keep Secret
Until Treaty for Control is Accepted
New     York,     Jan.     4.     (UP) —
Bernard Baruch resigned as Anier- j ican representative of the United 'Nations   Atomic   Energy   Commis-j on by'former Sen. Warren Austin.
•sion tonight and advised the United | America's    permanent    representa-
UN plunges into the broader prob¬ lem  of  general  disarmament. The atomic  fight will be carried
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concurrent resolution to hear Pres¬ ident Truman deliver his annual message on the slate of the union
at  a joint session with the House I senators   elected on Monday. S^°"Vs "^ f"'""
such lime as he is able to return or until such time as the Senate itself might order it to be taken up and that all olher qualified be   sworn   in,   in
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FillhuHter  10 Hours
Southern Democrais backing Bilbo had filibustered for more than 10 hours. They held the Sen
Republicans Accept
Sen. Robert A. Taft. R.. O.. the CJOP anti-Bilgo leader, rose to an¬ nounce    that    Republican     leadera
ale in session from noon unlil 6:02 had   been   consulted   and   that   the
p. m. yesterday and consumed more than four hours today before Barkley's compromise was put for¬ ward.
Barkley began by remarking that "All senators an<l the counly at large are anxious for the Senate lo compose the situation." He sug¬ gested that an "indefinite contro¬ versy" over Bilbo was indicated unless a compromise formula could be worked out.
plan   was   acceptable   to   them.
The filibustering Southern Demo¬ crats   were  silent.
The compromise merely post- ponca Senate action on charges that Bilbo is unfit to sit in the Senate because he prevented Negroes from voting in Mississippi and becau.se he accepted gifts from Wfir conlractor.s whom hc had 1 helped   get   government   jobs.
After   reviewing  Bilbo's   medical | Hilbo  to   (onie  Baek history   and   announcing   the   Mis-|    Bilbo,   despite   his   maladv   and sissippian's      intention      lo      leave i (Continued  on Page  B-111
.States lo keep on making alomi.. i bombs and to maintain its atomic .secrci.s unlil couiplelion of a treaty
for international control of atomic, I energy.
1    Baruch   submitted   his   resigna- Ition   and   the   re.signalion   of   the ' rest   of   his   staff   in   a   letter   to President   Tfuman.
"I  sec no reason  why  this coun¬ lry  should  not continue  the  mak- iing   of   bombs,   at   least   until   the
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ur    iilUUIViL    InALu      I     "I   ^'""-'    drawn   your   attention
he.f'^re to t.he nere.^.sify of preserv¬ ing the atomic secrets. Particular¬ ly is this wise as to our designs, know-how, engineering and equip¬ ment.
"The     McMahon     I.,aw     carries
authority    for    this   protection.    If
Ihis  authority  should   bc  found  to
be inadequale,  it should  be  broad-
|ened   to   meel   any   needs,   until   a
I treaty  i.s  ratified  by  our Senate.
  "While   science   should   be   free.
Washington, Jan. 4. (UPI—Rep. I'^ should not be free to destroy Harold Knutson. R.. Minn., reached! mankind " back to the early 1920'.s tonight for i Praised by Truman fa«ts and figures to support hisi In Washington, President Tru- contention that a 20 per cent in- man, in accepting the resijjna'id ' come ta.x cut would not dent the praised Baruch "mosl heartedly" federal  Treasury. because   the   UN   Alomic     Energy
On the contrary, Knutson said, i Control eommi.ssion had accepleil the proposed reduction would in-1 'I's control plan. Mr. Truman call- crease   federal   revenue. !<^^cl   the   acceplance   "a   tribute    i
Cites Figures of '20"s To Show That Business Will Be Increased
In a formal statement filled wilh
columns     of     statistics.     Knutson
called  for a quick  adoption  of  his
tax   reduction   bill.     He   said   the
tax   shackles"   must   be   removed
tive to the Security Council. Baruch wrote Mr. Truman that Austin was thoroughly equipped to handle the problem but that "he would be handicapped by divided authority."
Austin tonight said hc could make no immediate comment on Baruch's reference to Austin tak¬ ing over the leadership of U S. negotiations regarding atomic energy.
"I can say how much I regret that Mr. Baruch has decided to lay aside the mantle he has worn with such high distinction and ef¬ fectiveness these past months," Austin said. "The nation and tha world owe a great deht of grati¬ tude to Mr. Baruch and his assist¬ ants." .Soviets Opposed Him
Baruch renewed hig Insistenca thai punishment of countries caught violating the proposed atomic treaty ."should not b« sub¬ ject to security council veto. Baruch's argument that punish¬ ment miisl come automatically haa drawn sharp Soviet opposition.
"While unanimous action is im¬ portant, it mu.st not be gained at the expense of principle," Baruch wrote,- "To do this would be to lull the world into a false sense of security."
Baruch also insisted — as ha has throughout UN debate — that his entire program he kepi intact because it is "an integrated and Indivisible wlwle. each part of which is rclat«l to. and dependent upon,   the   others."
Baruch  said his plan  for atomic
SEES PRICE DROP
New York, Jan. 4 (UP>—New York f-'ty lugbroai owners and the AFT^ ;*prnational Uiiigshoremen's Association, tonight reached an agreement on contract terms ex¬ pected to head off a threatened tugboat strike in the world's largest harbor.
The term.s, proposed hy a special commiltee named by Mayor Wil¬ liam O'Dwyer, intluded an 11-cent an hour wage increase and a 40- hour work-week.
Newark, N. J„ Jan, 4, (UP) — Portal - to - portal pay suits with tolal claims of $72,000,000 were filed in Federal Court today by three CIO unions against Crucible Steel Co., Cieneral Motors Corp. and the Phoenix Brass Fitting Corp.
The United Steel Workers brought suit against Crucible for .$50,000,000 while the Harrison, N. J„ division of General Motors was sued for $20,000,000 by the United Auto Workers. The third suit, asking $2,000,000 of the Phoenix company, was filed by the Inter¬ national Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter   Workers,
Busy Day for New York Cops
¥ Murderers, Robbers, Loose Nuts and Fugitives
New York. Jan. 4 (Ui'i- a $_¦;..()<«. jewel robbery, an escape from Bel¬ levue Hospital's prison ward and 'he search for seven fugitives atill «i large iri the sensa ional escape of nine convicts froj , Brooklyn's Hnymond Streel JhiI k pt the police 'f the nation's largest city on the ¦ imp tonight.
c:halked up as finished business ' ere the arrests of two young Neg- ¦les for lhe holdup ilaying of a Hronklj-n manufacture and of a '>-year-old former airplane ferry pilot accused of four srnu.i hold¬ ups in which he robbed victims i • Jewels aJid furs worth at least llOO.OfOt, »nd drove off with their cars.
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The jewel robbery occurred in the Busch Jewelry Co. slore in the downtown Brooklyn shopping dis¬ trict, where axe-swinging burglars smashed into the place some time last night or early today and escaped with jewelry and watches valued at between $26,000 and $50,000,
A search of the labrynth of un¬ derground passages in Bellevue Hospital slill was under way to¬ night after William Pamaro, JO escaped from a patrolman as he was being led to the prison ward of the hospital., psychiatric divi¬ sion.
Pamaro had been arrested sev¬ eral hours earlier on iluiriies or felonious assault and allempled burglary. A hundred policemen combed the •hospital area after six shots from the accompanying policeman had failed to stop Pamara's  flight.
New 'Vork's entire force of 17,000 cops, meanwhile, was on the alert, with orders to be quick on the trigger,   for   the   seven   remaming
fugitives from the Raymond Street Jail. Two of the men, Alfred Minutolo, former inmate of Al¬ calraz, and Salvatore d'Aula, were back  in   police   hands.
.Nab Payroll  .Murderers
Early today five detectives crashed Into a darkened Brooklyn house and arrested Matthew Wal¬ lace. 19 and Javhan Jackson, 18. bolh Negroes. PoUce said Wallace admitted firing the bullet which killed I^slie Nater, 23. in the of¬ fice of the RNR Metal Products C^o. when the two demanded that Nater turn over a payroll to them.
The ex-pilot charged with the Park avenue fur and jewel thefts was Justin Williani McCarthy, whu told police in the lineup that two olher men helped him in three of the four robberies to which he confessed. He said his confeder¬ ates were "practically strangers" to him.
"We just took a walk along Park avenue and when a private car stopped at the cu.-b, we just held them up," Mc<::«rt;iy said.
CThicago, Jan. 4. (UPl- The men who buy and sell butter predicted today that the price the housewife has to pay will keep right on going down by as much as 29 cents in the next five months.
The prices of cheese and milk also will drop as a result of the break in the . 'rr market, ac¬ cording to wh-V!' i .s and brokers on the Chicago mercantile ex¬ change. Some  Kefus<'d  to   Buy
The housewife herself gets some of the credit for the coming lower prices, they said, because she has refused to pay present high prices. (Toiipled with that, an avalanche of butter is pouring into the whole¬ sale market, reminiscent of pre-war days. In other words, there is plenty of supply and litlle demand as long as  prices  remain  high.
Russell Fifer, executive seire¬ tary of the American Butter Insti- tuteu whose members make 80 per cent of the nation's butter, said that if present production trends continue hutter probably will relail from 62-fi5 cents a pound in June. June Lowest Month
Dealers on the exchange said the price would drop steadily, dip¬ ping to the lowest point of the year in June, the month of peak production. Tlieir estimates on the extent of the price drop ranged from  14 to 29 cents a pound.       »
Return to normal peacetime but¬ ter production early this summer means that millions of pounds of butler must be sold to housewives who refuse to buy at today's prices,   they   said,
A wholesale buyer for a national grocery chain said grocers could— and would- pass on to the consum¬ er the full drop in wholesale butter prices during tbe next six months.
Harold Fox, and sons, and andEd-
ward  Birks,  of  S.  S.  Borden—two
of the Jargest midwest distributors
-said   they   believed   butter   prices
would fall 24 cents or more.
PEASANT PARTY
the fairness of our proposals' and also convincing evidence of Bar¬ uch's  "skill  and  patience."
Secretary    of    Stale    Jame.s    F. Byrnes wrote Baruch that "the in¬ to   permit    busines.s   to   keep   thej (•'^'I'S^nt   and   courageous   manner i control   "miy   bc.^in   a   broad   pro- ountry  on   the  road  of prosperity|I'J which you have rcprefented liie.prenj  ;.¦¦  govern  weapons of  mass ind  full  einplo.vment, |U. .S. on the cominis.sion Is respon-
"The experience of the 20s shows j^'**''" ^"^ "^^ general accepUnce of the fallacy of trying to secure!^* ^ ^- Proposal." Byrnes said revenue through continuing unfair*'. ' Baruch .ind his staff "are en- and oppressive rates," Kuulson i ""''^ '" ^"'^ ^ ""^ ""¦¦? will re- said. I ceive the thanks of a grateful peo-
.His   bill,   through   a   complicated^,*',     , .   ,    ^ formula, would reduce taxe.s by ap-!'^^'* *''''' '*  ^""''
proximately  20  per  cenl  in  all  in  '    ^''¦'uch
riestruc-tiovi.
"In fact. It could e"en Include nther armaments," he continued. "Were such a system employed effectively it might lead us into a warless age "
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Warsaw, Poland, Jan. 4. (UP>-- Stanislaw Mikolajjczyk said today that his Polish Pea.sant Party (PSL,) will boycott the Jan. 19 general election.s unless the Ccm- munisl-dominated governm.ent lets a "fair number" of PSL candidates run^
n explained that by a "fair nurnoer of candidates he meant at least some of his candidates must be left on all eleition lists (ballotsi. Sixty lo 70 per cent of Peasant Parly names had already been stricken from some lists, he said, and unless the PSL has a "fair number" running on election day, it will withdraw all its candi-, dates and party members will re¬ fuse to vote.
But   Mikolajczyk   indicated   ihal i
regardless     of     developments     his i
Pc;isant  Party  would   not   be   dis- i
I banded. I
I     "The  life of the nation  is  great-j
er than the life of any parliament
lor  bloc government.  We  intend  to
! iteep  our   party   for  the  nation  as|
;a legal group and that is why  uc!
lare   going   on   with   this   comedy.!
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come brackets up to $300,0(X). An additional windfall would be pro¬ vided for persons over 65 in the form of an extra $500 exemption.
Knutson conceded that on the basis of current national income figures Ihe lax reduction would mean a loss of $3,400,000,000 in fed¬ eral revenues. But he daimed that this would more than he made up by increased income from stim¬ ulated   business  operations.
He said that from 1921 to 1929, when Republicans were in control (Continued on Page A-14)
MITCHELL JENKIWS SWORN INTO CONGRESS
STORMS, HIGH WAVES SMASH HAWAIIANS
Congressman Mitchell Jenkins was sworn in this week as a mem¬ ber of the Eightieth Congress in an impressive ceremony at the National Capitol which was altend¬ ed by a group of local friends and relatives. Mr. Jenkins becomes a member of the largest Republican delegation in the national house, being one of twenty-eight Repub¬ licans who will represent Pennjiyl- vania in the first Republican Con¬ gress convened in Washington since  1931.
On the occasion of his taking oflice Mr. Jenkins issued the fol¬ lowing  slalemenl:
"As  a  member of  the  Eightieth
said he and his were resigning because their ¦. - of formulating a program for in¬ ternational control ot atomic en¬ ergy  was  completed.
The Baruch program, which con¬ templates an international m; , ity to inspect every pan of the world to ^uard again.st m.int;.. lure of atomic weapons, has been approved by the Alomic Energy Commission virtually Intact—large¬ ly because of the skill and perse¬ verance of the white-haired, elder statesman.
Resigning wilh Baruch were Herbert Bayard Swope, John M, Hancock. Fred Searls jr.. Dr. Richard C. Tolman and Maj. Gen, Thomas F. Farrell. Faces   IN   Tuciiday
The Baruch program goes before the UN Security Council Tuesday as part of the general problem of disarmament.  Baruch has demand-
BRITISH CONFERRING ON PALESTINE MOVES
London. Jan. 4. 'UP)—Palestine's high commissioner. Sir AJlan Cun¬ ningham, conferred for an hour with Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin at the Foreign Office to¬ day, probably on measures to con¬ tro! Jewish underground liolenc* sweeping   tne  Holy  Land
Nothing on the subject of their talk.s was disclosed and there was likewise nothing official or un¬ official on Cunningham's confer¬ ence with Colonial Secretary Arthur Creech ,Tones yesterday
It was believed, however, tnat Cunningham may have touched on the "drastic measures"— possibly including martial law — fore¬ shadowed yesterday By Acting Com- missioner Sir Henry Gurney in talks   with   leaders   of  the  Jewish
ed that his plan be accepted before communiiy   in   Palestine.
CIO Will Intervene
In Original Portal Suit
Washington,   Jan.   4.   (UP)—Theland   are   expected   to   reach   twice Congress   of    Industrial   Organiza-1'¦J^^t  amount.
tions  announced   tonight    that     it would  intervene  nexl  week  in  the!
In the Ml. Clemens case, ¦ tha original one on which subsequent suits   have   been   based,     the    Su-
Ml.   Clemens.   Mich.,   Pottery     Co jpreme Courl held that the pottery
DANISH SHIP SINKS; 16 OF CREW MISSING
Copenhagen, Jan. 4 (UP)—The Danish steamer Karla struck a mine leday and sank within five minutes. Sixteen crew members were missing. Twenty-eight others were rescued.
The Karla was repairing an un- (lerseas cable southwest of Finland when the accident occurred. Amoni; the missing was the ship's captain, August Vilhelm Nickel.
(An Exchange Telegraph agency dispatch from Athens reported the 4.000-ton British merchantman Harberton struck a mine off Greek Macedonia in the Aegean. The ves¬ sel was run aground without cas¬ ualties.)
Honolulu. Jan. 4. (UP)-A heavy | storm which battered the outer ^ Hawaiian Islands during the nighti caused millions of dollars worth of! damage, it wa-s estimated tonight, i I Waterfront residents fled inland' jfor safety, i
William Walsh, manager of the Kahalui Railroad Company, said! that Kahului Harbor on Maui! Island was useless today. He eslini-' ated the damage there alone at' $2,000,000,
Capt, J, W, Ryssy, head of thej district Coast Guard office, saidj Itwo large sections of the Kahului 1 i breakwater had been washed away. No ships inside the breakwaaler had been damaged.
Heavy seas caused waves estim-1 ated at 40 feet to break over the breakwater al Hilo island and • again cover much of the area de-' vastated by last April's tidal wave, j The lower floor of the Puumaile Hospital was flooded.
Damage estimated at $100,000 was! caused to bridges and roadi on' Kaui Island by the large waves which threatened beach homes and other coast properly. Residents at I fashioinable Lanikai Beach on Oahu were forced lo flee.
Waves hit along a 25-mile stretch ! on the windward side of Oahu, but' only minor damage was reported.
Police Issued a warning at noon' today of a "possible high-wave dis- i lurbance" about 1:15 p. m. (HST) i tomorrow if present weather condi-1 tiona continue to prevail. '
(ingress I am deeply conscious ofj Portal  pay suit and urge the most i Arm's   employees   were   entitled   to
the respon.sibility that we have assumed. I shall do my utmost lo live up to that responsibility and to serve the besl interests of the people whom I have the privilege to represent and of the nation of which lhey are a part." Congressman Jonltins was a guesl
liberal  determination  possible
C'lO general counsel Lee Press¬ man .said he would file a brief by Jan. 9. Federal Judge Frank A. Picard asked unions and the com¬ pany   to   file   briefs   by   that   liiU'.
portal-to-porlai pay II sent tha case back lo federal district court, however, to determine the specific amount.
Pressman  said   in   a    statement that   the CIO  is  entering  the case
hul granted Attorney (ieneral Tom because "employer groups in this C, Clark until Jan. 11 to file aiiountry are seeking to generate an of honor at a reception given bylbrief on behalf of the government !atmosphere in which it will b« Congresswoman Edith Nourse Rog-I Until now. only individual CIO |impo.s.sible for the district court to ers al Sulgrave Manor yesierday i local and international unions hi.vcigivc adequate consideration to the aflernoon and at a dinner to inem-ifilpd suits claiming pay under the I sound principles enunciated by th« bers of the new ('ongress given by Wage-Hour Act back to 1938 fori Supreme Court and to the merit* the   Washington   Board   of    Trade'time   spent   walking   to   their   jobs | of   the   workers'   claims."
last night.
Valley Scene
The Wilkes - Barre jeucler making a long and fruitless ^arck for a misninff dianiond —and finding it in the cuff of his trouners.
Young.-ftern of a nearhn town¬ ship hitch-hiking to school be- ranse thi' driver of the school bus had to go to a luneral.
The honent iiontoffice worker finding a $20 bill in an enri lope gent unsealed so a 1^'i-cent stamp  uuitld carru   tt.
Mon carrying cuttnrd pie sHpfiing on ice on Schuyler nienve. Kingston — svreadinq the pie all over himself aa he d-d.
land making ready. Claims fileTli He pointed out that the court iby CIO, AFL and independent tin- had "explicitly ruled out" trivial ions now approximate $3,000,000,000 and   insignificant  work  periods.
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