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41ST YEAR, NO. 26 — 40 PAGES
WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY, APRIL 27, 1947
PRK E TWELVE CENTS
—Ac*   Hoffinao
Wfiof Can Be Done to a Stripping?
Chrysler, Auto Workers Agree on 75c Pay Boost
Among Luzerne county mining firms taking steps to improve the condition of depleted stripping operations is the Glen Alden Coal Company which is filling in and leveling its areas as .soon as passible upon completion of surface mining.
Shown above is an example of the Glen Alden's plan, picturing an area     in     Wilkes-Barre     town.ihip
which the company used for strip¬ ping operations.
The company has remedied the un.sighlly condition usually found i at strippings.
I Gone also are tlie other hazards j which develop in unguarded depths 'of stripping holes. This territory I is east of the Wilkes-Barre-Hazle- I ton   higliway.     In   the   background
is the Wilkes-Barre township high school.
Before the huge mounds of dirt and gravel were removed and used lo level off the section. Wilke.s- Barre township residents com- I plained that the unsightly stripping I remains blocked their view of the I highway.
j    A   law   to   frroe   this   treatment 'to  all  strippings   is  needed.
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LIST HERE OF Wesf Market St  Will Be Closed Off for 6 Weeks
Twq-Year Contract; Only Ford Unsigned
Detroit, April 26 (UP)—Chry.sler Corporation and the CIO United Auto Workers agreed tonight on a new contract providing a 16-cent hourl.v pay raise for 70.000 employees.
The settlement with Chrysler virtually insured uninterrupted auto¬ mobile production this year. General Motors had settled last Thursday on virtually the same terms and union talks with Ford open next week. The progress in auto industry settlements was in vivid contrast to last year when the UAW itruc',, C-cneral Motors for 113 daj's and there was   prolonged   bickering   between wpe^    of    intensified    negotiations.
the final session ending at 7:45 p.m. tonight after more than 10 consec¬ utive hours. The contract will be referred to Chrysler workers im¬ mediately for ratification.
A joint statement said that sal¬ aried and office workers and plant protection employees, numbering some 3.000 in addition to the 70,000 factory employees, would receive a nine per cent pay hike, with a minimum increase of $26 a month. One departure from the general 15-cent pattern was the granting of a flat 15!i-cent rai.se, plus the other benefits, to some 1,800 foundry workers in recognition of their laid down by the steel, electrical I n^^re strenuous type of job. and rubber industries and accepted!'ii,,.„.Ypgp C'ontraet Thur.sday night by the UAW and; ..Qur signing a tw'>year contract General   Motors   Corp.   for   220,000, j^ indicative of our mutual  desire
the  union and Chryslef  and Ford.
Chrysler estimated that the con- trart would cost an additional $27,000,000 a year, including com¬ parable increases to 15,000 salaried workers. It was a two-year con¬ tract, running to April 26. 1949. Either side ma.v reopen wage nego¬ tiations upon 60-day notice during the life of the contract.
Under the agreement, the com¬ pany grajited an immediate ll'.s- cent raise to all production workers jwith 3'.: cents allocated for six I paid holidays annually. I Follows Pattern
This  followed  the  wage   pattern
GM workers.
I to   continue   our   relations    on
lrJ^^    ''rlAw"''"'.   '¦?'«''/'^    ^^'^ fnendly   and  co-operative  basis.' I Chrysler-UAW contract  which  e.\- ¦" *^ ¦
Homes. Churches Hit; Effort to Pass Law For Safety Failed
Bu John r. Dugan
The  alarming  manner   in  which Luzerne   county   schools, and    homes    are    being
Repaving Planned in 4 Phases Witli State and City Taking Turns at it; No Provisions Made to Aid Traffic
Unless plans are changed, which seems unlikely at this lale date, work will slart tomorrow on the pavement of West Markel streel and this busiest sireet in the city of Wilkes-Barre will be tied up for five to six weeks.
It is expected to produce one of the wor.st traffic jams the  city
ever has known, in spile of the fact that promises were made, afler the
confu.sion causd  by  the unco-ordinaled  metiiod of doing street work
last year, never lo permit such a situation to occur again.
u     ., Instead of being done half at a lime, so Uiat the other half always
damaged I *°'*''^   ''*   "P'""   '°'"   '^'"°"^>*   "'"^Ito repave me area bclueen one set
and sometimes lost by mine gub- Packless trolleys, and one-wayjo, i,^^^^^ „-hi,e^ at the-same lime, sidence puts heavv pressure on the; ?"l°;"°"^f '^»""^- .^'}^ ^'""^ ^''" | repairing the pave between the two Legislature for measures to re^- ".^ done in four different opera-'^pj, ^f ^ns on that .street. This ulate mining as well as stripping.' "<•"» °""* ''>' '>'° "eparate organi-^^.j,, t^^^ ^bout eight working days l>ast week wrecking of the Nan-: ^''1 ,. ,      .    „ land it is likely the men will be on
Aa   »   result,   only   trolleys   and.a 5'day week.
pired Jan. 26 and was extended for three .30-day periods ending at mid¬ night tonight. Negotiations opened Oct. .30.
Only the Ford Motor Co.. whose contract expires May 31. remained unsigned among the "Big Three" auto makers. UAW-Ford talks were expected to begin next week al the union's request, made lasl night.
Robert W. Conder, Chrysler's la¬ bor relations director, and Norman R. Matthews, director of the UAW's Chrysler department, an¬ nounced the pact after several hours' dela.v resulting from a last- minute dispute over wording of clauses. Week  of Negotiations
Tlie    signing    occurred    after    a
joint statement by Conder and Matthews said.
The statement said that besides pay tor New Year's Day, Memorial Day. July 4, Labor Day. Thanks¬ giving and Christmas, the agree¬ ment provided for some classifica- Lioii rate changes.
Under . the wage negotiation clause, either party will have the privilege of re-opening the question of rate adjustments only once dur¬ ing the life of the contract «md then only upon written notice.
A provision, also contained In the GM-UAW contract, calls for the company to pay workers called to duty for at least four hours whether or not they work. The (Continued on  Page A-12)
General Electric Settles
Evalyn McLean Owned Hope Diamond
iKoke .school building is the latest on the list Here  is
tracklMs trolleys vrill be able to go;    j;^^^ ^^^p   ^.^ j,^. ^^^^ ^.^,^    ^^.jj,
the  toll  of local  public ^sef of hrwrk%n:-.^aV?r?f!!^f,,V°  '^ r^Us'7;au''r"r about sf'hools hit  bv mine cives* ¦..     . ... J i otner   two   rails,   requiring   about
Ui  iiiii.r i.i\c3. ,      J      automobiles   may   be   pro-. ,,^   .„, „  ,„,^,„
I.ARKSVIIXf: High    school I yj^ed. . ^    '" ' '
111   1922.   caved,   split   in   half  and! .-    x»affi    Pi.nvi<.i«n« i    '^l'*'   done,   tlie   state   highway
lafer totallv destroved  by fire.        : .>» yaiiic rrowfiions j department will take over,  paving
PITTSTON- High school March;,/\r.^' b^^'^re-w: "f^oirwes-J ^^'•- "- ^'^^ of the stree. outside 24. 1943, caved and closed. Now ready to reoinn after expenses of more than II.'jO.OOO. Also the Jack¬ son school, closed and razed be¬ cause of caving.
WT:ST   PITTSTON     .Sc_hool   „„,    No special provisions of ,mv kind Luzerne   HveMiic.   caved   about   "" *^
years    ago    and    reopened farly    this   year   after   heavy pen.se for repairs.
On
ic 15-Cenf Raise
rn e,ist in the morning, when traf j th flows into the city, and then 'from east to west to accommodate jthe afternoon traffic which moves i in the other directions, on j I
j   ih.ive been annoOnced to help traffic 'gjj_ I during the period of emergency.
Main  season  given   for the  con-
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EDWABDSVILI.K Green street j f"^'^'* method to be used is that no .school, caved in 1944 and closed NiRreement has been reached bet- bv orders of Alvin Harrv. state i t"''"^" the state highway depart- biiilding  in.spector.  Stijl  settling.     '"t-'it a"<l ^« fit.v. so that the job
Dt'RYKA Fourth ward school, closed and ahHiidoned because of j-ubsidencp
XAVntOKK Pula.skl School, raved and abandoned by orders of state inspectors on Friday.
HANOVF.R TOWNSHIP        Biif- tPiiwooH   school,   raved,   penetrated by   mine   gas.   abandoned   and   fin- j ally razed a few years ago.
NAN'nt'OKE Centennial school, ,g half block from the Pul¬ aski   school,  caved  and  abandoned
could  be done  all  at  one time  by
tlie track area and, finally, doing the snme thing on the other side of the street. Kach of these jobs will  take  about  two weeks.
It nieans. with the work lo start April 28. West Market streel will not be ready for normal travel again  until   about  June  7.
The traffic plan during the first two weeks, while the city is re¬ paving the car track area, is to permit the movement over West Market streel only of trolleys and trackless trolleys.   T'he former w41I
one    contractor--paving   half   thei'^*^'''  to  be  scheduled  so they  can
sireet   at   a   time—with   the   cosLs travel both ways over the one set
divided. ' °f Iracks.
Wilkes-Barre's share of the work.      Although   it   is   planned   in   this
wllil il  will   be  the   first   done  and i P'^^O''   that  two  trackless  trolleys
will start tomorrow, consists of re-
paimg the track area.    Afler tiiat
i.s done, all of the street will be in
the slate's  hands  for  maintenance iand repair in the future. ' Traok Area '    The plan is for Wllkes-Barre first
within   the   last   decade,   and   fin-  ——
*"> ^«^''•^ U.S. LOST HEAVILY  '
NEWPORT  TWP.     -  Sh<atown:" School    building,   caved   and    con-   QM  SURPLUS  BOLTS demned   by  the   state  i.s   unfit   for,     vVashinglon,   April   26.    aiP)-A
"i""   .""u'   ^k'^'h- ,"f .     w"i»'JL';i'"K"   ""icial   of   the   War   Assets doned   hy   the   district    but   'at", ^^^^^.^^j^^^^^^.^^^    admitted    todav
repaired   and   now   used   by   a   St j^j^^j ^j^^ government lost consider Stanislaus    Institute.    Coal    street '
will   be   able   to   pass   each   olher tjiere.    no    otner    traffic    will    be allowed. Otie-Way Traffic
During the next two phases, when the state is repairing the sides of the street the portions used almost exclusively   for   parking   purposes
j now- one  way   traffic   is  expected to be permitted as well  as  mov"
I ment of the trolley cars and coach¬ es.
It appeared last week tliat it was j too lale now to make arrangements between  the city and the state to
building.    Gloii    Lyon,    caved    and
able money in  llie sale of .surplus''"'^'' the whole job done—hai* the
-    ,       , , .                 ,    „ ¦     nuts   and   bolts   under  a   contract'*'t''^'^t "t a time   as one operation
abandoned and later carried off m , y^^f bordered on the "unconscion- a"d by contract,
the   nizht   bv  unknown   parties. „i,i„>>«^                                                         It.                   .          i  •     j ,
iiir  Mi„iii   > .>                      r able.                                                         I    It   was   not   explained why   ar-
nuNhing Demanded |    q,j,g contract,  signed  on  May  8,! rangements   were   not   made   long
Demands have been made over; 1948^ turned over to the Pahiior lago, since the impression was .sivcr a period of more than 30 years Jxut & Bolt Co. of Detroit nearly! out in City Hall when the work for flushing to protect the surface. | „ii surplus nuts and bolts. The I first was mentioned that only half especially where pillars are being: pi„.,.bafte price was $22.50 a ton. j Ihe streel would be closed at a tinu robbed. Attempts have be.'n madej^o^jg „f j^e nuts and bolts later | wilh full arrangements to assi.st to   pass   a   law   to   rekervn   ccrtnui; „.ere valued at $0,000 a ton. i traffic.
pillars for support and to make it necessary to flush the voids, but all have failed before heax-y oppo¬ sition. The last representative to sponsor such a bill was John L. Honey.  I>arksville.  six  years  ago.
"My opinion is that it is a very j bad type of contract for the gov-1 ernment." .less Larson. WAA act- j ing general counsel, told a special House committee investigating j surplus property sales.
Plymouth  was  among  the  early |    Larson said he began ii)vestigat
communities to feel the .iffe<^ts of unrestricted mining. Highv/ays and water lines crumbled and people compained that gas was coining (Continued   on   Page   A-4i
ing the contract last Januar.v when! it   was   first   called   to   his   atten-1 tion.   He   concluded   that   while   it! was  bad.  it  was  "valid  and  bind¬ ing" and  had to be carried  out.    j
10-Month Jail Term for Theft Of Dogs' From Repaired Cage
A Nanticoke man who stole two brass "dogs" from a mine cage and then sold the $60 safety catches to a junk dealer for $3 was scn- ten( ed to a term of 10 to 23 months in the county prison by Judge John S. Fine yesterdav.
George Broski the defendant, re- iides  at 238 W. Churrh  street.   He
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admitted the charge when arraign ed before an alderman al Nanti¬ coke Friday night and was held over for sentence hy the court. William M. Evans, a coal company detective, made the arrest and re¬ covered the safety catches from the dealer.
The "dogs" were being installed on a cage that had been wrecked at No 2 Shaft, Susquehanna Col¬ lieries' Co. Tuesday night. An ascending cage went out of control, going past the surface landing and over the sheave-wheel, landing in the rear of the engine house abouf 125 feet away. Two hundred am* fiftv men we're made idle by the accident. They will be idle again tomorrow, ai repairs are still under way.
Daylight Clocks Hour Ahead Now
Toda.v is the da.v clocks are sel ahead one hour in towns that adopted Daylight Saving Time, including Wilkes-Barre. Fast time has been in effect since 2 a.m. All radio stations of the valley will operate on Daylight Time. Railroads have not chang¬ ed their clocks, but will step up schedules to meet the changes made in the leading cities. Trol¬ leys and the busses will operate on  fast  time.
Most conimunitics east and wesl of the city are on Daylight Saving Time as of today, while those north and south remain on Standard Time.
Persons residing in the section between Kingston and Dallas as well RS those situated between Mountain Top and Hazleton ad¬ vanced their clocks an hcvr ahead this morning. Among those who did not are those liv¬ ing in the section between Han¬ over township and Mocanaqua, including Nanticoke. and otliers residing between Plains and Duryea. including the city of Pittston.
All poslolfices are on Daylight Time.
New York, April 26. (UP)—An agreement giving 125,000 employ¬ ees of the General Electric Co. a 15-cent-an-hour wage increase was announced today by the United Electrical Radio and Machine Workers (CIO).
The agreement, reached after three months' collective bargainin-' followed the pattern .if contracts signed within the past two weeks by the UE and the otiier two of the electrical manufacturing in- house Electric and the electrical division of General Motors.
(Confirming the agreement. Charles E. Wilson, president of General Electric, said in Plainfield N.J., that the Company will raise its prrices in the near future an average of seven per cent on some Items because of the scheduled wage Increases. W'ilson said, too, that he "did not believe in" the Newburyport plan to cut retail prices 10 per cent.1 Fintt Paid Uol)da.>*
For the first time In General Electric's history, workers in ita plants throughout the nation will get six paid holidays a year.
Tlie agreement, which union of¬ ficials said will add more than $40,000,000 annually to the earn¬ ings of (General Electric employees, provided that all wage rates of the hourly-rated employees represented by the UE will be increa-sed 11'^ cents an hour.
The remainder of the 15-cenl in¬ crease will be used to cover the cost of six paid  holidays  for pro¬
duction workers, three weeka' vaca¬ tion for 20-year hourly and aalaried employees, overtime provisions for salaried workers and other eco¬ nomic  items in tlie  new <x»ntract.
Salaried employees represented by the UB will get an increase of 12'i  cents an hour, or $5 a week.
Paid holidays will be New Year'* Day, July 4th, Labor Day, Thanks¬ giving and Christmas. The agree¬ ment provides for maintenance of membernhip and check-off provi¬ sions.
HOPEFUL OF NEW
PERON PLANS TO FIX PRICES IN ARGENTINA
Buenos Aires. Argentina, April 26. (UPl President Juan D. Peron today asked Congress for authority to fix and freeze prices in order to start an all-out drive against the  high  cost  of living.
A draft' bill sent to Congress with the presidential message would empower the executive to impose penalties on pric*-contiol viplators, including immediate clos¬ ure of their places or businees, arrest up to 90 days, and seizure and sale by the government of the good   involved.
TELEPHONE SHE
Washington. April 26 (UP)—A few hours after Secretary of Labor Liewis B. Schwellenbach re-entered strike negotiations, federal concili¬ ators attempting to settle the 20- day-old telephone walkout said to¬ night they had begun to develop "a program which may be fruitful."
Federal Conciliators Peter G Manno and William Margolis said in a point statement that "the situ¬ ation still continues to be mosl dif¬ ficult but certainly is not hopeless."
They made the statement in writ¬ ing immediately after recessing joint conciliation conferences be¬ tween the American Telephone * Telegraph Co. and the American Union of Telephone Workers, the long-distance affiliate of the strik¬ ing National Fedenition of Tele¬ phone Workers. Refuse to Aniplifv
They declined to amplify their statement.
The conciliators said the parties would remain on call tonight but the next formal meeting had been sel for n a. m. Sunday.
Two other conferences  called  by Schwellenbach   to   end   the   three- week-old    walkout    also    recessed until    tomorrow.    There    were    no (Continued   on   Page  A-4)
Washington, April 26 (UP) Mrs. Evalyn Walsh McLean, owner of the fabulous Hope Diamond and well-known capital society leader, died tonight at her colorful "Friend¬ ship" mansion here. She was 60.
Mrs. McLean was pronounced dead at 6:15 p. m. by Dr. Bernard J. Walsh, who attributed her death to pneumonia. She had been ill ofiiy briefly but had been under oxygen "treatment for 24 hours.
Just before her death, Mrs. McLean received the last rites of the Catholic CJhurch from the Rev. Edmund A. Walsh, SJ, a friend of long standing. Two Sons Survive
Surviving her are two sons, John McLean, who lives in Texas, Tind Edward B. McLean of Colorado Springs, Col.
Also at her bedside were her lawyer. Thurman Arnold, a one¬ time trust-busting New Dealer and a frequent house guest and Mrs. Eleanor (Clssie) Patterson, pub¬ lisher of the Washington Times- Herald.
Her son John was flying from Dallas tonight, and Edward is ex¬ pected to arrive from Beverly Hills, Calif., tomorrow to complete fu¬ neral  arrangements.
Besides these, she is survived by a first cousin in Colorado Springs and six grandchildren.
Mrs. Mcl.*an had relumed from Florida   only    10   days    ago.    Her
EVERYBODY SAVES FACE ON TRUMAN'S VETO
Washington, April 26 (UP)—Re¬ publican senators today accepted a compromise plan to get around a presidential veto and still "save the faces of aU concerned"—President Truman, themselves, and the un¬ identified government lawyer who wrote the President's veto message.
The Republican majority on the Senate war investigating commitee agreed to a Democratic proposal to pass a new bill, identical to the vetoed measure except for one ad¬ ditional paragraph.
The bill would autliorize former Sen. Burton K. Wheeler a friend of President Truman, to continue his private law practice here while he serves as special counsel for the investigating committee.
The new paragraph specifies that nothing in the legislation authorizes the committee^ attorney to insti¬ tute or prosecute suits in behalf of the government.
death    followed     by    only    seven months that of her only daughter, Mrs.    Evclj 11    McLean    Reynolds, wife of former Sen. Robert Reyn¬ olds of North Carolina. Father An Irish Immigrant
The daughter of an Irish immi¬ grant, Mrs. McLean was bom in the Colorado mining town of Deadwood on Aug.,1, 1886.
For the first 10 years of her life she lived in various western min ing communities. In 1896, her fath er. Thomas F Walsh, became pari owner of one of the world's richest gold mines—the famous Camp Bird claim.
That year, the family moved to Denver and the following year came to Washington where Mrs. McLean was to lead one of the most colorful careers in capitol his¬ tory. .Alarried  Publisher
She married Edward Beale Mc¬ Lean in 1907, heir of the family then publishing the Cincinnati Enquirer  and  Washington  Post.
It was McLean wno gave her the 44'i carat diamond. Their marriage broke up with her charg¬ ing her husband ivith adultry. Mc¬ Lean eventually died in a mental institution, his money  gone.
Their eldest son waa killed by an automobile in 1918. And they were innocently linked to the Tea¬ pot Dome .'icandal and the Lind¬ bergh  kidnapping  case.
.K member of tJie household said tonight there was no way of es¬ timating her fortune. Arnold waa not available  for comment.
Mrs. McLean  lived quietly after (Continued on  Page A-12)
AIKEN BMS AT SENATE GOP POLL ON LABOR BILLS
Wants Debate Held Before Commitments; Taft Pushing Action
Washington, April 26. (UP)—Sen. Robert A. Taft, R.. C, tomigiht sought .solid Repubhcan backing for his move to stiffen labor legis¬ lation and the GOP policy com¬ mittee ordered a poll of 51 Senat* Republicans  on  the iasue.
The committee's unusual action touched off a blast from Sen. George D. Aiken, R., Vt., wh© warned the GOP leadership against attempts to "pressure" party mem¬ bers  into  backing  Taft'*  position.
Aiken told a reporter he would refuse to divulge to party poll takers how he would vote. He said the effort to get commitments in advance of debate "just won't work."
"It will have a bad effect on th« party  generally."   he  added. Taft to Push Them
The order for the poll was issued by the policy committee of which Taft is chainnan. RepubUoan Whip Kenneth S. Wherry was instructed to ask his Senate colleagues how they would vote on each of four amendmenU which lost in the Sen¬ ate labor committee but which Taft plans to push on the floor.
The amendments  would:
l.^Make labor unions equally liable with employers for coercion or intimidation of employees.
2.—Limit industrywide bargain¬ ing by authorizing employees In specific plants to sign working contracts with management re¬ gardless of the actions of their national unions.
3. -Authorize employers to fU« damage suits and seek temporary injunctions against secondary boy¬ cotts  and  jurisdictional  strikes.
4. -Provide joint administration by employers and workers of such welfare funds as that of the Unit¬ ed Mine Workers  (AFL).
In another development, Taft told reporters he was not slam¬ ming a door on a conference on labor legislation with President Truman. Such a conference haa been urged by some senators to de¬ termine whether Mr. Truman will sign or veto legislation patterned on that now before the Senate.
Taft told reporters a conference was up to Mr. Truman. He observ¬ ed that the President has railed leaders of both parties to the White House to confer on other major bills. Tests Due This Week
The   GOP   policy   group   moved,
meanwhile, to speed a Senate vot*
on  the  labor  bill  by Thursday or
(Continued  on  Page  A-4)
Valley Scene
Clock in )ioiit nf Mii/er's jew- flri) store on Public Square jumping the gun on Daijlight Saving Time, being on fast time early Saturday night.
Tuo boys, aged about 11, walking through central city in earneat and learned discussion of details and performance of latest fighter plane.
"dire vie the par f of the sandwich with iust the cheese and not with that other stuff on it," said a youngster to his dnd on coming out of a South Washington street delicatessen shop.
$100,000 DAMAGE IN HAZLETON FIRE
Damages totalling $100,000 er more were caused when fire swept through the two top floors of tha Pane Produce t>). building at 119 West Chestnut street, Hazleton, Friday night and early yesterday. Philip Kane, one of the owners of the building, reported that struc¬ tural damage is covered by insur¬ ance. Machinery and goods manu¬ factured by Liberty Knitwear C^rp. was also destroyed but waa only partly covered by insurance.
An estinated $50,000 to $75,000 will be required to put the building back in shape Thousands of polo shirts, sports jackets and (weatfera manufactured by the Liberty Corp, were destroyed and this loss haa been set at nearly $50,000 addi¬ tional.
Fire CHiief Brandau aaid th* blaze evidently started on the sec¬ ond floor and fed on garmenta ot the Liberty firm, which is a »ub- sidiary of the "Iforkshlrc Knitting Mllla.
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British Will Retaliate For Haifa Assassination
Jerusalem, Palestine, April 26. (UP) The top British criminal in¬ vestigation officer of Haifa was assassinated there today and in¬ formed observers said the slaying would touch off a three-stage British plan that will result in rigorous control through all Pal¬ estine, tantamount to martial law.
The 'officer, J. E. Conquest, was shot t^ice in the stomach by two khaki-clad assailants while he wis tiding through the Haifa Jewish quarter in a car. The two m-Mi fired from a taxicab and escaped. Conquest died soon after. No. : on Prescribed List
I An Exchange Telegraph agency dispatch from Jeru.salem said Con¬ quest, head of the Haifa CID, waa
No. 2 on Uie Jewish underground's 1 list of Britons marked for execu- j tion.)
I The British answer, reliable re- I porks said, would be immediate j isolation from the world for Jeru¬ salem, Haifa and Tel Aviv, a new hunt for underground members on (the largest scale yet experienced; jand seizure of illegal immigrants at sea for deportation to new camp.s, perhaps in Africa, without first landing on Palestine soil.
When the plan is in full oper¬ ation, these reports said, it would be tantamount to full martial law and much harsher than the stat¬ utory martial law proclaimed in some afeaa of Palestine  recently.
Manufacturers Starting to Join Price-Cutting to Stop Inflation
Cliicago, April 26. (UP) — The price cut movement gained head¬ way today when scattered manu¬ facturers announced they would join retailers in trying to halt in¬ flation.
The 10-per cent gen.-ral retail price cut plan spread to more com¬ munities. In others, the plan was not adopted in its entirety, but merchants  cut  prices  individually.
Spokesmen for the U. S. Cham¬ ber of (.tommerce and for various retail organizations criticized the program on grounds they could accomplish little unless manufac¬ turing and wholesale prices wtre cut too. The campaign was bep;un al Newburyport, Mass., five d-,ys ago when the town's merchants cut prices 10 per cent for a 10-day trial period.
The picture at the manufactur¬ ing and supply level:
Steel — New York State Steel Fabricators' Association said it would seek contract revisions with Big Steel producers. The associa¬
tion said the revisions might re¬ sult in a five tc 10 per cent price cul.
Lumber — Dicrks Lumber and Coal Co., one of the South's major lumber producers, with headquar¬ ters at Kansas City, lowered prices five to 10 per cent per 1.000 feet i ot pine and hardwijod. President F. H. Dicrks said he expected re¬ tail lumber yards to pass the re- ! duction along to consumers.
Household I'tirnishings — Wilbur Norton, president of Montgomery Ward & Co., said suppliers were cutting prices on home furnishings, textiles and some durable goods. He made the statement at a stock¬ holders meeting in Chicago.
Clothing Women's wear was be¬ ing moved by many retailers in clearance sales, and haberdas,ir»3ri were reluctant to stock wide selec¬ tions of men's wear at present high prices.
Building Materials Detroit Steel Products  Co.  announced  it  would
cut prices of steel casement windoiT by five per cent and eliminate "ea- calator" clauses In all ita matariai contracts.
Farm Equipment— At Buffalo, N. Y.. Glenn M. Rogers, Inc., eut prices 20 per cent on all producta.
Food—The Illinois Meat Co. eut wholesale prices 10 per cent. W. F. McLaughlin Co. largest midwest coffee roaster, slashed ita price* 10 per cent.
On the retail end, the 10 per eent price cut plan spread.
In Pottslown. Pa., merchanta went the Newburyport plan one better by announcing a "profit- sharing" day for Wednesday. Pricea wHl be cut from 10 to 20 per cent, they said, to attract buying.
1 of 5 >Ianufacturera Have Cut Prices
.New   York,   April   2«.   (UPi—Ona out   of   every   five   manufacturara has  rut   prices  to  some  extent •¦ (0>ntinued on Pag* A-4)