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nMITKD  nucM wire  M.W.  Banie*
WILKES-BARRE, PA., SINDAY, FEBRUARY  2, 1947
PRRE TWELVE CENTS
IXJCKKD IN —Chicago'! OPA terms the case aa "unusual." Everett Richardson charged that hla landlord locked him in and held him prisoner for flve days. The landlord said Richardson ,locked himself In. Here Richardson points to mark* on the door he aaid were made  by the  padlock.
[se fi«j[Trumon Hails New Signs iiTpoiicy Of Labor Peace in U. S.
Gen. Keating Charges Soviets Violate Pact To Discredit Allies As Moscow Talks Near
Jeivs Promise British ^xrJighf Martial Law
ty KIJAV 81.MON
Jerusalem. Palestln*, Feb. 1. (UP) -Pamphlet bomba exploded In Tel Aviv tonight and warned Rrilish military authorities that the Jewish underground was rekSJ'' to light an all-out British drive to •uppress violence In the Holy L.and.
The bombs scattered warnings that reprisals would be made'for future death sentences Imposed on Underground members. Despite the warnings, it wa* expected that at least flve and possibly six death sentences would he announced within the next few days.
British authorities speeded the evacuation of 5,(MlO civilians, main¬ ly women and children, in prep¬ aration for the Imposition of mar¬ tial iaw, expected within tha next 24 or M hours. Expect   .^la»»  Arrei»t«
This waj matched by activity at detention camps and prisons where things were being made ready for the mass arrests expect¬ ed to be authorized by the forth¬ coming  military   regime.
Under atatutory martial law, all civil rights will be abrogated and replaced by defense emergency regulations. New laws already printed by government presses give the British military comman¬ der powers of life and death over Palestine's  population  of  IJ.'W.OOO.
Berlin, Feb. 1. (UP)—Maj. Gen. Frank A. Keating, military gover¬ nor of the American aector of Berlin, today accused the Russians of violating the Potsdam agree¬ ment by permitting attacks on the western Allies In what still is the "enemy  press."
Keating* deputy. Col. Frank U Howley  went even  further.
"This is a violation of basic de- cenc.v," Howley said. "We would never have allowed auch accusa¬ tions against the Russians or any other power in the German press in the American sector of Berlin." Keating and Howley were an¬ gered by a communique from CJen. Alexander Kotikov, Soviet military governor of Berlin, printed today in Russian-licensed German news¬ papers. It accused the Americans and British of "interfering" in Ger¬ man trade union affairs. Just One  Inatance
This is merely one of a number of instances in which the Russians have taken their complaints against the western Allies before the Ger- "liiun -pBOipt. >isi=«i?-»J- .yaaaUjr p Sokolovsky, the Russian military] governor of Germany, used the Ther* were repcrta that Dov German press a few days ago to Gruner, condemned Irgunist who' accuse the United States and has repudiated his appeal for i Britain of "doing their utmost" to clemency to the privy council,! sabotage a unified four-power re- would be hanged on Tuesday. | port   on   the   occupation   for   the
Reitajlo «fcuroes said British i Moscow conference next month. High Commissioner Sir Alan Cun- Moreover, Howley said, the Rus- ningham had refused to discuss Uians frequently use the German Gruner's death sentence despite press to make "dollar diplomacy" urgent pleas from Chief Rabbi attack* against the United States Isaac Hcr^og, who was received by in an effort to discredit IL Lt. Gen. Cunningham tonight. | Lucius   D.   Clay,   American   deputy
Speculation said martial law 1 military governor of (Germany, and would be declared then but later | Brig. Gen, William H. Draper Jr., reports said Imposition of military j chief of military government's rule was expected within 24 hours. 1 economics   divi.«.lon   and   a   former
No-Strike Pledge in Construction Work
Somebody Else Was There First
Washington,    Feb.    1.    (UP)—President   Truman    today    jubilantly announced  a no-sLrike agreement  in  the  construction  industry.
This and oth and closer to our ideals of  free collective bargaining,
The  President  mado  the  construction  industry  announceme* at a specially called news conference.   He described  his statement as "one
Hong Kong, Feb. 1 (UP)—OfB¬ cials of the Central Bank of China opened some huge cases supposed to contain 80,000,000 Chinese dollars (about $30,000 U.S.)    and    found    nothing    but
ler good labor news showed the nation, is "moving closer    blocks of marble, police reported our ideals of  free collective bargaining," he said. I   today.
The money was stored in India during the war and later shipped
of the most important I have made in a good while.'
The agreement covers 2000,000 workers.   It provides that all disputes j in the construction industry unset-
SAYS TRANS-JORDAN WILL INVADE SYRIA; KING^GIVES DENIAL
Cairo, Egypt, Feb. 1. (UP)-The Arabic weei<ly newspaper Akhbar El Yom laid, today that Tran»- Jordan's army la concentrating on the Syrian frontier and that King Abdullah Ibn UI Hussein 1* sus¬ pected of Intending to Invade Syria. Abdullah denounced the re¬ port
I categorically deny thes* alle tation* which are outrageous and ill-motivated." he said when reach¬ ed by telephon*. "I want a pari nership, not war. I submitted an application of membership to the United Nations. I am a member of the Arab League. Thla sensa¬ tional report is most Irresponsible."
Arab circlea here »aid King Ab¬ dullah's main ambition is a "Great¬ er Syria," composed of the present Syria and Trans-Jordan, presuma¬ bly with himself as a  king.
Arab circles also cited reports that foriner British Col. William Stirling was supposed to be selling farm tools to the desert tribesmen. Gen. Charles De Gaulle accused Stirling In 194.1 of stirring up trou¬ ble  for  France  in  the  I^evant.
Both the Syrian government and th* Arab League recently an¬ nounced their opposition to a "Greater Syria" plan.
More Seath Sentence*
New military courts were ex¬ pected to pass death sentence* on five Irgun Zvai Leumi youths seized In a car with firearms and whips during the Irgun's retalia¬ tory floggings laat month In wnich a number of British soldiers'were victims.
Thousands of civilian women and children gathered at the Sarafand and Haifa evacuation centers to¬ night with only 60 pounds of bag¬ gage each allotteii them for their return  home to England.
It Is expected that many will be evacuated by planes taking off from Lydda Airport in rapid suc¬ cession. All available ships will be loaded at Haifa with other repatriates for the United King¬ dom.
British Commander Lt. CJen. Sir Evelyn Barker moved into govern¬ ment house, the residence of High (^mmissioner Sir Alan Cunning¬ ham in South Jerusalem, and con¬ ferred with other officers and offi¬ cials to map plans for the show¬ down   with  the   underground.
Jerusalem's streets, normally jammed   at   the   end   of   the   Sab-
¦wall    street    Investment    banker, have  been   personally  attacked, RuKslans  Tougher
At the some time. American dip¬ lomatic quarters said there has been a general "stiffening" of the Ru.ssian attitude In four-power re¬ lation* at all levels. They believe this to be part of a campaign to force the we.'jtern Allies on the de¬ fensive before the Mo«cow meeting of the Big Four foreign ministers.
Kotikov's communique was the .subject of a long conference among American officials today. After the conference, Keating said he was "surprised" since It was understood that the Allies would refrain from such methods.
tied   by   the   parties   at   the   local
level may  be submitted to a joint
national  standing  committee.   The
conunittee   decision   is   final   and
binding.
Lists Good Newa
Mr. Truman listed good labor news of the past 10 day* as fol¬ lows:
1.—The no - strike, no - lockout agreement in lhe home, highway, heavy and specialized construction industry.
2.—The agreement between U. S. Steel Ckirp. and United Steelwork- ers (CIO) to eliminate wage rate inequities and extend their current contract to  April  30.
3.—The agreement between U.S. Rubber O. and United Rubber Worker* (CIO) on "a significant contract"
'"Th* makTilg- T>{--a».*s« s-sxee- ments Indicates a widespread wil¬ lingness to resolve Industrial dis¬ putes without resort to force," Mr. Truman said.
I.a.bor officials said other favor¬ able signs were the progress of negotiations for a new agreement in th* flat glass industry to re¬ place the contract which expired last midnight and AFL President William Green's suggestion to CTIO President Philip Murray that the two big organizations merge. C«>ngr«^« Move* Slowly
The better feeling of goodwill In labor-management relations was helped by other developments. These included Indicatlonns that C^ngreaa will proceed cautlou.sly with new laws to regulate labor unions and that Federal Judge Frank A. Picard In Detroit will hold Intensive hearing* to make certain Industry Is not unduly bur-
UN BALKAN INQUIRY TO HIT ALL NATIONS DESPITE RED PROTEST
Athens, Greece, Feb. 1. (UP)— The United Nations Balkan In¬ quiry commission today rejected a Boviet bloc proposal that the com¬ mission confine Its travels to bath,   were   almost   deserted.   Mill- Greece.      Tlie  commi-sslon   decided
tary  patrols  moved   In   tight  Uttle groups  through  the  streeta.
At the same time troops began stringing barbed wire barricades around the luxurious Katamon quarter of Jerusalem, one of the city's major garden areas, where British civilians and officials re¬ maining In Palestine must live be¬ hind fortflcatlons to protect them from the expected volenc* of the Jewish underground.
TWO KILLED IN CRASH OF LOS ANGELES TRAINS
Los Angeles, Feb. 1. (UP)—Two Pacific Electric trains crashed near the entrance of a downtown subway today, killing two persons and   Injuring  3.5  others.
Police ambulances swarmed to the scene to carry Injured to re¬ ceiving hospitals and all inbound and outbound trains on the subur¬ ban line were halted.
Names of the dead were not learned Immediately, but police said one was a woman.
Strato Flying Won't Be Easy— It's Boiling Hof Way Up There
Washington, Feh. 1 (UP)—Science posed a torrid problem for high fliers of the future with th* dis¬ closure tonight that earth'* at¬ mosphere 75 miles up Is boiling hot.
Instead of being uniformly frigid •s previously supposed, the rarified upper air contains "perpetually tor¬ rid zones," the National Advisory Committee for Aearonautics report¬ ed. And in one of these zonesi 400,000 feet above the earth, at¬ mosphere temperatures reach the »   boiling  point.
Its findings, confirmed recently by the Army's V-2 rocket  tests in
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that all four countries involved In tiorder disputes may present their cases In Athens, but that "this has nothing to do with any eventual travels of the commission."
The fdUr countries Involved are Greece, Yugoslavia, Bulgaria and Albania. The Albanian delegation, last to arrive, was on hand today and It was decided to start near- ings on frontier Incidents Monday.
Bulgaria and Yugoslavia pro¬ posed yesterday that the commis¬ sion confine its Investigation to Greece, "whose Monarcho-Fascist government has been the cause of these disputes and the reason, in fact, that this inquir.v Is necessar.v."
Russian and Poland backed the proposal.
PARIS, MOSCOW MAKE NEW RUHR DEMANDS
New Mexico, "wl^l make necessary new de-sign and construction tech¬ niques to permit aircraft operation in these torrid zones," the NACA said.
They also will have a bearing on devclopmant of "guided missiles designed for upper atmosphere travel."
The NACA's discoveries refute the assumption heretofore held by scientists "that the air remained at a constant te.'npernture of 67 degrees below zera (Fahrenheit) from an altitude of about 35,000 feet."     '
From about 30 to more than 40, miles above the planet, NACA re¬ searchers found, there is a "hot zone"   with   temperatures   of   170
•^Tbove  this zone i. ''^^ J^^^^^^^^^^^^Z^Ue K^r s.o.. ^b   /nr^rs. 'w^r-r Iir r.: that  the  Englislt occupation  auth
reaches 75 miles. Z present limit of Ruhr coal production," the maga-
Paris, Feb. 1. (UP) — Foreign Minister (ieorges Bidault today presented the United States, Rus¬ sian and British ambassadors with a French memorandum calling for international control of the Ruhr's coal mines and heavy industry to prevent future use for German ag¬ gression.
The memorandum is th* third in a series of flve being prepared by the French for the forthcoming Big Four foreign ministers' c*n- ference in Moscow.
Its main point is establishment of an international council with authority over coal mines and iron and steel industries of the Ruhr, as well ets over secondary indus¬ tries such as machine tools, chem¬ icals and transport, which are de¬ pendent upon basic  Industries.
Mosrow Rapit British on Kuhr
Moscow, Feb. 1. (UP)-The au¬ thoritative political magazine New Times demanded toda.v that Rus siu be given a voice in control of Germany'* Ruhr coal and Iron basin in the British occupation zone.
New Times said the Ruhr Is the "property of the whole German economy" and constitutes a problem which can not be solved from "the
of investigation.
Izine charged.
dened with suits for back pay for , employees' travel and make-ready i time.
Mr. Truman and Secretary of Labor Lewis B. Schwellenbach warmly congratulated the Associat-1 ed General Contractors of America I and the Building and Construction Trades Department of the AFL, representing 199 unions, on theii no-strike,   no-lockout  agreement,     i
The President called it "a notable step  along   the   road   to   industrial, peace.'   He said hc hoped this kind i of an agreement could be extended to  other  industries.  Schwellenbach said  that  is  "an  act  of  industrial' statesmanship."     He    offered    the i the  facilities of his department to make it work successfully. "Production and Stability"
"I know  that with   the  full  sup¬ port  of  the  members  of   all   your
organiiianv.r.5 h-sii!—maimgement
and labor—your industry and the nation will achieve a higher level of   production   and   greater   stabil
ity;
to contractors and unions.
to Central Bank vaults in Shang¬ hai. Last week the cases were brought to Hong Kong and open¬ ed  for the  first  time,  legally.
Police said thieves could have substituted tlie marble blocks Kny time during the past few years, in India, China, or aboard a ship.
LEWIS REPORTED BACK OE MOVE TO JOINAFL, CIO
Aiming for Leadership Of 12 Million Men; - oiO Reniaiiis Silsnt   -
76 Killed In Alt Line Crash In Portugal
I Lisbon, Portugal, Feb. 1. (UP) Sixteen persons were killed todaj; when an Air France transport crashed 12 miles north of Lisbon dur¬ ing a storm.    One  person survived.
The sole survivor was understood to be badly injured and w«* rushed to a hospital in an attempt to save his life The plane carried 12 passengers and flve crew members aboard. Some of the bodies were  badly burned.
The plane was only three or four minutes' flying time from Lisbev airport   when   it    went    down    at'
Serra Cintra, near Peninha Centra | the   plane   left   Paris  and   another Mountain,  and  caught   flre
An emergency crew was rushed to the scene from Lisbon airfield, but its work was hampered by the flames.
The plane left Bordeaux at 12:30 p.m. and had been scheduled to land at Lisbon about 7 p.m.
The plane was two - engined Dakota (DC-3) of the type in which Grace Moore, Prince Gustaf
passenger  might  have  boarded  at Bordeaux.)
Spaniards living near Peninha Sintra reported they had seen • plane flying low over the moun¬ tains and a moment later watched it "crash in flames." Rescue Impossible
Three fire trucks and an ambu¬ lance, were rushed to the scene, but thore was little they could do.
Adolf   of   Sweden   and   20   others | The   firemnn   .sent   an   urgent   call
were killed last Sunday taking off j for a  truck  to haul  the  bodies to
from    Kastrup    Field    at    Copen-i a  morgue.
hagen,  Denmark. j     (Air   France   said   in   Paris  that
(Confirming  the  crash  In  Paris. Ithe   passenger   Ust   would   not   b«
oiULintsst ^   ncn:rE:'.   Fin)d-smiL_re Leased    until   tomorrow.    It   wal
, there were  11  passengers and  five : believed that all of'tne pSSSfeng'eni	
¦«     T „r«..,   ..IH  In   •   i«*f»i. T *;"""'•   ^'^¦'  "''•  ^   (UP)—John crew members aboard, one  person ^vcre  French  or Portuguese.) Mr.   iruman  saia  m a  leuer l   Lewis was reported today to be less   than   dispatches   from   Lisbon i    Six of the passengers were sing- ^.   .   .   ..      „   .    engineering  a  merger  of  the AFI,! reported.) : gr,   proceeding   to   Lisbon   for   a
•You   have   negotiated   the   pres-; and the CIO in an effort to become |     (That number was aboard when' concert, it was reported.
ent  plan without government  oar-| the   unchallenged   labor   leader   of, : ,
ticipation. The public and the gov-jthe nation
ernment  look  to you  to  make  itj    Lewis, whose United Mine Work-j
^^T ¦-. . J .. V-. . ™» »• l'^'"" f'^'vs put him at various times 1 He said no ndustry has a greaer,^^ the head or in high pla.e. of| contribution to niake to the mam-^ ^oth AFL and the CIO. was believ-' tenance of a high level of employ-1g^ the prime mover behind the! ment The Labor Department esti-j^p^'s sudden offer of full brother-! mated that all types of nev^ build-.^ood to Its rival. The AFL execu-1   A -«-J       I  til.      D ^ ^X      ^ ^ZiZm^^
:fo.^'-lUk"g"Larro^uU^'J:"^^-""^V"^^^^^^^^ tiff Rent Qeiling
recoro-oreaiiing   auiiar   vuiumc   oi i merger, on terms to be worked out "^
$15,400,000,000 and employment will, together,     to     strengthen     labor reach 2,500,000 workera. : against   its   enemies-political   and
"The    year    ahead    presents    a' economic, great   challenge   to   your   industry
Senators Planning Bill To Over-Ride Truman
calling for  united and  determined (Continued on  Page A-14)
Charge Holy See Helps Them Escape To South America
Belgrade,    Yugoslavia,    Jan.    81
FOR SHARP SPATS ON 'DESTRUCTION'
UN Opinion Differs On Mass Killing Or Selective Kind
Washington, Feb. 1. (UP) — President Truman today reaffirmed his opposition to any over-all in¬ crease in rent ceilings but five Senate   Republicans   served   notice
right   to   live   In   another   mt property   without   his   consent   of^ approval.   Fitch  said:    "Rent con¬ trol removal is the only immediate
that  they .would  seek   to  override 1 ""emedv for our housing condition."
He  said   he   had   been   told   public oflicials  refuse  to  touch  rent  con-
a   news   con-
Murray   and   AFL   President   Wil-  mygt   be   held.   He  said   the  que.s- liam   Orcen   would   step   down   in
Wait  for Murray'*  Answer
Members of the council meeting here withheld comment pending receipt of an aswer from CI(J President   Philip   Murray,   but   ob-j him.
servers   clo.-ie   to   thtm   pointed   to|    Mr.   Truman   told   a.   news   cu,i-. ,,„,    v,„^„„„„    .^^      ,„„,    ,^ii,i„.i the   strong   possibility   that    both 1 ference   he   believed   the   rent   line] ^'JJ^^^.^'^*""^    ^^^y    '^"    P"''^'^'^
Although Mr. Truman told re¬ porters that the rent issue was up to Congress, his opposition to increasing the rent bills of mil¬ lions of tenants indicated a presi¬ dential veto should Congress pass a bill weakening rent control.
Meanwhile, the Office of Price Administration announced that a "substantial number" of tenants must expect rent increases to re¬ move  "hardship" from landlords.
tion of increasing rent ceiling.s was up to Congress but he was not in  favor of  it.
Some   Senate    Republicans   said they   hoped   to  gain   Senate   bank
Lake Success, N. Y., Feb   1  (TiP^
(UP)—The   Yugoslav   government j—United      Nations
disarmament' .,
announced to;^-^at-i;ha;i".ent:P;^"---be headed^^^ ScePe
the Vatican two notes, accusing an | between  weapons  capable  of mas."; 	
organization   of   the   Holy   See   of j <jestruction and tho.se which kill on helping  "war  criminals    to  get  to ^ ^^re selective basis. South America and demanding re¬
turn of five "notorious Yugoslav war criminals" said to be In Vatican territory.
The first not* charged that the "Commissione de A&sistenza Pon- tlficia" had "made possible the de¬ parture of a large number of war criminals,    providing    them    with
Disagreement over this matter some UN officials said tonight, may stall arms-scrapping negotiations even though the Security Council sets up its long-discussed disarma¬ ment commis.sion next week. Wants Them I.>i8ted
The United States has served no-
vlsas and financing their passage." j tice that it wants the new disarma- "The documents on which these i ment commission to determine spe- war criminals applied to the com-' cifically the weapons it can deal mission were falsa and issued on witli before beginning ils atlempt the part of the 'St. Gerolamoltp hammer out a treaty for world- Brotherhood and the "Yugoslav | wide reduction of arn\5 and armies. Charity Societ}** which have noj Under terms of various resolu- right whatever to I.ssue documents, tions passed by the UN General to Yugoslav citizens," the note j Assembly, the new disarmament said. ; body could concern itself only with
"Bringing    to    your    notice    the conventional weapons. The year-old above  facts, the Yugoslav govern-j UN  atomic  energy   commission   is (Continued on Page A-14) I (Continued on  Page A-H»
Thickening Uepack Compels 3 Ships to Leave Byrd Camp
By H. H. QLIGO
Little America. Jan. 31 (UP)— Rear Admiral Richard H. Cruzen announced today that three thin- hulled shop* would be forced to leave Little America between Feb. 4 and 10 lest they be crushed by a record Icepack, thickening with the approach of the long Antarctic winter.
The three ships, the MouTt Olympus, Yancey and Merrick, A'ill be led , out by the icebreaker Northwind and halfway through the icepack will be met by another icebreaker, the Burton, en route from the west coast. The Burton will help the Northwind clear a path for the three ships northward to the safe area around Scott Island.
Will Evacuate Men
Then the Icebreajters will return to Little America and bring out about March 1 the 190 men left here. If one of the six planes with which the expedition explores the unknown area on the other side of the pole goes down, 30 volun¬ teers will stay at Little America all winter.
Rear Adm. Richard E. Byrd will remain at the Uttle America ba^e
camp, In overall command of shore operations.
The premature departure of the three ships, Cruzen said, will not mean much of a speedup in the original date set for leaving Little America.
Weather forecasters expect three days of good flying weather be- } ginning tomorrow (Saturday) or Sunday. Several of the R-4-D traiis- i ports that flew in from the carrier Phiiippincs Sea Thursday with Byrd may be ready for exploratory flights by then.
I'd like to get In about 25 flights from  Little  America  between   now and  the  time of final evacuation," Cruzen said. .May (Contain Mineral*
Byrd also i.-* anxious to explore the territory beyond the pole. He believes that It may contain rich mineral deposits and that there possibly may be a warm volganic region in the midst of the coldest area on earth.
Cruzen said that a PBM of the Western Task Force h.-xd traversed the Banzare coast and penetrated 1,200 miles south of the "Totten and Sabrina coasts. The flight was made yesterday but there are no details yet of what waa discovered.
the event of a merger..
I-,ewis. these sources said, aa per¬ haps the nations hest known 'abor figure and with intimate knowledge
cL^'f'f^T'"^  ''¦^"''^  "'lo^nnll^i^ in7commTtte7 approver next wee"k choice   to   head   a   new   12,000,000-   c       ,    . ,  . .;, ,     j,    j
member "union of unions." ^"^   legisla ion   "to   give   landlords
,„, ., , some   relief.
The council was known to hop* ,,      n   c,   . » .., that even if Murray does not havt.'^'"y "" ^'"' »*"'" much   faith   in   the   suggestion,   he |    The rent question thus mty pro- would be willing to appoint a 'om-j vide the first direct battle   between mittee   to  explore   the   possibilities | the   chief   e.xecutive   and   the   new and terms.   Both Lewis and Green .Republican congressional majority.  JUQGE TRYING VON PAPEN are on the conference group named I    There  were  these  developments: I ,,, .   ,,-,._   -.-,..„_„ (Continued on  Page  A-14, |     j^^.^ p^^^.,,^, bacJd  the ex-|HAS   HOME   BOMBED
planation   of   Maj.   Gen.   Philip   B. j ¦	
Fleming, his direclor of the Office; Nuernberg, Germany, Feb. 1, of Tempo'-ary Controls, of theMUPi -The hnme of Camille Sachs, comedy of errors that almost re-' president of the German de-Nazl- sulted in a 10 per cent hike in rent fication court trying Franz von ceilings last Wednesday. jPapen,  was  bombed tonight.
2.—Five Republican senators saldj    The number of casualties or th* they   would   push   for   committee: extent of the damage was not im- approval   next  week   on   their   bill; mediately  known, authorizing  an   Increase   of  up   to.    ^rmy officials said the ass,,ilanU 15 per cent on rentals. |^.„,  „„j   identified   but   that    the
3.--Sen.    Homer    Capehart.    R,  bomb  was  home-made Ind.,    urged    that   small    property holders   be  given  relief  from   rent!
Tivo well known men con¬ versing on Publir Square, every so often spreading their artns, palms of handu facing . . . talk¬ ing about fishing.
Motorist, running into nearby store to get change for park¬ ing metir, coining out to find cop ticketing his car and salt¬ ing: "Wait a minute. I can't carry the bloodii thing inside, with me when I go for nickels."
Not needed because of absence of snoiv, barricades put up on one street in Larksville tn pro¬ tect children while sleighriding, hring removed to anotlier ~- which had eaved.
AMcii girl hopping along on one root after lo.iing her nhoe on wail to .\rinori.i to see the fights Thursday night.
freeze   orders   and   art   opportunity  BILBO   LEAVES   HOSPITAL, for a "fair  return  on  investments   *^rtl«lr^   -rn   oi  aui   rst-iL-r representing their life savings.'        uUIIMu   IU   CLAIM   SEAT
4.  -Chairman  Charles  W.  Tobey, 	
R., N. H., of the banking cbmmitee New Orleaps, Feb 1. (UP)—Sen.- called a CIO representative as the; Elect Theodore Bilbo was dli- last committee witness on Monday ^ charged from Touro Infirmary to- and planned to turn the question, day following an operation for % of "legislation-if any" over to a|cancerous condition of the jaw. special subcommittee He  immediately   issued   a  denial
Charges   "(onspiracy** '
8.—Morgan  L.  F'itch.  new   i,ifoi-i..„   v.:.   c„u.   . .     .     i_    »w.
„ ,    „..  , ,    o' reports that  he intended givinc
Morgan  L.  F'ltch,  new  presi- ,,_   h.   Raht  f,^,.  .    ...i     i-
J .   ..f  r.      .... ..      ,'  .        } ..     I up  nis  nght  tor a    leat    in
dent   of   the   National   Association iT,_;f_j   ct„(«.   c^.,.     Th... ,.,.„
of  Real   Estate   Boards,  said   in  a I """^^^ ^. "'f ^l""'"-,, ^''*''. T^i
Baltimore speech that the govern-1''^ ""^-    » '"'"^^ "' '^^""""^ ""•
ment. through continued rent con-1    If the Senate should deny him a
ilfcn  sweeping vp  conl whirh   jtrol. has entered into a conspiracy [seat   he   plans  to  become  "interim
had  fallen   from   truck   outside   ito deny the veteran a place to live I senator" and then a candidate for
Luzerne   and   ivas   sjiread   over    and     to     preserve     a     mammoth | re-election   in   the  November  eleo-
100 yards of the highway. I monopoly of  special  privilege—the I tion,   he  added.
State Has 3 Ways to Stop Piping In ot Natural Cas
Harrisburg. Feb. 1 (UP)—Thei Commonwealth today held three trump cards to play in Its battle to protect Penns.vlvania's coal in¬ dustry from the threat of natural gas competition through the Big and Little Inch pioe lines.
The state was prepared to block transmission of natural gas at Pennsylvania's western border If the war-bullt lines are sold by the War Assets Administration to a gas compan.v by:
l.-LEGAL ACTION. The Penn¬ sylvania anthracite committee and (iov. James H. Duff are ready to battle In court on the ground that rights of vi-ay granted by the state when the pipes were laid permli i transmission only of petroleum or its  by-products.
I 2.—LEGISLATION. If the courts jdo not uphold the rights of way I interpretation, state legislators are I considering introduction of a meas¬
ure to prohibit transmission of nat-1 ural gas across or under common- \ wealth-owned land Many of the ] 300 miles of pipe in Pennsylvania pass  across  state  lands.
3.    I" TIL1T Y   Sl PERMSION. The   state   Public  Utility  Commis¬ sion could refuse to permit natural gas companies to extend their set-' vice areas or transmit gas obtain-1 ed   from   the   inch   lines   through! any   equipment   except   that   now in   use,  on   the  basis  that   coal   is sufficient to fuei  those  sections  of' the   state.   In   this   way   the   PUC - could protect areas now using coa! from competition by gas.
The commonwealth long has con¬ tended that the right of way pre¬ cluded transmis-sion of natural gas but the Industry Insists that Bas is a by-product of petroleum. Duff has remained neutral in the present controversy but when attorney gen¬ eral last year ruled that natural gas is not a petroleum by-product
and Is thus committed to flght an.v adverse contention In court. Series pf FighU
The state believes that ths threat of litigation at every gams preserve, highway, forfst. stream or other piece of property owned by the commonwealth may dis¬ courage gas companies from pur¬ chasing  the  lines.
The commonwealth'* position against use of the lines for ga* has been altered only once. U. 8. Sen. Edward Martin, when gover¬ nor, granted the Equitable Gas Company. Pittsburgh, special right to Import gas from the lines untU spring,   because  of   a  shortage.
Some members of the state leg¬ islature, however, have opposed th* fight against purchase of the Uitea by gas companies. Debate on a resolution memorializing Congress to stop sale of the lines is expect¬ ed in the Sute Senat* next w**lt