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-^^-X; Wyoming Valley This is IT. SUNDAY INDEPENDENT The Weafher Fair, cooler Simday. Monday eloudy, waraMP. 43BD YEAR, NO. 28 — 52 PAGES Reuther and CIO Agree 0 Meeting Makes First Break In Ford Stalemate; Idleness Costing Jobs of Thousands I'NITEU PRt'.NS Wire NrwN S.-riire WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY, MAY 8, 1949 PRICE TWELVE CENTS Detroit, May 7 (UP)—TTie CIO United Auto Workers' Union today accepted an Invitation to a meeting; to attempt settlement of the Ford Motor Company strike, which threatena imminent shutdown of Kord plants and supply firms throughout the nation. The union's acceptance came after the company announced plana (or plant shutdowns in 16 states within 10 days. Walter Reuther, UAW president, jtreed to meet next "niursday with Mayor Orville Hubbard of subur- han Dearborn, where Ford's giant River Rouge plant is located. Hub- hard also invited Gov. G. Mennen Williams and Henry Ford II, <»m- pany president. Governor Willing Williams said he would attend lie nieeting "if ft would serve any u.'-eful purpose." Ford had not yet replied. Hubbard hiw been at odds with the company since it sup¬ ported an attempt of a life Insur¬ ance company to bring a large housing project to Dearborn. Ford had said earlier that the company was willing to negotiate furtiier at any time. Reuther's acceptance marked the i __^ first .'»tep toward resumption of ne- se rn TrsdarwhenSJMrs. Jokn Lewis, Rolling Mill Hill, employees of Ford's Rouge and; a^ .¦ m vh ^a»g a V .4 fl * * L.nol.1 Men ury plants struck over! AfOflier Of 11 children, 14 LfVffig Mrs. John Liewis, Rolling Mill Hill resident, who was born and raised In ^hat section of Wiljtes-Barre city, lias given birth to 17 '--¦'¦'ren in tiie'past 4(1 years to earh an imprjrlani "position among MRS. JOHN LEWIS iMother's l^aj Report: ames Rutter U.S. Will Retuse to Take Its Troops out of Germany To Rebuff Red Demand That Occupation End Washington, May 7. (UP)—The United Btates wlll reject flatly any Soviet proposals for quick withdrawal of occupation troopa from Germany, a high American diplomat said today. He disclosed that the State Department is drafting counter¬ proposals to be ready in event the Soviets make such a demand at the Paris meeting of the council of foreign ministers. He said tha United States is still committed to a long-term occupation policy. This view was regarded as authoritative since this official is one ^sn alleged speedup, "The UAW as we stated before f.v ii.OHurec! to .ineel a) mmy- tir.ie of Secretary of State Dean Ache¬ son's top advisers. He Is certain to be a member of the United Nations delegation at the Paris Big Four meeting and is currently en¬ gaged in drafting American stra¬ tegy for that meeting. Beds Wooing Germans There has been evidence " from behind the iron curtain that Soviet strategy at Paris will be directed toward winning support of (Jerman nationalists, with a view to wreck¬ ing western plans for a West (Jer¬ man state, and that this strategy will hinge on a proposal to with¬ draw all occupation forces. This official said the United States is confident that any such Soviet plan will fail. He said that, in the flrst place,' it would align western European nations, notably France, even closer with the U. S. viewpoint because of their fears of renewed German aggression. Secondly, he said, "a lot of CJer' mans don't want It (U. S. troop withdrawal). They know Russia, they don't trust her, and they value the protection of our forces.'' No Full Solution Expected This official warned that "we do not expect an overall solution of u.fc"Cerni&u problem multitude of CJerman issues These positions" will bs "harmonized" with British and French views at preliminary three-power talks in Paris before the ministers start meeting. The State Department announced today that Ambaasador-at-Large Philip C Jessup and Department C>)unselor Charles Bohlen will leave Washington for this preliminary meeting before the end of next week. It is anticipated that the three-power conversations will last at least a week. V. S. Is Cautious The diplomatic Informant made It clear that the United States ii approaching the four-power talks with extreme caution. He said that in the lifting of the Berlin block¬ ade, "we wo na battle." Now, he said, "the main idea is to avoid losing a campaign." He said that while Acheson has set, no "deadline" for conclusion of the Paris meeting, "still we feel that by June 15 we should know where we stand" and whether it will be worth hlle to continue the talks. Mr. Acheson cannot afford to remain away from Washington too he said. Sergeant York Suffers Stroke PaU Mall, Tenn,, May 7. (UP) —Sgt Alvin C. York. 61, Ameri¬ ca's most famous World War I hero, suffered a mild stroke Thursday but promptly rallied, it was disclosed today. It was reported that the right side of York's face was partial¬ ly paralyzed and as a result he had difficulty in talking. How¬ ever, he was said to have re¬ covered his vigor and was able to leave his house here for a walk tnday. York, Uien just a s'^nglin'i doughboy from Ttiiut-.tsee, won acclaim for his single-handed capture of an entire German machine gun compan}' In World War I. \Ponder Vif inner of Kentucky Derby- \Just Like Father Louisville, Ky., May 7. (UP) —Ponder, the fast running son of a speedy flither, won the Kentucky Derby today, just as his daddy did flve years ago. He wasn't expected to win—that gold and glory was to have gons to Olympia—but he came through in the stretch to do It, just like his father. Pensive, who shot out in front in the flnal yards from home to win the blanket of roses In 1944. It was an old story In Derby history—Calumet Farms and Ben Jones again. Warren Wright's in his ninth start as a three-year- wealthy stable and his canny old old, didn't need that kind of break. BIGGEST BAnLE British Leaders Arriving to Plan Defense of Hongkong Shanghai, Sunday, May 8. (UP) The biggest battles alnce the fall of Nanking appeared to bs shap¬ ing up both West and South of Shanghai today as Nationalist and Ckjmmunist forces jockeyed 'for trainer did what very few had ex¬ pected. For Olympia, a colt which had beat everything in sight this year with one exception, was a 4 to He just turned on the speed with a clear field aheaij and set sail for the wire. From that point on there was nothing in the fleld of 14 ¦)! horses to oatch him In this seventh favorite to win. But the Fred running of the Derby. Hooper colt ran out of gas at the head of the stretch and that's where Ponder turned on the speed. Olympa had shot his bolt and C^pot passed him to take aecond place with Palestinian third. Just Like 1944 But otherwise Ponder did It like his daddy—he ran the mile and a quarter in the same time, 2:041-5. He paid more money than his father—$34, $11,60 and $6,20 across the board. HLs daddy had paid only $14.20 to win. It was the same setting as In Greentree Stables' Cabot paid Report Movie Planned I Near Meyers High School A modern movie house for the said they were not in a posiUon to The rompany, which draws on every state for supplies and equip¬ ment, announced plans to close 181 ».jto and truck assembly plants by* May 18 If the strike continues. Till- plants employ 26,000 persons, 1V>,7S0 Auto .Men idle Some 13.5,750 were Idle through-1 out Ihe auto industry in strikes _^ «nd Isyoffs. -The Ford shutdowns I rapidiv"dcve"lop'lnir'Vinvii^d 7e.!ti^"n ^com at"pr^Vnt" -iirectly or Indirectly wlll affect j^ reported being studied by the: Only other theaters In the ln.-| C-omerford theater interests. mediate vicinity are independent' art in mi,nv ..mnm..nin«. sv.„..f Several sources verified that the houses. They are the Crystal The¬ set in many .ommun.ties. About theater interests had purchased a ^ter. Bainey street, and the Roxy. plot of land on Hanover street, be-:£,jyjj,ij,j, gtreet, Lee Park, tween Carey avenue and Old River! Recent sale ' by the Comerford Road, and in addition had pur- firm of property it owned at the chased a double-dwelling on Old jend of Carey avenue, in a develop- River Road, adjacent to the vacant i„g businesa section, was accepted P'ot. i by several persons close to the- The site, opposite Meyers High atrical circles as a sign that the School and its .stadium, would per- Comerford people had decided the mit the construction of a neighbor- Carey-Hanover-Old River Road hood-type theater with entrances larea was more central for the.iter Top State Department *]ram8 are problem is taken up by the foreign working up "position" papers on a ministers. i.iindreds of tliousands more and (ause a tremendous economic Im- OOO of the idle st other com- nie.i were rxpccted to return to ork .Monday biit the spreading par,ily»|s of the Ford strike soon would offset that number. .Som^ Ford plant.s and several of the 3.r)00 companies which sell Ford s billion dollars worth of equipment annually already had flosed or laid off men. The 3,500 suppliers employ about 250,000. HOUSE GROUP SAYS CIO, AFL REJECT TAFT'S NEW PLANS on both Carey avenue ^nd Old 'expansion. of town, and other official.i as a theater location. ^nh!,*',''*'''"¦ '"^° "7" ^'"iRiver Road, it *as Indicated, run short of --^rs «nd parts, em- j j o'Leary, president of the ploy another 100,000. Comerford interests, was reported Henry Ford II. company presi- out dent, said in a letter to the strikers' that "a lot of other people, sooner' of later, will be affected," '• He said ho did not understand the strike, which the UAW called (Continued on Page A-2) Plentiful parking space, plus good tran.sportatlon service, also pointed out as attributes of the site IS SURE TO PASS FOR LABOR BILL JAMES A. BONE HURT IN NORTH MAIN CRASH James A. Bone, 19. of 402 North Washington street, city, was In¬ jured in a two-car collision at North Mata street and Hollenback svenuc, city, this morning at 12:30, He was taken to General Hospital By Jerry Meighan, address not otitrd, and attaches reported that fi^" or six stitches would be used to close a laceration on the left side of Bone's scalp. Bone was ving H brand new Nash, e was one of two persons In car owned by Wayne Tompkins of .''locum township, cily police reported. Driver of thV other ¦ehirle viah not Identified pend Dunmor Killed by Car Gaetano Calio, 74, of 128 Smith street, Dunmore, was killed In¬ stantly last night when hit. by a car while crossing Drinker street, Dunmore. in the 400 block. Dunmore police said that the aged man suffered a crushed chest, l^ead and eye injuries and faclured arms and legs. The -operator of the car wa.s^^^^^ ^^ President Truman's pro identifled as Steve E. Jason of T GRASS ROOTS TEST Special Election Of Congressman Has Taft-Hartley Issue Harrisburg, May 7 (UP)—Penn¬ sylvania may give the nation Its first "gra.ss roots" te.st of senti¬ ment on the Slst Congress' trcat- Compared with Earlier Proposals, New Cost Would Be Negligible Washington, May 7. (UP^—Key members of the House Veterans Ck)mmlttee think they have found a compromise pension formula which is sure to pass Congress and almast certainly win an okay from President Truman. Although the plan calls for $72 monthly pensions for needy 65- year-old veterans of both World wars, they said the cost—compared to that of earlier pension pro¬ posals—would be negligible. The committee goes Into closed session on the veterans pension i.ssue Tuesday. Chairman John E. Rankin, D., Miss., predicted to¬ night the group would approve a pension bill "In some form" by the end of next week. It was learned that House mem¬ bers who helped kill an earlier pension bill have been pressing the committee to "I ring out a bill we can vote for." Committee members said they are ready, after weeks of hearings, to comply. Fanfare Omitted 1944 when Calumet and old Plain Ben shot with Pensive. Pensive wasn't supposed to have much of a chance either, for Stirup waa almost 6n even money choice. But when Eddie Arcaro, who was up on the once-mighty Olympia today, thought Broadcloth was col¬ laring him in the stretch that day, he swung his mount wide—nnd Pensivp s 7 to 1 . chclc*, xhrt through on the rail to win $9.60 and $5.80. while Palestinian, second choice In the betting, re¬ turned $4.80 to ahow. Olympia Fades Badly Ol.vmpi.f finished sixth, fading badly after leading until shortly after the mile mark was passed. Old Rockport was fourth and Half flfth. Ponder went under the wire thTe JfT.st^K fl-.tmd of Catot. The i_ nn v~T. w through on the rail to win. Ib-Uff' wn« {«.i.--«r.H.,.t.«if i.n.Tthn^ iwstb:"! But Administration's Bill Is Expected to Be Beaten in Senate Washington, May 7 (UP)—The eno and AFL today rejected Sen Robert A. Taft's new labor bill proposals. "The new Taft labor bill is a re enactment of the Taft-Hartley Act making only relatively trivial con^ cessions to labor," said CIO CJen^ eral Counsel Arthur J. CJoldberg. The so-called Taft amendments were drafted by the Ohio Republi¬ can and Sens. Forrest C. Donnell, R,, Mo,, and H. Alexander Smith, R., N. J., as a minority report on the administration Taft-Hartley re¬ peal bill approved by the Senate labor committee. Republican Sens. Wayne Morse, Ore., and George Aiken, 'Vt. did not sign the minori¬ ty report. "Apparently." the AFL Political League said, "this substitute is not very good sines Morse and Aiken refused to give their blessing or aignature to the bill or its accom¬ panying report." The AFL called It Taft's "version Tv.«., — .i rz iU . .1, „„.«.«if of the Halleck-Wood bill" which They predicted that the commit- ;gram. Dunmore. He was held in $3,000 xhe test shaped up late yeater- tee will accept a compromise plan b y the House voted 212 to 209 to send back to its labor committee last proposed without fanfare " .-i«.'...i««.,.i.„ Rankin several days ago. | Wednesday. Rankin Introduced three new! Despite labor oppostion, some pension bills, based on a sin^e I Southern Democratic senators be- idea but varying In detail. Instead | gan falling Into line behind the K rompletion of the investiga-1''"'I «"> » charge of involuntary jday when both Republican and of providing a new pension law the ITaft amendments. jDemocratic candidates names were bHu would liberalize-and write B.»Td Buck Taft 'manslaughter. Nanticoke Has Enough of Street Blocked by Strike-Stuck Derrick certified by the state election bureau to appear on the ballot in a special congressional election in the 26th district, comprising Cam¬ bria, Indiana and Armstrong counties. The two candidates will seek to the coke's business district for the past five weeks may be removed oy city authorities tomorrow wlth- hJ 1 tu**"' '""'"'*• 7ri-foot-boom I entirely to cities and boroughs, fj]] the unexpired term of Rep. orrrick that has blocked the main We have no authority to onforccJRobert L. Coffey jr., D., Johnstown nighway in the heart of Nanti- the rules which govern traffic in Lho was killed in a jet plane c Nanticoke or any other munici-|^prii 20 at Albuquerque, N. M, pa"ty' The Democratic state executive out obj u f the rtate de- gi^^n Z''o«l':u':ZT^J.Jn^^^^^^^^ •X.ray'^' d^lSrnt officials ^ IL^r ""pUlir "^^^ ¦""¦ ^°" ^"' -°'^" ''^ "^ '^^^ ^^"-^-'™^"' pfloriy a permit was Issued to block ^ i.-An appeal to the - *j>i3 or any other highway In Nan- teamsters bf Local 401, who filroke over any length of time ithe crane on the stieet April ;•';_ department issues permits for, when the truck drivers' str.Kc p^.,i„ vr^th.w., Carlisle into law—regulations under which the Veterans Administrstion al¬ ready Is granting $72 monthly pen¬ sions t9 most needy veterans at age 65, Under the regulations the veteran must show a non-service-tonnected disability of at least 10 per cent , .,, ^ . , . , .He must be jobless and his income who waa killed in a jet plane crash i^ust not exceed $1,000 If single or $2,500 if he has dependents. Would L'p Income Bar The new Rankin bills, excavations only sized last night it was empha- involving C, struction Co,, F. B, Republicans previously had select striking.gj John P. Saylor, Johnstown at- left *.„«««.. torney. , . ., ¦ Test for Ijibor drivers strike p^.,ip Mathews, Sen. Harry F. Byrd. D., Va., a leader of the conservative South¬ ern bloc, said he intended to sup¬ port them. But he indicated that he had some reservations on the emergency strike section,, which would authorize federal seizure of plants. Sen. Allen J. Ellender. D., La., former labor committee member who helped draft the Taft-Hartley Law, said he is studying the Taft amendments with a view to joining garrison communl- bilantly claimed government successes at Quinsan (Kungshan), SO miles west of Shanghai, and at Kashing, TO miles to the southwest. But today's in¬ dications were much less optimis¬ tic. Last night's communique admit¬ ted the Reds severed all communi¬ cations and transportations at Kashing by sending "plainclothes men" into the outskirts of the city. "The communique said three Red divisions (an estimated 30,000 men) had been thrown back with heavy losses In direct assaults on Kashing. However today's veil of silence surrounding activities In the area was Interpreted as mean¬ ing the Kashing situation was crit¬ ical—^r worse. The American Navy has evacu¬ ated the Tsingrtao shore base, but a U. S. squadron, including two cruisers and 10 destroyers, is an¬ chored off the city, within artillery range of the shore. British army and navy chiefs in the Far East arrived Saturday in the China-coast colony of Hong¬ kong—"Gibraltar of the Far East" —to plan its defense against any possible Chinese Ommunist attack. The British government an¬ nounced in London that two cruis¬ ers, three frigates and a squadron of spitfire fighter planes had been ordered to Hongkong to strength¬ en the defenses of the strategic crown colony. (Moscow newspapers gave promi¬ nent display today to a Chinese Communist statement demanding that "England, tha United States and Frances . . . withdraw war¬ ships, warplanes and other armed forces from . . . China's lands and seas, and no longer aid the enemies of CSna's people ia the civil war.") Meanwhile, Shang'hai authorities continued their clean-up of fifth columnists and criminals In the Chinese metropolis. The execution Saturday of tive burglars b|ought to 17 the number who had died before Chinese-style flring squads since Thursday. The executions are held publicly, before large crowds, at any of sev¬ eral points around Shanghai. The condemned man is forced to kneel with his hands bound behind him, or is strapped Into a chair and is killed by bullets flred into the back of bis head at short range. New Snows Due in West as SpringCrowsMoreNormal (Joeringer G. Coon Con- Con- Democratic chairman, aaid that the! election will be "a very good test making these regulations law would elimi¬ nate the 10 per cent disability re-im their sponsorship quirement. In addition thev would' He said he expected the adminis- boost the income limitation forj tration bill to be "snowed under" single men from $1000 to $1.20o'in the Senate. He thought 14 to 22 i annually. : senators would vote to retain es- state: Tlie veterans Administration says,sential provisions of the Taft-Hart- Chicago, May 7 (UP)—Tempera¬ tures fell from record-breaking heights in the eastern half of the country today. Snowstorms swept through part of the Rocky Moun¬ tain area and rain, hall and floods followed a tornado in Texas. Spring, the CThicago weather bureau said, was returning to a more normal career in most parts of the country. A mass of cool air broke a three- day spring heat wave in the Middle West and spread Its relief to the Atlantic Coast, where a record 93 degrees hit New York City yester¬ day. More Snow Coming More snow was predicted for southern Wyoming and western Colorado, an area battered by the huge blizzards of the past winter, Snowshovcls and snowplows were in use again after a snowfall yes¬ terday. A tornado took two lives last Valley Scene Twn women sitting under hair dryers of an Asknm beauty shop for three hours when power was cut off hy Friday night'a storm. Two Hazleton bunivess men getting stuck in water-filled area of Biackman street — hut getting taste of Wilkes- Barre hospitalitii when resi¬ dents came to rescue, pushed thevi out and got ear going again. Patrolman in valley town asking chief of police: "Do j/OM want me to pick up the money if your horse comes in?' ,?•• "Through Traffic" stop sign in Hanover township now stopping only ove type of motor vehicle—the valleu's last trolley —at intersection of Lee Park .avenue and St. Mary's Road. night in the small south plains town of Sundown, Tex. That storm was followed by torrential rains, hall and high vrinds in the Texas Panhandle and south plains. A flood built up in Lubbock, Texas, where one woman waa electrocuted by a wet circuit. A fourth death was attributed to the Texas storm near Loralne when a bus overturned in a driv¬ ing rainstorm, killing an oil com¬ pany employee. Authorities estimated Texas crop and property damage in tha thousands of dollara. An overnight downpour of flve inches of rain swelled into a flood four feet deep in some Lubbock residential areas. Many persons could not get to work and business was disrupted. The city has no storm sewer system. Heavy Hailstorm A heavy hailstorm tore up vir¬ tually all of the crops on some farms near Hereford, Tex. The mid-afternoon storm left piles of hailstones three feet high in some spots. In the Rocky Mountain area, strong cold winds ripped fruit trees in Utah, but it was too early In the growing season to determine the damage. A gust of wind killed Paul J. Ordener, 23. who fell from his work at the top of a 75-foot oil well derrick. YUGOSLAVS JAIL FOUR CATHOLIC NUNS Belgrade. Yugoslavia, May 7. (UP)—Four Catholic nuns were sentenced to from two to five years at hard labor on charges of war¬ time treason, the Republican gov- I ernment of Slovenia announced to^ jday. I The announcement said the four (Catholic sisters were found guilty |of supplying information on Partf- Ison movements to the Italian army in Yugoslavia. Battle of Static 61 Allied Radios Beam at Russia And Reds Use 100 to Jam Airwaves •ix At State Not Objecting struction Co. and the Sordoni Con- adherenco of labor to Pres- This was in answ-r lo previous- struction Co was declared °^ the adnerence oi laoor lo r-rcs ]y publi,,hrd r^nnrt whirh inHl- o i ".r°' ,^.*^ ..'''^'¦'"f.., „.._ IIdcut Truman'so policies,' Importance of the by-election (Continued on Page A-2 ley Law. ru. P"^''''^'^.'^ "port which Indi- 2,-An appeal to the actual own rated tho city wanted the derrick ers of th.. pnninrnpnt or - , • j ». removed from it. main artery but " _^.u,. „«'?."'P,'"^"'.:..°';:„„„ „,.„ was also emphasized by appear could not act hecause a permit _ . t 3.—City officials may hook city ^ ,, riomnrratic exeiutivr not act hecause a permit trucks and other eauinment to the ^""^^ "' "'^ Uemocratic exeiuii\e ^vaa obtained from the state high- dVrrrrkand to«^rtoTvaca°t ^ "^"^""*^ of Victor H. "t^o.v department at Harrisburg,ior tield '° Harding, national secretary ot the ¦•N'anticoke city authorities = Won't interfere Democratic congressional cam- nould enforce the rules and regu-: "They'd know what to do If aniP^'S^ committee, ¦'ions the same as they do when autoSileorTruTk I locked a city The by-election may have na-, , stalled car or truck Is found Roadway'' the hUXdeprrt^tionwide significance m view of 'It"king a road," the highwav de- „,ent spokesman Iddcd ''and re-'™ne'-''Ssional refusal to accept the 'Zr:f\ -r""'^^^, ^^"/"r^.'ScsTo'Tha? mttt Zi IL'fl •'-^t^an^AaX I^^w^^X -nt of traffic regulations is left highway department .vil. not in- tojepeal '¦^'^^'^«^««,t;^„i^^,„^ NantirokeSouthern l^emocrats has insisted 2 Dead, 2 Hurt In Car-Truck Crash PRESIDENT OF BOLIVIA QUITTING HIS POST La Paz, Bolivia, May 7 (UP) — President Enrique Hertzog today delegated his powers to Vice-Presi-, „ ., . ., . .^ u _ dent Mamerto Urriolagoitla on the New York, May 7. (UP)-Britain:apparently got through on grounds of failing health. and the United States b^°^<=i^hannels and BBC on flv»^ Hertzog's cabinet resigned in ,ithrough the Soviet jamming of the Frankfurt, Germany. Army offit^^^ . . ¦ B n »|jjj|.^^ygg j^ay in a full-scale tech- said the powerful armed forces '^' inological "war" to capture the at-1 network definitely broke through tention of Russian radio listeners.!the barrage to tell Russian Itstan- The battle of words and static!ers that the lifting of the Berlin blockade marked a set-back for the Soviet Union. In London, BBC officials said tba 'n Today's issue < li«>hlfied C—11 I'-ditorial B ^t .^^'''s '...'.' C—HI fcituiiry A •;«' Kudio ('—'0 ^oriiil l...!I....l.!!, C I ll*'PorU .,...„.".„....„. B—1 P.S.- Two passengers were killed ami the driver of the car Is unconscioiia and critical in a hospitsl as a re¬ sult of a head-on collision between an automobile and truck on Route 209 near East Stroudsburg yester- see a large boo!rbeh,'/to"wed"bvon"a'more con-servative labor lawlday afternoon at 4:45. , ^ rtractor and ?hrcc flre t'ucUs than the Wagner Act, which the Driver of the car, Daniel Coun- partment trucks tomorrow, they lollows Son's Mand „iH ir^""" ""'=""''= f?'^'Mtrouds will know thnt rItv officials were -Mrs. (Joffey, in a atatement, said in CJeneral Hosp tal. East Strouas UnableTo mak. , nv hfadwl^v "wtth .he would strive to finUh the work|burg. His brotU Walter Co"- 'l^aVrr"'"" -"''''''" "^ ^"r^ ^TcrnUnu^ed^nC^Al,"" "1^^^^^^^Van"iuCm ed over ,1.200 damag. to Ul. trucU. South C>Jurlland avenue, both of East Strouds'barg, died soon after being taken to hospitals. According to State Troopers P. G, Potter and D. J. Henzey of Stroudsburg Barracks, the car was travelling in a reckless manner as it swung to the wrong side of the road at a curve and plunged head- on into a truck operated by Ray¬ mond- Niper. Parryville, Carbon county. The latter suffered a slight cut over the eye, but police report- Czech Beer Signs Mar U.S. Memorial Pilsen, Czechoslovakia, May 7. (UP)—Two large, freshly paint¬ ed billboards advertising beer were put up overnight on either side of the manument to Amer¬ ican soldiers who liberated tills. town four years ago Friday, Some 20 laborers went to work shortly after dark last night. Police had been posted at the small park all day Friday to keep Czechs from placing flow¬ ers on the monument and four stood on each corner of plot today. Reliable, but officially uncon¬ firmed reports said at least 50 Czechs who tried to lay flowers there during the past three dayi had been arrested. Last year the park was buried under flowers and American and Brit¬ ish tlajf 'began at 10; 15 a.m. (EDT> when the State Department's Voice ot America, the British Broadcasting Corporation and the U. S. armed forces network in Europe threw ali available equipment into action in an effort to carry the West's ver¬ sion of the Berlin blockade to the Russian public lor the first time in two weeks. The western broadcasters took first reports showed 25 per cent of the frequencies used were clear of Interference. Of the remaining TB per cent, BBC said, about ons-thlrd were free of hiterference part of the time while the other two-thirda encountered "severe" interfarenca. BBC officials said they tboofht the occasion of National Radio Day this was a good showing, in Russia to start the offensive of; ^[^^ ¦Voice of America the ether. The "Voice" and BBC, •polte*. said that 25 BBC traannlt- beamed 61 short-wave transmitters,; [grs and 38 Volpe tnuumMUrS the all on different ohannels, at Russia, vtrere uaed. The Soviets, who had heen jam-, ..y,,^ jj^oke through all right In ming western prosrsms with 60 our' first jcint effort," he said. ''We stations'since April 24. retaliated ,„prc clearly audible on a number by putting at least 100 jamming of frequencies. It looks as though transmitters to wo.'k, a Voice of the jammers were paying more at- Amerlca official suid. tention to the Voice tha« BBC. Tell of Blockade Ending They were a lot rougher on us. ' Despite Russian counter - meas-. "We got through about on*- lures, the ofllcial said, the Voice! (Continued on Pa«a ArS> i:.%^uii^ii6Xiiiitr,i.^ma
Object Description
Title | Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent |
Masthead | Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent |
Volume | 43 |
Issue | 28 |
Subject |
Wilkes-Barre (Pa.) - Newspapers Luzerne County (Pa.) - Newspapers |
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Month | 05 |
Day | 08 |
Year | 1949 |
Description
Title | Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent |
Masthead | Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent |
Volume | 43 |
Issue | 28 |
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Wilkes-Barre (Pa.) - Newspapers Luzerne County (Pa.) - Newspapers |
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Date | 1949-05-08 |
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Full Text | -^^-X; Wyoming Valley This is IT. SUNDAY INDEPENDENT The Weafher Fair, cooler Simday. Monday eloudy, waraMP. 43BD YEAR, NO. 28 — 52 PAGES Reuther and CIO Agree 0 Meeting Makes First Break In Ford Stalemate; Idleness Costing Jobs of Thousands I'NITEU PRt'.NS Wire NrwN S.-riire WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY, MAY 8, 1949 PRICE TWELVE CENTS Detroit, May 7 (UP)—TTie CIO United Auto Workers' Union today accepted an Invitation to a meeting; to attempt settlement of the Ford Motor Company strike, which threatena imminent shutdown of Kord plants and supply firms throughout the nation. The union's acceptance came after the company announced plana (or plant shutdowns in 16 states within 10 days. Walter Reuther, UAW president, jtreed to meet next "niursday with Mayor Orville Hubbard of subur- han Dearborn, where Ford's giant River Rouge plant is located. Hub- hard also invited Gov. G. Mennen Williams and Henry Ford II, <»m- pany president. Governor Willing Williams said he would attend lie nieeting "if ft would serve any u.'-eful purpose." Ford had not yet replied. Hubbard hiw been at odds with the company since it sup¬ ported an attempt of a life Insur¬ ance company to bring a large housing project to Dearborn. Ford had said earlier that the company was willing to negotiate furtiier at any time. Reuther's acceptance marked the i __^ first .'»tep toward resumption of ne- se rn TrsdarwhenSJMrs. Jokn Lewis, Rolling Mill Hill, employees of Ford's Rouge and; a^ .¦ m vh ^a»g a V .4 fl * * L.nol.1 Men ury plants struck over! AfOflier Of 11 children, 14 LfVffig Mrs. John Liewis, Rolling Mill Hill resident, who was born and raised In ^hat section of Wiljtes-Barre city, lias given birth to 17 '--¦'¦'ren in tiie'past 4(1 years to earh an imprjrlani "position among MRS. JOHN LEWIS iMother's l^aj Report: ames Rutter U.S. Will Retuse to Take Its Troops out of Germany To Rebuff Red Demand That Occupation End Washington, May 7. (UP)—The United Btates wlll reject flatly any Soviet proposals for quick withdrawal of occupation troopa from Germany, a high American diplomat said today. He disclosed that the State Department is drafting counter¬ proposals to be ready in event the Soviets make such a demand at the Paris meeting of the council of foreign ministers. He said tha United States is still committed to a long-term occupation policy. This view was regarded as authoritative since this official is one ^sn alleged speedup, "The UAW as we stated before f.v ii.OHurec! to .ineel a) mmy- tir.ie of Secretary of State Dean Ache¬ son's top advisers. He Is certain to be a member of the United Nations delegation at the Paris Big Four meeting and is currently en¬ gaged in drafting American stra¬ tegy for that meeting. Beds Wooing Germans There has been evidence " from behind the iron curtain that Soviet strategy at Paris will be directed toward winning support of (Jerman nationalists, with a view to wreck¬ ing western plans for a West (Jer¬ man state, and that this strategy will hinge on a proposal to with¬ draw all occupation forces. This official said the United States is confident that any such Soviet plan will fail. He said that, in the flrst place,' it would align western European nations, notably France, even closer with the U. S. viewpoint because of their fears of renewed German aggression. Secondly, he said, "a lot of CJer' mans don't want It (U. S. troop withdrawal). They know Russia, they don't trust her, and they value the protection of our forces.'' No Full Solution Expected This official warned that "we do not expect an overall solution of u.fc"Cerni&u problem multitude of CJerman issues These positions" will bs "harmonized" with British and French views at preliminary three-power talks in Paris before the ministers start meeting. The State Department announced today that Ambaasador-at-Large Philip C Jessup and Department C>)unselor Charles Bohlen will leave Washington for this preliminary meeting before the end of next week. It is anticipated that the three-power conversations will last at least a week. V. S. Is Cautious The diplomatic Informant made It clear that the United States ii approaching the four-power talks with extreme caution. He said that in the lifting of the Berlin block¬ ade, "we wo na battle." Now, he said, "the main idea is to avoid losing a campaign." He said that while Acheson has set, no "deadline" for conclusion of the Paris meeting, "still we feel that by June 15 we should know where we stand" and whether it will be worth hlle to continue the talks. Mr. Acheson cannot afford to remain away from Washington too he said. Sergeant York Suffers Stroke PaU Mall, Tenn,, May 7. (UP) —Sgt Alvin C. York. 61, Ameri¬ ca's most famous World War I hero, suffered a mild stroke Thursday but promptly rallied, it was disclosed today. It was reported that the right side of York's face was partial¬ ly paralyzed and as a result he had difficulty in talking. How¬ ever, he was said to have re¬ covered his vigor and was able to leave his house here for a walk tnday. York, Uien just a s'^nglin'i doughboy from Ttiiut-.tsee, won acclaim for his single-handed capture of an entire German machine gun compan}' In World War I. \Ponder Vif inner of Kentucky Derby- \Just Like Father Louisville, Ky., May 7. (UP) —Ponder, the fast running son of a speedy flither, won the Kentucky Derby today, just as his daddy did flve years ago. He wasn't expected to win—that gold and glory was to have gons to Olympia—but he came through in the stretch to do It, just like his father. Pensive, who shot out in front in the flnal yards from home to win the blanket of roses In 1944. It was an old story In Derby history—Calumet Farms and Ben Jones again. Warren Wright's in his ninth start as a three-year- wealthy stable and his canny old old, didn't need that kind of break. BIGGEST BAnLE British Leaders Arriving to Plan Defense of Hongkong Shanghai, Sunday, May 8. (UP) The biggest battles alnce the fall of Nanking appeared to bs shap¬ ing up both West and South of Shanghai today as Nationalist and Ckjmmunist forces jockeyed 'for trainer did what very few had ex¬ pected. For Olympia, a colt which had beat everything in sight this year with one exception, was a 4 to He just turned on the speed with a clear field aheaij and set sail for the wire. From that point on there was nothing in the fleld of 14 ¦)! horses to oatch him In this seventh favorite to win. But the Fred running of the Derby. Hooper colt ran out of gas at the head of the stretch and that's where Ponder turned on the speed. Olympa had shot his bolt and C^pot passed him to take aecond place with Palestinian third. Just Like 1944 But otherwise Ponder did It like his daddy—he ran the mile and a quarter in the same time, 2:041-5. He paid more money than his father—$34, $11,60 and $6,20 across the board. HLs daddy had paid only $14.20 to win. It was the same setting as In Greentree Stables' Cabot paid Report Movie Planned I Near Meyers High School A modern movie house for the said they were not in a posiUon to The rompany, which draws on every state for supplies and equip¬ ment, announced plans to close 181 ».jto and truck assembly plants by* May 18 If the strike continues. Till- plants employ 26,000 persons, 1V>,7S0 Auto .Men idle Some 13.5,750 were Idle through-1 out Ihe auto industry in strikes _^ «nd Isyoffs. -The Ford shutdowns I rapidiv"dcve"lop'lnir'Vinvii^d 7e.!ti^"n ^com at"pr^Vnt" -iirectly or Indirectly wlll affect j^ reported being studied by the: Only other theaters In the ln.-| C-omerford theater interests. mediate vicinity are independent' art in mi,nv ..mnm..nin«. sv.„..f Several sources verified that the houses. They are the Crystal The¬ set in many .ommun.ties. About theater interests had purchased a ^ter. Bainey street, and the Roxy. plot of land on Hanover street, be-:£,jyjj,ij,j, gtreet, Lee Park, tween Carey avenue and Old River! Recent sale ' by the Comerford Road, and in addition had pur- firm of property it owned at the chased a double-dwelling on Old jend of Carey avenue, in a develop- River Road, adjacent to the vacant i„g businesa section, was accepted P'ot. i by several persons close to the- The site, opposite Meyers High atrical circles as a sign that the School and its .stadium, would per- Comerford people had decided the mit the construction of a neighbor- Carey-Hanover-Old River Road hood-type theater with entrances larea was more central for the.iter Top State Department *]ram8 are problem is taken up by the foreign working up "position" papers on a ministers. i.iindreds of tliousands more and (ause a tremendous economic Im- OOO of the idle st other com- nie.i were rxpccted to return to ork .Monday biit the spreading par,ily»|s of the Ford strike soon would offset that number. .Som^ Ford plant.s and several of the 3.r)00 companies which sell Ford s billion dollars worth of equipment annually already had flosed or laid off men. The 3,500 suppliers employ about 250,000. HOUSE GROUP SAYS CIO, AFL REJECT TAFT'S NEW PLANS on both Carey avenue ^nd Old 'expansion. of town, and other official.i as a theater location. ^nh!,*',''*'''"¦ '"^° "7" ^'"iRiver Road, it *as Indicated, run short of --^rs «nd parts, em- j j o'Leary, president of the ploy another 100,000. Comerford interests, was reported Henry Ford II. company presi- out dent, said in a letter to the strikers' that "a lot of other people, sooner' of later, will be affected," '• He said ho did not understand the strike, which the UAW called (Continued on Page A-2) Plentiful parking space, plus good tran.sportatlon service, also pointed out as attributes of the site IS SURE TO PASS FOR LABOR BILL JAMES A. BONE HURT IN NORTH MAIN CRASH James A. Bone, 19. of 402 North Washington street, city, was In¬ jured in a two-car collision at North Mata street and Hollenback svenuc, city, this morning at 12:30, He was taken to General Hospital By Jerry Meighan, address not otitrd, and attaches reported that fi^" or six stitches would be used to close a laceration on the left side of Bone's scalp. Bone was ving H brand new Nash, e was one of two persons In car owned by Wayne Tompkins of .''locum township, cily police reported. Driver of thV other ¦ehirle viah not Identified pend Dunmor Killed by Car Gaetano Calio, 74, of 128 Smith street, Dunmore, was killed In¬ stantly last night when hit. by a car while crossing Drinker street, Dunmore. in the 400 block. Dunmore police said that the aged man suffered a crushed chest, l^ead and eye injuries and faclured arms and legs. The -operator of the car wa.s^^^^^ ^^ President Truman's pro identifled as Steve E. Jason of T GRASS ROOTS TEST Special Election Of Congressman Has Taft-Hartley Issue Harrisburg, May 7 (UP)—Penn¬ sylvania may give the nation Its first "gra.ss roots" te.st of senti¬ ment on the Slst Congress' trcat- Compared with Earlier Proposals, New Cost Would Be Negligible Washington, May 7. (UP^—Key members of the House Veterans Ck)mmlttee think they have found a compromise pension formula which is sure to pass Congress and almast certainly win an okay from President Truman. Although the plan calls for $72 monthly pensions for needy 65- year-old veterans of both World wars, they said the cost—compared to that of earlier pension pro¬ posals—would be negligible. The committee goes Into closed session on the veterans pension i.ssue Tuesday. Chairman John E. Rankin, D., Miss., predicted to¬ night the group would approve a pension bill "In some form" by the end of next week. It was learned that House mem¬ bers who helped kill an earlier pension bill have been pressing the committee to "I ring out a bill we can vote for." Committee members said they are ready, after weeks of hearings, to comply. Fanfare Omitted 1944 when Calumet and old Plain Ben shot with Pensive. Pensive wasn't supposed to have much of a chance either, for Stirup waa almost 6n even money choice. But when Eddie Arcaro, who was up on the once-mighty Olympia today, thought Broadcloth was col¬ laring him in the stretch that day, he swung his mount wide—nnd Pensivp s 7 to 1 . chclc*, xhrt through on the rail to win $9.60 and $5.80. while Palestinian, second choice In the betting, re¬ turned $4.80 to ahow. Olympia Fades Badly Ol.vmpi.f finished sixth, fading badly after leading until shortly after the mile mark was passed. Old Rockport was fourth and Half flfth. Ponder went under the wire thTe JfT.st^K fl-.tmd of Catot. The i_ nn v~T. w through on the rail to win. Ib-Uff' wn« {«.i.--«r.H.,.t.«if i.n.Tthn^ iwstb:"! But Administration's Bill Is Expected to Be Beaten in Senate Washington, May 7 (UP)—The eno and AFL today rejected Sen Robert A. Taft's new labor bill proposals. "The new Taft labor bill is a re enactment of the Taft-Hartley Act making only relatively trivial con^ cessions to labor," said CIO CJen^ eral Counsel Arthur J. CJoldberg. The so-called Taft amendments were drafted by the Ohio Republi¬ can and Sens. Forrest C. Donnell, R,, Mo,, and H. Alexander Smith, R., N. J., as a minority report on the administration Taft-Hartley re¬ peal bill approved by the Senate labor committee. Republican Sens. Wayne Morse, Ore., and George Aiken, 'Vt. did not sign the minori¬ ty report. "Apparently." the AFL Political League said, "this substitute is not very good sines Morse and Aiken refused to give their blessing or aignature to the bill or its accom¬ panying report." The AFL called It Taft's "version Tv.«., — .i rz iU . .1, „„.«.«if of the Halleck-Wood bill" which They predicted that the commit- ;gram. Dunmore. He was held in $3,000 xhe test shaped up late yeater- tee will accept a compromise plan b y the House voted 212 to 209 to send back to its labor committee last proposed without fanfare " .-i«.'...i««.,.i.„ Rankin several days ago. | Wednesday. Rankin Introduced three new! Despite labor oppostion, some pension bills, based on a sin^e I Southern Democratic senators be- idea but varying In detail. Instead | gan falling Into line behind the K rompletion of the investiga-1''"'I «"> » charge of involuntary jday when both Republican and of providing a new pension law the ITaft amendments. jDemocratic candidates names were bHu would liberalize-and write B.»Td Buck Taft 'manslaughter. Nanticoke Has Enough of Street Blocked by Strike-Stuck Derrick certified by the state election bureau to appear on the ballot in a special congressional election in the 26th district, comprising Cam¬ bria, Indiana and Armstrong counties. The two candidates will seek to the coke's business district for the past five weeks may be removed oy city authorities tomorrow wlth- hJ 1 tu**"' '""'"'*• 7ri-foot-boom I entirely to cities and boroughs, fj]] the unexpired term of Rep. orrrick that has blocked the main We have no authority to onforccJRobert L. Coffey jr., D., Johnstown nighway in the heart of Nanti- the rules which govern traffic in Lho was killed in a jet plane c Nanticoke or any other munici-|^prii 20 at Albuquerque, N. M, pa"ty' The Democratic state executive out obj u f the rtate de- gi^^n Z''o«l':u':ZT^J.Jn^^^^^^^^ •X.ray'^' d^lSrnt officials ^ IL^r ""pUlir "^^^ ¦""¦ ^°" ^"' -°'^" ''^ "^ '^^^ ^^"-^-'™^"' pfloriy a permit was Issued to block ^ i.-An appeal to the - *j>i3 or any other highway In Nan- teamsters bf Local 401, who filroke over any length of time ithe crane on the stieet April ;•';_ department issues permits for, when the truck drivers' str.Kc p^.,i„ vr^th.w., Carlisle into law—regulations under which the Veterans Administrstion al¬ ready Is granting $72 monthly pen¬ sions t9 most needy veterans at age 65, Under the regulations the veteran must show a non-service-tonnected disability of at least 10 per cent , .,, ^ . , . , .He must be jobless and his income who waa killed in a jet plane crash i^ust not exceed $1,000 If single or $2,500 if he has dependents. Would L'p Income Bar The new Rankin bills, excavations only sized last night it was empha- involving C, struction Co,, F. B, Republicans previously had select striking.gj John P. Saylor, Johnstown at- left *.„«««.. torney. , . ., ¦ Test for Ijibor drivers strike p^.,ip Mathews, Sen. Harry F. Byrd. D., Va., a leader of the conservative South¬ ern bloc, said he intended to sup¬ port them. But he indicated that he had some reservations on the emergency strike section,, which would authorize federal seizure of plants. Sen. Allen J. Ellender. D., La., former labor committee member who helped draft the Taft-Hartley Law, said he is studying the Taft amendments with a view to joining garrison communl- bilantly claimed government successes at Quinsan (Kungshan), SO miles west of Shanghai, and at Kashing, TO miles to the southwest. But today's in¬ dications were much less optimis¬ tic. Last night's communique admit¬ ted the Reds severed all communi¬ cations and transportations at Kashing by sending "plainclothes men" into the outskirts of the city. "The communique said three Red divisions (an estimated 30,000 men) had been thrown back with heavy losses In direct assaults on Kashing. However today's veil of silence surrounding activities In the area was Interpreted as mean¬ ing the Kashing situation was crit¬ ical—^r worse. The American Navy has evacu¬ ated the Tsingrtao shore base, but a U. S. squadron, including two cruisers and 10 destroyers, is an¬ chored off the city, within artillery range of the shore. British army and navy chiefs in the Far East arrived Saturday in the China-coast colony of Hong¬ kong—"Gibraltar of the Far East" —to plan its defense against any possible Chinese Ommunist attack. The British government an¬ nounced in London that two cruis¬ ers, three frigates and a squadron of spitfire fighter planes had been ordered to Hongkong to strength¬ en the defenses of the strategic crown colony. (Moscow newspapers gave promi¬ nent display today to a Chinese Communist statement demanding that "England, tha United States and Frances . . . withdraw war¬ ships, warplanes and other armed forces from . . . China's lands and seas, and no longer aid the enemies of CSna's people ia the civil war.") Meanwhile, Shang'hai authorities continued their clean-up of fifth columnists and criminals In the Chinese metropolis. The execution Saturday of tive burglars b|ought to 17 the number who had died before Chinese-style flring squads since Thursday. The executions are held publicly, before large crowds, at any of sev¬ eral points around Shanghai. The condemned man is forced to kneel with his hands bound behind him, or is strapped Into a chair and is killed by bullets flred into the back of bis head at short range. New Snows Due in West as SpringCrowsMoreNormal (Joeringer G. Coon Con- Con- Democratic chairman, aaid that the! election will be "a very good test making these regulations law would elimi¬ nate the 10 per cent disability re-im their sponsorship quirement. In addition thev would' He said he expected the adminis- boost the income limitation forj tration bill to be "snowed under" single men from $1000 to $1.20o'in the Senate. He thought 14 to 22 i annually. : senators would vote to retain es- state: Tlie veterans Administration says,sential provisions of the Taft-Hart- Chicago, May 7 (UP)—Tempera¬ tures fell from record-breaking heights in the eastern half of the country today. Snowstorms swept through part of the Rocky Moun¬ tain area and rain, hall and floods followed a tornado in Texas. Spring, the CThicago weather bureau said, was returning to a more normal career in most parts of the country. A mass of cool air broke a three- day spring heat wave in the Middle West and spread Its relief to the Atlantic Coast, where a record 93 degrees hit New York City yester¬ day. More Snow Coming More snow was predicted for southern Wyoming and western Colorado, an area battered by the huge blizzards of the past winter, Snowshovcls and snowplows were in use again after a snowfall yes¬ terday. A tornado took two lives last Valley Scene Twn women sitting under hair dryers of an Asknm beauty shop for three hours when power was cut off hy Friday night'a storm. Two Hazleton bunivess men getting stuck in water-filled area of Biackman street — hut getting taste of Wilkes- Barre hospitalitii when resi¬ dents came to rescue, pushed thevi out and got ear going again. Patrolman in valley town asking chief of police: "Do j/OM want me to pick up the money if your horse comes in?' ,?•• "Through Traffic" stop sign in Hanover township now stopping only ove type of motor vehicle—the valleu's last trolley —at intersection of Lee Park .avenue and St. Mary's Road. night in the small south plains town of Sundown, Tex. That storm was followed by torrential rains, hall and high vrinds in the Texas Panhandle and south plains. A flood built up in Lubbock, Texas, where one woman waa electrocuted by a wet circuit. A fourth death was attributed to the Texas storm near Loralne when a bus overturned in a driv¬ ing rainstorm, killing an oil com¬ pany employee. Authorities estimated Texas crop and property damage in tha thousands of dollara. An overnight downpour of flve inches of rain swelled into a flood four feet deep in some Lubbock residential areas. Many persons could not get to work and business was disrupted. The city has no storm sewer system. Heavy Hailstorm A heavy hailstorm tore up vir¬ tually all of the crops on some farms near Hereford, Tex. The mid-afternoon storm left piles of hailstones three feet high in some spots. In the Rocky Mountain area, strong cold winds ripped fruit trees in Utah, but it was too early In the growing season to determine the damage. A gust of wind killed Paul J. Ordener, 23. who fell from his work at the top of a 75-foot oil well derrick. YUGOSLAVS JAIL FOUR CATHOLIC NUNS Belgrade. Yugoslavia, May 7. (UP)—Four Catholic nuns were sentenced to from two to five years at hard labor on charges of war¬ time treason, the Republican gov- I ernment of Slovenia announced to^ jday. I The announcement said the four (Catholic sisters were found guilty |of supplying information on Partf- Ison movements to the Italian army in Yugoslavia. Battle of Static 61 Allied Radios Beam at Russia And Reds Use 100 to Jam Airwaves •ix At State Not Objecting struction Co. and the Sordoni Con- adherenco of labor to Pres- This was in answ-r lo previous- struction Co was declared °^ the adnerence oi laoor lo r-rcs ]y publi,,hrd r^nnrt whirh inHl- o i ".r°' ,^.*^ ..'''^'¦'"f.., „.._ IIdcut Truman'so policies,' Importance of the by-election (Continued on Page A-2 ley Law. ru. P"^''''^'^.'^ "port which Indi- 2,-An appeal to the actual own rated tho city wanted the derrick ers of th.. pnninrnpnt or - , • j ». removed from it. main artery but " _^.u,. „«'?."'P,'"^"'.:..°';:„„„ „,.„ was also emphasized by appear could not act hecause a permit _ . t 3.—City officials may hook city ^ ,, riomnrratic exeiutivr not act hecause a permit trucks and other eauinment to the ^""^^ "' "'^ Uemocratic exeiuii\e ^vaa obtained from the state high- dVrrrrkand to«^rtoTvaca°t ^ "^"^""*^ of Victor H. "t^o.v department at Harrisburg,ior tield '° Harding, national secretary ot the ¦•N'anticoke city authorities = Won't interfere Democratic congressional cam- nould enforce the rules and regu-: "They'd know what to do If aniP^'S^ committee, ¦'ions the same as they do when autoSileorTruTk I locked a city The by-election may have na-, , stalled car or truck Is found Roadway'' the hUXdeprrt^tionwide significance m view of 'It"king a road," the highwav de- „,ent spokesman Iddcd ''and re-'™ne'-''Ssional refusal to accept the 'Zr:f\ -r""'^^^, ^^"/"r^.'ScsTo'Tha? mttt Zi IL'fl •'-^t^an^AaX I^^w^^X -nt of traffic regulations is left highway department .vil. not in- tojepeal '¦^'^^'^«^««,t;^„i^^,„^ NantirokeSouthern l^emocrats has insisted 2 Dead, 2 Hurt In Car-Truck Crash PRESIDENT OF BOLIVIA QUITTING HIS POST La Paz, Bolivia, May 7 (UP) — President Enrique Hertzog today delegated his powers to Vice-Presi-, „ ., . ., . .^ u _ dent Mamerto Urriolagoitla on the New York, May 7. (UP)-Britain:apparently got through on grounds of failing health. and the United States b^°^<=i^hannels and BBC on flv»^ Hertzog's cabinet resigned in ,ithrough the Soviet jamming of the Frankfurt, Germany. Army offit^^^ . . ¦ B n »|jjj|.^^ygg j^ay in a full-scale tech- said the powerful armed forces '^' inological "war" to capture the at-1 network definitely broke through tention of Russian radio listeners.!the barrage to tell Russian Itstan- The battle of words and static!ers that the lifting of the Berlin blockade marked a set-back for the Soviet Union. In London, BBC officials said tba 'n Today's issue < li«>hlfied C—11 I'-ditorial B ^t .^^'''s '...'.' C—HI fcituiiry A •;«' Kudio ('—'0 ^oriiil l...!I....l.!!, C I ll*'PorU .,...„.".„....„. B—1 P.S.- Two passengers were killed ami the driver of the car Is unconscioiia and critical in a hospitsl as a re¬ sult of a head-on collision between an automobile and truck on Route 209 near East Stroudsburg yester- see a large boo!rbeh,'/to"wed"bvon"a'more con-servative labor lawlday afternoon at 4:45. , ^ rtractor and ?hrcc flre t'ucUs than the Wagner Act, which the Driver of the car, Daniel Coun- partment trucks tomorrow, they lollows Son's Mand „iH ir^""" ""'=""''= f?'^'Mtrouds will know thnt rItv officials were -Mrs. (Joffey, in a atatement, said in CJeneral Hosp tal. East Strouas UnableTo mak. , nv hfadwl^v "wtth .he would strive to finUh the work|burg. His brotU Walter Co"- 'l^aVrr"'"" -"''''''" "^ ^"r^ ^TcrnUnu^ed^nC^Al,"" "1^^^^^^^Van"iuCm ed over ,1.200 damag. to Ul. trucU. South C>Jurlland avenue, both of East Strouds'barg, died soon after being taken to hospitals. According to State Troopers P. G, Potter and D. J. Henzey of Stroudsburg Barracks, the car was travelling in a reckless manner as it swung to the wrong side of the road at a curve and plunged head- on into a truck operated by Ray¬ mond- Niper. Parryville, Carbon county. The latter suffered a slight cut over the eye, but police report- Czech Beer Signs Mar U.S. Memorial Pilsen, Czechoslovakia, May 7. (UP)—Two large, freshly paint¬ ed billboards advertising beer were put up overnight on either side of the manument to Amer¬ ican soldiers who liberated tills. town four years ago Friday, Some 20 laborers went to work shortly after dark last night. Police had been posted at the small park all day Friday to keep Czechs from placing flow¬ ers on the monument and four stood on each corner of plot today. Reliable, but officially uncon¬ firmed reports said at least 50 Czechs who tried to lay flowers there during the past three dayi had been arrested. Last year the park was buried under flowers and American and Brit¬ ish tlajf 'began at 10; 15 a.m. (EDT> when the State Department's Voice ot America, the British Broadcasting Corporation and the U. S. armed forces network in Europe threw ali available equipment into action in an effort to carry the West's ver¬ sion of the Berlin blockade to the Russian public lor the first time in two weeks. The western broadcasters took first reports showed 25 per cent of the frequencies used were clear of Interference. Of the remaining TB per cent, BBC said, about ons-thlrd were free of hiterference part of the time while the other two-thirda encountered "severe" interfarenca. BBC officials said they tboofht the occasion of National Radio Day this was a good showing, in Russia to start the offensive of; ^[^^ ¦Voice of America the ether. The "Voice" and BBC, •polte*. said that 25 BBC traannlt- beamed 61 short-wave transmitters,; [grs and 38 Volpe tnuumMUrS the all on different ohannels, at Russia, vtrere uaed. The Soviets, who had heen jam-, ..y,,^ jj^oke through all right In ming western prosrsms with 60 our' first jcint effort," he said. ''We stations'since April 24. retaliated ,„prc clearly audible on a number by putting at least 100 jamming of frequencies. It looks as though transmitters to wo.'k, a Voice of the jammers were paying more at- Amerlca official suid. tention to the Voice tha« BBC. Tell of Blockade Ending They were a lot rougher on us. ' Despite Russian counter - meas-. "We got through about on*- lures, the ofllcial said, the Voice! (Continued on Pa«a ArS> i:.%^uii^ii6Xiiiitr,i.^ma |
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