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Bette Dayis Best Paid Actress
She Drew $328,000; But Top Pay in U. S. Was Theatre Magnate's; Clothing Maker Second
Waahington, Feb. 8. (UP)—Ac¬ treas Bette Davia copped the tax collector'a Oacar today aa tht highest-paid woman of the year.
The Treasury'a flnal listing of salaries paid In the calendar year 1946 and fiscal yeara which ended In 1947 dl.tclosed that the throaty- voiced Mias Davis collected $328,000 from the Wamer Brothers Stu¬ dios.
Shapely Betty Grable, whose $299,383 from 20th Century-Fox led taxman's list in July, slumped to kjhird plaoe. Deanna Durbin, Unl- fveraal Pictures star, took second position with $32.1.477. Bogart To,iped Both
All were eclipsed by Holly¬ wood's toughest fllm citizen. Hum¬ phrey Bogart, who earned more than anyone on the acting aide i of the movie bU8inea.s. Bogart got! $467,361 for demonatrating on be- \ half ot Warner Brothers that' crime  doesn't  pay. I
But movieland'a, and the na¬ tion's, top salary went to a non-! actor—theatrical magnate Charlea • P. Skouras. whose pay was report¬ ed at $98,^300 in an earlier treaa- ur>' listing.
Jacob W. Schwab, a New York rlothing maker, waa aecond man on the latest list with a salary of; $440,542. And the highest-paid | buaineaa noman on the roater waa Dorothy Shaver of the New Tork department atore. Lord Sc Taylor. She earned $110,000.
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SOME SHINK —Aspiring ahow girls have added a glamoroua toucb to the ahoe shine trade. Between jobs the enterprlaing beauties are dabbing ahoea  In New York night clubs and cafes.
New Labor Bill Is Given Another Stormy Hearing
Angry Democrats Say GOP Is Stalling
Washington, Feb. 6. (UP)—DemocraUc members of the Senate labor committee tonight aocuaed their Republican colleaguea of trying to atall hearings on the admlnistration'a new labor bill.
Tlie charge kicked up a noisy, 15-minute row that further slowed the lagging hearings. The Democrats demanded angrily that the Re¬ publicans quit stalling, and the OOP aenatora retorted that they weren't doing  anything of the sort.
The flareup interrupted six hours of testimony and cross-examination of Ludwig Teller, a New York labor^ Sen. Paul H. Douglas, D., Bl., relations attorney and author of a said 90 to dS per cent of the time three-volume treatise on lalbor re- has been taken up by que.stiona latlons. Teller spoke agalmrt. the from Repu'bllcan aenator*. propoaed adminiatratlon bill andi "I would like to ask that they defended the Taft-Hartley Act, iexercisc a certain degree of self- which the Democrats want to restraint and not lend themselves repeal. to the appearance of dragging out
After    Teller's    prolonged    testi- these  hearings," he said, mony,   with   the   witness   achedule     Pepper reminded the Republicans,
more than a day behind, some of that the hearings are scheduled to,  atriction by banks." the   Democratic    committee   mem-'Pn<5   F«h.   10.    And   he   added   that       The  bonds,  fed  cautiously into bers met privately to discuss means they   will   be   wound   up   on   that    the   market   thc   last   two   weeks
State Swaps U. S. Bonds for Profit
Harrisburg, Feb. 6 (UPi—The Pennsylvania state treaaury li swapping federal aecurtles for a $177 a thousand profit And It's legal.
State Treasurer Ramsey 8. Black said today that the states profit ao far is $260,068 and wlll reach $3115.000 when the unpre¬ cedented financial maneuver" is completed during the next few weeks. Black said the profit came from capitalizing on the fact that "certain U. S. government (Treaa¬ ury Bond) Isaues which may not be purchased by commercial banks have a lower market value than-aimilar U. S. govern¬ ment (Treasury) bonds of like maturity and interest rate which may   be   purchased   without   re-
Mindszenty Prays For Prosecutors; Sentence Tuesday
Budapest, Hungary. Feb. 5 (UP):ro8e from hia  bench and told the —Joseph Cardinal Mindazenty atood huahed  courtroom: tonight before a  people'a  court Ini    "This   moming,    tha    following the   shadow   of   a   posaible   death prayer came to my Ups: God give
of speeding up the proceedings.      ;date
Charges Stalling Republicans Answer
Sen. Claude Pepper, D., Fla., said      R^"Wican Sens. George D. Aiken
'Tt looks like a studied attempt or
of  Vermont  and   Wayne  L.   Morse
To Remove Car Tracks In 4 West Side Towns
state Then Will Pave Streets in Plymouth, Edwardsville and Kingston; To Add Lane To Hanover Approach io Carey Ave. Bridge
an inconsiderate willingness on bhel^^ ^/^f."" disclaimed any Intention part   of   Republicans   to   drag   thls:f>.' «'»""«•   Morse said the Repub-
out   by   a   lengthy   crosa-examlna' tion
Teller  finally wa* excused  after
Federal  Reserve board  was called to  testfty.
Chairman Elbert D. Thomas, D.. Utah, touched off the verbal battle WiikW-^Biure   '/l-ai-ioit   -CorpoiuvisRi   ii-gclUug   re-iiUy   t«—reaiovajby cailii.«--stl,itnL;oii'.» Lh* loiig-list Screen luminaries dominated the '^'^*- «=»''  iracks  In Plymouth,  Kdwardsville and Kingston In order of   witnesses   still   waiting   to   be Jist of  the   top  10  salary  earners,   'or the state highway department to repave thoroughfares.   The high- j heard.
f^Y^ rrr«-i««vJL^ reqvi'-eH.t,-  mj.ke **»' -»'<wV*lE.s  t<"en  :.'.;,«ef1  or  th?  ca'-ViCa ai.J .* EUi-^-aitftr tany '¦¦'''¦          "* ""~--»»	
public   all   aalaries   In   excesa   of ye*"", according to good Information.
$75,000 paid by corporatlona. Thus, Kdwardsville Is one of the ftrst Jobs listed for 1849 and employees
the flgurea do not Include incomes of the Transit Corp will take up iracks from Churcn streel in that of many • of the wealthiest fami- borough to Kingston Corners withm the next six weeka. Workers are Ue. of the '¦"untrx ''''?° f*;' "'T'' now removing trolley linea and repaved from Coal atreet to Carey of their money from Investmenta. ^^ installing polea and wlrea for Avenue Bridge approach near Tniman's  Not   tMiown tracklesa vehicles in Edwardsvllle. Lance Collieo. Tracks will be re-
The salary of President Truman     The highway depatufjiit will  re- moved along the brick section, but
will be burned off below street level where the road haa been paved.
licans were doing most of the ques¬ tioning   of   witneaaea   because   the Democrats   are  convinced   the  ad- ,,,.,, ministration  bill  should  be  passed
the committeemen atarted figrhtingiguj^^arlly aniong themaelvea   "When the row j ¦ ..you   ^^^   „ot   particularly    in- subsided,  Lawrence Clayton of thc terested   In    questioning   the   wit-
to avoid dcpreasing prices, are owned by eight state custodial funds.  Black said.
The transfer maneuver was ap¬ proved by (3ov. James H. Duff and directors of the custodial funda,   the  atate  treaaurer  said.
aentence and prayed for the court and the Hungarian state.
In a dramatic flnal atatement, the 5ti-year-old primate of Hungary aaid he atood by hia admlaalon of guilt in "principle" to the chargea the government brought against him, but he insisted he waa in¬ nocent of plotting to overthrow the
and black marketeerlng. Sentences wlll be pronounced at 8 am. GMT (3 a.m. EST) Tueaday. Only a  few houra after he  had
nesses,"   hc  added.
Both GOP aenatora complained against the Democrats "arbitrary action," In setting a Feb. 10 dead- Ur.j-fov etm.p'.etlon o'the heoricffa.
"If we find we can't get through ^(Continued on Page ^:i^.
doesn't •
la not ahown. alnce he ooesn i surface the company right-of-way work for a corporation It's no gj, ^,3^,,, ^^^ removed, starting seoret though, its $100,000 plus^^ere It stopped last fall. How- $90^  for  expensea. ^^^^    y,gre   is   dlaappointment   for
other   top   wage-earner.   om   the g^,^^^^,,,^    ^j,,^   expected   the
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Stanley Momer, known to movie ^.^ ,^ .  ...    ..„. u,„v,„,.„
fans  aa   Dennia    Mcrgan,    »3aft,892 ^^% ww "^t^^ highway,
from Warner Bro« **""* ^'**"" '^*'^
Deanna  Durbin.  actresa,  $323,477
The state high-A-ay deparljueiit Is
from, Universal  Pictures Co.,  Inc.    7'   prepared  to   take   part  of  the Joaeph Pulitzer, president, Pullt- fi^^*'""*     °"     Edwardsville     and
Co..
St
Louis   Kingston sides of Main street and resurface the entire route. For the
|zer     Publlah'ng 1284.712.
William (k)etz. producer, $284,000 Present it wlll accept the atreet from Universal Pictures. aa is and  reaurface only over the
Ann Sheridan, actreas, $269,345 trolley track route, according to from  Wamer  Bros. information.   Thus,   the   two  West
R. S. Lesage. Lesag* Co., Texas, Side boroughs will have to be satis- f 259.923. I fied with the present wldtl\.
Robert Montgtanery. actor, $260,-1 After having learned of atate 000 from Universal Pictures. ! highway    department    plans.    t?fc(
George W. Mason, board chair-1 Tansit Corp. ia free to act for man. Naah-Kelvlnator Co., Detroit' Iracklless trolley. It will provide '(250,000. jone   coach    for   the    Edwardsvill?
Then   Comes  Tax   Bite iime. via Main, Church and Cherrv
All thoae figure.! were before^treeta. and eliminate bus service taxes. The Income tax collector, The improvement caniiot be ex- reduced their take-home pay con- tended to Larltavilla riders because aiderably. route  from  Wcishington  avenue  to
Here are some examples: (be program affecting a change i-A
The Treasury takes  $63..'i40 on a bu„ Run Crossing instead of Vine salary  of $100,000.    A  $200,000 sal- ^jreet haa not been readied, ary   would   be   taxed   at    $148,551:'    ,-,.      ~        ,.    ,^ u        .        j
$250,000 at $191,771; $300,000 at' The Trana t Corp. haa turned $223,996; $400,000 at $.321,446: $500,-:°ver its right-of-way n Larksville noo at $407,896: 750.000 at .$624.- »"<* Plymouth along the proposed 021.  and   $1,000,000  at  $840,146. ' ""oute  t°  *"  highway  department.
The Incomes reported by theO'd maps and deeda are being Treasury alao Included In some studied before the state attempts caaea  bonusea.   expense   allowances to acquire the necesaary width for
Taxi Driver ACn OFFERS Scares Off IMPOST SENATE
and  "other compensation."
a new highway In that aection. Be¬ cause only a small area la Involved. the secretary of highways can take over w.;.hout an act of the Legisla¬ ture, It was learned. The aecond big improvement pro-
REDS SAY STALIN WOULD MEET BIG 3
Berlin, Feb. 5. (UP)    The Soviet-  posed   for   early   thia   year   is   re
licensed   Berliner    Zeitung    quoted '• moval of trolley tracka and repav-
ATasiow  correspondents  today that; ing   Main   atreet   in   Plymouth.   It
1 f Premier Josef Stalin would be will- was expected laat fall but, although
Another route to receive atten¬ tion is Weat End Road, from Goer¬ inger avenue to (3arey avenue in Hanover townahip. The highway depaftment will take over the! trolley track route and add an¬ other lane to the road, which leads to Carey Avenue Bridge. Qiief ob- atacle is a support for the overhead railroad bridge which separatea the Transit Corporation'a roadbea from the highway. Study of this condition is being made to decide whether it can be Improved aa was the structure on Market street In Kingston. May Widen Bridges
Widening of Narrows Road bridgea creasing Toby's Creek and DL&W Railroad was propoaed lost year and was placed on the list for improvement. With four lanes of traffic converging to two at the bridgea, dangeroua bottlenecks are created. Several aerioua accidents have been caused and the depart- fent is expected to take action soon after blacktopping Church street in Larksville and Edwardsville to make a suitable temporary detour for  Route 11  traffic.
2 Robbers
A oity taxi driver foiled a holdup attempt  laat  nighv  by  demanding!
Big  Four  confer-
hig to attend ence.
Thla ahows that Stalin Is making all   efforta   to   aecure   peace, newspaper aaid.
the Tranait Corp. waa ready to fe move  tracka,  the  highway  depart¬ ment   did   not   have   the   improve- the!ment   listed   on    Its   agenda.   The highway   In   that   borough   will   be
Miner Trapped in Hole Saved After 10 Hours
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IF GAS TAX RISES
Sees Loss of Sales; Association Leader Disputes Estimates
Harrisburg. Feb. 5. (UP)—Thc Pennsylvania Petroleum Aaaocia¬ tlon today predicted "trouble for thousands of amall oil men" if the atate'a gaaoline tax is  raised.
L. H. Setzer, asaociation presi- 'dent aaid the tax boost will mean
ON ATLANTIC PACT
Will Be informed Of Negotiations; Procedure Change
to sec the gun, Capt. Joseph Mur-'
ray  of city  police said. ,,,,., „ ._    ,    „.^,    -„.
,_, ' „  ,. „      ,A    Washington,   Feb.   S.   (UP)—The
•If you got a gun. pull It," saidlg^n^t^  ^j„  j,^^,   ,  ^^i^^   ,„  ^.e
Glenn Fielda, driver for Crane North Atlantic security pact aa It Taxlcab Co. and a resident of 238 Is being written Instead of being North Waahington street, city, as'^"*';^!'!!.*'J?^_*^i5"!^,..'"*^Ji™*.'i': one ot two "fares" brushed his hand againat the driver's neck and exclaimed,  "Stop now.   Thta U it"
Another
Storro ,..... in West
Chicago, Feb. 5. CUP)—New snowstorms and high winds threat¬ ened today to wipe out the gaina made in the blizzard-burned west's struggle against one of the worat winters  on record.
A atorm front swirling acrass the Rocky    Mountaina    Increaaed    the ,     . ,     ,„-^-ru,
peril   to  4,700.000  catUe  and  aheep P'-°'"»^»tely   2,000,000   peraona.
peace in theae days.
"Nbt for the near future or tks distant future, but In these days.
"I ask this peace for my church, my love for which I brought here, also for the Hungarian state to¬ ward which I showed my otiediencei and peace for my own soul. "I ask the Lord to give the court Hungarian government or of aabo- the wLsdom that it can pasa a sen- taging iU economic program. i tence which will guarantee a so- Sentencing Tueaday lution  abroad   and  here."
The Cardinal's prayer, delivered! He did not elaborate on hla ref- In a clear, distinct voice in the!erence to a "solution abroad." His presence of his judgea, ended hlsjniention of a aolution "here" pre¬ trial and that of aix co-defendants sumably referred to the dispute be- on chargea of espionage, aeeking tween the Catholic church and the to reatore the Hapsburg monarchy Hungarian atate.
Tense Atmosphere
The atmosphere was tense aa Cardinal MIndazenty, clad In a hlack cassock,  made his final ap-
heard the state prosecutor demand i peal. He enunciated each word the "heavieat punishment"—death j alowly and clearly as If to make by hanging—for himself and the I certain that it would be heard and six   other   defendants,   Mindszenty! (Continued on Page A-2)
new church—the United Church of C3hrlat—was formed today when the general councll of the Oingrega- tlonal Christian (Churches of America voted to merge with the Evangelical and Reformed Caiurch. It will have a membership of ap'
threatened     with     starvation    on frozen  rangelands.
A minority of Congregational paatora, claiming that "500 to 1,000" individual    churches   oppoaed   the
In Nebraska, Soutb Dakota and; . .,. ,.
Wyoming,    the    Fifth    Army    »„.!merger, announced they woiild^n
notinced^hat it. ''Operation ^Snow-'t-t'^P-l^'y'")'':,-"^^^ T^ey
held   a   cloaed-door   meeting  after ithe vote to map their program of
ichairman   Tom   Connally    of
the Foreign Relations oommittee re¬ vealed tonight
The Texas Democrat's statement
followed a second oonference this
week with Secretary of State Dean
Ull u    J.J .u . J V- Acheaon In which Sen. Arthur Van-
Flelds did the unexpected by even^^^^^ (R..Mich.), alao took part
Unexpected Scares Men
But it soon became apparent that
turning   around   In   hia   seat   One fellow fled acrosa lota toward North
Will Know of Negotiations
bound," the biggeat mass bulldozer operation In historv. had made im- ...
pressive   Inroads   in  the  battl«   ofi°P£?*'"°'? ...      ,„
the hlirxard^ ^^' ^°t« <m the merger was 7,'>7
tne biizraros ^^ j,^   j^ ^^^ received quietly by
Winds and  Snow. the delegatea
But   U.   S.   weather   forecasters Hope for Unity predicted  that  winds  of  30  to  40    The   victorious   majority   wished miles   per   hour   would   cross   the to   preserve   as    much    unity    as western    and     central     Nebraska I possible within the Congregational
plains tonight and tomorrow, with "considerable blowing and drifting snow."
It waa feared that the new storm would blow shut many of the roads the Army bulldozer crews i had cleared during the past seven j ¦days.    The new threat arose wheni
"We are going to have complete . ^   .   ^
Washington   street  and   the  other liaison and contact vrith the SUte j'' aPPeared that rescue crews were quickly   followed. Depariment     in     the     formative ^*'"'"f   the   upper   hand   In   the
'stage." Onnally said, "and the Sen- "''""KKle to save starving livestock ate Foreign RelaUons committoe tal*"'' relieve human auffering.
It all began when the Crane driv¬ er picked up two men on North Main street in Brookside at 10:30 laat night They wanted to go to Plaina township but were not sure about the atreet address.
"Well tell you where," one said.
Up North Main street beyond the city line, the cab driver felt some¬ thing on the back of hta neck and heard  quite plainly:
"This ta It!" Two  Others  Robbed
Two other cab drivera had been
going to be advised on the pact's provisions before It ta slgrned."
"It won't be Just a finished doc¬ ument stuck tmder our noees," Ck>nnally said.
The Senate has ths last word on treaties under the conatltution¬ al provision calling for Its ap¬ proval by a two-thirds vote. The procedure being followed appeared
Maj. Gen. Lewta A. Pick, com mander of "Operation Snowbound," said at hta Omaha headquarters that if the new storm developa the Army bulldozer crews "will turn around from their work on second¬ ary roada and work with state highway departments In clearing main  highways."
He aald the disaster force ta pre-
{;;   me^   ^il^rti;;^'"ar'^'^^enta ^-^' *<> "-^ ^^ "«- emergency over  treaty  terms  wlll   be   Ironed What Had Been Done
out  before  the  pact ever  reaches
held up since Friday moming. -Thej j^     S^„^t,   ^^^ bandits got the monev in the other L, ,        _     ,
cases.  Fielda  did  not  want  to  be I N«™*8l»"» Coming a victim of the same thing. |    Norwegian   sources   said   mean-
He demanded to see the gun and while that a delegation headed by also touched the side pockets of jits foreign minister, Halvard M. the one fellow. | Lange   la   flying   here   to   be   sure
It waa too much. Both fled.        (Norway had a word to say about Wilkes-Barre police  investigated.' (f>)ntlnued pn "Page A-6)
Stock Market Selling Coes on as Prices Fall
During the first seven days of operation in the three-state area of Nebraska, Wyoming and South Dakota, Pick reported that the Army cleared 9,180 miles of roa'l, liberating 25.131 snowbound per¬ sons. The operation enabled hay and feed to be moved Into the area where 550,740 head of cattle and 95,440 other farm animals had Ibeen stranded, he said.
But  the  new  storm   already  had
been  felt  farther west.  In Nevada
heavy   snowfall   and   severe   winds
grounded   the   U.   S.   Air   Force's
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New Protestant Church. Is Created by Merger
Cleveland,   O.,   Feb.   8   (UP)—A gether    with    certain    "interpretap
tiona" that had been agreed upon by the general council at Oberlin, O., in June.
The merger plan was drawn up jointly by representatives of ths two churchea. It was approved by the general synod of the Evange¬ lical and Reformed Ohurch last year. The general synod and Its constituent'synods must now agree to the oouncil's "interpretations" before the union can be oonsum¬ mated finally. However, no dectaivs opposition ta expected.
The Ojngregationallst Interpreta¬ tions mainly concern the rights of Individual    cJiurches    and    church bodies In the united church. Two Previous Mergers
The merger was the first major step toward Protestant unity of two religious groups originating from different sources. But both are the reauit of former mergers, the Congregational and the (Christian churches having united in 1931 and the BJvangelical and Reformed churches In 1934.
The Congregatlonalists tra«« their origin to England, while founders of the Evangelical and Reformed church came to the United States from Germany and Switzerland.
Another resolution, approved by a vote of 652 to 277, granted dis¬ cretionary powers to local churches in the matter of association with the United CSiurch.
"Each local church, whether hav¬ ing approved the basis of union or not, may be free to maintain or establish such relationships to its (Continued on Page A-6)
ranka.
What the delegates approved waa a "basis of union" with the Evange Ileal   and   Reformed   Church,   to-
Valley Scene
Old woman tellivtf man as- sistivg her vrith income tax report in Nanticoke, "I don't care if they do give double exemptions, I'm not 65."
Raff plugging broken win¬ dow in Lee Park'* newest building.
Citll cop on duty to guard them, as swarms of kids line up Saturday for Western m.ovie  at Hart  Theatre.
Woman who locked enr doors while keys were in \g- nition trying to do a Jimmy Valentine with, hohby pin on Wyoming avenue Friday at 11 « m.—and eomplaininfi bit¬ terly about hick towns with¬ out  all-night  locksmith  thop.
Kids on trackless trolley comparing report cards, and one telling of coming down stairs for pmtiskment after getting an "E" when father threatened one wallop for each step hc took if lie had to cove u]> after him.
STATE'S BIRTH RECORDS ARE ALMOST COMPLETE
Harrtaburg, Feb. 8. (UP)—Births decreased and deaths Increased In Pennsylvania last year from the 1947 totals, the atate health depart¬ ment aald today.
Births in Pennsylvania last year totaled 231.660, a decrease of^tT,- 445 from the 1947 aggregate.
The state vital atatlatlcs bureau gave a provisional figure of 113,937 for Pennsylvania deaths laat year. The final death total for 1947 waa 109,929.
Shmnokin,   Pa..   Fel>.   6.   (UP)    A     To   prevent   further   alidea,   the^i^gj    gasoline    sales    for    gasoline
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New York. Feb. 5. (UPi- More i.V. J.), cut the dividend to 75 cents' than $l,000,o6o,(XX) in market values a share from 90 cents and called, were wiped out on the New York attention to "reduced demand" for!
t2-year-«l<i min'er  *^'a  rescued  to- reacuer.  built  a  fence of timber.lj-,„=7„ 22 counties bordering on ^^e^JlJ^*"*:*:::*: L^,l^,^''J K '^ck,  "^    ^    •~u™«la*K'n    ofl tiight   after   he   had   been   trapped around   him.   Then,   acoopm:;   the obio,  New York  and  New Jeraey. ?i^H,„^ l^^T''' 'V^u,^ monSi^^^ were  aaaln   hard  hit
for nearly 10 houra by a cave-in at dirt   In   a   five-gallon   bucket   and j,^  predicted   that many  motoriaU ^^t"^,,^"^    .f \?.^e^Zd^^^ to^iv ^adfirWes^r^    S?l    and the bottom  of a 20-fool anthracite pulling   it   to   the   surface   with   a      ^   truckers  living  close  to  state,    ^he trend    of   the    .'^°'"^°^''**^l ^^t^da    Petr^^
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Thc   fever sh   efforts   of    reacue Crowd   of  SOO   CTieers iwhere the tax was lowest. .w^c ,x.in^ lu ,i.ou ,x « .c. , !Uir..f   .^o„v,   ..,„>.>
woruers    were    rewarded    after    a     -b,,i>„   w.,   llfte.   U,   the  sur    Jt  also  will^^^^^^^ Feb,
new eoal  fails  threatened  to take 'T-ed-'i^^derXarm'Sta.rcrowS|!,r.*irne'^X\"Vrdl^^^^^^^^^ '^-vn a cent to 21/8 centa on theland Lion Oil.
the life of Alexander Pochekllo be- of  200  townspeople,   who  had  kept I be sold in  the state." Setzer aaid. fore they could clear away the. flrat "an    houra-long    vigil,    cheered    aa     The  Petroleum  Association  chief coal slide. he   was  carried   in   a  stretcher   to said the chief lasu# In the  dispute
Pochekllo was burled upright by a waiting ambulance. i ",,**"', "^u""lf°L'fn"fLS'l*''*H:
• slide Of coal   and  dirt while  he     He was taken to Shamokin Hoa-iable    L"idm ntatration's^947ll •nd hi,, ,on, Joseph, 22, worked inpital,   where   physicians   aald    he j ?ald   the   fdnim atra^^ their  independent  mine  at  nearby waa   auffering  from  expoaure  and^"^*^'''"'„^Xb,e
^air.'T'±,r"^'"f  "^nS  *l"i'"°'^''- .      ,J^nrEXa™ow      	
, oil. was freed in an hour  Chinka    Among  the    persons    who    had,    ,.j^ contrast and in an effort tolday's losses, it was the widest break!    Steel and automotive stocks also coal   allowed   air  to   reach j malted apprehensively for news of:^^^^^ ^ gasoline tax Increase, com-'since   Nov.   9.    Measured  by    the, lost    U. S. Steel and Youngstown
Soviets Want Norway Pact
(UP)—Radio
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Chicago Board of Trade, and wheat Some Rails Dropping | non-aggression   pact   with   Norway
was off  ',»  to  ''¦n  cents.    Soy beans;    Santa  Fe   led  a   sell-off   In   rails "in  order  to  eliminate  any  doubta
about the intentiona of the USSR." The broadcast aald the offer was made in a note handed to the Nor¬ wegian govemment by the Soviet ambassador in Oalo In reply to Nor¬ way's  statement about  its attitude
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Kellow   miners   from    the   area, ^ther sons,  Alexander, Fred, Wal-
worKing one at a time becauae ofij^g^  ^nj  p^ul.     Joaeph   had   been
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tohiTJ"""   P'*;,,'''*^   him   down:   here he waa under treatmeni for
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^Uffod.  trapping  Pochekllo  to  hls!„'"^"; _, „    ,,,    ,. , ,„.
*ai.sl and then  to  his shoulders.      Do-bted H» Would Live
I During the time he was penneu by tha damp dirt, he told hta res¬ cuers that "I don't think I'm going to get out of thta alive. I'm numb from my waist down"
plicated bookkeeping . . . was ap¬ plied to the 1949-80 budget esti¬ mate of $40,000,000, instead of the $82,000,000 atill on hand to be col¬ lected by the commonwealth," Set¬ zer aaid.
Setzer charged that the state highway department haa avoided telling taxpayera how much road work contracted for in paat yeara still ta in tlie planning atage.
fell 2 to 2U centa. rye was off S'i jwlth a losa of 3W points to 98H- cents, and lard dropped 38 to 45 uiinoia Central, Nickel Plate and points. ^  Atlantic  CJoast  Lines  were    down
AU Over ttie List Imore than two points.   St. Louis &
Stock losses ranged to more than I Southwest   (Cotton   Belt)   Railway S polnta and all aectlona of the Itatlwaa another wide mover, down 914
were touched.    Extending   yester-j pomts._       _ Itoward the North Atlantic defenae
pact. The  Rusalan  note said  the  Nor
general average, prices were a new Sheet  &  Tube  fell  nnore    than    a low for 1949. pomt   each.     General   Motors   at
Market ejcperts attributed the break to a general nervousness over the economic picture. C3on- trlbutlng to this feeling. Wall Street said, was the weakness in commodity prices, the recent de¬ cline fn wholesale food prices and an announcement that unemploy¬ ment has jumped by 2,000,000 since
Yesterday's break, whioh omount-
59?4   was  off  IH   polnta.  CJhrysler eased. 1
Declines of around' a point were circumventa noted by DuPont. CJoodyear Tire & Rubber,  Allied  Cheinical  and Am¬ erican Smelting.
Transactions totaled 790,000 shares, compared with 300,000 laat Satur¬ day. Of the 951 Issues traded, 718 were lower, 162 held undhanged and  76  were higher.    New  1948-49
lows were made by flO stocks  and jto the Soviet  Union  since Norway one made  a new hlgJi—May Dept.iand  the USSR are  neighbors with
wegian atatement, which the Soviet Union had requested, waa "insuffi¬ cient" and charged that the pact the United Nations and "serves the aggreasive policy of certain powers."
The broadcast said the Soviet note stated that the Western union powera wanted to draw Nor¬ way Into the pact In order to estalb- Itah military baaes there.
"This ta of particular significance
Inflafion Found Tapering off
By Survey Made by United Nations
for ratalng the living standarda ot the world's underprivileged masses.
The report mentioned East-Weat economic warfare only briefly. But It left no doubt that it ta tha key obstacle jamming channels of ta- ternatlonal  trade.
The report pointedly quoted a aurvey by the international mon¬ etary fund which aaid: "I>>e fun¬ damental conditions which would make poasible the abandonment of trade and exchange rastrictlona ara . . . entirely absent todajr la Moat of the world." For Econondo Talks
The economic report released to¬ day was deaigned to aid in discua- siona of the global economic erlais during the forthcoming seaslon of the UN economic and aoctal coun¬ cil,  due  to open  here Monday.
It apparently was completed too early to take Into account Presi¬ dent Truman's projected "glol>al fair deal," which will be aimed at pumping economic stimulanta Into underdeveloped areas of the globa.
The United Statea ta expected to lay before the economic and so¬ cial council some time during tha session the firat concrete Ideas on
Lake Success. N. Y.. Feb. 5 (UP) —Postwar inflationarj' pressures will hold at current levels during 1949. and may even taper off in some countries, a Uniied Nationa aurvey predicted today.
However, largely because of bar¬ riers thrown up by the cold war, there are no signs- yet of a cure for the fundamentally unhealthy condition of the world'a economy, the report added. Good Harvests Help
The 52-page document prepared by experts of the UN'a department of economic affairs, based hopea for easing inflationary pressurea on the greatly Improved food alt¬ uation. It described 1948 bumper harvests, promising increased sup¬ plies of foodstuffs in 1949, as "per¬ haps the most important economic development during the past year and, for that matter, since the end of the  war."
It said significant deflationary signa were evident in the United States lost year, despite the rtae in prices and production
But, surveying over-all economic prospects.   It   said   continuing  eco-
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nomic shifts  around  the globe are St'rea Preferred, with a gain o<'^ I a common f rentier," the Soviet note lao   complex   that   it   is   becominglhow  it  propoaea  to carry out Mr.       I 93H. sald^ aeoordinc ta Moscow radio,    [harder all tba tima U> map plans|Truman's "bold aaw prograak" j
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