Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent

              A Paper For The Home
SUNDAY INDEPENDENT
The Weather
Fair and a litUa warmmt. Not IO eool tonight.
WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER  11, 1949
PRICE TWELVE CENTS
Steel Panel Denies CIO 4th-Round Wage Increase
But Recommenc/s Pension Program; Truman Asks Truce
WASHINGTON.—President Truman appealed for an 11-day extension of the steel strike truce yestei-day after his fact-finding board had vetoed the CIO steelworkers' demand for a fourth-round wage boost. With 500,000 steel¬ workers poised for a strike at midnight Wednesday, Mr. Truman sent telegrams to CIO President Philip Murray and the steel company heads, asking that the deadline be pushed back at least to Sept. 25.
The ateel union already had the boards projjoeali and th« postponed from July 16 to Sept. KjPreaident'a appeal. But all indica- the deadline for the wallcout, which Itions were that they would agree it called to enforce demanda for a to the extension, probahly on Mon- 12 H cent-an-hour wage increase day. plus Insurance and pension bene¬ fits adding up to another 17 H cents an hour. Union Ukely to Agree
Indications  were that  the  union!jh, ^^p'^^a,Tor"extension^rf will  grant the truce  appeal. ,trike deadline  until  Monday.
The presidential fact-flnders, who | However, Bethlehem Steel Co. have been studying the caae .incr ^ ^^^ ^^ ^^ep it. planU open aa July, rejected altogether the Pai* ,o„g „ it, employee, worked. Im- raise demand but they recommend-u^j,^ gt^j ^   ,i^ agreed to the
The iteel worker, and U. S. Steel Co., largeat Industrial member, .aid they would have no comment on  either  the board',  findings  or
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Adm. Stark Joins Wilkes Trustees; Among First Benefactors of College
>V>Uowlnc hib appointment to thai Tbe appointment of tbe former visit to the Wilkea campus—and board of truateee at Wllkee Col- '^'v*! officer to the Wilke. Col- hU former home—several day. ago lege, Adm. Harold R. Stark, oenUr, l!«!, ^.tlL?'JT.\'*!:»?!-'^\."'* 1?."^ T?fL!^''-!^,.'i5,'^? *=?/".«" iH former Chief of U.S. Naval Oper^ ation. and World War H comman¬ der   of    European   Navai    Force., 1":::^."" ¦I*.™"i"„"r!I7!j TT"!'-'.."!'Chairman   Gilbert    S,   McClintock,
ed insurance and pension benefits amounting to  10 centa an  hour.
The board Mtid it turned down the wage raise because it might lead to a fourth-round epiral in other industries that could upset the nation', whole economy.
But it .aid the .teel oompaniet could afford to pay the additional WKial benefit, without raising price..
Both union and management .pokesmen   withheld   comment   on
extension.
Cites PubUc Intereet
Mr. Truman taSi he aeked tor more take "in the publle Intereat" becau.e the fact-finding raport must be atudtcd and iJl eoncerncd given a chance to iry again tor a settlement. He ordered the govern¬ ment's mediation fadlitle. made available to the diaputanta.
The .teel Mrlke, oiigbtally Mt (Oontinued on Page A-9)
total number of that group to U.     the   former   residential    block   ln{
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with the board chairman Gilbert B.i    »        ,     ,    „„. _ Mr.. Charles E. Clift, Mrs. Frank
.McClintock,  left,  and  Dr.   Eugene,"*"'* **' '^""      „? |G.   Dart.,   Dr.  Samuel   M.   Daven-
a, Farley, right, college president I" l^S"^. when Wilkes College was port, Mi*i Annette Evan. Edward The admiral i« .Unding In front *''''"at«<i ^'U* Bucknell Univer.ity Griffith. George W. Guckelberger, of th* building h. donated to thei" » junior college, it wa. decided jamg^ p Harrl., Mrs Edward H eoilega in 1937. He joined the rank.!U>at permanent propertle. .houldjicent. Dr. JoM,ph J. Kocyan, MLm of many othfr former top eervlce'^ obtained. Adm. Stark wa* oneiMary. R. Koons, Reuben H. Levy, officiala who have entered the edu-jo* '*•« "™t donor, and presented j^^naud C. Marts, Dr. P. P, Mayock, cational field, afUr 47 year, naval'^^e college with a property nowip. g. Parkhurst jr., Col. J, Henry .aervlce. He entered service known as Chaae Hall, uwd (or ad->jx,l. Dr. Charles S. Rouah, Andrew jirougta   the   Naval   Aeademgr   in "ninistrative purpoees. j.    Sordoni,    Juliu.    I»ng    Stern,
.mI^. t   Adm. Stark returned for his first Frederidi J. Weckeaser.
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Franz Child Is Rescued; Veteran Held
Ex-GI, Father of 2 Small Chiidren, lo Face Psychiatrists; Girt, 5, Unharmed
Two Heroic Cape Cod Young Men Survive 13'Hour Swim in Gale to Tell How 9 Shipmates Lost Lives
NANTUCKET, — Two    herolcj    "Everyone   was   swell.   Everyone young Cape Codders survived a 18- went over the .ide and we formed
hour rwim in the angry Atlantic yeaterday to tell bow their nine shipmate* were .wept to death by it morthweat gale that foundered their pleasure boat
RuMell  C.   Patener,  24,   of mouth,     husky   ..kipper     of
a circle clinging to a rope with Mr.. AUenby and the girl, on the inside to protect them."
Palmer  Mdd   the   capsized  Con-
.tance  remained  just  awash.   The
Fal- group held the craft's anchor Une
the to keep from being swept away,
BUDAPEST — The Hungarian! ROME,—Pope Piu. XII decreed Government announced laat night I last night that all Roman Catbo- that former Foreign Minister Lia»- lies, with certain exceptions, must zlo Rajk had confessed to plotting j come to Rcrnie during the 19B0 with Marshal Tito of Yugoslavia Holy Tear to receive the Holy to ajwaaslnate three top Hungarian I Year indulgences — one complete Communist, and then take over forgiveness for all rin.. Hungary by force. |    The Pope at tbe Mime time «iB'
The   government   iraid   the   plot pended the power of confe.K>r. to
grant absolution for extraordinary
waa smashed
The indictment charged that the conspirator, were attempting to make Hungary a colony of Yugo¬ slavia with the backing of "Ameri¬ can Imperialiam" and .aid Lt. Gen. George Palfy, highest Ruiking Hungarian army officer, had put 10 battalion, at the plotters' dU- poaal.
The indictment quoted a confea- slon. by Rajk in which he Mild "I maintained consistent and .y»tem
.wamped   cabin   cruiser  Constance, i    .r^y    ,    , . ,.     -_„h«,.
•tumWed ashore on thi. famed re-aine" tl^rvounfTklnnpr .^ "T "tie contact" with American «>cret «)rt Uland with the flrst new. ofi"",„ J?!^,; t„J.,^^" .u.ii^^iagents. It lUted onlv eight defen- .u. t,.^..A., in -.!!».  «».!,„,. I swam   back   to   retrieve   the   Una,!  *    ,i-.™n_,....i   „   i>-...   a.o.
th. tragedy 10 mile,  offshore.        , ^^^^^^ ^^ ,^^^ ,^^ ^^^ ^^^^^^
Hubert A. Allenby jr., 23, of Fal- They had been .wept awav in the
mouth,   the   only   other    survivor, |darkness. They all were my frends '
was found alive but exhausted four.    „^. .n _i.     . u      i. i   i.
PHILADF.U'HIA,-A   five-year- miles offshore as he bobbed up and;    ^""ng^ t^e others after Palme;
old Trenton. N. J., girl, kidnapped down  on  a  life   preserv.r-laahed P^"^°J^ in the dlrkneM
from  in  front of  her  home,   was to his sweetheart sister and bro- '°^t them in the darknes.
rewued apparently unharmed y„-ither-ln-law  who  died   juat    a.    a       Father  went  firat,    the  minis
terday  after  a  night  .pent   tn  a!^**":"*  »»** reached them.
tourist home with her abductor.     I    The bodies of the other victims '"-* ^""T-  ''"Bar  i.
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sins. Catholics affected by lou of that absolution murt .eek eonfe.- Bion  In Rome.
Vatican Kiurces explained that bishop, have the power, however, to Impart the qtecial Holy Ye<ur Indulgences, which bring. abMlu- tton for all sin.. If they are .atla- fled that the Catholic concerned i. not able to go to Rome for reasons beyond hi. control.
For those who can not eome to Rome, bishops or confessor, will prescribe what act. of faith, chari- (Continued  on Page A-J)
*Miss America* I
From Arizona \
Jacque   Mercer,   Ml..  AriMna,  i i. IQs. America of 1949. The    1949    Mis.    America    con- teA  lart   night   narrowed   down  I to    five    beautiful    girls.    TTiey | were:   Mis.   Mercer,   Miss   Arl-  i sona;     Jone     PenderMn,     MIm Calif<nmla; Sylvia Canaday, Miss  | Colorado;    Trudy    Germi,    Mis. nUnoi.   and   Katherine   Wright Mia.  MUsisalppi. !
Boy, 9, Falls Into River And Drowns
One of 15 Children of Plymouth Twp. Family Fishing From Dredge; In Water 40 Minutes
David Carey, nine, one of 16 children of Mr. and Mr*. WiUlam Carey .r., Flat Road, Plymouth towndilp, wa. drowned yesterday afternoon tn the SuMiuehanna River at Butxboch'a Landing.
Plymouth pollee, with a com- blned Inhalator, req>irator and roauMitator, worked over the youngater for two hour., tn charge of Patrolman Edgar Hughes, but brought no wign of life. He had been In the water 40 minutes. Dr, J. Savage pronounced him dead. Deputy Coroner Joseph W. Plsz- esek, who officiated, took charge of the body. Ray Atkinson, SO, of 118 Center street, Plymouth, re¬ covered  the child.
David went fishing with his brothers, William, 26, and Frank, 12. Nona of them eould svrim. WUliam and Frank threw In lines from a coal dredge not far from shore. Hie eoal dredge was an¬ chored to .bore sind Uiere was .' catwalk to riiore. Rescue Attempt Pails
William and David heard a .plash and .aw their brother in the stream. William, holding on to a cable, made an attempt to rescue. He di.patched Frank for hdp, a distance of over half a mile. There are no dwellings In the   Immediate   neighborhood.
Atkinson was rlsitlng the Carey home when Frank rushed In for h«lp. Re was at the shore and in the water tn a matter of min¬ utes. Meanwhile Pljrmouth police had been notified. Plymouth po¬ lice were on hand when Atkinson brought up the body of the young- rter. Two tanka of oxygen were (Continued  on Page  A-2>
State Slashes Premium Rates On Fire Risks
Policy Owners WiU Save $20,000,000 In Next Five Years; Home Owners to Benefit Most; Farm Payments Unchanged
HARRISBURG. — Insurance Ckinunlsaioner'James F. Malone jr., yesterday announced a general reduction In flre insurance rate, in Pennsylvaia to Mve policy holders a estimated $20,095,000 the next fivo years.
The lower rates, representing the biggest fire Inaurance premium cut in state insurance department history, will take effect Oct 1.
The rate changes were asked by the Middle Department Association of Flre Underwriters and cover premiums charged by 281 stock and 80 mutual fire insurance companies.
A  few  stock  and  many  mutual miUs, hotels, public garages, miscel-
ooBipanies whieh are not members of the association will continue to charge exisiting rate.. Home Owners to Save
Homc owners will be the biggest beneficiaries of the changes. All residences except those in Phila. delphia, which ha. the lowest rates in the state, will receive decreases. The cut will be 10 per cent for In¬ surance on brick home, near flre hydrant, and fire resUtant homes, 20 per eent on frame dwellings pro¬ tected by near-by fire hydrants and 26 per cent on brick and frame houses not near flre hydrants.
All classes of risks for mercantile i buildings and their contents, public buildings,  textile,  cereal  and  flour
laneous non-manufacturing, sprink- lered manufarturing nni* nrm-mnri- ufacturing wlll enjoy reductions ot from 10 to 25 per cent.
CThurchs, schools, warehouses, woodworkers, metal workers, chem¬ ical workers, mining risks, miscel¬ laneous manufacturing specialists, food products, lumber yards and theatres will receive both Increases and decreases. Farm Rates the Same Farm ratea will not be changed. Malone said the decreases will save consumers $25,481,000 tn the next flve years, the Increases will amount to t5,386,000 in the same period, for a net savings in pre¬ miums of $20,095,000.
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ter's son stammered to State  Po- Lindstrom  at
70 Cotton Belt Trains Are Halted By Missouri Pacific Picket
Chinese Reds on March; Yfant Canton by Oct. W
Date  Marks  Birth .movement   was   reported   east   of
..  ...i .        .«        i   • t*"   Hengyang    area. Three    Red
Of  Chma  Republic; armies   stmcU   out   from   Chalir,:
n   .. .     n toward Hengyang, 60 miles to the
Railway  in  Danger west    it   was    not    known   here
whether   they   planned   to   storm
HONG   KONG.—The   Chinese Hengyang   itself  or  to  force- gov-
ommunists    were    reported    last ernment troops to return to Heng-
nlghl   to   have   begun   their   "bigjyang   from   their   defense   of   the
' pu.'jh"  to   the   south   in   an   effort Canton railway to the south, thus
to occupy Canton by Oct.  10,  an- opening the railway to attack.
! niversary of the birth of the Chi- Conference Called
nese Republic in that city. |    Belief    that    these    two    drives
No heavy fighting was reported,! marked  opening of another  "gen-
but   two   separate   massive   troop eral   offensive"   was   strengthened
movements    southward    were    re- by   C^ommunist   announcement   in
ported In the area "north of Can- < Nanking that a political consulta-
ton.   Communist   publications   said I tive conference would be convened
the Red armies had been ordered;on Oct 10 to set up a Communi.<it
to make all out attack, on Ontral, regime.   The   "double   tenth"—10th
and  South China.    . [day of the 10th month—has been
The   Nationalists   set   up    field on«   of   China's   most   Important
commands   at   Yingtak,   100  miles holidays.
north of Canton, to ward off the! The official <3ommunist organ main thrust and at C^iaoyang. 230 china Digest said that capture of miles east of Canton, just south | Canton will mark the "complete of the Port of Swatow, to meet | defeat of the reactionary Juomin- an expected threat there. One,tang (Nationalist) regime and vir- (>>mmunist force has moved along tual conclusion of the nationwide the coast as far south as Amoy | war of liberation." where fighting is underwaj. i	
One    of   the    main    Communist: HAWAIIAN STRIKE TALKS
SeT^un^'pia';" SS he^ STILL IN FUTILE STAGE
ST.   LOUIS.—Picket   Iln*!   ofiannounctd at DaUwi ft wa«  t#m-
The   kidnap   .u.pect   Gerald   A.ldotted the swelling ocean for mile. |»^^»^''»P^^'  Tnd   exp^suTe 1'?''3'"* !^''.'"'^ .^.•°}?''„^"':°'-1|P°'«^.'y _'^?*ri'r^^^ SS""?!'-.^
Hutt   Bridgeport   Conn.,-  cabinet laround young Allenby, the son of a _,.       |^.^  a„»J
maker',   apprentice,  was   captured Falmouth   minUter   who   P«ri*ed! ^'I.'^/^'PP™ ***f   ,    , | the Cotton  Belt  road  In  Missouri
JOmlnut«ii«er an o*f-dty police-1 with   four   other   family   members,...?* <'L'*PP*<'_°"* "^'i^^'L'.^4 and  "inois yesterday.
workers tied_ up all operatlona of | six passenger trains which tt op¬ erates over MlsK)url Pacific track.
i«:S0 p, m.   It wa. nearly dark.   I I (Continued  on  Page  A-2)
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nuui foimd the ehild. Hutt admit- after  the   S8-foot  OonsUnce  went ted he molested her, police .aid.       down in the violent .torm. ,
A surgeon's report after an ex- All Wore Life Jackets »mination   of   blonde   little   Janie!    Dead   and   Uving   all   wore   life! KILLING FROSTS COME; Frans gave no indication of physi- jackets.  But in the churning ueas-.^ cuniii n oc-  rAin cal harm, police said. joff   this   storm-swept   island,   the; UAY   oHUULU Bt  rAlK
Hutt face* a charge of kidnaping,ivictim«  died  of  exposure  or  were^    t>mtt AnimiMiA    viiiin» f..„=t« punishable in  New Jersey  by  life drowned by eight-foot waves  that: ^„™it*;^it^ imprisonment. .urged repeatedly over their heiid^.Z'^ZZTJ^JtJj^.^L^l^tl
The  child   was  kidnapped  while!heads. regions yesterday and sub-freezing
,h.  was  playing  in   front  of   her^    The 11 nersons abo»rd the Con-1       f"     '^ *"",   re.r>otted    from
»"• V ^A^^ abo»ra the Con- western     Pennsylvania     as     the ton  Belt  trains would  be allowed stance  lashed  themselvea  together weather bureau lorecast a fair and 1 to go through
Train crews of the (3otton Belt refused to run their trains through picket linea set up by MLsouri Pacific strikers on tracks used jointly   by   the   two   railroads.
R. E. Davidson, spokesman for the engineers, trainmen, firemen and conductors who walked off the job at tlie Missouri Pacific, said the tie-up was "a regrettable mis understanding,"   He  said  the  0)t
home and was found by an off-duty policeman in Philadelphia, 35 miles away, earlier today, Hutt was cap¬ tured 30 minutes later after a six- mile chase and brought here to¬ night for arraignment. Elarlier, police said Hutt had ad
Ul the water and sang a hymn to bolster their courage after the craft capsized. But the gale swept them one by one to lonely deaths In the watery, pre-dawn darkness
to Texarkana, Tex. These includ¬ ed the Texas Kagle which will be discontinued eairt of Dallas.
Effects of the walkout of 6,000 key operating personnel were spreading to communities and in¬ dustries on the Missouri Pacific's 7,200-mile  system.
At Wichita, Kans., an oil re¬ finery, which ships 600 to 600 tank cars a month, was Isolated. The firm planned to build emergency tracks to other railroads nearby.
Another oil firm used trucks to
RaUroad offioials lefused to com¬ ment.
Tyucklng ttrm. ia the U-atate area aerved hjr the railroad pre¬ pared for a "^and offtoe" bu.lness as Indications for a long strike mounted.
At Sedalia, Mo., a eentury-idd railroad town and location of one of the company's largest shops, 1,800 non-striking employees were laid off. Only two men were left on  the  job.
Few communities expected much hardship. However, WlUlamsville, Mo., a tovm of 800 persons, was left without  any  train  service.
Bus  companies  reported only  a
cool weekend for eaatem counties, !    But Cotton Belt officials said 101 haul   its   products   to   otner   '»"- '^jy^j*    increase    in    week    end The   state   low   was   at  Philips-'of their trains were still  held  up roads. The St Louis Chamber of Ck)m-
burg.   where  28  degrees  were   re-.at 4:30 p. m. CST because of the Road Is Bankrupt ^^^^^ ^^jj industries here had not
corded    Reading   reported   42   de-l refusal   of   crews   to   cross   picket     The    Missouri     Pacific,     which ^^^  affected  yet ^ruer, p«..c».u „u.. uau -U-;    D^d were"Ailentrv'rf;Ther   Rev l^'««  *"d  WiUiamspot,  Allentown lin^s.   These included four freight went bankrup^^^^ T,,,    ^,iU       ji^^u      involving
routed hi^ hBd engaged in unnatural I Hubert A Allenby M his «lvear-'»"d Wilkes-Barre each reported 43, and one passenger trains at Dupo, the jurisdiction of the federal (^ engineers, firemen, trainmen »rxual relations with the giri but'o^rmotherh^ brother L^tht^n'^eifrees, At Philadelphia, the ther-I"- «"d f •„f^"''„^"'* " "'"'1" I courts. Union offic als said the '^ conductors, was called to en- i./denied rkidnaped Lf.    aim. ?^ Z ZierUrl.   RZelft^n\"^°'»^'^^   ^w   «t   .-^3   degrees.   tho^^:?^"..ti.^^^J'^}^l-._.^^^,.J''^^^^^^^^ setUement   of   282   separate
summer's low mark.
hig'she got into his car willingly.'22,  of   Rochester,   N.  Y„   and   the A  Burgeon's   report   after   an   ex- latter'*  2S-year-old husband. '    Cool   air  drifting   along   a  high
Arninatlon of the child gave no in-; The others who perished were pressure area from the Rockies to flication she had beon harmad AUenby's fiancee, Ehnily Foster, 21.1 the east promised a fair but cool physically, police added, iof    Falmouth;    his    friend    John!)*[!8ekend for eastern Pennsylvania.
Meanwhile, the Texas and Pacific i a  strike  against  the  government.
Judge    Albert    Cooper    jr.,    set Hadley,  19, of Falmouth;   the  lat
t Hiitt's ball at $50,000 in court last ter'a  sweetheart   Jane Mange,   18,
I niRht. I of  Staten  Island,  N.  Y„  and  Pa-
Hutt,   a  former  mental  patient,!tricia Dickinson, 18, of Falmouth.
stood silently  before the judge <t&\   Palmer said  the  Ckongtsuice was
the charge against him was read, i swamped by heavy seas when the
Maximum readings were expected in the middle of upper 60's, but there was a good opportunitv for slightly warmer weather Sunday afternoon.
Private Dollars Needed To Aid Sterling Areas
grievances   on  working   rules.
ITie road had offered to arbi¬ trate the complex grievance dis¬ pute, but tlie brotherhoods refused.
Finance
When the judge asked  him about jone  engine   failed   about   an   hour from the east slope of the Rockies
WASHINGTON _.     . , , ..I foreign   ministers   of   the   Unittwl
I^%^l*^irr':,!:;!*iil"!?:?L^.^"!^ States, r^nada and Britain yester-
his plea, his only words were "I plead guilty,"
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Middle    Atlantic    States,
day approved a program for pump¬
ing private  and public  investment
and of Uie British dominions and col¬ onies, plus a host of other lands whose currency and trade opera¬ tions are tied to the pound sterling. The  dollars  to  be  invested  would
In Today's Isaue
, •ItosHled   A—38
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Kadlo   B—13
SiHilal ...   f   1
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after they sailed from this port for to    the
Falmouth lale yesterday Jcrested   in   the   lower   Mississippi j;'^i^;'7„\"„";he''»teriing"'MeI'to' ceme 7rom^ Uniw" States'Tlid
"There  was no  panic,"  he  said, and Ohio valleys. ,^^5^ j.^^ g^j^^V^ j,„^ tj,^ economic Canada.
  doldrums. "A properly directed flow of pro-1
The proposal was the first, but \ ductive investment from the dol-! not the final, project approved at; lar area to the steerling area is one a top-level conference of the three! of the appropriate instruments for powers which started last Wednes-1 dealing with the current disequl- day In an attempt to find a way of Uibrium between the sterling and easing  Britain's  dollar shortage     i dollar areas," the conferees said in
The   conferees   instructed   their a formal report, ex^ierts to work night and day this.    Their recommendations covered: weekend  and   report   final   rei;om- i    1.—Continuing studies  and talks mendations to a meeting tomorrow. to figure out ways of getting pri- when they hope to wind up the job. 1 vate  investors  to  put  dollars  into
ithe sterling area and to tear down which ithe things now keeping them from plebiscite on secession will be heldiduring a session of Parliament lasted two hours and 15 minutes,: risking their money, management unless Britain grants Malta direct At the close of his explanation the conferees approved a report .and "technical know-how." economic aid under the Marshall'Boffa requested a vote of confi-from a working party and in so; 2.—Assistance to countries which PlJ^n !dence on his proposal for a refer- doing indirectly stamped  approval want  to  borrow  money  from  the
Malta now receives Marshall endum, already approved by theon Prei*ident Truman's "Point InternaUonaJ Bank for development Plan aid indirectly as part of "lie Maltese cabinet, but Parliament Four' program for American in- projects or from the Export-Im- British colonial empire. Direct aid;adjourned without takin? action.[vestment in underdeveloped areas, .port Bank for making purchasee l» needed,  government leader, la-The voU will be taken next week.'   The sterling area includes mo.tl        (Continued on Page A-9)
Malta May Leave British Empire; Viants to Join U. S. As Navy Base
Valetta, Malta.—The   govern-States as a military base In return islst, because thousands of laborers ment of the Mediterranean  island for Marshall Plan aid. have been dismissed by the naval
of Malta threatened last night toi    Prime  Minister  Paul  Boffa    re- dockyards, one of the Island's ma- secede  from   the   British    Em pire quested  Parliament to give him a jor sources of employment and   offer   iUelf   to   the   United'vote  of   confidence on  an  ultima-1    Boffa  disclosed  the  entire  story Back Truman Plan
«¦¦—1   to   Britain   declaring   that   a of   Matte's   quarrel   with     Britain     At   yesterday's   meeUng,
Valley Scene
i Wett Side rendentB receiv¬
ing an expensive thipment of black marble for a new fire¬ place oU the way from New England and then finding out it eould have been bought right here.
Dapper, well-tailored younti m a n gingerly wielding a bruxh with red paint to mark the progress of the i9'er Covered Wagon on the route boa/rd in front of Kingston Armory.
Fire chief of Wtst Side borough writing names and other data about a bUue his men had just extinguished, on the back of a Fire pre¬ vention   Week poster.
City policeman staruiing by helplessly at seeing a boy dash out before a ear on Northampton atreet, being missed by in eke s as the driver almost pushed the brake-pedal through the floor.
quarters. The troops from that area were reported moving on (3tihkiang, 180 miles west of the government base of Hengyang; Shaoyang, AO miles tp the west, and in the area l>etween Shaoyang and Hengyang.
The main government forces are concentrated in the Hengyang area, 270 miles north of Canton. Some Communist units have by¬ passed them and are within 137 miles of Canton.
NEW YORK.—CJhlpf Federal Mediator C:V"'s 8 Cluing ended the fourth futile day of negotia¬ tions aimed at ending the $60,- 000,000 Hawaiian dock strike yes¬ terday with the announcement that both company and union offi¬ cials "are still as far apart as they were  when  they  came  here."
CJhing, 73-year-old ace mediator, held repeated separate confer¬ ences with both sides today at which    "we    swapped    proposals."
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Communist j But, he said, "no progre.ss has I >»»«¦" made so far." He said he would meet with company and union officials again tomorrow morning and that both sides would spend the week end thinking over the government's proposals to end the  costly  133-day  strike.
NEW YORK CIO BACKS LEHMAN FOR SENATE
SARATOGA  SPRINGS.   N.   Y.— Herbert   H.   Lehman,   Democratic candidate  for  U.  S   senator,  was  _,__'_,,__..  ,,_,, ,_,,   ,_„ endorsed by acclamation today at PITTSBURGH  UTILITY  ASK the loth annual state CIO conven-   ii.iaf-niKTr  CADC  DICC tion after hurting an indirect reply  IIVllVltUIA I t  rAnt  nlit to Sen. John Foster Dulles' recent,    PITTSBURGH,—The    Pittsburgh "trend to Sialism" attack. Street Railways Co. has asked the
Addressing the closing convention session, the former New York gov¬ ernor called the Republican leader¬ ship "reactionary' and said it was "deaf to the needs of the people.'
Dulles, in announcing his avail¬ ability as the GOP candidate to oppose Lehman in the November election, said the "almost total re¬ sponsibility" for public welfare as¬ sumed by Uie state was dangerous and must be stopped "here and now."
state superior court to withdraw an Injunction blocking Immediate fare boosts.
The company .aid It had suffered operating losses of $908,907 In the first seven months of this year.
The Public Utility Ojmmiasion has approved the company's pro¬ posal to Increase trolley fares to 12 cents and bus fares to 15 cents, but an appeal to the superior court and its injunction blocked the ac¬ tion pending further hearing.
British Jet Passenger Planes Capture Eye of U, 5. Airlines
FARNBOROUGH, England.— Top U. S. airlines executives said yesterday they may be forced to buy 500-mile-an-hour British jet passen¬ ger planes because no mich craft are available In America.
Britain htw jumped years ahead of the United States In perfecting the flrst pure jet and turbo-prop, commercial airliners, their sources! said.
The executives reached this opin-, lon after Inspecting the latest craft; at the British Aircraft Show herej In company with representatives ofl the Cnvll Aeronautics Administra¬ tion.
On display was the four-jet De Havilland Cornet a S2-pasacnger plane with swept-back wing, which
Britain may put into service oi: the North AUantlc run within th.. next  few year..
In test rune, tha Comet had al mo.t rea<^ed the speed of w>und and it. regular cruising speed i.'^ 500 miles an hour.
Gen. Harold R. Harris, vice pres¬ ident and ohairman of American Overseas Airways, called the de¬ velopment of the Cornet a "great forward  step."
"America has nothing to «em- pare with it," he said.
Among other Americans who viewed the new planes were Joho C. C!olUng». vice president for op¬ erations of Trans-World Airlines, and offlclals of Pan American Ali- waya.
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