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g=s£ss= Wtlmmnfmt Mnniutu --- State and National News ^oT^-NO. 200. _ - WILMINGTON, N. C., TUESDAY, APRIlTW---ESTARLISHFn iSfi7 54.000 UMW Back In Fits Thirteen Per Cent Of Lewis’ Union Member ship Defies Orders i - WASHINGTON, April 7.— (U.R)-, The government claimed tonight that 54,000 of John L. Lewis’ 400, 000 soft coal miners "ignored” nis safety strike today and went back lo the pits. This apparently meant that the 15.5 per cent of Lewis’ total mem bership had defied their leader. But the bulk of his men, partic ularly in the great producing ireas of Pennsylvania, Virginia, Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana and Il linois were standing squarely, be hind him. Bowing to his explicit wish, they were refusii ^ to enter “hazard ous" mines "and extenhing last week's "mouring" shutdown for victims of the Centralia, 111., mine disaster into a "safety” stoppage *f indefinite duration. The nation’s coal-consuming in dustries were preparing for a starvation diet. U. S. Steel im mediately cut its blast furnace production to 80 per cent of normal and the Pennsylvania railroad laid off 1.500 employes because of dwindling coal shipments. As itocks depleted, other industries were expected to follow suit. The government stood by, ap parently helpless to do anything about it. The Coal Mines administration disclosed the "revolt” against Lewis’ leadership, reporting that 600 of the 2,531 government-hold mines operated today. It said that they employ 54,000 UMW mem bers. 125,000 Tons Mined It estimated that these mines, together with privately-owned pits using non-union workers or mem bers of the rival Progressive Min ers Union of America, produced 725.000 tons today. This is about SO per cent of normal daily out put. The 500 mines presumably have been certified as safe. Most of them were believed to have been on a list of 1,200 which Secretary of Interior J. A. Krug said could be reopened once government managers found that no "hazard bus” conditions exist. The agency said that nearly 900 of the 2,531 mines in federal pos session had been given safety certificates today by operating managers or, in some cases, uy union mine safety committees. The latter’s approval also is need ed for 518 mines that Krug con itdered particularly dangerous. Lewis, however, had demanded that the government keep closed •11 but two mines until they could %e re-examined and declared safe by Bureau of Mines in vectors. The demand was rejected as •arbitrary,” leaving the next move up to Lewis. By doing noth ing. he made it clear to his min ors that his “safety” stoppage was on. Reports from the field showed (Continued On Page Two. Col. 5) PASSENGERSHAVE NA ROW :ape Oniy Six Out Of 300 Injur ed When Crack ‘Pennsy’ Train Piles Up COLUMBIA CITY, Ind., April 7. -(/PI— Derailment of the Pennsly rania railroad’s eastbound Gotham iiminted at a cross-over switch lere early today left the locomo ive and thirteen cars of the fifteen jar train strewn in a staggered ileup but no one was killed and aly six of the 300 persons aboard offered serious injuries. Fifteen injured persons were tak l to two hospitals in Fort Wayne it nine of them were treated and leased during the day. Remaining in the hospital were: rs. Joseph Schneider, 48, Pitts irgh, with head and back injuries; t daughter, Miss Anna Marie hneider, 28, also with head and ck injuries; Vernol Stauller, fib, 'rest, 0., Mail clerk, fractured 'htleg; Mrs, Paul Lake, Decatur, ■, back and leg injuries; Grover nica, 39, New York, right arm d back injuries; and William wntain, 27, Pittsburgh, head and ck injuries. In all about 40 passengers suf red injuries but many of them ire treated in the city hall here d then were taken by bus to Fort Syne to continue to their desti tions by other trains. Railroad officials began an in stigation to determine the cause the derailment. The Weather FORECAST: louth Carolina — Considerable cloudi and warm Tuesday; Wednesday, <*tly cloudy and warm, occasional [M rain in North portion. North Carolina — Partly cloudy and ghtly cooler Tuesday; Wednesday, con ierable cloudiness and occasional light ♦n in west and central portions. (Ea>4ern Standard Time) . 'By U. S. Weather Bureau) Meteorological data for the 24 hours u’Hg 7:3o p.m. yesterday. . TEMPERATURES J’W a- m. 68; 7:30 a. m. 62; 1:30 p. m. » ^.'30 p. m. 72; Maximum 85, Min lV;rp* 61, Mean 73. Normal 59. HUMIDITY a. m. 81; 7:39 a. m. 93; 1:30 p. m. » ^30 p. m. 27 PRECIPITATION T°ta. for 24 hours ending 7:39 p. m. w inches. Total since the first of month 0.84 inches. TIDES FOR TODAY ♦From the Tide Tables published by Coast and Geodetic Survey). w HIGH LOW wumington 11:50 a.m. 6:44 a.m. ^ - p.m. 18.52 p.m. *»*°nboro Inlet 9:28 a.m. 3.31 a.m. 9.58 p.m. 3.34 p.m. -J^nrise 5:50, Sunset 6:38, Moonrise Moonset 7 :38a. Fiver stage at Fayetteville, N. C, at ■ * m. Monday 13.4 feet. 'More weather ©n Page Two) Henry Ford Dies Suddenly At Home Noted Automotive Pioneer Succumbed At 11:40 O’CIock Last Night DETROIT, April 8. (Tuesday) — (U.R) —Henry Ford died at 11:40 o’clock last, night, it was announc ed early today. A spokesman for the Ford Motor Oorr<pany, which the eider motor manufacturer founded and balloon ed into a billion dollar organization said simply: “Henry Ford died in his home at j Dearborn at 11:40 p. m. Monday, April 7.” He was 83. Death found the frail, aging auto maker in complete retirement from active management of his vast empire. He retained only di rectorships in the Ford Motor com pany and the smaller Ford Motor company of Canada. Ford was president of the auto company which bears his name from 1903 until 1919. He gave up the title in 1919 but returned to active management May 1, 1943, when the sudden death of his only son, Edsel, vacated the presi dency. Henry Ford, one of the world’s greatest industrialists, was born in a small comfortalble farm house near Dearborn, Mich., July 30, 1863, the son of frugal and industrious William Ford and Mary Litogot Ford, he showed mechanical apti tude about the age of 11 when he HENRY FORD ' began making miniature water dams and tinkering wth watcher, At 18 he decided to pursue a mechanical job rather than farm ing, and went to work for $2.50 weekly at the Flower Brothers machine shop in Detroit. After working 10 hours a day for nine months Ford left the Flower Broth ers and went to the Dry Dock En gine company where he remained for two years. It was not until Sept. 21, 1945, (Continued On Page Two; Col. 8) Roadways Will Get Face-Lifting Free Passengers Trapped SEATTLE, April 7 — (IP) — Seven persons were believed to have died when a North Coast lines bus, enroute here from Portland, plunged off the Pacific highway into the Duwamish river, near Seattle's south city limits, shortly after 7 p. m. to night. An hour after the accident all was confusion at the scene as' policemen, duputy sheriffs and city police officers rescued pas sengers from the submerged bus and tried to revive them with artificial respiration. While authorities said they be lieved seven were dead they could not give an accurate estimate. The accident occurred when the bus collided with an oil truck on the bridge. The truck driver was reported to have escaped with minor injuries. MARSHALL EASTS PLEBISCITE PLAN Britain, France Join U. S. In Opposition To Cen tral Government Idea MOSCOW, April 7. — (U.R1 — A Russian today demanded that the German people decide by plebi scite whether they shall have a strong central government but the Big Four delegates of the United States, Great Britain and France denounced the proposal as a threat to world peace. Russian Foreign Minister Via cheslav Molotov insisted that the Germans themselves be permitted to say whether they want a-strong central government — which Rus sia desires or a federalized regime, linked by a weak central administration, which the United States, Great Britain and France favor. “The United States does not want to set up a central govern ment which might eventually b e transformed into an autocratic one,” Secretary of State George C Marshall said. “It would be a danger to the peace of the world. The United States wants a central govern ment based on the German states. “It is not possible today or in the immediate future to got a n intelligent expression of German opinion. It is not even practical. The drafting of a constitution is very complicated and any plebi scite in the provisional period would be highly dangerous for pace.” Reminding Molotov that strong German governments had started two world wars, that Hitler had risen to power under such a re gime and that he had used the (Continued on Page Two; Col. 2) Campaign To Clear Up Unsightly Spots Now Underway By SUE MARSHALL Star Staff Writer A new face is being moulded for New Hanover county’s road - sides and areas. The face-lifting job of removing rubbish heaps, and otherwise un sightly dumps from along the highways and narks got underway yesterday. This civic pride movement — a project for which the local Scrosis club is to be thanked—is designed See Pictures On Pages 2 and 6 not only to encourage highway cleanliness but also to inspire parks and playgrounds throughout the county. Mayor Ronald W. Lane official ly opened the campaign yesterday with a proclamation calling atten tion to the fact that the week of April 7-12 had been designated as “Clean-up week’’ in the city and its suburbs. The Wrightsville Beach Lions club is co-sponsoring the cam (Continued on Page Two, Col. 81 CHILDREN PERISH WHEN HOME BURNS Mother Of Three Says At tempt To Telephone Alarm Unanswered ELMSFORD, N. Y., April 7. — (U.R)— Mrs. George Brown said she was unable to get a telephone re sponse when she attempted to re port a fire in her home at 10 min utes after the nationwide telephone strike started. Her three children and their 17 year-old cousin, who were trapped in a second story bedroom, perish ed in the blaze. The mother said that when she was unable to reach the operator she ran outside. A neighbor attract ed by her screams reported the fire by an alarm box. Screens nailed into second floor windows apparently barred the children’s escape by window. Mrs. Brown attempted to remove a screen from the outside nut her stepladder was too short to reach the window. Victims of the fire were the Brown children,. James, 3, George, 6, and Barbara, 11, and their cous in, Margaret Mahoney. A telephone spokesman said that normal service was being main tained by a supervisory staff at the time. The company also said another neighbor of Mrs. Brown reported the fire by telephone and said that her call was promptly handled. Carter Exonerated By Commission Vote By GEORGE HASLAM Star Staff Writer An uncertain peace and quiet hovered over the New Hanover county home today following a stormy session of the county com missioners yesterday climaxing a week of charges and counter charges as to the type of treat ment the inmates were receiving at the hands of Superintendent C. M. Carter. Today Superintendent Carter stands exonerated by a four to nothing vote of the commission ers which saw Commissioner George W. Trask, chairman of the runty home committee, ab staining from casting his “aye" or “nay.” , It was Commissioner Trask s initial charge a week ago yes terday that the inmates wer« not receiving “kind” treatment that lead to the full-fledged investiga tion of the Carter administration. Yesterday’s session also saw Commissioner Trask, the veteran official who has served on the board for 29 years, tender his resignation as chairman of the county home committee, reiterate his original charges against Superintendent Carter, and ac cuse Commissioner L. J.; Cole man of altering his opinion of Superintendent Carter almost overnight. “Now the feathers will fly.” Commissioner Trask said in pre facing h:s remarks, directed at Commissioner Coleman, after he witnessed his colleagues give (Continued On Page Two; Col. 7) STRIKERS SET FOR LONG SHUTDOWN ON PHONE INDUSTRY, BEIRNE SAYS; GROMYKO BLASTS TRUMAN AID BILL Russian View r>iven Council / iw Delegate Accuses man Administration Of Weakening U. N. LAKE SUCCESS, N. Y., April 7. —W—Soviet Delegate Andrei A. Gromyko today accused the Tru man administration of by-passing, weakening and undermining the United Nations by its efforts to ward direct aid for Greece and Turkey. He then proposed that economic aid for the Greek people be hand led by the United Nations under a special commission. He rejected all suggestions for military aid to Greece and aid of any sort to Turkey. The Soviet Deputy Foreign minister charged in a policy speech to the Security council and again in a brief statement during later debate that the dispatch of American civil and military in structors to Greece would be in terference in Greece’s internal af fairs. lie said it would deal a “serious blow to its actual inde pendence.” Council Adjourns The council adjourned debate on the Greek question until Thursday (10:30 A.M.E.S.T.) without decision on Gromyko’s proposal or on a motion by Warren R. Austin, U. S. delegate, for representatives of the Balkans commission to remain in Greece until the Security council acts. Gromyko said the Greek people should have aid but made it clear that Russia felt it should come through the United Nations and should be administered under a special Security Council commis sion. He opposed the Austin resolution. He rejected any idea of aid to Turkey, assailing that nation as a war “profiteer” which entered the (Continued On Page Two; Col. 4) MINISTER’S SON ADMITS SLAYING Sixteen-Year-Old Youth Signs Confession In Murder Of Sexton ST. JOSEPH, Mo., April 7. — (JP) — Sixteen-year-old Stuart Allen calmly signed a statement, police said, that he slew the elderly sex ton of his father’s church because he “felt an urge to kill someone,” but the boy expressed great shock tonight at learning that he was an adopted child, a fact he said he had not known “until 15 minutes ago.” The shock, he told newsmen in his cell after police questioning, was greater than that of finding himself faced with promise of ar raignment on a first degree murder charge. While he talked, his restless fin gers tapped on the table top. His bow tie was neatly in place and a handkerchief stood out from the breast pocket of his brown jacket. He said he never had been in trouble before. Skipped Classes “Well,” he laughed in a low voice, “I’ve slipped classes oc casionally.” Police Chief J. Croy Keller said the youth, Stuart Allen, an honor roll student in high school, and foster son of Episcopal Rector Rev. James S. Allen, had signed a state ment in which he said he bludgeon ed the 58-year-old sexton on the head with a hammer and then muti lated his body with an electric drill in the basement of his father’s church last April Fool’s day. County Prosecutor O. R. New comer said he would file first de gree murder charges against Al len and that the boy would be ar raigned tomorrow morning. ' > '■mm*,.,*.:.--. .MW CHURCH DESTROYED—Pictured above is the fire in progress yesterday which did an esti mated $15,000 damage to the Maffitt Village Presbyterian church. This was the second church fire in this area during the past three weeks. On March 21 the Grace Street Methodist church in Wil mington was destroyed in a $200,00j) fire. SPOT FIRE BURNS PART OF CHURCH Blaze Started From Trash Heap, Damages Maffitt Village Property A fire said to have started from a trash heap set afire following an Easter egg hunt, caused dam ages unofficially estimated at be tween $10,000 and $15,000 to the Maffitt V i 1 lage Presbyterian church yesterday afternoon before the blaze was brought under con trol by the Wilmington Fire de partment and volunteers. The frame part of the church which housed the Sunday school rooms was almost completely de stroyed as a brisk wind whipped the flames toward the brick sec tion of the church. The latter structure was not damaged to- any great extent as the fire was brought under control before it reached the main part of the building. Church members said that a Sunday school teacher was con ducting an Easter egg hunt yes terday afternoon and that follow ing the festivities a fire was start (Continued on Page Two; Col. 3) LILIENTHAL VOTE COMES! INESDAY Senate Agrees To Count Ayes, Nays On Confir mation At 5:00 P. M. WASHINGTON, April 7 — (AP) — The Senate agreed today to vote at 5 p. m. Wednesday on the question of confirming David E. Lilienthal and other nominees to the Atomic Energy commission. Senator Hickenlooper (R-Io\va), chairman of the Congressional Atomic Energy committee, obtain ed the unanimous consent of the Senate on the voting time. Senator McKellor (D - Tenn.), leader of the anti-Lilienthal forces, sat silent as Hickenlooper made the request. A test vote last Thursday took the fight out of the opposition and foreshadowed confirmation of the appointees. The Senate refused at that time, 5-2 to 38 to send the nominations back to Hickenlooper’s committee for an FBI check. After that vote, Senators on both sides declared approval of Lilien thal is certain. Up for confirmation along with him are Robert F. Bacher, L. L. Strauss, W. W. Waymack and Sumner T. Pike, nominees for commissioner, and Carroll L. Wil son, general manager. Along The Cape Fear SPRING AT LAST — It was necessary for us to experience one real balmy spring day like yesterday before we would dare bring you the photograph of the Port City which you will find on Page 2. We felt honor houn<* to withhold this valuable print which Mr. Burke Bridgers of 212 Orange st., so kindly placed at our disposal with permission to reproduce un til now. Two good reasons we’ll advance for our decision to hold Mr. Brid ger’s picture (not a portrait of the gentleman, merely a downtown scene). 1. We were nortally afraid that it would inspire Mr. Paul Hess, our local weather observer, to de fer his official sanction for spring to blossom along the Lower Cape Fear region. 2. We felt sure that if we print ed toe picture at an earlier date we might have tempted Old Man Winter to put on one grand last show, just to prove to Port City residents that the' winter season immediately passed was merely child’s play as compared with the spree he went on about 30 years ngo. JUST TAKE A LOOK—If you’ll glance at the photograph you will see how Princess and Front See Picture On Page Eight Streets looked around New Year’s Day in either 1917 or 1918. With the thermometer dipping down to five above zero, the snow piled high on the ground, Wil mington’s public transportation system came to an abrupt halt. As a matter of fact, the street car seen in the picture remained snow-bound at that popular corner for five long days. ♦ * * ICE SKATING, TOO—But don’t think for one minute that the cold snap of 30 years ago confined it self to stopping the street cars. What the city lost through incon veniences, many residents made up for by unusal opportunities for participation in winter sports of which the Port City no longer can boast. For example, many a young swain rummaged through the attic of his home. Or, it might have been the cellar, or even the (Continued on Page Two; Col. 4) 1947 Soap Box Derby Set For W ednesday, July 30th ! EMERGENCY CALL MADISON, Wis., April 7—(/P) —Eight-year-old Carl Satter field got a call through Madi son’s “emergency call only” telephone situation today to re port an important news item. The youngster reached the Madison Capital Times city desk, requested that his name be spelled correctly and piped: “I just saw four robins.” SENATE TAKES UP AID BILL TODAY Vandenberg To Start De bate On Greek-Turk Loan Measure WASHINGTON, April 7, — M>) — The Senate cleared the way to night to begin consideration to morrow of President Truman’s $400,000,000 Greece - Turkey aid bill despite Andrei Gromyko’s charge that the program under mines the United Nations, Senator Vandenberg tR-Mich) chairman of the Foreign Rela tions committee arranged to take the floor at noon tomorrow in be half of the bill. Vandenberg told reporters he may reply to the charges that Gromyko, Coviet deputy foreign minister, made in a speech to the Security Council today. Other senators disputed Gro myko’s contention. Senator George (D - Ga) told a reporter that Gromyko appeared to be casting himself in “an un familiar role as a defender of the United Nations.” He added that the Soviet proposal for U. N. action apparently would narrow any aid to Greece to relief as sistance onle and bar help to Turkey. “I think we have been at great pains to indicate that we are not (Continued on Page Two, Col. if) TEACHERS OF STATE TO SEEK MORE PAY WHEN 1949 ROLLS IN RALEIGH, April 7 —(£>) — North Carolina School teachers given sub stanxial pay increases by the re cently adjourned legislature, have served notice they’ll be back in 1949 for more money. In one of the hottest fights of the Assembly session, teachers were granted emergency bonuses of $8,250,000 for the remainder of this fiscal year — through June — and an appropriation of $102,418, 430 was made to pay them during the 1947-49 biennium. The larger figure, Comptroller Paul Reid of the State Board of Education said, represented a 30 per cent over all increase, but it was not intended that sub-stand ard teachers should get as high a boost as Grade A and G (Grad uate) teachers. Star - News, Raney Com pany To Again Spon sor Boy’s Event Wilmington’s second annual All American Soap Box Derby will be run over the local Derby Downs course on Wednesday. July 30. This announcement was releas ed simultaneously yesterday by the managements of The Wilming ton Star-News and Raney Chevro let co. who will again sponsor this great amateur racing event for boys between the ages of 11 and 15 years. The ultimate winner of this year’s Wilmington Derby will be sent to Akron, Ohio to compete in the 10th Anniversary All - Ameri can Soap Box Derby against win ners from 132 other cities of the nation. The Akron race, biggest boy event in the world today, again will be staged over the famous Derby Downs course and will be witnessed by a crowd expected to reach the 100,000 mark. Preliminary plans for this year’s Soap Box Derby here now are in the making and an entry list of well over 100 cars are con fidently expected by the sponsors. This expectation is based large (Continued On Page Two; Col. 31 BOARD SIDESTEPS RACING MEASURE Commissioners Fail To Act On Betting Legislation Passed Recently The New Hanover county com missioners yesterday sidestepped recent legislation permitting the board to call a special election to determine whether the county is to have horse racing and pari - mutel betting. For more than two hours it was concerned with the county home hearing, the story of which will be found elsewhere on this page. The horse racing bill, which has borne the brunt of attacks by several groups in the county, was introduced by Rep. R. M. Kermon during the recent session of the state general assembly. Under the provisions of the bill, the county commissioners have until Jan. 1, 1949 to act on the measure. The board also permitted the withdrawal, by the police depart ment, of a motion for the use of a portion of Legion stadium next week for a police show. The show would have been in conflict with both the Pirates and the NHHS baseball teams’ schedules. M. L. Lander, a civil engineer, was employed to make the neces sary surveys at Carolina Beach in connection with the drainage pro gram there. The commissioners also had drawn the names of 36 pro spective jurors to serve during the special criminal term of Superior Court which is scheduled to open rere April 21. Famous Pilot Killed On Pleasure Flight STEVENS POINT, Wis., April 7 _yp)—Robert J. Klopotek, the “Mad Pole’’ who won the Dis tinguished Flying Cross an<j the Air Medal with 23 Oak Leaf Clus ters as a P-51 Mustang fighter pilot, was killed in an airplane wreck today while riding as a passenger. The crash also took the life of his civilian pilot com panion. Klopotek, operator of a charter flying service at the Stevens Point airport, took off this afternoon with Ray V. Barber of Chicago, a manufacturer’s representative who did his traveling by air. A few minutes later, witnesses at the airport said, the light airplane was in trouble. They said Barber apparently tried to make a land ing at the airport, but instead plowed almost 400 feet through a jackpine thicket and crashed. Both men were thrown from the plane as it crashed. The plane was demolished with wreckage strewn over a wide area. Klopotek and Barber apparently died in stantly, Dr. W. C. Sheehan said. Klopotek, 25 years old , served with the Ninth Airforce in Eng land. his Mustang bearing the name, “Mad Pole.” H e was credited with bringing down four German planes. He entered the A.A.F., in 1942 from the Wisconsin State guard and was discharged honorably Dec. 1, 1945. Conciliators Gain Ground Warren Adjourns Meeting Until Today After Re porting Progress WASHINGTON, April 7 _ (iTO — President Joseph A. Beirne, of the striking National Federation of Telephone workers said tonight the union was settling down for a long shutdown of the telephone indus try. Beirne said the union had made plans for a long tieup when the strike was called. He made the statement to re porters after an evening confer ence with Edgar L. Warren, direc tor of the Federal Conciliation ser vice and top conciiiators handling the government-sponsored negotia tions. These include bargaining talks between the union and the Ameri can Telephone and Telepraph com pany’s long lines division and the South-Western Bell Telephone com pany. Both are key units in the cross-country Bell Telephone sys tem chief target of the NFTW’s first nation-wide walkout which be gan at 6 a. m. today. Beirne told reporters that the evening session with Warren was for the purpose of reviewing the whole collective bargaining pro gram today—-in which Warren earlier had reported “good pro gress.” Warren told newsmen that “we explored with the union represen tatives what possibilities they saw for a settlement.” The conciliation chief, unshaved and weary from his almost un broken day and night efforts to avert the strike and now to cut it short, said: “We don’t have any definite pro posals from either side.” The negotiations here were broken off tonight to permit “all parties to get some sleep,” Warren said. The long lines group will con vene at 10:30 a. m., EST, and the Southwestern negotiations will -pick up at an indefinite time early to morrow, Warren said. LONG DISTANCE LINES 80 PER CENT DOWN By The Associated Press The first coast-to-coast telephone strike hit the nation yesterday, knocking out 80 per cent of all long distance calls but crippling less than a fourth of the country’s local service. A hopeful note was injected late in the day in Washington, how ever, with Director Edgar L. War ren of the U. S. Conciliation ser vice announcing “good progress” had been made in negotiations in volving the long-lines phase of the walkout. The American Telephone and (Continued on Page Two; Col. S) 3,000 HOMELESS FOLLOWING FLOOD Meadville, Pa., Suffers $1, 000,000 Damages From Swollen Creek MEADVILLE. Pa., April 7—(£>)— A portion of Meadville’s industrial and railroad shops remained temporarily paralyzed by flood water today as normally-plarid French creek, receded slowly af ter surging to record levels in an Easter flood. Approximately 3,000 persons were driven from their home* in the city and nearby Vernon town ship. Meadville officials—who said the flood was the worst in the city history—estimated damage might reach $1,000,000. Four plants—Meadville Mal leable Iron co., Westinghuuse Electric co., Meadville Distilling co. and the Erie Railroad shops— remained badly flooded, tempor rarily idling 2,000 workers. Other industries managed to continue production, but ab senteeism was reported as high as 50 percent because of flooded highways and washed-out bridges. There was only one fatality—14 year - old Donald Ross — who drowned when he rode his bicycle directly into the path of the ad vancing waters yesterday. And So To Bed All the screaming at Legion Stadium last night wasn’t over the thrashing the Pirates were handing the Bears. The fans were having a hol lering good time, a 11 right, cheering the local club onto victory at the 7th inning when the score was 13-3. But along about that sanL time some fellow — there al ways is one around — found a snake in the stadium. And for a brief moment it seemed as though that section of the stadium would be cmp j tied. Then it was discovered I that the reptile wa* dead.
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