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piM Mttmumtim fBitrmtm Star [Hs: _ State end Nation*) New* ^Lj^-NO. 223.-" I_ WILMINGTON, N.~c7WEDNESDAY, MAY 7, 1947 ---ESTABLISHED 1867 Baxter Wins In Charlotte Quiet Elections Prevail for Municipal Ofiices Throughout State CHARLOTTE, May 6. — (JP) — r „0r Herbert H. Baxter was re nted to his third term as mayor V* Charlotte today. He was un opposed in city elections that saw sever, city councUmen chosen from nine candidates. Maddry Wins CHAPEL HILL, May 6—(/P)—Di rector of the University News Bu reau Robert W. Maddry was re elected mayor and Henry A. Whit field, attorney, was reelected jUCjce of the local recorder’s court by Chapel Hill voters today. The vote was heavier than had been expected, a total of 098 bal lots being cast. Maddry polled 419 votes and his opponent, Paul H. Robertson, insurance-' man, 261. Whitfield wtih 385 votes was op posed by John T. Manning, at torney, who polled 304. Raleigh Elects Woman RALEIGH. May 6. —(JF»)— A woman business executive, Miss Kah Wilson, led the field in am election here today in which Ra legh voters selected a seven-mem b«r city council from a field of 14 candidates. Fred J- Carnage, Negro at torney, was in last place. On the basis of complete but un-> official returns those elected were: Miss Wilson. P. D. Snipes, Fred B. Wheeler, Hobson I. Gattis, Fred Fletcher, John F. Danielson, and Joe S. Correll. v The 14 candidates in today’s general election were selected in , primary two weeks ago in which there were 50 entries. Hist tor isegroes WINSTON-SALEM, May 6—OP)— Winston-Salem elected a Negro alderman today for the first time since the turn of the century in an election that re-elected Mayor George D. Lentz and gave the ei> tire Democratic ticket a clear cut victory. Mayor Lentz defeated Buford T. Henderson. Republican attorney 6.316 to 3,129. Oreedmore Returns Mayor CREEDMORE, May 6 — VP)— Mayor I. E. Harris was returned to office in today’s town elec tions. leading his opponent, R. E. Freeman, by a vote of 183 to 142. Greensboro Names Seven GREENSBORO, May 6 — (2P)— Greensboro voters today named (Continued on Page Two; Col. 5) THREE LOCAL MEN GET CAA OFFICES Transfer Of Branch From Raleigh Secured After Much Negotiation Three local men, Frearick Wil letts, Albert Perry and Hamilton Hicks, were chiefly responsible for the transfer of the Civilian Aero nautics Administration office from Raleigh to Wilmington, it was re ported here last night. Negotiation for the transfer have been underway for several months, according to reports, but it was not confirmed until yesterday when CAA regional officials in Atlanta admitted that the move would take place shortly. Perry, who was chairman of the Wilmington-New Hanover Air port authority until he resigned several weeks ago. was optimistic last night over what the location •f the district office in Wilrhington would mean to air travel for the city. Will Help City “It is a good thing and will mean a great deal to the area as well as to Wilmington,” he said. Willetts also expressed his pleas ure with the move. He said that the housing situation for the per sonnel who will man the office was a problem which will have to be met but predicted that ade quate facilities would eventually be found. Joseph Norwood, district en lineei- for the CAA is slated to be placed in charge of the office when it moves to Wilmington. The office will be located in the cus tomhouse, according to present plans. A sub-office of the CAA is sched uled to be located in Columbia, South Carolina. The Weather FORECAST: North Carolina—Increasing cloudiness ■od slightly warmer Wednesday, follow fd by showers and scattered thunder ■torms Wednesday night, beginning in Jest Portion Wednesday afternoon. Thursday partly cloudy and cooler west, ■bowers and mild in Eist. South Carolina—Increasing cloudiness *od slightly warmer Wednesday, foliow by scattered showers and thunder storms Wednesday night, beginning in °rthwest Wednesday afternoon. Thurs Jfy Partly cloudy and cooler Northwest. Snowers a id continued warm in East Ind South (Fastern Standard Time) (By U. S. Weather Bureau) * Meteorological data for the 24 hours ♦•’id:ng 7 30 p. m yesterday. TEMPERATURES , 1:20 a m. 61; 7:30 a. m. 60; 1:30 p. m. I*'- 7:30 p. m. 70; Maximum 76; Mini murn 56; Mean 66: Normal 68. HUMIDITY !;30 a. m. 78; 7:30 r. m. 55; 1:30 p. m. ®6; 7:30 p. m 48. PRECIPITATION for 24 hours ending 7:30 p. m. * w inches. since the first of the month * 96 inches. TIDES FOR TODAY , *fom the Tide Tables published by U. ' Coast and Geodetic Survey). v, HIGH LOW Wilmington _ 11:21 a.m. 6:19 a.m. t 11:46 p.m. 6:21 p.m. Masonboro _ 8:55 a.m. 2:06 a m. 9:24 p.m. 5:00 p.m. Sunrise 5:17; Sunset 7:00; Moonrise * -%>. Moonset 6:48a. . Rivsr stage at Fayetteville, N. C. at • 1 pi- Tuesday 11.0 feet. More Weather On Page Tw® Voters Stand “Pat” On Council Slate Wade, Lane, White, Burnett, Yopp Win Places On Board; Pre-Election Threat Of “Write-Ins” Fades Early Five nominees named in tae April 21 primary were elected to the Wilmington city council yes terday in an election in which v?t.es «i?re cast for 2® men in ad ditioi those named on the bal lot. Elected were James E. L. Wade, W. Ronald Lane, E. L. White! Richard L. Burnett and W. e! Yopp. Wade led the ticket with 1, 225 votes, being followed by Lane with 1,062, White, 1,043, while Bur nett and Yopp were tied with 1, 023 each. These figures are unof ficial, with the ballots to be can vassed at noon today. Only 1,393 of the city’s eligible voters went to the polls, slightly less than 18 per cent of the 7,793 registrants. This compared with 2, 864 voting in the primary. The five victors will take the oath of office at noon on May " with the mayor to !>e appointe ^ that date. The number of vd ceived by any one candid' < not have any final bear ;V will be named since *' v V- , chosen by the coun' ^P It had been foreca the race today that a s. via the write-in route v staged by one or more oat. (Continued on Page; Two Co. 'f Ensign Stands Firmly Behind Project Figures STRIKERS LOSE WASHINGTON, May 6. —(U.R) — Wages lost to an estimated 330,000 telephone workers dur ing the 30-day strike reached a total of $55,440,000 today, the Department of labor estimated. The wage cost of the strike was based on an average $8 wage per working day. An American Telephone and Telegraph spokesman in New York said no figure was avail able on the revenue loss of AT & T and its affliates because of the strike. The company said it would “take a week” to com pute losses. $182,500 BOND ISSUE APPROVED Carolina Beach Elects Board Of Aldermen; Okey Improvements (Special to the Star) CAROLINA BEACH, May 6 Carolina Beach veters approved a $182,500 bond issue for street, side walk and sewer irriprovements to day in the municipal election. Tlie following were elected to the board of aldermen: A. Peay,, 184; W. H. Shinn, 165; T. A. Ci jojb, 162; Glenn M. Tucker, 139 an' Wil liam L. Farmer, 124. The new al dermen will take office the first Tuesday in July. Unsuccessful candidates and their vote were as follows: A. L. Jewell, 114; E. A. Reynolds, 113; J Lem King, Sr., 109; M. T. Ridnaught, 100; D. L. White, 99; John V. Fergus, 79; Ralph Rol lins, 44 and Luther J. Coe, 26. Gra ham Russ received 24 write-in votes. It was pointed out by city of ficials that the approval of the bond issue does not mean the im provements will get underv j.y at once. The beard of aldermen have been authorized by the electra to pave the streets, and sidewalks on ly after the residents have signd the petitions at the city clerk’s office will the work begin. The vote on the program of im provements was as follows: Completion of water mains and ii tallatlon of large mains, $30,000 being earmarked for this work. With 273 ballots cast, 234 favored the work and 39 voted against the measure. For the installation of sewer service connections, $14,000 for this work was approved by a 223 to 35 majority. Street and sidewalk paving, $126, to be allocated, 243 favored the proposal and 40 marked ballots against the work. For sidew’alk improvements v/here the streets are already pav ed, $12,000. The voters approved this proposal by a 236 to 36 vote. FALLING TREE KILLS ONE, FATALLY INJURES WORKER AT MARS HILL MARS HILL, May 6—(fP)—One man was killed and another fatally injured Tuesday morning when they were struck by a falling tree while cutting timber in the Paint Fork section of the county. Garfield Pender, 69, of the Laur el section of the county, was in stantly killed, and Buford Ramsey died in an Asheville hospital sev eral hours later of injuries he suffered in the accident. A party of six men were report ed to have been cutting timber for R. C. Briggs on the Joe Brown place when a tree on a bank up rooted and fell on the two men. None of the others was injured. District Housing Expediter Says Figures Available To Public Chester O. Ensign, district housing expediter, of Greensiboro, said last night that the facts re vealed in yesterday’s Morning Star regarding Wilmington indus trial projects were publicly avail able May 1. Ensign said that figures to prove that Wilmington had received the most favorable position in its project program were now avail able and had been in his office to anyone. He issued an invitation to any interested to make a com parison. Yesterday, Ensign issued a statement which said that Wil mington, during the past year had received 76 percent approval on all applications submitted for in dustrial projects. The state’s average, he said was 55 per cent approval and 61 per cent for the nation as a whole. Ensign repeated his statement of yesterday that if the city of Wilmington would present him with applications for industrial cases “based on unemployment, 1 not only will sponsor them but I will recommend them for approv al beyond my delegation.” Farrell Questions Meanwhile, John Farrell, city industrial agent reportedly said that Ensign’s statement had virtu ally defeated his efforts to seek new employment mediums for this area. Ensign replied that he was at a (Joss to understand how the ap proval of 17 previously denied ap plications could relieve the unem ployment situation that exists in Wilmington.” Meantime, W. H. Powell, man ager of the Wilmington State em ployment office, said last night the local employment situation, which covers this and three ad ditional counties, was expected to (Continued on Page Two; Col. 5) MILWAUKEE GETS JOLT FROM QUAKE Many Buildings In Business Section Rocked By Severe Tremblor MILWAUKEE, May 6 —(U.PJ— A sharp earthquake shook Milwaukee and a section of Southern Wis consin along Lake Michigan late today and some persons, terrified by the tremor, ran into the streets. No serious damage was report ed. The quake shook buildings and rattled windows in Milwaukee, a city of 500,000 population, and was so sharp it broke the seismograph at Marquette university. Police reported that many per sons were frightened by the tem blor. The quake was like the con cussion of a far off explosion. The Milwaukee fire department answered three calls from citizens who feared an explosion had taken place in their neighborhood. Fire equipment answered two of the calls. Firemen found no damage. The third alarm was from a householder who reported that the ‘Schlitz brewery has blown up.” A fire captain investigated and found the report false. Very Strong Shock The Rev. Joseph Carroll, S. J., of Marquette university, said the quake was ‘‘very strong” for a midwestern area. It occurred at 3:30 p.m., CST. He said the quake threw both (Continued on Page Two; Col. 2) Senators Are More Fun When They’re “People” BY ARTHUR EDSON Associated Press Staff Writer WASHINGTON, May 6— 0<P) — Senators are more fun when they’re just people. Take today’s meeting of the Senate Foreign Re latiohs committee. It was 9:55 a.m.. five minutes before the committee was to hear Secretary of State Marshall on the ratification of the proposed Italian Peace treaty. Senator Vandenberg (R-Mich), Senator Connally (D-Texas). Mar shal1 and a couple dozen reporters and photographers were the only ones present. “We are waiting,” said Connal ly to no one in particular, “for the other senator*. “They will want to get into the pictures. Then they can go home, show the picture to their consti tuents, and say, “Me and Ma shall.’ In that order, ‘Me and Marshall.’ ” The Senatorial shop talk turned to the Congressional reorganiza tion law. “I never did like it,” said Con nally. “I wash my hands of it.’ (business of washing hands) Just Like Pilate “Just like Pilate,” observed the Bible-reading Vandenberg to the reporters. Then Vandenberg added: “Maybe we could amend the re organization bill so that we could (Continued mi Page; Two Col. 6) Local Telephone Workers Returning To Work Today; Arabs Gain Assembly Time Truman Urges Treaty Okay Italian Pact Backed By President, Marshall And Byrnes WASHINGTON, May 6- (/P) — President Truman, stepping in to save the Italian peace treaty, de ep 'd today that Senate rejection O) pact would be "a heavy XT C-, our country’s leadership 'Hairs-” ^ <y / dent, Secretary of / £k, \ Marsha.ll, former <\ / o/ iies F. Byrnes and <£v / andenberg (R-Mich) f / a /-*P against critics who / c//'in saying the treaty is too <V/ and would open up a weak Italy to the threat of Com /.unism. Mr. Truman wrote Marshall that he does not share the view that the treaty’s disarmament of Italy conflicts with his policy of bolstering Greece and Turkey against Communism. Marshall read the letter before the Senate Foreign Relations com mittee at a hearing in which Byrnes testified that rejection of the treaty would bring in Italy “uncertainty which causes discon tent and discontent breeds Com munism.” Mr. Truman and his bipartisan foreign policy backers likewise urged early Senate ratification of peace treaties with Bulgaria, Hun gary and Romania. Lose Confidence Marshall said "the world would lose all confidence in our propo sals and our leadership” if the necessary two-thirds approval of the treaties by the Senate is not forthcoming promptly. Vandenberg (R-Mich), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations committee said the delegates from America battled for months to win final agreement on the doc uments "omitted no effort to de fend the legitimate and essential rights of the new Italian repub lic.” Senator Connally (D-Texi, who served with Byrnes and Vanden berg on the delegation to the peace talks in Paris, concurred. Opponents had said the Italian treaty would leave unguarded the Italian border with Yugoslavia and throw the strategic peninsula open to the same sort of Com munist infiltration Mr. Truman has said he wants to prevent in Greece and Turkey. In his letter to Marshall, the President said he understands it has been urged that the inability oi the Moscow conference to agree on terms of an Austrian treaty had made it inadvisable to ratify the treaties at this time. It was further contended, he raid, (Continued on Page Two; Col. 2) PARTIES GIVE UP SEARCH FOR PAGE President Of Cape Fear Railroad Believed Swept Out To Sea Sunday JACKSONVILUE, N. C., May 6 —(JP)—Search for Henry A. Fage of Aberdeen, president of the Cape Fear Railroad company and prominent business man who fell overboard from his houseboat near here Sunday was abandoned late today after a 46-hour hunt proved fruitless, Sheriff Dan San ders reported. Coast Guardsmen, Marine foot patrols from nearby Camp Le jeune and airplanes took part in the two-day combing of the area where the New river enters the Inland waterway. Page, the sheriff said, fell from his boat while he and his wife and another couple were having an oyster roast as part of a week end excursion. The accident oc curred near Snead’s Ferry. Capt. Mart Fuicher, piloi of the houseboat, and Siedel Reed threw a bench and a life preserver into the water. Page managed to grab both and shouted that he was all right. However, the boat ground ed on a sandbar and by the time it was freed, the tide had carried Fage out of sight. The bench was found two miles from where Page was last seen, but no trace was found of the life preserver. The tide started mov ing out shortly after the accident, and it was feared the Aberdeen man nad been swept out to sea. Compromise Plan Okayed United States Motion Prevents Revolt By Dele gation Over Debate LAKE SUCCESS, ft. Y., May 6 — (U.PJ — The United Nations Polit ical committee, faced by a revolt of Arab states, agreed today to have an arab as well as Jewish spokesman testify on the Pales tine problem. The committee unanimously ap proved an American compromise proposal submitted after Egyp' Openly threatened to boycott the debate unless the Arab highei committee of Palestine was in vited to appear on identical terms to those given the Jewish agency. Under th-e compromise, the Arab higher committee and the Jewish agency will receive equal hearings. The higher committee, headed by the Ex-Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, speaks for Palestine’s 1,200,000 Arabs, while the jewish agency speaks for Palestine’s 600, 000 Jews. The Arabs and Jews will testify on the political committee’s as signed task — organizing and in instructing a special commission to study the Palestine problem. The testimony, however, was sure to lap over to the substantive is sues in the age-old problem. The fight over who should be heard broke out as soon as the 55-nation political committee met to begin forming the investigat ing commission. Delegates were hardly seated in their crowded committee room when they were informed that the Arab highet committee had withdrawn its re quest to be heard. Withdraw Request The Arabs, offended at the re ception their request had receiv ed, telegraphed UN Secretary General Trygve Lie that "whilst reserving its future attitude, finds no alternative but to withdraw its request for a hearing.” The Arabs protested that a Jew ish request for a hearing had been approved promptly by the Gen eral assembly, while a similar Arab request was referred to the Assembly’s Political committee for a decision. "This is not in keeping with the position and rights of the Arabs of Palestine nor with the princi (Continued on Page Two; Col. 3) FOUNDATION WILL MAKE TEST CASE Legality Of Wake Forest Transfer Sight Goes To Supreme Court RALEIGH May 6—(/P)—A friend ly suit to test validity of an agree ment between Z. Smith Reynolds foundation and trustees of Wake Forest college was appealed to the State Supreme court today. Under the agreement, Wake Forest college will be moved from its present site in Wake county to Winston-Salem and the insitution would receive up to $350,000 a year from the foundation. In the suit, which originated in Forsyth Superior court, the Rey nolds foundation asked the court’s “advice and instruction” on whether it could legally make an agreement "to pay its income as provided in said agreement to the trustees of Wake Forest college.” In a judgement filed in the For syth court on May 2, Superior Court Judge Hubert E. Olive up held validity of the agreement. The appeal will be argued be fore the Supreme court on May 20 or 21, and an opinion probably will be handed down two weeks later. Along The Cape Fear One of the many seemingly mystery stories that happened in Wilmington and discussed by many Wilmingtonians as being true and untrue, will be carried in this column today and tomor row for the sake of many citizens who have not yet heard the tale. This is one of the two stories that Carl Goerch, author of Caro lina Chats, Down Home, and edi tor and publisher of the State magazine, has related as being one of the strangest stories to his knowledge. • * * WINS PRIZE—This story also won first prize, several years ^to, in a national contest conducted by Believe-it-or-not, Bob Ripley. It’s a true story of old Wilmington days. * * • FIRST HAPPENING — It first happened in 1857, when Captain Silas H. Martin was skipper-own er of the 250-ton sailing vessel, Margaret Crawford. Ever since the birth of nis son, he begged his wife to let him take the lad to sea on one of his voyages. \ But, she refused and would al ways say that she w^s scared that something would happen to him. ANOTHER CHILD — Another child, Nancy later was born, and got old enough to scamper up the ratlines of the ship, and the Cap tain continued to plead with his wife. He wanted to take both of the children on a voyage, and he said that his ship was as sea worthy as any ship on the ocean, and that he sometimes got lone some. WIFE OBJECTS — His wile, Margaret, would pat the old cap tai . on the shoulder and say she was afraid, and that the children meant too much to her to stay away months, much less days. She would say, ‘‘wait Silas, until they are a little older.” » * * CAPTAIN WAITS—The old cap tain waited many years and watched the young children grow up like saplings, until John was, 34, and Nancy was a young girl of 24, neither had ever been to sea. * * * GROWS OLD—The captain was growing old and his days as mas ter of the Margaret Crawford were almost over. Yet, he still1 (Continued on Page Two; Col. 8) I FRANCOIS BILLOUX MAURICE THOREZ i PREMIER OF FRANCE Paul Ramadier brought to a climax the long-standing feud between the Communists and the other parties in the coalition government by ousting the Communist Ministers in the French Cabinet. They include Maurice Thorez, vice-premier and secretary-general of the Communist party and Francois Billoux. (In ternational). Officials Deny Reports Of S AL Warehouses Deal HALF HOLIDAY Members of the Wilmington Retail Merchants Association will close their stores at noon today in observance of the sum mer season, according to P. Franklin Bell, secretary of the local chamber of commerce. The half-holiday each % week will continue until September 1, according to present plans. The beach season is being ob served for five months this year as compared with three months last year. SPEAKER THROWS DEFY TO JAYCEES Newman Challenges Group To Direct Efforts To Long Range Plans Members of the Wilmington Junior Chamber of Commerce were last night challenged to di rect their efforts in long range plans for this area by Harriss Newman, local attorney, who spoke to the group on the past, present, and future of Wilmington. Perhaps hitting closest to home was the suggestion that the local Jayces begin a campaign to edu cate all other Jaycee clubs in North Carolina regarding the ad vantages and profits that improv ed State ports would bring, not only to Wilmington, but to the whole state. If the true facts regarding the potentialities of the ports were brought to light and spread over the State in the minds of the peo ple, public sentiment would be strong enough by the next session of the state legislature to sway that body into passing legislation for improvement and appropriat ing funds, he opined. Newman also cnallenged the Jaycees to educate the rest of the (Continued on Page Two; Col. 2) DEPARTMENT REPORTS 1,165 VIOLATIONS OF STATE LABOR LAWS RALEIGH, May 6—(A>)—A total of 1,165 violations of the labor laws and safety and health regulations were found in the inspection of 689 industrial and commercial es tablishments during March, the State Department of labor report ed tdoay. The violations included 316 in fractions of the safety code, 306 violations of the child labor law, 118 violations of the sanitation re quirements and 63 violations of the maximum hour law, Lewis P. Sorrell, deputy labor commission er, reported. Immediate compliance was ob tained in 741 of the violations, Sorrell said. A total of 66 plants covered by the federal wage-hour law were inspected. Newspaper Story Relative To Sale Offer Refuted At Norfolk Office The Seaboard Airline Railroad, from its Norfolk headquarters, and the Wilmington Terminal Warehouse company here, last night issued flat denials to unqual ified published reports Tuesday afternoon that the local company had ben offered an opportunity to purchase five large Seaboard warehouses in Wilmington. W. T. White, public relations head of the SAL told the Morning Star last night that he had made an extensive search for the au thority of the press release and was unable to find any confirma tion of the purported sale. He said the Norfolk headquar ters denied the reports and said they knew nothing about any such alleged offer being made the Wil mington company. An official of the Wilmington Terminal Warehouse said the first he knew of any such deal was when he read about it in an after noon paper. “We now have a long term lease on the property and do not wish to make any other statement in regards to our plans.” he said He added that he knew nothing of any such offer being made by his company or his organization making any such offer to the Sea board railroad. The published report said the Seaboard railroad had offered to sell the Wilmington warehouses to the terminal company. The Nor folk offices denied making this statement. MCMULLAN ARGUES CASEFORSTATE Wall Ewing Appeal From Manslaughter Verdict Before Supreme Court RALEIGH, May 6—(/P)—The ap peal of Wall C. Ewing, prominent Cumberland county politician, from a verdict of manslaughter for the slaying of his wife was argued before the State Supreme court today. The court, which usually trans acts its business in an atmosphere of calm dignity, heard stirring speches by Attorney General Harry McMullan, who represented the state, and H. E. Stacy of Lum berton for the defense. McMullan asserted that evi dence in the case “would have teen sufficient to support a ver dict of first degree murder if the jury had so found,” and he told the court that “it is very difficult to speak about the record in this case with the proper restraint be cause it is so full of unbelievable brutality executed over a period of two and one-half t< three years.” Ewing, a former state senator, was charged with first degree murder in the death last March (Continued on Page Two; Col. 1) Bridge Burch Was Just Another Cow Yesterday RINGWOOD, England, May 6— (U.R)—Bridge Burch II was just an udder Friesian cow until yester day. Today she holds the world rec ord for giving milk and her owner has been offered $200 a day to let her stand in front of a London milk bar. Her record: 155 1-2 pounds of milk—15 1-2 Imperial gallons—in 24 hours, shattering the previous mark of 149 pounds set in 1933. Bridge is eight years old end never, until she had a fourth calf some two months ago, showed signs of being anything except an ordinary mother and milker, R. A. Pierson, her owner, said. “We milked her six times in 24 hours yesterday—once every four hours,” he said. “All by hand, too She wore the men out.” Bridge has been giving more ana more milk since her fourth calf was born. Pierson said. Was he going to accept the Lon don offer of $200 a day? “No,” he said. “Another three or four days, after she’s rested, we’ll try for a new record." Expect Break •* Any Moment Had Abandoned All Hope Of Settlement Earlier Last Night Telephone workers in the lo cal office of the Southern Bell Telephone company here will return to work this morning, E. C. Drinkard, local Southern Federation of Telephone Work ers union head, said last night. Drinkard said the telephone workers met at 7 o’clock last night and in an hour-long ses sion decided to give up the bat tle and return to work. He did not elaborate on the decision. The meeting was held behind closed doors as was the one Monday night at which time the workers voted to con tinue the strike. Before last night’s decision, 10 of the 170 persons on strike already had returned to work. May End Any Hour WASHINGTON, May 6. — (U.R)— Government conciliators disclosed tonight that the American Telephone and Tele graph company has offered Its striking long distance workers wage boosts averaging 10.9 cents per hour, but that the American Union of Telephone Workers is holding out for an additional increase of about two cents. Conciliators Peter J. Manno and William Margolis said that they "looked forward to a quick solution at any hour.” The long distance negotia tions were recessed a few min utes before midnight until 11 a. m. (EST), tomorrow. Man no and Margolis said the bar gaining conference then will remain in continuous session in hope of a prompt settlement. WASHINGTON, May 6. —(JP)— The National Federation of Tele phone workers top policy commit tee tonight formally abandoned its hopes of settling the 30-day old telephone strike on a national ba sis. The group voted to send it* mem bers back to their unions for local bargaining. The decision was announced fol lowing a ten hour meeting of the strike-guiding committee, by NF TW President Joseph A. Beirne. Beirne said the policy commit (Continued on Page Two; Col. 4) PRESIDENT URGES BATTLE ON FIRES Truman Tells Prevention Conference Hazards Can Be Removed WASHINGTON, May 6— UK — President Truman today urged a broad attack on the nation's lire hazards as part of a wider pro gram to improve health and re habilitate an estimated 23.000,000 persons injured in fire and auto accidents. In an address opening a three day National Fire Prevention con ference, the President blamed “human carelessness,” old con struction, and outdated building codes for most fires. The loss by fire in 1947 will be more than 5750,000,000 unless the present rate "Ss reduced, he said. Then, departing from his manu script, Mr. Truman declared 23, 000,000 persons had been injured in fires, auto wrecks and other accidents and added: “Most of them are due 1o care lessness. Most of them are due to the fact that people are igno rant on what to do in an emer gency. Can Cut Down “Let’s teach them. Let’s cure this situation. I think we can cut that 23,000,000 down, instead of increasing it. “I want to see all those people rehabilitated and given their plac es back in society. We can do that, too, and that is partly up to you. “You will find that this all fits in a pattern which is covered in (Continued on Page Two; Col. S) And So To Bed Elmer came to town yester day. Scene: Front street, at Its busiest hour. And the vehi cular traffic was at flood. It was, indeed, a lightening sight to Elmer, age 12. His boyish eyes were popped in amaze ment. But when the police bell at Front and Princess began ring ing, the sight of the city lost its appeal. “Let’s go home.” said Elmer to his parents. “It’s dinner time.” ‘No, it's not, son,” said his mother. “Well,” said Elmer dis gustedly, “why do they keep on ringing the dinner bell?”
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