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Dsan d wsshiaeloa
Msy Be Elected lode,
Al SpeeiaI Meeiino

A special meeting of the Chapter
Of Washington Cathedral will be
held a. Mount ~. Albsn at 3 pm
today and II In reported In Epls.
copal church circles that q new
dean Of Washington will be elected
In succession to the late Very Rev
ze Barney Thorne Phillips, who
died May 10. l942.
The nominee. placed before the
chapter month ago. Is believed to
be the Rev. DR.. John Wallace Suter
r., rector of the Church Of the
Epiphany In New York since 1888
He was suggested by the Right Rev
Angus Dun, Bishop of Washington,
and 1t Is understood he has tndi-
Gated he will accept.
DR.. Suter was born at Winchester
Mass. June 18. 1890. a son of the late
Rev. DR.. John Wallace Suter, ST., and
Helen jenkins Suter. Graduated
from Harvard University in 1911, he
also attended Union Theological
Seminary and the Episcopal Theo-
logical School,
His clerical record shows he was a
deacon in 1914. a priest In 1915,
rector of Christ Church. Hyde Park,
Boston, 19l7-l920; educational sec
retary of the diocese of Massachu-
sets and member of the staff of St.
Pauls Cathedral, Boston, 1920-l925,
and executive secretary of the de-
partment Of religious education of
the National Council of the Protes-
tant Episcopal Church, 1925 1888. At
the death of his father, April II,
1912, he became custodian of the
standard Book of Common Prayer.
His own publications include
"Creative Teaching open Doors
In Religious Education" THE Book
of English Collects" and Prayers of
the Spirit
Married to Margaret Sturgis in
1918, DR.. Suter is the father of three
children. Margaret, John Wallace,
Sd, and Richard Sturgis Suter.
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left side ard shoulder. "The
ferries got me-" he wrote his mother,
adding that he was getting along
all right.
A mmeber of the Maryland Ma
tionsl Guard, 1t. Armel entered
the Army three years ago and has
been serving overseas for II months
He is a graduate of Oxon Hill High
School. A brother, Corpl Granville
E. Armel, is stationed with cavalry
reconnaissance group at Camp
Make, Tex.
Staff Sergt. Aubrey G. Wilsford,
81, infantry, husband of Mrs. Jose
phine o. Wilsford, formerly of 2424
Fourteenth street NV, has been
wounded in action in Italy. Sergt.
Wilsford, who served with the Army
for more than four years, was sta
toned in the Caribbean area for
two years before he was sent to
Italy last February. Mrs. Wilsford
is now living in st. Joseph, Tenn.
Pfc. George b. Guntow, %. was
critically injured in action in Italy,
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May 70, accord
ing to word re-
&ived by h is
wife, Mrs. Wv
ian I. Guntow,
1859 Gales street
NE. In a letter
written for him
by an Arm y
nurse, Pfc. Gun
tow wrote his
wife that he had
been shot twice
t h r ou gh the
back and once
t hr ou gh the
arm.
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A leading member of Covenant
First Presbyterian Church here, he
was an elder and chairman of the
Finance Committee of the session.
He formerly was superintendent of
the Sunday school and treasurer of
benevolences. In 1882 he was pres
byterial commissioner to the Gen.
eral Assembly of the Presbyterian
Church.
Mr.. Davis was member of Sigma
Chi Fraternity, Landmark Lodge of
Masons at Wilkes Barre and the
Association of Oldest Inhabitants of
the District Of Columbia, OF which
he was vice president. He be-
longed to the University Club. He
was the author Of Lorna Doone
and the Doones of Bagwvrthy,"
"Blackmore and Victorian Con-
temporaries," Brief Declarations
for College Students" and Selected
Readings for College Students"
During his undergraduate days at
Columbian University he was a leader
in his class, winning several prizes,
including the Isaac Davis Prize for
elocution and an award in meta
physics. He belonged to the Enosin-
ian Debating Society and was vale
dictorian Of his graduating class in
1878.
Mr.. Davis later established the
Harry Cassell Davis prizes for effec-
tive speaking, which still are award
ed each year at the university.
Praised by DR.. Marvin.
Mr.. Davis was honored by the
school in March, l94l, when he was
guest at luncheon given by DR..
Marvin. at the Mayflower Hotel.
The occasion was in joint tribute
to Mr.. Davis and Theodore w.
Noyes, editor of The Star, who had
been q trustee at that time for
more than so years. Speaking of
the two. at the luncheon, Mrs.
Joshua Evans, jr., a member Of the
board, toasted the classmates of
Columbian College as the Damon
and Pythias" Of the university.
Mr.. Davis resided here at 1921
Kalorama road NV. and his sum-
mer home was Thistledown Cottage
at Braddock Heights.
Funeral services will be held at
pm. Friday at the Covenant-First
Presbyterian Church, with the Rev
DR.. Albert J. Mccartney, pastor
officiating. Arrangements for burial
have not been completed.
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Harry CasseIv Davis Dies at 81,
Secretary to 6. w. Trustees
Ends Long Cessss o
Edueotov and loodes
In Alumni Circles

Harry CaAsell Davis. o.. secre-
tary Of the board Of trustees Of
George Washington University,
died late last night at the Frederick
Md Hospital Of heart ailment
with complications. He had been
seriously Ill about two weeks.
Mr.. Davis, 4 native Of Washing
ton, had taken q prominent role In
George Washington University since
his graduation from the institution
when 1t was known as Columbian.
He was taken i'll at his summer
home in Braddock Heights, Nd,
near Frederick.
DR.. Cloyd Heck Marvin, president
Of the university, on being informed
of Mr.. Davis death, issued a state
ment, declaring: Harry G. Davis
was a true friend whose death is a
great personal loss. His wise coun-
sci and seasoned judgment over SO
many years have been invaluable
in the development Of the univer-
sity."
Leader In Alumni Circles.
George w. Neville, president of the
General Alumni Association OF the
university, said:
Harry G. Davis was the president
Of the General Alumni Association
in 1917 and throughout the years
was a strong supporter of our
alumni activities. We recall with
gratitude his service on the Board
of Trustees by nomination of the
alumni. In 1887 the university con-
ferred on him the Alumni Award
for service to the university and
achievement in education. In his
passing the university loses a loyal
alumnus and true friend"
Born September "a, 1856, Mr.
Davis was the son of the late Will
liam S. and Sarah Ellen Casseu
Davis. He married Ida J. Schneider
of Washington, who died in March
1881. They had no children.
In addition to his educational ac-
tivities. Mr.. Davis was prominent in
the work Of the Presbyterian
Church.
Held Honorary Degree.
Graduating from Columbian Uni
versity with an A. B. degree in 1878
Mr.. Davis won the degree Of master
of arts in 1881 and received the
honorary degree Of doctor of hu-
name letters in 1894.
He became assistant professor of
Greek of the university in 1880 and
served in that position until 1882
Going to Wilkes-Barre, Pa, he be-
came headmaster of his own school
the Wilkes-Barre Academy, where
he remained from 1885 to 1906
From there he went to Philadelphia
where he was in business for a
while, becoming secretary of the
Federal Trust Co. there. He also
served as secretary of the North
East Coal Co. of Paintsville, KY.
Returning to Washington, Mr.
Davis became secretary of George
Washington University in 1908 and
served IN that capacity for two
years. He was elected a trustee OF
the university in 1910 and was made
secretary Of the Board of Trustees
in 1924, post which he held until
his death.
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Asiloao vologs Give
nsydoa l.lo.i leao
N Primary Election
~ the Asssslaisa rssss
Qaast~x MaSsaaa

~ the Associated rsssa
senator hayden. Who has repre-.
sented Arizona In washington
throughout its "a years Of statehood.
has cleared q major hurdie--Demo.
cratic rcnomination--in seeking an.
other six-year term.
With the count Of yesterdays pri-
mary election about hall complete,
Senator Hayden had more than .
2-to-l lead over his closest oppo-
nent. Joe Conway. four times State
attorney general.
Two other Western States. Wyom-
ing and Montana. held primaries
yesterday, but in neither was a
senatorial seat at stake.
Fred r. Pickett, former Superior
Court judge, had no opposition for
the Republican senatorial nomina-
ton in Arizona, normally Demo
cratic State.
Gov. Osborn Renominated.
Gov. Sidney P. Osborn, Democrat.
was renominated for a third term,
and Arizona's two Representatives,
John r. Murdock and Richard F.
Hairless, won Democratic renomina-
ton comfortably. Margaret Adams
Rockwell, Phoenix business woman,
and A. M. Ward had no opposition
for the Republican congressional
nominations
Charles E. Norris, Laramie rail-
road conductor, appeared to have
won the Democratic nomination for
Wyoming's one House seat. He was
credited in unofficial returns from
374 OF 673 precincts with 6.966 votes
to APP for Clyde c. Winters Of
Cheyenne, also railroad conductor.
Frank A. Barrett OF Lusk, the in
cumbent member of Congress, un-
opposed for Republican renomina-
ton, received 12041 votes in un-
official reports from 349 precincts.
This was more than the total Dem
ocratic vote for the same office.
Ford Renominated.
In Montana Republican Gov. Sam
c. Ford was renominated by land
slide vote over DR.. Jacob Thorkel-
son of Butte, former member OF
Congress, and Left Erickson appar-
emily had STAYED off last minute
threat by Austin B. Middleton for
the Democratic gubernatorial NOM
ination in yesterdays primary.
A Republican vote which left no
doubt from the first that the COP
intended to chose Gov. Ford again
today had piled his unofficial total
to 1906. against DR.. Thorkelson's
2,436 in 578, of Its precincts.
Mr.. Erickson, Supreme Court JUS
tice, had substantial lead over Mr..
Middleton and Roy E. Ayers. former
member of Congress and Governor.
The vote in 533 precincts: Erickson,
l7.2l5; Middleton, 10,335, and
Ayers, 7,846.
Gov. Walter W. Bacon and Repre-
sentative Wiley were unopposed for
denomination at the Delaware Re-
publican Convention today, but the
party's selection for lieutenant gov
ernor was in doubt. State Senator
Clayton M. Bunting and former
State Senator Harold w. T. Purnell
each sought the nomination. The
post now is held by Democrat, DR..
Isaac MacCollum.
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Gorham, Me. 1t. Smell enlisted in
the Marine Corps two and a half
years ago following his graduation
from the University of Maine. His
brother, Second 1t. Dsniel Smell, is
serving with the Chemical Warfare
Service. Besides the latest action,
the marine officer also participated
in the Marshall Islands invasion.
He has been overseas since last
January.
First 1t. Lyle G. Armel, %, in
fantry, son of Mrs. Gertie E. Armel
1865 Fort Foote road, Md. was
wounded in italy, May 80, during
the advance on Rome when hit
by four machine gun bullets In the
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Tedl sui, new
ington, Fairfax
c ou n t y. was
killed June 6 in
the invasion of
France. Sergt.
Pearson entered
the service May
7, 1941, a n d
trained at Fort
G e o rg e G.
Mea de, Camp A.
r. Hill ana en-
gagged in maneu-
vers in the South
b e f fore going
overseas in Sep
tember. 1912.
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G street N E,
was slig h t ! y
" o u n d e d in
Italy May 80.
His wife, Mrs.
Betty Albanesl,
resides in Hy-
attsville, M d
and his father,
Joseph Alba resi-,
lives at 209 c
street NE.
FOrnerly en-
ployed at t h e
Navy Yard. Pvt.
Albanesi entered
the service two
wears AGO and
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1 oSAAAS " AlSll a
Japanese shell
exploded n e a r
his fox h ole ,
knocking him
unconscious and
burning h i'm.
While her hus-
band, an artil-
lery observer,
wrote that he
was recovering
satisfactorily, no
word was re-
ceived as to
where the action
took place.
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RulSnel FlyuG
Cross for cour-
age and skill
displayed May
%.
UneSc ort e d,
L t. B e | o t e
hedge = hoped
his badly DAM
aged plane over
$50 mil es of
strongly defend
ed enemy terri
t ory. OF the
planes fo'E en-
gines, one was
k n oc Ike d out,
an ut h or q Hro
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New Carrier Block Island
To Be Launched This Year
By the Associated Press

By the Associated Press.
A new aircraft carrier Block
Island will be launched this year.
Secretary of the Navy Forrestal said
yesterday.
The original Block Island vas an
r1ounced as lost in the Atlantic early
last month as result of cnemy
action.
Like her predecessor, the rev
Block Island will be assigned to
escort duty and operations against
U-boats.
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Osteopoths Elect Dr.. Moore

DR.. Riley D. Moore, 3421 Brown
street NV, has been elected to the
Board Of Governors Of the Academy
of Applied Osteopathy it was an
nounced today. The academy,
component of the American Osteo-
pathic Association, met this week in
Chicago.
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n e ar Atlanta,
Kans.. during a
training flight,
Strother Army
Air Field an
nounced yester-
day.
1t. Christen, a
fighter pilot. re-
ceived his COM
mission thre e e
months ago and
was in his last
stages of train
ing. Raised in
Washington, he
" as graduated
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Washingtonian. Pfc. Guntow was
employed in the District as a roofer
before he entered the service four
years ago. A brother, John Gun
tow. also is serving with the Army
in Italy, and, according to Mrs.
Guntow. the two brothers met oc-
casionally. although they were not
in the same outfit.
Pvt. Anthony J. Albanesi. "a, in
fantry, native WashingtoniAn and
brother of Mrs. Mary A. Cino1ti, 207
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on Saipan Is
nd in t h e
S outh Pacific.
Mrs. w k e r
said that four
days after she
received word of
her sons death
more than two
W e ks ago, a
picture was pub
lished showing
t our marines
taking over a
japanese ma
chine-gun nest
near Garapan ,
and she believes
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He attended Lee-Jackson High
School in Fairfax County and be-
fore entering the service was en-
ployed on construction work at
Fort Belvoir.
His father is postmaster at New
ington. In addition to his parents,
he is survived by brother, Sergt
Samuel Pearson, who is in England
in an Army Engineer unit, and two
sisters, Miss Mary Anne Pearson,
chief clerk of the Fairfax County
Selective Service Board, and Miss
Eliza beth Pearson,
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On The Aell st hsNes
Col. DuIin, District Native,
Killed in Action in France

1t. Col. Thaddeus r. Dulin. 10. q
native OF Washington and q gradu-
ate Of the University OF Maryland,
was killed In action In France on
June "a, his parents. Mr.. and Mrs.
Horace Dulin, 1915 Cathedral ave-
nue NV. have been informed by
the War Department.
Three other District area men also
have been killed and five have been
wounded.
Killed in Action
Col. Dulin was serving with the
4th Infantry Division in France at
the time Of his death. Commis-
stoned q second lieutenant in July,
1887, he served at various posts in
this country, including Fort Wash
ington. Md, and the Arlington Can
tonment. At the outbreak Of the
war he was stationed in Trinidad.
Before going overseas he was an in
structor at the Infantry School at
Fort Benning, Ga.
A graduate OF Western High
School, he was president Of Scabbard
and Blade, honorary ROTC Or
ganization at Maryland University,
and member of Sigma NJ Social
Fraternity. His father was head of
Dulin e. Martin, old Washington
china and glassware Arm. His
widow, the former Catherine M.
Porter, whom he married In Septem-
ber, 1912, lives at 27l2 Thirty sixth
street NV.
Pfc. Crichton T. Walker, 18, Ma
rine Corps, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Carl
M. Walker. 1916 Twentieth road,
Arlington, Va, was killed in action
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Killed in TRAINING

Second 1t. Ernest w. Christen,
25, son of Mrs. Helen l.. Marini. 518
Ninth street NE, was killed when
his plane crashed Monday night
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has been serving overseas since
November, 1912 In addition to ac-
ton in Italy, he is veteran of the
Tunisian and Sicilian campaigns.
A brother, Sergt Joseph P. Albanesi,
is stationed with the infantry in
Kansas.
Decorations
First 1t. Ivy L. Belote. jr., "a.
whose parents live at 281l Mills ave-
nue. NE, Flying Fortress pilot. has
been decorated with the Distin-
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Wounded in Action

First 1t. Henry A. Smell, f.. "a,
Marine Corps, husband of Mrs.
Edith Smell, 4704 Forty-f1fth street
NV. was wounded in the South
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High School and was employed with
iron structural works before he en-
tered the Army.
He also is survived by two sisters,
Mrs. Virginia Potts and Mrs. Helen
Branson, both of Washington: three
aunts, Mrs. Milton T. Broome, Mrs,
Mary Schwartz and Mrs. Ruth Nc
Coy, all of nearby Washington. and
an uncle, Charles ODonnell, of the
city.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-04-20
HARASSED GERMAN INVADERS
Catacombs Serve as Hideout for Russians

in. 48, the commander.
The leaders said that when
the Partisans heard the sounds
of Red Army artillery early in
April they came out of the Cat
acombs and engaged the enemy
in battle, occupying entire areas
of Odessa, preventing the demol-
ition Of 80 docking placing, de-
mining water and sewage pipes.
Loschenko said that with the
help of women who could get
out when men were forbidden TO
circulate, the gucrrillas collect
cd money. gathered foodstuffs
and set up permanent head
quarters in the limestone cata-
combs, which used TO serve as
pre- revolutionary smugglers'
nests.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-04-20
Michigan COP
Backs Dewey
Kelly Slate Chosen
as Candidates

The Republican State con-
vention in Detroit adjourned to-
day. commencing Gov. Thomas
E. Dewey. of New York as the
overwhelming vorite Of
Michigan voters for the Republi-
can presidential nomination.
The convention elected the
following delegates at large who
constituted a slate picked by the
Governor:
Governor Kelly: John r.
Dethmers. Republic an State
chairman; Secretary of State
Herman II. Dignan, unofficial
leader of the Dewey for Presi-
dent movement in Michigan;
former Gov. Alex j. Groesbeck
Of Detroit; f. p. Smith, Menom-
inee coal dealer; Miss Rowena
Hornbeck. Kalamazoo, and Miss
Ann Coushaine, Port Huron.
X. n Mckenzie, of Sandusky.
and Clifford O'Sullivan, of Port
Huron, today were elected as
delegates from the 18th Michi-
gan Congressional district (of
See GOP-PaRe 2
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-04-20
Blood Donors
Bolster Bank

Mount Clemens and district
residents appeared today to be
breaking the city's all-time rec
ord for blood bank donations,
with an anticipated collection
of more than 500 pints of blood
for the armed forces.
Out of 245 registrants yester-
day, the bank acquired 232
pints, considered an excellent
average, according to Mrs. Wal
ter G.. Fenton, county Red Cross
blood bank chairman.
Today's registration without
considering the extra persons
who show up) is 335, and the
total number of pints donated
today may exceed 800, Mrs.
Fenton said.
The average expected of a
See DONORS-Page 2
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Fallen Filler
10 Be Honored
Lieut.. Sierens'
Mother to Get Medal

The Air Medal in recognition
of Lieut.. Ernest J. Sierens' hero
ism during five bomber combat
missions over Europe. will be
presented TO his mother, Mrs.
Katherine VanHollenbeck, Of SO
Park street, Saturday afternoon
during the course of special
ceremonies at Selfridge Field
Army Air Base honoring five
Michigan soldiers.
Lieut.. Sierens was killed in
action several months ago.
Mrs. Sylvia j. Pitonyak. l7146
Santa Rosa drive. Detroit. wife
of 1t. Francis j. Pitonyak, miss
ing in action, will receive the
Distinguished Flying Cross in
recognition of his heroism dur
ing more than so missions of es-
corting, interrogation and attack.
The Legion of Merit award
will be presented 10 Mrs. Ar
dyth L. Schuster, ITO South
Twelfth street. Escanaba, widow
Of Major Julian S. SchuSter. AS
a technical representative of the
Materiel Command and later as
a technical supervisor in the Far
East, Major Schuster is credited
with substantial contribution
to the efficiency record of P-38
Lightning fighter planes in COM
bat. He was killed in action.
Sgt. Elmer V. Boden. a pris-
See AWARDS-Page 2
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-04-20
Hitler Lauded
on Birthday
Top-Ronkine Nozis
Exude Confidence

LONDON, April 20 - (P) -
ranking Nazi leaders We'd
in praising Adolf Hitler on his
55th birthday anniversary today
and urged the German people to
give him steady loyalty in this
period when the war situa-
ton has become difficult and
tense"
Hitler himself was silent. The
burden Of the anniversary ex-
hortations fell to Propaganda
Minister Paul Joseph Goebbels,
Reichsmarshal Hermann Will
helm Goering and Dr. Otto
Dietrich. Nazi press chief.
A Berlin broadcast directed
outside Germany declared all
three statements were funda-
the same calling
for unity behind "the greatness
of the Fuehrer.
All admitted that the Ger
mans face impending trial. "A
thousand dangers may lie
ahead" said Goering.
HISTORIC ALLUSION
Presumably trying to gloss
over Germany's past and future
w ar disasters. Propaganda
Goebbels declared.
Even the greatest leaders OF
history will be faced with oc-
casional setbacks and defeats.
1t is on those occasions that
leaders can prove their true
mettle ."
Dietrich, asserting that Hitler
must be model and example
to every German, for he was
sent by destiny TO satisfy the
longing of all Germans for a
united Reich" said that "only
in hard and difficult times and
in face of death do great men
prove their worth
Goebbels spoke last night at
the German State Opera House
in Berlin. He attempted TO por-
tray Hitler as man misunder-
stood by this generation.
I'VE can hardly understand"
he said, that great PERSONAL
See HITLER-Page 2
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staff of the guerrillas, said their
activity increased to such an
extent as the Red Army drew
near that frightened enemy sent
ries virtually abandoned the
streets in the darkness.
AT night we we're masters of
the city he said.
Loschenko, known as Dnep-
row, said the main supply Of
arms Tor the guerrillas ironical-
ly came from the enemy. Wo-
men brought them from Ger
mans and Romanians in the
main market place or in nearby
houses, he declared, adding the
Germans specialized even more
than the Romanians."
Fifty per cent of our army
was armed, said Dmitry GauSh-
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-04-20
Action Follows
Outlaw Union
Work5toppage
1917 Take
Holiday; Company
Moves Swiftly

WINDSOR, Ont, April 20 -
Up The Ford Motor Com
pany of Canada today gave no.
tice of the termination of it's
collective bargaining agreement
with Local 200 of the United
Automobile Workers of America
(CIO) and notified union Of
ficials that all gates to the giar.
Windsor war plant were being
locked.
The action followed a mass
work stoppage by day-shift en-
ployes called at IL o'clock in
what a union spokesman de-
scribed as half holiday" to
discuss a dispute with the COM
pany over grievance procedure.
Union officials termed the
work stoppage lockout after
the company's announced in
tention of closing the gates.
The war plant employees 15,-
317 and the union stoppage spill
ed thousands of workmen into
narrow streets around the plant.
An employe mass meeting had
been scheduled for this after
noon to discuss union charges
that grievance procedure of the
existing agreement with the
company was not being follow
ed