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The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-31
PASTOR TO BE CALLED

PASTOR TO BE CALLED
The calling of a pastor will
be the principal business Of a
special meeting of the cOngre-
cation which has been ordered
by the Session of the WOOL
burn Presbyterian church for
IL a. m. Sunday. The Rev.
]. S. Crowley will preach and
act as moderator.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-31

Aeschylus, Athenian Greek poet.
IS said to have beer struck on the
mead and killed by a tortoise that
ell from the claws of an eagle
in the sky above.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-31

companies. Even among labor
union members, the majority with
opinions on the subject favor the
curb.
One state, New Jersey, has
already adopted a law to control
strikes in utilities, and the law was
recently invoked by Governor
Walter E. Edge when he seized
struck gas and coke plants of the
Public Service Electric and Gas
Company and kept them running
until agreement was reached.
The country's attitude toward
strikes in public utilities can be
seen from the following trend.
"Should laws be passed to for
bid all strikes in public service in
dustries such as electric, gas tele-
phone and local transportation
companies?"
The vote:
Approve laws Last
to forbid Today month
utility strikes ------64% 500
DisapprOve ------29 80
No opinion 8
IN THE April poll conducted on
the subject, a majority of labor
union members included in the sur
vey were opposed to anti-strike
laws for utilities. Today, however,
sentiment has changed to the point
where more union members favor
than oppose the step.
Nearly two out of every three vot-
ers (64 per cent) favor laws to for
bid strikes in public utilities, the
latest Gallup poll shows.
The trend is shown below:
UNION MEMBERS
Approve law to Last
1ornld utility Today month
s'riKes ..----------49% 1910
Disapprove A 50
No opinion = 2
"A majority of both Republican
ana democratic voters favor the
cessation, although the majority
% larger among Republicans than
among Democrats.
VOTE BY PARTIES
Demo- Repub-
Gratis Iicans
approve ------.----61% 1920
DiSapprove ..------32 "A
No opinion 7
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-07-27
Reds Keep Jop PuPPet

Tokyo July 27 = (UP)-Alled war crimes prosecutors revealed to- day that an effort to present testi- mony by Henry Pu Vi, puppet em- peror of Manchuria under the Japanese, had been blocked so far by their inability to get him from the Russians.
 Informants said the prosecution section of the international tribunal had tried to get custody of Pu Vi, who fell into Russian hands at the end of the war in the Far East, but had made no progress so far.
 Reports have persisted for months that the Red Army was about to hand over the former boy en- peror' of Manchuria to the Chli- nese. The war crimes staff here has no evidence, however, that any such move ever has been made
 Amrican members of the proSeeu- ton section said they were unable even to get line on" the man enthroned by the Japanese ss "Em- perof Rang T'eh of Manchuria" on March l, 1884
 5. GolunSky. Soviet membei of the international prosecution section, said he had no information regarding Pu Vi. He said he did not know where Pu Vi was, and had no intention of using him in presenting the Russian case against the Oriental war crimes defendants.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-07-27
Texas Negro Votes Todoy

Dallas, Tex, July 27-(UP)-Up- wards of 100000 Texans vote to- day, clinaXing the states noisiest and most bitter Democratic cam paign in which education, Negro segregation, religion and Commu- nisrn all figured as issues.
 Perfect weather was predicted for the statewide primary in which an estimated l5o,Ooo Negroes were el- igible to participate for the first time.
 Twelve candidates sought the gubernatorial nomination and Sen. Tom Connally's seat was at stake.
 Connally, who limited his cam paigning to one radio speech from Washington, was considered an easy winner over four opponents.
 House Speaker Sam Rayburn and five other Texas Congressmen are unopposed. Four other Texas Con- gressmen did not seek reelection.
 The big noise of the campaign has been among the l2 candidates 1OI GIlS JUL N1ON. SOhS N. olSNcIl decided he didn't want again The gubernatorial aspirantS went all out in a typical prediction fight, com- peting with hillbilly bands, free watermelon and more mud-slinging than in the w. Lee (Pappy) O'Dan- iel-dominated race in 1888.
 Dr. Homer P Rainey, busted pres ident of the University of Texas, was acknowledged in statewide polls as the strongest single contender for the governors post and was expect ed to enter the run-off election Aug. "A against one of the four other top-running candidates.
 Raineys four main opponents included Railroad Commissioner Beauford Jester, Attorney General Grover Sellers. Lt.-Gov. John Lee Smith and war veteran Jerry Saa- Ter. Close behind in the polls was Caso March of Waco, also an eX- serviceman.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-07-27
FBl on Track OfLynchers In Georgia
 AII-out Efforts
 Made to Capture
 20 Unmosked Men

Monroe, Ga, July 27-UPD- Federal and state officers remained tlght-llpped today ss they attempt ed piece together evidences dis closing the identity of lynch -slayers Of four Georgia Negroes.
 Neither the F. B. l.. ordered into action by U. s. Attorney-G General Tom Clark, nor Georgia Bureau of Investigation spokesmen, would comment on the progress of the in- vestigation.
 Maj. w E. Spence, of the GBI reiterated that no effort would be spared in getting to the bottom of the worst thing that ever hap pened to Georgia"
 They sought some 20 unmasked white men who Thursday took four Negroes from the automobile of J Loy Harrison. Oconee County far mer, and riddled their bodies with shotgun, rifle and pistol fire.
 Harrison had just obtained the freedom of one of the Negroes, Rog- CT Malcolm. by posting a $500 bond here, Malcolm was charged with stabbing former employer, Barney Hester, 9.
 Malcolm, his wife. and another Negro couple. Army veteran George Dorsey and his wife, were going to Harrison's farm to work.
 Harrison said as his car approach ed wooden bridge which spans the Appalachee River between Walton and Oconee counties, he found it blocked by another machine.
 T thought it must be Federal men" Harrison declared.
 Then several other cars, loaded with armed men, drew up behind.
 We want these Negroes" a tall, sun-tanned man wearing a brown suit and black, wide brimmed hat, said. Harrison said the man was unarmed, stood over six feet tall, and must have weighed almost 22o pounds.
 The older man, who was almost clergical in appearance and spoke in cultured tones, and an under sized GI-clad youth appeared to be the mob leaders, Harrison said,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-07-27
OPA Works  Changes
 143 New Price
 Orders Issued;
 Promise More

Washington, July 27-UPl-The OP.A. worked overtime today draft ing furry of new price increases expected to cover coffee, automo- piles, textile and scores of other consumer items.
 Although O.P.A. officials admitted they couldn't keep up with the pace they set yesterday when 143 new price orders were issued, they prom ished that many other price actions would be forthcoming within the next 10 days.
 One of the first orders expected to be issued will send retail coffee prices up 6 to T cents pound to replace subsidy payments that ex- pired June 30.
 Expect New Increases
 In addition, OF A. Spokesmen said that price increases soon will l be announced on new automobiles, farm machinery, home appliances, Textiles. cotton and woolen clothing, and grain products such as cereal, flour and corn syrup.
 Prices on thousands of items were boosted or removed during yeSter- days seven-hour flood of orders issued by O.PA.
 Although the new formula ulti- mately will cost consumers an esti- mated billion dollars or more only three will hit buyers pocketbooks immediately They are an 8 per cent increase on higher cost shoes, a 6 to 8-cent-a-ton boost on coal and a per cent increase on rubber heels sold by cobblers.
 Other price increases authorized covered work gloves, automobile seat covers. domestic oil burners, and lumber. Controls were scrapped on a variety of items, including sever al types of clocks, awnings, low backed chairs, household televiSion receiving sets, gang lawn mowers and rubber mats.
 Restores June 30 Ceilings
 Despite promised price boots on new cars, O.P.A. restored June 30 ceilings prices on used cars Of all types. Rents also were begged at former levels.
 In a statement issued last night, Price Chief Paul Porter pointed out that only 40 per cent of food items remain under control. He said that business would have to operate un- der the old price ceilings until OP.A. figures out new prices on hundreds of manufactured products.
 Under the new law, price ceilings have been scrapped on meat, dairy products, eottonseed, soybeans, poul- try. eggs, petroleum and tobacco. They will remain free of controls until Aug. 20, at which time spe- cial three-man control board will decide whether they have gone out of bounds
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-07-27
Green Sees
 Strike We've

Washington, July 27 -CUP)- AFL. President William Green, denouncing the new price control law, today predicted a new surge Of labor unrest and a new strike wave unless industry voluntarily holds the line on prices.
 His warning came in a statement saying the A.FL. was deeply dis appointed by the inadequate new price control law" Green said the law was "rigged to force higher prices all along the line and was certain to raise the cost of living.
 M e a n w hile an authoritative source csaid the Wage Stabilization Board will try for a while at least, to enforce the same wage control policy which was in effect when the stabilization act lapSed June 30 along with OPA.
 Continued enforcement Of that policy presumably will depend on whether it provides a workable ba- sis for settling labor disputes.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-07-27
Ex-GI Pleads FBI HeIp

North Conway, N. H., July 77- eUP)-Fearing his wife may have been abducted and possibly harmed a young ex-GI. called for F.BL aid today in the hunt for Mrs. Barbara Walker, B, of Intervale who vanished while picnicking with party of seven friends in Echo Lake state reservation Thursday night.
 T think my wife has been ab- ducteo and want the F.BI. called III to help said Langdon Walker. 27-year-old chef at the Cranmore Inn, even as a posse of townsfolk and police searched woodlands sur rounding the picnic grove.
 Despite his plea, authorities said that the Federal Bureau of Investi-. gation probably would not join the hunt until 1t was certain that Fed efal law had been violated. It was said, however, that they were keep ing i'll close touch with develop. mentS.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-07-27
U s. Indicts SovietAction In Hungary
 Large Quantities
 Of Food, Equipment
 Stripped by Reds

Washington, July 27-UP)-Rus- sia was indicted today by the United States for stripping large quantities of food and industrial equipment from Hungary and of being large ly responsible for the present econ- omic chaos in the Balkan nation
 In bristling, 1,500-ward note made public last night, the State Department accused Russia of re- fusing to cooperate with British and American representative on Hungarian matters
 The Soviets also were charged with Sacking most of Hungary's $ foodstuffs for the Red Army. and of removing SPA, 100000 worth of Hungarian industrial equipment.
 The note was handed on Tues day to Russian Foreign Minister V. M. Molotov by U. s. Ambassador to Moscow Walter Bedell Smith. It was the second American note on the Hungarian situation, the first having been delivered on March 2. The March note asked for immedi- ate Russian cooperation with the British and American representa- tives in Budapest, and the new note made the same request.
 The U. s. note said that Russia was guilty of gross eXaggeration" by claiming that American failure to return Hungarian assets in the American zones of Germany and Austria had retarded Hungary's re- covery. Russia had accused the United States Of holding assets worth about 5000 100000.
 In reply, the note pointed out that the total Hungarian national wealth was only s4,000,000,000 in 1943, and that all removals plus war damages according to the Hun garian government, total only s1,- 250 0OO OOO
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-07-27
Mataucha Mess Hall Loss at Near $l5,000

Damage estimated between Sl0,- 900 and $15 900 was caused shortly before midnight last night when fire of undetermined origin de- stroyed the mess hall at Waterbury Y. M. c. A. Camp Mataucha at Smiths Pond in Watertown.
 Earl Dinger, General Secretary of the "Y", said all cooking and din- ing equipment including s250 worth of fresh meat, bought only yester- day, met with disaster. Much of the equipment, between $500 and LOGO worth, was stored in part of the building
 MT. Dinger, who returned to the local "Y'' building early today after being at the camp all night, said parents of the 95 boys at the camp have been notified that no one was injured in the blaze. Sleeping quar- ters, he said, are located about 3O0- yards from the mess hall
 Forty youths, scheduled to arrive at the camp today, will be delayed only one day, MT. Dinger said. They will meet at the Central Y M. c. A. tomorrow afternoon at 2.
 In spite of the fact that the mess hall and all equipment were de- stroyed, breakfast was served at the regular hour today. MT Dinger said the "Y" is indebted for this to Harry X. Cashin, past evalted ruler nf chirrnd n, and eating equipment from the Elk Lodge to the camp for breakfast early this morning.
 There will be no delay in the eating department" MT. Dinger as serted. Dinner and supper will also be served-and on time
 MT. Dinger said It. Col. Peter Costigan of the State Guards has been contacted in efforts to locate field ranges.
 MT. Dinger told this version of the fire:
 About ll:l5 P. M several Of the leaders had just finished their nightly round Of inspection and were near the mess hall on their way to wash clothes when they heard the cracking of the flames. The fire, he said, started at the end of the hall tarthest from the cooking ranges.
 All campers had been in bed Sev- eral hours before the blaze broke out. MT Dinger said the flames gained headway quickly, and broke out within l5 minutes after the l1:15 inspect tlon tour.
 The occupants of about four tents were aroused, MT. Dinger said, but were not allowed to leave their shelters. He said that at no time was there any risk to any of the campers He added that none of the personal belongings of the boys was lost or damaged
 Four pieces of apparatus from the Watertown Fire Department re- sponded to the blaze and kept the flames confined to the mess han.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-07-27
I truman Receives Fugitive Pursuit

Washington, July 27-(UPl-The House passed and sent to the White House legislation which would en- able the Federal government to join iii the pursuit of escaped murder CTS, kidnappers or robbers who flee from the state in which they are imprisoned.
 The measure is an amendment to the Fugitive Felon Act which would make it Federal offense for es- caped felonS to travel from one state 10 another.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-07-27
State Public Works Unit to Be Bigger

Hartford, July 27- fUP) -Anti- cipating an expanded postwar building program, State Comptroller Raymond S Thatcher announced today that the public works division will be enlarged.
 T8hatcher said merit system eX- aminations will be held soon for three top public works posts: Super vising architect, S6000-s7, 500 a year; and senior architectural draftsman and senior specifications writer. s, ,960-s s3 $40
 At present the division is work ing on TAT jobs, which eventually vii Involve expenditure of about SIP 900 GOO.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-07-27

posture al home, the elder HeirenS told his wife:
 Hes still our son, and we'll stand by him
 Yes the mother replied, and We hope and pray that God will take care of him"
 The conference began only few hours after Heirens had, been form ally indicted in the Degnan and Brown murders. It had beer pre- dicteo that the parents and the youth would discuss a possible m sanity plea, but it was indicated no decision on the matter was reach- led.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-07-27
Carson Empire Sold Washington lnfluence'
Byrnes to Get Top SendoH

Washington, July 27-CUP)- Secretary of States James F. Byrnes, accompanied by top U. s, diplomatic officials, leaves by plane at noon today to at- tend the 21-nation Paris peace conference.
 Elaborate ceremonies signify ing the importance of Byrnes' mission gre scheduled prior to his takeoff.
 President Truman, Chief Jus tice Fred M. Vinson, cabinet members and Congressmen will accompany Byrnes to the air port where the secretary is scheduled to make brief ad- dress
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-07-27
Needy Veterans
 To Get $75O, 900

Hartford, July 27-(UP)-The Connecticut soldiers sailors and marines fund will be able to pay benefits totaling s750,oOO year to needy veterans, it was reported today.
 The fund, which was estab- lished in 1919, paid S2o2 1000 in l945, a record for one year. The principal of the fund is about S2.500000.
 Bolstered by revenue from the state cigaret tax, it was said to be mounting steadily towards it's legal limit of Sl5 900 ,000
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-07-27
Arabs Protest
 Partition Plan

Jerusalem, July 27- CUP - Arab leaders in Palestine were meeting today to draft their advance rejection in the strong est terms of any proposal to partition Palestine.
 Jamal Fl Husseini and Dr H. P. Khalidi, deputy chairman and secretary respectively of the Arab Higher Executive, hurried to Jerusalem from Jaffa to dis cuss the reported partition plan.
 The death toll in the bomb ing of the King David Hotel rose to 30 today, with 9 per sons known missing. Several hundred tons of rubble re- mained to be cleared, and the work was expected to take an- other two days.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-07-27
Other War Contractors Got Deals
 Main Case Far
 From Closed, Mead
 Tells Reporters

Washington, July 27 - (UP)-The Senate War Inc vestigating Committee is checking sensational reports that key figures in the Cars son munitions empire markets ed their Washington influ- ence" to other war contrac- tors, it was disclosed today.
 Some of the principal fig ures who played leading roles in the fabulous syndicate as. sertedly are linked to a highly profitable brokerage business,n whereby firms outside the empire were promised lucrative government contracts in exchange for fat fees. In some instances, according to these reports, contractors paid "ir- f1uence" fees-but never received any government contracts.
 Cast Uses Varied Stages
 Although no names were dis closed, one reliable source said, it is as if some of the same cast of characters had moved from one stage to another"
 New York's sWank Hotel Pierre. scene of Murray w. Garsson's sl.. 407 wedding party for his daugh- ter, Natahe-is said to provide background scenery Of interesting events regarding the brokerage" reports
 Meanwhile, Chairman James NJ. Mead, CD-N. V, told reporters the committee considers the main Cars son case far from closed.''
 Sometime today, he said, tfas committee may unYeil the list of nn- dlYIdualS whose income tax returns 1t intends to scrutinize under spe- elal presidential authority.
 May may Be on List
 Mead indicated the list will in- clude the name of Rep, Andrew J. May, tD.-KyD, named during testi- mony as guardian angel" of the combine which handled S78,0O0, 900 worth Of government war contracts. Mays physician gave the conlmit- tee secret medical testimony yester- day that his patient is suffering from heart condition" and that he must rest at least 10 days before he can testify publicly about his connections with Carson enter prises. He reportedly said May had not suffered a heart attack.
 Other developments:
 l. The committee received
 an official Labor Department
 report describing Murray Cars
 son, brother of Dr. Henry Cars
 son, as former friend of Chica-
 go's notorious gangster, Al Cap-
 one. Carson, a Labor Depart
 ment investigator during the
 Hoover administration, was
 mixed ln earlier testimony with
 New York City's Dutch Schultz
 and Owney Madden. A Treas
 ury report, also put in the rec
 ord, asserted that Carson used
 10 be "well-known as a boot
 legger."
 2 The committee ordered
 special inquiry by the General
 Accounting Office into the sym
 dicate's aSsertedly 'unconscion-
 able profits" A special hearing
 was set for Monday to hear
 testimony Of GAO Chief Lind-
 say c. Warren, comptroller
 general of the United States.
 8 GAO, itself. was disclosed
 so be attempting to get back
 travel money paid Chemical
 Warfare Service officers who
 went on Mission Pierre" Jan,
 ?, 1914, on special Army orders.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-07-27
Hear Report Of Brutality Heirens Sums Parents With Recital

Chicago, July ? CUP) The parents of l7-year-old William Heirens today were convinced at last that their son had committed three brutal slayings, but they vowed to stand by him
 They had refused to believe until they heard from his own lips how the son they thought was engrossed in his religion and studies, in reality had been leading lie of crime for years.
 Stunned. MT. and Mrs George Heirens listened speechlessly late yesterday as their son recited in detail how he kidnapped and killed
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-07-27

siX-year-old Suzanne Degnan, knifed to death former WAVE. Frances Brown and fatally stabbed Mrs. Josephine Ross. widow.
 They knew he was supposed to have admitted these before. But they had not heard the admissions and had clung to the belief that somehow, 1t was all mistake.
 Yesterday. sitting with their son and attorneys in the quiet Cook County jail chapel their world crumbled around them, and they left the chapel red-eyed and numb ed.
 Afterwards. regaining their com
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-07-27
Has Right Idea!

Charleston, W. Va, July 1 tUP1-The proprietor of a neighborhood grocery put this sign in his window today:
 Fresh country roll butter - S cents s pound.
 Don't buy this week, it will be cheaper next week."