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its position announced last autumn.
The Bell System units have refused
a wage offer, but have agreed to
extend present contracts, and in
most cases have offered arbitration
of the wage question alone on
local level.
| What reaction the strike will
bring from the President and Con-
gress was of prime concern to union
and company alike.
The House Labor Committee has
ready for floor action-when men,
bers return from Easter recess on
Wednesdays bill that would direct
Mr.. Truman to seek court injunc-
tions when such strike threatens
sharp curtailment of comnunica-
tions.
The Senate Labor Committee
similarly was reported planning in
junctive weapons in its general la
Dor bill.
Several States Escape.
Pickets were parading from coast
to coast as the carefully prepared
walkout began. Some States-such
as Virginia, New Jersey and Indiana
escaped local interruption when
special laws forestalled the strike
The New England States, Nevada,
Northern California and parts OF
Montana, Illinois, Wisconsin and
other States also escaped because
the NFTW is not entrenched there.
But with emergency long distance
calls alone accepted, almost every
community was affected, business
and private conversations cut to a
bare minimum.
Throughout the night Labor De-
partment lights burned as Mr..
Schwellenbach directed unsuccess-
full attempts at strike postpone
ment. He and top department con-
ciliators pounded away at the idea
of arbitration, but nowhere would
either side yield in its previous posi-
ton.
Schwellenbach Persistent
| After the secretarys suggestion of
a 48-hour delay had been turned
down, the NFTW's Policy Commit
tee retired at / pm. Even then the
Labor Department did not give up.
i At 4:30 am. Mr. Schwelenbach
began his final dramatic effort, ask
ing the union to rout members of
the Policy Committee out of their
beds.
i Wearily, those members who could
be found assembled in the Labor
Department.
The Secretary kept them waiting
there while he used the telephone
To whom he was speaking was not
divulged, but it is believed he was
seeking some concession from c. r
Craig, vice president in charge OF
A. T. g. T. personnel.
4 Mr.. Craig was on hand last year
|; when a last-minute settlement
blocked strike. But this time II
twas not so easy.
4 When Mr.. Schellenbach complete
} his talk it was five minutes b Ire
the zero hour Sleepily, t. com.
mittee members filed out and Mr.
! Beirne announced the strike was on
Earlier Mr. Schwellenbach had
: sought a peace instrument in sepa-
rate talks with Mr.. Craig and Mr.
Beirne, while Assistant Secretary
John Gibson and Conciliation Chiei
/ Edgar L. Warren sought to break
! the stubborn resistance in the two
! union-company meetings here.
i Renewed arbitration offers vers
Evening star., 1947-04-07
Dionne Brother Weds,
Quints Are Bridesmaids
BY The Assoeiofsd Press

CALLANDER, Ont, April THE
Dionne quintuplets were bridesmaids
today for Miss jeanette Guindon at
her wedding to their eldest brother
Ernest, 90.
The Rev. Rene Lamoureux read
the marriage service in the chapel of
the Dionne home. The 12-year-old
quintuplets and their sisters sang
ave Maria"
Ernest Dionne assists his father,
Olivia Dionne, in operating a farm.
Miss Guindon was teacher.
Evening star., 1947-04-07
Dr.. DeSchweinitz to Speak

DIR. Karl DeSchweinitz OF the
American Council of Education. viii
lecture on the process Of transiating
faw into benefits and services at 8
pm. Thursday ut Howard University
Library. Dr. De6chweinitz Is director
5of the Committee on Education and
Social Security Of the council.
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whose freedoms are endangered by
outside pressures."
Senator johnson said he inter-
prets the Truman doctrine to mean
that cit will be our policy to take
one side or another in every civil
war that comes along"
While Senator johnson said he
believes his amendment will have
substantial support. Senator Con-
nally, Democrat, of Texas, said
sponsors of the bill will fight against
its acceptance.
Senator Connally is ranking mi
nority member of the Foreign Re-
lations Committee.
Earlier Chairman Vandenberg oi
the committee went on record, ir
q talk with a reporter, as favorine
the establishment by the United
Nations of a policy by which
Evening star., 1947-04-07

made by the Southwestern group,
which represents five States and 34,-
900 union workers. But the union
continued to hold out for arbitra-
ton of all points in dispute.
Evening star., 1947-04-07

Queensland Island. Australia, is
seeking buyers for 30 tons Of
her-of-pearl shell.
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Smyrna times., 1947-05-29

dry. books and hats. A rearrange-
ment for more comfort can be
made at no cost, and sometimes a
more attractive room can be
achieved merely by taking out
pieces of furniture that are not
really necessary. Robert E. Os-
borne, All club agent for Kent
County, announces that 8 club
members have signed up for room
improvement. They are: Ina zie-
butski, Goldsboro, Maryland; Daisy
Coffin, Goldsboro, Maryland, Mar
tha Ridley, Cheswold. These men,
bers have all been visited once by
the agent and Miss Louise R.Whit-
comb, and plans have been made
for the improvements they hope to
carry out. They will be visited
again in June, when they actually
start the project. Members who
enter this contest are eligible for
the 1947 National All Home I'M
Smyrna times., 1947-05-29

til next year and then issue 1t to
the next years team. In this way
less equipment would be lost and
no one individual would be respon-
sible for it. The trophy, won by
Smyrna last year, is now being
permanently displayed in the Town
of Smyrna Offices. 1t was also
agreed that for their home games
the local boy scout team could bor-
row Smyrna teams bases.
The following players, who, for
one reason or another have appar-
emily quit the team, are requested
to turn in their uniforms this
week: Herbert Clough, James
Ford, Bernie Grier, Sam Jacobs,
John Lovegrove, Alden Robinson.
Smyrna times., 1947-05-29
FILL APRIL
CONTRACTS
Delaware Firms Fill Govern.
ment Contracts Totalling
More Than $163,000
EXPLAIN CONTRACT ACT

Manufacturers and dealers in
Delaware filed $163, ,528 worth of
contracts reported during April for
the production or supply of COM
modities for the Federal Govern
ment under provisions of the
Walsh-Healey Public Contracts
Act. These contracts were for
food and kindred products, textiles
and their products and machinery.
The report on public contracts for
April We're released by Frank ]. G.
Dorsey, regional director of the
Wage-Hour and Public Contracts
Divisions, U. s. Department of
Labor. Director Dorsey's staff
checks compliance by manufactur-
ers and dealers in Pennsylvania,
Delaware, Maryland, West Virginia
and the District of Columbia with
the minimum wage, overtime pay
and other provisions of the Public
Contracts Act which apply to en-
ployees engaged in filing contracts
let by the Government agencies in
amounts over $4,000. Adopted in
1886, the Act is intended to assure
fair employment conditions and es-
tablishes health and safety stand
ards for workers who make pro-
ducts used by the Federal Govern
ment. Violations of the Acts re-
striction on employment of minors
boys under 16 and girls under Is
years old-or convict laborers, re-
suit in Government assessments
against offending employers at the
rate of $40 per day for each minor
or convict laborer knowingly en-
ployed in the fulfillment of con-
tracts. In addition, contractors in
violation may be "blacklisted"-
declared ineligible to receive Gov
eminent contracts for three-yeal
period.
Smyrna times., 1947-05-29
MEMBERS PICK
All PROJECTS
Three Members Sign Up For
Room Improvement Work
Projects
SPONSOR CONTEST

One of the interesting work pro-
jects for All club members this
years is that of room Improvement.
Boys and girls alike learn to Sc
lect or make accessories such as
cushions, curtains, draperies, book
ends and fittings for the clothes
closet, planning them according to
good design, color and use. The
color scheme of the room, involving
the woodwork, treatment of walls
and floors is decided by the club
member, with the help of the coun-
ty All club agents and Miss Louise
r. Whitcomb, extension home man.
agement specialist. Storage is
planned for clothing, shoes, laun-
Smyrna times., 1947-05-29
BALL TEAM
HOLDS MEET
Smyrna Players Approx
Preparation of Financial Re-
port; To Be Printed
TROPHY ON DISPLAY

At business meeting of the
Smyrna Baseball Team last week
the members voted to schedule ex-
ira games for Saturday afternoons
and Wednesday evenings as soon
as such games could be arranged.
The team also agreed that a de-
tailed financial report be prepared
by the treasurer and printed in
The Smyrna Times. The Smyrna
players further approved the idea
that all baseball suits and other
equipment be turned over to the
Town Manager at the Town Office
at the end of the season. The
Town will keep this equipment un-
Smyrna times., 1947-05-29
ARMY ACCEPTS CADETS
Civil Air Patrol Releasing Train
ing Information

The Army Air Force has just re-
leased information about its new
training program for Aviation
Cadets. The first class will get
under way July at Randolph
Field, Texas. If you are an un-
married male citizen between the
ages of 18 and 261s years of age
with two years of college or the
ability to pass a rigid written test
you are eligible. Upon gradua-
ton, the Cadets receive a commits
sion of Second Lieutenant, with
pay up to S372 a month. The Do
yer Squadron, Civil Air Patrol, has
further information and applica-
ton blanks. Call 1t. F. P. Burk-
art, Jr., Acting Executive Officer,
at Dover 5574.
Smyrna times., 1947-05-29

Was reading the other day about
the collective" farms they have in
certain countries. 1t seems the folks
who run them have plenty of help
-. good hours and the best
equipment.
Sounds pretty nice = till you
learn that the farmer" doesn't
own his land, or even farm it, in
our sense. He takes orders from the
state; produces whatever they
want him to produce, at prices they
set. Even his off-hours are spent
according to state regulations.
No, that would never 60 here.
Smyrna times., 1947-05-29
Plan Otonka Opening

Members of the camp committee
of Camp Otonka, the District Y.
w. c. A. camp at Dagsboro, Della
ware on the Indian River, met at
camp to discuss opening plans for
camp for June %. Camp will be
opened to senior girls 1917 years
of age from June % to July 26-
Junior girls 1912 years of age
from July 26 to August %.
Smyrna times., 1947-05-29

John H. Barnes, MiddletOwn
Mrs. Willard D. BOyce, Dover
E. w. Buchanan, Dover
Jesse S. Cooper, Camden
Mrs. Frank Hall Davis, Dover
Mrs. John Dingle, Dover
Arthur w. DObberstein, Dover
DR.. Charles Henry, Dover
James B. Jackson, Dover
Smyrna times., 1947-05-29

provement Program. The State
winner will have an all-expense
trip to the National All Club Con-
gress in Chicago next December.
Smyrna times., 1947-05-29
BASEBAIL TEAM DEFEATED

WuIAs, LOug ffIcucf FOi
Smyrna Nine
The Smyrna High School base
ball team was defeated by the
Centreville nine in a game played
on the Smyrna field last Friday by
a score of 5-1. Roland Mills
Smyrna second baseman, scored
the only run for the local team
Williams was the losing pitcher
while Anthony went the whole way
for Centrevville. The team, in its
last game with Dover Monday, was
again defeated.
Smyrna times., 1947-05-29

services for the follow evangec service at 73o Pm
week: Wednesday night Missionary meeting home
ing at 730 PM Sunday Sunday and Mrs Kephar Monday
School at 10 AM followed by 800 o'clock All
ing worship requested present
Smyrna times., 1947-05-29
From where | sit. by Joe Marsh
Want to Run q
"Collective" Farm?
Advertiser No.

We're willing to work hard, but we
like to farm the land our own way,
put our own value on the crops,
and relax as we like-if only with
a temperate, companionable glass
of beer.
From where I sit, collective
farming may produce results. But
the American way-freedom to
work and relax as we see fits
what makes this country great
place to live. So let's not change it!
&e MDue
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-11
The TRUCK LANE PROBLEM

There is some prospect of a settlement
Of the long disputed truck lane with the
announcement thai A. H. Graham, chair
man Of the Highway Commission, is ex-
peeled TO visit Wilmington within a few
days TO confer with the City Council.
What the settlement will be is still in
doubt.
But one phase Of the problem is in no
doubt. The trucks must come off Of Third
street. The public is fully agreed on this.
And il is also agreed that they must
moi be moved a few blocks, say 10 Seventh
or Thirteenth streets, but 10 a route that
will moi cause damage 10 residences, as
has happened on Third street, or create
hazards Of accidents in districts where the
general traffic is heavy.
City Manager Benson has indicated that
the Council probably would go along with
a proposal 10 route trucks by way of Daw-
son street. through Spofford Mills and Mer-
Ger Avenue but that the plan has received
little encouragement. II is not easy TO IN
derstand why this should be so. Certainly
II has manifest advantages over any pos
sible route directly through the city.
There would have 10 be some repavinq
and widening Of the streets involved but
the understanding is that the state, with
federal aid, is prepared 10 see thai any
required repairs or new construction are
taken care Of, once the route is determined
Whether this particular plan is approved
or moi, it is imperative that the movement
OF trucks through thickly populated streets
and the business district ought 10 be pro-
hibited in the interest Of the public wei
fare and convenience. II is 10 be hoped
thai Mr.. Graham is as convinced Of this
necessity as the residents Of Wilminuton.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-11

that his fame wa definitely established
1t is hard TO choose among the three
for all have become so we'll known and
are so beloved that nobody who car
carry a tune or recognize an old tavorlfe
fails TO leave a performance OF n Of
Them without a feeling Of gratitude thai
they share the rich heritage left by the
composer. =.
Wilmington music lovers are fortunate
to have La Traviaia among the trio OF
operas to be presented for their delecta-
lion by the New York Civic Opera Com
pany, starting on Saturday. under spon-
sorship of the Junior Chamber OF Com,
merCe.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-11

box in which nature has been
packing things for millions OF
years. This box. however. was not
always of solid rock. AT one time
it was mud and sand and water.
The water dried up, and in time
the mud and sand grew harder
from heat and pressure, so that il
is now rock.
Let us see how fossils were i'm
prisoned in the rocks. First let us
think back to a time when a huge
reptile, a plesiosaurus, swan in the
sea near the mouth of a river
When it died, its body fell to the
bottom of the sea. Stones and sand
borne by the stream, kept on fal,
ling upon the animals body, unit
it was covered.
AS ages passed, it became buried
deep under the earth and stones
brought down by the river. Higher
and higher rose the ocean bed. The
lower layers became pressed into
hard rock by the weight above.
9+7~ee and earth still fell. The bot.
tom of the sea rose, and sometimes
u.cIe was pressure from within IN
til it became dry land. One day
men began to dig down through the
rocks. They came upon the Skeleton
of the ple%siosaurus.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-11
GEORGE ROSS O

Gardner, Bailey, Maxwell - now Pou;
death has reaped a quick and costly har-
vest in North Carolina. Four men whose
public Careers were marked by distin-
guished service, taken, two so suddenly
their passing is hard to realize, have
brought the state a heavy loss.
State Auditor George Ross Pou, the lat.
est 10 be summoned, had retired appar.
emily in good health at the home Of his
cousin in Rock Hill, only TO have the
Swallowed hand descend while he slept
If was a strange coincidence that he
should have died on his way back TO Ra.
leigh after he attended the funeral Of his
friend. Ambassador O.. Max Gardner, in
Shelby.
He had been in the state service since
1921, first as superintendent Of state pris.
on by appointment Of Governor Morrison
and successfully by Governors Mclean
and Gardner. Governor Eringhaus ap
pointed him executive director of TIT
highway and public works commission
in 1888, a position he resigned in 1884
He reentered the states official family il
1885 as auditor, the office he still hell
at the time Of his death.
In the eleventh year Of his STEWARDSHIP
when the end came, the evidence of faith
ful performance in office is conclusive.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-11

plant has dissolved, but the shape
is preserved. For example, a shell
fish dies: its soft parts decay; the
inside of the shell is filled with
sand or mud; the sand is deeply
buried. The sand or mud in the
inside of the shell becomes solid.
Thus the shape of the shellfish is
preserved even after the shell it.
self has dissolved.
Sometimes t n e animal or plant
literally turns into stone; its origi-
nal substance is ~replaced~by some
mineral compound such as silica
or calcium carbonate. Such are the
trees of the Petrified Forest of
Arizona. T h e silica that has re-
placed the original wood still pre-
served all the detail of the original
structure.
Some great beasts were pre-
served unchanged b y mud which
which did not turn to stone.
The mammoth. a sort of elephant
covered with long hair, died out in
Siberia and sank into mud which
became frozen hard. In this natural
iceboX, mammoths have been SO
well kept that they are found to-
day with the flesh, skin and hair
in a state of perfect preservation.
The oldest bird that h a S been
found is called the archaeopteryx.
It's tail was long and lizard-like,
with bones a n d flesh, and with
feathers growing from it. 1t had
two legs with which it could walk
or perch IN the trees, but it also
had two other limbs with fingers
which it probably used for climbing
as well as to fly Its beak was
armed with strong teeth. The arch
aeopteryx became extinct long,
long ago.
Copyright, 1916. by the Grolier
Society Inc. based upon The Book
OF knowledge
Distributed By United Featur-
es Syndicate, Inc.(
Tomorrow: WHY DOES A TREE
GROW UPWARD?
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-11
The MUSIC'S The THING

The popular belief is that Verdi used
Dumas story Camille as the libretto theme
OF La Traviata. Certainly the operas &C.
lion follows the troubled career Of Ca
mile, with such exceptions as any
librettisi would feel at liberty 10 employ
buf the tact is not satisfactorily establish
ed in the minds Of some persons who con-
tend that one Of Theophile G%autier S
stories furnished the motif. In support Of
This view it is we'll known that Cautier
used a style Of wiring which Dumas
adapted 10 his own devices some thirtv
years later.
The point is TOO technical for casual
commentators to dwell upon, but as La
Araviata was written in 1853 and ii was
not until the COS that Gautier employed
This particular style. the argument seems
to favor the popular school of thouuht
especially as Dumas (the son, not father
wrote La Dame aux calelias" in l848 ant
dramiiized it in l849, but because Of I'm
favorable criticism delayed its produc
lion until 1852, when it met with area
success. 1t would seem reasonable tina
with the play in vogue, Verdi Nigh
well have chosen it for his opera.
However. the thing that counts mo.
is not the story behind La Traviata, b.
the music it contains. Verdi had not m,
with much success in his earlier operat
compositions. II was not until he wro
Rigoletto. La Traviata and II Trovaio
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-11
TREATIES FOR THE SATELLITES

Italy, first Of the five nazi satellite
powers 10 sign a treaty written by the Big
Four Foreign Ministers, did moi sell her
birthriqht for a mess of pottage, but her
people have learned the costly blunder
they made when they followed Mussolinl
into World War II on the side of the Ger
mans.
In addition TO her territorial sacrifice.
the frightful destruction Of her resources
the irreparable loss Of historic monuments
and the impoverishment Of her people.
there is no certainty that the peace Gre
ated by the past now bearing ltalY's OF,
fetal signature can bring actual and last
ing peace.
The altitude Of Yugoslavia. which signs
under protest and unwillinglY, is ominous.
Yuqoslavia signs because Yugoslavia is
a Russian puppet state, and Russia's For
eiqn Minister, Mr.. Molotov, had already
committed the Soviet Union 10 the treaty.
Premier Tito's government had no choice.
But there is no assurance that either
Yuqoslavia, or Yugoslavian's masters in
Moscow, can be held 10 the treaty terms
indefinitely, especially as ii is obvious
that Russia covets a dictatorship over all
of southern Europe.
Romania, Bulgaria and Hungary also
face an uncertain future. All have come
under the influence Of Moscow, and none
can hope 10 escape whatever fate Moscow
sees fit 10 impose for Russia's selfish
ends. There is no sound reason 10 assume
thai actual peace is assured in any por-
lion Of Europe over which the Russians
have lowered their iron curtain.
Probably the governments, with the
United States excepted in the case Of Fin
land, as this nation was never at war
with Finland, will ratify the five treaties,
and the impulse is 10 think that world
peace will have advanced a step with this
act. But having SO many illustrations Of
Russia's greed 10 judge by, it is overly
optimistic TO believe thai the danger Of
further warfare can be eliminated by
treaty agreements unless the forces Of
peace are fully prepared TO enforce them
with arms against aggressors.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-11
Religion
DayByDay
POKING AMIDST THE RUINS
BY WILLIAM T. ELLIS

Perhaps it is because I have
climbed over a large share of the
ruins of antiquity, and archeologi-
cal excavations. scattered through
out Asia and Egypt, that l have
such a strong n of race con-
seriousness. Mankind has lived a
long, long time; and as far back as
we have historic records - some
six thousand years = it has been
dealing with the same essential
problems as concern us today.
Some lessons the race has learn
ed, and we can but scott at the
stupid efforts of certain "moderns'
to disparage them. They represent
the accumulated experience and
wisdom of mankind.
One of these lessons is the pri-
macy of religion. No ruin ever dug
up has failed to reveal a temple or
place of worship as central to the
community life.
Another is the sanctity of the
home. In Babylon, Ur. Asshur.
Shushan, Pompeii, and many other
famous archaeological sites, the
spades have uncovered large area
OF individual homes.
Still another is the place Of pa
trlotism. All the evidences reveal
a devotion to national safety and
hauona1 consciousness.
CHASTITY of womanhood and JUS
tce between man and man are
written large upon all the ancient
records.
So, when tempted to "go
nIooern we may stabilize our
oninklng by remembering the days
TO Thee, o God. a thousand
years are as a day: IT, !,
written l n the heart of man and in
my word, endureln 1-orepe1n.u.I
tAmen.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-11
Stay-At-Home Wives

A magazine editor addressing a
meeting of women from all parts of
the country took a oeep breath and
jumped away out on the we'll
known limb. He said that what
wives want is homing pigeons for
husbands, asserting that ''by and
large, women don't want to get out
of the home" but that they want
the head man right there sharing
their home lives. That isn't the way
we hear it. On the average, when
a mans business keeps him away
a good deal he wants to stay home
when he gets there. In the mean
time the good wife has, of course,
been pretty well tied to her house
work and children so that when
Pappy does get home she wants
him to take her out and around.
And she doesn't mean some other
time. But we NAV be wrong. No
man has yet summed up women
in a paragraph.-The Boston Post.