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Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1948-05-13
MINERS:
Temporary

Let not the public be deceived by
the spell of quiet that is reigning in
the nations soft coal mines and the
temporary evaporation of John L.
Lewis from the stage.
AS it looks now, this peaceful stu
alton is good only until June 30.
Even while the miners continue to
chop coal in the pits, they make it
clear that they expect to go back
to their fishing on that date.
June 80 is the day the present
wage agreement between the United
Mine Workers and the coal operators
expires. 1t is possible, of course,
that a new agreement may be
reached before then, but it is prac-
tically impossible to find anyone
who thinks so.
After Lewis tussle with Federal
Judge T. Alan Goldsborough in
which he and the union were fined
a total of 81, 42o, 900, the miners went
back to work after hearing John LIS
wish" that they do so.
One Of the reasons advanced for
Lewis cantankerouS delay in coming
to terms on the pension dispute was
that the mine. leader was eking out
the work stoppage as long as pos
sible in order to deplete the nations
coal reserves and SO put himself in
a better bargaining position when
the contract negotiations came up.
That he accomplished that end
there is no gainsaying. Coal stocks
went down almost to zero all over
the country, resulting in curtailment
of steel production, a cut in rail
travel and various major and minor
industrial shutdowns.
It is a fact, too, that industry will
not have recovered its balance suffi-
GENTLY by June 80 to cope adequately
with whatever emergency Lewis
might precipitate this time.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1948-05-13
SHORTAGE:
Farm Machinery.

Behind the present shortage Of
farm machinery in the U. S. lies a
now all-too-familiar story: More
such machinery is being produced
than ever before but it isn't enough
to meet the demand.
Waiting list for farm ma chinery
is phenomenally long, yet 131 per
cent more tractors, cream separa-
tors and other pieces Of farm equip
ment were produced in 1947 than
were available in 1899.
The shortage is not the result Of
shipments of farm equipment to Eu-
rope. It is result Of the fact that
U. S. farmers, now making more
money than at any time in history,
are demanding more machinery
than the industry is able to produce.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1948-05-13
DEFIANCE:
TaUO Issues

In surprise speech at dinner
given by Michigan chambers of
commerce for. the states congress
sional delegation, Sen. Arthur Van
denberg served notice on Russia
that:
The United States may join west
l. ern Europe in a military ALI
ance against Communist aggression,
and
- "We shall not surrender to Com
a. munist conspiracies in the Unit
ed States"
Thus, the chief Republican propon-
ent of bipartisan foreign policy split
the rind on two issues which, like
grapefruit, will come more and more
to be in the public eye as this year
wears on.
Simply stated, those two issues
are: Whether the u. S. should line
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1948-05-13
ORECON:
Nest. Up

After whirling breezily through
Ohio to the thorough sgruntlement
of Sen. Robert Taft, campaigning
Harold E. Stassen set his political
sights on the May 81 Oregon primary
election where he was due to joust
with Gov. Thomas E. Dewey for
that states Republican convention
delegates.
In a kickoff address in Portland
Stassen refurbished his foreign and
domestic policies for the edification
of Oregon voters who will elect the
12-member COP delegation.
He advocated these measures, all
of which now are commonly identi-
fled with the very name of Stassen:
/. Outlawing of the Communist
party in America and in all free
dom-loving nations.
2. Establishment by the u. S.
and other members of the United
Nations of joint bases and joint
plans of defense, with or with
out Russia.
8. Restoration of more freedom
of bargaining under the Taft
Hartley law.
4. Government support for the
price of an entire crop at 80 per
cent of parity in any normal crop
situation.
5. Establishment of consumer
credit restrictions to hold down
credit during periods of high en-
ployment.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1948-05-13
Money Talks

Now an inventor has come up with
a check that not only will talk but
will scream if it has been forged
or tempered with.
Burgess Smith, who used to do
legal counterfeiting for the U. S.
treasury, claims that his check will
identity itself verbally when it is
passed through a special machine.
And If it has been tempered with it
will emit a shril screech, indicating
that it Is worthless.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1948-05-13
OUTLOOK
The Dim Peace

Gen. Omar N. Bradley, army chief
of staff, was taking dim view Of the
possibilities Of peace.
In fact, he admitted to the senate
armed services committee, the pros
pect of war is appreciably greater
now than it was three months ago.
Adding forcefully to the pattern OF
evidence which U. S. armed forces
representative have been construct
ing to support their requests for a
military draft and universal train
ing, Bradley said:
81 think we would be neglecting
our duty if we did not try to tell you
that we are a little bit more afraid
something will happen than we were
three months ago when we were talk
ing in terms of reserves"
And he added 1--WE are not so sure"
that war might not be looming in the
immediate future.
To his testimony Bradley appended
this clincher:
'Unless we are willing to fight
defensive war, on this continent, you
must have a reserve in being, and
a trained reserve, or else you are
going to sit here until you can build
it up, train it and equip it, and in
the meantime you may have lost all
footholds from which you can attack
Russia, because we know that we
are all speaking about Russia"
There it was-a responsible ap-
praisal by the chief of staff of where
the present talking war between
Russia and the U. S. might lead.
What caused General Bradley to
think the situation is more critical
now than it was three months ago?
He didn't say, but there is only one
apparent explanation.
The tide of power politics has
turned against Russia and is moving
in favor of the western democracies.
With ERP beginning to channel
money and supplies into Europe, the
fields most favorable to Communist
growth-poverty, hunger and dis
satisfa ction-are starting to be re-
claimed.
AS far as getting control of west
ern Europe was concerned, Commu-
nists saw their main chance go
glinmering when they lost the Ital-
ian election. They have, in short,
gone beyond the stage where they
can carry out territorial acquisitions
through political coups.
In order to expand further now,
Russia probably would have to apply
force, which, in this case, would be
the Red army.
And that may be why General
Bradley thinks war is more of a
likelihood now than it was three
months ago.
WOO WynA
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1948-05-13
SKY-HICH:
Bombing

A team of air force and army
ordnance men is seeking better
methods of hitting pin-point bomb
targets from extremely high alti-
tudes, out of reach Of most anti-air-
craft guns or fighter planes.
This joint organization is conduct
ing most Of it's secret tests in the
California desert at Muroc air base.
It's assignment is to carry out re-
search in bombing techniques, par
ticularly at high attitudes.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1948-05-13
BY BILL SCHOENTGEN
WNU Staff Writer
CLIMAX:
Palestine

With q clashing Of arms and a
babble Of alarmed voices, events in
Palestine appeared to be piling up
for another minor but bloody climax
In human history.
This particular crisis had it's i'm
mediate beginning in savage at
tack on the Arab city of Jaffa by
members of Irgun Zvai Leumi, Jew
ish underground force. Fact that
the Irgunists' foray against Jaffa
was made in defiance Of orders by
Haganah, the regular Jewish militia,
carried no weight in the rush of in
cidentS that followed.
From Palestine's coastal plain, site
of the neighboring cities of Jaffa
(Arab) and Tel Aviv. (Jewish), the
focal point of the disturbances
moved swiftly inland to the holy city
of Jerusalem.
Arabs and Jews hastily deployed
their on-the-scene forces in prepare
ton for what stacked up to be a
major battle for possession Of Jeru-
salem. Facing each other across
scant 200 yards of no-man's land.
each side had it's eyes fixed on the
strategic Alamein camp which the
British were evacuating.
But that wasn't all. It soon be-
came apparent that the Arab league
nations surrounding Palestine did
not intend to stay out of this fight.
Reports were current that six Arab
nations had decided to invade the
Holy Land with ground, sea and air
forces before the British ended their
mandate on May Is.
That action was said to have been
agreed upon at conference OF
leaders of the Arab states, Trans
Jordan, Iraq, Egypt, Syria and Lee
banon.. King Abdullah of Trans-Jor-
dan was reported to have dispatched
Arab legion reinforcements from
Trans-Jordan to Palestine.
The whole thing was shaping up in
the form of a more or less total
Arab effort to crush completely the
Jewish intention Of creating Zionist
state in Palestine.
Worried United Nations delegates,
meanwhile, cast about for means
to prevent the, inevitable carnage,
or at least to preserve the city OF
Jerusalem.
France pushed its sponsorship of
a heavily-armed volunteer u. N. po-
lice corps to safeguard Jerusalem.
Hint of the makeup Of such force
was, given in the suggestion that it
might include 100 New York police
4 volunteers, but no Russians. This
prote ctive army would number from
I 500 to. 800 members.
I While the Palestine S t ua t j o n
Sleaped into a frantic state Of flux,
the United States kept discreetly out
of 1t all in conformation to it's re-
Gently adopted policy of apparent
disinterest to what happens in the
Holy Land.
DEFIANCE:
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1948-05-13
Palestine Heads for Climax as Arabs Prepare Attack;
Vandenberq Serves Blunt Notice on World Communists

EDITORS NOTE When opinions
are expressed in these columns, they
arc those of Western Newspaper Union
news analysts, and not necessarily OF
this newspaper.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1948-05-13

Secretary of Commerce w. Aver
ell Hartman has been named by
President Truman as ambassador
at-large for the European recovery
program. Hartman resigned his
cabinet post immediately.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1948-05-13

Walter p. Reuther, president Of
the United Auto Workers (CIO),
was seriously wounded when he
was shot by an unknown assailant
who fired shotgun at him through
the window of his Detroit home.
Communists were suspected of be-
ing behind the attack because of
Reuther's strong opposition to
them in the union.
Evening star., 1948-01-07
StreomIined Setup
Designed for Greater
Speed Inouguroted

The Police Departments CEN
trail complaint room, designed to
step up radio calls and reduce
communications confusion, went
into action today at the Mu-
nicipal Center.
Working in glass Enclosures in the
fourth floor, Communications and
Records Bureau, radio dispatchers,
telephonists and teletypists inaugu-
rated the streamlined system pre-
cisely at 8 am.
The first radio call came from
traffic car No. 4, asking permission
to serve an attachment on person
at Ninth and o streets NV.
At sos am, radio dispatcher
signaled scout car No. 81 to get q
report ut 628 Fourteenth street NE.
Evening star., 1948-01-07
$4,000 Reich Workers
To Strike Over Food
BY the Assoeiofsd Press

ESSEN, Germany, Jan. Brit
ish officials said today a strike and
demonstration Of $4,000 German
workers had been scheduled for
Essen Friday to protest food short
age in the Ruhr.
These informants said the short
age was due to failure of German
farmers to provide assigned food
quotas, a deficiency the Germans
attributed to the summer drought.
Brief strikes protesting the food
shortage ended in Remscheid, Matt
mann and other towns in the Ruhr,
for which the trade unions have
demanded treatment as "an area Of
distress"
German union sources said the
Ruhr coal miners and public utility
workers will not participate in the
demonstration Friday. The Essen
trade unions adopted q resolution
demanding that food for miners
must come from separate chan
nels, and their supply cannot 60 on
at the expense of the normal con-
sumer." The resolution went on:
I'VE demand that, for the pota-
toes not supplied, an equivalent be
offered which is of the same value
as the potatoes, not only the same
calories but the same quantity az
we'll"
British military government ON.
cials promised a supreme effort II
alleviate the food shortages. Undel
a new American-British agreement
the United States Is footing 80 PEI
cent of the cost Of the two eco
nomically merged zones, into which
about $1,000, 900 900 worth Of foot
ALREADY has been imported.
Evening star., 1948-01-07
By Robert K. Walsh

Maj. Gen. Bennett E. Meyers,
retired Army Air Forces deputy
chief of purchasing, pleaded not
guilty on arraignment in District
Court today on charges of peri
ury and subornation of perjury
in connection with a Senate
committee investigation.
The 52-year-old officer will go on
trial February 16, Justice David A.
Pine announced.
Justice Pine permitted Meyers to
renew the $4,000 bond on which he
has been free since q District grand
jury indicted him and former busi-
ness associate, Bleriot H. namarre
of Dayton, Ohio, last December 10.
Lemarre pleaded guilty late yes
terday when arraigned before JUS
tice Pine on three counts of perjury
before a closed session OF Senate
Evening star., 1948-01-07
|WhuttheRussions
Are Suyinq of Us

The MoscoaD radio, broadcasting i,
French to Europe, said:
"It is by now ancient history
that corruption is rife in the
United States administration, as
well as in the political parties.
Indeed, corruption in the United
States has assumed truly Amer
ican proportions, and this applies
to Federal Government organs
and private concerns.
volumes would have to be
written to write even brief
outline of the dishonesty of
American officials, many of whom
have felt the heavy. hand of the
law and public opinion. But
there are not a few United
States statesmen whose nefari-
Gus activities are carried on be-
hind the scenes, and of whose
exploits little or nothing is
known"
Evening star., 1948-01-07
Warmer Weather Due
To Melt Last Of Snow

Sunny. warmer weather today Ii
expected to melt renal 'ng traces
of yesterdays light sno,' in the
District area, but many suburban
roads still were hazardous as COM
muters drove to work this morning.
Yesterdays snowfall failed to reach
a predicted depth of an inch here,
melting almost as fast as it fell.
With the thermometer around the
freezing point for the last "a hours
downtown Washington has ranged
from IS at 11:A pm. yesterday td
30 at 7 am. today-the snow melted
and refroze In some areas. Todayl
temperature Is expected to reach
about 40 degrees, ~
To combat slippery road condi-
tions, cindering crews were called
into action in nearby Maryland.
Washington escaped the full
severity of yesterdays snowstorm,
which covered Western Maryland
with 4 to 6 inches and rendered
some roads almost impossible when
the snow was followed by freezing
drizzle.
Several days without rain or snow
are predicted for the District, which
has already had 1.74 inches OF
precipitation this month, more than
half the normal January quota OF
331 inches. Tomorrow Is expected.
: to be mostly cloudy and warmer. =
Evening star., 1948-01-07

Boston to permit uninterrupted pas
sage of food, fuel and medical sup
plies into his State to avert severe
hardship"
Gov. Dale wired Gov. Robert F.
Bradford Of Massachusetts yester-
day that emergencies are develop
ing due to the reported halting in
Massachusetts, of trucks carrying
vital supplies to New Hampshire.
Gov. Bradford said he believed
responsible union officials are max
ing every effort" to move such
supplies.
Only 60 Per Cent Of Requirements.
Mayor oDwyer wired his appeal
to the Maritime Commission after
warning that fuel oil distribution
planned for the New York area by
the oil industry in the next 80 days
would meet "at most go per cent Of
our minimum requirements" He
asked that the tankers be allocatee
through February.
Philadelphia's emergency was de.
scribed by Mayor Bernard Samue
as mot only critical but threatens
to become disastrous" He urged Of
1See FUEL on, Page A-4)
Evening star., 1948-01-07
Presidents Message Urges Slash
For Each Earner, All Dependents
Higher Business Levy to Offset 1t
COP. Fights Truman. ! ak Plan,
Asserts 1t Mont Be Passed
Political Demogoguey,' Knutson Comments;
HoIIeek Says ToIk 'Out-WoIIoces' Wallace

Mr.. Knutson's and Senator Mill
kin's committees handle all tax leg
islation.
Republicans criticized many points
of MI. Truman's message, but Dem
ocrats generally praised it.
House Majority Leader Halleck
termed the message "A purely politi-
cal document designed to out-Wal-
lace Wallace and hold for Mr.. Tru-
man the radical wing that controls
the Democratic party" Mr.. Hal
leck added:
"Mr. Truman must be really dis
turbed about the wallace threat to
the future political success of him
self and his New Deal administra-
ton.
I'VE are going to pass a sound,
fair tax reduction bill that will give
relief to the masses suffering from
the Truman imitation, and provide
encouragement for business to ex-
(See TAXES, Page A-2)
Evening star., 1948-01-07

President Truman's proposal
in his state-of the Union mes
sage today for a $40 tax cut for
each taxpayer and dependent
bumped into immediate opposi-
ton from Republican tax lead
ers in Congress. They said there
was no chance it would be
passed.
Chairman Knutson Of the House
Ways and Means Committee, who is
backing a plan to slash individual
income taxes $500, ,000, 900, called
the Presidents proposal political
demagoguery.' He said he would go
ahead with his own bill.
Chairman Millikin of the Senate
Finance Committee said Mr.. Tru-
man did not propose to reduce total
taxes on the American people "a
single penny" and that the Repub-
icans intend to reduce taxes and
reduce spending"
Evening star., 1948-01-07
N. u. Student Veteran
Killed by Train in Night

Walter j. Vereen, 81, former Air
Force private who was a student at
the University of Maryland, was
killed by Baltimore & Ohio Rail-
road train in College Park appar-
emily during the night, Prince
Georges County police reported to-
day. His home was Raleigh, N. G.
His mutilated body was found on
the tracks shortly after 8 am. Police
estimated death had occurred be-
tween 8 and 10 hours earlier.
Identification was made by county
police, who matching his finger
prints with those on discharge
papers found in a wallet, which
also contained So. Police said they
do not suspect foul play.
University officials said they are
attempting to learn Mr.. Vereen's
movements last night.
According to his discharge papers,
Mr.. Vereen served in the Air Force
from May 5 to November 2, 1945.
Parts of his body were strewn along
the tracks between Calvert and
Fordham roads in College Park. The
body was taken to Gasch's Funeral
Home, Hyattsville.
Evening star., 1948-01-07
Soviet Ship With 800
Reported in Distress
By the Assoeiofsd Press

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. IA dis
tress message was picked up today
from the Russian motor ship Dvina,
with 300 passengers aboard, off the
east coast of Japan, the Coast Guard
announced.
The meager information received
here said the ship had S feet OF
water in the hold, but did not say
what accident had befallen the YES
sci.
The message said the IS" engine
was not working and added: please
send salvage boat" The ship gave
its position as Al degrees so minutes
north, 155 degrees minutes east.
Evening star., 1948-01-07
By the Associated Press

SAVANNAH, Ga, Jan. T.
Fourteen persons we're killed
and 10 injured today when a
Coastal Airlines twin engine
plane crashed in a marsh on the
Savannah River, miles south
east of here.
The plane, on chartered flight,
was en- route from Newark, N. j., to
Miami, Fla.
Frank Bell, reporter for the
Savannah Evening Press, reported
from the scene that the pilot and
co-pilot were among the dead. All
the passengers were Puerto Ricans
en- route to their homeland.
Mr.. Bell said all the injured ap-
peared to be in serious, condition.
They were transferred to the Coast
Guard cutter Aurora which started
for Savannah.
Three Miles From Airport.
The crash occurred ip the thick
marshland about 5 miles OIL the
Wilmington Island Airport. The
DC-3 ship was practically demol-
ished.
Mr.. Bells report to his paper did
not say whether the planes passen-
gers were men. women or children.
The plane loaded its passengers in
Newark, last night and proceeded
to Philadelphia where 1t took off at
about 2:30 am, today. It stopped
for gas at Raleigh, N. c., and was
due about noon at Miami where the
passengers were to be transferred to
another coastal plane and flown to
Puerto Rico.
Passenger List Unavailable.
The passenger list was not avail
able in Philadelphia.
In Miami, Edin Richardson, a
Coastal Airlines pilot, said the plane
was one of two that the company
operates in chartered freight and
passenger service. He said he be-
lieved the lines chief pilot, Alvino
Antonioli, was at the controls.
The CAA reported the plane
crashed about am. From reports
it received, the CAA said, the ship
apparently pancaked into the
marshland and then broke up.
There were conflicting reports as to
whether it burned.
Evening star., 1948-01-07
British information Unit
In U. S. DrusticuIIy Cut

The British Information Service
in the United States 81 being cur
tailed to save dollars, the Associated
Press reported today from London.
In Washington, the 16-man staff
of British Information Service is
being reduced by four persons, ef-
fective the end of this month,
Charles Campbell, director, said.
He added, however, that this
should not reduce our ability to do
our job"
Evening star., 1948-01-07
U. s., Britain Propose
Means for Germans
To Bolster Regime
Larger Economic Council,
Second Legislative Body
And Supreme Court Urged
BY the Assoeiofed Press

FRANKFURT, Germany, Jan.
THE American and British
military governors of Germany
proposed to German leaders to-
day means for strengthening the
bizonal governmental structure
of Western Germany.
Gen. Lucius D. Clay and Gen, Sir
Brian Robertson, without waiting
for recommendations from the rep
resentatives Of the eight states in
the American and British zones, sug-
gested doubling the bizonal econom-
ic council which runs Western Ger
many's economic life, and creation
of a second legislative chamber.
They also proposed that bizonal
organizations be given the power to
collect a certain amount of taxes,
and that supreme court be created
to enforce laws of the new admin
istrative structure. The generals
proposed that union bank be es-
tablished.
The Germans said they would dis
cuss the proposals among themselves
and report to the generals tomorrow.
They are expected at that time to
tell the military governors whether
they feel Western Germany can be
reorganized along the lines OF the
suggested proposals.
New Setup Reported Discussed.
Reliable sources said the Amer
ican and British leaders discussed
plans for creation of a Little
SHAEF," modelled on the Supreme
Headquarters, Allied Expeditionary
Force of World War II, to run the
Allied occupation of Western Ger
many.
Results of the conference may well
affect international relations be-
Yn