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Evening star., 1949-09-26
; Chinese Red Armies Mrs. Jane Olivia Reoney Dies
0pen Drive on Canton At 100, Active Until Last Day
BY the Associated Press

CANTON, Sept. 26.-The Chi
nese Communists hurled three
armies into Kwangtung Province
today. 1t was the long-expected
big-scale drive for Canton, the
Nationalist refugee capital.
The Red force-75,000 strong, If
at full strength-surged in from
Kiangsi Province in 50-mile
thrust that carried within 80 miles
of Canton and confronted this
uneasy capital with its greatest
threat of the civil war.
The Reds struck after weeks of
probing Nationalist defenses.
Official dispatches said the Red
10th, 18th and 10th armies took
off from Lugnan in Southwestern
Kiangsi. In this area, 140 miles
northeast of Canton. the Com
munists have been building up
their invasion force for weeks.
Also Moving on Railway.
The great part of the Red
troops already had reached the
vicinity of Hsinfeng, 80 miles
northeast of Canton, the official
reports said. Hsinfeng is 8 miles
east of the trunk highway be-
tween Lungnan and Canton.
The Nationalists said the three
armies are under Gen. Chen Keng,
acting commander of the Second
Communist Field Army, which
has an estimated total strength
of 250,OO0 men.
The Reds also were moving on
the Canton railway. A force of
l 200 regulars and TOO irregulars
were heading for Kukong, rail
town 125 miles north of Canton.
Capture of Kukong would break
rail communication between Can
ton and Hengyang, main South
China defense base 265 miles
north of Canton. Hengyang is
headquarters for Gen. Pal Chung
hsi, Nationalist Central China
commander.
Annoy Reports Bad News.
The drive for Kukong was
westward along a highway from
Namyung, 155 miles north-north-
east af Canton. Namyung is just
inside the northeastern tip of
Kwangtung and in the general
area of the Red massing points
in Kiangsi.
Reports indicated the Reds
might have retaken Chihing. 1875
miles north-northeast of Canton,
in the advance toward Kukong.
From the hard pressed island
seaport of Annoy, dispatches had
only bad news for the govern
ment.
They reported the loss of sew
eral points in mainland areas near
the best port still remaining in
Nationalist hands. These in
cluded Tsimei, IL miles north of
Annoy.
Hingsia Resistance Ends.
Official reports conceded it was
overwhelmed by wave after wave
of Red assault troops. Earlier the
Nationalists claimed their am
phibious forces had taken Tsimei.
Dispatches asserted the Ma
tionalists had beaten off several
attempts by junk-borne Red
troops to land at Annoy.
In Human province north of
Kwangtung the situation was re-
ported quiet except for Nationalist
air attacks on Reds threatening
Gen. Pals west flank.
In Shanghai, the Communist
press announced the end of resist
ance in Hingsia in the far north
west with the province accepting
Pod Y,eaco tery,oS
Evening star., 1949-09-26
Reds Reported Dotting
Eastern Europe With ;
Rocket-Firing Bases
By the Assoeiofsd Press

BERLIN. Sept. 26.-Russia has
dotted Eastern Europe with
launching bases for deadlier
rockets than Hitler ever used in
World War II, German and
American sources said today.
Reliable German sources said
at least the Nazi-built munitions
plant in Soviet-occupied Ger
many is producing rockets for
Russia.
The exact location of the
Soviet launching bases is not
known. But Allied military in
telligence officers said they be-
lieved Russia had constructed a
chain of them-aimed at Western
Europe-stretching from the Bal
tic to the Black Sea in Soviet
satellite territory.
No Bases in Eastern Germany.
An American Intelligence Of
ficer said "It is a matter of spec
ulation" whether rockets launched
in Czechoslovakia, Poland or the
Balkans could reach the farthest
points of Western Europe.
Military informants said there
was no evidence the Soviet zone
Of Germany was being prepared
as a rocket launching base.
The Soviet zone, however, in
cludes Peenemuende, one of the
biggest of Hitler's rocket plants
on the Baltic coast. Peenemuende
was once smashed by British
bombers, but reports circulated
recently Russia has rebuilt it
with German war prisoners as
laborers.
Another pro-Allied German in
formant said huge underground
munitions factory. built by the
Nazis at Rechlin in Northeast
Germany, also is turning out new
and deadlier rockets than those
Hitler used to shoot at England.
Plant Guarded by Minefields.
He said the Rechlin plant has
been cordoned off with a heavy
Soviet guard and that thick mine
fields have been laid.
A United States Army source
said: 1T is perfectly logical that
Russia should have a network of
launching bases for rockets. We
know that Russia sincerely fears
an attack from the west, and we
know that rockets are a basic de-
fense weapon of modern war
fare"
German scientists are believed
mainly responsible for the Soviet
rockets. improving on the vicious
W. weapons they first fashioned
for Hitler.
Although the W. was the last
rockets model used extensively on
England, rumors were thick at the
end OF the war that Nazi engi-
neers had worked their way
through successive experimental
models to Viz, capable of
reaching Americas East Coast.
Hitler named his rockets "V"
weapons. for "vergeltung," a Ger
man word meaning retaliation.
He sprung them on England in
late 1914, and blitzed London
nightly from launching ramps
built along the conquered coast
Of the English Channel.
Allied military spokesmen said
Russia did not use long-range
rockets during the war, although
there was evidence Soviet engi-
neers were working on the project.
One of the favorite Russian
artillery weapons was a close
range rocket called the "Katu-
sha," which laid down saturation
barrages from multiple firing
racks mounted on United States
lend-leaSe trucks.
Evening star., 1949-09-26
THE EVENING STAR, Washington D. c. ** A.
rs,

across U. S. Highway 395 and
headed for Virginia City.
But aided by the change in the
wind, fire crews checked the blaze
with bumpers.
Evening star., 1949-09-26
Ketehup Flows in Fight
In New York Restaurant
BY the Associated Press

NEW YORK, Sept. 26. - It
looked like bloody brawl. Twenty
men and youths were smeared
with crimson when police ar
rived to break up a free-for-an at
q Manhattan restaurant last night.
But it was only ketchup-the
restaurants total supply.
Tossing the ketchup bottles led
to disorderly conduct charges
against all 20 participants.
There were only a few drops of
blood-from the head of one
youth hit by a flying bottle.
The restaurants plate glass
window was the worst casualty.
Evening star., 1949-09-26

An island in the Arctic has
been named Prince Charles, for
Britain's newest prince.
Evening star., 1949-09-26

Hong Kong now has SIS plants
making rubber shoes and other
rubber wares.
Evening star., 1949-09-26

In Shanghai, the Communist
press announced the end of resist
ance in Hingsia in the far north
west with the province accepting
Red peace terms.
Evening star., 1949-09-26

ZOE LOST or unwanted animals. call
WASHINGTON ANIMAL RESCUE LEAGUE
II Q st. NV. NO. $3.50.
TOBACCO POUCH, brown leather and pipe
$ouno Saturday evening in Rock Greek.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-09-22
Biggest Fight Is Against Communism
Federal Official Tells Labor Meeting

Newark, n. j. QLNS). - "The
greatest fight" Of the United
States is to maintain a free
democracy against totalitarian
communism" Assistant Attorney
General Alex Campbell told dele
gates to a county American Fed
Grafton of Labor political conyen-
tion here.
,"Under the dictator principles Of
communism," he said, "there is no
union, no strikes, no lockouts. All
freedoms are abolished"
After mention Of the Judith Cop
lon and Alger Hiss cases, Camp
bell said, "The Department Of JUS
tice drive against the fifth column
will continue with the Indictment
and prosecution Of subversives,
whether within or without the gov
eminent"
The federal official called for re-
peal of the Taft-Hartley Act but
emphasized that labor can accom-
plish it only by united political
action"
The convention marked labor's
first important move in the 1850
Congressional campaign in New
Jersey and brought the first en-
dorsement of a Republican candi-
date by an Essex County labor or
ganization. 1t supported the cam
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-09-22
Phone Progress
To Cut Workers
Jobs In Half

Peru, Ind. (LPA)-This town Of
35 coo has 50 telephone operators.
When the phones are converted to
dial service by years end, only 20
to 35 will remain. And other jobs
are scarce.
When dial conversion began, In
diana Bell asked for designations.
Under the contract with Communi-
cations Workers of America, those
who quit got termination pay. Now
the company has reversed its
policy. 1t is not accepting resigna-
tions, but is laying off workers,
starting with the younger ones.
And that means, of course, less
cost to the company in termination
pay. BELL has won substantial rate
boosts in recent years. Local citiz-
ems, shocked by the company's
stand, are supporting the CWA IN
its battle to win reconsideration Of
the company's policy.
Recently AT G. T, parent COM
pany of Indiana Bell, announced
road show of its new wonder CAD
gets. Reporters were told the I'M
would not mean loss Of
jobs. But the telephone workers IN
Indiana now know better.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-09-22
US Steel Is Silent On Acceptance
OF Recommendations of Fact-Finders

Pittsburgh UPA) = Benjamin
Fairless, president Of the US Steel
Corporation, had "no comment" on
whether his firm will accept the
recommendations of President Tru-
mans fact finders in the steel dis
pute.
The four major steel companies,
led by US Steel, mad announced
their willingness to resume bar
gaining at once, and Fairless had
wired to that effect to Philip Muir
ray, president of the Steelworkers.
Murray wired Fairless at once,
asking him bluntly whether Fair
less would accept the fact-fnders'
recommendations Gas a basis on
which to conclude prompt settle
ment with the union" 1t was to
that telegram that Fairless ann
ounced he had no comment.
Murray stated: "Your telegram
to me does not constitute a plain,
straightforward and unequivocal
reply to the President, to the pub
lie, or to the union as to whether
your companies accept the Boards
recommendations as a basis on
which to conclude prompt settle
ment with the union"
Murray pointed out that Pres
ident Truman's message trans
mitting the fact-fnders' report
"calls for an unequivocal reply
from the parties "and that the
union ''in a straightforward and
fortnight manner accepted the
Boards recommendations as
basis on which to conclude a set
tlement of the dispute, notwith-
standing the unions regret that
the Board recommended against
any wage increase at this time. :.
| promptly advised the President
of our acceptance"
Murray declared the union is
ready TO negotiate mutually
satisfactory agreement prior to
1901 A. NJ. September 25, 1949"
on the basis of the recommended
tions and added: Il now request
that you promptly and plainly ad-
wise me whether your companies
are likewise willing to accept the
recommendations. as a basis.
Upon receipt of your affirmative
reply the respective representa-
tives of the union and the compan-
es can arrange promptly for a
lime and place of a joint collective
bargaining conference for this
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-09-22
Administration Pushes
Faster FEPC Action

Washington (LPA)-A federal
program to bring about fair en-
ployment practices is one step
nearer reality. A Senate Labor
subcommittee voted to recommend
favorably the FEPC bill introduce
ed by ex-Sen. J. Howard McGrath,
now US Attorney General.
The full Senate Labor Commit
tee is also expected to approve the
fair practice bill without holding
additional hearings proposal
which foes of civil rights have
made to further delay the mea-
sure.
No Senate floor debate is ex-
pected until January, but union
and pro-civil rights spokesman here
are pushing for "A showdown with
the Dixiecrat-GOP bloc then, de-
spite the threats Of filibuster.
Immediate action was urged by
Sen. Hubert Humphrey Cd, Minn.),
who said that "In spite of the SER
ious blow which the civil rights
program received at the hands of
the Republican Dixiecrat coalition,
early this session, the action of the
today means that
the Senate can no longer evade
facing up to recording itself on
this basic legislation for demo-
cracy."
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-09-22
Firms Ordered To
Reinstate 1928
With Back Wages

Washington, d. C. (LNS). -
The National Labor Relations
Board has ordered job reinstate-
ment with back pay up to total
of $205,000 for 1928 California
cannery workers found to have
been illegally discharged in 1916.
Known as the "Bercut- Richards
case," the settlement affected 36
California canneries that discharg-
ed the employees. The stipulation of
settlement provides for entry of a
federal court consent decree of en-
forcement.
Unions involved in the settle
ment are the California State
Council of Cannery Unions, affili-
ated with the international Broth
erhood of Teamsters, AFL, and
the Food, Tobacco and Agricultural
Workers. The discharged employees
were members or supporters of the
CIO union when it filed charges in
1916.
Without admitting any violations
of law, the companies agreed to
pay back wages up to $205,000 and
to reinstate former employees, eX-
cept "a who worked for companies
now out of business. They also
agreed to refrain from interfering
with the employees in their right
to join labor unions, and to cease
encouraging membership in the
Teamsters Union. The 36 compan-
les include 5 independents and 81
members of the California Process
sors and Growers, Inc.
Under the settlement stipulation
the Teamsters Union agreed to re-
woke all outstanding fines against
any members who suffered discrim-
ination. 1t also agreed to refrain
from any interference with the
right of any employe to reinstate-
ment. The controversy grew out of
mass firing of CIO workers after
the canning companies and the
Teamsters Union had signed a
closed shop contract.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-09-22
Gets $4,000 A Year Stills
Worries About Pension

Washington LPA) - Carl A.
Ilgenfritz is perfectly willing to
head the governments Munitions
Board at $4,000 a year, "as pub
lie service" but he can't give up
the $4,000 a year he gets as a
vice president of the US Steel
Corporation of Delaware. Because
if he did, he would lose his pen
sion rights, he says. His nomina-
tion has been approved by the SEN
ate Armed Services Committee, 9
to 4, but a fight on confirmation
seems certain in the Senate. Sen.
Millard A. Tydings Cd, Md sees.
nothing improper about the S70,-
000 plus the $14,CC0 because Ilgen-
fritz "would have nothing to do
with awarding government con-
tracts affecting his or any other
firm"
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-09-22
Airline Foremen's
Rights Are Upheld

In a precedent-setting decision
the National Mediation Board has
ruled that foremen and other sup
ervisory employees on the airlines
have the same right to organize
and bargain collectively as similar
workers on the railroads.
Under the Railway Labor Act,
which governs both industries, all
supervisory employees who rank as
subordinate officials" or lower are
entitled to the protection of the act,
the board held.
It's ruling was handed down in a
case brought by the Machinists, in
volving 81 supervisory employees in
the mechanical department of the
Northwest Airlines.
The carrier challenged the
boards jurisdiction over these
workers, on the claim that they're
an "arm of management" but the
board overruled that contention.
1t declared the 81 supervisors do
not have final authority to hire and
fire employees, nor to fix company
policy. "Their job is to carry out
policies laid down by manage
ment," the board said.
An election to determine wheth-
er the supervisors in question wish
by the o. A. NJ. was
ordered by the board.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-09-22

paign Of Assemblyman Lewis M.
Hermann, who is running for his
third term. A resolution Of endorse
ment praised him as "a valiant
friend of labor" Hermann is
editor of the New Jersey Labor
Herald, Newark and secretary
treasurer Of the international
Labor Press Of America.
Joseph d. keenan,, national dir
ectOr Of the Labor's League for
Political Action, the keynote speak
er, made strong appeal for "un-
stinted support in the ballot box
in 1850"
102 Locals Represented
Among resolutions adopted was
one demanding that Gov. Driscoll
call special legislative session to
enact legislation for improved un-
employment compensation and tenn
porary disability coverage. An
other called upon all AFL locals to
declare Nov. Selection day-a
labor holiday.
Presided over by Fraser L. Hols-
lohner, president of the Essex
County Building and Construction
Council, the convention brought
together delegates from 102 AFL
locals in Essex County.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-09-22
Union Mediators
Settle Dispute

international Falls, MINI. (LPA)
A new wrinkle in labor concilia-
tion-by committee of union rep
resentatives-succeeded in settling
the recent strike of Lodge 760 of
the Int'l Assn of Machinists
against the Minnesota and Ontario
Paper Co. here.
After Carl CarIgren of the US
mediation and concilation service
failed to secure any agreement,
union leaders formed their own
mediation committee. 1t included
representatives of Local 33, CIO
Woodworkers, and the AFL locals
of the Papermakers, Firemen and
Oilers, Operating Engineers, Plant
Guards, and Electricians.
After briefing themselves on the
LAM. demands-a half-a-cent an
hour pay increase, automatic pro-
motion from helper to class B
journeyman and three more paid
holidays, the mediation committee
urged the company to back down
from its previous refusal. The re-
suit-the company accepted a COM
promise which the strikers also
backed, SO to %.
The strike, which promised to be
long and hard one, was over in
less than six days, thanks to medi-
alton "by unions, for unions and of
unions"
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-09-22
Haste On School
Bill Urged By
Senator Humphrey

Washington LPA) = Quic k
action on the school construction
bill is desperately needed in com
munities all over the country, Sen.
Hubert Humphrey (D( Minn.) told
the Senate leadership this week.
AS reports began to pour in tell
ing of overcrowded schools in near
ly every state, Humphrey pointed
out that a Senate Labor subcom-
mittee which he heads has prepar-
ed a bill which provides financial
assistance for state surveys to de-
termine the local needs, and for
emergency funds to help hardpreSs-
ed states.
Nearly half million classrooms
and related facilities will be requir-
ed to house the crop of 'war-baby"
pupils and to replace classrooms
which became obsolete or ineffec-
tive during the war and postwar
years, according to Federal Secur-
ity Agency estimates made public
this week.
The FSA also indicated the size
of school needs with these start
ling facts:
Approximately $10,00O,OO0 is
needed in capital outlay for 1850
60 to enlarge and improve physical
plant facilities for elementary and
high schools.
Fully as per cent Of all the
schools in this country are the one
teacher type, and nearly 100000
children attend these schools.
Fewer than $4,000 of last years
college graduates are going into
elementary school teaching.
More than 100000 children are
transported to school each year, at
IA cost of $130,000,000. Thirty years
ago the figure was 100000 children.
Nearly 100000 children of 5 to
IA live in counties which do not
have organized medical services in
the public elementary schools. In
10 states from 30 to 40 per cent of
the children live in counties with
no school health services. In 10l
other states so per cent of the
children live in counties with no
school health services.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-09-22
Strike Action
Soffens Compony

Exeter, Calf. (LPA)-After five
months of difficult negotiations
and strike action by Molders Local
164-AFL, Waterman Industries,
Inc, operators of an elaborate half
million dollar plant here, is sud
IDENTIFY taking a more reasonable
attitude at the bargaining table.
The strike may be softening Wat
erman up.
The company has long had re-
putation for underwriting wages,
and after being organized refused
to meet union demands despite
union victories in both bargaining
and union-shop elections. AS re-
suit, the union was forced to call
it's strike on Aug. 22.
Since the strike began the COM
pany, with the help of the Cali
fornia Employers Assn, has been
trying to run scabs into the plant.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-09-22
Unions Will Fight
Waterfront Groups

Havana (LPA) j. A. Olden-
brock, general secretary of the
Intl Transportworkers Federation,
told Latin-American spor
workers assembled here that the
ITF would fight the new maritime
section of the Commissioning
ed World Federation of Trade
Unions all over the world.
He accused the new group of
plans to stir up unrest in all the
worlds seaport and to use seamen
to promote the Communist line.
Speaking for the ITF, he said:
"We will fight this program
tooth and nail in every port. When
the new organization begins any
action that is obviously for a non
trade union purpose we will with
hold support"
Purpose of the meeting here was
to establish a regional office of the
ITF and to grant to the regional
unit it would serve a large mea-
sure of autonomy.
The unions belonging to the ITF,
a number Of AFL mari
time unions, have an estimated
total membership of 100000 sea-
m e n, longshoremen, fishermen,
railwaymen, aviation workers and
other transport workers in 50 coun-
tries.
The WFTU's new maritime sec
tion is headed by Harry Bridges,
president of the Int'l Longshore-
mems & Warehousemen's Union,
,OC0 of whose members have been
On strike in Hawaii for nearly five
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-09-22
F.T. G. Tells Dealers Just What
Every Auto Buyer Should Know

Anyone who buys an automobile
"on time" ought to know just what
he is buying and how much he is
paying for it. That is the belief
Of the Federal Trade Commission,
which this week is meeting with
representatives of manufacturers
dealers, and finance companies in
the hope of agreeing on "trade
practice rules" to protect the buy
ers of automobiles.
In preparing for the conference
the Commission drew up list of
things it believes the buyer should
know when he signs a contract to
buy an auto on installments. These
include:
The cash delivered price of the
car, including extras; the amount
allowed in trade-in or down pay
ment, or both; the cost of insur-
ance, just what protection it gives,
and who will get paid under the
policy; any fees charged the fin
ance charge, and the balance owed
by the buyer, with the amount and
number of installments to be paid.
This list may be changed, Of
course, if other subjects are
brought out at the conference.
The Commission also would re-
quire that the buyer receive a COM
plete copy of the "filled in" install
ment sales contract at the time he
signs it.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-09-22
INCONSISTENT

Peter Edison writes a column for
the reactionary ScrippsHoward
newspapers, but he says this:
american Medical Association
spokesmen believe there should be
Federal aid for hospital construc-
ton, medical education and re-
search.
"But they are against bills pro-
viding medical care for all school
children. That would be 'socialized
medicine They are against ma
tional health insurance. That would
be 'socialized medicine
"In summary, Federal subsidies
for the doctors seems to be all
right, but Federal aid for their
patients is all wrong"