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Evening star., 1951-10-28
Dock Strike Fighting
Erupts as Move by
Truman Is Awaited
By the Associated Press

NEW YORK, Oct. 27.-Fists
few in the wildcat longshoremen's
strike today while this paralyzed
port watched for President Tru-
mans next move.
The estimated $4,000 strikers
rejected his back-to-work appeal
and another 800 dockers walked
off the job today at the United
States Army Base in; Brooklyn.
AS the strike passed it's thir-
teenth day, there remained the
question Of whether the President
would or could invoke the Taft
Hartley law in an intra union
dispute.
The walkout was called here by
a faction Of the AFL Interna tional
Longshoremen's Union that was
dissatisfied with a recent contract
agreement between the union and
the shipping industry. The strike
spread to Boston.
Truman Move in Doubt.
Meanwhile. in Washington, the
White House executive Offices
closed for the weekend without
any indications as to whether
President Truman was about to
take new action to halt the strike
which he has already described as
harmful to national defense.
Specialists on labor manage
ment laws said Mr.. Truman has
power to seize the struck docks,
under either the Selective Service
Act or 1916 communications law
Under seizure, the Government
could seek court injunctions to
get the men back to work as
employees of the Government.
Short Of actual seizure, other
courses open to Mr.. Truman are
invocation of the Taft-Hartley
law or naming of a board outside
the acts provisions to recommend
a settlement.
At Jersey City. N. j., 500 long
ehoremen at local meeting voted
tonight to return to work at two
Army terminals but to load only
Army shipments for overseas.
In Philadelphia, longshoremen
voted to unload all cargoes COM
ing into the port. Since Friday
they had refused to unload cargoes
unless they could be reached with
cut moving cargo destined for
New York.
Fighting i'm Manhattan.
Fighting started yesterday out
side a Hudson River pier in Man
haitian. when several hundred
non-strikers crashed through
line of 200 pickets to go to work.
The swinging, showing and shout
ing brought Is mounted and Is
foot police who restored order.
Most of the non strikers succeeded
in reaching the pier.
The non-strikers unIoaded mail
and passenger baggage from the
Cunard Liner Britannia and the
line asked more police protection
to unload the Queen Elizabeth
tomorrow.
Later, however. the Cunard
Steamship Co., Ltd, Joined strike
leaders in a statement that there
would be no attempt tomorrow
to unload cargo on either the
Britannia or the Queen Elizabeth.
Another Cunard liner, the Ca
roma. sailed without difficulty
tnfIav desnite nicketinr of her nier
Milford chronicle., 1951-11-02

structed Walter Carlson, architect,
to study plans and specifications
for field house after he, at a meet
ing of the board last week, said
that such d structure, without en-
bellishment, could be and at the
saple cost, or less, than that re-
auired to renOvate the present
gymnasium-au an item in
the current building program. J, c.
Messner, superintendent of Har-
rington Schools, said the proposed
field house could be nearly as
large as that in Dover.
The structure would be made of
concrete blocks. No definite size has
been agreed upon, but the building
would be large enough to contain
regulation asketball court,
shower rooms, dressing rooms, a
drying room, and offices. The pro-
posed site of the field house would
be to the west of the machine shop
and it would be. separated from the
main buildings by macadam road.
An advantage of the new building,
aside from that of more space,
would be that pupils in the class
rooms would not be disturbed by
physical education activities there
/ in.
The question of field house was
brought up when the architect and
the Board of Education met to dis
cuss the current school building
program, the OutgrOwth of a sue
1 cessful referendum October 9Th, to
float bond issue for the project.
The votes have been canvassed
by the State Board of Education
and Willis ]. Storey, the School
Districts attorney, will have to
contact bonding attorneys and ask
them to advertise the sale of the
bond issue, which is expected to be
eliminated by the end of NOvem-
I'ber, Mr.. 'MessneF said.
The purpose of the meeting last
week of the Board of Education
Mr.. Carlson, was to determine pro-
cedures as to building plans anC
the difficulty in obtaining cTitica
materials, such as iron, copper, tin
} steel, etc.
MIR. and Mrs. Edward Lore enter
tanned. in honor of their sons thirC
J birthday Saturday evening at thu
home of his grandparents, Mr. ant
, Mrs. William Clarkson. Edward re
: ceived many nice gifts.
} Miss jeanne Lester and Bob Da
: Wis, of Dover. were Saturday eve
: ming guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Marvin
Gibbens, of Vienna, Md.
Mr.. and Mrs. Allan Vane, O
Baltimore, spent Saturday with MI
/ and Mrs. r. w. Vane.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Draper spen
: the weekend with Mr.. and Mrs
! Curtis Melvin, at Wilmington
Mr.. and Mrs. Leonard Masten an
. son. Lonnie, and Mrs. Reba SmitI
: spent Saturday in Wilmington.
Mrs. Emil Adams and daughter
= Emilene. are home from Batayi
: Raceway.
Milford chronicle., 1951-11-02

jeanette VonGoerres, Barbara
Smith, Jack Carpenter, William
Humes, George Graham, Jr., Jack
FARRELL. Horace Hamilton, Bernice
Johnson, Ada Pitlick, Benny Moore,
c. d. Mills. etc.
The wOmanless wedding will in
clude Jack Dill as the bride, George
Johnson, as the brides mother,
Russell Blades, Nelson Rash, Ken
meth Aiken, Walter Messick, Charles
Peck, Jr., and GOOden Galloway.
/ Other interesting aspects of the
show will include the Mother
A., Goose Revue, the Cowboy and In
dian Raid, Dorothy's Engagement
Party, with a Rainbow Ballet and
a Baby Contest.
The show will conclude with a
beautiful and touching patriotic
finale, in which the Boy Scouts will
assist.
Under sponsorship of the Rotary
Club, the Scout Committee, headed
by Walt Meyer, chairman, issued d
plan this week for support in the
Drive for Funds for the Harring-
ton Boy Scouts. Other members o.
the committee are Archie Feagan
co-chairman, George Vapaa anC
Cliff Miller.
Milford chronicle., 1951-11-02

Miss Clara Seward, of Green's
bOrO, Md, spent the week with Mrs
Richard Bullock.
Mrs, Eliza Stubbs and grandson,
RonIie Elliott, and Mrs. Bertha
MINER. spent Sunday evening with
Mr.. and Mrs. Sam Short. Sr.
Mr.. anu Mrs. Preston Sapp and
family spent Sunday with Mr.. and
Mrs. Russell Hands and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Williams
spent the weekend with Mr.. and
Mrs. Joshua Bunting, of Berlin, Md.
Mr.. and Mrs. Calvin Wells enter
tanned at bridge Tuesday evening.
Mrs. Theodore Harrington spent
a part of last week in Wilmington
visiting her daughter and son-in-
law, Mr.. and Mrs. Curtis Melvin.
Miss Shirley Warrington is at
PaxuXent Air Base, California, Md.
visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Donald Nc
Knatt.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. M. Williams and
Mr.. and Mrs. Theodore Harrington
attended a masked Halloween par
ty in Wilmington Saturday evening
Mrs. Benjamin Moore entertain
ed her bridge club Tuesday evening
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Mcdonald
and family spent last weekend
visiting relatives in EastOn. Pa.
Mr.. and Mrs George Vapaa anC
son visited Mr. and Mrs. Julius
Riever, of Wilmington, over th'
4 weekend.
! Morton Melvin, of Camp Meade
is home ON a 30-day furlOugh.
Mr.. and Mrs. ElwOOd Gruwel
and family attended the wedding o
her niece, Miss Sapp, daughter 0
Rev. and Mrs. Sapp, formerly o
Harrington, at Baltimore.
Mr. and Mrs. Melvin BrObs
spent the weekend in Allentown
Pa
Mr.. and Mrs. Claude Clark, 0
Kentucky, are spending some tim
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs
Howard Hobbs.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Dean an
daughter, Bonnie, have returne
from trip to Niagara Falls, Hyd
Park and the Delaware Water Gal
Mr.. and Mrs. w. r. Massey an
Mr.. and Mrs. H. d. Walker, {
Tuxedo Park. were dinner guest
of Mr.. and Mrs. Preston Lee, Sur
Milford chronicle., 1951-11-02

day, at Sudlersville, Md.
Mrs. Dorothy Tyre and son, of
New Castle, Del, spent the week
end with her grandmother, Mrs.
o. c. Passmore.
Fred c. Wilson is in the Della
ware Hospital. Wilmington.
Mr.. and Mrs. John G. Parks visit
ed friends in Philadelphia, Sunday.
Miss Mary 10 Ptilick spent the
weekend with her aunt and uncle,
Mr.. and Mrs. E. S. Richards, JT.,
in Wilmington.
William Shaw has returned to
Eagleville, Pa, after spending ten
days with his family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Theodore Jory and
daughter were dinner guests of Mr..
and Mrs. Robert JOry, of SeafOrd,
Saturday evening.
Mrs. A. B. Parsons spent a day
in Wilmington last week.
Local talent will participate in a
three hour show, Cray Daze". at
the high school auditorium Wednes-
day, October 31st and Thursday
November 1st. for the benefit Ot
Harrington Fire Company, Geral-
dine Schneider, of Gary, Ind, a pro
fessiOnal dramatic coach for Uni.
versal Productions, of Kansas City
Mo-. will direct the show.
Crazy Daze" is a comedy writ
! ten around a girl, the boys mex
door, a bossy mOther-in-law. (;
crook, and all the other character
who make it a riotious show Will
plenty of laughs. 1t features man.
short snappy musical numbers ant
an abundance of unexpected eveht
which seem to happen in strang
wavs and at equally strange time
Principals for the cast are a
follows:
Linda Humes, Virginia Holloway
Roland Melvin, Jr., Betty LaytoT
Milford chronicle., 1951-11-02

Mr.. and Mrs Charles Hopkins
and Mrs. Emil Adams spent Tues
day in Wilmington.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. Harry Quillen
and daughter, Miss Grace Wanda,
spent from Friday until Sunday
with Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Ford, of
Philadelphia They attended the
wedding of Miss Marion Kaul, for
mer high school teacher, to Jack
Berry. of Philadelphia. Miss Quill
len was maid of honor. Other peO-
pie from Harrington at the wedding
were Miss Lucille Tharp and Miss
Elva Rae Rash.
Leslie Adams, of Wilmington,
spent Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Hopkins.
Mr.. and Mrs. Shclburn Lester
spent Sunday at the Home Coming
held at Friendship Church, near
Princess Anne, Md.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. w. Brown and
Lawrence Hickman, of BelmaT, New
! Jersey, visited Mr.. and Mrs. Abner
Hickman over the weekend.
Skipper" Kitchens, of Whining
ton, spent the weekend with his
grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs. r. w
/ Vane. He returned home with his
parents. Mr. and Mrs. Howard
Kitchens. Sunday.
/ Lee ClarksOn. of Philadelphia
spent Sunday with his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. William ClarksOn. Sunday
afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. ClarksOn
Mrs. PotOsi Moore and Lee Clark
son spent Sunday afternoon will
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence ClarksOn.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest HomewOOt
and daughter. Jeanne. and Mrs
w. S. McCabe spent Saturday il
Wilmington.
Mrs. Crettie Harrington was tht
supper guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Sam
uel Johnson, of Houston, Sunday
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence BlacI
spent Sunday with Mrs. Black
parents in FELTON,.
Mrs. Fulton Downing and daugh
tor. Elaine, spent a couple days il
Wilmington last week
Mr.. and Mrs. Norman Oliver en-
tertained several friends at thei
home Saturday evening.
, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Konese
spent a day in Wilmington las
= week.
Milford chronicle., 1951-11-02

On June Is, 1850, an Emergency Board
appointed by the President under the
terms of the Railway Labor Act-an Act
largely fathered by the unions themselves
made its recommendations on certain
wage and working conditions (''rllles" in
railroad language) which had been in dis
pute between employees and the railroads.
More Than 9O% Of Employees Accept
Since then, terms equal to or better than
the Board recommendations have been
accepted by about l 200, 900 railroad cm-
ployes-mOre than 90% of the total of all
workers. They are represented by 20 of
the % standard railroad unions.
Less Than 1917 Refuse
But three unions-with about 130, 900
men, or less than 1O% of the total-haVe
refused to accept, even after months of
negotiations. These three unions are the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers,
the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
and Enginemen, and the Order of Railway
Conductors. These are three of the So
called operating" unions. Already the
highest paid men in the industry, their
leaders demand still further advantages
over other workers.
In all, there are about 27O, 900 operating
employees. But not all of them, by any
means, are represented by BILE, BLF&E,
or ORC. AS a matter Of fact, less than
half-132,0O0 to be exact-are in these
three unions. More than half-about
14O,OOO-are in other unions, principally
the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen.
What makes the whole situation so hard
to understand is that these 100000 Op-
Grating employees are working under wages
and rules which the leaders of the other
10000 say they cannot agree to.
What Do the Railroads Offer?
They offer these three unions the same
settlement which was contained in Mem.
Orandum of Agreement signed at the White
House on December q, 1850, by four
brOtherhoods and the railroads. Later
these brotherhoods sought to repudiate
this agreement. But on May 25, 1851, the
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen signed
\ complete agreement carrying out the
Milford chronicle., 1951-11-02

It's mo,e than a oar--M a
Milford chronicle., 1951-11-02
HARRINGTON
By Mrs.
W. C. Burgess
Phone
Harrington 1867

The w. S. C. S of Asbury Metho-
dist Church is entertaining all
members Of the Societies of the
Churches i'll the community to tea
in Collins Hall, Monday afternoon,
at 2 o'clock, to Introduce Miss Ly-
dia Gerhart, field representative Of
the Womans Division Of Christian
Service.
Mrs. c. Fred Wilson went to Will
mingtOn, Thursday, to spend the
rest of the week with her husband
who is a patient in the Delaware
Hospital
Mrs. Oscar Gillette and Mrs. Ed
mund Taylor attended the Della
ware State COnven tiOn of the
w. C. T. U. at Peninsula Church,
Wilmington, Thursday and Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs E. W. Dean and Mr.
and Mrs. w. w Sharp spent Thurs
day in Philadelphia.
Mrs. Walter Johnson of Cam
bridge, Md, is visiting her sister,
Mrs Fred Harrington.
Mrs. Roland Webster, of Buffalo,
N. Y, and Mrs. C. N. Payne and
her sister, Miss Inez Noble. OF
Preston, Md, visited Miss Caroline
Sharp and Mr. and Mrs. w. w
Sharp, Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Horace Quillen and
Mr.. and Mrs Wilson Vinyard, oi
Milford, spent the weekend al
Buck Hill Falls, Pa.
Mrs. John Sheldrake spent a few
days with her sister and family
Mr.. and Mrs. Norman Shaw, in
Pennsgrove, N. J.
Before a unit of the NatiOna
Guard can be quartered at the Har
ringtOn Fair Grounds, the two
buildings designated for housing
must be renovated, it was disclosed
= this week when an appeal for bid
on the project was made.
When the Commandant of tht
Delaware Military District inspect
ed the buildings, the All Clul
building and the Agricultural build
ing, it was decided the following
changes would have to be made be
fore occupancy.
Installation of shelving. rein
forcement of building, construction
of small-arms strong room. install
lation of heating equipment, paint
ing, and the installation of stee
mesh over the windows.
Battery G. of the 193rd AAA A. "
Battalion, Mobile, Milford, is scheC
uled to come here.
The Board of Education of FIaT
rington Special School District in
Milford chronicle., 1951-11-02
end THIS clubbing!

rules changes. which have already been
agreed to by the Brotherhood of Railroad
Trainmen. Of these, the principal one
seems to be that having to do with sos
called ''interdivisional service runs
which take in two or more seniority dls-
tricts.
The union leaders would bar progress
and efficiency in the industry, and better
service to the public, by maintaining
situation where they can arbitrarily stop
a railroad from establishing such inter-
divisional runs. The carriers propose that
if a railroad wishes 70 set up an inter-
divisional run, the railroad and the unions
should try to agree on such run and the
conditions which should surround. It's es-
tablishment, and if the railroad and the
unions can't agree, the matter viii be SUD
United to arbitration.
But the three union leaders still refuse.
Rules Can Be Arbitrated
The railroads have not only offered these
three unions the same rules agreed 70 BY
the BRIT and covered by the White House
Agreement, but have even agreed to sub
NIT such rules to arbitration.
The Industry Pattern Is Fixed
With the pattern so firmly established in
The railroad industry, it seems fair to sug-
gest that the leaders Of BILE, BLF&E.
and ORC stop their quibbling and take
action to make the railroad labor picture
1907 complete. Certainly today's eco-
nomic and international situation calls fo1
a united front. And certainly no good rea'
son has been advanced why these threa
unions should be preferred over all othel
railroad employees.
Milford chronicle., 1951-11-02

principles sOf the Memorandum Agreement
Of December 81. They have been working
under this agreement since May 25.
What About Wages?
Under the terms of the agreement, yard
engineers, firemen and conductors would
now be receiving a wage increase of $.34
an hour ($2.72 day. and road engineers,
fremen and conductors would now be re-
ceiving an increase of 1871 cents an hour
(S1.56 per day). Large sums of retroactive
payhaVe already accrued and if the agree
ment is carried out, will be paid promptly.
What About "COst of Living" Increases?
The White House Agreement includes an
'escalatOr" clause under which wages will
be geared to changes in the Government
cost-Of-iving index. Two such increases
April and July, 1851 have already been
paid to the 90S5 of railroad employees COW
cred by signed agreements.
What About the 4O-HOur Week?
The White House Agreement calls for the
establishment of the 40-hour week in prin-
ciple, for employees in yard service. The
employees can have it any time after JAM
uary 1, 1862, provided the manpower sit
uation is such that the railroads can get
enough men to perform the work with
reasonable regularity at straight time
rates. If the parties do not agree on the
question of availability of.manpower, the
White House Agreement provides arbitra-
tiOnby appointed by the President.
What Else Do the Union
Leaders Demand?
The continued quibbling of the leaders of
Sthe three unions has to do principally with
Milford chronicle., 1951-11-02

you wish to make about the Center.
The Youth Center is now open,
but the grand opening will take
place Wednesday. There will be a
big party with a horror house full
of real ghosts waiting for you. Also
there will be games and free re-
freshments. All are to come in cos
tune, but not masked The age
group includes the through II
grades.
Milford chronicle., 1951-11-02

Clarence Welch will be finance
chairman of the drive.
Those interested in the Youth
Center met recently under their
director, Mrs. James Moore.
Grace Graham. Alwilda Smith,
Martha Gruwell, Millie Ann Minner,
Ralph Butler. Jackie Morgan and
Horace Hates were elected as a
committee who are open to any
games, activities or suggestions
Milford chronicle., 1951-11-02
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Seward seaport record., 1951-11-23
CECIL LINDSAY BOUND OVER TO GRAND JURY

Cecil Lindsay, who spent some time in Seward earlier in the year, was bound over to the Fed ral Grand Jury in Fairbanks last week after preliminary hear ing on a charge of grand larceny growing out of the alleged theft of S2OO from Hart's Service Sta ton there.
 Walter Belk, night attendant at the station testified that Lind say was ''pretty drunk" when his car was pushed in at about 5 o'clock in the morning. He stat ed that Lindsay said he would wait until 8 o'clock when the mechanic would come on duty, and went into the office.
 Belk went into the office at ten minutes before six, he said, to get change for a twenty dollar bill He found the cash register empty and Lindsay gone, al though his car was still there. Lindsay was arrested later in the morning by a city patrol officer at the Star Service Station.
 Lindsay was put on the stand by his attorney. He stated that he had been in Fairbanks about a month, coming there from Sew ,,rd. He had worked in Seward, he said, during the winter as longShoreman, earning from $25 to $35 day, depending whether he was on day or night shift. He had been on construction work, he testified since the season opened, earning S3 or an hour. He said he had come to Fair banks with a few hundred dol lars, had received $l00 income tax refund and $50 from man who owed him money in addi- tion to his earnings.
 He said his car had failed on the street and that someone had pushed him into the service sta tion where he was told the me chanic would arrive later. He decided to gSt cup of coffee in the meantime and go to the Star Service Station to pay a towing charge he owed, A man came into the office, he said, just as he was going out.
 That statement was denied by the Hart Service attendant. No other man had entered the office as Lindsay claimed, the attend ant testified.
Seward seaport record., 1951-11-23
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 Story of Sewcrd
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 less than five steamers had called at Seward during a two day period. An average of 20 to 30 steamers per month had been maintained during this period. The Seward Chamber of Com merce was alert to the import ance of this water tranSporta tion, and ready to fight at the drop of a hat for even better service, as was the editorial column of the Gateway. During 1905, for instance, a protest was made to Washington, DC, about the fact that all mail for Seward had to be routed through Sitka on certain designated steamers, rather than be transported with out delay on the many other yes SclS that were SeWard-bOund In those days, 1t was for some time the practice of visiting steamers to bring any available mail free of charge as public service, but this was soon stopped on the grounds that it deprived the contract mail carriers of their rightful revenue. Another pro test was made to the main office of the Washington-A Alaska Mili- tary Cable System. because cer- tain other Alaska ports, as we'll as Seattle, received word of all Alaska steamer arrivals and de partures free of charge, while the only service of this type which Seward received was that covering immediate port-to-port movements of vessels bound for Resurrection Bay. Later the