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Vol. CXVII, No. 223. Associat~ Press Service
Auto Strike
Is Averted
Ford And UAW Reach Agreement W
On History-Making Pension Plan
DETROIT, Sept. 29— (AP)—The Ford
:hgaCl(())n United Auto Workers reached ag";‘é’f&’;fi%:fiig
O ls X . 2 .
god cyom_pany.flf making pension plan to be fman(.:ed by
It will pay SIOO monthly—
Ford workers over 65.
The agreement, based on
recently recommended by
board in the steel industry,
Ford production workers,
The marathon negotiations ran
nearly 35 hours without recess and
set an endurance record for the
auto industry. A.::‘hte as midnight,
when the old contract expired,
UAW President Walter P. Reuther
said there was still a 50-50 chance
a walkout might be called.
The new pact runs two and a
half years, giving hope of long
peace in the ‘industry. .
Effective Oect. 1, providing it is
ratified by rank and file Ford
workers, the new contract is uni
que in the auto industry’s history
in at least three respects:
I—lt calls for the first major
nension plan, and the company
agreed for the first time to should
er the entire: financial responsi
bility for pensions.
2—For the first time, the union
let its demand for an hourly wage
increase go by the board in favor
of security provisions. The present
wage rate of $1.65 an hour will be
continued. » L
New Record |
3—The 30-month duration, a'
record in the auto industry. |
The pact may well affect mil
lion's of workers in the nation’q‘
nther heavy industry——particular-\
ly the steel workers. ; I
Ford Vice President John S.
Bugas said his firm's pension
agreement was baseéd on the ex
nenditure of the 10-cent an hour
'imit recommended by a presiden
tial fact-finding board in the steel
industry.
That “package’ has not yet been
granted to steel workers and a
strike has been set for midnight
*Omorrow.
“This agreement,” Reuther ?ld.
points the way in the steel indus- 1
try, where they are resisting a
nrinciple established here—that &
e’ n should be entirely com
g Ainanced. It will lay the
ground-work in our industry for
Farm Bureau
President
Speaks Here
Shannon Wood, president of ihe
Clarke County Farm Bureau, will
make & report on membership for
1950, at the dinner meeting of the
Bureau, which will be held at the
Georgian ‘Hotel, at 7:30 Friday
night.
Because of the national situation
in the matter of support prices for
farm producte and the critical lo=-
cal farm situation due to the se
vere damage by the boll weevil
this year, it is important to have
a 2 large membership in the Clarke
County Farm Bureau. Present
and past members are urged to
come., Those who wish to jein
are invited to attend this dinner
meeting.
If reservations have not been
made by those still desiring to do
so, it i requested that they phone
Mr. J. W. Firor, at 2584-W on
Thursday evening or not later
than 10 a. m. Friday morning.
MOTHER, SON
Lonely Hearts
Murderers
F il
ound Guilty
DOVER, Del., Sept. 20—(AP)—
A plump farm woman and her 16-
vear-old son were found “guilty
as charged” in Delaware’s lonely
hearts murder trial but a recom
mendation of mercy may save
both from the gallows.
A jury of 10 men and two wo
men, after deliberating five hours,
last night returned a verdict of
first degree murder guilt against
Robert Brennan in the shotgun
slaying of Wade N. Wooldridge,
67-year-old carpenter from Stone
Mountain, Va.
The jury also found Mrs. Inez
Brennan, 46, guilty as an accom
plice. A recommendation of mer
¢y was made in the case of Robert
but not for his mother,
Under Delaware law, the maxi
mum penalty for a principal or an
accomplice in a capital case is
death gy hanging. Anaccomplice,
may not receive a more severe
sentence than the principal and
the mercy plea for Robert may
result in life imprisonment for
both mother and son.
The three trial judges are not
bound by the jury's recommenda
tion, however, and could sentence
Robert and Mrs. Brennan to hang.
Immedia after the verdict
g.u _returned, Defensg Counsel
Benjamin R. low asked for
ihe usual four days extension to
flle petition for a new trhé* The
urt granted him uniii it
;:ulilm 8 for hearing of the
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ATHENS BANNER_HERAID
including social security—to
a ten-cent an hour package
a Presidential fact-finding
averted a strike of 115,000
moving forward.” '
Good Bargain
Bugas, who estimated his com
pany eventually would be paying
$20,000,000 a year for pensions,
called the settlement “a very good
bargain for Ford, its employes and
the union.” -
He based his estimate on a fig
ure of 8 3-4 cents an hour a work
er—the top the eompany figures
it can spend for pensions since it
already contributes 1 1-4 cents for
an insurance play. ]
Strike Signal S
rike Signal det
Murray Stands Firm On Demands; %
Walkout Tomorrow Effects 500,000
PITTSBURGH, Sept. 29— (AP)—Determined Philip
Murray went ahead today with plans to flash the strike
signal to 500,000 of his CID United Steelworkers,
He gave no sign of giving up his fight to force the steel
industry to pay the entire cost of a pension-insurance
program.
Government mediators stood by
—in Pittsburgh and 44 other key
negotiating points to help avert
the strike set for tomorrow mid
night. A i
Murray had nothing but scorn
for a big steel offer of 10 cents an
hour per empiluye to help finance
pensions and insurance for the
men who make steel. After the
offer yesterday, the veteran labor
leader declared:
“It must be plain to sli that the
ation is deliberately seking
to }orce a steel strike.”
A few hours later big steel be
gan banking furmaces cf its Chi
cago-area subsidiaries. A spokes
man said no curtsilment had yet
been ordered in the Pittsburgh
district. He added:
“I know the negotiations seem
deadlocked. However, we're still
talking. But we have to ctart bank
ing furnaces as closing down a
steel plant is an involved process
and we have to protect our prop
ertv.”
Swift Moves *
Developments in the dispute
came swiftly after Murray's bitter
b!ast at big steel. Cyrus Ching,
director of the federal mediation
service, sent his top aides to the
negotiating centers.
There was no indication Presi~
dent Truman would step into the
picture and ask for a fourth strike
postponement. He's gotten three
already —the first a 8 -day truce
while a presidential fact finding
board was making an investiga
tion. Then he obtained a 11-day
stay and, finally the six- day truce
exgiring tomorrow night.
ig Steel offered so pay up to
six cents an hour per man for
pensions and four cents an hour
for insurance — with employes
paying remaing costs of the pro
gram.
Year Extension
The company also asked the un
ion to agree to a year’s contract
extension to April 30, 1951. The
present contract, which expires
next April 30, was reopened this
year on “rates of pay” &rd insur
ance.
Benjamin F., Fairless, president
of Big Steel, said the corporation
suggested a joint study of pensions
before Mach 1, 1950. After that
date negotiations could begin as
to the form and shape of a pen
sion program.
Although Turray cidn’t reply
immadiately to Big Steel's offer,
he said in a statement the industry
must follow the presidental board’s
recommendations for company fi
nanced pensions and insurance.
The board recommended a 10-cent
hourly package—with industry
picking up the entire tab
WEATHER
ATHENS AND VICINITY
Fair through Friday, mild
this afternoon and cooler fo
pight, with low near 47. Con
tinued cool Friday with high
:ea"r 70. Sunsets 6:20 and rises
227,
GEORGIA—Fair and cool this
afternoon and Friday, except
considerable cloudiness and mild
coastal areas this afternoon,
Clear and cooler tonight with
low temperatures 40-48 north
poriion except near 40 in moun
tains, and 48.54 south portion.
TEMPERATURE
Highest .....ooovveunera 79
mwe't o---t--0.1.'1.111. 53
MEAN ...ocsnvasarssassrise 66
Normal |,‘.,1-_-._,.--,ocoo-- 09
RAINFALL
Inches last 24 hours .... 05
loifiiifiéi se‘fi{. 1 ——— S !58
l‘)oflcit since Sept. 1 +.es >‘l
T e —— T _ it ig s
Average Sept ronCl ... 3602
Deficit since January 1 «+. 1.87
SERVING ATHENS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA OVER A CENTJRY
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R.C. Campbell
Retires As
Rail Official
After more than half a cen
as a rallroad emplégg and exw
tive R. C. Campbell retires tomor
row and he and Mrs. Campbell
will henceforth devote a consider
able part of their time te travel.
Mr. Campbell has held many
responsible positions with the
Georgia Railroad. He began his
long econnection with the railroad
in 1896 at Augusta. He was em
ployed as a messenger. He liked
the company and decided to stay
on, remaining half a century. He
worked his way upward and was
assistant agent when he left Au
gusta in October, 191 J. He came
to Athens at that time & local
agent and remained in that capa
city here until 1912 when he was
promoted to general agent.
In 1815, Mr. Campbell was giv
en a broadened position as general
agent and was given offices in At=
lanta as well as in Athens. He re
mained in Atlanta uniil January
1, 1918 when he was sent to Camp
Hancock as traffic manager for the
camp. At that lime the railroads
were being operated by the United
States Government. In 1920, when
the railroads were returned to
private operation, Mr. Campbell
was returned to Athen- by the
Georgia Railroad as terminal man
ager, representing all derpartments
of the road.
During the time Mr. Campbell
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REFUSE TO QUIT
Tokyo Rose Jury
Still Deadlocked
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 29— (AP)—A federal court
jury, weary but determined to reach a verdict, tried anew
today to decide the fate of Mrs. Iva Toguri D’Aquino.
O P . T T R eO i+
The 33-year-old Los Angeles
born woman is charged with trea
son in connection with “Tokyo
Rose” broadcasts 4o American
troops in the Pacific during the
wa_r._ gl kT S e e i e -
_Judge Michael J. Roche offered
the jury of six men and six wo
men the evening off last night to
relax, but they reported they wan
ted to keep at the case they took
Monday noon.
However, when a long-winded
wrangle by prosecution and de
fense attorneys developed over
what parts of three depositions
should be kept from the jury, the
jurors recessed at 7:45 p. m. (10:45
p. m. EST) last night. They were
called back at 9 a. m. (12 noon
EST) today.
The prosecution argued that
both the questions and answers
should be stricken where they
were not admitted as evidence; the
defense said only the answers
should be inked out. fil2 prosecu
tion won.
The depositions requested were
those concerning the testimony of
Ruth Hayakawa who, like Mrs.
D’Aquino, broadcast on radio To=
m’s “Zerg Hour;” Lillie Glev
an, a Tokyo woman who testi
field it was generally assumed
that Iva was the person dubbed
“Takvo Rose.” and George Ozasa,
a Radio Tokyo employe.
.. Ozasa’s UW .g‘wfl ned
the suprise tgjfin&:f he Stars
and Stripes Forever” on Radio
ATHENS, CA., SEPTEMBER 29, 1949,
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Gunfire And Stone Hurling
*
On Strikebound Coal Front
By The Associated Press
A dynamite blast rocked-a coal company tipple today
in a fresh outbreak of violence in the Nation’s coal fields.
John L. Lewis’ United Mine Workers were to resume
negotiations today with two big branches of the coal in
dustry amid a stormy background of blasting, gunfire
and stone hurlng. .
The mine workers’ wrath
against non-union men working
the pits in Jdefiance of the union
brought this fast-breaking chain
of events: @ ©
1, Blast at a tipple of the June~
dale Cual Company at Grass Flay,
Pa., ripped otf the roof, tore off
part of one side and damaged
generators and motyrs in the
building.
2. A gunfire flareup at Jasper,
Ala.,, reportedly resulted in the
death of one miner and the serious
wounding of another. The sheriff
there said he could not confirm
the death, however.
3. Governor William M. Tuck
declared a state of emergency in
Virginia. -
4, The Kanawha County, West
Va., school board, ordered its
school buses off the highways in
fear of battling betwcen pickets
and non-union workers.
It was with this background that
Lewis’ union was to confer with
leaders of the Southern Coal op=-
erators and of the northern and
western men.
The walkout of 480,000 miners
entered its 11th day toduy. Lewis
who wsasn't expected to attend
either meeting, said it was a spon
taneous demonstration by the un
ion men that it was not a strike,
Stocks Dwindle
Coal stocks were dwindling rap
itly. Thousands of men had been
laid off because of the coal stop
pace. e 5 2
The Grass Flat episode came
this morning. State police, already
wulwarked by extra details, saia
they were investigating the dyna-~
m blast, but had maae no ar-
. WMM.P!R%:’ #ent of
the comigmy which erapl &
men, said it'll take a week
he can resume operationa. tip
ple is valued at ls’xo,ooo.
Smith ordered his strip min
ing operation shut down yester
day after, he said, UMW pickets
attacked his mon-union truckers
with stones. The non-union men
were hauling coal from mine pits
to the tipple where coal is clean
ed, crushed and loaded onto rail
road cars.
Trucks Hits
At Snow Shoe Mountain in
Pennsylvania, not far from Grass
Flat, 13 trucks were fired upon
and stoned two days ago. That
outbreak br.ught a request to
Pennsylvania’s goveraor James
H. Duff for help.
He passed the request along to
state Police Commissioner C. M.
Wilhelm who promised help *“in
keeping the highways open and
maintaining law and order.”
Some 1,400 non-union miners
were at work in Pennsylvania pits,
Governor Tuck in his state-of
emergency directive, recrganized
the Virginia Council of Defense
and directed it to secure “every
possible pound of coal” for Vir
ginia’s use.
Bus Detour
Sixteen small mine operators in
Kanawa county, West Virginia,
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Tokyo after American capture of
Saipan, He said Iva was called on
the carpet by Radio Tokyo officials
over the incident because only
she and Norman Reves were in
the broadcasiing booth at the time.
Mrs, D’Quino contended during
the 12-week trial that her broad
casts were harmiess entertainment.
were granted a temporary injunc
tion prohibiting picketing of their
non-union mines in the Tuppers
Creek area, not for from Charles
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The Kanawha County Board
of Education forbid its school bus
to operate for fear of fighting be
tween pickets and nom=union
workers,
Today’s meeting between repre
sentatives of the UMW and the
Southern Coal Producers Associa=
tion was called for 1 p. m. (EST).
The taiks now are in iheir fifth
month, The SCPA represents
about one-sixth of the soft coal in
dustry. ;
Talks between the Northern op
erators and the union are to be re~
sumed at White Sulphur Springs,
W. Va,, tomorrow but Lewis is not
expected to be present. The union
chieftain wa- reported to have
been called to Springfield, 111, by
the illness of his mother.
Russia Scraps Friendship
Pact with Tito Government
Austrian Treaty Talks Deadlocked;
U. N. Readies Vote On Chinese Issue
By The Associated Press
Soviet Russia notified Yugoslavia today their friendly
alliance—effeétive since 19&-—4: dead. » :
' The Moscow radio said Russia scrapped her friendship
treaty with Premier Marshal Titos government becasue
Titoe has lined up with “Foreign Imperialist circles.”
Russia charged that evidence
produced at the treason trial of
former Hungarian Foreign Minis
ter Laszio Hajk in Budapest last
week showed that Yugoslavia has
been plotting against the Soviet
Union.
Rajk, formerly Hungary's No. 2,
Communist, was sentenced to
death after a people’s court found
him guilty of accepting Yugoslav
and American aid in a plot to
overthrow the Communist Hun
garian government.
Russia’s stern formal action to
day may mean that the door to
re-enter the Rus
sian Communist
bloc is forever
closed to Tito.
. Other Commu-~
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World News:
Roundup
nist block nations—Albania, Bul=
garia, Czechoslovakia, Hungary,
oland, and Romania, are expect~
ed to follow the Soviet Union’s
lead by severing their Yugoslav
connections.
in New Yeork, the Big Four For
eign Ministers met in a four-hour
session until early this morning in
an unsuccessful attempt to reach
.
China Blockade
1 .
; WASHINGTON, Sept. 29—(AP)
- The State Department an
'nounced today that three Ameri
can merchant ships are being de
}tained near Shanghai by Chinese
Nationalist blockade forces.
' The ships are the Flying Prader,
“en route from Hongkong to Shang
hai, and the Flying Independent
and the Flying Clipper outbound
from Shanghai. All operated by
the Isbrandtsen Co., New York.
The United States does not rec
ognize legality of the blockade
declared by the Nationalists for
Shanghai an dother China port
cities. The State Department said
it has asked for full reports fiom
American authorities in Shanghal
before deciding on “an appropri
ate course of action.”
The report of the incident came
from the American Consulate
General at Shanghai. It said the
three ships were mterfepted by
Chinese Naval craft off the mouth
of the Yangtze river and “request
ed” to anchor.
.
Two Accidents
Ll
Here Last Night
Two accidents, one Occurring
just outside the city limits on the
Hull road and the other inside the
city, resuited in slight injury to
one person last night.
Henry Lester, in an accident in
volving his bike and an automo
bile, was taken to St. Mary's Hos
pital by private car but was re
leased without being admitted as
a patient. The accident occurred
about 7:45 near the Y. M. C. A.
on Broad street,
Bernstein’s ambulance answered
a call to the Huil road just outside
the city limits about 7:30, where
an autamohile had hit a mule. but
no one was injured. The mule
was killed and the car badly dam-
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COAL MINE UNDER GUARD
An armed guard with a deer rifle watches the first
load of coal mined by non-union workers at the Lingle
Company mine at Clearfield, Pa., in defiance of strik
ing United Mine Workers. The guard refused to give
his name and turned his face from the camera to pre
vent identification. (AP V\"irepoto).
an agreement on an Austrian ine
dependence treaty. A brief com=
munique said the foreign ministers
of the United States, Britain,
France and Russia would make
ariother attempt at settling their
differences next weelk.
The United Nations Assembly
decides today whether Nationalist
China's charges of Russian inter
vention in the Chinese Civil War
will go on the general discussion
program.
The Chinese Nationalists won
the first round yesterday when a
U. N. steering committee voted 11«
2 to accept the Chinese accusa
tions. Soviet Foreign Minister An
drei Y. Vishinsky is fighting the
charges every inch of the way.
Britain’s Labor Government lsl
expected to be sustained today and
its devaluation policy upheld by |
labor’s commanding majority in'
the House of Cemmons. I
New Support
Even the government’s leftist
crities, who previously balked at
the devaluation program, fearing
inflation that would hit the work
ing man the hardest, were report
ed ready to support the Attlee re
gime. Conservative Leader Wins
ton Churchill’s no confidence mo
tion is not expected to carry since
labor has 393 seats in the 640-
seat Parliament.
In Buenos Aires, the Argentina
Congress has before it a bill that
would make it extremely difficult
if not impossible for new political
parties to be formed. The bill,
supported by the dominant Peron
ista- Party, is expected to become
law before Congress adjourns at
midnight tomorrow. The Peronis
ta Party—supporters of President
Juan D. Peron—has two-thirds of
the seats in the Tower house and
every seat in the Senate.
BURGLARY SERIES INCREA SES
Safemen Get SBOO From Loef
Company In ‘Punch’ Job Here
By ED THILENIUS
Safe crackers punched open the safe in The
Loef Company on Thomas street last night, and
escaped with nearly SBOO in cash, Chief of
Police Clarence Roberts reported today.
The burglars gained entrance to the Loef
building through a sliding door on the side of
the structure. They took only cash money, leav
ing several hundred dollars worth of bonds and
checks,
*“This action, pius the neat punch job done
on the safe, stamps the burglars as profes
sionals,” Chief Roberts pointed out. “Had they
been amateurs they would have taken every
thing they could get their hands on.” Pro
fessionals oniy take something that can be
easily used. Checks and bonds can be traced,
Chief Roherts said. 5
The Chief said that he firmly believes that
the burafary ie part of a state and nationwide
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Rites For Rev.
Woodruff To
Be Held Friday
Rev. W. A. Woodruff, Methodist
}minm-r for the past forty years,
most of which time was spent in
the Athens-Elberton District, died
in an Atlanta hospital Thursday
morning at 6 o'ciock. Hev., Wood
ruff was 67 years oid and had
‘been ill for two weeks. -
Services are to be conducted
Friday afternoon at 4 o'clock from
Young Harris Methodist Church
with Rev., Alf Pierce, retired
Methadiet minister of Atlanta,
Rev. W. M. Barnett, pastor of
Hartwell First Methodist Church
and Rev. G. M. Spivey, pastor of
Young Harris Methodist Church,
officiating.
The body will lie in state in
Youn{ Harris Church from 3
9_"cloc until the hour for the ser-
ViCEes. ‘
, Burial will follow in Oconee
Hill cemetery, pall-b2arers to be
| announced later by Clyde McDor
'man Funeral Home.
. Surviving Rev. Woodruff is his
wife, Mrs. Elizabeth L. Wocdruff,
Hartwell; two sons, W. J. Wood~
ruff Washington, éa., and N. E, |
Woodruff, Atlanta; three sisters,l
Mrs. N. R. Bennett, Washington,
Ga., and Mrs. John Fields and |
Mrs. Thomas Still, both of Mon
roe; two brothers, Joe G. Wood
ruff, Atlanta, and H. E Woodruff,
Macon.
Rev. Woodruff was born in
Walton county, near Monroe. A
retired minister, he had served
Methodist charges in the Young
Harris circuit in 1913-14; Barnett
Shoals, 1915; Princeton, 1816-17;
Porterdale, 1§13; Roopville, 1919~
22; Dallas, 1922; Mt. Vernon (At
lanta) 1923-24; Maysviile, 1925-
26; Lavonia, 1927; Tignal, 1928;
Ringgold, 1928-30; Woodbury,
1931; West FPoint eircuit, 1932;|
Danielsville, 1933; Middleton,
1934-35; Forsyth, 1936; Flovilla,
1937; South Lineoln, :938; Cal=-
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EDITION
Arms Bill
Signature
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Action Plan Ready
WASHINGTON, Sept. 20--(AP)
~—The administration today hed
the authority it sought to start
moving weapons of war o Ameri
ea's allies in the cold war with
Russia.
A $1,814010,000 ons-year for=
eign arms bill went to the White
'House yesterday. It got a two-to
ione vote — 223 to 109 — in the
House. The Senate shouted ap
proval & short time later.
Only the President’s signatuge
was needed i 5 throw the big plan
in gear, The bill makes $125,000~
000 in cash available immediately
from the Reconstruction Finance
Corporation.
This, Senate leaders say, ¢an be
used to process and ship $430,-
000,000 worth of surplus Ameri-
Congress |
Roundup
cash and contracting authority
provided by the bill, Most of this
must yet be approved by Con
: g::sionsl appropairtions commit-
Congress also moved today tows
ard final approval of a $5,808,990
- 000 program to ease the economie
strain on friendly nations.
The big foreign recovery bilk
. was lgproved yesterday by a
| House-Senate conference. It ear
| marks a total of $3,778,380,000 in
| aid for Western Europe. This plus
the arms measure means that gi=
most $5,000,000,000 in American
help will flow to Europe in the
coming months,
'o&&‘dm:htntbn leaders hoped
y push a go r
raise bill through E Senate vm
;mt further pruning by eccnomy
orces.
Senators votes—26 to 16—late
last night so trim salary boests
approved by the House for Cabi
net members and, K upper-brackes
executives. But they voted down
an amendment that would have
tied pay raises to the balaneing of
lthe federal budget.
, 18 Amendments
. Shortly before midnight they
called a temporary halt to the bat
tling over the pay bill. Demoétri~
tic Leader Lucas said 16 mqre
| amendments were still p&ndim
' but he was confident they
' would be beaten.
~ As the bill stands it iz expected
to cost $700,000,000 a year. A
‘much Jjarger sum was approved
quickly by the House yesterday
for federal workers generally. In
addition to pay-hikes for Cabinet
members and department officials
the House measure would give
885,000 government ecivil service
emploves- a raise costing $85,062,«
000 a year-averaging »iia per
worker,
3rd Pay Boost
The Civil Service raise was the
third pay boost action by the
House within a ?an of 24 hours,
Tuesday it voted $300,000,000 a
year more in military pay and
$180,000,000 more for postal eme
ployes.
CONFEDERATE REUNION
LITTLE ROCK, Ark., Sept. 29—
(AP)—A parade today bmg
59th annual reunion of C -
ate veterans to a cloga,
The four old soldiers attending
the meeting will ride in automo=
biles over the same route that
President Truman marched here
last June,
series that is steadily spreading. He said that
his department has information that in one
county alone, 14 safes were punched open re
cently. i b i
He urged all merchants, whenever possible,
to take their valuables out of their safes and
leave the door open at night. He cited this as
a preventive measure.
“I'm afraid we can expect more of these bur«
glaries in the future,” Chief Roberts said.
“These burglaries run in geries, but we will he .
constantly on the alert.”
Loet company officials said about S3OO in
S2O bills were missing along with SIOO ineslo
bills, $95 in $5 bills, $42 in 81 bills and some
silver. : e oot
A complete investigation of the incident is
underway by city police, but efforts thus far
i h:;: turned up tg\vtclyreé to goqt}“c?}?*eg W;‘f
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