Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 48, Number 12, Decatur, Adams County, 16 January 1950 — Page 1

Vol. XLVIII. No. 11

67,000 MINERS IGNORE RETURN TO WORK

ColdAddsTo Suffering In Flood Areas United States And Canada Counting 56 Dead From Weather Chicago, Ju i« A vast cold w*»« *w*pt moot of thw nation tod*;, riding on high wind* that gave the Pacific north* eat It* rtormlert weekend in SO yean. The cold drove temperature* down to the aero mark in the midwest. Increasing the suffering atnong SJHHt refugees from flood* raging along the Ohio and Wabash Hirers The w. 8. and Canada counted M dead a* result of the had weath er and flood* Ten of the dead nwr. In Canada which was struck twice by the storm, nwce when It roared off the Pacific Into British Columbia and again when It passed northeast ward over the Great Lakes "Seven deaths occured in light plane crashes. The Pacific northwest counted 12 due to freeilng. bad roads and high winds Meanwhile, the F. 8 weather bureau at Chicago warned that the continent might he In for a aeries of such severe storms Forecasters said a vast laxly of extremely cold Jtir has hung over the Yukon territory and adjacent Alaska since Dee 21 with the mercury hovering at to to s<t.he|ow aero. i "A* storms develop." a. forecast jar Mid. "chaaka of this cold air -- 4rji twnr off aad hurled southward.' giving the 0. 8.. aeries of gulckie cold waves and sharp bltuard wn dltlons " He aaM lhere Was a posstbiMp ~ that' the entire eoK mass might sweep south suddenly. "In that case." he said "we’d lie in for an extreme prolonged cold wave that could break nil . ' records." ——■ -I Meanwhile, however the Pacific northwest was promised some relief from the snow that stranded hundreds of travelers and isolated vatgny r.tn«-lti .-.Waabtagtun and. Oregon A'"warm storm” was sweeping oft the southern Pacific bringih.' - warm rains and aouthrrlv breezes ; that was expected to melt much of the snow blocking roads lit lire arya- ' In Illinois and Indiana, the cold brought aew misery to 5.000 persons who have fled their homes along the Ohio and Wabash Rlv- ; "v-yrs as glood waters threatened to i bxeak lev.eea _or_ poured oxer low.; land farms. ~ ~ At Vincennes, tnd the WiHnrstH River lapped little more than a I foot from the levee top Authorities feared about 5.1eal persons might have to he evacuated If the rivet went much higher. The Ohio River was slowing its rise.at Shawneetown 111 as it hit a flood stage of 54 feet, the danger , point at which authorities feared I the town's Mg levee might crumb ; le About S 5 families had fled to the community of New Shawneetown, built on high groutfd hack from the riser Rains nf "about '■» Inch fell throughput the flood area vester- ! day sad offlclals aald the increas- ! rd runoff would swell river* even higher, increasing the danger' "th lowland communities Z .‘ Merchants Warned About Bogus Checks A warning was issued today by police chief James Borders to all merchants te be on the alert tor bogus checks which are being passed throughout the state. The forged payroll checks, the chief said, were drawn on the International Harvester company of Indianapolis and made out to Alfred T Emerson in the amount of |SS 17. le ts-known that checks of this type have been passed in Bertie and Bluffton and It is likely that catur Three suspect* have been noted driving an automobile with a Texas license plates. 1949. 'bearing the number J/M 4552. WEATHER Pair and cold tonlpM- Tues* day pertty cloudy and warmer. . I awftkie* ■ » H —f M IE 28 south. H4ph Tuesday. SO to M north, M te $0 aentfe, . •

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■yg4.nny.mnnuas.KW Hop’Arnold b Dead I r ■ / ■* '' Jfl W-z. , Own. Henry+l fllapl Arnold. Sit. I retired wartime commander <it I'. 8. Army Air Force who mushroom ed nations air atm into seperate Independent entity, died of u fatal heart attack on bis Sonoma. Cal.. 1 ranch Gen. Arnold Dies After Heart Attack Former Commander Os Air Force Dead Sonoma. Calif Jati -CK tl'Pt '''•t An air force honor guard stood watch today over the body of Gen Henry (fartey tliapt Arnold Amer lea's nnmliet ..tie warttrnw alrmwn.- ' who died of a heart attack at bls ~ w ..w I o ar aORNOn IIMIU? jrv-J** “•«*•• y . Hlfer th* last several years. Ar Itoffl died quietly and without pain at 925 b: m fCSTt +ff* wife. Eleanor, waa by his bedside 1 It was the fifth heart alta. k Arnold had suffered since his first in ) 944 A friend Dr Russell j V Lee of Palo” Atto. Mid Arnold J should have l. tlt.-d tlu-n-"But things were hot and he de ‘ .-ided tn take his < bailees with the| rest of the siddier. and w.-nt n... k* Hr Robert I. Moll-nlvauer of - Sonoma officially listed th*- cause . of death as cutoiiari <s . iiisioh. a dotting of arteries swim: 1.1.hh1 Io tile heart The air force in Washington an nounced that its former retstiiatt del would l-e buried in- Alllllflf.p national cemetery List r sljtig place for many" national heroes j The dale has been tentatively set ! for (CSTI Thursday 1 Ann lid left.foil t children j Kes.. Ilf Arnold s death brought i tribute from top C S military I leaders, many of whom teganled.-. I him as a warm personal triend ■ Mote than anyone else. he/Vas , responsihte for building the groat [ American air force, said ilelense . se< retary lamis Johnson ;. Gen Omar N Bradley, chairman j inf the V. S joint < hiefs oi__sta<. -i said he admired AriiotiTs "broad concept of the air force's mission and his far-seeing vision as to the' lurrt alt power was to play in the I war." Arnold attended a dinner party ■ Saturday night, his first pitldii ap- ■ pearance since a severe heart at- - ~ tacfc last- -October I iressed in a . dark brown suit -and dark shirt | with a miniakure air corps insignia tn" the la|iel Arnold ahoweti the unfailing good spirits which won him. the nickname "Hap in his West Point days Friends Thought he looked unwell. Tie was pale and almost shrunkenJn stature The party ended at 11 o'clock tTwrw T* Pa«» There> Leader In Fight On TB Dies Suddenly Indianapolis. Jan 16— "TTP'. Murray A. Auerhach. who devoted his life to the fight against fn.b erculosi*. will be buried here tomor row. He died suddenly of a iieai: ntrart yesterdwy at-The age of is Auerbach was stricken as he pre pared to board a train for a nation ■ al TB aswoeiathin convention at Galveston. Tex. j' A native of New York Ctty. Alterbach wiia executive secretary of the Indiana Tuberculosis Aaaoiat l<m. He came here in 1920 after nerving 4jr » similar capacity at. Arkansas where he bellied organii* - w ~TB association • „

Lmmmmpmb* DI a a economy dioc Seeks To Chop Truman Budget Senate's Economy Bloc Serves Notice Os Fight On Budget Wanhinttom, Jan 1< (VP) — The senate teonomy bloc servHl notier today fhai ft would try tn » hop at leant from fruman’n budgrrt *or fliv Chairinan Walter F Georg? of th* MPtiate finance ronimitte?. a lr-a<i»r of th? rconomy advocate*, said he wa,* iHir? th? rrdu<*G«»n < <>nld be mad? without hurl Ina neceMiary govrrtimrnj a?ryic?» or ' welahinc <»u our iniernatk&al com m i i 1-----Mr Truman proposed a npendlng figure of for the next fiscal year Georg? said the spending figure "copid be rut |2.aOO.iHHI to a minimum ’ It mlxht toe eul ”vv?n much more.” he said GOP Senn Robert A Taft. 0.. and I*?ver»>tr Saltonxtali. joined George! In Lhe wohomy demand ; in a radio debate last night. Taft pr»dict»<l thgi prices Would start "going up fault’ if conKrewA arerpta Mr budget figure The Prerident'* budget; he Maid “wnbrares the fatal polit y of permanent defii it spending *’ iVther- e<*onortiv - at a heart <- includii>g S»-ns Garry F Byrd. I>. \”a.. and F*aul H Douglas, f>. 111 . also have been demanding that con . Tni n>a n > spending. figure. Flsewtoere in r«mgi«-< Coalition A Republican and I —•u'lH-m < *«ali:4<wn Ja l the bnua? rule* committee waa con-1 fid< nt of victory in The <e< »»ud ‘ round ot ha fight againM FreaidetU Truman’* "fair deal ' program. But Ktilra chairman Adolph J Sa bath. : TV 111 . Yahr be hud r-Trough votes to kill its drive. Th? roalithm won :* preliminary vn tory Friday when it voted to j. recommend: that the house restore Ho < ..rurriift* • ’■< -. pLiWt i.l I.'k'fJ-ktuu; Coal Prenid* ni Trumifth fold his rijnp♦ >Mipua! leader* that tht* coal situation still did not warrant d» a Taring a national.emergency S« n ate I h mortalir leader Scott W I l.m.i-' 111 reported th* Pi?Mde»rt’«i iTaar* T» Caae Nla» Dairy Caravan In Decatur Feb. 14 Annual Caravan To Be Held In Decatur Th? annual dairy caravan.will be held in th? livt attir Trigh M from.j£<‘ a- in. to 3.p m Tuesday, j Feb H AB dairy producers and thele -families ar? urgwi to att?n 1 . A fro? lutu'h »ill lie serreti noon A comhiittea* made up of repre7srtitativrK of , th? following firms * ami organizations met in th? court I ty extension office to plan forth? j dairy caravan were: IDMisirr t’or. 1 } •lensed -Milk- (-'<» . Sherman Whir? | Isalys Vreamery pnxlurt< Ij-m .; Farmers Equity Dairv;. The |B<»rd?n (*o.; Pet Milk Ca. f'oidwatef, ofiir»7 T*?t MilS 5 Co . (Jarrett. Allen Dairy Productn: I'nHed Milk "CWw.: Central Hairy. Fife; Wayne f’o Op Milk --Producera-; artini ial - preaident. —— Th? group deci<l?<l to take bids < for serving th? lunch. Bid* RhoulJ l»? submitted To Gerhart Lehman c/o United Milk Co. Berne Six < hundred servings will l>? guaran teed The menu hid on will .be one meat and one chees? sandwic*i < cupcake or doughnut, ice cream, milk ami coffee \ , I>dring the morning session those I attending ran IrisurrTy se? th? tot feet ot Purdue exhibits and ask questi<ms of the Purdue personnel in charge Th? exhibits will sea- ' ,*ure: quality milk (rtiolivu and cause of rejectionsj. artificial I | breeding; milking parlors tinclud f ing tramp sheds and milk houses.. ~ pasture improtement; magic in < milk l milk tn the diet): safe water | system: farm safety .Y- - | ’ Purdue personnel will be E X , Gannon, dairy specialist. G. P. Walker, associate in ‘agronomy- ’i Pah- MW-mrm rural heafh sperHl! j Ist. Mrs Moore and Dr Hall. |<

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Decatur, Indiana, Monday, January 16, 1950

She’s Absorbed By ‘Old Glory’ BL* ON HER ARRIVAL in New .York witli her purent* from Poland oh the H. H (lem ral Heintn<lman Shirley Weltzmati. 3. nalute* the flag of her new country. The child adually wa» woven into the fabric of Old Glory by an intentional double expoHore by the photographer. J . ,

One Brother Saved 1 FromMineCave-in Rescuers Continue Bottle For Second Mahohoy Cfty Pa y Jan Ifi — 4< Pt.~-lk“Miirr>. working <»n? al • time in a narrow »<»al min? pas “age. hoped today to rwh Rd ward Burda 25. entomlwd tin fret under ground for '• A'nablv to use dynamite for fear 10l further cavedns. rtews early pJkey had deUan U> within fort lOf th? spot where Edward was Ix? Ii?v»4l trapped. Th? trapped man’s br<»th?r Jos eph. 27. was hauled tO th? Otrfai•• by r?s<*u?rs yesterday after isprnd ing two day’* '‘sitiltig Ibltikn)£ 3H<t praying" behind fallen rtHk e»<rf??t below' th*“ surface A thihf brothet. Charles was wfjiking near the surface when th? nun?_wlbips»:d '.ft?' his Inuits as the sliding rock tten, ned hi’ni hi., II- spread the alarm which vet the ,r< scu?'<»p?rati«m in I motion. i , Rrs< u»- crews hoped Edward was | as lucky as his hndhers I They beiteved he niitrbt .hao- • leached a mill" heading or ?roach ed Itehind L ._a_v.oa* car when th? walls of the tunn«; begtvn to give! way* ' . ■ ' . —“Tb? r+'scuefß.' working by elec t trie and carbide lamps, were aid? _|x* nn»y a foot-an hour in th»-four-toy-five, foot shaft they drove alongside the <-<>liaps?d mineshaft While on? man ptrfr?U%t th? solnl anthracite, a secoml man xhpveied the coal iirto' "buckels “aw! Tonr other'ere* htembQrs formed a hii man thainM). jkiss the buckets out haniml-?oul i-hlppers power ed T»y~c« »m pressed air wnre brought-* into.the min? for the first time I this morning Earlier th? rearuers; , had used only hand-picks. Th? i work was mad? tnor? difficult by th? necessity of shoring up th?‘ shaft with timbers every two feet' to prevent 4 a\ e ins Allen County G.O.P. Names New Chairman ] Iridianapohs, Jan 16 tl Pt AUenantL Howard coup ties had new Republican party chairinen tn day Former associate city apornev Lloyd S. Hartzler of Fort Wavn? defeated Byron T. Somers. H'2 to S 3, to succeed Walter E. Helmk? who resigned recently as Allen county GOP chairman Raymond Zirkle Won Howard j county's elect ion toy -ju-rJamatii' i Saturday.. He succeeded Ralpn - 'Yates, who resigned. Township Leaders To Meet Thursday ' The Root townxhlp - extension ‘ loaders confereni-e sill fie held at the Monmouth si-hool Thursday evening al *:S# o'rliH-k. It was an nounced. todiy by Auyust Sei kin* ; township leader A special invitation is extended to ex-Gl s of Root, t'nlon and Preble townships, to at- . tend, a* discussion will he held on the setnp tor vocational 4raining I classes for veteran* -3-12

Broken Rail Blamed For Train Derailment Hammond, Hid. Jan. 16 — tl’Pi A brok?n rail ws/ blamed t<»day for the derailment of six paswenger cart of th? Pennsylvatrhi railroad'* Manhattan Limited -- Th? Train was Itound for N?W York from Chicago when th? mis- ' bap occurred Mir on? was injured Ofndaia sai«i tji? rail broke as a 11 •’crons-over" where th? l‘?nh«yl- - vauia tracks cross those ol th • ! - -New - -Y-orli-<~«Mral ..._J r —- -... I 29 Violent Deaths -4™:— rr.-"" '-■?' "—l— a. In Five-Day Period d Weather, Floods Claim Six Lives fly I'niud Press Authorities today counted a total J 29 Viol.tit dvaflo dinniy 'fiopist Traffic accidents accounted for I! 4»f the lost hv»> and t4o weathcT and the flooded Wabash fiver -claimed -ix-oitoeu. ~A..juasx murder and suicide ai Hammond, m which six were kill»d- Th.urs-, day, s’uijrd the trend toward a hug? toll ifnd-tTy? jwjsons diitln. a Vincennes housing project »x . plosion that night to continue it A fall at Fort Wayne Friday- night killed a Ilian Ronald Hall 42. Oaktown on? of his chtldmi trcmr-drowttttik "Tn —the flooded Wahioh -m*A- hut he and three other children, drown rd' -Saturday Haß* motordr iveii 1 rowboat 'overturn* d in Hr?••--kVaba*’h | backwaters neat his liom* and Larry Hall 1" Wa** tlnust b> saTi in a treetop slicking out of th? Water. Hail drowned as h» tried to save bis -other -cftHdren. FLyearold 4 Rosefla. four yearohf CtoatJ?*: and ■ lorry's twin. Garry Saturday s i>nh fa’ il '■>' ’ ■ > cident was at Indiahapoh* wh* r* ‘Harry K«»ch?r. ".h. died w.hen hU J pjBU office truck crashed into an , • other cur at an intersection | Marfin Rlackfowfc Griffin i died Sunday when his small boat strut k a pier of a -railroad brid*> I He died while clinging to a tree ‘ branch. tr-Hro tm.-i’-ame by boat in tiy t<» save him Blackford’* death wa® the sev ?nt to drowning Ju Ind ianiL> ■ wj * week old flood Th? weather was blamed forth? death of Frank R Preston. 42. Brownsburg, who wa* *li.m k» d fatally when he stepped on a blown down 4JHMkvolt power line Press-on iTwrw Te Paar I. U. Will Offer Degree In Radio Bloomington. Ind.. Jan 16 il l*’ j p'Tndlani TOfmity wril uwartj bachelors’ degree* in radio, in ad«’i tion to those now offered/in speech, journalism and edmation. it wa a n nou n**?d” wMuy Dr. H .1 Skurin* «*W th.- new de ; Rrcc Was offtTcd t<» student* sreK -j .toK * broad hackiirounif in xuAto to | fit thctnHcivr* for career* ran Ji n'Jt from «crjpt -wti ,,n * ,o mat' | affement j Skortna said radio coarse* off , ! previously leadiTi i j4L.degr-<»» | in-other fi*bl* would he rnnrtntred ” :i '■

Rebel Against Order By Lewis To Return To Pits After Eight-Day Walkout

Soviet Russia In Boycott Os Unifed Nations I To Stay Clear Os Deliberation Until Nationalists Ousted l«ak? Success. N Y.. Jan 11 (I’Pl Russia < lamped an all-ih<-Tu-nive boycott on th? I nited Nations today She refused to take part in the first session of the litth- assembly ami walked out of three other committee meetings. The Soviet withdrawal from I’N proceedings i>egan last Friday when chief’Russian’delegate Jacobi A*.. .Malik walkeiTout of (he security council after the 11-nation group refuse*! to Vote th? expulsion of nationalist China Matik awnotthved Russia would take no part in further < <u»m !l <1? liberations until Dr. Tingfu F Tsiirtfk and liis nationalist, delegathrti had iieen ousted In three cnhimittees today. Rust sia again prjit?«t?d the preseme !«f the nationalists. Soviet -dete* walked -+ml .oL.lhe,. _ (xttrnmittf ? on statelessness and related problems, the th? prevention of discrimination arid"Th>' a protect ion l -of - minociilea. and rhe CnlnnrltTer on pnx-etlnres 3of th. economic atpL social council Russia has Imycottp*! th? lift!? ■assembly, th? year-wund—tutevMM-fommitie? of tfito full general assembly slue? Its establishment in 1947. Th? seats of the CwminuJ‘»rm voiititries and Yugoslavs, sin< r tfrrir break w4» h ‘hr Kremlin THaTf® TattJ*? pat.- in the little assembly forth? first um? Chief imsirnw before th#- little -nss«rtttWy—4a *xdx>iU/r«rth>n . o£, ri it; ;-. charges that Rusaia vlo lated lhe I N charien and ItorMuo tTwrw Twl*<«ar Tbrr*» Giri Scouts Headed By Mrs. Roy Kalver Annual Meeting Is I _ Held By Association Mrs/ ltoy Knlvrr was reflected pr» sident oC-fhc .Decatur Girl Scout: 7 -,i>..ho< iutton a? th? January ihpH--inc of .the organization at the Lin •<Min s< hods. -tit her off hers ar? Jamea. Burk vicet-presidvnt: Mrs. T C Smith; second c oresident; Mrs lain Jeffrie*, secretary: Mrs Ernest- t’hrick. treasurer: Mrs ; Don Cm hran wnd Mrs Doyle C<>| tier' nominating committee Th? now hhw LV GirlWout tr<M»ps with a member ship,of 236 girls. Repofs »rrr pl rs. lit v.i by tilf4»l h»w ihg . roißMßiHee chai rm ?h training. Mrs Sylvester Everhart, nomination Mr* Fr»'<! ■ - Hub Air'* Eitnah Jobr son. organization. Mrs . laowHl Harper,. Mrs. Robert lUwwkenuHT. camp, ? Mrs. C Hersh; puldicity. Mrs Gerald Durkin ‘ During lb? meeting a letter * from lAnha IBtH'-h.’ German girl who • received a clothing kit—sent by a l-Dei-atur Girl Scout tyoop. was I She expressed her deep appreciation for the gift /* Two Elderly Fersbns Found Deed In Home J - -- . i T*rawfordsville. fhd . Jan 16 *- t fVf’t Mongomerx , ounty corotr-; j« r Jggm Bdrkes Jpdit afed tod»OiJhaf Il wo elderly i*?rsons found deaiFUp a J horn e feerr dUd-of nafu ral causes. J- The bodies of William Spore-/ land a housekeeper Mrs Ada ' Fletcher. 69. were found in ygaf e^s v J*. >I u ♦ dis ■: ount?d posstldHi vof foul play

Here Tuesday • fl Donald b ’ Poulson, of Etna k .i..Green,...-governor of district 25-B •I Lions international. wiM make '‘Tils' l official visit to the liecatur Li»ma t ! clg'b at its weekly meeting Tuesday evening at the K of P. home I Fob I son is one of 2d4 districJ-gor j ♦ Fnors who supervise th? at tivities 1 of Ihe 7 ♦ - ■ I.ion- . 'ubs River level Higher After Heavy Rami' B Over Inch Os Rain Here Over Weekend L_ . ' . . ' '■ TheHevel of ' wa» almost right “ back where if "•Twas. Saturday asset receding.a!mpat a fix*!'and one-half Sunday U_ The u.tding at S o’clock today . according to Hi"-Meyer, weather t observer w.t-i IVT6. Sumiav mornj ing flu reading was T.7-T5 a ; drop fK'pr.-Saturday s ls p< hvel J More than an inch of rain JrU in 4 '.T-oday- "b:- ;T; ; and 04 Snnda) f*t :« total of Lio i inches of rain County highway department <»f -J fuiais - stated today. tlm* there »a«-j i uate-r <»v» r s«>m» roads in th? ipT’h. ♦Hi pat to! the o'mtm. but ah 'of ,!h«m *»! ♦• pa'-dl'iv nr vertheU-- i The L< wtnn. Pleasant Mill- and Adniti*Allen- line bridgew?r» still underwater today t’er tain road- in th»- south* rn pari of; th? county about_ three miles in ’ uii.ja(so r+inain unt|» ; i » at* r accord-, Ttrg‘Tn th? latest tcpoit as th?v • --have- Lu morn than a wtek —No nun? lain I* forecast for tire nfx twn days, and i<>-a-believe that thi- i- all I ha* is iuh?.< I —ars fllLJU'ist of th? water so r? t cede fiom its Currently high h’v?J~ Mrs. Edna Sharpe Is Taken By Death Funeral Services Tuesday Afternoon Mrs. E<!na U Sbarpe. v^l. bojt Meo. Saturday .afternoon »[ th? Adams cottnjy memorial hospital following* an operation. She w»% a memi»T «< the Church of i;.h| ai Mendon. . Surviving Ar? “"her husband. • os-rge Stiiop*- Sr -iv. •! - !..i V?r!r and Paul Sharps Wh ot DejlcMtor: Mino# and Jason of. Mendon and George. Jr of Antwerp. . O a daughter Mru Stanley McMichael of Mendon: eight grand .children, three kinters Mrs Ira ' Me Brisle of Decatur. Mrs V-hatleS" Jiexroth of Monr»>evillr and Mrs Roger A\*niiaTfls nf I<?nfbn. O four brothers. RiyrCTay of M’ehdon. prville Clav of Vaii Wert. 6; Ar thnr Clay of IndlanatM'lfr and Earl Clay of Elma, o a half tortwher. J«m» Clay of Mention and a half sister Mrs Waldo Burger of M?nidon , V Funeral services will he held at.| 2 2d p ra Tuesday at the Chun in Mendon, the Revs Frank ams Ruth Thrrr r officiating Burial wBl .be tr. Rive?- * side cemetery at Rockford. (V Is may call at th?l»bm? until ■ ’

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Coll For Showdown In Battle For New Contract; Severe— Shortage Reported Piltuburgh, Jan 16 . it Pi — .More th*n i~,66 rebellious united mine work.r. today Ignm.-il John I. Lewis' ' suggesitoh 'list they end their eisht-day STrike m , The holdout miners <»lled for -» showdown in—their e'ighUnimlb — battle for a con'nut Their walk ou’s cut more than 4Ss.»fl<t tons ■ from the day's cont productiAi Re ports of aevere abort Mir piled UB The Pittsburgh retail merchants ! astiociallob said the -yw? I yards will he empty within 4* ; hours If the predicted subfreetlmC I weather cotitinues The city also I fin ed elect ri< power rationing At Washtngton. Sen Scott W. Lucas. D.. 111., said he had told President Truman that serious coal I shortage exists in his slate The President: however said ihe situ* tiiiit still did nut warrant declaring . a national emergency and invoking i the Tafhßartley law to restore toll production. Lucas- said More than dOwt miners were , idle tn «.«W in Wsst ft AUbana. 1 in , f .£Sll!L,;A<!®?.. ) s_ Kentucky and 1 ««W .Tic- - .... 1e.a.1- s nuggest urn that the nun I er« return to a three-day work i week actually backfired in Penn sytya-uia. There were lt> nw»r«- ‘ miners on strike than there WWBt—. last week. The showdown movement centered In the I'nfontown Pa . area rrtclrete- the.-. Me ::tnft«t :*?**< i 1 compani, s are located ii|*»-rator* f. r, porte d that mme of the •< ap'lvr mine-- were operating Pickets fanned out through ths '| fields and efuii klr iToSed <»Ther ■ mint* The_ pii-tieK iravSled in ilgriiups of five t“ami had llHle : trouble gs-y.ini’_tlie thltierf to «»» ■ home- - ' , ' p } . k. i / i b.-'-d ?igh’ miu»- in th- • ih-'b.iJH!*. I'b.'b . • • S' *♦ i I1 ” 3li’i ; ‘I . -t <>f ‘he i till 11;« 1 1.1 I; <». I In. Ktn-itcks • j."'.'' •j-ii’lrtx . ” : of I' "S Stef-1 cotpora'ion ■ tninicg .Utisidiary aiart. re*itstd't” • nd rh'-c , watkout J IHslll- ; ' Offii • ■ of N ? dis.."aimed icsp.m-ibiliti fofc ’lie iwxlkuu's At Vniemt.iwii. ".Fa ! MW Vf T' 1 Iffo' iai bought tadiu.' time :.o appeal; for an end to tin walkotr flt'wcver. the miners jamed in'" lexa-l unitin hails during the week Ind and voted to stay out One mine! e'xplaihvel that ' »e’ e not pet •mg anywhere on .1 three-day we. and we don't work until w. set a. > .-on’ta. ' 44. weyer t'MW officials fty«iktedJH ■ gttenr were ttsasilwi' tohn r t'.ucirello. p.-es'ileil Os. I \!\i dl.t-i.'i s at Pittsburgh, ‘ait! the .majority of his iVwto miners — were working Op. rati'-'tia, appeal •gdcAo be borneal in Virginia »>to< Indian* and Illinois The nt» strike nrtion cam' : pressure moumed in Washington fur *pD-sirlentlat use of the Tat , Hartley law against the I'MU Rep itnhard N Nixon. R Cai charged that President Truman s refusal to invoke the national itirtjg.nt t s.i tion_of th*- taw ' , etfd the tbfwAay week <Br tjted by 'political expediem > The * mas man local at the Ro"hen* mine ot H. C Fricli i sial Co near I'niontown - Pa . spearheaded 1 the rebellion in t'MW di»'ri.' 4 where moat id the opposition to Lewis' "sugg.'stion *. i« concetitrar . ed., ' ——-J J. : John Oaanieh. presiden' of the sTwns Tw >-•«- rare.. 100-Foot Bridge Is Reported Stolen <’OIUT , » , >UM. O J»tt 16 H'Pi Ohio ot&t? bighwAv patrolmen i’■♦ -dav u?r»« alcr!?d to he ««n th? tow* Lint for a foot Jirtdr? zntp • 1 thrvugh town Th? bridge »»i» «lol?n !»«! Piney Cr??k. near Atb?’r*. VJI Tbe pntml toW Io «at« h to- • tm< .kern - hauling th? bridge, piece by- pftecr through