Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 48, Number 13, Decatur, Adams County, 17 January 1950 — Page 1

Vol. XLVtll. No. 13.

DENHAM PREPARES TO ACT AGAINST MINERS

Vincennes Asks Volunteers Aid In Flood Fight Mayor Asks 1,000 Volunteers Aid To umsrer nauaeen Vincennes Ind. Ju 17—(UP! -Mayor William L. Betz called tor 1.0« H» volant eera today to help 1.244 army troosa. Mttoaal guardsmen ami high school boys sandbag the weakening Wabaah river floodwall ~ While Bott issued Ma appeal in a radio broadcast Oov. Henry F l Bchricker and elate Adj. Gen. Bole lanoa Hitchcock beaded here by auto from ladlattapolia to inspect , the altnatlon S— Some S.aoo persona In an area corerinc one-fourth of the city = were threatened with evacuation I! the wall broke or the water, now standing above 22 2 feet. pu»hed much higher Volunteers responded quickly and began throwing up a aecondary levee of Handbags some dlst ance hack from the reinforced - wan Some high school hoys jotned the troops last night to build a one-foot mud bos extension atop the levee wail for'fllreequar- " terfes.f a mile The secondary wall, the city’s “second line of defense agalnri the muddy Wabash In it* third week of flood stage, was eat up to ease the pressure on the perm anent whit That wall has leaked ' ~la many places An Industrial plantxhut down at noon and asked It *2OO employe, to answer the mayor’s appeal dwe- " Pwßwuy Msnufsctor- • lagfe said It would tvs rraease the manufacture of corrugated papt r hoses until the situation had ate. cured .... .The Wabash rose 14 of a toot In three hours toward a crest of ' !S tent ~r l.evr>t>il tiy Friday. « Meanwhile threats-® Urge-scale evacuations at Terre Haute and Clinton disappeared as the river level dropped at those palate above. Vimrhnes Valley Mob.hies Chicago Jan it lll’t The Mississippi valley mobilized 'odav to fight major H-hml* as rain n K.-ntm M and Tennessee stream* Joined 'he rampaging Wa Imsh and Ohio rivers In lowland — eaalaught In the first major Mississippi rivet alert since 1037. army engineers warned 12.000 southeastern . Mlssoui-i rPrtlde.pta that they map have to flee for their Ilves j The order al-o alerted thousands] of residents of Kentucky. Illinois and Tennessee to prepare tor high water. Hundreds of lowland residents In th-- three states were evacuated today ' | Snow-fell from the Great Mkes westward to the storm-weary Pa-1 ilflc northwest, and localized blit tardn blanted wme ar*** Su.V Knppetl the northern border state* from Michigan wr»Mtward to Washington. and fh*d «Twra T«» P«a* x Township Trustee H. II “ilib” High, well known Adams county citizen and trustee of Kirkland township, announced today that he would seek reelection to that post, subject to the derts’on of the voler* of Ktrkfand townsbtp In the Democratic primary in Mar ji-‘ ’ High Is the first candidate to an nhunce for any of the 12 trusts' posts. Hu stated that since he has., been active in the school consol Ida Hon efforts of hl* township with Washington and Monroe township< that he would like to serve four more years while the plans became. \ a reality. High stated that he would make ; an active campaiga for the post and t If- successful "would continue to serve all the people of his township to the beat of my ability ” \ ~.. ■ I WEATHER ■ Rain tonight and Wednesday. I possibly ghapfflnff-to enow In extrema northwest Wednesday. Warmer tonight, and la east and south portlens Wednesday Low tonight Mt# M north, and 40 to 45 south portion. High 'Waß—ißfci. »l li> ••*»*.*» = to M south portioa.\ , . - .- r \

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

County Council To Meet JaniMfy 27 Study Appropriation Os Additional Fuads There will be a rpo. lai meeting of the county council January 2? to coaoidor the appropriation of money requested by several county offices, it was announced today by county auditor. Thurman I Brew The council la scheduled to meet M 14 a. m. oa that dale la the commissioner* room In the courthouse. A total at 48..148 to being sought by the vattoaa ufflcez. the hulk of the money - 14.040. requested by the couaty ami WaaMngtoa township assessors office*, to be used by both?* The additloaal sem approximately 5.000 was allotted at t lhe last meeting of the councilIs to complete the work of rear .essment of real estate- ». The court, through Judge Myles F Parrish. fa requestinc 41.520. for salarles and pauper attorney fees Judge Parrish is asking for 4400 additional salary for the court bailiff, and 4480,f0r the court reporter It is noted that the current salary of the court reporter to the minimum required hy law The 4500. which is being sought for at torney fees, was omitted when appropriation* tor 1050 were made last September The county is also seeking gStHi for further tuberculosis testing of cattle, to further determine the re suits uncovered In the tests In IMk-tt. At that time spot checks were made.’ afitl in some instances g prevalent e of TH was noted Thia appropriation is to retest these herds al regular intervals in au effort to eradicate the disease VMb sum to requested hy Dr. (r -F. Kichtoirn. stale veterinarian, and posjqiaM on TH eradication for the state The recorder s and recreation offices have requested that certain Bums be transferred from one tutor to another to further carry on the w.ok of -the leupev-tive offices Misg Hose Messwald. recorder, has asked that sl4:’. be transferred from the opera)lng fund to the property fund to enable her. office to fiurctiase two new tvpewrilers Ju a detier. f(>.the.xon«' il ."tobj* l . hv Leqnard.. Gratidlletiard -chairman of Hie Adanik limrity lutatd of parks and recreatton. Ihe—request. L wag/nude. to transfer a total olj |*M»O from the community project I tTwrw To rsar'Teel Sauer Heads Annual Red Cross Campaign Phil Sawr Renamed As County Director Phil Saner. Adatua counter road will actin din vt •the annual Ked t rosa drive neat | March, l’ K Heli, county < hairin: >1 |o' the fte.l Gross, announced at a meeting of the chapter's directors last evening Serving In tbt’ through IStt. thli ■ will t>e Mr Sauer s fourth year ng j - < hairnian of the annual drive Hansel Foley, -yoithiv supeiin tend, nt ot sehtsd's. v. ill be chairmanof the township organization - Nationally, the Hed Gross drlvi; wlft lie lati’ached on March I and continue through for Ml day* The national -goal-to- ISii.runi The county's quota has not yet been disclosed, hut II is lielie.td that it wttf Ke approvtmateb IX.ntuv T.asyear it was I7 u7« and contriluttoi a itonated gk.to" . -- —— —-- -■ - The directors discussed parti. I pation by the county chapter in a regional Red Gross Mood hgnli which is .being organized in northern Indiana eouatles. with Fort Wayne as the central pfllnl The local chapter would and-r wrtta Hie com ot parrh-lpat ion The plan must he endorsed and approved by the medical society and the trustees of the Adams county mem o octal hospital 1_ _ Preliminary plana cati ter Ila blood donors every two months. .V mobile outfit would visit Decan r every SB days. Hospital patients would be turn Ished hlood free of charge for trahrfusion through ths Red Cross donors. It was explained. Mr. Bell stated that a chairman and volunteer committee would h* named to supervise the local activity and would join the regional ptoa. it other counties in this area participated

i '--aiy . _ . Rescue Marooned Ice-Fishermen .. FT-a.r. a JB KBuB RCtCUCRff (foreground r row out to the aid at some l.»te Oshkosh, win.. I< e-Nshermen. seen huddled pt the edge of a huge toe floe where they were marooned, with their eutoaeahlles when shifting winds avor ed the toe face All were brought ashore safely but only hope of saving their cars which caa be seen in the background, to a quick freese of the open waler hetwqeu the shore and rhe toe floe, still some .100 feet out. / ~_.v. ___ .. -

SBOO,OOO loss hi Fire As Baer Field Nine Costly Planes Destroyed By Fire Fort Wayne, Jan. »e —<VPt — An IgOO.IHMi tire swept a hanger at Hayr field last night and destroyed nine pla'nes worth 1412.000. The fire broke out in a hanger occupied by the Indiana air national guard and gained such headway It defied the efforts ot six fire units to put It out A ftji "bomber worth 1250.000 and -even P'.l tighter planes val ued at |.>u,iH»> each were destroyed. The los4 also Included a 112.1*00 ■t vainer. Js—-,— i— . Thy fire was discovered by Staff Sgt Wallet Jackgon and Sgt Htyrt Johnson They called firemen Hy Hie time firefighter* arrived, gas' tanks on the plane- were exploding and air wa- whistling from the burning Hres It yrM tto -mind co-tly fire at I Baet tirld ln three years In 1047, [ a hanger at the oppo-ite end of the field was de-ttoyed Many timls and expensive equl|e men! were-lost in the fire An oil truck, a crash truck and several jug^"Sna _ To<MiG— rnttjed-at—gtWAMUif w eiv d«ltov«r ' . >-• - j Author lite* said--they had been un liiiv to learn the cause of the [fire r i ' ' * " ’ '•'7 I Funeral Held Today For Conrad Infants Funeral services- were held at rhe Zwick funeral home this afternoon for Richard and Robert Conrad. infant sons of Walter and Charlotte Moellering t'onrad. Decafur route j whvr-dlerfjit the Adams county memorial hospital a few! hours after prematura birth Mou-, day morning The Rev K T Si'hidtke officiated, with burial |n j the' Frledheitn l.uiheran cliurch! cemetery. ' Surviving In addition to the par elite are a sister. .Nancy Jean at home, and the grandparents. Mr. and Mrs Herman Moelleriag of Preble township and Mrs Frieda Conrad of Preble Charles M, Snyder Is Taken By Death - Ohio Farmer Dies Monday Afternoon Charles M Snyder. *2. retired farmer of near Convoy. 0.. died Monday afternoon at the home of a sou. Carl Snyder. In Harrison township Ixmg Th fitting health, he had been .critically HI for the past 10 days. «■ He was a former trustee of Har rlson township and a former member of the township's board of edit .ration Surviving In addition to the son are two other sifns. CTTdetofTlarrlson township and Dwight of Convoy: Tour sisters. Mrs Catherine Arnold of Decatur. Mrs. Fmrna Stewart of Rockford. O . Mrs. Clara Brttenherg and Mrs. Etta Hoover, both of Convoy, and two brothers L. E. Snyder of Harrison township and 0. A. Snyder of Convoy Funeral services will be held at 2 p tn (ESt) Thursday at the I Hertl funeral home In Convoy.-Hie * Bat. O. Jk.Turner officiating Burial. ' wdt if ' tm iSSe Iron, O. ttiiiliy;"'

OMI.r DAILY NCWBRAMR IW ADAMS COUNTY

Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, January 17,1950

IULL t T I N Mahanoy City, Fa., Jaw. IF. -lUPj —A state mins inspector said today that roecue workers art within eia feet as the - coal-mine tomb of Kffward Burda but there to “only one chance In a wvilllon he to alive.'* The 25-yeanold independent mlqer wae trapped four days ago at the bottom of a 140 foot deep mihe by a cave-ln. Railroaders Unhurt . . • _ .', ~T — .. ■ On Runaway Ride Credit Prayers For Safety After Ride Milwenkee. Wis . Jan 17 -<VP> -Two railroadmen admitted today that they prayed "out loud" as , their diesel locomotive took them 4* a runaway ride Jor St mttrt ' through tb«- heart or Milwaukee. "I prayed out loud." said engineer William Jordan. «S "I yelled to the fireman to pray out loud, too And our prayer- were answered " Fireman fivnjamitr Fuelh-man was convinced that H was only the (Miwet of prayer that saved (heli Ilves? . There wasn't anything el-« around tp do II.” he said Tloti adventures were a« «xj -itiug as ajiyUtiijg .In. the sagas ofj *ialirbad|ng; including the exploits I of Casey JoheA and the wreck of; ' old S7 j Jordan and Fueilenian's big die-; 1 seC was hauling the Milwaukee road's fast fjlympiati Hiawatha, toward Milwaukee when they rnia-hed Into a huge tiaihr’tilik northwest of here The Impact wrenched the diasel 100-e from the rest of the train and Impaled the trailer's wreckage on’ Its nose The truck's driver. James Ratcliffe. 45. Kewaume. 111. was tossed clear, uninjured ■ The collision occurred" on a long i down grade ang the dleseL-It* brake system smashed out of order., ; began picking up speed ‘Trainmen ‘in the following units used the emergency brakes to stop as the diesel tore on out of sight As the engine accelerated. Jordan and Fuelleman tried desperately to Stop it., then sat al the big win dow watching signal poles. , grade, crossings, and way stations, rip" pa-t them In their headlong jout ney Meanwhile, the trainmen In the Olympian Hashed the word ahead about the runaway and Milwaukee road officials ordered all tracks cleared But Jordan and Fuelleman. m>’ knowing this, hastily wrote messages on scraps of paper which TKeyToxsed off ae the engine tore through the village of Rtm Grove and the; big suburb of Wauwatosa Ahead of the engine, officials at the Milwaukee t’nlon station hastily shoved a waiting train onto, a sidetrack Then they fired up. another engine, hoping to chase sTwew Tw Powe Ms> More Rain Forecast | Tonight, Wednesday With more rain forecast for tonight and Wednesday, according to ■ the Weatherman, the slight drop Monday la the level of the St Mary's river will probably be nullified. ■ The realdng for the 24 hour per lod ending at 4 o'clock today was 12.14 feet, according to “HI" May ar* Monday the river lave) was j D 74 feet Meyers also stated that There ’ have been 442 Bvchsa ot rainfall , In Decatur for the first 14 days of

hcrease b Noted In LHipivyHldll Level Is Equal To December Os 1948 Employment la six Decatur Induatrles reporting to the Chamber of Commerce Increased during December and was the same as a year ago. 1.841. the monthly business liarometer shows Last- November it was 1.835. whi. h was a gain over the previous month The payroti tot December Wan 4354.104. almost WenIto"I with the name month a year •ff" 7 Poor relief coats were less In 1 December, compared with Novem- * her bat thrde times higher than in “ De< ember. 1048 Last month's hill " wja |7M. compared to 4245 for * November a-year agm7--Births In December were 5.1 and p ■ deaths, seven In November, births I were 34 and deaths nine Carloadings In and out of Deca , fur. were greater in December than , for Hie same month a year ago. but , a’llttle under Nwvemlx t 1040. The total for December was 2.132. com pared to 2.434 in November i Postal receipts showed a big ■ i gain In December, compared with a y. ar ago . t..i -' jnoWh receipte were |1« 403 and a y«-ar ago7fif.itST' ' No building permits-were Issued i at city hall during December. Hie report shows. 7— ~~ ■■ ; - - ' Insurance Checks Received By Vets ■i Approximately a dozen Decatur World War II veterans received 'their Insurance premium checks ' from the government Monday, the first day that the checks were distrlbutad nationally. according_lu local postal authorities All of . the cheeks which have i < ome In to date, they say. were , delivered Monday, there were . none today. ‘ With the government planning , on distributing 200.W81 check* dally , to veterans eligible for the Insurance refund, the entire work should . he completed In about 14 week* > .- — ex Warns On Careless I ■ Use Os Radiation i■■ Warns Os Danger To , Future Generations 1 ■ New Huven. Conn . Jun. 17. - ‘itl'Pl A Nobel prize winning -ct entiut today warned doctors who ‘ use the x ray and radioactive subs 1 lances carelessly that they are ' dooming the descendants of their * patients to sterility and death _ Prof. Hermann J Muller rd Ind . iana Vnlveraity. writing In the A merlcan Scientist magazine, said, many doeforn and hospital techni-1 ,-iaha expose patients unneceeaar- | ily to radiation “without regard to the Inevitable genetic effects on fu ’ sure general ton* " ’ Muller said recent experiment* ’ on frtitt flies convinced him th*' 'turnan germ cell* changed by over ‘ Joses of radiation would he harbo* I ed in hundreds of generations un HI they meet other cell* with,difen1 aged genes He said the "dyadic •om blast ton" would cause death nr ' ’-ring about extlnetloa bv producing ’’ertttty j. Matter aald It wae heritable that 1 the atom bomlWg of HirrthwW r *oald injare Japanese Ilves several , tYweaTTe rwa* ffwa*,

Labor Relations Board Counsel Ready To Invoke Tati-Hartley Act Powers

Senate Kills Substitute To i Oleo Measure Doiry State Plan Against Oleo Tax Defeated In Senate Washington. Jan 17— <UP>— The swaate foday killed a dairy ■ stale substitute for ibe administm lion bifl to repeal federal taxes on oleomargarine The vtMe was jjl to 37 The substitute would have repealed the taxa* on oleo, but banned Interstate shipment and sale of .colored oleo Defeat of the substitute apparent ; ty cleared the way for paaaaffe—--1 later in the week -of th,- biU- to ' repeal all oleo taxes and permit unrestricted interstate shipment . It was a major victory for senate ■ force* which have been pressing j •-Tor repeal of.the 44-year*old federal , margarine taxes r Killed with the -uh-Htute Wt-je provtolons'to repeat wartftne eacl«»1 tax rate* Taxes on furs, irwrln. J admission*, telegraph and phone ,'cha'gew and other Item* would .jUSve been reduced by lhe defeated Jetaiae lax provision*. The admin-4-tofts tlon plan* to wk a reduc- .| flop Ijt,-excise taxes liz separate ’ I legislation ” . B - Both sides regarded lhe vote on th, -übMtitute as the crucial one A possible flurry "ovety*" Hie 1 amendment* to write cIvH tights jrroposal* into the biil' Could delay “ the final vote~ on the repealer Senate Democrats agteed earlier; today to oppo-e lhe civil t amendments a* a "tidet ’ to the bill. I 1 Administration leader* original j ,ly had planned to knork the genM- - t-rovtotouw -out-*4., thr-i I -uh-titutv hecau • t|t»v djd not 1 * want lhe ojeo issue clouded 'But, whrn Sen Warren G. Magnuson |r-. Wa-h offprtd an anu ndnu nt tol eliminate ' the excise proyi-ion-vice prvsid* nt Allien W Barkley | pu:~ft to a voice vote and announc , lTurn T. l-«- at*> Urges U.S., Russia To Halt CoM War Methodist Bishop Urges Settlement - 1 ' Chicago. Jan. 17. tl'Fi The* . F.S and Russia should sit down and "talk it over" before clvilira thru commit* suicide", with the proposed hydrogen bomb or some other weapon Methodist bishop G ; Bromley Oxnam urged today. . The ' churl liman propoaed that the Cnited States make the first coiinrHistory move toward Russia to end the cold war and reach sotne agreement on atomic control* tixnam said in an interview here thru “we're progressively moving to the place where man can commit suicide ' Outlawing the A bomb, he sard, would not suite the problem. ' When two nations are at war every resource available is used to • win," he said “They are concerned far les* by morality than they are ‘ hy the realiam of battle '' , He said all "thinking men" want to do something today but are j stalled - j "The <mly thing we can do." Ox ■nam aald,-“la have our leaders, in eluding the top men sit down with ■ their s 1 Russia*! and try to »top this thing " - The bishop »ald jnoat of thu world believes the V S I* as much or more to blame than Russia in the cold war. “Stalin Is saying the same thing to bls people that Me are saying to our*." he added “and the Initial move on our part would at leu*any to the world that we tried ' He propoaud that th* Democratic 1 and Republican parties make a bl •' rartlaan peue* mw«*it-. ai«. ,J " Oxnam was asked about a radio rrw»w Tw mn» < •

Candidate I ‘ ' ■ ti'-5-y-y'.yyj; JS|K Edward F. Jabcrg .'™... Edward F. Jaberg Asks Renomination States Candidacy For County Clerk Edward F. Jaharg. clerk o( »he Adam* < wart, red hi* intention* trf MdciM #*■ nomination and reelection to that office^ aubject to the decfMrte rsf th* rater* In the primary election in May Mr Jaber* -took office on Jnnu : pry J. -JblS and hi* pre*ent-tcnn c*I'ireM 1 Decern her *3l. 1951. Howeveit in nece«uary to eleef a clerk at Hie N j vr*!Ti !w tMfl elerf ton Iterative there iU a- year hold<»* er.‘before’th* [incumbent take* office J The candidate is a natire*“of Ad lam* county and taught.in the coun Hv sctinoh; an<F Lfneofft—eebeoL iu ►Th-ratur -hefoiee taking hj.s prefer’ [ offi-»• \\*hvn he *a« eleeied to I c \ • ierkS uffirv he was an in*tru< ' ini IJ neoln -schoollit aunoumyn# hla (amln|a»y, Mr, !la-I i. >.ait| i I? i- j- uue of Uii* office as «i I an>\ Hu-v _x>f that experien jnHnib 'l' li;r.i' ?lnirr>nuhh Hti-yi-i I the w ork and if reelect. <1 Kjsledge to the people my full time arid effort*. ,f ’ - . Mr J a here has been aerfve in cf’ ir and-lodge circles ot th-* arur iir. mpre than 20 years and. fa wyU known t hriaulTour T h»- county —Hes.tated J hat he p!antie<! so make as active a latnpaian foF reelection a* the 4utieZ«»f hi* office would per tint Decatur C.C. Plans Membership Drive To Launch Intensive Campaign Next Week Plins for a membsrslilp drive hy. the Chamber of Commerce were tiring iliwussed ibis afternoon hv a committee headed by Earl "Cast-m. chairman following a luncheon at lhe Hotel Coffee Shoppe 7— The drive will be tot new mein bers and thF'commtttw would Hk« to boost the chamber membership bv more than 13<l More than half of the regular memliershlp rear* each year Caston explained, but with new merchants and stores locating here, many- are eligible to join the chamtier ' ■ The drive will be divided Into three field* R J Holthouse, drug gist, will head retail division: Dr Joe Morris dentist, will direct the drive among Hie ■professional groups, and Fredrick Schafer head of the Schafer company will contact the industrial groups . It is planned to start the drivwlth a kick off dinner next Wed nesday. and continue an Inzensl -' solicitation for the next week Membership In the Chamber ot Commerce is 125 a year and the dues support acHvltles of the chamber in the Interest of the rotemnatty slonz with maintaining head quarters and the servlets of a fail. .:t Ime xwttlitfq-TS ■ ■

Frice Four Court

Formal Complaint I Against Lewis And Mine Workers Union Planned By Counsel f Washington. Jan 17— ft'Pl — I Robert N. Denham, general coua I sel of the national labor relations I board, today prepared to inyoite the I injum tlve power* of tjie Taft-Hart I ley act against John I. Lewis and I his coal miner- , . I Denham s staff- a«d«-s said he I plan* to -Issue a' formal complaint I against and the united mine I workers union probably on Wed--5 nesday with a view to ending the f eurri»hi wiidial aTid twto-a-week",- | coal strike« ' —- ■ .., .... I Ibnhnm who has been studying I coal operators' complaint* against I Irfwis for the past week, fold the f Vnited Pres* he has completed his E Investigation and “hopes" to act won _ His action might be tempr-ted. "However: by White Hou-e decisions | President Truman SHU is reststjag ! demands for a presidential crack down against Lewis, bu' govern meat officials said one big hliz sard" could force him to seek a Taft-Hartley Injunction without 1 waiting for the NLRB general counsel to a< i Even undet present- condition*. -j rtrry tohh'SpeHwt-trpiirts from the e: bureau of mines show coal sup >• ?ttv« are w taw that Mr Truman L may have to send the jwriiqe_d<s_ it partment tntn court tor au injuac * lion “at any mums nt " y They said If the White Houss ; derides such a move I* necessary. ; I the justice departmen' will ask th* court to force the 400.000 soft coal . . miners tn work a full five-day week , The hulk of the miners have been k work lag only three days a.wcek' ■ in.-e Dec Bu' spmt gre now engaged in. a full scalp wild lat strike, despite I>wls “Ugge* ; tfon that they return to their ;->bj Mr Truman told senate Dt-mm-ra l | H< leader smtr Mr fazca* -mH res4~iazila>;still nui s-ojiv-rhc-r fed the,- r-oaf-'rtlst* I*" a "haileqiMlemergency as vet Lu<a- and other legisjator- have'd* mantled that the Preeident take anH-striite action, lindr.r the Taft Hanley taw No Emergency Washihgion Jan 17 tll’i I Pt,-Went Truman -aid again today •Mhaf Ho emetgehey n-'- in lhe ’ nations coal situation *» he turn ’ down a reque.-t. I.* Sen Owen . ..rewsler. R . Me-..J0 invoke th* ■ Taft Hartley law L After a White audience Brewster » swoG.rhe i-realdant reminded him . “that he had Used the Taft-Hartley law seven times before and was "nut allergic to n-in* If again ones he has adequate grounds ntt which to gif to court " Brewster said he told. Mr Tro man that a ciml criri- exist- tn New England Miners Angry ■ rittsbufinrr Jan it Tißßss* Angry rank and-ffle united mine worker* pickets patrolled the coal fields today driving for an allout strike to bring the long drawn coal contract di.-pute to a head The pickets erui-ed on a 24 hour basis in western Pennsylvania. > completely offsetting effort- of ■I’MW president John L lewis’ 1 lieutenants to <nd the rebel" wafk - oat*.——- - : ' More than 84.4“" miners already • were idle In.six slates t cutting co*! 1 produeHMt more than 451L000 ton* r a day tn the flee td already Widespread shortage- The rank and t file strike apparently wa« stepped up by anger of the miners over the. , cutting off of credit to strikers by a large chain Mort serving lhe coal , fields. Another chain considered similar aerkm The miner* called the action a f “dirty squeeze play" and declared they would close “every damn mine in the country " One••?. local »G . Brownsville Pa. sent oat an in 1 viration to other miner* of the are* to join them In a ma» meeting Thur»d*y So plan new action However, tn district 11 in nor - -‘ era West Vtrpinfty. 4’MW ofttoiala v-illed the miners tn a meeting at r Monongah on the same day in ’ effort to end the'wslkoot* Dlstrtr- • president Cecil t'rhaniak said toe ■ "poltKie*" of the union wit! be explained and lie felt ■*» the I miarrs wltt go back to wort after ... wartß'.- ’