Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 49, Number 29, Decatur, Adams County, 3 February 1951 — Page 1

Viol. XMXI No. 29.

RAIL STRIKE IMPACT HITS U. S. HOMES

SpNew Holes Defense Os ? Reds At Seoul L 'ft ' ~h Spearhead Races Within 30 Miles Os 38th Parallel . ‘Feb. 3 — (UP) — the U. 1." Mhi army ripped new holes in file Rfd defenses below Seoul amf .sent a flanking spearheap racing around tl|e eastern end) of tlje enemy line : to within 30 toiles inf the 38th parallel. , aA Bth\irmy communique reported thit United Nations tanks and jlnfanW advanced an average of l|soo (o 2,500 yards against steaiily Amounting enemy resistance, all along the zig-zag 45-mll# western Korean front. Ttje Chinese Reds counter-at? tacked advancing Turkish and Ameincan forces at three points sout Bwest Os Seoul in company to reinforced strength this afternoon, but at 7:30 p. in. (4:30 a. ml CSTf. the allied still- ' u ere holding firm. ' j The 8-thlii array communique reported eonjitn,unlst resistance along the front varied from light |tb It tMtlmAted that ground forces atonw klllej?, wounded orl captured , 5.7W0 if Red '(roops yeMteiday the highest lolf for any. single 24-hour. p«rio& Hhnri the. lOnlay-old , ’llmlt< began allied air foi. eg i luiim-d |o buvt. |wlp«*(f out * Uli additional 250 enemt apl4|jara the day's total |o mote than •.(>()<), "the hulk c*f a |ohita|jiii«f division. t I lg|ith atmy (auks and liifaiHryr aHai ged kfll dawn all alting thwf w<miain -In ilia IdttorsHt »idd pf Ihf offensive The lher inoninivr sftoweil 7 iifmVt' rent Al IlM.Ats tl.wo (olnmii. .liov.-i wiihlli ID Rilles Os Heottl. irtis ul them the ajim« twrrtyftw l’» J*M< 11 a patjf<d (Bril .bed ft) ri point eight miiha Hm fonder Mouth Ko - yesterday, i ' I'. F BM|l*lant secretary of the mmf, EMI., l» Johnson visited 1 ; a third |rolumh 12 miles southwest i. Seoul Xfith Lt. Geri Matthew B. fUqkilrilnJ commander of tiie Bth jirtny.lj They watched UN planes and atti|lerA' bombard enemy positions. j, } ■ Striking tut ahead oLtbe ground forced n«e|s of B-26 light' bombers andA, F-51' mustangs a three,-ii»ilrifv|iquare area of Red troop J and? supplies with 4 bombs, rbeketik. bullets and thousands of of tlgming napahp\ They lofijy the area, almost on the sojithefh outskirts Os Seoul, a biasing, ir&tered wasteland. On the eastern end ofp-the offensive front.| an American column slipper! around the Red flank below Sebul tjp ithe vicinity of Chungwon. 32 m.i|ps due east,of the former Sjputh I Korean capital and eeven milejit above the southeast bend in thri; Han river. -The *thrugt carried wMhin 30 miles of 4tfe. 38th parallel *’hick a Washington report said had “been designated as one of the ohJectlveb of dhe present offensive. L/sts7)onat/ons \ Os Near S3OO To March Os Dimes Although Ijfhc unniml March of Dimes .( pmfo I* Iftie In i*lt|ii| unfferWay Mr*-, . conitibutlona iff hrui'ly 1300 Sierc i .ported (oduy by • I H him : uret of the Adumrf?< imiflv 4*huph r CatilitcrM Itor the fund will hr plat ed|l, m uiim-ioui; epitte Ihrntieh out th# <<|ty||ihii(| (oiuitv niM *«<)< aad urged to give u< n vrtiUslM ,h> fh<- fund t<. Bj.i.i h.,.. 1 > r ipplitift iHseftMr Although ihci ruunty. had huily om light <•««< o f polio i^imrt.|d- liUt year, (he local thspref h ,»“<U paying hetivy bpatti for tfe|ttn»‘i)ia tQ.these stricken la pretlotia y®dh.’ ~p Conttibt»tioT|s reported to date Include; jj’ythlan Sisters, |SO; Sunny Circle economics club. $5; Decatuf Emblem club. |(0; Mr. and Mfk. W« P. Robinson, IIP; Adams Theater. |ls; Cort Theater, |10; American Legion auxiliary, 110; G.[H. Stemen, |2; collected by Ctrl Scouts, at Adams Theater, $144,243 by‘Girl Scouttf at Cort jT|jeatw r I34|ta; a total of 12D1.20:

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT r . ONLY OAILY NtWaPAPfR IN ADAMS COUNTY i - — ' ‘ ■ ’

City Will Receive I Bids On New Truck ■' The cltv .of becutui will liaveive b>|t|M for a hn|f>t(>n trm k ioi '». *uM««r depart merit n.ui| ulmi i< ■ | n|iiH< ati'l crushed stnnr’ lor nli«'» ■ repalrN furl!if»l ut u latUng iat i i" city hull I'eliruury l|o,. .11 Vellum; Aiirund, clerk treusilirrr. jtinnQutß'' d today. j Sp<|t are Im tiidod lb' iegul ladvertlsements Which' appt avi /ii today’s Daily Deaiocrut. h Wage Freeze Eased, Permit Pay Increases Regular, Automatic Boosts Permitted • Under Board Order Washington. Feb. 3 — (UP) — Millions-of American workers today were assured of their regular, automatic pay bikes as (he wage, stabilization bpard sought a Hatchup formula" to guide current labor negotiations. Public members of the. board were expected to confer during the weekend on pn order permitUltg workers to seek wage biiotHs if about 10 percent over pre-Korea ngtah. wage t»n<l» have teen, delayed pending the board’s ligl'eemeiil bn n formula Details of the progpm live forinula wen< nn<, hsir because <|| la ior iiianagement b|< kerlng oxer I llty basil* per< eti'ta,gu I Le-O> »<• al lowed mid. whidhiM 1 it ,(vJU Im lujlc fringe Imimflts nu h IIW < osi of 1 ID Ing and prudiicllvliy lix rease*, i'oiiipaiih .. throtiglioiit the * iia. 1101 l pl.iiiucd to i c onio- pay nu nt 'if fnm ir "and Iciiath of p.crvlvw wiigt* Ineieases ut|dei an <|id#»r (ssm-.l by die bouril fate ydster Th<‘ order ii|i|ir<|Ved "bona ild*" lifogrililK fiiil 'dl(‘l| raises. M whit its pay hikes f<y woiket'a tint jcqv cred by ediiti.irt provision^; pro ridvd the ralses'ftre In line with iDfid practices. Tlie board aDo -approved nor nal" promotions and- transfers .vlthin a company, and gave a i’th'li light to lncei|dive pay. oser Hme and’ special shift prominins. But It ; warned employers not to try to use the gra.dual •‘unfreeze" of wage Andi, salary adjustjnents as an excusp for Raising prices. Hoard members siid the order ’vas desikued to restore plant'per; sonnel relations to a normal busis. but would not raise the - overall wage level. Public members John T. Dunlop and Clark Kerr emphasized what movement of employes ■ .Turn To 1-nse Flve> I '■ Urges Troop Ratio [ Be Used In Europe \ Sen. Douglas Warns On Need Os Planning•) Washington, b'eln 3 Sen.. Paul H; Douglas. D.j Hl., warned today it may he •'dangefous” for Gen Dwight D Elsenhow-' er not to have a strict ratio of I' S. troops ill the Wt-rttein European delhnse army, Douglas told - a teportci he believe* conglfSH; should appTpvh use of pvThapH dhe\Am»‘rl< Hi| tllvf] -lion for every three and a half dhKloiu. supplied! by tip*, other At* lanilc pilot iillit's ' \"! «f‘ - "I Hunk It Im u' Utile il,ih. to drop the ratlu Ith-a,'* Dtmglaa | Iml, "I nut not wlllitiK to lepv« 1., mutual nrciuily effort on U H«mem| ipidninfrt idlng lumba, and i .mi tm litiud tn iiilnk that H would be mi r» nt Hienhig floiiiiinl hand to have a fiitod mH.. >IV I cement off Iruopm." \ Douglas end Hen Rolwirl A. IL, 0., have led tlm In for a ratio plat! Taft declined comment on Elsenhower's stand, hut Indicated he niay ftnsarer the general soon. Eisenhower has told congress he' hopes no "mathematical ratio or flat ceiling" will be impokhih bn uee of American troops in tho new international command. Hd said last night in a radio-television report to the nation: ' “We cannot delay, nationally or ITnni Te Pare six*

Photographn Atomic Explosion 400 MileH Away ' . ■ I • r ' ■’ • ' '■•’f 3B FRIDAY’S ATQMIC EXPLOSION, largest ye( sot off on the Nevada 4e*t'range, wiis clearly visible in the Los Anyeles qjfea. 400 miles, awaf, as this remarkable photo shows, ifefrmder Jack Smith, is shown pointing to t lie great white flash that occurred 5:48 a. i». PST. Perry FoW:|pi\ Los Angeles HeraldKxpress staff photographer took this picture from atop the Herald building.

Stale Senate Holds Saturday Session Committee Favors Welfare Measure - \ li)diunup<dl , Fl Ii ! i l’P> A i uIH i<iVri-d;»| bill IO Opell public wi Ifaie aid list* for public Inspec.lion had a r»-c<Hnmendatloii for pus Hggc ill til." liidtiinu ariiatr. today \ from the social a« < uiliy oominlttre. AllOlh* • tl» I* Hl' -ippl.O’d I’V the committee would extend t-.i. nd old hue lil'ii* fils lo city and eouniy «(A< iiimnni.i! . mpho. - Both lil|llk wru to he rtpoifetl (o th* «»ii'lith Ht li.a fit,at Naliirday aew m|.i|l I..||lV The Inniae, ||(>W<*Vef. w«U adlbuined tor ill- Weekend but spi’iikid 1 W <». llughrM. Fort Wayne, raid "thl h the last, we'll work . Mutnidin ■ ftom m.w oh ‘ \ I Bepuidican srimte leader Joint \V- 4 Van Ness. Valparaiso, nil but diltied the fedetUl government to wikhdiav SIR,Pm>.OOO annually in funds for Welfare If the h gislati re approved the bill to puj> licjze recipients of aid. He Interpreted a federal I'y agtncy protest as a threat of such action. Van Ness Earlier had called the publication of welfare lists one way 4? repovt* "a cloak of secrecy" from the state aid program. , "I'll go along (with the bill) but I want it understood that it’s "the Republitan party's responsibility if (fedc al) matching Tbnds 'are withdrawik” senate minority leader Leo ,L Steinle said. Action ling to chairman Jess C. Andrew, R . West Point, chairman of the powerful house .ways and means c imniittee “A," federal welfare officials openly threatened to cut Off government aid if a similar measure passed. The 1949 session defeated the bill. "We'll know what she fedyral government’s stand . is. by the time It passes," said Sen. Wesley Malone. R Clinton, who wrote (he ptesent Jdll. »\ Fiiur bills and .two resolutions w*vi» for introduction either today hi .Monday to carry out recentlyimggvHteil change* In the ‘lnefficient state highway depart-im-nt wliich followed a twoyear stale senate committee Investigation. Commissioners To Take Bids Monday M'ciiibrr* of llm hoard of cminty . .mimlMMlpimra will meat Monday in regular aaaklon. and it will I O a Hl nklii' morHng" bn enm»>, dtk wahl Juat hedanaa they are tn ieceh'e bld* for Mix ton* of fertilizer. . Tlie heard I* also going to receive hide for an Industrial-type tractor for the highway department to be utillzerd to pull the road maintainer. In the bld for the tractor an aHowance for the tradein of a tractor loader mn»t be considered, It was noted. A report submitted by\ L. E Aryhbold county agent, is also to be' considered at the meeting, the report outlining the work arid expenditures of the county 4-H organlSattma.

Decatur, Indiana, Saturday,. February 3, 1951.

Slight Relief Promised In Severe Cold Warn Os New Cold Mass; pea th Toll Is Over 300 Mark By United Prew The i«-mp« (HtuiH «t hi»th< r in iliv n<.i iirin in|dwr*t HgUy, end Illg <m< Os Hl* tmMt Idtlrt CHilll wave* In hHtnry, bqt mifh.ii..u *».u- .nil mu»ring .= rii«. ( mm my to 30 degrees ftimj y» Hlerduy'l will) iero reading > In (lie plutfta 'dale* and upp» I mb,l w#Mf ’rill- w II Ih r I bureau pn-dicled ti tnpr(ntUD>a~ in th# middle 2'|‘* fori tnosl of (he region todujj ' but Warttid tilmt (I new cold maswr acvnmpnnl*il’ by light snow, will drop them down a<gain tomorrow. The south ivas still grijiped by a record-break ihg cold wpve and light nnow was falling <4 Turnjia and Tallahaswee In \Florldu. A United Press survey, showed , the cold bldsl, that started acros* the"nation lis| Saturday ijyis claimed 308 lives. Three persons firox# to death in Southern states and crop damage -’tah into millions of dollars , Bowling Green. Ky., was one of the coldest spots in the nation, with 18 degrees below zero, arid it was eight at Nashville, Tfenn. The weather bureau said Southerners are in for another chijly night before the temperature gets warmer. Hoosiers vftmt ; through their worst cold wave in history yesterday and the thermometerpirecoFded an all time dtate record of 85 below at Greensburg; It was so cJjd the Lake/Clty Ice and Coal Co.lof Michigan Cllty. Ibd., shut off refrigeration because/the Ifi degrees belpw outside was polder than It wasfln the Ice house. Ari Indianapolis Woman gave birth to au t igbt-poundi baby at hmpe when Ifii-below tem(matures/and snowbound loud* Hitjpt her from reaching (he hospital The Illinois fruit Htmwers .cv ( hang. *ald < <4(l hud wiped out the stale** efirirv ' 1954 pru<ib crop. woMh and farmers lu Texa*‘ Iffsli hijyrr Hlo Grdpde l«l ley feared (he |mm of nHlilnus im cause of the Chldri effect (im their eli run arid vrgctahlv eropi| • Jf Bargain Day* Here Tueiday, Wednesday With a majoritv <>f th# stor#B participating- lira two day bargain fekat n#xt Ttmgday and Wrdneh day, the retail merchants division of the Chamber of Commerce, planned for the biggest trade days in the history of Decatur. A six page section of advertised bargains will appear in this newspaper Monday and an additional €.OOO papers will be circulated -In the local trade area Monday. Shoppers are Invited to tiilce advantace of the merchandise offerings for these tw® days. H F. |i '

At Least 16 Deaths From Cold tn State Temperatures Below Zero Friday Night : By I nlied Pi. - ' Imv wotju cohl wave hi| many, v< ai>. -wliich ><’i a new 111 tlm* Ihdlanu loW D mpciaturc ici-oid ot Ja below im-id vmlriduy ricpt ( It* Mulesmi gih) on ih<- »tal«- t|oduy. At h-rigt Isl Ileritlm since Ratmday tiiKhi' were Waiuml’ mi th» W« Mllier, apd tfffli hila la-hCvM life Ini- bl? 1 UMVCI |h known Many -p« is(>ii“ ilhal (if herill sei* UDI* ap|miiirt|) imhicwd hv the h y it inpH.f’Uien and hy »vmi|hii frrnii shoveling MkfW lonahi" i|p (o it di pili nd 10 In* lu •> Ompmnlm* . diopptui r®i- liriow Zero hl-I lilt.lit anti latlv f|il-» moinliiij Mipu poll* *• I. porli (I U low of 1,3 bjilOW «i Connersville and 10. below at; klgoni. I (irt basking In th • watiiitliH-f ballonal ntf. nflori to Uh rpcptd-lyrvfiiilng temperature, fptind the mcuury nt a compai atiVvly Warm -11 tills morning. Ollini low marks were eight below at Jnillnnapolis airport, five below at'Fiu-t Wayne, three below at two below at Haute, an<( one i above at South Bend. ' ’ But' Ihe weather burehu predicted moderate relief today with the mercury rising into the high 20's over intich of tbe state and dropping only a. few degrees tonight. Fires from' overheated furnaces and stoves homes and businesses. A $150,000 blaze destroyed a Dpnyille lumber company and a S4O,VoV .(irie ..ruined a Madison bowling'alley last night. Mrs. Bernadine (rice; 32. and her eight children homeless wtien flames swept their Ipme in Indianapolis. At Fwr( Wayne. Alvin Levy. 43. Blufftpiri was: burned fatally when an ovlrjseated stove set fire to a parking |pt shanty where he worktd. Verda Howt-n. 61. Muncie truck driver,j was .burned fatally when a match .caught, jcasollne on his clothing as he tried to starts his truck. Heart utt'acH* Induced, by cold weathgt arid snow-shoveling killed (h‘oigd Gqllioi). 75, Whitestown, and J. J* McClain. 38, Bedford. ... Meet Mopday Night On School Transport All parentn iiUttrestcl in *ectinng frt trnporUllon to tlm puhlh «. Ikhilm for their ohthln-n I ar# ttkkrirt )oj| «U«nd a meriting at Decatur '-hljgluMhoAl Monday iiighl Hl 7 io i)!c|m-S. iDlwnr.l Werl mi nemm-nd t(.*lqy W«»rt win pCoßld*' <*t the mentlm: u t.l. h w|li ha. open to the public. Revetril. iurtiitis. ago n drive was shirted ;,in uh ’effort lo neCur# itrarißportatlmi:. pf * hlldren to thi Lincoln and whool buihllngf No definite action was ever tuk en on ithri matter,and p group of he terested .'person# formed a permit organization to speed the matter >to a lhead. |The Monday night meeting will include a report by the permanent Noon Edition

i — ■ Creates Shortages Os Fuel,' Food Prices Up, Thousands Out Os Work

Ban Aluminum Use For Civilian Goods Ban Otdered Into Effect On April 1 Washingtori. Feb. 3.—(UP)f— The government today banned the use of aluminum in more Ihap 200 civilian products, effective April 1. It also \announced that natural rubber may net be usled after March I-in a long list of products ranging from shoe soles, to bath mats; ' The national production author,ity said the two orders are essen'tial to Insure enough supplies of alttminuni and rubber to. meet increased defense needs. ■ The aluminum order 80 directid that producers and fabricators of the metal must divert a bigger share of their facilities to handling defense orders, in some cases up to 60 percent of their production. ! Among aluminum hems banned on and after April 1 are ask trays, cocktail shakers, bicycle*, clgaiTt lighters, hair curl* rs, jewelry, r. sidmthil loosing, Venetian blinds, sloim windows and hJys The order permit* ctmlinued use of rilumlrium for strictly functional purls, of clvllkm goods, but rwquhe* thui after ,\| ill' 1 iimnufucturt-Ks ( ii.lioi 11 moil- .iliimlinim Iliuii u absolutely ni-cttssaiy for such fuuf lloiml purls, NPA also Hibd tlim li.kinidKg .him I, uhii'miiiim cunnoi be iisnl hi mukc any i:«in sqltdy i<i. oi o)iianiiiilftl pui'imsrs ' 1 • I 11. • ulibt i oiil.h . In lidilllhm to i Ihiilimihig mm .■-.-rnihd i( (iiii.d slightly the iimoutit of neWi riildii t iivallifl.h- foi all * ivllhih l>Hi|)os<s In Frbruuty and Muicli. If iilso dlH'dcd uti Im reuse IP piodmfhm of cumelli.-ick f.u f.i -ip plug .itroinobilf 'ili* s iind moved tq. t woui ig.' d< velopim nt of wild rubb* i Imports ftom Lutin Amer, II Four Below Zero Is | Reported Last Night t 'I Warmer Weather Is I On Forecast Today The weatherman is going to be good to us for a day, [according to his prediction of an anticipated wave —he claims it should get up to 20 above today spoils the effect of the whole! thing’, though, by predicting that Sunday it may get cold again. Officially it got down to four de* grees below zero in the county and unofficially as low as 10 below outside the city. Fity police reported that their lovvest. reading was twq below zero, and at 8 a.m. today tlhe Decatur Democrat thermometer raced to that much above zero.* Roads were still slippery, and r cars wore still being stalled. On Second street the only practical answer for motorist* was to remain Just a little away from the curb. In too far, mahy slid and pulled, huffed and puffed, while wheel* wpiiii madly in ah effort to get out. I’uhllc opinion whh evenly di vldvil according lo a brief poll tiTk rn by the Decutur Democrat -two.' peiMOh* were IllhlVleWed One of! Ih.nt *uld,.while beating bls chesl, “I love this kind *ff weather Makes you step ilgh| along. H’s good hn « I" I "II \ I-U ( ill) t h. .if thrhe old fashioned winters" Th# qlh#r person, Hm other f.h |H t(". n( of th. |mi||, stated brypllyal ly whjl" tear* were iihssiu down Iler ehr. tm. "insDml of ferilfnig like H hern and (lying so hibernate, when that cold weather pt net rates I Iwl mow like I’m bare " Went on to say that she ’ hntr’d Wllntrr. e. p« chilly cold winters. ■ WEATHER Partly cloudy and warmer tonight and Sunday, turning colder northwest portion late Sunday. Low tonight near 20, extreme west, to 10 to 15 extreme eaat. High .Sunday 30 to 35 north, 32 to 38 south.

Chinese Reds Flatly Reject Latest UN Bid Observers Assert Sanctions Are Only I Course Left Open ■ ■ ' ■ ; ' ; ''J Lake Success, NjY.,’ Feb. 3.— (LID - Observers said today communist China's flat dejection of the United Nations’ latest offer to negotiate peace in Korea left only one obvious course—punishment of Pfiping wjith sanctions. . ; The-rejection, in -an 1,800-word statement broadcast from Peiping by Chou En the! Chinese communist foreign minister, brought only guarded comment from delegates’herf . r Official reaction ot the I’nltpd Stales (h-legation was (xpeetbd later in the day, Mo-t UN delegate* said th* y had th. ii .- iy In Hi. s.vMi-w.ek debate which wus clliimx.d Thursday wlo u th# gciiend a + seinbly. by a 41 i vol.. branded thri Chln. se ygdu a- m-gl. SnOlH In Koi* .( , Tin- A tn- il.a ii - pofiiiioi, <| i, mo|u tiou »w bi- ii can led tio indh i men! Ih.ivi.i.ml in. we ver, for twmther a* teiiii I lo ( tun lllHlr the far rahlf-in , (11*1# Burin an nil * n|pi wu* inklai • <1 I.lion lo 1(1 Itnln liud o||o I I ’HU. p. an eminnle. whh h wn. willing (o conilomn [lli<- Chirie-m ('ommhu l»t« as uggiesMors Imi not to v|>ie ”iin('Hon*. uhiiliimi ihi’iii HiinirdiKto I.' ' So Hie MM inhly vol.pl fm g ihir* m ill good offh • cninml* ’ *l*»n to stmt work nt oner on new mgoHalloiis With Peiping If the .effort lailed. mid only Hirn, it H Amthm committee wfls authorized to report to the assembly what ad ditional measures cduld be tak. n against Mao Tzt-Tung’* regime. P. ipitig\ r* icctiori brought doubtful honor to India's Sir Senegal Ran as a prophet of doom. Just I before the assembly' approved the United States "aggressor” measure j llau warned that indictment of cone munist Chinsi would “extinguish the last hop# of a peace settlement" in the far east and would mean that the problems of the fateast would remain Unsolved ' ' ■■ ; '! ' 1 j Boy Stout Week To Be Observed Here Annual Banquet To Be Held Thursday . Although the name- *bf the prlnplpal speaker for (he Boy Scout ban duet Thursday was njt>< nviillable. clarence Ziiier. gfrtrict chainman of ihe Scouts,i slated that' arrangenielli* arc l»‘|ng compl. i. (I for Hw. rick's program honoring the 41st yrm of Scouting, ' ; I pAI (In- -.(lilt- Hint', Zlm i ' "lull'd jha( a nm#Hng lw b**#n called for rvi iilng, at |hv Iri .mtur high sehmij, tor father* of youihsl Inter) sled In mining (jim piiiiposrd fxphirrr iroop |„ t <Mnmii/.(’-d Wtl.'-’u ' tiering# Lllehflehl, who wil| tmrvr adviser iff tlm rirganhiiii.m. liierit al| lommlitm’ mrjnilmit. to hr Itrrinriii, addin'! thm ofrjrhih: of (hr Anthony Wavn# nouhrtl nrr ex'{mtett tn h<- pi linnf In I vphiln Hl. program. In Jcotijuncflon with Hoy Scout week, Febrnmy fl 12. jritsteiri Will bit* platted In business establish nients throughout th# city, arid wltii dow displays of' the Scpuls handi wjork will also be placed the first ;of next week. Zlncr said The third installment of “You Can Survive the Atom Bomb/* appears on page six.

- ——. Price Five Cents.;

Travel Disrupted As Growing Strike Slows Production Os Defense Goods By United Press The rail strike hit almost every American riome today by creating fuel shortages, boosting the price of food, throwing tens of thousands out bf work and disrupting travel. J' '• z’ In Chicago the U. S. district court planned an unusual Saturday session to permit government attorneys to renew their plea for a contethpt citation against the strikers’ union,, the Brotherhood of' Railroad Trainmen. Since the. wildcat walkout started Tuesday, it has hit 50 railroads ih 64 cities. More than 160,00 ft workers were idled as reshlt of the stoppage which cut off transpbrtatloi. facilities to plants Just beginning to hit high gear on war production. ' jThe White House denounced the railroad strike yesterday, chary, ing the leaders of four railroad brotherhoods with '‘bud faith," arid citing the danger of our ‘ national existence" by the strike. Thousands of homos were 11 i <‘.ii by h shortage ot fuel . for. hmtthig. purposes and some fuel nil dealer* already • were rationing their (lov I,other Vounvdhhl said llm fuel MlftiiiUou In MWihesotu was mpioth* hlng an emergency lit* appealed to i F’r'esMeht Truman, In <i slmtlai: io one sent edrHer by til* kovernor of Whronslti/ fat IminedlnlH at I |<m Io diid llm strike Uoal also short In the two Mlutps The Illinois fuel merchants' u's smlatlon warned householders' not to hoard coal or |there wouldn't be enough to ro around until the ♦trike enda. Supplies of bottled gas for heat? Ing and cooking were reported ’danueroii.Hly low" In KetttUc ky and. soul twi n Indiana. Higher food prices pros pect because of the some sources‘said. Lt. Col. H.i s. Francis. executive officer of army quartermaster center cat Chicago, said wholesale prices of fresh fruits and vegetables doubled and. in some cases, tripled as result of |the railroad tie-up. > J A spokesman for the Chicago produce terminal said housewives will notice the product shortage in their groceries ’by Monday. The shortage, he said, will cause inevitable price boosts “simply as a matter of supply and demand." The Associated Farmers of California,. Inc., said the embargoes which railroads Were forced to put into effect "will he very serious for the citizens of this country and ruinous to the farmers of California" I because almost all shipments, of the state’s Jarm products were stopped. The strike was hitting the nation'll war, effort harder every hour it continued. Benjamin F. Fairless, president of the I'. S. Steel Corp., said It was ha dug a "serious effect" on vital defense industries and the nation’s welfare M It appeared that the, nation WOllld leel, Uo- .-.(rlkc's full Infoon Monday when munk plants will he toreed Info lay,offs Muncie Truck Driver Is Fatally Burned f Mtimm, imr. Feb ,i «n i’» Verda Howell, til, .-g trmk drlVm died ynelm-tlay of burns suffer. <1 When gasoltur he spilled mt \\\j clothing while ttyltrg to start ; .truck <nyaht fire from a match Bluffton Man Dies In Fort Wdyne Fire Fort Wayne, Ind:, Feb. J.—(UPi. -Alvinj Levy, 43. Bluffton, dh>£ yesterday of burns received when fire broke out in the shanty ot a parking lot here where he was an attendant. x .