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~ QUITO; Eeundor; ~Aug-—6;

. $10 million.

660 Lose Lives,

60th YEAR--NUMBER 147.

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000 Injured in

Left Homeless

(UP)—Rescue workers re-| ported today that 660 persons were killed and 5000 injured: in a violent series of earth trémors that shattered cities and towns in the area some 70 miles south of Quito. A total of 30,000 was made homeless. | The city of Ambafo, in the cen-' ter of the quake area, was one third destroyed. Officials reported 300 killed in: Ambato alone, 60 in oné church that collapsed. The first: tremor struck yesterday and was followed by 14-other, long. slow earth waves, according to the Quito observatory. Ex-| perts said it was presumed that] an entire range of he Andes| Mountains was collapsing: " Disrupt Communications The quake destroyed sections! of the Pan-American highway! south of Quito, hindering rescue

work, and caused a serious in- Jane Duncan was at a standstill

terruption in communications. The government of - President! “Galo “Plaza -Lasso-ordered- army. rescué units organized to aid Red Cross teams : The earthquake struck in a densely. populated agricultural| - region, It was the second in the Andes within two months. A quake in Chile killed 85 persons _last June, :

next to Ambato was

town oll

the summer,

seven were reported killed there. Latacynga, with a population| of 15,000, lies at the base of Coto-| paxi volcano. Another town in the] same general area, Guano, was reported . in ruins with streets blocked by rubble. Death Toll at 300 President Plaza Lasso and his) minister of defense, Manuel Diaz Granados. left for -the- disaster) area by airplane last night. i Telegraphic reports from Am.

bato said one third of the city’s!

‘buildings wers destroyed and the others were damaged by huge cracks. The bodies of 60 victims were recovered from one church that collapsed. Eighty other were recovered {rom homes. Unofficial damage was reported from .at

TERE SUT OWE I the area Dam=}

age was estimated to be._at least

U. 5. Red Cross. ‘Offers Supplies .

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 (UP)— American Red Cross today. offered Ecuador emergency relief! of |

The

supplies following a series earthquakes that left an estimated 660 dead and 5000 injured. A Red Cross spokesman said ‘Karl Kreth, acting director of the Panama-Caribbean area, had béen authorized to offer medical and food supplies to the Ecuadorean Red Cross Society: Mr. Kreth reported from Panama he had been in touch with United States ‘Army officers. who plan to send an emergency survey mission to “Ecuador. The

Army is expected to fly some re: . lief supplies to the disaster area.!

In a-cable to Ecuadorean Red Cross Chief Dr. J. Benjamin Wandemberg, Red" Cross President Basil . O'Connor *deep and heartfelt sympathy’ over the disaster.

Truman ‘Hits the Deck’ “Early aot Shangri-ta-THURMONT, Md; Aug,-8.(UP) ~- President and“ Mrs, Truman re‘laxed family-style today in “ideal”

weather at the presidential re-|

treat, Shangri-La.

Mr. Truman followed his usual custom of early morning rising, (Indianapolis time) | and then walked along the ‘trails |

at 5 a. m.

surrounding this Catoctin mountain retreat. He ' breakfasted with Mrs. Truman and spent a leisurely morning after reading the newspapers. This _ afternoon he took a. dip in the. cool mountain waters of the pool about ‘one-quarter of .a mile from the rustic lodge.

“Thieves Get $333

In_Gas_ Station Loot. |

5 Loot valued at $333 including a television - set, automobile tires

and a battery were reported stolen , impatient and don't worry | possible starting dates. . Dearborn St. during the night. 1 4¢'s just try to have you in shape Then if the|

rom the Pure Oil Co: station;2501

Earl R. Sherrell, owner of the

station, “sald he found a back weather permits you can leave|

w broken, the alarm wire cut and the articles missing when he opened the station this morning.

Times Index Cy

Amuse..... 5, 9 Your.Job..... ¥ " Books s..... 5 Mrs, Manners. 7 Bridge ...... 3 Marriage .....7 Churches .i.: 4 Movies .... § 9

Comics .....14|National AffN10 ful type so it rather wortiad me. military

Crossword ... 8 Radio ov 8

te tga.50.vulge. miles south of Quito. -Twenty-|

reports sald quake]

.1“Police .Station, .

THIEVES failed in a bold atea

a brilliantly - ed downtown parking lot shortly

before dawn today, {

~ James Dung, 40, 6 552 Drover

8t., special police officer for the, asleep in the cab of his truck

parking lot ofl eriminal-Court Judge-Sa

early today in the the White Castle System, 601 W. Washington St. His feet were sticking out of the left window. " .

“WHEN A” persisting tugging on{Billy Burke Edwards and his

his feet awakened him, Mr. Dunz said, he grabbed his revolver: A who had been —untying his shoes fled In a speeding car with two other men despite orders to halt. The shoes, Mr. Dung said, were old work shoes.

Services Held For Slaying Victi

Terre ~Haute Police:

In 3d Day of Probe

Times State Service TERRE HAUTE. Aug. 6 Probe into the “rocking chair”

murder of 82-vear-old Miss Mary

today as services for the retired school ‘teacher were held here at

“Chief of Detectives James Evelo said his staff was working al-

most around the clock in "sift;

ing meager clues to the murder. “But,” ‘he said, haven't a thing.” = As the Investigation entered. its thifd day, almost 15 persons had

i [been questioned. Detectives said from the back seat of their auto-| ‘Most seriously damaged city one man was being . questioned] Mobile. we i

this morning but refused to diLast rites for the elderly woman, who was found slashed!

|and tied to a chair in her mod- dismissed for lack of evidence,

est home Thursday were conducted in Hickman Funeral Home, Burial was in Woodlawn Cemetery here. Study Scraps of Paper The detective chief asserted that his staff worked far into the night yesterday studying scraps of paper found in the 82-year-old retired school teacher's. home. Further questioning of neighbors (also was conducted. » Miss Duncan's only immediate isurvivor, & niece. Mrs. Helen Reed; had arrived here from {Phila celphia, Pa. for the serv(ices,

|" Chief Bvelo said that names

bodies found on 10 or 12-seraps of paper,

iin ‘the victim's home had turned jout to be those of persons who {had done odd jobs for Miss Dun"Emergency Police Nulhber ‘One note. bore the notation,

Scoundrel.” The detective head said the number is the emergency number of he Terre Haute police department. “Of course,” he pointed out, “it would be a natural thing for an elderly person who was aloné to have around.” “Right now,” the chief said, “we have a lot of leg work to do, That's the main thing.” _ Chief Evelo said that a paring ‘knife bearing stains, found in the home, had been turned over to the Vigo County. coroner for analysis. He will attempt to de-

termine whether it is the weapon,

used in the slaving.

The retired schoolteacher was, found -dead in the ropes that:

bound her to her rocking chair | Thursday morning. A nandkerchief had been stuffed into her mouth as a gag. | The victim's face and breast {were slashed and covered with {blood. Her dress had been ripped

expressed hisjdown- the front and a rag was J ‘tied tightly around her neck.!Five new polio fatalities were re- (ford of Bloomington.

{ Telephone wire in her home had {Been cut.

Shirley Still Wants to Lick ‘Channel Before Birthday Coach Thinks Girl Swimmer May Make Try By Aug. 11 If Weather Permits

Phot 0,

Ordered for wo Edwards, Wife

|first:degree “murder indictments; |

{ !

{doctors report-their findings. —|

ta sanity hearing for fhe young ©

“so ‘far we fatal

118; P; H,|—= * hm Ya Buh POLLEN COUNT; 1 ‘per seuble. yd,

tonight and tomorrow. Low toni

ght, 65; high tomorrow, 90.

Botered as Second Class Matter al. Postofice Issued Dally

: Indianapolis, . Ind,

i= Ta .—— Mental Tests S eizu

In Baby's Death “Delayed Indefinitely

I Rabb today ordered phy-| |chiatric examinations for

British war bride, Brenda, death of their infant daughter. Judge Rabb appointed Dr. Murray DeArmond and Dr. John H.| Greist to make the examinations} and report their findings to him Delay Arraignment =:1 Arraignment of the couple on

{scheduled for next Tuesday, was | postponed \indefinitely until th

Meanwhile, another request for:

couple was being prepared by! : their attorney, John Daily. The, petition for the civil court hearing will be filed early next week. Attorney Daily made no ob jection today to.the request of the| prosecutor for the mental test. Held in Baby's Death 4 Judge Rabb also ordered the; sheriff to honor the doctor's. re-| quests to allow the Edwardses to be taken to an institution for the % examinations. Both now are in| jail without bond. : ; 1 The couple is charged with the J beating of their seven-| rtheold: JPRE¥h. JUDR. on July 20. The parents main‘tain death was caused by a fall

Edwards was charged - with murder ff the similar death of. another child Th England a year ago. However, the charge was,

A chat in Hawaii.

90-Degree Heat ; Times Executive Interviews Due TOMOITOW Folks From Home in Hawaii

Scattered Showers

Edwin C. Heinke, assistant managing editor of | apolis Times who exposed the Communist strangulation of the ! | Hawaiian Islands, here reports on Hoosiers he ran into while

Also Predicted

LOCAL TEMPERATURES

in Honolulu.

8am... 66 10a m...8 |yoning into Hoosiers. You know that, 1 am... 1 am... 8 And most of them and most of you like to see their names in 3 tl Mev 3 12 (Noon) 34 41, newspapers, so it just wouldn't be fair to go all the way to I 9 am...

Indianapolis temperatures will awa the: Brat-Boviiers-1-aw jereep. slowly tothe 80-mark to- was Myron Burns; who is-the-as-. {morrow for the first time ir sistant manager of the Moana | eight days as skies remained’ Holel. When he okayed x Sheek, SURE eather | ne saw it was-drawn on the Merati Jette Bist nits National in ~Sndianapolis. so he shook hands right away and. said he had gone through Hilgh “school in Monticelto. He 2d tolleft Indiana in 1924 so 1 guess i few Hoosiers remember him alin Monticello

about Army

Irean said today:

At Schofield,

| " | The mercury is expect !drop to 85 tonight. Winds tomor-| row will shift to the southwest as| “hough the folks the cool mass blanketing most of ¥ill. Indiana drifts gradually east- Boy in Hospital ward, according to the Weather- The Army and Navy took me the" war. man. - - ‘around lots of places and among At Showers Predicted

No fain will mar the week-end Tripler One

General. Hospital. the Bergall,

except in the extreme southern of the doctors sald an Indianapo-'capt. §. 1. Johnson. part of the state Where scattered lis boy was a patient in the hos- ow that this submarine, showers ‘are predicted for ‘late pital -but that he was spending... random for my today and iomorrow evening. the week-end away. His 1lIness w.,1q be commanded by a fellow: who hails from Indiana. mother

the 90's Wasn't serious. \ndiagn-, He was Leonard

in in

Mercury readings

wefe last recorded Bates. a Johnson's

J. when bright summer sun and garet Bates _ lives southerly winds -brought-a—het Shelby St. 92 to the city. ’ Leonard,

at — Lafayette. who is 19 "Tet a

By EDWIN C. HEINKE, Times Staff Writer Naturally, it's impossible to go any place in this world without

Lp.m...88 | ollu and back without giving you a report on Hoosiers in

+ Both the boys are glad they are in Honolulu instead of Both of them have no_complaint life-—in- fact enjoy the treatment they are getn

STE ReN oS ubmrine

‘around. by. Capt. warth, who lived week-ends at the Athletic Club in Indianapolis while being assigned with 83d Infantry at -Atferbury during

a . ah Pearl Harbor, I was taken them was the Army's $40 million 5.14 a submarine in drvdock

i Capt Johnson, whoke wife tives grandmother. ‘Yesterday's maximum temper-' machete slip while cutting brush’ in Honolulu, was graduated from

‘

The Indian-

Korea.

they

I was escorted] Stanley Ho-| {05

Capt.

the

commanded by

inspection,

and

’ Police were

Laura Ross

S. L Johnson

submarine commander.

Capt. wed mother said step- grandmother take the child from

[apolis a week ago yesterday Marine; whose mother, Mrs. Mar- father, Mr. and Mrs. David Cal: the. crib..and. throw. it_out into. 353 lahan, live at 499 Littlejohn 8t., the street }

fHe HAW

-the mother

Mr. Heinke, Pvt, Carl Wright, Muncie, and Recruit Donald W. Wallace, Terre: Haute . . .

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Quiz Grandmother 29 ~ 1 In Baby's Death

NEW YORK, Aug. 8 (UP) You might gix-months-old girl hurtled to her picked oath today from a fourth floor window in Brooklyn and her un-

thé

questioning the

told

ature of 85 was recorded at 3 gnq two of his fingers were cut. the Naval Academy in 1939 and police she did not know where

p. m. It had cooled to 68 by 5:30 a. m. today.

At Ft. Shafter, I met Mabel V. Hornocker;, who is em- S32 and Te [ployed in the adjutant general's Segundo 5 MORE DIE OF POLIO loffice. People - at NEW YORK, Aug. 6 (UP) — will remember her as Mabel Paf-| She ‘was 1 in : Indianapolis,

the

ported here today. a new high f6r a nurse lwent to Dayton, O., before she

(any 24-hour period this year. : TT TT TTT em |was transferred to Honolulu. She my pave no: doubt ts to Lick {has lots of -relatives in Bloom- Hooslers thicker AN mi ington.

[0 Thdinna pelts People or Tots of- Indianapolis people. vacation at Hawail and 1I.ran into 'a bevy of local grade school | teachers. *Orga 27-day tour of the islands were Hrs. Helen. Aufder-| heide, who*#& ches science and mathematics at School 54; Mrs

Page. 7

By SHIRLEY Fheelal To The DOVER, England, Aug. 6-1 few days I've been pestering my

mission to try the Channel before my 17th birthday, Aug. 11, Earlier this week we'd run into a spell of horrible weather and I was willing to settle for Aug. i5. But the past couple of days have

been nice and sunny and I've & the water. I honestly don't: think

1] need much:conditioning but af, ‘course Harry and my: father wil).

‘make the final decision. As Harry was greasing me

asked BH I'll go, Coach?” x | He laughed and said; "Don’t [about by Aug. 11 or 12.

at a moment's notice.”

Anything the coach says is all You don't get everything you want in life, I sup- {

{right with me:

-Ipose—-and - I'm ‘thankful to even chance to make the dream |

get a {of every ‘long {gome true. i Cries a Little Yesterday for no reason at ail I cried a little. I'm not the:tearBut everybody tells me it is quite 4 Anyhow I thotight it meant I

down for a practice swim, I “him Whéen--do_you think

{Helen Updegraff, fourth grade teacher at No." 13; Miss Florence Geisler, No. 73, science and math; Miss Marguerite Lloyd. No. 34 science and math; Miss Mabel LeFevere, No. 15, fourth.and fifth grades: Miss Edna Sonnefield, No.

MAY FRANCE Indianapolis Times ‘ve been feeling so good the past coach, Harry Boudakian, for per-

Bloomington ing of the peace in.Tokyo Bay. Those are the Hoosiers whom just happefied to run into in then (he course of my daily routine.

I would have found on these tropical islands. — . ‘And mest of thief would ‘like

10 gét back. some fime.

On the sandra. bore her morning

Cassandra out.

that, given

than coconuts’

injured ‘today

. 81; PCO " S CAP near ’ . 54, sixth grade, and Miss’ Lucille ite recognition of. Firemen's car near Luray urprised myself with my form In ¢. Wahl No. I. math and science and Mechanics" “Insurance - NOL ’ ' ' policies under the safety responsi

of training again in the afternoon I went up to: Dover Castle atop the famous white cliffs which are above our hotel. -My man-| ager, Ted Worner, went with me Co, and Miss Lois Helm, Marion and we had a wonderful time. {County social worker. Fo The Julde= showed us under1 4 55 Y SEW BY. {II Biri WipASes |rount. Migtons w h rap ROTA liam Bray, of Martinsville, who {dropping right on™ sharp Spikes i... qed the rites for Ernie Pyle!

Others inthe group were Miss bility Lia Bunting, secretary to the pres- | ident, State -Life Insurance Co. Mrs. Paula Traub, L. 8. Ayres &

(for torturing enemies. And there ‘were slots for pouring boiling] |oil and lead, on invaders. The {guide said the castle is 800 years old. and has walls 21 feet thick |Honolulu Hooslers. Saw Spouts of Water had another thrill terday which I don’t think any Regiment, just back from duty in| |other Channel swimmer has experienced. Only 1 didn't learn

I yes-|inspected Co.

Hoosier boys.

training order forcing it to 1, Moreland. recognize the. firm's policies. ' Superior Judge Walter PritchJuly 19 at Punehbowl Cemetery, lard issued thg.order on July 29 Honolulu. Mr, Bray spent a good after the safety responsibility dideal of -his time in tracking down vision of the Bureau of Motor | | Vehicles refused to recognize poli-| At Schofield Barracks where I cies issued by the Ft. Wayne firm | A, 5th Infantry|28 proof ol financiak responsibll-| lity as of Mar, 11. wisi

way.

Doctors said

Meanwhile,

20 HURT IN WRECK LONDON, Aug. 6" (UP)-—A New Yorker and 19 other persons were when an empty -rain-crashed.into.a waiting. Man.

home crashed head-on at a blind curve which. she was riding "struck a than’ 100 . Honelulu housewives

two

surname.

day when a car in which he w:

when

Car Hits Pole Clarence Lyons, -40, of 3330. N,|with a car driven by Thomas E. ers to compromise on their wage

Mrs. during the war commanded the the father was. fThe baby, CasSegundo. he witnessed the sign- Ros& said that as she awoke this she saw her mother remove a window screen and throw

Miss

insurance Firm Boy, Drinking Pop When Wins Court Ruling

State Ordered to Recognize Policies

they

Rat RICKER Jug: *t-General-Hospital-last- , lar vein had been cut by a plece/Injuries received in an. two-car! of glass. They were unable to tell accident at th whether it was glass from the windshield or the pop bottle. . : persons were Robert McCool, 26, \reported in fair condition in In-White River Pkwy. and his wife |2t¢ normally and as long as no diangpolis hospitals today and Helen, daughter, Linda Jane, 3 5uBar goes to the West Coast, five others were.treated and re-/and son, Robert, 2, were treated this strike is solid . ; leased #s result of injuries Te- for cuts and bruises. Korea, I.ran into a couple more. Insurance Commissioner Frank ceived in Indianapolis accidents. |Cool car was being driven north There wis Carl Viehmann maintained that since] ! about it until today. While I was Wright, of 607'; E. Willard St, ‘he company's 100-year- legisla-| distance swimmer | ming T “heard -a series of Muncie who-asked-me to say {oitive charter expires next Jan. 21,/ Meridian Sts was reported in fair Bennett, 48, Tiptoh. Mr. Bennett demand, extend the present cone

Gis Death Lit Polo Toll

Ttoduy Taised the Hooster-totel

yesterday in St. Joseph Hospital, Ft. Wayne.

— Compromise Bill Voted By Legislatyre After Long Night Session

Lawmakers Say; Await Governor's Signature By WILLARD D. EBERHART, U

HONOLULU, Aug. 6-—Th

nited Press Staff Correspondent e Hawaiian legislature overs

whelmingly ‘passed a compromise dock seizure bill today,

declaring a public strike emergency and empowering the

for a maximum of 180 days: Several lawmakers predi

| 10 New Cases

| The death of 20-year-old Karla {Austrup of Ft. Wayne in Luitheran Hospital there this mornling broughi Indiana's polio death {toll to 34. | Ten new confirmed polio cases

istrichen to 334 since the first o {the year.

{Tie 308 ~ TRdrans "polio aeatn’

{was that of 24-year-old Edgar [Effenburger, who became the {fourth Allen County polio victim, |

Wednesday by polio. He died last! night of lobar-polio in 8t. Catherine’'s Hospital, East Chicago.|

buried yesterday. i. The list of polio patients from Indianapolis rose to 24 as a vaca-, itioning youth was. hospitalized. {with confirmed potio in Minneso-| ita, and another boy was stricken {and confined to his bed at home. Two in Beech Grove : Two other unconfirmed polio {eases from Beech Grove were re{ported yesterday. | Niné-year-old Stephen Swovernd was confined to his bed in {his home,-1138 W. 31st St.

|officials

learned “today that Robeért .Cohen, of 3605 Balsam Ave. had bBéén hospitalized Tri vie] {Kenny Institute, Minneapolis, with] polio. “In. Minnesota for only a!

disedse could - have been {tracted in Indianapolis Mrs. Evelyn Utterback, 23, of | 3th St, Beech Grove, and 13-mHnth-old David Walker, 481 Hobar. St., Beech Grove, were in Methodist Hospital after being admitted Thursday on the preliminary diagnosis of polio. 3 Health officials emphasized the: two cases had not been confirmed. The condition - of both of the patients was described as “good.”

‘con-)

Deaths Triple 1948 Indiana‘s “polio death toll for 1949 already more than trebled last year's {otal-at this (ime, the | State Board of — Health said. There were 104 polio cases in Indiana at this time in 1948. The

disease is- in epidemic propor-| tions, “however, in only three Hoosier counties. Another case was. reported

today in hard-hif Jay ‘County, | (Continued on Page 2—Col. 1) CHIANG REACHES KOREA SEOUL, Korea, Aug, 6 (UP)! Generalissimo' \Chiang Kai-shek, |

South Korea. - {

ars Crash, Dies of Injuries

Broken Glass Severs Child's Jugular Vein In Head-On Collision in Henry County

Rickey Harris, 11, of near Moreland, was ifijured tatally yester- mend we stop the strike If ems,

as riding collided with a neighbor's ployers would let. an arbitration. in Henry County. €0. of pop at the-time of the crash, BY Rickey and his brother, Joseph, 20. driver-of the car. had been law was ordered tod#y in to a drive-in, where Rickgy gota ho ’ . a ruling handed down by Superior their ; Court Judge William Higgins. In the decision, Judge Higgins Obstructed By weeds, with a car overruled a state plea to dissolve drivn by O..C. Payl, 48, of R. R.

The boy was drinking a bottle

ttle of pop.. They wert on

parked -car in the 5500 N. Delaware Sf. An entire family was treated

block of

e intersection of} Raymond. St. and Chirfchman!

tAve: 1157 8.

The * Me-|

on Churchman Ave. and collided]

| }

{whooshing noises and saw spouts his mother, “Tell Mom I'm fine.” its policies no longer should be/condition at Methodist Hospital Was unhurt. eo

of water in the Channel abot Carl Joined the Army Oct. 30, considered as evidence that mo5 months torists are financially responsible, Viehmann shells. with Donald W. Wallace, of 121 the order ‘literally ‘forced the ue Haute, safety division to violate the law, Editorials ...10 Side Glances.10 natural under the tension of this jn the water and using radar for whose "wife, Mary Jane, and Under the law the commissioner | ~ Forum ......10 Society ...... 3 type of training. ] Hollywond ... 9 Sports ...,.6 7 Inside Indpls. 3, Try It.......14 needed some relaxation so instead’radar screen)

1947, and has spent Carl buddies around)

a half mile from me. {| This morning I learned it was in: Korea. ‘practice - with They were shodting at a target W. Fourth St,

Terre

big enough to be picked up on a

testified - that

his forehead.

nk va

{after his car hit a utility pole| +n the 200 block of N. East 8t, rock, was injuted as he fell from rbitration. at 5:30 a. m. this morning: Mr. the back of a truck in the 460! Lyons had severe lacerations on | Robert R. Apple, 19, 6121 Park {Riming. I'm’ sure glad I'm--not father. Alva. live In Terre Haute, must approve the policies or the Ave, was reported in fair fondi- Mitchell, - Flatroek, i Donald said to tell his family division cannot. accept’ them as

| fion at General Hospital from in- drive off. Mr. Brinson fel (thdt he's getting along fine foo. proof of financial responsibility. juries received when the car in injured his back.

Herbert Brinson, 16, of Fiat]

son- climbéd info the bed of the truck just as the driver, John! started to

op ~~

i WEE is tg a Se to ng WR AS rh gg -

Jomorrow, enabling t Bit . eM striee

Indiana State Board of Health

1 and break would ogeur “in the near

territorial governnient to: seize the stevedoring industry

cted the measure would ‘break’ the left-wing Inter

national Longshoremen’s and Warehousemen's Union if it to 0 ¥ a Ada old. alike... FE

and refused to work for the gove ernment.

The weary lawmakers cast’ their final votes at 2:30 a. -m. {Hawaii Timé) before nearly

| Reported in State {empty galleries; in which neither

management nor the union was represented. i . The Senate passed the bill first. and the House gave its approval 24 to 6. Gov. Ingram Stainback may sign the measure he territory seize ; panies on Monday. se PrOVides. for. Rental The bill provides that Stainback may seize the companies, but also states that if the come

‘panies demand fair rental for use

The 33d state victim was 13- Of equipment instead -of seizure, year-old James Evanson of Ham- the governor must grant the mond, whose sister was killed request. re

Gov. Stainback is empowered to hire union or non-union work« ers at pre-strike wages and

| His sisted. Carol Evanson, 16. was employers would get the profits

minus one-quarter of 1 per cent fee for the government's trouble, Lawmakers pointed out that if the union refuses to work for the territory, it will be losing money, while employers will bs getting a large share of the | profits, * . The strikers have already voted mot to work for the. territory if It seized the companies or entered the stevedoring business. Demands Affidavits The measure also demands non« Communist affidavits from alien

government stevedores. and loyal

t¥.0aths from citizens. It specie fies that Gov. Stainback must ree turn the property to the companies

position to resume normal operas tions, - of The bill is close to what the governor requested originally, except that he advocated permanent seizure powers, while the compro= mise measure is tailored only for the current strike.

— Meanwhile, Federal Conciliator _

George Hillenbrand said would step into Hawaii's longshore strike if the ILWU and the stevedoring firms “don’t show some immediate indication of resuming negotiations.

get the two factions together for a’ meeting If they detuved ‘peace talks. However, he declinad fo comment on what action he planned to take. : The conciliator flew here yese terday from the mainlahd to resume - mediation efforts after more than two weeks absence. On the “same plane was Harry Bridges, stormy chief of the CIO International Liengshoremen's and Warehousemen’s Union. Speaking at a press conference called several hours after nis

negotiations with Hawaiian steve: edoring employers and predicted his union would win the 98-day-old waterfront strike “hands down.” i He pointed out that arbitration,

rather than wages, had become

the real issue of "the strike, - Women Picket Union “I would be willing to recome

board, composed of independent island businessmen, decide what

the new wage should be,” he said. |

As Mr. Bridges spoke, mors picketed the union headquarters. The women have counter-picketed

the waterfront since

Mr. Bridges denied the recent sailing of the Isthmian freighter Steel Flyer meant reopening of the port of Honolulu. “As long as Matson can't opers

«s+ it can’t be lost.” ; ;

Urges Compromise He said he would advise strike

tracts by a year tr two and bare Bain for wage reopenings’ with Mr, Hillenbrand said he hoped,

the union and seven struck steves

doring firms would get. together

again. He was optimistic that a

the early

week, -health officials said the when they indicate they-are ina -

Mpeo- Hillenbrand —indiceied he wolld not waste time trying to -

hi rccompanied- by-19-aides today arrival, Mr. Bridges declared. he... .. jChester-bound. passenger. train at landed. ..at.. Chinhae “airstrip in had no plans to resume ‘direct London's Euston Station.

block. of ¥. South St. Mr. Brin With Mr. Bridges in the isiands,