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quest . until its parliamentary American market. Other export|jetter in their churches. Villagers | |were called back this month. the northern West Virginia fields.| Mr. Murray laid d that ultis =: 4a. Jeader, Herbert Morrison, returns countries, such i. France and went to the defense of the priests. 1, Everett L. Gardner, head of They closed four re at-/matum at the opening of a unions : hére, probably’ Wednesday" night: ne oa A ‘ Martial lw was imposed: on: the; {the . Hxiployment Security .. DI sompted. to. operate... Three. non. Wii SE peace . conference EN eck , But a source close to the gov- Te prospec ¢ oe OTe district for a time. vision; Peported” & riser of 1.4 pe? strikers seported ‘they “hyd been "ahd: SpONSOred BY Cyrus. 8. : ernment leadersitp val; A god diane devalue their owh pF © Sécret Election Sent = ag t ultwral ploy. attacked. Police said one group Ching, director of the ¥ederal - - s is that the request will ; 4 n; . 1 ( ® aranted. 1 would oo my money|cles. The French cabinet Was| Reliable sources, meanwhile, state payrolls to 1,163,000 workers, | Pickets traveled in a motor Mediation Service.

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Cripps Bans General Wage Hikes as British Devalue the Pound

No Cuts in Defense, Social Service Seen

"LONDON, Sept. 19 (UP)— » Bir Stafford Cripps. today ruled out any possibility of general wage increases and promised no cuts would be made in defense and social

service. spending as a result of the devaluation of the pound from $4.03 to $2.80, He called $2.80 the rock bottem rice. The Chancellor of the Exchequer appeared before 400 report-

More Countries Expected to Join By United Press Britain's devaluation of the pound set off a chain reaction around the world today. Countries in the sterling area, and European nations competing with Britain for the

American market, scrambled to readjust their own currencies, American observers applauded the move as one which will help take foreign relief off the back

Reds to Try | Defenders of Czech Priests

Will Face Rebellion |

Charge With Death | . As Top Penalty b Pp k PRAGUE, Czechoslovakia, or ar Ing Sept. 19 (UP)-—Slovaks who wich En fought with fist and scythe in| . , defense of their priests last June will be tried for “crimes of rebellion,” a Communist

lawyer's journal said today. The Bratislava legal publication Prava A Zivot (Law and

, Isn't It?

Shops Plan to To Talk ‘Her

Recall 869

480,000 Miners NYC Action Depends

Refuse to Work

Steel Union Delivers Ultimatum; Mines Close

Beech Grove Murray Tells Industry

e and Now’

37 Companies At Federal Parley

of the American taxpayers. Life) which reached Prague to- | { A ers for cross examination less By dawn today 11 other na-|day indicated that trials of the i On Coal Strike | PITTSBURGH, Sept. 19 BULLETIN 4 than 24 hours after he announced itjong had cheapened their own Slovaks might already be going Developments | (UP) — John L. Lewis’ 480, WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 (UP), the devaluation which precipitat-loyrrencies by 30 per cent in re-|on. It gave no hint of how many). yi ’ "| =—The government failed today, - ed the most critical situation in|jatjon to the American dollar. A|were arrested. [| The New York Central Rail- 000 United Mine Workers, in-| in its first effort to mediate in |

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international finance since Britain went off the gold stand-| ard 18 years ago. Winston Churchill, leader of the Conservative Party, asked the labor government to recall Parliament from its summer and autumn recess not later than next week to consider the devaluation/ crisis. { The governmeént probably will! not answer Mr. Churchill's re-

on recall of Parliament at. an early date.” ; Determined to Hold Mr. Cripps showed determination to hold the line against a spiral of inflation which almost certainly would bring a general election before next summer; with the laborite regime at stake. He appeared confident that de-

land Egypt cut their pound "by

half dozen others were considering similar action. New Zealand, South Africa, Ireland and Israel devalued their pound, which was the same as the British, to the new British rate from $4.03 to $2.80. Australia

about 30 per cent. Other currencies devalued 30 per cent were the Indian and Burmese rupees, the Danish and Norwegian kroner and the Finnish innmark. Devaluation mad: British cars, clothing and Scotch whisky cheaper ..on the all-important

called in emergancy session tonight. Exchanges Ciose Observers sald the French franc would be devalued somewhat. In Belgium, econémic experts predicted a 20 to 30 per cent devaluation of the franc wogld be announced next week-end. Sweden, Italy and Holland announced they were considering

The maximum penalty for “crimes of rebellion” is death. The journal said the clashes were a result of “a centrally organized intentional misusé of religious feelings.” That appeared to be a sign that the Catholic hierarchy would be blamed for the rioting. Communist spokesmen have accused church leaders repeatedly of misusing religion for political aims, The rioting in Slovakia broke out when state police went to certain villages to arrest priests who had read a clandestiné clerical

reported that the church had] secretly consecrated a new bishop, bringing its “high command” to top strength for the expected showdown with the government. These sources said the Rev.|} Kajetan Matousek, 39, had been consecrated in the Chapel of the Virgin Mary of St” Ignatius Church in Prague by Bishop An- - Maybe the motorists

Photo by Bob Wallace. Times Staff Photographer.

k | to fts Beech Grove car shops Oct. |

{Trailer Families

road will call back 869 employees | work today, declaring “no!

3, unless work is curtailed by a!

coal strike. . {welfare payments, no work.” The call-back order was issued! The miners’ bitter resentment

time rack awaiting coal develop-! ments. . This move will put Beech Grove | both in the engine and car shops back on a capacity basis with the exception of “a couple of hundred” furloughed last November and February, About 900 engine shop workers

quickly boiled into a general work stoppage, although Mr, wis issued no strike call. . Surveys of the coal fields dis{closed no UMW workers entered {the pits. Some appeared at the mine entrances and after angry group meetings, returned home. Two groups of pickets toured

Meanwhile Gov. Henry F, Caravan of 55 automobiles. Schricker commended the forth-| _. Deration Uncertain coming merger of the job place-| From the hard coal. field -of ment and jobless insurance staffs/eastern Pennsylvania to the westin the Employment Security Di-|ern fields of Wyoming and Utah, vision. where 8000 miners “kicked off” {the walkout last Friday, the coal {fields were idle, except for a {few scattered non-union pits and {an Illinois field manned by mem{bers of the rival Progressive

cluding 8500 in Indiana, quit]

today by the NYC but-eall-back to suspension of benefit payments | cards were withheld from the from the UMW Welfare Fund!

the steel strike set for midnigh & Saturday, but another conference was scheduled for later in the day.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 | (UP) — CIO President Philip Murray said today that a na. \tion-wide steel strike will be|gin Saturday at midnight une less the steel companies sets tle “here and now” on the basis

of the recommendations of Presi dent Truman's fact-finding board.

Mr. Murray and the other union negotiators léft the conference after an hour and 20 minutes, leaving Mr. Ching to talk to the steel alone. He said the union dele gation would rejoin the meeting at 1 p. m,, Indianapolis time.

whether any industry » had answered -his statement.

valuation of the pound and estab- devaluation. Greece and Western tonin Eltschner. don't care for rkin meters but - this " Eg» } Makes I . i t P lishment of a new relationship|Germany were expected to follow| At the same time, Dr. Fran- : parting : i Face E {Mine Workers. A lain 5 between it and the dollar would suit. Financial experts in Ottawa |tisek Onderek, member of the| °"® yi 100 block E. Martel Sh Jved ae andy Witching Vie on { The duration of the “sponta- The presidentia) fast Cnding help the entire world. predicted the Canadian dollar!Catholic Church's Board of Bish- post for the horse and wagon iftor wson, 1544 W. Wash- neous” strike was uncertain, but Po® ecommended

._.._ States was diminishing. But his| Banks hope for improvement in theitries either closed or halted trad-

Asked whether some prices of |

British exports would need to be increased; Mr. Cripps replied: “Take Scotch whisky, there 'is ‘no need to advance the dollar . price of Scotch whisky.” ‘He said it was “quite clear”

would be devalued 10 per cent, The American Stock Exchange in. New York was about the world’s only major financial trading market to remain open today. Stock exchanges were \closed in Britain, France, Bel-

that the recession in the United

British situation, he said, was not dependent on that. “It is quite impossible to say what is going to happen,” he said, until all the other countries decide what they are going to do

scrambled to readjust currencies

told the press: ONE. Any student of the world black markéts could have fore-

told” that the new rate of theigo

pound would be arouna $2.80, and

therefore the rate should not be $2.80

a shock. TWO. “We are not able to cut our defense expenditures.” THREE. “We will not cut our social service. expenditures.”

OUR. “We will economize on|

our administrative expenditures but it will take tim2 to examine

gium, Holland, Greece and Egypt. Banks in these and other coun-

hops, denied the government's report that he had approved the government's church bill which was protested widely by the Catholic clergy.

standing at the curb while he wra

he ed.

ington St. this morning. Mr. Lawson said he

Jot left his horse

collected trash and some wag

d the chain around the post. "Does come in handy, though,’

Dr. Onderek said his approval applied only to provisions for increased salaries for priests.

ing in foreign currencies

Cuts in Values Of 12 Currencies

inouncement of devaluation of the;

and financial problems: Mr, Pt pound from $4.03 to $2.80:

"Australian Pound’ — Reduced {from $3.22 to $2.24. New Zealand Pound—$4.03 to 80. ’ | South African Pound-—$4.03 to| Irish Pound—$4.03 to $2.80. Egyptian Pound — $4.133 to $2.871. Israeli Pound—$4.03 to $2.80. Indian Rupee—$0.30 to $0.21. | Danish Kroner—$0.21 to $0.14.|

lof Archbishop Josef Matocha, Czechoslovakia’'s second prelate. has been sentenced to 10 years’ imprisonment by the Prague state court for “high treason.”

Just Wanders Off W

x . | Sheriff Cunningham's “gests” Devaluing Dollar | OTTAWA, ng 19 (UP)—An| Two “guests” recently have authorized source told the United sauntered off from the County Press aft’noon ‘today“that Finance Jail without even telling Sheriff Minister Douglas Abbott would Cunningham goodbye. Worse yet, announce devaluation of the Ca-|they: didn’t even check out with nadian dollar. oe SEK it. Tron The source indicated that the ey were. we Sage devaluation would be 10, per cent./Suests, however, inasmuch as they But a sharp -conflict of views Weren't noisy and made no come divided the cabinet on the cur- plaints. They were the silent types rency issue, it was learned. It —they just silently stole away

«| Without a word. was for this reason that Canada’s Clifford Hicks, 36, who gave his

~Two Leave Jail Without nounct oan tae ie werirs 1 €1NIMG Sheriff

Bye Bye

One Comes Back After Night Out, but Other

ith Shirt Under Arm

Ho, hummmmm , . .-life can be very boring in the Marion

are not exactly happy. Some of

them, in fact, just tire of it all and walk away.

Secret Inquiry

In Ship Disaster

120 Known Dead; Search Continues

| TORONTO, Ontario, Sept.

Jones Trailers, Inc, a camp at|

Injunction Closes 200-Unit Camp

Approximately 200 families, re- the operators : siding in trailers in the Floyd hp

3102 Madison Ave. faced the June 30. However, Mr. necessity of finding new homes manent injunction order against|three-day the camp by Circuit Court Judge gotiations. Lloyd Claycombe. ’ The

ing Appeals a permanent

31, 1950.” {announcement of the suspensi Subject of Complaints lof benefits touched off Sunpe Bglon According to evidence at to-ipages that spread into the general day's hearing, the trailer camp| walkout today. has eel he subject of frequent] : complaints from. residents in. the peighborhood It was estab-| Miners shed by Mr, Jones in 1942 under 1 3: a zoning variance and the opera- Out in Indiana tor has obtained an annual variance to the zoning rules every year since. The county, in the injunction (suit, charged “general insanitary|

report for work today as they

followed John L. Lewis’ “No pension, no work” slogan.

{individual miners said they were inot returning to the mines until |welfare fund paymefits are resumed and new contracts with

Stoppages Spread The UMW contract expired last Lewis | modified the union's traditional today. as the result of a per- “no contract, no work” to' permit operations pending ne-

truce ended when r.| Judge Claycombe today granted Lewis disclosed that the welfare USE A8Tee to negotiate on those

the Marion County Board of-Zon-| fund was in the red, because some |

against giving the steelworkers a fourth-round wage increase, but it proposed insurance and pension benefits that. would cost the steel companies 10 cents an hour for ‘leach employee. Mr, Murray, who heads the CIO Steelworkers, made it plain that he was not . den an_ime-

fare. {price of peace in the § | “But he said the steel companies

{recommendations now. “Of course neither party is

4 in-| Southern operator : 3 about their currencies. y United Press County Jail. u perators were taking pound by these recommenda~ } Rock Bottom | Here is how currencies In the C d Seen | , Quarters are frequently very confining and all too often a Knefion of nd Sysesucies the advantage of the contract expira:| one Mr. Murray said. “It is ; While the rest of the world sterling area dropped upon an- LANAGAQA J€e€ . |fellow can’t even pick his own roommate. All in all, most of : P to vacate tion to withhold their regular 20-

‘the property “not"later than Jan. cent-a-ton royalty payments. fits 2 Jalse issue to assert tmp at. tug

{present time. 37 Firms on Hand | Mr. Murray accused the steel companies of trying to “go through the motions of collective

‘| bargaining without reference to

the board's report and recomse mendations.” The union, with 1 million works«

Hoosler mineworkers failed to|®'® Poised to quit their jobs at

{11:01 p. m. (Indianapolis. time, { Saturday), has agreed to use the {fact-finders’ recommendations as a basis for bargaining.

industry representatives

/mediate grant of the 10-cent wele

| conditions and a situation of

The United Mine Worker chief]

Or Risk Saturday Strike

Mr. Murray refused to say

Spo TE

Norwegian Kroner — $0.20 to! the possibilities.” $0.14. More than 70 steel companies 1 FIVE. The Labor Government |

stands by its wage freeze, and

| dangerous wiring throughout the|4i4 not call a formal strike, The were invited to the meeting here, " { union claims 8500 members in put only 37 were represented ~ ° Indiana. i |when it began. The industry Instead of putting out pickets,|delegation was headed by Benthe miners either simply failed to/jamin F. Fairless, president of

{show up at work or reported, then|{Jhited States Steel Corp. {turned around and went home. ; ——————————————————————

At King's Station mine

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s British Ford Prices $600

Jevaluapien Pt. simultaneous address simply as “Pennsylvania” | (UP)—The government today orBurmese Rupee — $0.33 to! Lith Sir Stafford Cripps .an-| Vas the latest dissatisfied “guest” dered the crew of the lake steam$0.21. ! t . {and he was even rude enough to er Noronic to a secret inquiry to g ‘ will oppose any general increases, | Finnish Finnmark — $0.008 to|"ouncement. |turn down a free bus ride to the check “all aspects” of the dock-|, LD€ request for a permanent although it will consider indi-'$0.0043. cl TTT, [state Prison Farm. side fire which killed at least 120 junction by the county was vidual hardship cases. tse Club to Hear Heinke Hicks, who had a special invita- panic-stricken passengers,’ |granted by Judge Claycombe by co a think bd Me dany poser. Judy Garland, Husband On Reds in Hawaii tion reading “60 days” in which| Questioning of the crew vegan AES ment of both parties. ‘ou 2 n ‘|to recover from a recent. drunk, ; - | { ca bil he rate going lower,” | Hi Hiei { las five divers descended again] S 1 in RY Caror ® E sclosing Hint Reconciliation | Edwin C. Heinke, assistant |Just wandered away this morning into - submerged - sections of me Arrested Street |Princeton about 50 men out of a Custodian Killed had chosen a rock bottom price. | HOLLYWOOD, Sept. 19 (UP) managing editor of the Indian-|carrying an extra shirt under his charred hull of the 6905-ton pleas- @» : normal day shift of 180 showed | —The estranged husband of Judy|apolis Times, will discuss ‘“Com- arm. It was his own shirt. lure boat to search for bodies of Singer Makes up this morning. They milled In Statehouse Fall BLAZE SWEEPS CAFE | Garland hinted today the screen/mynism in Hawaii” tomorrow Sheriff's deputies said Hicks 171 passengers still listed as miss- {around a few minutes, then. re- 2 Fo TERRE HAUTE, Sept. 19 (UP) musical star's recent operationinoon at the meeting of the Co-|was walking from the jail with 21 jg Police an Offer turned home. | A basement custodian fell four —Fire Chief Zenin Nicholson to-|/may help bring about their re-|Operative Civic. Club at the Wash- other “guests” to a .bus. They| Three Other Inquiries : y y | floors to his death in the north a day said the $20,000 fire which conciliation. a ington Hotel. \were to be taken to the State| Officials doubted, however, that! - A BLIND street singer arrested Fall to Show Up wing of the rotunda of the State4 - - gutted the Manor House, a dining Pirector Vincente Minnelli was| Mr. Heinke will recount what he Prison Farm. In some way Or the death toll would rise much | by police for singing for contri- | Six mines in the Terre Haute house early today, less than an 1 ¢ . and dancing gstablishment south|at her bedside after the pug-|observed and heard on a recent another Hicks changed his mind higher, Some 361 of the ship's butions if*downtown Indi el 272 which employ about 2000 hour after reporting to work, poof here yesterday; was probably nosed blond actress underwent |tfip to the Pacific isle, George and when last seen was walking gss and € e ship's on de hi n Indlanapolis| men were paralyzed by the walk- lice said.. : caused by a defective refrigerator) minor surgery. She was. reported Doyle. program chairman, Te. safe, with 34 in the hospital It| Find me a hob where T can do |": The body of John Taylor, 74 ; motor. “getting along fine.” | : Sale, w ospital. It ere I can do| 8: Oe was found. y : re ng g tne. 'ported (was. believed that most of those|the work and I'd be glad to take y Bach of the siy-Saxion. Black- of 2926 Kenwood Ave, was found” Devalued Pound Slash {unaccounted tor had left the seene iL "45-year-old William Efi Vile) "ana Victory — reported 534 W. 30th Si. who told pice e ’ \ sne fF hele Nome without reporting 2009 Adams S¢ told Sgt. Alex-|inat the majority of miners did he had heard Mr, Taylor i : i 3 . . | y. | aw Steel, Leather Goods - } Only 29 of the 120 bodies res: Sgt.. Dunwoody told the ac- Ap aew To 6 2h the \ap Tioor ot 152 States Also Face Reduction i d Soyered fag Daen Trae. De benging” he Would Save io sop) up, stood in'groups and talked for Fellow workers were unable to 5 By HAROLD H. HARTLEY partment said its official investi- vania St. today. : | while. then went back home, | explain the presence of Mr. Tayby Tne Sime Distasi Edler, 100 gator, Capt. Wiliam N. Morri-| “It's my way of making a,c 90% U6 FI TRAD TO Jor, an employee in the basement ; e devalued po a 55 {son, would interview officers and living” the blind man replied. t Dres said P of the building, on the upper British new car market in its crewmembers of the vessel behind | You may as well go ahead and a (DiCaser mine sid floor of the Statehouse.

§ The British Fords, not quite most. of. the victims. daughter, employed as a waitress, surveyed,” he said. . —— as large or as Blush 28 Hy Ament Diving operations were halted Jom aa Rg 8d hat TTT Em Auto crashes kill student, two SAN ous, appeal Oh temporarily yesterday when a their home going until she finds S to Go h or oie 0 5 gai Be sre amep va rn Arar 0 a Sarid er hike. | N expects Rus 5 decry : . affected are woolens, Scotch the fire-swept vessel. vagrancy., °° Out ‘Like Lamb’ uN sxpects Riss 15 decty whisky, Sheffield steel, and fine wi oth Wh RB * LOCAL MENPERATCRES Atlantic Pact , , , World leather, 00ds. out. Deliveries er O pore Twins au Report ...........Page 8 Bit if You ate planeing to get Unattended ‘Doi AERIS 5 (Newi.d | tre murder in the a nifty British tweed topcoat a w ll ‘8am... 59 12 (Noon). 69 “ r cin iT 30 per cent off, you'll have to oiling e fa m.. 64 1pm... 70 frafte " bi in wi : Spring. Local y : — “en tas huh pon) oR STE months Photographer s Wife ‘Nearly Passes Out’ The last two days of summer| fo hy na a [77 Tg igh vapid When Stork Arrives One Month Early WF be Kung dug mila, Wegther- «sss e2Page BUFFALO, N. Y., Sept. 19 (UP)—M ay. RB ot, y » . rs. Dorothy Reynolds, 27,) He predicted fai ki . Scotch wisky won't go down who delivered her own twins unaided in her home over the week-end, | the ora Ting ho 76 pin Other Features — 30 per cent. The reason is that ‘was reported “doing well” at Columbus Hospital today. ’ on on Amusements . 9) Marriage.... T most of the liquor store price is q The stork overtook Mrs. Reynolds while her husband, Joseph, a|-_ Follen Count, 14 per cubic yd. |Bridge ...... 5|Needlework.. § - in American taxes. | freé lance photographer, was away. ay, Xow afternoon, cooling to 48 tonight Business ....10/Novel ....... 8 Sheffield steel and leather goods 1 nearly passed out,” the young mother told hospital attendants and a high of near 72 tomorrow. Comics .%....17/ Othman .....11 will take the cut when new later. ‘“1 was dazed and unable =~ re {Pleasant . weather should last/Crossword ... 8/Pattern ..... § o stocks arkive. Indusiey So i kJ : -» ; lo ep Remember ul Tye babes 3 boy and a girl, / through Thursday afteérnoon|Editorials ...12/Radio +vvvves T ig : oi ATA 3 tad 8 and placing were found, in good condition on wh . 7 |Fashions .... B| cenees . Bearish, effect in she dowmrited . George Hostar marks down. this British Ford along with British pound. It dropped $600. {them on a cot. after wrapping|arrival at a hospital. |" Week-and showets brought via Fos on SR anaes a : —— currencies of d bo < ? : them in a blanket. Then I laid| “We didn’t expect anythin “| . | Sock th : countries. To them it meant that/employment if the Americans land, the devaluation won't touch, But with the exception of Brit: down on the bed. That's all Iitil next month” Mr. Reynolds mma. reported 297 Iachan suin. HOLYWoOd ser §|8pOItacss +3, 18 RY those exporting - countries may| switch to British goods to save the American price structure. And ish cars, the devalued pound won't could do.” . ~[sald, “and we only expected one|fall yesterday morning and Bowl-| Inside Indpis..11 Earl Wilson T : undersell the American market, money,” sald one manufacturer. |if it should’ be harmful, we still change the price of anything you Mrs. Reynolds lay unattended baby, not two.” - |iIng Green rain measured 1.15|Mrs Manners 6 Women's ia mpi. ‘ A ; depressing American prices, There were other “ifs” in the have the aa, which can com-| buy or sell today, tomorrow or for until her husband returned home| The Reynoldses two o inches. Marion reported one " . : lh ¥ \ h sould even cause some up-' picture. I inflation engulfs Eng- te fox foo low impart prices. the next few mopthad .____. 'about two and a hall hours later, a ve Clot ralny, : ’ inte ¥ on oi f . ? 1 ?

price tag today. New four-door Rritish Fords dropped from $1618 to $995.

but owould get more’ quickly.

closed doors on “all aspects of the disaster.”

Three other investigations also

Detroit and Cleveland, homes of

arrest me.” district

es w= I head, Terre Haute, said the minPREVIOUSLY Mr.

Ellis and|ers were not ordered to walk out.

r. Ellis sald his 17-year-old|is a matter that will have to be

Deputy Coroner Ezra Alexe ander said the man had died instantly from the fall. His. body

4 George Hoster, Broad Ripple { | his wife, also a blind street mu-| “I don't have any report yet. was t y Ford ler, ne lias 0d about were underway. sician, said police had ordered If the men. left the pits, they aid | mm aken to City Morgue. 3 150 of the British Fords in In- They were aided by relatives/them to stop their activities, say-|so on their own volition. As to diana, said’ he had three on hand who came by the hundreds from|ing merchants had complained. |ordering them back to work, that

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