Charleston Daily Mail (Newspaper) - May 10, 1946, Charleston, West Virginia THE WEATHER Scattered showers and storms this afternoon and tonight Saturday occasional rain and con- mild FINAL EDITION VOLUME 10 o 1 2 9 THE ASSOCIATED PRESS THE UNITED PRESS CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA FRIDAY EVENING MAY 10 1946 Italy Cabinet Accepts Umberto as New King Ceremony Set Prince Gels Crown On Compromise Plan ROME Italian cabinet today accepted Umberto II as king of Italy but only after lopping off the traditional designation by the grace of God and will of the nation cabinet sidestepped a crisis by its compromise on the wording of the terminology to be accorded Umberto who the throne on the tion of his father Victor uel III Ceremony Today was to be in as king before God and the nation at a private ceremony at the royal palace later today The cabinet was in session five hours debating the situation pre- by Victor Emmanuel's abdication and for exile in Egypt The Communists objected to the abdication at this time threatening the overthrow of Premier Alcide de Gasperi's cabinet Umberto gave de Gasperi a ter asking the premier to remain In power and promising to respect results of the June 2 referendum on rejection of the monarchy Communists Socialists and Ac tion party members went to the cabinet session solidly lined up against any official recognition of King Victor Emmanuel's tion They considered it a violation of the monarchy truce and ar effort to gain support in the refer Victor Emmanuel meanwhile was sailing into voluntary exile in He sailed for Port Said aboard an Italian cruiser from Na pies last night after signing over the throne to Umberto Umberto bade his father and former Queen Elena farewell then made a night drive to Rome ar- riving at 2 a m De Gasperi called on him at to map tac tirs in the cabinet session The people Rome reacted calmly to the news There was only a single street last J Abdication The abdication docu ment written in the 76-year-old king's own steady hand added Emanuele to the long lis of unemployed European mon archs He and his tall consort Queen Elena sailed toward tary exile in Egypt aboard thi cruiser Duke of Abruzzi Observers said the renunciation was an eleventh-hour effort to strengthen the house of Savoy under which Italy was unified in for its test with the ad of a republic at the plebis cite three weeks hence Leftist newspapers opened up on Humbert today The Socialist organ Avanti Banner read Fascist Kini Has Abdicated prince sue him lor 23 days The Com munist Unita headlined tion of King Is Grotesque Farce Without Any Juridical or tional Validity Shrine Parade Opens Session Following the traditional Shrin er's parade through the busines district Friday afternoon Ben Kedem Temple Ancient Order No bles of the Mystic Shrine will mi a class of more than 200 int the lodge at ceremonies in the mu auditorium -in a super ceremonial which with a business session at 11 a m in the Shrine mosque Some Nobles from Charles ton and other sections of souther See SHRINE PARADE Page 4 Column 2 Daily Almanac Hes kite JOBS UNO morning's sun brok r through light haze and sea clouds as the weather i Kanawha valley continued coo The night's lowest temperature a Institute airport was 43 d grees Sun and Moo Sun rose a Sun sets p n Moon sets a n 24-Hour Rang Ended 8 a m High Low Airport Temperatures a m a m a m a m p m Mav Calendar Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sa 12 19 S 13 20 7 14 21 15 22 21 28 29 9 16 23 30 3 10 17 24 31 Italian King Faces Stormy Road Living in virtual seclusion since the armistice ended his ts to Italian troops in the field Crown Prince Umberto above and his wife Princess Maria emerge today as rulers of the Mediterranean nation With the abdication of King Vittorio Emanuele m who has ruled Italy for almost 46 years the and partially bald Umberto will be sworn in today with the title of King Umberto n PAC Puts 33 On Black List Kilgore to Receive CIO Group Backing ATLANTIC CITY N J CIO political action com- called today for the de- eat in the November elections f 10 TJ S senators including even Democrats Twenty-three members of the ouse of representatives were on he PAC black list Among prominent Republicans for defeat were Gov E Dewey of New York if e runs for re-election and Gov Edward Martin of Pennsylvania G O P candidate for senate Two powerful Democratic ors Kenneth McKellar of ee and Harry F Byrd of Virginia vera singled out for PAC on Other Democratic senators on he list were Theodore G Bilbo Vliss E P Carville Nev George L Radcliffe Md Peter G Gerry 1 I and Burton K Wheeler Mont The list was announced at the biennial convention of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers Union CIO by Thomas Burns to Sidney Hillman head of he PAC Republican senators marked for defeat were William Langer N D Henrik Shipstead Minn and H Alexander Smith N J On the other side of the ledger he PAC pledged support to cratic senators Joseph F Guffey Penn Harley M Kilgore W Va James M Mead N Y Hugh B Mitchell Wash Joseph C honey Wyo and James M nell Del if they choose to run again Primaries Satisfy CIO President Philip Murray told he delegates that the union was campaigning for enactment of he economic of rights by Roosevelt the late Presiden Tha PAC was well satisfied with See PAC PUTS 33 Page 4 Column 2 Rose Show May 22 Wednesday May ZZ is the date selected for Charleston's Community Rose Show this year The committee announces that the exhibition classes will be the same as those ar- ranged for last year's show Further particulars will be announced in the next day papers Kanawha City Favors Ballot Sign Petition For Charter Action Announcement of the ion of the canvass of Kanawha City came from City Charter Thursday with more than 0 per cent of the registered voters n that area signing petitions for a special election on the proposed new form of government for Charleston Allen C Kinneman chairman of he committee of 100 said that his office has on file the signatures of residents of Kanawha City and a few petitions remain to be checked The county registration office ists voters in Kanawha City The results in this section are more than encouraging Mr man commented For they show hat we have the of more han 40 per cent of the voters here The Municipal home rule aw requires that signatures of only 20 per cent of the city voters be obtained to make it mandatory upon city council to call the special election Others Can Still Sign No further canvassing will be carried on in Kanawha City it was pointed out but Mr Kinneman explained that anyone in that area who has not been offered the op- to sign a petition and desires to do so may sign at the charter headquarters room 709 Kanawha Valley bldg telephone Unquestionably there are many voters who were passed by but none the committee chairman said Our circulators reported many cases of people not at home when they called and the size of their volunteer job pre- vented them from making a return call John Fravel field director of the petition campaign Thursday re- ported the receipt of more than 500 additional signatures about 200 from the West Side and others from scattered sections of the city It was explained that results will be tabulated by sections as each section is canvassed Canvassers have reported that there are few persons in any section who do not want to sign Kule Sought The committee of 100 is ad- the adoption of a non- partisan city manager plan of to put Charleston's civic affairs on a basis as has been done jn many other American cities The rent movement is being sponsored to give the people an opportunity See KANAWHA CITY Page 4 Column Bevin Blames Treaty Block On Russians Molotov Byrnes Disagree on Plans For Peace Parley Combined Trom AP UP PARIS Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin today accused Foreign Minister V M Molotov of trying to block the holding of a peace conference Bevin said that Molotov's ence upon Big Four agreement on all fundamentals of the peace treaties before submitting them to a peace conference constituted In effect a veto over the treaties The Bevin Molotov exchange left the Big Four as deadlocked as ever over the Spain Study Resumed NEW YORK United Nations security council's in- subcommittee re- its study today of U N intelligence on Franco Spain with of receiving another batch of documents shortly from the exiled Spanish Republican leadership The Spanish Republicans re- to the Investigators in- to all-comers to submit information bearing on the Franco regime are forward their latest contributions by their Premier Jose Giral ies and peace conference and in a desperate effort to get to some kind of agreement the ministers uled an informal meeting for later today to thresh the situation out V Rift Tha gap was widened yesterday when James F Byrnes U S of state and Molotov argued for two hours without Byrnes suggestion that a peace conference meet in Paris June 15 Coal Strike Truce Directed by UMW Chief Van A the campaign In the South About-Face Sentiment in House Seen Bolstering Hopes for OPA WASHINGTON Administration hopes for the OPA soared today after the house reversed itself to vote subsidies for President Truman's emergency home-building in program The tally was 187 to 158 Last month the chamber turned down the premium payments 161 to 92 Democratic leaders attributed the change to the Easter recess which gave many members their first chance in months to find out at home how their constituents are thinking Speaking privately for the most part these leaders voiced dence the house also would face on price control extension which the house last month mered down to a point where OPA Administrator Paul Porter said the agency would be without power after June 30 Analyzing yesterday's vote Rep Sparkman of Alabama the cratic whip Congress speaks for the people and the people made their wishes known in this matter of housing I think the housing vote indicates what we may expect with reference to OPA when it comes back to the house I think the same thing can be said about selective service The house mutilated three bills Since it did this many members have heard from their people Across the capital meanwhile the senate banking committee hoped to wind up hearings on its See ABOUT-FACE Molotov reportedly acting on fresh instructions from Moscow in- that a peace con- ference should act only on treaties on which Russia France Britain and the United States had reached a prior accord To support his view he offered two amendments both of which were opposed by Byrnes Molotov's The first of these accepted June 15 as the date for such a con- ference provided the four ters adjourn now and meet again not later than June 5 when a power conference would be called if an agreement could be reached on the treaties Byrnes countered with a gestion that the ence should receive the treaties after the four ministers had agreed as far as possible Otherwise he said disagreements among the ministers would block the rest of the world from going ahead with treaties Molotov then accused the tary ot state of backtracking on an agreement of the foreign last December in Moscow At that time he said the ministers had decided that they would agree on treaties before submitting them to a general peace parley An American source said that Byrnes would not insist on calling a general parley if Russia refused to attend Bombs Gunfire Echo in Palestine CAIRO and fire heightened tension out the middle east today while Arabs in several lands held a one- day general strike protesting the Anglo-American report on tine Heavy Egyptian police ments patrolled the Cairo streets where all public life ceased Shops were closed and transportation was at a standstill British army jeeps carried placards warning soldiers that the city was out of bounds British forces were alerted for possible disturbances in Palestine A government order in Baghdad banned all public meetings of more than five persons and in Cairo the secretary general of the Arab league appealed for a peaceful observance The extent and effectiveness of the strike were difficult to mine during the first part of the day There has been some tion to it but apparently it was on a scale in several countries A dispatch from Jaffa in tine said British police and Jewish defense volunteers were warned that violence might develop from an Arab mass meeting to be ad- dressed by Jamal El chairman of the Arab higher com- Husseini was visiting Jaffa for the first time after nine years of exile recently ended Two explosions and spasmodic gunfire were heard at the Sarona police fortress on the outskirts of Tel Aviv near Jaffa last night Sirens sounded and British troops rushed to reinforce the police against what was believed to be a Jewish extremist attack The at- tack apparently failed but troops were kept standing by George GooRe Southern director Union Drive Revives Klan Dixie Fight CIO AFL ATLANTA resurgent Ku Klux Klan in the South was boasted by its hierarchy today on the heels of Negro voting in white primaries and CIO and AFL drives to unionize Dixie The Klan which rose to tical dominance in some parts of the nation after the First World war put on a mass ceremony on nearby Stone tain Klan birthplace last night A thousand of the white-robed and hooded figures assembled from Georgia and surrounding states turned out in full regalia to initiate several hundred newcomers More than a spectators witnessed the ceremony Women their infants and children as the eerie ceremony progressed Women Join Ceremony A new wrinkle in the women some spectators Beneath some regalia seen feminine ankles hose and shoes License plates from adjoining states were numerous Chartered buses brought many of the men and initiates from Tennessee Uniformed policemen were on hand to unsnarl the traffic jam Stone mountain largest piece of solid exposed granite in the world is 18 miles from Atlanta On its sides ore carved in heroic tion the figures of Confederate project never finished Klan Activities Mount Resurgent activity of the Klan in recent weeks has been reported in several parts of the South The original Ku Klux Klan was born of the reconstruction period in the South to overthrow Negro and Carpetbag rule The present order however sprang up in World War I days Blamed for many acts of terrorism the Klan disclaimed responsibility as an organization The Grand Dragon Dr Samuel Green Atlanta physician last night disclaimed for the order any racial or religious but and church groups quickly disputed this President Reported to Have Plan For Settlement of Mining Strike WASHINGTON L Lewis today called for a day truce in the soft coal strike beginning Monday Lewis wired every local union president urging him to ar- range for the striking United Mine Workers to get back on the job as soon as the local mine management agreed to make retroactive during the truce any pay increase later negotiated Combined From AP and UP Truman met with his cabinet day as paralysis from the coal strike crippled the nation and re- ports spread that a White House move to end the deadlock is imminent The President has been reported to have a plan for settlement of the mine shutdown and to be ready to take tant action if it doesn't work Spokesmen for operators end the striking United Mine Workers in- to newsmen as they resumed negotiations however that they had heard of no new proposal John L Lewis UMW president again stayed away from the conferences The White House threw down one report that the President has proposed a settlement on the basis of an cents an hour wage increase and establishment of a Woman Files Action In Used Car Purchase Mrs Richard F Moore of ton Thursday filed suit in district federal court for treble damages under OPA regulations against A J Holley also of Charleston The plaintiff claims she was overcharged by the ant for a used automobile and asks plus a reasonable attorney fee miners welfare fund financed by operators While the cabinet was meeting Presidential Secretary Charles G Ross told reporters he had shown the report by The Detroit News Anthracite Talks Begin NEW YORK committees of the AFL United Mine Workers and hard coal op- began contract tions today In an attempt to avert a threatened page by Pennsylvania anthracite miners The present contract between the union and the industry ex- May 31 A strike notice was filed by the miners May 1 with the government under terms of the act to Reconversion Director John W Snyder Blair Moody Washington correspondent of the News had quoted Snyder on the report Ross said that Snyder had him to say It has no foundation whatever In fact and that he gave no disclosure ever to Moody Rumors Circulate While Ross said he did not know about the prospects for White House action these rumors without official tion Truman will caV Lewis and the operators to the White House in an effort to get them to settle their differences Mr Truman said yesterday such a move is contemplated strike truce will be declared while the government helps work out an acceptable con- tract In other government offices lop officials sought to formulate a forthright policy on coal wages anc prices in order to avoid the inter- agency bickering and standings that occurred during the government's steel strike negotia tions Stabilization Director Chester Bowles has concluded one official told reporters that cents is the highest wage increase that could be approved under the present wage-price policy The UMW is demanding a wage boost but has not specified the amount it wants In an effort to fix the ment's position Bowles conferred with Secretary of Interior J A Krug who heads the solid fuels ad- ministration and with W Willard Wirtz chairman of the wage board Another Gloomy Note State Power Supply Ample Electricity Faces No Rationing Soon West Virginia's major power generating plants are in excellent nape and no immediate ng of electricity is pending due o the coal shortage except for a comparatively small number of consumers in the southeast section of the state A survey of plants in the on Wheeling and Fairmont areas showed stocks of coal to be cient rulling out the necessity for a conservation program as suggested the civilian production ration Chairman C E of the public service commission said that it may be necessary o curtail power service to some customers of the Virginia and Power Co in portions of Summers Monroe Greenbrier and Pocahontas counties said the state PSC would co-operate with the Virginia corporation commission which di- a brownout to all con- sumers in Virginia No order had been entered by the West Virginia agency when the brownout went Into effect last midnight The principal power plants in the state showed supplies of coal at hand were plentiful A spokesman for the ian Electric Power Co at ton said it hod ample and quate coal for some time to come The Rivesville plant of the Power Co receives coal from a mine operated under terms of an agreement with the United Mine Workers The Wheeling Electric Co re- ported that its industrial er load is dropping daily and that it had no plans for rationing at present The Ohio valley board of trade of UMW President John L Lewis at Wheeling termed the demand for a health and welfare fund an infringement on our constitution and said that if such tribute is permitted demands will be made by other unions for similar ments UMW locals in northern West Virginia met yesterday to reaffirm their loyalty to Lewis and express their support for him in his de- mand Royalty Ban Gets Backing Approval Assured By House Group WASHINGTON judiciary subcommittee agreed to approve a aimed at outlawing the tonnage royalty de- mands of United Workers Chief John L Lewis The house subcommittee's ion came us the senate pared to consider labor legislation in the heat of anger at the conl strike When It completes work on the British loan set for lain today the senate will take up anti- strike bills House subcommittee members said their formal approval of posed legislation would not come before Tuesday when they will meet again to study a final draft of the They said the subcommittee had agreed to combine the hill oC Rep A Willis Robertson Vn nnd n by Rep Howard W Smith which would the principles of the passed law to alt forms commerce instead of just to radio The bin signed by President Truman last month was aimed at the practices of James C Petrillo -head of the American Federation of Musicians It specifically outlawed tion of a royalty by the union from radio broadcasters for the use of phonograph records Presumably if this were broadened to apply to all commerce it would outlaw the collection of any royalty by any union Rapid Action Demanded The provides a and up to one year imprisonment for violation It also outlawed such Petrillo practices as forcing en employer to hire more men than he needs such as stand-by cians and forbade Petrillo to in- with educational or broadcasts Meanwhile Rep Stephen D Go demanded that put aside everything but labor legislation this minute The scene was reminiscent of time two years ago when enacted the anti- strike law in another burst of an- ger at John L Lewis and hU ed Mine Workers Barkley cautioned the against hasty or ill-considered tion but the field for possible tion was wide open Browder in Moscow LONDON The Chronicle reported from Moscow today that Earl Browder former American Communist party chief 12 Column Arrived there Wednesday Mr Mrs Mrs Mrs Mrs Mrs B L Withrow 103 Park Ave sold a 1937 Oldsmobile Mrs Basil Mullins Route 3 Box 8 sold a bassinette inette play pen and lady's coat Mrs Roy Denny 510 Second Ave South Charleston sold two metal beds Mrs P T Boylen Route 5 Box 599 sold a cottage and two lots Mrs E E Wilkinson 220 Truslow St sold a baby bed to first person calling Mrs G H Campbell 105 St rented a sleeping room immediately All of the above people used Daily Mail Want Ads to get their results Want Ads phoned in before a m will appear in the paper that evening Phone ask for CLASSI- FIED With rail transportation already drastically curtailed and other in- hard hit by fuel shortages National Housing Administrator Wilson S Wyatt added another gloomy note Unless coal production Is re- quickly Wyatt said hope of reaching the goal of homes by 1948 under the veterans housing program will have to be abandoned Every day the coal dispute con- the goals of the housing program are further See PRESIDENT ASKS Page 4 Column Hospital Fund Hits The building fund of the rial hospital of Charleston now totals in pledges the ad- vance gifts committee announced at a meeting Thursday in the Daniel Boone hotel Pledges in the amount of 000 were reported at the meeting at which time Dr Daniel N bar told of the community's need for the proposed hospital It is well to keep in he said that Memorial hospital is being designed for unlimited expansion The urgent need today 400 beds but provisions are being made in the overall plans so that later additions can be made at relatively lower costs People should also realize that Memorial hospital presents them with the opportunity for complete See HOSPITAL FUND Page 4 Column 2 Final Vote on British Loan Set Talkathon Blocks Night Session Among the possibilities werer 1 The Case which would require a cooling off period before strike or lockout empower federal courts to grant restraining orders in labor disputes outlaw striku violence boycotts and unions and make unions liable to suits for violation of collective gaining contracts 2 A senate labor committee setting up in the labor a new eral mediation a last resort conciliation and mediation service but without power to sume jurisdiction unless asked by both parties to a dispute Amendments Prepared 3 A series of sored amendments to the committee They would impose a cooling off period ize the president to appoint fact finding boards in public utility dis- putes make unions liable to suit for breach of contracts outlaw boycotts strike violence and unions 4 An amendment by Sen Scott W Lucas D 111 to authorize the president to seize strikebound plants in which he found the lic health safety or security endangered strip union rights from workers who continued to strike provide a maximum penalty of 000 fine and one year ment for any person who aged a strike against a property 5 An amendment by Sen Harry F Byrd Vf which would out- law the royalty which Lewis has demanded from the soft coal industry It would establish a maximum ty of fine and six in jail A similar measure is ing in the house judiciary tee WASHINGTON The senate scheduled a final vote day on the British loan with Democratic Leader Alben W Barkley Ky ing approval by a substantial margin Agreement to begin voting on amendments and the loan itself at 3 p m EST was reached at the end of a turbulent session lasting far last night The amendments propose to tighten Britain's guarantees to relax trade barriers Barkley told reporters he was confident that restrictive ments could be beaten back and that final passage sending the loan to the house would be by a margin House leaders predicted swift approval of the loan on their side of the capitol Democratic Whip John J Sparkman Ala said it would be by a comfortable margin However Rep Jesse Wolcott Mich ranking Republican member of the banking committee believed hearings might run three weeks An administration drive for senate passage last night was blocked by parliamentary gling and a four-hour thon by Sen William Langer N D Langer clashed ly with Sen J William bright Ark when the ter objected to Langer's tion that the king of England might honor Fulbright with a title for services rendered the empira Late Sports 11 ENTER BALTIMORE Md Eleven thoroughbreds headed by Kentucky Derby winner sault were entered today for tomorrow's running of historic Preakness Stakes at Pimlico when the largest gross purse in American racing will be on the line The post 1 Admiral 2 Lord Boswell 3 Knockdown 4 Hampden 5 sault 6 Billy Bumps 7 menow S Marine Victory 9 Alamond 10 Natchez 11 Tidy Bid GAMES POSTPONED National League Cincinnati at St Louis night game postponed raja rain
