Charleston Daily Mail (Newspaper) - May 7, 1947, Charleston, West Virginia THE WEATHER cloudy mid cooler r tonight Fair ami FINAL EDITION THE ASSOCIATED PRESS VOLUME 10 O 1 2 7 TUB UNITED PRESS CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA WEDNESDAY EVENING MAY 7 1947 20 PAGES FIVE CENTS Step Up House Attack Split on Issue Seeking Under U N WASHINGTON The on imn policy since Pearl tho 000 aid today In the house wen throwing their full weight behind a move to shunt the whole to the United Nations And in doubt A In the senate there had n conclusion for be- the lo vole on April 22 Split In the Republican ranks wide open I ho ber together lit 11 m for the second day of on a program termed by friend and foe alike ns one of Importance In relations between Ibis nation and world With n final unlikely tomorrow at earliest i K i N J of the foreign affairs committee nnd Hep N Y mi planned to their fire on UIH tein mine iii flump the Turkish Into the U lap lire arguments for and the hill un- during yesterday's turbulent Invalid Puts Hope in Faith Airl S Charges A UCo r Biased On Palestine Ballot Nears On Labor Republicans Anxious On Margin of Victory WASHINGTON Brown left open today the question u talking over labor legislation of President Truman i I- would drivi Ker nun the very heart t nre any Kur Hep to compromise will de- is an U pond on the margin by which the 1.1 tmt yet for senate passes its Hup Kich iR If opponents you conceding defeat Sen Taft your sons to fight on R led a drive for a final Mill Friday on the measure which Kur Mundt S outlaw the closed shop mil give new hope and new authorize government injunctions freedom loving to halt national emergency strikes nil Hie win Id It's going curb union practices in a i serious thinking Iii ner critics have called drastic K i i n j A lengthy speech by Sen Morse Kep Vursell CO R Ore who opposed some It limy destroy economic nnd j lures of the seemed likely to solvency of this nation put off n showdown until Kor Howard Smith day or tomorrow on an amendment Vn Tin hi H by Taft which would lay to our common restrictions on industry-wide we have tried to bargaining by national unions We have found It While Taft snld the opposition to this amendment may make the vote ill was t of bill's ultimate falo thai the the Slates in In support the nm that Heavy Frost Due in Valley j Late I Si In Charleston area Ing j The followed a damp winds Dial chilled and In and States weather HI a noon prediction that there would be National Cincinnati at New York Chicago at Philadelphia American Boston at Chicago st: and out is photo his son Vaughn 37 at their Palm Springs honie as they awaited the arrival of Avak Hagopian young Armenian faith healer shown below Avak arrived in Los Angeles yesterday after a flight from Cairo at the elder request Armenian Arrives From Cairo Hopes To Heal by Prayer PALM SPRINGS Calif 4 millionaire bedroom home with a huge s w 1 m n g pool became the scene today for attempts by Avak Hagopian bearded young Armenian faith healer to cure the wine invalid son The estate of the father Kirkor Arakelian an immigrant Armenian who came to California and turned grapes into a fortune he estimates at is known as Dream of the Desert i ui There his son Vaughn 1 spearhead only nine miles m epilepsy and re- wcst of the besieged Shansi capital since he was struck i by a bus as a boy of 9 awaits the forthcoming ministrations of Avak uneducated mechanic who reputedly has effected cures by prayer alone Avak arrived in Los Angeles yesterday on his plane trip from Cairo financed by the elder Arakelian who said he has spent in unsuccessful forts to heal his son Another son Diram Arakelian 48 said that if Avak cures Vaughn my father probably will build a See INVALID PUTS Page 2 Column 5 I of the bills ultimate fate by n substantial margin I th he didn't say so it seemed the would have of that the would have ronl of that the hill from Immediate n wln determine tho future of the bill's backers In H of State If thov roll up o VOLC indicating the that n chance to get for aiding two-thirds to pass the and urkey had been made n veto there more by recent I no attempt on their conference of foreign lf see tho and part to see the President and cuss the teems with him Chiang Hurls Planes Against China Reels NANKING find in the planes went into action today in an effort to halt the Communist advance on as reports placed one Red Fact-Finding Role For Major Nations Fought by Austin LAKE SUCCESS N Y United States today tled to keep the Big Five nations from sitting on the United tions Palestine fact-finding com- mission because they were biased U S Delegate Warren R opened the American fight for a neutral ing body as the general assembly's Arabs to Fight LAKE N Y An Arab spokesman said today the Arab higher committee of Palestine would stand on its de- to boycott United Nations debates on the Holy Land but that the Arab countries would continue to participate in the discussions Dr Charles Malik Lebanon added that the Arab nations were vitally interested in for- mation of an inquiry sion for Palestine and as United Nations naturally take part political committee started debate on the makeup of the commission and its instructions Austin opposed an Argentine which would put the Five on the commission along with one Arab state and five others chosen on a geographical basis said Austin such a commission could start free from I fixed ideas But would it answer i In our appearance before the To Much at Stake The American delegate edly made tJie point that the Five had too big a stake in the outcome of the Palestine issue to be unprejudiced in their handling of it The fight between the United States and Argentina about the makeup of the fact-finding com- mission shaped up as a test of In- fluence between the two powers among the Latin-American bloc which might be able to swing the vote on the issue The seven countries proposed by the United States for the tee were Canada Czechoslovakia Iran Netherlands Peru Sweden and Uruguay Alexander Cadogan of Great Britain supported Austin saying that a small commission of nations not directly interested in Palestine i could produce a disinterested de- i Rexroad Gets Free Hand To Clean Up Charleston Singer Dies at 76 WINTER PARK Fla Mrs Sidney Homer 76 shown above at the height of her career who as Madame Louise Homer rose to operatic heights in Europe and America at the turn of the century died of a heart ailment Famed for her role in she was a star for 19 tive years retiring in 1932 The Soviet bloc stood by with a I third plan a direct contrast to the American proposal and a Ition of the Argentine plan The Russians also feel the must be on the commission Delegates professed sharp inter- est in which of the two Western Hemisphere countries would be able to swing the biggest single bloc of Latin American the committee reached the voting stage U S Grip Weakened The United States usually strong hold on the Latin American votes weakened late yesterday and the result was a 23 to 19 defeat for the American attempt to restrict debate in the political committee who wanted to nni I of the fact-finding body I resign Others opposing m- eluded Roger Capozzi deputy New York nt Cleveland winds header commuters Valley Conference u idler clothes stonewall nt Sissonville f th experts u indy nnd cool Sun and Moon Sun rose Sun sets Mutin rises Creditors Face British Demand For Scaling Down of War Debts LONDON high government source said today that will refuse in forthcoming negotiations with creditor si nations to recognize all her wartime borrowing as legitimate debt and will be very tough in an effort to get the balance scaled 8 High i clown A large proportion of these terms of her American loan This debts we feel should be negotiated after the war and Airport Ten Ti a in cloudy a m a in 1 ft in m Calendar r 1 n T H r M es we e us joint expenditure in a joint provisions for liquidating the source said lend-lease accounts He pointed out i He said chancellor of tho Ex- j that under the loan terms Britain chequer Hugh Dalton's statement agreed to seek modification of her lust night that the sterling debts within a year IH sterling balance If we had a correct 49 held by Britain's wartime system of war accounting a must be scaled down was a large part of our debt to Egypt ling lo people with sterling balances for instance would be balanced by we are prepared to be very contribution to Egyptian h i he said The debt we owe Dallon call d the British war Egypt was incurred by an unreal unjust and ance of British troops and military burden installations Without them Egypt government source salt See CREDITORS FACE tain sought no modification of the 4 Page 2 Column 6 French Crisis Ends Quickly Socialists Ratify Break With Reds PARIS France's Socialist party ratified today Premier Paul decision ousting Com- from his coalition cabinet thus ending a French government crisis A hastily summoned National council of the party voted to to approve the break with the extreme left an action which may have political repercussions throughout western Europe Plea pleading for the Strict Law Enforcement Good Police Force Made Goal Oi New Chiei Named by Andrews Chief of Police Harvey N Rexroad said Wednesday lie had a clear directive from Mayor Andrews to enforce the law and he declared that as long as I am chief of police Charleston will be a good city where good people can live without fear or shame The veteran retired state police officer who Tuesday was sworn in to succeed Chief of Police Harold B Cornwell declared re- he was gratified with the statement of Mayor Andrews in which sumption of normal telephone Boost Abandoned by Union WASHINGTON in arens today the mayor You are head of your and the only tiling I ask of you is that you enforce the laws as they are on the statue books and do it fairly and with partiality to no one I There is no place for politics m law enforcement and I do not ex- any to be there Position Made Clear Chief declared that the mayor told me seems to j make my position very clear Ocean Hides Fate of 250 Ship Disappears Off Burma RANGOON Burma The k-e as strike leaders up efforts I to win pay boosts on a national pattern Settlements granting in- j creases of to S-i a week for a number of telephone workers who struck 31 days ago boon hammered locally in: Wisconsin Illinois Now York Pennsylvania New land Minnesota Dakotas Iowa Nebraska and Washington D C Apparently settlement in iat ions here was The new chief emphasized in HIP strike of lone lines ever that he had just assumed Adamson which s of leadership and that Andaman sea off Burma had no intention of taking action on any subject until he is well with the three weeks Federal ught the parties together on Off today today tn work a ff Burma Oi 250 brought the wt e ci He said he was pondering a number as unsolved of plans but their announcement at the sea of an-hour difference over a proposed increase this time would be premature j The search for the vessel nnd local Chief Rexroad met lieutenants: was closed officially normal service would and captains of the department having to find Some affected a meeting in his office Tuesday at i l as to the tiny coastal unions on vessel's fate I Anil in several instances where Know contracts were signed the 05 i r unions concerned voted to respect of them I knew and some I did not We may never know tier late of still striking unions The meeting was brief and thai of her passengers and In all on strategy about 10 minutes a high naval officer said A Federation of Rexroad said his plans for- strong southeast hurricane was its Charleston as police department blowing at the lime she signalled head are simply lo make il a mid if she hit trouble any good city and keep it that way ago would be blown out to sea and Gambling Not Mentioned never be found The officer made no reference lf shl to gambling or liquor J p o men is policy committee sent men home and Instructed unions lo seek best possible in local negotiations The Adamson Just disappeared Within hours wage settlements announced in Illinois and C nnd ere made in other areas to Intensify or renew local which an um joins i lie usi 01 were i sailed into space to become Washington D mystery of the sea were mai I -ory Tuesday night the word in many mid-town gaming places was that uons the lid is but police officers The official theory was that wind Bargaining committees for said no new directives had been drove the Adamson into an un- wi Telephone Co and 4 n t j J li sued since Chief Rexroad had en office i Teleph swept minefield and she blew up after striking n mine This theory endorsement in the hot any he chose hour debate which preceded the Mayor Andrews also he would feel like i v j -i a i Mayor Andrews was elected on supported by statements of i a platform that promised strict i law enforcement and one of his first acts after assuming his new duties Tuesday to give Chief Rexroad a mandate to go ahead of Wisconsin reached agreement on contract vote declared he would feel like a of the republica if he were forced to resign Supporting Leon Blum a former premier and an elder statesman of the party de- clared that resignation of the government would be tantamount to denial of the parliamentary re- gime The council's vote as in proval of action of last Sunday in revoking the lios of five Communist ministers after the Communist party re- fused in the National assembly to join ill a vote of confidence in the government's freeze program The government won the confidence vote without nist support Right Wing Victory Ratification of tion represented a victory for the Socialist party's right wing over its left wing led by Sec Gen Guy had made it clear that members of the police department must look only to Chief Rexroad and that none are to carry personal ances to his office He said they would be immediately referred to fler night The will be submitted lo bers of the guild for ratification mayor said he had issued nothing more is i residents along the coast who snI they heard a loud explosion from suh the sea on the night of April 17 K he Ior The ship owned by a British firm a Of meetings throughout 1 ft Rangoon April 17 for slale tonight and on the southern Telephone Traffic scrim coast of Burma union third and largest 205 passengers and 45 crew jn state announced a hers Harbor authorities here wage agreement with the one message from her Bell Telephone Co Two ing she was encountering heavy previously settled cyclonic weather and was unable disputes but had been to make port at Tavoy There was ing picket lines of the ITTU would the risk fore the a statement prepared up eb the P which was the immediate cause of The Arab higher committee which was voted a similar chance to appear yesterday after the Arab states threatened to from participating in the Palestine sion also was likely to accept but its spokesman refused to say so in- definitely Sen Kilgore Hurt In Fall From Blimp WASHINGTON Senator i the continuing and minor strikes were spreading in other industries Comet Heading Toward Earth CAMBRIDGE Mass new similar directives to all ment heads who have been chosen He said they have been informed that they are solely responsible for their personnel and the smooth and efficient functioning of the department Aleman Inspects Power Projects CHATTANOOGA Tenn President Aleman of Mexico de- last night that democracies should struggle place the elements in service murder he lold amaze mankind of B had against the purpose of de- sino and enslaving them 11 to Lead Police to Grave Boost The executive board of the union was to act on tho today ami then submit it la the membership for ratification 11 was believed to propose a top weekly wage boost of Wage raises of to weekly pute for 3.300 com- plant workers in BIO STONE GAP Vn Bradley Casteel tor but union it army veteran promised to lead re jnes of th stale police today to a wind-swept valley in the Cumberland lairs near members of other unions still These include operators here he said he and Potomac ix veors Telephone Co said the contract would go nn example of what can be his honor after devoting his day lo an inspection of the Tennessee ley Authority He said the huge hydro-electric plants he saw during the day left an everlasting impression on him ie wanted to square his conscience by revealing earned In lie 0 T I W lonely originally demanded a nationwide contract and a weekly raise Federal hidden grave in mountain setting He said the name of his victim was Anne Richardson lb ol quick solution at timore Kills 12 in Cairo A hurried check with Baltimore police to locate such a name ior such a crime but oilier details Of story wore enough for authorities to order junket across the state See PHONE i Page 2 Column -4 i CAIRO Eg sons were k were injured bomb Wasted the largest moving Mayer The explosion which police said was by a time bomb placed under a balcony seat came at con- elusion of a national comet so bright that it may marking the seen with ordinary field glasses of King accession to when it swings closest to the the Egyptian logan got Co comes up ing homesick begging to oe President T R Null lowed to return to Maryland In Communication Kilgore D W Va leaving a brief conference with President Truman with his left arm in a sling said I fell out of a blimp He explained that he had been in Florida observing target tice from a blimp After landing he said he was descending a ladder when a gust of wind shook the blimp and knocked him to the ground His wrist was broken As for his conference with Mr Truman he would only say it was about local matters wen swn earth on May 20 was reported day by the Harvard college ob- or lne sinking one of their quarrels over w h Union at a sire to leave him Casteel said nc sire to leave him saia nc whipped out an army service re- shot her to death An C O Under coyer of ho UO n id See SLAYER TO Page 2 Column Known as the Comet it was discovered by M J Hester of the Harvard tion in Bloemfontein South rica and a Czechoslovakian omer Harvard astronomers said the comet was in the eastern sky near the sun and would be brightest just Warships Goal Of Special Unit Set Up by Navy WASHINGTON navy formally announced today it inf is setting up a special section to try to develop of Federation meeting of unions called last night lo protest pending labor legislation he that the phone strike in West Virginia is 90 per cent nnd telephone companies have millions trying to defeat 1 phone workers to prevent workers from getting one cent I Null from union con- warships Part of a developing program that the navy of the future unable to attend ne 0 fnr Pressman Telephone Workers who w ine sun anu uc u par of a developing program that the navy ot me before sunrise May 20 when it expected to alter take the shape of a force for Lee Pressman CIO general drops to within miles of naVal warfare blasting enemy cities and land counsel declared that anti-labor the to the wili be a part of the j bases rather than opposing fleets laws pending might mean sun nf alone with two men say I he battleship may the end of froe labor as we Because of its proximity lo the sun they said it was doubtful that the comet could be seen with the visible with field glasses Diarrhea Claims 28 3 Dead 6 Missing In British Pit Blast BARNSLEY England At least three miners were killed day and six were missing dead in an explosion in biggest coal mine Twenty-five injured men were taken to hospitals First reports blamed short circuit in an electric line for Bruce blast It was the first disaster in i and Mary Ann Pleva the sect on win a pan ui oases rumer man bureau of ships along with two Navy men say the battleship may r the end of froe labor as we 01 s vanish in favor of a missile known it and would make other new ones 1 Radiological to devise means of protecting crews from atomic explosions and their ships from radiological contamination 2 Atomic warfare to investigate protection of ships from atomic PHILADELPHIA weapons and continued studies of break ol infantile diarrhea in Bikini tests held last year ern Pennsylvania and New Jersey j The announcement followe followed a y W John vans n avor ship strongly for serfs of working men heavy punishment which can move Ho blamed industry for up to foreign coasts ami pound in- labor costs criticized congressional land cities and industrial centers act ion in eliminating the office of with huge rockets The price administration and declared ment already is converting two that we are heading into tho same large craft for firing guided type of debacle encountered after Britain mines since the ment took over ownership last Jan 1 died at Allentown hospital day Five other infants the disease in Allentown siles due partially he said to an Cruisers may how out in favor of of nnn fast raiders can bombard Oilier speakers included coastal with rockets dent John B Kaston of the CIO jre ships of the fleet carrier may Rive way to speedy Industrial Union Dr E A action so interceptor ships bearing pilotless Hansen professor of education st atomic radiation that i aircraft which can knock down Ohio and Herman ill a man will be in sight i At the same time there were See Page 2 Column 2 i Everett Gieske editor of the News
