Daily Huronite and Plainsman, The (Newspaper) - May 30, 1946, Huron, South Dakota YEARS of Service to CENTRAI SOUTH DAKOTA HE AND PLAINSMAN Weather South Scattered ers Friday Cooler Showers tonight Friday Cooler Friday VOLUME HURON SOUTH DAKOTA THURSDAY MAY SINGLE COPY NEW ERA Huron Child Crash Victim PEACE SEEN No Peace For China r Mary Stratton Killed Others Injured MITCHELL May 30 first traffic fatality in the holiday period in South kota was registered night with the death in a Mitchell pital of Mary Ann Stratton daughter of the Rev and Mrs LeRoy Stratton of Huron of injuries received in collision late Wednesday between a stock truck and the Stratton family car on U S Highway 16 seven miles east of Mitchell Stratton his wife and another daughter Sharon about S years old were injured and State trolman Wesley said physicians at a Mitchell hospital told him condition was critical The patrolman driver Holland Will of Kimball was not injured ENROUTE TO NEBRASKA The Rev and Mrs family were enroute to South City to visit Mr Stratton's parents over Memorial Day when accident occurred Mr Stratton is a junior on College and during the in the home of the Rev A W Wolfe 1029 Ohio Avenue Southwest spending his tions and week ends in Hazel where his family resides He is pastor of the Methodist Churches ir Hazel and Thomas Friends from Huron who d him last night in the hospital n Mitchell reported his condition Laws May Be Discarded As Result Of Coal Strike Ending WASHINGTON May 30 Hedging with a couple of some began to to speculate today that the capitol storm of strikes may not produce a single labor law The draft tion already has been ripped out of President Truman's emergency soldiers in front line trenches atop a hill they wrested from near Manchuria at the some 300 casualties Communists hold an important rail junction which bars entry to the plains that to Changchun Manchurian capital NBA Telephoto On this first peacetime Memorial Day in five years we pay tribute to those who died to our way of life unless we conduct that life as they would hare wanted it Memorial Day sentiment does little honor to the dead who the last full measure of devotion Huron Pays Tribute To Living And Dead Heroes Of Past Wars See Possibility Of Rent Control Here By My 1 m- f Highlighted by services at Cemetery and the season's opening baseball game at the State Fair Memorial Day the first time commemoration of war dead from four wars as veterans from World War II joined in services honoring the memory of men who died in combat Patriotic organizations the four wars the Civil War Spanish American War World War I and World War assembled Riverside etery at 10 o'clock and paraded down the memorial shaft com- the of the un- known soldier There after- including laying of wreaths were completed the Rev Paul Mallory pastor of the tional Church delivered the main address Remember The Living We observe Memorial Day for three the Rev Mal- lory said in his address The first only commonly held in most people's minds is to commemorate the dead and the missing The second and Jy important phase was to honor the dead by the living the wounded mothers wives children and sweethearts of the war dead The phase of See HURON Two Electric Railroad Tied Up By Strike N J May 30 The Hudson and Manhattan road electric line carrying persons daily be- tween New York City and ern New Jersey was shut at 5 a m EDT 3 a m CST day by a strike of trainmen and occurred leaf than engineers The strike 12 hours after President Truman issued an order setting up a finding board to report to the White House witrin 30 days The strike called union leaders said because the had declined to accept provisions of the settlement which the general railroad strike on Saturday Nation Honors Her War Dead By The Associated Press America's war dead were honored around the world day with flowers taps and rifle salutes Led by President memorial services were con- ducted through most of the day in Arlington National where lie the un- known soldier and other Fresher graves drew grims in Italy and on the bloodied isles of the Pacific Wreaths and were placed on the isolated graves of several men whose bodies have yet to be removed from Germany In Japanese placed flowers base of ment Gen Ulysses S Grant who visited Japan in Navy planes from Hawaii flew poppy wreaths to Saipan Wake Midway In the cemeteries of mandy French civilians ed Americans in: the tional moments of silence the placing of wreaths There were speeches too where the guns of war rumbled They dealt with the past and with the future hopefully Reported black market meat operations in Huron will be in- by the Office of Price George Adams district information officer members of the Beadle County Community Service Panel at their weekly meeting last night Ac companying Adams was Richard Bates a member of the OPA's investigation staff he contro has been recommended for Hu ron by regional OPA in Chicago Adams declared he the agency lacks sufficient funds to open a control office here The recommendation he said was based on a survey of Huron rents made late in 1945 by the Bureau n-t T of Labor Statistics appropriates necessary funds ren control might be established her by July 1 learned Should such be im it was explained all liv ing quarter rents would be frozen as of a certain date January 1 1948 Therefore landlord charging rent today than b required to reduce rental to th old base level of hardship landlord may charge more than they di See RENT Page Two Prison Slayer Gets Life Term BISMARCK N D May 30 Nerby inmate was sentenced to life imprisonment Wednesday er he pleaded guilty to a first degree murder charge in tion with the slaying Monday of John Oles a prison guard Nerby was serving one year oh a car theft conviction when he killed Oles and escaped from the penitentiary Monday night for about 12 hours of freedom th Storm Sewers Aimed At Accomplishing Two Main Objectives ind daughter as a series of articles Mrs Stratton's mother is to Huron voters There were too many ties for flat predictions but the possibility of a complete blow- over was being widely if privately talked Settlement of the soft coal obviously has taken off the main heat The Ifs The big ifs 1 Whether President Truman signs into law the Case strike control which a thumping 230 to 106 House vote sent to him Several Democrats have said he will veto it 2 Whether the threatened June 15 maritime strike develops a new crisis On the Case the President is getting conflicting advice from legislators and others and while is keeping his counsel of Labor Schwellenbach told reporters he may recommend a veto The House vote yesterday was large enough to override a veto two-thirds are but the Senate's last Saturday was not Chairman Murray of the Senate labor committee who frankly wants a veto predicted the Senate would sustain Mr I man if he takes that course L- Lawmakers generally agreed that developments in the mari- WASHINGTON May 30 The coal strike is over John L Lewis won a a day wage boost a health and fare fund and nearly everything else he asked for his bi- miners the public caught the sion of an uninterrupted flow ol postwar automobiles radios re- and gadgets from assembly lines But the public also got a bigger coal A C Johnson of polis EXPECT HEAVY TOLL WASHINGTON May 30 he nation today observed its first Memorial Day since the end of World War 2 with expected to be on the the National Safety urged motorists to drive with special caution Only a few violent deaths the country were re- ported at the start of the day but the Council estimated hat 329 persons would be killed in traffic accidents over the ex- ended holiday week end Early reports snowed five of the seven violent deaths resulted rom traffic accidents Three of the fatalities were in Ohio and one each in South Dakota and Utah An accidental shooting also was reported in Ohio and Connecticut reported one violent death Accidental deaths on Memorial Day last year totaled 74 to acquaint Huron voters with projects 000 bond issue election next Monday June 3 The ing deals with the proposed system of storm ers Turn to pages 2 and 7 for diagrams of proposed sewer projects Pastor Makes Slight Gain Slight improvement was noted today in the condition of the Rev Sherwood struck by a stray small caliber rifle pierced His left lung and lodged in his Tuesday ning while fishing James River in Riverside in Huron Police Chief Harvey Huntley disclosed meanwhile that he has interviewed several persona who acknowledged they were rifles in that vicinity and at that time but none admits firing in the direction of the park Must Remove Slug Unless the slug is removed from Rev Smith's spine so that it can See VICTIM Two Huron's proposed system of storm sewers is designed to serve twp primary 1 To eliminate basement ing which in the past has resulted in intolerable sanitary conditions and uncounted loss to home ers and merchants 2 To prevent excessive storm water from entering the sewage disposal plant where it gorges and impairs treatment To accomplish these an engineer hired by the city has drawn plans for what an overflow system of storm ers Briefly this proposes joining the line with the existing critical flooding points in such a when storm water reaches a Certain el in sewers it will overflow into the storm sewers This method of intercepting storm See SEWER Page Seven rots Warning C WASHINGTON May 30 The government posted stern warnings today that it wants the maritime and farm equipment bor disputes i J Mackenzie's Column Only Straight From The Shoulder Methods Will Assure World Unity By DEWITT MACKENZIE 1 Foreign Affairs Analyst Secretary of State Byrnes ph Tuesday flatly denied title charge made Minister that the recent Paris conference of foreign an Anglor American bloc had c p n d uc te d an offensive against the Soviet last night Russia tossed the ball back V Andrei Gromyko Soviet on the United Nations Security Council declared at a rally in New York last night that there tendency on the part of certain countries to dominating part In the United Nations to the detriment of the cause of peace and security Mr Gromyko didn't specify the tain to which re- ferred but you don't have reader to know that he to Uncle Sam and John So the argument is back where it started is If peace is in the hearts of all Big Three then perhaps progress has been made for both Byrnes and Foreign Minister 1 have made their respective cases very clear In plain talk rery MAGS U to in Secretory of- Labor Schwellenbach told ship and union that this country the ened merchant It al trade and cut off the flow of food to famine areas Hence A the cabinet officer de- intends to keep both sides constant session here in an effort to reach an agreement before June 15 strike date set by longshore workers in Atlantic Pacific At the same time the secretary cautioned the J I Case arid Channers farm implement com- panies that they made a to an ment with their striking workers by week's end he wil ask President Truman to seize the plants We need farm equipment to plant a crop to take care of the needs of bach told a news conference a which he both report that the navy ready with a complete plan of operation to over the chant marine if that strike came Capitol Hill but lawmaker who disclosed it asked not to named Seven unions are poised to call out seamen anil dores on June 19 time dispute are bound up with the future of the President's I Cut Out Draft Provision The Senate by a 70 to 13 Vote late yesterday cut out what some legislators consider the heart of that provision for ing into the army those who strike against plants Democratic Leader Barkley Ky told reporters that whether the maritime dispute is settled will determine my course when the Senate goes back to work on the measure tomorrow In the Senate yesterday a coalition of 33 Democrats 36 Re- publicans and one Progressive tore put the draft section after listening to cries of Hitlerism and ill-considered measure Senator Lucas who fought to retain the draft sion said that as he views the anything might yet pen If another crisis comes they the Senate might reverse selves Lucas said in an interview The House cleared the Case to the President by accepting ate amendments to the measure sponsored by Rep Case and passed by the House months ago The Senate first let the kick around until the industrial scene became tense as a result of the coal strike Finally Saturday night after Mr Truman had for his emergency and against hasty action on any permanent labor measure the chamber shouted its final approval of the ed legislation Ban Contributions Among the changes were sions that would ban employer contributions to welfare funds ad- ministered exclusively by unions This was aimed directly at John PHILADELPHIA May 30 ff L Lewis before his negotiations of the strike the government resulted in President Truman Lewis and Secretary of the In- J A Krug sign the con- tract late yesterday in a White House ceremony that ended the last major barrier to full-scale industrial Lewis's anthracite miners are due to walkout at midnight night but hard coal is used marily for heating homes And a nationwide maritime strike is threatened for June 15 but the domestic market will quickly grab everything can industry can turn out for months to come Full Operation Monday Lewis said the bituminous pits will be in full operation by day The strike lasted 59 days broken only by a truce when it was at the peak of its staggering impact then the government will be able to return the mines to their owners remained a question The they wens advised of the contract terms on- ly a couple of hours in advance ol the actual signing were ly displeased The government seized the mines nine days ago and got down to bargaining Newspaper Strike navy reportedly ready Ends In Philadelphia Polling Places In City Listed Polling places in Huron for the special city election day and the election day following will be same City Auditor M F Walt said today in announcing the list They are as First Motor Company 307 Dakota Avenue North Second eery 203 Illinois Avenue Third Ward First Precinct Garage 469 consin Avenue Southwest Third Ward Second Pre- County court Fourth Ward First Pre- Hall Fourth Ward Second Pre- Filtering Plant Fifth Ward First Precinct School Fifth Ward Second Pre- School Sixth Ward First Precinct School Sixth Ward Second Pre- Lawn Grocery 718 Ninth Street Southwest Mr Walt also indicated day that his off ice in the City Hall will be open from 11 a m until 4 p m Sunday June 2 to accommodate voters who may wish to cast absentee lots one or both of the elections with Lewis Out of those talks principal contract of 370 AFL truck drivers em- ployed by Philadelphia's three i newspapers was an- at 7 a m EDT 5 a m GST today by management and union Representatives of the Morning Enquirer and Record and the ning Bulletin said a two-year joint contract was signed with paper and Handlers Union sters International arid Teamsters strike began May 18 and halted deliveries of the three normal daily culation is came these 1 An an hour waga increase which with overturn provisions will add to the miners daily rate and hike his earnings for a five-day week from to 2 A a year fare fund to be financed by a five cent a ton royalty on each ton of coal produced and to be tered by a three-way board ent payroll contributions will go into a separate hospital and med- cine fund to be controlled solely Dy the union The payroll butions vary in different fields 3 Unionization of a limited number of foremen 4 Standardized safety tation and housing facilities The contract signed by Lewis with a pen borrowed from Mr Truman is good only for tha period of government operation The operators themselves will have to sign before the mines will be returned to them Operators Voice Alarm But the operators who had tried in vain for two months to wangle a contract out of the bushy browed United Mine Workers chief made little effort to hide their chagrin over the terms One important producer said privately he feared some ginal mines would have to shut down when relinquished by the government And he added the hunch that many others would ike to close up and go fishing WASHINGTON Page Two 628 Philadelphia and Magazine Chauffeurs Condemned Convict Commits Suicide McALESTER May 30 ff Deputy Warden Raymond today Stanley Steen convict die in the electric chair shortly after mid- night had committed suicide in death row Steen was discovered on his bed with the veins of his right arm slit by a razor blade Raines Steen was to have been for the slaying of Pat RUey a prison guard a three-way control As it went to Mr Truman the Case for creation of a eral mediation board which could step into labor disputes arid at- tempt to solve them Once board moved in a strike or would be forbidden for 60 days Calls for fact-finding sions in disputes involving public utilities Bans secondary boycotts use ol violence in strikes unionization of supervisory employes unless they engage in manual labor and in- with movement goods hi interstate commerce Authorizes civil suits agains either unions for violation of collective bargaining contracts Louis Hayward And Socialite Marry BEVERLY HILLS May 30 Actor Louis Hayward and Peggy Morrow Field south ern California socialite were married yesterday by Dr William E Roberts pastor of Presbyterian Community Church Hayward former marine corps captain was divorced by Actress Ida in May 1945 Flood Waters Begin To Ebb HARRISBURG Pa May 30 W flood waters receded slowly in Pennsylvania and er New York today leaving be- lind a devastation that took at least 13 lives and caused property and crop losses expected to exceed by four days of continuous spring rains the Susquehanna and Allegheny Rivers and their tributaries had boiled over day worst flood since 1936 Two more deaths were ed in Tioga County Pa where mountain streams boiled Monday after three days over of a constant drenching downpour to block roads and cut off cations more than 48 hoars Thousands were made arily homeless as the waters ed into residential areas of scores of and business communities Today life in once towns returned slowly to malcy Three spots hardest by the racing waters were Williamsport and Eldred in and Elmira N Y At rush of water at one time covered two-thirds of the city At Sunbury Pa where the raging waters ripped a in a dike linking a railroad embankment with high ground a half mile north of the city at most of the low lying tions were still under water at four fees
