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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE. KANSAS
THURSDAY, SEPT. 27, 1951
Strikes Tie Up 70,000 Workers Across Nation
By United Press
Strikes of more than 70,000 workers in aircraft, atomic energy, manufacturing and transportation today cut into the nation's defense and domestic production.
Management, labor and government officials, meanwhile, worked to head off additional strikes which could idle more than double this number.
Nearly 160,000 auto workers—70,000 at Chrysler, 21,000 at Briggs 40,000 at Ford, 14,000 at Studebaker 8,000 at Hudson and 4,000 at Packard—faced brief layoffs to keep the motor industry within government quotas and because of materials shortages and planned inventories.
The largest strike in the nation was the eight-week-old walkout of 22,000 men at the Caterpillar Tractor company in Peoria, Ill.
Production of the "world's most powerful jet plane engine." the sapphire J-65, was halted at the huge Wright Aeronautical Corporation's plants at Woodridge and Garfield N. J., by a strike of 9,806 UAW production workers.
The $500,000,000 atomic energy project at Paducah, Ky., was threatened with a complete shutdown affecting 11,000 workers after operating engineers walked off their jobs.
At Long Beach, Calif., 10,000 striking Douglas Aircraft workers went into the 23rd day of their walkout. Company and union representatives were ordered to Washington to mediate the crippling dispute.
UN Proposes Truce Change
Tokyo — (U,P) — Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway proposed today that the Korean armistice talks be resumed "as early as possible" at a tiny village in the middle of no-man's-land
The Supreme United Nations commander intervened directly in an attempt to get the truce talks going again after UN and Communist liaison officers found themselves deadlocked.
"I believe this proposal provides for arrangements that can be mutually satisfactory to both our sides." Ridgway told the Red commanders.
Ridgway addressed his proposals to Gen. Kim II Sung, North Korean premier and commander-in-chief, and Gen. Peng Teh-Huai, Chinese commander in Korea.
The communist generals already have rejected one earlier Ridgway proposal to shift the talks from Kaesong. However, Ridgway on that occasion did not specify any particular alternative site.
Truman Advises On Iranian Crises
London—(U.P.) —A personal message from President Truman to Prime Minister Clement R. Attlee, giving American recommendations in the Iranian oil crisis, was considered by the cabinet today at a tense three-hour meeting.
It was indicated, but not confirmed, that the President repeated his advice to the government not to use armed force to keep the Iranians from carrying out their threat to throw British oil technicians out of the great Abadan refinery and oil port.
The cabinet today was faced with the decision of giving in to the Iranian ultimatum or using force to prevent the expulsion of its oil men.
A decision to use troops in Iran would mean running the risk of an East-West explosion. Russia is entitled by a 1921 treaty to send troops into Iran if it is threatened by an outside power. If Russian troops poured over Iran's northern frontier, it might spark to explode World War III.
State Highlights
Regents Case Postponed
Topeka—(U.P.)—Another delay in the hearing of the state board of regents case involving the membership dispute between Jerry E. Driscoll and A. W. Hershberger today moved it to Nov. 8.
The Kansas Supreme court was scheduled to hear the case Oct. 5. Yesterday the court postponed the hearing until Nov. 8 to permit J. P. Patterson, attorney for Hershberger, to attend a bar association convention in New York and to take a vacation.
Originally the case was brought by Driscoll against Hershberger and other members of the board to recover the seat from which he was ousted by a board vote after Atty. Gen. Harold Fatzer ruled that the seat belonged to Hershberger.
Gov. Edward F. Arn named Hershberger to the non-paying position without the official removal of Driscoll who was appointed a member of the board of regents by former governor Frank Carlson.
Wichita Officials Hunt Jewel Thief
Wichita, Kan.—(U.P.)Road blocks ringed this city today as county and state and city officers continued a search for a jewel thief who escaped yesterday, minutes after he was sentenced to 15 years in the state penitentiary.
Willis Thomas Hendricks, 32, St Louis, was held by an arm by deputy C. W. Gardner, 60, as he was being escorted back to his cell in the Sedgwick county jail after his court appearance.
When they stepped into a corridor, Hendricks broke away and raced out a door. Gardner pursued him down an ally, but he outdistanced the deputy and disappeared.
Hendricks was convicted in a jury trial for burglary and larceny.
Telephone Increase Decision To Wait
Topeka —(U.R.)— Kansas corporation officials said today it probably will be "several days" before a decision is handed down on the request of Soutwestern Bell Telephone Company, to increase rates $495,000 a month in Kansas.
The company is seeking the increased rates to meet what officials termed "steadily rising costs" and to make "an adequate return on investments."
Two Drown On Fishing Trip
Beloit, Kan.—(U.P.)—Two railroad men were dead today, victims of drowning while on a fishing excursion on their day off. The bodies of conductor Tim Woods and brakeman Steve Darby, both of the Missouri Pacific railroad, were recovered soon after they were thrown into the Solomon river when their boat capsized.
Storms Kill 11 As Cold Wave Covers Midwest
By United Press
Tornadoes and thunderstorms killed at least 11 persons in the midwest as autumn's first cold wave swept eastward today on the heels of violent winds.
The worst tornado ripped through two Wisconsin areas yesterday, killing seven persons and twirling trucks and tractors like plavthings.
Another twister dropped down on Bitely, Mich., caving in a tavern wall and killing a woman patron.
High winds and pounding thunderstorms struck elsewhere in Wisconsin and Michigan and in Minnesota, Iowa, Indiana and Illinois. Snow fell in Minnesota and upper Michigan.
"It is a very intensive storm for this time of the year," a weather bureau spokesman said. "But we can't forecast whether it means the country's in for a tough autumn."
The most devastated community in the storm's wake was Waupaca, Wis. where a family of five was wiped out when the tornado walloped their farm home.
The bodies of Howard Rasmussen, his wife, 35, and their two small children were swept a quarter of a mile from their home into a swamp. Rasmussen's father, William, was fatally injured when a beam fell on him.
The National Guard and a Red Cross disaster unit were called out to aid the Wisconsin sufferers. At least a dozen persons were injured, some critically. Eight farms were destroyed and telephone and power service was cut off at Waupaca.
The weather bureau explained that the Wisconsin and Michigan twisters were in the center of a wide low pressure area that swept out of Canada, into the Dakotas and across Minnesota into northern Wisconsin and Michigan. It expected the center to curve back into Canada today, but said a chilling Canadian cold air mass was hard on its heels.
McCarthy Offers Jessup Evidence
Washington—(U.P.)-Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy (R., Wis.) handed a Senate subcommittee today copies of a score of letters, checks and transcripts to show that Phillip C. Jessup has "an unusual affinity for communist causes."
McCarthy presented his "documentary evidence" to a Senate foreign relations subcommittee in opposing the nomination of the ambassador-at-large to be a U. S. delegate at the forthcoming United Nations assembly in Paris.
The nomination may precipitate a Senate test on the issue of "Mc-Carthyism."
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World News In Brief
Washington—(U.P.) The Senate voted overwhelmingly today to make the expense allowances of the President, Vice-President and members of Congress subject to income taxes starting Jan. 3, 1953.
Los Angeles—(U.P.)—Sister Elizabeth Kenny has disclosed she has served as an experimental patient for a new treatment for the incurable Parkinson's disease.
Washington—(U.P).The government today clamped rent ceilings, including some rollbacks, on housing in three military areas in the first step in controlling rents in many more "critical" areas.
Bonn, Germany—(U.P.)—West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer called a suspected Communist bluff today in agreeing to nation-wide German elections, but stipulated a secret ballot be used under international supervision.
London—(U,P)—King George VI's doctors today issued their most encouraging bulletin since his lung operation and the Duke of Winsor called at Buckingham Palace to pay his respects. The doctors said the king is stronger, his appetite is improving and his progress continued. Part or all of the king's lungs and one or more ribs were removed Sunday.
San Diego, Calif.—(U.P.)—The San Diego Union and Evening Tribune announced today that effective Oct. 1 the price of single copies of the newspaper will be 10 cents. The action followed announcements by Los Angeles papers of a rate increase.
Washington—(U.P.)—President Truman asked Congress today to force all highly paid federal employees, including congressmen and judges, and top officials of major political parties to file public statements once a year on Income, gifts, and loans received in addition to their government pay.
London—(U.P.)—Clarence House announced today that arrangements are being made for Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh to start their Canadian tour on Oct. 9. They will leave London by plane Oct. 7.
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