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STEEL AND Truce Ends Chinese War; Grant Freedoms f--t 1 1fi TOMEETIODAY Chungking. Jan. --Generalissimo Kai- Shek announced today, short- ly after a tiuce had brought an immediate end. to China's civil war, that the government had decided to legalize all political parties. He said the government would free all purely political Nations the people prisoners, grant the freedom of speech and pro- lly; carrying.

forward the worlc's hcpes for prevention of an atomic iige war, came into 'boing in battle-scarred London to- day and Beard a bald warnins that mote local self government. Chiang, opening the polit- ical consultation conference al- most simultaneously with the con- clusion of tho cease i agree- ounced tho government freedom of publi- ment, anno- had decided to: 1--Grant the people person, conscience, speech, -ation, and association and to sale- guard them against illegal arrest ind trial. 2--All political parties shall be before the la-w and may op- UNO Assembly In Session At London London, Jan. I The galleries overflowed lnns nucoyYiV IIF. to tl 'f i it holds iri hands the choice "life or dea'ih" for mankind.

The watning came from Britain's RrJme Mlnistnr Clement Attleo after Dr Bduardo Zuleta of Colum- bia had called the delegates of the 51 United Nat: ons to order. "It is the people of the world, through their representatives, to make their choice between life and Altlee ileclared in his blunt speech. Dr. Zuleta. temporary president of- the assembly, told the delegates in the blue, crcim and gold central hall of Wcstmirister palace on Par- liament square that all must give lively be promoted in all places and popular elections will be held.

prisoners, except trai- and those found to have com- mitted, definite acts injurious to republic, would be relcaeed. Gen. Chou En-Lai, No. 2 Com- munist leader, approved the four points and said they were basic for achieving constitutional gov- ernment. The "cease fire" order was issued after.

Gen. Chang Chun, govern- ment representative, and Gen. Chou En-Lai of the Communists meeting -with General Marshall, special U. S. envoy to China, reached an agreement in a surprise meeting, held nine hours ahead of schod- ulr-.

The order was issued by Genur- was nliseimo Chia.ng Kai-Shek and Mao Tse-Tung, Communist chairman. Tenan, on the basis of the agree- ment reached by the committee. Military ccrrjoianders on both eides were directed to halt all troop movements, except for- the transport of government troops into- or with- in Manchuria to. restore Chinese sovereignty. The order also pro- hibits destruction interfer- ence with--all lines of communica- tions.

General Marshall agreed shortly aftcr his arrival in China three weeks ago to assist in outlining pro- cedures for cessation of hostili- ties. The Communists reported only last night that the government's de- mand for occupation of Manchuria --Chahar and Jehol provinces par- ticularly--was "unacceptable. 1 Announcement of the truce came Continued on Page Eleven from scourge of war." many persons stood in the corridors unable to get in. citizens began gathering early In the streets outside, under the rainbow of the 61 flags of the nations assembled with- in. By noon a crowd of 100 had queued up for admittance to the public gallery.

About 700 delegates held places on the assembly floor and the-gal- lery offered seats for another 1,000. reporters, photographer guests and plain'Citizens. The. general assembly was expect- ed to plunge Immediately into the task, of organizing peace machinery designed to prevent, by -force if nectssary, an atom-powered World War in. Untjl the assembly is organized, committees are created and the security council and economic and -ial council, are formed, Cnntvn.iet on Page L.even Bowles Opposes Food Increases Appeals for Slower Removal of Subsidies On Foods By MAKVIN AKROWSAUTH Washington, an Administrator Chester Bowles, flat- ly opposed to faod price increases recommended by Secretary of Agri- culture Anderson, has appealed for a slowe remo 1 al of government subsidies, put-Li Officia is who enow rifh toe price boss has written to mer.ts.

Purpose of the cunty and wrecking tho morale a a year war-liorn program is i needed to maintain the peace. 235 Tons of Rock Crashes Inio Train Elizabetihtown, Jan. --Approximately 235 tone of. rock crashed into a-n eastbound Penn- sylvania railroad train last night at nep.rby Conewago Cut, overturn- tbe electric locomotive and de- railing six of the eight coaches. Five persons were injured, two seriously, in the freak accident.

Traffic west to Pittsburgh and east to Philadelphia -was being temporarily rerouted through a freight cut-off at Columbia, Pa. Re- tnaval of the debris was undertak- en today. Byron Jakeman, 36, of Philadel- mail clerk on the Pittsburgh- to-Philadelphia, train was reported in an "unsatisfactory" condition at Harrisour ff General hospital. He suffered a possible hip fracture and of the body. Kenneth B.

White 46, of Union City, N. a passenger, was also seriously injured. He wae reported in a Lancaster hospital suffering from a possible skull fracture, lac- erated scalp and injuries to ankles and hips. Engineman K. Drissner, Phil- adelphia, said the rock slides i which ploughed Into the.

train! Started when a boulder broke loose and rolled dowta a sleopj embankment from the norlh. The crash loosened 225 tons of rock fi'm the south, he said. I PRJFt spokesmen in Philadelphia said three mail cars, one express car. a baggage-coach combination car and a passenger coach were dirailed. Two other coaches remained on the tracks.

ilization Director John C. Collet asking that food subsidies be con- tinued beyond its tentatively set m'a-program. dntfted jn November. At that time Collet announced the government hoped to end by next June 30 virtually all such food payments. Purpose of the $1,785,000, 000 a year war-liorn program keep retail prices from rising.

Bowles took up the fight for ex- tended subsidies against a "back- ground of blunt OPA opposition to Anderson's recommendation for an 18-cent-a-'pound butter price in- crease by next spring, OPA also has fought quietly An- derson's proposal for higher meat prices. Officials who asked that they not be named said Bowles takes the position that since food prices have not declined as expected and ac- tually have riser, in some instances, subsidies provide the only way to prevent a general increase in the cost of living. Army to Recast Discharge Plan Order Unneeded Men Home Despite Point Score Requirements Washington, an The undertook to re- cast its entire demobilization pro- gram today, as pressure mounted from disgruntled GI's demonstrat- ing overseas. Pending: this revision, Gen. Dwight D.

Eisenhower authorized theater commanders to waive all point score requirements in getting home men not needed in the oc- cupation forces. At tho same time, Jacob Doyers, the.army..gtoujid, forces, told the'country that public 1 clamor for bringing the boys back 1 immediately in "jeopardizing our se- curity and wrecking tho morale of Rust Resistance, Strength in Alloy Pittsburgh, Jan. less a new alloy which com- senator A. Wilson (R- bines the strength and rust resist- Iowa as of the opinion that both army and navy release programs Man Sought By Police in Chicago Case Once Employed In Nursery Near Home of Degnan Child Chicago, Jan. man once employed at a ery situated within two blocks of the home of Suzanne Deg- nan, 6, kidnap-killing victim, was the object of a police search today.

Mrs. Margaret Perry, oper- ator of the nursery home, told the police this man was dis- THyRpAY'EVENINa charged because ble habits." of "question- Investigators The announcement that the army was redrafting its demoblization program came less than a week after the War department ordered its domobili touched onstratlons in the Pacific and Eu- rope. This slow-down order was first drastic change in demobill-! nsn llol a ilization slow-down which i-Sergeant Jack ff the series of GI dem- state's attorney' learned he formerly was a mental patient at Manteno state hospital but had been dis- charged as cured. Inquiry into tho identity and background of former employes of the nursery came about'when Mrs. Perry Identified'a ladder found in an alley-at the rear of the Degnan home as one which had been left it the nursery two years ago by roofing company employes.

Tho police believe the fiendish kidr.ap-killer used the ladder to enter little Suzanne's bedroom early Monday when he took her i from her bed, left a $20,000 ra.nsom' note, killed her and dismembered I her body. The child's father, James 2. Degnarj, Chicago OPA official reporters, however, he had seen the ladder in the same 16ca- tion tho day. before the crime. Another mau sought, the police disclosed, was an ex-convict with record of sex offenses against young, girls.

s. Although several clues, pievious- regarded ae important, collaps- ed during the last 2-1 hov.r police still held for questioning today two anitors and hunted a third they wanted to interrogate in connec- jon with the kidnaping and Idli- ng dismembemient of tho child. folder a ruling by a criminal Jtirt' Judge" at "habeas "corpus learing- yesterday, the two janitors, both of whom underwent so-called lie detector" tests last night, will te released at 4 p. m. today unless hey aro charged with an offense.

Chief Justice Harold G. Ward or- tho men retained by police or another si hours after Police Jack Hanrahaii and Auto Fact Finding Body Recommends 18 Per CeL Wage Raise, Paper Says 1 A wvi A Feel Workers Look for Wage Offer Firm Believed Iricreibeih Steel Price Detroit, Jan. The Detroit News, in a copy- righted story from its Washing- ton bureau, said today that President Truman's fact-find- ing committee will recommend a wage increase oj 20 cents an hour for production workers of. General Motors Corp. This will approximate an 18 aer oenk rate increase, th News said.

The CIO United Auto Work- ers have demanded a 30 per zation policy since the brood gen- eral program was announced after -V-E Day. There wns no hint what lines the new demobilization program would follow, but the army promised that the revised plan would be forth- coming "shortly." Despite Eisenhower's order the promise of a new demobiliza- tion program, increasing dissatis- faction with the entire situation was voiced on capitol hill by some j's officials pleaded for more time to question the two janitors. Both am employed in apartment buildings near the Deg- nan home in the Edge-water beach district on the north side. cent, wage increase throughout the eight-weeks strike against the corporation. The newspaper said the fact- finders are basing their calcula- NOT CORRECT--GARRISON Washington, Jan.

Chairman Lloyd Garrison, chair- man of the General Motors strike fact finding board refused to dis- cuss the recommendation made other than to say a report that tho board would recommend an 18 per cent, average wage increase not correct. Some reports were that the GM fact-finding panel would recom- mend a 15 per cent, wage Increase with provisions for further nego- tiations after a trial period. lions of what G'M ca.n afford to pny on the 194-1 production Isvels. If 1946 lev.jls this, tho pa- per'satd, fin-thai- wage- adjustments may be made later. The Newe said its Information came from "sources with the board on the report." The report is being sent to the White House today, according to the newspaper.

Walte: P. Routher. TJAW-CIO 'The case is getting hotter and hotter all the Hanrahan Judge Ward. "In 21 hours we will I vice president and director of the union's General' Motors depart- ment, sent a telegram today to all GM local unions announcing a spe- cial national UAW-CIO G-M con- ference for Sunday, Jan. 13, at 1 P- m.

(EST) in the ballroom of know the answer." Tho immediate release of two janitors, Hector Verburgh, 65, Detroit's Barium hotel. Reuther preceded tho calling- tho conference by advising the The Steel Situation And Inflation By JAMES MARLOW Washington Jan. a cold, long-range look ma met What happens theri the difference between inflation and no inflation comes down to this: If wage, go up but ices portionately, then the wage gain ouLf. meetlncx meeting price increases Six weeks ago OPA refused the steel industry price in, But then it would take another look at the end of the year to see whether it should change it, mind, Was Th industry should be entitled to as much profit now as it period, 1936-1939, even if it meant made a before-the-wa granting a price -increase. Meanwhile the CIO Steelworker, were demanding a in- crease of a day wages, an increase of between 25 and 30 per cent.

The steelmaker, said they couldn't grant a raise wilh- out a price boost. The steelworlftrs said they would strike January ifrthey didn't get. the and' Desere Soiot, 35, and Ver- bargh's Mary, 64, had been asked by their attorney, James A. lawmakers returning for the open- ing- session of congress next week. Senator George A.

(R- ance of stainless steel with harden- ability through heat treatment was J. L. Perry, president of the firm, said the new steel, a wartime prod- uct hitherto wrapped in military secrecy, will find wide postwar use in wrought and cast furms in the machinery field and also in strip, sheet, wire and' tube form. He stated tho metal be treat- ed successfully in standard equip- ment and that hardening opera- tions cause no warping or dimen- sional changes. The new metal is readily fabricated and high joint efficiencies can be achieved by spot welding.

As well as with me'- and arc, atomic hydrogen heli-arc welding equipment. Tho in the metai'e name hon- the company's Wood works at McKeesport, where the metal was developed. rams are so snilrl that only congress- 1 on anc Elem Ask Charter for Meadville Hotel Harrieburp, Jan. An ap- plication was received today bv Charles M. Morrison, secretary of fl ie commonwealth, for a charter the Kepler Hotel, Mead- articles of incorporation listed tho as George Dybie, George Cook, Charles j' Miller and Dybie, all of Meadville, each holding 2150 shares of the proposed corporation's com- the fo, ville.

The mon stock. The would AT THE HOSPITAL Admitted Mrs. Harold Blauser, Van, Wayne Clyde, Reno. Charles Passaucr, Tionesta. Homer Henry, Monroe.

Discharged Richard Wilson, Knox. The Weather Western Penn- r.ylvania --Cloudy uud cooler today with some drizzle i morning. Mostly cloudy iind somewhat col at'r tonighl. Kain or snow QUELL UPRISING Rome, Jan. binicri and security police were r'c ported today to have put down uprising of 1,000 Sicilian Separatists as after a pitched, battle mo, Sicily, authorized capital stock consist of 1,000 shares of i which to start business was fixed Ricker.

Meanwhile, as police pressed for a brea.k in solution ol' the crime which hits been described by offi- cials as to the nation." an additional $10,000 reward for arrest and conviction of the killer was posted. The Chicago Tribune announced it would pay $10,000 for informn- tion lending lo the apprehension and conviction of the slayer. This brought to the total rewards offe.ved. Vcrburgh lias been in custody sinc.B late Tuesday after police said they found bit's of human flesh, in- ternal organs and blood in a laun- dry drain in the basement of an Corry, Jan. Pire to- npartment building he tends.

Hisjday destroyed the large plant also was removed to detective the J. W. and A. P. Howard Co nationally known leather Cmi.nii^d.nn Paan Two turers, with a loss estimated tino ficially at about $200,000.

Approximately 7,000 sides leather being processed in the pine built structure were bu finished materials in a concret warehouse were not touched'. bj tho flames. The flnmes started In the hai G'M locals board in has today mcndotions to "the fact-f: bmittcd its recom- President Truman. It is expected that the president will release same shortly." Meanwhile the CIO United Auto Worlccrs got back into fight for a 30 per cent, wage increase 'roni the motor car industry ae negotiations with the Ford Motor Co. were reopened today.

A Ford spokesman said wages "probably" would be discussed. 5250,000 Loss In Corry Fire Call N. Y. Phone Strike Friday Long Distance Operators To Leave Post, at 7 O'clock -New York, Jan. union spokesman said today 1,000 long dis- tance telephone operators would leave their posts here at 7 o'clock tomorrow morning' and would be ioined by 6,000 more during the day.

Such action would, be the first step in a threatened nationwide shutdown of long distance telephone service as a result of yesterday's walkout -by telephone installation workers. John J. Moran, president of the Federation of Long Line Telephone Workers, announced the action. The walkout would.be simultan- eous with the establishment of pick- This was a grim warning; A strike in the steel industry conversion program io' much of It depends upon steel. (There was a diff erence between the wage demands of 'the CIO Steel-workers 'arid 'the.

C3O Auto- latter said 'they want- ed a- 30 per cent, increase but not If It meant a price increase in au- tooiohiles. (They were' afraid 1 an 'auto. pi-Ice at The first near George J. ney. directors were listed four tacorporators and Barco, Meadville attor- Erie Man Travels To Kane In Bed On Train Kane, Js.n by moving van and railroad bag- gage car, arthritis-crippled William Manross rode 11)3 miles to Icane from Erie in his bed today to visit his 65-year-old father, who is ill of a heart ailment.

Then the two, separated a year by illness, began a happy, week-end reunion at the Kane home of the former father Thoodcre Manross aborer. Well bundled up under three ankets Manross and his specially- built bed were lifted gently out of ha Pennsylvania railroad bag aKc here RO carried to a waiting ambulance, which Look him to his me An expl ess uar v. 1" case bctl i ye tu into the ambulance. jr Manross spoke only a few Five Ohio Papers Closed fay Strikes Ciisveland, Jan. prin- ter'si dispute on the Coshocton Trib- une raised to five today the number of skrike-boimd Ohio newspapers.

VFL-International Typographical union workers on the Tribune, I Cochocton's only dnily newspaper, struck last night over" demands for raising their weekly satarv from $42 -10 $48. Robert Wallace, managing edi- tor tho'paper, said negotiations had carried on since October an the paper's offer of had been refused. $48 Prrspects for early seLtlement of disputes on the four other pnptii-s-- the Portsmouth Times Ohio the iplain Dealer, Press and News in Cleveland--were, not good. Striking AFL-Pressmcn In Cleve- dryer department in the center the works after a. when two employes, Carl Ncilson, watch" man, and Carl Dahlstrom, were in the plant.

Tho fire spread so rapidly that fire equipment in the depart- ment was cut off from the men. A general alarm was turned In, bu' the flames levelled the main plant and spread to the office building across the highway. Telephone cables -were burned out, disrupting telephone service a time in the Kane-Warren- Corry areas. The propLirLy was owned by the J. J.

Desmond estate and New York interests. eve- land refused to submit tho to and Federal BBII UIV6S O0III6 ony a words to his sister, Mrs. Lawre rence Kanc station as he was lifted lor Thomas W. Robertson said the! situation didn't "look so good a the 5 --o" wits meed into the ambulance amid snow flur- ries. Thus ended his first ride in a baggage car.

After his visit here, he'll return Erie for two more operations ms long battle with arthritis. To spare them the worry, neither Continued Page Eleven Robertson proposed two days ago that the strike, involving some 175 pressmen, be arbitrated. Publishers agreed to the proposal and declar- ed in a statement that the pressmen were committed by contract to ar- bitrate "any wage dispute." Spokesmen for tho Cleveland Newspaper Printing Pressmen's union were unavailable for com- ment. Philadelphia, Jan. 10.

Tho Bell Telephone company or Penn- sylvania announces signing of a new contract which gives 11,000 of its workers in the Keystone state a week pay boost. The contract, signed by the com- pany and the Traffic Employes' un- ion, unafflliated, becomes effective! next Sunday, a company spokes-j man said. et lines around the American Tele- phone and Telegraph building at 32 Avenue of the Americas. The build- ing, largest telephone office In the city, houses.all long- distance, trans- oceanic and shi; -to-shore telephone communications. Washington, Jan.

phono service was curtailed the second time in six days switch- board operators of the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone company 'started leaving their posts at 10 a. m. EST) to attend a un- ion protest meeting. The walkout, which the union contended was in against "overworking" supervisors. op- Conlinnr.d Pane Two increase eventually would 'mean general price ta crease in -otter things arid thus wipe out the bene- fit of -the increase.

CThe. steelwwkere, however, took no stand on steel prices.) While this happened, Pirwldent Truman aeked 'congress for power to set up fatt-ffriding boards to find the truth In labor disputes to forbid strikes for 30 days while the boards were working. This set fireworks. Labor leaders opposed the.etrike ban. But New York'.

Jan. Presidents, of Sterf Corp', and; the of In- converg- ed, for a. "showdown" meet- ing that may determine whe- will go next MondayV "Benjamin. presi- dent of U. to sit: with Philip both the CIO and? the ClO-Steelworkers' 'at; mV; in the corporation's offices i above the ornate stainless steel lobby at 71 Eroccjway.

Both men- publicly silent In advance of the'toeeting. There was speculation, however' that with. himself, sitting-, in on the. negotiations for the.first time the corporation might make a def- inite, -wage increase offer. "Big Steel" had taken-the position pre- viously a steel price increase would precede steel wage increase.

A price, has now been promised fa Wash- ington. The atmosphere around the meeting was tense. Steel officials conferred at length during: 'the morning. At -stake was not only the continued of 'the vital steel industry 'b'ji the possibility that a-'break In price-wage impasse might pave the way a solutior. of the whole Btrike By HA.KOLJD W.

WARD government'tui-ned renewed atten- tion the'GfeiMsral Motors bringuts the U. S. Steel Corp. and OlO-Sieelworkeri a-Tlast-ditch reffort ta. threatened strike.

and the na- basic -'steftl producer 'agreed to down in collective conferences in New York, the request, of. the presi- dent's fact-finding board. government offi- cial-would say publication that the'steel corporation-hod. been giv- en say assurance of; a. price boost, wi.tfjlKerf Eleven OIO President Philip Murray was most oufjspokcn.

'He said Mr. Tru- man, through such a ban, wee out to smash unions'. This was startling. The CIO-had supported the Democratic admin- istration'for years, had been one of its main Now; appar- Report Fighting In Northern Iran Tehran, Jail. --A govern- ment said today that fighting- had broken out in two Rus- sinn occupied provinces in north- ern Iran.

A ministry of interior official said, the outbreaks occurred in Chalus, on the Caspian sea in Ma- zandaran province, at Kazvin. One person was killed and two others wounded at' Kazvin, in Kazvin. province, where the gov- ernment said "group of immigrants and strangrers" fired upon voters during a provincial election. Donura Vet Seeks Release of Boy Donora, teen-year-old Peneseo, a'na- tive of Sicily, may nialce his In this city if his adoption papers lost in Belgium, can tound. Jimmy, -n-ho fough't" with troops of the 501th and 508th Parachute in Europe, stowed away on troopship with Frank tamen- dola- of Donora and has, beep held Jackie Cooper Back To Films Agaii 'Hollywood, -j ter months in the navy, Jackie Cooper is gutting: back into the 'business in which -he has spent most'of his'-lija.

But. this time, he says, he won't bl a leading' omn. (Henceforth lie be referred to even permit his friends call him "Jackie" any ae. now.has no illusions about -being a leading man. "tight comedy or a good western would more my ype he said ooh good in old clothes and a bigv hat The former boy star had com- pleted one day'as.

civilian'' and considered himself, a full-fledged "nitTM' With I10 cs ho "se, def- much mbre eran could I he asked. "Thta discharge button fcela like a neon sign. rush to find a ob, however. Some of the wealth he earn.ed_. In, his childhood in n.

11 ed Where Are Our Children are rolling In. authorities at Ellis bland. Lamendola, who visits Jimmyi often at island, saye he' Is" trying hia hardest to. get the adop- tion papers -which -will -make Jim- my his Jimmy believes his family woe out The in the- Sicilian" American embassy wiped paign. Itaiy once reporte'd-jKe-b'oy "miith" er has been foiind but addition- al has, been received about her.

Lehigh Understanding Only Temporary Plan the have found clbthta, are out on By KALPH WALOS Jam 10. An 'understanding" between Lehigh Foundries, and a CIO United Steelworkeru local may nip any walkout of tho Easton plant em- iloyes but, aays company President Frank E-. Shumann, "the arrange- ment Is no panacea" for any nation- il ills of the steel industry. "It is not a settlement of our dls- i the union but rather a emporary bridge across a labor apl hat won't be spanned, until the ational problem is settled," ustling 42-year old Shumann He's enthusiastic nbout the "un- 600 employes are getting 12 cents more.an hour and as tonnage production increases' the figure rises on a sliding scale to a 21-cent maximum. "It's already given us a shot.in the production arm," he said "It went Into effect Monday.

Tuesday the boys pushed the 12 cenis to 13 and we get it to IT or 19 cents within a Shumann says this "common sense'-arrangement for a local probably will, forestall any olive brown. But the very civvies, PARADOX comment from wt at his' borne. They found H. HUl', to C.D no tet-phone. hare decided SOe ex-wrvl Ullor from bul.