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feather Outlook Snow JUi.45; ivitwgtmt in Newt local, National, Ulster Advertising Median --VOL. LXXVI--No. 41 CITY QF KINGSTON, N. TliUBSDAY EVENING, PRICE FIVE CENTS Lewis, Aides Consider What to Do on Fuel; Make App Is Cited Assistance Brings 420,000 Decrease in Hospital Request Appropriations Schedule Favored 'By Supervisors Tuberculosis Hospital Asks $20,000 Less; Other Expenditures in List Adopted With the annual session of the Board of Supervisors drawing toward a close, Supervisor Harry Snjder Wednesday evening moved io suspend Rule 6, Section 7, of the Board in order that resolutions calling for appropriations might be voted upon the same night as introduced instead of laying over to the following meeting. Following tliis the Committee on Appropriations moved for adoption of a schedule of appropriations which numerous large expendi- lures such as ihe Tuberculosis Hospital and County Auditor's Fund, each for Postwar Construction Fund, also $40,000 and an appropriation of 541,000 for the new County Board of Health.

Various welfare funds were also made available. For 1947 the Tuberculosis Hospital asked and was granted $4,0,000. this being $28,000 less than for the past year. The sum of $40,000 was added to the Postwar Fund, bringing this fund up to $250,000 which is set construction. of a new Dr.

Joseph Jacobson Will Serve Next Year as Thoracic Surgeon at TB Hospital; Seeley'Gives Annual Report Bitternessj Is Feeling of Mine Crews Rush to Beat Postal Deadline State aid for operation of the Ulster County Tuberculosis Hospital during 1947 will greatly decrease ifce amount of local aid needed and the Board of Managers in the annual report, submitted Let U. S. Attorneys Dig; Damn Coal, Is How One Man Puts It, Finej or No Fine by the Rev. Dr. Frank B.

Seeley, president, to the Board of Supervisors Wednesday, asked for an appropriation of for OiaHlCS a decrease of over the 1946 appropriation. This decreased appropriation comes in the face of greatly increased costs of operation due to higher cost of employment and also maintenance costs generally. In addition, the hospital plans to increase its facilities and will during the coming year place Dr. Joseph Jacobson on the staff as thoracic surgeon at a salary Prior to entering the navy Dr. Goes to Trial Mary Drew of Paterson, N.

a former leaves county jail at Reno, JBL'feMff' septemBer 25, Her -Eteer Drew walks with aside ior county To raisedon out- i lh the Kingston is Wirephoto) 000 for Old AgeiHelief, a.decrease of S35.0UG over- 1946. The Qi Fund also reduced to from the Since the city welfare will cqme, under the iyw county-wide set there were considerable in-; 'creases in funds for this work. For maintenance, of the County Home was appropriated for 1947 against 516,000 for 1946. The Crippled Children Fund was increased from. $18,000 to' 526,000 and Welfare Administration was increased from $32,000 to $40,000 ior the ensuing year.

A petition was received (from the four District Superintendents of Schools asking for an Additional S300 allowance each for fravel ex- jpenses. The petition stated that the S600 allowed by the state was insufficient. The. petitiot was filed and referred to the Committee on Appropriations. The Committee on Supervisors' i.Cgnlmucd on Page Thirteen) Says Party Should Be Boss His Announcement 'Gives Indication Battle Will Come Fine.

Another Says, Is Plot by Democrats Against Union Pittsburgh, Dec. 5 UPl--Bitterly indignant A.F.L. United i token Wor ers today indicated the gov- I ernment-levied 53,500,000 fine would do little toward ending their weight "limit of five pounds was set as a fuel conservation measure. Jacobson did this work at the local hospital and during his absence it was done at Homer Folks State Hospital at Oneonta. Last year the cost to the county of this work was $1,262.50.

Appreciation Expressed In his annual report as president of the Board of Managers the Rev. Mr. Seeley noted with deep regret the death of Mrs. George Washburn who had been a "devoted friend" of the hospital and who made a gift to the hospital of 000 for the Nurses' Home. Contending with adjustment of nursing hours to an eight-hour schedule, together with an alarming of nurses for the equipment 15-day-old strike that has already idled another 172,000 persons and threatens the nation with complete economic paralysis.

"Let the government attorneys dig the damn coal," cried Bill Jones of the Gibson mine at Bcnt- Jeyville, "We won't go back until Lewis tells us Fine or no fine." Four" Washington county locals ip western Pennsylvania reacted to the penalty by sending blank checks to U.M.W. headquarters in Washington with succinct instructions to "fill out the amount necessary to pay the fines." Workers at the South Postal Annex at Boston strive to clear a jam of packages as the Christmas parcel post rush jumped more than 25 per cent before a curb on size and weight goes into effect. A (AP Wircphoto) Union Carpenters Get $1.75 Hourly; Scale Is in of all Union leaders Ao across the County Health Board Holds 2nd Meeting; Budget Viewed General Laborers Receive $1.25 Rate in County; Is Increase Over October Figure YnV'nCw of $1.15 an ing service at great sacrifice of time and talent" of Miss Krause, superintendent of nurses at the hospital. The Board of Managers extended to her their appreciation of her untiring and efficient service. Continuing his report Seeley said: "The medical service, under the skilled direction of the Superintendent, Dr.

Holcomb, assisted by Dr. Josephson, speaks for itself in pride and appreciation by the Board. "The business management of the hospital under Mrs. Mary Weber has been faced with acute problems in connection with food and its increased cost. That the total cost of operation, as appears in the financial statement, has been kept at approximately the figure of last year, in spite of increased prices and fewer number of hospital days service, is due fo the exceedingly wise management ovvier, president of U.M.W.

Oklahoma-Arkansas the dis- 51.25 for general laborers into effect in Ulster county lo- day. Washington, Dec. 5 chairman Carroll Reece declared today that his party should be given majority control of independent agencies created by- Congress, such as the Interstate Commerce Commission. Reece's contention, advanced in his report to the Republican Na-jon the part of Mrs. Weber, whose tional Committee meeting here, skilled merit the thanks Baruch May Urge Positive Action I- S.

Delegate Is Elated Over Russian View of Veto's Use apparently presaj tween the G.OJP. a battle be- senate and President future appointments to By law, many agencies such as the I.C.C. are declared to be "bipartisan." When one has five members, for instance, the practice has been that a Democratic President would appoint three Democrats and two Republicans as members to fulfill the clause re- Lak- Success, N. Dec. 5 bipartisan -Bernard M.

Baruch, elated over: tovict Russia's clearly enunciated! nai the veto must not hir.iior inspection and control or- watching over world limitation, was expected to- 'o urge swift and positive ac- curbing atomic energy uses. day tion 'or v.t.ns and Declaring that the nation demands "the closest kind of cooperation between the executive branch and the Republican Congress." Reece insisted that the Interstate Commerce. Federal Trade and Communications Commissions. ia we as similar agencies are the United States dele- atures Congrafe and thus the United Natioas Atomic iSouId reflect in their policies the crr. Commission, was said ReDUO November victory at Datively to have prepared and some resolutions! at an important i harting meeting of the.

(6 p. m. E.S.T.). i bipartisan, meaning case he said in a pre- trict, termed the penalties an attempt to destroy the U.M.W. and said it "invites the thug system and yellow-dog contracts again to be placed in the mining camps of the country." President William Blizzard U.M.W.

District 17 in West Vir- of the city Monday night. The i ginia declared the fine is "part wa bo st affects several hundred of a plot by the Democratic party I union carpenters and laborers. Announcement. 01 the lu cents an hour increase over the October, 1946, levels by the Stabilization Board was made at a meeting of the union contractor 1 Paltz Resident Says feullet Hit Cur Myra Jackson of New Paltz reported to the sheriff's office yesterday that while driving on Route 32 toward Kingston Tuesday her car had- "been p. near Maple Hill.

The bullet damaged the lower pan of the front, door slightly driver escaped personal injury. An investigation is being conducted by the sheriff's oflice. Dr. James Says County Budget for 1947 Is Stale Pays Share The Ulster Judge Says New Action May Follow Lewis Ponders Whether lo Appeal or Adopt Tactics of Delay ia Coal Strike Won't 'Dispossess' Union May Let U. S.

Try to Collect Any Way It Can Washington. Dec. 5 L. Lewis, continuing his relentless throttle on soft coal production, conferred with his lawyers today on whether the United Mine Workers should answer their 500,000 contempt judgment with a "try and get it." As the conference went forward at U.M.W. headquarters--and the industry-strangling coal strike showed no signs of abating--it became known that President Truman will appeal directly to the miners Ollkials close to the president said hc will broadcast his appeal within a few days, possibly Sunday i niKht.

Questions confrontingvthe- Lcvyis- included: S3.500.000'tine and if so how it is to bo raised. 'Thr S10.000 fine on Lewis personally will be coverprf by bond bi'l'orf 3 p. m. union lawyers told Federal Judge T. Alan GoJds- to destroy the unjon." He added the rank-and-file miners are "be- Ccminued on Twenty-five Thc Wage Board set S1.65 and 51.15 as the local hourly scale in October but the various carpenters' union immediately appealed the decision, pointing out the higher wage scales in effect in other Hudson valley cities.

Contractors represented at Mon- Small Resigns His C.P.A. Post President Accepts: C.P.A Will Be Transferred lo Overall Agency Roland Hayes Sings At Auditorium Tonight Roland Hayes, outstanding Negro tenor, is scheduled to give his ou uu win aim oeniinc. eurnjmiy recital of classical compositions gaged in the Loughran Park state I. for Emanuel Baptist Church, to- i housing project; Schatzel Broth-; bma Civilian Production night at 8 o'clock in the municipal rs a rl lor 1 auditorium, where music lovers of Kingston and the surrounding area arc expected to gather in great numbers to hear him. The Rev.

Philip Saunders, pastor of the church, has expressed himself as very appreciative of the famous singer's coming to Kingston, not only as a famous singer, but as a leader of his race in the cultural field. unions. Union faction expressed sal is- with but "Our chef, Henry Geschwinder, is deserving of our thanks for efficient and loyal service together with the entire personnel of the hospital. "We would express to Mrs. Holcomb our appreciation for her active interest in the work of the auxiliary of the hospital, especially i in the world of music to represent Poughkeepsie was recognfting the great value of the! his people in the 75th anniversary $1.75 to SI .90 last movie entertainment for the pa- of the 13th Amendment celebrated 152.00 scale scheduled tients, funds for which have beenioa December 21.

1940, in the na-' trading Company and the Kingston Construction Company. Ray Comvay. wl the plumbing contract at the stale housing project, negotiated with the labor the new wage in- OSS lo i newsmen today Small creases but pointed out a bcen to rcsign for somc Kingston and Ulster county are! 1irr -f I i i i I I below mid-Hudson vallov levels. Union spokesmen said Chosen as the first Negro artist pay for carpenters in hiked from with jState office at 61 Albany i avenue and budget for (he new i Ulstrr County i ment approved in line item form within the appropriation-borough.) made by the Board of Supervis- 1 Whether to appeal at once in the Circuit Court ol ApiX-'aIs or ors. The next meeting of (hi- Boardjjj, dopt delaying ladies.

The legal i will be held Tuesday, December i a 0 no fot that an appeal 10, when i a consideration i i i he a ul timing was be given to budget items. I prol.lpmatical. Knder the new set which will The prospect of a new contempt I become effective on January 1 citation, if Lewis continues to ig- and lioth the county and city Judge Goldsborough's reaf- hcalth departments come under! firmed order Vo call off the strike, one head, it is expected that there; The possibility of prosecution I will be a money saving of at least i under the Smith-Connally Act, with considerably greater i which makes it a pena! offense to health facilities being offered the incite or encourage strikes against public. UK- government. for Year I sitting in on the union confer- Asked today as to the total bud-1 cnce was Secretary-Treasurer get for the county and city health.

Thomas Kennedy, former lieuten- work for 19-47, Dr. George ant governor of Pennsylvania on County Commissioner, said a the! whom will rest the responsibility total a budget was raising the bond if dc- of the Bounty's share would, ''ides to meet it. Kennedy has re- be that under the old ported the union's treasury is good system the county's share would, (or 513,500,000. have been S48.000 and it was' Joseph A. Padway.

A.F.L. coun- statwi that under the new system sel who joined Lewis' staff for this Presidential Secretary Charles greater facilities would be offered momentous legal show-down, said the public. Under the new a yesterday in court that the union law the suit" will refund to may' let the government try to col- county 75 per cent of the i Icct the fine in any way it. sees fit. funr SHKI.OOO of cost.

This will a Padway made it clear the union a refund of from the a I does not intend to "dispossc-ss" it- on S100.000. leaving the county's'l self of its holdings, share of the cost 525.000. For There was still a chance that remaining S32.X)0 of i i a si rat ion, has resigned. The House said today a President Truman has ar- reptcfl Small's resignation, effective at the close of business tomorrow, December 6. largely secured thi-ough her personal efforts, as well as the funds for the Christmas party." tion's capital.

Roland Hayes was heard by a distinguished audience in the concert hall of the Library- effect on January 1. the state'wili refund 50 stnko. which a November 21 In the absence of Dr. Congress. Jacobson, who was in service, the i Command performances before report states that sureical Oeorg" and Queen Mnry arc (Continued on Page Thirteen) I among his treasured memories.

To Build I nivcr-ilv Hiroshima. Dec. bombed city as r.f Universily of Japan by'rials. Of A agencies are to be transferred to an overall liquidation agency. Ross sul president concurred in quest to return to private industry, 'cent, or 516.000 and the county's The Small resignation follows snarp of sum i be an by -A day a of Wilson Wyait as f- ual amount.

Thus i county's 1 administrator. There had has been been differences between the iwo Tui u.alL- 'j-; uii ui! over for a i i I-MSI to the tax- Lewis might decide to call off the 4 False Imprisonment Claims Made Upon State Albany, N. Dec. 5 -was falsely arrested March 5. Dr.

K. Brumbaugh of the Amen-; Ross said progress toward for-: payers of can Foreign Mission of the Far'mat ion of th; liquidations agency' lis East. Kyodo Xows Agency re-'was proceeding rapidly, today. Kyodo one Hiro- In his letter of resignation. 1 jshima resident had offered his Small said he believed thai the property to the project.

romimirrt Thtrfy-onp false imprisonment claims he will propose reely guarded by the but observers pointed to 1937. illegally forced to undergo! address, "the Congress 730 have been fid- a Psychiatric examination, and: that such agencies should be talin fVK 1M nave en nl was seotencod in Children's Court in practice against the state since June when; at Suffolk to the Napanoch In- ToRestrainLiquorA uthority The U.M.W. risks a ad- of the a will "be I ditional fine day that the on the fir-! continues in defiance of a mjuiiciiuii umcn OOittM- lxrou.ch issued Lewis also i. risking a jail term which ho escaped' OildMiorough said he thought a TubcrculosLs Hos- 1 )ri 5n Mntcncc would be nroper pital for which an appropriation ff)r 1)U to thc sfim of was made by the Board ernment recommendation for a fine of or the city laboratory rrsis which are borne by the rity Kincston plus an of S15.000 hy the coun- hall of which is refunded bv cost lor public health i not inci'idod the cost (if operation of th New York. Doc.

the majority of the commis- should be composed of mcni- of the which held a the late Bertram was awarded S115.000 suit of 40 month's United States wants majority in Congress Sing Sing for on the atomic qution. am of course, speaking only not commit. said to be especially the; those commissions and otJicr new actions i charge last April 30. awaiting Tworzyanski asked S150.000 Liquor Authorily from rnff.rcinc ire V. M7Moktov.

Riisianiiagencis which were set to ad- hearings in the Court CJaims. damages on ground? that thf court or! cr ca-cc. 1 a Irgjslativs a'j-; Claimants and sums asked: Hacked jurisdiction, that he was v'-stcrdav which United Na- thority--not those responsible pri- R. Bass. Albany.

deprived of his constitutional had awaited for a manlv to the PneskJenJ." OQO Samuel D. White. Lowman. rights, that he was not given -Counsel wait for two years Jjeforo to apply for iiconvs. the derision io court injuno Wrgman said: ihat the rour- 1V.

ihc stale- to tho county. Thn-c Arr Appoinfrd The County Health Board made thrc" appointments fo positions nn the professional sta.ff. Adele Didnrksen was named director of PubiK- Health Nursing. As direrior. Miss rick.vn will of staff of abfuit 17 puhiic hral'h on crTI1 of Jiqaor or, O.P.

committeemen who scan- got dovl-n to brass tacks ncd Recces words said it seemed tiroe S100.000: Joseph hearing and was not permitted to (120 First ave.) Huntington Sta-j select a counsel. day. those to the -Security Council for the in: commissions, ne ma and coatrol of anus limi- difficulty in 3 regulations. Prtnrlty CMMMerei i service, has proposed general and control that Uie 1 3 tion Long Island. $150.000.

and' The Court of Claims Act of disarmament when he scrvins: notice on President Caruso. Brooklyn, was overhauled by the izf, U. N. Politkal Committee man Jhat unless ho accepts Legislature, at Governor Dwey's -janizaliore! should be set theory aix! nanaes Kcpaoucans formeriy a Wall stroet request, to correct deficiencies -in ihe framework rf the vacancies which occur securities salesman, died Septum-, pointed up by the Campbell caso. bcr 7.

at the age of 60. three Under in? 1942 act. false arrer-t months after the Court oi Claims suite couM be brought onb' by had awarded him damages for persons convicted and pardoned warehouse permi' on 5hp humiliation, loss liberty, and after the statute's enactment, it sold at wholesale loss of earnings during his confine- Those convicted previously, such rr aecs within the ment in Sing Sing on a forgery- OmpbcH, a rperia' appropriate license. conviction. Native act enabling them to sw George P.

Butt'-ly. Jr authority ihat atomic weapons should! 'op priority in considering 1 An injunction--if would be effective for .1. Rerlram V.v^mar in? the chain, he seek a which becomes tomorrow. The S.L.A. order.

yesterday, also canopied the firm's 1 -mployes out ol work Tifijn" charges as ijmioubt- nr-vrr would have but for ihe publicity to the Longchamps nanx-." ihe sale of a'coholic beverages at wnoicsale. said honors wore purrhased at irom -irensed distributor? bv Corpus Christi, Tex- Dec. 5 He had received a full pardon the state. -A irwnendoos at a gas i in 1915 from Governor The 19 said company plant, which was heard when another Tram of'for miles, killed at least twoiforgery. 'nrrvms and injfired five today.

TVorzyanski allc secretary, said rtei-n The 1996 snvmcdia'eiy ac to permit filing of suits, beard for rr-nevial of the without enabling ro- Had the liOTifs tytn oi Henry 'hnin, and in Lusfi? was in tron and finNI aliened that hc gardlcss of the time of conviction, said, the chain would have had to ircc on baii pending an appeal. i ed by (ho J' CXpecU-rf thai aiso h.TVe on her staff a and a dental scn has been ir. vun'y as dlstrif-T for a year ar.d a half, Ml Jo lake A in A bany ofiirr ha? had 16 years principal Ijongchair.ps public rxneri'-ncr, and Jhon apportioned as an assistant sunor- vising r.r.r» and fiv as a dis'ric; Miss v. i'Ji Jk-wnw Dfsrf-t froTn C'olumbia University, majorins; in she had advanrerl nurs- iric a' Matc-rniTv Association ar.d' r. From overy outward indication.

the miners leader was determined lo lake jail, or whrt may come, rather than yield 10 a court order he contends is and withdraw his termination of ih: U.M.W.'s contract with i ihis srsm deadlock con- frfiniin-: ihe couniry. a group of railway issued a plea that 'he co'-ernmcnt both cail 'hi- whole ihirs off and let a presidential commission settle Labor Executives amons; thf- various The rhargos of violating Ibc iKj'iior laws xverp filed against )wo of on aides of S2 income laxf-s 1o four v-ars Ho i.s.

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