Harrisburg Telegraph from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania • Page 17

Striking Tugmen Expected to Back Settlement Plan New York, Feb. 8, Union leaders predicted that New York harbor's 3500 striking tugmen would ratify today terms of proposal to end the city's worst: waterfront tie up in 27 years. The settlement accord details of which were not disclosed was agreed upon by all union' and em ployer groups, and Capt. William Bradley, head of the striking union, said he believed the men would accept it at today's bal loting. His statement was echoed by other union officials.

James spokesman for the employers, commenting on the pact, declared: "Things look brighter. But we way out on a limb in offer lng our terms. As the referendum vote by the strikers got underway this morn' ing it was learned unofficially that of the proposed contract provide for a 40 hour week, and a 15 cents an hour pay increase The terms were disclosed by some of the first voters who said the increase was the same as con tained in Mayor William O'Dwyer's proposal, turned down by the union Monday. Other terms of the proposed contract, the strikers said, include two weeks vacation with pay after three vears service and retro' activity of the terms to Jan. 1, if owners are granted an increase in towing rates Dy me govern nent.

If no increase is granted, the strikers added, retroactivity would be to Feb. 1. Those voted later, however, in sisted that the ref eredum provided for retention of a 48 hour week, Original demands by the union were for a 40 hour week, an additional food allowance of 20 cents a day, 13 paid holidays, two weeks vacation and pay increases averaging about 45 cents an hour for licensed personnel and about 65 cents for non licensed person nel. The owners had offered a 10 cents an hour pay boost. Bradley said that if the tug workers ratified the agreement, very effort would be made to ex pedite resumption of work, adding that he thought it possible that the world's greatest port would return to its normal rate of ac tivity tomorrow morning.

But even as the first definite hope for settlement appeared Mayor William O'Dwyer ordered an indefinite shutdown of all schools and the closing of 12 other yifv rnnconrfl thai Tjtocks that have reached an un precedented low. He said the five day old strike had reduced the fuel oil supply of the 12 buildings to a point where only enough was available to keep pipes from freezing. Freight car loading in the Unit' ed States reached a total of 42, crisis, 000,000 in 1945. Ensminger. AID FOR FIRE VICTIMS Miss Ella Frazier, center, inspects clothing donated to the victims of the Herr street fire through the Phyllis Wheatley YWCA.

Mrs. Hortense Jones, left, and Miss Ruth Lott are sorting and arranging the clothing and necessities for redistribution. A similar amount of contributions was turned over to the Forster Street for distribution. A committee for aiding thel families has been elected by the Interdenominational Ministerium of Harrisburg and Vicinity, which has established headquarters at the Mount Olive Baptist Church, Wallace street near Reily, for the purpose of receiving and distributing clothing and necessities to the victims of the fire. A sum already received by the committee and a collection to be taken Sunday in various churches, will be used to supply some of the needs of the families whose homes were burned.

Each family has Chilean Labor Group Calls Off Strike Santiago, Chile, Feb. 8, () The Chilean Confederation of Labor called off today a general strike which has gripped the nation for four days, but excepted workers in two nitrate unions. A declaration signed by the 300, 000 member Conferedation's Na tional Directive Council said the decision to lift the strike was unanimous and asserted the work stoppage had "obliged the govern ment to accede certain points on a list of labor demands submitted; January 30. The announcement said the Humberstone and Mapocho Nitratej Unions would seek a solution of their conflict, one of the basic ele ments underlying the current labor by direct negotiation with I the nitrate company. TELEPHONE been contacted personally by the committee, investigation having been started on the day following the fire.

The church will be open daily from 1 until 4 p. m. to receive and distribute supplies. A meet ing of the fire victims and in dividuals and agencies cooperat ing for their relief will be held Monday at 7.30 p. m.

at the Phyllis Wheatley YWCA, Briggs and Cowden streets. The Kev. Warner Brown is president of the Ministerium and the Rev. F. D.

Gholston is chairman of the commitee. Widow Inherits Estate Of Harry L. Hopkins New York, Feb. 8, (IP) Harry L. Hopkins' entire estate was left to his widow, Mrs.

Louise Macy Hopkins, under terms of his will on file today in Surrogate court, Hopkins, adviser to the late President Roosevelt, died last week. The will was dated Janu ary 6, 1943, and witnesses in eluded the former President. No estimate was given" on the value of the estate. County Gets Fund Chief Dauphin County Detective Harry Farina has' turned over $84.10 which he confiscated in a raid on the Clover Club, 2013 North Sixth street, July 23. Two! club officials were fined $300 each on gaming house charges resulting from the raid.

1 are not our only worry Telephone instruments are coming through" fine at the rate of about 3,000,000 a year, for the Bell System as a whole. We may even be able to offer extensions later in the year, because extensions don't need new lines to the central office nor central office equipment. They are hooked yp to lines and equipment already in place. IT'S THE OTHER EQUIPMENT. PTHAT HOLDS THINGS UP.

(Intricate and delicate central office equipment has to be built and tested and installed and re tested before new telephones can be added. Right now, for example, only 198 out of 448 Bell central offices in Pennsylvania are able to meet new service demands without additional central office equipment. But even with all the telephone instruments we can possibly use, and even with all the central office equipment we need, there still remains the tremendous job of building what we call the "outside plant." This is the vast network of cables and wires that connects every telephone everywhere with its central office and with all other telephones. This is the ditches and the poles and the 12,000 Men Quit Iron Ore Mines In Northwest Duluth, Feb. 8, (JP) Eighteen thousand steel workers, including 12,000 in the rich Mesabi Iron Mine District, today joined the nation wide steel strike which began three weeks ago.

Workers in mines and steel plants of Minnesota, upper Mich! gan and Wisconsin officially left their jobs at 12.01 a. m. Picket lines began to form at 6.30. These men, members of the Lake Superior District 'of the CIO United Steelworkers Union, had deferred their walkout to comply with the Minnesota law requiring 30 days notice of a strike or lock out. Union leaders said Wisconsin and Upper Michigan unioinists had remained on the job in the interim so that the strike would begin at all mines simultaneously.

Few workers were on the job at zero hour, but some who had re ported for work at 11 p. m. Thurs day walked out after an hour's work. Since the winter season set in, most companies have abandon ed the shift starting at 11 p. m.

Many miners are employed in winter as maintenance men. Picket line passes were issued workers at all mines and plants to maintain property. Finance Charges Found Excessive Instances have been found where finance charges on auto mobile purchases have exceeded 100 per a legislative com mittee investigating what dover nor Martin termed "sharp prac tices" in auto financing said to day. "Some automobile dealers are not only making profits on the sale of used cars," the committee said in a statement, "but are in many instances 'packing' finance charges and sharing in the finance charges made by finance companies." The committee, an agency of the legislature's joint State Government (research) Commission and headed by State Rep. Franklin H.

Lichtenwalter (R Lehigh), said it "will determine upon emergency measures in order that the public shall not be mulcted any further," if some companies continue "unconscionable and ex orbitant finance charges." Water Shortage Cuts GI Coffee Drinking Shanghai, Feb. 8, (Dough nuts are still being handed out by Red Cross girls on Pacific bases, but many of their stands are dis playing signs reading: "Sorry no coffee." An acute water shortage is af fecting the Red Cross pots on Johnson, Kwajalein and Guam is lands. RSTRURIIERT digging and splicing and laying and stringing and testing. And now it's under way. Our $150,000,000 expansion program is going to do for Pennsylvania for you what the Bell System's two billion dollar expansion program is going to do for America as a whole.

It's going to give you the finest telephone service you can imagine as much and as often as you need it. Here are THE THREE OBJECTIVES of our $150,000,000 EXPANSION PROGRAM 1 To end all waiting lists for telephone service. 2 To provide the people of this State city people and farmers with finer and finer telephone service. 3. To make available the many new developments in communication, pioneered by the Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Part of tk Btll System's two billion dollar Expansion Program. THE BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY OF PENNSYLVANIA (7 I i Jr Jj i 11 1 Li Ah. 1 aiffypg JgK4i Ensminger. INSURANCE WOMEN MEET Col. J.

Calvin (Haps) Frank was the principal speaker at the meeting of the Insurance Women of America held Friday night at the Penn Harris Hotel. In charge of the event were Mrs. Charles Shaffner, Rhoda Desenberger, Ardejla Bru baker, Rachel R. Savidge, and Arlene Walters. OBITUARIES HARRY E.

BAKER Harry E. Baker, 70, 2214 Penn street, died Thursday at a local hospital. He was a member of Harrisburg Lodge, No. 629, F. and A.

He is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Charles C. Stroh; two granddaughters, Mrs. Frank M. Barth and Miss Priscilla Jane Stroh, all of Harrisburg; two sisters, Mrs Harry Richwine, Allen, and Mrs Elsie Glaspey, York county, andj two brothers, Charles Me chanicsburg, and Harvey, Allen.

Services will be held Saturday at 2.30 p. m. at the Charles Baker funeral home, Third and Maclay streets, the Rev William Van Horn Davies, Messiah Lu theran Church, officiating. Burial will be in Dillsburg cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home tonight after 7.

HARRY E. R. PETERSON Harry Edgar Ross Peterson, 47, 1224 North Sixth street, died Wed nesday at a local hospital. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Idella Peterson; one daugh ter, Miss Zelda Peterson; three sons, Ross, Glenn and Dana, all of Shippensburg; his mother, Mrs Nettie Mowery; three brothers, Ira! and Ben, and two sisters, Mrs.

Clara Mowery, all of Harrisburg. and Mrs. Margaret Mowery, New. ville. Services will held Saturday at 2 p.

m. at Sharp's United Brethren Church, near Scotland, the Rev. C. J. Reiff, Pilgrim Holi ness Church, officiating.

Burial will be in the church cemetery tonight. Fri ends may call at the Heidel funeral home, 1420 North Second street tonight from 7 to 9. MRS. KARL L. GATTER Mrs.

Elsie G. Gatter, 37, wife of Karl L. Gatter, 43' Devon road, Camp Hill, died Thursday at local hospital. She was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church, Camp urn. In addition to her husband she is survived by two daughters, Audrie and Susanne, both at home; her mother, Mrs.

Emile Goll; one sister, Miss Harriet Goll; and one brother, George Goll, all of Wild. wood, N. J. Services will be held Saturday at 2.30 p. m.

at the Floyd M. Bishop funeral home, 5408 North Fifth street, Philadelphia. Burial will be in Lawn View cemetery. Phila delphia. Friends may call at the Charles C.

Baker funeral home. Third and Maclay street, tonight after 7. EBER G. BUTLER Eber G. Butler, who was health officer in Steelton for 25 years, died Thursday at the Masonic Elizabeth town.

He was an active member of the First Baptist Church, Harrisburg, and member of the Robert Burns Lodge, No. 464, F. and A. Harrisburg. He is survived by two brothers in law, the Rev.

Clinton N. How ard, president of International Reformed Federation, Washing ton, D. and Chan W. Howard, Clearfield. Services will be held Saturday at 2.30 p.

m. at the Lee G. Wilt funeral home, 112 North Harris burg street, Steelton, the Rev. Havard Griffith, First Baptist Church, Harrisburg, officiating. Burial will be in East Harrisburg Mausoleum.

Friends may call at the funeral home tonight from 7 to 9. BRIDGE CHARLES B. SAMMET Charles B. died Thursday at his home in Halifax. He was a "member of Charity Lodge, No.

82, I. O. O. and a past noble grand of that lodge Services will be held Monday at 2 p. m.

at the Halifax Methodist Church, the Rev. Vincent Towns ley, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in Long's cemetery. Friends may call at the church Monday from 11.30 a. m.

to 2 p. m. HARVEY B. FERGUSON Harvey Boson Ferguson, 69, died Thursday, at his home in Dimms ville, Millerstown, R. D.

He was a member of Bethlehem Evangeli cal Church and Greenwood Grange. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Sara Ferguson; one brother, Edward, Millersburg; two sons, Thompsontown, R. and two daughters, Mrs. Ethel Myers and Mrs.

Charlotte Troutman, both of Millerstown. Services will be held Sunday at 2 p. m. at the residence, with fur ther services at Crossroads Church, Thompsontown, the Rev. J.

F. Bmgaman, officiating. Burial will be in Crossroads cemetery. may call at the resi dence Saturday from 7 to 9 p. m.

JOSEPH GOMEZ Joseph Gomez, 48, a native of Mexico, died Thursday at Mont Alto. He is survived by one brother in Mexico. Services will be held Sunday at 3 p. m. at the Richardson fu neral home, 118 North Front street, Steelton, the Rev.

Jacob Rutt, Elizabethtown Mennonite Church, officiating. Burial will be in Shoap's Mennonite cemetery, near Highspire. Friends may call at the funeral! home Saturday from 7 to 9 p. m. MRS.

MINNIE M. PONTIUS Mrs. Minnie Minerzo Pontius. I 77, widow of Luther Pontius, died! ihursday at her home in Dimms ville Millerstown, R. D.

She was a member of Bethlehem Evangelicall Lutheran Church. one is survived ny one son. I wenry, Harrisburg; two daugh ters, Miss Ruth C. Pontius, at home, and Mrs. Harvey McCal lips, Lewistown; and two sisters.

Mrs. Carrie Zeiders, Altoona, and Mrs. Clara Leonard, Blooming ton, m. Services will be held Monday at 2 p. m.

at the Botdorf funeral home, Millerstown, the Rev. J. F. Bingaman, officiating. Burial will be St.

Michael's cemetery. nends may call at the funeral home Sunday from 7 to 9 p. m. MRS. EMMA C.

CAMPBELL Mrs. Emma C. Campbell. 76. widow of Harry Campbell, died Wednesday at the home of' Mrs.

Leah Hoffman, 1008 Berryhill She was a member of the Home Department of the Enola Pentecostal Church. Services will be held Saturday at 10 a. m. at the Richardson fu neral home, 118 North Front street, Steelton, the Rev. T.

R. Watt, Enola Pentecostal Church, officiating. Burial will be in Bald win cemetery. Friends may call at the funreal home Friday from 7 to 9. The Chicago Maroons soccer I team control all the open dates at Wrigley Field; open night dates at Comiskey Field, and idle nights at the Chicago Arena for indoor! soccer this season.

By Webster Tl fa1' HASc CxYv hvSPI DftWM MISSUS W22299c as fmrtajer. get I Zr OUT 1H FIRST AV 52SL St'SSr I IMi in ift GuesT Room I PPP yMeoictue cttBmeT HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH, Friday, February 8, 1946 17 Gerald Smith. Co speakers Arrested As Rally Stirs Up Demonstrations Chicago. Feb. 8, Disorder attending a speaking appearance last night ot Gerald L.

K. Smith, head of the, America first party, resulted today in breach of peace charges against Smith and two co speakers and disorderly conduct charges against 16 other persons. Ira Latimer, executive secretary of the Chicago Civil Liberties Committee, swore out complaints on which warrants were based charging Smith, Ihe Rev. Arthur W. Terminiello, Anniston, priest, and Fred Kist, of Chicago with "creating a diversion tending to produce a breach of the peace, The warrants were issued by Municipal Judges Samuel Heller and Oscar S.

Caplan who held midnight court at the Desplaines street police station. The 16 men booked on disorder ly conduct charges were released on their own reaognizance for ap pearance Monday. Smith. Father Terminiello and Kist, head of the Christian Veterans of America, were speakers at a meeting attended by several hundred in an Ashland avenue hall. The crowd outside, however, was larger, ranging by police estimates from 1500 to 5000.

Tension mounted as the outside demonstrators surged and jostled. shouted epithets and waved signs differing from Smith's views. Capt. Joseph Graney, in charge of a police detail at the scene, and Capt. Ray Crane, chief of the united force, periodically sent for reinforcements until more than 100 policemen were on hand.

Capt. Graney said missiles such as eggs, stones, tin cans and stentch bombs sailed through the air. A tomato narrowly missed him. When the meeting in the hall broke up, police escorted Smith to a squad car and whisked him away. Today Smith said in a statement: "I welcome the opportunity to appear in court or anywhere else where our enemies will be compelled to expose their true Italia Conti, 73, Dies; Noted Dramatic Teacher Bournemouth, Feb.

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