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BUS THA INJURED 21 GOING TOO AST PSC TOLD cnE 1 1 11 llJU Jrrices Buffalo Evening News js Vol Ko 108 BUALO 5 MONDAY AUGUST 17 1953 EUlKrSPDKrS 3g Pages ive Cent5 AIK Clear and chilly tonight air a little warmer tomorrow (COMPLETE REPORT ON PAGE 4) PEARSON ACTS TO CURB SOVIET IN Pavement Marks Tows Wreckage Later inds Mother Is Hurt Indicate Skidding Inspector Reports Driver Says Brakes ailed Just Before Bus Smashed Six Cars at Intersection Of Sheridan and Transit Pictures on Page 19 and Picture Page The Public Service Commis sion in Albany was told today by one of its inspectors that a chartered Greyhound bus was traveling too fast downgrade to be stopped for a red traffic signal at Sheridan Drive and Transit Rd The bus carrying 28 soldiers westward on Sneridan Drive went out of control about 8 o'clock Sun day evening smashed its way through a line traffic waiting for the light and injured 21 per sons most of them in six autos Everett Emerson son of Mrs Mary Emerson who was critically injured in the acci dent at Sheridan Drive and Transit Rd Sunday evening helped tow away wrecked cars at the accident scene But it was hours before he knew his mother was one of the victims Mr Emerson who helps out occasionally in a service sta tion at 4220 Sheridan Drive where he has an apartment had just come in for supper when he was asked to help in the towing operation A brother Howard phoned him about 10 to in form him his mother had been taken to Hospital His mother apparently had been removed to an ambulance by the time he reached the scene Mr Emerson said 'Angry With Girl Driver ined $100 After 80 mph Chase John Marketta a PSC official who inspected the bus after the accident telephoned a condensed report to the commission today He said inspection showed skid marks at the top of the hill indicating that the bus driver had applied the brakes but that the bus was mov ing at such speed on the down grade that he could not bring it to a stop PSC officials in Albany said they expect a more detailed report from Mr Marketta in writing Car Rolled Over Like Toy The bus driver Robert Ed wards 30 of North Syracuse told Town of Amherst police the brakes on the vehicle failed when he at tempted to stop for a traffic light at Transit Rd The bus screamed into the inter section carrying what must have seemed like certain death to horri fied motorists 'powerless to evade it It rolled a car over like a toy struck two others and finally stopped with three more cars a tangled mass of wreckage in front of it The injured were taken In am bulances to four hospitals which swiftly became focal points of I fearful tension as relatives sought information about persons known to have been injured or who might have been involved in the acci dent The victims and their injuries as listed by the hospitals are: MEYER MEMORIAL Gilbert Linden 29 of 120 Con nection Drive Clarence pelvic fracture scalp cut chest injuries and probable internal injuries Natalie his wife 26 chest and head injuries Raymond Thorpe 35 of 257 Riley St cuts on neck and left arm Ruth his wife 35 an expectant mother right leg fracture probable skull fracture and chest injuries Max Schuppenhauer 39 of 491 Woodward Ave skull fracture cuts on scalp and left arm Gertrude his wife 34 head in juries fractures of left leg and sev eral ribs multiple cuts on right leg condition critical Mrs Marian Smith 20 of Phelp' neck injuries discharged this after noon KENMORE MERCY Mrs Emma Madden 57 of 491 Woodward Ave North Tonawanda fractures of both legs removed from critical list today Harry Hakes 23 of Dryden bruises on left arm License Also Suspended After Plea of Guilty To Reckless Driving Another Speeder Held Charles Jones 27 of 43 Cedar St was angry with his girl friend so he stepped on the gas The girl friend prayed so hard in her she told police officers who finally halted Jones after an 80 miles an hour chase early Sun day morning Jones pleaded guilty tn reckless driving today and was fined S100 in Traffic Court Judge Michael Zimmer also suspended his li cense for four months Patrolmen Carl Kibler and Leonard Jurewicz of the Louisi ana station reported Jones passed two red traffic lights on South Park Ave one on Elk St and three on Bailey Ave before he pulled into Hopkins St off his lights and tried to lose A 24 year old driver reported by police to be parolee from Elmira Reformatory pleaded guilty to charges of drunken driving driving without an license and reckless driving Edward Wapniewski of 130 Grote St was stopped at Niagara St and Potomac Ave early Satur day by Patrolmen George Lon car and John Crotty of the Acci dent Division They charged Wan niewski with speeding 55 miles an hour in Tonawanda and Niagara Sts weaving over the center line and passing a stop sign and a traf fic light during the pursuit Judge Zimmer ordered a proba tion investigation returnable Sept 1 the sentencing date Wapniew ski was ordered to jail without bail STORY THREATS PROBED IN DEATH IVE IN ICEBOX WEST MEMPHIS Ark Aug 17 (Pl Deputy Sheriff Gladstone I Williams said Sunday that a man I recently twice threatened the lives of five children found dead in an old icebox plan to do a lot more check ing on this he said He declined to identify the man Earlier the father A Hall man 34 told newsmen he was sure the children were be cause there were too many involved His wife agreed Terry Galanis 35 of 222 Mead never believe those chil owbrook Rd Williamsville treated dren crawled in there by them and discharged Mr Hallman said think Marian a daughter 8 treated and discharged Terry Jr a son 5 treated and discharged Marsha a daughter 2 treated and discharged SISTERS' HOSPITAL Mrs Mary Emerson 523 Niagara alls Blvd fractures of both legs numerous cuts and scratches shock condition critical Albert Bregard 43 of 446 West Castle St Syracuse probable fractures of left leg and shoulder Mrs Terry Galanis 35 of 222 Meadowbrook Rd Williamsville an expectant mother whose hus band was treated and discharged from Kenmore Mercy Hospital fracture of right leg and severe cuts on right knee they were Mrs Hallman returned home from the fields last Wednesday to find the children missing After a frantic search she called officers A deputy found the huddled bodies in the icebox McGough Crittenden County coroner said the children apparently were playing in the box when the lid which had been tilted back against the wall flipped shut Death was attributed to suf focation However Mr oldest daughter Mary Ellen 11 who ar rived home with Mrs Hallman in sisted an old plow point rested atop the icebox Nobody was able to say how it got there Mr Edwards the bus driver probable fractures of legs and arms He was taken to the hospital after he was questioned at Am herst Police Station and released in custody of Greyhound officials (State Police Join continued on Page 10 Column 6) Index to Today's News (Sports Pages 24 to 27 2d Section) Amusements 14 inancial 2829 Comics 17 Letters Deaths TV22 jtaitonais Zu Society 6 eatures 21) World News235 WBU TV ON AIR GIVES SCHEDULE WBU TV today became Buf second operating television station The ultra high frequency station telecast its first successful test pattern at 2:04 this afternoon and immediately announced its first program schedule will be pre sented tonight Depending on whether network video lines are installed in time the following Monday evening schedule was announced hv Cohen WBU TV executive vice president: 6:00 Sign On 6:15 News 24 Hour Temperatures 5 pm pm 64 5 am 58 11 am 68 6pm66Midnt64 6am58iNoon68 7 pm 62 1 am 62 7 am 591 1 pm 70 8 pm 63 2 am 61 9 pm 63 3 am 60 8 am 60 2 nm 71 uu dill uv if dill OO pm 4Z 10 pm 64 1 4 am 59 110 am 66 4 pm 72 News' Big Want Ad Section Pages 31 to 37 :30 ilm "Phantom of 42d St" 7:30 ilm "Championship Talent Patrol ABC Godfrey's Talent Scouts CBS ilm "Rain" Walter Huston 10:20 Sign Off Local programs will be shown in place of the network telecasts if network lines are not completed by tonight Mr Cohen said WBU TV telecasts on UH Channel 17 Inspectors Open War on Mosquitoes In South Buffalo Visit Swamp on Hopkins St Take Samples of Water Containing Larvae or Laboratory Analysis The Erie County Health Depart ment today opened an all out war on mosquitoes infesting swamps and stagnant ponds in South Buf falo Equipped with sampling instru ments four sanitation inspectors this afternoon visited a swamp on Hopkins St between Lockwood Ave and Altruria St where a heavy concentration of mosquito larvae was found Inspector William showed a Buffalo Evening News re porter a quart jar in which he said there were more than 50 larva specimens The samples will be permitted to mature in the Health laboratory and then will be classified are on the lookout for ano pheles mosquitoes the disease carrying Mr said far we have found Regardless of whether any dis case bearing mosquitoes are found the high concentrations of samples taken so far indicate that the Health Department will make spe cific recommendations to the Com mon Council for mosquito control Other samples taken at the old dump at the east end of the Tifft St viaduct and near the shelter house in Cazenovia Park also indi cate high concentrations Mr disclosed Samples will be taken at all pos sible breeding places in the area bounded by Tifft St the city line Hopkins St and Cazenovia Park in response to complaints of many residents that mosquitoes are in creasing rapidly Accompanying Mr were Inspectors Vincent Rizzo William Leary and Robert Donnelly 3 ARE CHARGED WITH TAKING $130 ROM A SEAMAN A Buffalo man and two youths one from Buffalo and the other from Cheektowaga were arraigned today in Tonawanda Police Court on first degree robbery charges preferred by a Great Lakes sea man Judge Charles Coshway set a hearing for next Monday morn ing after the three pleaded inno cent Police identified them as rank Cirrencione 29 of Plymouth Ave Buffalo Andrew Boyle 17 of 165 Northcrest Ave Cheekto waga and Walter Schultz 19 of 1219 East Delavan Ave Buffalo They were taken to Erie County Jail to arrange bail Capt Edward Smith and Patrol man Harry Garrow said they lo cated the trio in an auto operated by Cirrencione early Sunday in the River Rd Two Mile Creek area of Tonawanda The policemen said they were investigating a complaint by John Haula of Ashland Wis Capt Smith quoted the seaman as saying the three defendants had removed his trousers and his shoes and taken $130 from him before ejecting him from the car The seaman walked to a restaurant in River Rd and telephoned police about 12:45 Sunday morn ing Capt Smith said he found the trousers stuffed beneath a seat cushion of auto Later the police official re turned to the area and said he found $32 on the Niagara River bank TV AND RADIO HERE TO CARRY TALKS UNITED NATIONS Aug 17 (INS) Three of the major radio and television net works will broadcast and televise portions of the sessions of the spe cial Assembly which began this afternoon The National Broadcasting Co and Columbia Broadcasting Sys tem will televise the meetings from 4:30 to 5 (EDT) each day WBEN TV will carry the program in Buffalo The American Broad casting Co will carry the proceed ings on radio from 3 to 6 daily WKBW in Buffalo will re port the meetings from 3 to 4 each afternoon North Koreans End State of War TOKYO Aug 17 Com munist North Korea today pro claimed the end of a state of war in Korea and called off military mobilization Todays' Baseball inal Scores Over WBEN at 6:15 INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE AU Game? at Night NATIONAL LEAGUE AT NEW YORK RHE 000100040 5 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 29 0 Miller Ac Lopata Koslo Westrum AU Other Games at Night AMERICAN LEAGUE AU Games at Night TODAY'S HOME RUNS Thomson Giants eighth Lockman Giants ninth Ik ft' iff Jaff IL r' a A 1 a Was No Joy in Mudville SANTA MONICA Calif Aug 17 the umpire and Bobby Bingham 12 year old Little Leaguer of Santa Maria broke into tears after whiffing with two on for the final out of the Little League Tournament here Vancouver took the title with a to 0 no hitter Bobby is wearing protective headgear (AP) Plane Stewardess Loses Arm And Leg in Boating Accident alls rom Craft Owned By Hotelman Hilton and Is Struck by Propeller In California Lake LAKE ARROWHEAD Calif Aug 17 (IP) An airline stewardess was in a critical condition today after being injured by the pro peller in a fall from a speedboat owned by Conrad Hilton The stewardess Miss Boni Bueh ler 25 of Hollywood was pulled from Lake Arrowhead Sunday by Geary Steffen ex husband of Ac tress jane roweu Air btetien was water skiing behind lhe hotel mag boat At Santa Anita Hospital doctors said her left arm was cut off at the shoulder in the accident Her left leg was mangled and had to be amputated deputies said the speed boat was being driven by Quay Sargeant 35 owner of a Los An geles music concern Mr Sargeant said he did not see Miss Buehler fall out of the boat but he felt something hit the propeller so he stopped the motor The accident occurred about 50 yards off the dock of Swimmer Buster exclusive North Bay section Also in the boat was lorence Beck 20 of Tarzana Calif Mr Sargeant said the four of them had borrowed the Hilton boat while they were week end guests of Sam Sontag executive of a drugstore chain Miss Buehler is a stewardess for Western Airlines TALKS HALTED UNTIL RENCH STRIKE ENDS PARIS Aug 17 (Reuters) Pre mier Joseph Laniel broadcast to night that no further strike settle ment talks between government and labor union leaders could take place until work has been re sumed He broadcast to all strikers asking them to return to work tomorrow (Earlier story on Page 2) Woman to Be Deported NEW YORK Aug 17 (INS) Immigration agents today arrested Mrs Mary Beatrice Belfrage for deportation to her native England on charges of Communist Party activity She recently divorced Cedric Belfrage editor of the National Guardian who was ar rested May 15 for deportation on similar charges iTWw 'Will wk 3 4 4' MISS BONNIE BUEHLER NT DRIVERS SPEED LIMIT RADAR OICER CHARGES Bus operators of the Niagara rontier Transit system today were branded as having regard for the speed limit at by radar car James A Kelley drivers are invariably push ing the speed liimts particularly in William St Bailey and Elmwood he added Officer charges were made during a Traffic Court trial in which Bryant Bardy 30 of 22 Reed Ave Lackawanna was charged with speeding 39 miles an hour in William St last Thurs day afternoon The defendant who described himself as a clerk for the who was on a was fined $25 by Traffic 1 Judge Michael Zimmer who found him guilty Brady argued that he was op erating one of the older NT buses and was unable to tell how fast he was going because there was no speedometer This Bandit Respects Work CHICAGO Aug 17 Jo seph eller 34 walked into a sa loon while two bandits were rob bing the cash register of $600 One bandit interrupted his work to search eller and found only $1 in his pocket the holdup man said a workingman like McCarthy Witness Says Printing Employe Was Red Rothschild Could Have Had Access to Secret Material Operator of Machine Tells Probers By the Associated Press WASHINGTON Aug 17 A Government Printing Office em ploye today identified a fellow worker Edward Rothschild face to face as a one time member of the Communist Party James Phillips a bookbinding machine operator testified that Rothschild has no direct access to secret material in thd Government printing plant but easily could get such material from other workers Mr Phillips confronted the slightly built pipe smoking Roths child at a hearing by the Senate Investigations Subcommittee which is looking for evidence that secret material in the GPO has been leaked to the Communists Mr Phillips testified he first met Rothschild in 1938 He identi fied Rothschild as one of 25 or 30 attended a meeting in a private home to organize a Communist cell in the GPO Testified About It Later Mr Phillips said Roths child and a red Sillers approached him on the street and asked him in a and attitude whether he was for or against their efforts to organize such a cel' Mr Phillips said he thought it over and gave them their answer by going before the House Com mittee on Un American Activities then headed by Representative Martin Dies Democrat of Texas and testifying about the whole affair Mr Phillips also said he once saw another fellow worker Bertha Lomax try to leave the GPO with secret material in her pocket That employe continued to work there for three months after she was caught Mr Phillips said Senator Joseph McCarthy Re publican of Wisconsin chairman of the subcommittee commented that the incident showed how easy it would be for a GPO employe to come into possession of classified material He added that the Lo max woman have been caught if Mr Phillips seen her take the material Rothschild Not Cleared Earlier a former BI under cover agent identified wife Esther as an active worker for Communist Party organization in the 1940s Mrs Mary Markward of Silver Springs Md pointed to Mrs Rothschild and said she knew her in the Com munist movement Mrs Markward whose role as an BI undercover agent was dis closed over a year ago said she could not say however that Roths child was a member of the Com munist Party Mr Phillips said that Rothschild as a result of a loyalty hearing involving him several years ago is not on the list of persons who have been cleared to handle confidential documents he could get access to them from a second or a third Mr Phillips said could see such work if it was on an adjacent DUNKIRK MAN DIES IN CAR TRUCK CRASH Special to The Buffalo Evening News DUNKIRK Aug loyd Cobb 119 Eagle St Dunkirk was killed instantly this afternoon in the collision of a light pickup truck in which he was riding and a passenger car at the intersection of Route 39 and Sheridan Center Rd in Sheridan The truck is owned by John Deloniak of Arkwright who along with another passenger was in jured The passenger car was driven by Merritt Howard orest ville who was injured as was his wife riding with him The injured are being treated at Hanover Gen eral Hospital Silver Creek Two Die in Hotel ire SAN RANCISCO Aug 17 ire apparently set by an arsonist flashed through a wooden apart ment hotel here killing two residents and causing serious in jury to eight other persons Roberts Mathews: Today's Greats NEW YORK Aug 17 (INS) Robin Roberts 26 year old Philadelphia i 1 1 i and Ed Mathews 22 ear old Milwaukee Brave stand as a couple of young men who offer some proof that the era of baseball greatness is not yet over Roberts is on his way again to a 30 victory season Last season he missed becoming the first since Dizzy Dean to hit that impressive figure but left promise of things to come when he led all major league hurlers in victories with 28 against 7 defeats This season he has become the first hurler since the day of Dean and Hubbell to win 20 or more for four straight seasons and he has a chance to win those 30 His rec ord now is 20 9 Mathews with 37 home runs is just off the pace set by the Rabe in 1927 when he hit the all time record 60 flirtation with the home run record is the more inter esting perhaps from a standpoint of statistics because of the color ful performances of the man who set the standard and the close fail ures of several in their attempts to break it By this time there are experts who say it will always stand They saw the likes of Hack Wilson Hank Greenberg Jimmy oxx and Ralph Kiner approach it only to run out of games at season's end The Babe hit 17 for the circuit in the month of September in his record breaking year and this has been the stumbling block of the rest They generally start fast and dwindle toward the tiring finish Hack Wilson set up the National League record of 56 in 1930 and Ralph Kiner took over league runner up honors in 1949 with 54 Jimmy oxx hit 58 in 1932 and Greenberg tied that in 1938 to share runner up honors for Ameri can Leaguers behind the old time 60 Many players have hit upwards of 30 homers in a season The Babe took over with a new major league record of 29 in 1919 the top mark was 24 At that time a dozen made a hero of a man By contrast Kiner has won the American League title the last seven years in a row with these to tals: 23 51 40 54 47 42 37 Mathews figures to hit 50 or more this season and no telling what he will do thereafter Sea Elephant Killed by Sticks ST LOUIS Aug 17 The St Louis only sea elephant has been killed by swallowing ice cream sticks which spectators had thrown into its pool Zoo Director George Vier heller said Jonah II died Sun day He said an autopsy showed about 18 of the small wooden sticks lodged in the stomach Death was caused because the sticks pre vented food from passing through the stomach Jonah ailing for the past two weeks was bought from a California dealer last March Late News Bulletins Jockey Guerin Suspended SARATOGA SPRINGS Aug 17 (UP) Jockey Eric Guerin was suspended for ten days today by Saratoga race track officials and the ruling will prevent him from riding Native Dancer Alfred gray champion in next $100000 American Derby at Park in Chicago Hogan Wins Hickok Award NEW YORK Aug 17 Ben Hogan today was named winner of the July award in the Hickok pro athlete of the year contest It was the second straight month and the third time this year the golfing master has been picked to top the pros Charges Russ Block Big 4 Talks WASHINGTON Aug 17 The State Department today ac cused Russia of delaying both a Big our meeting and free elec tions throughout Germany The accusation made by Press Officer Joseph Reap was the depart official comment on the Russian proposal for a peace con ference with Germany (Earlier story on Page 2) Pilot Sacrifices Life in Crash XENIA Aug 17 An Air orce 86 jet fighter plane crashed in a pasture near here today and the pilot died in the flaming wreckage Witnesses said the pilot apparently gave up his chance to parachute in order to avoid crashing into a farm home The crash came after two planes collided in the air The other plane remained aloft Airman Gets Life Sentence TAEGU Aug 17 An Air orce court martial today sentenced Second Lieut George Schrieber of Hollywood Ill to life imprison ment for ordering the execution of a Korean civilian last Septem ber GRANDMA RESTORES HER IRON CURTAIN BALTIMORE Aug 17 Grandma wire iron is back today around $35000 worth of a con equipment after being torn down Mrs Wanda Sienkielewski the 57 year oId grandmother re ported somebody pulled out the fence posts during the week end only got the fence down because I around to she said Mrs Sienkielewski put up the fence last Tuesday to prevent the contractor from using the equip ment which he parked on her lawn six months ago She wants to be paid a parking fee and insisted it be in writing which the contractor so far has refused to do ROBBER ENDS TERM GOES BACK TO JAIL A 37 year old native of Montreal Que released today from Attica State Prison after serving three years and ten months of a 4 to 10 year sentence for second degree grand larceny was back in jail a few hours later Robert Austin LeNessurier is charged with entering the at Buffalo Sept 5 1950 after hav ing been deported Dec 18 1939 On Oct 30 1950 he was sentenced to Attica for the robbery of a drug store in Little Valley ederal Judge John Knight today heard his guilty plea and ordered him held in Erie County Jail for sentencing next Monday HUNGRY MONKEYS COME BACK TO ZOO DETROIT Aug 17 Six monkeys who went AWOL for the second time from the Detroit Zoo Sunday were back in cells today After discovering that bananas grow on trees in this part of the world the frisky fugitives re turned to where meals are a bit more regular Until they got hungry the mon keys had an enjoyable day in tree tops and on building roofs to the amusement of thousands of zoo visitors Late Races Earlier Results on Page 23 LONG BRANCH IRST 2 vear olds 5t4 furloncs: Welcome Home Brown 560 3 90 280 Life Line Vina 680 540 Atomic Babe 920 John Darc Pnrtlass Runti kan Little Dooley Eldoona Chucktaw Assembly Asked To Avoid Discord On Korea Question Plea Viewed as Attempt To Sidetrack Any Russ Propaganda Blasts Committee Debate Set BULLETIN UNITED NATIONS Aug 17 An Iron Curtain diplomat said today that the Soviet block wants the forth coming Korean political con ference to include some coun tries that did not take part in the fighting By MAX HARRELSON Associated Press Staff Correspondent UNITED NATIONS Aug 17 Lester Pearson president of the General Assembly today opened the Korean session with an appeal for a maximum of harmony and good will His appeal was seen as a move to discourage expected propagan da blasts by Andrei Vishinsky who came into the meeting without disclosing his strategy Russia appeared assured of a scat in the forthcoming Korean political conference if her satel lites North Korea and Communist cnina want ner mere India chances of being asked to the par ley dimmed Mr Pearson told the Assembly it should confine its discussion strictly to the question of rec ommending participants in the Ko rean conference Seven Minute Session hope that we can do this quickly and effectively with a minimum of controversy and a maximum of agreement and good will as befits the peace making character of our work Mr Pear son said He suggested that the Assem 60 nation Political Commit tee begin debate on the question tomorrow morning Nobody object ed to Mr proposal to send the 'question directly to the Political Committee The session was adjourned after seven min utes As the Assembly convened dip lomats freely predicted approval of a carefully worded resolution tossing the issue of Russian par ticipation to the Communist side Two British Commonwealth coun tries Australia and Ne Zealand came up witn tnat tormuia bunday to patch up part of the split be tween the United States and Britain Both of the latter agreed to support it Oppose Invite to India The Anglo American differences over the proposed inclusion of In dia however remained as great as ever It was doubtful whether India could win a two thirds ma jority in the 60 nation Assembly since Delegate Henry Cabot Lodge Jr said frankly that the would not vote for the British spon sored resolution Mr Lodge insisted Indian mem bership would not be in accordance with the terms of the armistice agreement which in the view calls for representation only of nations which fought in the con flict India had only an ambulance unit in Korea and frequently has claimed neutrality Some diplomatic quarters pre dicted that India might withdraw in view of the opposition Delegate Krishna Menon already has declared his country is not a Might Be Acceptable The resolution bn the participa tion of Russia merely calls on the Assembly to recommend that the Soviet Union take part the other side desires Mr Lodge contended this was in line with his repeated demands that Russia must go as a representative of the Communists if she went at all He has insisted that Russia could not sit on the side or as a neutral British diplomats feel that the Russians would not go to the con ference as representatives of the Red countries which have been branded as aggressors by the This new formula however does not say specifically that Russia would be on one side or the other ana it was ten oy tne Bntisn that it might be acceptable DRIVERS TO DISCUSS NEW OER BY BTC A spokesman for Local 1388 Street Electric Railway Motor Coach Employes (AL) said late this afternoon that members will meet at 8:30 tomorrow morning in Washington Hall 831 Washington St to consider a new wage offer made today by the Buf falo Transit Co The spokesman refused to disclose the terms of the offer but said union officers will recommend acceptance The contract between the BTC and the local expires at midnight tonight Members rejected a previous offer at meetings riday However no strike vote has been taken and the spokesman said no walkout is contemplated now.