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mi rfrr 1 wmtllt Final City Edition tirjixt CirtslitiM if Aiy ittiiirji Daily Ntwsiavtr The Weather Fair and warmer Thursday One of Am erica Great cirspapstrs VOL. 22 NO. 231 In Three Sections THURSDAY MORNING, MAY 12, 1949 Telephone ATWic 6100 FIVE CENTS fQ) UM UVJ 1 ffiA That Ain't the Wav Jumbo Heard It! By Hunperford Israel Joins Addresses UN For First Time UN as 59th Union Agrees To 7c Hourly PRR Raise 44.000 Get 40-Hour Week at 48-Hour Pav Many Rule Altered The CIO United Railroad Workers ratified a wage agreement Wednesday with Barriers Lifted Along Cold War Front Hishwavand Kail Traffic Flowing Freelv: At Red Initence. Russian Locomotive Draws First Train BERLIN. Thursday.

May 12 AP) The 327-day Soviet blockade of Berlin ended Thursday as traffic barriers were lifted all along the 1. 000-mile cold war front in Germany. Member Vote I 37 to 12; Arab Bloc Quit Hall in Bitter Protest NEW YORK, May 11 (AP) Israel was admitted to the United Nations Wednesday night as the 59th member. igllif me Pennsylvania Kaiiroad providine for a seven-cents an The Arab bloc walked out of the general assembly in bitter protest but a few hours later hour increase for 44,000 non-j operating employes. The in-j crease is retroactive to Octo-i ice nrst auiomooiies crossea tne zone into ienin I at 1:46 a.

m. Berlin time (7:46 p. Pittsburgh time. ber 1, 194S. i fr ended their brief boycott.

The vote admitting Israel was 37 to 12. Nine countries abstained. None of the 5S members was tThe agreement also provides lor a 40-hour work week at 4S-j JiOur pay, beginning September- Return is Indicated Wednesday), ending Berlin's isolation from the West by road. Nine minutes later the Russians in Marienborn, 10 miles inside the Soviet zone, cleared the first train and waved it on to Berlin. Thus ended the dependence of 2.000.000 West Berliners on British and American planes for food and fuel.

But the airlift was goirg ahead at full" 1. this year, which is tantamount to a 29 per cent pay increase. Rules Modified MOSHE SHARETT Israeli foreign minister Egypt. Syria, Iraq. Saudi Arabia, Yemen and Lebanon walked out promptly.

Later, single delegates of Egypt Tours to Add To Welcome and Yemen returned to a night; The union also obtained 73' changes and modification of rules. I strengthening seniority, job security and payment for timej spent on railroad matters other schedule, and pilots said their Electricity righ instructions were to keep on for at leas. 30 das. Bv then it appeared Weeks Interest the From Atom than regular work. The railroad's proposal result ct 11 months of negotiations, was approved unanimously by S4 meeting 01 the assemDiy.

The vote was the end of a battle of more than two years by Israel for national recognition in the UN. The i ed States. Russia. China and France voted to admit Israel. Britain abstained, along with Belgium, Brazil.

Denmark. El Salvador, Greece, i a m. Believed Near Western powers will know whether Russia is going to seek Trip By Boat And Train to Give View of Industries delegates at the Roosevelt hotel representing 47 URW locals on the system. full agreement on the future cf Gerrr.ar.v cr is likely to clamp Philip Murray, president cf the CIO and United Steelworkers of Firt Experimental Reactor To Be Built Next Fall WASHINGTON. Mav 11 down again the blockade she imposed June 26.

1 1 1 Picture anj today's Welcome Weeks Program on Page 2. Sweden, and Turkev. America, who was present at the 1 Pittsburgh is slated for a Second Walkout living Up to Asreemnt This ua tho dual performance before the- All a Dream. Savs Bov Held second walkout-They left the by the Arabs. thousands of visitors expected Assemblv hall angrily on ratifications, congratulated the union on its new contract which he described as a step forward toward the CIO's goal to bring greater benefits to workers.

Consultation Provided The terms of the agreement were announced by John Green, next week the second week 129. 1947 U. S. Puts Success Of Parley Up to Reds Acheton Say ITett Will Xot Abandon Progress Already Made in Germany when the assembly Eery indication, however, uas fAp, Chairman David E. that the Russian? were going all Lilienthal said Wednesday jthe way In lifting traffic the Atomic cades as agreed by the fxpects to procJuce powers in New- York May 4.

-Wtricitv from the trm cf the Welcome Weeks chic voted 33 to 13 to partition fir-l mQVinfl-tine into Jewish and arab VFll 1 kJltX 111" observance. Their feeling on thi istn vac! Special tours by both water vrp by Mahmond Fawzi Eaplc COUt Admits the border Soviet guards were greet- All along soldiers and within 41- years. Tr.e rom mission he Mid. 3Ieetinz Victim Funeral Rite Held By JOHN M. HIGHTOUXB rrr f-j- I-dutrial Marine and Shipbuild-have been arranged for! Egyptian delegate.

ho said bit- tng Workers and the URW. and jvisitors for the city's two-week teriy to the assembly in the) Robert Walkir.shaw. chairman of marking the seventy-: clo.s,iinidebate: i the URW negotiating committee. I of te cha-ber A elL resolve' what! It was reached with the railroad araUi5arJ cf Ctaber hope your resolution! Read editorUI. "The Hemic jto break grocr-l next fall for th and Da1d U- -rst expenmenta! reactors to do renre" column on Tare WASHINGTON.

May 11 Secretary of State Acheson; P.OANOKE, May 11 cR Lihe; said Wednesday the success of the forthcoming Big Four, reporters cf the Prettv Dana Marie Weaer was Americans and West plans after he and ether corr.rr.U- hieh Tnetirtr on Gennanv IS UD to the KUSSians. ir.g ornin buried Wednesday and a Whether a solution of German problems can be reached -f- a Tm 7 school classmate was in jail charged with her murder. without benefit of any govern- com erte. wij not be an everlasting shame cent mediation. on the United Nations." President Green asserted that Tour Oer Kauroaa Amidst loud cheerbig over the the 40-hour week would sene- Three of the newest nver boats.

Australia-S Dr Herbert to create one r.ew job for ever uiii carry out-of-town business- Evatt. assemblv president, called at the Paris meeting of foreign, ministers, he said, depends in the generally smooth uses oi atomic energy. But the motie behind the -on the willingness of the Rus r. on Vnroim Victor HTc-i crutai ui an lour that now exist on ir.e and sians to make or consider tern. Kiicnen 01 ennst episcopal 3F'Bov.

7. Goes biggest On new jobs to be created, the; our fg aT t.V: Church still posed posals which will net retard i operation of restoring ground Plans sri of Reaction traffic communicatior.s with Ber-; The commisicn is row plan-1m and hfung the Western a series cf reactcrs at Arro. ers' cour.rer-b;ockade of the em zone. I In telling cf t. gcal for pro- Sped by the cheers of hundreds during electricity.

Lilicr.Thal tart: Mr av ti- a crx5-r tha threat! agreement proides that the problem. From i ri rinci'lT the On Wild Ride the accused student. pro cress" which the I husky Lee Scott, an Eagle Scout powers have made in dealing The agreement grants em-! acaiaon, a ran tuu. Allegiances Abroad a British. are trying to do in 45i time a weeK mnuaus icf German spectators Imilitarv tram pulled Shaken at te start hi fr i wroi ea 31 Start 0i admission, officers said, thai ndiew rarrt tVo ioh 3 ftOlt of alWill TrOVlde iZT into the years what might be expected to Suffer Head Injury After "Taking" Auto jmGen speech the Assembly he Dsna Marie aT The church 'Bic Principles Stnd portal-to-portal arrangement.

It 'points of interest Soviet zone at Helmstedt toward require 0 ears." Berlin at a. m. p. He emphajired. also provides overtime for p--t In however, that nnouncmg plan? lor Ui ciaims she was Ex-jaliepance from Jews in other, i The conference starts May 23.

jThe United States. Russia, Bnt-j tours. welcome i the Welcome Weeks or work past posted bUile A wild two-block ride through 'Pittsburgh time Wednesday there was no expectation cf be-ing able to produce eleetricitv for rtoo riitclosed lianas. He said it rests on the'-0 ignea Iain and France will take part. ecutie cot.

-r tin time. Bloomfleld district at the loft iflVS TV fit 1TC ririTcnc TrecnratiM-c sjiH hp i L- Pulled bv RuMan Lot-omotixe that onlv 4 427 tickets are commercial use that time. Ke also appealed to the Arab; 16 and so was Dana Marie gave to be a virtual declaration of no wheel of an auto sent seven year for the giant music spectacle to! bv a Soviet zone It was pi The Atomic Corr.misjien mace compromise on any of the basicd Francis Newport of 4751; locomotive as the result cf a sr.r.ual rer-crr to the Prei- principles and pians which tr.e;Ti!niripr Francis British-American agreement to cent. l--o rosrtTl 1 Western nations i.e. fc i hospital uecnesaav ragr.t Mt Publu- Rrprrt laid down for Germany -1 II i -T-a nc JTTi'S He suggested, in effect, that if a possio.e skuu iidciuitr.

Lalier.thal would not make pub-e Russians want to go along. Police said Francis got in the: ing of the biOCKace was the rp but he that -i --l-j r-i tr ienhnrn in inside the o'iet be held in Pitt Stadium at p. ana otner nations of gneu Mav 21. Middle East for a good neighbor koted him as saying: The" remaining tickets, which policy and friendly collaboration. 'x couldn't have done this.

Kow are free, will be distributed, are not aware of anv sen- couIJ 1 have Jhis? Thursday at: Bcggs and Buhl.ous conflict between us and our tlire have taKen Gimbels. Homes, the R00! neighbors which cannot be resolv-jtoFfie v.a bee" Hotel and the Wagner-Bund by en Ke'read "ooufir Music Store. Shared said. in the papers. Three Other Big Events I Warren R.

Austin, chief Ameri-j Eut in the face of these protes- Because of the unprecedented can delegate, made a short state-jtations he directed detectives to r'Amand e'cGrmVee aks anv-iment to the Assembly in theian alley near the church where wrtn tnose pnncipies ana vi rcu xne nrst time its eperauor.s the Paris meeting will be a sue-released the brakes and steered zone, where r.aa io pass the commission is close to the cess but if they try to block them jit down Edmund street, into Lori-j Soviet cr.ecK ci is rtpe realitv cf atom.ic rower at a mihu.eS i0 ew it win fail to produce an agree-ian SreeT. and aCross a field into! Toc'K on ment on Germany. V3t-h of r.t-.lf P.ef.nir.ri reach the checkpom the vard of the Gulf t-p i and get tj He adced that Mr. Truman is I Soviet okav. The tram was He steered away from any intensely interested in its peace Pirates JTii.

5-3: Kiner Hits Fifth Rookie Southpaw Bill Werle combined even-hit pitching with home run by Ralph Kiner and Wally West lake at Ebbets Held Wednesday night as the Pirates trimmed the Brooklyn Dodgers, 5-3. before 22,709 fan--. Werle, in notching his eoond victory against one defeat, yielded only two hits over seven innings, but weakened in the eishth and ninth. Bob Ramazotti flouted a two-run homer for the Dodger, in the ninth. Kiner's homer was his fifth of the season.

Details on sports pages. about the Company. There the car crashed again- high-proof optimism and carried mostly and officials. to use the tick aitemoon again putting zne, iuuiiu uum ua w.c. one not planum time uses.

He described th1 develormert quick or easy nrosnects for for distnbu rated states oenina the "iU a ets to return them -i lir.p srnrac-e tank. -i a to Berlin solution of the German problem The tram puea He said: of a commerical'v-usabie ele-tri- application. The scnecuied end of the 5v- tion to others. The two-hour show, ire coroner, announciBg ma-. ahead ul scr.eau.e j-u- a.

frn. a.rr. a tj.p hll.OS P. M. Pittsburgh time.

problem th? suffocation. iet blockade of Berlin gave a Go to Europe the urn to Acheson news com ere 1 ii. w.u co.mmmiss;on has. last land link the Soviet block-. He would not say whether fur been used to jThe secretary hailed this devel-j MFAV YORK, May 11 LP girL The pop opment as a victory for the pilots; Bernard Baruch expecu could well ha choke or gag the to bemb feftf are for who flew the Berlin airl bottle, as well as a smashed one three major events on me unajjber of the rated Nations and day of the observance.

Others aresr50uId admitted to the organi-the steamboat race in the mom-l- ing and the Charlie McCarthy-j Jane Pickens show and Business Forum in the Syria Mosque injUltriCt rTOSl ade in Berlin. The trip through ther at0 the Soviet zone from was made three hours and 42." go to Europe this summer. Baruch said he was going purely as a private citizen on a vacation "I may go to France, I may go to Spain." the past 10 months with "great morale, great discipline and superb (Continued on Page 4, CoL 2) found in the kitchen, were regarded as probably the weapons used to club Dana Mane. (Continued on Page I. Col.

6) minutes. (Continued on Fare 4, CoL 1) the evening. Warning Issued A et Pension Approved WASHINGTON. May 11 Pensions cf ST2 a month for the low-income, unemployable over 65 uere approTd i Wednesday ry the House veterans comm.itef. A frost warning was issued! bv the weather bureau Wednes-i Guards Line Up Autos at Check Point in Berlin Zone 1 Jday night for the Pittsburgh dis-j jtrict but the temperature is ex-pected to rise rapidly Thursday.

I Observers predicted a low of about 38 in Pittsburgh the same' Bov. 5. Clings to Tree Until Firemen Save Him Cool When Rescued From 60-Foot Perch After Facing Death Nearlv Half an Hour Wednesdav's minimum with lower temperatures expected in! loutlving areas. Sunny weather; ve-year-oid boy clung for The older boy, whose name was the day will bring the! A almost hour to a small UJi -iiQ loara uie Mept jrr.ercury up xo xr.e u-aegree of a aRd 111566 his way to safeT- mark two degrees higher than Younr Jimmv slid against the irjr tree at the top Wednesday night until he -here he'hunr on rrimlv. -v i rescued by firemen from No.

When Battalion Chief Sol Truck Companv. Kramer and the No. 3 company Although he "faced almost cer- reached the scene they first attain death if he lost his hold and tempted to reach Jimmy from fell over the sheer face of the jthe top. However, they were un-cliff, the boy was as "calm as a able to negotiate the steep slope, -nvr- Firemen then kept talking to A Partial Li it of WINNERS and Chtsttr Guild's Carttis tbi Stctnd Eiisidi ia tht PRIZE WINNING SOLUTION fo fhe DICK TRACY MYSTERY CONTEST The voungster, Jimmv Lardo, (Jimmy to encourage him to holdj cf 1C23 Ivanhoe street, "got into 'on while they swung the truck! his precarious perch when he and 'into position the street below. s- nider hnv tried tn miss a slco-i An extension ladder was run WHAT ABOUT' PUBLIC KISSING? What would you think if you saw a ccuple kissing on a busy corner? Parade Magazine staged such a scene and set a photographer to snap the reactions of passersby.

It's in SUNDAY'S POST-GAZETTE C0 JtTtawHe ilH ymr jrry 0eotr fc mr met ymr fmy of the cliff 60-feet from the truck, then ing area at the top over to tne top oi tne swung overlooking Hocper street. i 'cliff near tr.e to lormmg a lS thev threaaed tr.eir along a path that skins the top 'bridge from the truce to his; cf the cliff, trvmg to reach a I perch. Kramer and Fireman e'-vt ctpnc w- fm-n dh-iOwen Miller carried Jimmy down. t-ons to Locust street, both boys jto safety. On Page 21 4 Frtu It slipped, according to firemen.

He was sent nome more thrilled by his rescue than shaken Car at left was scheduled to be first to lead dish from West Berlin on lifting of blockade -A.

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