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II 12 m. 15 On Guard for Over a Century THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1946 News of Agreement Awaited SIMJ 0 Become 111 After YWCA Climax Expected at Parley Today Dewey Reveals 'Progress' but Terms Are Withheld; UAW Board to Meet BY ARTHUR O'SHEA Free Press Labor Writer Agreement has been reached on all major issues in the General Motors strike. Formal announcement of a settlement is expected Thursday. Details of the agreement on wages, maintenance of membership and seniority, which had stalemated recent parleys, hava been rigidly concealed by GM and the UAW (CIO). Negotiations are to resume at 10 a.

m. Thursday. After Wednesday's three-and-a-half-hour session, James F. Dewey, special Federal mediator, said the parties had made the Reds Rap for Spy Charges Admit Getting 'Unimportant' Atom Secrets; Brand Ottawa Unfriendly York Times Torrign Service LONDON Russia acknowledged Wednesday that it was the power that had obtained secret data on atom energy and radio location in Canada. I A bid I ti 7 i -1 i i i I I I I I A V- v.

iiumhi i a J-. Vol. 115 No. 293 Meal Police Find Residents Hysterical Women at Hubbard, Vinewood Affected Three physicians were summoned to YWCA branches at 747 Vinewood and 758 Hubbard following an outbreak of illness believed to be food poisoning. Police said they were informed that at least 30 of the residents of the two institutions were affected.

Those who were taken ill had all eaten their evening meal at the Hubbard YWCA, according to police. ONE OF THE VICTIMS, Jean-ette Yoss, 22, who lives at the Vinewood YWCA, was treated at Receiving Hospital after becoming ill in a neighborhood theater. Police reported that many of the residents were hysterical and it was difficult to determine the exact number who had been affected by the illness. Hundreds Said to Be Trapped in Mine Blast No Deaths Reported in Reicb Explosion HERFORD, Germany (JP) Several hundred miners one unconfirmed report placed the total at 500 men were feared trapped in an explosion in a coal mine at Unna, near Dortmund in the heart of the Ruhr coal producing section. There was no indication of loss of life.

British authorities said hiany hundreds were believed to be in a blocked-off section of vast underground workings. Left $3,000,000. Site Leaves $100,000 Free Pretts-ChicaBo Tribune Wire SPRINGFIELD, 111. Mrs. Susan Lawrence, 83, who in 1901 inherited a Colorado silver mining fortune of $3,000,000, died in a hospital -where she had been a patient for four years.

Until her illness, Mrs. Lawrence entertained brilliantly, traveled widely and spent large sums. By 1942 the estate's value had dwindled to less than $100,000. Clean House and Keep Fit LADIES! Do you think sweeping the rug and mopping the floor is drudgery? Well, it's not. Dr.

William Brady, distinguished physician and author, says housework helps keep you fit. Read what he has to say in his PERSONAL HEALTH SERVICE column. It begins MONDAY in the Free Press. their husbands all. Mr.

Jones and Mr. Downes squared off in the Downes flat. Downes threw a rocking chair at Jones. As Downes was about to follow through with a left hook, he hit Mrs. Jones instead.

The police rang the bell and the fight ended a draw. Mrs. Jones swore out a warrant against Mr. Downes. Mr.

Downes swore out a warrant against Mr. Jones. Judge Groat found the two men guilty, of assault and battery. He referred the matter to Probation Department and ordered the Joneses to move. Canada Contractors' Wage Racket Under Probe Jobs Said to Bring Up to $125 a Day BY RALPH NELSON Free Press Staff Writer An investigation of an alleged building trades black market in Detroit has been ordered by John P.

Boyce, chairman of the National Wage Stabilization Board. Sub-ccntractors on some indus- trial Jobs are said to be paying workers as high as $125 a day. This would be a violation of the Wage Stabilization Act. The alleged violations are said to drain scarce labor away frorrf residential construction jobs. "THE CHIEF offenders are small subcontractors who carry fewer than eight men on their payrolls," Boyce said.

"They are difficult to catch because they keep no payroll records," he added. Edward Thai, director of the AFL Building Trades Council, said the black market is "creating a nationally unhealthy labor situation." "If a contractor wants to pay more than the legal scale, it's his he added. "He is liable for his own actions and he "can be caught WILLIAM GUINAN, secretary-director of the Detroit Builders Association, cited a case in which a woman wanted to have a building 30 feet by 50 feet constructed. Her best bid to date, Guinan said, was $11,000. "The wage law should be enforced or written off the books," he declared.

Bricklayers are alleged to be paid $2.50 an hour, although the legal wage is $1.90. Boyce pointed out that violators of the wage law are liable to two years in jail and a $1,000 fine. Snow and Strike Close Schools LANCASTER, Pa. (Snowfall ranging from six to nine inches forced closing of all Lancaster schools as transit vehicles remained idle for the third day since calling of an AFL general strike. Dr.

Harvey E. Smith, supervisor, ordered the schools closed. He explained that the snowfall and lack of transportation facilities made it hazardous for youngsters to make the trip to classrooms. But it asserted that the information was "unimportant" because it could be found in published works and because Russian technicians were further advanced in these fields. THE STATEM ENNT, broadcast by Moscow radio, said it was "ridiculous" to assert that the revelation of such information could be a threat to Canada's security.

It accused the Canadian Government of handling the affair in a manner "directly calculated to encourage a campaign hostile to the Soviet Union in the press and over the radio." This, it was asserted bluntly, "is incompatible with normal relations between the two countries." The Canadian Government had revealed last Friday that members of a "foreign mission" had been British Parliament debates Allied relations. Story on Page 8. involved in the espionage probe, with arrests resulting. OBSERVERS noted that by issuing its defense and immediately taking the offensive with accusations of its own, the Soviet Union had stolen a march on the Canadian Government, which is expected to issue a detailed statement Thursday. THE SOVIET statement said the secret information had been obtained frm Canadian citizens by "individual collaborators" of the Soviet military attache in Canada "during the latter part of the war." As soon as the Soviet Government learned of this activity, the statement said, the military attache was recalled.

It insisted the Soviet ambassador was in no way involved. The statement, attacking the Canadian Government, expressed "surprise" over the "unusual fact" that the Canadian Government published its statement of last Friday without first having asked the Soviet Government for an explanation. "IT MUST BE presumed," the statement added, "that the above-mentioned unbridled anti-Soviet campaign was part of the Canadian Government's plan calculated to cause political damage to "the Soviet Government." It declared that apparently Prime Minister W. L. Mackenzie King's statement "and the ensuing anti-Soviet campaign in Canada" were intended as retaliation for Russia's opposition to the British stand on small nations at the recent United Nations Assembly session.

IHS EMINENCE, EDWARD CARDINAL MOONEY Detroit prelate tries biretta for size before investiture "best progress so far. Asked if a settlement could be expected at Thursday's meeting, he said, "Anything can happen." Dewey also said only one issue remained to be bridged. It was strongly indicated, however, that the remaining points to be "talked over" involve miscella neous topics, including vacation pay and questions affecting overtime. SIGNIFICANTLY, A special session of the union's 22-man international executive board will convene at 2 p. m.

in the Hotel Book-Cadillac. Ostensibly, the board has been called into session to prepare for Ihe national convention March 23 in Atlantic City. But the singular timing raised the possibility that the board would be asked to "okay" the long awaited GM settlement terms. While such action is not required under the union's constitution, it would surely exert a controlling influence on the result of subsequent elections among delegates from struck plants and the rank and file. SHOULD FORMAL announcement of settlement be withheld Thursday, it would only indicate, according to observers, that both sides had an understanding about "timing" release of the news.

There was no way to calculate the terms of the agreement on the all-important subject of wages. Union, spokesmen have stubbornly insisted that the strike could never be settled for less than the 19'-cents-an-hour, recommended In January by President Truman's fact-finding board. There was some speculation Wednesday night, however, that the union may have made concessions on wages and either met or came close to the last GM offer of 18 cents an hour. IF SUCH IS THE CASE, it can be taken for granted that the union negotiators have won an Turn to Page 2, Column 5 Allies Revoke Nazi-Imposed Marriage Bans BERLIN Through action by the Allied Control Council here, Germany has received a new law regulating marriage and divorce. It automatically repeals various Nazi-imposed bans which prohibited certain marriages on racial and health grounds.

No longer will divorces be granted on political bases such as discovery that one of the partners is a Communist. Blast Toll Hits 5 NEW ORLEANS (JF The list of known dead reached five from an explosion that demolished a fourteen-apartment dwelling in a Negro housing project. Callino; All Skaters The Department of Parks and Recreation reported skating on all city rinks except Belle Isle and toboganning at Rouge Park. On Inside Pages Amusements 15 Classified 20-22-Crossword 28 Donovan 18 Editorials 6 Fashions 11 Financial 18-19 Guest 6 Horoscope 23 Keeping Well 11 Lippmann 6 Merry-Go-R'd 6 Miss Riley 10 Radio 23 Sports 16-17 Stokes 6 Teenagers 11 Town Crier 24 Walker 24 Women's 10-12 KRYKO MARGARINF as ft spread, seasoning, shortening- it's rood. AdT.

Milk Strike Feared to Be Growing Negotiations Will Be Resumed Today A spreading milk strike threatened Detroit Thursday as negotiations between the United Dairy Workers (CIO) and 21 wholesale and retail milk firms neared the breaking point. Russell Ballard, president of the union, announced, however, that four dairies had signed contracts since negotiations began, breaking the dealers' united front. ONE OF THE four, the Johnson Milk employs more than 200 members of the union. Ballard refused to divulge the names of the other companies that had signed, but said the four employed about a fourth of the union's more than 1,000 members. "We have made every effort to keep our Members working until negotiations are completed," Ballard said.

"But after nine months of fruitless effort without an offer from the dealers, the workers' patience has been exhausted." HE SAID HE feared the temper of the men might break 'out more unauthorized strikes Thursday in spite of all efforts to keep them on the job. State Labor Mediation Board officials had ordered that they withhold strike action until March 16 end of a thirty-day period. The Johnson Co. was one of six plants that were closed Wednesday by wildcat strikes. It reopened after signing a contract.

Another of the companies also reopened after the men returned in response to their leaders' pleas, leaving four still closed, Ballard said. HE SAID that the union negotiators were in almost continuous session at the State Labor Mediation Board offices in the Barium Turn to Page 4, Column 1 Police Umvelcome asNcighbors Voicing fears for the safety of its women employees the J. N. Fauver of 49 W. Hancock, protested the proposal to move Canfield Police Station to a location near its place of business.

"A police station is the gathering point for many criminals and their associates," the company told Common Council in a letter. Hangman Strikes; Murderer Spared KINGSTON, Jamaica (JP) The hangman of the St Catherine Prison joined a strike of Government employees. A murderer's death sentence was commutted to life imprisonment when no one was available to spring the trap. F7P Editor Keeps Eyes on Tigers The World Champion Detroit Tigers opened spring training at Lakeland, Wednesday. Sports Editor Lyall Smith's report on the first drill and Associated Press Wirephotos showing the Tigers in action appear on Page 16.

$1,700,000 Fund Given to Youth Organizations Court OIvs Distribution of Fisher Welfare Money to Detroit Groups Detroit's youth organizations are getting a $1,700,000 trust fund which originated accidentally during World War I. Circuit Court Judge Ira W. Jayne approved a plan advanced by Edward F. Fisher, one of the founders of the Fisher Body to distribute the money "for the mental, moral and physical improvement of youth in Detroit and surrounding Associated Press Wirephoto Mooney Gets Biretta from Pope Pius Cardinal Dons Hat in Colorful Vatican Rite ROME (JP) Pope Pius XII placed birettas on the heads of Edward Cardinal Mooney, of Detroit, and 28 others of the 32 newly created cardinals Wednesday in one of the Catholic Church's most colorful ceremonies. The ceremony in which the scarlet square caps were bestowed upon the prelates was climaxed by the Pontiff's worldwide broadcast.

He spoke from the papal throne in the spacious Hall of Benedictions before the new cardinals and an audience of 3,000 which jammed the ancient hall. WHEN HE HAD concluded his thirty-two-minute allocution, he was given an ovation seldom, if ever, equalled on such an occasion in the long history of the Church. The throng cheered for 15 minutes. The Pope, preceded by SO attendants, was borne into the hall by eight red-clad throne bearers. When his chair had been placed before the papal throne, the pro- Pope denounces imperialism in broadcast.

Story on Page 2. cession of the new cardinals began. First to enter was Cardinal Agagianian. Patriarch of Armenia, who as dean of the new Princes of the Church, expressed the gratitude of the group for their elevation to the purple. He was followed immediately by the venerable John Cardinal Glen-non, of St.

Louis, who at 83 is the Turn to Page 2, Column 1 PIED PIPER CLEANER fast and easy i Ho rinsing wipes, dirt wy. Adv. WIVES' PLOT BACKFIRES territory. The fund consists of 15,000 shares of General Motors common stock and $600,000 In cash. FISHER SAID the cash would be distributed primarily among existing organizations.

These include the Boy Scouts, Girls Scouts, YMCA, YWCA and other youth groups. Distribution will begin as soon as further red tape is cleared. Fisher ald the money represent profit from operation of employees' commissaries in Fisher plants, a practice which began during World War I. At that time, he said, food was sold in plants where Government planes were being made, to keep employees from leaving the plants a Government request. He said profits accumulated until, in 1924.

there was $69,000. This was set up as a welfare fund for Fisher workers. THE MONEY was invested in GM stock in 1931. and continued to accumulate. In 1940.

the company eliminated its plant commissary. Another welfare program had been adopted. Trustees of the fund, now railed the Youth Welfare Fund, are Fisher; Lewis D. Crusoe; Henry S. Hulbert, former juvenile court judge; Howard B.

Hloomer, an attorney, and Ends Test Sivap of Mates George Haggerty, attorney for Fisher. Fisher pointed out that the money is not a Fisher donation. He said the decision to give the money to the cause of youth was reached "because no other cause had more merit." Egypt Facing General Strike CAIRO (Student and labor union leaders called for a general strike in the principal cities of Egypt Thursday. They seek to demonstrate the nation's solidarity behind demands for evacuation of British forces from the Nile Valley. Strike leaders said they expected peaceful demonstrations at universities and schools and closing of all shops.

Scptuplet Report Is Just Kidding LONDON (JP) Exchange Telegraph distributed and then killed a report that seven children had been born to a woman in Paris. The agency said the erroneous report was based on a police-r an's hoaxing of a Paris reporter. PERSONAL LOAN? 1NSTALOAN Nrw: only at Nlioul Bank DtroH 30 Ollice. Adr. Free-for-All Two twenty four year old wives who plotted a husband-swapping deal to learn if their respective men were trustworthy unfolded the story of their ill-fated adventure before amazed Judge Gerald W.

Groat in Recorder's Court. The wives are Mrs. Marshall E. Jones and Mrs. James E.

Downes, who live with their husbands in a double house at 301 W. Grand Blvd. WHILE DOWNES was at work one night recently, Mrs. Downes went to the Jones' flat as planned. All three sat on the couch, and Mrs.

Downes coyly suggested that Jones kiss her. Jones demurred. His wife egged him on so he kissed Mrs. Downes. Then Mrs.

Downes asked Jones to drive her on an errand. At Mrs. Jones insistence, they drove away. Two bottles of wine went along. They parked In a dark street, Jones said, and left only at his insistence.

NEXT MORNING the two women compared notes. A hot argument ensued. That evening the wives told.