AUTOS. V .1 _- ,~~ 15 . ~ ) p,.-,. °J-,t_ ,9-sr, . L inu t e t r b in mad e to rt a r y l r ut 0 11 tr1k - c . l led for t o 0 o w. At tr o lt, r l nd t t te 0 fi 1 l join d 1th com ny a. n d union r r e n t · t 1 ve t o n1 t in de er a te e ffort for a n ~ r ee e nt th t woul p rev en t ei hty tho s nd Chry 1 r worker ~ rom oin on ~ trik e , t /--=- n -·~•s loc a l time, t l a n t a cros s t e oou try. id nt T m a n 1 n inimum t o y, an ve i tl r is t o e i c h hi s t m inimum r I forty cent s a n h 1 r to ven ty- iv c nt a n ur - - af 'ectin t · enty- to mill io n ~ork er s. h o v rn m n t i n 1n fre o t t o t o th un ry f ~ mi l 1 of tri k1 n min r s 1n P en l v a ni • he p o t to s wil l ' b t irn d o v r to t t au t hori t1e !or di tr 1b ti on, to 0 1 i n d L tr dr 1 d e s ma y be add d 1 t r . 1 1 th di tres• notwith t nd in , t h e s trikers tod a y, 1n bitt er termi n c t 1 o n, con tinued to 1cket t he mi ne s, kee p in or t n i hty thou sa nd m en idle. The miners rej ec tin the str te g y o! John L. Lew1s, the three-day-week ide a - sa y they're going all out for a new contract with a w ag e increase and l a rger contributions to the union welf a re fund. s Rules Committee of t e o f pr nt t t od"' t o cl th r for t h e rum n v11 i t Bil 1. o te iv to f i v , a tie 1 n1:f ·1 - no c t1o n. ' h oe blockin th b i ll e re !our o th r mocr t .. d on R e ublic n - Con g r s m· n Bron of Ohio, who expl 1ned his vot e by eay1n th t two R public members re absent, nd he had promised to delay decision until they could atten~. Today's Committee vote throws the whole . busines~ of Civil Rights back on the floor of the H~use - where it was . held off yesterday b y ~ Democratic speaker Rayb u rn. The Rules Committee has been deprived - of much of its authority to bottle up measures - especially the racial rights issue. But the new scheme puts the power in the hands of the sneaker - and he's a Texan, opposed to the Racial Bights 8111. So the whole thing is in a dilemma a ain. But even the Southern Democrats a dmit th a t the bill c nnot be kept out forever. Yesterd a y Sneaker Rayburn blocked 1t by refusin to reco g nize Con g ressman ~VIL R IGJITS •••.•• 2 Lesinski of M1 ch 1 an , who w s trying to bring the meas ure forward. Today e ven Con re ssMa n Cox of Geor i a , Dixieland st lw a rt, a dmitted th . t the obstruction could not continue much lon g er, and th a t the House was likely to ss the Raci a l Ri hts Bill 1n a few weeks. 0 T h e S e n t e t o d a y c onf i rmed t h e ap oin,m e nt of A dm i r 1 For e t F. ' he rm a n s Chi e f of a v 1 O p er a tions. he v o te w u na nimous - a lthou h i t bl a st of n g ry a tt a c k s. r e ne w ed their protest a bout t h e ou s tin g of Admiral enfeld a ~ Chief 0 N aval O p er a ti o ns, a nd ~e n a tor M cC a rthy of W isconsin ~ c a lled for the im n e a chm e nt of Secret a ry .., ~ , . ~ Matthews. In the course of the deb a te, the Wisconsin Sen a tor, m a de an inter e tin g disclosure. This a p plies to the wonderful mix-up about w h ich we heard last night - the fact t ha t Admiral D enfeld was not only fired as Navy Com m ander, but also received a Presidential commission continuing him on the job for two ye a rs. hich w as a surpri s in g contr a diction. Tod a y Senator cC a rthy st a t e d t h ~ t A d miral Denfeld is doing something to clear up the p a radox. Talking by tele p hone from ~- New Engl a nd, Denfeld t~ld the S en a tor that he is g oing ,( to resi g n th a t commission as Chief of av a l O p erations. B T he Admir a l h a s lr e ady e w a nts to dis p el a ll doubt. UMfJLD ... · 2 announce th a t he i s retirai.ng from the avy - and now, after th a t, be 1s lso resignin as Com m ander of the fleet. ell, I suppose we will h a ve to accept all thee confusions - with resign t1on . DYNAMITING At Ch . rlotte, South C rol1na, t 1e oJ i c e s a y I - Communi s ts. a f a mili r word. Thi. - in connection with an a ttempt to dynamite the radio tower of loc a l station. The police h a ve arrested one Chesiey Lovell - who, they sa7, h a s a record as a safe-cracker. He tossed five sticks of dynam i te a t the b se of the radio tower, four- hundred-and-twenty-nine feet high. But the police were watching, prevented an explosion - and made a quick arrest. Lovell is reported as confessing that he was hired to blow up the tower. The radio station has -een having labor trouble with the electrical workers union, and the police say the whole thing was instigated by - Communists. In~ s in ton it is di clo ed that, as late as Februar Ninete e n Forty-Five, after t e H iro ima atomic bob had been ex p lod e d - Soviet Russia received as ipment of • avy w ter• fro rr. t e United States. 'Heavy Water• w a s one of the vital materials in the ta develop ent of the atom bo~b. The shipment was made by a ew York Chemical firm whose Vice Pre i ent gave the testimony tonight before the committee of'. Un-American Acit1v1tes. - Th judi c iary com 1tte . of the Sn te appro ed a b ill to ad mit t re A -hun · r e d- an d- wenty- thous nd d s l~ced u r ~ ons into thi co ntr by June T irtieth, in t ~en -Fift.~on . !he Com ittee put its utaJX&Jl ok a y o n a. m easure w h ich prov1 es new safeguards to make ure t a t Red subvers1v s do not et into t e United States a mon t he t ou ~ ands of DP •s. ~ZECHOSLOVAKIA In Red C z echoslov k i a , t om n C a holic Church ecl a r e th t more t a n one hun red a nd fifty of its priests h a ve been a rrested for refusin to s ,ear allegiance to the Red Re ime - and have been sent to j prison or sl ve labo:____~c~a~m~p~s:.:_• _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ , _ _ _ _ ~- Th1s follows a ~ommunist announcement that priests everywhere are pledging their loyalty to the Communist Government. The church version 1s that many are - because they are terrorized and compelled. The - official C tholio declaration states: 'The most courageous priests land in jail or labor camps, and the others a re frightened.' }M,MIAGE - MOIRA S H ERER In ondon, a movie actre ss is o1n g to have a weddin g in th e r o y a l ch ap el of one of the a ncient palaces of In l a nd) ~Moir a Shearer ro se to stardome at Ballet d anc ing in a highly successful British film - •Red Shoes.• 1 The palace is Ham ton Court, which C a rdinal oolsey built and ~ re sented to H enry VIII. So why should Moira rate a wedding there! Is she marrying a prince or a dukeT Wot at all. Her bridegroom will be a mere Mister Eenne4y. His mother is a war widow, living in rooms provided by the government. But those rooms are in Hampton Palace. ln that splenderous edifice, with memoriec of Cardinal W oolsey and Henry VIII, apartments are reserved ! o r the families of heroes wbo perished in the Second World War - and one of these was a ship c ap tain named Iennedy. He wa s the skipper of the Rawalpindi. Remember t he name! Well, there were days when I told a lot on this program about the Raw a lpindi - a merch a nt ve ss el converted into a warship which, early in HARRIAGE - MOIRA SHE A ER •... . 2 th e r, s um m on ed to s urr e n de r by th e G r ma n cruisers Gneisen a u nd Sc h rnhor s t, two of the mot powerful. But C nt a in Ken n edy refu s ed to lo r hi s fl ag , and the Raw a l p indi fought it out in a hopele s s battle, until she w a s a m a ss of fl m e s, and sank. So the wife of that heroic skipper went to live at Ham p ton . Palace.-- she's still there. And now bis son is to marry the film actress Moira Shearer. So where else should the wedding be celebrated - except in the royal chapel of Hampton Palace. MANSION If any of you folks want to fix up the old flat in a quiet, modest ay - here's your ch nee. At Hillsborou h, California, tbey,he tearing down one of those incredible man ions that millionaires used to build - a chateau put up in Nineteen Fifteen by Mrs. Harriet Pullman Carol n chermerhorn, heiress of the Pullman ca.r for tune. The place cost her tlree million dollars in Pullman oar money, and today the estate was sold for two-hundred-thousand - to be ' divided into • - - - surburban l.ots. a. They're tearing down the ohateu, and selling ,,_ the furniture and fixtures - which include some articles that you might want to purchase for home use. F~r your kitchen you oan buy sinks made of sterling silver, and eighteen-karat-gold-water-faucets. & staircase of Roman ) marble, and carpets about a mile square and three inches • thick. Roll u one of those carpets, and it takes fifty .... :a ... _ I TIGRESS At Thou nc Oaks, California, they say it was 11 toutlne, but it sounds to me like something you ouldn't want to try - reaching into the cage of the tigress and picking up one of her cubs. But that's what able Stark did, and tonight she's in a hospital - with doctor$ hoping to save her arm. Mable Stark bas been an animal trainer for thirty-two years, and she never thought her favorite tigress would do it. Sut when she reached into the cage, there was a savage snarl, and the tigress leaped upon the outstretched arm, which was taking out the cub. Hable Stark was able to pry loose - but not before her arm was badly mangled.if lven the meekest little dog becomes formidable, when she has pups. .fJ.DDLING Th e re's a new an le 1n the M ichi a n University story of the c ~ d who got s anked. he is nineteen year old B a rb a ra Lam ton. He - " 4 ~ ~ - . ~ ~ ~ - is Art Miller, a college enior - and today he told why ,A be did 1t. •she kept too many fires burning,• says be. ihe girl friend was settin things ablaze all over the place - a firebug of heart throbs. •she used to date one guy in the afternoon, and nother at n ig ht," s a ys Art. •1 told her that if she ever did th t to me, I'd paddle her. She stood me up, - so 1 I ~ust kept my promise,• he explains. ell, he sure did keep his promise - between classes, a nd right out on the c mpus, which was t~onge4 with stuaents. Crowd amazed - when Art put l&rbara across his knee, a.nd administered the paddling. After which they both went into class. •she w~s mad at first,• says Art, •but she finally laughed.• So all's well t h tends well. But ~o - here's that new angle. Today . B a rbara declared in tones of lee: "I've got a bonflre going right DPDLING ..... 2 ao , and I'm not bothering with little bl ze • a ny more . And in a frosty voice he dded: 1 I'm d a t1n Rom eone else - and his n ame i not Miller.• So ll's not ell th a t doesn't end well. ~LLEGE The t tement was m a de tod y th t college freshm e n a re b e coming - •1ncreasin g ly illiter a te.• This comes from the he a d of one of our great e duo · tional institutions, President lrnest Colwell of the University of Chica o. Attending a conference of clergymen in Loa Angeles, he expressed it in an epigram, saying: 'Kore students are going to school every year to learn less.• Yell, some people must be w a sting a lot of money, aendllg youth to college to attain - •1ncre&s1ng 111 teraoy.• IQBBJ:Rt In Boston today, there were jokes and lau hter a t the Union Club. Tb t' B a s a o tonian institution, a ristocr tic with the blueblood of back bay_ and full of - - the dignity for which Boston is famous. S 0 the jokes re not r a ucous or loud, the l a u g hter was not noisy and vul a r. A payroll was delivered to the Union Club cashier, Mrs. Etta ' tevenson - delivered by Brinks Armored Car Service. hich, of course, is the firm that was held up last week in the robbery of a million and a half. So Krs. Stevenson, as she received the money from Brinks' driver, made some facetious remarks, and the driver kidded back. You Jmow the kind of whimsey for the occasion - remarks about bandits. H 0 pe you didn't bring any hold-up robbers along. It was all good fun, after which the driver for Brinks' went his way, and the woman cashier started counting the money. Whereupon two men walked in, with masks across their faces. They drew guns, and growled: 1 This 1 8 a hold-up - no hollering.• They snatched the IQBBQY ••.•. a payroll om two thou n d dollars, rd m a de a quick get-away. So the jokes and laughs went . our, eapecially for the Bostoll police - who tonight have a new hold-up on top of that million and a half affair • • y1r1 In Detroit tonight, Mrs. C a rolyn Mutchison is coming alon all right, after plenty of medical attention. Krs. Hutchinson swallowed thirty str 1ght pins, six safety pins, and eight darning needles. Why? Well, to the hospital people she explained: 'It was bec a use my marriage didn't work.' We've heard about a mall boy saying: •1•11 go out and eat worms.• But this is something new. lating straight pins, safety pins and d rn1ng needles, because her marriage didn't work. J&JG E VITJ At O n Ridge, Iowa, Mrs. Herm a n Le a nder m a kes a contribution to th e list of reasons why an a ged p erson has been a bl e to live so long. ~ her hun d red-and- thirtJ birthd a y Mrs. Lender is celebra•g toda y . o she was a sked A the usual question - to what does she a ttribute her longevity! She a nswered - •swed1sh a ncestry and plenty of coffee.• hich might be a useful hint, except for one thing. You can get the coffee - but how do ydll get the Swedish a n c e s t r y ! ~ ~ ,