Show I CENTURY LINES FIRE 23 PILOTS PILOTS' I Ij j CHICAGO Feb 9 D F The JP-The The 23 pilots on the Century Air Lines were discharged today and the plane sched sched- ule was Interrupted at least temporarily tempo tempo- temporarily as the result of a wage dispute tempo tempo-I The pilots had balked at a salary salar reduction which they s said amounted to o almost 50 per cent and had made unsuccessful attempts to negotiate with the Century management The reduction was to have gone into effect February 1 but an armistice was declared de de- Glared for 10 days No agreement had bad been reached today today to to- today day however and pilots who went to work in Chicago this morning found the he hangar locked and were handed letters notifying them their resignations resignations were accepted Pilots at vari var various vani ous points on the Century's midwest route received wires telling them to turn lurn in their equipment |