| Show i I k a n A v I w IW FIRES FIRE'S TRAGIC AFTERMATH The tragedy which invariably fol fol- follows follows lows in the wake of fire is typified in this picture of Mr and Mrs 1 Allen Tate of Chatsworth Calif standing in the charred ruins that once was their home A brush fire that swept the area destroyed many houses including some under construction NEWS REVIEW Mine Pact Draws Fire New Aid Parley Opens 1 BETRAYED ill Mine ine Pact I Rep Fred A. A Hartley Rep N N. N J. J co-author co of the Taft HartrY Inbar la labor ln- ln bor bar act has charged big business and big labor with betraying the public in negotiating the latest John JohnL L L. L Lewis coal mining contract Hartley's attack followed shortly after southern coal operators operators' followed followed followed fol fol- fol- fol lowed northern and midwestern operators operators operators op op- op- op in signing soft coal contracts contracts contracts con con- tracts with the member United United United Unit Unit- ed Mine Workers He told the house that at least one clear violation of the law was contained in the contracts referring to the section providing for a checkoff from the miners' miners wages The Taft Hartley law he said permits a checkoff only for union dues but the contract calls for a checkoff of initiation fees and union assessments Hartley added that other sections of the contract violate violate violate vio late the spirit and intent of the law Noting that the contract afforded a prime case history of the evils of wide industry-wide bargaining he said that there was evidence of collusion between the mine operators operators operators opera opera- tors and the V UM with the intention Intention intention tion of violating the law RSVP Paris Pans Parley i Pro-Communist Pro Hungary turned down its invitation to attend the Paris conference on European reconstruction reconstruction reconstruction re re- re- re construction as 17 other nations lined up to participate in the talks first step in carrying out the Marshall Marshall Mar Mar- shall plan for aiding prostrate Europe The conference previously boycotted boycotted boycotted boy boy- by Russia on the grounds that the Marshall plan will be a foothold for American intervention in the internal affairs of f Europe will attempt to set up a scheme whereby Europe with the aid of American dollar credits and supplies supplies supplies sup sup- plies will be able to lift itself from its economic morass by its boot boot- straps In addition to Hungary four other inspired Communist-inspired governments governments- those of Poland Yugoslavia Romania Romania Ro Ro- Romania mania and Bulgaria Bulgaria also also refused the invitations sent out by Great Britain and France As the deadline deadline deadline dead dead- line for replies approached Finland and Albania had not yet been heard from I NAVY RESIGNATIONS GROW I Higher pay and a more satisfactory satisfactory satisfactory tory home life are the two main lures which have drawn prawn the most bright and capable young career officers from the navy and army into civilian jobs at what is called an alarming rate during the past year In the last 10 months more than 1700 naval officers have resigned commissions won at Annapolis to take higher paying civilian jolts During the same period the army lost only West Point officers via the resignation route but they are men whom the service can ill afford to spare v I FARMERS PROSPER I Both farm assets and farm in income income income in- in come have expanded tremendously since the outbreak of World War Var II according to a late report released by the National Industrial Conference Conference Confer Confer- ence board Total assets increased about 90 per cent from billion dolla dollars s at atthe atthe atthe the beginning of 1940 to 1015 billion dollars six years later Gross Gros's income from agriculture shot up per percent percent percent cent over the same period That income plus government payments totalled about 11 billion dollars in 1940 and only a little less than 25 billion dollars in 1945 Virtually Virtually Virtually Virtu Virtu- ally all the gain was registered by income from agriculture Government Government Government Gov Gov- p pay payments a y m men e n t s were not changed during the years covered by the report Cash receipts from farm rose from 83 billion billion billion bil bil- bil- bil lion dollars in 1940 to a very considerable considerable considerable con con- billion in 1 1945 45 Real estate was by far he the largest item among farm ass assets ts rising from billion dollars in 1940 to billion in 1946 ROMANCE Royal Road Princess Elizabeth year old heiress presumptive to the throne of England and Lt Philip Mount- Mount batten 26 former Prince Philip of Greece are formally engaged to tobe tobe tobe be married this autumn probably in October King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Elizabeth Elizabeth Eliza Eliza- beth cleared the road to royal romance romance romance ro ro- ro- ro mance by giving unqualified approval 4 fi a t al to the match and announcing the engagement engagement engagement en en- in a traditional traditional tra tra- court lar a Lt is a second cousin to the kin king and a n great grandson of Queen Victoria As Princess the husband of Princess Prin Prin- Elizabeth cess Elizabeth he will be Britain's first prince consort since Queen Victoria's Victorias Victorias Victoria's Victorias Victoria's Vic Vic- toria's husband Prince Albert of Saxe He cannot become king but probably will be given a dukedom shortly before the wedding King Geor George e a is expected to ask parliament to 10 o increase Pr Princess cess Elizabeths Elizabeth's income and perhaps give her husband a special allowance OIL EXPORTS Supply Russia A special export license for the shipment of petroleum products to Russia was granted by the department department department depart depart- ment of commerce hours after Representative Representative Representative Rep Rep- Rep 0 O. O chairman of the house merchant marine committee demanded the license be refused previously had tele tele- telephoned telephoned phoned William C. C Foster undersecretary undersecretary undersecretary under under- secretary of commerce urging him to halt the movement of barrels barrels barrels bar bar- of petroleum being loaded aboard three tankers on the West coast |
