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Show NEWS REVIEW Oklahoma Senator Shot; Telephone Strike Settled St j PHONE STRIKE ENDS: Workers Accept $4.40 Long distance telephone operators opera-tors agreed to accept a compromise compro-mise pay increase of $4.40 a week, thereby ending the month-old strike that has been tying up the nation's communications. Quick settlements of 28 other disputes followed the acquiescence ac-quiescence of the long lines workers to the new terms. The increase means about 11 cents per hour pay boost, vacation benefits and certain other concessions, such as seniority rights. About 22,000 workers in 42 states are affected. The agreement was announced by Asst. Secy, of Labor John Gibson and Conciliation Director Edgar Warren, after a 7H hour night session ses-sion with representatives of the unions and the American Telegraph and Telephone company. Strikes against local companies of the Bell system were settled on substantially substantial-ly the same terms. Besides the wage hikes and other benefits the contract with the long distance dis-tance workers was practically a renewal re-newal of old terms, which were extended ex-tended for one year. A clause permits per-mits either the union or the company com-pany to begin negotiations, after September 1, for reclassification of towns to readjust wage schedules. Officials of the long lines workers' union indicated the members would not cross picket lines of striking local lo-cal telephone workers. BOX CARS: Shortage Easing Slowly but steadily the boxcar situation sit-uation is Improving, declares John Hayden, Chicago district manager State Sen. Anglin floor. Scott apparently fired twice, with one shot going wild. Some senators sen-ators were under the impression that Anglin returned the fire, but this has been denied.' Both legislators come from Hold-ensville, Hold-ensville, Okla. Anglin is 64, the oldest old-est senator in the chamber in point of service. Representative Scott, 34, is heir to an oil fortune. Only motive mo-tive that has been discovered for his action is that Anglin's law firm represented rep-resented Scott's former wife in her divorce suit and property settlement. GERMANY: U. S. to End Army Rule Control of the U. S. zone of Germany Ger-many soon will bei transferred from the American military government to civil authority. Secretary of State Marshall is preparing to take this long-delayed step as soon as possible. The move will reverse the state department's 188-year-old tradition. tra-dition. Heretofore the department has vigorously resisted taking on any functions except formulation of policy. Former Secretary Byrnes wanted j administration of Germany left with the war department, but Marshall, himself a veteran of the War department, depart-ment, is willing to change that. He has not revealed any details of the civil government setup that be has in mind. Obviously a considerable military force will be needed in Germany Ger-many for some time, in case of outbreaks. out-breaks. v - Marshall denied that American and British officials had run into difficulties over basic policy In plans for merging the American and British Brit-ish zones, as reported from Berlin. of the American Association of American Railroads. Midwest freight conditions, he said, are the best they have been for a long time. Grain cars are moving in adequate numbers to the Southwestern wheat belt, where cutting of the new crop has begun. "We hope to have several thousand thou-sand empties stored there ready to handle the wheat when it comes from the combines," said Eugene Coughlin, assistant to the chairman of A.A.R. "The carriers are in considerably con-siderably better condition to handle grain traffic than they were last year." OKLAHOMA: Shooting in Senate A hometown feud exploded into gunplay on the floor of the Oklahoma Okla-homa senate house in Oklahoma City. When the smqke. cleared, elderly eld-erly Sen. Thomas Anglin was lying wounded, shot through the hip. His assailant, Rep. James Scott, a marine veteran, was arrested a few minutes later in a washroom. The shooting occurred before the afternoon session had opened, when about half the senators were on the |
