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By FRANK JENKINS
SAN FRANCISCO, founded on
a ponlnaula. grew up on
ponlnaula, Ai nmttur of fact,
on the narrow tin of a peninauia
1'he rcusona thtire.for are not
hard to find. Thoy 11a In the
limit at which the city was com
Ini to ll miiturlty.
In tluit period, tranaportullon
was baavd on tho horse. Like
wlao, in thut doy. pooplo lot to
work ear y and atuyed at It lato,
The distance at which people
can llvo from their work and
till net n tho Job early la strict
Iv limited,
llrnce Ban Franclaco Inclined
early toward apartment house
ft living. Auniimcnt houaca and
flata novo una to Do aaid lor
them: They honae a lol of peo
ple within a umlied area, up to
a certain point, the people of a
city cun llvo In nuilliplo-iinlt
hotialnu and atlll walk to work,
Thut oxnhilna why ancient
Europe, whoao cltlca were built
lonu before modern IrunaporUi'
tlon. atlll Uvea ulnio.it exclusive-
ly in row houm-a and other forms
or multiple-unit dwellings.
NEW YORK and Sun Franclaco
Im ve alwuya been compared
aa METROPOLITAN cltlea. The
rwtiHin for thulr almllurlly la
almple. Miinhattim la built on
an Inland: Sun Frnnclaco on a
nenlitaula. In both. ground area
ia aharply limited, llcnco both
havo had to build up In tho air.
TN time, of courac. rallroada
came to San Franclaco. And
atreolcar. And fcrryboata. All
of them helped to extend the
( iatunre at which people couiu
live from their work. Tho
atreetcara moved the rcaidence
areaa back onto tho more rila
tant hllla. lite ferryboat mude
living on the othrr aide of the
bay poaalble. Commuter com-
munltlea bruan to grow up along
the railroad to tho anuth.
Hut atlll tho bulk of the point.
latlon remained In the congealed
area at tho peninsula a tip.
IN cltlea with unlimited back
country, tile atrectcar Mirty
made It poaalble to get out Into
the wider open apncea wnicn
Americana, in particular have
always had a yen lor. Aa popu
latlon irew outward, the atrcet
car systems wore modernized
atei.dily In order to keep up
with demand.
But for tho reason already
mentlnued streetcar -moflnilzi.
tlon in San Frannaco haa pro
ceeded alowly. In recent de-
cadea. It haa STOOD STILL.
It la hard to find a word to
deacribe San Francisco a city
transport y 1 1 e m. "Archaic"
won't do. It connntca far too
much modorn progroas. San
Frunclaco'a atreetcara would be
out-of-dulo In Shanghai.
They are not only old-fash-loncd.
They are worn o.,
When ono pauses, you pauac tit-
atlnctively, feeling In your bonea
that thia will be the time when
it will full apart before your
eyca like the one-hoaa anay.
THE automobile, of course,
complicated the situation. It
came along at about the lime
when streetcar and other mass
transport would otherwise have
HAD to be brought up-to-date.
Everybody, naturally, wanted
an automobile. Thanks to Amer
ica's Renins for mass production
at prices that people could af
ford to pay, automobile owner
ship wns swiftly extended to In
elude the bulk of the population.
There was a period when we all
thought tho automobile would
supplant all other forms of gct-to-work-and-back
transportation.'
In the towns and even in the
smaller cities, It did. In the
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Chinese Airliner
' Blows Up In Air
SHANGHAI, Jan. 29 (P) A
Chinese commercial airliner
carrying Methodist Bishop and
Mrs. Schuyler Edward Garth,
Madison, wis., among lis 26
occupants exploded in midair
100 miles west of Hankow and
tho official Central News
Agency an Id today 25 persons
were killed.
Tho agency said the sole sur
vivor was a very seriously in
jured foreigner who was being
- rushed to a hospital. Tho stir
, vivor's identity was not report
ed. The agency said its report
came from Chinese civil air au
thorities. Utile America
Snowed In,
LITTLE AMERICA, Jan. 28
(Delayed) (!') The cargoship
Yancey will be sent back into
the Bay of Whales toni(ht In re
sponse to a call from Little
America's tent town for more
men and bread.
The supply ships Yancey and
Marrick and tho Mount Olym
pus wore forced to leave the
camp anchorage and seek open
water when a north wind begnn
blowing a huge iceberg and
chunks of ice into the bay.
Snow flurries swept the camp
and the three ships throughout
the dny, but the wind swung
around to the east lato today.
Rear Adm. Richard H. Cruzcn,
1. fioting the favorable turn of tha
j31- wind, said, "We hope to hava
PRICE FIVE CEMTl r"&
Cold'Wave.
Police Hold
Black Dahlia
Confessor
LOS ANGELES, Jon. 20 Mi-
Daniel S. Voorhees, curly-haired
and husky, waa booked today in
the county lull on suspicion of
murder after, police said, he
signed a confeaalnn to the sadistic
mutilation slaying ol beautiful
Elizabeth Short.
Detective Ed Barrett displayed
a sheet of paper on which was
written "I did kill Elizabeth
Short." It was signed "Daniel S.
Voorhees."
Phonad Police
Voorhees, 33 and blue-eyed,
surrendered to homicide detail
officers late last night after tele-
fihonlng them he would be wait
ng on a downtown street corner,
Barrett aald he announced: "I'm
ao aick I can't atand It any longer.
I killed the 'Black Dahlia.' Take
me to Jail. I want to get it over
with."
Mlaa Short, 22, waa known to
her friends as tha "Black Dahlia"
because of her penchant for
flower headdress and black rai
ment. She was found dead in a
vacant tot January 13. Her nude
body had been battered and bi
sected at the diaphragm.
Kapt Silent
After signing the one-sentence
confession, Barrett reported,
Voorhees declined to discuss the
case further, saying:
"I'va talked too much already.
I want to see a lawyer."
Det. Lt. Charles King aald
questioning would bo suspended
"until ho recovers from his be
wildered and befuddled state-'.'.
Dr. Paul Do River, police pay
chlalrlat, reporting on a brief ex
amination, said he could "come
to no definite conclusion."
Tha shocking slaying of tha
young film hopeful from Med
ford, Mass., has in recent days
brought police and newspapers a
deluge of crank notes. But
among the messages were some
officers believe authentic. One
contained the girl's address book
and social security card. Another
said the slayer would give him
self up at 10 a. m. today. Voor
hees' arrest came less than 12
hours from the deadline, but
Barrett quoted him as saying he
had no part of any of the com
munications. Jews Release
British Judge
JERUSALEM. Jan. 29 (?)
One of the two British victims of
underground kidnapers was at
liberty today and an Irgun Zval
Leumi broadcast heard in Tel
Aviv indicated that the second
would be freed, like the first, "at
a time which we have decided."
Judge Ralph Windham of the
Tel Aviv district court, who was
kidnaped from his courtroom
Monday by armed men whom
police Identified as Jews, was re
leased unharmed last night in
Ramat Gan, a suburb of Tel
Aviv.
Police and troops still were
seeking H. A. I. Collins, Jeru
salem banker and a former
major in the British army, who
was abducted before the eyes of
a friend, Mrs. Bella Forguson,
here Sunday night.
Mayor Israel Rokach of Tel
Aviv, one of three Jewish leaders
given 48 hours by Lt. Gen. Sir
Alan Cunningham, the British
high commissioner, to return
both men, said today the ultima
tum had been "prolonged." He
did not disclose the new dead
line.
Tent Town
But Still There
better weather here 24 hours
from now if the wind shifts to
the southeast."
It may be clear here by Wed
nesday evening. There also ts a
chance the wcathor will clear In
the area of the carrier Philip
pine Sea, outside the ice pack, a
few hours earlier.
This means there is a possibil
ity tho transport plane with Rear
Adm. Richard E. Byrd, expedi
tion leader, may take off from
the carrier for Little America.
Cruzen said, however, it was
fiossible the flight would be de
ayed until Thursday or Thurs
day night.
The Yancey, after entering tho
bay, will send Seabcea and bread
ashore by small boat.
KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 29, 1947
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LOS ANGELES, Jan. 29 A man (loft) who gave hia nam as Daniel S. Voorhees is booked
hara aarly today after be walked Into police headquarters and said, according to Capt Jack
Donahoe, that he "wanted to confasa" to the mutilation slaying of Elisabeth Short. Ha was
booked on suspicion of murder. Officers with bim ware not identified. AP wiraphoto.
Crescent Crash
Fatal To One
Klamath county j third traf
tii fatality since JanUary 1,
1947, occurred on the Willamette
uiamel
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pass, IS miles south,
weat of Crcacent, at
1 o'clock Tuesday
when Luvcrne Hunt,
about 26, Long Beach,
Call., received fatal
injuries in a car crash.'"' Auto
Bend state police raiamy
were Investigating today but
road conditions arc said to have
made it impossible for officers
to go to the scene late yesterday.
Hunt died en route to St. Charles
hospital, Bend, in the Niswonger
Winslow ambulance.
Mrs. Hunt Is recovering from
injuries in St. Charles hospital.
Her condition is not serious,
Bend reports advised lato Wed
nesday. Officers here were wait
ing to receive a report from Bend
police, it is understood that
snow conditions caused the ac
cident and that several cars
were involved but injuries were
received only by Mr. and Mrs.
Hunt.
Bay Psalm Book
Brings $151,000
NEW YORK. Jan. 29 P) A
man quietly nodding his head
at an auction last night raised
the shouted bids of Socialite Cor
nelius Vanderbilt Whitney to
$130,000 for a copy of tho first
book printed in America then.
with a final nod, acquired it for
S131.000, the highest price ever
paid for a book in this country.
The volume was one of 11 ex
istiint of the Bay Psalm book,
published in 1640 at Cambridge,
Mass., by the first printing es
tablishment In the Massachusetts
bay colony.
Dr. A. S. W. Rosonbach, rare
books dealer whose agent, John
Fleming, outbid Whitney at the
Parke-Bcrnet galleries last night,
said today he considered it "a
very reasonable price."
Army Prisoners
Escape Jail
NEV YORK, Jan. 29 P)
Five army prisoners hacksawed
their way through iron bars to
day and escaped from prison on
Governor's Isl md in New York
harbor, U. S. army authorities
said.
Four of tne prisoners had been
transferred to Fort Jay on the
island after attempting to escape
from Ft. Dix, N. J., Now Year's
eve, the army said.
. A hacksaw w. found in their
cell In which two bars had been
cut away, the army said, and a
sixth prisoner who had declined
to join them in the escape wjs
found In the cell. The five were
believed to have swum to a row
boat moored 200 feet off the
island, which is Just one-half
mile from the lower tip of Man
hattan, and rowed to shore,'
rips Britain, Europe
Slaying Suspect Booked
Alaska Safe From Any
Ground Invasion Says Army
ANCHORAGE. Alaska. Jan
28 (Delayed) IA1 If Alaska ever
la- - attacked, the -enemy -will
fliriKe who air Dome troops in
the opinion of leading military
authorities here.
"I can't imagine moving
masses of troops across this
country by land," MaJ. Gen
Howard A. Craig, who has the
over-all tactical command of
both army and navy forces in
Alaska and the Aleutians, said
today.
Substantially the same state-
Reds Refute
Pauley Talk
MOSCOW, Jan. 29 (P) The
government newspaper Izvestia
characterized today as "absurd
and tendentious" Edwin W.
Pauley's recent assertion that
Russia was wrecking Man
churia's industrial economy by
removal of productive machin
ery. Pauley, acting as President
Truman's porsonal representa
tive on reparations, made the
statement last month in a re
port based on a special mission
to Manchuria during the sum
mer. Izvestia particularly chal
lenged Pauley's estimate that
$2,000,000,000 damage had been
done in Manchuria since the
Soviet occupation and reassert
ed Russia's right to seize Jap
anese military property as "war
trophies." The paper declared
Pauley had deliberately tried to'
confuse these "war .trophies
with the question of reparations.
Forest Camp To
Be Inspected
SALEM, Jan. ,29 House'
social welfare committee mem
bers will go Friday morning to
inspect the forestry camp, at
Timber as a prospective site for
a boys' detention camp.
Another site, tne state arbore
tum at Camp Adair, will be in
spected Saturday.
The sites were recommended
by the state forestry depart
ment. Mrs. Anna M. Ellis, chairman
of the committee, said at least
seven members of the commit
tee will make the trip.
Pine Waste Into Hardwood
CORVALLIS, Jan. 29 '() An excellent hardboard can be
made from pondcrosa pine waste but tho bug is that you've got
to make too much of it.
Oregon forest products laboratory, experimenting at the re
quest of tho Lakevicw chamber of commerce, found that the
waste from eastern Oregon's ponderosa pine could be turned into
hardboard efficiently with a plant producing 5rf tons a day.
That, however, reported Paul M. Dunn, Oregon State college
forestry dean and laboratory head, would require about 33 cords
of slab wood daily and a million-dollar plant investment.
To make the waste utilization practical for a fairly large mill
or group of smaller mills, a process that would be efficient on a
smaller scale say 20 tons- a day would require a capital outlay
of $250,000.
Laboratory officials held out hope of developing such pro
cess if funds continue available. ...
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ment was made a few days ago
by Col. Paul v. Kane, com
mander of task force Frigid-at-Fairbanks,
in talks to a group
of news correspondents and pho
tographers touring this area.
Communications is the key to
the strategy of Alaskan defense,
in the opinion of both men.
There is only one railroad,
which is blocked sometimes for
weeks in bad winter weather,
and a few main gravel highways
connecting coastal cities with
one another and the interior.
Transporting large numbers of
troops and supplies by surface
travel presents the utmost dif
ficulty. In winter any move
ment through the frozen wilder
ness is painfully slow and un
certain. And in summer the few
muddy roads provide travel sur
faces which are not much better
than in winter. Sending mechan
ized divisions across the muskeg
and tundra in the summer would
be impossible, and in winter it
could be done only by follow
ing the frozen creeks and rivers.
War Committees
Hear Austin
WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 (VP)
Warren Austin, U. S. representa
tive on the United Nations se
curity council, told reporters he
had discussed "how to prevent
World War three" at a joint
meeting of the senate and house
armed services committees to
day. The session was closed and
Austin declined to go into de
tails of the two-hour parley.
Chairman Uurney (R-s. D.) of
the senate committee said the
lawmakers were "glad to get in
more detail" a report on U. N.
activities.
Chairman Andrews (R-N. Y.)
of the house committee said the
off-record discussion was "most
enlightening."
Lemmon Okayed As
California Judge
WASHINGTON. Jan. 29 (P)
A senate judiciary subcommittee
approved Tuesday President Tru
man s nomination of Dai M. Lem
mon of Sacramento to be a fed
eral district judge for northern
California.
Chairman Ferguson (R-Mich.)
said the nomination will be re
ported favorably to the full com
mittee next Monday.
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Icy Blasts
Hit Fuel
Short Cities
By TOM WILLIAMS
LONDON, Jan. 29 P) Lon
don temperatures tumbled a 18
year lows xnd icy blasts of the
most severe cold wave of the
winter took a mounting toll of
life in fuel-short French and
German cities today.
Swept bv gales from Siberia,
the British capital was colder
than Moscow. Vhe cold even af
fected Big Ben, making the big
clock's chimes stutter in the
night.
New P.acord
Suburban London temper
atures dropped to 11 above zero
(Fahrenheit). The Kew weather
observatory reported 15 above,
lowest since February, 1929, and
the coldest January night since
1894.
At various points in the Eng
lish countryside temperatures
dropped to five above, equalling
the official low in Berlin,
where thousands of miserable
residents huddled in cold lodg
ings or crowded into public
warming halls.
Suffering Acuta
Suffering was acute in the
German capital, where more
than 60 persons have frozen to
death since December 1, city
health officials reported. During
the seven weeks xrom December
1 to January 15, the city health
office also announced, 188 per
sons were taken to hospitals
with frozen limbs and 19,000
others required treatment for
frostbite.
At least three deaths from the
cold were reported in Paris to
day. -
Many French towns reported
record low temperatures for the
nignt. commenty, in central
France, reported a reading of
seven below zero (Fahrenheit).
Hundreds of Parisians, too
poor to buy their low-priced fuel
ration, crowded into subway sta
tions to sleep on benches until
herded out at 1:30 a. m., closing
time.
With coal deliveries halted by
frozen canals, Paris officials an
nounced new restrictions on gas
consumption would become ef
fective February 1.
Phone Rate
Raise Okayed
SALEM, Jan. 29 (JP) Public
Utilities Commissioner George
H. Flagg today approved a $205.
000 annual rate increase for the
West Coast Telephone company,
which operates in the Forest
Grove, La Grande, Klamath Falls
and Coos Bay districts.
The increase is effective Feb
ruary 1, and Flagg said it is de
signed to partially offset in
creased wages and operating ex
penses of $307,998 a year.
The increase is the same as al
lowed in the state of Washing
ton several months ago, the com
pany operating in both states.
The commissioner denied, the
company's petition to put com
munications between exchanges
in the Forest Grove -district on a
toll basis where there have been
no toll rates in the past.
Hudson Motor Co.
Employes Return
DETROIT, Jan. 29 (fP) Ap
proximately 14,000 Hudson Mo
tor Car company employes re
turned to their jobs early today
after a two-day work stoppage
called to protest a disciplinary
suspension given a shop stew
ard. The steward, James Bom-
maritcf, was laid off Monday
after he instructed a male
worker not to relieve a woman
employe. Bommarito's assertion
that this was cbntrary to con
tract provisions was upheld by
officers of local 154, United
Automobile Workers (CIO).
Josephine County
Storm Clears Up
GRANTS PASS, Jan. 29 OP)
Clear skies and bright sunshine
today followed the storm which
blocked - highways and snarled
traffic in the Josephine county
area yesterday. Highway offi
cials reported the Redwood
highway cleared late yesterday.
The storm left deep snows on
the various summits, with an
estimated two feet at the Coast
range summit. Heavy snow fell
for a long distance along the
south Pacific highway from the
Siskiyou summit deep into Cal
ifornia, i
Secondary
Boycotts
End Urged
WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 (P
R. Stafford Edwards, president
of the National Electrical Manu
facturers association, aaid today
union secondary boycotts have
increased costs of some electrical
fixtures as much as 500 per cent.
Testifying before the senate
labor committee, Edwards urged
that congress outlaw such prac
tices. The committee is considering
new labor legislation and among
the bills before it is one to pro
hibit secondary boycotts.
Generally speaking, this term
is applied when a union refuses
to handle or work with the
products of a company with
which it has no direct dispute.
Edwards took the stand after:
1. Theodore R. Iserman. a
New York attorney, called for
a general overhauling of the
Wagner act. He told the com
mittee the act is "the root of
unsatisfactory labor relations in
the United States."
2. Chairman Taft (R-Ohio)
told newsmen that in view of
Secretary of Labor Schwellen
bach's testimony the GOP-con-trolled
senate labor group and
the administration may be
"closer together" on pending
legislation than it appeared
earlier.
Tax Proposal
Argued Here
The sales tax proposal of the
state legislature was argued be
fore a luncheon meeting of the
Klamath County chamber of
commerce today, and four speak
ers were neard during the forum.
Ed Geary, farmer, and
J. W. Sanders, representative of
the taxation committee, Klamath
Realty board, were the speakers
favoring the sales tax, and F. W.
Winseman, manager of Harwin's
jewelry store, and C. D. Long,
business agent of the local car
penters' union, spoke for the op
position. Each speaker had eight min
utes allotted in which to present
his arguments. John Houston
served as moderator of the
forum.
Concerning the sales tax pro
posal it was brought out that
Monday night the Merrill grange
voted unanimously to endorse
sucn a tax. ( '
Document
File Asked
WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 UP)
President Truman is considering
steps to prevent the withdrawal
of official government papers by
cabinet and other federal offi
cials when they leave govern
ment service.
Press Secretary Charles G.
Ross made this known to re
porters today in the wake of an
official request that Henry Mor
genthau Jr. return a "major
part" of a voluminous diary he
took with him when he left as
secretary of the treasury in July,
1945.
Former Secretary of Interior
Harold L. Ickes also has gotten
his dander up over a report that
ho had taken government files
with him when he retired from
the cabinet.
Ross said it is Mr. Truman's
opinion that "official papers"
should be left with the govern
ment. He added that the "matter
has not been though through"
but has been considered.
The attempt to regain the Mor
genthau files, Ross said, is in the
hands of Treasury Secretary
John W. Snyder.
Carpenter Strike
Situation Same
Strike conditions existing be
tween the carpenters' local. No.
190, and members of ABC and E,
the contractors' group, remained
unchanged today. The strike was
called January 6 and despite ne
gotiating committees on both
sides, no agreement had been
reached at a late hour Wednes
day. Larry Watkins of Pinnlger
and Watkins. president of ABC
and E, advised The Herald and
News that no meetings were
scheduled to his knowledge to
continue negotiations.
Construction
Predict Big
CHICAGO, Jan. 29 (JP) J.L.
Haynes, chief of the construction
division of the U. S. department
of commerce, said today his di
vision believes there will be suf
ficient material to supply the pre
dicted $22,000,000,000 construc
tion demand this year.
In an address prepared for the
28th annual convention of the
Associated General Contractors
of America, Haynes, of Washing
ton, added: "As you might judge,
however, the situation will be
spotty."
He summarized the picture
thus:
"Brick inventories are at the
highest level in 28 months.
Lumber production last year
was excellent with stocks accu
mulating.
Soil pipe production has been
Legislature
Bucks Tax r
Commission
By PAUL W. HARVEY Jr.
SALEM, Jan. 29 UP) Th
Oregon legislature today mad
its first move to .reduce state .
income taxes, in opposition to
the state tav stnriv
recommendation that incoma
taxes ue increased to help aolve
the state's fiscal problems.
Seven legislators Introduced
a bill in the house today to in
crease the exemptions for chil
dren from $300 each to $500
each, aavinir a man with t...
children $8 a year in taxes.
ine Din would not affect a
couple without children. The tax
Studv Commission's nrnnnml ma. -
to lower exemptions for married
pcinuns ixum 13UU to 1 1000,
and for single persona from
$1000 to $750.
Tha now hill 1mm 'BfMM.
tures of Reps. J. O. Johnson,
f-uriuuiu; narry scnmeltzer,
Sherwood: William Niskanen,
Bend: R C Fri.hio nv. n u
C. Bennett, Dundee, and'o'tt
Dnn.In, V V I . J . 31
"v"sawii, iueuiura; and Sen
Thomas Parkinson, Roseburg.
Another new house measure
today would give cities 15 per
.in iu Biaie mgnway revenues,
three times the $1,100,000 a year
they now get
A bill to appropriate $864,000
from the general fund for sup
port of the state fair, Pendleton
roundun nnrl nhi i . i
. rr -hub HIJU VX
POSltlOnS was introduced today
by Rep. Joseph E. Harvey, Port-
it v r " t""vose to relieve -the
fairs from being dependent
UDon horxo nnd jm -in- t.-.
ting, and is the first part of a
move to ban racing.
Basin Pioneer
Passes Today
ueain ininned the ranks of
Klamath pioneers early today
with the passing of Frederich
Nitschelm, 88, for more than 38
years a rpirint r thia
- wwtV
and city.
Mr. Nitschelm died at 7:20 a.
m. Wednesday at the home of hia
daughter Mrs. Byron K. Teed,
1025 Jefferson, following an ill- :
ness of the past three months.
In addition to Mr. Teed, he U '
survived- by twoother-datt4. "
tera, Mrs. J. F. Bryant of Klam
ath Falls and Mrs. C G. An
drews, Vancouver, B. C, and
two sons, G. W. of Portland and
H. A. Nitschelm of Klamath
Falls.
A native of Alsace Lorraine.
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Einstein Theory
Solved At Last . ;
DUBLIN. Eire. Jan. 20 IB
Austrian-born Dr. Erwbv".
Schroedinger, professor of tha
school of physics in the Dublin
Institute for Advanced Studies,
asserted today that he had
solved a 30-year-old problem:
the competent generalization of
Einstein's great theory of 1916."
Dr. Schroedinger gave his so
lution to a group of 20 profes
sors and students. It was, like
Einstein's theory of relativity,
expressed in algebraic symbols
impossible to reproduce in con
versational English. .
Its effect, he said, was to re
late the Einstein theory to
electro-magnetics. Heretofore,
the physicist said, the Einstein
theory had expressed gravita
tion only.
US Steel-CIO
Talks Recessed
PITTSBURGH. Jan. 29 UP)
Negotiations of the U. S. Steel
Corp. and the CIO United Steel
workers recessed their contract
talks today until next Thursday. '
At that time, a joint an
nouncement said, smaller and
less cumbersome committees
one representing each side will
hold a general meeting. Instead
of the big1 delegations negotiat
ing since rriday.
The conferees made no an
nouncement on status of tha ,
talks but gave the impression
that they were getting spade-
work accomplished toward a
meeting of management and
union aims.
fircrss Hats
Building Boom
increasing, but hardly meeting
the estimated needs.
"I doubt that wholesale and re
tall inventories (of materials)
will be normal until at least next
winter.
"The export of building ma
terials has not seriously affected
the domestic building program.
"The price level of construc
tion materials rose rapidly and
substantially in '46.
"It is, in sum, the feeling of
the construction division that
with strikes as usual; i. e., some
thing less than the '46 pattern, a
slight softening of the house
market, a better flow of building
materials; a materials demand
less than capacity construction
and building materials costs will
advance somewhat, but leu than
they did in '46."
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