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4v41i- ffTt vTr VOL. NO. 40 PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA THURSDAY, DEC, 6, 1945 NO. 113 i Cass County H ad 70 Per Cent of Its Bond Quota I With ju.t two more days re-, r:ain:n:ir in the Victory Loan Drive; Cuss county has reached TO'' j of it b'irid uuoia, aecorair.g to j Harold Kllk.tt", chairman of the i (I live. j "Most r.f my figures on result? j f i om the various towns and pre- j i-inr-ts are not complete," Elliott J o -plained. ' However, we will pro-; hahly iiiiil e our overall quota of j sili !'(!(. I doubt very much that! Cii county will reach its full! K bond quota before Dt-cerr.i er i X." ! Late reports in Plattsmouth i -hwv: 'hat bond sale;; now tots! j a!j.) ov i rrcly 12.V:'sO, which' ; SI 1,0"i( over the quota set for , the city. j P.eports from other sections of! the county a h,y have been i t'lin'-d in to Kli'ott are rs fol-: !,': I Mvo, Fn.n--M.-2."; Avoca pre-, cii.tt. i2.or.O; Avrer, $24.21 2.-( rf ; Center precinct. $750: Eaele rn! Tipton n-ecinct, $21,000: E:.:-t Rook Bluff. 81.237.50; Eight Mile Grove (unofficial) $24'J.75;i Kl in wood precinct. SI 4.000; Kim-; uuoii. f'!2.7o.".2-"; Greenwood.! ? 1.12v7o; Liberty precinct. $3. ; '.'.!.2.r.; Louisville. 512,174: Man-, hv, Sll.OiiS.73: Mount Pleasant,, $2.1 "".30: Murueck. $730; Mur-i iav. $n.22"; Xehawka. $0,010;! Plattstnoutb precinct. $0.2:17.50:; Salt Crock Precinct. $8,250; South j B.-nd precinct. ? 1 ,"S7.."0 ; Stone Cicch pi'.'finct. $14.0d7: TTnion.i $r,.000: 'epinr Water. $23.000 :' WefT in? Wate- precinct. $23. 112.50; and West Pock Bluff, $70v!.75. ! Elliott pointed that manv of i the figures listed here are not on to date and therefore do not -l.iv complete sales throughout: the crun'v. Thomas S. Solomon j Gets Commendation j From Gen. McCoach j A commendation from Major j General Dawid McCoach, Com- mandinsr General of the Sixth Ser- j vice Command, was received this week by Warrant Officer Thomas S. Solomon of Plattsmouth and ' seven enlisted men of the military i police detachment at Camp Grant, TH. for their work as a security detail for General Dwight D. Eis enhower at the recent Amcricar Lecion Convention, General of The commendation, which car- j rie an indorsement by Brig. Gen. : Paleio-h P. ITendrix, camp com panding general, reads: j "Dunn"- the recent American T egion Contention, General of the Army, Dwight D. Eisenhower,. art ended as a special guest and your organization was called upon to furnish a detail of men to per-! form special services and produce security for the General. "The detail reported promptly. ' wr well turned out and carried out their orders and assigned du-; ties in a manner which reflected , rredit upon the Service Command, ' nnon you as 'heir Commanding Officer, and upon each individual member of the detail. It goves tro crj-eat pleasure to commend this detail for an outstanding per formance of duty. Kindly extend to them my congratulations upon a job well done." j Neighbors Gather to ! Help Shell Corn Some 100 friends and neigh ! ri!-5 of Louis Ehlers spent Thui s-' day at Ihe Ehlers' farm near! LouN i:ie shelling corn and then Yvz it to jhe elevator. The! !ct satherod in tribute to Louis !e? wlio d'.l November 25 in r, i an O hospital as a result) d;e suffered while he was wo'i, -r,o- in his cor" '"ifld. Tht women Provided a dinner (n nig t n" !er;-- home. noon hour at the Eh- Two Men Fined , ( Charles II. Saks was fined $1 and costs Wednesday, December 5, by County Judge Paul E. Fauquet after pleading guilty to a charge of driving a car without an oper ators license. i L. S. Cornett was fined $25 and costs by Judge Fauquet after . T leading guilty to a charge of peeding. j Call Me Mister! Four men reported their dis charges from the aimed forces Wednesday, December 5, to the Cass county selective service of fice in Plattsmouth. Fiom the army: Ralph Binger, Weeping Water; and Harold Oel kers, Avoca. From the navy: Donald Akeson, Lincoln; and Albert Richards, riattsmouth., ? Santa Claus Is Coming To Town Wednesday, Dec. 19 Santa Claus will be in liatts mouth on December 19 instead of December 15 as previously an nounced. Tue to his extremely busy schedule this year St. Nick asked that the time be changed. Santa will be ho.-t to children from all over Cass county and has sent word that he will have gifts for the boys and girls who come to see him. He also said that he would have his list with him to write down what every boy and girl wants him to bring for them on Christmas day. . Santa Claus will meet all the children under the big Christ mas tree on the court house lawn at 8 p. m. Wednesday, Dec ember 19. Some 1200 children came to see him last year and Santa said that this year he hopes there will be many many more. Elect Cook to asonic Raymond C. Cook was elected deputy grand high priest of the Grand Chanter. Royal Arch Mas ons of Nebraska, at the seventy ninth annual meeting held in Omaha Wednesday. Rev. T. Por ter Rennet, pastor of the Metho dist church, was reelected grand chaplain of the organization and chaplain of the order of high priesthood. Dr. David C. Hilton of Lincoln is the newly elected grand high priest and will serve in this capacity for the nexi year. Robert Mann, high priest elect, received the order of high priest hood. Past high priests of the Nebraska chapter number 3 who atended the meeting from Platts mouth included Eddie Wehrbein, Henry Nolting. George Brinklow and Howard Wiles. These mem bers acted as delegates to the meeting. John Rummel attended the an nual dinner of the Nebraska Vet eran Freemasons Association at noon Wednesday in Omaha and was initiated into the veteran's association. All the delegates at tended this dinner. William Evers, supei intendent of the Masonic home, was in attendance and act ed as chairman of the finance committee. He reports that the grand chapter voted $2,500 to ward the fund for the new home to be elected here. Public Library Has Heavy Business The monthly report from the Plattsmouth public library shows that during November a total of 3254 books were circulated by the library. Of these, 1020 were adult fiction and non-fiction and 1634 were juvenile fiction and non fiction. Thirty-seven new borrowers signed up during the month, ac cording to Miss Verna Leonard, librarian, and 52 new books were purchased and placed in circula tion. Miss Leonard said that the Thanksgiving school collection was $30.11, the largest amount ever collected. ''The librarv is most grateful for this mark of appreciation." t Miss Leonard de clared, "and the money will he used to purchase new books for school-age readers." During- November the Platts mouth Woman's club gave the li brary money to purchase a new book as their annual gift to the library. Mrs. Harold Shafer donated a copv of "Forever Amber" by Kathleen Winsor to the library There have been many requests for this book by library patrons. Miss Leonard explained. Christmas books are now on dis plav in the library and are much in demand by children readers. MacArthur Orders Arrest of 9 Japs TOKYO, (U.R) Gen. Dou-las MacArthur ordered the Japanese government Thursday to arrest another list of nine war criminal suspects headed by former pre mier Prince Fumimaro Konoye and Marquis Koichi Kido. Konoye was premier until 1941 and was minister without port folio in the Higashi-Kuni cabinet which resigned last October. Kido is Lord keeper of the privy seal and closest advisor to the throne. mm Mr. and Mrs. Frank J. Koubek. a daughter, born Tuesday morn ing at St. Catherine's hospital. HUNTING TIME Friday: 7:13 a. m. to 4:5C p. in. Saturday: 7:14 a. m. to 4:56 p. m. ' Bt Nil" 5 tAir ih'ti 1 IT IcH ,f f B 1 h 8 TAKE ATOMIC EQUIPMENT APART Small atomic equip ment of Japs is taken apart in Japan by United States occupation troops as they prepare to destroy it by order of Secretary of War Robert Patterson. American scientists protest the destruction of the five, cyclotrons and related equipment in three Japanese cities. (N'EA Telephoto) Legion Auxiliary Collecting Gifts Gifts for the Yanks Who Gave are being accumulated by the American Legion Auxiliary under the direction of Mrs. Robert Cap pell. She said Thursday that the public is favorably meeting the request for contributions. Many of the organizaztions that are participating in this drive have not yet had meetings where the collections are to be made but following such meetings Mrs. Cap pell expects to have a greater number of gifts. Anyone who wishes, may leave a complete box already gift wrap ped at the Consumers office where several are already in the office window. These boxes are to have a value of $3. Collection boxes will be install ed in various stores where small er items may be left which will later be put into the gift pack ages. These stores include Sti bal's Variety store, Conis" Shine ing Parlor, Soennichsens and Gob elman's Paint Store. Students in in the high school art classes are making posters to be placed in these stores Saturday to mark the place of deposit for the gifts. December 15 is the deadline for all contributions. At that time Mrs. Cappell and members of her committee will complete the gift boxes and prepare everything re ceived for shipment to the pro ject headquarters. These gifts will be distributed on Christma--dav top service men who were wounded during the war and must spend the holidavs in the hospi tals. HaywortH and Wells Consider Separation Hollywood, 0I.R Actress Rita Hayworth said Thursday that she and Orson Wells well known actor, producer, director, radio star and magician, were consider ing a separation. I Miss Hayworth said she and W ells, who were married while she still was engaged to film star Victor Mature, would issue a joint statement later in the day. Fined $10 Oral L. Sewell, of St. Louis, Mo., was fined $10 and costs Wednesday, December 5, by Jus tice of the Peace C. L. Graves af ter pleading guilty to a charge of reckless driving. Sewell was ar rested by R. J. Emery Jr., patrr.l- man. HEADS ITALY leide de Gas peri, Rome, Italy, a member of Italy's Christian Democratic party who has accepted formal charge to head a new Italian govern ment. (NEA Radiophoto) Kl Iff ,jN J Terrorist Activity Reported in Iran TEHRAN, (UP) A wave of ter rorises activity was reported in Northern Iran Thursday, includ ing assassination of the police hief in Tabriz. Word of the outbreak was re ceived in Tehran by official radio telephone. The police chief was killed Wednesday, it was report ed, and the assassination was blamed on "democrats." Word here was that Governor Bayatt was attempting to re store order but was hampered by growing unrest. Mass meetings were being held by the democrats who also tried to break into the central military garage at Tab riz and seize the government ve hicles there. Start Search for 5 Navy Bombers MIAMI, 0J.R) A flight of 5 navy torpedo bombers disappeared on the southeast Florida coast Wednesday night and Thursday a full scale search headed by an aircraft carrier was launched over a wide area. The escort carrier Solomon, with 25 or 30 planes which could scour the Atlantic region was call ed into the search by the navy here. Rescue Sfiips Planes from the carrier were joined by all available coast guard, navy and army aircraft and rescue vessels. All merchant shipping in the coastal waters also was asked by radio to aid in the search, the largest air-way rescue operation for the nation in this area. Overdue The planes, from the naval air station at Ft. Lauderdale Flori da, were reported overdue when they failed to return from a rou tine flight.- Each carried two crewmen. None of the planes sent out distress messages apparently and the exact location of any mass disaster was a mvstery. The Ft. Lauderdale station did not reveal the names of the miss ing men. Investigate Council At Nebraska City I NEBRASKA CITY. U.R The 1 propriety of the Nebraska City I Council in spending tax funds to i influence a vote of the people was questioned Thursday by mem- I bers of the legislative council's investigating committee. The committee met here to determine whether outside in fluences were brought to bear in the election last June 26, when the citizen voted 901 to 451 to issue $950,000 in revenue bonds to purchase the local facilities of the Consumers Public Power Di.-- rict. According to city attorney. John M. Dierks the council spent city funds, including light and gas revenues as well as tax funds, to pay for advertisements in favor of the purchase. Trv to Assassinate Egyptain Premier CAIRO, (U.R) An attempt to assassinate former Egyptian pre mier Nahas Pasha was thwarted Thursday. A bomb was hurled at Nahas as he was on his way to the Saadist Club by motor. The bomb missed him but 22 persons were injured in the explosion. The bomb was thrown from a passing automobile. It exploded between a street car and a Bri tish military truck. Lend-Love Bride Fights for Divorce DUBUQUE, la., CUR! Mrs. Jean Carbone, 19-year-old Bri tish war bride, Thursday prepared to v.ae a legal battle to obtain a divorce from her husband and remarry in time to beat he stork. Capt. Darrell Beschen. admit ted father of Mrs. Carbon's un born child, retained an attorney i for her yesterday before leaving for reassignment at the Santa Ana. Calif., air base. The captain and his beautiful ! redhaired sweetheart bade each ' squadrons in tne u. s. oi pianes other an affectionate farewell be-!"''1 which to build up the air de-' fore he left by automobile for Ce-!ense of the Hawaiians early in dar Rapids, la., where he was to! 1941. catch a westbound train late Wednesday night Eefore departing-. Beschen cau-l tioned her to leave turtner action in her marital mixun to her attor ney. H. J. Hoffman. Hoffmann said he was await ing word from Harold Carbone. former air corps lieutenant now a student at the University of Ro chester in New York, who wed the girl in London in 1944. At Rochester, Carbone turned j a deaf ear to his wife's nlea for a divorce and said ne wouio put his problem up to the Roman Latr.onc enure n. Expect Fight on New Labor Bill WAFHINGTON. (U.R) A sharp Records released by the com-!eSe Generalissimo Chiang Kai fight was shaning up in the house mittee disclosed that in June of Shek. labor commitee Thursday over a the previous year, 1940. Marshall' Th rhnres were made bv Pat- bill to give President Truman his requested autnomy to set up iact-( ed a Japanese attack on Hawaii, j dor to China, before the state for-; would have given the UAW a 10 finding boards in serious labor. The army wanted its Hawaiian ; eign relations committee. He ap-j per cent increase, raising em disnutes. ; commander in June 1940 to go on pears before the committee again! Pi0yes' wages to 30 per cent above One high-ranking member said war alert to deal with possible 1 Thursday to face what members, january if4i levels, according to me cnmnuLiee was auuui n riii , irans-f acuic raids. describe as "cross-examination, divided on the measure, which has; The army's fear explained to' Lend-Lease drawn bitter opposition from or-; the army and navy commanders! Hurley argued that career dip ganized labor. Administration in Hawaii were inspired by the ; lomats wanted to give lend-lease leaders anticipated little trouble, ! signing of a new Russo-Japanese ! arms to Chinese communists to however, in their efforts to bring, agreement. The army felt that the, help overthrow Chungking gov the bill to the floor for speedy . agreement might have been timed ! ernment. These diplomats, he said, house action. , to permit the Jananesp .- Fact-Finding The bill would authorize the; president to set-un fact-finding boards whenever labor disputes threatened to disrupt the nation al economy. The boards would then inves tigate the issues in disnute for 20 days ad would make specific recommendations. Its recommend -tions would not be binding upon either mana?ement or labor. A compulsory "no strike, no lock out" rule would be in effect, how ever, during the board's delibera tions and for five days after and before. Coeling-of f It is thi 30-dav "cooline-of f " neriod that has aroused the strong est criticism of labor leaders. e necially CIO president PhiliD Mnrrav. Thev charge that it would rob lahor of its chief weapon in a disnute the right to strike at arv timo. The bPl would authorize the "fact-finding" board to subpoena company books and records. In dustry opposes thi provision, ar guine tat its n-o;s are its busi ness and no one else's. THIEF NETS 3 CENTS BOSTON (U.R) A thief went to the trouble of felling Miss Bertha Owirka of Dorchester with on iron bar, snatched her handbag and must have been surprised and dis appointed to find it contained only 3 cents. Navy Court Contines Investigation Of Cruiser Indianapolis Disaster WASHINGTON. Dec. 6 U-R 1 days before any were tricked up. a ,,r,T nTt nof TVma-n- tJlr. the meantime, hundreds died , , . j T.'from shock and exposure. The determine if the commander of the, . . , . . 'navy is trying to learn the full cruiser Indianapolis attempted to' storv behind this disaster. order prompt abandonment of hist Ship's bugler .Donald F. Mack sinking ship. of Easton, Pa., told the court he The court is trving Cap t. 'was unable to contact the cruiser's Charles B. McVay, 111, skipper of tho Indianapolis, on charges of in--"i(.TiCv jnd failure to issue "timely orders" to abandon the srken vessel. Tt sank in ihe PMinnine sea July SO with loss of men. Cow m u n e a 1 1 on s V("io of w'tnpcses 5n the first three davs of fVo nour -Tnqr- has st"d that M"VaT' f ailpd i AT reran cpiilrl not rJpfoiTvifnp bp- tn icsyp "timely" abandon-ship ; fn th orrrnnrvowt "'ves dam orders. Several witnesses, how-l s and the radio room was ever, fcif'ed that nower and,.!?-'-'' eommppieatiop facilities aboard Morsn said had received an vrp disrupted bv two oxnlosionS rAn- Ko4ot cVir v17f rould wh'- pstroypd the cruiser. iJwif be speaker's voice in MVVv i also ehareed with-tp 'opfusion. fnnino. to order thf shin on a Tig-! nn th .rher hand. T.. flomdr. crcp a i was proceeding! ihard T. Pedmavne of Norwood, from Guam to Leyte after deliv-j Mac . shin's ennneer?pp- pffieor. '"i" !ro? h-vh To-ts. iiTi-iv- j ors ptimpv disclosed that the . onestio''' of 7'r-"ap'P'ir had been left to McVp's discretion. Five Day The snrvivors also Agreed that, nbout 800 of the 1,196 personnel i aboard the Indianapolis were hlei to abandon the ship. It wag five Threat of Government Action May Bring Results in General Motors MrLiiiir lYiarsiiciii Ticuneu More Air Defense WASHINGTON, (U.R)- Gen- i eral George C. Marshall said , Thursday ne r o d d e a training The former chief of staff told the Pearl Harbor investigating committee of his efforts to build xawixiv, vui,..-. while simultaneously conducting a growing training program at home and supplying Great Britain in her war with Germany. ! Applause Marshall was called to tell his story of the Japanese attack Dec. 7, 1941,, before he leaves on his ew assignment as snecial dido ;TOatic envoy to China. Spectators -m th9 jammed hearing room ' oreeted him with aDDlause. Marshall testified that he did ; not feel at the time that there was i any probability of a Japanese at- ; tack on the fleet at Pearl Harbor. i T , SB 6 - aa3 i should be taken against all cossi- . bilities. I Record had for a timem genuinely fear - j Pearl Harbor while the U. S. fleet was absent, FLASHES FROM THE WIRES MIAMI, Florida. (U.R) A navy patrol bomber carrying perhaps 12 men crashed in flames into the Atlantic Wed nesday night while searching for five torpedo bombers -which disappeared mysteriously, it was revealed Thursday. WASHINGTON, (U.R) Ad miral Wm. F. Halsey, Jr., de clared Thursday it was "pure bunk" to claim that the Pro posed army navy merger would bring greater efficiently to our armed forces. WASHINGTON, (UR) The agreement for a U. S. loan to Great Britain was signed for mally Thursday at the state de partment. NUERNBURG, (U.R) Gener al Joseph T. McNarne7, succes sor to General Dwight Eisen hower predicted Thursday that Germany might have "isolated food riots" this winter but said the allies had enough soldiers to handle any situation that might arise. , engine room by telephone from the bridge where be was standing bugler's watch. He said that he was not directed to sound abandon phip orders. SOS Messages -Ppd'omar .Top"t -T Mots'" of tnctfiTr 'r,o.. told of hi" f forts pof tbp TCToscmtres Tpft tVo shin. said he eard ro commands 'of v jot" r0-ardin? leaving the shin. He said repeated efforts of pprjpp room personnel to contact bp bridge were unsuccessful. He believe the forward generators, which wee destroyed, supplied power to the cruiser's radio and to the inter-ship telephone system; ! Mrs. Eisenhower is ! Mrs. Eisenhower is ! On Way Home Today BOONE la., Dec. 6 (U.R) Mrs. Dwight Eisenhower, still weak ' from an attack of bronchial pneu- monia, was enroute to Washington i nursaay to rejoin ner husband, ; the army s new cniei or siaii. Mrs. Eisenhower was carried to - the train on a stretcher last night, ! Hospital authorities, however, said Mrs. Eisenhower was in good , spirits- about leaving the hos- Tl1t;i, She was stricken with pneu- mnnia whpn shp. and den. h-isen- hower came to Boone Nov. 17 to visit relatives. Bvmes to Begin Persona! Check On Hurley Charge WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 U.R) Secretary of State James F. Byrn- ; es Thursday began a personal in vestigation of charges that two . . . ia j foreign service men plotted ! against the government of Chin- T;ck J. Hurley, resigned ambassa- ' John S. Service, now advisors to! Gen. Douglas MacArthur in Tokyo. He cited a number of "secret" and "top secret" state depart ment records to support his case. Byrnes took the documents from department files for a de tailed, personal study. He also ob tained a transcript of Hurley's testimony before the committee. Byrnes Reply The secretary plans to make his reply to the committee tomor row. He originally was invited to testify Thursday, but requested the delay to make a more thorough study of the charges. The hearings were called to in vestigate the circumstances of Hurley's sudden resignation as ambassador, but thev showed signs of spreading into a general inoniry into state department practices and policies. Hurlev honed ther would. Com mitter members faid the hearings probably would continue "for some time " No Bfe!cin Hurlev testified that disputes wre not copfiped to the ''lower oelons." He claimed that while hiph state department officials privntelv "av him their complete hacking, the department was send in out letters statins flatly thp.t policies he was fallowing in China w rot those of the dnarme"t.. Hurler also Tenorted that he reepivevd information that Grea Britain opposed his policies which "-ere intpnded to keep a strong Nationalist government in Chung king. Ouestioned ahot his complaint that tho United State had been pucK-od into an imperalistic bloc in China, Hurley identified the ! "ber of this allee-ed bloc as Britain,, France,, the Nether lands and before the war, Ger n anv and Japan as well as the smaller countries of Belgium and Portugal U S. o Loar Britaiff 4 RHlSon Dollars WASHINGTON. flj.P) The Fni- d states aerreed Thursday to lend Great Britain $4,400,000,000 re payable at 2 per rent interest over n BO-voar period beginning Dec. SI "Q.-T. Tbo loan comprises S3 7S0 -nOO.000 fP fn rh 3rd ff,30.- OOn.ooo fM) in lnd eaRe and Kiirnlii5 property goods. The two eouPris ap-rep1 on tp latte fienre as a final settlement of all British lend leqpp and surplus property obligations to this coun try The S3.750.nno.no (n rash lop must be approved nd annro prioted hv congress. The Sfi.'n. 000.000 lend leas settlement bp '"omp"? final hv action of th presi dent under terms of the lend lease act. The agreement permits Britain to waive Interest payments in years when she has had unfavor able trade balance. Leaders Eager Jq Avoid TrUHian j , PQr nf Aff'iplr i 1 lCtll Ul X tldvri. DETROIT. Dee. 6. (U.R) General Motors Corp.. and the striking CIO United Auto Workers union sought Thursday to chart a path to labor peace. They were working against time in an effort to solve their differences before the federal gov ernment takes a hand in the 16- f day-old walkout of 175,000 GM i . ,v. r.i The " losJve 30 per cent wajfe j increase demand by the UAW I which precipitated the strike Nov. 21 was laid on the union-corporation conference table for renewed discussion for the first time since the work stoppage began. Col ! lective bargaining conferences be ! tween GM and the UAW resume at j 2 p. m. Thursday. Speculation There was speculation here that the entire question of wages may be settled by the end of the week. Some quarters predicted that the union would accept far less than it has demanded, with a possibility that a 15 per cent pay boost for GM production employes would result. A previous wage offer by GM, withdrawn after the strike started the company. Surprise Moves The surprising developments of the past 24 hours were the most promising in a month of dead locked negotiations, during which the union and corporation had assumed positions of an irrestible force battering against an im movable object. Agreement to resume full col Iretivp bareaining "with nr vtrfnes attached" was reached Wednpsday at p dramatic, secrecv shrmided eopferencp in Pitts Surpii rnllP.l liv GTO Presldpnt nhiHn Miirrav. Prpppnt were hich Tf.n anH c, officials, inclndin -n-aifpr T TJupther and H. T. Thomas, viep Prpsldpnt apd prefil dent of tl-p urion. and W. And oreop. vice president of the cor poration. A rr a n p"m pp f Vrom thp mept'ng came the cfatpmont hr CTO h',.'doua',tr that "arrangements havp been marip to eontinne collective har-e-.q'nintr ppeoiatins in Det"-"'," r Pputher. who flpw from Pittfi hureh to Pnfflo lqpt nie-ht be fore comin? back to his Petrolt hoodn"f"te.rs. raid the rprwpd neeotiations wouir? begin "with no -friii? attached. " This was plain indication that thp corporation jhad agrepd pot to consider settlement of allegpd "l'llpo-al" picVetine- as a prere enisitp to diseuseion.s on other nojnts i"1 digp'itp. notably the "qp-e problem. Pp'ithpr and Apd preon mpt last week to discuss null' th comnanv charees that ttw roembpr! arp ovprsteppln heir pral riehts keenine- of fo workers out of 93 strikebound GM plan-. Delavinsr Action The comnany-union agreement to trv again to spHIp tbpir own problems staved off for the time being at lest President Truman's appointment of a fact-findinsr board which he si id would be set up for the General Motors strike. Announcement of the membership of the board was scheduled for last niarht. but was dplaved. ap parently in the hone that it would not be needed. It was obvious that willingness of both sides in the systemwlde (Turn to Page 4. Number 7) WEATHER Nebraska Forecast: Fair Thurs day, Thursday night and Friday; slightly colder Thursday night; low Thursday night; low Thursday night 15-20 west and 25-30 east. Jt here ore you going, mj pretty moid?" i t m going shopping, sir," she said, J r; ji:.. i i mf i i iiici, ana surmise y j j Tbot ell you guys should do Hkemae.- J C1 SHOPPING DAYS TfU CHRISTMAS n