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MacArthur Invokes General Strike Ban To Half Jap Walkouts ■y tht Associated Pratt TOKYO, lltr. 39.—Gen. Mac Arthur invoked a general strike ba today to halt rapidly spreadin walkout» by Japanese governmer workers. He specifically instructed Jap anese officials to prevent a threat ened strike by an estimated 400,0C communications employes. Hie spearheaded a quit-work movemer by nearly 1,000,000 governmer workers. Maj. Oen. W. F. Marquat, chl< of Oen. Mac Arthur's economic an scientific section, declared in memorandum the threatened ns tian-wide communications strik set for Wednesday, would have "drastically unfavorable impac upon the economic recovery an public welfare" of the nation. Subject to Earlier Ban. The strike, Oen. MaFquat said, 1 subject to provisions of Oen. Mac Arthur's January 31,1947, ban whlc prevented a similar planned gen eral strike. Oen. Marquat's memorandum di not mention employee other tha communications. All governmer workers have been demanding In creased cost of living bonuses. Ol ficials predicted that it the com municatlons walkout folded, th others would stay on the job. Some workers were due to la off today. Indicating possible in temal friction, only 3,000 of 5,00 communications workers in Ibaraj Prefecture obeyed strike orders prie to today's ban. Anu-ucc«p*tion mciaenu Street car and bue operator· -t Tokyo have been on strike thre days. The communication· dlsput brought one anti-occupation ind dent. Toshlo Yamaguchl, an of flcial of the communications work ere' union, wa» arrested by Amerl can authorities for refusing to re store Tokyo-Osaka telephone clr cuits. Workers bad broken the cir cult used by BOON, the British oc oupation forces newspaper. The government has been UMbl to handle the labor trouble. Th dispute has brought charges the Communist-influenced union lead ere were seeking to overthrow th Japanese government. King Michael to Tour Detroit Auto Plants fty th· Allockitod Pr·*» DETROIT. Mar. 29 — Kin| Michael deposed monarch of Ho mania, arranged today to see wheel turning in "the arsenal of democ racy" after getting a birdseye viei of it yesterday from Gov, Kin Sigler's private plane. King Michael planned to tou: several automobile plants with th< heavy guard of police and State De partaient agents assigned for hi three-day visit here. V," A scuffle between pickets carryinj anti-Michael banners and support ers of the King preceded a banque in his honor. Police broke it uj with no arrests. Rumors of a "plot" led to thi assignment of 50 Detroit officers « well as State police and State De partaient agents to protect thi young exile. 1*5' ' ' % His plané, trip with Gov. Bigle at the controls was arranged on thi spur of the moment at the banquet "I am going to show his majestj this arsenal of democracy from thi air," Gov. Sigler told the dinnei audience of 700 Romanlan-Ameri cans. Thé King rode In the Governor'! car to Detroit Airport. They tool off In the Governor's four-seatec plane to see Willow Run, Self rids* .Field and the Canadian border. "I want the King to see a bordei without forte or guns," Gov. Siglei said. Only the King's aide, Maj. J acquêt Vergetti, went along. They apenl more than an hour in thie air. Harvard School to Hole Statesmanship Talks An all-day conference on "States· manship in Government and Busi ness'' has been scheduled for Apri 10 at the Wardman Park Hotel under the sponsorship of Harvart Graduate School of Business Ad ministration and its Washington Alumni Club. Willard L. Thorp, Assistant Secre tary of State, and Justice Douglai are among those expected to par ticipate. Holdup Men Dissuaded From Robbing Church By the Associated Pr»«« BERKELEY, Calif., Mar. The congregation at the Portuguese As sembly of God Church convinced two strangers that an Easter service was no place for a holdup. Two men walked into the church last night and announced, "Don't nobody move. This is a stickup." The Rev. Manuel Camora and hie parishioners began moving toward the men. The pair fled. Easter Dance Scheduled Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church, Takoma Park, will give its Mcond annual Easter Dance at 1C pjn. Friday in the Nativity School hall, 6000 Georgia avenue N.W Proceeds of the dance will go to the Church Improvement Program. Fraternity to Give Dance An Easter bonnet contest will fea ture the spring dance of the Delta Theta Phi law fraternity Thursflaj night at the Shoreham Hotel. CAN ·( fAINHJl—ANO CtlPMNO, TOO. Tbat'» why »· few people nptrt • geed-tarting ηinert1 water to ! kelp. Yet in an everwhebaing ■ijority ·( cam Monnuio Valley Viler give· tymptoautie *r elle· 1e»l improvement—er kuk Eight (]»μ· a day fer tb ant few week* will give tbU let Spring*, Arkaatat, water a real eheoee te kelp. It It Mforai rtgfct te ye«. Kent Ml, 1062 Write 904 12th N.W., Weil·., 0. C. Mv UllKili· \viil Λ Mill. ! ii tTwJ1 Wdl'.T " ARKANSAS 1 NEW YORK.—EASTER SUNDAY ON FIFTH AVENUE—A huge throng of persons jammed Fifth " avenue in front of St. Patrick's Cathedral following Easter services yesterday. This bird's-eye view was taken from the 39th floor of the International Building in Rockefeller Center. —AP Wirephoto. Philadelphia Police Put Farrell Book on Blacklist By the Associated Pr«f r PHILADELPHIA, Mar. 29.—Jam e T. Parrell's 12-year-old novel, World I Never Made," has bee placed on the Philadelphia polic blacklist, Assistant District Attorne James W. Tracey, Jr., said yesterda; Mr. Tracey said the book is ob ; scene "under the law," adding the ι a recommendation was made tha . the city solicitor prosecute an ; sellers. A meeting of booksellers wa ι scheduled here today to draft plan to ccfanter the city's action. ! The Author's League of Americ 1 and the American Booksellers' As i sociation have joined Philadelphi booksellers, and other Individual: ; indudtngMr. Farrell himself, In de OQunetag the blacklist action an f rteérit seizures of books by member ; et the Philadelphia vice squad, ί Mr. Tracey said the recent seizure I ΙηΛΐιιΗ·Η r»f Vr Perrell1 "Studs Lonigan," and "Raintre Ccunty," by the late Ross Lockridgi jr. The seizures were made by detec tivee under Inspector Craig Elli without warrante from bookshop under a State law permitting on the-spot confiscation of liter atur considered by police to be obscene. Burmese Premier Opens Drive on Communists By »h· Anociatid Pr»»« RANGOON, Burma, Mar. 29. - Premier Thakin Nu announced ove ! the Rangoon radio last night th government will suppress Commun 1st activity ruthlessly in Burma. He said the Red and White Com munist Parties have merged to over throw the government by force Therefore, he added, communisn must be eliminated. The government party, the Anti Fascist People's Freedom League appealed to Communists Saturda; to accept a four-point politica peace plan. The Communists dit not respond. Yesterday police raidec Communist centers and made sev ci αϊ eu χ coud. Fort Myer Ball Planned The special services unit of Nortl Post, Fort Myer, will give a ball a 8:30 p.m. Wednesday at the poet t< honor service units that took per in the invasion of Okinawa. Thi Vess »nd information section of thi Philippine Embassy will present foil dances in native costume. FURNITURE REPAIR SERVICE EXPERTS ON FINE FURNITURE Refinithing and Cabinet Making c,u NO. 0100 *·OWitltl·· FOR NEWELL ESTIMATE Rossler Chinese Communists Reported Retreating s By the A»o<iot*d Γγ«ι Κ PEIPING, Mar. 29.—The govern Λ ment appeared today to have foiled a Chinese Communist maneuver tc e link Red forces in Northwest China y and Manchuria. Progovernment dispatches said the Communiste in Southern " Chahar, Inner Mongolia, were with 1 drawing toward their baeee In t Hopeh Province to the south. Na <? tional troope were reported trying tc , intercept them· The Communists began a drive s nine days ago which won early ad î vaiices in the area 100 miles west to 200 miles northwest of Pelping Gen. Pu Tso-yi's government troopi 1 laehed back. * The official Central News Agency 1 belatedly said the Nationals recap tured Yuhsien , ïïiday. Yuhsien : formerly a government defenee pivot 1 in Southern Chahar, is 100 mile! B west of Peiplng. Communist convoys' οί loot-laden carte withdrawing toward Hopeh bases. In one such attack, it was reported, all the cart* were Ulown to tilts and 600 Communists killed; Catholic War Veterans Will Meet Here Friday The District Department of the Catholic War Veterans will open itc annual two-day convention at 1 pjn. Friday at the Hamilton Hôtel Business sessions will be held Fri day night and at 2:80 pm. Saturday. A memorial mass will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Matthew's Cathedral, and the convention will end with a military ball at the Bur lins^sn Hotel at 0 pjn. Saturday. NA 4370 GICHNER GAS RANGES MeUfÀC CUêj 1 When buying from us, there Is < the single responsibility of deliver ! ing ond installing. THOS. J. CROWELL Phone and we will send β cèr for you REpublie 4411 Established 1918 Venetian Blind Cleaning Our Specialty Slats, tapes and cords cleaned by automatic machine method. Rctapinf—Recording—Low CnI One Day Service Venetian Blind Laundry, Ine. OVerlook 1443 Sep* Tkis Ad for Future Reference iPerak Sultan Reported Dead SINGAPORE, Mar. 39 WP).—Dis patcher from Lumut today said Sultan Abdul of Perak, 61, died yes terday. He had ruled over 1,000,000 subjects in Malaya's richest tin min ing state since 1939. TROUSERS r. Match S/f Odd Coat, up EISEMAN'S—F at 7th Christian Science Can $eet Your Needs I '■ . · * ι '··' · t * Attend a Free Lecture Entitled "CHRISTIAN SCIENCE: THE PROMISED COMFORTER" Florence Middaugh, C.S.B. of Los Angeles, Calif. Member of the Board of Lectureship of The Mother Church, The First Church of Chriat, Scientist, in Boston, Mass. Monday, March* 29 8 P.M. in Constitution Hall 18th Bet. C and D Sts. N.W. Third Church of Christ, Scientist, of Washington, D. C. AH Are Cordially Invited Rail Unions to Discus New Demands; Boarc Report Criticized ftr *»· An««lfrt»d ftmt CHICAGO, Mar. 30.—New wag and working rule demands on th Nation's railroads appeared In proa pect today. While three operating brother hoods summoned representatives t a Wednesday meeting to oonaide the 15^4-cent hourly wage increae recommended by a presidential fact finding board, two other unions me for talk· on further gains. There was a hint of disappoint ment with the fact-flu ding board' recommendation on the part of a least one official of the three union involved. Ό. B. Robertson, president of thi Brotherhood of Locomotive Flremei and Enginemen, said in Clevelani that the recommended wage in crease "leaves us IB per cent worm off than we were when the last wagi increase went into effect in June 1040.·· Meeting Scheduled. He added that the "railroad themselves figured the recommendei Increase m one of 11 per cent Whereas «he coat of living has genu up 16.· per cent since June, 1946." Mr. Robertson announced ttaa wage and working rules committee of his union, the Brotherhood ο Locomotive Engineers and th Switchmen's Union of North Amer lea, will meet In Cleveland Wed nesday to consider the recommenda tion. At the same time, A. F. Whitney president of the Brotherhood ο Railroad Trainmen, announce! representatives of that union an< the Order of Railway Conductor had arranged a Joint meeting ii Cleveland today to dftcuss addl tlonal demands. Both those union: accepted the 15 Va cent· an hou wage Increase last fall. Findings Anticipated. Mr. Whitney commented that th< Fact-Finding Board's recommenda tlon of the same increase, retro aetiv· to November 1, was "what : had anticipated." In addition to the wage Increase g— SERVICE mu 8 HEARING lATTfWK MOLD· RIPAIKS TO ALL ΜΑΚΗ New Otirln Aids Inn S89 H. DANIEL DRAKE, JR. 1010 Yermon» Ave. N.W. RÇf 1977 SALESLADY WANTED For Jewalry Store Position permanent, mmt be neat and personable and must bare jewelry experience —otherwise don't reply. Ex cellent salary. State all qual ifications and age in reply, •11 of which is confidential. Our personnel knows of this ad. 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Individuel 4 Ά-inch square ALTICO tile—crockproof, chip-proof, durable and fire resistant. Phone or write today . . . we'll gladly bring samples and give free estimates. 1 Vermont Are. N.W. -J* w District 6030 , the board also recommended adop . tion of 17 change· In working rule •ought by the railroad· and uniom ■ Railroad spokesmen said the in' crease proposed by the board wouli 1 cost the carrier» an additional $62, 893,000 a year on the basis of 1MI employment and that it was of fered'tbe three unions at the sam time it was accepted by the train men and conductors. ! The Wage Conference tammltt* 1 for the railroad· met in Chicagt - today to begin a study of the board', recommendations. If either the unions or the rail' > roads reject the recommendation* r further negotiation· probably wil '■ be asked by the Government. But • in any case, the brotherhoods mus t continue working 10 day·, or unti April 36, before they may atriki • legally., > Strike Is Postponed. ΐ Meanwhile, a grievance strike ο 10,000 firemen and enginemea ot s the Pennsylvania Railroad that hat I been scheduled for Wednesday hat I been postponed indefinitely. , Harry a. porcn, international Tin [ president of the Brotherhood of Lo comotive Firemen and Knglnemen ' said the postponement vas orderec by the union at the request of th< National Mediation Board. ! The union has filed a complain 1 that the railroad refused to plaa ■ firemen on flve Diesel locomotives ii 1 yard service at Pittsburgh anc Potts town, Pa. A company spokes c man termed the union demant ι "pure feather-bedding." 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Republican backers of the tax re peal measure are expected to tine up Republican members from the larger cities, a move necessary if _ the 218 figure Is to be reached. ~ If the bill Is forced to the House floor, despite refusal of the AgrK, culture Committee to report out any repeal legislation, it will Join a smalt group of similarly successful bills. PIANOS BEDDCED PHICES Consoles Spinets Grands Apartment Uprights Don't miss this opportunity to buy that piano you've always wanted, at a saving! On sale at reduced prices are dozens of consoles, spinets, J'rands and apartment uprights; many of the atest and most popular models of the makes listed. Some are used, some have been out on rental, some are new and some are floor samples, but each and every one is a real value at the prices we're asking during this sale. twvn πινκν» Sli FISCHER · MASON & HAMLIN CHICKERING · STIEFF STEIN WAY ( used ) · MUSETTE LESTER "Betsy Rom" · KNABE I VERS & POND · Η. M. 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