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Hundreds Marooned, Two Lose Lives in Floods and Snows By the Associated Press Flood waters and foot-deep snows took two lives and ma rooned hundreds of city-dwellers and hunters in Western States yesterday. Elsewhere the freakish weather shot temperatures to both record lows and highs for the date. One man was swept into a flooding river and drowned in Texas, and a woman was found dead in Idaho where she had been missing from her hunting camp during heavy snows and below freezing temperatures. In the area of Houston, Tex., the threat of a major flood eased after rain-gorged bayous and creeks began receding. Hundreds Marooned. Hundreds of suburbanites were marooned by the 10-inch rain which flooded homes, halted traffic and pelted crops. Several hundred residents were evacuated when water whirled into their homes. It stood five feet deep in some sec tions. Residents returned to their homes by Saturday night, but there still were numerous reports of homes and small communities isolated. Further danger to them appeared to be past, however. The water’s rise appeared to be halted by last night. More rains were predicted but they were not expected to bring complications. Hurricane Laid Groundwork. The hurricane that roared in from the Gulf earlier this week laid the groundwork for the flood threat. Heavy rains accompany ing the hurricane left the bayous virtually filled and unable to take the additional downpour. . The first heavy snowfall of the year pelted a wide area in Mon tana, Wyoming, Colorado and por tions of Nevada, Utah and Idaho. It trapped hunters in the Cen tral Idaho forested area, drifted roads shut and stalled hundreds of automobiles. The snow ranged up to a foot in depth in Idaho. It began fall ing again yesterday after a brief letup. But officials said isolated hunters generally were in no dan ger. Below freezing temperatures were recorded in the area for two nights. Stalled Autos Freed. Crews cleared roads to free hun dreds of stalled automobiles in Southern Idaho's Manidoka Na tional Forest yesterday. But by night, many roads were drifted shut again and officials said a number of stranded cars remained in the area. Their occupants were expected to find refuge in ranch houses, however. Temperatures plummeted to 19 degrees at Cut Bank. Mont., yesterday and record lows for the date were recorded in parts of California. Fresno had a chilly 39 and Bakersfield, Calif., 44. In contrast, residents in parts fif the Midwest and East sweltered in Indian summer weather. The mercury rose to 87 in Chicago, highest for the date ever recorded there. American U. Organizes Student Bar Chapter The Washington Law College of American University has organ ized a student bar group as a chapter of the Law Student Asso ciation of the American Bar As sociation, it was announced yes terday. Officers of the new association are Fred Sherman, 1103 Fifteenth street, South Arlington, president; Tom Lynch, 2415 E street N.W., executive vice president; R. J. Manly, recording secretary; Mrs. Rose Mattingley, 4602 College ave nue, College Park, Md„ secretary; Vince Abbey, 3213 Wisconsin ave nue N.W., senior representative, and Bill Tanney, 3606 Davis place N.W., junior representative. LOST. BEAGLE HOUNDS (2). 14 and 18 mos'. old. 1 female. 1 male, black, tan and white. Reward. HI. 2679._—9 BILLFOLD, black, contains several identi fication cards, lost somewhere between George Washington Univ. and old House Office Bldg. Large reward. Call NA. 3120. Ext. 712, between 9 and 6 p.m.; alter 5 p.m. call FR. 9574._—9_ BLOND COCKER, lemale. answers to ••Pop corn," missing Irom Pinecrest. Va., since Bun.; child’s pet; reward. AL. 6412, —10 COCKER, black male, missing since Sept. 20, vie. of 38th and Carpenter sts. s.e.; children waiting return. VI. 1499. DIAMOND RING, lady's, 3 stones; lost vie. Lincoln Theater; reward. Call CO. 4295, ENVELOPE, small, brown; Monday, Oct. 3, or Mt. Pleasant car or People's drug store 12th and G; name and work divi sion on envelope, also return address. TR. 4799.•_ EYEGLASSES, lady’s, pink shell rim, with blue leather case; vie. Kaywood Theater and Rlverdale; on Thurs. night; reward. WA. 2504.__ GOLD BRACELET, lost vie. 18th and & K sts. n.w. or Statler Hotel; 14 k. gold, con taining two sapphires and two diamonds, with “J. McC. A.” initialed on clasp; re ward. Contact JANE CALDWELL. 117 2nd st, n.e„ or NA. 9141._—11 _ HAT BOX. lady's, containing two hats; vie. Eastern ave. and Ga. ave., on Sat urday. SL. 7595,■ PORTFOLIO, containing shirting, swatches and records; lost Thursday; reward. Phone WI, 2758._•_ PURSE, black; Rosslyn, Va. Reward if returned to Nebraska Hall, Arlington Farms._ TOY TERRIER, white with black spots; child ill over lost cog; answers to name of Bkippy; lost in vie. State st. Cheverly, Md. UN. 7478. Reward.—9 FOUND. PUPPY, male, part terrier; found in new s.e. section. JO. 3-5898. WRIST WATCH, lady’s, on Mintwood pi. n.w. Oct. 8. Owner call MR. SMITH. Columbia 8119. 1844 Mintwood pi. n.w. » VICINITY MacARTHl'R BOULEVARD—2 female puppies: one fox terrier type; black head, mostly white body; other white, light brown ear and over eye; bird dog type; will place if owner cannot be found. Call Woodley 1139. —10 PROPOSALS 7~ 1. SEALED PROPOSALS will be re ceived by the town of Dayton, Va., rot later than 7:30 p.m. on Mon day. October 24, 1949, and there publicly opened and read immedi ately thereafter for the construc tion of the following: 2. Construc tion of all sewer and water lines, according to plans and specifica tions prepared by R. Stuart Royer <!t Associates, consulting engineers. 401 Virginia Building, Richmond 19. Va., and on file at the Town Hall of the town of Dayton, Va., and at the office of the engineers. 3. Said plans and specifications and proposal forms may be obtained from R. Stuart Royer & Associates, 401 Virginia Building, Richmond 19, Va., for $10 which will be re bated only to bona fide bidders upon return of plans and specifica tions within 15 days after receipt of bids. Rebate will not be made for more than one set of plans and specifications. A deduction to cover the actual cost of plans and speci fications will be made In rebates to material and equipment concerns. 4 All bids must be accompanied by a certified check or bidder’s bond In the amount of 5% of the total bid, made payable to the town of Dayton, Va. 6. No bid may be with drawn for a period of 30 dfeys. 6. The owner reserves the right to reject any and/or all bids and to waive all informalities. Town of Dwyton, Va. By: H. H. KEITER. HOUSTON, TEX.—FLOODS CAN BE FUN, TOO—This Houston family takes an outing despite ! the fact that their house is under water. Flood waters caused by a 10-inch rain covered the greater part of Houston. _—AP Wirephoto. Lewis and Operators | To Resume Talks on Mine Pact.Wednesday By James Y. Newton John L. Lewis and the Nation’s soft coal operators renew their | efforts this week to reach contract I agreement and end the three-week mine shutdown under the watch ful eye of the Government which | is ready to step into the negotia ; tions again at the sign of another deadlock. The strike, which followed more than two months of limited coal production under Mr. Lewis’ I three-day work week, already is pinching the country’s economy in a number of places. The effect of dwindling coal supplies will be come much more harmful if the ; shutdown is prolonged. The Gov ernment said the supply situation is approaching the crisis stage. Mr. Lewis yesterday reached agreement with Northern, Western and steel company operators to make another try at coal industry accord in negotiations to open at White Sulphur Springs. W. Va., at 3 p.m. Wednesday. At the same hour, the United Mine Workers “second team’’ will resume con tract talks with Southern mine owners at Charleston, W. Va. Warns Time Is Short. If the negotiations again bog down. Cyrus S. Ching, the Fed eral mediation chief, plans to call the disputants here again. It w-as at Mr. Ching’s suggestion that the miners and owners agreed to re new their peace talks. He warned the time was short for agreement. Mr. Ching's next step probably would be to suggest that President Truman offer to appoint a fact finding board to hear the dispute and recommend a settlement as he did in the steel controversy. Just what Mr. Lewis’ reaction would be to the fact-finding ap proach is not known definitely, but judging from past actions he would reject the idea. Several times in the past he has refused to submit his dispute to Govern ment boards. The White House sooner or later probably will be called upon to take emergency action in the coal strike, and officials already are debating what form it should take. The most obvious approach would be to invoke the national emergency section of the Taft Hartley Act with its provision for enforcement of an 80-day strike truce through application of Fed eral court injunction. But a deci sion to use Taft-Hartley would be a hard one for President Tru man to make in view of his re peated attacks on the labor rela tions law. Steel Strike Action Expected. Meanwhile, some action from the Government to end the dead locked week-old steel strike is expected soon. It may come this week in the form of a summons from Mr. Ching to industry and CIO-United Steelworkers officials to conferences here. He is ex pected to step into the strike again when he feels the industry, i including the union members, ; have wearied, of the strike. Philip Murray, president of the steel workers, will tour principal steel cities next week to make strike pep talks before mass meet ings. He will be in Youngstown, Ohio, Tuesday; at West Field, Home stead, Pa., Thursday, and in I Bethlehem, Pa., next Sunday. The time has not yet been set for meetings in Cleveland, Chicago and Lackawanna, Pa. Mr. Mur ray also will speak on a Nation wide radio broadcast at 8:15 p.m. Wednesday. Five More Plants Sign. Another five plants employing j 2,350 men have signed on Mr. i Murray’s terms, the union said. ! They are; H. H. Robertson, Ambridge, ; Pa., 1,000 men; The Heppenstall Co., Pittsburgh, 900; * Adamson Tank* Co., East Palestine, Ohio, 150; Ing-Rich Metal Products, East Palestine, 150, and the' Pittsburgh Coal Washer, Am bridge, 150. The steel strike already has dealt a hard blow to business in i the areas of steel production, and if the strike continues much longer all segments of industry will begin to feel the effects of steel shortage. Auto production for the week, cut by some temporary layoffs, was i 3,500 units below the 151,593 units ! produced a week ago. Freight car loadings were nearly a third be low those of a year ago. The re duction in local spending by strik ers hurt retail sales in strike cen ters. •Edwin G. Nourse, chairman of the President’s Economic Advisory Council, said a month of continued strikes in the steel and coal in dustries would seriously threaten the national welfare. One Company Raises Prices. One steel company that made peace with the steelworkers—The Central Iron & Steel Corp., of Har risburg, Pa.—announced a $5 a ton boost in steel plate prices. The firm, which employs 1,100 workers, agreed to finance entirely a pen sion-welfare program. United States Steel, the Nation's biggest producer, has said the corporation would have to boost its prices $3 a ton to meet union demands. The next two weeks may tell whether the railroad workers and 20,000 aluminum workers will join the ranks of strike idle. The 110,000 members of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Fire men and Enginemen are free to strike after October 19 If they choose. The Aluminum Co. of j America faces a strike by the steelworkers October 19 if union demands for a wage boost and i free pension-welfare program are! not met. A month ago a Presidential Fact-Finding Board ruled against the firemen and enginemen. hold ing there is no need for a second fireman on Diesel locomotives. Under the railway labor law, no strike can be called for 30 days after such a report. Addressing union officials in Chicago yesterday, David B. Robertson of Cleveland, union i president, said the board’s report) should be “positively rejected and' in no uncertain terms con demned.” Mr. Robertson did not sug gest what action should be taken but he said in Washington last) WHY NOT? It costs no more to park at the Capital Garage New York Avenue between 13th end '4th \ 3 £ s For International Business or $ ' Travel You Must Know Languages! $ LEARN ! SPANISH ; FRENCH! ) GERMAN ! RUSSIAN! a Any Other Language -i 1 BE RLITZ j $ 939 nth St. N.W. (At Eye) \ \ STerling 0010 5 $ THERE IS A BERLITZ SCHOOL IN S 5 EVERY LEADING CITY IN 5 $ THE WORLD 5 _____ month that a nation-wide pro test strike was planned in Octo ber. Union officials have not yet authorized a strike vote. C. H. Sundberg to Speak C. H. Sundberg, general promo-1 tion manager for National Tran-1 sitads, will speak on "Putting i Ideas into People's Minds—and Keeping them There” at a lunch eon of the Advertising Club of Washington at the Hotel Statler j at 12:30 p.m. Tuesday. Crime i Continued From First Page.) lice, prosecutors, courts and pro bationary agencies. FBI Source of Information. Preparing a speech he is to de liver to the House when his reso lution comes up for action Tues day, Mr. Davis said he already has assembled sufficient facts and statistics to justify the investiga tion. He plans to present them to the House in a strong argu ment outlining the need for the investigation. One of the sources of his in formation, Mr. Davis says, is the report of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. He may lay some of this before the House. The FBI’s latest report showed Wash ington was second among major: cities in the number of aggravated assaults, sixth in burglaries, sev enth in murders and eighth in robberies. The recent grand jury report; on crime in Washington also has been cited by Mr. Davis as having j laid emphasis on the light sen tences being handed down by courts. An editorial in The Star, an-1 alyzing the grand jury report, i was brought to the attention of the House Rules Committee re-! cently, before it approved the: Davis resolution and sent it to the House floor for action. House Approval Expected. House Leader McCormack told the House last week the Davis, resolution definitely would be called up for action Tuesday, and he predicted the House will not take long to act. Chairman McMillan of the House District Committee plans; to speak for the resolution. He; said he has conferred at length j with Mr. Davis and will offer him; full co-operation of the District1 Committee, its staff and some funds already in hand. Mr. Davis will be chairman of whatever subcommittee is set up to handle the investigation, Mr. McMillan, Democrat, of South Carolina, said. But what the per sonnel of this subcommittee will be is to be left up to Mr. Davis, who was not ready to discuss this, matter last, night, awaiting House approval of his resolution. 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