THE CHRONICLE-TELEGRAMnded July 24, 1829 Twenty-Two

ELYRIA, OHIOPhon.475i W E D N E S D A Y , F E B R U A R Y 6. 1 » s 2

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MAIN'S KING DIES IN HIS SLEEP1 1 • II •̂••••̂ •̂̂ ^

.eds Want Peacebnference SoonAer Korea TrucePANMUNJOM, Korea-The Communists demanded today1-dress peace conference within 90 days of a Korean armis-,o discuss the withdrawal of foreign troops from Korea andicral Far Eastern settlement.Vorth Korean Lt. Gen. Nam II submitted the Red proposa3 first meeting of the full armistice delegations since Dec. 4/ice Admiral C. Turner Joy, head of the United Nationsation, received the document without comment at the 20-te meeting. He asked-and was granted-a recess untilU. tomorrow (8 p.m. today E.S.T.) to study it.tern observers noted, how-the proposal would entail

•al negotiations with the Chi-and North Korean Commu-overnment, neither of which'. S. recognizes. It also ap-ily would exclude the Southn government from the con-e. i

full plenary session wasied to take up the fifth andtern on the Korean armistice

Sanitation Dept.To Send OutBills SoonPlans for billing of Elynans for

garbage and rubbish collections by

final Korean peacefor alent.i Il's brief formal proposalfor the appointment of fiveKorean and Chinese govem-representatives and five UNentatives to meet withinmonths of a Korean armis-

> negotiate the settlement ofllowing questions: jithdrawal of all foreignfrom Korea.

Peaceful settlement of thei question.ther questions relatedin Korea.

February were announced today by Safety Service |Director D. W. Kothe.

The free collections during thepast month and the special city-wide clean-up of rubbish have tak-en care of the accumulation exist-ing in the city when the sanitationdepartment took over, Kothe point-ed out. This has enabled the crewsto maintain a regular schedule forthe past several weeks. The menare now trained and residents can

Death Is Shock ToEmpire; ElizabethBecomes Queen

BulletinNAIROBI, Kenya—Elizabeth, Britain's new Queen,

will fly to Entebbe, capital of Uganda, today to board aspecial airplane there for her return to London, it wasannounced today.

expect the collectors on the sameto day each week unless severe weath-

er conditions interfere.'iscussing the proposal, Namited that the Reds might

'up in the peace conferenciquestions as the future osa. the fighting in Indoand admission of Red Chin

orth Korea to the UN.

* Carrier ToJe Down meys On Feb. 16:her big ore carrier will joinjet of Pittsburgh Steamshipsubsidiary of the U. S. Steel,D. 16, when the Steamer Ar-1. Anderson slides down theit the American Shipbuildingny in Lorain.new vessel, a sister ship to

nlip R. Clarke which wased in November, is scheduledthe water around 10:45 a. m.ay, Feb. 16.:ials of the steamship com-ind U. S. Steel are making!or observance of the event

Three SectionsThe c't.v will be divided into

three sections for the purposes ofbilling so that volume of work willbe distributed insteadinto the office all at

of comingonce, Mrs,

Ralph F. Bauer, clerk of the de-partment, explained.

First section of the city to bebilled will be the south-eastern sec-lion between the branches of theBlack river. Bills for residents of.his area will be mailed Friday,February 8, and payment is due byFebruary 16. The bill will coveronly the month of February somost residents in this area will oweonly one dollar.

The section of the city east of theSlack river will be billed February5, payment being due by February3. These residents will be billedor February and March, a pay-

ment of $2 being due. Residentswest of the Black river will be bill-ed February 23 with payments dueMarch 1. Their bills will be forthree months, February, March and

Lorain TelephoneRate IncreaseHearing Opens

BulletinCOLUMBUS—The question of

metropolitan service for Lorainsubscribers of the Lorain Tele-phone Co. was brought up beforethe Public Utilities Commissiontoday in a hearing on the com-pany's application for a 23 percent rate increase.

Lorain City Solicitor Ed Conleyand County Prosecutor P a uMikus claimed the companyshould offer metropolitan serviceto city as well as rural subscrib

New Queen In Africa,Prepares To Fly HomeNAIROBI, Kenya. - Britain's might in a jungle tree-top bunga-

sovereign Queen began her reigntoday m tears and sorrow.

The former Princess Elizabethbroke down and wept when aradio-telephone call from London

When the piincess received theshe wept openly but recov-

for h™ m

Productive WorkAt Pfaudler Co.At A Standstill

The Queen spent happy hoursinformed her that her father, King in the bungalow last night, watch-George VT, was dead.

She personally ordered a

ing big game come to the water-'ing hole at the foot of the tree

plane, At 8 a. m. 12 midnight EST,the

ers.

o PedestriansBy Autosauto-pedestrian accidents

reported to police yesterday,ily minor injuries were re-

idore Snyder, 12, of 313 9thwas struck by a car driven

s. Dorothy Steger, 139 Bever-rt, as he ran across a crosson Washington avenue atstreet. Police report Mrs.was making a left turn offstreet on to Washington av-ist as the traffic light chang-I the boy ran ahead of the•ians and was struck,dore was taken to Elyriaial hospital and was releasecreatment.Y Injured

April.The reason for billing the dif-

ferent sections for different pe-riods of time is to schedule 'thebilling so that only one third of thecity is paying each month. Undernormal operation, residents will bebilled every three months, the billfor the average resident being ?3.Commercial establishments will bebilled each month.

Bills will be mailed about 10days before their due date as isdone by the water department, Mrs.Bauer explained, and a penaltywill be added to the bill if it is non by the deadline. This is no

done in the water departmenvhere a 10 per cent penalty

The company told the commis-sion it plans to offer metropolitanservice to rural residents only.Conley said, "this would be dis-criminatory to the people ofLorain."

COLUMBUS.—The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio opened ahearing here today on the contest

White, 358 East Bridgewas slightly injured in aaccident. White was cross-

oad street on the crosswalkar street when he was struck

car of Charles Eutsey, 107Maple street who was mak-eft turn off Cedar street onid.e was treated at Elyria Mem-ospital for contusions -of theIbow and hip and released.:y was charged by policeailure to yield the right of> a pedestrian and postedor his appearance in Elyrias court February 11.

f Time 3 QueensDON— Britain has never be-d three queens living at the

added to the bill for late paymen

Union Head TellsBus Drivers ToReturn To WorkCLEVELAND—Newton J. Rains

president of Local 1043, MotoCoach Operators' Union, AFL, today ordered 350 striking CentraGreyhound Bus drivers to returnto work in accordance with theircontract with Greyhound.

Rains' action came after the'irm threatened action to seek acourt order to end the week-olddispute. In' a letter to all drivers,he union president told strikershey acted in violation of their

contract with Greyhound whenhey walked off the job last Wed-

nesday midnight.Rains said he supported the com-

pany's view that four strike lead-ers should be fired for their partin the dispute. If the men wantedto appeal the discharge throughrrmtrant _ acf QKi;t.h«.j •

ime.George VTs widow may be-

> known as the "Queen", and 84-year-old Queenis the "Dowager Queen".

'pony Head DiesIA—F. Harbin Hagenbauch,,nt of the Hooven and Alli->., Cordage firm here since1949, died unexpectedly atne her* yesterday.

V E A T H E RTHEASTERN OHIO: CIou-:asional light snow accumu-about one inch thig after-md tonight; a little colderlow of 25 tonight; Thursdaycloudy and continued mild.

>DAT'S MARKETS ONFACE

contract - established grievancechannels, he said, they could do,so. In the meantime, he orderedthe drivers should honor their contract, which expires in 1953.

Earlier, the drivers voted to return to work providing Greyhoundtook no retaliatory action againsthem, but they reversed their stancwhen notice of the firings came

The discharged men are GilbertC. Haffner, Euclid; Gerald Whitman, North Canton; David F BondBelpre, and John J. Donelson,'Akron.

ed apphcdtion of the Lorain Telephone Co., for a rate increasewhich would add $288,197 to itsannual gross revenue.

The increase proposed by thecompany and under protest by sub-scribers would boost charges on afour-party city line by $1, give ex-tended area service to subscribersin rural exchanges and hike coin-operated telephone charges fromfive to 10 cents.

With extension of area serviceto rural subscribers, toll chargesfor calls from Amherst, Vermil-lion, Avon, Avon Lake and Birm-ingham exchanges would be elim-inated, but Lorain customers call-ing to those points would pay for

monwealth and Empire.In London, it was announced

that the Royal Flight carrying Eli-zabeth was expected to arrive atLondon Airport about 6 p m .Thursday (1 p. m. Thursday EST).

royal hunting lodge where ....... _ ^hours later, the news came of herlTuesdav.

A meeting is under way todaywhich repiesentatives of the

Pfaudler Company, the Union andthe U. S. Mediation and Concilia-tion Service are taking part.

For the first time in 44 years o f ithe EJyria plant's operation all productive work is at a standstill dueto a work stoppage by the mem-bers of UAW-CIO Local 1161. Thework stoppage began at 2 p. m.

LONDON-King George VI died peacefully in his sleeptoday and his daughter, 25-year-old Puncess Elizabeth, newQueen of the British Commonwealth and Empire, prepared tofly home at once from East Africa.

The 56-year-6ld monarch, sovereign of one-fourth thevorld's population and surface, was found dead in his bed by

his valet at about 7:30 a.m. (2:30 a.m. E.S.T.).It was announced that the Royal Flight carrying Elizabeth

and her husband and Prince Consort, Philip, will arrive inT:0ndon about 6 p.m. tomorrow (1 p.m. ThursdayE.S.T.).

Elizabeth became the sovereign in constitutional theory athe moment of her father's death but the Privy Council wasummoned immediately to meet at 6 p.m. (1 p.m. E.S.T.) at'hich time her accession to the throne will be proclaimed.

The House of Commons will meet again this evening whenPrime Minister Winston Churchill and the other members willswear allegiance to the new monarch.

Buckingham Palace announced shortly before 11 a.m. (6a.m. E.S.T.) that the King had died unexpectedly in his sleepat his country estate at Sandringham, Norfolk, 60 miles northof London.

The brief announcement said:"It was announced from Sandringham at 10:45 a m today

February 6th 1952, that the King, who retired to rest lastnight in his usual health, passed peacefully away in his sleepearly this morning."

Widespread unofficial medical

father's death.It first reached Nairobi at the

Today the Company made thefollowing statement:ff _ •.»*•»»> « » * » j g j oca t-i-iiiciJ I

offices of a local nexvspaper which Thus strike is due to differencesinformed the royal household. The between the Company and the

decided not to inform Eliza-

Eagles To HaveRecognitionBanquet Tonight-

outgoing calrs to those exchanges.The Lorain Telephone Co., val-

ued at more than $8,500,000, claimsit has not had a general rate in-crease for 28 years, despite risingoperating costs and three times asmany telephones in operation.

Lorain, with a 1950 population of51,202, is the largest city in Ohioserviced by an independent tele-phone company.

The company presented sevenwitnesses as the hearings opened.These included company execu-ives H. E. and J. C. Hageman,resident and treasurer, respect-vely; H. W. Werner, secretary; R.1. Herrick, chief engineer and J.1 Brown, commercial representa-ive.Expert witnesses for the corn-

any included John P. Clifton,

Says Rules Don'tPermit Steel PayDemanded By CIONEW YORK -An attorney for

he steel industry attemptedshow today that wage

toincreases

demanded by CIO steelworkersould not be allowed under present

•Vage Stabilization Board regula-ions.Howard

fork toldM. Holzman of New

six-man special pane!

. ,olumbus, a consulting engineer

rith the National Appraisal Co.,nd J. R. Foster, a consulting econ-mist.

Begins Prison TermDAYTON—Lawrence A. Razete,

an official of the Cincinnati Ray-tronics Co., began serving a three-year sentence in Jhe Ashland, Ky.,Federal Prison today. Razete wasconvicted of giving some $900 to anAir Force procurement employe atWright-Patterson Air Base here inan effort t» gtu* contract favors.

Republic Steel's1951 PayrollHere $459,118CLEVELAND.—Wage and salary

payments to employes of RepublicSteel Corp., in 1951, totaled a "rec-ord $298,650,689, more than halfof which went to workers in north-eastern Ohio, the company an-nounced today.

In Cleveland alone, Republicpaid out a record $55,860,509 to ap-proximately 11,675 employes.

Other Republic record payrollsin northeastern Ohio last year in-cluded: Canton $39,475,856; Mas-sillon $21,698,804; Warren $20,287,-793; Niles $5,923,141; Elyria $458,-118 and Newton Palls $695,931.

ANNUAL groundhog supper. Sat.5 to 8 p.m. 50c. Masonic Temple.Spon. by King Solomon lodge.

Ray E. Ballenger

Ray E. Ballenger of London,Ohio, president of the Ohio StateAerie of the Fraternal Order ofEagles, will be the principal speak-er at the Recognition Banquet, oElyria Aerie this evening. At thbanquet two members of the Eaglewill be honored with the EagleCivic Service awards for unselfishcontributions to the welfare of thcommunity, the county, state andnation.

Following the banquet, and program which will be held in theMarine Room of the Elks at 7 p. mthe president, officers and guestswill return to the Eagles club where:he official reception will be heldfor the state president and a spe-cial entertainment will be given inhis honor.

Ballenger will also pay a visit tothe Ladies' Auxiliary at its meet-ing, which also will be in sessionthis evening. All Eagles and theirwives are requested to attend thereception which will start at 9 p. m.

MIDGETS ERR IN GEOGRAPHYCHARLESTON, S. C. — Four

midget wrestlers have learned totheir dismay that there is morethan one Charleston. Booked for

ppointed by the WSB to hear argu-ments between United States Steel

orp. and the United Steelworkersf America that the union was er-oneous in claiming it was per-

mitted 34-cent hourly increases un-der current board rules.

He said cases generally heardby the WSB are either petitionsby labor ,and management for ap-proval of wage increases mutuallyagreed upon, or disputes in whichopposing sides have not reachedagreement.

Holtzman said the board, in fix-ng wage ceilings to apply in peti-:ion cases, should not misapplyregulations to "create floors in dis-pute cases.'

CIO Local over constructual mat-ters and rates of pay.

On November 7, 1951, theUAW-CIO was certified as thebargaining unit of the hourlypaid plant employees as a resultof an election conducted by theNLRB. On December 3, 1951, theUnion submitted to the Companya contract proposal involving 86items, including wage and othereconomic demands totaling over36 cents per hour.

Over the intervening twomonths, the parties have met infourteen bargaining meetingsworking out the majority of thecontractual problems on a mut-ually agreeable basis. As of thetime of the work stoppage, thereremained unsettled a few issues,primarily: union security, nostrike clause, arbitration of griev-ances, a few job descriptions and

opinion was that the King mighthave died of coronary thrombosis,a blood clot having formed afterthe lung operation. Another butless likely medical opinion wasthat the King suffered a stroke.

It was unlikely that the exact jcause of death would ever be offi-cially revealed.

Death came to the King at thesame estate where he was bornDec. 14. 1895.Rcifrned 15 Years

He had reigned through 15 of3ntain's most momentous years.ie succeeded to the throne Dec.1. 1936, when his brother. Edward

Britain Has3 QueensLiving Now

LONDON—Queen Elizabeth be-came today the first female sov-ereign of Great Britain since QueenVictoria, and the fourth Britishmonarch since 1936.

VIII abdicated for the "woman I| Her ascension to the throne gavelove Edward became the Duke I Britain three "of Windsor.

The King's wife, Queen Eliza-beth, and his younger daughter,,Princess Margaret, were at Sand-ringham at the time of death.

The death came as a stunningshock to Britain and the Empire.The monarch had been believedwell on the road to recovery fromus dangerous operation of last

Sept 23, when all or part of oneung was removed.

The King had been out in thecountryside in both morning andafternoon yesterday, apparently ingood health.

But loyal subjects recalled thathis voice sounded harsh and

He contended the panel washearing a "dispute" and not a"petition."

The industry also produced sta-tistics purporting to show thatcos of "fringe benefits" soughby the USW "would far exceed thcost of granting the union's demand for a general increase iwage rates."

maintenance work by mainten-ance foremen.Position for Main Issues

The position of the parties onthe major contractual issues maybe generally described as fol-lows:

Union Security—The Union de-mand of a compulsory unionshop has been changed to a modi-fied union shop whereby existingemployees need not join as acondition of continued employ-ment, but, once joining, theyand all new employees must-maintain membership to workfor Pfaudler.

The Company is willing to rec-ognize some form of union se-curity, provided there is alsoCompany security in the form ofadequate no-strike protection.

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shaky in his annual Christmas Daybroadcast in December. And pic-tures taken as he bade fareweli tothen Princess Elizabeth and herhusband only last Thursday show-ed him thin and haggard.Had Planned Cruise

The King, with the Queen andPrincess Margaret, had plannedto take a cruise in March through

living queens—thenew sovereign, her mother QueenElizabeth and Queen Mary, thelate King George VI> mother.'

England always has flourishedunder female sovereigns. QueenElizabeth stopped the Spaniards inthe 16th century; Queen Anne wason the throne when Scotland andEngland were united in 1707; andunder Queen Victoria the BritishEmpire was established.Dispute Possible

There may be some dispute asto whether the new monarch isQueen Elizabeth I or Queen Eliza-beth II. The Scots may object ifshe is called Queen Elizabeth IIbecause Queen Elizabeth was notthe Queen of Scotland.

Elizabeth becomes queen whenhe fortunes of the British are at

a low ebb, in contrast to the daywhen her illustrious predecessorQueen Victoria ascended thethrone. Then the flag of the Brit-sh Empire and the mark of its

tempt to speed his recovery.News of the sovereign's death

spread rapidly throughout t h ecountry. Flags were lowered tohalf staff The House of Commonsadjourned. Theaters and musichalls closed. The British Broadcast-ing Corporation cancelled all but|news broadcasts.

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an appearance here they showedup in the capital of West Virginia.

FIRE AND BRIMSTONEROYALSTON, Mass. — Town

records show that when in 1769Katurnh Babcock, 15, was struckdead by lightning, her fate washeld up as an example of divinepunishment for non-attendance atchurch.

Faces ChargeOf InvoluntaryManslaughterA charge of involuntary man

laughter was preferred yesterdaygainst Charles' Dangerfield, 55, of

1216 South Prospect street, in con-nection with the traffic accident atGrafton and Fuller roads Mondayin which Casper Madro, 65, of WestRidge road, was killed.

Dangerfield was driving east onFuller roadsouth-bound

and collided with atruck d r i v e n by

Charles Cotton, 2222 Lake avenue,causing the truck to collide withMadro's car, going north, accord-ing to the sheriff department's in-vestigation.

Dangerfield is to be arraigned be-fore Justice C. C. Lord tomorrow.

COLUMBUS - The Ohio Turn-pike Commission reported todaythat cost and the need to conserve:ntical materials were primary'actors in a decision to build the'irst part of the toll road only tcMaumee, near Toledo.

The commission and its financial advisers also pointed out thaisuch a move would permit immeliate financing which would be48,000,000 to $50,000,000 less costlyhan if the first bond issue wereor total construction to the Indi-na 'state line.Financial advisers pointed out

bat the bond issue was the larg-st of its kind and would be un-ieldy to handle all at one time,

specially without prospect ofome immediate revenue.Turnpike Commission Chairman

ames W. Shocknessy said con-traction to the Indiana borderas not included in the first phase

f construction plans for two other•asons also.He said initial construction of

nly 181.7 miles of the 240-mile

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Awards GivenFor BandProficiency

TI , , , , i Awards for band proficiencyHushed crowds began gatherinR went to 22 Elyria High students

outside Buckmghame Palace during during the preview performance ofthe noon lunch hour. the concert band at a school as-

There was no immediate an- sembly this morning. The bandnouncement of the date of the Presented a concert for studentsKing's burial. However, he will be prior to the staging of the Mid-laid to rest alongside .Britain's long Wmter Concert here tomorrow

No. 1 Continued on Prge 2 evening1 A portion of the school assem-bly program was devoted to thepresentation of the Elyria BoosterClub trophy awarded to thp 1951football squad at the annualBooster Club football banquet lastFriday night.

Varsity coach Bill Coyer and thetoll road, to Maumee, was decided !!^^TPI<!.Se!1!fl-the_i

tr?ph:r to th.e

upon in order to temporarily save15 per cent of steel required fothe entire project.

Another r e a s o n , Shocknessysaid, was to avoid severe trafficcongestion and revenue loss suchas that now being experienced tyOhio and Pennsylvania at thewestern end of the PennsylvaniaTurnpike.

Cost Factor In LimitingFirst Part Of Turnpike

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Shocknessy said that completingIhe initial phase of the road toMaumee, connecting with U. S.Route 20, would provide "an ade-quate and economical method ofhandling traffic serving Michiganand Illinois areas."

He added that making the super•oad's initial western terminus at.he Maumee interchange would in-:ure a smooth traffic flow west-

ward on U. S. Route 20 until Indi-ana determines where to begin itsurnpike. Then the two toll roadsDould be joined.

Recognition for two years ofband work are reflected in theawards presented by George Wil-son, supervisor of band. Theseawards went to the following: BobSnow, Esther Kader, Lee Wurster,Carol Stearns, Diane Abbe, JimKauffman , , Mario Sandow, DickBrown, Mary Folk, Don Selty,Roberta Holliday, Marjorie Palm-er, Joan Myrhman, Kay Stang,^aro] Tonry, Harriett Fobes, DonElbert, Elaine Evenchik, LoisFYidenstein, Albert Wood, EugentDemos and Gloria Manns.

Duke Of Windsor ToSail For England

NEW YORK—The Duke of Wind-sor, "profoundly shocked" by thedeath of his brother, King Geor?«VI, will sail for England tomorrowaboard the liner Queen Mary, but

MIXED dancing. Big Barn. Every his American-born duchess wiilFriday and Saturday, •dv.|main in th« United States.