500 Workers Strike At
Pan Am New York Base
NEW YORK, (j*P)—One overseas
flight was cancelled and others
delayed Saturday in a work stop
page by 500 Pan American World
Airways ground service workers.
The work stoppage — described
by the company as “an illegal
contract-breaking strike’’ — de
layed about 250 passengers on six
Europe-bound flights.
A transfer of heavy mainten
ance work to the airline’s main
overhaul base at Miami, Fla., was
blamed for the dismissals.
The union demands the rein
statement o*f the 89 mechanics and
the transfer back to New York of
the heavy maintenance work.
Number Roman Catholics
In Mission Lands Nearly
Doubled In Past 25 Years
VATICAN CITY, (JP) — Pope
Pius announced in an encyclical
released Saturday that the num
ber of Roman Catholics in mission
lands has nearly doubled in 25
years.
Catholics in these areas did not
exceed 15 million in 1926. Today,
the Pope said, they total almost
28 million.
While underlining the progress
made by Catholic missionaries
during the quarter century, the
Pontiff said his heart was “over
whelmed with grief” at the
thought of hardships and suffer
$ ing of those spreading the gospel.”
LONGEST DAY OF THE YEAR
RAILROAD TRIP THURSDAY
The Community Methodist
Church is sponsoring its annual
““Longest Day of the Year” rail
road trip up to Banner and the
Nome River Bridge next Thurs
day evening. Engineer Straub and
Towner say the train is rarin’ to
go, and with any luck with the
wenther, another good excursion
of picture taking, picnic and the
midnight service on King Moun-'
tain are all part of the trip.
If you would like to go along,
contact Rev. Treat by Wednesday.
There is room for everybody, but j
the conductor will have to know j
so hell know how manv cars to :
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couple up.
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Marine Guard And
Janitor Are Shot
In U. S. Embassy
. HAVANA, Cuba., (JP)—A U. S.
marine guard and a janitor were
found shot to death today in the
U. S. Embassy.
The Embassy said Cuban au
thorities are investigating, but
gave no clues as to what caused
! the shootings, other than spying
there were no indications of at
' tempted robbery.
The embassy is in the Horter
Building on Obispo Street in
downtown Havana. The janitor,
Agustin Fernandez, has been em
ployed there more than 20 years.
The marine guard, a sergeant,
was not identified pending noti
fication of his relatives.
The bodies were found in one
of the Embassy offices.
In Washington, the State De
partment would not comment im
mediately.
Four Children
Burn To Death
In Everett Home
!
EVERETT, Wash., (/P) — Four
children burned to death in a
residential fire Friday because,
firemen said, a woman on a party
telephone line told neighbors who
tried to sound an alarm:
“Fire? Who are you trying to
kid?”
Beth Bryant, 2, her brother
Boyd, 3, Paulann Sweeney, 5, and
her sister Renee, 2V£, were trap
ped on the second floor of the
Bryant home and died before fire
men could reach them.
Fire Chief Schroeder quoted the
neighbors ns saying when they
tried to phone the alarm, that the
woman—whom firemen did not
identify—refused to give up the
line and told them: “I’m paying
for my phone, too.”
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(Happy) Chandler said Friday he
has accepted organized baseball’s
terms for his severance as base
ball commissioner.
Chandler refused to say, how
ever, when he would step down
officially from his $65,000 a year
job.
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