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Papers In Spy
Case Banned
In Open Court
Government Refuses To
Introduce Them For
Reasons Of Security
WASHINGTON, June 2. UP)
Twelve papers found in Judith
Coplon's purse are not being of
fered as government evidence in
her espionage trial "on the
grounds of security."
This was disclosed yesterday by
John M. Kelley Jr., a government
prosecutor. .
Miss Coplon's attorney, Archi
bald Palmer, asked T. Scott Miller
Jr., an FBI agent, whether there
were papers in the defendant's
purse other than those introduced
yesterday over Palmer's objec
tion. "Yes. there were other papers in
the purse," Miller replied.
Kelley arose to sav that the gov
ernment had offered all the pa
pers it "has seen fit to introduce."
He added that the others were
nm ueinK oiierea on me grounas
of security." Subsequently Kelley
said "on the basis of security of
the United States." Federal Judee
Albert L. Reeves ruled that Mil
ler might answer questions about
additional papers but not their
contents.
Palmer argued that there "Is
no such thing as security in a
courtroom."
For the time being, at least,
however, the defense attorney will
not be allowed to see the omitted
papers.
Miller said all 12 of the papers
not introduced were known as
"data slips." These slips, the gov
ernment says, contain extracts
from reports of the FBI relating
to "security matters and to sus
pected espionage agents in the
United States.
Twenty-two such slips were In
cluded in the papers introduced
by the government.
Persons Named Show Ire
Persons named in the papers
Introduced expressed shock and
anger at being linked in any way
with Communists.
One FBI paper introduced as
evidence in Miss Coplon's trial
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Sensational Escapes From
Oregon Prison Recalled By
Break Of Pinson And Benson
(By the Associated Press)
Oregon prison breaks have led, in the past, to sensational man
hunts recalled by the current search for John O. Pinson and Wil
liam P. Benson. I
The 1902 break of Harry Tracy and David 'Merrill was a blood
streaked affair that had the whole Northwest trembling for two
months.
They shot their way out on June
9, 1902, killing three guards and
another prisoner who sought to
block them. They made their way
to Portland, where they crossed
the Columbia River in a rowboat,
then hid from troops who scoured
the area north to Kelso.
The two men quarrelled, and
on the night of June 28 Tracy
shot Merrill in the back, killing
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On July 3 Tracy was in a gun
battle with searchers at Bothel.
He killed three men a deputy, a
policeman and a game warden.
When the trail got hot again a
couple of weeks later, he moved
quoted a "report" that the secre
tary of former Secretary of the
Interior Harold L. Ickes was a
"contact" for the Soviet Embassy.
That brought heated denials from
both the woman, Ruth Gruber,
and the fiery ex-cabinet member.
She said she was never a con
tact for anyone. Ickes snapped
that in the first place she wasn't
his secretary and in the second
place she wasn't a Red. "If that's
a test of the accuracy of the FBI,
they'd better disband," he com
mented. Alvin SInderband, a Georgetown
University law student who was
discussed obscurely along with his
wife In another, non-FBI paper
found in the Coplon purse, ex
pressed "complete shock" that
they were mentioned in any way.
He said: "Miss Conlon had never
approached us with a view to do
ing soy activity or to feel us out
on our poltlcal views." The paner
in her pocketbook didn't say that
they had been so approached. But
ranibled about their politics.
Miss Coplon is the 28-year-old
former Justice Department ana
lyst being tried here on charges
of pilfering secret government pa
pers with intent to help another
nation. She has denied all guilt,
save that of "knowing" a Russian.
The Russian is Valentine A. Gubit
chev, susoended employee of the
United Nations, with whom she
also is under indictment In New
York on charges of espionage con
spiracy. Teacher's Ancient Auto
Appreciated By Students
LAWTON, Okla. WP Students
who have been taught by Miss
Lily Stafford and ridden in her
old jallopy for the past 29 years
are going to show their apprecia
tion. A "Lily Stafford Appreciation
Fund" has been started to pur
chase the Lawton high school
science teacher a new car. Miss
Stafford now is driving "Joan."
her 1930 car which has 71.000
miles. "Joan" is still being used
by Miss Stafford to carry stu
dents to meets and events.
She said the car was named
after Joan d'Arc because "she
has risen to the occasion many
times."
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over Snoqualmie pass. He was
tracked down in a wheat field
near Creston, Wash., and shot it
out for hours with five men. When
dawn came, he was found dead
his own bullet in his brain.
Two Hanged, 3rd Is Suicide
There was another big hunt
when James Willos, Ellsworth
Kelley and Tom Murray shot their
way out of orison on Aug. 12, 1925.
Two guards were shot and killed.
A fourth convict was killed in the
escape.
They later took four hostages
from a Monitor pool hall. They hid
out for a day at the Charles New
man farm home near New Era,
holding the family at gunpoint,
then forced a son to drive them
to Portland where they boarded a
freight train.
At Bingen, Wash., Murray split
off and was captured at Centralia.
Willos and Kelley were captured
by Multnomah county deputies.
All - were sentenced to hang.
Murray committed suicide in his
cell and the other two went to the
gallows on April 20, 1928.
Hickman Case Recalled
The Oregon role in one of the
country's greatest manhunts
the search for William Edward
Hickman in December, 1927 in
volved an out-of-state kidnaping
and murder.
Hickman, who was hanged Oct.
19, 1928 for the kidnaping Marion
Parker, Los Angeles, and deliver
ing her dismembered body on col
lection of $1500 ransom, was cap
tured near Pendleton.
The search started Dec. 15, 1927,
and spread throughout the coun
try. Clues bobbed up everywhere.
Reward money mounted.
Then the 20-year-old killer's
trail led through Portland to Seat
tle. It moved back to Portland and
a service station operator, Fred
King, reported that he sold gas to
Hickman. The word went east and
at Pendleton, C. L. "Buck"
Lieuallen, then state police ser
geant, and Pendleton Police Chief
Thomas Gurdane, stationed them
selves in a car 23 miles west of
Pendleton.
When Hickman drove by they
took out after him and headed
him off. He stopped and came out
with his hands up.
The capture was the sensation
of the country, ending a chase
that had few parallels for public
interest.
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THURSDAY, JUNE 2, 1949
Bonneville Turns
In Millions To
U. S. In Profits
WASHINGTON, June 2. OP)
Bonneville power administra
tion is making a net or-f'
about $10,000,000 annually for the
government, a Senaie u .pi-ia-tions
subcommittee was told.
Dr. Paul J. Raver, Bonneville
administrator, said the agency
turned $122,889,572 into the treas
ury from its beginning in 1939 un
til July 1, 1948.
He said revenues for the current
fiscal year, ending June 30, are
estimated at $26,000,000, of which
about $10,000,000 shoul'1 be
"profit," over and above all ex
penses and charges.
He stated that eventually the
Bonneville Administration will be
called on to pay off about $400,000
of Columbia Basin Reclamation
project costs which are chargeable
to irrigation benefits.
Raver testified before a suheoro
mittee on Bonneville requests In
the Interior Der"trri-- tr
priation bill for -the next fiscal
year.
The House, in oassins' the KM.
allowed Bonneville $29,927,000 In
cash and $15,725,000 conu'acr ru
thorizations. Budget recommenda
tions were $33.01)0.000 c - !
$18,500,000 contract authoriza
tions. Raver asked the subcommittee
to increase the House figure by
$1,114,000 In cash and contract
authorizations for new construc
tion, and $300,000 for operation
and maintenance of Bonneville
works.
Estimates on some new con
struction arrived too lale to be
considered by the House, Raver
explained.
Don Wilson, Radio Spieler,
Seeks Divorce From No. 3
LOS ANGELES, June 2 WP)
Don Wilson, Jack Benny's radio
announcer, has filed suit for
vorce from- his third wife on a
charge of cruelty.
The complaint claims his wife's
conduct has been detrimental to
his health and work. She is the
former Marusia Radunska, Polish
beauty.
TAXI DRUNK O. K.
CARDIFF, Wales, June 2. UP)
A Cardiff court dismissed a
chpr"e that a man had been drunk
and disorderly in a public place
namely, a taxicab with this rul
ing: "When he has paid his fare, an
Englishman's taxi is his castle."
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Phone 442 ' Oakland, Ore.
Walking Duel With Horse
Plan Of Lebanon Man, 64
LEBANON, June 2. W i
Paul Smith, the 64-year-old walk !
ing man of Mill City, plans to pit
his legs against a horse's next
month,
Smith, who has walked from
New York .to Los Angeles and
made innumerable short jaunts of,
say, . at) miles, contends lie can
walk 75 miles before a horse can.
He and the horse will covr the
75 miles around the Lebanon
Meadows race track some time in
mid-July.
Spies Alone Working In
U. S., Soviet Paper Says
MOSCOW, June 2. m The
Soviet government newspaper
Izvestja says the only profession
in the United States not suffering
from unemployment is that of
spies.
The article quoted the American
Legion Magazine as saying all
persons qualilied lor intelligence
work should report to Washing
ton. And Izvestia added It was ap
parent ordinary Americans were
not eager for such work.
No Windshield Squirts
For State-Owned Cars
SALEM, June 2. (ff) The
two little squirts which wash the
mud off windshields aren't neces
sary for state cars, . the State
Board of Control has decided.
The State Highway Commission
asked the Board for permission to
install the squirts on 18 oi its cars,
at a cost of $9 each.
But the Board turned Its thumbs
down on the idea.
And Governor McKay, an autO'
mobile dealer, sells them, too.
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Bolivivan Army
Quells Riots In
Mining Strike
LA PAZ. Bolivia. June 2. UP)
Reports reaching here said the
Army was "in control of the situa
tion" In Bolivia's strike-torn tin
mine region, scene jf bloody riot
ing for the nast five days.
Army reservists from 19 to 50
were ordered mobilized last night
as the cabinet met in emergency
session to cope with what It calls
state of civil war.
The government said the mobil
ization was justified by the grav
ity of the present situation In
which striking tin miners have
seized mine officials, including
Americans, as hostages and fought
Dioooy Dauies against troops sent
to the area.
Two thousand dvnamltehurllnp
miners yesterday battled 200
troops for control of the Patlno
owned Huanuni tin mines. The
mining area is in the high Andes,
about 200 miles southeast of La
Paz.
The government previously had
decreed a state of siege, suspend
ing normal civil rights lor 90 days
under semi-mart Ial law.
Two American engineers, In
cluding Albert Krefting of Seattle,
have been reported killed and the
superintendent of the Huanuni
mines. Howard Keller, a U. S.
citizen, was held captive by the
miners.
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places descends from four to
live ana a nan inousana leei
below the surrounding plateau,
Alabama normally raises about
one tenth of the nation's cotton.
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Slowing Construction. Krug
Tells Senate's Committee
WASHINGTON, June 1. UP Secretary of the Interior Julius
A. Krug , told a Senate committee Wednesday that If a Columbia
Valley Administration is created Congress should provide it with
$200,000,000 annually to carry on development of the Northwestern
area.
Krug said that at President Truman's request he was testifying
in behalf of the chief executive's proposal that the new agency be
set up.
He urged the Senate Public
Works Committee to approve Mr.
Truman's program for develop
ment of the Columbia Klver Basin
in seven Northwest states.
The secretary said the CVA
would absorb Reclamation Bu
reau and Army engineers activi
ties In the Pacific Northwest and
the Bonneville Power Administra
tion. These agencies received at)
proximately $125,000,000 in appro
priations for the current fiscal
year, he said, and will get more
for the year starting July 1.
creation of a CVA, Krug said,
would do away with confusion,
conflict and misunderstanding
that now slows down construction
work In the valley by the En
gineers and the Bureau.
"I am here today to advocate a
proposal which would carry out
the responsibilities of the federal
government for development of
the resources of the Pacific North
west in a more effective, a
cheaper and a speedier fashion
than Is now the case," he said.
"This bill provides for a re
organization of the resource
functions now exercised by the
federal government to secure
their more effective administra
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