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Comp, Steel Strike Threat Stirs Government WHO DOES WHAT i U. Of 0. Library Eugene, Oregon ; - By Paul Jenkins I ' i.. . .. Tt.. ;";v.' - -; v JSWiill-AM;-1 I rV if v v'l I -V J ... jg I? t :. '1 , if r - " " 1 , I RAY BROWN, manager of the Roseburg Swim Pool, is stand ing beside some steps at the deep end, keeping a sharp eye on some youngsters in the shallower water. He not only manages the affairs of the pool but instructs youngsters in swimming and safety measures. Many of them got their start under his tutor ship last summer at Templin Beach. Before coming to Roseburg he managed several big pools in Arizona. Swimming and diving not only are fascinating sports for the participants but are interesting and enjoyable for the spec tator as well. If you haven't visited the pool and watched the good times the kids have there, you have missed something. That is, if you like kids. Lots of seats are available. In the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS , I- -Still to be . hipped, on. th Fourth ot July. After all, the Fourth of July Is SOMETHING. It was on a fourth day of July, about a century and a half ago, that the NEW DEAL IN HUMAN AFFAIRS really began. It was then that our an cestors got together and, knowing ; exactly what they were saying and what it meant, proclaimed: "We're fed to the teeth with the ! mess that is the Old World. From here on out, come what may, we'll have none of it. To the ash-can with the &ings and the dukes and the earls that are the hangover from feudalism. To heck with big shots that tell us what to do. Whatever the cost, we're going to found here In this wilderness . a nation where each man of us . will be a man in his own right, free to choose what he wants within the limits of the rights of others." The cost was plenty. It included (Continued on Page Four) Japanese Vote To Make Hiroshima Peace Symbol HIROSHIMA, July 8 UP) Hiroshima voters have over whelmingly approved a plan to x make this, the world's first atom bombed city, a symbol of peace. In yesterday's election the plan was approved by 71.852 voters out of 78,962 persons eligible to cast their ballots. A plan to make Hiroshima a shrine of peace was adopted in the Diet (Parliament) at its last session. Aside from the electorate ap proval the plan has taken no con crete form. Swim Pool Closes To Public Tonight, To Be Readied For Two-Day Contest Program Townspeople have until tonight to get their swimming out of the way for the balance of the week. Tomorrow, the Roseburg Junior Chamber of Commerce takes over the pool. They will ready It for the first annual Southern Ore gon Invitational AAU swimming meet. Swimmers will start arriving here tonight and early Saturday to look the pool oVer and rest up for the big two-day water classic, sponsored by the Roseburg Jay cee group. Athletic clubs from over the state will send nearly 0 swim mers to compete in the AAU sanctioned meet. A large team trophy, donated by the local Jay cees, will go to the organization accumulating the most points. Individual medals will be award ed to swimmers who place In ap proximately 34 scheduled events. Junior girls and senior men compete Saturday night, starting t 7 o'clock. Sunday, Junior boys '7' - s t 19 - 1 Fields' Alleged Son Denied Share Of His Estate - LOS ANGELES, July 8 -1IP) W. C. Fields' estranged widow has been granted a half share of the comedian's $771,429 estate, while a man who claimed he was Fields' Illegitimate son got noth ing. Superior Judge William R. Mc Kay upheld Mrs. Harriet V. Fields' claim under California's community property law despite the fact she and Fields separated nearly 40 years before his death on Christmas day, 1946. Fields had left her $10,000. At the same time the Judge ruled there was not sufficient evi dence to show that Fields had ever acknowledged William R. F. Morris, 31, of Dallas, Tex., as his son. Judge McKay also said he was Influenced by a 1941 letter to Fields in which Morris referred to himself as an orphan whose parents had been killed in an automobile accident. During the trial, Morris testi fied he was the son of Fields and the late showgirl, Bessie Poole. He asked a third of the estate. Passengers Escape As Fire Sweeps U. P. Train AFTON, Calif., July 8 m Fire swept through two cars of the east-bound Union Pacific streamliner City of Los Angeles last night, but the 25 passengers escaped injury. One car was destroyed and flames badly damaged the other. Union Pacific officials in Salt Lake City reported. Cause of the fire was not determined. The flames were discovered as the train neared this isolated California siding some 140 miles west of Las Vegas, Nev. The Yermo, Caiif., fire depart ment made a 30-mile run and ar rived in time to save part of the second car. The two cars were an articulated unit and could not be separated. and senior women swim for AAU honors, starting at 2 p.m. Roseburg Jaycees continue to urge all persons with extra sleep ing quarters in their homes to contact the Senior Chamber. Mapy teen-age swimmers still have no place to stay Saturday night. Hotel facilities may be taxed If enough homes cannot accommodate the entrants. Tickets to the meet are avail able at Lawson's. Irv Pugh'i Chevron Station and at the swim ming pool. Reserved seats Inside the fence are $1.50. General admission Is $1.00 and children 50 cents. The Weather Fair and warmer today and Saturday. Sunset today 7:55 p. m. Sunrise tomorrow 4:41 a. m. Established 1873 Senators Offer Extension Of Atlantic Pact Main Purpose United Nations Charter Revision Open To All, Police Force In Plans WASHINGTON. July 8. UB Ten Senators today announced a move to revise the United Na tions charter and set up a world alliance backed by an interna tional ponce lorce. senator Flanders (R-Vt.) said the ultimate aim will be to ex tend the North Atlantic Defense Pact into a world alliance open to all nations that accept it prin ciples. ine plan is similar to propos als made by Ely Culbertson, the bridge expert, who has been con ferring with Senators on his ideas for a "Little United Na tions" within the United Na tions. Senators sponsoring the resolu tion are Flanders, Sparkrnan (D- Aia, Amen m-vi.i, lectin ln. Wash.), Capehart (R-Ind.), Hen drickson (R-N.J:), Johnson ID Colo.), Mundt (R-S.D.), Hoey (D N.C.), and Stennis (D-Miss.). Mundt told a reporter the plan would throw open the North Atlantic Pact to any nation agreeing to the principles of free Democratic nations. But, Mundt said, members al so would agree to: (1) no veto power, such as Russia has been using often in the United Na tions; (2) no military use of atomic bombs; (3) international control of atomic energy; and (4) an International police force. The proposal came while the Senate was working on the North Atlantic Pact and the European Recovery Program. Situation Summarized The situation lined up about this way: NORTH ATLANTIC PACT . Senate leaders hope, to -reach (Continued on Page Two) Murderer Kills Himself In Cell As Noose Waits BALTIMORE, July B.VP)A. 23-year-old murderer cheated the noose by killing himself less than 90 minutes before he was to have gone to the gallows early today at the Maryland Penitentiary. He was Roy Arnold Wood, bricklayer turned holdup man. Wood killed a Baltimore police man last year and was sentenced to death. The Rev. Joseph J. Ayd, S. J., penitentiary chaplain, was In toning Catholic prayers for the dying outside Wood's cell late last night. The priest noted that the con demned man failed to give the proper responses. Father Ayd called Warden Ed ward T. Swensen. They found Wood lying on the floor, limp and bleeding, but still alive. He died a few minutes later from what Dr. Earl Royer, act ing medical examiner, described as a hemorrhage due to an incise wound of the neck. "Wood cut his jugular vein," Dr. Royer said. The weapon he used was half of a safety-razor blade. It was found lying in a hole in the blood soaked mattress in Wood's cell. Australian Red Party's Headquarters Raided SYDNEY, July 8 UP) Po lice raided Marx House, head quarters of the Australian Com munist Party, today and took away two truck loads of docu ments and files. Police said no large sum of money was found. In Canberra a government source said the raid was made In a search for 54,000 (approximately $174,400) drawn from the banking accounts of unions last week. The government has frozen all union funds to prevent financial aid to Australia's 24,000 coal miners who have been on strike for two weeks. An arbitration court ordered unions to pay their funis into court but thus far none have done so. Compromise On Housing Bill Passed By Congress WASHINGTON, July 8. m Congress today completed ao tlon on multl-billlon dollar long range housing legislation and sent It to President Truman. The Senate shouted approval of the compromlte measure shortly after the House okayed it by a voice vote. That gave Mr. Truman the first mnjor victory for the far flung domettio program he calls the "Fair Deal." The legislation tent Mr. Tru man orovlH a lnm elearanct program and sets up funds for farm housing a...'a. It alto provides for 810,000. public housing unit. 'NAVEL' TOO LOW Necklines Soon Will Go Higher, Designer Says HOLLYWOOD, July 8.-4PI A Hollywood designer says women's necklines soon will be back where they belong "at the neck instead of the navel." "Paris fashions are tending to destroy the morale and morals of the American woman," fash ion designer Helen Rose told a newsman. "Indecency is never smart fashion, you know. The well groomed woman prefers to be on the best dressed, not the best undressed fashion lists." The naughty French bathing suit and the deep plunge neck line, said Miss Rose, make Ameri can women look like chorus girls from the Folies Bergere. Miss Rose, who designs clothes for June Allyson, Kathryn Gray son, Elizabeth Taylor, Esther Wil liams and other actresses, says the new French influence is merely a passing fad, "Because we are, basically, a moral race, women are going to realize once again that conceal ment is more intriguing to a male than revealmenl." That's what Miss Rose said. U. S. Vice Consul Still Prisoner Of Chinese VW Pnn-aul William' rli,A 9 of Ironton, Mo., still was 'held mcommumcaao Dy Shanghai po lice today despite efforts of the Consulate to obtain his release or send him aid. Even a message from his wlfo was rejected by police. iney cnargea in tne commun ist liberation rlialv that Olive was "very arogant, smashed things on the desk at the police station and damaged the watch and fountain pen of policemen." tils action, when he was arrested- for a traffic violation 24 hours earlier, "violated police re gulations,", they' said. The Red was being investigated. ine consulate sam it had been Unahlp tn lpnrn Dllxrn'a pnnrlltlnn of whether any charges had been brought against him. The consu late said it had learned he was beaten severely after he was tak en to the Police Station. Corvallis Jail Escapee Hunted In New Mexico ALBUQUERQUE, N. M July 8 UP) State Police Capt. Clin ton A. White of Santa Fe said to. day officers were engaged in a large mannuni in tne Manzanos Mountains east and south of here. White identified the fugitive as William Haynes. Other police sources said the man was report ed to have escaped from the Ben ton county jail at Corvallis, Ore., June 4. A man known as Rlchatd How ard Hall, alias Richard Brady, escaped from the Corvallis Jail on that date, taking a batch of the deputy sheriff's badges, guns, handcuffs and leg irons. The pursuit started last night, reports said, when police chased the man in a wild race through Albuquerque city streets. The fugitive escaped and the search was renewed during early morn ing hours. Portugese, Battered By Storms, Pray For Relief LISBON, Portugal, July 8 UP) Portuguese crowded Into cnurcnes today to pray lor an end to the erratic weather which has afflicted the country for a week. There was panic In Vila Real when a tempest struck the town. Forest trees were uprooted by a landslide and cattle were drown ed In flooded streams. The Paulos River burst Its banks and swept through fields, causing an estimated $400,000 property damage. Portugal haa had a series of heat waves, thund er storms, cyclonic winds and hall storms. More .than a score of persons have lost their lives as a result of the freak weather. Winchester Folk Called To Aid Clubhouse Work All residents k f Winchester community Interested in working on the new Clubhouse are asked to be at the building as early as possible Sunday morning to help complete the structure. A fried cnlcken potluck dinner will be served to all those assisting with the work. All persona of the com munity who nave not been con tacted to become members in the Club, are Invited to Join the group. Emperor Hirohito Pays Call To Gen. MocArthur TOKYO, July 8 UP) Em peror Hirohito made a courtesy call on General MacArthur today at the United States embassy. As usual, the subject of their con versation was not disclosed. ROSEBURG, OREGON FRIDAY, JULY World Americans Increasing E Bond Buying Cash-Ins Decline, Less Spending In Department Stores, Treasury Says By CHARLES MOLONY WASHINGTON, July 8. UP) The American people bought more of the government's Series E Bonds during the first half of this year than in any similar period since the war. Purchases of these bonds to taled $2,250,000,000 for the six months that ended June 30. This topped 1948's previous postwar record by 2tt per cent, Treasury officials said today. At the same time that they were saving more in E bonds, people were spending less in de partment stores. The dollar volume of depart ment store sales across the coun try was shown in a federal re serve board report for the first nail oi 1U4 to have fallen four per cent under the first half of last year. Lower prices were a considerable factor in the de cline. The treasury federal reserve data confirmed commerce depart ment findings that, although their income shrank somewhat in 1949, Americans saved more than they had when they were taking in a larger total. Furthermore, Treasury offi cials said, people hung on to their savings more tenaciously. Cash-lnt Decrease Cash-ins of E bonds, totaling $1,702,000,000 for the first six months of this year, dropped a (Continued on Page Two) Fire Destroys New Automobile Of Deaf Mutes PRINEVILLE, July 8 UP) An unlikely series of events des troyed a deaf mute couple's new automobile yesterday, but Prine ville may see that the couple gets another. It started when Mr. and Mrs. Jessie C Wright, John Day, deaf mutes and parents of six chil dren, parked here. They were enroute home from Portland with a car they had just bought. It was loaded with boxes of new cloth ing for the children. An oil truck parked nearby to make a delivery to a service sta tion. Then a man, afflicted with palsy, stopped by the truck to light a cigaret. He scratched the match on the pavement, the truck burst into flames. The fire spread to the service station and to the Wrights' car. The Wrights car and the tank truck were destroyed. The service station suffered $2,000 damage. The Wrights did not have in surance, but a tavern owner, Joe Drew, began passing the hat. Prlneville residents are chipping In, and the Wrights may get a new car out of it. Negroes Invited To Give Lie To Paul Robeson WASHINGTON, July 8. UP) The House Un-American Activi ties Committee has Invited base ball star Jackie Robinson to "give the lie" to singer Paul Robeson's comments on the loyalty of American Negroes. Robinson, and other prominent Negroes, have been asked to tes tify next week, starting Tuesday. Chairman Wood (D.-Ga.) told reporters: "I think the principal purpose Is to give the lie to the state-' ments of Robeson that American Negroes wouldn't fight in case of a war against Russia." Negroes themselves, he said, have asked the committee to set up a forum so they could refute Robeson. During a recent Euro pean tour, Robeson said he loved the Russians and that American Negroes would refuse to fight a war against the Soviets, Girl Masquerades As Man To Get Needed Job ROSLYN, Wash., July 8. UP) For 11 months, 19-year-old Gloria Bailey made good her masquer ade as a man, until she was ob served walking Into the women's rest room. She took the name Tony Bailey, dressed as a man and worked around the Roslyn-Cle Elum mines to get money to sup port her sick mother and buy a cafe, the girl said. The discovery led to her dis missal because of a state law barring women from Jobs around actual workings ot a mine. Lawrence Sharp Sent To State Hospital TACOMA, Wash.. July 8 -t!P) Lawrence Jean Sharp, 20, was ornerea commuted io tne west ern Washington State hospital by an examining Doara nere yester day. 8, 1949 Alliance CLEVER POLICEMAN Stages Hoax To Stop Following Of Fire Engines BEDMINISTER, N. J July 8. UP) This tiny community gets a big kick out of following the lire engines, out Ponce Chief Floyd R. Christianson says it's got to stop. i Yesterday the sirens sounded and the fire engines rolled. As usual, residents piled Into their cars and chased after them to see the excitement? When they got to the outskirts of town the fire engines stopped. Chief Christianson, told the puz zled thrill-seekers it was all a false alarm to get them together. ne warned tnem they d better not follow the engines again at less than 200 feet, unless thev wanted a summons. The straw that broke the camel's back, he explained, was at a recent fire, when an avid spectator got to the scene before tne nreme,n, parked his car in the driveway, and effectively blocked the engines from cettlne near the house. Two Fires Fought By County Patrol A Pumper truck and several fire fighters were dispatched to the Olalla district yesterday to combat a fire which started In a logging slash, according to U. F. McLaughlin of the Douelas Coun ty Fire Patrol Assn. Keported by several forest service lookouts, the blaze was confined to a few acres and was brought under control quickly by the 35-man crew, McLaughlin said. A pumper truck was also dis patched to the Allen ranch at Hayhurst, near Drain, yesterday anernoon to combat, a lire which destroyed the house and barn. According to McLaughlin the buildings were already ablaze be fore the. flro patrol arrived and firemen confined their efforts to checking the spread of the fire to adjacent buildings. Whistles Sound To-Work, But Miners Stay Away PITTSBURGH, July 8 UP) Start-to-work whistles blew at Western Pennsylvania soft coal mines today but nobody show ed up at the pits. Obeying John L. Lewis' order to work only three days a week during current contract negotia tions, miners stayed at home. They worked Tuesday, Wednes day and yesterday. After this week they are heeding the United Mine worKer president s edict to work Monday, Tuesday and Wed nesday and then atop. Coal operators over the nation had said they would post work orders for a normal work week despite the Lewis order. They contend the three-day a week or der probably is illegal on the grounds it restrains trade. That's why the mine whistles shrilled this morning. Operators are staying on the safe side. They provided work. Bail Of Alleged Alien Communists Canceled NEW YORK. Julv 8.-UP) For the second time In two days, im migration agents have canceled the ball of alleged alien Commu nists and placed them under cus tody of Ellis Island. The action, the New York Times said today, stems from a new "get tough" policy of the Justice Department, which does not want such persons to Imitate Gerhart Elsler and jump bail. George Pirinsky, 47, executive secretary of the American Slav Congress, free In $1,000 bail, was arrested yesterday by Immigra tion agents and taken to Ellis Island. He had been free pending a te- view of a deportation order given by an appeals board in washing- ton. Japanese Boy To Enter U. S. Naval Academy SEATTLE, July 8 UP) Eighteen-year-old Takeshi Yoshl hara, who spent the war In a Japanese relocation center, left yesterday for the U. S. Naval Academy at Annapolis, Md. Friends said they thought he was the first Nisei ever to win the appointment. It was made by Rep. Thor C. Tollefson, Republi can from the sixth district. "Tak" graduated from Renton High School. Purse-Snatcher Bayed By Fleetfooted Woman SEATTLE, July 8 UP) A fleet footed woman secretary brought a purse-snatcher to bay after a half mile chase In down town Seattle. Miss Evelyn Thrall saw the man looting purses In a medical building office. She final ly chased him into the arms of a patrolman. Marijuana was M imed by Mel vln Ware, the snalchpr, In a sign ed statement admitting the looting. 159-49 Proposal Atomic Board Funds Target In Committee Endorsed Reduction In Appropriation Slated For Battle On Floor WASHINGTON. July 8. UP) Fresh troubles piled up today for the embattled Atomic Energy Commission. A committee has approved a sharp cut in what the agency wanted to spend, and two con gressmen have recommended per manent spending curbs. The money setback was hand ed out yesterday by the Senate Appropriations committee. It re fused to increase the $1,090,000, 000 in cash and contract author izations allowed by the House. This represented a sye.wva.biM slash from the $1,167,000,000 bifd get estimate for the fiscal year which began July 1. Previously a Senate Appropria tions subcommittee had recom mended an Increase oi approxi mately $35,000,000 in the House bill. Both Chairman O'Mahoney (D.- Wyo.) of the Subcommittee, and Chairman McMahon (D-Conn.) of the joint Senate-House Atomic Committee said that a fight would be made on the floor to override the full appropriation committee's action. O Mahoncv called the cut un realistic." McMahon in a separate interview, said it was a "mis take." While the two agree on this. they disagree on what method should be used to check on Com mission spending. Both are auth ors of recommendations to ac complish the job. McMahon would amend tne At omic Energy Law to require that each year Congress "authorize the general Drocrams of the Atomic Energy Commission and also the total amount of money requesteil to support these pro grams." Rep. Dunham (D-N. C), vice chairman of the Joint commit tee, is sponsoring a similar bill in the House. The Commission now may pro ceed on a new project pretty much as It pleases without specif ic congressional authorization. New Polloy Suggested O'Mahoney's proposal approv ed by the full Appropriations Committee as a part of the AEC money bill, provides for a differ ent approach. It would require the Bureau of (Continued on Page Two) Injured Worker Demands $35,000 General damages of $35,000 are asked In a suit filed in Circuit Court by Lee E. Dilley against the Douglas Timber Corporation for injuries he allegedly sustain ed while he was in the employ of the corporation on April 11. Dilley in his complaint states he was employed as a choker set ter, and that he was struck by a "haul back" line, which broke and snapped back against him. He lists multiple injuries in cluding a dislocated right arm and hlo. fractured spine, sprained left knee, fractured ribs, cerebral concussion, lacerations, bruises, contusions, shock and pain. In addition to general damages, he requests special damages, to be determined for loss of time from work, hospital care and doctor and ambulance services, Siskiyou Area Forest . Fire Creates Battle GRANTS PASS, July 8. UP) Siskiyou and state forest crews to day are battling an uncontrolled lorest lire wnicn starieo in ine O'Brien area yesterday afternoon and has eaten Its way across the state line into Northern cainor nia. The fire started in the vicinity of the Elk Creek Mill, two and one-half miles from O'Brien and a quarter mile from the Redwood Highway. The mill property sus tained some damage. Bom oni clals of both forest services are attempting to determine the cause. Much of the timber involved Is a part of the Siskiyou National Forest although some state land Is Included. Reports from the scene Indicate that heavy pusts of wind have hampered fire con trol, the blaze jumping the fire lines. Oregon Man Accused Of Rape And Burglary SEATTLE, July 8 UP) Fran cis E. Lane, 23-year-old Gaston, Ore., coastguardsman, was char ged with rape and second degree burglary yesterday on accusa tions ot a luyear-oia seame housewife. His bond was set at $5,000. The alleged attack on the crippled woman occured at her home Monday night. She received multiple fractures of her leg In an automobile accident some months ago. Conciliation Service Goes Into Action Heads Of U. S. Steel And Union Called Te Parley In Wage Hike Rejection PITTSBURGH, July 8. UP A deeply concerned Federal Govern ment moved today to prevent a threatened nation-wide steel strike. The government's growing anx lety became apparent last night when Cyrus S. Chlng, director of the federal mediation and coi dilation service, summoned Philip Murray, president of the United Steel Workers, and John A. Stephens, vice president of the U. S. Steel Corp., to meet in Washington on Monday. Both Murray and Stephens promptly agreed to answer the call. Murray also repeated his charge that the Steel Corporation was responsible for the impasse in negotiations that for the last two days had made a steel strike a strong possibility on July 16. . The U. S. Steel-UAW negotia tionsin recent years a major factor in the wage agreements reached by other industries bog ged down last Wednesday. Benjamin F. Fairless, U. S. Steel president, rejected the steeU workers' demands for a fourth round postwar wage boost. Pre viously he turned down the un ion's demands for pensions for its 800,000 members. Murray quickly called a meet ing of his policy committee here nnvt Timcau This committee has the power to call a steel strike. Affidavit at Issue Tho nsu lonrier said that his nn rafi.cnl tn ion n nnn.Com- munlst affidavit would be brought up for consideration ai ine cuni mextitine Shnuld he and TTCUr nffMa)a stem such affidavits, the Steelworkers Un ion could make use ot tne nation al Labor Relations Board machin ery in charging U. S. Steel with an unfair labor practice in refus ing to bargain on pensiuuo. Murray, In going to Washing ton Monday, will also be present for the unveiling there of an economic report by former gov (Continued on Page Two) Rome Will Exile 'Lucky' Luciano, Ex-Crime Ruler ROME, July a UP) Charles "Lucky" Luciano, onetime New York vice king, will be "exiled" to a village in Sicily "because his presence in Rome is a crime threat," Italian authorities an nounced today. The 51-year-old Sicilian was picked up yesterday in his fash ionable Rome apartment. He was questioned in connection with an international drive on drug traf fic, but "no evidence was found against him," police said. Nevertheless, they said, he will be sent to the tiny village of. Lereara Frlddl, near Palermo. The village was his home once before. When Luciano was de ported from the United States in 1947 and arrived here, he. was' restricted to Sicily. Later, how ever, he was permitted to circu late freely. Luciano was questioned for hours yesterday in a Rome Jail about possible links with an in ternational drug ring. The ring was uncovered June 25 with the arrest at Rome airport of a man identified as Charles Vincent Trupla of New York. Police said Trupia was carrying about 20 pounds of cocaine, valued at $500,000. Luciano was Imprisoned In New York In 1916 for selling narcotics. He later became the "boss" of New York's prostitution ring. He was sentenced in 1936 to serve 30 to 50 years In Sing Sing on compulsory prostitution charges. After serving nine years and six months, he was paroled for de portation. Alger Hiss Jury Still Trying To Reach Verdict NEW YORK, July .UPyK Federal, Court jury, unable to reach a verdict last night, delib erated hour after hour today on whether Alger Hiss lied. The jury recessed at noon a few minutes after it had re turned to the courtroom for a restatement of a portion of Judge Samuel H. Kaufman's charge to the Jury. Thoy had to determine wheth er Hiss committed perjury when he denied that as a State Depart ment official he passed top secret documents to a pre-war Soviet spy ring, EX-8ENATOR DIES NEWPORT, Ore., July Dr. H. R. Caufman, 70, retired physician who was Lincoln Coun ty State Senator In 194143, died here yesterday. He was one of the builders of the Lincoln Hos pital In Toledo. Levity Fact Rant By L. F. Relsenstein The wisdom of Kinej Solomon was acclaimed In Biblical timet, but none of It, !t appears. Is wanted by top Oregon Demo crats from would-bo Judge Cut Solomon from Federal bench.