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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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ton Monday, will also be present
for the unveiling there of an
economic report by former gov
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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.