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,4 U. Of 0. Library '- Eugene, Oregon j Hawaii's Strike Goes Into Conference GIRL JOCKEY Donna Smith Goodloe, who nets under the nitn Donna Smith, it on of tho country's few women jockeys. Sho and her husband brought four horses down to tho Koieburg meeting from their ranch in Homedale, Idaho. (Picture by Photo Labi PREVIEW DRAWS 5,000 Horses Show Samples Of Speed In Preliminary To 1 0-Day Fairgrounds Bill An estimated 5,000 horse-loving Douglas county citizens poured into the fairgrounds last night, filling the grandstand and overflow ing on to viewpoints on the surrounding fences, to watch the grand preview of the 10-day racing meet that starts this evening. In the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS fECRETARY of the Navy Fran- J cis P. Matthews, speaking at a Democratic party picnic at Port land Sunday, made this statement to his hearers: "Arguments against CVA (Co lumbia Valley Administration) are the old, tired arguments of big business who mask their op position to progress with charges of regimentation and controlled socialism. DO you suppose. M .oould be right? If he Is, we are headed for socialism in this country. (NOT next year. Not, probably, in the next generation. These great swings In human history usually move slowly.) But if the people of Oregon are already looking tolerantly at a duplicate of the Tennessee Valley Authority, which would turn the whole future development of the vast drainage basin of the Colum bia river over to the federal gov- (Continued on Page Four) Recording Of Ktnnel Noist Wins In Court REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Aug. 17. UP) Even the utterances of dogs are being recorded and taken into court. The recorded barks and growls from a kennel were played yes terday before Superior Judge A. R. Cotton. That was evidence in a suit by two couples the Martin and Earl Wilms for an injunc tion against the operation of a kennel near their auto court. The kennel operator, Dr. P. H. Hand, objected that the recording amplified the barks. Judge Cotton ordered the vet ernarian to silence the dogs or move the kennel. I INCORPORATION VOTED TAFT, Aug. 17 (.) This north Lincoln county coastal com munity has voted 130 to 28 in favor of incorporation as a city. WOMEN DRUNKARDS UPPED U.S. Now Has All-Time High Of 800.000, Officer Of W.C.T.U. Declares PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 17. UP) Women alcoholics and habitual drunkards in the United States have increased to an all-time high of 800,000, an officer of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union said today. Mary B. Ervin, vice president at large of the WCTU, told the organization's executive commit tee the current increase in wom en drink victims is at the rate of 120,000 a year. The executive committee met prior to the opening of the group's 75th annual convention tomorrow Miss Ervin said the number of liquor among women as liquor, Women alcoholics and drunkards wine and beer advertising that is shown by projection of the; depicts drinking by women as percentage of women alcoholics i socially smart and glamorous." committed to mental institutions j She gave as other reasons: and psychopathic wards of gen-1 congestion of bars and liquor era! hospitals into the 4.000.000 stores in residential neighbor alcoholics and drunkards in the hood shopping streets; alcoholic country. , beverage departments In grocery "Census bureau reports Issued I and drug stores and kitchen and last vear." she said, "show that i t U I which will continue through Aug. 27, officially opens tonight, with post time at 7:30 o'clock. Pari-mutuel wagering windows will open at 6:45, and remain open during the entire meeung Gala opening night ceremonies are planned. The Roseburg mu nicipal band will be on hand to greet early arrivals with spright ly marching tunes and other pop ular airs. Roseburg Mayor Al Flegel will dedicate the newly conditioned track, and. after local singer Leroy Hiatt will sing the national anthem. Seventeen-year-old Cynthia Turner will call the horses on her silver bugle to the post for the first race. Last night's spectators were treated to a good show by the Umpqua Jockey, club, which is presenting - .the meeting, under the auspices of the Douglas Coun ty Sheriffs Posse. Two fast (Continued on Page Two) Bonds Of British Government Hit Wave Of Selling LONDON, Aug. 17. UP) British government bonds were subjected to heavy selling on the London Stock exchange today. Some Issues closed as much as 15 shillings (S3) lower. The decline interrupted a slow rally which got under way last week after government shares had fallen past their low point of world war I. Brokers cited these two main reasons for the selling wave: 1. A statement by the British Federation of Industries that a lower standard of living is Brit ain's only real hope of overcom ing her dollar shortage. X A Paris-dated story in the London Daily Express that Paul Hoffman, chief of the American financed European recovery pro gram (ERP9), is dissatisfied with Britain's recovery effort. Biggest loser on the British government bond list today was the treasury 21 percent issue. It closed 15 shillings down at 71 34. Earlier in the dav this issue was sold as much as 25 shillings ($5) below yesterday s closine price. Other losses at the end of trading today ranged from live shillings I $1) to seven shillings six pence ($1.50). The market rebounded some fro mthe midday low point. alcoholics admitted to the Insti tutions were women. Projection of the same ratio into the 4, 000,00, plus verifying informa tion, placet women alcoholics at 800.000 as compared to 680.000 the year previously." Miss Ervin listed as one of the reasons for increased drinking of basement barroom drinking in K. Kmm I The meet Tht Weather Fair today oad Thursday. L It He cheaot in temperature. Sunset today 7:13 - m. Sunrise tomorrow S:22 a. m. Established 1873 Gifts Sent To White House By Thousands Homo Freexer Just Ont Article Of Array That Would Fill Warehoust By ERNEST B. VACCARO WASHINGTON, Aug. VJ-OP Gifts for the White House? They came by the thousands every year, and always have. The home freezer presented to Mrs. Harry S. Truman in 1945 nas nad more publicity than most such gifts receive, because it was linked with the current Capitol hill Investigation of five per centers. But actually it's only one of tens of thousands of presents that have poured in on the Trumans since they moved into the execu tive mansion. For example, gifts from friends and admirers have made Presi dent Truman probably the best hatted man in the United States. The gifts range in retail value up to $200. They include ten gal lon westerners, broad-brimmed Panamas, high silk forma Is, pith helmets, long billed sports caps and even feathered varieties given to him by Indians. Americans have been follow ing the custom of sending gifts to presidents for more years than anvone can remember. Those sent by other nations and they include many of the more valuable ones, like diamond studded daggers and priceless paintings the President cannot keep because the Constitution for bids him to accept gifts from for eign governments. This govern ment keeps them. Bowling Alley Stays The $5,000 bowling alley he receivec as a birthday present in 1946 from old friends in Mis souri will remain in the White House, like the swimming pool that was given to the late Presi- (Continued on Page Two) Murder Charge Faced By Driver In Author's Death ATLANTA.' Aue. 17. UP) Mur der charges have been placed against the taxi driver who fa tally Injured Margaret Mitchell, world-famous author of "Gone With the Wind." Miss Mitchell, whose novel of Civil war and reconstruction days outsold everything in print except the Bible, died yesterday In Grady Memorial hospital. Death came five days after she was struck down by a speeding automobile on her beloved Peach tree street, which her novel help ed make famous. She died in an operating room as physicians pre pared lor emergency surgery to try to save her life. Huge D. Gravitt, the 28-year-old driver of the car which hit Miss Mitchell, is being held without bond on a charge of murder. Gravitt, listed on police records for 22 previous traffic violations, was off dutv and driving his own car when he struck Miss Mitchell. Until the author's death, he had been free in $5,450 bond on a charge of suspicion of man slaughter. Under Georgia law, a person can be convicted of murder for taking the life of another while ii the commission of an unlawful act. The unlawful act can be a misdemeanor or a felony. County Home At Medford Studied County Judge D. N. Busenbark, Commissioners Lynn V. Beckley and Dick Baker, and Alvin C. Knauss, Douglas Community hos pital manager, are spending today in Medford, studying plans of the new-Jackson county home. A new county home with 52 beds has Just been completed in that city, and the architect and contractor will be there to be In terviewed. Douglas county plans a 60-bed home for the indigent, and the court hopes to get work under way soon after the first of the year, salt Judge Busenbark. No funds will be available until new tax money comes in after Nov. 15. Failurt To Return Borrowed Car Charged Leon Elmer Lawson is being held in the county Jail on a charge of larceny by bailee, ac cording to Justice of Peace A. J. Geddes. who set his ball at $750. Lawson was arrested Monday by state police on a complaint filed bv Carl Olson. Lawson al legedly borrowed a car which he failed to return, and was arrest ed two days later at Drain, ac cording to 'District Attorney Rob ert G. Davis. MAJOR BOOTY prr t-is- lAvnun s,- it UP) Burglars broke into the of- 41 .u f C- X- . 1 : 1 in-- nit w. o. iajii misf.n today. They took nothing but American cigarets. ROSEBURG, JOBHOLDERS UP States Set New Record In Both Numbers, Pay WASHINGTON. Aug. 17. (. State governments employed 982.000 persons In April and car ried a $197,000,000 monthly pay roll. The census bureau, reporting this today, called It a record both in numbers and in pay. Compared with 12 months ear lier, the number of Jobholder was up 6.1 per cent or 56,000. The payroll itself was up $25, 700,000 a month or 15 per cent for the period, largely became average pay went up from $185 a month in April 1948 to $200 last April. State governments now have "nearly half as many employes as the federal government, and about one-third as many em ployes as all local governments combined," the bureau said. Michigan was the only state listed by the bureau as riot hav ing an increase in payrolls in tho 12 months ended last April. Increases of more than 25 per cent were shown for Indiana. Massachusetts, Mississippi and Oregon. Sanitary Unit Bond Vote Set For Aug. 23rd Poling place for the North Rose burg Sanitary district's $225,000 bond election next Tuesday will he at the Riverside school, from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., announced Clar ence Landls, chairman of the dis trict board, today. Landis said several parties have expressed interest In purchasing the bonds, which will be adver tised for bids. He said the board had received letters from a num ber of bonding companies and a bank, as well as representatives of the state, who would invest the state's large surplus fund. "I don't think we'll have any trouble selling the bonds," he com mented, adding that "Interest rates (set by bidders fof the bonds) are going down," which would be favorable for the dis trict. Landls and James Howland, consulting engineer of Corvallis, were speakers at a meeting at the Church of God last night, called to discuss and explain the proposed bond issue. It was pointed out that ownev. ship of property is not a require ment for voting in the election. Persons must, however, be regis tered voters and reside In the district to participate. The election board will be com posed of Mrs. Lowell Young, Mrs. Bill Clarenbach and Mrs. Clarence Landis. The money to he raised bv the sale of bonds will he used to fi nance the construction of sewer age lines and of a sewaee treat. ment plant, which may be located on me noseourg veterans hospital grounds. Landis said he had received word from Dr. John L. Hasklns, hospital manager, that the Vet erans administration central of fice at Washington, D. C, is studying the matter, pending ap proval of the bond Issue in the election. Budget Cut Will Force Spread Of Rent Decontrol CLEVELAND, Aug. 17. UP) A budget cut will force his of fice to decontrol one-third of the areas where rent controls are no in force. Federal Housing Expe diter Tighe Woods said today. The lists for decontrol now are being prepared in Washington and will be announced in a week or 10 days. Woods said. Decontrol will become effective upon the announcement, he explained. About 1.000 counties are still under rent control and the ceil ings will he lifted in one-third of these. Woods said. "I do not think any communi ties over 100,000 will be affected," Woods said. "The cuts will be countrywide, not concentrated in any one particular section." "Our budget for the fiscal year was slashed from $26 million to $21 million by the Senate and now has been cut further by the conference committees of both houses to $17,500,000, he ex plained. That, he said, left him two alternatives: It Fire one-third of his em ployes, or i2l Decontrol a third of th. areas under federal rent control. He said he had decided on the latter course. Gold Peddler Arrested As Dental Office Thief PORTLAND. Aug. 17. (.V) A I man arrested selling junked gold was held today for Salem police on a felon warrant. Police said Wesley M. Byrd, 43, Eureka. Calif., had admitted en tering several dental Offices In Salem and Corvallis. (9 nVlXYYi-i hV?Yt17VYY 1 II I fyi I I N1 MDJIII VIII OREGON WEDNESDAY. AUG. Aid Cash Paid "5 Percenter II Told At Probe Molasses Firm's Head Bares Deal; Indictment Of Maragon Demanded WASHINGTON, Aug. 17 (rtV A former agriculture department employee testified today that Maj. Gen. Harry H. Vaughan was "a little rough" on him in an effort to get a molasses per mit for a New Jersey firm in 1946. That development came at the Senate's five percenter Inquiry after Senator McCarthy (R-Wis) demanded that John Maragon be indicted for perjury. Maragon has been a central figure in the investigation. The testimony concerning Vaughan and Maragon today came out in connection with the Allied Molasses Co., of Perth Am boy. N. J. The former agriculture depart ment worker, Herbert C. Ha thorn, said he had a telephone conversation late in 1946 with Vaughan, who is President Tru man's military aide. Hat horn said he then was handling allocation of scarce molasses and edible syrups for the department. He said Vaughan told him at one point during the conversation that we Democrats have to stick together." Hathorn said Vaughan later "was a little rough" when Hathorn told him he could "not conscientiously" grant the permit vaugnan wanted lor the firm. Hathorn identified the firm as the Allied Molasses company. Maragon's Aid Bared Harold M. Ross, president of the company, told the senate In vestigations subcommittee earlier that Maragon had been given money to help the firm out of its difficulties. Ross' uncle, Milton R. Polland. Milwaukee insurance man, swore that he paid Maragon $1,000 for trying to get a sugar rationing suspension order lifted against the Allied company In 1946. That led McCarthy to demand thai Mraon be. IrxVW for perjury. : Just before Polland look the witness chair, testimony which Maragon gave under oath to the senate investigators July 28 was read Into the record by assistant committee counsel Francis D. Flanagan, Maragon had flatly denied in the testimony that he ever was paid any money by anyone for i,K.-'lating business with the government. After Polland, In reply to a cross fire of questions, acknowl edged that he did pay Maragon $1,000. McCarthy said. "I think we should ask the Justice department to take this matter over and ask that an in dictment for perjury be returned against Maragon." In his sworn testimony last month, Flanagan said, Maragon (Continued on Page Two) Grenade From Abandoned Dump Kills Two Children ROME, Aug. 17. UPU-A group of boys went exploring yester day in an abandoned ammunition dump outside Rome. They found a round, rusty hall of metal and had lots of fun rol ling it about until the hand grenade exploded. Marcello Ciminl, three, and Natale Cordiali, five, were killed. Two others were injured. STALIN URGED TO ACT U. S. Envoy Protests Jam On Broadcasts. Delay In Lend-Lease Settlement WASHINGTON, Aug. nJP)V. S. Ambassador Alan Kirk asked Premier Stalin to speed action on American protests against jamming of the "Voice of America" radio broadcasts, Secretary of State Acheson disclosed today. Kirk called on the Soviet leader Monday night Acheson told a news conference that It actually was a courtesy visit and was lim ited almost entirely to' an exchange of courtesies between the new American ambassador and the Russian premier. However, he added, Kirk did mention to Stalin two points -ur- rently at Issue In Soviet-American relations. These, Acheson said, are the Russian jamming of American radio broadcasts and the long drawn out negotiations on a final settlement lor war time lend-lease. On both points, Acheson said. Kirk simply expressed hope to Stalin that the foreign office would consider the two matters so that the two governments can get on with the business of solv ing the problems involved. Asked what Stalin's reaction was, Acheson said that the mat ters were referred to the Soviet foreign office. His - disclosure of Kirk's ap proaches to Stalin on the two issues came In response to re porters' Inquiries and after h had read a statement accusing the Russians of having planned the "complex, costly Jamming 17, 1949 TOWNSEND REVIVAL House Drive On To Force Vote On Pension Plan WASHINGTON. Aug. 17. (.VI The Townsend old-age pension plan is perking up again in Con gress. Backers are more than half way in igning up the 218 mem bers necessary to force a vote on It in the House. They had a pep meeting yesterday and organized a drive to round up the remain ing 93 signatures. More than a dozen represent tlves showed up. Rep. Blatnlk (D Minn) passed around lists of other members for them to bu: tonhole. "If we make a good, concerted, spirited drive," Blatnik said, "we ran get five or six persons each. That put us over the hump." Rep. Angell (R-Ore) made a "put your shoulders to the wheel" speech. And Mrs. J. A. Ford, legisla tive director for the Townsend plan, said the drive for action on it already has forced some action on an Improved social security program. The House Ways and Means committee approved a so cial security expansion bill yes terday. Annual Boxcar Shortage Strikes Western Oregon PORTLAND, Aug. 17. tJP) Western Oregon lumber mills and grain dealers are neginnlng to feel the pinch of a railroad box car shortage for the first time this summer. Similar shortages In the past two summers have curtailed lumber operations. Lumber spokesmen said ship pers' car orders had been slashed an average of 30 per cent the past week. One Polk county grain ele vator manager. Matt Gillls of the Farmers Co-op, said he re ceived three cars last week when he needed many more. Southern Pacific railway freight Traffic Manager Frank C. Nelson admitted he couldn't promise much Improvement right now. "We're in pretty tough trouble." ; - He said the shortage developed suddenly, as it has in the past two years. No lumber mills are reported shut down, but trade sources in dicated the tight situation might Idle or curtail operations in the near future. The northern rallwavs serving eastern Oregon, Washington and the Columbia river had only a "fairly tight" car situation. The car supply was still meeting de mand, spokesmen said. Auto-Train Collision Kills Family Of Six OGALLALA. Neb, Aug. 17. UP) Six persons were killed last night In a collision of their car and the Union Pacific's overland limited at a railroad crossing here. Trainmen identified the dead as Ascension Jlmlnez, well-to-do Ogallala farmer, his wife, two daughters and two grandsons. Truman Signs Decree To Ban Undesirable Aliens WASHINGTON. Aug. 17.--OT) President Truman signed a proclamation today authorizing the attorney general to prevent the admission to this country of any alien whose entry he consid ers "preludiclal to the Interests I of the United States." operation" for many months. This interference with broad casts from the west to the Rus sian people, Acheson declared, "must be looked upon as a long range plan of the USSR for iso lating the Russian people even more completely from access to truth and fact about the outside world." Fund Increase Voted The House appropriations com mittee yesterday recommended Increasing the Voice of America funds by $11,500,000. This would he used for the construction and Improvement of broadcasting sta tions to fight the jamming, Ache son said. "This Jamming." he added, "Is a direct violation of International telecommunication, conventions to which the USSR is a party, including the so-called Madrid (Continued on Par Two) 193-49 Truman's No. 1 Reorganizing Plan Defeated Senate Kills Welfare Dept. Move, At Variance With Recommendation WASHINGTON, Aug. 17 UP) The Senate turned today to i brisk scrap over President Tru man's reorganization plan No. 2, after handing the chief executive a stinging defeat on his plans for a welfare department In the cabinet. Both sides said the fight on No. 2 to transfer the bureau of employment security from the Federal Security administration to the Labor department prob ably would wind up in an ad ministration victory. Democratic leader Lucas (111) told reporters flatly the plan would go through. He got a grudging second from one of the leading opponents who said privately that the necessary 49 votes the required majority of the full Senate could not be mustered to support the resolu tion of disapproval. Opponents of the plan have contended that the employment bureau would be more fairly ad ministered In the FSA than in the Labor department. President Truman and others have said that the bureau belongs In the department most concerned with labor. The Senate was to vote on the resolution today. It was offered by the executive expenditures committee which voted 8 to 3 against the plan. Vote Intended At Warning The Presldent'i plan for a new welfare department, combining the functions of health, educa tion and welfare under a single secretary of cabinet rank, was sidetracked late yesterday by a 60 to 32 vote 11 more than re quired. The fight centered largely around (1) Oscar Kwing, present FSA administrator and Mr. Tru man's reported choice for the welfare cabinet post, (2) charges that Ewing wnold work In the job for soolalized medicine and (3) whether or not the plan fol lowed out or violated recom mendations of the Hoover com mission on government reor ganization. Senator Taft (R Ohlo) who was active in beating the plan, told reporters: "The vote of the Senate Is not a disapproval of the Hoover plan. It Is a warning to me aamin Istratlon that plans submitted must be' in substantial compli ance with the Hoover commis sion recommendations. Former President Herbert Hoover Issued a statement In New York which express! a similar viewpoint. Deep Sea Diver Sets New Record Off 4.500 Feet SMUGGLER'S COVE, Calif., Aug n. -lP) An "unbelievable worid" 4500 feet under the sea and f led with weird and wonder- a creatures, has got Its Ilrst gllmp of man. The strange, luminous forms of marine life which inhabit the depths of the ocean Tuesday saw a while sphere suddenly lower i self Into their midst. Inside the sphere was a crea ture they had never seen before a man. Armies of spiraling shrimp hurled themselves In a barrage against a window In the sphere tl ough which the man was in tently peering. Their attack was in vain, they only splattered against the win dow. The man was Otis Barton, ma r e explorer, who in his new dl dng bell, the benthoscope, set a new deep sea diving record yester lay. lie descended to 4.500 fiet, bet'ering his own record of 3.028 feet, achieved In 1934 off Bermuda with naturalist William Boo be. Barton telephoned his observa tions to an assistant on the barge from which the benthoscope was being lowered by cable. Barton returned to the surface Ithout Incident, and announced he would not attempt any further deep dives for some time. Origin-1 ally he had planned to descend to j 6,000 feet. He made the 4500-foot drop In 55 minutes and hung there seven minutes. He said he could see no sense In going deeper because the failure o: the lights woDId pre vent his taking pictures. The ocean bottom was it ill 2,000 feet beneath him. Polio Coses In Texas Increase 109 In Week AUSTIN. Texas, Aug. 17. I.V The state health department said today 109 new caes of polio were reported last week In Texas. This raised the vear total to 1.448 cases In 161 of the state's 254 counties. The week before, 121 new case were reported. Employers, Union Try To Settle Dispute Failurt Would Draw U. S. Conciliator; Conttmpt Action Hits Bridges HONOLULU, Aug. 17. IV) Longshoremen and waterfront employers met across a peace table today In a new effort to end Hawaii's 109-day CIO dock strike. The agreement to resume di rect negotiations developed with dramatic suddenness during a ' conference Gov. Ingram M. Stain hack arranged In his office yes terday. Almost Immediately officials of Hawaii's seven struck stevedor ing firms and leaders of the In- ' ternatlonal Longshoremen's an! Warehousemen's union began meeting. The first session lasted two hours. Resumption of negotiations, made at the suggestion of long, shore President Harry Bridges, ' was on the basis of staring "from scratch." The stevedores struck ' May 1 for a 32 cents hike in their $1.40 hourly pay. The agreement to resume ne gotiatios provided that if no prog, ress is made In three davs, Cyrus S. Chlng, chief of the U. S. con dilation service, will be Invited, in as mediator. In Washington .Chlng told a re porter: "It's Impossible to say at this time whether I would be available or not. No decision hat . been made. Meantime I hope a settlement will be reached withlA the three days." Contempt Charge Hits Bridget The talks came on top of these maneuvers in court and on the waterfronts of Hawaii and the mainland: , 1. Circuit Judge Edward A. Towse ordered a contempt action ' "or other appropriate action" , against Bridges for personally de. fylng an antl picketing Injunction obtained by the territory under Its new dock seizure law. Towse ordered the territorial attorney general to ttart the action by ' noon todav. 2. The ILWU asked in federal court for an injunction against the dock seizure law which pro vides for government stevedoring operations. The union seeks also $3,000,000 damages from the ter ritory and the seven struck firms. 3. The government began it test to see whether It could un load ships with Its own steve dores. It sent a 40-man earn? (board the Matson line freighter Hawaiian Merchant. CIO Cooks and Stewards and Independent , . (Continued on Page Two) Primate Breaks' Long Silence On Czech Seizure PRAGUE, Aug. 17. UP) Break ing a two-month silence, Roman Catholic Archbishop Josef Bet's n of Prague today accused the Czechoslovak government of In terning and Isolating him in hit palace here in violation of con stitutional rights. The Catholic primate charged further that the government had Illegally seized his consistory ladminlstrallve office) and con fiscated the funds of his Prague diocese. He made these charges in a letter to the state procurator I prosecutor). It was given to the foreign press here through church and diplomatic channels. In this letter Beran asked these ques tions: "Is the Roman Catholic church In Czechoslovakia still recognized by the state? If so, by what law was the Roman Catholic church deprived of its legal independence in internal matters?" Beran had been secluded In hit police-guarded palace since June 19, when communist hecklers broke up his service in St. Vitus cathedral. The last word from him wag in a nastoral letter, also signed by all "the bishops of his hierarchy, which was read In Catholic pul pits on June 26. However, thli letter, which accused the com munlsHed government of perse cuting ,he church, was composed and signed on June 15. 32,000 Auto Workers Idled By Disputes DETROIT. Aug. 17. UFt La bor disputes Idled nearly 32.000 workers at auto planta here yet terday. Chrysler corp. reported heavy picket lint s by local 7. CIO United Auto workers kept 15,700 men on two shifts from working at the Jefferson-Kermeval plant. The dispute grew out of the dismissal of a probationary worker and a union steward. Hudson Motor Car Co. sent home 15,000 workers. The com pany blamed the trouble on a 'wildcat strike" by 30 workers. The.-e was no union comment. Chrvsler said It was forced to lay off 1,200 De Soto workers be cause the shutdown at the Jeffer-son-Kercheval plant cut off the fliw of bodies. Lvrty Fact Rant By L. 7. Reizensteht Alaska could be captwtd to morrow by an airborne Inva sion, Governor Graaaiaa, eie elaret. What's happened ta the vaunted mbative splrr of the ratjlaa's Tltanlt mosquitoes? V