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I 1 12 Th Newi-Revlew, Roteburg, Of -Thun., Dec. 1, 194 Testimony Hits Thomas In Phony U.S. Payroll Case WASHINGTON. VP) The government produced testimony that tlic three -.vumtn boat whom Rep. J. Parnell Thomas (R-NY) Is accused of taking salary kick backs drew federal pay totaling nearly $9,000 for the period involved. This is far more than the $1, 698.57 mentioned in four counts of the Indictment. The congress man is charged with defrauding the government by padding the payrolls of his office and the house un-American activities com mittee which Thomas formerly headed. Thomas, 54, is on trial in fed eral district court along with his 64-year-old former secretary, Miss Helen Campbell. The two are charged with plot ting for Thomas to get salary kickbacks by putting on his office payroll the niece of Miss Camp bell, Myra Midkiff, and her maid, Arnette Minor. Thomas alone Is accused In three separate counts involving alleged kickbacks from Mrs. Jacqueline B. Hill, who was listed as an employee of the Un-American Activities committee. U. S. Attorney George Fay brought back to the witness stand the assistant disbursing officer of the house of representatives, J, Crawford Shanks. Shanks lrientl fled what he said wcra official payrolls on which the Midkiff, Minor and Hill names appeared. The Drosecutlon says none of the three women did any government work. Fay- produced canceled checks he said were issued to the three women and Shanks Identified the numbers on them as correspnd' incr with those on the payrolls. i Miss Campbell's attorney said In his statement to the Jury yes terday that any payroll actions she performed were done under "compulsion irom l nomas. Trumans To Have More Room In New White House By D. HAROLD OLIVER WASHINGTON UP) President and Mrs. Truman are going to have room for extra guests when they move back into a safe and modern White House in late 1951. They'll have space, too, to store all those things that peo ple don't like to throw away. They will find. It expanded Into a 77-room mansion with a two-story basement when the re pair Job about to get underway is finally completed. The present 150-year-old struc ture, to be completely renovated Inside, has 69 rooms and no basement. Engineers disclosed today that eight additional rooms will be built on the top-or-fourth-floor, possibly for use by guests. In the past this floor has been used for maids' quarters and guests who could not be accom modated in the limited bedroom space on the third floor. The third floor is used by the chief execu tive and his family. Presidents themselves have been known on rare occasions to sleep in the "attic" to permit very important visitors to occupy their bedrooms. So, when the new rooms are added, It may not be necessary ever again for citizen No. 1 to do like the office clerk who doubles up on a sofa to make way for a rich relative. Maj. Gen. -Glen E. Edgerton, one of the engineers attached to the renovation commission, said the new White House should last 150 years or more. Congress has appropriated $5,400,000 for the whole job. Socialite Loses Verdict On Adultery Grounds LOS ANGELES UP) Mrs, Florence Walton. Los Aneeles n. clcty matron, is deprived of full custody of her three sons after oeing accused or adultery with a Hinner mm acior. Her husband. Delvv T. Walton was awarded a contested divorce necree oi ner relations with Rich ard Powers, a real estate broker formerly known in pictures as iom jsccne, superior judge Wkt 11am R. McKay declared: "The evidence is so conclusive that fllrs. Walton was guilty of adultery with him that I must give Mr. Walton the divorce." Lake County Again Under State Milk Control PORTLAND (IP) State milk control was re-established In i.hkc county beginning Dec. 1 The order was issued by Admin istrator Thomas Ohlson. The Slate Milk conlrol reeula lions for the county had been withdrawn in 1942. Ohlson said the order estab lishes a minimum producer price oi i a pound mittertat and $2 a hundredweight. This compares with 90 cents and $1.90 for the two classifications prevailing in Portland and most other Oregon marKei areas. Minimum retail prices were set at 20 cents a quart on standard miiK. ESTATES IN PROBATE Laura M. Peterson has been named administratrix of the es- tate of William V. Peterson, who died Nov. 14 at Eugene, at the age of 37 years. He was a rcsi- aent or Kcensport. The order is sued by County Judge D. N. Ba senbark upon the petition of Mrs. Peterson, also names Anton Han, Melvin Jensen and Robert Smiley as appraisers. Another order by Judge Busen bark names Melvin D. Jensen as administrator of the estate of Arthur L. Cllft, who died Nov. 12. Appraisers include R. M. 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