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U. of 0. Library Eugene, Oregon COhF fo) o) Battle Line Of Present Day Asked Of Reds VI XJ 17 II II V I I U SCOTTY' IS BACK, and patftn. of the Elks clubjunch are pleased. Scotty it the cook for the Elks noon luncheon. Many of the patrons know her by no other name. For the benefit of the uninformed, she is Mrs. Gerard (Eloiie) Alexander. Employed as cook for 4'i years, she took a reave of absence 7'i months ago, when her mother-in-law became ill. During her leave she also made a month's trip to Louisville, Ky., and to Chicago. She is pictured stirring up a dish which has proved highly popular, as only she can prepare it clam chowder. (Picture by Photo Labi Korean Communists Using Parley Time To Reinforce War Units, Pentagon Claims WASHINGTON (AP) The army claimed today the Allies had the Communists in Korea "hanging on the ropes" last month but held off trying to deal a knockout punch in order to show "good faith" ljpeace talks. At the same time, the army officially accused the en emy of carrying out a "tremendous buildup" of troops,' sup plies, and weapons at the front since the original peace pro Sproul Patient With Bad Burns Howard Sproul of Miller's addl- tion. Roseburg, is a patient at Can- yonville's new Forest Glerm hospi tal. Sproul suffered third degree burns on the arms and second de gree burns on the face and back, when the gas tank of his logging truck exploded in a collision with another near the Glendale airport July 19. Sproul, traveling empty, was hauling for Dollar Lumber Co. and driving a truck owned by his brother-in-law, Harold Holmgren. Un a curve he met a loaded truck, which suddenly lost its logs, causing the collision, according to Sproul. The gas tank exploded and he managed to escape by kick ing out the right side door, lie aiso suffered a cut on the forehead re quiring six stitches. Driver of the other truck, whose name was not learned, was unin jured. The second truck, according to Sproul, was owned by Clarence Dietrick and was hauling for Dol lar Lumber also. Both trucks were badly damaged. In the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS Pennsylvania held a primary election Tuesday. Three interest ing results developed out of it: 1. A preacher defeated an in dustrialist for the Republican nom ination for mayor of Philadelphia. 2. A lone-wolf Democrat beat out the choice of the Pennsylvania Democratic organization for a place on the state supreme court. 3. The widow of a Democratic congressman was elected decis ively to the post left vacant by her husband's death. Straws in the wind? It eould be. If so, they are NOT distrubing. It must be significant when a' city Ifke Philadelphia chooses a minister of the gospel as one of its major candidates for mayor. The Loijl knows we're beginning to (Continued on Page 4) Timber-Devouring Fire In Modoc Forest Trailed KLAMATH FALLS )- A fire in the Modoc National for est in northern California. 65 miles southeast of Klamath Falls, has been trailed after burning over 1200 acres jf pine and jumper. Forest service dispatcher Ro.O Sherman, Alturas. Calif., said the fire was "definitely man-caused." Sherman estimated the timber loss at four million board feet with some salvage possible. The Weather Continued clear and war today, Saturday and Sunday. Highest temp, for any July 10? Lowest temp, tor any July 40 Highest temp, yesterday . s7 pOwtit temp, lest 24 hours ..... 55 i ErI, !- ur terllZ' Z'm 'I;!! rvrtop. from Sept. I 40 M cic.it from s,p. 1 . ..I.1J i sunrise tomorrow, 5:51 a.r Sunset tomorrow, 1:41 p.rnT positi was made June 23. In contrast, the army said, one United Nations combat unit was pulled out of the battle area and sent to. Japan. The unit wm not identified. The army's report was given in an unusual on-the-record brief ing for newsmen at the Pentagon. Ordinarily, briefings of thlsni ture are held to give reporteri background information only but this time the army spokesmen read a statement for publication. Late in May, it said, the Allies had just beaten off a major Chi nese communist drive in the "most disastrous defeat" since the Chinese entered the war last No vember. The Chinese were "driven back in confusion," the army said, with losses of more than 100,000 men. The Allies were in a good posi tion to follow through, the state ment continued but held up the drive after agteeing to enter into peace talks. Rtdi Heavily Reinforced The statement added: "The picture since then has been one of constant and continuous buildup behind their screening forces. There has been continuous and aggressive . action all along the line. The enemy has moved south through Korea a far greater quan tity of supplies than he needs to support forces during the nego tiations. "Fresh Chinese Communist units and thousands of individual re placements have moved in. On the eastern central flank a greater volume of fire has been received and there have been heavy prob ing attacks. "All evidence points to a tre mendous buildup of North Korean forces. A new North Korean army two to three times the size of that which attacked in June, 1950, has been equipped and trained by the Communists and it's now avail able. '"Hiere have been further obser vation of elements moving south toward the battle lines, increasing numbers of artillery positions have been located. There are troops and equipment in the Pyongyang area. "Artillery is nearer to our front lines than ever before "In brief, the enemy has utilized the time since the Malik proposal to build his troop strength and to move supplies and weapons Touth." Logging Truck Safety Rules Effective Aug. 2 PORTLAND OVP) The first of a series of new logging truck safety regulations will go into ef fect Aug. 2 The fiiO provides that all log truck and trailer combinations be equipped with safety chains. Under the second, after Sept. 1, all log truck and trailer combina tions going into service for the first time must be equipped with cou plings and reaches in accord with regulations. After April 1, 1952, all truck and trailer combinations must have such couplings and reaches. FIRI UNDER CONTROL unes, there is an outbreak, the forest fire situation in this area is wel1 """-ol. the Douglas ForeJt Prote,.jvi. association re- norm Fire fiohl.m r. .1 Ih. I-. tma creek burn area, but they ire I "mopping up and watching." Esfoblistwd 1873 ROSEBURG. ORECON FRIDAY, JULY 27, 1951 174-51 12 California lop Eleds bounded $75,000 Bail Each Slates. Court Battle Publication Conspiracy0 Advocating Government Overthrow Charge Faced SAN FRANCISCO UP) Top lamornia communists, angry over surprise arrests and a gov ernment demand for $75,000 bail eacn, go into federal court today with demands for freedom on smaller bonds. Twelve California Communists, including the pinch-hit national party leader, William Schneider man, 46, were jai.ed Thursday. All were charged with conspiracy to publish material advocating over throw of the government. Schneiderman was arrested in New York and held in lieu of $100,- 000 bail. He took over the top party spot after the conviction of 11 Com munis leaders in New York last year. Four here and four more in Los Angeles were told to put up $VS, 000 each, or go to jail. They went to jail, angrily protesting "no one but an underworld kingpin" could post any such amount. Two San Francisco women were freed on $2,500 bond each and a third on $7,500. Today's court fight will center about those bonds also. The gov ernment wants them raised. U. S. Attorney Chaunccy Tramutolo con tends: "Without high bail there is a great danger they will become fugitives." It was that argument that caused U. S. commissioners here and in Los Angeles to demand $75, 000 bail each of the other eight. Tramutolo said a federal grand jury in Los Angeles will be asked next Wednesday to indict all 12. Bail Amount Scored Defense attorneys called the $75,000 figure "vindictive, prepos terous." One of them, Richard Gladstein, called it "prohibitive and tanta mount to no bail at all." He pointed out that Frank Costello, New York gambler "who could provide $75,000," was released on $5,000 bond. Gladstein himself is free on bond pending outcome of his citation for contempt of court when he was an attorney for the 11 top Communists convicted in New York last year. Defendants Listed The women freed on lesser bail here are: Bernadette Doyle, local party or ganizer, $2,500. She polled more than 600,000 votes for state superin tendent of schools last fall, but was defeated. Mrs. Loretta Starvus Stack, for-' mer California organizational sec retary, $2,500. Mrs. Oleta O'Connor Yates, Cal ifornia state party secretary, $7,500. She posted it in treasury bonds. (Continued on Page 2) Lightning-Caused Fire East Of Roseburg Halted The fire that was caused by lightning 50 miles east of Rose burg Monday has been brought uuuer coniroi, rorest supervisor. R. Aufderheide reports. Some of I the men were released Thursdav evening. The blaze spread through 55 acres nf timhpr h cail Mn ther trouble is anticipated Ahnnt 55 m-i wive fmum.. hic Juaze, including the 12 smokejumpers who were rirnnnprf illtn tha rnmnln region Monday. Two planes dropped food and supplies to the men duringothe four-day period. Expansion Major Factor Roseburg school district 4 has experienced a phenomenal rate of growth in the last seven years, ac cording to figures released in the superintendent's report for the school years 1944 to 1951. The period saw pupil enrollment jump 201 percent, which created a need for planning to furnish ade quate housing, rearrangement of classrooms and improved torching facilities. Building costs also rose but Rose burg ranked in the lower third in 1948-49 in the operating costs of schools per daily membership. Property assessed valuation mounted from $5,640,200 in 1944 to $12,818,248 in 1950-51. OThe mil- lage levy rose from .015 in 1944 to .0421 In 1950 51. ' Enrollment Climbs . .... Senior high school enrollment climbed from 426 in 1944 to 1.215 in 1950-51, while the faculty num bered 48 in the latter year, com pared to 17 in 1944. Senior high school facilities were constantly expanded. Additional office spare was made available by converting the southeast part of the main building into a main COIFFURES SHORN Cocky Youths Given Trimming On Court Order NEW YORK - ). A judge has ordered a Samson-and-Delilah soening-up treatment for a group of long-haired, zoot-suited boys seized in a gang clash for control of a vacant lot spooning ground. Magistrate Edward Thompym, turning to a Jail warden, ordered: "Cut off those marcel waves and those sideburns." Jail officials said the job had been done. The judge said he wanted the wavy-hairedyouths shorn of their long locks "to destroy the courage or strength" that prompted them to seek battle with a rival gang in Queens. Relieved of their knives, clubs and other weapons, tbe teen-agers weren't very cocky as they faced the judge and their parents in court. Magistrate Thompson berated the parents of the 27 boys and three girls seized on disorderly conduct charges. He held the defendants in $1,000 bail each and advised the parents not to post it. Another Sentence Added To Record Of Aged Culprit Another prison sentence was meted a 75-year-old man, who by this time is well accustomed to it. But he will have to serve his time in a state penitentiary and not a federal prison his professed choice. Circuit Judge Carl E. Wimberly Thursday sentenced Leon Harent, Folsom prison, Calif., parolee, to serve two and one-half years in the Oregon state penitenttary at Salem. ; Jt - was - from - this latter prison that Harent had escaped 43 years ago, the records indicate, District Attorney Robert G. Da vis announced. Harent has a long record of prison convictions, said the dis trict attorney. He pleaded guilty recently before Judge Wimberly to a burglary charge. He was ar rested while attempting to break into the city of Drain toolshed. Harent told officers at the time of his arrest that he was seeking tools with which to break into the Drain post office, because, the of ficers quoted him as saying, he "liked federal prisons better than any he had ever been in." 4-H To Have Major Role At Douglas County Fair Preliminary nln for th annual county fair, to be held Aug. 16, 17 and 18, are fast shaping up, Wil bert "Andv" Anderson 4.H dnh agent, reported Thursday. Anderson was scheduled to be in Corvallis today to secure judges for the fair and work out other details. About the same numher nf av hibits as last year will probably be disnlaved this vpnr AnHoronn said. Several new judging contests have been added as well as new livestock classifications. A livestock auction will be held Saturday afternoon. Dormitory nousing ana meals for both bovs 1 and girls who have exhibits at the I fair will be Drovirieri. AnWnn ' said. ZENITH TO NADIR IIARTFORt), Conn. VP) It was even too hot for thermometers to work. One on a billboard here rose to 102 in the mid-day sun. The strain was too much. At ft p. m0it reg istered eight below zero. office, and offices for the prin cipal, vice-principal and dean of girls. ' Major housing improvements in clude a new library-arts building, completed in the fall of 1950; Ful lerlon grade school turned over completely to the high school in the spring of 1951; a girls' phys ical education building muvrd from Camp White in 1947; a small sep arate building constructed for the band in 1948; and improvements to the existing fip building. Departments Coordinated In 1949. a vice-principal assumed the duties of dean of boys, and a dean of girls, was added to the staff. All departments were coor dinated and duplicated material eliminated after a comprehensive study was conducted in the same year. With tha increased enrollment, it became necessary to expand high school physical education fa cilities. Field improvements in clude the construction of a lighted baseball diamond: turfing the practice field; installation of a cin der track: construction of ad ditional bleachers; and construe- 'Get-Meson' Effort Loses In House Vote WASHINGTON-CP) Another Republican - powered "get-Ache-son" drive has failed. The end came Thursday when the House passed and sent to the Senate a $1,045,940,115 appropria tion bill financing the State, Jus tice and Commerce departments and the federal courts for the fis cal year which began July 1. House foes of Secretary of State Acffeson had tried unsuccess fully to saddle the bill veth a rider which would have cut off his pay. Also defeated was a Republican sponsored move to slash the budget of the "Voice of America." This is the State department's overseas information program designed to sell the American way of life to foreigners, especially those behind the Iron Curtain. ' . Republican ranks split in both drives, while Democratic lines held firmer than usual. Acheson's salary was saved by a standing vote of 171 to 81. A top-heavy rollcall of 245 to 141 beat back the attempt to cut the "Voice" budget from the $4 15,000, 000 requested by President Tru man to $70,000,000. The House voted the $85,000,000 recommended by its appropriations committee. The drive to force Acheson off the payroll was spear-headed by an amendment offered by Rep. Phillips (R-Calif). It would have denied pay to any policy-making department head who, within five years prior to his appointment, was connected with a professional firm that represented a foreign government. This would have ap Dlied to Acheson. without namintf him, since his law firm has repre sented tne t'onsn government. By a 142 to 127 vote, the House added to the bill a provision designed to cut the federal pay roll by 20 percent during the pres ent fiscal year by allowing only one out of every four job vacancies to be filled. The provision has been inserted in five other house appro priation bills. Another amendment, approved 155 to 137, limits the United States contribution to the operating costs of international organizations, such as the United Nations, to one third of the total. Other mem ber nations would have to put up the balance. The house appropriations com mittee pointed out that the U. S. contributed 38.9 percent of total U. N. cost last year, but paid only 25 percent of the expenses of the international labor organiza tion. Negro, 30, Wins Estate Of Late White Wife, 91 LOS ANGELES OP) Allan Lee Woods, 30-year-old Negro chauffeur, has been awarded the $10,000 estate of his white wife, Mrs. Norton Woods, 91. Mrs. Norton and Woods were mavr'oA .Tan 14 1Q40 anrl .kit AlA four months ialer.' The county clerk's office refused to issue a marriage license until she was given a mental test. Dr. Victor Parkin, who made the examination, testified that Mrs. Woods was almost ' totally par alyzed, required Woods' constant personal attention, and said she felt he should be her husband. Dj. Parkin testified fhat Mts. Woods told him she had promised Woods all she owned. Superior Judge John Gee Clark ' ruled that Woods should receive the estate. 0 I In Seven-Year tion of a steel fence around the athletic grounds. Improvements in housing facil ities include enlarnfg and repair ing of dressing rooms under the grandstand; construction of a building for girls' gym and health; and additional dressing rooms. Diversified Occupations Program According to the report, there is need for a projection room for science films- and slides that are now available from rental, free and faculty-owned libraries. The diversified occupations in trade and industrial, office, or distributive occupations. The adult education department has had more than a 300 percent increase in the number of persons enrolled in the last y-ft Numerous changes and improve ments have taken place in the Junior high school also in the last seven years, the report states. One of the chief changes was the shift ing of the ninth grade to the Senior high school building. Temporary Space Solution It is hoped that this will be only a temporary solution to the build CORDON CRITICAL Forest Service Cost For Sales 'Exhorbitant' WASHIttJTON tJP "Some what exhorbitant" if the way Sen ator Guy Cordon (R-Ore) has des cribed forest service costs for tim ber sales. His remark was made in connec tion with senate annrnval of an Amendment to the Agriculture de partment appropriation bill to in crease salaries and expenses of the forest service. The amendment boosted the fie- ure from the $27,122,025 approved Dy me nouse to $27,522,025. A member j)f the senate appro priations committee, Cordon said witnesses had indicated the aver age cost to the forest service of making and processing timber sale is "about 25 percent of the receipts." "Frankly, that seems to me to be a rather high percentage and to indicate that a saving percent agewise could and should be made by the forest service in this item," the senator said. An inquiry showed that in the revested railroad lands of Oregon "the highest percentage cost of making and processing sales is 9-percent of the receipts," he added. Cordon said Oreson state has a ceiling of 10 percent on adminis tration ot its timber sales and a private operator in the pine region "has found that the cost of both the making and processing of sales never runs less than 4 percent and never more tha 10 percent." He said these figures indicated considerable room for improve ment in the forest service's prac tices. Youth Confesses Starting Tragic Apartment Blaze . SAN FRANCISCO UP) ' A teen-ager who paused for a smoke says he accidentally started a con flagration that killefl eight persons. He was charged with manslaugh ter. Chief homicide Inspector Frank Ahern reported Kenneth Skin ner, 17, related: He delivered newspapers in the four-story building at dawn Sun day. Standing near drapes in the lobby, he ignited his cigaret lighter for a smoke. "There was a flash and the whole thing went poof." Firemen agreed readily. Arriving an estimated 20 minutes after the fire started, they found the wooden building a raging inferno. Seven women and one man died of suffocation. More than a score of residents, and several firemen, were burned or injured. Young Skinner said he was too frightened to sound an alarm, and continued on his paper route. Ahern said the boy admitted he first ransacked the lobby, "look ing for something that would be useful." It was only hia second day on the route. Ahern said Skinner has a juve nile record, including a recent ad mission of taking $87 from a fill ing station where he worked. He lives with his mother and four brothers. His father left years ago. KILLED BY S. P. TRAIN ALBANY, Ore. UP) The southbound Southern P a I i c Shasta daylight Thursday struck and killed James Messner, who had lived in a camp aTong the rail road tracks for the pasr year. He was hit while walking across aotres tle near here, ffi History Of ing problem, says the report, be cause the program of the Junior high school "renders its greatest service to the (Judents at this (ninth grade) level." The number of Junior high school students nearly doubled dur ing the six-year period ending in the spring of 1950. It was neces sary to move the ninth grade to allow for the expansion of grades Qven and eight. Rooms never in nded for classes were taken over for regular classrooms. A big change in recent years was the elimination of the departmen talized system in favor of the com bination of subjects under one teacher's instruction. "Core" sub jects are taught by one teacher during a half-day period. A quonset hut was erected on the rear lot of the school in 1946 to provide additional apace. Junior High Changes In other changes, the school dis trict offices were moved from the second floor to the first; remod eling of a classroom into a school cafeteria; relocation and expansion of the library; remodeling and en larging of the stage; and improve Controls Bill Liberalized By Conferees WASHING'iqN -(IP) Senate house conferees have voted ten tatively to permit price rollbacks on non-farm commodities to levels which prevailed just before the Korean war provided certain cost increies are taken into account, The committee also agreed to extend economic controls legisla tion through next June. The extension measure coven wage, price, rent and other emer gency curbs. Senator Maybank, the joint com mittee chairman, told reporteri the group will meet again later In the day to make a final decision regarding the non-farm rollback provision. He said a few other provisions also will come up for final vote at that time. Those matters include what to do about a proposal to scrap the ban voted on livestock slaughter quo tas by both the Senate and tho House. The legislation would keep Intact the ten percent beef price roll back already in effect, but would bar additional price cutbacks for that commodity. The price admin istration planned two more reduc tions, each 4Vi percent. The conferees agreed that prices for other farm commodities could be rolled back to 90 percent of the level of last May 19 or to the parity level, whichever was higher. Com mittee officials said, however, that in practice the farm rollback sec tion could affect only a tew com modities such as cotton, wool, veai ana iamo. Credit Liberalized The conferees took a house pro vision on consumer credit requir ing a "maximum down payment of 15 percent with at least 18 months to pay the balance o n household appliances including ra dius ana television seis. At present, a 25 percent down payment is required on those items, with only 15 months to pay, The committee also voted to re quire a down payment of no more than 15 percent and no less than 18 months to take care of the bal ance in the case of household fur rSJire and floor coverings. The present requirement e a (Continued on Page 2) Truman-Favored Judges Lose Poll CHICAGO CP) Two federal judge candidates recommended by Senator Paul Douglas (D-Ill) were winners over President Truman's choices in a preference poll by the Chicago Bar association. The poll, which had been re quested by Douglas, showed these results: Circuit Judge Benjamin P. Epstein (Douglas) 3,656, and Municipal Judge Joseph J. Drucker (Truman), 55.1; Attorney William H. King Jr. (Douglas), 3,003, and Circuit Judge Cornelius J, Harring ton (Truman), 1,310. Mr. Truman and Douglas agreed on the senator s recommendation of a third judge for the northern Illinois district, attorney Joseph Sam Perry of Wheaton. His name was rjpt on the poll. Douglas' choices, Epstein and King, also were winners in a sim ilar preference poll earlier this week by northern Illinois members of the Illinois Bar assocation Sen. McCarran (D-Nev). chair- I man of the senate judiciary com iSnittee, said in Washington the group will hold public healings 1 next week on all three of Mr. Tru man's judicial nominees. City Schools ments and expansion of Junior high offices. Q The principal was released from part-time teaching to full-time ad ministration; full-time librarian added; cafeteria hot-lunch pro gram set up with three part-time cooks; creathQ of girls-advisor position; snd provision for a half time vice principal to act as boys' adviM. Representatives of the state de partment of education inspected loH the school last January and found It to be "standard" in 11 of 12 items considered. The item need ing attention was "school paint." Most of the items listed are in cluded in plans for improvement before the next school year. An expansion of the study pro gram ia needed to include home making and industrial arts exper iences for sever. and eighth grade students, the report states. Riverside Built In 1947 Riverside school was constructed in 1947 to provide facilities for the increased student load and to pro vide room for expansion in the following five years. S t h o 1 (Continued on Page 2) Foe Would Put It Back To Parallel 38; Neutral Sea Zone Also Demanded V. N. ADVANCE HEADQUAR TERS, Korea (IP) The Allies told the Communists today where they want to draw the cease-fir line in Korea and why. Vice Adm. C. Turner Joy, chief United Nations delegate, explained the Allied position in detail as ne gotiators got down to the meat of armistice talks in their eleventh meeting at Kaesong. Admiral Joy gave the Reds two marked military maps to picture his position. The five Communist generals made no comment. Instead they asked for, and got, an adjourn ment until Saturday. North , .Korean Gen. Nam H, spokesman for the Red delegation, presumably will present the Com munist reply at that time. The general understanding is tha United Nations is pressing for a demilitarized zone roughly along the present battle line. The Com munists want it along the 38th parallel. General Nam gave no hint of the Communist reaction. "There were no hard feelings," a UN spokesman commented. The U. N. wants to settle on the most defensible battle- line possi ble. This is generally understood to be approximately along the . present lines, where Allied troops hold positions on higher hills and peaks than those along the fortified 38th parallel. Communists made it clear from the start they want the line to be along the parallel, dividing- line between North and South Korea. Establishment of a three-mil naval neutral zone off the shores of Korea is believed tied to this agenda item. Big Hurdles Ramain There was no hint as to how long negotiators would be tied up with the second item on the agenda the military demarcation, line and buffer zone for the armistice. But the difference in view was sure to make it a slow process. They disposed of the first item adoption of the agenda Thurs day. When they finish the second point three more big hurdles remain. Point three covers cease-fire de tails, including international su pervision on both sides of the Un to make sure terms of the arm istice are obeyed. Point four is exchange of pris oners. This item- was phrased in general terms and did not pre clude the U. N. from working t recover an estimated 75 govern ment, commercial and religious people captured by the Reds at the start of the war. Point five, calling for recom (Continued on Page 2) Strike Threatens Ford Operations DETROIT UP) The Ford Motor Co. says its entire national operations are threatened by a wildcat strike at a small but vital Michigan parts plant. Ford, acting as labor . unrest idled 32,500 workers elsewhere in the auto industry, appealed for help directly to CIO United Auto Workers President Walter Reuther. There was no immediate reply from the union chief. Ford's parts plant at Monroe. Mich., employing about 2,000 men, was closed Thursday by a strike over a worker's disciplinary lay off. Management said an "irre sponsible minority of workers ' was to blame. Across the nation Ford emnlovi approximately 110,000 production workers. A wildcat strike at Chnvsler'a Dodge main plant idled 22,500 men. Another 10,000 remained idle at Hudson in the month-old "strike or lockout" dispute. At both, the union hss charged illegal "speed-up." Managements have denied it. Late Comic's Dual Life Told In Estate Battle LOS ANGELES 2. (jp Edith Williams, 71-year-old blind woman, charges the late comedian W. C. Fields deserted her and her chil. dren on a street corner 41 years ago. Mrs. Williams Is ' contesting f a widows share of Fields' $771,. 428 estate, claiming they were married in New York in 1893 and that she bore him seven children. Sharjaid Fields then was using th nanTes Billy Ward and Billy Wil liams. She tut Fields drsnk much of the timtv but sometimes, when on the water wagon, would deliver temperance lectures. The bulb-nosed comic's legally (TVcognized widow, Mrs. Harriet rr icias was married to him in 1900. She is opposing Mrs. Williams' suit. Levity Fact Rant Jy L, F. Reizenslein General MaeArthur, at en old soldier, isn't 'fading ciwoy' he's ust biasing away. He may have been, in administra tion opinion, 'all wot' In Korea, but ho certainly kept his powder dry. f