U.S. to Stand Pat
Against Russia
On Atomic Plan
Firm Stand Maintained
Against Retention of
Veto Power
New York, June 21 (Pi-
Backed up by President Tru
man's reaffirmation of Ameri
can policy, Bernard M. Baruch
and his advisors in the United
Nations atomic commission
maintained a firm stand today
against Russia's move to retain
the veto, power In relation to
world control of atomic energy.
The president's statement in
Washington yesterday re-em
Dhasized Baruch's pronounce
ment to the council last week
that the United States would
not yield atomic secrets to
world pool or dispose of her
bombs under treaty provisions
unless the veto is discarded on
atomic control matters.
Mr. Truman commented that
the Baruch proposals had his
i endorsement and said the Amer
ican plan and that of Russia
presented as a substitute will
be subjects of negotiation which
mav 'lead to agreement. He
emphasized the word "may."
With the atomic commission
in recess until next Tuesday
afternoon, Baruch and his ad
visors gave their closest scru
tinv to the Russian plan submit
ted by Soviet Delegate Andrei
A. Gromyko two days ago.
They were concerned partic
ularly with Gromyko's insist
ence on keeping the Big Five
powers in possession of their
veto and the absence in the kus
sian plan of any provision for
an international authority to
search individual countries for
evidences of atomic develop
ments that might become dan
gerous.
Difference in Flans
The Baruch plan envisions s
virtually autonomous interna
tional atomic development au
thority which would be armed
with unprecedented powers of
search, seizure and punishment.
The Russian substitute would
leavn authority with the secur
ity council, operating with the
veto ever posed so that one big
five power could stop any re
strictive action against a poten
tial atomic aggressor, and would
provide sanctions as interna
tional punishment.
While Baruch proposed an in
ternational law "with teeth In
Wt" to punish violators, the Rus
sian plan would have individual
nations enact legislation provid
ing "severe punishment" for
violations.
A long series of negotiations
and discussions was foreshad
owed, however, and a proponent
of the American plan pointed
out that the proposed Russian
convention would have to pass
muster with the security coun
cil and be ratified by half the
nations of the world before it
could become effective.
"After all, we have the
bombs," this proponent added.
OPA Raises
Coal Prices
Washington, June 21 U.
OPA raised soft coal prices an
average of 40 cents a ton to
day, boosting the nation's coal
bill an estimated $22,750,000
for the next year.
The increases were author
ized to cover the mine opera
tors' losses during the recent
coal strikes and the cost of the
government wage contract with
John L. Lewis' United Mine
Workers (CIO). All of the
thrice increases will be passed
on to consumers.
OPA said the cost of the
wage agreement, including the
royalty of five cents a ton for
an employe welfare fund, would
average 39 cents a ton. The
-contract gave wage increases
of 18 cents an hour to the
400,000 miners.
Extension of the wage ad
justments to clerical and ad
ministrative workers not cov
ered by the contract raised costs
an additional six cents, the
agency said, making the total
cost of the contract 45 cents a
ton. The producers were requir
ed to absorb 11 cents of that
amount, however, leaving a net
of 34 cents affecting price.
The increase by districts in
clude: Washington, Oregon.
Alaska All, $1.09.
Warehouse Destroyed
Fairview, June 21 P) Fire
of undetermined origin razed
the Union Pacific 'company
warehouse in this Multnomah
county community last night.
The Weather
(Released by the United States
Weather Bureau)
Forecast for Salem and vicin
ity: Partly cloudy tonight and
Saturday with cloudiness tend
ing to increase Saturday after
noon. Lowest tonight. 52. Con
ditions will be favorable for
dusting until 10 a.m. and for
spraying and harvesting all day
Saturday. Max. yesterday, 80.
Mai today. 47. Mean tempera
ture yesterday, 72. which was 10
above normal. Total 24-hour
precipitation to 11:30 ajn. today,
0. Total precipitation for the
month. .54. which is .41 inchea
below normal. Willamette river
height, -.8 ft.
apital AJonirini al
58th Year, No. 147 m&Lter
To Keep Japan
Disarmed at
Least 25 Years
Washington, June 21 VP) The
United States announced today
It has proposed to Russia, Britain
and China the creation of a four
power control commission back
ed by military force, to keep
Japan disarmed for at least 25
years.
The commission would take
over at the end of the present oc
cupation which is being carried
out largely by American troops
under the command of General
Douglas MacArthur. That action
presumably would mark the end
of America s virtually single
handed domination of Japanese
affairs and begin a new period
of control by all four powers.
Proposed by Byrnes
Secretary of State Byrnes pro
posed the 25-year Japanese dis
armament treaty to the foreign
ministers of Britain, China and
Russia at the same time in April
that he suggested a similar 25
year treaty for Germany.
One purpose of the treaties
would be to end present mass
occupations of both countries as
quickly as possible and to sub
stitute for the regular occupation
armies smaller forces of troops
especially trained in disarma
ment control duties.
Purposes of Treaty
The avowed purpose of the
treaty is to insure that, follow
lowing the total disarmament
and demilitarization of Japan by
occupation forces, the country
shall be kept in a state of dis
armament and demilitarization
"as long as the peace and secur
ity of the world may require."
(Concluded on Paire 9, Column 7)
Chinese Truce
Extension
Nanking, June 21 (U.R) An
eight-day extension of the 15
day truce that has halted
China's civil war was announc
ed today by the ministry of in
formation today.
The extension will make the
truce valid until noon June 30.
The armistice was scheduled to
end at noon Saturday.
News of the extension came
simultaneously with the an
nouncement that naval units of
the nationalist government bom
barded the communist-held
ports of Weihaiwei and Chefoo
Wednesday morning.
The naval action obviously
was designed to cut communist
lines of communication between
the ports of the Shantung pen
insula and southern Manchuria
across the Gulf of Hihli.
Six U.S.-loaned LSTS (land
ing ships tanks) and former
Japanese cruisers made up the
nationalist -task force.
The government announce
ment of the truce extension also
proposed that the present rule
of unanimity needed for the
committee of three in executive
headquarters decisions be
changed to simple majority.
Extension of the truce was an
nounced by the ministry as an
effort to "show their utmost
sincerity conciliator attitude,
the government has decided the
presidential order for the cessa
tion of advances and pursuits
for eight more days."
Higher Wages in
Valley Lumber Mills
Eugene, Ore.. June 21 (U.R)
A new lumber and millworker
wage agreement was in effect
here today, giving a five-cent
hourly increase to workers in
the 3" member mills of the Wil
lamette Valley Lumber Opera
tors' association.
Piece workers were to have
the boost integrated into their
rates while hourly workers
were boosted to $1.10 cents per
hour. The agreement was
reached yesterday by the oper
ators and the AFL Lumber and
Sawmill Workers' union.
McNutt Confirmed
Washington, June 21 (U.R)
The senate late yesterday con
firmed the nomination of Paul
V. McNutt to be ambassador to
the Philippine Islands after the
Philippines become independent
in July.
State Employe
Oops, There
State employes' take-home pay will be less after July 1 in
spite of the $10 monthly salary increase granted two days ago,
Floyd Query, president of the Oregon State Employes association,
said today. The reason is that
the ircrease will not equal the
deductions which will be made
starting July 1 for the new state
employes' retirement plan.
The deductions for men range
from 3.71 to 9.24 percent, and
Salem,
Blast in Texas
Hotel Kills 7
Injures Scores
Dallas, June 21 W Seven
persons are known dead, and
41 are Injured, and rescue
work continued here two hours
after an explosion at the 600
room Baker hotel rocked mid
town Dallas shortly before
noon today.
Firemen, police and soldiers
are probing the shambles of the
lower basement for the possible
victims.
Firemen, wearing gas masks
because of the ammonia fumes,
were hampered by pools of beer
and food which made the floors
slippery. The explosion occur
red just under the hotel's coffee
shop nnd kitchen.
Floors Buckled
Floors buckled, dumping the
debris into the basement.
The known dead have been
identified as William E. Cotton,
purchasing agent of the hotel,
who is believed to have been
killed by falling debris in his
office.
At least 38 ambulances rush
ed to the $5,000,000 Baker, one
of the southwest's swankiest
hotels.
Downtown streets were
blacked off as thousands of
curious jammed the area, im
peding rescue work.
Injured Crowds Hotels
Dallas hospitals were crowded
by the injured, many believed
to be fatally hurt.
Nearby army and navy in
slallalions rushed ambulances
and doctors to aid the city's doc
tors and nurses.
Dense smoke poured out of
the hotel, one of the largest in
the southwest, and forced fire
men to don gas masks as they
raced to rescue the Injured.
Thousands of spectators jam
med the scene, impeding rescue
work.
At noon, injured were still
being taken from the hotel and
an adjoining parking lot, where
many were injured when the
blast hurled plate glass and
lumber into passers-by.
The explosion was unofficial
ly believed to have been caus
ed by an exploding boiler, and
ammonia - gas from shattered
pipes in the air conditioning
and refrigerating system.
Scores were overcome by the
fumes and dense, acrid smoke
filled the basement, the lobby
and coffee shop. A number of
early diners were driven from
the nearby mural room, swank
dimnff room at the Baker.
Several trapped employes
found escape through a man
hole. One of these, Andrews
Enrique, 55 said he was un
able to see after the explosion.
Reclamation
Bill Fought Over
Washington, June 21 (U.R)
The fate of many of the west's
major irrigation and reclama
tion projects for the fiscal year
1947 rested today with a senate-house
conference charged
with settling differences of
$160,000,000 in bills passed by
the two houses.
Also at stake were two
phases of the government's
public power program the
southwestern power administra
tion and the power phases of
California's central valley pro
ject. The senate late yesterday
passed and sent to conference
the $341,000,000 bill after
boosting the house-approved
funds approximately $160,000,
000 and raising its own appro
priations committee's figures by
approximately $11,500,000.
Typical of the bitter antagon
ism against public power phases
of the interior department's ac
tivities were the votes by which
the senate upheld the right of
CVP and SPA to build trans
mission lines. CVP inched by
36 to 31, while the SPA grant
was approved 36 to 30.
Even more significant than
the conflict which is expected
to carry over into the confer
ence committee was the 44-to-
19 vote by which the senate
approved the bill on final pas
sage. Rarely do as many as 19
senators vote against a major
department appropriation be
cause of disagreement with
some of its provisions.
Pay Goes Up
It Goes Down
for women from 4.08 to 10.56
percent of their salaries. The
amount of deductions vary ac
cording to age, with older em
ployes paying more into the re
tirement fund.
tt SaJem. Orgoa
Oregon, Friday, June 21,
w;W?c S-;I- vol
'"5 is w I '
Atomic Spectators ifP) Bernard M. Baruch (left) and Andrei
Gromyko, members of the U. N. Atomic Energv commission, sit
at Yankee stadium ringside wnere atomic fists ot Joe Louis blast
ed title hopes of Billy Conn.
Trust Fund Proposed
For Cemetery Upkeep
The IOOF cemetery may be in a sad way but it is not beyond
recovery, believes Henry V. Compton, vice president of the
Pioneer Trust company. Compton today declared that a trust
fund providing perpetual care could be established and he of
fered the city, the Chamber of Commerce or any other interested
Plan to Reduce
Army in Reich
Berlin, June 21 (&) Gen. Jo
seph T. McNarney said today a
plan was in existence to reduce
American occupation forces in
Germany to 150,000 men but "it
has not yet been determined
if it will be implemented."
He told a news conference
that German civilian rations
would be raised from 1180 to
1225 calories a day on June 26
because the food situation had
improved! He said 130,000 tons
of feed were expected from the
United States this month for the
American occupation zone.
(In Washington, war depart
ment officials said the present
strength of American occupa
tion forces in Germany and
Austria is approximately 300,
000. The American commander
said American sources had sup
plied 562,550 tons of food for
German civilians from last Au
ust to June 1.
McNarney said the Ameri
can proposal to appoint a four
power commission to investi
gate German disarmament was
deadlocked hopelessly and
would be referred by occupa
tion authorities to the foreign
ministers in Paris. The Rus
sians were understood to have
blocked the proposal because it
contained a clause for investi
gation of the economic phase of
disarmament.
Farmer Victim
Of Lightning
Medford, June 21 (P) Waller
Woodridge's barn was struck by
lightning, a cow was killed and
he was pinned under it in the
blazing structure, his cattle
stampeded around an ambulance
driver, his house caught fire
and he wound up in the hospital.
This is the story of his hectic
night: (
Woodridge, 59-year-old farm
er, was in the barn milking a
cow last night when lightning
struck the building. The cow
was killed and it toppled over
on him, knocking him uncon
scious. Mrs. Woodridge saw the
lightning flash and the barn roof
start to blaze, and -hurried
to the barn where she was able
to pull her husband from be
neath the cow and drag him
into the barnyard.
An ambulance was called and
as the driver and a neighbor
were lifting Woodridge, the barn
went up in a sudden "whoosh"
of flame and flying embers,
frightening cattle in the barn
yard. They stampeded past the
ambulance threatening but not
hitting the group aiding Wood
ridge. Then the house caught fire.
Neighbors put out the flames as
Woodridge, apparently not ser
iously injured, reached the hos
pital. Paint for Staute
New York, June 21 IP)
The statue of liberty is going to
get a new green inner paint
coat for her 60th birthday this
fall.
'r group the free services of his
organization. This counsel would
include a full study of the prob
lem involved and recommenda
tions for a solution, via trust
fund.
"The fund might be small at
first but it could be built to the
point where it would give ade
quate care to all graves," said
Mr. Compton. "As it stands to
day, the cemetery is getting
worse each year. A trust fund
could mean that it would get
better each year."
Compton envisions the fund as
one built by the entire commun
ity funds from lodges, clubs, in-
aiviauais, tne city any persons
who had a personal interest in
the cemetery or believed the im
provement cause a good one.
Belcrest Memorial Park now
maintains an $80,000 fund with
the trust company. Income from
the fund, plus income from open
ing graves and selling markers,
last year provided $20,000 for
ground beautification.
WFTU Refused
Voice in UN
New York, June 21 (P)
United Nations economic and
social council today voted
down a strong attempt to give
(he World Federation of Trades
Unions a voice in the council
deliberations.
The vote was 12 to 5. Vot
ing with Russia were the Uk
raine, Yugoslavia, Czechoslo
vakia and Peru. France ab
stained from voting.
The council action means that
the WFTU, which includes the
CIO in the United States, will
have the right only to consult
with the council on a basis equal
with the American Federation
of Labor and similar specific
organizations.
The council defeated, 10 to
7. a move by France to make
consultation by the WFTU and
similar organizations with the
council much easier than pro
vided in a proposal made by
the council's committee on ar
rangements for consultation
with non-governmental organ
izations. With Russia's fight for the
WFTU lost, the council then
adopted unanimously the com
mittee report.
Nikolai J. Feonov, Russian
delegate, and Anatole Baronov
sky, Ukrainian delegate, voted
for the committee report but
reserved their right to bring
the WFTU question up in the
council whenever they thought
it appropriate.
Supersonic Center
Plans Not Ready
Washington, June 21 IIP)
Plans for construction of a su
personic research center in the
Pacific Northwest probably will
not be completed until late sum
mer, the national advisory com
mittee for aeronautics has in
formed Rep. Horan (R. Wash.).
J. F. Victory, executive secre
tary of the committee, told Hor
an in a letter it would be at least
that long before the plan will
be ready for presentation to congress.
1946
W
V I
Price Five Cents
Profit Margins
To OPA Bill
Washington, June 21 W)
Senate-house conferees on OPA
agreed on a formula for set
ting manufacturers' profit mar
gins and passing increased cost
along to the consumer.
It was a modified version of
the Taft amendment which Sta
bilization Director Chester
Bowles has called a "delayed
action bomb" that will explode
in an unending stream of high
er prices all across the board.
Murray at White House
As the agreement was re
ported from behind closed
doors, CIO Chief Philip Mur
ray went to-the While House to
urge President Truman to take
the leadership in the "preser
vation of a decent . strong OPA."
"We want a resolution that
will continue an effective
OPA," Murray told reporters
after seeing the president, "to
establish prices and to protect
the interest of the American
people."
A reporter said: "We are
told that if price control is ex
tended without emasculation,
labor will not advance any new
wage goals."
Murray termed that report
"erroneous" but did not elab
orate. In response to questions, the
CIO chief said he had not been
approached by Bowles or other
administration chiefs about giv
ing a no-strike pledge in ex
change for effective price con
trols. Revisions Made
Copies of the senate-house
amendment were withheld from
the press, In line with the con
ference committee's secrecy pol
icy, and Chairman Spence (D.,
Ky.) would not even admit that
an agreement had been reached.
From other sources, however,
it was learned that the revised
provisions shapes up like this:
Manufacturers' ceiling would
have to reflect their prices in
the base period, Oct. 1-15, 1941,
plus the weighted average in
crease in unit costs throughout
the Industry in question.
The amount of the increase,
in dollars, would be passed on
in turn to wholesalers, retail
ers and consumers, without py
ramiding. There would be this excep
tion: Where OPA has allowed
an industry percentage mark
ups or discounts, the ceiling
could be computed either way,
whichever gave the higher price.
The amendment does not af
fect automobiles, household ap
pliances and farm machinery,
which are covered by other pro
visions still under discussion.
Dangles for 20
Minutes; Saved
Dallas, June 21 His foot
caugh in the hinge of a slant
ing window at his place of bus
iness, G. Brandli, owner of the
Dallas Creamery, dangled for
about 20 minutes, head down
ward, Thursday night before
his weakening cries attracted
a group of boys.
Brandli, alone at the cream
ery, had gone to the roof of the
building to check the cooling
system about 10 p.m. He at
tempted to step through the
window when one foot slipped
and the other caught in the
hinge
The boys hearing his cries for
help, called city police, who
with the aid of the boys rescued
him. In semi-conscious condi
tion when released from the
window, Brandli was taken to
his home after his rescue.
Fight on Compromised Draft
Bill Looms in the House
Washington, June 21 (U.R) Zero hour appears at hand again for
the nation's 19-year-olds. Congress today had before it a com
promise nine-months draft-extension measure authorizing com
pulsory military service for:
those youths. The bill, drafted
senate-house conference
after both bodies disagreed on
how the draft law should oper
ate after July 1, would make
11 childless men from 19
through 44 liable to induction.
And the measure would not bar
the 19-year-olds from service
overseas.
Though all but one of the
confi-rees expected quick senate
approval of the compromise, a
hot fight was promised in the
house.
Rep. Dewey Short (R., Mo.),
lone hold-out of the senate
house conferees against draft
ing teen-aged youth, promised
to lead the battle to kill the pro
posed induction of 19-year-olds
when the conference agreement
Big 4 Discuss Crucial Issue
Of Trieste and Yugoslav Border
But Fail to Reach Agreement
General Exchange of Views Precedes Adjourn
ment Dodecanese Islands Also on Agenda As
Are Austrian-Italian Frontier and Navy Disposal
Paris, June 21 IIP) The foreign ministers council opened Its
discussion of the crucial Issue of Trieste and the Italo-Yugoslav
frontier today but adjourned after a two-hour session with no
decision.
In a free, general exchange of views on the Trieste question th
ministers simply restated their respective positions, according to
American sources. There was no new proposal introduced re
garding the frontier.
Along with Trieste, they must decide the entire Italian-Yugoslav
frontier question and the matter of the Dodecanese Islands.
All four of the ministers agree In principle that the islands should
go to Greece, but Russian Foreign Minister V. M. Molotov has
indicated in the "past that his country Is not yet ready to discus
final terms.
Other problems of the Italian treaty to be considered are th
Austrian-Italian frontier and
disposal of Italian naval units. I
Trieste Controversial
The question of Trieste, how
ever, promises to be the most
controversial. Russia has in
sisted that the important Adri
atic port be ceded to Yugoslav
ia, and Britain, France and the
United States have maintained
that Trieste is ethnically Ital
ian. The compromise yesterday,
when the ministers expressed
general approval of a U. S. pro
posal to delay decision on the
colonies for a year and to re
fer the matter to the United Na
tions if the four powers could
not agree by that time, gave
rise to a new atmosphere of
optimism.
Colonial Decisions
Conference circles were visi
bly brightened by what a Brit
ish source described as the
"conciliatory" manner of yes
terday's formal and informal
sessions.
Under the compromise, Italy
would renounce sovereignty of
her colonies, which would be
under four-power control pend
ing either agreement by the Big
Four or reference to the United
Nations.
The ministers approved a
motion by U. S. Secretary of
Slate James F. Byrnes to name
a four-man commission to study
the proposal and work out de
tails. Named to the commission
were Ben Cohen, U. S. state
department counsellor; Andrei
Vishinsky, Soviet deputy for
eign minister; Maurice Couve
de Murville, French deputy
foreign minister, and Gladwyn
Jebb, British deputy foreign
secretary.
$50,000 Opium
Seized in Raid
Vancouver, B.C., June 21 0I.R)
Royal Canadian mounted po
lice and a city vice squad,
clamped down on a suspected
international smuggling ring to
day seized $50,000 in opium,
jewels, gold and cash in a
Chinatown raid.
Striking into the heart of
Vancouver's Chinese district,
second largest on the Pacific
coast, police squads battled
briefly with five Chinese arm
ed with meat cleavers, before
subduing them.
One ton of lottery tickets, $1,
200 in U.S. gold coins, in addi
tion to ornate jewelry and dia
monds, were uncovered in an
underground gambling den.
Canadian authorities sought
cooperation of United States of
ficials in tracing a Chinese, said
to be in America, in belief he
held the combination of a huge
locked safe uncovered in the
ornately furnished den.
R.C.M.P. spokesmen said
agentn were busy tracing inter
national connections of the al
leged ring, both in China and
the United States. Police said
the r.ng apparently combined
narcotics operations with jewel
smuggling and running of lot
teries In Vancouver alone, raid
leaders said, 300 runners were
employed at $150 monthly each,
to distribute lottery tickets
throughout the cily.
is presented Tuesday for house
approval.
Tilt- measure came out of the
conference providing for com
promise pay increases of from
10 to 50 percent for members
of the armed forces. They were
desipned to stimulate voluntary
enlistments.
The conferees, and for that
matter, the army, were frankly
skopt'eal that the proposed
draft extension would provide
the manpower the armed forces
want.
Recent draft calls have been
for 51,000 men per month, but
draft boards have failed to meet
their quotas. This has been
especially true since May IS,
when congress halted the draft
ing of 18 and 19-year-olds.
Shipments of
Livestock Drop
Chicago, June 21 U.R) The
nation's food supplies suffered
a new blow today as shipments
of livestock to the big stock
yards sank to the lowest level
on agricultural department rec
ords. The Curiahy Brothers pack
ing house at Milwaukee, closed
down until July 1. Cattle de
partments of most of the others
across the nation were inopera
tive as cattle receipts in the
12 markets slumped to 135,000
for the current week.
Total livestock receipts in the
12 yards were 442.100, com
pared with 41)8,912 last week,
which also was a record low,
and 585,755 for the same week
last year, when the war with
Japan stilt was being fought.
L. M. Wyatt, government
analyst, said receipts during a
normal pre-war week would
have been more than twice as
high.
Lack of animals for slaugh
tering will be reflected dras
tically in the food supply for
the next two weeks or longer,
chain store officials said.
No Beef on Sale
A spokesman for one large
chain store said each of Its out
lets had enough pork chops for
perhaps five customers daily,
and practically no beef.
Nehru Freed
After Arrest
London, June 21 (U.R) The
New Delhi radio said today that
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, Con
gress parly leader arrested yes
terday for entering Kashmir,
has been released.
Nehru, who is president des
ignate of the Indian National
Congress party, was arrested
when he defied a ban on his
entry into the state. He was
jailed on a charge of agitating
against the rule of local au
thorities. Other dispatches to London
said feeling was mounting rap
idly in India wih revolt sim
mering throughout the entire
congress-influenced territories.
The Congress working com
mittee deferred a decision on
Viceroy Viscount Wavell's plan
for the interim government of
India. It was believed here
that the Congress party would
make political capital out of
the Nehru incident because it
offered the opportunity of
further undermining the posi
tion of one of India's strongest
ruling princes.
Kashmir is not a part of Brit
ish India ruled from New Del
hi. It an independent state
ruled by Sir Hari Singh with
a British resident at the capital
of Srinngar.
WilliamS. Hart
Critically III
Los Angeles. June 21 &)
William S. Hart. 76, veteran
cowboy actor, was reported in
a critical condition today at
California Lutheran hospital
where he has been under treat
ment for several days. Dr. H. D.
Van Fleet said he was running
a high fever and occasionally
was in a coma.
Nell linger Named
2nd Vice President
Buffalo, N.Y.. June 21 UP)
Miss Mary U. Rothrock, Knox
ville, Tenn.. new president of
the American Library associa
tion, will be installed tonight.
Other new officers include:
Nell linger. Portland, Ore., sec
ond vice president.
Soldier Must Die
Tacoma. Wash., June 21 (UR)
C. D. Robertson, 18-year-old
negro soldier, today faced death
on the gallows following hl
conviction on charges of raping
a 28-yoar-old WAC. An all
male jury convicted Robertson
last night after five hours deli
beratlon and recommended
capital punishment.