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2 Capital Journal, Salem, Oregon, Monday, June 27, 1949
Mystery Veils
Korean Slaying
Seoul, June 27 (P) Korean
President Syngman Rhee today
promised the "full story" of
rightist leader Kim Koo's assas
ination would be told when an
investigation is completed. Mys
tery shrouded the case.
Kim, 73-year-old chief of the
Korean Independence party, was
slain in the bedroom of his heav
ly guarded home yesterday. Po
lice identified the killer as an
army lieutenant and member of
Koo's party.
The Korean Pacific press ag
ency said today Korean news
papers had been told to omit
further military references. For
this there was no explanation.
This was the original police
account of the slaying of the vet
eran politician who had been a
rival of Rhee, also a rightist, for
leadership of the infant repub
lic of Korea:
Four army officers, all mem
bers of Kim's opposition party,
called on the aging leader at
noon yesterday. Guards admit
ted them without question for
Kim had feared only an assas
sination attempt by leftists.
One of the four officers, a sec
ond lieutenant identified only as
Ahn, went upstairs for a private
conference with Kim. Five min
utes later four shots were heard.
The other three rushed upstairs
and found the lieutenant, a .45
caliber pistol in hand, standing
over the dying political leader.
The three officers beat Ahn
unconscious with furniture. He
still was unable to talk today.
Rural Phone Bill
On Must List
Washington, June 27 W A
bill to bring more telephones to
the farms may get through the
house this week with the help
of a compromise move.
The rural telchone bill is next
on the worksheet after the house
gets through the housing scrap.
A fight has been building up
over the phone measure too, par
ticularly over a feature that
would let the government lend
money for expanding country
phone service at 2 percent in
terest less than the rate the
treasury pays on some of the
money it borrows.
Now the word is getting
around from the democratic lead
ership that it might be a good
idea to raise the rate in the bill
to 2 or 3 percent. And the au
thor, Rep. Poage (D., Tex.), has
indicated he is willing to go
along on 214 percent.
Poage's bill would let the
rural electrification administra
tion, which has spread electricity
to thousands of farms, move into
the telephone field. The REA
' would lend money to existing
phone systems for expansion.
Nobody else could even apply
for loans the first six months.
Later, cooperative organiza
tions of farmers could apply for
loans.
Testimony Ends
In Coplon Trial
Washington, June 27 (P)
Testimony ended today in Judith
Coplon's espionage trial and Fed
eral Judge Albert L. Reeves
promptly denied a defense mo
tion for a directed verdict of
acquittal.
Judge Reeves also denied a
scries of other defense motions,
all designed to knock out the
government's case against the
former justice department work
er.
It appeared almost certain that
the case will reach the Jury of
eight men and four women on
Wednesday.
"Each and every motion is
denied," Judge Reeves said
when Defense Attorney Archi
bald Palmer had finished talk
ing.
Prosecuting and defense at
torneys will make their final
arguments tomorrow.
March of Dimes Made
Over $25 Million
New York, June 27 (Ti The
National Foundation for Infan
tile Paralysis reported yester
day that a record total of $25,
728,000 was raised in the 1049
"March of Dimes."
Last year's total was $21,600,
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Senate Votes for
26 More Judges
Washington, June 27 P) -The
senate today approved a bill cre
ating 26 new federal circuit and
district judges one in Oregon.
Senator McGrath (D., R.I.)
predicted President Truman will
veto the measure because of a
provision which he said "dis
criminated" against federal em
ployees. The provision places certain
requirements on the president in
selecting judges for the District
of Columbia bench. McGrath
contended it would have the
general effect of barring ap
pointment of government offi
cials as judges. He tried to
knock it out but lost, 41 to 25.
The legislation would create
six additional circuit judges and
20 additional district judges.
The senate by voice vote ap
proved amendments which
would create an additional tem
porary judgeship for the south
ern district of Texas, and make
permanent the two judgeships in
the western district of Oklaho
ma. One now is on a temporary
basis.
The additional district judges
would include:
Two in the northern district
of California; two in the south
ern district of California: one in
the district of Oregon and one
in the southern district of Texas:
Kaiser Planning
Assembly Plants
Topeka, Kans., June 27 W)
Kaiser-Frazer will build 1,000
small final assembly plants
throughout the United States if
experimental units now under
construction prove satisfactory,
Edgar F. Kaiser said here today.
Kaiser, president of the Wil
low Run, Mich., automobile cor
poration, said 20-car-per-day as
sembly plants will be completed
in about three months at Port
land, Ore., and Los Angeles.
He said the plants will be an
experiment in labor relations.
'It is my theory," Kaiser ex
plained, "that we can obtain
better labor relations with de
centralization since it will en
able management to establish
closer personal contacts with
workers than is possible in a
large plant."
He said he thinks better labor
relations will result in increased
worker interest in his job. This,
Kaiser said, would result in in
crease deficiency and a higher
standard ot job performance
which would be reflected in a
better product.
Kaiser, here for a dealers con
ference, said the company defin
itely will build 1,000 of the 20-
car-per-day plants if the Los An
geles and Portland branches
produce expected results.
Nab Counterfeiters
Near World Bank
Washington, June 27 (U.B
The secret service today seized
a currency counterfeiting plant
next door to the world bank and
international monetary fund and
arrested four men and one wo
man. Secret Service Chief U. E.
Baughman said the five were
members of a ring which had
circulated more than $100,000
in counterfeit $20 federal re
serve notes.
The plant seizure and arrests
came after the arrest in Cleve
land over the week-end of a man
who allegedly passed counter
feit currency.
Baughman announced that
secret service agents had ar
rested: Eugene Hammond Creighton,
25; Waller Wilbur Kidwell, 30;
William F. Hughes, 28, and his
wife, Josephine Hughes. 25, and
Arthur Bebar, 35. All listed
Washington addresses.
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Bids Opened on 14 Highway
Projects Costing $3,100,000
Portland, Ore., June 27 (U.R) The Oregon state highway com
mission today opened bids on" 14 highway projects in one of the
busiest contract-letting meetings of the commission's history.
Th hlri Inriav were Dart of a $3,100,000 outlay the commission
will make today and Tuesday.
on the Tuesday agenda.
The largest job included in
today's bids was for grading and
paving 5,2 miles of the Pacific
highway west between Newberg
and McMinnville. J. R. Taggart,
Co., Salem, was low bidder at
$414,246.
Ten bids were submitted for
grading, surfacing and oiling of
2.222 miles of the Columbia
river highway east of The Dalles
on the big Eddy-Durie section.
This was part of a program to
widen and straighten the road.
Newport Construction com
pany and Kern and Kibbe, Port
land, submitted a joint low bid
of $200,000.
Olher low bids:
Tfiiit.nn unci Polk counties Pcdee-
Kinns Valley section of the Kings
Vnllev highway, 8.78 miles of re-
oIlhiK J. C. Compton, McMinnville,
$;19,080.
Lane county Veneta-Flsher road
and ion ot the Richardson - Eugene
sccondnry highway. 5.32 miles ot
pavement, Acme uonsiruouon com
pany. Eugene. $78,325.
Lane county Eimene (High
street-Judkins Point) section of the
Pacific highway. Irrlgatlnz plant
ing and seeding parkways. Stoen's
Rock and Landscaping company.
$25,920.
Malheur county Jamieson-Vale
section of the John Day highway.
4.0 miles of surfacing and 17.36
miles of oiling, D. E. McKenzle.
Salem. $105,440.
Polk county Construction Ash
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Shell and All
Chester, Pa., June 27 VP)
Lawrence Johnson, 34-year-old
stevedore, is apparently none
the worse today after eating a
live hard shelled crab he says
weighed a pound and a half.
Johnson gobbled up the live
crab on a dare Friday night in
front of a Chester hotel and col
lected $20 from Albert Richel,
who did the daring.
Word got around Chester that
Johnson had swallowed the crab
whole and considerable interest
developed over the possible aft
er effects.
He didn't swallow the thing
though, he chewed it down.
As a matter of fact, Johnson
pendence highway. Werner and
Jeske, Eugene, $22,995.
Washington county: Murray road
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tne sunset highway. 3.8 miles ot
bituminous seal. R. O. Dail. Port
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Drop in for coffee and
himself became a little worried
and went to the Chester hospital
where he asked to be X-rayed
He was told to come back the
next day because he was not
considered an emergency case
When Saturday morning rol
led around, Johnson said he no
longer felt any of the pains he
had experienced the night be
fore. He didn't bother going
back to the hospital.
An attendant at the Eddy-
stone hotel, in front of which the
crab eating took place, told a
reporter Johnson met some men
who had just returned from a
crabbing excursion.
"They got to talking and
somebody dared Johnson to eat
a live crab," said the attendant.
"He did it all right. They pick
ed the wrong guy to bet with."
One-Legged Convict Escapes
Walla Walla,- June 27 W
Robert Burr, 52, escaped from
the state penitentiary yesterday,
though he has but one leg.
Burr, who was sentenced from
Clark county 13 years ago for
statutory rape, was working out
side the walls when he made his
break. He is a former resident
of Pendleton, Ore.
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Fight for Control
Of Atomic Costs
Washington, June 27 OP) Two
congressional committees ap
pears headed for a fight over
which is to control the atomic
energy commission's spending.
The rumble of battle was
heard over the week-end when a
senate appropriations subcom
mittee voted, in the words of
Chairman O'Mahoncy (D-Wyo.),
to "establish a brake on expand
ing expenditures" of the atomic
agency.
Hitherto, the senate-house at
omic energy committee has been
considered as having exclusive
rights over atomic legislation.
Whether the full appropria
tions committee approves the
subcommittee's action, the dis
pute is likely to boil over to the
senate floor when senators are
asked to approve the indepen
dent offices bill containing AEC
money for the 12 months start
ing Friday.
The subcommittee plan would
require the AEC to get budget
Bureau approval to (A) start
new projects, or (B) raise the
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cost of those already started,
where more than $500,000,000
is involved.
If the budget director gave
approval, he would be required
to furnish a detailed explanation
to the house and senate appro
priations committees.
The subcommittee acted a
week after Chairman .McMahon
(D-Conn.) of the senate-house
atomic committee had announc
ed a different approach to check
AEC spending.
He drafted a bill requiring
the AEC to come to an "agree
ment" with the joint committee
before undertaking any proj
ects costing $1,000,000 or more.
The two approaches may well
lead to a full-dress senate bat
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investigation pushes into its fifth
week tomorrow with good pros
pects that Senator Hickenloop
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case before congress starts its
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Fine, Prison for
Tax Evader
Tacoma, June 27 OT Leslie
L. Francis, Spokane baking com
pany executive, today was fined
a total of $9,000 and sentenced
to six months imprisonment, for
evasion of federal income taxes.
Federal Judge Charles H.
Leavy fined Francis $1,500 and
sentenced him to six months in
federal prison for each of the
six counts on which he was re
cently convicted. The prison
sentences are to be served con
currently. Francis was sentenced after
Leavy denied a motion for a
new trial. He stood before the
judge with eyes closed and mas
saged his head continuously as
the sentence was read.
The former state athletic com
mission head is still subject to
penalties and assessments run
ning well over $100,000, federal .
attorneys said. He was convict
ed of evading taxes totaling
more than $60,000 during the
years of 1943-44-45.
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