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TtW MZSFOltD (OREQOlf) MAIL TRIBUNE Tense Situation Exists at Portland Aluminum Plant Portland, Ore., June 10 U.R) A tense strike situation exisiea today at the Reynolds Metal company's plant at nearby Troutdale as AFL pickets indi. cated they would fight any conv pany attempt to move an ore train througn ineir lines. The company declined to make any statement regarding the train, but union representa tives said the plant's ore supply was low and they believed a train load might try to get through their lines. Constant Watch Orders. Multnomah county Sheriff Terry D. Schrunk ordered a constant watch at the strike scene and District Attorney John B. McCourt went into con ferences with company and un ion attorneys. The plant has not been receiv ing ore because Union Pacific trainmen refused to cross the AFL lines, but CIO steelwork rs were entering the plant and work was proceeding as usual. On Unfair List The firm was placed on the unfair list of the Portland Cen tral Labor council last week and pickets were posted Monday. Striking are locals of the AFL on a pension plan with alumi num company. Negotiations were at a stand still in the strike pending ar rival of a formal order from the national labor relations board regarding a controversy over bargaining agents. i (Acme Telephotoi WIN DEMOCRATIC NOD ReP- Helen Oahagan Douglas (left). Democratic candidate for U. 8. senator from California, and James Roosevelt (right). Democratic candidate for the governorship of California, smile broadly at their campaign headquarters in lot Angeles as late primary election returns assured them of nomination. Women Writers Receive Awards for Excellence in Various Departments MOVING? Save by Renting a BEE HIVE U-DRIVE Vans Stakes and Pickup Trucks JIM'S TEXACO STATION (Hi t Grape Phone 1-9174 Good-Will Machine Works Gtnaral Machine Work and REPAIRING PORTABLE WELDING Sawmill Iqulpmenr Mining Ma chinery and Supplies - Special Ma chinery Fabricating - All Kindt of W.ldlni. JOHN BREEZE, Owner Phone 2-4124 NIGHTS 2-1651 303 S. Grape Senrlni So. Onion and Vicinity for tho 4th Year Reno. June 10 (U.R) Awards to women writers in various di visions for excellence were made today at the closing session of the annual convention of the National Federation of Press Women. The awards, announced by Mrs. Irene R. Bedard of Hibbing, Minn., nresident. included tne following: (listed in placing order) News story in daily Helen Waterhousp. Akron. O.: Mrs. Marjory Parman, St. Joseph, Mo., and Miriam E. Alburn, Min neapolis. Best Weekly Story News story in weekly Helen Pittman. Aitkin. Minn.: Mrs. Doris Thompson, Princeton, Mo., and Mrs. Lucy H. Wallace, Mis sion, Tex. Editorial in daily Mrs. Helen Cudworth, Fort Morgan, Colo.; Mrs. Marjory Parman, St. Jo seph, Mo., and Ruth Hokanson, International Falls, Minn. Editorial in weekly Pauline Bates Brown. Phoenix: Mrs. Olga Reed Pruitt, Holly Springs, Miss., and Mrs. Willa Stafford, David City, Neb. feature In dally Virginia Brainard, Minneapolis; Helen Waterhouse. Akron. O.. and Mary Lou Pence, Laramie, Wyo. Weekly Feature r eature in weeKiy & s i n e r Bindursky, Lepanto, Adk.; Mrs. Mary K. Knudson, Emmetsburg, la., and Mrs. Vic Goertzen, Twin Falls, Ida. Daily column Gene V. Davis, Boonville, Mo.; Vera Wilson Cahudtz, Newton, la., and Helen Walerhouse, Akron, O. Weekly column Mrs. Wilma M. Collins, Grimes. Ia.; Mrs Opal Ilollomon Melton, Boon ville, Mo., and Frances C. Yost Bancroft, Ida. Best women's department in daily Mrs. Amy Birdsall, Sit. Paul; in weekly Mrs. Tee (Thir za) Simms, Denver. Best newspaper published or edited by woman Heron Lake News, Heron Lake, Minn., Mrs. Marvin T. Lawrence. Other officers elected at the convention sessions included Mrs. E. C. Fcnton, Drs Moines, first vice-president; Mrs. Glen M. Ankey, Topeka, Knns., treas urer, and Mrs. Catherine Berry Denver, Colo., secretary, Sunday. Jun 11. "SOillfal - YYiiwn Druineu Go to Trial for Murder on Monday Vancouver, Wash., June 10 fU.R) Trial of Turman and Utah Wilson, charged with first de gree murder in the abduction slaying of JoAnn Dewey last March, will begin Monday in Clark county superior court here. The brothers Turman, 24, and Utah, 20 have repeatedly denied that they kidnaped the 18-year-old girl on March 19 or that they ever knew her or her family. The Wilsons were arrested on a federal warrant in Sacra mento, March 30, four days af ter the girl's body was found in the Wind river near Stev enson, Wash. Both had served time in prison. Turman was sentenced to seven years in Ore gon state prison for rape, es caped and was recaptured. Utah served a year in Clark county jail for burglary and had a juvenile record. The Clark county prosecutor has revealed little to indicate the strength of the state's case against the accused brothers. A beer bottle found near the ab duction scene allegedly bore Utah's fingerprints. The sus pects' car had a piece of bone, George Grimes of Oxnard, Cal.,'part of a button, human hair was named regional director for and blood which might consti tute damaging circumstantial evidence. The Wilsons will be repre sented by Attorneys Irving Goodman of Portland and San ford Clement of Vancbuver. The state's case will be handled by Prosecutor Dewitt Jones and Deputy Prosecutor Don Blair. Stanford Educator Jailed fcr Hit-Run San Jose. Cal., June 10 (U.R) Dr. Jesse E. Hobson, 39. prom inent Stanford university edu cator, was jailed for felony hit- run and drunken driving Here last night after an accident in which a Palo Alto woman was injured. Dr. Hobson, chief of the Stan ford Research institute and lec turer in electrical engineering, was arrested following an ac cident near Palo Alto in which his car allegedly smashed into the rear of one driven by Mrs. Eunice G. Raley. 59. Authorities said Hobson sped away from the scene of the ac cident but was halted and held for highway patrolmen by an other motorist who witnessed the incident. the Nevada-Caltfornia-H a w a i i area, 32 Known Dead in Japanese Landslide Tokyo, June 10 (U.R) The toll of known dead in Friday's landslide at Kumanodaira rail road station rose to 32 today as rescue worKers dug for 18 more rail workers believed still buried under tons of rock and sand. Leaders of a 200-man rescue crew, which includes American cavalry soldiers, said there was little hope the missing men would be rescued alive. Twenty one workers have been taken from the debris. More than 70 railway workers were trapped by the slide at the station, 100 miles northweest of Tokyo, while they were clearing away a previous earthslide. Love Triangle Fatal To 'Old Family Friend' San Francisco, June 10 (U.R) Emil Downing, 38, shot and killed "an old family friend" today on the steps of the Mt. St. Joseph Orphanage at the climax of a love triangle. Downing's estranged wife, Elza, 30, was present when he whipped out a .32 automatic pistol and shot Carmelo Crespo 31, police said. According to officers. Down ing said he shot Crespo "because he broke up my family." After the shooting, Downing drove to tne Mission street station and gave himself up. The incident occurred when Downing, while visiting his two daughters, aged seven and nine, encountered his wife and Cres po.. The Downing children have lived at the orphanage since their parents separated last fall. Oaks of Guadalupe Island, Mexico's westernmost possession, 180 miles southwest of San Diego, Cal., have the largest known acorns, fiillv twn inches Mrs. in diameter. ;Acmt leUphotoj THOMAS P. TALLE Convicted of Murder Bay Area Traffic Kills Three Persons San Francisco, June 10 U.R) Bay area traffic accidents cost the lives of three persons last night and early today, accord ing to police and highway patrol reports. A head-on collision on U. S. highway 101 near San Rafael killed Fremont J. Nelson, 25, of Larkspur. One other person was seriously injured in the crash. Robert Hoadley, 27, Martinez, was fatally injured when his motorcycle struck a telephone pole between Concord and Wal nut Creek. In San Francisco, Ernesto Bernardi, 61, was killed when his car skidded on Alemany boulevard, jumped a concrete center strip and rolled over sev eral times. Both Sides Criticize Labor Government London, June 10 (U.R) Both the conservatives and liberals today criticized the labor gov ernment's handling of the Schu man plan to pool western Europe's coal and steel production. Lord Mancroft. chairman of the conservative speakers associ ation, charged the government with "ham-handedness." Liberal Party President Sir Andrew Mc Fayden said the laborites "are like a cat desiring fish but not wanting to wet its feet in the water." The attacks were made as a foreign office spokesman said British "misunderstandings' with France over the pooling plan have been "progressively smoothed away" in the pat few days. The spokesman said Britain had decided not to present an alternative plan until the French convened-conference on the Schuman plan has started in Paris. June 20. Britain is not participating because of its re luctance to commit itself before hand to the pooling project. Former Howser Aide Loses Court Apeal Sacramento, June 10 (U.R)- Wiley H. (Buck) Caddel. form er agent of Attorney General Fred N. Howser, today lost his appeal to the third district court from a Mendocino county con viction of conspiracy to violate the state gambling and bribery laws. The higher court also denied appeals by James Mulligan, a former Los Angeles police of ficer, and William Griffin, both convicted with Caddel. Caddel and the others were convicted Dec. 3, 1948, of par ticipating in a Mendocino coun ty "shakedown" racket in which they offered protection to slot machine operators. They ap pealed on grounds that insuf ficient evidence had been pre sented, that prosecution testi mony had not been corrobor ated, and that the court was guilty of misconduct. WEATHER ' By United Press Northern California: Clearing Sunday except few scattered showers in mountains. Slightly cooler over interior Sunday. Monday fair with rising tempera tures. West to northwest winds 15-25 MPH off coast. Wealthy Cattle Baron Convicted Of Slaying Wife San Jose, Cal., June 10 (U.R) Thomas P. Talle, wealthy New Mexico cattle baron, was con victed of murdering his second wife today but a jury of six men and six women recom mended leniency. The first degree murder ver dict saved Talle from the lethal gas chamber but carried an automatic sentence of life in prison. He will be eligible for parole consideration in lo years. To Be benlenced inursaay Talle will be sentenced by Superior Judge William F. James next Thursday at 10 a.m. The 39-year-old cattelman, the jury agreed, fired two slugs from a big .44 caliber western type revolver, into his wife, Marge, last December 23 in the patio of their new mansion in the Saratoga hills. The prose cution claimed Talle's motive was the hope of "getting rid" of the onetime Denver waitress wife, Mary Talle, of Santa Fe., N. M. Passenger Trains Add 'Astra Dome' Cars Omaha, Neb.. June 10 (U.R) Four Astra Dome" passenger cars from the General Motors "Train of Tomorrow," will go into service June 18 on a pool train making a daily round trip between Portland and Seattle. Operators of the train UP, Northern Pacific and Great Nor thern announced the addition of the new cars today. The trip between the two cities is sched uled to take five hours and five minutes with a stop at Tacoma. Hogs Top California Commodity Prices Sacramento, June 10 (U.R) The state crop and livestock re porting service said today that hogs led the California farm commodity price field last month with the sharpest month ly rise in two years. In mid-April the price of hogs was S17.10 rjer hundredweight; a month later it was $20.30, the service said. Prices received by California farmers during April averaged lower than those prevailing a month earlier, the service said. Barley and hay prices snowea normal seasonal declines, while the prices of oranges and grape fruit also went down. Oakland Carmen's Union Rejects Pact Oakland, Cal.. June 10 (U.R) The AFL Carmen's union has voted to reject a proposed new contract with Key System tran sit lines, despite a negotiation committee recommendation for acceptance. The proposed contract would have granted the company's ! 1,200 trainmen and bus drivers and 600 maintence men a four-1 cent hourly wage boost and other 1 benefits. Marines Control Camp Pendleton Fire Camp Pendleton, Cal.. June 10 (U.R) Three thousand marines to day brought under control a rag ing brush fire that swept 5,000 acres of the combat training area at Camp Pendleton. For a short time fire fighting operations were suspended as the flames crossed an area used for artillery firing and exploded "dud" shells. The fire started late yesterday and was officially brought under control shortly before sunset tonight. 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