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Britain Opens Trial Of Five Persons on Charges of Espionage London-ftlPil-Brltain charged today that a spy ring of five persons, headed by a Russian cosing as a Canadian citizen stole vital naval secrets and transmitted them to Moscow from the cellar of a shabby suburban bungalow. (The FBI In Washington has Identified two of the detenu ants as Americans). Finch-Tregoff Case Nears Jury Los Angeles-(UPI)-The fate of illicit lovers Dr. H. Ber nard Finch and Carole Tre- goff may be placed In the hands of a predominantly male jury this week. Only final arguments and the judge's Instructions re main to be concluded in the third trial before the nine men and three women jurors begin their life and death de liberations on the couple ac- cused of killing Finch's wife for love and money. The murder trial moved Into its 11th week today with Coprosecutor Joseph Powers expected by late today to con clude final arguments he be gan last Friday. The jurors will listen to ar guments by attorneys for both Finch, 43, and his red-haired sweetheart, Carole, 24, and Coprosecutor Clifford Crail during the week. Superior Judge David Coleman then will give final instructions. At the bar of justice in the famous No. 1 court of the Old Bailey three men and two women were on trial in Brit ain's most sensational spy case since Klaus Fuchs was con victed of giving atomic secrets to the Communists in 1050. All the defendants pleaded Innocent, a jury of 12 men was chosen with the traditional speed of British justice and the attorney general of the realm, Sir Manningham-Bul-ler, opened the case for the crown. He unfolded to the court a cloak-and-dagger story of how British counter espionage agents followed a winding trail through London's streets. It brought them at last, he said, to a cottage in the su burb of Ruislip occupied by a book seller named Peter John Kroger and his wife, Helen. This place, Sir Reginald told the jury and Britain's lord chief justice, Lord Parker, who chose to preside over the case, contained a powerful ra dio transmitter hidden under the kitchen floor. Weave! Story Together It wait suitable for trans- milting direct to Moscow," he said, and added that the cot tage also seemed to be bank Ing headquarters for the al leged spy ring. In the some what rundown cottage, guard ed by double and triple locks, Sir Reginald said British agents found $0,000 in Ameri can $20 bills, 2,563 American $1 bills, $2,030 worth of American travelers checks Choose the Modern dry cleaning that deep-cleans suits NU-WAY'S Sanitone Soft-Set. Dry Cleaning Sanilone research has developed improved cleaning methods which deep-clean fabrics, thoroughly, yet gently. Every trace of soil is flushed away, and exclusive Soft-Set impnrls a like-new finish to the fabric. 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Both of them are employed at Britain's Port land Naval Base and had ac cess to documents which could compromise the security of Britain and the NATO alll ance, particularly on matters involving planning against possible attack by Russia's 450-shlp fleet of submarines Found Powerful Radio Lonsdale took documents handed to him by Miss Gee and Houghton- to the Kroger bungalow. When British agents searched the premises, they tore linoleum from the kitchen floor, removed some rubble, lifted a trap door and there found a powerful radio set, working on a high Ire quency band and with aerial In its lid. Inside a cigarette, lighter were found some radio call signs. British agents tuned in and received transmissions from the vicinity of Moscow. Sir Reginald pictured Lons dale as a man who led a dou ble life British businessman and "Cmdr, Alex Johnson, as sistant naval attache at the American Embassy In Lon don. He-said "Johnson" call ed on Houghton last June and said they had a mutual friend in Poland. "He was quite charming," according to an alleged state ment Houghton made to po lice. "He seemed to know na val talk nnd I accepted him for what he said he was.1 Two weeks later, according to the statement, Houghton Introduced "Johnson" to Miss Gee. The crown will attempt to prove "Johnson" persuaded Houghton to help him on the grounds that American au thorities wanted to know whether any action was being taken on information which the British had supplied to them. i 601 E, H. D. CHRISTENSEN Main St. Ph. SP 2-9169 Hearing on Snake Da ms Focuses on Fish Facilities Portland - IUPI) - A Federal Power Commission hearing on rival applications lor dams on the Snake river resumed here today with attention focusing on fish. FPC Examiner William Levy was conducting the hearing, which might last sev eral days. Pacific Northwest Power Co. seeks to build a 670-foot high Mountain Sheep dam on the Snake half a mile above the mouth of the Salmon riv er. The Washington Public Power Supply System has ap plied to build a 700-foot high Nez Perce dam 2V4 miles bo low the confluence of the Salmon. Both have proposed expen sive fish facilities. Pacific Northwest Power Co., coin posed of four private firms, estimates Mis fish facilities would cost some $20 million, including some $7 million for a 17-mlle canal to the Imnaha river. WPPSS proposed fish facili ties costing some $2B million for Nei Perce dam which has received opposition from fish eries Interests because it would block natural runs to the Salmon. WPPSS is com posed of 16 public utility dis trict members in Washington. Want To Be Heard WPPSS said it could suc cessfully get the salmon and stcelhead past its proposed dam. Some 21 intcrvenors repre senting Oregon, Washington, Idaho and federal wildlife agencies, sportsmen's organi zations and commercial fisher men have asked to be heard. The elaborate fish facilities Include plans for both getting mature salmon upstream and fingcrllngs downstream. BRANDT GREETED West Berlin Mayor Wiliie Brandt right, is greeted by German Ambassador Wilhelm Grewe as he arrives at Washington's National Airport. Brandt is in Washington for talks with President Kennedy and other high U.S. official about the future of the embattled former West German capital. (UPI Telephoto) Regional Edition Medford, Page 2A STribune MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, MARCH 13, 1961 Oregon Delegation To Air Boardman Plans With Boeing Salem -IUPII- An Oregon leg islative delegation will meet with Boeing Airplane Co. of ficials In Seattle Wednesday to seek first hand information on the company's plans for de veloping the Boardman Indus trial park in northeastern Oregon. House Speaker Robert Dun can and Senate President Har ry Bolvin announced the meeting. Duncan said he hop ed Boeing officials would re turn here to explain their plans before the Joint Ways and Means committee "so that the entire legislature may have the opportunity to simi larly inform itself. Gov. Mark Hatfield had no comment on the, meeting. Asked for Lease Boeing has asked to nego tiate an 80-year lease for the 100,000 acre site, and Hatfield has asked the legislature for $900,000 to cover possible costs of completing the proj ect. Ways and Means committee last week ordered a delay in acting on the bill until more information could be obtained. Hatfield had urged speedy ap proval. : Some legislatures expressed fears the company, which has made no specific commit ments might tie up the land at $60,000 a year without devel oping it. The sagebrush tract with Columbia river frontage is considered ideal for static rocket and missile testing. Delegates Named For the House part of the delegation, Duncan named Ways and Means Co-Chairman Clarence Barton (D-Coquille) and Rep. Stafford Hansell (R- Hermiston). Bolvin tentatively named Ways and Means co-Chairman Daniel Thiel (D-Astorla), Sen. Alfred Corbett (D-Portland) and Sen. Melvin Goode (R-Al- bany). Bolvin said if his schedule permitted he might go himself. More Midwest Snow; Tornadoes Reported By United Press International A new snowstorm rocketed into the upper Midwest today powered by winds expected to reach gale strength on the thawing Great Lakes. Michigan and Wisconsin braced for up to a half-foot of snow and the U. S. Weather Bureau warned of sleet and snow accompanying 40 miles an hour gales on Lake Huron, Erie, St. Clair and Michigan. High winds and tornado conditions that threatened southern Illinois and Indiana during the night shifted east into the Ohio valley. A Weath er Bureau spokesman said the winds appeared to be losing strength as the low pressure center broadened. ' Tornadoes Sunday scraped Missouri and Arkansas and hovered over southern Illinois. The Ozark twisters killed a woman and injured her hus band and 10 others at a West Plains, Mo., prayer meeting. At least 33 other persons were reported injured in Missouri and Arkansas. Rain shifted inland from Vancouver bay and western Washington state, lacing the Rocky mountains with mixed showers and 'snow at higher elevations. Showers also pelt ed most of the northern Great Plains. Thunderstorms blanketed a wide area south and east of the Ohio valley and lower Mississippi valley east to the Atlantic coast. Sunday's tornadoes scraped a 150-mile border belt in Mis souri and pummeled at least six widely separated north west Arkansas communities. Funnel clouds were spotted at Sparta, Bremen and Coulter ville in southern Illinois' Ran dolph county but no damage was reported. Six persons were hospital ized and eight others were treated for minor injuries at Busch, Ark., in a twister near the Missouri border. Four tor nadoes skipped through the Ozarks north of Clarksville, Ark., injuring nine persons at Woodland Mount Zion, A rural Altus, Ark., mother and her three young children were hurt when a tornado crushed their farm home. A house next door was not dam aged. In Missouri, a twister struck about seven miles southwest of Springfield. Barns, garages, two radio towers and numer ous power lines toppled as the tornado chewed an overland path three miles long. Another tornado overturned a house at Tipton Ford, injur ing a little girl. Power failures accompanied twisters in Redding's Mill, Mo., south of Joplin, where hail the size of marbles had fallen earlier in the day. An airport hangar, several planes and dozens of boats on Taneycomo and Table Rock lakes were damaged by a tor nado that raced through Ta ney county, Missouri. 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