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Arm* Procram
Fight Slated
Next Monday
VAMONOTON. July 22
AtoMalstrtaUm lMd«i rallied
Rdr forces today tor a hot bottle
ovw too oao bllilon, iM, million
toller Arm*-tor* Europe procram
■Olch Pretident Truman toll eeod
to Ooo«roao Monday.
testified If the |>l] aanote
ratification Of the North Atlantic
Treaty. Ur. Truman'a 11 eutarante
aa capttol mu decreed e brief
daiap la proa anted on of the
aeatrovettoal arms plan, ehlch
faces Uttar op pool don.
Under the orltiaal echedule.
toe Prato dent area to have aub-
totted the amaaiaat proposal
today but haaate Majority Leader
Looaa (D) 111., told Ur. Truman
U ecu Id be better to ealt until
Moaday because Senators were
•eery after beede debate on toe
treaty.
fianats Minority Lander Wherry
(R) Nab., who opposed the Pact,
cromplly charged that the Admtote-
tradon "didn't have toe nerve"
to eubtolt Ite Ama Program the
top after treaty rad Band on.
■berry nude It dear that be
toll ranee hie Baht tor a legiw
I alive safeguard against sharing
Atomic secrete or the Atom bomb
with Pact nations. Ha said
"There should be an amentonent
to prevent ue from Including the
Atomic bomb In the ansa ee sand
atooed."
■Male UUpM Morally
Wherry said he thought the
fieneai. having approved toe treaty,
was "morally obligated" to
Uaplmnenl it with arms but pre-
dicted that the ooet of the program
■■aid be cut oontodmaMy In
committer.
The minority leader asserted
that be believed the A (toil nl stra-
ti on bed made some secret
"commitments" to other treaty
nations In connection with arms
supply.
He etod be baaed tola belief
an the fact that the Administration
had an Arms program <Bawn up
In advance of treaty ratification.
The MUts House aid the
Prealdat ha completed prepara-
•<* of a 2,300 to 3.000 word
me a age la ehlch he toll ur«e
pro apt pees age at the weapons
The program calls tor one
teuton uo million dollars In
aid to Pact nations ad
320 mUllons for
and o tiier non-
lat com an a at Mane-
tortaa to tiro treaty.
Many aaaatore who voted tor
Re treaty have served notice
that they toll oppose the Ama
latoaUMaa.
over eh aiming Senate approval
of the Pact, touch pledges the
u tiaaars to aoaaider a attack
again at Mr M attach against aU
aad to tabs Joint action to repel
armed nape aeon, a greeted
tolh enthus!nan In toe capitals
of the noroOnmmunl at arid.
OHtnlbUlt
SATURDAY, JULY 23. 1949
FIVE CENTS PER COPY
TEXAS' ONLY OFFSET DAILY
AIRLINER CRASH KILLS 6, SETS 7 HOMES AFIRE
MATM AMO DEVASTATION follow crash of a non-srhedulrd C-46 airliner In a Seattle Wash street
near the airport The big plane with 32 aboard crashed shortly after takeoff for Chicago, burying
Its noee between two houses, ripping off roof of a third and setting fire to seven homes In all The
explosion and Are killed eta persons and injured more than a score (International)
Five Percent Dairy Of Hunt
Gives Investigators Clues
NEB YORK. July 22—(INti)
Raymond W. Kemnnder offered to-
day to go to the electric chair to
aa Mr*. Uanhe Herb, his clump
co-defendant In the "Loeely
Hearts" murder trial.
Tim swarthy. 34-year-old Fem-
aadea made hie offer before e
Broni Rupreme Court tun Just
before be was subjected to cross-
at am In all on !a the last ate a* of
the trial.
Defense Lawyer Herbert E.
Rosenberg ashed Peraandes.
••Would you be willing to go to
the chair to save Mr*. Beck?"
•Tu volunteer far that," the
defendant answered.
Justice Ferdinand Pecnra
ordered the exchange stricken Worn
Urn record.
Mr*. Beck w>ll be called for
cross e lamination when the trial
la resumed Monday. They ere
charged with the hammer slaying
of Mrs. Janet J. Fay. M. a widow
they met through their alleged
"Lonely Hearts" arheam.
Nylons Help-
In Cupid’s War
CHICAGO. July 29 - (INC) • A
■0-year-old CTUcagD chef declared
today teal love can bloom Bom
food ad clothing packages.
The chef, lam Hedge, ha been
promised tee had of Frauleln
Oetta Bauch. 30-yearold Austrian
beauty queen, tollowtng a core
oatrated mall campaign.
Hedge picked tee Bauch family's
Bad Qlelchaberg. near
Bom e church Hal end
plying the hoenebold with
_ Oetta aat him photographs
of herself be raised tee value of
tod pachagae to $80 weekly.
Laker atm proposed had Oetta
incepted, despite the objections
if bar parents, who thou** be waa
Mo old tor to air daughter.
He plans to sail tor Austria
kpat toll to claim her aa hla bride.
Hedge atod some nylon stork-
ho aaat to Oetta undoubtedly
to clinch her lave.
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WAKHI NOTuN. July 23-<tllfitr
Tbe Senate Investigations Com-
mittee dladoMd today teat It baa
obtain ad and searched for "leads"
the diary of the man Brat charged
aitb peddling influence to land
government contracts.
Committer chairmen Hoay
<D> N C.. said tee diary 4 James
V. Hunt "has been inspected."
The group Is conducting an In-
vestigation of pateaaa whr> charge
a "ova par cant" or similar fee
tar “influence" to procuring
government business far clients.
The Hunt diary Is said to be
about 1.000 pages long. Hoey
said It la attll In tee committee's
heads, and has bean scrutinized
far names of Federal officials
with whom Hunt may have dealt.
Two Army Department heads
already have been suspended la
connection with tee ‘five per-
center" investigation.
Hunt, a wartime lieutenant
colonel who now calls himself a
"management counsellor." has
denied test he used Influence with
Blendly official* to get govern-
ment contracts.
The inquiry wee set off when
e New F3i gland businessmen
claimed, according to a published
report. Umt be paid Hunt • 1.000
for help to seeking a contract.
in addition to suspension of
Maj. aena. Aldan H. Want and
Herman Feldman, tee Investigation
has been accompanied by Odd-
gnsaloiiaJ criticism of Maj.
lien. Harry Vaughan. President
Truman'* military aide.
Vaughan reportedly said teat be
knew 300 operating "five per
r mite re." and several cring'eae-
men have demanded he tell tee
committee all he knows.
Hunt's wife told telephone
caller* her huabend was "resting
under a doctor'a care" and would
not comment on tee diary matter.
The committee, which opens
public hearing* in about two
|weaka, reportedly haa distributed
photographic copies of tee diary
to tee Army and other Government
agencies to an effort to verify
Incidents described therein ai.d
i <>nftrn other "leads."
| The bonk wee said to contain
carefully kept records of Hunt's
dally activities, both profeaalnnal
and social. Reportedly Included
are names of persona be talked to
|at parties, what they discussed,
and other information used la
reporting to clients.
Briton Questions
His Paternity Of
‘369 Day Baby
LONDON. July 22 -<IN8>--
A London Appeals Court ordered
a new trial today In the case
at the "MO-day baby" when
i husband again accused hie wife
of unfaithfulness while he waa
on pa at-war duty In occupied
derm any.
The question raised by Uindoner
Charlea Jones, seeking a divorce
Bom his wife. Itertha, wee: 'Tlow
can I be tee father of a child horn
twelve montha after I last row
my wife?"
The cms, which haa be mi
through tour courts, arose when
e court commissioner ruled teal
• 360-day gMtatlon period waa
"not eo Impoaaibly long" aa to
ahow tee wife waa guilty of
misconduct. Itertea Jones denied
the Infidelity charge.
In a two-to-one opinion of the
Judgea today tee court agreed
to a new Mai on tee petition of
Jones, «d»o claimed he we# In
Germany tor 12 months before
Me wife gave Mrth to tee child
In August, IMS.
Marshall Plan Fund May
Be Slashed 570 Million
WASHINGTON. July 23-<INK>-
Generel agreement on a big cut In
Mar snail plan funds waa disclosed
today aa the Senate opened debate
on to* flve and a half billion dollar
Foreign Ald Appropriation BUI.
The Senate Appropriations com-
mittee raconmended that fun da
for the European Recovery Pro-
gam and for relief to occupied
areas be slashed approunatoly
three quarters of. a billion dollars
beloa Administration requests.
This would include a Marshall
Plan cut of 570 mlUlon dollar*.
No attempt *aa made to bring
several oontooveraial amendment*
to a vote today. Final action on
tee measure wee expected Tues-
day. when a night aeasion la
scheduled.
The Senate committee put Mar-
shal I Plan costs far the year
ending June X), 1930. at three
hllUon, 628 million. 380 thousand
dollars.
Foreign Aid Administrator Hoff-
man had asked four billion 198
million, 200 thousand (toilers. A
total of three billion, 368 million.
470 thousand dollars waa voted
by the House for 10 t- months.
sen. Mcheilar (D) Tenn.. at-
Is There A
Fast Rabbit
WINTERS. TEX.. July 22- (INS)
"Bring on your hares."
This was the challenge today
of Otte De - of Winters. Te*.. who
clalmes he owna the world's fast-
est turtle.
Dee said hla 13-pound tirtlc
covered the 14 miles from Ballin-
ger. Tes., to Winters in 29 hours •
or at the rate of a half mile an
hour. There were no bares In tee
area.
Dee haa numerous other Texas
Blends to bark up his statement.
propria non* comrriltet chairman,
told tee senate he would like to
see FRP cut 800 million dollars
but asked acceptance of tee com-
mittee’s compromise figures. They
era 10 per cent below those ap-
proved by tee House.
VMdrwbecg Reversal
hen. Yandenberg (H) Mich.,
revealed teat be had completely
reversed the position be took lest
year In leading tee Senate fight
against e two fatllion dollar cut 1 n
Foreign Aid expenditures voted
by tee Hoes*. The Republican
forwiro poll ay spokesman declared.
"It Is now obvious Out there
must be gaiyal budgetary cuts.
As muck aa I regret the extent of
tee Marshall Plan cute made by
tee Henate Appropriations Com-
mittee, I am Inclined to agree teat
we are confronted with fheta and
not theorise. Md must guide our-
selves accordingly."
Gilmer-Aikin Bill
Brings Teachers
COMMERCE. Texes. July 2>
Ihe OllmeraAlkln school legislation
1* bringing Texas school teache*
back home.
C. B. narclay, director of tee
teacher placement bureau at East
Texas State Teachers College
here, reports that many teachers
who obtained Jobe In neighboring
state* are now applying for teach-
ing positions In Text* because of
better salaries brought on by the
cillmee-Alkin bill.
Formerly, many graduate# of
East Texas .SUM Teachers College
taught In Oklahoma. Arizona.
Arkansas and other states, he
said. Rut now moat of them arw
staying In Texas.
For the first time since before
the war then la an overeupply of
high school teachers In the science
and Industrial arts field.
POTENTATES, PAST AND PRESENT
HAfiOiD UOYO. dicker funnymen at the silent movie era end newly
elected Shrine potentate, waves to the crowd with Past Potentate
Galloway Calhoun deft) at the national Bhrlne convention In Chi-
cago Lloyd holds the baton of his temple Al Malalkah. In hla
right hand. In Holdlers’ Field (International Sound photo)
Polio Increase Is
Cause For Concern
TEXAS
NEWS BRIEFS
BY I IMS
TYLER. July 22 - (INS) • T wo
teen-sged boys who damaged sev-
eral Tyler churches and committed
burglaries in Lonevlea, (iladeaater
and Tyler, today were sentenced
to from one to five yesrs to tee
Gatesvllle Reform (school.
County Judge Ned Price pro-
nounced sentence. The damaiie
wrought U> tee two youths, age
14 and 16, reportedly amounted
to thousands of dollars.
JACKSONVILLE. July 2? - (INS)
Pleas are completed for tee annual
farm family day party at Jackson-
ville, Aug. 11.
The Madlsonvtlle guadrtlle,
expert horsemen and horsewomen,
will be the featured entertainers.
The Texas Prison Fiddle Band
will attend and a street dance will,
be held teat night.
ORFJENVTLLE. July 22 - (INSi
Hunt County will hold a special
election tomorrow to vote on a
rural road bond issue proposal.
Fund# from the SI.796.000 issue.
If approved, will be used to con-
struct more than 130 miles of Farm-
to-Mark el roads in Hunt County.
KAUFMAN, July 22 - (INS)
Seven farm to market roads will be
Improved In Kaufman County under
recent Texes legislation providing
for additional improvement* of
secondary roads.
The projects call for an expendi-
ture of approximately $337,000.
CANTON. July 22 - (IN8> • Hen-
ry M. Bell of Tyler has announced
community chairmen of tee East
Texas Chamber of Commerce.
The groups to duties Be*. Cox,
Canton; Gerald Johnson, Ftigw-
wood. Mansfield; W. J. Steed. Van:
Clyde Jones. Wfllls Point and C.A.
May afield. Grand Saline.
KAUFMAN. July 22 - (INS)
Free city mall delivery in Kauflnan
will be inaugurated within a few
weeks. Postmaster IF. h.W. Hoffer.
said that equipment tor tee service
has arrived.
LOS ANGELES GAMBLING BOSS SHOT
l|f>;
Hu Klux Head
Denies Threat
To WW II Vet
ATLANTA. July 22-GNSF-
Oeorgla Ku Klux Klan Grand
Dragon Dr. Samuel Green today
filed an answer In Fulton County
(Atlanta) superior Court to an
order Instructing him to produce
Klan records.
The Kluxer chleftlan denied
knowledge of threat* against «
29-year-old world war n veteran.
Hugh Gilliland, and asked that the
suit filed against him bs die-
missed.
Two youthful attorneys. Hal
Irwin, 21. and Samuel D. Johnson.
25. filed a petition seeking to en-
join Dr. Green and his hooded
order followers from molesting
Gilliland.
Dr. Green’s snswer. referring to
a Ducem Tecum subpoena order-
ing the Grand Dragon to bring Klan
records Into court Aug. 26. said
teat he knew of no such records.
He sdded that If such records
existed they "would not be
germane to the Issues In this
csss."
Green farther charged that
Gilliland's attorneys knew that
such document* were non-existent.
The Klan chief said he Is "sure”
that no threats nave been made
against tee plaintiff by any mem-
ber of the Georgia Association of
Klan* The answer then quoted
part of tee KKK oath, which re-
quires members to "uphold, defend
aad enforce” unto death the
Federal Constitution and state and
federal laws.
i
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DMP,
MICKEY COHEN Los Angeles gambling bcas. rests In Hollywood
Receiving hospital after being shot as he stepped from a Holly-
wood night club with four companions. Including a special agent
assigned by California a attorney general to guard him. Bending
over Cohen is Frank Ntcolt. a friend, only member of the party to
escape the blast of gunfire (I international Soundpkoto)
Ambush Of Racket Boss
May Involve L. A. Police
IJMO New Cases
Last Week Gives
U. S. The Jitters
An unprecedented rise In tee
number of Infantile paralysis cases
Is causing vest eoncem in the
United States.
More than 1,000 new cases were
reported last week-the lsi«m
period for which figure* are svall-
able-to the i:.& Public Health
Service.
Exactly what tee Incidence of
the dlsenae la for this week Is
not yet known.
Already this year 4,895 canes of
tee dread polio have been reported.
This Is mare than the number for
the similar period of 1948 when a
32-year record for the nation was
established. The 1948 figure
for this period was 3,601.
Last year a total of 27,894 polio
cases were officially reported, tee
hlgh**t since 1916.
Of concern to the Ute. Health
Department also was tee fact tent
this year the national foundation
far Infantile Paralysis reported
s rise In 36 states.
Last year tee peat majority of
polio cases centered In seven
stntes-Narth Carolina. South Da-
kota. Texas. California. Minnesota.
Nebraska and Iowa.
Texas has tee highest number
of cases this year-1.034.
California listed 626; Arkansas
367. Oklahoma 345: Minnesota
186; New York 156: Indians 140:
Illinois 129: and Michigan 101.
6NMiEiitirWrM|Hwse
M Sticfc-Eiw-Up Anyway
HOLLYWOOD. July 22 - UN8)
Two gunmen hoped to rob Actress
Marie McDonald of thousands of
dollars worth of tors and Jewelry
today.
However, when they learned that
they bed entered the wrong house,
they robbed salesman Ramnnd C.
Harold and his wife of s measly
*45 anyway.
Heroin said teal the gunmen,
one wa* aimed with a machine
gun, were "obviously vexed” when
they were told that Mis* McDonald,
known as "The Body," 'lead e
block away.
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HOLLYWOOD, July 2>-<lN8F-
Authorities probed a report of
poeaihlw police lavolvaunt -uid
anuytu a mystery blonde tonight
In an attempt to track down the
gunmen who shot and wounded
Racket Boss Mickey Cohen and
three other persons last Weteiss-
day.
The Los Angeles Exanlner re-
ported that certain members of
the Los Angsles Police Depart-
ment may be suspected of staging
tee attempted .slaying of Cohen
from ambush outside a Sunset
Strip nightclub.
The newspaper sold that At-
torney General Fred Howeer of
California had supplied teat In-
formation to Police Chief William
A. Worton of Los Angeles, quoting
the attorney general as having
said he had Information that
"certain police officers" had a
motive for killing Oohsn.
Sheriff Mu gene Htzcellus de-
clared teat he will question police
officers to an attempt to find the
tee gunmen. He said he would
demand from authorities the names
of the officers "reportedly In-
volved In the attempted rabout
of Cohen."
Police nald tee blonde entered
the picture as the person *Sic
postihly "put tee finger" on
Cohen in tee dawn's sarly light
as the dapper racketeer emerged
ftom the nightery.-
There was no suspicion voiced
that members of tee police de-
partment had fired the shotgun
blasts. The speculation was that
If Involved at all, they had em-
ployed gxaimen to do Ihe shooting.
Cohen had charged teat two
Los Angelea police officers at-
tempted to shake him down for
130.000.
The swarthy racket boss was
hit In tile rltiit shoulder In the
assassination attempt. Special
agent Harry Cooper assigned to
watch Cohan. Ne edle Herbert, s
Cohen hqnchman, and Dee Davis, <
s movie ttit player were the others
Injured.
TilUnf Machine
Closely Kin To
Mother-In-Law
STILLWATER. OKLA.. July 22.
(INSV-Now comes a machine which
not only will listen to vou talk
but will take It down in black and
white and give you back your own
Eleanor Gets
Called Down
By Cardinal
NEW YORK. July 22 • (INS
Fraoola Cardinal Spellman sharply
criticized Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt
today for waging what he termed
an "anti-catholic campaign." He
accused the former First Lady of
writing "documents of discrimina-
tion unworthy of an American
mother.”
to his extraordinary denuncia-
tion of Mrs. Roosevelt, the spirit
ual leader of 1,250,000 catholics
in the New York Archdiocese,
charged her with acting Bom either
"misinformation. Ignorance, or
prejudice."
Cardinal .feliman levelled his
attack in s letter to Mrs. Roosevelt
which was inspired by s senes of
articles to her syndicated column
"my day” In which she supported
the controversial Barden Aid to
Education MIL
The Mil, approved by a House
subcommittee and now tied up In
tee House Labor Committee, would
provide government grants Bor a
$300,000,000 annual fund to public
schools and educational service*
It would, however, bar parochial
schools Bom sharing in ths grants.
In HYde Perk. N.Y.. Mrs. Mal-
vina Thompson. Secretary to the
former First Lady said cardinal
Spellman's letter was recalved
by Mrs. Roosevelt early tele after-
noon.
"Mrs. Roosevelt,*' her secre-
tary said, "has no comment now.
and 1 douM that there will be any.”
In her column of June 23 which
waa assailed by Cardinal Spellman.
Mrs. Roosevelt staled la part:
"Those of us who believe to tee
right of any human being to belong
A cavity l
In Kansas City. Mo., all child-
ren's recreation activities were
ordered suspended Immediately
late today because of tee polio
situation. Officials acted on a
recommendation made by Qr. Hugh
L. Dwyer, city health director.
Eighteen polio deaths were
reported In Arkansas, in Little
Rock, hospitals were crowded with
patients and emergency wards ware
..•lag established.
Arkansas National Guam pianes
flew polio fighting equipment,
beda and sheets Into Little Rock.
In Indiana, the heaviest con-
centration of the disease was m
the Eaet-CenBal part of tee state,
with tee greatest recent Increase
In S. Joseph County, near Mich-
igan.
Indiana reported I 1 polio deaths.
Illinois listed the Centralis
area as the hardest Mt section.
*Twenty of the 23 eases reported
In tee last 20 days were In Cen-
tralis.
In Missouri, the St. Louis area
had a total of 80 cases with terse
death* as compared with only five
cases st tee same time last year.
In New York, the National
Foundation far infantile Paralysis
announced It has purchased 20
additional respirators and 20
new hot pack machines because of
the steadily Increasing Incidence
of Infantile paralysis.
to wnatover church he sewn fit,
and to worship ood In hie own way.
cannot be accused of prejudice
when we do not want to aee public
education connected with religious
control of the schools, which are
paid for by the taxpayers' money . .
"The separation of church sod
Rate Is extremely important to
any of ue who hold to the original
traditions at our nation. To change
these traditions by changing our
traditional attitude toward public
education would be harmful. I
think, to our whole attitude of
tolerance In the religious area.”
The Cardinal told Mrs. Roose-
velt be had intended Ignoring
“your personal attack" which
"condemned me for defending
catholic children." But he said be
was forced to reply “to the inter*at
of all Americans and the cause of
Justice" because "you continued
AND HIS NAME SHALL SHINE....
THE NAME OF RODGER YOUNG
The machine- -called the "Im-
possible"-was developed by
R.J. Williams. 22-year-old electri-
cal engineer at the Oklahoma
Institute of Technology.
William* *ald today the Idea
first came to him luring a sleep-
less night.
He explained that It works
through a complicated system
of 34 keys, with a microphone
attachment.
He added that It ta closely
allied to a levies now uaed for
treatment of the insane.
GREEN SPRINGS. O. July 22.
ilNSV-Rodger Young. Army hero
who gave hla Ufa for hi* comrades
1.1 the steaming Jungles of the
Solomon {eland*, waa laid reverent-
ly at rest today ta hla native
onto soil.
Youh8*s Dag-draped casket
waa Interred In the McPhareon
Cemetery at nearby Clyde as some
of the very men whose lives be
saved when he destroyed a Jap
anese machine gun neat single-
handed formed • guard of honor
and gave Mm their last heart-fait
tribute.
Present also at flnalBB
rites were LL Cel. John M.
tag of Washington. D.C.. who
officiated when Rodger Grot wan
burled oa New Geortie Ulead.
Warring conducted today's
eervtoee as the haro'a parents.
Mr. aad Mrs. Nicholas Youfid Utod
quiet but pro ad tears tor their
valiant son.
Hundreds of pereoae Boa
Rodger's hometown of Green
Springs Joined the slowly movtgg
funeral cortege og the tlx-aUe
trip to the cemetery.
Tim let* President
gave Young the 0m
any Amerlecn soldier
Bet a pined America resMahara
him u the worn of Mm aoag
written by Ftwnfe Lfiosagr
"Oh, ttomfee got gg time far
glory U the Infantry,
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praises loudly auag.
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