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The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1949-06-09
Hdrdin Students Get
Degrees dt Stdte u

Four Hardin students and
one from Kirby were among
the 685 graduates who re-
ceiVed degrees at Montana
State University at commence
ment exercises held last Mon
day.
Those from Hardin who re-
ceived bachelor degrees in
business administration were
Grover Dunlap, John F. Mac
Leod, Raymond E. Kalberg and
Ellsworth Skeie. Lenore a.. Ko-
bald Of Kirby received a de-
gree in English.
HONORABLE DISCHARGE
The following honorable dis
charge was filed in the office
of the County Clerk and Re-
corder on June 8:
Mike Keller from the u. S.
Army.
Evening star., 1949-11-27
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The Nome nugget., 1949-01-21
Disastrous Fire In Presidents "HOne Town"

INDEPENDENCE, Mo. CF) - A pre-daWn fire in near zero wea- ther ragged through a half block of business buildings in President Truman's hometown this inaugu- ration day.
 The downtown fire was only eight blocks from the summer White House.
 Fire chief D. A. Kincade said damage may run as high as mil lion dollars. It was one of the worst fires in the more than 100 years of Independence's history.
 No one was reported injured but 30 persons were evacuated from a residential building.
 Independence's 10000 residents all prepared to celebrate its fa- nous sons inauguration as Presi- dent. Yesterday was a holiday. A big parade and an inaugural ball has been scheduled.
The Nome nugget., 1949-01-21
AnchOrage-Florida Trip Hl-Fated

JUNEAU, LP) - The bad luCE that dogged Capt. w. C. steven almost from the start of his flight from Anchorage to Orlando, Fla has forced the air force englnee. ing officer to leave his light Sea bee plane at Juneau. II Was crip- pied in a landing attempt Tuesday
 Coming in for a landing, the plane was hit by a vertical wind and blown down into rough wateJ in Gastineau Cahnnel. The ships left wing was Sheared and n aD attempt ot keep the plane aflOat by dragging the right wing int the waves, the second float was bent into useleSsneSs.
 Two Douglas youths in skiff lowed the plane ashore.
 Monday, in a landing a: Yaku- tat, the planes tail wheel cracked and Stevens, his wife, their two year-old daughter and Dale Lee a passenger were forced 70 stoI over for repairs. The wheel crack ed again on takeoff but the plane was cleared for a water landing at Juneau.
 Stevens said the party probably will take a commercial plane the rest of the way.
The Nome nugget., 1949-01-21

is going to be with us again" ths President commented to reporters when ne stepped out O. Blair House at 6:5O am. to begin his day.
 He was up so early for two req sons: l. He likes to get up early and ?. He had d breakfas: date With the surviving men whC fought with him in Battery D. Ci World War I days.
 These old soldiers, sitting down together at the Mayflower Hotel, ate Missouri ham and honiny gritS.
 And, as old soldiers VII dc, they got off some cracks about their changed physical condition since their fighting days.
 Truman looked them over ansl opined that despite "the rubber tires around the middle" most o1 mem would be able to walk the mile and one-quarter route of the Inauguration parade that is il they layed off the bottle.
 He admonished his old com rades:
 After one o'clock or 25 minutes there after, don't give a damn what you do, but want you tC stay sober until then.'
 They grinned and, as a souvenir of the occasion, gave him q golG- headed walking stick.
 Thanking them, MT. Truman said he hoped some day to pass ii on to a grandson.
The Nome nugget., 1949-01-21
Americans Honor Truman On His "Creat Day.

'NOHIlnueO lIOIIl rage oIle' the nation faithfully in the uncer- tain years ahead.
 Chief Justice VinsOn administer ed the oath. The scene was the east front of the Capitol, bathed in the brilliant sparkle of a bright winter sun.
 Just before MT. Truman, Alben w. Barkley, Fl year old veteran Kentucky, Senator, was sworn in as vice president.
 Within immediate range of MT. Truman'S voice from the steps of the Capitol were thousands of Americans. By radio, millions of others in this country and abroad heard him. Television carried the scene as far west as the Mississip- pi.
 Stretching along Pennsylvania Avenue to see the after-ceremony parade were an estimated million people or more.
 His farm boy y-to-PreSident car ger brought him his Great Day" today: The acclaim of hundreds of thousands of fellow citizens and the start of a White House term won in his own right.
 From all over America, his packers and Well-WisherS came to share the excitement and glory of inauguration day.
 They packed along the national capitals bunting-draped broad avenues to cheer every glimpse of the President. They ate hot dogs and drank pop from stands which sprouted on corners.
 An air of carnival reigned.
 For few moments, MT. Truman turned his back on it all. Two hours before the oath-taking cere- mony, he went with Mrs. Truman and their daugh CT, Margaret, to St. Johns Episcopal church across Lafayette park from the White House.
 There, he bowed his head and heard the Rev. C. Leslie Glen pray for him, for the Congress for so- c;al justice, for the family of na- tions and for those we love"
 St. Johns is the same church where the late Franklin D. Roose- welt used to worship on his inau- gura.ion days.
 MT. Truman was up with the dawn for this day of days in his 64-yearold life.
 He found the skies clear and the sun breaking out with unusual winter strength, belying the wea- ther mans prediction of partly cloudy.
 Tt looks like old man weather .--S----------.--. --.----------
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-06-20
By jones J. CuIIinone

The testimony of Judith Coplon
ranged in District Court today
from a statement that the FBI
has prepared a list of persons who
will be taken into custody in event
of war with Russia to intimate
recollections of a kissless romance
with Valentine A. Gubitchev, her
alleged Russian confederate.
The courtroom was packed and
crowds damned the corridor out
side as the suspended Justice De-
partment analyst resumed the
witness stand in her espionage
trial.
Miss Coplon said she first heard
of the list of persons scheduled
for arrest in event Of a Russo
American war shortly after Janu-
airy when William E. Foley. chief
of the internal security division of
the Justice Department, criticized
Alex M. Campbell, chief of the
criminal division, for being rather
casual about sending FBI reports
back and forth in the department"
The witness volunteered this in
formation after Defense Attorney
Archibald Palmer asked If she
knew of any other "decoy" docu-
ments prepared by the FBI to
"entrap YOU" Testimony has
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-06-20
Birth Control Advice Proposed
Under British Health Proqrum

The six women ana eight men
wrote into their report:
"A community like ours In
which birth control 10 generally
accepted can only prosper or. In
the long run. survive, II Its MEM
bers think II worth while to have
families large enough to replace
themselves.
The commission said contracep-
ton is the only practical means
of controlling the growth Of pop
ulation. It added there Is nothing
inherently wrong In the use Of
mechanical methods Of contracep-
ton.
Giving advice to married cou-
pies on contracepficn. the COM
mission said, should be accepted
as q duty by thu Gcvernment's
free national health service.
The commission said present re-
strictions on giving such advice
should b removed from nublic
clinics.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-06-20
Hearing Denied Data
Already Published,
HickenIooper Says
Senator Charges Bulletin
Had Security File Digest;
Hits Honford Sehpol Cost
ByJ. A. O'Leory

Senator Hickenlooper. Repub-
lican. Of Iowa. said today that a
scientific bulletin issued last Sep
TENDER contained q digest OF
Atomic Energy Commission secur-
ity files similar TO those he has
been denied an opportunity to
present in open hearings In the
current investigation.
Another charge made by the
Iowa Senator before the Joint
Atomic Energy Committee was
that the commission spent 50 $780,
900 to build q high school orig
inally estimated to cost only
81, 786, 600 for the children OF
workers at the Hanford Atomic
Plant In the State Of Washington.
Senator Hickenlooper said he
was not complaining because the
September bulletin Of atomic SCI
entists had printed outlines Of the
seucrity files Of a number OF CON-
mission employees. identifying
them only as cases A. B and c.
He said he merely wanted to point
out that he hard no great objec-
ton to that publication, as oc-
Cured recently when he wanted
to make similar references to
individual cases without names
The Joint Committee has de-
|cided to review the individual
cases In closed session later to
decide whether the loyalty pro-
"a. 1TYarTC %
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-06-20
Pictures on Page BID

Washington passed its flood
threat safely today while in the
water-ravaged headlands OF the
Potomac and Shenandoah Valleys
Red Cross disaster units counted
nine dead. or presumed dead. and
a dozen or more persons still
missing.
The Weather Bureaus River
Services Section reported food
crests passing through the Poto-
nac this morning lifted the river
TO 1872 feet at the Letter Gauge.
S miles above Key Bridge. This is
about 2 feet over the flood stage.
But the rise there had slowed
to Q or 8 tenths Of foot an hour
and. with levels falling UP the
river and in tributaries TO the
Virginia and West Virginia Hood
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-06-20
Father Dies With Twins, 3
In Fire Rescue Attempt

FoLLANSBEE, w. Va, June 20.
"A father climbed into the burn
ing attic of his home early today
to rescue his three-year-old twin
daughters and died with them.
Norman Long, SO. was found
near an attic window with one Of
the twins In his arms.
Defective wiring apparently
started the fire in the attic. where
the little girls slept. A motorist
saw the blaze and spread the
alarm through Hooverson Heights,
a small village near. here.
Smoke apparently awoke Mrs.
Long about the same time. Her
husband ran up to the attic. Mrs.
Long escaped with facial burns. a
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-06-20
Miners Troop Back
To Pits, With Little
Absenteeism Reported
Two Operations Remain
Closed, Throwing $50
Men Out of Work
by The Asseeiofed Press

~AFTTTSBrJRGH. June 2e.--The
Nations 100000 hard and soft
coal miners trooped back into the
pits today at the end of q one
week shutdown ordered by John
L. Lewis to stabilize the in
dustry."
Absentseisrn was reported at a
minimum as the first diggers en-
tered the mines for midnight and
at 7 am. shifts.
The miners will be working only
five days before they start con-
tractual vacation for 10 days
June Is. Each receives 500 for
those 10 days.
At least two coal mining opera
lions announced they would not
reopen. The Castle Shannon Coal
Corp. at nearby Castle Shannon
will not operate because it is
about worked out anyway, COM
pany officials said. About $50
miners there will have to seek
employment elsewhere.
Alden Company Suspends.
John C. Haddock, president of
the Alden Coal Co. at Nanticoke,
Pa, announced in a letter to UNIV
workers that the company was
suspending operations indefinitely
There are 200 employed at Alden.
Mr.. Haddock listed as his reason
for suspension last weeks "stabili-
zation holiday" a low mine car
average per man and absenteeism
among workers.
The one week of idleness re-
duced the Nations coal stored
above ground from an estimated
10000. 900 tons to about 60.000.-
600. That's about 40 days supply
for the country's coal-burning in
dustries.
About the only persons. out
side Of the miners themselves,
who suffered from the walkouts
were employees of coal-hauling
railroads. Last week about 10000
railroaders were furloughed. How
ever. the railroads said some
would have been furlOughed any,.
way because of a business slump.
Three Meetings Slated.
AS Mr.. Lewis and his strategists
to meet with three sep
arate groups of operators this
week, the operators. hadn't yet
been told just what Mr.. Lewis
wants in his new contract. Miners
now are paid an average $14.o51
daily.
Mr.. Lewis is scheduled to resume
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-06-20
Senate Group fayors
Adding s Judges Here

The Senate judiciary Commit
tee today approved q bill to give
three more Judges to the Court
of Appeals here and three more TO
District Court.
The six judgeships are among
26 new posts In an omnibus bin
for the whole country approved BY
the committee and sent to the
Senate.
The committee approved a SEM
ate bill instead Of o HOUSE passed
omnibus judseship bin which car
ried only "a new judgeships.
That bill had crowded for three
appellate court judges and only
two District Court judges here.
The Senate bin requires that
the new judges here must be
members 81 fAe District bar and
mus have pFacticed law for at
least fiye consecutive years i'm
mcdiately preceding their APP
pointmenf. AIso Il provides these
new judges sl,ol1 MT hare been
regularly empany<d III me execa-
tive branch q ~ 0uvernnenf for
&C least three years immediately
preceding their appointment
The Court 0f AupeaIs nW hns
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-06-20
Judith CopIon Says FIJI Has List
For Anestn U.S.. Fights Soviet
Says She Feels Mention Of Report by Boss
Might Have Been More Bolt to Entrop Her

brought out that several "decoy"
documents were handed to Miss
Coplon at the department.
I'm the light of the testimony
I have heard here" Miss Coplon
replied. Il believe that converse
ton I had with Mr.. Foley about
Mr.. Campbell was another occa-
sion. Mr.. Foley mentioned that
the FBI had prepared a list of
persons who would be taken into
custodial detention in event of
war with Russia Mr.. Foley said
Mr.. Campbell had sent that bare
list-not even in an envelope-to
Mr.. Foley's office.
Il think the mention of that
list might have been some kind
of bait"
Miss Coplon struck another
blow at lax security measures in
the department when she testi-
fed 1T was common knowledge"
that two analysts who left in 1916
had taken with them data slips
dealing with activities of organ
izations and individuals who were
sympathetic to Russia.
Will Conclude Story Today
Mr.. Palmer has said he intended
to finish his examination OF Miss
Coplon today and the prosecution
See COPLON. Page A-6l
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-06-20

LONDON. June 2o.--A Royal
commission urged the British
government tonight to give free
advice on birth control, under the
National Health Service.
The commission supported:
Planned families.
Higher state money allowances
for children.
Income tax relief for parents In
the higher brackets as well as
lower ones.
The commission said there Is
little danger Of moving into "a
world without children unless the
average family size falls much
farther In Britain.
The coEnmission-known as the
Royal Commission on Population
was. set up by the government
more than five years ago.
Its 100. 000-word report was
completed after one of the great
ct inquiries ever made int Brit
aims population.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-06-20

PRAGUE. Czechoslovakia, June
20 1.-THE Communist govern
mems security police apparently
frightened their guard on Arch
bishop Josef Beran's palace today
while Catholics weighed the mean
ing OF organized Communist
heckling Of the prelate at yester-
days cathedral services.
The heckiing drove him from
his cathedral and prevented him
from completing his sermon.
Attempts OF many persons 10
talk to the archbishop today we're
fooled by security police super
vising the palace reception desk
and telephone switchboard.
An attempt to reach his private
secretary by telephone met re-
ply from the switchboard thai
they are accepting no phone calls
or visitors. = II could not be
learned whether the police had
refused them the right TO see or
talk TO any one.
Shril Communist Interruptions
Of the Archbishop's Corpus Christi
Day sermon in 90. vitus Cathedral
yesterday brought the long battle
between church and state 10 III
60. S.1rSsu D. 4 !. - : -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-06-20
Flanders Fights Militory Raises
Unless u. S. Workers Get More

headed c1viisan commission
which figured out the pay tn
crease proposal.
Senator Flanders said the bill
gises ~too much OF o hreak TO the
brass When II reaches the SEN
ate 11oor. he said. he viii insist
that consideration also be given
to pay reyssions for some 1000 900
civilian Government workers,
h For months Senator Flanders
and other lawmakers have been
trysng TO wtn congressional ap-.
prevail OF higher Government pay
scales for civilians.
Senator Flanders believes cats-
net members fnosaid be paid t7s. =
90 1 yeAr Instead Of the present
Iti5.noe He also wants 70 afi
present ceilings cf isaEs above
sio.poo d year fur scEne 80 top
0overnzneut osssci&is to ste;0oo.
tl1 go md 40 D0o.
Senator Flanders estimates bis
civilian payroll rQgtston would
leost about 80 30 = . year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-06-20
Johnson Reported Sci
For 750-MiIIion Cut
In Defense Budget
Setting Air Force Strength
At AZ Groups Moy Be
Main Item, Senators Soy

Secretary OF Defense johnson
was reported today to have told
Senators defense spending can be
trimmed by $750, 000. 900 in the IL
months starting July !.
Members of the Senate Appro-
priations Committee said Mr..
johnson told them privately that
this could be done mainly by cut
ting back the future size of the
Air Force from the 10 groups pro-
posed in Congress to the 48 urged
by President Truman.
The Senators had called Mr..
johnson for testimony on the
SIS 900 ,000, 900 armed force
money bill passed by the House.
Senator Thomas of Oklahoma
chairman of the subcommittee
considering the bill, has said he
hopes that at least $1,000, 900 900
can be trimmed from 1t. He called
defense officials back today for
more closed testimony.
Tydings Sees 14.5 Billion Budget.
Chairman Tydings of the Sem
ate Armed Services Committee
said in radio interview yester-
day that unless some new situa-
ton evolves we may get by for
$14, 500, 000, 900 or $4,000. 900 900
at the outside" in defense spend
ing for the coming fiscal year.
Senator Tydings also said that
at least 80 Senators are backing
a proposal which would direct
President Truman to cut Govern
ment spending from 5 to 10 per
cent below the total amounts
voted by Congress.
/ With the new fiscal year start
ing In less than two weeks, Con-
gress has passed only one Of the
appropriations needed to keep
Government agencies operating.
At least 10 bulky bills must be
handled at an average rate OF
three to four billion dollars day
between now and July / If Con-
gress is to meet the fiscal year
deadline. When 1t fails to do that
1t sometimes rushes through stop
gap authority allowing Govern
ment agencies to keep going until
the regular money bills are ap-
proved.
The one measure passed so far
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-06-20
Potomac Passes Flood Crest;
9 Dead, II Missing Upstream
River Feet Above Flood Stoee Near Here.
But Further Rise Seems to Be Unlikely

areas, the danger here appeared
over.
An overflow at the Letter gauge
Is not uncommon, and causes no
damage. The high tide at about
400 pm. today will be about
three feet higher than usual But
Bennett Swenson. chief OF the
River Services Section. looked for
nothing more serious than an
overspill at the Hams Point sea-
wall.
During high tide at 400 am.
today. the Wisconsin avenue
gauge In Georgetown read 4sa
feet, still two feet under food
stage.
At Seneca. Md. approximately
IS miles upstream from Washing
ton. the Potomac had spread out
half a mile beyond its normal
tSee FLOODS, Page A-2.l
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-06-20
.Czechs Who Joined
Catholic Action Group
Are accommodated
Red-Boeked Organization
CoIled Schismotic ond
FrouduIentIy lobeled

VATICAN CITY, June 2o.---The
Roman Catholic Church today
communicated members OF the
government sponsored Catholic
Action Society Of Communist
dominated CzeehoSlovakia.
The Sacred Congregation of the
Holy once issued a decree which
condemned the group as a schis-
matte one fraudulently labeled.
The decree. published in Os-
servatore Romano. the Vatican
newspaper. declared:
Recently The opponents CT the
Catholic Church In Czechoslo-
sakia founded q so-caiied Catholic
action by which they tried to In
duce the Catholics OF that repub-
lie TO desert the Catholic Church
and TO deny obedience TO the
legitimate pastors OF the church. 81
Archbishop Josef Beran. head
OF the Catholic Church In Czecho-
slovakia. has denounced the Com
munist-led group. Yesterday nj
mass In the cathedral OF ST. vitus
In Prague. he was shouted down
by heckiers when he began a ser
mon continuing his denunciation
OF government. acts against the
church. Church-state tension lis
high In czechoslovakia, reninis-
cent OF the conditions which
existed in Hungary before the
failing OF Josef Cardinal Minds
zenty on charges of treason Hun
garians connected with that were
accommodated by the Roman
Cafhalir fst,ttreh
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-06-20
Gordon Gray Sworn In
As Army Secretary
BY the ksseeiofed Press

Gordon Gray. an infantry pri-
vate seven years ago, took over
today as the Army's top man.
The modest, 40-year-old North
Carolinian from Winston-S Salem
was sworn in as Secretary of the
Army. The oath was administered
by Defense Secretary johnson.
The ceremony was held In Mr..
Johnson's Office and attended by
members of the Cabinet. the SUI
preme Court, Congress and. high
ranking military officers. includ-
ing Gen. Eisenhower. A large dele
CATION from North CAROLINA came
up for the occasion.
One especially interested spec
tator was. Gen. Bradley. Army
chief of stan. In whose 18th Army
Group Mr.. Gray, then lieuten-
ant. served overseas.
Attending the; ceremony were
Mr.. drays wife his mother and
stepfather MIR. and Mrs. B. r
Bernard: his aunt, Miss. Alice
Gray two OF the Gray's four sons
Boyden, s, and Burton, 8; C.. A
Bethel, . close personal friend
and w. K. Hoyt' all OF winston
Salem.
Mr.. Hoyt has taken over al
general manager of the Piedmon,
Publishing Co.. which MIR. Gray
heads. The company publishes
the Winston Salem journalism.
tinel and Twin City Sentinel and
operates radio station WSJS.
Gordon. jr., tho new secretary's
oldest son. was unable TO be pres
ent because of ill,aess. The young
est, Bernard, two, remained al
home.
Also attending the ceremony
= Us Kenneth c. Royal. whom Mr.
Gray succeeds.