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The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1949-04-13

Good qualities are the substan-
tial riches Of the mind; but It is
good-breeding that sets them off to
Observation-Disclosures.
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1949-04-13
Baseball Session
To be Thursday

First meeting of the Northwest
Times Baseball League is scheduled
for pm. Thursday April ID. in
THE NORTHWEST TIMES office
304 Main st.
Every team interested in joining
the circuit is asked to send a repre-
sentative to the meeting.
Frank Fukano. newly-appointed
director, will preside.
Evening star., 1949-07-05
q Thames Ships Idle
As Dock Strike Grows
" ths Assecioisd Press

LONDON, July 5.-A spreading
Thames dock strike held 81 ships
idle at their berths today.
The National Dock Labor Board
said the number Of men taking
part in the unoficial stoppage had
reached s.4s4.
This was an increase Of 14S
over the number who stayed away
from work yesterday in sympathy
with a striking Canadian Sea-
mems Union.
The board made no move to
accept an offer by the men to re-
Eume unloading all except the two
Canadian ships whose arrival
touched OH the walkout. The
board has insisted the Canadian
eargoes must be handled.
Meanwhile Labor Minister
George Isaacs called officials o1
four railway unions and the state
owned lines together for renewed
talks on wage demands by the
workers.
The unions want an increase
# 10 shillings go . week fol
100000 workers and are threat
Aning q nationwide showdown II
they do not get it. y
Mr.. Isaacs said yesterday that
the dock strike was the result Of
t<Communist maneuver.
Evening star., 1949-07-05
| Three Hurt in Resort Riot
After Youth Doffs Shirt
" the Assoeiofsd Press

NEW YORK, July 5.-Two po-
licemen were hurt, a girl was shot
and q riot call went out after a
youth peeled of his shirt and
strolled around q seaside resort
last night naked from the waist
up.
The two officers said they were
knocked to the ground and beaten
when they tried to arrest James
Gibbons. 10, for wearing no shirt
on the streets Of Rockaway
Beach. Queens.
A crowd of about 500 persons
milled around during the Incl
dent and q general riot alarm
went out from police head
quarters.
As the crowd closed in, one of
the officers drew his gun and fired
a warning.
The bullet struck Despenia
Metropole, 81, who was watching
the disturbance from q second
floor hotel room window. She was
taken to a hospital with a wound
In the left side of her face.
One Of the policemen, William
r. Mcdonald. was taken to the
same hospital with q fractured
left shoulder.
Six youths. all from Is to 20,
were booked on charges o.. felon-
ious assault In the case.
Evening star., 1949-07-05
Senate Turns Clock Backward
0OYeurs, Meets in Old Chamber

that "these mellowed walls are
vocal this hour. They speak to
us of towering public servants
''". These great figures of ouI
yesterdays have entrusted to ou1
hands the flaming torch of free
dom once held by theirs"
There is a chart on the wall OF
the old chamber showing how the
Senate was seated in 1840. To-day
Senator McCarran, Democrat, OF
Nevada. sat In the seat of John
c. Calhoun. Senator Milliken
Republican, of Colorado, who Is
something Of an orator. sat in
about the same position Daniel
Webster occupied and Senator
Donnell. Republican, of. Missouri
was In the far right position used
by Henry Clay.
Vice President Barkley drew a
(See SENATE, Page AAf)
Evening star., 1949-07-05
By George Kennedy

The Senate of the United States,
which Is free and easy in the mat
ter Of time, today moved the legis-
lative clock back 90 years by
meeting in the old Senate cham
ber which it Abandoned in 1859
because it had outgrown> 1t.
The chamber, which housed the
Supreme Court until 1t got its own
building. was used again by the
Senate for q short time in 1910.
That was when supports for the
new roof Of the present Senate
chamber were being installed.
This time. except for the hoped
for summer recess, they will be
there well into the winter while
q new roof is being built.
DR.. Frederick Brown Harris,
chaplain Of the Senate, reminded
khe Senators In his opening pray
Evening star., 1949-07-05
(See COAI, rage A-UI
D. {. Bank Deposits Drop
81 Million in ; Months

Washington banks and trust
companies reported a decrease Of
more than $31 200, 900 in deposits
in the last three months, after q
call for condition announced today
by the Controller of Currency.
On June 80, the 10 institutions
had total deposits Of 1890, 340,047.
The previous call on April II,
showed 1902, ,067.764 in deposits
The National Bank Of Washing
ton, which recently saw q change
in control. reported a gain OF
nearly 10000, 900 in deposits,
Four banks had higher and Is
lower deposits than on April II,
The deposit decline was ex-
pected, heavy Withdrawals for
second quarters taxes beng a vital
factor.
(DetoilS in FinanciGl SectionJ
Evening star., 1949-07-05

President Truman talked over
the general economic situation
and the Governments financial
position with his congressional
leaders today. The leaders re-
ported no decision has been
reached on whether he will ask
Congress again for new taxes.
Mr.. Truman Is working on a
special economic message to the
legislators. 1t Is widely expected
to carry recommendations for
programs to meet the declining
price and employment situation.
Charles Ross, the presidential
press secretary, said the message
probably will go to the Capitol
early next week, but that there is
a chance the President will send
it to Congress by the week end.
Evening star., 1949-07-05
Romonions Pay Tribute
To Dimitrov at Station
~ the Associated Press
BUCHAREST, Romania, July S.

BUCHAREST, Romania, July S
Thousands of Romanian work
ers and peasants, along with mem
bers of the government, thronged
the station square in a hard rain
today to pay their last respects
to the late Georgi Dimitrov, Bull
garian Communist leader.
Dimitrov died Saturday in Mos
COW, where he had been under
treatment for q liver ailment.
Here in Romania his body was
transferred from the Russian
special train which brought II
from Moscow and transferred tc
a Bulgarian special train.
Soviet Marshal Klementi Voro-
shilov is accompanying the body
to Sofia.
Evening star., 1949-07-05
Truman Sees Congress Chiefs
On Nation S Economic Problems
No Decision Reported on Asking Higher Toxes;
Message Nay Be Submitted by Week End

Indicating the Importance Mr..
Truman attaches to the message,
Mr. Ross said the President spent
many hours working on rough
drafts during his weekend Po-
tomas River Chesapeake Bay
Cruise. Mr.. Ross said there is "A
great deal of work" still to be
done on 1t.
The message is expected to be
Mr.. Truman's most important
pronouncement in the field OF
domestic legislation since his
state of the Union message Of
last January.
In January, Mr.. Truman asked
for Anti Imitation measures and
for 1000, ,000, 900 of new taxes.
Since then. the economic pic
Evening star., 1949-07-05

HOLIDAY ACCIDENTS Take 663
Lives, Greatest for Any July 4.
Page Al.
Sweltering Washington went
back to work today. sunburned
and chigger-chewed from the long
Fourth of July holiday.
Highways from Maryland and
Virginia beach areas, planes,
trains and buses poured the work.
ing populace back into the Dis
trict from late yesterday and
through dawn today. There were
no traffic fatalities in the District.
For the return-to-work move
ment, the weather prediction holds
little relief, save for slight prom
Use of d brief shower late today.
The forecast is for high tenn
Evening star., 1949-07-05
Most Of Coal Miners
Return 10 Work on
Three-Day Schedule
Vacations Of Supervisors
Keep Several Operations
Closed Temporarily
By the Associoisd Press

PITTSBURGH, July 5.-Almost
all Of the Nations 100000 hard
and soft coal miners returned to
the pits today without a contract
at the end of their annual paid
vacation.
The work resumption started the
first of an indefinite number OF
three day work weeks expressly
ordered by John L. Lewis for
miners east of the Mississippi. The
short work week order scrapped
the United Mine Workers long
standing mo contract, no work
policy.
The new plan will remain in
effect while negotiations between
the union and the operators con-
tinue on a new contract to re-
place the pact that expired last
Thursday.
1000 Forced to Remain Idle.
At least 1000 of the $4,000
Western Pennsylvania soft coal
diggers were forced to remain
idle. Several producers were un-
able to resume production this
week because-anticipating mine
shutdown under the old UNIV
policy-they had given superin-
tendents and other supervisory
personnel vacations. Some OF
those mines key personnel was
scattered from California to Can
ada.
In other instances repair work
undertaken during the vacation
period has not been completed
Many OF the miners will be able
to work again by next Monday.
Mr.. Lewis and the soft coal
operators resume talks next Tues
day to try and reach a new agree
ment. The mine contract ran out
June 30 while the miners were In
the midst of their vacation. Mr.
Lewis is set to confer with the
Evening star., 1949-07-05
Berlin Kommandaturi
Revived by Deputy
Military Governors
Decision on Four-Power
Control Unit Announced
After 3-Hour Meeting
Ry the AssesioiSd Press

BERLIN. July 5.-The old four
power Kommandatura, which
ruled Berlin until the Russians
walked out last spring. was re-
vived today by the deputy military
governors.
The decision was announced
after three-hour meeting of the
deputies in the Allied Control
Council building.
The Kommandatura was Or
ganized in 1945 by the occupation
authorities to provide four power
rule Of the city Of Berlin along
the same technical lines as the
four power organization that
functioned for all Of Germany.
Joint Communique Issued.
When the East West disputes in
Germany reached their peak in
June, 1948. the Kommandatura
crumbled. After the Soviets lifted
their blockade the Russians met
several times with the Western
commandants, but each power
made it plain this was not q
revival Of the old governing body.
The four deputies issued a joint
communique on the action, ex-
planning it was done to carry out
the directive of the Paris foreign
ministers conference,
The Paris meeting had urged
that the Big Four on the Berlin
level take measures to restore the
city to normal.
The job facing the new Kom-
mandatura is complex. Since the
old body went out of existence,
Berlin went through an 11-month
blockade, the city split into Com
munist and anti Communist
camps, two city governments
sprang up, and there were two
police forces, two judicial sys-
TENS, two currencies-in fact, two
separate economies.
Trade Conference Urged.
Meanwhile, the Soviet Zone
Economic Commission proposed
an East-West German conference
TO develop domestic trade.
1t sent a letter to DR.. Hermann
Punder, head of the Anglo-Amer-
lean zonal Economic Administra-
ton, suggesting that leaders of the
two organizations confer together
In the near future,
Evening star., 1949-07-05
Fire Chief illustrates
Danger Of Fireworks
At Cost of Bad Burn
By the Assoeiaisd Press

MURRAY, Utah., July S.
Chief Delbert Townsend, OF
the volunteer fire department.
mindful of the dangers OF
fireworks, confiscated q large
fire cracker yesterday.
Then he delivered q long
lecture to the small owner,
warning him Of the dangers
Of such playthings.
To illustrate his point about
what might have happened.
Chief Townsend set . match
to the cracker.
His. illustration was. q sue
cess. He suffered q severe
burn on his right index finger.
Evening star., 1949-07-05
Textile Workers Start
24-Hour Strike in Italy
By the Associoi : ! Press

ROME, July 5.-A 24-houR
strike of textile workers, estimated
by Rome newspapers at 200. 900,
started shortly after midnight.
The textile workers are de-
manding a new national labor
contract. The press said the
strike was backed by both Com.
munist and non Communist
unions. 4
Evening star., 1949-07-05
Heat Climbs Toward Mid-9Os;
Some Relief Forecast Tomorrow
Temperature Touches 90 at P.M.;
Hospitals Treat Hurt by Fireworks

perature in the middle 90s today.
At pm, the temperature had
mounted to SO degrees-plenty
hot, but still 3 degrees short of
the record of 101 for this date,
which was set IN 1919.
Tomorrow is expected to be
slightly cooler with the maximum
in the high 80s.
Homecoming from the Annap-
oils beach area was delayed about
five hours when the South River
drawbridge opened and then
stalled. Anne Arundel County po-
lice re-routed traffic over the
bridge at Riva and over route so
into Washington.
Despite yesterdays steamy. o.
degree heat. no prostrations were
Evening star., 1949-07-05
43.:Day Drought Loss
Placed al 50 Million
And Still GROWING
Northeast Is Hord Hit
From Southern Jersey
To Lower Maine
SEVEN DEAD in Wake Of New
York Squall. Page AS
by the Associated Press


A scorching 43-day drought
apparently has killed or spoiled
more than $5o,ooo,ooo worth of
crops in the farmlands of eight
Northeastern States.
Moreover. farm experts warn,
the damage In the areas rich
fruit. vegetable and dairy regions
will soar to a vastly higher figure
if rains do not come in = few
days.
The parched region stretches
from Southern New Jerseys truck
crop areas up through the dairies
and farms of New York State. and
then fans out over almost all OF
Southern New England.
The drought comes from a
sluggish high-pressure area that
resists potential transforms. Until
that high-pressure area is showed
aside. the drought will continue.
New Jersey Loss Heavy.
New Jerseys drought damage
has reached an estimated $685.
600, 900. Loss in the potato crop
alone accounts for $4,500,00
Prices of fruit and vegetables have
been climbing.
On Long Island, the big potato
crop has suffered $4,000.000 and
truck crops are severely damaged.
New York agricultural agents
estimates more than $l,000,000
loss of hay to dairy farmers In
Erie and Niagara Counties.
Strawberry growers in Erie
County, agricultural agents said,
will lose about quarter-million
dollars worth of their fruit. Some
farmers, their wells dry. are haul
ing stream and lake water for
their dairy herds.
The Upper New York rainfall
Evening star., 1949-07-05
District 10 Take Over
Recreation Facilities
From Interior Soon
Boord Drofts Argument.
PIons Talk With Kruq
To Work Out Details

The District Recreation Board
agreed today to take over all rec
Ireation facilities operated here by
the Interior Department as rap
idly as arrangements can be
worked out, Chairman Harry s.
Wender said after meeting OF
board members this morning.
Six members Of the board con-
stituting its Bylaws Committee
met for more than three hours on
the proposal made by Interior
Secretary Krug Friday to transfer
Interiors recreation facilities.
The Interior Recreation De-
partment move followed efforts
to end trouble at recreation spots
over varying policies over the
segregation issue at swimming
pools here.
Meeting With Krug Planned.
Mr.. Wender said the arrange
ment with Mr.. Krug was put in
writing today and would be sent
to the Interior Secretary. A con-
ference with him will be held later
Mr.. Wender said he would forward
to Mr.. Krug this afternoon a
statement of principles together
with proposals by the Recreation
Board regarding the transfer, of
facilities.
Mr.. Wender added that agree
ment on principles and conditions
was unanimous by Recreation
Board members and that taking
over the facilities as rapidly as
possible will depend on the In
terror Departments commitments
already in effect and the boards
willingness to assume the new
responsibilities.
Mr.. Wender expressed confidence
that the transfer would be worked
out satisfactorily.
Other Board Members Named.
In addition to Mr.. Wender, pres
ent at the meeting were James E.
Schwab, vice chairman of the
board and chairman of the By
laws Committee: Mrs. Alice c.
Hunter, Walter Fowler. Albert E,
Steinem and Irving c. Root OF
the National Capital Parks, and
also q board member.
The Interior Department Of
fered to relinquish control of Its
facilities If the Recreation Board
would delete from its bylaws
the language setting up segre-
gated playground system. The
proposal came after a meeting
Friday between District officials
and Interior Secretary Krug. That
meeting was an outgrowth of in
cidents at swimming pools last
week.
The Recreation Board already
had adopted q policy statement to
move toward an eventual end OF
segregation "at such q rate oi
progression as may be consistent
with the public interest, public
order and effective administra-
tion."
Golf Courses Included.
Principal effects Of the Interior
proposal would be to place six
swimming pools and five public
golf courses under the boards
direction. The golf courses are
managed by 8. G. Leoffler. who Is
1See RECREATION page Al. )
Evening star., 1949-07-05
Czechs Raise Charges
OF Nazi Collaboration
In Fight on Hierarchy
Beron's Imprisonment in
Occupation Ignored in
New Red Accusation
Nv the Associated Press

PRAGUE, July 5.-Czechoslo-
vakia's Roman Catholic bishops
were accused today by govern
ment official of having collab-
grated with the Nazis during the
occupation.
This is one Of the charges the
government apparently intends to
press against the church hierarchy
to break its resistance to Com
munist control. The Communist
regime claims that the church
leaders are "unpatriotic and wag-
ing antistate activities" because
they refuse to negotiate a new
state church accord on govern
ment terms.
The charge of collaboration
with the Nazis was made despite
the fact that the whole nation
knows that Archbishop Josef
Beran Of Prague. the nations
primate and leader of the church
in its tight with the government,
was a Nazi prisoner In dachau
concentration camp.
Monastery Founding Marked.
The eollaboration charge against
the Catholic leaders was made by
Prof. Laco Novomesky. commits
sioner Of education for Slovakia.
He spoke at ceremonies COM
memorating founding Of the an
cient monastery OF Devin, near
Bratislava. These ceremonies
were part of a long week end of
high religious holiday.
Novomesky said:
THE church dignitaries did not
only hold the thumbs to the
enemies of our people, the Nazis
but they gripped them by the full
hand"
("Hold the thumbs" is
Czech expression meaning to
support. To grip by the full
hand" means outright and COM
plete support.)
after the liberation. we did
not persecute them for their mis-
behavior" Novomesky said. I'VE
did not use this issue at all. But
now we expect that they would
support their people"
Bishops Held Unpatriotic.
Novomesky claimed the separa-
tist government-sponsored Cath
olic Action was the true voice OF
the Roman church and that the
bishops spoke only for the Vat
lean and were not patriotic.
I'VE welcome the voice of the
patriotic priests" he said.
Novomesky was the first Of sew
eral speakers at the Devin cere-
monies.
On the Rostrum with him was a
big delegation of cabinet Ministers
headed by Premier Antonin
Zapotocky and Foreign Minister
Vladimir Clementis-and repre-
sentatives of the Soviet Union and
the Eastern peoples democracies. "
Blistering Attacks Renewed.
Czechoslovakia's c o m m u n is
rulers had renewed their blistering
attacks on the church during the
week end.
Foreign reaction" as well as
the Czech hierarchy, came in for
a share of abuse.
Speaking at Sazava, site Of q
monastery in Bohemia, two cabi-
net Ministers warned that "reac-
ton" would be crushed just as II
was when the Communists took
4
Evening star., 1949-07-05
By kewboId koyes, Jr.,
and Robert K. Walsh
Star Stah Correspondenis

NEW YORK, July 5.-The Gov
ernment closed its case against
Alger Hiss today with a final re-
buttal witness whose testimony
tended to dispute a defense con-
tention that typewriter owned
by Mr.. and Mrs. Hiss was given
away late in 1887 instead of 1898
Defense attorneys called several
other rebuttal witnesses but ex-
pected to conclude their presenta.
ton in the perjury trial this after
noon. Closing arguments are
expected to take most OF tomorrow
and Thursday.
The start Of tooay's session was
delayed almost an hour when the
prosecution attempted in vain to
persuade Federal Judge Samuel
H. kaufman to reverse his ruling
of last Friday that Mrs. Hede
Massing. former wife of Gerhard
Eisler, would not be allowed te
testify.
Judge Kaufman stood by hi.
ruling and also refused to permit
Assistant United States Attorney
Thomas r. Murphy to put William
Rosen on the stand today to tes.
tify concerning a 1929 Ford road.
ster that Mr.. Hiss said he CAV.
to Whitaker Chambers, former
Communist courier. in 1885.
Refused to Answer Questions.
Mr.. Rosen, formerly Of Wash.
ington, was convicted in Fedora
Court here early this year anc
sentenced to six months In jail
for refusal to answer questions
before the grand jury which last
December indicted Mr.. Hiss or
perjury charges.
The Rosen conviction later was
overturned by the United State.
Court Of Appeals. At the grant
jury session Mr.. Rosen refused tt
answer questions about the auto.
mobile on the grounds Of possible
self determination.
Judge kaufman explained thai
his refusal to allow Mr.. Rosen tx
testify at this trial was for tn.
same reason as his refusal to per.
NIT Mrs. Massing to take th'
stand. They were not proper wit.
nesses because their testimon,
would have been on a "collatera
matter" he said.
Murphy Protests Ruling.
Mr.. Murphy protested tn,
judges ruling and contended tn.
prosecution had q right to cal
Mr.. Rosen to prove he purchased
the Ford roadster from the Cher
ner Motor Co. In Washington
after 1t had been left there eithel
by Mr.. Hiss or Mr.. Chambers.
The final Government witnes.
was Walter M. Hebb, Washington
real estate man. He testified tha1
a first-fioor room at 1925 X stree
NV. was leased May l, 1898, tx
a Woodstock typewriter repair
company. The company. however
remained there only about 80 day
because the property was sold, h.
added.
The defense brought out ear
lier in the trial that Mrs. His
gave the old Woodstock type
writer to the sons of q former
maid in December. 1887, and tina
they Immediately thereaftel
brought it to a repair shop on 4
street near Connecticut avenue.
They testified they did not re.
Evening star., 1949-07-05
Woman Killed by Truck

A woman tentatively iden-
titled as Mrs. s. Austin of Nor
folk, Va, was killed today
when she was struck by 4
truck rs she crossed the Wash
inxton Baltimore boulevard
at Berwyn In Prince Georges
county. She was about 80
years old.
Evening star., 1949-07-05
Hiss Trial Judge
SaysCaseWi||Go
ToJury Thursday
One Defense Witness
To Be Heard Before
Arguments Stort
BULLETIN

NEW YORK (SpeciaD The
case of Alger Hiss will 60 to the
jury Thursday afternoon.
Judge Samuel H. kaufman
announced today. He in
formed the jury the defense
will call one more witness to-
morrow and Immediately there
after will start it's summation.
The Government will make its
final arguments Thursday and
the charge to the jury will be
given some time that after
noon, Judge Kaufman said.
Evening star., 1949-07-05
Late News
Bulletins
Crobber Is Shot to Death
After Man Lands in Plane

After Man Lands in Plane
CRISFIELD, Md. (P.-Earl
Nelson, about 80, \ former
chief of police here, was shot
to death in his grabbing boat
today after his boat was
boarded by a man from = plane
which landed by the vessel.
Calvin Marsh, who was fishing
nearby, said he heard = shot
and saw the man return to the
plane, bearing markings of the
Virginia Conservation Agency.
Another man remained In the
plane.
Evening star., 1949-07-05

(See HISS, Page A-60
Evening star., 1949-07-05

(See CZECH, Page A-4J
Evening star., 1949-07-05

(See ECONOMIC, Page A-6D
Evening star., 1949-07-05

Continued on Page Al. Col. S
Evening star., 1949-07-05

(See WEATHER, Page A-4D
Evening star., 1949-07-05

(See COAL, Page A-6O
Evening star., 1949-07-05

1See DROUGHT, Page A-4D
Kodiak mirror., 1949-08-06
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water supply, building code, B. mount of traffic over the streets and the type of heating units in various homes and stores.
 While the insurance men were here the local fremen had an opportunity to demonstrate how quickly they can get into action, by having the fire truck rolling 55 secones after the alarm sounded at 6:26 Sunday evening.
 V. G. Ellis, head of the in- surance department at the bank, said that cities are graded from l to 10. Kodiak at the last grad- ing was listed as 7.