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The Nome nugget., 1949-11-28
Many Miners Die
 In Czech Mine Fire

BERLIN, CP) - The BritiSh-li- cesed newspaper Telegraf said to- day 2,OOO persons perished in uranium mine fire in the Soviet zone last Thursday. The paper said it was one of the worst mine disasters in history and charged that it was due to negligence.
 Tn an early edition, Telegraf said 400 German miners died in the blaze, which occurred in a mine in the Erz mountains, on the SaXOny- Czechoslovak border, near Johan- nesgeOrgenstadt.. In its evening edition, it said later reports had revised the casualty list upward to 2.OOO. Only 300 miners were re- ported rescued. The bulk of the workers, said Telegraf, were po- litical prisoners.
 The American-spOnsOred Berlin radio, RIAS, said it has received a report from a reliable source that hundreds of miners had burned or suffoCated in a JOhannesgeorgen- Stadt uranium mine fire.
 American intelligence officers said they had not heard any re- ports yet of such a disaster.
The Nome nugget., 1949-11-28
EYE SPECIALIST TO BE HERE IN DECEMBER

Word has been received by Dr. F. Langsam that an eye specialist, Dr. Vogel, will be here during the first two weeks in December and will be located at the hospital took the trip just as an adventure, although he plans to settle in An chorage and practice law there. He recently graduated from the law school at the University of Minnesota.
 The voyagcrs expect to reach Memphis next weekend
The Nome nugget., 1949-11-28
based at Peiping.

based at Peiping.
 The Nationalist delega t o n |. which is not recognized by Russia, submitted a formal resolution last Saturday charging the Soviets with obstructing Nationalist con- trol of Manchuria, and helping Chinese communists. They said this violated the U. N. charter and a Chinese Russian frie n d h i p treaty.
 In Europe, as in Asia, the con- tinuing of Russian aggression was the big topic.
 The chiefs of staff of the U. S., Britain and Frence met in Paris to plan how to spend almost a bill lion American dollars for Atlantic Union defenses.
 Present at the conference was Gen. Omar Bradley. In Frankfurt, defense secretary Louis Johnson, who will attend later sessions at Paris, took the occasion to set French fears of a re-armed Ger many at rest. by declaring:
 "Our government does not think of re-arming Germany at this time"
 Tn Colombia, quiet elections yes terday followed weeks of cam paign violence in which at least 500 persons were killed.
 Conservative candidate Laure- ano Gomez won in a walk as his Liberal opponents boycotted the election. The Liberals withdrew their candidate after the Conserv- atives proclaimed a state of siege three weeks ago.
 Nearly complete returns an- nounced by the Conservatives for yesterdays balloting gave Gomez 958.315 votes.
The Nome nugget., 1949-11-28
News of the World Al A Glance ---

Continued from Page One) predicted the United States would recognize him sooner or later"
 An assassination attempt on lib- eral party leader Dario Echandia was reported in Bogota, Colombia. The nation is under a state of siege modified martial law - pending tomorroW's election in which a conservative is the only candidate for President.
The Nome nugget., 1949-11-28
Bridges Attorney Demands Removal Of Judge Harris

SAN FRANCISCO, (P)-Harry Bridges attorneys had their legal guns trained on Judge George Harris today.
 Trial of the west coast CIO longshore leader was recessed last Wednesday until today be- cause of the Thanksgiving hOli- day. Chief defense attorney Vim cent Hallinan filed a motion Sat urday with the U. s. district court clerk to disqualify Judge Harris from hearing the case.
 If Judge Harris on Monday does not admit our point, then we'll take appropriate steps" Hal linan said.
 Judge Harris has sentenced Hallinan to six months in jail for contempt of court. The jail term is 10 begin at the end of Bridges trial.
 Bridges, who came to the United States from Australia, is being tried on charges growing out of his naturalization in l945. He is accused of perjury and conspir- acy. Two other lOngshOre union officials, J. R. Robertson and Henry Schmidt, are being tried with him on charges of conspiracy Assistant U. s. Attorney R. B McMillan said last night that the government will oppose the move to disqualify Harris.
 "We'll fight this motion, of course" McMillan said. There are a number of technical points involved. We do not agree with MT. Hallinan."
 In an affidavit filed Saturday with the disqualifying motion Bridges charged Judge Harris "expressed bias and prejudice against the defendants"
 Bridges said in the affidavit:
 Judge Harris has engaged in consistent and repetitive criticisms of the theory of the defense and of the counsel employed by the defendants"
The Nome nugget., 1949-11-28
Truman Cracks Down on ''Telling'' Defense Secrets
Continued from Page One)

Continued from Page One) atomic program?"
 Johnson, a member of the joint atomic committee, argued that there is not enough secrecy. But during the debate he asserted that:
 1. This country's scientists have developed an a-bomb which has six times the effectiveness of the bomb dropped at Nagasaki in 1945.
 2. The United States is working and has made considerable progress - on an a-bomb 1000 times more powerful than the Nagasaki weapon.
 g. American scientists have gone far toward finding a way to ex- plode an enemy bomb before it reaches it's target.
 Johnson said later that he dis closed nothing that was not al ready public information. Legal Blanks at The Nugget office
The Nome nugget., 1949-11-28

Gus Steinwandel. resident en- gineer at Marks Air Base. just re- turned from a business trip 10 An chorage. was surprised to learn of the number of Anchorage peo- pie who are blaming 10 attend the Roof Garden. ........ Adv.
The Nome nugget., 1949-11-28
Dan Jones.

Dan Jones. local engineer in charge of the Territorial Bureau of Mines has received word that the R. F. C. has reduced the price of tin as of November 21st from 95c per pound to 85c cents per pound.
The Nome nugget., 1949-11-28

Legal Blanks at The Nugget office
Evening star., 1949-08-18

You say No; Were you directed
to do it?' You say NO. But if
they ask whether somebody men
toned it. you say Yes
A. "Of course somebody men
toned it. 1t was a constant dis
cussion."
"All right, snapped the Judge.
Broms said he helped organize
the Young Communist League at
the University of Minnesota while
he was freshman there IN 1894
Asked if university authorities
were aware of his activity, he said
he did not know, but that his
activities were very aboveboard.
A year later. he said, he joined
the Communist Party and tecame
city organizer in st. Paul and
State chairman in Minnesota. He
said he came to New York in
1916 and headed various Com
munist clubs, the latest in Brook
lyn.
Evening star., 1949-08-18
Reds Reach Decisions
By Discussion, Not
Decree, Court Is Told
By the Associated Press

NEW YORK, Aug. 18.-Deci-
sions in the Communist Party are
determined by discussion and not
by decree, according to Brook
ilyn Red leader.
Wilburs S. Broms, 10th defense
witness in the Communist coh-
spiracy trial, made the statement
yesterday under questioning by
Federal Judge Harold R. Medina
Let me see if I get you." said
the judge. rs it your under
standing that in the Communist
Party nobody ever orders or di-
rects any one else to do anything?'
"Yes," replied Broms.
THAT is because it is demo-
cratic and people don't like to
get orders; that is the point, isn't
it?" asked the judge.
That is right" said the wit
ness.
Followed Government Testimony
The exchange came after Broms
denied previous Government tes-
timony that a Communist section
he headed had been assigned OF
ordered" to concentrate it's re-
cruiting drive in the transit in
dustry.
The II top Red officials or
trial are accused of conspiring te
advocate forcible overthrow oi
the Government.
The judge asked the witness:
Did anyone tell you or say to
you that it would be nice thing
if your section concentrated on
the transportation industry?"
A. well, not in just that way
@. "How did they put it? Did
somebody say something about
the section concentrating in the
transportation industry?"
A. There was discussion about
the work"
@. And how did they put it?"
A. I'm terms of our section as
sisting the workers in the New
York Central (Railroad yard"
Constant Discussion"
@. $50 If anybody asks you,
Were you ordered to do it?' You
say No; Was it assigned to you?
Evening star., 1949-08-18
British Soldier Reported
DESERVING to Red Zone
By the Associoted Press

BY the Associofed Press
BERLIN, Aug. 18.-The Soviet
licensed news agency Adm said
last night that a British para
chute trooper had deserted and
fled to the Soviet zone of Ger
many.
The agency identified him as
Jack Stuart. member Of the I'd
Battalion of the 10th, Parachute
Brigade"
The British Rhine Army con-
firmed that "a soldier is missing
from the 18th Independent Par
achute Brigade" but refused to
give his name.
Adm reported the British SOL
dier said, Il voluntarily entered
the Soviet zone as I am a fighter
for peace and democracy. This
made it impossible for me to stay
any longer in the British Army
Evening star., 1949-11-27

stays of execution by the courts
and Gov. Adlai E. Stevenson. His
wife, Genevieve, 18, mother of his
22-month-old daughter, Dorothy,
worked fruitlessly almost to the
hour of execution to win him a
sixth.
Two young men were seized
Thursday trying to smuggle a gun
and two hacksaw blades to Nor
elli.
To the end Morelli protested
he was innocent.
State prosecutors said Morelli,
Thomas Daley. AZ, and Lowell
Fentress, 81, set out the night
of December u, 1947, to get
John Kuesis, garage owner they
suspected had informed on them
in a $3.50 robbery.
Daley shot and killed kuesls.
Four other men at the garage
Evening star., 1949-11-27
Mad Dog Killer Of )
Executed in Chicago
By the kssoeioied Press

CHICAGO, Nov. 26.-James c.
Morelli paid with his life early
today for mad dog killing orgy
nearly two years ago in which
three victims were slain and two
others were shot and left for
dead.
The skinny 22-year- old killer
was executed in the Cook County
Jail electric chair a few minutes
after midnight. Among the 154
witnesses-a record high for the
county jail-was George Kuesis,
brother of the first Staying victim.
Morelli had been granted five
Evening star., 1949-11-27
Rev. John J. 0'SuI|ivan
To Be Catholic u. Chaplain

The Rev. John J. O'Sullivan. in
structor in the Department of Re-
ligious Education at Catholic Uni
versity, will become university
chaplain on December /, Msgr. P
j. Mccormick, rector of the uni
versity, announced yesterday.
He will succeed the Rev. DR..
Mariner T. Smith, O. p, who has
resigned because of his teaching
duties at the Dominican House OF
Studies and at the university. He
has been chaplain since October,
l947.
Father O'Sullivan received his
degree of licentiate in sacred the
ology at Catholic University in
1947. He was a teaching assistant
while completing his course for
Evening star., 1949-11-27
Greek Children Livinq
As REFUGEES in Reich

BERLIN, Nov. 26 (CDN A
letter of thanks to the government
of Eastern Germany has disclosed
for the first time the presence OF
Greek children in the Soviet
occupied zone.
The youngsters, 342 of them,
are being housed and trained
along Cominform lines in an agri-
cultural school at Muehlberg, in
the province of Sachsen-Anhalt.
Their letter sounds more like a
Evening star., 1949-11-27

Pravda editorial than a childish
note of appreciation.
It describes the children as
forced refugees from fascism"
and from Truman airplanes"
which were used, it says, ito break
our peoples war for freedom"
It confirms that this sad group
is only one of many now installed
and being educated in Cominform
countries.
Reports from Greece have said
that as many as $4,000 Of these
children were carried away from
their homes by the retreating and
defeated Communist forces.
Evening star., 1949-11-27
THE SUNDAY STAR, Washington D. G. A-2


his elders told him there isn't
any gearshift in the Model T, jusk
am
foot pedals. Eli
Traffic Sergt. Orville Belfield
said Mr.. Wiss, watchman for
a construction company. had
souped up his car by a special
coil which gave an extremely hct
ignition spark. tH
At any rate. no one was hur,
neither car was damaged, and
both drivers chugged of impex-
turably. !t
Evening star., 1949-11-27

who witnessed the killing were
taken on a gangland style ride,
so there would be no witnesses.
Two of them-Emil Schmeichel
and Theodore Callis-were> killed
and the others were shot and
dumped from the car when they
feigned death.
Daley was shot and killed by
police who captured the trio
Fentress was sentenced to two
199-vear prison terms.
Evening star., 1949-11-27
Drivers 90 and H.,
Unhurt as '37Cor,
| Model 7 Collide
Nv the Associoied Press

JOLIET, ILL.,, Nov. 26.-Ninety-
three-year-old William Wiss was
steaming along a Joliet street in
his souped-up 1927 Model T Ford
today when bang!
His car and a jaunty 1887 model
driven, by George Sweedler. a
mere II years old, had collided.
The Model T overturned.
Patrolman William Daggett. 70,
sought to put the ancient hot-rod
in neutral before righting it. He
hunted for several minutes until
Evening star., 1949-11-27
Sport Interferes With Work

Rhodesians are such avid sports
men that their work has been suf-
fering, SALISBURY reports. Civil
servants selected to represent the
colony on sports teams always
have been granted leave bat the
Government has had to withdraw
this concession.
Evening star., 1949-11-27

the doctorate and at the beginning
of the present school term was
named instructor. He served in
the Army Chaplain Corps from
1912 to 1945,
Evening star., 1949-11-27
India Builds Defense School

India expects it's new National
Defense Academy-the biggest In
Asia, enrolling 500 cadets a year
to begin giving its three-year
course in about five years.
Evening star., 1949-11-27
Educator to Visit U. 5.

Mrs. Yamunabai Hireekar. notAd
Indian educator, will come s0
America at the invitation Of ths
National Education Association t0
study the educational system. Hill
Evening star., 1949-03-01
Countess Sutton S4OO,OOO
Gould Check Dismissed
By the Associated Press

NEW YORK, Mar. 1.-Federal
Judge Alfred C. Coke yesterday
dismissed a suit brought by a
French countess to compel Frank
Jay Gould, heir to a railroad for
tune, to make good on 100000
check.
He allegedly gave her the check
in her chateau in 1914 for what
she said we're her efforts in keep
ing him out of Nazi hands.
Countess Anne Vilbert de Sair-
igne, now New York resident.
said she presented the check to
the United States Trust Co. for
payment in February, 1947, but
was unable to collect.
Judge Coke dismissed the case
on a plea by Mr.. Gould's lawyers
that he now is living in France
under the care of doctors, and
that it is impossible for him to
travel.
In addition, it was said the
countess had cited the law of
France to compel payment, and
that she herself is French
citizen.
In effect, Judge Coke ruled that
she had brought the suit in the
wrong court.
Evening star., 1949-03-01

largest newspaper, reported whole
sale arrests baked the plot tC
kidnap Acting President Ii.
Underground workers of L
Chi-sen, South China opponent
of Chang Kai-shek, and Commu-
mist agents sought to seize Ii anc
other leaders, including the Com
munist peoples government
chairman. Tan Gen-po at Shih.
kiachwang and the Mayor OF Man.
king. the paper said.
The newspaper said the plot was
thwarted February 18 by the ar
rest of ringleaders.
Peace Demand Reported Relaxed
The Nanking newspaper, Yishih
Pao, giving its source as the
Shanghai unofficial peace delega-
ton to the Communists in Peip-
ing. said the Communists nc
longer insisted on the punishment
of war criminals as one of the
stipulations for peace.
The stipulation was one of eight
peace conditions laid down by the
Communists.
The National Salvation Daily
which long has opposed Premier
Sun Fo, said editorially the pre-
mier should resign before the
people rise up and eject him
forceably"
Evening star., 1949-03-01
Russian Women Swomp Stores
To Test Reduction in Prices

employees working until late last
night marking goods with the
new prices.
The Soviet press printed COL
umns of favorable reaction. Trud
Soviet trade union paper. said in
one headline: With All Heart We
Thank Stain. Living Is Becoming
Better All the Time"
Pravda's lead editorial declared
the price cut proved the superiority
of socialism over capitalism.
In the United States, the edi-
torial said, production is falling
chaos increasing, the army of un-
employed growing. imitation in
creaslng, the purchasing power OF
workers declining, real wages fall
ing, every seventh city dWellel
starving, 100000 farmers living
in dire need. the profits OF i'm
perialists attaining unheard-ot
size
= The price-cut order was the
second major postwar effort to
raise the standard of living in
Russia. In December. 1947. the
end of rationing was simultaneous
with price reductions and the ex-
change of most old rubleS for q
new ruble at the rate of 10 to l.
Further price reductions were
made last April.
There was no announcement
of any change in exchange rates.
Evening star., 1949-03-01
Farm Product Prices Drop
To 5 Pct. Above Parity
BY the Associated Press

An edge in prices which farmers
have enjoyed since before the
United States entered the last war
Is wearing thin.
Once a 33 per cent advantage,
that edge was ground down to 5
per cent after the sharp break in
farm product prices last month,
an Agriculture Department report
discloses.
In mid February farm prices as
whole were los per cent OF
parity.
This 5 per cent advantage COM
pares. however, with 33 per cent
edge enjoyed in October, 1916, di-
rectly after all price controls were
lifted from farm products. A year
ago the farmers price advantage
was IL per cent.
Not all farmers Of all products
had the 5 per cent advantage in
mid-February. With a few excep-
tions, most crops we're bringing
less than parity. That is, they
were selling at disadvantage in
the exchange for nonfarm prod
uctS and services.
Most livestock and livestock
products, on the other hand, were
bringing more than parity.
Evening star., 1949-03-01
By The Associoted Press

MOSCOW, Mar. l. - Soviet
housewives headed for the food
stores today to see what the gov
ernment's new price reduction de-
cree means in the market basket.
A decree signed yesterday by
Prime Minister Stain and G. M.
Malenkov, secretary Of the Com
munist Party's Central Commit
tee, ordered immediate price cuts
in As classifcations of food, cloth
ing and other goods.
Bread, butter, fish and canned
goods were ordered cut by 10 per
cent, cheese by 20 per cent and
many articles of clothing by II
to 20 per, cent. But in most cases
shoppers had to wait until the
opening OF stores to learn what
the decree meant in the prices OF
specific items. Most stores had
Evening star., 1949-03-01
Police Press Quizzinq
OF Veteran in Staying
OF Wealthy Virginian
BY the Associated Press

NEW ORLEANS, Mar. 1.-Police
hunting the bludgeon killer of
James Mahoney, millionaire Vir-
einian. tirelessly hurled questions
today at a young Kentucky vet
eran. who admits being with the
victim the fatal night.
Acting Police Supt. Joseph
Scheuering said 25-year-old Louis
Eugene Hoover of Louisville told
yesterday of dining with the rich
visitor from Bristol. Va, on Mon
day night, February 81.
MI. Mahoney's death has been
placed at about midnight on that
night.
Hoover is booked for "investiga-
ton of murder" He was released
from a veterans hospital here
yesterday morning, just before
his arrest.
DR.. Anee Mogadgab of the VA
hospital said Hoover was admitted
to the institution last Tuesday
and spent six days there for men
tai treatments.
A bellboy in the Monteleone Ho-
tel here found Mr.. Mahoney's
body, with battered face and
broken neck. just before dawn last
Tuesday. A wallet and gold watch
we're missing. MI. Mahoney had
asked to be called early so he
could catch plane for Yucatan.
Mexico.
Mr.. Scheuering said employees OF
the Monteleone viewed Hoover last
night but were not certain he was
the man reported seen talking IN
the hotel cocktail lounge with Mr.,
Mahoney a few hours before the
Virginian'S death.
Mr.. Scheuering said Hoover S
wife came to see him at headquar-
ters and told police her husband
definitely was mental case.
DR.. Mogadgab, in addition. SAID
Hoover had been a VA patient in
Topeka. Kans.
Hoover's wife told police they
we're married in her home town
of Yates Center, Kans., and came
to New Orleans on their honey
moon.
Mr.. Scheuering said Hoover'S
movements the night of the mur-
der had been traced up until about
l1p.m. He said Hoover told them
he "blacked out after that and
doesn't remember what happened,
A pair of bloodstained trousers
were found in the veterans suit
case when he was arrested, the
police superintendent said.
Hoover served with the ARMY
In Korea.
Evening star., 1949-03-01
Nine Believed Aboard
CAT Missing in Texas
By the Associated Press

SAN ANTONIO, Tex. Mar. L.
The Air Force sought a missing
CAT plane in sparsely settled
West Texas today. Nine persons
were believed aboard the craft.
Air rescue officers from Biggs
Field, Ell Paso, Tex. said three
planes and a helicopter took of
from there last night to begin the
search.
The CAT took off from Bisgs
Field yesterday morning and was
scheduled to land at Kelly Air
Force Base here at 11:06 am.
officers fear the ship may be
down in the rugged terrain OF the
Kerrville junction area or the
lonesome prairies in the San An
gelo vicinity.
The Air Force has not released
names of those aboard the plane
which was on an administrative
flight. The plane was based at
Hamilton Field, Calf.
Evening star., 1949-03-01
Judge Who Set Up
Jury-Se|ection System
Called in 11Reds Trial
BY the Associoted Press

NEW YORK, Mar. 1.-The Fed
eral judge who established the
present jury-picking system here
takes the witness stand today as
IL Communist leaders reach the
end of the road in their long f1ght
to prove the system prevents them
from getting a fair trial.
Judge John C. Knox, senior
Judge of the Southern District OF
New York, accepted defense sub
poena yesterday.
Judge Knox is to appear before
Judge Harold R. Medina, whom
he assigned to the trial OF the
Communist leaders on charges OF
conspiracy to advocate torcloie
overthrow of the Government.
Today Set as Deadline.
Judge Medina has set today as
the deadline for the Communists
to complete their evidence and
arguments that the jury picking
system is discriminatory.
PretriaI proceedings. now in
their seventh week, have been con-
sumed almost completely by de-
fenSe contentious that the system
discriminates against poor people,
manual laborers, women, Negroes,
Jews and members of other minor
ity groups, and in favor of the rich.
On that basis, the Communists
seek to have the indictment killed
and the panel of prospective trial
jurors disqualified.
Judge Medina ruled last Friday
that the actual trial must start
next Monday.
Two Witnesses Called Hostile" :"
Yesterday, two of the witnesses
summoned by the defense were
called hostile" by the defense
attorneys.
One of them, J. Donald Duncan,
Federal jury commissioner, testi
fed he never had Disseminated
against any one in the selection of
jurors for reason of race, color,
sex, politics, or social or economic
Status.
The other witness, Mrs. Ruth M.
St. Clair, executive secretary of
the Federal Grand Jury Asso-
citation, testified about names of
possible jurors suggested by the
association, composed of former
grand jurors. She said the group
had supplied the jury clerks office
with 1892 names since 1888 and
that Negroes and persons with
Jewish names" were among them.