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Courier-herald. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1949-1950, 1950-01-21
Red Tags
Acheson
As AIibier

MOSCOW, Saturday, Jan. Fl
-(UP)- Soviet Foreign Minis
ter Andrea Vishinsky said today
there is not "a single word of
truth" in Secretary of State
Dean Acheson's statement that
Russia is anneXing outer Mon
golia and China's northern pro-
vinces.
Vishinsky said Acheson was
trying 'to explain the failure
of his own policy" and said the
U. S. Secretary of States remarks
were "slar1ierous."
(AcheSon, in a speech Jan. II
before the National Press club
in Washington, said Russia had
virtually completed annexation
of Manchuria and was swiftly
attaching Sinkiang province and
Inner Mongolia). o.
NOTHING At ALL TRUE
cit is not difficult to under.
stand that all of Acheson's state
ments do not contain a single
word of TRUTH Vishinsky said.
"All these absurdities of Ach-
eson were said in order to dis.
credit the foreign policy of the
U. S. S. R. and at the same time
to explain the failure of his own
policy" ,ts
Vishinsky's denial conceded
with the arrival in Moscow of
Chinese Communist Premier and
Foreign Minister Chou En-Lai.
Chou's arrival was interpreted
by foreign observers here as an
indication that Chinese Conn
munist president Mao TIE Tung
has completed his long negotia-
tions here and that a Soviet
Chinese friendship pact would
be signed shortly.
EXPECT PACT SIGNING
The pact is expected to be
signed by Chou, who was given
a big reception as he arrived
here to join Mao, who has been
in Moscow for about five weeks.
The Communist premier was
accompanied by Ii .Fu- Chun,
Deputy Chairman of the North
eastern government; Chi Chu-
ang, Minister of Trade; u. Stu
Tsian Head of the Peoples De-
mocracy Department of the
Peiping Foreign Ministry and
Liui Tung, Deputy Industrial
Department Chief.
Courier-herald. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1949-1950, 1950-01-21
Druff Extension
Proposal Hit

WASHINGTON, Jan. 20. Up
Congressman today countered the
administrations request for a
three-year extension of the peace.
time draft law by suggesting a
compromise that would permit
inductions only upon the ap-
prevail of congress.
Secretary of Defense Johnson
seemed a little leery of that plan,
put forward by Rep. Vinson Cd
Ga.), chairman of the house arm.
ed services committee before
which Johnson testified. The de.
tense chief said he thinks the
president ought to have the pow
er to throw the draft machinery
into gear upon proclamation of
an emergency. :,
However, he promised to dis.
cuss the matter with President
Truman Monday and sound him
out on a possible compromise.
Courier-herald. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1949-1950, 1950-01-21
Hiss Jury
Locked In


NEW YORK, Jan. 20 -(UP)-
The Alger Hiss perjury trial
jury failed to reach a verdict
tonight, and the judge ordered
the jurors to retire for the night.
The deliberations will be re-
sumed at 10 a. m. tomorrow.
The court clerk announced at
1Q:45 p. m. that the judge had
ordered the jury to retire after
five hours and 10 minutes of
actual elaboration on the fate
of the former state department
official. ..-.s....:.
The jury had begun its DELHI.
Grafton this afternoon, after re-
ceiving the charge from Judge
Goddard and taken a recess for
dinner.
Both Mr.. and Mrs. Hiss were
smiling as they left their attor-
ney's quarters and took the
elevator.
The question the jurors must
decide is whether Hiss was
guilty of perjury when he denied
that he turned over secret pap
ers to a Communist spy ring
in the 1905 when he held a
position Of high trust.
The jurors filed from the
courtroom after getting Judge
Henry Goodard's charge at $40
p. m. Less than two hours later
they we're back to look again
at some of the evidence and
testimony as had the jurors in
the first trial which ended last
July 8 when they couldn't
reach a verdict.
Courier-herald. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1949-1950, 1950-01-21
Big Inch
Blows Up

CALDWELL, O., Jan. 20 -tAPa
"A pre-dawn explosion ripped
$50 feet of the big Inch" gas
pipeline out of the earth today
and spewed flames from its rag
ged crater.
Jagged steel hurtled in all d.
rections. Fire shot upward 500
feet and burned black a 6O.acre
patch of farmland, including a
deserted house and five out
buildings.
The flames, fed by gas piped
from the oil fields of the South
west, ragged uncontrolled for
three hours.
But, no one was hurt.
Cause of the explosion had
not been determined a dozen
hours later. No estimate Of total
damage could be made, either.
Courier-herald. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1949-1950, 1950-01-21
Buxom Nude Poser
Hunfed BY Police

TOKYO, Saturday, Jan. 20 CUP
Japanese police, armed with
an intriguing description, today
prowled the art studios in search
of 1.-THE Bosom" a 22-year-old
model accused Of robbing artists
after posing for them in the nude.
Authorities sent out a special
warning to artists and art stud
ents to keep an eye out for Model
Hatsu Kawaguchi after three
prominent Japanese artists COM
planned she had robbed them of
money and clothing. :, .srs.
The artists described the sus.
pect as "a slender girl with mag.
nificent breasts" ~. 3.
Instead of the usual wanted"
photograph, the Japanese press
splashed reproductions of a full
length nude painting of Miss
Kawaguchi by complaining Ar
fist Usaburo Ihara.
Readers genrally agreed with
the artists description.
Kenichiro Maeno, chief of the
Arasaka district police, told the
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vishinsky Denies Russians Moving
In On Outer Mongolia, North China
n Tugs Fail
To Move mo-

NORFOLK. Va, Jon. 20 -
(UP)- The bulky bdttleship
Missouri didn't bulge an inch
today. although 81 tugs strain.
ed for two hours to pull 1t
out of the mud. The navy then
gave up until Feb. 2.
The navy nude its dll-out
effort at high tide today to
reflout its only active buttle-
ship. fast on q mudbunk in
Hampton Roads where it run
aground Tuesday in its first
voyage under q new skipper.
The frustrated navy said it
might try uguin sooner If con-
ditions ore. right. But il soid
high tides are not what they
have been - getting lower
every day - and won't hit
their peck dguin until Feb.2.
Courier-herald. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1949-1950, 1950-01-21
SoIons 7ight-Lipped
On Hydrogen Bomb

WASHINGTON, Jan. 20. tR,--
Gen. Omar Bradley met in secret
session today with the senate
house atomic energy committee
to discuss one of the nations
biggest issues a. the hydrogen
bomb.
But after the hour and a hall
conference behind locked doors
no further clues leaked out as to
whether the United States actu.
ally is getting set to produce the
weapon pictured as possibly 1,OOC
times more powerful than the
present A-bomb.
1t is an open secret, however.
that this country is conducting
experimental work on the super
bomb pending a final decision by
President Truman on whether to
60 ahead or to make another eff.
fort to gain Russia's agreement
for International controls on all
atomic weapons.
Bradley, chairman of the joint
chiefs of staff, was summoned
before the joint congressional
committee to outline the military
aspects of the problem. He was
accompanied by Robert LeBaron,
head of the Atomic Energy com.
missions military liaison com.
mittee. :t..s se.@* n
Those who attended the meet.
ing maintained tight.lipped 81
lence on the topics discussed
Senator Mcmahon 3D. Comm, the
joint committee chairman, gave
reporters this one-sentence sum-
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J.copIon' .
To; Be Tried

NEW YORK, Jan. 20 lap
Little Judy Coplon and her
stolid Russian ex-friend Valen-
tin A. Gubitchev today lost their
long. drawn-out fight to escape
trial on spy conspiracy charges.
Federal Judge Sylvester j.
Ryan ordered the trial to begin
next Tuesday. He ruled that the
FBTs overlapping in the case
was illegal, as the defense
charged. But he held that the
government has other proof that
legally can be used.
The ruling climaxed six weeks
of hearings in which the ex-
government girl and the Soviet
engineer, who is suspended from
his United Nations job, called
scores of witnesses in an effort
to get the charges against them
dismissed.
Courier-herald. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1949-1950, 1950-01-21
Mon Held
For Quiz
In Robbery

BOSTON, Jan. 20. tUP)-Police
took Drinks, Inc, guard into
custody for questioning tonight
about the 100000 Drinks rob-
berry.
Authorities seized William L.
Manter, a Drinks guard who had
been missing since 100 p.m., to-
day, at suburban Waltham,
about 20 miles from Boston.
Manter was taken to the Walt
ham police station for question.
ing, but Police Chief Asa Nc.
Kenna said no charges had been
placed against him. Boston Of
ficers left Immediately for Walt.
ham to take part in the question
ing. i,
ALARM SENT OUT
Earlier tonight, police had sent
out a state wide alarm for Man.
ter, when he could not be locat-
ed at his home or at his work.
Manter was the man who
pushed buzzer when reporting
to work Tuesday night and scar
ed away nine bandits who rifled
the company vault of 81, 500, 900.
The alarm was sent out after
two members of the bureau of
criminal investigation went to
his home to question him further
concerning the case. His family
said he had left home at 1:30 for
work.
The detectives then Invent to
Drinks and found that\ Manter
had not reported for worA
Police officials did not reveal
what they wanted to question
Manter about when they sent a
cruising car to his home. How
ever, they indicated that the FBI
also wanted to question him
ARMY CORPORAL HELD
The alarm was sent out while
two Massachusetts detectives
were in New Yorksquestioning a
20.year. old army corporal who
bOasted to girl friend that he
knew one of the men who staged
the holdup.
The detectives were 1t. James
v. Crowley, ace interrogation of
the Boston police, and 1t. James
F. Cuniff of the state police. They
took with them length of rope
that was used by the bandits in
trusting up the five Brank's
workers on the night of the hold
up.
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United Press he didn't anticipate
any trouble in spotting the mod
ell. "She has an unusual figure
for a Japanese girl" he said.
He said he believed many Of
the models victims had failed to
report her because they were
ashamed Of admitting they had
been taken In by her.
p The suspects usual method of
operation, he explained, was to
seek employment with an artist
as a nude model, "gain his con.
fidence" and then disappear
within week, taking money and
other valuables.
The police chief admitted that
the rising popularity of "falsies"
in Japan would complicate the
problem Of finding the suspect,
but added: 'T'm sure our trained
observers can put the finger on
the right girl" +
He said the search for the girl
had spread all over Tokyo, with
every policeman anxious to
make the pinch"
Courier-herald. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1949-1950, 1950-01-21
Rain PeIts =.
Snowbunks
Of N. w. g..
By Associated Press

The Pacific NorthWeSt'S bla1-
ket of snow was turning rapidly
to water today and throughout
the region floods and the threat
of floods were being added to
the winters oversupply of wea-
Their. ,5E.
Rain continued to pelt the
great white blanket, adding
hourly to the more than two in
ches recorded over western Ore
gon and Washington in the last
48 hours. Temperatures also
were rising, melting millions of
tons of snow up to the 5000 foot
mark in the Cascades.
All rivers were below the flood
stage yesterday but the weather
bureau said the Chehalis River
will reach flood stage and be
81 feet above bank full at 8 a..
m. Saturday at Grand Mouna.
Flooding of pasture lands is
anticipated throughout the day,
with much of the valley down.
stream from Centrali0 suffer
ing. Traffic interruption is ex-
pected on lowlaying roads.
The army district engineer
said the Shookumchuck River
near Centralia will be flooded
and farms near the mouth will
be threatened with water be-
low floor level. The rise will
continue in those streams and
virtually all others, the engin-
GERS predicted, but no long range
forecast is possible at this time,
they said.
No general estimate of dam
ages could be obtained last night,
except that the combined snow
cold and rain total would run
into the hundreds of thousands
of dollass. In Clark county
Washington, alone, Public Util-
ity. District officials estimated
their losses at 100000.
Cross-mountain traffic was at
a standstill in Washington. All
east-west highways in the state
were closed to through traffic
by snow slides in the Cascade
mountain passes. Bus schedules
were cancelled. Trains waited
in yards on either side Of the
hump.
North-soIth traffic suffered
similarly, with both bus and
train travel reduced to a crawl
and most carriers many hours
off schedule. Railroad officials
said it was no longer a question
of what time will the train ar
rive but "Has il left, yet?"
Telephone circuits were out in
numerous places, necessitating
much recruiting of long distance
traffic. About 5000 telephones
were out of order in Vancouver,
WASH, alone.
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Miss America
Becomes Mrs.

TEMPE. AEiz. Jan. 20 -(UP)
= Shirley Arrow. Miss Jun
ior America Of l949," wed her
high school sweetheart 20.
Yeur-old Willium PomeroY. at
the Arizona State college cha
pei here tonight.
The l9-Yedr.old Phoenix bru-
nette wds the second Arizona
notional beauty queen winner
to be moYYied within q month.
Jdcque Mercer. Miss America
of l949." murried her high
school sweetheart. Doug Cook,
at nearbY Litehfield Park last
Dec. ~.
Shirley won her junior Ameri.
ca beauty title in q notionul
competition held at Los An
geles fdst June. . .,..
Courier-herald. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1949-1950, 1950-01-21
AGO Khan
Robbery
Is Solved

PARIS, Jan. 20. (UP)-French
national police cracked the sen.
sational $4,000 Aga Khan jewel
robbery today and it was report.
ed two members of the tough
"Corsican gang" spilled the
whole story. 5iA
A five-month search through
Europe's capitals that rivaled the
most sensational detective thrill
Ter netteGl police six of the gang
who robbed the Aga Khan in a
daring daylight stickup on the
Riviera last Aug. 3. y
The jewels were still missing
but the arrest of six men in Paris
Marseilles, Cannes, Corsica and
Strasbourg and the confession OF
two of them broke down under
questioning was expected to help
locate the priceless baubles. :.
OTHER HINTS GIVEN o., Is
Police believed, too, that ques-
tioning might throw light on
other sensational jewel robberies
in France where the loot was
estimated to total more than ST.
500,00O-greater than the Boston
robbery. +,
Big Roger" Senanedj, a mem
Der of the gang, and Renee
Remy, his blonde mistress, were
found murdered. Police said they
were eliminated" because Sem
anedj was suspected by police
from the beginning. He had
planned to give himself up and
name the other thieves.
The national police - Surete
National---did not say whether it
was his tip, that broke the case,
but it was obvious there was a
falling out among the thieves.
FOUR OTHERS KNOWN
Police knew the name of the
four other members of the ring
still at large-the murderer of
the would-be informant, two
fences believed to have received
the jewels and a mysterious Jean
Urban. believed to be working
with the thieves. Police head
quarters throughout Europe were
[ alerted, and road blOckadeS were
manned near Marseilles.
II Latest of the six arrested was
George Lindsay Watson, 40, iden-
titled only as a native of England
and former member of the
French Foreign Legion. He was
picked,up in Strasbourg and sent
to Marseille for questioning to-
morrow.
Courier-herald. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1949-1950, 1950-01-21

Some 5000 jobless construction
workers are proving to be q seri-
Gus problem to labor, welfare
and employment officials in the
Tri-City area, General Electric
company's news bureau" re-
ported today.
The story, which was carried
by news wire services, reported:
Union offices in Pasco say
about $500 men have besieged
the Labor Temple hoping for
work on the. coming construction
program at the huge atomic en-.
ergy installation. Major hiring
is not expected to start before
April.
employment officials at G.E.
and Atkinson and Jones Co.,
point out that this figure does
not include hundreds of men who
are seeking jobs here but are
barred from the union until the
surplus thousands have been
employed,
THOUSANDS WAITING
Figures furnished by RaN
Clarke, representative of the OPP
Grating engineers union (AFL),
show that union offices in Pasco
have the following lists of work.
ers waiting for jobs at the atom
plant: 1873 millwrights, GOT car
penterS. loo labOrerS. BIT iron
workers, 65 cement finishers, 400
sheet metal workers, 1873 linemen,
$50 inside wiremen, 600 operat.
ing engineers, 2O5 painters, 375
plumbers and filters, and 400
teamsters.
"In addition, Clarke said that
large numbers have written to
inquire about employment and
will be ''next in line" after those
already in the area "are put to
work." For example, $50 inside
wiremen (nearly twice as many
as are already here) and 300
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.P-T.A. CurnivuI
Set For Feb..3

The annual carnival of Pas
cos Parent-Teachers association
will be held Feb. 3 at the Cap
tain Gray school, it was annou1.
ced today by Harry H. ludlow,
publicity chairman.
Games and entertainment to
fit all sizes and ages are a
part of the annual function
planned for family enjoyment.
Eighteen committee heads are
working under the direction of
Jess Mast to make this years
carnival the most successful yet.
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StrobIe
Must Die

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 20. (UP)-
Elderly pie-maker Fred Stroble,
convicted yesterday of the sex
murder of six-year-old Linda
Joyce Glucoft, was ruled sane to.
day by Superior Judge Charles w.
Fricke.
The judges decision made the
death sentence mandatory, a jury
of 10 women and two men hav.
ing convicted Strobe of first de.
gree murder without recommend.
ing leniency.
Judge Fricke decided the 81.
year-old bakers sanity in a hear.
ing that took less than 10 min
utes and which heard no testi.
mony. The defense first stipulat.
ed it would abide by the judges
decision and then stipulated that
the issue should be decided on
testimony given at Stroble's muir.
der trial.
The judge read one medical re.
port that had not been admitted
into evidence in its entirety and
then said:
The court finds nothing in the
record that tends to show that
the defendant was insane at the
time of his crime"
Stroble was ordered brought
back to court next Friday when
Judge Fricke will sentence him.
The death sentence is automatic.
ally reviewed by the state SUI.
preme court in California.
Linda Joyce was slain Nov. Ia
when She went to the home
Stroble occupied with his daugh.
ter and son-in-law to play with
his grandchild. The meek Titles
baker confessed he strangled the
child when she made an cutlery
as he fondled her.
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Billion Tex
Hike Plan 4
ct TrUnnun
WASHINGTON. ian,

WASHINGTON, Jan. 20. Up
President Truman's tax program
was reported unofficially today
TO call for a cut of some 100000
900 in excise levies, offset by tax
increases of something less than
f. l,75O, 100000 on corporations, es.
S ties at death, and gifts.
The net increase in taxes thus
would be somewhat less than
81, 600, 900, 900.
The program also was said to
call for a breakdown on tax
dodgers.
The proposals were unveiled
privately to Democratic congress
sional leaders at the White
House.
TRY TO DENT DEFICIT
Mr.. Truman, in aiming at a
revenue increase which he previ-
soualy told congress he wanted,
would be trying to dent the S.
100, 000, 900 prospective deficit in
spending for the fiscal year be-
ginning July /.
Newsmen had to depend upon
meager information, but a re-
sponsible source said the presi.
dents program may not ask in.
creases for individual income
taxes.
House Speaker Rayburn, who
attended the White House tax
conference, told reporters he as
sumes the tax program is still
subject to change" before it is
sent to ngress-probably early
next week. 1t was not made clear
what changes the Democratic
lawmakers made, if any.
PROMISE SECRECY
All those attending the con-
ference, including House Demo-
cratic Leader Mccormack, Chair
man Doughton (D.-N.C.) and
other Democratic house ways
and means members, promised
not to discuss the contents of the
tax message until it is trans
mitted to congress, Rayburn said.
But from the unofficial infor-
nation which newsmen. were
able to gather, some indications
what the president will recon-.
mend.
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Dayton Fire
Loss $4,000

DAYTON, Wash, Jan. 20 -
APl - A spectacular fire swept
a two-story building here last
night and damage was estimat-
ed at $4,000.
The building, owned by c. e.
Suffield, was almost completely
destroyed. It had housed a fur
niture store.
Burning paints and linoleum
generated such intense heat
that firemen were not able to
get inside the structure. Flames
shot more than 100 feet into the
air.
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mary:
General Bradley and Mr.. LIE
Baron discussed with the com.
mittee some matters pertaining
to our national defense in which,
of course, atomic matters were
discussed"
Mcmahon gave curt "no COM
ment" to a direct question as to
whether the hydrogen bomb had
been a topic. But there was no
doubt this was the subject.
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State General
Fund In Black

OLYMPIA, Jan. 20 - (AP) -
The states general flDd, which
few 'Beeks ago was described
as bordering on the deficit stage,
today was reported as at least
temporarily well in the black.
The development halted for
the time being plans for a court
test to clarity legal aspects of
the states financial troubles.
Courier-herald. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1949-1950, 1950-01-21

Slides Awoy

OLYMPIA, Jan. 20 - (AP) -
State patrol headquarters here
reported late this afternoon the
schoolhouse at Merritt in the
Wenatchee was carried away by
a snowslide. School was dismiss
sed at the time and no one
was il the building at the time
the slide struck, the patrol re-
ported.
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Say II Ain'f So, Gussie

LONDON, Saturday, Jan. q
- (UP) "Georgous Gussie'
Moran the tennis star, is en-
gagged to marry British shipper
Anthony Davenport in Calcutta,
India, in February, the Daily
Mail and the Daily Express re-
ported today.
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kenneWick
Durkened

Most of Kennewick and the
surrounding area was BACKED
out for about 20 minutes last
night.
Benton County PUD officials
blamed line trouble between
Benton City and Union Gap.
. The electricity went off about
7:45 and was off IS minutes.
Then it came on again for a few
seconds but failed again for an
other five minutes before service
was restored.
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Slows Ask U.S.. Loan

WASHINGTON, Jan. 20 lap
- Yugoslavia has appealed to
the United States for a second
American government loan, dip
lomatic officials disclosed today.
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7.cenfer Proposed

WASHINGTON, Jan. 20 R,-A
bill to authorize the issuance of
Scent and 7-cent coins was intro.
duced today by Senator Magnu.
SON. (D.-WaSh.). =..-..-.. a.. .,
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The Weather

Cloudy with occasional rain
today and some freezing rain.
Sunday partly cloudy with
scattered showers. Warmer to-
day. High today 32-42.
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Inside Today
Church news, page 2; editori-
ais, columnists, page 5; cross
word puzzle, page a; wishing
well, page 4; entertainment,
page 4; sports news, page 3.