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Today's Weather Warmer THE HUTCHINSON NEWS-HER AID KIMV-FM Tonight Hutchlnson-Dodge City ifacn game at 8 p.m. with Bob at mlkeslde. 78TH YEAR NO. 215 HUTCHINSON, KANSAS, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1950 SINGLE 5c GETTING Fredericka Koschnitzke, La Crosse, was 103 years old Friday. Her advice for longevity is "Don't eat too fancy nor too much and worry only when you have to." Higher Phone Rate Out Britisher Held lii Russian Aid By The Associated Press The British government's top atomic scientist was jailed Sunday on charges of giving away official secrets, and the case exploded like a psychological bomb in London and Washington.

The case broke in connection with FBI investigations of atomic spying by Soviet Russia. Klaus Fuchs, 38, was charged in a preliminary hearing on two counts of giving away atomic research information which "might be directly or indirectly useful to an enemy." The charge said he did this once in the United States in 1945 and again in 1947 at an unspecified officials said it was in England. Senators quoted FBI chief Edgar Hoover as saying evidence shows that Fuchs passed hydrogen bomb data as well as vital A- jomb secrets to Moscow. Hoover was further quoted as! Hollywood (AP) Hollywood, saying that Fuchs had confessed I which ree ed under the shock of Birth Not To Hurt Ingrid? Full Scale Strike Seen Washington (AP) Persistent Must Sell Surplus Spuds Washington Secretary reports of another full scale strike jof agriculture Brannan Friday di- in the coal mines spread'Friday i reeled that from 25 million to 40 on the eve of John L. Lewis' for- million bushels of the 1949 surplus mal reply to the White House potato crop he disposed of where plans for a truce in the was grown.

to spying activities. One senator said, however, that the scientist may be tried by British courts or a relatively minor charge in ordor to avoid airing some aspects of the case which might touch on atomic secrets. Hoover testified for three hours behind closed doors at a meeting of a senate appropriations subcommittee. Committee members said Hoover INQUIRY William D. Brown, left, commander of the USS Missouri when It went aground Jan, IT, Is shown with his counsel, Capt.

C. C. Wood, at the opening of the inquiry in Washington. Cdr. Frank Morris, navigator, also will be questioned.

Ingrid Bergman's new motherhood, recovered quickly Friday and came up with these predictions: 1. Her affair with Roberto Ros- selini will not hurt her at the box- office. 2. She will not quit movies, despite what she has said. It was difficult to get anyone tojgram for state was pre speak for publication.

Truck Owners List Program Wichita (AP) A six-point pro- sented at a conference of Kansas Brannan autnorized production told them Fuchs came into 03 old dispute. A United Mine Workers commit- and marketing administration field session tee in the Taylorsville, 111., area lo se tne surplus potatoes said UMW members across the hack to farmers at one cent per One top executive explained: 'trucking leaders here Friday. isn't the sort of thing As outlined by their legislative 'prefer to let our stars make pub-fleering committee, R. C. Willie statements about." iliams, Russell, chairman, the pro- information about Official Hollywood some months gram calls for effort during the the projected H-bomb which Presi-jago launched a campaign to playi next Kansas legislative session to: country had been ordered to walk! 100 pounds for disposition on their can scientists develop, out Monday.

i farms. dent Truman has ordered Ameri-iup the finer things in the industry They would join 100,000 already i The otatoes wil1 on strike in apparent protest ove-j estlmated 50 million bushels ul the union-imposed three day plus They wcre acc i uired thp part of the The senators sul11 Hoover life. and avoid whenever possible (stressing its divorces and extra- 2. Change the table-of-weighto 1. Eliminate the half-mill-a-nu'e tax.

law. em a graphic account of the Fuchs case. He was reported to mree aay worn ut th asked congress for funds lo week and the inability to obtain I vernment tarr in out the, improved contracts. There was no confirmation of the new strike threat from John L. Lewis' headquarters in Washington.

Lewis is due to reply by 5 p.m. Saturday to President peace proposals. Truman's price support program on the 1949 crop as required by LAL. Brannan said the farmers can freeze or air dry the potatotes for ultimate use as livestock feed; or can dispose of them as fertilizer or in other ways when more practicable. The potatoes will be dyed to insure that they are disposed of as One of those calls for normal production in the mines during a provided and" not moved in the 70-day truce while a fact finding normA channels of distribution.

board reviews the whole situation. He said his instructions provide T. R. Gerow, president of the continued efforts to develop and Illinois coal operators associa- use a practicable diversion out- lion, said he had heard that the miners wore being instructed Lo walk out of the pits Monday. No Blowing In Kansas lets which do not involve additional losses for handling and freight charges.

Majority leader Lucas told the senate he favors immediate remov- al of all government price sup- i ports for potatoes. hire 700 more employes including about 300 new FBI as a means of tightening security on the nation's top secrets. Senator Bridges (R-NH) told ja top budget advertising campaign. But public curiousity being what! 3- Set new truck speed limit? it is, RKO studio has no fears to 40 miles per hour at night the success of "Stromboli," which land 50 daytime. Rossellini directed, and veteran ob- 4.

Eliminate ports of entry. servers are inclined to agree. RKO is going ahead with the 5. Authorize 60-foot combination Trades Council And Three Unions Split The 15-day fight between three Hutchinson contractors and an equal number of unions took on a three-cornered aspect Saturday as the Hutchinson Building Trades council got into the act. The cast of characters included: 1.

The Foy, English and Young construction corn- sanies. 2. The unions the operating engineers, laborers and ironworkers, who have been picketing the contractors' projects in an effort to gain recognition. 3. The building trades council, which is made up of representatives from several other unions which do construction work.

film's release Feb. 15, aided by I 6 Chan resent law to allow newsmen later that Hoover's story was "one of the most shocking things I have ever listened to." The FBI chief was said to have given the committee extensive Information on the whole Commu- The picture has been shown so far only at a couple of sneak previews in nearby towns. The brmvyht mixed but generally uncomplimen- greater semi-trailer length than 33 feet. Payne H. Ratner, recently employed as counsel for Kansis Motor Carriers association, told tary reactions from audiences.

A the the public gets trade paper reporter praised it, nist spy setup in the United States, From Albuquerque Friday came word that the soil was beginning to blow in the western plains Kansas, Oklahoma, Nebraska, Colorado, Texas and New Mexico. This information was given prior to a meeting of the New Mexico soil conservation district. And then came a message from Liberal which said succinctly: "Would take good eye and some imagination to be able to see discoloration in blue skies today." Other reports from western Kansas said there was no Russians. Sub Sighted Off WesfCoast San Francisco subma rine, No. 486 seen by three persons off the northern California coast in recent days, was not American, the 12th naval district said Friday.

The navy said descriptions of the craft corresponded with that of German underseas boats used dur ing the last war. Many of subs now are in possession of Friday although admittedly the soil is dry and needs rain or snow. Denver has reported some minor blowing in eastern Colorado. The Weather Kansas Partly cloudy and warmer Saturday, highs 50-55; Sunday partly cloudy and mild. Dear folks: Many old timers can remember way back when we used to have blizzards at this time of year.

(Signed) weatherman. Joe the Hutchinson Weather (By CAA at airport) Friday's high 49 at 2 p. m. Low 11 at 7 a.m. At 11:30 p.m.

29. Barometer 28.70 and falling. The United States has a submarine numbered 486. But the navy said it was in San Diego last Friday and enroute to San Francisco Sunday. It arrived at Mare island Monday.

The area where the submarine was sighted is directly offshore from the landing aids experimental station. But whatever nationality it was it had a perfect right to be five miles off shore. But its unannounced presence so close, the navy indicated, was not in accord with normal naval courtesy Ordinarily foreign nations notify the navy when a war vessel Is sent close to shore. U. 8.

weather oDaervationi for 24 noun endlne at 6:30 a. m. Station Max. Mln. Preclp.

Amarlllo 56 22 Boston 33 28 Chicago 37 13 Cheyenne 46 Denver 44 13 Detroit 33 18 Dodge City 40 ID Fort Worth 44 31 Goodland, Has 52 3 Havre, Mont 26 4 Kansas City 49 22 Little Rock 45 28 Los Angeles 72 40 Miami SI 60 Minneapolis .,..28 0 New Orleans 07 fi3 New York 35 28 North Platte, Neb. ..41 -1 Oklahoma City 61 27 St. Louis 45 20 Springfield, Mo 42 IB Topeka .50 17 Washington 30 32 Wichita 47 19 Wllltston, N. It i .15 French Premier Tries To Patch Cabinet Paris (AP) The French cabinet broke apart Friday as Socialists withdrew from the government coalition, but Premier Georges Bi dault promised desperate efforts to patch it up. He asked the assembly to come back next Tuesday for a new vote of confidence to his shaky three- month-old government.

The surface cause of the abrupt resignation of five Socialist ministers from his coalition cabinet was an assembly debate over distributing a lump sum 3,000 francs ($8.50) cost-of-living bonus for low paid workers. But there were indications that one strong element in the newest political crisis was quarrel over Foreign Minister Robert Schuman's handling of foreign policy, particularly in relations with Germany. Senators who heard Hoover's recital said they were convinced tha 1 through Fuchs and other agents, the Russians were able to speed up their time-table for making an A-bomb by "many months." They said they also feared that Moscow may have learned enough about H-bombs from Fuchs to advance their development of the dread "hell bomb." Hoover was quoted as saying there was evidence that Fuchs had become a paid Russian spy as early as 1939. As the top scientist of the Brit ish atomic delegation to this country during World War 2, Fuchs wao not subject to FBI investigation. He was cleared by British authorities and accepted by this country on that basis, Hoover was quoted as saying.

While Britain dropped official secrecy over the case, congress summoned Lt. Gen. Leslie R. Groves, wartime head of the U. S.

atom bomb project, to testify about it Saturday. There was amazement and agita- ion in both the American and British capitals. In Washington the FBI said Fuchs, chief theoreti cal physicist at Britain's Harwell atomic plant, was arrested on information turned up by U. S. agents digging into atomic spying by Soviet Russia.

The U. S. atomic energy com mittee in Washington, already jittery over the problem of the super-bomb, called a hasty meeting. Senator McMahon (D- Conn.) announced that congress would call Groves, and then tiki reporters "it appears to the committee that the matter is serious." Sizzling plate steaks. Anderson's.

Adv. As for Miss Bergman's announced intention of retiring from the screen, a friend commented: "Cooking macaroni just isn't her niche in life." She predicted the actress would come back to pictures, but possibly in Great Britain. The studio Itself still stood on a spokesman's statement. "Miss Bergman's private life is of no concern to the studio." The town itself didn't share that view, however. It made her its chief concern.

It actually came somewhat as a surprise, since a lot of folks had discounted the reports of her pregnancy. Other developments of the Bergman case from Rome: A Vatican source said Rosselini, the Italian film director, has applied to the Sacred Rota, the Catholic church's high tribunal, fora church annulment of his marriage to Marcella de Marchls Rossellini, already severed by civil courts. Such an annulment could open the way for a Catholic wedding. The Hollywood Joan of Arc and Rossellini beamed happily at the Villa Margherita clinic over the baby, legally regarded as the son of Dr. Peter Lindstrom under both Italian and California law.

weighed in at seven pounds, 14 ounces, plump and with little hair. Gino Sotis, Rossellini's lawyer, said he had not yet checked Italian law for loopholes, but "it looks as though the baby's name will Lindstrom" because he was born before Ihgrid's divorce. Sotis said the nationality of the boy also would be that of the legal father, Dut, because he was born in Italy, he could apply for Italian citizen ship when 21. Dr. Lindstrom visited Ingrid and Rossellini just nine months ago this week to talk over divorce )lans.

much misinformation about the trucking industry. Motor truck owners paid $718, 563,000 in special highway use taxes in taxes, registration fees and ton-mile tax said, adding: "Thus the truck owners not only pay general taxes the same as the railroads who have been one of our most severe critics, but also pay special levies which alone exceed the total tax bill of all the railroads." Storm Damages US Vessel London (AP) A roaring gale swept the U. S. Liner Washington against a Southampton dock Friday and tore three holes In her port side. The storm, raging along Europe's Atlantic coast from Britain to Poriagal and through the English channel, also gave the Cunard liner Queen Mary a rough time.

Already delayed more than 24 hours by highbreaking seas, the Mary, with 1,848 passengers aboard, was unable to enter Cherbourg, France, harbor for several hours. The gale snarled shipping elsewhere in coastal waters, tossed huge waves over sea walls and flooded roads in many parts of Britain. Acres of countryside were submerged. A gust of wind, estimated at 80 miles an 'hour, suddenly changed from southeast to southwest, caught the Washington on the beam and drove her into the quay. Workmen fitted wooden patches over the holes to prepare the ship for dry-docking.

A U. S. lines official said a decision will be made later whether to repair the liner permanently or temporarily in England, satisfactorily Friday except for the absence of the painters. The impression in labor circles that the building trades coun ell, after first deciding to back the three picketing unions, had changed its mind and ordered a reverse course. Reject Belated Russ Demand Washington (AP) Russia's belated demand for trial of Emperor Hirohito as a war criminal was virtually rejected Friday by the United States in a sharply- worded statement.

An official stale department note turning down the formal Russian request is expected to go to Moscow within a few days. In a preview of its attitude, the state department attacked the surprise Russian move on rie counts: 1. The accusation is a smoke screen intended to cover up failure to repatriate or otherwise explain the fate of over 370, 000 Japanese prisoners detained in Soviet-held territory." 2. The Japanese emperor already las been specifically exempted from war crime trials, with Russian consent, in a decision taken by the Far Eastern commission Apr. 3, 1946.

3. Russia as a member of this 11-nation policy making tribunal knows it should bring up such a problem there if it wants the exemption given' the emperor changed. "That the Soviet government did not elect to do so but made these belated charges in a sensationalized manner raises obvious questions about the real motive behind the Soviet note," press officer Michael McDermott of the state department told a newacon- ference. Latest development Friday was a dispute between the council and the three unions. The council Thursday night recommended that the pickets withdrawn at least for a 30-day period.

During that period, the council said, it would endeavor to negotiate an agreement with the contractors. Up until that time there had been a widespread belief in labor circles that the council was actively supporting and aiding the picketing unions. But Friday, officials of the council suddenly denied they had ever lad anything to do with the picketing. However, they said, they were willing now to step into the dispute providing the unions withdrew the pickets. The three unions promptly refused to do so.

Officials of the ironworkers and laborers told The News-Herald the council had no control over their activities. The contractors have made no effort to negotiate with us," they said in a statement, "and we certainly do not intend to withdraw our pickets until some satisfactory arrangement can be made with them." And, they intimated, the building trades council, was pulling a East one on them by letting word jet around that it was okay for members of other unions to violate the picket Jjnes. Friday, the pickets continued to patrol most of the 18 projects of the contractors, but some union workmen crossed the picket lines. These included the carpenters, who were advised to do so by one of their officials, and the bricklayers However, an official of the painters' union said Friday night that members of his local did not cross the picket lines and probably wouldn't do so Monday, ei-'percent, cut other sales taxes and ther, if the pickets still are walk-'increase top corporation income Supreme Court Puts End To Collection Topeka (AP) Southwestern Bell Telephone company's collec- ion of higher rates in Kansas was mlted Friday by the state supreme court. The high court halted collection of the increase by allowing a state corporation commission application stay execution of a district court order authorizing the utility install temporary rates of its own choosing.

The higher rates were to have jeen collected under bond pending a final ruling in the protracted rate case. The supreme court ruling holds up collection of an approximate f3.400 million annual rate hike sending a further order by the ilgh court. At the same time, the supreme court set two appeals In the rats controversy for hearing Apr. 8, 1950. One is from the order of dia- judge Dean McElhenny Jan.

"16 granting tha telephone company's application for an Injunction prohibiting the corporation commission from interferring; with installation of the higher Kansas rates. The other In from a decision of' judge Paul Heinz late in 1949 overruling a corporation commission order dimissing Southwestern Bell's permanent rate increase application. Some subscribers already have been charged the higher rates under the utility's system of distributing billings throughout the month. The rate hike installed after the injunction was allowed went Into effect Jan. 22.

It ranges from 25 cents a month on four party residential lines to $2 monthly on business phones. The telephone company did not disclose what action it will take as the result of the latest court ruling in the case. In obtaining the injunction Southwestern Bell contended prevailing rates were resulting in confiscation of Its Kansas property. charged it; has suffered unreasonable delay at the hands of the corporation commission In efforts to secure relief. Bell's permanent rate Increase application was filed in the fall of 1947.

It was dismissed two years ago by the commission. In dismissing the permanent application, the commission held that Southwestern Bell failed to comply with Kansas law requiring a showing of costs on items it ob- ained from an affiliate, the West- srn Electric company. The commission maintains it has accorded every phone company application prompt treatment and denies Southwestern Bell is suffering confiscation. Both appeals were filed by the commission. Businessmen Not Happy Washington (AP) The Truman administration Friday asked congress to tax television sets 10 ing.

Two of the three contractors involved said Friday night that work on their projects went along Tony's Baloney 30 Years Old Today Nickerson Thirty years of bologna will be observed in Nickerson Saturday. 's market, the home of Nickerson's most famous food product, will observe three decades of bologna manufacturing with open house from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Mr. and Mrs.

Frank Wocknitz will preside. Coffee and sandwiches will be served. Tony's bologna, a father and son venture in the beginning, was founded here Feb. 4, 1920. It has become famous from coast to coast.

The late Anton Wocknitz, who came to Nickerson in 1881 from Rippn, Wis. as a 14-year-old boy to work for his uncle, Joseph Ches ky, in the Chesky and Rechif meat market, developed the recipe for the bologna with his son, fresh out of the army after the first World War, as partner. For 15 years they slaughtered most of the fresh meat they sold. But Tony's bologna was the choice dish. Its reputation grew until there was scarcely a state to which some of it han't been shipped.

Federal law prohibits the dealer from out of state. But persona who once sampled the pro- duct while visiting here or traveling through Kansas ordered i I through local residents and friends. The elder Wocknitz died in 1931. The son has carried on. The formula for the bologna is known to no one outside the family.

The Wocknitzes have refused fancy'of- fers for it. The National Meat magazine has featured the shop and the owner in a story. Wocknitz this week told a story of a visitor who came to the market recently. The visitor asked for a sample, tasted it and observed: "Why that's from the same ring of bologna that I tasted when I was last here in 1936." Biggest single order ever filled, Wocknitz said, consisted rings of the bologna. It was purchased by an oil company at Great Bend for an employes party.

Oil workers are the most ardent customers. Wocknitz believes more of the product has been eaten in Tulsa than in Nickerson. How many rings of bologna have been made here in 30 years? The answer to that one will be 'given Saturday night. Mr." and 'Mrs. Wocknitz will give a ham to the visitor who comes closest to guessing the number.

levies in a greeat oveerhaul of revenue laws figure.de to raise treasury income $1 billion a year. Secretary of the Treasury Snyder took the administration's extensive program to Capitol Hill where he immeediately bumped into strong demeands that heavier slashes be made In thee sales and other federal excise taxes. From business circles also came cries that the reductions propose 1 were not enough for business health. Snyder said the revenue loss at this time must be limited and should be aimed at the "most harmful" excises. He pointed to the president's insistence that these tax cuts be made up elsewhere.

And he asked for an increase from 38 to 42 percent in the upper level levy on corporation income, along with a sharp rise in revenue from estate inheritances and large gifts. Prescription Service. Drug. Oklahoma City (AP) Members of the trades and labor council icrc, composed of delegates from 80 AFL unions, Friday approved a resolution opposing any further rate increases for Southwestern Bell Telephone company. "Despite progress of mechanization which is materially decreaa- ng the costs of operation, the Bell Telephone monopoly is still driving for higher telephone rates," the resolution said.

It charged that the corporation 'ias gained $350 million annually in rate increases in the post war period. The council said it opposes further rate increases for Bell Telephone companies "unless it can conclusively be shown such rate Increases are required and used to establish adequate and fair standards of wages and conditions. Inside Stuff Both. Hutchinson basketball teams lose. Pago 3.

Boston liked Mudamo Butterfly, coming here next Wednesday, I'ago 3. Editors says Sec. of DefeiuM Louis Johnson made stupid statement about JOB Stalin. Page 4. New picture of Sylvia Sage.

Page 5. Sheep and wheat bring balance to Nlckerson community farm. page 6. Orphan A 1 leaven old friends just like that. Page 9 Bible Story of Ellsha.Pag* 19 Intercepted Letter CHAHLES BRANNAN Socy.

Agrl. Washington, D. C. Dear Charley: Don't use red dyoa on thosn surplus potatoes; remembfw there ar red McClures, Yours, Hutch.