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Z. 1 7 LATE NEWS LIBERTY UNDER THE LAW TRUE INDUSTRIAL FREEDOM I 1 0 QAM FINAL VOL LXXI IN FOUR PARTS WEDNESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 6, 1952 64 PAGES DAILY, 10c 1 oft Reds in Bid for Far East Peace TOKYO, Feb. 6 (Wednesday) U.R) Communist truce MONARCH PASSES IN SLEEP AT AGE OF 56 SANDRINGHAM, Feb. 6 (Wednesday) (IP) King George VI died peacefully in his sleep today. His 25-year-old daughter Elizabeth immediately became Britain's -Queen.

An official announcement said death came at his country residence here in the farm, country of Norfolk. The King underwent a serious lung operation last Sept. 23. Recently he had appeared haggard but yesterday he seemed in good health. negotiators today called for a high-level political conference within three months after the Korean armistice to write a permanent settlement of the Korean situation and "restore peace in the Far East." I North Korean LtrGen.

Nam II presented a vaguely worded three-point program in Panmun- 3 Dead, 8 Hurt in B-29 Crash Near Riverside He appeared to be in his usual health when he Three men were Rilled and eight were injured yesterday when a B-29 Superfortress crashed and burned a mile and a half short of the March Air Force Base runway on a final approach to the Riverside field. The pilot of the bomber apparently lost power as the big four-engined ship swept in for a landing, and attempted to crash-land wheels up in an alfalfa field. The B-29 gouged into the earth, ripped a furrow through jom today at the first full dress truce negotiating session to be held since Dec. 4. It called for the political session to' solve these problems: 1 Withdrawal.

of all foreign forces from Korea. 2 Peaceful settlement of the Korean question, andr 3 Other questions related to peace in Korea. "Other Questions' Unexplained The "other questions" mentioned by Nam were not explained. But it was anticipated the Communists would offer political settlement of the Korean war at the price of U.N. membership and general diplomatic recognition of Red China, withdrawal of American support from the Chinese Nationalists on Formosa, and withdrawal of American forces from Japan.

The vaguely worded proposal apparently was designed to force the United States and its western allies to give de facto diplomatic recognition to 'Communist China, calling for direct, official negotiation with the governments of Red China and North Korea. The United States recognizes neither. The South Korean government was not the field for several hundred retired last night. The 56-year-old ruler of the British Commonwealth and Empire became King on Dec. 11, 1936.

Led Nation in Perilous Years He led Britain through the perilous years of World War II and the economic and political crisis that followed. King George had been plagued by poor health since, he ascended the throne on the abdication of his brother, King Edward VIII, the present Duke of Windsor. The King's elder daughter, Princess Elizabeth-first in line of succession now becomes Queen and ruler of millions of British subjects around the world. The King had been in ill health frequently over the last four years. Underwent Lung Operation He was operated on last summer for removal of all or part of one lung under circumstances which indicated he might have cancer.

The reason for the operation was never officially announced, however. Fears for his health had been expressed with increasing frequency lately. Recent pictures of the King have shown a haggard and tired man, with deep circles under his eyes. 1 But the monarch apparenUy had felt himself on the road i feet, tore off a wing jnd cut through a power pole to explode in flames on Perris 100 LATEST PICTURE ing George VI, who died early today in his sleep at Sandringham, royal family's country home. Picture shows lines of strain in his face.

feet from the farm home of Mr and Mrs. Kenneth Lien. Thrown Clear Eight men of the 11-man crew were thrown clear by the blast, still strapped in their seats, wit nesses said. The dead were DARBY CONVICTED ON SINGLE COUNT School Board Member Cleared of Two Other Contract Cases; To Seek Retrial trapped in the blazing wreckage, The Air Force identified the dead as Capt. C.

W. Gatchel, 1st Lt. Billy Lee and Tech. Sgt W. S.

Bradley. All three were married and their wives live in Riverside. At March AFB Hospital, Turn to Page 2, Column 8 School Board Member Olin E. Darby yesterday was convicted on one count of a felony indictment charging interest in a school district contract on which he voted. He will return Feb.

28 for probation report and sentence in FEATURES INDEX Superior Judge Charles W. Fricke's court. to full recovery. Darby's attorney, Bates Booth, said he will file a motion for a Saw Elizabeth Off to Africa Just before his daughter and heir, Princess Elizabeth, and the Duke of Edinburgh left on a trip to Africa and Australia new trial and that if this is de nied, he will appeal irom the conviction. and New Zealand last week the King joined them in a visit to the theater.

Darby c6uld be sentenced to a He accompanied them to the airport to see them off last mentioned. Nam II asked for a "political conference" three months after signing of a Korean truce with five representatives of each side to participate. And he referred specifically to the Red China "republic" the first Communist reference to the Chinese other than "volunteers." Urges Full Settlement Nam said only a full settlement, of the Korean conflict can bring relief from "the state of extreme tension into which the world has been plunged." "All arguments which attempt to isolate the peaceful settlement question are untenable, as well as invalid," Nam II said today. The 'stocky North Korean general then launched into a backhanded attack on President "On June 27, 1950, in stiff format tones, President Truman of the United States of America publicly connected the war in Korea with other questions of the East and began using the Korean war as a pretext to a 6eries of warlike measures in the East," Nam II said. It was at this point that Nam II said only settlement of the Korean question can solve the other Far Eastern problems.

week. maximum of five years in the State penitentiary andor a $1000 fine, and would be forever disqualified from holding public office. The new. Queen and her husband now are in Kenya, an NEW QUEEN Elizobeth, King George's eldest daughter and heir, immediately became Britain's Queen. She was in Kenya, Africa, on world trip when King died.

East African cdlony. At the time of departure Elizabeth looked with deep seri Amazing History Back of Fallbrook Grab Told The amazing history back of the Federal seizure of the Fallbrook water rights is revealed in a series of articles by Ed Ainsworth, the first installment appearing today on Page 1, Part 2. On Other Pages AMUSEMENTS. Page 9, Part 3. ASTROLOGY.

Page 16, Part 1. BRADY. Page 2, Part 3. CLASSIFIED. Pages 10-21, Part 2.

COLBY. Page 5. Part 2. COMICS. Page 6, Part 3.

CROSSWORD. Page 21, Part 2. FINANCIAL. Pages 6-9, Part 2. HOPPER.

Page 8, Part 3. M'LEMORE. Page 23. Part 1. POLYZOIDES.

Page 19, Part 1. RADIO-TV. Page 24, Part 1. SHIPPING. Page 9, Part 2.

SOUTHLAND. Page 10, Part 3. SPORTS. Following Page 26, Part 1. VITAL RECORD.

Page 7, Part 3. WEATHER. Page 7, Part 3. WOMEN. Part 3.

Verdicts ot Innocence Two other counts, involving tainedMuring the two-week trial that this was a violation of the Government Code, which prohibits public officials from having an interest in contracts for which they vote. The outcome of the trial promised to establish a precedent in conduct of public officials concerning contracts on which they vote. The two counts on which Darby was found innocent were his affirmative votes on two contracts last August to the Stables-Mason Printing Co. at 1512 San-tee a building owned by Darby. Three of Darby's colleagues, present and past, were accused by the 1951 county grand jury of having prohibitive interests in contracts for which they voted while.on the Board of Education.

One of them, Mrs. Gertrude H. Turn to Page 2, Column 8 ousness at her father's lined face. I The King, who Vas 56 last Dec. 14, was out yesterday the award of contracts to a printing concern for which he was landlord, brought verdicts of CHARGES AGAINST 15 TOP REDS OUTLINED The jury of six men and six women, of which Elward A.

Scott was foreman, deliberated for two hours and 25 minutes over the voluminous transcript of the trial and the scores of exhibits introduced by the Darby, red-faced and tight- both in the morning and in the afternoon at Sandringham. Queen Elizabeth at Sandringham Queen Elizabeth and Princess Margaret are at Sandringham. They went cruising on the inland streams of the Norfolk Broads yesterday. Princess Elizabeth, now at her shooting Jodge at Nyeri, Kenya a wedding gift from the people of the Kenya was scheduled to leave tomorrow for Mombasa and catch a ship for Ceylon. Their son and the new heir to Britain's throne, tiny Prince Charles, also is at Sandringham.

He is just over 3 years old, born on Nov. 14, 1948. It is the first time in history that a sovereign has acceded to Britain's throne while abroad in the commonwealth. King George came to the throne on Dec. 11, 1936, upon the abdication of his brother, King Edward VTII.

The quiet family man who put royal duty above personal Turn to Page 2, Column 1 lipped, replied to queries on his reaction with, "Nothing to say." THE WEATHER munication systems and in the iron, shipbuilding, aircraft, automobile, waterfront, shipping, agriculture and oil industries. "The Communist Party would then be in a position to paralyze our entire economic system by means of a nationwide strike in these industries," he explained. "They are. taught to prepare in secret to be ready to spring into action in the event of any national crisis, such as a depression or a war with the Soviet Union." The prosecutor said militant members of the Communist Party were taught to be ready for a given signal to launch a Turn to Page .4, Column 2 "I'm shocked," said Booth. The offense of which Darby Fifteen California Communists were described in Federal Court yesterday as "leaders in a gigantic conspiracy which has as its object the violent overthrow of our government." Ray H.

Kinnison, chief 'of he U.S.. Attorney's Criminal Division, said bluntly: "We will show that these defendants are professional revolutionaries." In Key Positions In his opening statement to the jury of eight women and four men in U.S Judge William C. Matties' court, Kinnison said the 15 Reds are leaders in a conspiracy to recruit and train Communists in key positions in conv I was found guilty was his vote TWO DOWNTOWN DOLLAR DAYS SET FOR FRIDAY AND SATURDAY There will be twice the usual number of Downtown Dollar Days this year. Two days, Friday and Saturday of this week, have been set aside by leading merchants as the days on which their best values are offered for sale. See The Times tomorrow and Friday for a Dollar Days preview pages of advertisements listing and describing the outstanding bargains, to be found in downtown tores on Friday and Saturday Downtown Dollar Days.

on Aug. 23, 1949, of a contract to the Jack Jill Ice Cream Co. while he was landlord of U.S. Weather Bureau forecast: Variable high cloudiness but mostly sunny today and tomorrow. Early morning fog near the coast tomorrow.

Continued warm today with high near 81. Cooler tomorrow afternoon. Highest temperature yester- day, 81; lowest 51. one of its retail outlets at 2201 3rd St. Government Code Dep.

Dist. Attys. Mark Brand- Ier nd Tom Finnerty main-.