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Is I Oakland Tribune, Sunday, May 15, 1949 cccc A-3 Stafe Senate PROBE ORDERED THAT KILLS TWO Ifii AIR CRASH MEN HERE1 i i By the World Staff of The Associated Press RUSSIAN roIHACI WHEAT7fwheat for 30 or 40 years. If it i WASHINGTON. May 14. Agricultural economists advise that you keep an eye on crop weather con- ILLINOIS POLITICS CHICAGO. () Former Con- and Woodward is assuring Mr.

Truman he need not -worry, i friend Iri South America, has louglit Sam, in two wars. KJrRT.TM3nrn tionrw faonlt ditions this spring and summer if i ftrJtr i you want an advance idea on howjj nomination next AprU for the Sen- ScottLucas: i TTl of a new variety of wheat k- ifall and winter. Unusually 'favorable weather, I they say, will mean tig crops surpluses of som and lower farm prices and smaller farm income, Farm buying of industrial prod ucts could be expected to drop off accordingly, these experts say, and naturally any lessening of rural demand for city products would be felt in reduced industrial production, employment and city spending. These economists say that some of the current indications of weak ening business conditions rellect a substantial reduction in farm prices 1 ft iNc:) will be that people soon will be able to swim and fish in the three big lakes in the British-American iZc! Anwn because the blockade reduced fuel and power supplies. This polluted the lakes.

INDIAN TECHNICIANS NEW DELHI. India. t3 The government is building up an army of technicians to, avoid a bottleneck rT Needs are estimated at nearly 30,000 technicians a year. India produced only about one-third that number the past two or three years, ine government is now running 450 training centers. from last year's peak.

While farmjter wait and Ke how do as Goy income nas not aetunea so emor as prices, many farmers are spend- i Sta'te Republican leaders meaning cautiously because they ar. k--ninir nn v. nn tK. i I Spy Trial Establishes Suspect's Hiirf ALTURAS, May.llFV-SenatorJ naroia w. icuicn; rowers ji.

critic ally Injured as the result of an automobile wreck -last night on a stormy mountain road. Barring his life should not be in danger, Alturas hospital attendants said, Fourteen hours after the crackup jiis doctor saldLthe president pro tempore of the legislature's upper house was showing Improvement. He he doubted if Powers could (return to Sacramento for the rest of the session, however, The; 49-year-old cattle rancher Is suffering from a punctured lung, several broken ribs, cuts and shock. The-" crash occurred as he was driving alone to his ranch home, near Eagleville, and he ran into a slide which had washed across the Owl Creek Road. Powers was en-rbute from Sacramento where he had presided over the Senate yesterday in the absence of Lt Gov.

Goodwin J. Knight He was found by his! wrecked automobile by( Jerry Grove and Ed Berryessa, who had seen the debris on the road and gone to arrange for marking it with lights. Uoon returning they found the Senator on the roadway near his demolished machine. He was taken to the hospital in an ambulance. 1 If Powers doesn't return to the Senate this' session he will be sue ceeaed president pro tern by jen.

JByri k. Salsman, Palo Alto, vice chairman- of the Rules Com mittee. 1 Powers has represented Modoc, Lassen and Plumas counties since 1982 and is the son of the late Sena-tor F. J. Powers.

New Conservation Locn Agency Urged wAonuNiiTUN, May H. () otepnen ttausnenbush, United Nations economic consultant. today that Congress set up a new lending agency, the National Re source Corporation. I The agency; would be authorized to make low-interest loans totaling $13,000,000,000 'over a 10-year period to enable farmers, foresters and other owners of natural resources practice approved methods of conservation. ,1 There would be 3te tier ent in terest on loans up to 20 years or ffarm conservation," and 2 -per cent interest, on loans up to 60 years lor forest and woodlot con servation.

'x Leader i. Alameda Youth And Soldier. Dm Civil and military authorities yesterday began a joint investigation of the crash of a private plane in which John V. Edwards, 20, of 1103 Oak Street, Alameda, and Pfc Milton A. Moltz, 20, of Hamilton Field, were killed in the Oakland hills Their plane, apparently caught in dense fog which covered the tons of the hills, was torn to bits as it hit tall eucalyptus, trees and smashed against a steep hillside, a scant 20 yards from a house at 6989 Pine-haven Road.

Scores of residents were alarmed as the plane roaredVlow over their homes just prior to the crash. 7 Edwards, the pilot and Moltz took off from Hayward Municipal Airport for Oroville, where they were to visit friends and relatives. LOST IN FOG They apparently became lost in the fog a few minutes after take-off as they tried to cross over the hills. Residents said they heard the engine gunned just before the crasn as though the pilot were attempting to climb fast. oth victims were pinned jn the wreckage.

Police and hill residents worked with crowbars and hack saws more than half an, hour to! extricate the bodies. Occupants of the bouse who heard i the low-flying plane and the crash were Mr. and Mrsr John L. Valentine and Mr. and Mrs.

A. L. Bau-man Jr. HE'S TOO LOW Valentine, an ex-Navy pilot remarked when they heard the plane: IHe's too low." Seconds later they heard the crash. i Edwards, a private pilot was the son of Mr.

and Mrs. V. H. Edwards of Portola. He was on full time duty with the 61st Fighter Wing of the California Air National Guard at Oakland Municipal Airport, with the rank of corporal.

He was a recent graduate of Aero Industries Technical Institute. i Moltz, son 'of Mrs. Naomi Moltz, of Yuba City, was attached to the 83rd Fighter Squadron of the 78th Fighter Group at Hamilton Field. Ex-Senator Sick I WASHINGTON, May 14 Former Sen. Wallace H.

Yhite il, Me.) was reported to be In a "critical condition" today after a heart attack at his home last night further price drops. GRASS ROOTS WASHINGTON (iT) The first of that series of regional conferences the Republicans have been talking about will come off June 10-11 at Los Angeles. GOP state chairmen and vice chairmen and national committeemen from 11 coast and mountain states will attend. Rec lamation and conservation policies may figure largely in the talks. Democrats plan a conference ol Midwest chairmen and national committeemen at Des Moines June 1 to 1 i 1 uu io.

vxvvciuuis irisia- tors will take part. Secretary of Agntuuuie xskiiiijciii win cApidiu the administration's new farm pro gram. GAS SAVER I IT. WARSAW, Poland. VP) Poles tocol officer, he was afraid Wash-claim a fluid called "BAB" will ington's reception for Dutra might save on gasoline.

They make their not compare with the one he got own mixture of 60 per cent petrol in Rio. and equal parts of alcohol and i A special citizens committee has benzol. igone to work planning a big affair, Because, of his internationalist! win uve sirong primary opposition but so far is only aspirant close to formal announcement He has recovered trom the eye ailment that forced him td retire Congress SPRING FIELD, IlLt'P) Democratic Gov. Adlai E. Stevenson is "very disheartened" because in four months of the six-month legislature session he has achieved none of his major goals.

When Stevenson was elected he was heralded as a possible 1952 can- IdMate toJ man credited with forcing Steven son to accept GOP substitutes for two of his major legislative goals. He is Wallace Thompson, a rising newcomer who is leader of the Republican State Senate maioritr. The GOP leaders see him as at least a possible entry for Governor in 1952, perhaps even for the Sen- 'ate next year, 1 STRIKE UP THE BAND WASHINGTON JPi Prirfent Truma- 5, Pnnrrn tw- ptj-n WaohinirffWi will crivo Co. irfpnt rlirim 1 wnen Dutra arrives here Mav 18 for a 10.day tour of the ug fjrr Truman was given a thun derous reception by almost a million persons when he went to Rio de Janeiro two years ago. He has told Stanley Woodward, chief nro- 1 ft.

I a 4'r i John V. Edwards (top), 20. and Milton A. Moltz. 20, it were killed in plane crash in Oakland hills yesterday.

Selznick in Paris PA.RIS, May i 14. (U.R) David Selznick, Hollywood movie producer! arrived by plane today. He said ie was on his way to the Riviera for a "badly needed" rest. WASHINGTON (Russia has given itself the opportunity, to prove one of its fantastic scientific claims. It has announced the develop- called "branched The an- said it will produce 75 to 112 bushels an acre.

Average production in Russia has been IS bushels an acre. Last year Russia nrndnrert 1 225 000 Onn huch. els. Thus if production were to be increased to Just 75 per acre, Rus-1, sia would produce more than 6,000,000.000 bushels the total of world production in 1948. Some grain experts may be watching next fall's production announcement on- branched wheat with alarm, for if the prediction stands up.

Russia could upset world wheat markets. But U.S. Agricul- jture Department scientists aren't concerned. i They say: "We've had branched week. In addition to questions about his height, Palmer asked government witnesses about the shape of his nose, his clothes and the color of his eyes.

And Palmer wanted to know (1) whether Mrs. Gubitchev, in a fit of jealousy, put the FBI on the trail of her husband and Miss Cop-Ion and (2) whether Gubitchev might' have served this country as a counter-espionage agent for the purpose of trapping Miss Coplon. The FBI agents said they'd never heard of such a thing. As in previous sessions, government prosecutors and Palmer clashed frequently, often furiously, yesterday. One flare-up came when Palmer asked FBI agent John F.

Malley whether he was "anxious to con- 4 0 KARASTAN i jm what we think It it isn't much good." MORE MEAT? 1 SYDNEY, Australia Gov-ertunent scientists say pounds of mutton a year could proaucea oj aoomg small quan- tities of cobalt, copper and zinc sul- phates to the soil of Ninety Miles Desert Experiments showed these salts wouia miKe ricn grass grow at a icosi of about 80 cents an acre. rTrKr9 WUIUl HARROGATE, England VP Away with Britain's Sundays! That's the way to bring more dollar-spending tourists, the Public Transport Association was told at its convention. James Amos, a Scottish delegate, said it was time took steps to play down the impression that tour- X3i nam sjnuuj'iuous wan austere and comfortless conditions." Height, at Least vict this girl." i -No," Malley replied. "If she's guilty I hope she is convicted; if she's innocent, I hope she's acquitted." "Do you firmly believe that this girl is guilty?" Palmer thundered. "Just a minute," roared Kelley.

"He's usurping the function of the jury in the box." "Just a minute, shouted back Palmer, "I thought I heard something about a fox." "I said Kelley said. "Jury box." Federal Judge. Albert L. Reeves told the witness he need not answer Palmer's question. When Judge Reeves adjourned court for the week-end, ha told the jurors to pay no attention to the courtroom uproars.

1 jt ......198.50 WMtffl WASHINGTON, May U. (JP) The third week of Judith Coplon's espionage trial wound up with Valentine A. Gubitchv's height pin pointed to the inch. He's five feet three inches tall, wearing shoes. Miss Coplon's attorney, Archibald Palmer, kept trying to get that information from FBI, agents who trailed the former Justice Department worker and the Russian engineer.

The agents estimated all the way from five feet two inches to five feet four inches. The government prosecutors, John M. Kelley Jr. and Raymond P. Whearty got Palmer his answer yesterday.

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