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WEATHER Map, Pag 36 Fair today, tonight and Satur turn. -f HOME day;" cooler today and tonight with local "frost tonigirtj northwest wind! 25 to 35 m.pi. diminishing late tonight; high to Mam EDITIO day 55 to 58; low tonight 44 down town and 36 to 40 elsewhere. ASSOCIATE) MESS. WISE IC At IAILT IEWS lEItl SEI1 ICE VOL CLIV 7f DAILY OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA, FRIDAY, MARCH 16, 1951 15 SUNDAY NO.

75 US. Chamber Demands End of RFC MAO'S DUTIES.TAKEN OVER BY DEPUTY, TAIPEI REPORTS TAIPEI, Formosa, March 16. (P) A Chinese Nationalist newspaper said today that Mao Tze-tung's duties as head of communist China have been taken over by Liu Shao-chi. He is one of five vice-presidents in the Peiping regime and Mao's first deputy. The English-language China quoting its Hong Kong correspondent, said a complete reshuffle of the Peiping cabinet was expected.

Two days ago the Nationalist defense ministry said Mao was seriously ill. There was no confirmation of either report. Yanks Smash Enemy Attack, Drive Ahead Allies Close in on Last Big Red Base South of Parallel 33 Bolster Europe to End Russ Threat: Connally I i Icr Frank Costello Geft) i 1 Senate Chieftain Opens Debate On Future Troops Abroad Policy By JACK BELL A tj ":7 (F) Senator Connally WASHINGTON, March 16. Tex.) told the Senate-today that if the helps build "ZZT Western Europe land armies Gcnab. turns to leave the hearing ney, George Wolf.

Is at right Costallo told the committee he hast didn't feel "well enough" to go on with his testimony. AP Wirephoto. room after daring the Senate to jail him for refusing to testify before the Senate Crime Investigation Committee. His attor Russian atomic conquest. The chairman of the Senate Warren Warns Of New Danger By DON THOMAS Tribune Political Editor SACRAMENTO, March 16.

Governor Warren has been in-1 formed by both military experts and atomic scientists that Cali- fornis is more vulnerable to a water-borne atomic attack than to direct air bombing. He revealed the possibility of i Inquiry Disclosures Call for Abolishing Agency, Says Group By O. MILTON KELLY WASHINGTON, March 18. Directors of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce today called for abolition of the RFC.

The 45-member board of the business organization adopted a resolution saying: "Facts disclosed by the Ful-bright subcommittee have created "'8 vvuui i we are a national mobilization effort, we can not afford to have the integrity or general moral level of the government or any of its agencies subject to question." 'INFLUENCE' IN LOANS Senator Fulbright Ark.) heads a Senate Banking Subcom-1 mittee which has been investigat- ing RFC lending. The group has! charged that some directors of the RFC have yielded to influence in i making loans. i As a result of the committee's disclosures, considerable senti- ment has built up in Congress for ihere is a dispute in the Senate also as to whether the Fulbriht committee should continue its nrr nvKnaiinn vihriK ho. I -ntinnatmn rhnirman Mv. bank S.C.) of the full bank- w.

aaiu hM an nn The V.s. Chamber of Com- merce is a business-civic organization on a National scale hich represents all phases and sizes of business. Jn urging an end to the RFC, created in 1932 to provide emer- gency iinancing in irie aepression, 1. Abolition of RFC "would save aDDroximateh- $18,000,000 in administrative exrtnse and would reauce J- etferal personnel now employees 9 A "tonAnAtf 4nttfa v4 1 1 'Won't Talk Until Well Defiant Costello- Rasps Racket Boss Flouts Probers After Beating Jail Ultimatum Deadline MOT VOPTf Mh 1fi (B TTnHerurnrM Frank 86,25,000 Cut From Budgets of Treasury and PO WASHINGTON, March 16. OP The House Appropriations LOftlTTiltTPP trwlav rrnmrriaT.HrOr1 ct it can void the threat oft Foreign Relations Committee took the floor to open debate on two resolutions whc would approve the sendinp r4 four more U.S.

divisions to Europe and call for congressional approval of future troop assignments. Replying to criticisms by for mer President Herbert Hoover ana senators iaii (tv, unioi ana Wherry Neb Connilly said in his prepared speech that Amer ica must not become fortress immobiliied by fear" ACTION NOW, URGED Connally said the free world can make time run on its side. if. it acts at once to build up lU de- fenses. By that I mean that if.

during the period while American atomic superiority protects Western Eu rope from attack we build our -SI JLJZJ U1C ry-t, rk.t tint. alAmir ucvouc uj weapons will not oe enougn io, crumble tne aeienses mat. ana out Allies hare erected, wi will have the strength and confidence and assurance that freedom will not be lost because of weakness Costello flouting orders 0f a the second day a row, refused today to answer questions. The first question put to the recalcitrant witness was: "Mr. Costello.

did you have a meeting with Mr. (former $36 525 000 rut in nrTt var's saia ne wants to Dring ine in- a sneak attack in a press cut ncxt to an early end, but Repub- budget of the Treasury and Post- in oarticular are calling fori ence tod ln he Hack of congressional action defenses, we need not Senate Crime Committee for Mayor William) O'Dwyer in 1942?" Prictpllrri crnwlintr saiH urnulri nnt'snswpr "until I am hoarse, civil defense and" apparent public! fear the day when the Soviet itT; k. trmir unite LUfparimenu. okf iPreSentS of about 1.3 per cent under the amount President Truman asked' Pr0ci( The rommittPP ntkoH thp Hnnu Treasury's request for 000 and $25,374,000 to the 874,000 sought for the Postoffice Departraent cut that much from the 858.25,000 0 requested, applTV 1 1 ,1 51000 of nduon to.e to separate communist North The bill will rfphtH hv th'" nmoer directors iaj House nivt TS1MHv i hl ao" this vear. The createa oy tnat macuon.

"California is one of the critical target areas of the Nation," the Governor observed, "and I am of the opinion our position is worse than a great tmany other critical targets because we're subject to atomic attack cither through air or water. "If either or submarines were to deposit atomic bombs in the waters of our coast with time v. a (k7 VZ, tions here that couidn be created in other parts of the country "I have been told by people: I believe are experts that such in 1 nil rxprru uhkm ..4.1, likely in California than a direct bombing. And it's their belief that it could be done any time." Declaring that until the Federal Government actually implements its program, California will be operating "more or less in the dark" on civil defense, the Gov- I CnmmiitPP hanHnn.H i record high level by 3000 American superiority In ttif t. atomic field is the chief deterreat to aggression by the Russians, rr DUAL RESOLUTION The Texas senator told hu colleagues he tavjrs appiovai or a Senate troops resolution.

He added he is opposed to an IdenU- rra i rMnittTiAn rnwtnirinrr ri inn nv th th-nH n.t. which leaders have arreed to take up 'immediately after the Senate pro- rnnnillv attacks dirM-tlv ss creased interest rates" will but Pbbe in the event system, of lumping the entire fed- eral budget into a single measure Compared with this year's ap propriations for the two depart- jments, the bill's total represents cut of $88,021,800. The committee approved the full tlmtli ty OUN CLEMENT! TOKYO, March 18. u-Aroer-jican troops overwhelmed desper-te reds in a roaring artillery duel on the Korean war front today and then crashed ahead for new gains. The red threw their heaviest artillery fire of the war.

reds. "SO shells to one. The drive carried an American Map oa Page 2 division onto high ground north of Hongchon, an ftnportant road hub 20 miles south of Parallel J. (The United Press reported tank-led U.S. forces were driving toward Chunchon.

enlv 7U nnU south of the parallel and believed the last major Chinese base in 5outh Korea, (One armored column headed northwest the main highway lrom SfUl and another drove northwest along the road from Hongchon. (If the reds pull out of Chunchon, the 8lh Army probably cn sweep (forward to the 38th before the rainy season logins in two weeks.) NEW RED RKjfbt Front difpatchej id r.j es "la lnf reJ mnese naa thrown reserves mto 1th lht nortl Hongchon. Elements of the 39th and 40th vranese communists armies (corps) were identified in action there The defense line the reds were trying to set up was roughly 20 miles south of the parallel that "tZ -Z It stretched across Korea for 30 miles. Its keystone is the headquarters at tChinev Chunchon. Elsewhere lont the fightins front 0p.ositicn crumbled Allied infantry moved northward A WrTSi.Sk A SirM? U.S.

Eighth Army hrsdtur- lf" estimated 1580 redj wtre tailed lor mded Thursday. Thit eince the start of the Allied nffmuva Ur der reconstruction bv reds near v. itw McCaslin Quits Council Race C. H. McCaslin.

prominent in civic affairs here for the past several years, today withdrew from the City Council race and pledged his support to Let Grant, business and civic leader. in The election of Grant is nece- Isary. McCaslin declared, "to halt the local trend toward socialised government at the City HalL" Formal Statenteat, Page It BLOOD IS YOUR PRICELESS GIFT Blood cant be bought or made in a factory. Your donation to the Bed Cross campaign might save the life of. a man wounded In action ia Korea.

Appointments, to donate may be made by. calling the Alameda Contra Costa Medical Association Blood Bank. JM 21st Street, at GLencourt 2-243. -The following cumbers Of do nors are urgently needed on the days given: March IT. 123; March 122: Marrh 20.

1S. March 21. IU; Mafch 23.. 230. riiina for government guaran- "fallacious" Hoover's remarks as January 25 to aout 172.U00.

to when other nations might re-. The U.S. battleship Missouri turn some of the help given them again led Allied warships in at-by the U.S. The Texan said this ticks on the North Korean eat assumed that foreign aid "is for coast thr niirnrkSr of hrplninff other DirrM-t Kite tun ikru.n,. private lenders more wilUng make business loans The Chamber directors said the Defense Production Act passed ywrronmns nsuunie pro i -1 tees of credit to "any business engaged in the defense effort" and for "direct loans in connection with defense procurement" Fulbright contends the subcom mittee already has proved that an influence ring with White House 7.

1 rvtntoMe Kai foncr 1s and thereby ful- filled its purpose. vu.av. However Maybank told porter: ernor reasserted that civil defense jpp and not for helping our- salvos from the Mo" de-is as vital today as it was sixjv- stroyed two mor. spans of a rail-months ago. He struck out at Hoover's plea wav bride hit rwviii ii monins "go "If the government was realis- tic about the dangers and ap uV: iV.r.

reached a dangerous lowrf The committee cut $3,500,000 from funds requested for the In ternal Revenue Bureau, leaving $252,008,000. Funds were approved for 30 additional Bureau of Narcotic traffic. MtSSIve Offensive'" a tdipt iJ.Zli luiuiusn, luririn id. TiT bvi vwa miv PUnning SiVe summer offensivp in Korea Capone Brother Charged With Tax Evasion WASHINGTON, March 16--W The Government today filed tax evasion charges against Ralph Capone, described as a "Chicago racketeer" and brother of the late Al Capone. The criminal complaint was filed before a U.S.

commissioner in Chicago and announced here by Revenue Commissioner George J. Schoeneman. who said a war rani ha Uatadto CpoM'i THREE OFFENSES The complaint jcharged Capone with three separate offenses: 1 Makinjg "i false offer in compromise involving unpaid income taxes of approximately $100,000." 2 Attempting to evade taxes. 3 Concealing assets from Internal Revenue officers. The action was part of a tax crackdown by the Revenue Bu reau en alleged racketeers a drive which reportedly will extend over the Nation.

TAX RETURN CASES The charges against Capone followed up two big tax recovery cases against Washington, D.C. men who allegedly made fortunes in gambling enterprises. Capone was indicted in 1930 for making a false offer in compromise and was fined $10,000 and -sent to prison for three- years, Schoeneman said. Today, Capone was charged with falsifying his financial status when he made an offer of $25,000 in 1949 in settlement of income tax charges totaling more than $87,000 plus an unpaid $1289.59 in income taxes involved in his 1930 conviction and imprisonment $28,000 ASSETS "In making the offer, Capone represented that he had assets of approximately $28,000 and liabilities of about $3000 exclusive ef taxes," Shoeneman said, added: The bureau is convinced that Capone owns substantial assets that were not disclosed in the compromise- offer. Since -the entering against him of various assessments making up the $100,000 total, Capone has consistently attempted to evade payment of these taxes by concealing these assets from (revenue) WHERE TO FIND IT Babies Classified 57 Comics M1 Crossword Ptrale 41 Editorials Financial 5t Gardens 52 Geraldine lntea Guideposts It Pearson u.

22 Sadio Schedules i Elesel Society and Ctabs 45, Sports 41 Theaters 40,41 Vital i TTneie WiggQr 41 Weather 2t Weather Map It Werld Newa Front rfc TKS IHTV7S MSTE3 HAED TO TAKE New. Touag America, it'i my eoaTictiosu WU1 bravely face that castor ell restriction. JACK BURF.0UGH2L i nr. nc ruuuuii i is-inu) praised them properly months, the Western Hemisphere, assert- glu also destixyed a largi ago at least those same dangers ing that any such course would tory to the north. A I i- 4 bebeve anything has hap "1 aiiiiie: urisiins eiii iiniirr i ra a do, We OUht to untumi WOMEN ADMIT 'CONTEST' IN SHOP-LIFTING mm fart id Four women, who said they were engaged in a "contest" to see who could steal articles of the most value, faced charges of burglary in Superior Court todayy Mrs.

Lois Moore andner three daughters were bound over to Superior Court after confessing they shop-lifted more than $4000 in household goods. District Attorney Ted W. Martz told the court one of the defendants "cheated" in the contest She changed the price tag on a stolen item from $10 to $19.95. Virginia Wows Senate Probers By EDWIN A. LA HEY Chicago Daily News Service NEW YORK, March 16.

Virginia Hill, queen of machine-gun society, made her long-awaited debut as a witness before the Senate Crime Committee Thursday. She's a dynamic woman of 36, with the trace of an extra chin showing up, but otherwise well possessed of what it took to make Benjamin "Bugsy" Seigel and other eminent underworld char acters toss $100 bills at her like confetti. Virginia also has personality control. REAL ARTISTRY She switched her outward demeanor rapidly and regularly from that of a grand lady to that of a dumb broad. And her real artistry lay in the fact that she Lleft her senator friends, wonder ing which was the authentic Virginia.

Actually, Virginia is about -as dumb as a homing "pigeon. She told; the senators nothing about the operations of Seigel or her other gangster friends, and she took about 5000 words, with gestures and jaw jutting do it Virginia strode into the glare of the television lights at the hearing in a severe and expensive black dress, over- which was draped a silver mink stole that didn't 'coma from any rummage sale." EARLY CAREER 'Over the slender arms that once balanced four cups of. coffee at a time in Chicago hash houses, she wore i middle length gray fabric glores. Her dark hair; tumbled in. well ordered disarray to her shoulders and the ends curled outward in vi.i.u.

nvwi. for concentration on esUbhsh- m-nt of "Gibraltar" fortress in leave mnuons oi people in rvussia' and its satellites who still seek eedom to "wither and die. Senator Taft is trying to pre-Contineed fage 11 CeL 2 of My Truman Send Me Wounded arts, rtaraiv ann i in i committee chairman finally ex cused Costello from the stand, and directed that he be examined by a committee physician. Costello, who had walked out yesteraay in aenance or me com-- mittee, left the room, drew nisjK overcoat tightly about him, and headed outside for a taxicab. "I'm going back home to bed," he said.

Kefauyer said arrangements would be made later for a doctor jto make the throat examination to determine rnness oi tne reputea crime-ring ruler to testify. STORMS FROM HEARING Costello had stormed out of the hearing yesterday in definance of the Senate Investigating Committee, claiming he was ill with laryngitis. When he arrived at the court house by taxicab from his Central Park West apartment, Costello replied "no comment" to all questions. Committee representatives had called at his home earlier with a letter from Sen. Estes Kefauver chairman of the committee, ordering lum7 THRFAT OF ARREST llittEAl ur AKKL9 1.

Costello, who had been told he would be arrested and brought before the committee forcibly if he did not appear, gave in a few minutes before a deadline set by the committee. A U.S. marshal delivered the order to Costello at his Manhattan penthouse apartment where he was lying in bed in his pajamas. Shortly before the zero hour, Costello left his apartment and told newsmen he was going to the committee room at the Federal courthouse. Firing the morning session was testimony by State Police Inspec-i tor Charles La Forge that in a 1947 investigation he found the horse race center of Saratoga, N.Y., a beehive of gaming dives.

La Forge said he believed the Continued Page CoL 1 Grants Authorized For Health Centers WASHINGTON, March 18. By a three-vote margin, the Senate today passed legislation authorizing federal grants to the states for co.isrtuction of public health centers. The' measure approved 38 to 33, now goes to the House. A similar bill passed the Senate in the last Congress but the House took no action on it The bill sets no fixed amount for federal grants. Senator Humphrey (Dn one of the sponsors, said the cost would be $15,000,000 to $20,000,000 a year.

But Senator Dirksen (Rj, III), opposing it contended the federal costs might rise to ft to KEFAUYER ORDERS POCTORi Sn Estcs Kefiuver Tenri.t a it to Korea in Place Boy Father Asks the Army to catch up with us. Beth had filed for the office of We're the fightingest regiment councilman-at-large, as opponents over here well, I have to'of the incumbent councilman, clean my rifle now, so Til say so! Joseph E. Smith, long Giving Grant an unqualified i endorsement on the hatu nf He Langdon P. McAninch Sr, The young soldier was. evacu-a truck mechanic was asking the ated back to a hospital in Pusan President to let him take the to recover Then came this letter: place of his 21 -year-old son who was back on the Korean front 23 "Var Pop: days after he had been wounded "I returned to my company last in the Believe me or not rm That's what his dad liked the k' rm vuiiuuuniiT kutiuo art.one' wasn'tid trauur in businek McCas- pxrienee community activities just a complainer.

No, he bad bn additionally urged the defeat missed all the wars himself. Buljof Smith, "in the interests of the nw people of Oakland." iviiiium us iuuj, iu. I Pnl minimiz the -necessities 1 I tun uuu onai iru, ihc L-t; KfE 1 f.S'E Til be much good. I used to be able to tal-e these hills running, all the way. Now I can't even walk UP T11 Piec of shrapnel did something to my can 1 uu ulutu more "Combat's a funny thing.

Before I got hit nothing bothered me. Since Tve been hit. Tm cared. Everything makes roe shake, especially artillery going off Then "2-23-51 1 think. "Dear Pop: Today I didnt go up the mountain with my platoon.

I Just couldn't make it "2-25-31. -Dear Mom: -Here. am back, up on the mountain' with my platoon. As soon as get back down oa level ground. Tm going to start riding the sick book until they do something about my knee -2128-51 1 think.

Hello, Jolks: -7 -We're waiting for the rest of BALTIMORE, March UPI The soldier's father sat quietly in his chair. The shadow of sleepless nights clouding his face made him look older than his 44 years. He didn't want to talk about the letter he said he had written President Truman Monday. He answered questions frankly enough, but you could tell he didn't want to harp on the sub ject He hoped the copy of the letter in his hand told the story. And it seemed to.

LANGDON P. McANINCH S3. He wants to "If we are so short of men that the wounded don't have time to heal their the letter said, "send me over. Let me take my son's place. I'm twice as old, so I'll do twice as good a Then it said he was including excerpts from letters written by his son, Pfc.

Langdon P. McAninch Jr, Third Cavalry. -2-1-51. "Dear Mom: "I thought Td better drop you a line, hoping that it will reach you before the telegram, to let yoti know that Itn not seriously wounded In the same brisk tones of his father, he told of the attack the morning of the 28th of January. His petroling platoon was half-way across a valley "when all hell broke loose Lord! 1 never ran so fast in all my life "Then nappened.

Chink mortar shell exploded about 19 feet behind me. The good Lord was with me, that's all can say. A piece" of shrapnel tore into my left knee, and the rest tore into the bank around me He just leaned back and said! no thing more. LAiGDOII fell iott U. -J i defiance.

On her active little noggin Virginia wore a black hat with velvet crown and wide brim of strawv. 1 Virginia went to Chicago from Alabama ia 1934, with an eighth fj. -M i "i ConCsaed rage 1, CoL ii- 1, 3 1 4i a JT.