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VOL XLVII NO 89 MIAMI OKLA WEONE TOBER 12 1949 DAILY 5 SUNDAY JO CENTS rYEARSPAN RUSSIA WOULD 'x oM dtfci littJ Actress 4 dlEClMed WJ1 GRETA RETURNS Greta Garb? indicated her dn approval of news photographers who greeted her on her arrival in New York from Italy she made a film She led photog raphers and newsmen a merry chase on the pier before she was cornered NEA TELEPHOTO New Trial Ordered or Preston Tucker CHICAGO Oct government mapped plans today for a fresh start in the trial of Preston Tucker and seven associ ates on charges of fraud and con spiracy stemming from their pro motion of a rear engine automo bile The first trial after running one week was halted yesterday when ederal Judge Walter LaBuy de clared a mistrial in the case He ordered a new trial to start next Monday He dismissed the Jury of six men and six women and three alternates and ordered 100 new Jurors summoned to court Monday Judfee LaBuy acting on a de fense motion ruled that a prejudi cial error occurred in the trial Monday by testimony of a govern ment witness that one of the de fendants had a criminal record MARKETS CLOSED YORK Oct: Security and commodity markets throughout the United States were dosed today' Columbus day 4 ill 1 i 'i Whisky making Vats ound at Chandler CHANDLER Okla Oct Some old fashioned smokers still roll their own and in Okla homa some drinkers even make their own Lincoln Sheriff Abbey Moore attested to that yesterday reporting the capture of a still here capable of turning out several hun dred gallons of whisky at a time Equipment seized included two concrete vats each with 1500 gal lon capacity mash barrels holding 3300 gallons a 400 gallon cooker a station wagon and 1100 pounds of sugar Predicts Passage Of Anderson Bill As a WASHINGTON Oct Democratic leader Lucas (Ill) pre dicted the Senate will pass the Anderson farm plan today Lucas told reporters how ever he sees no chance for ad journment of Congress by Satur day That had been the target date Lucas was questioned after a brief conference with President Truman following a trip to the White House to see Sherman Min ton swpnt jn aa a member of the supreme court In view of the legislation pend ing Lucas said he see how Congress can adjourn by Satur day "We are going to pass a farm bill he said "It will be the Anderson Asked if the Anderson bill was acceptable to the President Lucas replied irthmgton was plucked here and invited to ys in the Berkeley jail it loungsigave her time on a vagrancy Inspector Parker grandmotherly woman Grand Jury Waits As Member Paces Hospital loor OKLAHOMA CITY Oct The entire Oklahoma county grjnd jury helped member John A sweat out the arrival of the' stork yesterday Orcutt reported for Jury duty then asked to be ex cused so he could flag the stork in The jury waited and waited and waited for return In the jury room they paced the floor And in the hospital Orcutt paced the floor inally eight hours later the stork arrived with an eight pound boy He was named William Allen Orcutt The jury dismissed for the day and decided to subpoena Orcutt to show up today with a box of cigars No Thanks OU Head Not to Seek Office NORMAN Okla' Oct UP) An Ardmore propos al that President George Cross of the University of Oklahoma seek the governorship has brought a denial of aiiy political ambitions from Cross John Easley pub lisher of the Ardmorite urged yes terday in his column thatiCrbss run for governor Easley also writ friends in Norman suggesting serious move ment be started to induce the uni versity president to seek the stated highest office Cross said Easley has paid me the greatest compliment of my career But lam happy in my work at the university It Is ffar from finished and I haveno po litical Norwegian Commies Whipped in Voting it Norway Norwegian Communists suffered an overwhelming defeat in nation wide elections losing all but one of the 11 parliamentary seats they had held since 1945 Virtually complete showed today that Premier Sinar ruling Labor party was returned to office with a gain of 10 seats in the storting (parlia ment) i The labor party won 86 Beats 10' more than it held in the old par liament Gerhardsen had ruled since 1045 with a one vote major ity over the combined opposition in Uier150 member storting WASHINGTON Oct Grizzled' fleet A dm William (Bull) Halsey called 'today for a defense 'Strategy based on readiness to wage instantaneous air attack on troop and military targets Halsey made 'clear that 'would require lighter swifter planes than the 36 "intercontinental er on which the Airforce is con centrating He was before the House armed services committee continuing the barrage against a military policy which puts bo much empha sis on the 36 Navy mencontend the 36' could be of use only for on large areas With a reference to that Halsey said a successful war be fought by carrying on separate campaigns against industrial and civil He scornfully compared this con cept: of" strategic air warfare to medieval operations that Police said the had beemarrested 24 times since 1910 on charges ranging from shoplifting to arson and grand larceny Southern Pacific agents were inclined to think the total might be even higher They "said for years she criss crossed the country on various trains picking a pocket here rob bing a store there reading her Bible everywhere At 1 ansing Mrs Etta Beavers superintendent of the industrial farm said she remembers Mrs Worthington as a "pleasant old who never caused much trouble but bragged a lot about her record of icnme If Antlers Democrat Stockholders Listed ANTLERS Okla Oct 12 LB Sixly stockholders have been listed aa incorporators of the Antlers weekly Democrat successor of the Antlers Herald The Herald was founded two years ago' by Atterbury vet eran southeastern Oklahoma news paperman who sold the paper re cently Bualneaa manager of the new paer is Haskell Harper who also tuns ths composing room ather of Eight Is Accused in Murder ADA Okla Oct 12 Vsscle Hurley 43 was in jail here with out bohd today charged with mur der in the fatal shooting of Jack Hurley the father of eight chil dren was hound over for district court trial after the state present ed five witneaau at the prelim inary hearing in peace justice court yesterday Hurley' pleaded inno cent to the Nabors 28 was slain in front of an Ada beer taven) Oct 4 MAN TELLS i CRIMES IN THE WEATHER OKLAHOMA air tonight warmer northwest cooler east and South Thursday generally fair and wanner lows tonight lower air tonight warmer West and north Thursday genery Illy fair and warmer) lows tonight 40 fain tonight and cooler southeast tonight Thursday generally fair and warmer lows tohlght lower 40' Looted Churches He Says To iyd of MOLINE ll) Oct' Jimmy Carl Jones 80 seised by police on charges of burglsrizlng churches offered thh explana tion: "They were the only places Where I could 'find peaces of Police said Jones of Green ville 8 broke into three Mo line churches Jones slept in one of the churches one night police Mid he related Jones was rnargeo witn our glary and held on 33000 bond for a hearing in police court Oct 21 1 Murray Sees ree Pension or Workers ds 1 PITTSBURGH Oct' Philip Murray says the nation wide steel strike will end soon with complete victory for his men in their fight free pensions and insurance "I assure you that before very long we wilt all be Mur ray said in a fighting address at Youngstown Ohio It was his first talk of a pep tour to take him io several of the steel cen was no reply from in i dustry to or to his charges industry had forced 454000 of his men to strike Conciliation Service went ahead setting up separate meetings With union and top in dustry leaders in an effort to break the strike The first session is scheduled with Bthlehem Steel corporation tomorrow at New York The concilation service also kept an eye on reopening of contract talks today between soft coal op erators and the striking 380000 United Mine Workers wor ried over the approaching cnsis as the result of the 24 day old coal strike Both strikes are threatening a knockout blow at American econ omy More and more industries are being affected Iron Age the national metal working weekly says if real col lective bargaining does not take place aeon the country can look for one of the worst tieups In its history "because it will knock recovery efforts of the economy into a cocked Iron Age said steel stocks are generally smaller than had at first been estimated The fabricators employing a half million steelworkers are threatened by strikes starting Sat urday Their contracts begin run ning out then continuing until mid December Murray already has aeryed notice he wants free pensions and insurance for the fabricator employes just as he does for the men in basic steel now on strike Even aa Murray was speak ing to 15000 cheering strikers yesterday the International Harvester company laid off about 3500 employes at its Chi cago McCormick plant because of depleted steel supplies That brought the total of men strike idled in related industries to more than 50000 including 41 000 on Coal and steel hauling railroads The Milwaukee railroad an nounced its is temporarily reduc ing some of its passenger train service to conserve coal Murray pulled out all the stops in hia speech Some of his re marks: "I have met more hypocrites since the start of this fight than I have ever met in all my life who wants to be against me can be against me and beat him in the is booked as ran hington 73 wanted at Kas for violation of om the Kansas state Iin for women I a well thumbed she reminisced tore Ibout hertfull and active jnow my dear one lost accomplished pick II the world In 40 years olen dose to half aillara I a she! I and fun The P0)Im'M all such nice gentlemen ami mart Bible comforts REDUCE HIS PRISON RAP New Yorker Who Dropped from Sight Yeqrs AgoJy liwy: Woit'Sentence? NEW YORK Oct '12 Be cause he came back they being too hard pn Ansor Pur chase 54 Thirteen years ago Purchase then secretary of the Bayside ed eral Savings and Loan association in Queens 'Authori ties said he had embezzled 38000 worth of certificates No hint of his whereabouts was known His wife went into the real estate business to support their childrcoZ A fw months ago Purchase voluntarily came (pack Under another name he had become a respected and prosperous busi nessman in Kansas City He wanted to elearup hfs past and his conscience Yesterday he allowed to plead guilty to i reduced charge of attempted second degree forgery with a maximum penalty of five years in prisbn 1' A county judge wet Nov 2 for sentencing Oklahoma sacV Oktahoria CLIlJ East Germans Give Pledge to Russians BERLIN Oct LB Germany the Soviet Union's new est satellite pledged through its Communist government today to give unswerving loyalty to Russia The Communist prime minister Otto Grotewohl made the pledge as he and hie cabinet were un animously confirmed by the peo pie's chamber of the new Soviet sone republic The 40(1 members of the cham 1 ber by a similar unanimous vote five days ago had Set up the new state and prohibited Germans Jn the east bom from voting for at least another year Miss Your Paper? Call 'And Get It We invite you to phone No 442T before 6:30 week days and I "A on Sunday if you miss your News Record 1 As a special added service to our ctntomers we keep boya avail able to give special delivery ser vice to homes that are miaaed on out regular routes DIAL 4427 TT7 BROOKLYN The Series Is over everywhere but In Brook lyn Caught In the aftermath Dodger President Branch Rickey sports an open collar undone tie and disheveled hair hi he weath ers1' the criticism jfcf 'Vcond gucsaers He said flic Dodgers not manager Burt Shotton lost the Series but some baseball ex perts think Shotton will ba back next year (Photo by NEA Staff Photographer Bert Brandt) (NEA TELEPHOTO) CANDIDATE Mra Helen haan Douglas' Democratic rep rwentatlve of the ourtvemrf (Lm Angeles) District In Con grew will run next fall' for the' Senate scat held by Sen Shcr i Idan Downey Democrat Mrs DouglM a 'former actrrii and wlta of film actor Melvin Douglas COUNTBOMBS But Soviet Offers No Way To Check on Truth of Nations igures LAKE 'SUCCESS Oct 12 has renewed her demand for a world wide count of atomic bombs by the United Nations delegate Warren Austin called the Soviet attempt to fool the The Soviet demand was 1 made by Deputy oreign Minister Ja kob Malik late yesterday in the UN security council: It called for a tally of all weapons atom bombs to airplanes air artillery from battleships to bayonets Each nation would report on its own weapons under pro posal with no provision for check ing on the truth of the statements Warren Austin delegate who is this chairman of the council did not answer Malik on the floor But immediately aft er the meeting he told newsmen: "A census of weapons without verification is meaningless This is another attempt to fool the "The proposal for the addition of atomic bombs to the census adds nothing Austin said continuea to reflect an un willingness on the pert of the Soviet Union to recognize the real nature of the atomic prob The Russian proposal was not acted on and Malik refused to go into detail on it when he soke to newsmen after the meeting Malik was directly asked if Rus sia has atomic weapons He answered the Tass That Soviet press agency Mid on Sept 25 that the Russians have atomic weapons at their dis posal The agency statement fol lowed disclosure by Praident Tru man that an atomic explosion took place recently in Russia Sims Orders Gambler Out Of Oklahoma' A TULSA Oct? 1 CP) Crime Bureau Chief Jake Sims has 9 AlflJB 4 a zvtejSzl on to his demand that Tulsa gam bler Harvey Pugh leave Oklahoma It is a state vagrancy charge agaipst the 51 year old Pugh who Sims says Is a trouble maker The Sims Pugh verbal war start ed last week the investi gation of the shooting of Willis another gambler New ton's shooting by several days the blasting of a Creek coun ty night club which Pugh owned Pugh met ultimatum with the comment that he liked it here planned to 'stay He denied any connection with the Newton shoot ing "The or part of that warning has Sims de clared "1'11 file charges against Pugh every time I get a chance If he ia convicted on a vagrancy charge and serves 30 days file another charge soon as he stepe out of jail going to push this thing going to rid Oklahoma of Municipal Judge William Ran dolph issued a warrant for arrest and officers were assigned to watch for the gambler Chief of Police (Bud) Hol insworth said city authorities co operate 100 percent with in carrying out any investigation he considers nedeasary Sims charged Pugh created bad situations in gambling clrclea where he ort Worth DaUae and other pointe He Mid he filed the warrant be cause Pugh "never works and has no visible means of support" all of China's! Canton Is Near No Defense Seen BT THS ASSOCIATED PMS8) Communists today were rushing in to take Canton No effective Nationalist forcestbod id their way The' Nationalist government fled to Chungking the wartime capital away in the interior Roads lead ing out of Canton were jammed with refugees Hong Kong dispatches said thousands of Canton pouring into that colony They caiqd in 4 steady stream by train planeand boat One steamship 'a normal of SCQ 700 'J Hong Kong it In addition to the regular population the British have quartered 40000 defense forces in the tiny island colony and the adjacent leased ter ritory of Kowloon? si Some reports in Canton raid the Connnunistr have eady MChSd' theoutlying suburbs Others said the advance'' units of the! Reds were 85 miles away iThere was no sign of National ist resistaiice although there were supposed to be five Nationalist armies to defend the tottering cap ital An estimated 80000 govern ment troops were falling back of the city The specu lated these troops would be evacu ated to ormosa where Chiang Kai shek has built a fortress for aMt ditch stand Rural Couple Held After Shooting in Home near Seneca NEOSHO Mo Oct (Spe An elderly Seneca man Dan States remained in a critical con dition with four bullet wounds In his chest here today Held in Newton county jail are Mr and Mrs Vic Swaley in whose farm home the shooting took place last night The altercation took place seven miles east of Seneca according to the Newton county sheriff who declined to comment on the cate thia morning He reported only that State' condition remained bad and that the rural couple had not been released from custody Swaley barricaded himaalf and his wife In their home following the shooting He was forced tu surrender by members of the sher iff force highway patrol and Joplin police peraonnel who were trnijid with rifle and tear gas States wm removed from the homo to the Sale Memorial hos pital here 100 BANDS TO 'COMPETE' OKLAHOMA CITY Oct 12 4)n hundred high school band will compete in marching band con test her Saturday The contest are an annual fea ture of the Oklahoma Music Edu cators Msoeiatlon meeting or marly the contest were held at the University of Oklahoma and Oklahoma A A roller How ever they outgrew facilities there one of those folks whose only license worry is having it renewed every year con aider yourself lucky or recent figures here show the examination path is slightly rocky especially for those who well informed about new traffic code During 10 day period begin sv ring Oct 1 operator permit appli sants totaled 108 of which barely more than half 57 made passing marks in the first round of exam inations Thirty eight persons took V'l (he test a second time 10 failing iy Of seven who made a third at tempt only a single applicant flunked The test was given a fourth time Two souls tried it again? both finally coming through with flying colors Allie Reynolds th Oklahoma Indian who rendered the Brooklyn sluggers impotent while starring jor New' world champs lasti qreek undoubtedly is the hero of tis Sunday School in Okla homa? City The boys he teaches May Avenue Methodist church Will have less serious questions to ask this week endjAmmg4hem be the young grandsons of George Paine Sr 128 street northwest himself a Reynolds ac quaintance and fan The Yankee pitching ace droppedt' Paine a postcard while enroute back to Oklahoma City after toss ing 12 innings of scoreles ball at the pussled Brooks It read: jus't passing through Miami on my home Next Sunday I willbe having tickling pains in Sun day school Has while the Dodger fans are suffering green apple pain in the'Hummy? Two of the pupil 'are the sons of Mr and Mrs Wray 1 Der big 'black limou sine is in Miami today for a two day statid under the ampices of loyd Perry (Miami) American Legion post Te expen sive armor plated Mercedes Benz Model at one time thei pride of the late German dictator now is owned by Chicago industrialist and 'is being displayed throughout the United States i Miamians by the score this jnorning were carefully scrutinis ing Bpecial make machine mounted in a huge trailer Comdr Howard Keithley Said derived from the showing wiU be applied touthe William' Jackson Sayles Memorial iron liing fund The car valued at 335000 was purchased by the Chicagoan over a year ago It is capable of clipping along at 135 miles per hour and contains two pistol cases The black convertible sedan atmor plate is over an inch thick T0 35 DEGREES ft Near reezing Temperature I Hit Western Oklahoma1 s' air Weather Ahead 5 (BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS) A' Tjie mercury dropped within 4 three degrees of freezing in wet'Si4 ern Oklahoma during the night Elk City reported a chilly 35 degrees 1 JCIinton Gage Guymon and Ho bart had minimums of 37 It was 38 at Waynoka and wdb Ponca City And Chandler in east central Oklahoma and Vinita in the northeast reported 39 degrees Only rain during a 24hour period ending at dawn was eastern and southern Oklahoma Most was 23 of an inch at Durant The forecast is for fair today and fair and warmer to morrow high mark in the 1 state was 84 at Pryor and Antler The weekly report of the weath er bureau and the USDA say surface moisture is adequate for all growing crops i Nehru Plans Tour Lasting for onth WASHINGTON Octi LR Prime Minister Jawaharal Nehru of India set out today on a stren uous get acquainted tour of the United State American official hope it Will help make India in cline more strongly toward the west in the'cold war with Russia Nehru is a hero of hi country's fight for freedom and probably the outstanding figure in Asia He was greeted personally byPreaident Truman on hl arrival late yesterday for a state visit of nearly month Last night he waa Mr guest at a for mal dinner at Blair House'' A visit to Mount 'Vernon' and the tomb of' the Unknown soldier were od'thp" jrime schedule today Thia will be fol lowed by two more days of sight seeing speeches' and handshaking in the capita) before he leaves Saturday for New York and' transcontiental'tour New Tulsa Station On Air Before Xmds TULSA Oct' 12 te The' newest radio station KRMG owned principally by Senator Rob art Karr should be on the air shortly before thp Christmas holi days executive vce preaident JI Aker Mid today Six trans mitter towers fop th station are lh place a hill near Keystone and work qn th downtown studio moving ahead tepidly Installation of tranimltter equfp ment started yesterday at th tow tite Aker said Organization of th op erating staff he added will begin Within a taw weak KRMG will be sixth ilsndard broadcssting station 4 MMiamiDaily HALSEY AVORS 4fth LIGHTERPLANE OR AIR STABS' i 5 i a Admiral Oppose Over Empha sis on 36 Before House Committee Asthma Is Dying i HospitalfaKGapit OKLAHOMA' "CITY Janet Latl lies in a hospital' ward and a doll is by her side Doctors say she is dying know sick and I Janet says "But Je Buttered He had nails in his feet and I Janet is just six and is an asthmatic Doctors say lungs survive many more severe attacks" Mrs Wilma Latsha her divo1 mother wants to take her to Al querque where the hot dry mate is favorable to respiral diseases been offered transn tation But Mrs Latsha nu have enough money to assul adequate care for her child unt she finds work 'J? Ana sne aoesn know where get it She hopes thq public vj to'P 'Y s'v? fathec brothers 'has 1 1 sold everything they Mil Latsha says "It ha wiped us 1 Mrs Latsha and 4 Janet canft here last June after the Red Crost and civic orgahizations in Nacogc uuvJiuD uieir nonie provicsr ed them with funds irst Latsha' says "Janet did Then she grew! worse again been out of the hospital only 1 eight days since been She has been working here as S' housekeeper ifty dollars of her 360 a month is for hospital bills 4 Janet weighs only 35 far below and her moth er figures she has lived more than four of her years in hospitals had asthma sinceshe was 10 months old 4 of the things you for asthmatics her doctor says "have been done for Janets JShe will gradually go rankly know whether another cli mate will but I feel it is certainly worthy of MERCURY SKIDSfl 1 prances Worthington lotes She Has Stolen I Halt a Million Calif' Oct? a sweet faced Mittle I in jail here who brags ime the way most women talk of sewing or knit ews Record Steel Industry Says oth ing a I ea Pledges Quick Victory Gunman Sentenced To Die in Slaying Of Kentucky Cop LOUISVILLE Ky Oct 12(W Earl Bircham 45 called a notoridus public enemy by the BI must die in the electric chair for the slaying of a Louisville po liceman An all male jury deliberated a little more than an hour last night before returning a verdict of guil ty of murder in the shooting of Patrolman John Tennyson Bircham the prosecution charged shot Tennyson to death in a running battle here on the night of Aug 14 and wounded another policeman John Allen Roas six times Ross testified the officer had recognized Bircham as a wanted man Bircham who is under indict ment on a bank robbery charge in Nashwlle Tenn was captured by a former Marine Luther Williams when he ran into the backyard of home after shooting Tennyson uneral Rites for REDMON III Oct Dr William Jones 86 who will be buried tomorrow often wm called Edgar "most use ful the record made by the minister physician a doctor for 58 year a minister of th Bap tist church for 65 year a teacher for 10 while working hi vay through medical school in Louisville a member of th Redmon village board for 56 years He delivered 3200 babiea con ducted 1200 funeral and married 900 couples In many instances he delivered a child christened it of ficiated at it marriage and de livered it child Miamian Held in Cashing Hot Check Anthony Angelo Aleal 37 yMr old Miamian wu placed in county jail here last night after being returned from KanMi City Mo to fc felony charge Ales! was apprehended by Kan sas City police on a warrant luued by County? Attorney Charles Burn citing the Miamian for ob taining property under fahe pre tense The pick up order was prepared Sept 10L The defendant allegedly passed a worthless 825 check at th local Rexall drug store operated by John Wiley Deputy Sheriff Horae Rider and Chief I Witt Ellis want to KanM City after Aleal Notes rom Your Town A' Ji 11 13 "'AL a Ml i I ft 0 A A 7 IT 41 "a 1 Tsa JMa4A Ca arreal.