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IOLA LI ob' oH. Students Aviation. Mostj Popular 'Careeij Th. WMklr Ref liter, EiUbfUhed. 186T.

The Iola Daily Kxiilor, KiUbllihed' 1897. IOLA, WEDNESDAY Succentor to Ths Iola' Daily Kegiiter, loin Record, 'and Iola Dully Index. BIGHT PAGES Experts About 4 Ad junior get- on the j4la high school anifl college students today tmg the Now down" various jobk or p'roljessions which may choo as a career. F'orfy men far 1 women, each ''iilctileJl in lioine particular fit Id, lare metti i ig with the students lo'discuss the ad vantages and disadvantages of about lib differentj.fyays of making a living. Aviation tej'the Held wjthl glamor lor tola's young ipx dple.

The students were permitted Ui classes hayuig to do with jobs or profession in which they are the most "interested. Aviatjo 1 drew 1(K boys and. JTrJe second most popiiUrl job i Ahat of mechanic, plckect 84. The other favorites and numb of stu dents choosing each incli secre terlal 81; engineering 12 jiursing C8: teaching 59; home eepi omics 57: beautician 55 and newspt per work fThe other jobs discussed number of those interest! were: accounting 38: business administration building I trades t3 35: mortician 121 music' worker pharmacy graphy 28: physician 10; electricity 28; siclal railroading 23; phone work 47: lawyer 6' vice 16: veterinari The careet da; with! P. general which was addressed by Cj Report of; Colombian Rift With Reds, Error Bogota, Colombia, April 14: newspaper El Llb- eral.

quoted'' Foreign Minister Eduurdo Zuleta Angel today as miylng the Colombian government up to now has taken no decision.on the question of relations with the Soviet Union. The opposition newspaper minister as saying that as the. result of an announcement by the goverh- that relations with Russia had been broken, the radio's 'director has bjeen 'ousted-. It said Alfonso Araujo, a liberal, was appointed director fit the national Zuleta lis a member of the conservative party. 1 I he most and the id them cjulture 37 ql: chemist cjn oil photo- radio and brker 10 32: tele civil scr- iAiurance 9.

was assembly R. Balrd vocational director, state jCoIlegq at Pittsburg, pel explained that young man Woman particular, field of work bind direct his education land training along ithose Thfe of the; program ir. to assist the students in making such choices, i ji 'Following thel the stii- dents went to designated fjooms and met; -with nien- (ir women? discussed partjcula Jobs antl answer atxut them The men and tomen jlnj charge of the conferences included! Howard ola, and business ac- agmlnistra- GUpin, George-' Mackj, "Prank de of school st k. who counting arid' bi Loren W1U Karisas State College. Allan (Modbaik- i nd O.

E. agfronon ly and a W. M. Wijiodruff. T.

W. Kansas and; ijwl C. KingL IM. who talked on; phases of aviation! i i Mrs. LH116 beatityj operator.

John E. Bnrik, a.A. EJUD woody, building tridel Edgar Coop er.i e3cp triose Joos. Dr. Bay Brewster, 1,.

head of the chemistry department at K. discussed chemistry. The instructors for othe- professions included Or. Martha Kramer, Kansas College and HlssjEve- lyn Wilson, home economic Angelo 1 T. Waugh, and BlJd White, inechaiiic Klnman ii ind 'l Mrs.

John Sleeker, musician. 1 Jim Itussell tklked on wo: in the r-oil: Doris Danielsojj. K. V. Medical: Center; nursing Cte ie Cook, pharmacyd Art Otbson, phejt Dri Lyie Schmaus.

physlclft Morris'. riajb -eleetrlel Tom pajmfcr, social workir; if. .0. Hepler, John and VenJcrilTifiylor, retail! Brazce and C. E.

Ftusscll, sejck'tarlal; iVm Tleachersfi teaching J. E. Icy Toland, iMlss Theta Jrewer, qivil sen -Ice: Kent Dudli veterinarian Charles lnsur- Sleepcr John Seeks a Second Terni As County tommissionerl 1 Licey, Moran, who Is completing first mnty coniiriisslprieKf revealed today tfiat he will, be a candidate- far re jthe Sjepul lidan nomination in the primaries, A igi 3. is the'j person i ille here i for any county or state" if flee to be filled in the county, 1 stat: and national elections which will held in- August andj November. He was apjpqlrited to the post following the peath (if H.

Adams In 1844 and w4s elected to the (office November. 1944. I Lacey has lived in the lecond for He farmed jiear Mildred moving to Mqran whert he in the. jeja'elryi business for about "'eijrht years krears Lacey- bf his time retiring 15 yeaxj. Hej.also; (served city at Moran i Durins the past four bas.

oletfi almost all comtylafWirs, pi ivate-business. Nat AriWelkKeyl Figure 'in Boy Scout I Institute The has Informed that Nat Armel of Hum xildt played major "paift. ill plannlpg the''pro- igram and coordinating the various phases of ille Boy camp l'n- stihite whicii was held. there last Saturday anil Sunday. His.name wis omitted from the Register's account of Hie Institute's ac MvlUea.

1 Ohio River On Rampage I. I 'Ten Feet Over Banks In Some Areas, and Still Rising Steadily Cincinnati. 14. Tive-sta'te Ohio river valley area to day was the focal point of widespread spring! floods which also spilled: Into some Florida and North Dakotji lowlands. Experiencing its first major flood since .1945,, the serpentine Ohio was 10 feet above flood stage in some areas and: rising 'steadily throughout the' 500-mile stretch, Tributaries went over their banks throughout watershed.

Florida's state' capital. Tallahas see, was Isolated from peninsular Florida by air or- roundabout routes jthrough southern Georgia. Branford. Fla.j was hardest hit when the rieandering Suwanee river left its banks. There were np reports of flood' deaths or injuries.

An estimated .1,000 families, were evacuated in the Ohio river Kentucky, Pensylvania. West! Virginia. Indiana and Ohio. Nearly 100 families were forced their omes in Grand Porks, and East Grand Forks; Minn, hen the Red river crested at 40.70 cet. 12.70 feet above flood 'level.

National gUardsmer) dynanjlted Ice ms there to save; bridges). Grand irks''power plant was out of order; Red Cross workers; said housunds in the Ohio valley would homeless unless streams creat wlftly. River experts refused 'to liredlct a crest until ncar-continu rains; now in 'their third day, to a halt. Fair and Warmer Through Thursday Topeka. April 14.

and warmer was. the "short and sweet' forecast today of Weatherman S. D. Flora. i He said it would be fair tjhrough Thursday With temperatures! climbing to between 75 and 80 degrees tomorrow.

Low marks tonight are expected to range between 45 and 55.. No precipitation was reported in the state. in the chilly :24 hours ending this morningi Temperatures yesterday generally went no higher than sixties. The highest reported In the state was 67 degrees at Ellis: I Low marks last night generally were in the low thirties. 1 Goodland had the lowest reported, a below-freezing 31 degrees, Farm Machine Display.

Attracts Good Crowd A farm, machinery demonstration on the Allen county farm north of town yesterday afternoon attracted about. 100 onlookers and dealers for demonstration bf equipment. Makes of farm machinery exhibited Included Ford, John Deere, Allis Chalmers, Mln- neapolis-Molihc. Equipment shown included tractors, plows, discs, harrows, cultivators, sub -soilers, and other articles. Walter JSelby.

and Harold Harper, Kansas State 'college workers! were hero help W. A. popdbary, county farm agent, supervise the show. We -were well pleased with the attendance, considering' the late season," Goodbary commented afterward. He described it as a "good The Weather; tonight'and Thursday: not! so sold extreme east and extreme northwest tonight; warmer southeast and extreme east Thursday; low tonight 38-42; high Thursday 75-80.

for. the 24. hours ending 8 m. I today; 59; "last night i32; normal for today 56; deficiency: deficiency since January grees; this date last yea lowest 44. Preqipltatipn for.

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Oti -32 -43 Judge Rules Out' Evidence Showing Contract Policy; U. S. Builds Case Washington, Apr. 14 (AP) John L. Lewis won a point in his contempt.

of court irial. today when Judge T. Alan Goldsbbrjaugh rujed out evidence concerning the United Mine Workers' policy of "no contract, ho Assistant Attorney General Graham Mortson to, bring into the trial. He Said he wanted to show that Lewis called a coal strike last month by "use of' a trick artifice of words, Morison. said that when Ljewis wrote the miners on March 12 that their contract was ''dishonored," word had' 1 a "catalytic eifect'r of calling a strike.

Lewis has. publicly" denied 1 he called a strike. He contends the miners voluntarily quit work. Welly Hppexs, Lewis's attorney, objected. Goldsborough upheld him.

Lewis'had entered a plea of. "not guilty" to. the contempt charge. Hopkins made it for him and also pleaded innocent for the United Mine Workers. The union Is also charged with contempt.

Immediately after Lewis pleaded "not guilty," the government began presenting evidence. lawyers gave out list of six. witnesses, some of them obviously designed to show the seriousness of the coal striHe during the last four weeks, Two of the witnesses subpoenaed were John of the UMW, and William L. Burke, secretary to trustees of miners' welfare fund. The other government witnesses were W.

H. Young, chief of the bituminous coal section, bureau of mines; V. Lewis Bassie, of the commerce' Nelson Smith, chairman of the federal pow er commission; Arthur H. Qasi director of the railway transport de partment of the office of "defense transportation. Bassie, an economist, testified that steel, electric power afad transportation are directly dependent on soft coal.

He said a high degree of inter-dependency by other businesses which use' power and service extends this need 'fori coal far beyond those Industries. Probe of Berlin Crash Boycotted By Russians Berlin, April 14. British-Russian investigation of the fatal crash of a British and a Soviet plane'April 5 was abandoned today when Russians on the investigating commission failed to The investigation was doomed yesterday when the Russians refused to, hear German and American witnesses. After- waiting 15 minutes lor the Russians, the British proceeded with inquiry. The collision, between a British transport; and a Russian fighter plane; cost 1 15 lives.

Two Americans were among the victims. The Russians forecast today that a separate currency reform will be instituted soon for western dermany. TMey blamed the western Allies for. failure to reach a four-power agreement on this Issue. His testimony, together Young's obviously.

was designed to build up a case that tt work page in national the coal mines creates a emergency within meaning of the Taft- Hartley tict. with stop the and Several Minor Thefts Reported to Police Reports of several varied thefts were turned in to Iola police overnight. The Firestone Rome, and Auto Supply store on South Washington reported the loss of a portable radio -yesterday afternoon about 2 ro. It was believed to have been taken by two "well dressed men strangers who were in the store about that time. Arthur Barnes, 508 South Third, said an army blanket was taken from his car during the Harry Phillips, new president in Iola, lost fishing' equipment; a blanket and gloves from his parked car.

Marvin Runer reported theft of his bicycle from the 200; block on East Madison. bund Guilty On Charge Of Cruelty to Animals Willie E. Jones, Iola dog officer, was found guilty in municipal court: yesterday'afternoon on. a of cruelty to is a demeanor under city Judge Frank W. Taylor lined Jones $20 and $3 costs.

Four persons living near the city dog pound, 211 1 street, testified against Jones. They said he had stomped on an impounded'dog; with his feet, bringing loud yelps of pain from the animal. Jones testified: that the dog had bitten him 1 on the! hand and he was attempting to loosen its grip. He displayed. where he claimed he had been) bitten.

The incident occurred about ten! days Meet in New Effort 'o Settle Meat Strike Chicago, April 14. (APl-r-Princlf pals in the nationwide meat met again with federal conciliators; today in an effort to settle their wage dispute. 1,1 The meeting was held in response to President Truman's Tequest. In' making public a fact finding board's; report on the strike last week.j Truman said he felt there was basis': for settlement. 1 Estimate Coal Tie Cost ,400,000 Tons of Steel New! York, April 14.

coal strike will cost about 1,400.000 tons of steel, The Iron Age, a trade' publication said'today. The based this estimate: assumption the steel industry will get back to a pre-strikej production rate in the next three weeks or no, 7 Soviet'No' On Trieste Rejects Proposal To Give Free State Back to Italians London. April; 14. (APh-r-Russia has turned dowh western power proposal to give Trieste back to Italy, Moscow radio announced last night. A Soviet note terming the suggestion unacceptable was delivered to the governments of Britain, France and the United States yesterday, the broadcast said, i Foreign; Minister.

Georges Bidault bf France first "broached the. idea publicly in 'a speech at Turin, Italy, on March 21: It was hailed frankly at the time as a hid for anti-Communist support in the Italian elections next Sunday. I The proposal for a Paris meeting of the powers concerned early in May jto consider the! future of Trieste. Yesterday's Soviet note, the broadcast said, pointed out that Trieste was created a free city and territory by the Italian peace treaty, signed by 21 nations; including the Big It said revision of the treaty by of "correspondence or by convening private conferences" is'unacceptable and violates elemental principles of democracy!" The note vvs in response to formal U. suggestions on Trieste made to Russia In notes on March 20 and reiterated last Friday with an urgent request jfor action.

In Nebraska delegi tual estii ie The mee Amqrcan said truce Hon Tiie ceas B- tary mis: not ear Agreement oly Land Truce York. April 14. (AUJ.f-, Nations security counciy jates were liepprted in vlr-' agreement toda.y on ftil- truce plan. II council delegates, informally in the delegation office were to have completed draft resolution with the excep- of one puragr.aph. proposal wchiid provide a political nnd mlll- and-a U.

N. minion to supervise the truce. only part of the resolution completed pertained to the. of the proposed Ex-GI Student at K. U.

Into Race (Special to Tho Rtciiter) 1 Olathe, April 1 B. Martin, 25 year old pre4medic student at the University of Kansas, announced for the Republican nomination tor Congress from the second Kansas district. A resident o.f Olathe, Martin is the son of Dr. O.K. Anderson, a dentist who has practiced, here for thirty- three years.

The candidate is a World War II veteran of' the Seventh Infantry Division, jserving through four 'aciflc campaigns. In his an louncement, Martin said, "I am in favor of. an extensive and Isensible plan of assistance to the countries of Europe as the best bulwark the spread of communism." lAartin also added, "It is Imperative mt while at same time we do all we can to insure the success. of: United Nations, we also build up our defenses to insure pur own secur ity. have allowed the most pow( rf'ul defense force in history to detiflorate to that of a second or thir 1 power.

"My beliefs and' program will be developed furt icr idurlng my cam composition commission. Costa Ricaii Rebels Gain Near Victory in Six- Revolution; Capital Next Objective (By fhe ASSOHHUHI Prnsfl) Costa Rica's six-weeks-old civil war seemed to be boiling down to a finish4-and lebel Reports were heard in'Guatemala that the rebel chieftain, Jose Fig- ueres, has set up a provisional government in Cartago, the country 's second largest city'i 30 miles south- 6ast of San Jose, the capital. Tho U. S. state department in Washington was advised last night' that San Jose is endangered by the revolters and that house-to-house defense of the capjtal expected, San Jose's population is about 68.000.

There are no dlspatclie.4 direct from Costa Rica because of censor-; Ship. A well-inforrfied traveler from Casta Rica, wiio that his. name be withheld, -reported on his arrival in Panama lust night'that President Teodoro Picado Mi'chal- ski of Costa'ftlca has accepted peace ternjK dlctn.fcd wiilcli call for Plcailo to resign congress meets May 1. Just what part Communists are playing the situation, if any, remained obscure. A Poor Fire Business District Laramie.

WjL, April 14i fast spreading fire crackled through several business blocks early today the downtown section of site of the Unjverjsity of; Wyoming. Fifteen of 30 structures were unofficially reported destroyed by flames discovered about 2 a. m. The flames were i-epqrted under control but not cut three hours after they were disioveVed in the four- jitory brick W. H.

JHolliday building. 1: Fire departments sped to Laramie from Cheyenne, Rawlins and. Fort Francis Warren, in Wyoming, and -Fort Collins, to help Overwhelmed Laramie firemen and volunteers battle the blaze. Soviet Unityi Conference Korea Postponed Seoul, April 14 .1 Soviet backed unity conference of northern and Korea political leader's, scheduled; in the Russian zone today, has been postponed indefinitely. The Pyongyang (Soviet zone) radio' announced, jthe postponement late last night.

South Korea listeners said the broadcast gave np definite ruman to Address ASNE Washington. April 14-i President Truman will address a dinner meeting of the American Society 'of Newspaper Editors here Saturday. The White House said today. Mr. Truman's IS minute speech will be broadcast by the major networks.

The time for the radio speech- has not been set. Dodd Elected Director Qf UN Food Organization Washington. April, lk. Norrls E. Dodd, undersecretary of agriculture, today was.

elected director-general of the United Nations food and agriculture organization. He succeeds Sir John; Boyd "Orr, British nutritional authority, who has been since the 57-natlou organization was set up at Quebec in 1945. I. Orr had asked tojbe relieved. Dodd's acceptance of the post presumably eliminatpdi hlm as a possible successor to Clinton P.

Anderson as secretary oi agriculture. Anderson plans to resign soon to run for the Senate from New Mexico, 7 Dodd is a native of Iowa, but: is now operator of a livestock ranch In Need Tighter Regulation Of Gas Appliances Wichita. April 14. Improper gas appliances houses, tourist cabins and hotels of Kansas should bo eliminated, Lester M. Barnard told'the district con-, ference of tlie league of Kansas' last night.

I 'About 25 are killed each year In Kansas by fumes from gas appliances, said Barnard, consultant to the league. He recommended a statewide study to provide more strict regulations. Taft Far Behind.in Third Place in GOP Primary; Vandehberg in 4th Spot Omaha, April 14. Tireless Harold E. Stassen lifted himself into the top rank of Republican presidential candidates today with a sweeping victory in Nebras ka's GOP primary.

His clear-cut win clubbed Gov. Thomas E. Dewey of New into political 'submission for the. second in a row. Dewey shut out in the April 6 Wisconsin when stassen won.

19 of the state's 27 dominating votes: Tlie former Minnesota governor's victory bashed the prestige of Sena tor 1 Robert A. Taft. It built new fires under the gobd-man-but- cari't-win theory; that has dogged the, Taft campaign. 1 1 It all but-snuffed out the dying hopes.of Gen. Douglas MacArthur's supporters; -But ft left intact darkhorse possibilities of Senator Arthur Vandenberg, secure in fourth- place In race he spurned.

The count in yesterday's free- for-all primary from 1780 of the- state's 2.024 precincts was: Stassen 71.695, Dewey 66,887, Taft 18,731, Vandenberg: 7,989, MacArthur 6,117, Earl Warren of California 1.607, and House Speaker Joseph Martin 826. Along with his victory in the free for all popularity contest, Stassen appeared likely to wrap up as a 41st present j.the first-ballot support at the Philadelphia convention of at least' 13 of the state's 15 delegates. I On the basis, of incomplete returns, Dewey had a chance to get one delegate and another possible winner was unpledged. Of the 13 who'said they would vote for? the primary dinner-on the first nominating test at the national five also pledged to support him as long as he hits a chance for the nomination. The delegates are i hot! bound by the popular vote In the primary.

The primary law the Democrats choose 12-vote delegation and give President Truman a pat on the back. MacArthur had no comment today on; the Nebraska presidential preference primary, in which he was a poor fifth. N. Gov. Dewey said he was "heartened" by; his showing In the Nebraska RepublicanJpri- mary, in which he finished second to Harold E.

Stassen. In Washington Senator Taft expressed disappointment but predicted return engagement" with Stassen in Ohio next month "will produce the opposite result." Unfair! Los Arjgeles, April 14. Things like this shouldn't happen to a dog: A rubber company has perfected a perfume that rubber bone smell beef. Dogs will be disinterested to learn that the bone tastes like rubber. But the odor.

Poor Fldo is going to be attracted again and again to the synthetic bone. Communists Angle For Soldier Vote Rome, April Communist-dominated' Popular i Front, appealing In Avahtl today elections, promised that If sailors and airmen! in the Sunday electnons, promised that if victorious.the Front will: 1. Limit military service to 12 months. Instead of 18; as at present. i i 2.

Find Jobs for veterans oti release. 3. Review sentences of men convicted by courts martial. Give better pensions; Avoid all military alliances. 0.

Strengthen the armed forces to make them adequate for defense. .7. See, that are supplied by Italian Industry. Improve the barracks. Boost the pay.

Blast War Corruption Senate Group Files Scathing Report On Contract Hearings Washington, AprU 1 14. report to labeled as obviously corrupt" the negotiations between millionaire plane builder Howard Hughes and MaJ. Gen. Bennett E. Meyers.

The Senate war investigating committee which' drafted the document called, for a law to deal with any future case of the kind. It said such a law should demand that both private citizens and offi cials "report promptly all attempts at bribery, extortion, other cor rupt acts in connection with the ne gotlatlon of government business." The- final report of the seven- year-old committee once headed by President Truman covers the group's sensation-packed hearings of last year. A copy of the document already, sent to the government printing office was made available to a reporter. It includes these other findings and recommendations: That war department and army air force leaders failed'to conduct an adequate investigation into previous, charges against Meyers and later "deliberately tried to conceal" facts from the Senate committee. That all future inquiries into corrupt or Improper activities" on the part of air' force, army, navy or other officers; be conducted by a separate agency; to avdld ''a tendency to cover tip or white wash" cases involving officers of high rank.

3. That the Hughes Tool Com pany, in which Hughes holds all the stock, faces a possible "tax defi-'- icency" for 1940-46 of almost $8.500,000 although these "preliminary determinations" are subject to review both by the bureau of internal revenue and the courts. Troops for Palestine Major UN Headacie New York, AprU 14. of military forces'to Palestine will be the first major issue facing the special Nations assembly which opens Friday. The five-nation; Palestine mission said last night In a report to the assembly that' troops would be necessary after May 15 regardless of, retention or scrapping of the partition project.

The British Insist theyvWiU give.up their Holy Land rule on that date, leaving; problem of security in the hands of the U. N. Security council delegates called into, informal this morning in the New York offices of the American delegation in efforts to agree, on terms; of a truce. Delegates believe the U. N.

can; put through an effective cease-fire: order the security problem will be minimized. (At Arab leaders firmly reiterated today their demand for United Nations disarmament of Haganah as a condition for truce in Palestine.) First Goal Mined After Strike )elegates Refuse to Be Scared Out By Uprising; Probably Will Condemn Communism Bogota, Colombia, April 14. 21 -nation Pan American conference resumes; its work, today in I revolt -battered Bogota. I The conference was broken lip five days ago by a bloody uprising which the Colombian government and U. S.

Secretary, of State Oeorge C. Marshall attributed to International Delegates voted unan- imously yesterday to resume sessions. jOne of the first Items on the con-f ference agenda probably will be resolution against; Communism tnl the western hemisphere. (In London the Moscow radio broadcast a TASS news agency cUs-" patch which termed fob- rications" what it said were rumors "if participation of Soviet or Bus- Ian the events of (In Balboa, C. Donald L.

Jack- 1 said last night that; ie rioters inspired and led." Jackson; a congresston-, al observer at the 'conference, declared delegates had "an opportunity to. see at first hand what happens when Communists move into! positions of leadership." i (Jackson said he will report ta congress tomorrow on the revolt) Gunfire was heard 1 outside the US. embassy last night immediately after It was the confer-' ence would, The nature of the shooting wan not detcnnirn'rt The government has detailed tu public.works engineers to clean up the wreckage of the rioting which claimed about 300 lives and legt Bogota a shambles. 1 Blast Rocks Jewish Area of Jerusalem Jerusalem; April explosion frockecf the Jewish Yemen Mpshe quarter of Jerusalem today, and. the of small arms followed.

Arab sources said Arabs drovt up In a captured Haganah armorvd paf and placed box of explosives nt a house at the edge of 1 the quartet. Members of Haganahj the Jewish 1 militia, opened fire after the blast, but the raiders escaped: to the Arab- controlled Jaffa.gate, the tofar- j. mants said. Tho explosion, third: in a month for the shook ths public Information office. About 100 yards from- the scene.

The Yemen. Mesne (right hand of Moses) section has been attacked by Arabs repeatedly. The six-hour battle which followed an Arab attack yesterday an a Jewish convoy, bound for Hadss- sah hospital claimed the'lives of 36 Jews, 10 Arabs 'and two British soldiers, Palestine police reported. Gangland Slaying In Kansas City Kansas City, AprU 14. 34 -year-old gambler, was amhushfrt and killed here early today as ine left a political club on busy PJf-, teenth street.

Police identified the victim of Kansas City 's first gang slaytng of, the year as Mike J. Licausl and labeled him as a police character. Two witnesses told police they saw Licausl fall beside his car as he was struck In the chest by a double blast from a shotgun. 'Licausl was cut down shortly after he had walked from the Second Ward Independent Democratic with William M. Lowman.

42. president of the club. Lieut. Charles Welch of the police homicide bureau termed Licausfk death as "a typical gang Welch said both witnesses sold they had seen' the killer, who apparently lay Itt wait behind' a picket fence in a furniture lot across the street from the club. Miner Bill Lewis grins as lie brings up'the first liad of coal from the Montour No.

9 mine at McDonald, as diggers there resuinea work after a 29-day pension Wirephoto.) More Than Half 7 Of Miners Pittsburgh, April 14. than the nation's 400,000 coal Imlners, resisting a workl movement, today waited tor'see. "what happens to John L. LearisT before they return to the pttsJ Several union locals have scheduled meetings to be held after Judge Goldsborough makes his ruling. All of Utah's 4,300 miners remained idle.

In West Virginia, about 75.000 of the 120,000 UMW, members were on the Job but the back -tio -tne-iiiines movement Was by no mous. unonl- Asks Funds to oimplete Fish; Hatchery, irard Washlhgtoh, AprU 14. Meyer has a House subcommittee to include in an appropriations bUl enough money to complete a federal fish hatchery at, Porlington lake hear Girord. KaL Congress appropriated 1100,000 for the hatchery in 1938, but constrac- tion was halted In 1942 because of. the all of that sum.

was spent. -About $90,000 is needed to complete the Job, the fish and wildlife, service has estimated. 5 PHONE 18 ij Between 8:30 p. m. and 7:00 p.

m. it you fall to reoefre yoar.