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RECORD-EAGLE, TRAVERSE CITY, MICHIGAN PAGE ELEVEN Firing Erupts in Canal Zone CAIRO, EGYPT, Nov. 20--(UP) --British and Egyptian forces in the Suez Canal zone city of is- niailia exchanged fire today after two -bombs were hurled at British vehicles and a third exploded in a residential area. The first bombing incident occurred last i or ly a few horn? after British a Lieut. Gen. Sir George Erskme concluded a "truce" i Egyptian authorities.

The Egyptians were to maintain law and order the truce. United Press correspondent Peter Webb in Ismailia said a bomb exploded in Aiashia, the former British residential quarter, early today. Just before the explosion, sporadic firing broke out between Biitish and Egyptian forces near Caudle Tells of Mink Coats (Continued from' Page One) bureau employes are expected to be fired later. Caudle, who had the final say-so about prosecuting delinquent taxpayers, was fired by President Truman Nov. 16 for activities "incompatible" with his office.

The reported airplane deal was the latest in a series of "outside activities" to attract the subcommittee's interest. Yesterday's around favors Caudle got through members of a law firm which handled some 5 tax cases before going out of business last Caudle told about tbe following favors: Mink Coat N'o. 1--Caudle's wife, who "didn't hardly have a coat worth anything," bought it around Christmas, 1S49. at wholesale, paying $1 500 of the $2,400 cut price herself and learning later that the tab remaining $900 was a bridge over the Water picked up by Jacob Landau, a mem- I her of the law firm, who had ar- canal. The first explosion came when a bomb was tin own at a convoy in i British Air Maibhal Sir ranged the baigain purchase.

She plans to pay the $000 back. Mink Coats Nos. 2 and 3--Mrs. John Baker was traveling through Caudle's friends, McC'lellan, wife of The bomb off in front of one of his escort jeeps caused uo casualties. "Then bursts of Sten gun fire came from the Egyptian side of th? Sweet Water canal and Royal Air Force police with the convoy fired back.

Later, a second bomb was hurled at two a i vehicles on the same road, again Hhout casualties. Mrs. the John L. Arkansas Sailors Fight Fire 7 Hours Murders Wife and Suicides Democratic senator, and Mrs. Kenneth C.

Royall, wife of the former a secretary, got them at le- duced price and also through the intercession a a said knew a bank official who someone in the fur business in New YorX. Mrs. McClellan and Mrs. Royall paid for their coats. McClellau said in New Orleai last night that he gave the coat his wife "for a Christmas present He said he.did not "know anythin about any lawyer being involve in the purchase and I know I pa for the coat" at a reduced price.

Mouton Coat--Testimony differe on this one. Caudle said Landa got it for Caudle's daughter. Ros and that Mrs. Caudle reimburse him for the $125 cost. late HOLLY, Nov.

29--(UP) --State police reported today a i out we have bought 10 children ranging in ages from 1n Washington for about $100," .13 to 30 were orphaned when the father shot and killed the'mother and then committed suicide. Police identified the victims as Nat Lawson, 54, and his wife, Evabell, 48. According to police, Lawson fatally wounded his wife with a shotgun as she fled from the home then returned to the house and killed himself by firing the gun at his stomach. Mrs. Lawson died in the yard after crawling 30 feet.

Police said cause of the shooting tragedy was not immediately learned. KIDNEYS MUST REMOVE EXCESS WASTE Nagging backache, loss of pep and energy, headaches and dizziness may be due to slowdown of kidney function. Doctors say Rood kidney function is very important to good health. When some everyday as stress and strain, causes this important function toslow down, many folks sufTcrnapEins: backache--feel miserable. Minor bladder irritations due to cold or wrong diet may cause Kettins up nights or Dv.n neglect your if these conditions bother you.

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said). Another member of the la firm. I. T. Coheu of Atlanta, an ol friend of Caudle's, testified that th firm picked up the tab for this 6.1=1 along with that for another fur coi which went to Mrs.

Turner Smith wife of Caudle's right hand inn who since has left the Justice de partment. Cohen said the fin wrote off the $563 cost of the tw coats as a business expense. Television Set--Old friend Co hen gave this to the Caudles i 19-1S. Caudle didn't, its origin al value, but said it wasn't wort much now and didn't work anywaj Cohen said he got the set whole sale tor about $200. Caudle sai swapping gifts was an old custom of the Caudles and Cohens.

Commisisons--Caudle picked one fee of $1,000 and another fo 5735 as a commission from Rober Fletcher, a Texas oil man, for steer ing Fletcher to Landau, who bough some oil holdings from Fletcher The $1,000 fee was on a $5.000 sale Rep. Robert W. Kean (R-N. J. commented that this seemed an a commission, but admit ted lie i much a the oil business.

Caudle said he "thought it was all right." Caudle testified that nobody evei got any special consideration from him because of i i or any other reason. Where prosecutions were in order, they were pursued he said. Still-life painting was first developed as an individual branch of easel painting by the artists of Enjoy them with MORTON'S people do SAN PEDRO, Nov. 29-(UP)--Crewmen and passengers of the Norwegian freighter Bataan told a grim tale today of fighting for seven hours to quell a fire at killed the captain and two passengers. The 439-foot vessel, its superstructure blackened by flames, limped into Los Angeles harbor yesterday carrying a weary crew of 45 and 10 passengers.

Ships officers said the fire broke out Tuesday when the vessel was 50 miles offshore and 600 miles south of here. The flames raced through five decks of the superstructure and burned the radio equipment. The captain, Charles Olsen. 52, of Oslo, Norway; Daralo Loken, 72, a retired Panama Canal zone harbor master who had been living in Norway, and Mrs. Barbara Tippen, a former resident of San Pedro who had been living in Norway lor the past two years, were killed in the blaze.

Crewmen said Olsen, Loken and Mrs. Tipnen apparently were trapped in their cabins by the fire. Three crewmen and one other passenger also were injured. Another passenger, Mrs. Elsa Odegard of Oslo, said she was awakened by a cry "fire." Ship's officers said the fire apparently broke out in the steward's quarters and swept into the passenger section.

Crewmen and passengers turned out to fight the flames, while the ship drifted powerless for seven hours. Ralph Harris looking for. dee: jackers. Head and Harris said they saw a sedau carrying a deer and pulled across the j-oad but the se dan went into the ditch and roared past. Price Funeral to Be Friday Funeral services -for Robert J.

Price, whose death occurred Wednesday, will be held from the Weaver-Reynolds Mortuary Friday afternoon at three o'clock with Dr. Howard R. Towne, pastor of the First Congregational church, officiating. Services will be private but old friends will be welcomed. Mr.

Price was born in Canada July 2, 1SG6 and came to Traverse City with his parents by boat a year later. As a young man Mr. Price sailed the Great Lakes for several years, the last three of which were on the ice breaker at the Straits of Mackinac as steward and then assistant purser. After leaving the lakes Mr. Price became a portrait photographer i this city, a business he continue for 26 years until his retirement.

During his residence here Mr Price has been a member of th board of education, chairman of th building committee for the Board man avenue school, president an commodore of the Wequeton Yacht Club, member of the cit oning appeal board for nine years and harbor master for many years Surviving are a daughter, Mrs Marland Small of Ann Arbor ant wo sons, Robert Price, Jr. al Oak, and Lou A. Price ot Detroit Friends are asked to please omi lowers. Kef auver to Be on Ballot LOS ANGELES, Nor. 29--(UP) --Sen.

Estes Kefauver, the crime- usting Tennessee Democrat, said oday he has given local supporters ermission to enter his name in the alifornia presidential i a lection next June. Kefauver, chairman of the senate rime committee that recently irned the nation's underworld up- ide-down, said he has consented to ave his name presented to Cali- ornia voters although "I am not a andidate and am not running for ny i except the U. S. senate i 1D54." "I am not evading the opportu- of running for president, how- ver," Kefauver said. When it rains it pours Plain or iodized LOSES 5O IBS.

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29-(UP)--An elderly Methodist minister and a companion were injured last night when their car crashed into a utility pole while they were being chased at 100 miles an by state troopers and game wardens looking for deer jackers. Rev. Philip H. Lush, 63. of South Portland, and William Lamb, 24.

of Brunswick, wers hospitalized today with cuts and bruises. State ers and game wardens sought a third man who climbed from the wreckage of the car and ran into nearby woods. Piev. Lush and Lamb identified the third man as William's brother. Dan-ell Lamb, Jr.

State Trooper Georse Buzzell said a CO-pound nntagged doe. not field-dressed, lay near the wreckage of the car and a crumpled rifle, with a telescopic sight was wedged in the rear seat. Buzzel! said the chass started! near Brunswick when a telephone! ip sent Game Warden Supervisor' i Charles Head and Game AYardenj'- Opera is Delayed by Czar Pelrillo 6HICAGO, Nov. 29--(UP) -Union Czar James C. Petrillo of the American Federation of Musicians delayed a performance "Carmen" 15 minutes while he held court to determine whether a conductor threw his' baton at a fiddle player.

The i a a trial was held at Chicago's plush Civic Opera house last night while the audience fidgeted out front when informed there would be a "short delay." Concert Master Alfred i charged that Musical Director Laslo Halasz of the New York Ciiy Opera company heaved a baton at him. He alleged that it all happened right in the middle of "Madame Butterfly" last Saturday. Halasz said it just 'tweren't so." "Is it aid you throw a baton at him?" Petrillo asked Halasz. "Of course not, it's ridiculous." Ilalasz replied. "If you threw the baton, are you a to apologize?" the union president asked.

"I didn't throw the baton." Ila- lasz insisted, becoming a little annoyed. Petrillo bored in. you threw that baton, would you be willing to apologize?" "Yes," Halasz said, "but I didn't throw the baton." Petrillo waved him aside. "That constitutes an apology," Petrillo ruled. "It's settled." Halasz said that his baton often slips from his a while he's And that's exactly what happened last Saturday, he said.

"The baton positively was thrown at me," Brim ins insisted. "I was playing and suddenly it hit me in the face." Court was adjourned and "Carmen" went on. There was no report of slipped or batons i the performance. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 19J1 Peace Demands i Eased by Reds PANMUNJOM, KOREA, NOT 29--(UP)--The Communists back eel down slightly today in theii demand for immediate withdrawal of foreign troops from Korea and opened the way for a possible com promise. North Korean Gen Nam 11, chiel i truce negotiator, suggested i a that the reds might be willing to settle lor a gradual reduction in foreign contingents--presumably Chinese as well as UN--after an armistice.

Officials in Washington said the UN and reds might work out a tacit, if not formal, plan for gradually reducing their forces. Eventually, they said, South Korea's army could be built up to deal with any new North Korean threat. Nervous, chain-smoking Nam II a his pioposal in the form ot a i that took even his Korean interpreter by surprise at a 95-minule armistice meeting in a tent at a Vice A i a C. Joy. the chief UN delegate, replied merely: "1 have noted your question." Joy was expected to press Nam II for more details oC his i a proposal at the next armistice committee meeting at 1J.

a.m. tom i (8 p.m. today EST). The UN has contended that the armistice delegates cannot discuss any, immediate withdrawal of foreign troops fiom Korea because is a question for a peace conference, However, it was believed Joy night agree to a loose timetable 'or a withdrawal if the reds in accept some sort of ban on of the armed forces i an armistice and the right joint inspection teams to roam he length and breadth of Korea. A compromise settlement would a the truce delegates to go on the fourth item on i agen- a--arrangements for an exchange war prisoners.

Army Man Takes Over Thailand SINGAPORE, MALAYA, Nov. 29 (UP)--The Bangkok radio announced today that Prime Minister Pibul Songgram's government of Thailand was overthrown in a bloodless coup staged by the army commander, in chief, Gen. Phin Chun Ahanwan. The broadcast said Abanwau had taken over the administration. Songgram, himself a field marshal and also defense minister, was premier when the Japanese occupied the country on Dec.

1941. He was reappointed premier in June, 1949. Songgram, known as a friend of America, was kidnapped last June oO when anti-government navy elements staged a coup and seized control of the country briefly, lie escaped, returned and regained control. IN SCHOOL Miss Sally Shapton, Birchwood, entered Lansing Business University on Monday. "Are You Having Troubles? Let a Want Ad Help You Solve Them." Its Best Plant Closing at PETOSlvEY, Nov.

29-(UP)--Petoskey's oldest industrial a the 84-year-old Michigan Tanning and Extract company, which employes 125 workers, is going out of business. The a organization, Howes Leather compnnv of Boston, which operates seven other tanneries, including one at Boyne City, has moved through its board of directors to shut down the local plant Because of the inroads made by substitutes for sole leather and other economic factors such as increased cost of operations. In and at Your Does your oil heater- WE TOO UTTIE HEAT, HHit TOO MUCH End vour troubles today, TO A FLOOR HEAT THE HEAT! SAVE HALF THE OIL EXCLUSIVELY IN TRAVERSE CITY BY: PHONE 10 WE DELIVER TRAVERSE CITY cy PHONE 2900 Regular 209.95 Now Reduced 2-Piece Group in Fine All-Wool Frieze Now at 199.88 On Terms, Dress up your home for the coming holiday season with a brand new living room suite. Here's a group that's at home in any surroundings--you'll like it for its straight-lined simple beauty, for its welcome low price. Note all the smart style features--the full base rail in glossy mahogany finish; the deep two-cushion sofa; the mohair frieze upholstery a graceful floral pattern.

Both sofa and chair are constructed to give you utmost comfort- reversible spring-filled seat cushions on coil-spring base; con- spring pillow backs. Buy yours now--enjoy its "like new" pearance for popular decorator colon. TAKE ADVANTAGE OF TIMELY SALE SAVINGS--ONLY WILL HOLD YOUR SELECTION --DELIVERY WILL BE IN TIME FOR "CHRISTMAS.

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