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11 fh cts vcu Vol I25A 64th Year No 5 REDLANDS CALIORNIA RIDAY NOVEMBER 6 1953 Eight Pages 5 Cents vt 11 111 Youthful Gunmen ight or Lives HOLLYWOOD5 Two youth ful gunmen from New York wera fighting for their lives today folio ing their capture in a gun battle at Hollywood and Vine The critically wounded pair Ed ward Cogovan 21 and Harold La Verne Riddle 25 both of Lock port were shot by deter? tives Wednesday night as ther ein erged from a bar with two po licemen they had disarmed 4b ALLIES HIT TKiESTE 3BTBG Brownell Says Truman Knowingly Selected Spy govern Weather IV Clean lowuitj in lie replied High level negotiators had met 18 times earlier without progress it of Reds Agree To informal Meet Truman Retorts GOP Seeking To Offset Losses NEW YORK (UP) Sen Joseph McCarthy must go to a federal prison if he wants to question convicted atomic spy David Green glass Atty Gen Herbert Brownell Jr laid down a' set of new rules yes terday providing that congression al committees must 5 go to the prison where a convict is held if they want to question him McCarthy had hoped to bring Greenglass before his Permanent Investigating Subcommittee in New York for questioning about security leaks in the radar program The Wisconsin senator also had said he wanted to interview Green glass next week but another of rules provides that a written application to see the pris oner must be made 10 days before the date of the interview McCarthy had no immediate comment on the Justice Depart ment regulations as he wound up a series of closed hearings in New York yesterday into possible es pionage at the ort Monmouth NJ Signal Corps laboratory where' the Army develops top secret radar defense equipment He said there was that espionage had been committed at ort Monmouth and he would the evidence speak for when he begins a series open hearings on the subject in New York next Thursday PANMUNJOM Korea (UP) The Communists accepted today a United Nations proposal for infor mal discussions of staff advisors in an attempt to break the dead lock in the talks on arrangements for the Korean peace conference A UN spokesman said it was the of the Allied proposal that the meetings should be secret On the Communists tentatively had rejected the pro posal by US Special Ambassador Arthur Doan Preliminary session on the make up of the peace conference recessed indefinitely while lower level talks are in prosress McCarthy Must Quiz Greenglass in ederal Prison of our predecessors to defend the govern ment from Communist infiltration left the new administration a nec essary but very difficult KANSAS CITY Mo (UP) ormer President Harry Tru man answered a charge by Atty Gen Herbert Brownell Jr today with comment that the' Republicans are seeking headline to their election losses in New York and New Jersey Brownell in a speech at Chicago charged Mr Truman was informed in December 1945 by the BI that Harry Dexter White was a Russian spy Reached for comment while lunching at the Kansas City Club the former chief executive said statement he (Brownell) makes I know nothing about be cause as soon as it was discovered that White was not loyal he was believe the Republicans are desperate because of their defeat in New York and New Jersey and have to have a headline to offset W' Mr Truman said he had no fur ther adding: feel that e' remarks er it TRUE" WASHINGTON The White House charged today that former President statement that he had fired the late Harry Dexter White was not true Southern California coastal and intermediate valleys: Variable high cloudiness tonight 1 and Saturday but mostly sunny tomorrow Slight ly warmer Saturday afternoon November 6 1953 Highest 61 Lowest 40 ONE YEARAGO TODAY Highest 83 Lowest 47 i mm says he was robbed No fool ing There should have been a good rain here this morning but up the coast some crooked son of a sea' cook got hold of it and headed if oast or some thing Any way James feels as if he had been denied a good cold drink after hours of hiking on the hot desert Jimmy says that little bit of moisture we had was appreciat ed doubt that but James had his heart set on a good soaker There is no justice he is more convinced of that than ever and he has suspected same for a long long time The guests were assembling for dinner when little Oliver who had been sent up to wash his hands called down to his mother? dear What is she asked are only clean towels in the 1 1 start CHICAGO Atty Gen Herbert Brownell Jr said today the BI informed former President Truman in Decem ber 1945 that then assistant secretary of treasury Harry Dexter White was a Russian spy Yet one' month later Brownell said Mr Truman nominated White now dead to be executive director for the United States inthe International1 Monetary und While the nomination was pend ing Brownell said the BI de livered another special report on White to Mr Truman through then Brig Gen Harry Vaugh an Brownell said the Senate was allowed to confirm White without being informed of the BI report that White was a Russian spy Brownell in a speech prepared for delivery before the Club of Chicago said Mri Trqman sent White a letter in April 1946 praising him for his ed in the Treasury De partment manner in which the estab lished facts concerning disloyalty were disregarded is typical of the blindness which in flicted the former administration on this Brownell said is a source of humiliation to every Brownell said during the period of the Truman administration the Com munists were so strikingly suc cessful in infiltrating the govern ment of the United Elizabeth Bentley confessed former courier for a Communist spy ring told the House Un American Activities Committee July 31 1948 that: White had sup plied secret government informa tion for Russia White who therT been ill for more than a year with' a heart malady went before the commit tee and denied Miss charges He also denied he everhad been a Communist He called Miss testimony On his order White went to his farm at itzwilliam NH to rest On Aug 16 1948 he suffered a heart attack and died He was 56 Brownell discussed car eer in detail and said it was the strategy of the Communists to in filtrate Communists into positions of responsibility in the ment He said failure 3000 Japanese To Strike Sat TOKYO Three thousand Japanese Workers are expected to strike tomorrow against the Tok yo Ordnance Depot in potest layoffs in Army contract plants an Army spokesman said today US Planning To Test New SuperWeapon Tests Expected To Be Conducted At Bikini In Spring WASHINGTON (UP) The Un ited States is? believed to be get ting set to test fire a new super bomb It will be a thermonuclear or fusion weapon" as was the shack sized hydrogen device exploded at Eniwetok 'a year ago But it may incorporate (1) "new materials (2) the same materials in different' proportions or (3) the same materials in The same pro portions but rigged more com pactly' to make a deliverable combat weapon Informed sources here have indi cated that the new tests will be conducted at Bikini in the spring by Atomic iTask orce Seven headed by Maj 'Gen Percy Clarkson Neither the AEC nor the mili tary would confirm the time and place of the next tests or dis close the nature of the weapons to be tested But it Kas been obvious since bomb experiments that new ones were in the works A test device set off at Eniwetok last year estimated unofficially as equal in power to nearly 5 000 tons of TNT was far too big for delivery by air In the year since 'This device the little island on which it was exploded The weapon eers have been strivingto perfect a less ponderous version which could be launched against a tar get That this version A is ready for testing seems likely Another pos sibility has been hinted by both Soviet and American sources Last month Defense Secretary Charles 'Wilson said at a hews confer ence that so called thermonuclear weapons include' series of whose violence comes from the fusion of light atomic nuclei He said is certainly more than hydrogen in One authority here conceded that Is involved in fusion bomb develop ment He said experi mental bomb tested Aug 12 represented i ap than that which was climaxed by the American ex plosion last year Two Killed In all rom Bridge SAN RANCISCO (UP) Two iron workers plunged 246 feet to their death from Golden Gate Bridge into San rancisco Bay to day when a huge scaffold collap sed Authorities identified the men as A Croxson Sa rancisco a nd Hogan Walnut Creek Calif They were employed by the Jud son Pacific Murphy Corp Emery ville Calif andwere working on the job of bracing the suspension bridge against wind damage At the time of the accident the men were propelling a 12 1 2 ton scaffold along the side of the bridge when it suddenly collapsed The scaffold which could be mov ed from one end of the span to the other had been used on the bridge since its completion in 1937 accident was the first since the bridge was opened but shortly before it was completed 10 workmen fell to their death when a section of the safety net below the deck collapsed Truckdriver Returns Home LOS ANGELES Delbert Eccles 33 sought for three days after his truck was found aban doned two miles north' of Indio was home today after an apparent lapse of memory riends said Eccles showed up yesterday a bus trip from Amarillo Tex He apparently had suffered a memory lapse Eccles had delivered a load of furniture to Calexico for the Pasa dena Stake of the Church of Latter Day Saints when his truck was found abandoned and out of gas on the desert British Rioters Try To Break Into Parliament LONDON More than 100 rioters faced court charges today for trying to break into houses of Parliament Last rwild free for all marking the anniversary of Guy awkes Dey blocked traffic from Piccadilly Circus to the residence of Prime Minister Winston Church ill at No 10 Downing St Students hurled firecrackers the Prime house It was not known if he was there at the time' The celebration of the 17th century bomb was the violent since pre war the London Times said Then Daily Mail called it noisiest and most troublesome Guy askes' Day for 20 Nov 5 is the day in 1605 when awkes was arrested as one of the leaders in the plot to blow up the House of Lords in protest against anti Catholic laws by James I and Parliament Turncoats Claim Notes rom US Threaten Them Hold Indians Hostage Until Commission Hears Complaints Eight Trapped Miners Given Up or Dead BONANZA Utah (UP) Eight miners including a bridegroom and a father of nine children were given up for dead today in the fiery and fume filled shaft of the Bonanza No 1 gilsonite mine However rescue workers labor ed stubbornly To put out the blaze and reach the missing men A drizzling rain beat off the shoulders of the tired rescue teamsj and about 100 'sober spectators gathered around The shaft head All hope that the jnen trapped by an explosion yesterday morn ing were alive was abandoned after two volunteers rode drag line buckets down the glassy smoot and treacherous shaft to the 300 foot level and werQ turned back by a jumble of timber and debris One trapped miner Kenneth Richens of Vernal Utah was mar ried only recently Today was to have been a hap py day for him the day of a wedding reception in his honor Another victim Glen Jackson is the father of nine children no chance those men are said Sheriff Herb Snyder of Vernal they killed by thc blast or the fire the fumes from the burning gilson ite probably got 7 Gilsonite is a rare hyrocarbon substance found only at Bonanza and used in the manufacture of battery cases and as a base for paints and varnish It is extremely explosive in powdered form Queen rederika Of Greece Ordered To Rest DETROIT (UP) Queen red erika of Greece was confined to her hotel room today while King Paul toured the motor city and an automobile plant Exhausted by the pace she has followed since the royal couple landed in the United States last week the Queen was ordered to rest PANMUNJOM Korea (UP) American war prisoners who re fuse to return home held two Indian officers as hostages today until the Neutral Nations Re patriation Commission agreed to hear POW complaints that letters sent to them from the United States containedthreats The Indians were7 held captive nearly four hours The American anti repatriates charged that the United Nations is attempting to slander and bribe into returning home Indian custodian troops hold 22 Americans one Briton and 332 South Koreans who say they want remain Tinder Communist rule'Thb UN Command so far has made ho attempt to question them and get them to change their minds Shortly after the repatriation commission had visited the anti repatriate compound the Ameri cans seized two Indian guard of ficers Demanding a hearing by the commission on their complaint they submitted letters which they Tsaid bore out their charge The commission agreed to consider Their complaint and two Indians were freed Thimayya' dicfnot make clear how many Americans took part in the seizure? The Indian officers' said the prisoners served them lunch and tea and did not mistreat them The questioning of anti Commuri ist prisoners was called off for three days Today after the Chinese refused to face Red brainwashers Lt Gen Thimayya Indian chairmah of the commission ad mitted that he may never be able to resume the questioning He tried vainly to get the Chinese to submit to the brain washers The American British and South Korean prisoners who refuse to go home compiled a five page type written petition to the commis sion The petition was signed by Amer ican Sgt Richard Corden a brother of Miss Ursula Corden Providence RI and the lone Briton it was reported One of the letters the prisoners submitted was from Mrs Ernest A Reagan of Weaverville NC Her own boy had come home (Tearfully Mrs Reagan said in Weaverville: just wrote a one pagc letter to each one of the boys and asked them if they would please come She was only trying to help a bunch of she said to make up their minds) Another contained a copy of a newspaper featuring an article quoting an Army spokesman as saying the American prisoners may be charged as deserters if they do not return hbme by Dec 24 Agencies Told Not To Keep Unnecessary Secrets By MERRIMAN SMITH WASHINGTON (UP) Presi dent Eisenhower today ordered federal agencies to stop keeping unnecessary secrets so that Amer ican citizens may more of what their government is The White House after months of conferences with press and broadcasting representatives and officials of the government issued a lengthy set of new rules to gov ern of federal in formation Classification means putting secrecy labels on docu ments messages plans weapon designs and such The new order ef fective Dec 15 had three primary provisions: 1 He stripped 28federal agen cies of the power to classify in formation 2 He designated 17 agencies and departments including five of cabinet status in which authority to put a label on infor mation would rest only in the hands of the department 'chief 3 He abolished the bottom in formation classification' of Attorney General Brownell Jr who pulled the in formation program together said he was convinced the new plan was the best method of proper be tween the need for safeguarding the defense and dip lomatic secrets and need for keeping the citizens of a republic as fully informed as0 He said the Eisenhower admin istration wants to promote a freer flow of information to the peo ple He expressed confidence that the new order will have that re sult Some reporters expressed to Brownell the fear that instead of releasing information certain gov ernment agencies would now up grade documents to fit the classifica tion Brownell pointed out that the order said a member of the White House staff would be designated to receive and act oncomplaints Secretary James Hagerty said he thought this official would be Bernard Shanley special counsel to the President NEA Telephoto 'A V' Ip 'SUBS Jill ATOMIC ATTACK ALERT Eisenhower and members oL his staff walk briskly towards the White House bomb shelter as the capital came under a mock atomic attack All Government workers and school children participated in the drill The President (left) spent 15 minutes in the $750000 shelter Walking beside him is Maj Gen Wilton Persons his special assistant GOP EARS DEEAT IN CALIORNIA ELECTION Skelton Jane Russell Banned A HOLLYWOOD Top Holly wood entertainers including Skelton and Jane Russell were banned by a union from performing last night at a private ord Motor Co dinner Eddie Rio" identified as head of the American Guild of Variety Artists stopped the show before it got started The action left Lincoln Mercury dealers and guests from 11 Western states watching nothing more than a drawn stage curtain Rio refused to let the show go on because he said the actors and actresses should be paid on basis of one seventh of their weekly incomes and should have been cleared previously with the co ordinating committee Company officials said it was their understanding the stars al ready had been cleared by studios for the private party One official agreed to meet the pay required But Rio said the stars had not been for the work by the union WASHINGTON (UP) Repub lican political strategists said to day they be 7 surprised if California follows the lead of Wis? consin and New Jersey and elects a new Democratic congressman next week Draft Call Of 23000 Men In January Ordered WASHINGTON (UP) The De fense Department has decided on a draft call for 23000 men in Jan uary thereby postponing action on an Army proposal to draft calls at a higher level it was learned toijay The January draftees all for the Army will raise to 1607430 the number of men inducted since the Korean War started The January draft call for 23 000 men is the same level that has been maintained monthly since last July The Army had proposed that draft calls be boosted to 37000 starting in January in an attempt to smooth out the peaks and valleys that occur each two years in draft calls The Defense Department while not rejecting the Army plan de ferred action on it until ebruary at the 'earliest The administration has not yet de cided what size the Army will be in month period which be gins next July 1 Establishment of a steady draft rate would result in considerable savings according to backers of the plan They hold that the present rise and fall in draft calls results in a wasteful stop and go use of Army training centers which have to be geared the peak periods The "special California election which will be held in the Los Angeles area Tuesday was called to select a successor for Rep Norris Poulson a Republican who resigned from the House earlier "this year after being elected mayor Republicans here who asked not to be identified by name said there were two principal reasons for their pessimism about the out come of the California voting GOP Vote Split 1 Two Republicans Glennard Lipscomb and John Collier who are well known locally are seeking former seat Democrats are fairly solidly be hind a third candidate George Ar nold although there is another Democratic candidate i Markheim in the race The Re publicans their candidates may get a bigger combined vote than the Democrats but that neither of their men will get as many votes as the leading Demo crat The candidate with the high est number of votes will be elect ed regardless of whether he has a majority 2 The already demon strated in Wisconsin and New Jersey where Republicans lost in recent special congressional elec tions in districts that are usually considered safely Republican Democrats Optimistic Republican National' Chairman Leonard Hall acknowledged in a radio interview Wednesday night that the GOP is worried about the California contest situation is he said adding that seems that every test that comes up now is a rugged one aS far as the Republicans are con Democrats on' the other" hand are optimistic about the outlook in California Rep Harry Sheppard dean of the Democratic delegation from California said he expects Arnold the Democratic candidate with party' organizational support to win Sheppard said he bases his prediction wholly on the and npt on any toward the Democrats 'If the Democrats do win the California 'seat they will cut Re publican control of the House to the narrowest possible margin The Republicans would hold 218 seats the Democrats 216 The re maining seat is held by Rep razier Reams an Ohio Independ ent who normally votes with the Democrats Italian Premier Protests Shooting ROME Premier Giuseppe Pella today protested formally to the United States and Britain against the shooting of Italian students in Trieste Pella also called home the Ital ian ambassador to London for urgent consultations His protest stemmed from the deaths of 10 persons and injury to scores more in disputed Trieste during pro Italian 'riots which swirled through the streets today and yesterday US British Mount Machine Guns In Streets At Least 10 Persons Killed Scores Hurt As 50000 Stage Riot TRIESTE and Brit ish troops mounted machine guns today in the blood stained streets of Trieste under orders to use bullets and bayonets to quell sa vage street fighting in which at least 10 persons have been killed and scores have been injured At least a temporary calm 'was restored The rioting in this disputed city set off fighting in Rome where 20000 students demonstrated ir support of the 50000 Trieste riot ers They protested against the deaths of Italians under Trieste police gunfire and demanded the return of the riot torn free terri tory to Italy Allied occupation forces moved into central Trieste today for the second time in eight years of oc cupation after local Allied trained police reported the situation was out of control in spite of gunfire and tear gas used in futile efforts to restore order In Rome frenzied students smashed British installations beat British nationals and attempted to storm the American Embassy They battled Rome police who reported 200 of the hot headed demonstrators were arrested Uneasy Calm Prevails By 2 pip Trieste mo st of the angry rfad fought police through the streets earlier in vthe day had dispersed? American and British authorities said an uneasy calm prevailed' But the Allied troops in full battle kit remained on guard against any new rioting by late afternoon crowds American jeeps with mounted machine guns patrolled the cri tical centers Military Police Sgt And rew Mare ort Morgan Colo: and his driver Cpl red Dur er Venice Hl described the rioting in front of City Hall in the Piazza Unita and adjoining streets was blood all over the place The paving stones were slick with 7 The deaths resulted from efforts of the local police to control the crowds with gunfire The rioting began three days ago as Italian student demonstra tions in support of claims to Trieste They got out of hand after three persons were killed yesterday by police gunfire Most of anger was di rected against the British who are in direct control of the military government and of the local police There were some shouts of (long live the Ameri cans) when the troops un limbered their machine guns in the principal squares Local po lice promptly ceased firing into the crowds from windows in build ings menaced by the mobs Mayor Poulson Backs Lipscomb LOS ANGELES a Norris Poulson who resigned as congressman from the 24th district when he was elected mayor today endorsed Republican Assemblyman Glenard Lipscomb as his suc cessor the basis of an intimate knowledge of his record I believe that Lipscomb is the Snost com for election as my successor in the mayor declared in a written state ment The mayor said however he cannot take an active part in any political campaign not directly in volving the office of mayor I 4 ft A SOW1 4 I i I.