Sunday Tribune, The (Newspaper) - July 5, 1953, Albert Lea, Minnesota MOSTLY FAIR Ucal Maximum Friday 83 Minimum Friday 54 Minimum Saturday 65 THE SUNDAY TRIBUNE VOLUME LV NUMBER 158 Full Leased Wire Hews Heport ot Daily ud ALBERT LEA MINNESOTA SUNDAY JULY 5 1953 SIXTEEN PAGES 7 Communists Facing Jail In Islands Hawaiian Court Sentences Reds To Prison Terms HONOLULU lead er Jack W Hall and six defendants in the Hawaii nist conspiracy case will begin serving prison terms July 24 unless the Ninth U S Court of Appeals intervenes Hall and five defendants day were sentenced by Federal Judge Jon Wiig to serve maximum terms of five years each They were fined the maximum provided by the Smith Act Convicted June 19 The seventh defendant Mrs leen Fujimoto was sentenced to three years and fined They were convicted June 19 after a trial on charges of conspiring to teach and advocate the violent overthrow of the U S government It was the longest trial in the territory's history Wiig said he would order all seven to prison July 24 unless the appeals court in San Francisco finds that a substantial question of law is involved in the appeal Wiig boosted bail from to each pending a ruling by the higher court He expressed be- lief it had been a fair trial and added he was satisfied in my own mind that the conspiracy in this case is an extremely dangerous one Deny Any Guilt Hall and the other defendants each denied any guilt During the long trial none of the defendants testified in his own defense The prosecution well knows that I was not a member of the Com- munist party when they got their indictment and they know that I am not Hall added Hall Is Hawaii director of Harry Bridges International men's and Union He posted bail There were no demonstrations after the as curred after the jury returned the verdict Longshoremen and sugar and pineapple workers belonging to stayed off their jobs for nearly three days in protest 1st SECTION 10 CENTS Idlers Paid Plane Funds DETROIT UP An Air Force auditor general's report on craft contracts held by Kaiser Motors Corp revealed that some union stewards were paid an mated total of in a single year at the firm's Willow Run plant even though they did not work the Detroit Free Press claims The Free Press said last night that the information was included in a report sent to Washington by Sidney C Solomon the Air Force's Detroit auditor The report was dated Feb 25 1952 The newspaper said the report which has bten turned over to Sen Bridges R-N head a investigating Air Force contracts also disclosed spot checks showed that at times from 30 to 80 per cent of Kaiser's Willow Run workers Were idle There was no immediate com- ment from either the Auto Workers or Kaiser officials BUILDING FUND Checks totaling were deposited to the credit of the Livestock Judging Arena building by Chuck Shelgren left chairman of the city canvass Standing is Al RICHER 4 Albert Lea Donations Help Fair Building Fund The livestock judging arena took a step forward when Chuck Shelgren city with Joe Donovan de- livered a bundle of checks to Al Knutson fund treasurer The checks totalling represented collections from Albert Lea business and industrial firms An additional is expected from this source Shelgren said The money was added to the fund which is hoped will swell to It will be spent to build and equip a livestock judging arena at the county fairgrounds Trenching started Thursday and footings will be poured in a few days The building may house three judging rings Plans call for a building 80 by 140 feet ly located just west of the present pavilions A runway will allow ample room for trucks to Ruble fair board president and seated at right is Al Knutson serving as treasurer of the ing fund Tribune Rather Work Than Love Husband Free SAN JOSE Calif decided farmer Joseph L Gautier acted in self defense when he shot and killed his wife in a quarrel over whether to hang out the wash or make love They released him yesterday The farmer had been in jail since Wednesday when he told police about the shooting Gautier claimed he was hanging out the laundry at their shack in the hills about Cupertino when his wife Docia 40 demanded that he stop and make love When he refused Gautier said she started blasting away at him with a rifle Gautier got another fifle and fired back Docia fell dead The district attorney's office said its investigation showed that at least six shots were fired at tier and an autopsy disclosed Mrs Gautier was intoxicated at the time Put In Two Prisons PUSAN Korea Wl Thousands of North Korean prisoners of war still in allied cap- have been moved into only two camps Camp No 2 near Pusan and Camp No 6 at the U S Army announced tonight About remained in confinement after caped in mass breaks last months were supported by Republic of Korea guards on orders of dent Syngman Rioters Gassed CALCUTTA India W Police hurled tear gas bombs and fired over the heads of rioting mobs in Calcutta today as a general strike paralyzed the city in the fourth day of mob protests against in- creased street car fares Police and rioters clashed in many parts of the city and over 500 were arrested Weather Minnesota Fair Sunday High Sunday north south Wisconsin Cooler Sunday Iowa Sunday fair with erate temperatures South Dakota Sunday fair west partly cloudy east cooler southeast high North Dakota Sunday fair west partly cloudy east high 65 northwest to 78 southeast Mean Teacher Faces Court For Discharge LOS ANGELES Board of Education has filed a dismissal Miss Bonnie Jean junior high school suit against Beal 35 a teacher charging that she slapped scratched punched and kicked pupils pulled their hair hit them with books and a baton and once hit a student over the head with a cello The complaint filed Friday stated that Miss Beal who lives in Whittier had been warned re- not to use physical force on her students Under California's teacher tenure law a suit must be filed against a teacher before she can be dismissed Rollaway Auto Only Casualty On Early Fourth A runaway car and a building that happened to get in the way were the city's only holiday cas at press time The car a was ed by Ing 0 Goldberg 1716 erhart street It backed into a building on South Garfield nue used by Marinus Nielsen as a blacksmith shop Goldberg told Sheriff Carl dahl he parked the car about on Garfield near While he was in visiting one the car started to roll ward A city block later it came a crashing halt against the smith shop move between the buildings Money raised in the county-wide canvass will be used to buy and equipment Labor for the structure will be donated by farm groups Shelgren and Donovan had ed to get from Albert Lea Indications are that this quota will be exceeded by Biggest single donation came from the Albert Lea Co-Op ery Biggest single group nation was from the farm ment group with The donations ran generally from to And we found most people friendly to the Shelgren said Following were solicitors for the Albert Lea Harald son Ronnie Stephenson J 0 erson Dr M W Hanson Lloyd Les Knudsen Jack Ruud Charlie Upin Fred Weber H C Bisgaard Nick Voller Tom tryman Ralph Erlandson Loren Concluded on Page 14 Committee Asks Air Force Foes To Speak Again WASHINGTON W Chairman Ferguson says he has asked Secretary of Defense Wilson and Gen Hoyt S Vandenberg to testify before the Senate ations Committee again about Air Force cutbacks Ferguson said Friday the in- was at the request of Sen McClellann a committee member I hope they testify at the same McClellan said adding the hope that it will be next week Vandenberg just retired as Air Force chief of staff argued against reductions in Air Force funds and goals made by Wilson The House in voting this week for about billion dollars in defense funds ing the next 12 months upheld son's cutbacks which had President Eisenhower's backing Judges Win Pay Boosts Over Veto ST PAUL State officials were under court order today to disregard Gov C Elmer son's pocket veto and pay the in- creased wages that the late state Legislature granted district judges District Judge Gustavus ger ruled Friday that the governor lacked authority to veto the ure providing pay raises of a month The jurist held that the ture sets the salary of district court judges and that such action is exempt from veto by the ernor Gov Anderson refused to sign the measures giving district and Supreme Court judges a an- raise noting that the ture did not raise the pay of those civil service workers in the lower brackets He said it didn't seem right to increase the pay of the state's highest paid employes while refusing to hike the wages of lower paid workers Judge action came after the Minnesota Bar tion challenged the governor's tion and asked a writ of mandamus ordering state officials to give district judges the raise the specified Vagrant Has Real Fortune NORFOLK Va Police sought today to pad out their slim knowledge of an aged prisoner through a close study of in cash he had on his person when arrested for disorderly conduct John James Eastman 82 was taken into custody Thursday night after police received calls from residents of Colonial Place Ing that the white-haired oldster was wandering aimlessly in the area and talking incoherently to himself Finally collared after first trying to escape and then battling cers fiercely Eastman was brought to jail where a search revealed the big bundle of cash in a made money belt The disorderly conduct charge against him later was dropped in police court and instead Eastman was held for a lunacy commission Asked where he obtained the wad of money most of it in bills Eastman spoke vaguely of ber business and contracting business but police said they got no clear answer City Sgt Lee F Lawler frail blue-eyed man was unaware he was in Norfolk and gave several different cities when asked his home address Finally he said he was a carpenter from Youngstown 0 where he said he had a wife and six children Ike's Aide Says Visit Helps Truce Korean Spokesmen Aren't So Sure Progress Made SEOUL truce emissary was closeted for an hour and 25 minutes with President and told newsmen afterward he though the session would be helpful in reaching a satisfactory solution Assistant Secretary of State Wai ter Robertson would not say wheth er he and Bhee found a way around the deadlock which hai stalemated efforts to win South Korean support of an armistice I had a discussion which I feel will be helpful in reaching a satis factory Robertson said He added that he plans to see Rhee again Gen Sun Yup Paik South rea's Army chief of staff said he and his army fully support Rhee and will fight on alone if Rhee orders it Denies Report In a statement issued from his headquarters at Taegu Paik de- nied reports that he and the ROK Army might not support ment opposition to an armistice South Korea's Foreign Minister Yung Tai told newsmen Rhee has not modified his demand for a time limit on a armistice political conference If unification of Korea is not achieved in 90 days Rhee insists the U N must agree to resume the war Robertson has flatly rejected demand a high U N source said and the resulting mate has threatened to wreck the talks Before the eighth session in nine days began Rhee huddled for more than two hours with his Cabinet to discuss the truce crisis No Comment Robertson President er's envoy talked for a few with newsmen outside Rhee's mansion before he drove away He declined to say whether an agreement was near However his statement stirred speculation that his ex- early departure for ington would be delayed while he explored a possible new solution to crisis Foreign Minister Pyun attended Saturday's session And while he that Rhee has not softened his demands he The very fact that we are still continuing the discussions proves the talks are not hopeless Asked if the conferences will end soon Pyun I think so Father Formally Accused In Tiny Swim Star's Death MIAMI Fla formal charge of manslaughter has been filed against Russell Tongay 36 in the death last May 5 of his swim star daughter Kathy 5 County Solicitor John Marsh filed the formal charge Friday It had been expected since June 19 when a hearing was held before Peace Justice Edwin L Mason The rear end of the car i who recommended the charge be med a hole about feet in the I filed building Thee ar ended up with At that time Tongay posted a dented fender 000 bond for his appearance when Goldberg admitted he must the case is called have forgotten to leave the car attorney reported his iu gear and set the brakes client has suffered a nervous down and is under care of a at Tarpon Springs Kathy was seized with sions and died shortly after being taken to a hospital An autopsy showed a ruptured intestine and body bruises Tongay claimed his daughter suffered the injuries when Love-Starved Woman Steals Another's Baby OCEANSIDE Calif W The wife of a marine vate charged with stealing another woman's baby said yesterday I didn't know what I was doing Mrs Mary Catherine Blair made ie statement at her arraignment where she was ordered held in lieu of bail Her preliminary hearing was set for July 16 The young wife of Marine Pvt James C Blair took the old son of Mrs Charles Vernon Dayton wife of a marine from Atlantic City N J Thursday from his buggy in front of a store He was found a few hours later Blair said his wife whom he married in their home city of St Louis 10 months ago longed for a baby of her own and that she has more baby clothes pre- pared than a baby would ever need Townsend Boost Their Dues CLEVELAND oldsters behind the Townsend Plan donated and boosted their annual dues to from here to put new zing in their drive for ly pensions financed by a 2 per cent gross income tax As delegates ended a day national convention groups from various states paraded across the stage to hand their cash gifts to Dr Francis E Townsend year-old founder of the movement she made an imperfect dive from a tower Kathy and her brother Bubba 8 formed the team and staged many exhibitions in this Tractor Crushes Farm Youngster ft The young son of a Clay County farm couple died Friday after a tractor driven by his father apparently backed over him Ole Klevgaard 3 son of Mr and Mrs Rudolph gaard succumbed in a Fargo N D hospital shortly after the Dead of Cancer HOLLYWOOD Heis country They went to Europe for director of The The a proposed try at the English i Bachelor and the Channel but British and French All My Sons and other films is authorities intervened dead at 47 of cancer No Blank Checks For Eisenhower Senator Taft Says Food Gifts HOW MANY Hawaiians Can't Agree On Hold WASHINGTON AP Hawaii attorney general and a man who said he helped the Communists organize in the are in sharp disagreement over the scope of the Reds there Edward Sylva attorney general of Hawaii and Pau Crouch who said he broke with the Communist party in 1942 testified Friday before the Senate Interior and Insular Affairs Committee on a to grant state hood to Hawaii Crouch said that although the Communist party has fewer than 100 members in Ha waii it controls all in the basic industries He said roughly resi members of the island's International Longshore men's and Union Union are dominated by the party Denies Charges Sylva denied the is Com If it were so steeped in com then why hasn't attorney general of the United States desig the as a subversive He disagreed with timate of the number of Commu nist party members in Hawaii He said about 50 and not 100 would be more accurate He said the Communists will never incite an Dog Pack Attacks Aged Pair NEW YORK boxers pounced on an elderly at nursing home Friday night and mauled them The dogs hen bit their woman owner and i man who had gone to the tuple's aid before 17 armed policemen intervened The officers who sped to the home to eight radio cars and an truck fired 25 shots in tie killed one of the dogs and captured four others A female and a puppy described f their owner as re- mained at large Most seriously injured were Charles Sheridan 63 and his wife Allen 60 They were taken to Queens General Hospital where her condition today was described as critical and his as poor Police said they not sure what precipitated the attack They added that it was possible that the might have been excited by a chance wave of Sheridan's ane Mrs Sheridan was visiting her who was recuperating rom a heart ailment at the and Nursing Home in Queens hey were out for a stroll when he attack occurred Authorities The boxers owned by Mrs ilia Salvatore 61 proprietor of le home streaked out of a fenced and Jumped on the dans Both Sheridan and his wife were knocked to the ground by the big ogs including three full-grown nd four good-sized puppies Handyman Frank Titt 27 a ro heard the Sheridans screams nd rushed to their aid picking up cane Mrs Salvatore Iso rushed out She and Titt received leg bites rom the enraged animals Meanwhile a call had been put into police by a nurse and the arrived while the attack was on Labor Strife Blamed on Reds Inside Unions KANSAS CITY W A special investigation sub- ended a five-day probe f Kansas City area labor troubles Three members of the group that a federal grand jury be ailed to deal With what they ermed gangsterism in the labor here A strike has halted virtually all and building work In lis area for six weeks The three congressmen calling or action by a grand jury were hairman Wint Smith of Kansas lare Hoffman of Michigan and effrey Hillelson of Missouri all or revolution In the insurrection islands Started In 1947 Crouch said he began cooperating with the Federal Bureau of Inves in 1947 to fight commu nism and Is now a consultant to thi U S Immigration Service He said he was for nor against statehood for Ha waii but wanted the Senate to hav all the facts He reminded Sylv that the House Un-American Ac Committee has the as ated Sylva a native of Hawaii said the island's citi zens are American to the core and through civic and fraternal organizations have done an tive job of combating communism Pegler Labels Drew Pearson A Low Fellow WASHINGTON W Westbrook Pegler has called another nist Drew Pearson a rascal and has criticized Pearson's writing as crude and lacking grace Pegler expressed these opinions Friday at a hearing in Pearson's suit against Pegler and others son sat in on part of the hearing Pegler said Pearson lied when he broadcast a story that the late Secretary of Defense James V Forrestal ran away while bandits were robbing his wife He said the basic difference be- ween himself and Pearson is that between an honest man and a am the honest man Pearson alleges in the suit that Sen McCarthy physically assaulted him and conspired with others to drive him out of business Thieves Busily Robbing Mankato MANKATO Minn ffl been busy the past few nights in Mankato's business district Thursday night burglars broke nto the Johnson Co cleaning plant and stole about in currency They smashed the cash register and generally disarranged the of- fice The night before about worth of sporting goods watches electric razors guns and tion was taken from the Mahowald Sporting Goods Store Globulin Team Set To Work in North Carolina LENOIR N C and volunteer workers con- on Caldwell today to prepare for the ass inoculation of children ith gamma globulin The nation's second mass program will begin ay in an effort to check a polio that has claimed 81 ms Six new cases were reported riday For most children of this ial community shadow of Blue Ridge Mountains today as a quiet holiday Few children were in the streets as cautious parents kept their youngsters home The great majority of victims were children under 10 years of age Most of the cases have been reported since June 17 when only 26 cases were on record The epi- demic has claimed only one thai of a girl But 11 of the 81 cases have been placed in iron lungs Monday's mass inoculations lows the conclusion of a similar program at Montgomery Ala where more than children received gamma globulin shots Plan Stirs Senate Ire Humphrey Rebuffed In Move to Tack On Foreign Aid WASHINGTON W Sen Taft said today he expects Congress to reject President request for blanket to send farm surpluses to friendly foreign nations I don't think there will be any such general authority the Senate Republican leader said in an interview Thc agricultural people are against it They have their own ideas on handling these surpluses There are many And Taft hinted the White House request may have been an effort to separate the farm surplus lem from the foreign aid passed by the Senate last Wednesday Eisenhower asked broad ity to use farm products for famine or other gency relief to foreign nations ing the next two years Wants Broad Rights He asked the right to fix terms or the Treasury paying the costs including ery and said this should be arate from the long range military and economic assistance program of the Mutual Security tion Taft said this amounted to the President telling Boys don't put it in there the foreign We are willing to do something Republican chairman of the ate and House Agriculture Com- promised to hold early hearings on the White House re- quest But tentative plans to ad- journ Congress July 31 and ful opposition to the proposal in- slight chance for its proval Humphrey Defeated Sen Humphrey tried attach the Eisenhower request to the foreign aid authorization measure but stirred up opposition and was defeated Democrats generally blasted the Eisenhower request as a blank check and give away more han three billion dollars worth ot farm commodities now held by the under its program Sen Knowland who las been acting floor leader while Taft is recovering from a hip ment defended the President's re- quest but opposed adding it to the aid Knowland said Eisenhower ex- Congress to write in er limitations and would use the requested authority only for U.S Teaching West Germans Democratic WASHINGTON U S is howing some of its military emphasizing its view n soldiers role in a o Germans blueprinting the re- of their country A West German delegation has ad intensive sessions with State Department officials with the ent on civilian control of the ary It moves on to the Pentagon Monday and then goes on tour of installations before ing civilian talks The delegation is headed by Theodore Blank who may become defense minister f the West German Republic His assistant is former Lt Gen Adolph Heusinger West Germany will be allowed to earm only if the Euro- jean Defense Community with its controlled army omes into being Only West many has ratified it so far Rain Halts Fun WITH TASK FORCE 77 OFF EAST COAST UB and fog put a complete damper on a big fireworks party planned for the Communists today by the U S Navy Swarms of planes from the riers Princeton Boxer and Philip pine Sea were scheduled to mark the Fourth of July day by ing tons bombs and rockets to North Korean and Chinese Reds in the west and central sectors of the Korean battlefront the Navy said Weather grounded the carrier planes The navy said the pilots
