Walla Walla Union-Bulletin (Newspaper) - December 10, 1948, Walla Walla, Washington THE WEATHER rain ever ionic cooler low frlday Thuri 30 night 45 lot m ttl u EVENING Our 80th Year No 239 Walla Walla Wash Friday December 10 1948 Member of Frew NBA Service Inc Bell Feature Syndicate and Allied Dally ol Washington Sixteen Pages Key Man in Probe Gives Up Position Chambers Quits Staff of Time Magazine Sends Statement on His Fight Against Communism Tunnel Dwarfs Auto YORK OP Whittaker Chambers confessed former Com- munist courier and key figure in the probe of Communist has resigned as a senior editor of Time magazine his at- announced Friday The announcement came as Mrs Priscilla Hiss wife of Alger Hiss appeared at the federal building to testify before a grand jury probing the alleged Communist spying The attorneys announcement was headed statement by Whittaker Chambers It I have offered my resignation as a senior editor of Time magazine It has been accepted Both of these acts became im- when I recently began to a ICW make revelations about Communist the Columbia project will gush from this outlet portal of the 10 Bacon tunnel near Coulee City The tunnel which Editors Knew I automobile is in diameter and will cost an m editor's i About of the tunnel has been completed knew that I was an I NEA they did not know that espionage wss involved For nine years I have been ively fighting communism I believe j I was helpful in alerting Time's editors years ago to the dangers of world-wide communism have been confirmed by events and which are now generally if fectly understood in this country In my writing I have tried to give expression to human which I knew from my own communism denies and Must Tell Story I Now after nine years of done in good conscience I have been called upon to expose the darkest and most dangerous side of This can be done only if a man who knows the facts will stand up and tell them without regard to the cost or consequences to himself I cannot share this able ordeal with anyone Therefore with a quiet and firm mmd I am withdrawing from among the col- State Roads Open Despite More Snow Snoqualmie Pass Cleared After One Day Closure Plows Keeping Busy and Work at Low Levels Associated Fress Snow piled up to new December record depth in parts of the In- land Empire Friday as crews re- opened highways linking Eastern Washington and the Pacific coast The mountains of Northern Idaho and the Cascade range of ton were buried deep in drifts that held both a promise and a threat for the future In Wallace Idaho the snow depth reached 29 inches to set a new De- cember record It has been ing there almost continually for 18 days And in the mountains above the mining center of Wallace depths ranged up to 113 inches There was 118 inches of roadside snow at Snoqualmie pass in the Cascades but crews battered through the drifts to reopen the Berlin Lift Forcing U.S to Speed Up Air Force Expansion County Bridge and Equipment Damaged local Contractor Tells of Apartment Plan Plans for a apartment project here were announced day by E Chuck Mardis Walla Walla contractor Mardis said work had already started to dismantle a house at 433 Washington and work on the new apartment house will get under way within the next two weeks SAGINAW Mich The project will consist of two er gravedigger admitted to police umts facing each other with that his strange story of the garages at the rear of the long lot der of a Philadelphia woman was Each umt will of two all a dream Grave Digger Admits Story All a Dream The gravedigger floor or a total of 12 Herbert L Gulembo made the j According to present plans access statement to Police Detective Ar- to the apartment will be gained nold R Berg through a common entrance m the Earlier it was believed j middle of the building with each Cascade passes The snowfall continued to add to what is already an all-time high for December snow in the tains Snoqualmie pass was opened to two-way traffic Thursday midnight j after having been closed all Thursday because of heavy snow and slides Blewett and Stevens passes had been reopened earlier Strong winds were reported to be threatening the Blewett pass highway with falling trees as well as a snow barrier Motorists were cautioned against venturing through the passes unless their trips were gent Winter continued to grip Eastern Washington and North Idaho Steady snow was falling in the Wenatchee where there was over 12 inches on the ground lensburg which had a heavy fall Thursday reported a light fall had resumed Friday morning ies with six apartments three on Snow depths in the passes were Snoqualmie 26 inches of new snow for a total Blewett inch roadside total with the causing drifting Stevens six inches of new snow and total of bo's story might save a convicted a priva vears and whose support has slayer from Pennsylvania s trance off the hall private 150 many years and whose support baen loyal and generous Shortly after Chambers an- James A Linen lisher of Time issued this Time has accepted Mr for the reasons which he has so well expressed In accepting his resignation now Time does not wish to and is not prejudicing his recent disclosures Not until all the evidence is in can the pros and cons be weighed Against the admitted disservice to his country of a decade agp must be set the service we are convinced he is trying to perform for his country now Administration Tries In Vain to Halt House Un-American Inquiry Rotary snow plows were A nearly new shovel and crane belonging to the county highway department crashed through this frame bridge on the Hart road in Northern Walla Walla county late Wednesday The bridge will be reconstructed by filling in earth around a six-foot steel pipe placed in the dry wash to carry the spring runoff under the road County Engineer B Loyal Smith said Thursday shovel is shown in the background where it had been moved a short distance from the crash scene Martial Law Ordered for Most of China Alger and Donald Hiss Asked To Appear Before Committee WASHINGTON The un-American activities committee Friday summoned Alger and ald Hiss to appear before it day fired fresh criticism at the ad- ministration and dug out a story that the pumpkin papers were hidden in Brooklyn for 10 years Late Flashes tric cnair Mardis said he intended to pass Acting chai R SD it i saiu ne nf Gulembo told Saginaw police iduce several innovations in the within eight miles of two days ago he beat to death structure Some of the apartments Mrs Meller 43 a er and artist when she rebuffed his attempts to make love to her He then fled said be- cause he was afraid he might with a sprinkling of transit will be of the one bedroom type while the remainder will have two The exterior will be finished in called upon to dig her grave board and glass brick around the A negro Bayard entrance The interior will feature J Jenkins was convicted wallpaper in the main and her 23 of murdering Mrs Meller tile m thc baths and kitchens in her apartment June 7 in a Rooms in the apartments are in Ephrata and lust slaying His sentence was de- large Mardis said and m s added to traffic ferred pending moves for a new units will be completely North Bend A red-faced plow operator told a This is strange tory for us We've never had to work down this Washington ture minimums for the night in- Ellensburg degrees Yakima 14 kane Omak 15 Walla Walla 32 announced the Hiss brothers have been called and told reporters that the committee is not going to permit any agency to squelch its efforts to learn the truth about Communist spying That was in obvious answer to criticism from President Truman The Blue Mountain Racing sociation at luncheon Friday set dates for the 1949 spring meets The circuit opens in Pomeroy the week ending May 14 proceeds to Walla Walla Waitsburg ton and Union in that on successive weekends NANKING President ang Friday night extend ed law to all China unde Nationalist control except for th far western provinces and For mosa The action wa taken amid the deepening c i v i was crisis Both Nanking and Pel ping North China metropolis ar threatened by Chinese Communis armies Chiang's proclamation extent military jurisdiction to areas thu far remote from the Shanghai Nanking and P e i p i n were placed under martial law several weeks ago PARIS tonight laid the blame for World war 2 on Britain and the United States Andrei Y Vishinsky speaking Unit Moved Japan To Germany Addition to Food Ferry Fleet Makes Total of Five Transport Wings Now in Operation WASHINGTON Hi The Berlin has forced a speed up in he air force's expansion ng it now to size This development was d Friday by an air force order or redeployment of three over- eas units These shifts include the of a transport unit from apan to Germany and assignment if a fighter wing to the Panama anal defense system The new in- ludes nine troop carrier jne more than been planned by next June 30 On that date the air force is scheduled o inve 66 groups of all bombers fighters transports and and the justice department's re- the time in the United trial 16 Accidents Send Three To ern A new hot water heating plant I will heat all apartments The heat is controlled by an outside thermo- WASHINGTON The She highways and adverse i stat I parking will be with garages in the rear started working on plans I for the last spring but construction was delayed until now A permit for the project was issued 1 Thursday by the city building in- spector ards As Western Washington had fog and rain small craft warning1 were up from p m Thursday to Friday for the strait of Juan de Fuca and inland waters gators step aside in the spy hunt and leave it to the justice ment for reasons of internal weather conditions Thursday put three persons in hospitals with in- juries ranging from minor to as the result of the 16 accidents and curity Thp house committee on me smarting officers reported late in the daj erican rejected the request ing number of mishaps An utterly unreasonable attack weather sleet and the silver unon the prerogative of the United continued to cover States congress snapped the streets with a glare of ice in turning request j Family Hurt from the justice Department mat Injured Thursday were Mrs Donald Garson Richland her bus Greek Bandits Hold American WASHINGTON The state department reported Thursday that Greek bandits had kidnapped Bids Called 011 Basin Work quest that the committee hold off and let it handle the case of the stolen state department documents produced by Whittaker Chambers Mundt also said it is utterly silly for two branches of the to get into a running fight i over who is going to talk to a ness He said the committee has asked Alger and Donald Hiss to appear at 10 Saturday The tee probably will hear them be- hind closed doors first but may Nations assembly debate on human rights said it was the leaders of the who share the chief blame for the second World war American construction is the term by which Stop interviewing witnesses in d of official band and search for of to a Richland hospital wl ments to Russian have child Ml were American government officials refer to Communist guerrilla forces in Greece Michael McDermott EPHRATA The bureau of has issued a call for bids for lining the on the Pasco unit of the Columbia basin project about 10 miles west of Pasco Bids will be opened at the gation headquarters in Ephrata at 10 on January 13 1949 according to H A Parker supervising engineer The principal items of work call for excavation overhaul compact Yakima Has Third Fire YAKIMA The third pre- dawn fire to strike the business district here in nine days gutted the two-story Yakima Chamber of Commerce building Friday ing Early estimates indicated age will exceed Records of the Chamber of Com- merce housed on the second floor in the Continued on Page 5 Col 3 Nine Killed In Explosion Meanwhile Red troops were be- trying to cut Nationalist communications behind the Hwai river Nanking's last defense line north of the Yangtze Government sources said the Communists are attempting to cross the Hwai at a bend in the river 90 miles northwest of king This is at a point where the river is lightly defended This threat arose as the bulk of the government armies of East China still strove to break loose from two big traps north of the Hwai A crossing of the Hwai in any force would cut off Nanking from the new base at Pengpu 105 miles northwest of the capital along with the 80.000 troops ning the defenses along the other elements On Permanent Basis The new addition to Berlin's food rerry fleet makes a total of five transport wings operating there apparently on a permanent basis The air force said the troop carrier wing will transfer t h i month from Tachikawa Japan to About more men will be added to the outfit before it arrives in Europe The normal strength of a troop carrier wing is approximately In answer to a question air force spokesmen said the nine transport outfits are stationed in Germany instead of being on temporary duty In military language this indicates a nent assignment as distinguished from a limited time mission Of the nation's nine troop rier wings four now are in Eur- ope two in the Far East air forca id three in continental United tates A wing includes plans roup plus the unit's service and administrative Wing to Zone In redeploying the three over- eas units 23rd fighter wing Continued on Page 5 Col J lolmes Hopes Columbia Will Be Pushed SEATTLE Hal as expressed the hope that the basin program will not pushed ahead on the basis of expediency and a Junior Chamber of er killed and 16 injured in a series of blasts that shook a huge power and light plant near this state cap- ital for almost 45 minutes day Kcscue crews still groped blaze which broke out at about All of its records equipment and information except whatever may have been in its safe were Lor in lor destroyed ng embankment and trimming of through debris seeking other thc Walla Walla Victims foundation for lining Trie! possible victims formation which i said investigation Atkinson Drake and Park Con- the will be concrete COULEE DAM award of contracts totaling for pumping equipment at Grand Coulee dam was announced dav by the bureau of struction company of New York i lion REPORT CHEST CLEAN-UP GOAL i The three were injured when an permanent home 1 auto driven oy Garson left address was given by the state de- way 410 near skidded into as Portland Ore He was the ditch and turned over as native of Seattle Born February 8 1903 McDermott told a news victims Chamber Friday morning The explosions occurred in the h Kansas Power and Light com- main plant and left Topeka a city of 90.000 without electricity for several hours Hospitals were day for a meeting but will be un- to attend Thc information he the farm labor ad- 4 committee meeting for forced to operate will morning meeting will be blamed ice for the accident 16 Crashes In County The only western firm on the list was Zinco Electrical Products Co of Los Angeles which received a contract for The bureau also said the port News Shipbuilding and on an emergency basis elevators L ht herc Friday afternoon by were stalled in downtown 1 Robinson Jr chairman of and many shops and offices closed early No serious accidents were reported although traffic was snarled at busy intersections when signal lights went out Theatres dock corporation has submitted a of bid of for construction of sj Elsewhere in the city and county encc IK were reported because The office of the US corps cv said One at reported he three 165.000 horsepower turbines Deluded a skidded in- was captured by bandits the after- j for the right powerhouse at the the ditch near the air field noon of December The were blacked out Fire broke out during the sions which rocked a the Yakima housing authority re organized who will be en route to home in croy for a weekend visit Heavy damage to the stock of a Western Auto store at level came when the roof The onS which rocked a large floor collapsed The ions had not pulverized con- ripped external walls This Friday's fire was within half of the December 1 blaze Canton Death Takes Mrs Kellough Mrs Viola Purdy Kellough 74 wife of former Mayor George E Kellough died Thursday night at a local hospital where she has been since November 21 following critical injuries in an accident west of Umatilla Both her arms were broken and she suffered deep cuts on her face and head and severe shock in tne accident which occurred when an oncoming car crashed into the machine Kellough was driving to Portland The were mov ing at slow speed at the time Mrs seemingly had been im proving and her death was unex Mrs Kellough a native o Michigan came to Walla Wall when a girl to be with brother and sisters who were living ber and she and George E Kellough then a young wheat rancher on Eu reka flat were married in Wall Walla November 28 1893 T h e first lived on Eureka flat and the moved into Walla Walla wher lived since Mrs Kellough was an member of Bee Hive lodge and the auxiliary of ui ganda He told Commerce gathering that its ess should be based on tial logical analysis Asked about the possibility of running against Senator Magnuson n 1950 the Ellensburg Republican old a 1950 is another year to the meantime I have my full in my own district We'll see which resulted in more than 000 damase to a furniture store The second fire December 7 la a and drwe 30 it Robert Well Known tii jjj j formalin was available on the in- of 1.200 troops rapped part dwellers H Francis desert 01 not most of the SPOKANE Robert and released afterward Spokane banker Firr Sweeps Through 1 Holel lArrA H Francis ihc desert an employe of the Palestine windows blown oui was Thc Israeli government by or November 30 the Woman Charged Wilh into a i Ralph to a of its troops from thc I the official said Degree Murder A checking second blaze is expected to an immediate search for the cause of this morning's fire Stale 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