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Former Tax Collector
Sentenced To Five Years
For Income Tax Evasion
NEW YORK, t¥) — Joseph D.
Nunan Jr., once the nation’s head
tax collector, was sentenced yes
terday to five years imprisonment
and a $15,000 fine for income tax
evasion.
Nunan was sentenced by Judge
Walter Bruchhausen who said
Nunan’s conduct “cannot be con
doned.”
The judge said Nunan’s crime
was made greater by the fact that
he had been charged with enforc
ing the law.
Nunan was appointed U. S.
Commissioner of Internal Rev
enue by the 'late President Frank
lin D. Roosevelt and served in
the post from 1944 to 1947.
He was convicted on a five
count indictment in which he was
accused of reporting his income
for 1946 to 1950 as $416,144 when
it actually was $543,396. The gov
ernment said he paid taxes total
ing $200,437 when he should have
paid $291,523.
Nunan made no comment as he
was sentenced. His attorney had
asked that his age of 57 be con
sidered.
He could have received £ maxi
mum sentence of 25 years in pri
son and a $50,000 fine.
Shaky Shotgun Union
Of Army and Politicos
In Control In Guatemala
GUATEMALA, tm — President
Carlos Castillo Armas and Guate
mala’s regular army still covered
their nation in shaky shotgun
political union today following
surrender of holdout dissident
troops at the Aurora base just
outside the capital.
The defiant units, apparent
ly hoping to force Castillo Armas
out, had refused to honor the
agreement Monday night pledg
ing the army’s full support to the
governing junta in exchange for
the disbanding of the president’s
“liberation army” of irregulars.
Castillo' Armas announced the
Aurora units had surrendered last
night after the president’s honor
guard blocked all roads to the
base and threatened to attack. He
said the base commander and his
second in command had been im
prisoned.
Armas insisted army command
ers loyal to the junta were irf
complete control of the country
and “absolute calm” prevailed.
' But he made no move to counter
mand his order yesterday halting
dissolution of his irregular units
in several key provincial cities.
YANGTZE RIVER FLOODS
REACH ALL-TIME PEAK
TOKYO, UR — The flooding
Yangtze River hit an all - time
peak of 95V£ feet today at Wu
han, the great tri-city area in
central China, Peiping radio an
nounced.
Ike Predicts
Foreign Aid Cuts
Will Hurt U.S.
WASHINGTON, UP — President
Eisenhower said today the for
eign aid cut voted by the Senate
is to deep and will hurt the
United States badly. He also said
it reflects some lack of compre
hension as to what the people
in the Kremlin are doing.
The President told a news con
ference that before the bill went
to Congress the administration al
ready had trimmed the program
as much as it felt was justified.
Eisenhower asked Congress for
nearly 3 V2. billion dollars for for
eign aid. The Senate late yester
day voted to put the figure in
an authorization bill at $2,610,
000,000. The House had voted
$3,368,000,000.
The President also came up
with a ringing defense of Gen.
George C. Marshall when asked
for comment on a statement by
former Secretary of War Harry
Woodring that Marshall would
sell out his own grandmother for
personal advantage.
Eisenhower said Marshall —
who as Army chief of staff was
his superior during World War II
—typifies all that we look for in
an American patriot.
As to the controversy in the
Senate over whether Sen. Mc
Carthy should be censured, Eisen
hower said in reply to a question
that of course that controversy
will have an effect on Republican
party unity. But he said he feels
he should not try to evaluate the
situation in advance of any de
cision by the Senate on what
course to take.
Civil Suit By Government
Attempts To Revoke
Bridge’s Citizenship
SAN FRANCISCO, UP>—Federal
Judge O.D. Hamlin heard lengthy
argument in the government’s
suit to revoke Harry Bridges’ citi
zenship yesterday but gave no in
dication when he would hand
down his ruling.
Bridges, head of the independ
ent International Longshoremen’s
and Warehousemen’s Union,
moved for dismissal of the civil
suit.
Bridges, who the government
has been trying to strip of his
citizenship for about 15 years, is
a native of Australia.
The government contends that
Bridges lied about Communist
party membership when he ap
plied for citizenship granted him
in 1945.
Bridges was convicted in April
1950 and sentenced to prison, but
the U.S. Supreme Court reversed
the verdict on grounds the statute
of limitations had expired.
The present civil suit, filed at
the same time as 'the criminal
charge, is not subject to the stat
ute of limitations.
Congressional Committee
To Study Means Continue
Seattle-Alaska S.S. Service
WASHINGTON, W)—A study of
ways and means to continue
steamship passenger service be
tween Seattle and Alaska will be
made by a special House commit
tee, Rep. Pelly (R-Wash) said to
day.
Tentative plans call for a hear
ing in Seattle some time in Sep
tember, he said.
Pelly told a reporter that action
is urgent in view of the recent an
nouncement by the Alaska Steam
ship Co., that it would be forced
to discontinue its Seattle-Alaska
passenger service.
Would Permit Alaska
To Issue Certificates '
Of Indebtedness
WASHINGTON, l/P>—A bill to
permit Alaska to issue certificates
of indebtedness when its Legis
lature is not in session was pass
ed by the House yesterday.
The amount of indebtedness in
curred in this manner could not
exceed $200,000.
The House also passed a bill to
authorize disposal of surplus gov
ernment property in Alaska to
the territory, when a request is
made for it by the governor.
Both bills now go to the Sen
ate.
Justice Dept. Plans
To Prosecute Individual
Communists; Funds Asked
WASHINGTON, Of)—The Jus
tice Department has told Congress
it has plans to prosecute individu
al Communists in a move aimed
primarily at the party’s under
ground leaders.
This was disclosed in testimony
made public by the Senate Appro
priations Committee Monday. De
partment witnesses appeared to
ask for more money to carry on a
campaign against subversives.
The biggest request was for
$350,000 for the new Internal Se
curity Division. An additional
$468,500 is being transferred from
the Criminal Division, where in
ternal security matters were for
merly handled.
W. E. Foley, who headed the
internal security section within
the Criminal Division, said plans
call for prosecution of individual
Communists under a clause of the
Smith Act which makes it a crime
to advocate forcible overthrow of
the government. Foley said details
of this program must remain se
cret “or its success will be serious
ly jeopardized.”
JAPAN MAKES CONDITION
FOR RED CHINA TRADERS
TOKYO, UP)—Japan will permit
“carefully screened” trade repre
sentatives from Red China to en
ter the country to negotiate trade
contracts, Kyodo News Service
said today.
Three Sites Offered
For Proposed New
Federal Building
Proposals for a suitable site for
a new Federal Building and Post
Office were opened this morning
at the office of the U.S. Post
master.
Three proposals were received
for which first consideration will
be given. However, delayed pro
posals, if received before the se
lection of a site has been made,
will be given consideration.
Frank Coplin submitted his Lot
2 in Block C, 35x150 ft. (Theater
Bldg.) with buildings and busi
ness thereon, for $92,000.
Mrs. Harry Gabrielson submit
ted Lot 1 in Block C, 75x150 ft.,
street to street, for $15,954.54.
The Lomen Commercial Co.
submitted an area 150x200 ft. in
Block 15 (north side of Front St.
where the old lighterage plant
was located) to be chosen any
where in a 350x350 ft. area,
for $25,000.
Susan Hayward’s Husband
Wants to Stop Divorce
Proceedings and Reconcile
LOS ANGELES, UP) — A legal
maneuver to block Susan Hay
ward’s divorce suit has been in
stituted by counsel for her hus
band, actor Jess Barker.
A petition of recrimination was
filed yesterday with the judge
who has the divorce case under
submission. Attorney S. Hahn said
he resorted to the little-used peti
tion because Barker did not want
to file a cross-complaint for di
vorce.
“He wants her back,” the law
yer explained. “He wants her di
vorce denied on the ground that
she did things to him just as bad
as the things she says he did
to her.”
Some of these things came out
in the four-day trial of Miss Hay
ward’s suit last June: She said
Barker tossed her into the swim
ming pool and paddled her. He
said she provoked these acts by
“unwifely behavior” that includ
ed burning him with a cigarette.
THIRD QUAD DIES
PITTSBURGH, UP) — Tiny Jill
Carol, the third of four babies
born to the wife of $40-50 a week
handyman last Friday, died early
today.
Her death leaves the first-born
quadruplet, Janet Elaine, the lone
survivor. The only boy, Jerry
Harvey, and another girl, Jacque
line Sue, died within 12 hours
after birth.
The quads, born to 25-year-old
Mrs. Ruth Hurd, weighed a total
of less than eight pounds.
QUEEN MOTHER 54 TODAY
LONDON, OP)— Queen Mother
Elizabeth was 54 years old today.
Attorney Joseph N, Welch
Given Police Protection
After Report Of Threat
WELL FLEET, Mass., UPl—Atty.
Joseph N. Welch, who gained na
tional fame at the Army-McCarthy
hearings, looked out at a police
guard from the porch of his sum
mer cottage today and said: “No
one has any reason for well
planned hatred against me.”
An armed guard was set up last
night here after Washington po
lice informed Boston authorities
a man was reported by his wife
to' have left his home in Mary
land with a German Luger pistol \
and that he had a grudge against
Welch since 1941.
As he looked at a big state
trooper in front of his Cahoon
Hollow cottage Welch said: “My,
I’ve never been so well protected
in my life.”
All highways leading to this
quiet resort were watched by the
police.
Welch said he supposed it was
a serious matter “but it is a
shame to tie up the time of all
these state troopers.”
Stevenson “Alarmed”
On GOP Policies On
Natural Resources
MISSOULA, Mont., UP) —Adlai
E. Stevenson said last night he is
“alarmed at all of the Republican,
policies on natural resources.”
“We seem to be approaching
another crisis in this field,” he
said.
The 1952 Democratic presiden
tial nominee made his comments
after a trip in Lolo National For
est with Forest Service officials.
Republican power policies alarm
him, Stevenson said, because of
what he called the GOP’s “part
nership” approach.
Stevenson came here after a
tour of the Pacific Northwest and
Alaska. He is scheduled to leave
by plane tomorrow for Kansas
City, where he will confer with
former President Harry S. Tru
man.
SPAIN WANTS GIBRALTAR
BEFORE JOINING COALITION
MADRID, Spain, Iff)—The au
thoritative newspaper Arriba said
today Spain will not join any
coalition of nations that includes
Britain as long as Gibraltar re
mains a British colony. Spain
claims the fortress rock at the
western entrance to the Mediter
ranean Sea.
Charles Madsen, Famous
Kodiak Bear Guide, Dies
KODIAK, UP)—Charles M. Mad
sen, world famous bear guide of
Kodiak for the past 35 years,
died last night of a heart attack.
He would have celebrated his 70th
birthday anniversary Thursday.
The victim is survived by his
widow, Alexandria, and two dau
ghters.
Great Musical Concert
A COMMUNITY PROGRAM
THURSDAY EVENING, 8:00 P. M.- AT THE HIGH SCHOOL AUDITORIUM