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Govt. Printing Office
Employe Identified As
Communist Party Member
WASHINGTON, UP)—A Govern
ment Printing Office employe
identified a fellow worker, Ed
ward Rothschild, face-to-face to
day as a one-time member of the
Communist party.
James Phillips, a bookbinding
machine operator, told Senate in
vestigators that Rothschild has no
direct access to secret material in
the government printing plant but
could easily get such material
from other workers.
Phillips confronted the slightly
built, pipe-smoking Rothschild at
a hearing by the Senate Investi
gations subcommittee, which is
looking for evidence that secret
material in the government print
ing office has been leaked to the
Communists.
Phillips testified he first met
Rothschild in 1938. He identified
Rothschild as one of 25 or 30 per
sons who attended a meeting in a
private home to organize a Com
munist cell in the government
printing office.
Later, Phillips said, Rothschild
and Fred Sellers approached him
on the street and asked him in a
“threatening and belligerent” at
titude whether he was for or
against their efforts to organize
such a cell.
Phillips said he thought it over
and gave them their answer by
going before the House Commit
tee on un - American activities,
then headed by Rep. Dies (D-Tex)
and testifying about the whole
affair.
Treason Charges May Be
Lodged Against Americans
Collaborating With Reds
SAN FRANCISCO, UP) — U.S.
Atty. Gen. Herbert Brownell said
yesterday his office had no in
formation on possible treason
charges which might be lodged
against repatriated American pri
soners of war who collaborated
with the Communists in North
Korean POW camps.
“I would like to make it clear,”
Brownell said, “that no' such cases
have been brought to the atten
tion of the Attorney General’s
office.
“Until and unless they are,
there is nothing we can or will
do about it. We will, of course,
cooperate with the armed services
if we are asked to prosecute any
treason charges.”
Explosion in Brooklyn Navy
Yard Kills Two Men
ARGOSTOLION, Greece, U!) —
New earth tremors including one
rated as a strong earthquake
wracked the stricken Ionian Sea
islands today as officials esti
mated the toll from the week’s
devastation at some 600 dead and
700 seriously injured.
Fifteen! new tremors were re
corded during a 12 - hour period
last night and today. They height
ened the islanders’ near-panicky
desire to flee their homelands but
otherwise could make little dif
ference on the three islands prac
tically levelled by the past week
of upheavals.
‘Little Men’ Testify
Before Senators At
Ketchikan Today
KETCHIKAN, (UP) — Six U.S.
senators were opening the first
of four hearings in Alaska on the
statehood issue here today.
The chairman is Sen. Hugh But
ler (R-Nebl, whom statehood sup
porters long have labeled as the
major statehood opponent in Con
gress.
Butler told a reporter in Seat
tle that “Nobody has a right to
call me an opponent of state
hood for Alaska. I once was op
posed to Hawaiian statehood but
now I favor it. I am going to
Alaska with an open mind to lis
ten and learn.”
Statehood proponents in some
Alaska cities have organized
“little man” testimony to feature
the series of hearings here and in
Juneau, Fairbanks and Anchor
age. In his original announce
ment of the hearings, Butler said
the committee was to visit the
territory to allow “the little men”
to be heard.
Other senators on the trip are:
Republican—Frank Bartlett of
Wyoming;
Democrats — Clinton Anderson
of New Mexico, Henry Jackson of
Washington, Earl Clements of
Kentucky and James Murray of
Montana.
Butler said in his .interview
that he feels the issue is primar
ily whether Alaska can support
statehood.
“The economic picture is what
I want to determine,” he told a
reporter. “There are encouraging
signs, such as the development of
the pulp industry, that Alaska’s
economy is improving, but I don’t
think you can avoid the fact that
the federal government at present
provides the basis for Alaska’s
economy.
“There are thousands of federal
employees in Alaska who receive
25 per cent cost-of-living differ
entials. What would happen to
Alaska if that income were re
moved?
“The huge military expendi
tures for defense won’t last for
ever.”
After the hearings here, the
senators will proceed to Juneau
to continue hearing witnesses
Tuesday.
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Chairman of Alaska Statehood
Committee Will Attend But
Not Testify At Hearings
JUNEAU, (J*) — Robert Atwood,
editor of the Anchorage Times
and chairman of the Alaska State
hood Committee, said Saturday he
plans to attend all scheduled Sen
ate committee hearings on state
hood even though he will not be
permitted to testify.
Atwood has testified at previous
congressional hearings on state
hood. Rules set up by the Sen
ate committee prevent calling
such witnesses at the current
hearings.
Atwood said he will attend
hearings at Ketchikan, Juneau,
Anchorage and Fairbanks be
cause “I want to hear what the
little people have to say.”
5,177 Allied Prisoners,
1,105 Americans Freed
In 13 Days of Exchanges
PANMUNJOM, UP) — The Com
munists freed 400 Allied war pri
soners today—73 of them Ameri
cans.
Today’s group brought the to
tal of Americans returned to
1,105, just over one-third of the
3,313 the Reds have said they
held.
The Reds also freed 75 British,
250 South Koreans, 1 Japanese
who had served with U.S. forces
as a houseboy, and a Japan-born
Korean who said he served with
the South Korean army although
he was released as a civilian.
The Americans and British
jumped briskly from the Red
trucks that rolled them down
from the Red grouping center at
Kaesong. They laughed as they
moved into the Allied tents and
appeared in good health.
A total of 5,177 Allied troops
have been freed in 13 days of the
exchange. The Reds have said
they held 12,763.
As the Allied prisoners were
handed over, truckloads of Com
munist POWs rolled north, sing
ing loudly.
Flying Enterprise II
Is Damaged In Mooring
At Bombay Dock
BOMBAY, India, UP) — Capt.
Kurt Carlsen, 1952’s most famous
seafarer, nursed another wounded
Flying Enterprise Monday. This
one, however, was moored along
side a Bombay dock and in no
danger of sinking.
The 8,000 - ton Flying Enter
prise II tangled with the 7,000
ton British freighter Canara as a
port tender maneuvered the Am
erican ship into another corner of
the dock.
The Enterprise’s stern was
gashed and she got a 10-foot hole
above her waterline. Port officials
said the Canara was heavily dam
aged both above and below the
waterline and on both sides.
Carlsen got his present ship,
owned by the Isbrandtsen Co. of
New York, after he won world
fame by refusing to desert the
first Flying Enterprise last year
as she lay helpless in the At
lantic after a storm.
The courageous skipper final
ly was rescued shortly before his"
ship sank in the English Chan
nel, after being towed almost to
safety.
Patrolmen Wanted for
Territorial Police Force
JUNEAU, (J*>—A call for patrol
men to join the Territorial De
partment of Police was issued
here last week by Police Supt.
A. P. Brandt.
Brandt said any citizen of good
morals who meets certain qualifi
cations and is able to pass oral
and written examinations will be
hired after a six-month probation
ary period.
Minimum requirements: height,
5-11; weight, 165 lbs.; age, 25-40
years.
Brandt said application blanks
may be obtained by writing Box
2719, Juneau.
Russia Reported
Ringed by Guided
Missile Bases
WASHINGTON, UP)—’The well
informed magazine, Aviation Age,
said Monday Soviet Russia has
built a chain of launching bases
for guided missiles, extending
from Finland to the Black Sea and
from Archangel to northeastern
Siberia.
It said these sites are capable
of being trained on targets in
western Europe, Alaska and the
United States.
The technical aviation publica
tion said some of the most im
portant bases are in Riga area of
the former Baltic state of Latvia
and are aimed at the north Swe
den mining center of Kiruna.
Numerous bases along the Lith
uanian coast are all aimed appar
ently either at Sweden or out over
the Baltic.
Some bases off the Lithuanian
could fire missiles that could
reach the Ruhr industrial region
of West Germany. Other bases are
to be erected and could be aimed
at the Rhine bridges or at the
strategic ports of Antwerp and
Rotterdam.
A series of launching bases has
been established in the Carpath
ian Mountains aimed at the Dar
danelles. A similar network is
“reported to have been built” in
northeastern Siberia, aimed at
Alaska.
The magazine said the Reds
have developed and improved
German war - time V - 1 “buss
bombs” and V-2 or A-4 rockets,
and have been working on a giant
multi - stage rocket weighing 97
tons and having a range of about
3,500 miles.
The article in Aviation Age did
not carry the name of its author.
The magazine, which in recent
years has specialized in writing
about Soviet air power, said only
that its information came from
reliable sources behind the iron
curtain.
National League
W L Pet. GB
Brooklyn .77 37 .675 ....
Milwaukee .71 47 .602 8
Philadelphia .62 52 .544 15
St. Louis .62 52 .544 15
New York .56 56 .500 20
Cincinnati .53 65 .449 26
Chicago .44 70 .386 33
Pittsburgh .38 84 .311 43
American League
New York .77 37 .675 ....
Chicago .70 46 .603 8
Cleveland .64 50 .561 13
Boston .65 55 .542 15
Washington .48 60 .492 21
Philadelphia .48 67 .417 29l/a
Detroit .42 73 .365 35*/2
St. Louis .41 77 .347 38
Coast League
Hollywood .92 56 .622 ....
Seattle .82 66 .554 10
Los Angeles .76 72 .514 16
Portland .73 73 .500 18
San Francisco ....73 75 .493 19
San Diego .67- 80 .456 24V*
Sacramento .65 82 .442 261'*
Oakland .62 86 .419 30
Congressional Probe Is
Underway Into Full Use
Of Air By Civil Aviation
WASHINGTON, iff)—A congres
sional investigation into “full use
of the air” by civilian and com
mercial aviation is under way,
Sen. Cooper (R-Ky) said Sunday.
“We want to look back and see
what has happened and then plan
for the future,” Cooper told a
reporter. “How has air transport
ation developed compared with
that on railroads and highways?”
“Have we too many big com
mercial airlines and too few small
ones? What about federal regu
lations and existing laws?”
Cooper said these and many
other questions will be exam
ined in detail by a special Sen
ate subcommittee he heads. It in
cludes Senators Griswold (R-Neb)
and Edwin C. Johson (D-Colo).
Among other controversies,
Cooper said the group would look
into the mounting dispute be
tween commercial airlines that fly
regular schedules and the “non
skeds” who fly at irregular per
iods.
Administration of Civilian Avi
ation control by the Civil Aero
nautics Administration and the
Civil Aeronautics Board also will
be examined.
“We may get around to hear
ings in October,” he said. “I do
not expect them to be spectacular
because we are chiefly hunting
for facts as a basis for passible
legislation.”
Adm. Arthur Radford
Sworn in As Nation’s
No. 1 Military Official
WASHINGTON, UP)—Adm. Ar
thur Radford took over Saturday
as the nation’s No. 1 military offi
cial. He received the oath of office
as chairman of the Joint Chiefs
of Staff from the man he suc
ceeded, Gen. Omar Bradley.
Bradley had served a four-year
term as first permanent chairman
of the top professional planning
group set up under the law unify
ing the armed services.
New Earth Tremors Wrack
Already-Levelled Ionian Islands
NEW YORK, UPl—An explosion
blew down the wall of an officer’s
home at the Brooklyn Navy Yard
last night, killing two men and
injuring nine others.
The blast victims included Navy
Yard firemen and the duty officer
who had been summoned to check
a short circuit in the frame and
mortar hohse. While looking
around they were caught by the
explosion.
Dead were two firemen, civil
ian employes of the Navy.
SUNDAY SCORES
National League
Brooklyn 3-9, Pitsburgh 1-5
New York 8-4, Philadelphia 1-3
Cincinnati 3-2, St. Louis 2-6
Milwaukee 4-6, Chicago 2-2
American League
New York 8-7, Philadelphia 0-3
Boston 4-4, Washington 1-7
Detroit 3, Chicago 2
St. Louis 7-7, Cleceland 6-5
Coast League
Holywood 9-1, San Diego 2-3
Portland 3-3, Los Angeles 1-1
Oakland 1-7, Seattle 0-3