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THIS TIME SOMEONE ELSE IS TRAVELING
Senate Will Not ,
Act On Postal
Rate Increase Rill
WASHINGTON, WV-The Sen
ate Post Office Committee broke
off hearings Tuesday on a postal
rate increase bill and announced
it had no plans to conclude testi
mony at this session of Congress.
The action apparently means
the bill has no chance of passage
before Congress adjourns, which
may occur this week.
The committee broke off a pub
lic session without hearing all
scheduled witnesses.
The House passed the Eisen
hower administration’s postal
rate increase bill earlier this
month. The Senate committee has
been conducting public hearings
since then. It has received re
quests from 500 persons or organ
izations to testify against the
measure.
The bill would raise first, sec
ond and third class rates to bring
in an estimated $521 million an
nually at full effect.
First Load of Salvage
Due From Aleutians
TACOMA, (A>»—1The first full
shipload of salvage cargo ever
brought to Puget Sound from the
Aleutian Islands is diie here to
night. It amounts to between
4,500 and 5,000 tons.
The cargo is made up of such
items as landing mats, industrial
equipment, parts from wrecked
planes and tractors.
Most of the cargo is from Adak,
■Where the ship was loaded. Some,
however, is from other islands in
the Aleutian chain.
L. C. Ferguson, former busi
nessman of Unalakleet, who now I
spends most of his time in Fair
bank, has been visiting in Unala
kleet and Nome and is now en
route to Fairbanks.
3 Sgts. To Be Tried
For Mistreatment
Of 8 Trainees
FT. CARSON, Colo., UP)—'Three
sergeant-instructors in an Army
training company here have been
charged with mistreating trainees
and ordered to appear at special
courts-martial.
An investigation into the al
leged mistreatment has involved
a commissioned officer.
Maj. Harold Fischgrund, pub
lic information officer, said the
specifications against the three
sergeants include unauthorized
punishment, striking a trainee
with the fist, kicking another
trainee, striking one with a broom
.handle and another with the knee
and hitting still another with a
scrub brush.
Eight trainees were involved in
the alleged incidents. None was
seriously hurt, the officer said.
The charges were filed against
S2/c Robert E. Neely, 28, of Pel
zer, S.C., SFC Alexander Brown,
26, of Warrington, Fla., and Sgt.
James L. Hobbs, 26, of Gunnison,
Miss.
The three sergeants and the
company’s former commanding
officer, Capt. John Webb, all
have been transferred. The Army
said Capt. Webb, a World War II
marine veteran, had an exem
plary training record.
The special courts-martial pro
bably will be held within the next
10 days. It could provide maxi
mum punishment on conviction
of six months imprisonment in
the post stockade and forfeiture
of two-thirds pay for the same
period.
Union Committee
Files Charges
Against Hoffa
WASHINGTON, (tf)—The AFL,
CIO Ethical Practices Committee
Tuesday filed its own charges
against Teamsters vice president
James R. Hoffa.
The announcement said the
committee served upon the
Teamsters Union a “report which
includes charges concerning the
activities” of Hoffa.
“These charges were based pri
marily upon evidence and testi
mony before the McClellan Com
mittee,” the announcement said.
Hoffa, Midwest Teamsters boss
and apparently in line to succeed
to the union presidency, was a
witness last week before the Sen
ate Rackets Investigating Com
mittee headed by Sen. McClellan.
Hoffa repeatedly asserted in
ability to recollect events about
which he was questioned. Finally,
McClellan Suspended the hear
ings with the tart comment that
the “witness has no memory.”
Hoffa said he will continue to
seek the presidency of the Team
sters Union despite the charges.
He said, “I see nothing at this
point that would cause me to
I change my mind. I am in the race
j to the end.”
Deaf Mute Classified
1-A by Draft Board;
Investigation Planned
FOWLERVILLE, Mich., UP)—
Army drill sergeant will have a
hard time if the Army actually
inducts Gerald K. Hanson, a 22
| year-old Fowlerville printer. Han
| son is a deaf mute,
j Last month, Hanson was or
j dered to report for his Army
| physical examination. He was
j classified 1-A and told to report!
I for active duty Sept. 6. The class- I
ification has been appealed.
Col. Arthur A. Holmes, state
Selective Service director, said
“According to our records, he
(Hanson) was accepted as passing ]
! minimum physical standards.”
Holmes said the induction has J
been postponed pending an inves
tigation.
$1% Billion Military
Construction Bill
Signed by Eisenhower
WASHINGTON, UP)—President
Eisenhower signed today an ap
propriation bill carrying more
than $1 billion for construction
of military works in the United
States and elsewhere.
This compares with Eisenhow
er’s budget recommendations of
$1,764,700,000.
Of the total appropriated, $310
million is for the Arjny, $55 mil
lion for the Army Reserve, $265
million for the Navy and $900
million for the Air Force.
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Army Turncoat Tells Communist
Youth Festival Delegates He Finds
Life In China ‘Most Satisfactory’
PEIPING, Red China, UPl — A
U.S. Army turncoat said Tuesday
that he finds life in Red China
most satisfactory and has no
plans to go home. His sentiments
matched those of a Chinese uni
versity president who was edu
cated in the United States with
the late Robert A. Taft.
Morris Wills, 24, of Fort Ann,
N.Y., told Communist Youth Fes
tival delegates now touring Red
China in defiance of U.S. State
Department policy that he be
lieves China under Communism
is a better place in which to live.
“I’m happy here and I may
stay on for a long time after I
finish my education,” said Wills,
wtho told a western reporter a
year ago that he was thinking of
returning to the United States in
perhaps five or ten years.
But now, he said, “I have no
Navy Readies Its Fourth
Nuclear Submarine, The
Swordfish, For Launching
PORTSMOUTH, N.H., Lf)— The
United States Navy, speeding
transition to nuclear power,
readied its fourth nuclear-pow
ered submarine—the Swordfish—
the first to be built in a naval
shipyard, for launching yester
day.
Since the first nuclear - pro
pelled submarine was authorized
in 1952, the Electric Boat Divi
sion of General Dynamics Corp.,
at Groton, Conn., has built the
Nautilus, the Seawolf and the
Skate.
Construction by the Ports
mouth Naval Shipyard of the
Swordfish, second of four 2,400
ton Skate-class, nuclear subma
rines, was hailed by Navy men
as an important step forward in
the creation of a nuclear navy, i
plans to go home.”
President Ma Yen-Chu of Pei
ping University, who also spoke
to the young American visitors,
said that some Americans believe
China is dominated by the Soviet
Union.
“That is not true,” he said. “We
are developing independently.
Don’t forget that I as a university
president am not a student re
turned from the Soviet Union. I
am a returned student from Am
erica.”
Ma Yen-Chu said he graduated
from Yale in 1910—“with Robert
Taft (the late Senate Republican
leader).” Later, he said, he
studied at Columbia:
The 41 American delegates,
who arrived here last week from
Moscow for their Chinese - paid
tour are all healthy and keeping
busy in the Red Chinese capital.
Most members of the group also
accepted an invitation to extend
their visit from three to five
weeks to see the Chinese national
day celebration in Peiping Oct. 10.
Chinese officals told members
of the delegation that the Peiping
government is holding up visas of
24 American correspondents be
cause of dissatisfaction over the
way U.S. Secretary of State Dul
les handled -the matter.
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