The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 7, 1950, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE VOL. LXXIV., NO. 11,472 * WALTHUSTON, MOVIE ACTOR, IS STRICKEN HOLLYWOOD, April 7—(#—Wal- ter Huston, one of the most eminent stage actors, died today. He was stricken at his hotel suite nation’s and screen K. . MURDER STYMIES (OPS lice today centered their investiga- tions on Charles Binaggio’s out-ot- town connections but they were, late yesterday, just before a sur- prise 66th birthday party planned for him by his son, Director Jshn Huston, and others, He was unable to go to the party but celebrated his birthday at the hotel in Beverly Hills with Spencer Tracy, John Huston and . other friends. Huston's physician, Dr. Verne Ma- son, said the ailment apparently was kidney trouble or a blood clot. Huston rested easily during the night but complained of pain again about 6 a.m. today and died shortly after 8 a.m. Huston returned from New York only a few days ago, intending to start a new picture Monday, a humorous story of a forger’s career called “Old 880.” Six “weeks ago Huston finished a picture, “The Furies,” then went to New York where he maintained an apartment. His most recent role—which won him an Academy Oscar as a sup- porting actor—was as the hard bitten old prospector in “The Trea- sure of Sierra Madre,” which was directed by his son, John. His death struck Hollywood with stunning suddenness. Probably no figure in the movie town was more beloved by his fellow workers. He was always willing to help a new- comer, and he counted among his intimates many of the industry’s biggest names. But he took no part in the city’s social life. GUS GEORGE SUPERETTE LOSES $90 T0 BURGLARS Burglars took $90 from the cash ,register in the Gus George Sup- erette, grocery store on South Franklin Street last night. The burglary was discovered by Gus George when he opened the store at 7:30 a.m. this morning. He said the rear door was open. City police said the burglars either entered through the rear door or through a window in the rear which had been left open. George said the burglars mlssed’ an additional $400 by 20 feet. A second cash register which stands in the light from a frozen food cabinet contained the larger sum of money, but it had not been touched. “I hope this burglary serves as warning to everybody to lock their 4doors,” George said. ® © o ¢ o @ o ® & WEATHER ' REPORT In Juneau—Maximum 35; minimum 30. At Airport—Maximum 37; minimum 28. FORECAST J . 4 Vielnity) Fair tonight and Saturday. Low temperature tonight near freezing and high Sat- urday about 42. PRECIPITATION (Past 24 nours ending 7:30 s.m. todas City of Juneau—Trace; since April 1—06 inchese since July 1—60.63 inches. At Airport—.01 inche; since April 1—.11 inches; since July 1—40.31 inches. e o 0 0 00 0 0 0 The Washington Merry - Go- Round e iCopyrient. 1950. by Bell Syndica Bv DREW PEARSON ASHINGTON—Oklahoma’s sur- ly Senator “Cotton Elmer” Thomas was 50 burned up after this column corrected his version of Generai Bradley’s secret testimony on the possibility of war that Thomas has now ordered a Senate subcom- mittee to investigate. The subcommittee is supposed to find out how this column got Gen- eral ‘Bradley’s secret testimony. Senator Thomas had reported to the press that the Chief of Staff was not worried about war with Russia. To keep the record straight however, this column gave a word- by-word account of Bradley’s re- marks, which differed considerably from Senator Thomas’s version. Following this, “Cotton Elmer” named three Senators to investi- gate this columnis‘—Joe O'Mahoney of Wyoming, Willis Robertson of Virginia and Homer Ferguson of Michigan, They are now checking on all the secret transcripts to find which one might have slipped into _ (Continued on Page Four) : given little help from friends of the slain North Side political lord. More than 25 of Binaggio’s closest associates have been questioned. Po- lice detectives said they all ex- pressed deep sorrow at the death of Binaggio and his strong-arm aide, ex-convict Charles Gargotta, but the sum total of ihformation given by them was zero. Binaggio, who broke with the Pendergast Democratic organization after Boss Tom’s death and became : the Northside political power him- self, was shot to death early yester- day in his political club rooms on Truman Road. Gargotta, known as/| the enforcer and executioner of the underworld here, also was killed. Frank Collins, chief of police de- tectives, said that if police could get at the bottom of Binaggio’s 50 or more out-of-town trips in the last year the motive for the double mur-: der might be established. “Know Nothing” Among those questioned were sev- eral who accompanied Binaggio on his trips to such places as Denver and St. Louis. But police said all of them claimed to know nothing about what the political boss did. “Such reticence indicates that the local underworld plans to take care of the double murder of its leaders in its own way,” the Kansas City Star said today. A deputy coroner, Joe Connors, said he expected to ‘“view many more bodies in the next few weeks.” The crime brought repercussions in both the state and national capi- tals. ' Political Incident In Washington, Rep. Short (R- Mo) declared Binaggio was Killed because he was “in the way” in the Missouri Senatorial primary. The Congressman said Binaggio \, was backing a Senatorial candidate ! opposed by President Truman and a faction of the Pendergast political | organization. Rep. Macy (R-NY) called for a Congressional investigation into the “affiliation of crime and gangsters with politics” in Kansas City. Missouri Governor Forrest Smith ordered the state highway patrol and the Attorney General’s office; to aid local police in the investiga- tion. Bernt Balchen May Be Colonel in AF WASHINGTON, April 7— ® — Bernt Balchen, hero of spectacular rescues in the frozen north, will become a regular colonel in the Air Forces if Congress accepts re- commendations of retiring Secret-| ary of Air Symington. I Balchen, now 51, is in the Air! Force as a Reserve Officer, but| special legislation is necessary to} give him the permanent grade of| Colonel. Symington told the Senate armed services committee today that Bal- chen “is perhaps the foremost liv-| ing expert on the subject of cold- weather air operations.” | Weather Stafion, | North Pole Area| WASHINGTON, April 7—®—The United States and Canada are set-, ting up a new Arctic weather sta- tion, about 500 miles from the North Pole. It is at the northeast- ern tip of Ellesmere Island. CHILDREN-OF REBEKAHS, ODD FELLOWS TO HAVE EASTER JPARTY ON SAT. A special event for children of the Odd Fellows and Rebekahs will be POLITICIAN'S KANSAS CITY, April 7—#—Po- | “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, APRIL 7, 1950 GIRL'S PHONE CALL BRINGS ARREST OF TEXAS GEM THIEF SEATTLE, April 7—(P—Lester Emmett Bennett, wanted in Dallas, Tex., in connection with a $40,000 jewel robbery, was arrested by two Seattle detectives early today in the washroom of a downtcwn tave- ern. He offered no resistance and was not armad. Det. H. J. Tipton of the robbery and homicide division said Ben- nett was arrested by detectives Dale Schnieser and Steve Dinack. An early morning watch on Ben- net’s apartment was unsuccessful in locating a woman companion, Tipton said. It was a telephone call made by the woman to her mother in Dallas that tipped off authorities that Bennett was in Seattle, Tipton said. Schnieser and Dinack, armed with a picture of Bennett received | from Dallas police yesterday, made the rounds of Seattle taverns last night before finding their quarry. i Bennett was indicted in Dallas along with William Trent Jarrette in connecticn with the $40,000 jew- el robbery of the fashionable W. W. | Shortal home Feb. 17, Dallas police reported both Ben- nett and Jarrette are escapees from the Cincinnati, Ohio, jail. Jarrette, arrested in Dallas after the robbery, told the Dallas Times- Herald in an interview he and Bennett were sent to Dallas by the head of a widespread crime syn- dicate, headquartered in Chicago and specializing in jewel thefts. Homicide Capt, Will Fritz says the $40,00€ in jewels taken from the iShortal home was recovered through 'a pawnbroker, who has also been !indicted. MACHINISTS UNION |ACCEPTS C10 BID FOR ‘UNITY CONFERENCES WASHINGTON, April 7—®—The International Association of Ma- chinists today accepted the bid of | C10 President Philip Murray to }join _in labor unity talks. | President Al J. Hayes of the Inde- pendent IAM wrote Murray that his union is ready to discuss coopera- tion of the big labor organizations. iHe also pledged efforts toward eventual merger into one federation. It was the second such acceptance in two days. John L. Lewis said yes- terday he will recommend to his international executive board April 18 that the miners accept Murray's invitation. The Murray proposal is for estab- lishment of a joint committee to co- operate on legislative, political and economic problems. The same com- mittee would work to achieve | | merger of labor unions into a single powerful federation. Fire on 23rd Floor 0f Woolworih Bldg. Does Heavy Damag NEW YORK, April 7—®—Fire swept part of the 23rd floor of the Woolworth Building early today, and flames from the windows could be seen for miles. Firemen carried hoselines in ele- vators to the 23rd floor and rigged them to standpipes. Two pipes burst, and heavy water damage was caused in the 60-story skyscraper. Two workmen were overcome by smoke, and a fireman was injured slightly. The fire was discovered shortly after 1 am. in the executive offices of the F. W. Woolworth Company, owner of the building on lower Broadway. The northwest portion of the 23rd floor was gutted before the fire was under control. About 100 employees fled from the 39-year-old building, once New York’s highest structure and a mecca for sightseers for many years. given tomorrow. It is an Easter party at 1:30 o'clock in the after- noon at the Odd Fellows Hall. AT BARANOF A. Haight, who is with Transport Expediters of Seattle, and M. Goetz, ; with Puget Sound Power Electric Co., of Tacoma, flew in from An- chorage yesterday where they have been on business and are registered at the Baranof Hotel. © 000000000 . TIDE TABLE | APRIL 8 High tide 5:27 a.m, 158 ft. Low tide 12:26 p.m. High tide 6:59 p.m., 12.2 ft. ® 0 9 0 0 0 9 0 o Navy Atfack Ship Goes fo Pribilofs SEATTLE, April 7 — (# — The Navy's attack cargo ship Andromeda will make the annual Pribilof Island expedition this year. ‘The vessel arrived on Puget Sound last week, and was taken immedia- tely to the Bremerton Naval Ship- vard for overhaul and repair. Ten- tative plans call for the Andromedo tn sail for the Pribilofs early in June. CAA MAN HERE Alexander Johnsen, connected with the CAA at Guscavus, is stay- ing at the Baranof Ijotel /GOOD FRIDAY IS OBSERVED OVER WORLD (By the Associated Press) It’s an old story, and most people heard it when they were so young it seemed like just another story, but it was a story that they would never forget. And especially today, they were remembering it. All over this land and in coun- tries across the seas, Christians paused to give renewed homage to the Man of Galilee who on this day 19 centuries ago died on a wooden cross on a hill outside Jerusalem. There were special prayers on the lips of many today, and sermons from high prelates and from coun-* try preachers. There were cere- monies, and candle-lightings, pro- cessions and plays and heads bowed together. Business houses in many cities ordered their doors closed, at least for the period of special devotion from noon to 3 p.n.—the hours of Christ's passion. Thousands Kneel In Rome, thousands of Holy Year oilgrims kneeled in reverence in St. Peter's Basilica, the world’s largest church. In Jerusalem, other pil- grims filed through battle-scarred streets on their Good Friday march over the route Christ took to the crucifixion. The ancient city was jammed with travelers from all parts of the world—Roman Catholics, Protes*- ants and Eastern Orthodox followers |alike-all there for the observance of Holy Week. Burial Procession Tonight, a burial procession will] wind through the dark and narrow streets of the Via Dolorsa, past the 14 “Stations of the Cross” where Christ paused on his way to Cal- vary, and thence to the Holy Sepul- chre beneath which lies His tomb. In the little town of Sezze, Italy, some 3,000 townspeople prepared to take part tonight in the first postwar production of their Good Friday Passion Play, a traditionat ritual there for hundreds of years. Thousands will watch as the cruci- fixion scene is enacted on a hill- side outside the town. Special messages, many of them stressing the teachings of the Prince of Peace as a kay to world tranquility, were issued at churches throughout America. GROUND BROKEN TODAY, HIGHEST BUDINGINCITY Ground was broken today for the 1l-story Mendenhall Apart- ment building which will be con- structed at Fourth and Frankiin Streets. ) A few hours after the poweri shovel bit the first earth from the land above which the tallest bmld-l ing in Juneau will stand, a sewer line was broken, partially flood- ing the excavation.’ The sewer line was one run- ning through private property from a building on Fifth Street tc a sewer on Fourth Street. Martin Anderson, contractor who is build- the structure, said. there was no 2asement in the deed to the pro- perty which indicated such a sewer line was present. Sidewalk foremen watched with interest as the power shovel piled ap earth as a temporary dam anc then continued its excavation work. The building when completed wil! be nearly 100 feet high. It will in- clude 132 housing units and com- mercial space on the ground floor. (UTTER BRINGS TRUCANO BACK FROM GREEN COVE Joe Trucano of Juneau returned from Green Cove on the north shore of Admiralty Island yesterday aboard the Juneau-based 83-foot Coast Guard cutter 83524. He had departed for the cove Sunday in an outboard motor- powered skiff and was scheduled to return the same day. The cutter, which left Juneau at noon yester- day, found Trucano at Green Cove waiting for the weather to mod- erate before attempting the trip back. The cutter returned to Juneau at 3:30 p.m. yesterday with Trucano aboard and his skiff in tow. STEAMER MOVEMENTS Denali scheduled to sail from Seattle tomorrow. Princess Norah scheduled to sail from Vancouver 8 p.m. Tomorrow. Baranof scheduled southbound 5 p.m, Sunday. BIGGER, BETTER JOBLESS PAY IDEA T0 CAPITOL HILL WASHINGTON, April 7 — (# — President Truman got a mixed and uncertain reception on Capitol Hill today for his new proposal to (1) blanket 6,000,000 more workers un- der employment insurance and (2) pay bigger benefits to the job- less for a longer time. Mr. Truman cited an average of 500,00 unemployed this year prompt action is urgent. Democratic leaders were not en- thusiastic at the prospect of putting the plan through Congress this year, however, and some Republicans sig- malled that they are ready to do battle against it. In a special message to Congres: from Key West, Fla., the President asked: 1. A §30-a-week nationwide mini. mum in jobless pay, plus additiona’ money for defendents, with these payments forthcoming for each un- employed person, if needed, for 2s weeks. Benefits vary by states trom 515 to $27, and duration of benefits runs from 12 weeks in some states to 26 in others, 2. That the taxes on employers be increased to carry the enlarged program. The employer now pays the tax on the first $3,000 of an in- dividua! worker’s pay. Mr. Truman proposes to tax the employer on the first $4,800 instead. The tax ranges up to 3 percent. The 6.000,000 new workers blan- keted under the program, if it is ap- proved, would bring the total ot covered workers to about 36,000,000 BIXBYS TAKE OFF, WILL TRY AGAIN FOR FLIGHT RECORD CALCUTTA, India, April 7—®— The Flying Bixbys — Dianna and Bob—took off tonight for Tokyo de- termined to try again soon to smash the. record for a round-the-world flight. Said Bob: “Weather permitting and if the plane is okay we're going to have another shot at the record in about a week’s time.” ‘Their attempt to break the re- cerd set by the late Bill Odom in 1947—73 hours, five minutes and 11 seconds—ended in failure here last Monday when engine trouble forced them back after about an hour's flight on the Calcutta-Tokyo leg ot their journey to San Francisco. Toughies Stage Riot in Prison; Are Transferred (By Associated Press) A night of rioting in California’ San Quentin prison has earned tive convicts nothing better than a tran- sfer to the state’s prison for toug! guys at Folsum. San Quentin prison warden said the five men, whost ages range from 21 to 27, made the night hideous with screams anc yells while they destroyed thei mattresses and turned on water tap: and flooded their cells. The noise was too much for 1 men in the nearby condemned pris- cners row. They protested but were ignored by the hoodlums. At 4 o'clock this morning Warden Dutfy had the ‘toughies loaded into a bu and taken to Folsom prison. WILLIAMS TO TELL 'BPWC ABOUT TAXES For the noon luncheon meetin, of the Business 'and Professiona Women's club Monday in the Ter- race room, Attorney General J Gerald Williams will discuss the present status of legislation passec by the 1949 legislature. Williams will deal especially with tax law: which have been much in the new. because of court action and other controversy. At the end of his talk the meeting will be thrown open t¢ a round table question period. Mrs. Elton Engstrom, legislauve chairman, will give a briet resume of national club policies and legis- lative recommendations which wil! be presented when the delegate gather for their convention in San Francisco in July. MARRIAGE AT ANGOON David John and Lilian Thomas of Angoon were recently married there in a ceremony that took place in the Salvation Army hall. The vows were given by Marriage Com- missioner Samuel G. Johnson. Fol- lowing the wedding, a reception, well attended, was held. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS JAP RELATES ' SUBSRANGED WEST COAST By 0. H. P. KING TOKYO, April 7—M—A leadin Japanese submlrine commander ol World War II says that plane- cific at will early in the war. Meiji Tagami, a former submu- rine commander who made three such trips, told the Associated Pr in an exclusive interview that he submarines and planes made at- tacks all the way from Alaska to Southern California. The main purpose, he said, was to sink as much U.S. shipping as possible, harass West Coast ports, and stir up the ecitizens. But at east one mission he described as a l retaliation for the Doolittle bomb- ing of major Japanese cities.” Tagami claims his submarine sang a heavy cruiser and shelled Port Stevens at the mouth of the Colum- bia River, while his submarine’s plane flew over Oregon to attempt to set forest fires. * (The Forest Service in Oregon said onc fire was set and easily put out. The shells aimed at For Stevens landed far from an instal- ‘ations.) Six Special Bombs He' declared at least 12 other Japanese submarines carried planes 0 the West Coast and attempted missions. Tagami said the Doolittle re- taliation mission required the con- struction of six special incendiary { bombs. Rear Adm. Fumio Shimizu, then Chief of Navl Ordnance who acted as interpreter at the inter- view, said the bombs were made at his order. On Aug. 15, 1942, four months after the Doolittle raid, Tagami's 1-25 submarine left Yokohama on its third mission to the United States. The submarine surfaced seven miles from the Oregon coast Sept. 15 and catapulted a plane piloted by Sgt. Nobuo Fujita. Fujita reported he dropped four of the six bombs and was sure two started forest fires. Tagami said on the return voyage an American submarine was tor- pedoed and sunk in the Aleutians, Another submarine sighted him ana fired on the I-25 with machinegun bullets, He said it was the only time in six crossings that enemy war- craft were encountered. Claims Cruiser Tagami related that the cruiser which he says he sank was en- countered later between the Japa- nese naval base of Truk and the New Hebrides. Tagami did not say why Japanesc submarine activity on the West Coast dwindled less than a year after war began, but Navy historian Samuel Eliot Morison did. Morison, now in Japan, told the Associated Press the Japanese Army } insisted the submarines be brought i closer home to supply island out- lpns',s as the United States began its Pacific comeback. “As our island-hopping campaign advanced more and more,” Morison said, “Japanese submarines became mere provision carriers.” Morison showed interest in Ta- i sami’s story and Yelated two inci- dents which the Japanese did not mention or was unaware of. Morison said a plane trom a Jap- anese submariné scouted Puget Sound and flew over Seattle about May 28, 1942. Another submarine- launched plane scouted Pearl Har- bor in October of 1943. Tagami said his and four other submarines were cutside Pearl Har- bor the morning of the attack on Dec. 7, 1941, that plunged the United States into war. Morison discounted the value ot the plane-carrying submarines as a military weapon. He said the cumbersome, cylindri- cal hangar on the deck hindered the submarines’ maneuverability. The Japanese however, had a program for building 18 huge submarines each capable of carrying three planes, and had three finished when the war ended. JACK ALLMANS ARE IN TOWN, FEW DAYS VISIT Mrs. Jack Allman, of Excursion Inlet arrived in Juneau yesterday and will ke joined by Mr, Allman tomorrow. They will be here a few days on a combined business and pleasure trip. The Allmans are pro- prietors of Tongass Lodge at the Inlet. Mrs. Allman is a niece of Mrs. Grace Wickersham, pioneer Juneau woman and widow of the late Judge James Wickersham. carrying submarines crossed the Pua- o JURY FINDS 'MERCY' KILLER GUILTY, A**S MERCY FROM JUDGE ALLENTOWN, Pa. April 7—(®— Harold Mohr was convicted of vol- luntary manslaughter today in the so-called mercy killing of his can- cer-ravaged brother, Walter, 55. The prosecution claimed the 36- year-old tannery werker ‘“stepped into the shoes of God" when he shot Walter. Pleading temporary | Ins nity, the defense said Harold ked under the strain of caring for his blinded invalid brother who repeatedly pleaded to be “put out of his misery.” A Lehigh County jury of four women and eight men returned the voluntary manslaughter verdict, which carries a penalty of six to 12 years in prison, at 9:55 a.m., 16 hours and 21 minutes after it re- ceived the case. Defense Attorney Harry C. Crev- eling promptly made an oral mo- tion for a new trial and sentencing was deferred. Mohr stood to hear the verdict with no visible display of emo- tion. He stared, dully, at the floor just as he had done much of the time since he went on trial Tues- day charged with murder and vol- untary manslaughter, The conviction marked one of the few times in history that a so- called mercy killer was found guilty. Carol Paight, 21-year-old Bridge- port, Conn, girl who killed her policeman father with a pistol, was acquitted on grounds of temporary insanity. The jury’'s verdict was accom- panied by a plea for mercy. The judge, in thanking the jury for its “fine” verdict, said he will “give consideration to your recommenda- tion.” Mohr admitted that he shot his brother to death but said he didn't remember what happened from the time Walter asked him for a cup of coffee on the night of the slaying until he heard the bells summoning him to breakfast at prison the next morning. U. 5. TEACHER 'NOY QUOTED CORRECTLY’ IN CZECH REPORT SEATTLE, April 7—(M—A sister of George 8. Wheeler said today she “cannot believe my brother was properly quoted” in a controllec Czechoslovakia radio report today. Dispatches from Prague said thc radio reported Wheeler had sought “asylum” in Communist-led Czecho- slovakia. Wheeler’s sister, Mrs. A. L. Cole- man, and his parents, Mr. and Mr. Francis M. Wheeler, live on Bain- bridge Island, in Puget Sound. She :ald her brother never had lived there. Told of the Czech radio report «hat Wheeler had denounced Ameri- can policies, Mrs. Coleman said: “I can’t imagine my brother say- ing any such thing.” She’ said she had not seen him in several years and she was not fully familiar wigh his politica! sentiments. “He was a very bright boy,” she said. Wheeler was born at Tacoma and later attended school at White Bluffs, which now is a non-existent town site inside the reservations ot the big Hanford Atomic Project in Southeastern Washington. Wife Born Here He later studied economics at Reed College in Portland, Ore., his sister said. He applied for admis- sion to the University of Washing- ton in 1924 but never enrolled. His wife, the former Eleanor Mitchell, was born in Juneau, Alaska. The sister said the Wheelers had inade their home. in Vienna, Va. for many years. “ASYLUM” ASKED " PRAGUE, Czechoslovakia, April 7 --+M—The controlled Czechoslovak |mdm said today an American teacher here had requested the Communist-led government for “asylum” as a protest against U.S. policies. The Czech radio said Wheeler isought “asylum” for himself, his wife and their four children in “protest against the brutal and un- tlawful treatment by American oc- cupation authorities in Germany’ of 58 Czechs who were forced to accompany 26 anti-Communist refu- gees in their mass airplane escape to Germany March 24. The Czech radio said Wheeler, in addressing a news conference, “con- demned the Marshall Plan, Atlantic i Pact, American espionage,” Voice of | America broadcasts and the Ameri- can counter intelligence corps. U PRICE TEN CENTS LATTIMORE'S FBI RECORDS CLEAN SHEET By MARIN L. ARROWSMITH WASHINGTON, April 7 — (# — Senator Tydings' assertion that FBI records fully clear Owen Lattimore of “Communist spy” charges left Senator McCarthy completely dis- satisfied today. Tydings, Maryland Democrat, heads the Senate committee inves- tigating the contentions of Mc- Carthy, Wisconstn Republican, that Lattimore is Russia's top espionage agent in the United States. Lattimore, an American authority on Far Eastern affairs, yesterday spent more than*three hours in the witness chair blasting at McCarthy's accusations. The hearing later ad- Jjourned until Tuesday. His sworn testimony bolled down to saying Mc- Carthy had uttered “base and con- temptible lies.” Then Lattimore leaned back and faced Tydings across the table. And Tydings told him: “I think as chairman of this committee I owe it to you and to the country to tell you that four of the five members of the committee, in the presence of J. Edgar Hoover, head of the FBI, had a complete summary of your files made avail- able to them. “Mr. Hoover himself prepared these data. It was quite lengthy and at the conclusion of the reading of that summary, in great detall, it was the universal opinion of all the members of the committee present and all others in the rooms, of Which there were two more, that there was nothing in that file to show that you were a Communist or ever had been.a Communist, or that you ever were connected with any esplonage Information or charges.” “McCarthy, out of the hearing room at the time, later fired back to newsmen: “Either Tydings hasn't seen the s or ba . ying, Toace s 00 other all Tydings had said the committee saw a summary of the FBI record on Lattimore—not the so-called “raw” file. McCarthy re‘orted he does not know what Hoover gave the com- mittee, “but I know what is in the files.” Germany Training Young Cemmies as Pilofs _oi Gliders BERLIN, April 7—(h—Soviet- occupied Germany openly embarked today on a program of training thousands of young Communists as glider pilots, despite a four-power ban. The Soviet-licensed newspaper Neue Zeit said the state of Saxony- Anhalt has already begun “exten- sive measures to promote this beau- tiful sport.” Many German air force pilots of World War II got their initial training as glider pilots in the days of official German dis- armament. The state government and all po- litical parties have promised direct help to the Communist “Free Ger- man Youth” (FRJ) in financing glider training for its membership, Neue Zeit said. ‘The first squadron of 10 gliders has been given free to the FDJ by the Saxony-Anhalt Ministry of Industry, the newspaper added. Reports from three other East German states indicate that wide- spread developments are under way to establish gliding centers and make them an outstanding FDJ attraction. Before the cold war Russia joined with United States, Britain and France in a decree outlawing Ger- man gliding as a military security hazard. Ira Frame Dies in Seattle; Ill 4 Months SEATTLE, April T7—®—Ira C. Frame, 61, of Port Heiden, Alaska, died at a Seattle nursing home yes- terday after a four-month illness. He was a printer and a cook. He learned the printing trade in Ju- neau, Alaska, where his father, John W. Frame once published a news-~ paper. CUTTER ON SUPPLY RUN The Coast Guard cutter 83524 de- parted from Juneau at 7 a.m. today on a supply run to Point Retreat, Sentinel Island, Cape Spencer and Eldred Rogk.