Judith Coplon
On Trial For
r Espionage
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WASHINGTON, <Jp) — Testi
' mony that Judith Coplon looked
at secret FBI reports after she had
been told not to brought to a close
the first week of her espionage
1 trial.
The testimony was given late
Friday by Mrs. Ruth M. Rosson,
an attorney in the justice depart
ment’s internal security section.
Federal judge Albert L. Reeves
? then adjourned the trial until to
day.
Mrs. Rossen said she went to
work in the section Feb. 7. Shortly
thereafter, she testified, Miss Cop
lon came into her office and said
she would like to look over inter
w nal security reports she had in two
file baskets.
She looked at them and she
took some of them back to her of
fice,” Mrs. Rosson said.
A day or so later, she went on.
Miss Coplon returned and asked
for any reports relating to foreign
embassies, legations and consul
ates, especially reports marked
^“R”, for Russian.
“Did you send them to her?”
asked government prosecutor Ray
mond P. Whearty.
“I did,” the witness replied.
She estimated that Miss Coplon
got 50 or 60 such reports.
Earlier, Miss Coplon’s former
boss, William E. Foley, testified
that he told the defendant late in
January or the first of February
that she was to stop doing any
work in connection with internal
Both Sides Sure
Of Vietory In
Labor Bill Battle
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WASHINGTON, (£*) — Worried
administration Democrats buckled
down Saturday to the job of sav
ing their labor bill from defeat in
the House.
They took a severe beating Fri
day. But they had three days
more to round up votes against a
substitute bill supported by a
strong, confident House bloc of
Republicans and southern Demo
crats.
After winding up their fourth
stormy day of labor debate, lead
ers of both parties agreed to a
truce until Tuesday. The House
will take up other business today.
On the record, both sides still
predicted victory.
Chairman Lesmski <D.-Mich.) of
the labor committee, sponsor of
the administration bill, declared
House leaders have enough pled
ges, including some from Republi
cans, to fight off the substitute of
fered by Rep. Wood <D.-Ga.)
Rep. Halleck <R.-Ind.>, a mem
ber of the GOP policy committee,
told reporters the Wood bill will
be passed next week.
During Friday’s hectic debate,
the House refused. 275 to 37, to
throw out the present law and re
enact the original Wagner Act in
tact—just as it was on the books
from 1935 to 1947.
The Wood bill would repeal the
present law, but then it would re
store almost all its provisions.
security.
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New Strikes Show
Labor Unrest
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trical workers union, are asking
for a 15 cents an hour wage in
crease and a pension plan. A con
tract expired Saturday. Philco
makes radios, television sets and
refrigerators.
The General Electric company
traditional wage policy settler in
its field, said in New York that it
will oppose an increase in wages
and other benefits for electrical
industry workers.
The CIO electrical workers un
ion said last week it will ask for
higher wages and other benefits
that would mean $500 more a
year for each of its 600,000 work
ers in the industry.
The 7,000 workers at the Singer
Manufacturing company plant
struck for a change in what they
claim is a speed-up system in in
centive payment. They are repre
sented by the CIO electrical work
ers.
( In Atlanta, thousands of citizens
! were without bus and trolley serv
ice as a result of a strike by 1,300
■ trolley and bus drivers.
! Tornadoes Lash
Southern States
<By The Associated Press)
A two-day series of tornadoes
i lashed parts of the south and
southwest Saturday and Sunday,
killing nine persons and injuring
almost 100.
Damage was roughly estimated
at $2,000,000.
Mississippi and Louisiana were
hit by tornadic winds yesterday.
Twisters struck in Oklahoma and
Texas Saturday. Western Kansas
also received minor damage Sat
urday.
Oklahoma took the first beating.
Sixteen tornadoes struck in wide
ly scattered parts of the state,
causing five deaths. Approximate
ly 75 persons were injured, with
at least 50 being hurt in the vicin
ity of Norman, Okla. Norman is
the site of the University of Okla
homa.
Four persons died in Texas. The
tornado hit in the northeast part
of the state.
Twelve persons, all Negroes,
were injured near Homer, a small
town in northwestern Louisiana.
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GLIDER PILOT MAKES
FORCED LANDING
j Due to alertness and experience
i possible damage to life and prop
! erty was averted at Marks Air
; Force Base last Saturday,
i A 10th Rescue glider was being
| towed off the ground by a C-54
transport plane for a routine
training flight; shortly after being
airborne the glider was accident-,
ally released from the tow plane.
Lt. R. A. Brims, at the control j
jof the glider had to think and act
fast which he did. He glided in to
j a very safe landing on the frozen
' surface of Snake River at the west
end of the east-west-runway.
' Within an hour after the inci
dent the glider was on the parking
apron and ready to go again. All
in a day’s work, according to army
, officials.
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The Arctic Native Brotherhood
dance which was held last Satur
day was well attended according
to reports with Sam Tucker win
ning the door prize. Several num
bers were drawn for the door
prize before Sam Tucker’s num
ber turned up but the holders of
the numbers were not present at
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Britain Counts
Polish Corps Costs
LONDON, <#*) — A government
committee recommends that the
Polish resettlement corps, an out
growth of Gen. Wladyslaw And
er’s Polish Refugee Army, be dis
banded by the end of next Sep
tember, when it will be three
years old.
The Committee says the corps j
has cost Britain’s three services j
110.333,915 pounds <$445,335,660> |
and handled 1 14,037 Poles. A late
count showed it still had 11,015.!
Of these, 5,837 were officers—old
or disabled and hard to place in
jobs.
Most of the Poles have balked
at going back where they came
from, because the Communists are
in power there now. Only 8,912
have been repatriated, with 50
waiting to go.
Of the others, 11,409 have
moved on from Britain to other
countries, 71,563 have taken jobs
in this country, 2,066 have turned
students and 2,066 have joined the
armed forces.
j The tag ends are expected either
| to go abroad or to settle in Britain.
Members of the corps have
'
i drawn pay by rank, two-thirds to
(three-quarters of that for the Bri
j tish services. The committee says
j the old and disabled should be
put on^uiblic assistance.
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VOLKSWAGENS
HIT RECORD
BRUNSWICK, Germany, </P)—
Production of Volkswagens (peo
i pie’s cars1 at the factory near here
• reached the record figure of 2,600
I in February, the British military
: government announces.
In addition 1,500 of the little
. cars, formerly used by the army,
i are being reconditioned for sale
j on the German market.
Moth Balls May
Rout The Birds
AUCKLAND, New Zealand, (A‘)
Do birds dislike mothballs? Will
smelly oil dampen their enthurn
asm to build nests in hydro-elf* •
trie power installations?
The New Zealand State Hydro
Electric department hopes the ai
swers are ye^
America heard about the bird
trouble last August. Now some
anwsers are reaching New Zea
land.
Two writers suggest mothball*;
Mrs. Emma Brinkman, of St.
Louis, Mo., writes that she used
to be troubled with birds on her
porch. Then she kept cheese cloth:;
filled with mothballs on the porch
and has not been troubled since
E. P. Palmer, a teacher, also of
St. Louis, suggests the \ise cf
smelly oil, perhaps crude oil.
He says that a few years ago a
Missouri town was having trouble
with a flock of about 10,000 black
birds. The birds nested in a group
J of trees in the center of the town,
i They defied all attempts to dis
i lodge them. But when a garage
stored greasy, second-hand mn~
| chinery under the trees, the flock
i up and left.
The New Zealand State Hydro
! Electric department is going to try
I out these suggested cures.
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Householder: “Didn’t I tell you
i that when my dog wags his tail,
: he is friendly.”
Postman: “Yeah, but he was
j growling at the same time.”
Householder: “What’s that got
! to do with it?”
Postman: “I didn’t know which
end to believe.”
I Tourist: “Lived here long?”
Native: “Don’t know. Hain’t
dead yet.”
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