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NEWS IN BRIEF
ONEONTA, N. Y., (/P) — Shoe
salesman M. L. Holt of Scotia, N.
Y. wondered today what the thief
who stole three cases of samples
from his car would do with the
loot.
It included 48 shoes, all for the
right foot, and $40 worth of wool
en socks, none of which match.
HOLLYWOOD, (/P) — Shirley
Temple’s marriage is on the rocks,
her attorney announced yesterday.
The 21-year-old actress and
John Agar have separated, attor
ney George Stahlman said, and he
' is drawing up divorce papers. He
said the ground have not been de
termined.
A close friend, however, said
she would probably charge mental
cruelty.
“There is no career trouble,” the
friend said.
The blonde one-time child star,
who in recent years has made a
* comeback as an adult, married
Agar, also an actor. Sept. 19, 1945.
Their daughter, Linda, was born
Jan. 30, 1948.
CORTLAND, N. Y., </P)—Doug
Stebbins, 4 and his brother, Roy,
3, were crushed to death Wednes
day when an upright piano their
mother was moving toppled over.
The children had been playing
o nthe living room floor in their
home.
Their distraught mother, Mrs.
Andrew Stovins, ran a quarter of
a mile before she found two
neighbors to help her right the1
piano. The boys were pronounced
dead on arrival at a hospital.
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White Sulphur Springs, W. Va.,
—John L. Lewis disclosed yes- i
terday that his contract demands 1
on soft coal operators would cost!
30 to 35 cents a ton more than
now. He said the industry could
« absorb it out of profits.
PETERSBURG, </P) — William !
C. Pugh, 53, of Snoqualmie, Wash.,
was arraigned in U. S. Commis
sioner’s court on a stabbing charge
yesterday.
Nealy Ashby accused Pugh of
stabbing him in a barroom fight
Wednesday night, necessitating six
stitches in his left shoulder and
chin.
Commissioner Dale Hirt set bail
for Pugh at $1,000 and bound him
over to the District Court at Jun.
eau.
Pugh has worked in canneries
here for several seasons. His wife
lives at Snoqualmie.
'SEATTLE, (JP)—Seattleites got
a wide-eyed peek today at the
kind of spuds they grow in the
Far North. The statesiders, accus
tomed to potatoes they can wrap
their jaws around, probably would
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News of the World
At A Glance
Thursday, October 13, 1949
The teeming South China city
of Canton—first to feel the impact
of the modern western world more
than 100 years ago—was aban
doned today by its Nationalist de
fenders to the -advancing com
munist armies of Mao Tze-Tung.
Telephoned reports to Hong
Kong said all plans for organized
resistance had ended in the city
of a million inhabitants, which un
ti la few days ago was the refugee
Nationalist capital.
The Nationalists have moved
their falling fortunes to their war
time refuge at Chungking, which
is to be proclaimed the new pro
visional capital on Saturday.
It was not immediately clear
whether the 80,000 troops i nthe
Canton area—their number is ex
pected to be swelled by 40,000
fleeing army and civilians—had
taken up new defense positions or
were scurrying for escape routes.
It had been the Nationalist plan
to evacuate these troops to the saf
ety of Formosa but now their
chances of escape by sea appeared
slight because of the lack of ship
ping.
Communists reported smashing
victories northweste of Canton and
said four Nationalist divisions
were shattered in battles southwest
of Hengyan. The communists were
withi» 30 miles of Canton.
In London, prime minister Att
lee said there would be no nation
al election in Britain in 1949. The
Labor government’s five -year
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LATE BULLETIN
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS.
W. Va., (/P)—Northern and western
mine owners said today they
would rather have government
seizure than to "cut their throats"
by yielding to John L. Lewis' price
demands.
'If it has to go to government,
let it go to government," said
George H. Love, chief spokesman
for the operators negotiating here
for two-thirds of the nation's com
mercial soft coal production.
"The average operator is a pret
ty impoverished fellow," Love
told a news conference.
Lewis yesterday said the 400,-1
000 striking coal miners would go
back to the pits under a "bona
fide" seizure by the government.
NEW YORK. (P)—The resigna
tion of James Wooten as president
of Alaska Airlines to become
chairman of the board of the Near
East Transport, Inc., was announc
ed today by R. W. Marshall, Alas
ka Airlines chairman. A successor
to Mr. Wooten has not yet been
namedi; • ■ ^
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Chaos Reigns In
Canton As Red
Army Approaches '
CANTON, (JP) — New Zealand
Presbyterian missionaries said yes
terday they had heard heavy gun
fire around Kongtsuen, 10 miles
from this communist threatened
city.
(It is not clear whether the ar
tillery attack was launched by the
nationalist garrison or by the Reds.
Communist columns were last re
ported 30 miles from Canton but
Red Guerrillas were said to be op
erating on the outskirts).
All Cantonese soldiers were sent
to the West River to defend Can
ton.
The Kwangtung provincial gov
ernment ceased functioning at
noon. It will be transferred to Hai
kan Island, off the South China
coast. Police, public utilties and
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HEAVY SEAS CAUSE CHANGE
IN SHIP SCHEDULE
The MV Coastal Monarch has
been delayed about twelve hours
enroute due to heavy seas and
wind in the vicinity of Dutch Har
bor. A change in routing plans
call for the MV Coastal Monarch
to proceed to Nome to remove the
heavy deck load and then proceed
to St. Michael, Unalakleet, Golo
vin, and thence to Nome for final
discharge of general cargo.
The MV Coastal Monarch, under
command of Captain Charles
Goodwin is expected to arrive in
Nome Sunday afternoon, October
16th. The second call at Nome will
be about October 21st weather
permitting.
Mine Workers
Refuse To Renew
2-Year Contract
• By The Associated Press)
Government-prodded negotia
tions to end the 25-day-old coal
strike continued yesterday— de
spite another blunt refusal from
the United Mine Workers to re
new their contract for two years.
UMW vice president Thomas
Kennedy says the union is willing
ta “continue in these meetings un
til we get a contract.”
The government’s conciliation
director, Cyrus S. Ching, hoped to
get leaders of the CIO-United
Steelworkers union and industry
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Rol >ert K1 iue Hurt
In Plane Wreck
At Moses Point
Robert Kline, Kotzebue mana
ger for Wien Airlines, flying a
privately owned Fairchild 24
plane is in the MM & M Hospit
al with head injuries sustained
when the plane wrecked on the
field at Moses Point during a
take-off, according to reports.
With him in the plane were
Bert Beltz and Tom Hopkins,
neither of whom were injured.
A loth Rescue Squadron plane
rescued the three men and
brought them to Nome late Wed
nesday afternoon.
Fred Powell of the CAB arrived
from Anchorage headquarters
yesterday to investigate the cause
of the mishap.
THEY HELP
V
SenteiHTs 5
Defense Attorneys
For (lontempl
NEW YORK, <A>) — Eleven top
American communist leaders to
day were convicted of conspiring
to teach the forcible overthrow of
the United States government.
Immediately after the verdict,
five defense attorneys and one of
the defendants were convicted of
contempt of court.
Eugene Dennis, general secre
tary of the communist party, who
acted as his own counsel, was the
defendant judged in contempt.
The five attorneys convicted of
contempt were Harry Sacher of
New York, Richard F. Gladstein
of San Francisco, Louis F. McCabe
of Philadelphia, George W. Croc
kett, Jr., Negro, of Detroit, and
Abraham J. Isserman of New
York.
Dead silence followed. The de
fendants sat impassive. Borman
then polled the jurors. That took
eight minutes.
Defense attorney Richard P.
Gladsstein then asked the court to
inquire if each juror had consid
ered the evidence separately as it
applied to each defendant.
Federal Judge Harold R. Medina
declined the request. “I have ex
amined the rules and find they
make no provision for such an in
terrogation.” eh said.
Then, Medina thanked the jur
I ors, eight women and four men.
“I have already thanked you in
my charge,” he said. “You have
performed a service here and de
serve thanks for your careful at
1 tention to your duties.”
“Before I discharge you,” the
judge said, “I would like to tell
you a few things. I need not tell
you the importance of this case, as
stressed by counsel for both sides.
I tell you now when you leave
here do not discuss with anyone,
anything about this case, about
j the deliberation, about anything
j that has to do with the case from
i the beginning to end. Do not dis
cuss the case with relatives or
friends or members of the press,
magazine writers or anyone who
seeks to elicit from you any in
formation about the case.”
Besides Dennis the defendants
. in the trial were
Jacob Stachel, 48, director of
the propaganda and education di-«
vision.
Gilbert Green, 43. Illinois chair
man.
John Gates. 36, editor of The
Daily Worker.
Benjamin Davis, Jr., 46, New
Yorfk City councilman.
Gus Hall, 39, Ohio chairman.
Irving Potash. 46. CIO fur work
ers union official.
Robert Thompsan, 34, New York
State chairman.
John Williamson, 45, labor sec
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