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British Accuse
Jewish Agency
Of Complicity
^LONDON, July 24, — (/P)— The
British government accused the
Jewish Agency executive today
of involvement in recent violence
in Palestine, basing this conclusion
on evidence it said had been
gleaned from intercepted com
munications.
The ev idence, a white paper de
clared, influenced the decision for
widespread police and army oper
ations in which more than 2,500
Jews in Palestine were arrested
June 29. '
The white paper said the infor
mation led to these conclusions:
That the Hagana and the illegal
military organization known as
Palmach “carefully planned move
ment of sabotage and violence un
der the guise of the Jewish Res
Jhance Movement?”
That both organizations worked
under the political control of
members of the Jewish agency:
That the illegal Irgun Zvai Leu
mi and the stern group have
worked with the high command
of the Hagana on certain of these
operations; and that the radio
^Station KOL ISRAEL, which
claims to be “the Voice of the
Jewish People’s Resistance Move
ment,” has been working under
the direction of the Jewish agency
and has been supporting these
organizations.
Atty To Seek
Murder Indictment
CHICAGO, July 24, — (&)—
State’s Attorney William J. Touhy
said today he would seek murder
indictments before the Cook
f County Grand Jury tomorrow
against William Heirens in the
kindap-killing of Suzanne Deg
nan and the “lipstick” slaying
of Frances Brown.
The prosecutor said evidence
agaainst the 17-year-old University
of Chicago student would be pre
sented by his assistants, Wilbert
Crowley and Richard B. Austin.
Touhy said James Degnan,
father of the six-year-old kidnap
victim, might be summoned to
substantiate identification of the
girl's dismembered body. He
added, eight other witnesses would
appear, including police officers
involved in the case.
Touhy said a fingerprint and
two palm prints on the Degnan
ransom note and a fingerprint
found in the Brown woman’s
apartment were identical to Heir
en's .
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NEW TRANSPORT — Pointing her nose upward, this new transport plane, known to the
Army as the XC-112 and commercially as the DC-6, starts her maiden flight at Santa Monica, Calif.
Interior Officials
To Visit Alaska
—
WASHINGTON, July 24, — (£>)—
Key oficials of the Department
of Interior agencies concerned
with Alaska will make a trip to
Alaska in August.
The list of the official party,
made public today, includes:
Warner W. Gardner, an ass
istant secretary of the interior;
Edwin G. Arnold, Director of the
Dviision of Territories and Island
Possessions; William A. Brophy,
Commissioner of Indian Affairs;
William E. Rather, Director of the
Geological Survey; Albert M. Day,
Director of the Fish and Wildlife
Service; Joel D. Wolfsohn, asso
ciate director of the Bureau of
Land Management; Creekmore
Fath, special assistant to the sec
retary, and Carolton Skinner, Dir
ector of Information.
Krug and his party will leave
by plane Aug. 11 for a ten-day
visit to Alaska.
FBI Holds Man
Had 6 Wives
NEW YORK, July 24, —(*)—'The
Federal Bureau of Investigation
said today a Lowell, Mass., man
with six wives and 37 aliases was
“Anti-incumbent”
Election Held In
Oklahoma Cities
OKLAHOMA CITY, July 24,—UP)
—A wave of “Anti-incumbent”
sentiment swept three veteran
Democratic congressmen and three
long-time State officials from off
ice in yesterday’s Oklahoma run
off election.
Personalities were the only is
sues in the races. No outstand
ing State or National questions
were raised.
In addition to voting the vet
eran officeholders out, the State’s
Democrats picked Roy J. Timer,
wealthy Oaklahoma City oil and
cattleman, as their nominee for
Governor in the Nov., 5 General
Election.
being held for cause.
E. .E Conroy, FBI Chief in New
York, identified the man as Alex
ander Arlinsky, 41.
Conroy said Arl insky’s marri
ages “were part of his scheme to
defraud women of their money.”
His exploits profited him between
$17,000 and $20,000 the FBI said,
hte latest being at Houston, Tex.,
where he obtained $7,100 from
a woman.
Dreyfus Nominee
Minister to Sweden,
—
WASHINGTON, July 24, —(VP)—1
President Truman today nominat
ed Louis G. Dreyfus, Jr., now
minister to Iceland, to be minister
to Sweden.
Dreyfus, a career diplomat,
succeeds Herschel V. Johnson, who
ersigned May 5, to become Deputy
United States Representative on
the United Nations Security Coun
cil .
A legal resident of Santa Bar
bara, Calif., Dreyfus has been in
the foreign service since 1910.
Atomic Explosion
8:35 a.m. today
Bikini Time
ABOARD THE USS MT MC
KINLEY, July 24, —(/PI— The
atom bomb exploded at precise
ly 8:35 a.m. this morning Bikini
time, it was reported by Admiral
William Blandy from his flagship
near the scene of the test.
Early reports of the damage
disclosed that there was consid
erable damage done but not as
much as expected, although a
complete survey is not’ yet pos
sible.
KODIAK, July 24, —(^—Treach
erous waters of Shelikof Strait
left a lone survivor of a sunken
cannery tender today to tell how
the ten others aboard the 65-foot
craft apparently perished in the
storm-lashed waves.
The Navy’s Alaska Sea Frontier
Commander's headquarters report
ed the survivor, severely injured,
was to be flown to a hospital here
after another vessel rescued him
from a floating gasoline contain
er. He was Harold Aga, of Lar
sen's Bay.
Hope was abandoned for the
three crew members and seven
passengers, including two women,
after ships and a navy plane failed
to find a trace of any other sur
vivors in an all-day search yes
terday. The Navy reported the
tender Cougar, owned by the sal
mon packing firm of Frank Mc
Conaghy, Inc., broke in two and
sank quickly after sending an
S.O.S. early yesterday.
The scene of the disaster, north
west of Kodiak Island, was about
100 miles from the naval base.
The vessel was bound for Kodiak,
with 20,000 fish from the Indian
reservation town of Karluk.
The identified missing were:
Glen Palmer, the captain, of Ta
coma, Wash., engineer. A. G.
Sturman, Bellingham, Wash., Ray
Lawson, deckhand, Aberdeen.
Wash., of the crew.
Missing passengers were; Louis
Mueller, special officer of the
Alaska Native Service, whose
home is believed to be in Denver;
Mrs. Amund Taylor, of Longview,
Wash., who was enroute home
while her husband was fishing
in Kodiak waters; Lester Kanagin
and Willie Roft, Kodiak Island
natives; an unidentified woman
who was reported to have been
a waitress at Carmel; an uniden
itfied fisherman and an uniden
tified man from Carmel.
The death toll was the worst
in Alaska waters since the loss
of 11 persons from the steamer
Yukon last February.
From aerial observation it ap
pears that at least two of the sub
marines which were submerged
were apparently still intact, and
only a few of the smaller sur
face vessels were sunk.
The explosion sent a spout of
water and clouds over 5000 feet
into the air, and billowing clouds
ascended to an altitude of more
than 9000 feet.
Admiral Blandy said that the
water is still considerably radio
active and the survey of damage
will have to wait until the test
instruments indicate 'safe*.