Newspapermen
Fined and Jailed
NEWBURGH, N. Y. (A*) — The
news editor and a reporter for the
Newburgh News were fined $100
each and sentenced to ten days in
jail for contempt in refusing to
tell on Orange County grand jury
where they obtained “Numbers”
lottery tickets reproduced in the
paper.
They paid theid fines and imme
diately were taken to jail.
The News Editor, Douglas V.
Clarke, 33, and the reporter,
Charles L. Leonard, 27, refused to
disclose their sources because “it
would violate a confidence, and in
the newspaper business a confi
dence is a sacred thing.”
Xmas Arrives —
Two Months Late
CHURCHVILLE, N. Y. (/P) —
Christmas returned to this Monroe
County community Friday.
Scores of residents received
• Yuletide greetings, 10-week-old
checks or newspapers with the no
tation “only five more shopping
Large Housing
Program Planned
WASHINGTON, (/P) — A hous
ing program that would cost the
government about $1,000,000,000
the first five years was laid before
a Congressional committee Fri
day.
Senator McCarthy (R.-Wis.) pre
sented the draft of a proposed bill
to the House-Senate housing com
mittee. He is vice chairman.
The measure is intended to en
courage the construction of 1,500,
000 new homes a year for the next
decade. A big share would be
homes for rent to low income fam
ilies.
To attract investors to construe-1
tion of this type of dwelling, the
bill guarantees a profit of from
about 3% to 5 per cent a year.
days until Christmas.”
The delayed mail was in a bag
found by a section gang working
one mile west of the New York
Central depot.
Postmaster Vincent L. Keenan
theorized a mail handler ‘‘must
have been a few seconds late in
tossing out the sack of mail” from
a speeding train last December 19.
Several Injured In
Fight On Ship I
EVERETT, (/P)—A fight aboard
the freighter St. Augustine Victory
yesterday resulted in injury to
the captain and steward. Sheriff
Tom Warnock said the officers
w'ere hurt in a battle with several
crewmen and a stowaway soldier
from Fort Lewis.
The sheriff said trouble started
while the vessel was en route from
Seattle to Everett after Capt. W.
R. Merson, found the soldier, Ben
F. King, 23. Fourteen police and
sheriff’s officers who answered a
radio appeal took six seamen and
King into custody when the ship
docked here. The crew members
were releasd last night and King
was held for Ft. Lewis authorities
as being absent without leave.
Merson was knocked uncon
scious in the melee. He is to be
x-rayed today for a possible skull
fracture.
The steward, John W. Hays, 50,
of New Orleans, La., was cut
about the face and bruised when
he went to Merson’s aid.
Bob Roberts. Solomon mining
man is in town for supplies for his
camp.
Lomen, Jackson j
Testify Against
Reservations
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bureau had done “a very poor
job” in providing education for
the Eskimos of Alaska and in car
ing for their health in not prevent
ing the spread of tuberculosis.
He said the secretary of inter
ior had too much power in author
ity to establish reservations.
‘‘Eskimos don’t want to live on
reservations,” he said. “They are
a roving people who want to fish
and hunt.” •
Jackson said the government
agents tell the Eskimos “how to
vote.” He insisted the Eskimos
should be treated the same as
white people, saying they are good I
workmen, intelligent, good citizens
and an asset to any community.
James K. Crowdy, president of
the Alaska miners association sup
I ported both bills. He said no good
I purpose can be served by reserva
I tions in Alaska. He is vice presi
dent of the Alaska Gold Dredging
company.
Secretary Krug and undersecre
tary Chapman of the interior de
partment have been called to tes
tify on Tuesday.
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