Truman Cleanup
Program Still
Not Announced
WASHINGTON, Dec. 20— OP —
President Truman today again post
poned announcement of the drastic
action he has promised to clean out
"wrongdoers” in government. >
The White House wouldn’t even
say whether the announcement—
originally scheduled for last week—
would be made before Mr. Truman
goes home to Independence, Mo.,
next Monday for a short Christmas
stay.
"I am not in a position to predict,”
Mr. Truman’s press secretary Jo
seph Short told reporters.
There have been widespread re
ports that the President, will set up
a special unit, with Federal Judge
Thomas F. Murphy of New York in
a key role. Its job would be to look
into allegations of corruption in
government and take action against
any officials found to have been act
ing improperly, and clear the names
of all others.
Steel Strike Peace
Talks Started
'Midst Fading Hope
WASHINGTON, Dec. 20— ,.T> —
Steel1 industry and union leaders be
gan government-sponsored talks to- l
day amid dimming hopes of pre
venting a New Year’s day strike. j
Philip Murray, CIO President j
whose steel workers union has |
threatened a walk-out to support |
new contract demands told reporters 1
nothing has changed his previous)
opinion that the strike appears in- ,
evitable.
Murray sat down with representa
tives of 10 key steel firms in peace
talks arranged by Federal Mediation
Service Director Cyrus S. Ching.
Kingdom of Libya
Sets Independence
As Christmas Gift
TRIPOLI, Libya, Dec. 20— .¥) —
Independence of the United King
dom of Libya will be proclaimed the
day before Christmas.
The final date was announced
today after being shifted five times.
It was moved up three days from
the previous official independence
day set for Dec. 27.
Admiral Dies Aboard
toy Transport Plane
DES MOINES, Iowa, Dec. 20—(HV
Rear Admiral Clyde W. Bruncon, 57,
of Seattle, died early today aboard
a Navy transport plane which land
ed at the National Guard Airport
here to summon emergency aid.
Admiral Brunson suffered a heart
attack and apparently was dead
when the plane made its emergency
landing.
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I Frederick C. Miller, brewery president.
UN Adopls Arms
Plan; Russ A-Bomb
859 Plea ignored
PARIS, Dec. 20—-.'PI—The United
Nations overwhelmingly adopted
the Western Disarmament plan to
day and threw out a Russian bid
for an immediate ban on atomic
weapons.
The vote on the whole plan was
44 to 5, with 10 abstentions and
Burma not participating.
The decision was taken by the
60-nation political committee after
the longest single-subject debate in
assembly history. It will be formal
ized by a final vote of the same
nations sitting in the assembly it
self.
A new disarmament commission,
instructed to try to end the costly
world arms race along lines laid
down by the Western powers, will
MRSERY PARTY
TO BF, GIVEN
Betty Gruenlng announced today
that the AWVS cooperative nurs
ery Christmas party will be given
on the third lloor at the Governor's
mansion Friday afternoon between
3 and 4 o'clock. Each child is asked
to take a gift for exchange. There
will be a tree, games and refresh
ments.
SALVATION ARMY
DRIVE LAGS
The Salvation Army drive for
Christmas funds is lagging behind
that of last year, Eric Ncwbould re
ported today. It will continue today,
Saturday and Monday.
be set up under the plan.
Russian amendments which have
twisted the Western proposals iifto
a Kremlin plan all were decisively
spurned.
The Soviet ban on the atom was
voted down 42 to 6, with 9 absten
tions, and three countries absent.
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SUNDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1931
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Hole Denies
Subversion
I pins! Reds
WASHINGTON, Dec. 20— uPl —
The United States, in a note to Mos
cow, has denied it is trying to pro
mote subversion against the Soviet
r overnment.
Furthermore, the note says, such
i' charges” of American inter
f; ranee in Soviet affairs ‘‘come with
singular ill-grace” from a regime
which lias for many years "support
ed subversive activities” against the
American government.
The Slate Department released
the note today. It was delivered to
T.c Soviet Tcwign Ministry yester
day.
Specifically, the United States re
jected as baseless Russian charges,
made Nov. 21, that a 100 million
dollar appropriation in the Mutual
Security Act of lust October to help
the victims of Communists rule
constitutes subversion against the
Soviet government.
"Assistance of this nature is in
keeping with the traditional United
States policy of helping victims of
oppression, in this instance those
eastern Europeans who have es
caped or may escape to the free
world,” the United States declared.
The United States said that what
Russia is clearly doing by charging
subversion is to try to disrupt the
defense effort of the North Atlantic
Treaty organization “by falsely
charging for propaganda purposes
that a specific facet (help f.or Com
munism’s victims) of United States
support for the objects of the North
Two farces Make
Safe Landings
Despite Trouble
LOS ANGELES. Dec. 20— Ml —A
Mnrine Corps transport plane and
i TWA air liner made safe landings
yesterday after experiencing mech
anical difficulties that, cnvsed anx
iely by and for their 83 passengers.
The Marine plane, a DC-4, landed
fit Moffett Field near San Fran
cisco after a propellor on one of its
four engines failed 900 miles off
the California coast. The pilot, Capt.
Huge Greely cf El Toro, Calif
Marine base, said the propellor
ran wild and it was two hours be
fore its pitch or speed could be con
trolled.
The plane was enroute from Oahu
with a crew of 10 and 21 passengers.
There were 52 persons aboard the
TWA Constellation, enroute from
3a:i Francisco to New York. It flew
over Los Angeles International Air
port for two end one-half hours
after a light on the pilot’s board in
dicated the nose wheel was not down
when the landing gear was lowered,
l’he hydraulic system was hand
pumped and the pilot made a nor
mal landing. Later, it was discovers
:hat defective wiring caused thi
light's malfunction.
THOM HAINES
The U. S. Coast Guard cutter
Storis arrived at Tee Harbor at 3
o'clock this morning with Mrs. Har
ry Laughlin, a maternity case from
Haines. She was met by Dr. J. O.
Rude.
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Clyde Beatly Goes
Back io Work After
Scrap wr^fe ?s#e?
HOLLYWOOD. Dor. 20— .•?> —
Clyde Beatty, circus owner and ani
mal trainer, is recovering today
from a clawing he get on the arm
from a black panther.
Beatty was filming n television
movie yeverdny. He attempted 't
quiet the panther during one of the
scenes. The big cat slashed at his
right arm.
After th" injury was trsa.cd, 3eat
iy returned woix.
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