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VOL. VIII- NO. 183

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POMI!lROY-MIDDLEPIOR'J', OHIO, SATURDAY, JULY 16, 1949

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Sunday Creek CoaJ Compa~j Bqilding Coal Tipple Near Ch~shire
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. Nelsonville.
Crew On Job
At Hobson

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AND THAT'S HOW IT'S DONE, ME LADDIES

MIDDLEPORT- Work is expected to be Cinlshed by the fit'St of
Aua:ust on a coal loading tipple
being constructed ne.ar the MelgsGallia. line near Pity Me, by the
Sunday Creek Coal company of
Nelsonville.
Presently 10 men-all quartered
here-have been working for five
days on the structure with Phil
Ong of Nelsonville .in charge of
construction.
The tipple will allow for loading
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FURNACES
ROARS IN
NATION ·

PLANE CRASHES INTO PARKING LOT

6-Strike-Free
1 Days Guaranteed
Workers, Employers

WASHINGTON. July l ll--1U.P.)Assistfnt Secretary of State John
E. Peuriloy said loday that during
the past three years high State
Department officials overruled the
visa section and admitted into the
United Stales "approximately 10"
alleged su bversive persons for diplomatic persons.
But, Peurifoy said that "in
none of these cases OOe,; the visa
division consider that the security
of the nation was jeopardized."
Peurifoy made the statement be fore a senate judiciary subcommittee . He and Herve J . L'Heureux,
chief of the department's visa sec1 lion. testified as the subcommittee
resumed hearings un proposals to
ONE MAN WAS KILLED '}lnd five were Injured when this C-82 "Fly- tight:en. Immigration. laws. against
inc Boxcar" crashed while making an emergency landing at Wright admiSsion of subversive ahens.
Io'leld i,n Dayton, Ohio.
The cargu ship plowed through a safety I !Yestcrda.y .Attorney General Tom
fence I at tthe end of the runway when its brakes apparently failed tu C ark. testified that the FBI Is
watchmg at least 28 others, ath old . ,\ bout 30 automobiles were damaJed In th.e crash.
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L P.lTl'SBURGH . Julv 16-:&amp;-&lt;U.P.lNati·J n's "tee! furnaces roared
Into productio n today wtth
. CI.O United Steelworken; proMise Of 60 days str ike~free oper-·
a~lons.

Mlll workers poured through
picketless gates to recharge ste:;!l·
makiAg hearth furnace!! and reheat
li·Jn bloon blast furnaces which
had been closed in anticipatiOn of
a walkout of some 375,000 workers
of the ba sic steel Industry la st
midnight.

WASHINGTON, July 16(\J.P.)- The Unlled Mine. Work·
en Journal today disputed the
ooal Industry's prediction that
the fllre~u work week
'lVIII lncreue production costs
25 to 75 centa a Loa.
The Jounaal uld In Its lead
editorial that the lncreued
coat per t.ou "I!' tntfilttestmal,
a few cents per toil, and can
well be ilbiot'bed within the
profit margin of preeent tnlqe
selllnr prices. to say notblnr
of tbe nlvet. In the hlch pro-fits ot; t.be wbolesalen and
retailers."
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CIO President Philip Murray
postponed the walkout when the
11teel opera1ors agreed h~ t.ake the
wage-insurance-pension dispute to
a fact -finding board appointed by
President Truman .

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A. F. WHITNEY DEAD

CLAIMS
COMMIES
ENTER U.S.

es~~~:i~~~ bmughl the Stale de·
Rasie steel production, which
partmcnt's ·.Jffic ial detailed anhad been curtailed drastically a .~
swe•· to 11 questions Chairman Pat
THE DUKE OF EDINBURG steps up and gives the Javelin' the old beave-ho for the beneflt of roanc •d· early · as Thursdav when a strike
mlrers dwinr an lnf~trmal visit to the Aberdovy Ou &amp;ward Bound Se"a School in Lendon,
D'elpUe the
peared certain. was expected to
coat he's wearing, the duke's 'throw measured 109 feet, wblcb Is cood enouch for a sllvf'li star from the ncar the scheduled rate for the
answered by the .Justice depart from mines in the Pomeroy Bend School. .;:
current week-77 .8 per cent o(
CLEVELAND, 0 .. July 16-(U.P.J-Alexander F . Whitney , 76, who ment yeste rday
capacity- no later than Tuesday.
area, It was learned. Capacity at
rotie from candy butcher on the Illinoi s Central rallroad to a powerful
L'Heureux said "about eight
the start is expected to approximThe men in the mills hailed the lpbor leader died today of a heart attack. The short. white-haired rases a month" came tu his secate three barges a day , workmen
60-day armistice period as a President of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen died in his bed lion in which derogatory in forma ·
an the job Indicated.
"great" victory for their union . in his fashionable home in Eurburban Bay village at 1:45 A.M. IEDT.J lion had been furnished by con·
The facility will not be operated
Murray e"pr essed "delight" that
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, suls abroad about the alients askdirectly by the Sunday Creek
a shut-down was averted and said
He had called out to his wife ing visas al; either diplomatic percompany, It was learned, but is becontinued production had been
shortly before death and s he was so nnel or to serve with some in ing constructed by them mainly
the only person with him, his sec- ternath:mal organization . such as
the union's "goal from the very
with an eye to opening another
relary . Max Markey, said .
the UN.
oUtle.t .lor coal mined in mines
CO):.UMBUS, Jul,y, 111-&lt;U.P.)
Whitney wa:; in apparent good
Those are
automatically re..
pO-\JSE
chief
said
owned and operated tit them,
The re-·aPpolritmenf of' 9r. Clyde
TrUman's action DS
health
up
to
the
end,
Markey
sald,
lotTed
to
the
political
o!flcer handEurie Swisher, of Cheslilre,. ts Hissong a&amp; atale Dfr.~ctor of Educa:.
and described his death as "sudden lim= the country affected . L'Heura soltJtion of the
loca~ representative for the comp- tlon todaY held umlnirnous approv·
and unexpected."
eux said. The political officer makes
his union and the
COLUMBUS, July 18--(U.P.&gt;the
any.
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al of ttie Ohio Senate.
over the usw·~
Ohif)
employment
fell
off
for
As
head
of
214,000
railroad
trainthe decision . he testified , but the
Ong said he wa.s. pulled off anDr. Hissong, named by Gov.
o
session
the State's
an undisclosed generth~ month of May but averare
lodges
throughout
the
visa se-ctio n can appeal. It has , he
men
in
1,145
other job for the company to com- Frank .J. Lausche , for a term beAt the end of the IOBth day or al wage increase . broad social in- weekly urnlngs Increased, the
United States and Canada, Whit- said. "about 10 limes."
plete the structure on which his ginning Aua:. 18 and ending Aug
,
actual working session, the 98th surance and $150-a·month pension s Ohio State uni\'endty bureau or
ney was one of the nation's power.
"A nd you lost all your appeals ?"
crew is now working.
1~. 1953, was conllrmed by ~ voLe
for aged and disabled workers.
business
reSeat'Ch
reported
toful
labor
leaders.
The
BRT
has
ofSen.
Homer E. Ferguson, R. , Mirh.,
MIDDLEPORT-Rotarlans,
joinGeneral
Assembly
had
approved
At the same tinie work is near- of 29-().
day.
ten been called " the wealthiest asked
ed by four Pomeroy business lead- a spending,. program of a biltion
ing completion on a tipple t)Jelng
He waS one of six men up · for
The report, issued jointly by
union in the country." But WhitL"Heureaux said that was right.
ers, last night further discussed dollars .
erected by the Koontz Coal comp- Semi'te ~OP.!l,ideration.
the Bureau and the U. S. BurSubcommittee counsel Richard
ney probably is best recalled as the
The gavel was banged en the· rin :
ways of financing a swimming pool
any in the lower end of MiddleOthers confirmed without op- in the Bend area in a regular meet- al working ~Jesslon In the lower
eau of labor statistics, said payman who halted almost every train Arens read L'Heureaux excerpts
port for barge loading.
positlln were: .
rolls and total man-houn workin
that nation in the spring of 11H6 from a list of ''cases·· on which he
lng
In
the
Heath
Methodist
church.
house
at
12:33
A.
M.
Leaders
of
·The Charter Oak Upple at Pom·
ed regist-ered declines while the
eroy, operated by Marlon French
Walter Neimiec, Jefferson coun\\'hitney called a nation-wide rail said the su bcommittee had inforSpecial guests from Pomeroy · both houses will hold &amp;keleton .Sesearnlnn went up.
ts stUJ In operation and when the ty, appointed to the Canton district were E. F. Robinson, Frank Will , slons next Monday and Tuesday to
strike on May 23, I 946 that was mation. He did not identify them .
Employment within. the state
tipple Dow under construction is Industrial regional ~!aims board Howard Kress and Ed Condon .
termed " 100 per cent e£fective" by In each cal!e L'Heureux said he
sign bills' and send them lo the govTAFT. Okla .. July 111-&lt;U.P.l- An dropped
two
per
cent
from
Apcomp1eted three su.ch facilities will for a term ending Sept. 30, 195-5.
barricaded
the American association of rail- personally would not recommend
Rota{Y Swimming pool chillrman ernor. The final lsine-dlel adjourn- insane patient who
ril's ·ngure, total man-hours
be available to mine operators as
J . Maynard Dickel'(ion. Youngs- Cedric Clark led 8 discussion in ment will be voted July 29.
himHelf in a hospital ward and used
roads. However, the strike was admitting the person, but the final
worked
were
down
one
per
cent
decision would be made higher np.
an outlet for their coal.
1 town, apPointed the Slate In- which he outlined a method of
short-lived.
A total of 1,093 bllls and 283 a pistol to repulse a tear gas al- and payrolls wer.e off fractionOne of the cases Arens Said wu
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dustrlal Commlaalon for a term flnan~lng a pool. The eommitt~e. resolutions were considered by the tack by sheriffs 4eputies changed
Under the threat of government
alb .
a "communis1 organizer who plantending June 30, 1955.
and
decided
not
to
seizu
re
and
operation.
Whitney
his
mind
today
together with a pos1ible committee House and Senate during the ses·
ca lled off the strike minutes before ed a bomb in a cathedral and kill George F . Weide, Amsterdam, from Pomeroy, will invesUaate the slons of seven months- a record surrender.
The patient, 51-year-old Rosena 4 p. m. deadline, May 25 . set by ed 500 peopJe . ·' Another was a
appointed to the State Pharmacy method further_
for the leng,th of deliberation. A·
President Truman. Whitney was ('ommunist lenorist who had "ki llBoard for a term ending March 31,
Frank Will su&lt;~gested a salt wa- bout 300 laws were enacted by the felt James, had said earlier today
he wal! "ready to talk" with E. P .
furious wtth the president for ed more people than you dr 1 coo.ld
1934.
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Henry s. Sherman, Cleveland, ter pool as a way to cut purifica·
Henry, superintendent of the Ok~
breaking the strike and vowed pub- bury in a fortnight.''
lion costs and to attract vi!lltors to
In thMinal day of work, which lahoma hospital for Ne~~:roes, laHut
Are-ns
did
not
say
the
people
il
licly to spend $7,000,000 tMl of his
reappointed to the anking Ad. the area.
1aste d r rom 10 A . M. F r1'd ay to 2 :33
had been admitted to the U . S.
ter
in
t~ morning.
funds
to
defeat
him
for
union's
Clark in summing up suga t d A. M. Saturday, the legislature:
visory ·qommittee lor a term endL'Heureux said many of the
elerlion.
ing Feb. 1, 1952.
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Approved and Gov. Frank J .
Henry said a_t mld·morning that
people 'may have been engaged in
~ t
selection of a
site
between
J
h d d d d
t t
d
COLUMBUS, July 16--&lt;U.P.lCa rl W.. s m lth ' ·n.en
Whitney
who
was
alHowever,
on, reap- Pomeroy. and Middle.port ,which Lausche signed a $647 122: 744 bud- ames a
e.ct e no o surren - Th S
h
point'ea to. the State Civil Service
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er, and hospttal officials and dee tate Hig way Department to- ways a staunch Democrat, made 1subversive) activities elsewhere''
BIRMINGHAM. Ala., Jill~ JG- Com(nl,aion for a :. term ending people of both towns could feel ~et1 ~5°; the two years en mg uly I puties were trying to "figure out day said all the jobs available for up wilh Mr. Truman in January . but the department decided "they
n•~
was close enou.PJh to attract sup- •
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j som new strategy tn outsmart Its student work program this 1949 mainly because or the Presi- should come in any way.''
(U.P.&gt;-Aflibami law enforc&lt;!m•nl of: Aug. So• 1 ..,.,.
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e
Alva
w.
Bachrtum.
Bowling
po
r
summer have been filled.
fleers today went oUt after new
dent's opposition to the Taft -Hart"'Then. 8 ctefi'n.lte plan as to tile ture an additions and bctt.ermenls
H~ added that they had given up
Harold Cohen, department publi · ley aet.
evlPence _ Whi.ch nilg~1 be used Green. reaJIIpointed ' as a t'ruStee of
Gillian Services Set
in 'the dtlve to break up the Ku Bowling G~'en State University kind of pool f~d Its ~st would be bill c8rryln1 appropriations of the idea of tryin·g to starve James city director. said approximately
te n'l. dl
M 17 1954
the next steP,,_" ,
~9,000 ,000.
out
800 t.'Oilege and high school stu·
f
Klux ~I an.
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For ~1onday Afternoon
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Vote~ to reclassify the State 's
About 70 other patients wlm fled dent.. have been hired by the de The second gra.nd ·Jury to in· or a r en n(r ay
.
Is
Va
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was
a
guest.
employes
a!'d
give
them
salary
In~
from
the
ward
to
other
parts
of
partment
since
June
15,
when
the
TUPPERS PLAINS-- Funeral
v•s\lsate mob violence In Jeftercreases which may cost up to $5.- tht: hospital ye!!terday and two at- program got under way. He said
services fo r David Gillian, , 85, who
llon county recessed yesterday un- Controlled Pres 8
OOO,OOO in a two-year period but tendants have returned to the the jobs, which consist mainly of
died at the home of his son, Ort.il Aug. 29 wlttr.Jut returutna any Lot Of Argentina
Willbarger Riles Set
not until July l, 1951.
ward with James . Henry said .
painting guard rails and cutting
land . at Suctcss early l.his mornIndictments ha\ling to do w'th reQUITO, ECUADOR, July 16 - F
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James keeps the attendants 15 grass along the state's highway s,
MILWAUKEE, July 16--(U.P.)- ing will be held Monda y aftercent floggings and intimidaUOns.
or up ay ternoon
or 20 teet from him with his auto- were snapped up within a few President Walter P. Reuther of noon at 2 o'clock at the ChristHowever, State All)'.· Gen. A. (U.P.&gt;-Only fiv~ of the 21 American
TUPPERS PLAINS Funeral Three Youths Grilled
matte pistol. but permits other pa- days of its inauguration.
the CIO United Auto worken; goe~ ian Church at Bearwallow Ridge.
· A...• Carmichael promised to. co_n· Republics enjoy complete freedom
Uents to come ncar him. Henry
The department has set aside back to Detroit today. armed -wi-LlL I nter~nt will be made in the
tln~e "the fight against
the Ku of the press. Of the remainina: 16. services will be held from the Ar- In Murder Of Studel1l
said.
approximately $450,000 for the a $10.000,000 strike "war chest" as C?ti!J"ry 'llidge cemetery.
Klux Klan, " which said he was Ara:entina offers the worst example baugh funeral home Sunday alterof
a
govemrrient-controlled
press.
noor
at
2
o'clock
for
John
T.
Wi11SANDUSKY,
MICH.
,
July
16-Henry
said
other
patients
have
'iumme
r-long project, CQhen said . a weapon in the union's 1949 ecoSurviving besides the S.Jn mendealt a "solar: plexus· blow" by
These findings were presented bar~er. 65, who died at the Elm- {U,P.)-Three youths, one of whom not tried to persuade James to
nomic battles.
tioned are two other sons, Ferdithe p~revious grand jury. This
DRIVER ELECTROqJTF.D
The strike fund . L&lt;~rge!'it in the nand of Rockbridge. Ohio, and
aroup returned 44 indictments a- la11t night tq the Fifth Inter-Amer- wood Rest Home, near Alfred, Frl ~ admitted and then denied ro~tn~~: surrender.
Henry said James roams aboul
BRANDENBURG, KY .. July 16 LiAW 's history. was a ''b ig stuck" Clyde of Little Hocking . Ohio;
.. gaiost 17 persons, 16 ·Jf whom have l~an Press conference by a three- (\ay morning . The Rev. W. W. a girl at Flint , were grilled t ay
man committee after a \hree-year Bragg will officiate.
about the swami'&gt; slaying of
norj the ward but attendants cannot gel --W.P.l-Rassie Lee Richmond . 41. fm Reut her to carrv with- him to fu ur daughters. Mrs. Clara Niggebeen arrested.
He is survived by two brothers, student Beatrice Dickerson. ~·
close enough to him to capture Tulsa . Okla .. was killed near here 1ht hargalnin~ ta bl C when he op- mcyer. Sumn er. Mrs. Dora GoldsBefore the · current grand jury study. The committee compriSed
The hoodlums, two of the!l1 from him. Henry himself has not gone Friday night when the tnctor- &lt;&gt;ns nt&gt;,got.iat ions next \\' (~ek with berry ;)f Pratt" Fork, Mrs. Leota
quit work. it was disclosed that Thomas Wallace, editor of lh Henr.y of Pittsburgh , and George
trailer he was driving ~kidded .orr 1 Forri moto 1·s.
Aklansrnan and an ex-convict were Louisvllle Tim·es. Julio Garzon, of Alfred; one sister, Mrs. Addie the west coast, were seized ~~ Mar- into the ward, he said.
Warner and Mrs . Oma Carsey of
urton of Pomeroy.
lette last night . They admitted a
James swore yesterday ,before the road. t:ut down a power-hnc I The Ford contract C);pir{'d J:l1 Athens .
amon~ the members. . Both were editor of the New York newspaper
La Prensa,
d Pedro Cue, editor
"Burial will be made in the Gil· string of robberies and lootings promlsi}lg lo surrender. that '" I'm pol~, and overturned. Officers sa id micl nigb1 Friday. It &lt;'ovcrs more
Friends ma.y ca ll at the Arbaugh
excus\ d from duty.
funeral home in Tuppers Plains
. State Klan Director W-illiam :o_r_E_I_M_u_n~
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li=w=·-··-~=l=~~a"arent l y-• 1--~ thonlOO~OOw-~ .
until time of serv ices.
Huah .\!orris, who was jailed for

General Assembly ~loses ·
Ses·sion;-- Bisson Is Named

~t·C.~r::"·oP··t~:v·q~;~t~~ll~n ~~~=

Employment Falls
Wages l,ncrease

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Insane Patient
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OVERSIZED (over 18 .r..C:.:t or 25 high)

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'hntempt
court order's
lor refusing
to ~~~~~~~~.n~!!'~I.~W!.-~l!~l!a
release theofsecret
memberv
Vl&lt;e
-zr· !.'~t:?J~-~!~
,... ..::;;~
ship list, lost a bid for freedom
in the Alabama Supreme court ·

·eriean G. I. Says Reds T_ortured Him For 142 Days

yes~erday.

The hlllh state tribunal ruled
that Circuit Judie Ro~rt J.
Wheeler was ~!thin J:tis rta:hts in
handina: out the Indefinite sentence. ' Mortis 'was offered batl If
he :WOU1d . produce the Klan records .·for the ·new grand l~&gt;\ but
114&gt; refused. ·saytni he would· • stay
in jail 100 years"· before be would
reveal them.
The arrest of Walter Moore., 39,
a · Coalbu'rl. Ala., steel Worker,
on a floggini charge left on1y 'ODe
of the 17 persons named· by the
, ~ 1rand Jury otlll at l&amp;l'lle.

BERLIN, July 1!1- (U,PJ -An
American G.I. said today Soviet
guards beat. kicked, spat upon and
otherwhie tortUred him while holdinc hlm as .an alleged spy for the
past tive months.
Hageard. with bloodshot eyes.
recruit Chrlstus Ran·g raves. 21.
New York, waa releued from the
Soviet .1ail in Berlin last night
and handed over to. American
mllitary police.

, · I ,~~-- I.

MAY EXTEND STRIKE
NEW YORK, July 16-(IJ.P.)Michael J. Quill, Tran&amp;it Union
~r, said today he wOuld decide
Ohlt&gt;-Falr !J&gt;nllht and Sunday M-:.nday whether to extend the
with lltUe cban1e In temperat~e. clty's three day-old bus Jlrlko 'to
, ' . Mldweat· tonliht In lower GO's. 78 additional lines, brfnllna the
: '¥ondll7 moot~)( &amp;Uitl!f and qUite total number of paaa,enJets affe&lt;ted tQ "ovet a,ooo,ooo. ·
~warm. ,

....

:

ALLESSI GOES TOW. VA.
MARTINS FERRY, July 16(U.P.l-Ken Allessi , Yorkville high
dimunitive
basketball
school' s
S{'uring ace who was sought after
by some 50 colleges, t&lt;&gt;day announced that he has decided to
was fort:ed to sit rigidly
with enroll at West Virginia university.
arms folded If he so much a!'
moved a mu.sele. he said, a guard
would strike him.
Rangraves charged that Soviet
guards raped women prisoners in
nearby cells.

...

He told ne\U'Smen that he had
Jived in the same clothes for 142
days and had not seen dayiJ.a:ht for
1110... days.
"It was horrible, like a nuesorne nightmare," Rangraves said.
''Sometimes I wlshed I wns d:ead.''
He was sent. to a hospital ·C~r
observation and treatment after
talking with newsmen. Lt. Col.
Thomas Laneer . Provost-Manhal,
said the army would inve11t1gate
Rangraves' "very strong story."
His release followed the person·
.111 Intervention of Maj . Gen.
George P. Hays, deputy American
military governor, with Soviet
authorities to Investigate the case.
Earlier American ·. inquiries had
produced only Soviet denials that
he w•s in the Seviet sector.
Ranvaveo. a eonolabula.Y troopo
et, dl&amp;appeared · Into 'the Soviet

'. '

Rector of Berlin Feb. 24 while In
('ivtlian clothes.
Tl}e Army had
listed him as absent without leave
But Rangraves said he had been

arrested by Soviet se-ctor German
"At fir st I made believe I was
police and tp.r~d over ta Soviet deaf and dumb." he said. "but
authorities, ;--no accused him of when they turned me over to t-he
Russians I told them I was an
espionage.
Am erican .
"They kicked me, beat me and
called me. 'America n pig !'"
Rangraves said the Sovjets put
ALEXANDRIA. VA .• July 16-(U.PJ---former Maj . Gen. Bennett
him
in so litary confineifi.e.nt in
E. Myers, wartime air force procurement officer, has lost out on his
the Berlin jail. Periodicalfy, he
latest bid fOr. freedom.
_
.
said. they questianed him about
A federal court here has denied Myen' petition for a writ of H'a- the number or American troops in
beas corpus. Which would have freed him from the Lorton Va., refor- Berlin and asked other mllitary
questions while guards armed with
matory.
Myers was oonvicted last year of inducing a wartime associate , tommy-guns hit, spat upon and
cursed him.
Blerlot H·. Laroilrte, to lie to a Senate Jnvestigating t~ubco.mmittee
He said he was forced to spend
about the a:eneral's interest tn an Ohio war time plant. He was senthree
days in the "icebox," a
tenced to serve from 20 monlhs to five years In prison.
room In which tnsubordlna~ prlsIn ~11 appU,c aijoh fOI' a habae• coqJUI writ, Myers contended that 'Jners were stripped naked and a
thue Wll not • qOorum 9( tho IIUhcommlltee preaent when the al fan blew cold air upon tbem.
letpd per)1117 took place.
On other occasion,, be said, he

MYERS ·LOSES ·FJGHT FOR FREEDOM

..

Hall Of Religion Is
Opened By U. S. Army

Hymn Sing Scheduled

BURLINGHAM- A hymn lllng
will be held tomorrow afternoon
at 2 o'cl-ock in t.he Union church.
FORT KNOX, KY., July 16 according to . Freeland Nonls of
(U.P.l - The Hall of Religion, the Racine, SOJI.i leader.
only one in the Army showing
"spirilual weapons. the chaplains Sheriff Holds Hood
used in the recent war, was openJoe Hood is being held in
ed to the public today.
ty jaU today awaitlna he•ll'J.Iit
The chapel was dePicated Fri ay a chara:e o( intoxlcaUon
. gainst him by the sheriff's
afternoon hy Maj . Ofti-:--O:attre
MU!er, chief of Army Ch&amp;plalm.

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