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Show Plot For Husband's Murder Fails; Wife, Accomplices Held PORT ORCHARD, Wash., Nov. 4 CU.PJ A myitilied husband whose port young wife admitted hiring two men to murder him fcecauao "he wanted to make love very night"" today . sought desperately to raise $7,500 ball to get her back home; But tiny, blue-eyed Mrs. Margaret Mar-garet Susan Piatt, 31, was of a different frame of mind than her husband Wilford. 34. "I feel swell here. I lust spent the moat restful nlsht I ve had in 15 Years.' she said from her Kitsap county jail cell. Truman's Views On Reclamation Read at Meeting DAILY HERALD SALT LAKE CITY. Nov. 4 (U;R) President Truman agrees with members of the national reclama- Sherman Kicks Out 'Op.-23', Old Offender i WASHINGTON. Nov. 4 U.R) Defense sources today saw Adm. Forrest P. Sherman's crackdown on "Operation 23" as a sign of how he'll deaf with the future Navy "rebel against unification. They noted that Sherman, the new Chief of Naval Operations was unusually brusque in his order dissolving the group that has long been regarded as the ."brain trust" behind the Navy's fight against the Air Force and the present unification set-up. By his action, they said, Sherman Sher-man made it clear that he is de-' de-' termined to put a stop to all Navy attacks against the administration ol Defense Secretary Louis John-ton John-ton and Navy Secretary Francis P, Matthews. First Day Order . Sherman issued his order late yesterday his first full day on the Job as the Navy's No. 1 officer. of-ficer. It directed that OP-23 be "disbanded and dissolved," and its active files and duties transferred to other Navy officers. Sherman said the group's "principal function has been completed." com-pleted." " The office, officially known as the "organizational research and policy division," was set up by Adm. Louis E, Tenfeld on Dec. 23. Its -iob was "to coordinate policy directives and regulations of tne department ox aeiense wun xlstin regulations of the Navy." , It was headed by Capt. Arleigh A fthlrtv-one knot) Burke, a hero of the Pacific war. He had under his command 12, officers and 1? enlisted men. Sherman reassigned Burke to duty with the Navy chief old command the sixth task force in the Mediterranean. It is now head . ed by Rear Adm. John J. Ballen tint. Pentagon sources have accused OP-23 of masterminding: the Naw'a successful fight to get congressional hearing on Its grievances against the unification policies ' of ... Defense . Secretary ' Louis Johnson. Private Flier Killed In Crash The mother of two' children was cnarged wun attempting murder after confessing her plot to Kitsap county prosecuting attorney at-torney James Munro. In a sign-, ed statement she said her accomplices ac-complices "welched" on her after she gave them more than SI ,500. Deny Murder Intentions The "killers." Hollis D. Scott, 23, and Wallace Mottern, 22. both of Bremerton, Wash., were charged charg-ed with grand larceny by em bezzlement. Scott, a former pri vate detective, and Mottern, a navy veteran, were held under $3;50Q , bond each. Both insisted they had no intentions of carrying carry-ing out the murder plot. Mrs. Piatt, dressed In a snug, grey -slack suit, said resignedly, "I guess it wasn't uch a very good idea it didn't work but 1 derided J ves the only way to got rid of him." one said their wedded life was blissful until a few years, agu when their happiness began to wear. She said he refused to grant her a divorce. Every nignt since were were married 15 years ago he had wanted to make love,1' she said. "1 couldn't stand it. I tried to run away a year ago to my folks in Stockton, Cal., but he forced me to return." Piatt, meanwhile, declared un dying love for his wife and hired an attorney, Ray R. Greenwood, to defend her. Frantically, he begged deputies to let him swap places witn ms wue in jau. Completely baffled by the plot to murder him, he said: "I don't know why she would want to get rid of me. I have as much to offer as any man. "I know Margaret didn't plan such an awful thing herself. She's not guilty. She's Just a sweet little woman." MAYOR TAKES PAY CUT AT OWN REQUEST PICAYUNE. Miss., Nov. 4 (U.R) Mayor Claiborne McDonald, Sr., took a 3 per cent pay cut today after telling the city board of al dermen that m thought he was being paid too much. The aldermen cut his salary from $15 to $10 a month. tion association that a modernization moderniza-tion in reclamation laws is necessary neces-sary to keep in step with the nation's na-tion's expanding needs. He expressed his views, last night in a message read at the annual banquet of the NRA, meeting here for its 18th annual convention. The President avoided any mention of federal valley authorities, authori-ties, which he is known to favor and which are opposed by the NRA. Secretary of Interior J. A. Krug also sent a message to be read at the dinner. He said liberal appropriations appro-priations and ' "removal of shackles' were necessary to permit per-mit development of water resources re-sources "at an unprecedented rate." Friday, November 4, 1949 13 Wyoming Spurns Lee's Ideas On Liquor Handling CHEYENNE, Wyo, Nov. 4 (112) State auditor Everett Copenhaver Copen-haver said today the, liquor business busi-ness never had been involved in politics In Wyoming. Livestock brands in Wyoming1 Hi made the statement after are registered with the state live-, Wyoming officials received a let-stock let-stock and sanitary board in order ter from Gov, J. Bracken Lee of to avoid duplication and to prove Utah urging them to follow his property rights. Courts accept the lead in banning liquor salesmen brand as prima facie evidence of because of "constant liquor scan-ownership. scan-ownership. I dais of political nature." The letter was sent to all liquor monopoly states. "We've never had a liquor scandal scan-dal under any administration In Wyoming," Copenhaver said. "Just because the apples are rotten rot-ten in Utah does not cast any reflection re-flection on our liquor firm representatives repre-sentatives In Wyoming." The Utah governor also asked other monopoly states to Join him in a fight against the so-called Des Moines warranty, which holds wholesale liquor prices at one level, no matter how much la purchased. Lee declared the war ranty was Illegal because it calls for price fixing. . But Copenhaver defended the pact. "If it were eliminated we would be paying higher prices and our retailers could not compete with' retailers in other large states, Colorado for example," he said. . - WEST WARWICK. R. I., Nov 4 (U.R) A wealthy Cincinnati. O., paper manufacturer was killed when his plane crashed on a farm ' here, after he had become lost in a fog and exhausted his gasoline. - While the coast guard and po lice searched the area near Quin cv. Mass.. some 50 miles north east of here, the body of Cleo McVlcker, 46, was found today hear the wreckage of his five- oassenger Diane. McVlcker, flying alone to visit -his son, Joseph, at Brown university uni-versity in nearby Providence, apparently ap-parently perished while attempt ing an emergency landing on tne farm of Mrs. Robert Campbell. The shattered plane was found Just off the edge of a meadowland clearing on the farm. McVick-er's McVick-er's body had been hurled several feet away. Mrs. Campbell found the wreckage and reported it to police. po-lice. She said she heard a crash last night but because of the heavy fog and mist did not investigate in-vestigate until after arising this morning. Hoarded Coffee May Turn Rancid NEW YORK, Nov. 4 (U.R) Nationwide Na-tionwide coffee hoarding resulting result-ing from false rumors of a shortage short-age have -sent prices up as much as 20 cents a pound and may induce in-duce an actual scarcity of coffee, a United Press survey indicated today. Dealers in a number of cities predicted that nationally advertised adver-tised brands will reach 76 to 79 cents a pound next week if "senseless" hoarding continues. All said hoarders will be sorry because their "emergency" sup plies will turn rancid in a short time, even in sealed cans. The hoarders began stocking up last week "when sharp coffe price Increases were announced as the result of South American crop failures. Grocers reported sales increased as mucn as ouu per cent in the last 70 days. - Coffee companies vamiy point ed out that a bad crop does rot mean an immediate shortage. They said reports that coffee would reach $1- a .pound were "deplorable." 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