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Show Autobiography Of Lincoln Reveals Many New Angles ft WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 U.K .1 e was born 138 years ago come Wednesday in Hardin County, - Ky. According to his autobiography, iui mower, wno aiea in nis iu;n year, "was of a family of the f His father grew up "literally ' u.lAl a a i - a i wnnoui eaucauon. Jtie movea io "what ji now Spencer County, Indiana," when the boy was 7 going on 8. Spencer county . "was a wild i region, with many bears and oth-"er oth-"er wild- animals still in the woods." By the time the boy came of age and moved to Illinois, Illi-nois, he "did not know much." Still, he "could read, write, and cipher to the rule of three; but that was all." What further edu-W edu-W cation he came to have, he "picked up from time to time under the pressure of necessity." . He was "raised to farm work" but in Menard County, Illinois, he held a job for a year "as a r sort of clerk in a store." "Then came the Black Hawk war." xie was cieciea a captain 01 volunteers," a fact which gave1 him "more nlMiri than anv 1 1 have had since." The fighting over, he ran for the state legislature in 1832 and was beaten. But he won the next i and three succeeding biennial elections. In the legislature he studied law, then retired from politics for a while and set up a practice in (4 t Science To Aid Radium Search GALVESTON, Tex., Feb. 8 (U.R) Science was unleashing some of its tricks today in the under- r water search for $6,500 worth of deadly radium which was stolen while technicians were testing welded portions of a U. S. navy destroyer in Galveston Jan. 18. Dr. Thomas B. Ketchbaw of the industrial wcldinir and testing A laboratory, of Houston, owner of the precious radium, has been searching for the deadly radioactive radio-active substance since it disap- peared. But no trace has been " found. M. R. Kemp, a physicist with a ne raaium ana naaon orp. oi W' Chicaeo. was asked to fly to Gal veston with a . Geiger - Mueller counter to assist in the search. The highly sensitive instrument, instru-ment, the same type that was used to detect radio - activity aboard, ships used in the Bikini Vm" atomic bomb tests, was to probe fr the depths of Galveston harbor wnere tne raaium was Deuevea to rest. Ketchbaw, who has been concerned con-cerned about the bodily harm the radium would cause anyone who handled it, said he believed the thief tossed the small, pear-shaped pear-shaped radium container into about 35 feet of water near Pelican Pel-ican island. The head of the Houston testing test-ing firm warned that the rays from the radium would cause se vere burns resulting in unhealing sores. He said death would prob ablv result within a year to any one who handled the radium for only 15 minutes. Dr. Ketchbaw said he had al ready spent more than $1,000 in the search. Kemp will receive a fee of $1,000 for operating the geiger-mueller counter in Galve ston. Springfield. In 1846 he was elected elect-ed to the national House of Representatives Rep-resentatives but did not seek reelection. re-election. .'; He Vas V'lways a- Whig in politics.-' But' he lost interest in poUUcsqr v, time until "repeal of the Missouri . Compromise aroused me again." He was nearly 6 feet 4 inches tall and -"lean of flesh, weighing, on an average, 180 pounds; dark complexion, ; with- coarse black hair, and grey eyes and no other marks or brands-recollected." The Missouri Compromise put him back 'in politics, but all the autobiography says of his Subsequent Subse-quent career Isjhat H "is pretty well known." . It included election to the presidency, pres-idency, leadership of . the Union in the Civil War, the writing of a letter to a Mrs. Bixby, and the authorship of several speeches, among them the, Gettysburg Address Ad-dress and the second Inaugural. On Good Friday, April 14, 1865, an assassin mortally wounded him while he was watching a play at Ford's theater, .Washington. The autobiography was written in 1859 at the insistence of a friend, Jesse W. Fell, who thought it would help him win the Republican Re-publican president nomination in 1860. On Wednesday, the anniversary of his birth,' the library ' of congress con-gress Iwill 'receive the original manuscript from the Rev. Robert Dale Richardson of Medford, Mass. Richardson is a great grandson of Fell. The manuscript has a few misspellings mis-spellings in it, and the grammar is not always perfect. But, as the author says, there was "absolutely nothing" in his youthful environment "to excite ambition for education." Probe Of Union Racketeering Is Sought In House WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 (U.R) The house labor committee today sought $50,000 and broad subpena powers for a nationwide investigation investi-gation of "union racketeering." Committee Chairman Fred A. Hartley, Jr., N.J., said the investigation investi-gation would cover all labor problems "that should be solved by legislation." He said he would ask prompt house approval of the project because he wanted to "get going" next week if possible. The committee voted to ask for the fund after hearing Philadelphia Philadel-phia produce njerchants testify they were being driven out of business by a local affiliate of the AFL Teamster's union. BALLOON TEST IS POSTPONED MINNEAPOLIS, Feb. 8 U.R) Weather forecasts indicating that terrific winds might tear the balloon bal-loon today forced Don Piccard, son of famed stratospherist Jean Piccard, to postpone for one week a test ascension he was to make tomorrow. ' JAPAN COMPLIES TOKYO, Feb. 8 (U.R) hTe Japanese government, seeking to hold the general elections order-ered order-ered by Gen. Douglas MacArthur as soon as possible, will introduce intro-duce only the most urgent bills in the current diet session so it can adjourn by March 27 as scheduled, the newspaper Main-ichi Main-ichi said today. Just Like Old Times Ei.) 1 1 pi 1 1 1 1 1 Hi im I i, Wl-Tja. WWH HIT! " r-ww"' ' x f ;5 V fry; - : 5' Seems like the old days as passenger liners again, arrive in New York crammed to the gunnls with pretty foreign females and ; colorful male visitors. These three, and many others, were on the ISS. America when she docked the other day. Beryl Davis is an j English radio singer. -Prof. Ivan Mestrovic, top right, a Yugoslav sculptor, will teach at Syracuse University. Bishop Theophile Jonesco of the Romanian Orthodox1-faith will serve churches of that following in the J.'S. and Canada. NEW MACHINELESS CURL Conditions the Hair Got the feeling that you're looking a bit drab and uninter- teresting lately? Here's what you have been waiting for: The new machineless oil treated permanent. The best news in the history of permanent waving. Conditions the hair as it curls. Dry, unhealthy hair will get a new lease on life. $8.50 Including oil treatment, with new electric heating cap. Berniece's Beauty Shop Phone 1886J - Bernice Reese, Hair Stylist - 487 N. 8th East Mixed Costumes on the 'Amberl Set - S ' v,4-- J V i ' m v , 1 1 - -; - ,l v.$ -v. .;.' !- -A 7s - i 1 1- Traditional howing garments of Arabia contrasted strangely with costumes of 17th Century Eng- " land when his royal highness Prince Saud Al-Saud, of Saudi Arabia and his entourage visited the set of "Forever Amber" in Hollywood. Pictured, left to right, are actor Cornel Wilde; the Prince ' and Linda Darnell, who plays Amber. Witnesses Fear Violence From Communists By GEORGE E. REEDY, JR. United Press Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 (UJ?) -r The house un-American activities committee today moved to protect its witnesses after hearing reports one of them feared violence from his ex-Communist associates. Rep. Karl E. Mundt, R., S. D aid "every step" would be taken to protect William Odell Nowell, negro ex-Communist who testi fied before the committee on Thursday Nowell, who testified against Gerbart Eisler, alleged Russian spy, reported indications that he might be in danger. "I think I can take care of myself my-self and I don't want to ask for special protection," Nowell told reporters. "But the possibility is there and I am considering ask-! ing for help." Mundt said FBI protection for Nowell would be arranged "the instant he definitely decides to ask for it." Meanwhile, he said. "We are going to take steps to guarantee permanent protection for witnesses." Nowell told reporters he had seen "several Communists" from his home town of Detroit gathered gather-ed outside a restaurant in which he was eating last night. When he walked out, he said, "They dispersed." dis-persed." "They walked down the street and I could hear one of them saying to another, 'Why not now? what are you waiting for? Nowell said. He added that he had not seen them around his Washington Wash-ington hotel and that he had received re-ceived no "direct threat." Nowell on Thursday identified Eisler, who is charged with being be-ing the representative of the Communist international to the American Communist party, as a man he had known under other names in the Communist party. A source close to the committee commit-tee told reporters he had heard that Nowell was beaten up by six or seven Communists in Detroit De-troit a month ago. But he added that there seemed to be no di rect connection between that and the committee hearings. Concern ing reports that he was beaten to keep him from testifying before be-fore the committee. Nowell said the reports are erroneous." Portal Pay Suit Information Would Require 27 Years PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 8 (U.R) SKF Industries, Inc., did a little figuring and discovered it would take one man 27 years of full-' time work to supply 21,336,042 items of information asked by the CIO in a portal pay suit. Charles P. Collins, general manager of SKF, told the federal court yesterday the Information sought by the United Steelwork-ers Steelwork-ers in a Hst of questions accompanying accom-panying its suit would "tightly pack a room 10 feet long, 10 feet wide and 10 feet high." The union asked that the company com-pany be required to decide such questions as how long Jt took each worker to wrap and unwrap finger tape and take showers. The suit was filed on behalf of 1,794 employes. SKF filed a motion to dismiss the questions. CHILD STRUCK BY TRUCK IS KILLED SWAN VALLEY, Ida., Feb. 8 (U.R. Funeral services will be conducted Tuesday for Jim Dale Fischer, 18-months-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Fischer of Swan Valley who was killed yesterday when struck by a truck. Sheriff Dean F. Wilkie of Bonneville Bon-neville county said the truck was driven by Jay Fames of Swan Valley. The child apparently crawled under the vehicle when Fames stopped at a store and was crushed when the driver drove away. Pleasant Grove Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Jense have returned froma three week trip to Atlantic City, and other points of interest in the east. In company with other Utah delegates to the National Can-ners Can-ners convention in Atlantic City, they made their first stop at Philadelphia. A sight seeing tour through the famed Quaker City, followed. . Continuing on to Jersey Jer-sey City, they attended the five day convention, January 10 to 23. ' Following the convention, Mr. and Mrs. Jense spent several days in New York. In Washington D. C, they. ..visited Mt. Vernon. Arlington Cemetery, and together with President Charles E. Rowen of the Provo stake, were conducted con-ducted by U. S. Senator A. V. Watkins through the White House, the Capitol building, the senate chamber, the president's room, and later enjoyed lunch with the senators. On the return trip they visited two days in Chicago. Chi-cago. . . Mr. and Mrs. H. Glen Robertson Robert-son and young son Glen of Hol lywood, California are visiting her with Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Robertson. Mr. Robertson will return re-turn to California this week while Mrs. Robertson and her son expect ex-pect to go by plane to Little Rock. Arkansas to visit with relatives there. As a representative of the DUP Mrs. Lucile H. Walker with a group of other delegates Wednesday Wednes-day met with appropriations committee com-mittee of the state legislature in a hearing regarding the proposed site of the Tioneer memorial building. 20 KILLED IN RAILWAY WRECK LONDON, Feb. 8 (U.R) Twenty persons were killed and 64 seriously seri-ously injured in a railway accident acci-dent at Craiova, Romania, today, the Swiss radio reported. Craiova Crai-ova is 120 miles west of Bucharest. Mi II Off waii mm m rJr-j (firm :5 "sr vj "Wl K X W gk: j v 1 SEND CITY DRUG Provo Springville Payson Spanish Fork British Put Up Barricades In Jerusalem Siege , JERUSALEM, Palestine, . Feb. 8'(U.fi British army troops threw up the last barbed wire barri cades .in Jerusalem today, split- ting the ancient Holy ' City into four' wire "cages" . designed to trap ' and hold any Jewish ex tremist , who strikes back after Britain-1 opens her -Imminent showdown with the . underground. .' Sandbagged blockhouses con taining' machineguns already have! been erected to guard the barri-j cades"and"lafe today "Arab Work-1 men. still were digging' foxholes I in the streets and erecting traffic j barriers resembling tank barri-s cades. "" , The barbed wire entanglements! blocked Jerusalem's streets so ef-i fectively that some residents were forced to walk a half mile to reach their houses two blocks away. Anyone attempting to move past the barricades into the British security zones British, Jew or Arab was forced to line up for an identity check. Hundreds of light tanks and military vehicles moved through the streets. Army officers said the quartering of Jerusalem into four parts was only the first of restrictions designed to make it impossible for the Jewish underground under-ground to carry out any more kidnapings or bombings. Armored cars, with loudspeakers, loudspeak-ers, and police cars toured the SALT LAKE CITY. Feb. 8 (U.R) paralyzed city, blaring warnings The Utah division of Kennecott Copper Co. announced today that it plans to construct new rail fa cilities from the Bingham pits to the Arthur and Magna mills at a cost of $4,000,000. : The project calls for laying of: 14 miles of new track around the i KING SENDS eastern side of the Oquirrh moun- HIS CONDOLENCES LONDON, Feb. 8 (U.R) King George VI has sent a message to President Truman from HMS Vanguard expressing grief at the deatn of O. Max Gardner, United States ambassador - designate to the Court of St. James's, the foreign for-eign office announced today. Copper Mines To Build New Line to Mills SUNDAY HERALD Sunday, February 9, 1947 9 Russia Has Prefabs, Too ' " 1 l:'llVJIJ. - ' 11 ' " - 1 "" lll.IIH.il I- J 3m- . . . .a. m , - . 'rr3-- r 'According to the Russian .caption with photo above, it shows a two-story home, constructed' of blocks made fram blast furnace slag. Prefabricated parts, manufactured at a special plant, were assembled within 30 days. The house is said to be the first of 200 such dwellings to be erected in Voroshilovsk. of . the barricaded roads and an nouncing that any resident who wishes to move about must obtain u special pass within the next lour days. tains with conductors to supply current to new electric locomotives. locomo-tives. ! A new industrial yard is also being constructed at the mouth of Bingham canyon, while at Ar thur and Magna the ore yards are being enlarged. A new power line will be built along the tracks to carry electricity from the company's com-pany's new generating plant at Magna to the Bingham mines. Vice President D. D. Moffatt said that he hoped operations over the new line could start late this year, but the exact date would depend upon delivery of materials, materi-als, for the line and of the seven new electric locomotives. 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