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Show 2 Sunday, November 28, 1948 SUNDAY Fifth Victim Connected With Negro Slayer's Trial Meets Sudden Death TACOMA, Wash., Nov. 27 (U.R) Jake Bird must have smiled to himself as he sat in his cell in the Pierce county jail today. And it the 4o-year-om con demned negro really believejr he had occult powers, he probably atarted concentrating onnis next victim, the sixth since he put the hex on his prosecutors. Just a little lessthan a year ago, Dec. 6, 1947,ydake stood up before Judge ED. Hodge and heard the jurisr sentence him to be hanged Jaru 16, 1948.. for the axe murdctvof Mrs. Bertha Kl.udt and her L7-year-olri daughter. "Waltnd see." Jake told De-tertivelt. De-tertivelt. Sherman Lyons, "You policemen and judges will be settift and waitin' at the Pearly Gales a long time before I roll A month later, Judge Hodge was stricken with a heart attack and died.- Friends said he had been in excellent health right up until his death. fr .Tan 1 A. 1 mm rlatd KAnfa V t e scheduled execution, Jake wa. granted 'a stay by Gov. Mon C. Wallgren so he could be questioned ques-tioned about some unsolved murders mur-ders in the midwest and one in Ogden, Utah. Undersheriff Joe Karpach questioned ques-tioned him. Before the month was out, Karpach died of a heart at- Tojo Hanging (Continued from Pace One) the acheduled executions, the Advertiser editorial says: "It il the duty of President Truman to pick up a telephone and order Gen. MacArthur to admit representatives of the major ma-jor press services to witness the most important single aftermath In Japan of World War II. "A few years from today it it virtually certain that retired officers of-ficers will write memoirs concerning con-cerning the execution of Tojo and his cohorts. "They will recount the admittedly admit-tedly gruesome process in detail. They will sell their writings to national magazines at fancy .prices." The Advertiser said the American Ameri-can people "are impatient at learning of vitally important matters through the medium of memoirs written by officers of the armed forces. "The people are entitled to an objective account by the American Ameri-can press of the last moments of Japan's convicted heirarchy." 0mr rrrfafn3,fmw tackChiet Court Clerk Ray Scon died the same month, also ofa heart attack. He had been in ffice five years and never miss ed a day because of illness. For seven months the hex was forgotten. Jake appealed to the state supreme court. The conviction convic-tion was upheld. Last Sept. 28, Detective Lyons, to whom Bird made his threat, died of a heart attack. The fifth person connected with the trial died last night. He was J. W. Selden, 75, the attorney who defended de-fended Bird. , At the time. Selden had asked to be relieved of the defense assignment. as-signment. . "My heart does not beat in sympathy sym-pathy for this man, who fixes his life as more important than that of others." Selden explained. The court ordered him to finish the trial. He suffered a heart attack at-tack in his office last night and died within minutes. World's Smallest Plane Really Flies if . : Ivery Afternoon 'Kxceptlng Saturday) Sat-urday) and Sunday Sunday Herald Publlihed Sunday Mornina Publinhed by The Herald Corporation. Corpora-tion. 50 South Tint Went Street, Provo, Utah. Entered an necond class matter at the poatoffice In Provo, Utah, under the act of March 3. 1879. Subscription terms by carrier in Utah county $1 00 the month, ts 00 for lix months in advance. $13 00 the year in advance. By mail anywhere in the United States or its poisei-aloni, poisei-aloni, 1110 the month $8 00 for lix monmi, $12.00 the year in advance. BSHaGHiJQHIt iHmitn tntmwxmiilk CIO Starts Purging Of Left-Wingers PORTLAND. Ore., Nov. 27 (U.R) -The CIO executive board started start-ed its purge of small left wing i unions Saturday by ordering the; jUnited Farm Equipment Workers to merge with the huge, right! wing United Automobile Workers (Union. The move was taken as part of-a of-a general shakeup of the small; unions authorized earlier this! week by the CIO national contention. con-tention. The delegates authorized1 'the board to take appropriate action ac-tion to organize workers in fields where existing unions have fail-; ea. l ne action was aimen pri-; marily at small left wing unions1 which were under heavy fire from CIO President Philip Mur-j ray and other right wing officials all Week. i ' Saturday's action came on a j resolution pointing out that there had been a prolonged jurisdic-1 tiohal dispute between the Farm; i Equipment Union and the UAW. A jurisdictional committee once (before ordered the farm imple-Iment imple-Iment group to join the UAW but; negotiations always broke down. Board To Act To guard against continued disagreement, dis-agreement, the resolution provided provid-ed that the executive board itself, would carry out the decision if the unions cannot make their own arrangements within 60 days. A1 three-man committee was named to make recommendations, to the board, if necessary. The Farm Equipment union has a membership of about 42,000 compared with a UAW membership member-ship of nearly 1,000.000. Murray announced that the resolution res-olution was approved by a "sub-I stantial majority" although the actual vote was not recorded. Among the dissenters, he said, was Grant Oakes. president of the Farm Equipment union. Discussion Deferred Murrav reported that discussion of cases involving other unions was deferred until the executive board meeting at Washington Jan. 26. The United Office and Professional Workers and the United Public Workers are among other unions threatened with organizational or-ganizational shakeups. ., ...,. (fsT.A Ttienha4) Test Pilot William Bouck made m dozen takeoffs at El Cajon. Calif., to prove that this plane, with a wing span of only 15 feet can really fly. The "Wee Bee." described as the world's smallest plane, weighs 170 pounds, has an 18H-hp Navy Drone-type motor and a cruising range of 90 miles within Its two-gallon gas limit. Pilot lies atop the plane, handles controls through holes in fuselage, and is protected from slipstream by goggles. Colorado Youth, Indiana Girl, Get Top 4-K Awards CHICAGO, Nov. 27 (U.R) An Indiana girl and a Colorado boy held top honors in the National 4-H club achievement program. Silver trophies awarded by President Truman and $200 scholarships went to Ruth Clinton. Clin-ton. 20, Oden, Ind., and Dick T. Brown, 18. Olathe, Colo., for their club work. A Four-H citizenship award, including a $200 scholarship, went to Burton O. Besch, 17. Chinook. Mont. Farm Youngsters (Continued from Page One) Miss Utah Gets Her Private Car Vocational School Yinter Quarter Starts December 6 The winter quarter at the Cen tral Utah Vocational school will begin Dec. 6, it was announced Saturday by W. W. Sorensen, local lo-cal director of the school. Classes for the winter term are rapidly filling, he said, although there are still a few openings in carpentry, cabinet making, electricity, ma chine shop, refrigeration and air conditioning, first year auto mechanics, me-chanics, forging and welding. veterans and others, who have been working during the summer and are presently unemployed, are encouraged to enroll in the day classes. By getting this training train-ing men will be able to qualify for better jobs, Mr. Sorensen declared. de-clared. Mr. Sorensen stated that the day school enrollment has already equaled last year's peak enrollment enroll-ment of 206 and will probably exceed ex-ceed it by 20 per cent. The evening eve-ning school nerollment last year was approximately 400 at the peak. Indications this year point to an increase of 25 to1 30 per cent at the peak, which usually is reached in January and February. MAN KILLED IN CHICAGO AFTER STEPPING ON SOMEBODY'S TOES CHICAGO, Nov. 27 (U.R) Joseph Grzeda, 27, accidentally ac-cidentally stepped on another man's toes today, but Grzeda's apologies were fiot accepted and he was shot and killed. Grzeda was in a sandwich shop when he stepped on the toes of another customer. The customer and his companion followed Grzeda out of the shop and into an alley, where Grzeda was shot and killed. A police squad found Charles Tanthorey, 26. standing stand-ing over the body with a gun in his hand. The companion, com-panion, Raymond Fassett, 40, Tanthorey's brother-in-law, was nearby. Both were arrested. the grand championship. The en try was listed as Disch and Sons. nn.TVT.pn, The youthful exhibitors ex- BOUNTII UL, Utah. Nov. 27 plained their calm and untroubl- (U R Miss Utah has a chariot a ed attitude at the contests, by sleek, low-slung saying they learned the composure compos-ure from the animals they raised. "It comes from being with the animal," Joseph E. Williams, 13, Mtayr, Ind., said. "You get to know him and he gets to know you so you feel all right." Exhibitors from 42 states and maroon con vertible presented by a Bountiful motor car dealer, with gasoline and service to be provided by-Bountiful by-Bountiful businessmen. Miss June Elizabeth Barlow, the 1949 version of Miss Utah, received the keys to the car Fri- Petrillo Plans Entertainment For Inaugural five Canadian provinces partici- dav n'Knt at ceremonies at Mod-pated Mod-pated in the exposition. In addi- ern Motors. Inc., who have grant- ' tion to the prize money, auctions ed tn utan queen use of the car at the show make it one of the urmg her reign. By special ar- l rtr4 i , 4 tLA ,,i j miificiiicm wnii me Winn ounr A freshman at Colorado A&M .year, auction sales totaled nearly license "1949 WASHINGTON, Nov. 27 (U.R) James C. Petrillo, president of the American Federation of Musicians, Musi-cians, has been selected to whip together a giant inaugural eve entertainment show in honor of President Truman. Petrillo's appointment as music rhairman of the national Tiartici- Ka T nmi innRtmcm Willi I1IC Ulrtll OUIlf " me world. a Tax commission, the car bears the paling committee for the inaug college. Brown has been in 4-H work nine years. He began in 1940 with five pure-bred Cor-riedale Cor-riedale Ewei and now owns a llock of 125 and two stud rams $2,000,000. of i The Utah queen will drive the More than 10,500 cattle, horses. tnart to functions she will at- and pigs, will be thinned out dur- lena ,n ner otriciai c apacity dur in, th oitrht h.v. t ,v, ch,., mK ner " as ,n" epitome ... , ... , ...r,rr.a,,., k..,.l Q,,J Officials said Brown developed the best of each breed and the sonality. grand champion of each animal class are named. which en- with adult i a leeding technique titles him to rank farmers.' During the 11 years Miss Clinton Clin-ton has been in 'club work she raised 1,800 chickens and cared for several acres of land. She was cited for five projects which included in-cluded the making of 201 garments gar-ments for herself and family at an estimated saving of $800. The awards were made at the 27th National 4-H club congress, meeting here in conjunction with the ' International Lives'ock Ex-lends, position, which-opened today. TWO IOWA MEN DIE The top judge for the first time in PLANE CRASH in the exposition's history is an ALLISON, la., Nov. 27 'UP) American Dr. A. D. Weber, of Two men "tr burned to death. Kansas State college. British and 'n " liKht plane crash here Satur-, dav. shortlv after attempting a Scottish experts came in previous crash landing after losing a wheel1 ural was announced tonight bv Melvin D. Hildreth. general chairman chair-man of the inaugural committee. Mr. Truman will be inaugurated inaugur-ated Jan. 20. The show in his honor will be held in Washington's national guard armory the night of JLan. 1. . Two Stages Planned Inaugural officials didn't say who will be on the program. But they promised three hours of continuous con-tinuous entertainment, featuring a symphonic orchestra. opera stars, "name" bands. Donular sing- Ion takeoff. ers and "a parade of the top come- ! John Evenoff, 23, and George 'dians and stars of stage, screen D., ni on knit. -;.. ' i i ager of the exposition, expected V. ' L t,,,,,an2 ram" u. , la., perished in the flames as a; Two stages are being construct- 500,000 VISltOrS before the ShOW frinrf. ll.mnliH f Katfl lh In Ik. -k., lk chnui fan West (Coast (Continued from Page One) Cooks and Stewards union and the AFL Sailors union of the Pacificover manning of ships in the Alaska trade traditionally a SUP function. Harry Lundeberg, head of the SUP, has declared his sailors will refuse to man any of the 265 vessels currently tied up on the west coast unless the Cooks and Stewards, a satellite of Harrv Bridges' International Longshoremen's Longshore-men's and Warehousemen's union, drop all attempts to man the Alaskan schooners. Refuse To Comment Unions and shipowners refused to comment on whether the Taft-Hartley Taft-Hartley act ban on jurisdictional strikes would be effective in- this case. San Francisco's 6,000 Longshoremen, Long-shoremen, meanwhile, voted "almost "al-most unanimously" with only four or five dissents to accept the new three-year "no strike" contract that would send them back to work as soon as the other maritime unions reach satisfactory satisfac-tory agreements with employers. Bridges predicted locals up and down the coast would also ratify the contract in the "next few days." Negotiating besides the ARA are. the Cooks and Stewards and the Marine Engineers. The fifth of the unions involved, the CIO Marine Engineers, bolted the strike front and reached agreement agree-ment Wdeeks ago. rflcr I ifr- U NfriUa (Continued from Pae One) of ship owners with whom they are negotiating. Contract discussions discus-sions still were underway and the picketing was not regarded by the, union as a sirme. I The return to work of 30,000 longshoremen and seafarers in ifive striking west coast unions !depends on acceptance of "satisfactory "satis-factory agreements" by all. No '.chine rmilrl coll iifthmi iYtr mm hrrj of thr f TO Ampriran Kariirt association. Dispute Unsettled Also still to be settled was a juriscIiction.il dispute between the CIO Cooks and Stewards Union and the AFL Sailors Union of the Pacific over manning of ships in the Alaskan trade, traditionally a function of the Sailors union. San Francisco's 6.000 longshoremen longshore-men voted with only five dissents, meanwhile, to accept the hew three-year "no strike" contract. years. 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Petrillo, the announcement said, wired the president the day after the election and offered his services serv-ices to "make your inauguration 8 day of harmony in music as it will most certainly be in our nation's na-tion's history." (HE A Telephony) Air Force Sergeant Kenneth Long (center) has a lot to be thankful for as he prepares to carve a Thanksgiving Day turkey in the San Francisco Fran-cisco home of hi attorney. George T. Davis (left) and .Mrs. Davla (right). Long was acquitted of the fatal stubbing of hi wife. Greek Premier (Continued from Page. One) weeks at the most," the premier said. For the last rites an ancient Byzantine ikon was brought with great ceremony to the parliament building, where Sophoulis' office is located. Cabinet members, gendarmes gen-darmes and members of the on-'ooking on-'ooking crowd kissed the ikon as it was carried along the corridor. corri-dor. Sophoulis himself kissed the kon and then, as the service wa.s nriucted by a priest, fell asleep The ikon came originally from .Vctc and later was given to the Athens Byzantine church. According Ac-cording to legend, it has a miraculous mirac-ulous healing power. Anti-Inflation (Continued from Paee One) ment departments agriculture. commerce, interior, labor and treasury plus the federal reserve re-serve board. President Truman already has indicated he will ask congress for stand-by controls on prices and reserve authority to channel scarce materials into industries where they are badly needed. Favors Higher Taxes Mr. Truman also favors higher taxes, especially a tax on excess profits of corporation. s That would help balance the federal budget and take some money out of circulation he feels. To determine how much money 'new taxes must provide. Nourse and his advisers must know how much the government will spend to stop Communism overseas rrld to build up national defense They also must take into account the effects of government speeding speed-ing for housing, federal construction, construc-tion, schools, farm price controls, con-trols, and much else. They must also consider the "ffect on the economy of a fourth round of wage increases. Soiriv' naus.rialists and labor leaders already have declared that another an-other general wage boost is inevitable. Truman Program (Continued Irum Page One) auguration on Jan. 20. Uusually congress takes a few weeks to get orRanizen. out mis urne, u is' said, the president wants the senate sen-ate and house to start legislating quickly. Sen. James E. Murray, D.,' Mont., predicted after a White House visit yesterday that congress con-gress will quickly repeal the Taft-Hartley Taft-Hartley act and reinstate the old Wagner labor relations act. 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